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.
creteis@yahoo.com Behold in a dread nightmare of the dark season ...of the times and time ..of the season of man ...see son of man ...
and i was taken and show in like a factory or place of work ...
and a number of men were working ...
and there was a mean wicked intimidating strong man there ...
and there was a worthy man of God and Jesus there in spirit and truth.
and the mean wicked intimidating strong man had place most others in fear ...
Yet no so the the worthy man ...
and it rankled the mean wicked intimidating strong man that he could not make the worthy man fear ...
and so the mean wicked intimidating strong man began to play strong man games with the worthy man ....like little feats of strength ...
and that so that the mean wicked intimidating strong man would appear innocent and only playing ...
Yet he was not ...for all was a game to play to draw the worthy man into a fight ...
and so the mean wicked intimidating strong man ...thought to beat the worthy man to submission ...
and of the most and many they just watched ...
and though they knew what the mean wicked intimidating strong man was doing ...they were subdued fear fully to say anything ...
Yet the most and many only watched ...for inner tainment ...
even somewhat excited to see what the worthy man would do ...
and by and by the little challenges of the mean wicked intimidating strong man became more and more aggressive ...
and grabbing and gripping became more and more evil and hurt full ...
and then one day ...the mean wicked intimidating strong man grabbed the worthy man to do him harm ...
and the worthy man turned on him ...
and the mercy and forgiveness and hope that the mean wicked intimidating strong man would change ...went out of the worthy man ...
and the worthy man took the mean wicked intimidating strong man in hand ...
and took the mean wicked intimidating strong man down ...
and bound him the more ...
and warned him not to try his vile evil anymore ...
and the worthy man let the mean wicked intimidating strong man go ...
Now NOW to this the mean wicked intimidating strong man ...rose up ...furious...(fear i us ) ...
and laid hands on the worthy man with all the strength he had...
even do do him great harm ...
even near unto death ...
Nevertheless God and Jesus gave the worthy man cunning skills ...
and a slipped aside the evil wicked attack ...
and as the mean wicked intimidating strong man went by the worthy man smote him ...
and the mean wicked intimidating strong man fell to the ground hard ...
even that the wind within him came out ...
Yet the mean wicked intimidating strong man growled and roared and came again to attack viciously the worthy man ...
evenso the the worthy man used the viciousness against the mean wicked intimidating strong man...and smote him again ...
and even worse was the mean wicked intimidating strong man ...
and flung himself at the worthy man to destroy him ...
NOW to this the worthy man ...turned the destroying ...back ...and upon the mean wicked intimidating strong man ...
and the mean wicked intimidating strong man was lifted up ...and thrown against the wall ...
even as to knock the breath from him ...
and the mean wicked intimidating strong man ...breath came out ...
and his head hit so hard against ...the wall ...that he went unconscious ...un conscience ...
even so hard ...it was unknown if the mean wicked intimidating strong man would live again ...
and i looked and no one ...not any one cared ...if the mean wicked intimidating strong man ...LIVED OR NOT ...
and the scene changed and the seeing changed ...
and there was a woman shown ...
and the woman like to play around and with mean wicked intimidating strong men ...
and that to feel cunning and femininely manipulative over the mean wicked intimidating strong man...
and of course to fell ...FELL ...safe ...
Nevertheless the day came when the mean wicked intimidating strong man turned on the cunning manipulative woman ...
and the woman was frightened unto death ...
and the worthy man came by ...
and looked at the cunning manipulative woman who had played ...with the mean wicked intimidating strong man ...
even as she ran toward the worthy man ...
evenso the worthy man's door was closed ...
and the worthy man saw the terror on her face ...
and the worthy man saw the begging on the woman's face ...
even that the door ...of the worthy man ...be opened for her ...
and i looked and the woman that before had thought and imagined to play with the mean wicked intimidating strong man ...came out of the utter darkness ...
and entered into the place of the worthy man ...
and the door was closed ...behind her. (period)
and scripture came back to remembrance ...
The Philistines gathered their host to battle, and came together to Socoh in Juda, and pitched between Socoh and Azekah, in the end of Domim. And Saul and the men of Israel came and pitched in Oakdale and put themselves in array, to fight against the Philistines. And the Philistines stood on an hill on the one side, and Israel stood on an hill on the other side, and a valley between them. And then came a man and stood in the midst, out of the tents of the Philistines named Goliath of Geth, six cubits and a *handbreadth long, and had an helmet of brass upon his head, and a coat of mail about him. And the weight of his coat of mail was five thousand *Cickles, of brass. And he had harness of brass upon his legs, and a shield of brass upon his shoulders. And the shaft of his spear was like a weavers beam. And his spearhead weighed six hundred *sickles of iron. And one bearing a shield went before him.
And he stood and called unto the host of Israel, and said unto them: what needeth that ye should come out in array to battle? am not I a Philistine, and you servants to Saul? Choose you a man, and let him come down to me, if he be able to fight with me and to beat me, then we will be your servants. But if I can overcome him and beat him: then ye shall be our servants and serve us. And the Philistine said: I have defied the host of Israel this day give me a man and let us fight together. When Saul and all Israel heard those words of the Philistine, they were discouraged and greatly afraid. And this David was the son of an Ephrathite of Bethlehem Juda, named Isai, which Isai had eight sons. And was an old man in the days of Saul among the people. And the three eldest sons of Isai went and followed Saul to battle. And the names of his three sons that went to battle were: Eliab the eldest, and the next to him Abinadab, and the third Samah, and David was the youngest. And when the three eldest were gone after Saul, David went and departed from Saul, to feed his fathers sheep at Bethlehem. And the Philistine came forth every morning and evening, and continued forty days.
And Isai said unto David his son: take for thy brethren this Epha of parched corn, and these ten loaves, and run to the host, to thy brethren. And carry these ten fresh cheeses unto the captain, and look how thy brethren fare, and set out their pledges. And Saul and they and all the men of Israel were in oak valley fighting with the Philistines. And David rose up early in the morning and left the sheep with a keeper, and took and went, as Isai had commanded him, and came where the host lay. And the host was going out in array, and shouted in the battle: for Israel and the Philistines had put themselves in array, the one against the other. Then David put the pannier from him, unto the hands of the keeper of the vessels, and ran into the host and came and saluted his brethren. And as he talked with them: Behold, there stood a man in the midst, Goliath the Philistine by name, of Geth, which came out of the Array of the Philistines, and spake of the manner above rehearsed, that David heard it. And all the men of Israel, when they saw the man, ran away from him, and were sore afraid. And every man of Israel said: See ye this man that is come forth, even to revile Israel is he come. And to him that beateth him will the king give great riches, and will give him his daughter thereto: yea and make his fathers house free in Israel.
Then spake David to the men that stood by and said: What shall be done to the man that beateth this Philistine and taketh away the shame from Israel? for what is this uncircumcised Philistine, that he should revile the host of the living God? And the people answered as it is rehearsed saying: so shall it be done to the man that beateth him. And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spake unto the man and was angry with David and said: Why camest thou away, and with whom hast thou left those few sheep in the wilderness? I know thy pride and the malice of thine heart, that thou art come to see the battle. And David answered, what have I now done? is there any more save a word? And departed from by him into another front, and spake of the same manner, and the people answered him again, as before.
And they that heard the words which David spake, rehearsed them before Saul, which caused him to be fetched. And David said to Saul: Let no mans heart fail him because of him. Thy servant will go and fight with his Philistine. And Saul said to David again, thou art not able to go unto this Philistine, to fight with him. For thou art but a lad, and he hath been a man of war even from his youth. Then said David unto Saul, as thy servant kept his fathers sheep, there came a Lion and likewise a Bear, and took a sheep out of the flock. And I went out after him and smote him, and took it out of his mouth. And when he arose against me, I caught him by the beard and smote him and slew him. For both a Lion and also a Bear hath thy servant slain. And this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, for his railing on the host of the living God. And David spake moreover, the Lord that delivered me out of the hands of the Lion and out of the hands of the Bear, he shall deliver me also out of the hands of the Philistine.
Then said Saul to David go, and the Lord be with thee. And Saul put his raiment upon David, and put an helmet of brass upon his head, and put a coat of mail upon him, and girt David with his own sword upon his raiment. And he assayed to go, for he never proved it. Then said David unto Saul: I cannot go in these, for I have not been used thereto, and put them off him and took his staff in his hand, and chose him five smooth stones out of a brook and put them in a shepherds bag which he had, and in a poke, and his sling in his hand, and went to the Philistine.
And the Philistine came and drew near to David, with the man that bare a shield before him. And when the Philistine looked and saw David: he disdained him, for he was but a lad, ruddy and goodly to look upon. And the Philistine said unto David: am I a dog, that thou comest to me with a staff? and he cursed David in the name of his Gods. And he said to David: come to me and I will give thy flesh unto the fowls of the air, and to the beasts of the field. Then said David to the Philistine thou comest to me with a sword a spear and a shield: But I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the host of Israel whom thou hast railed upon. This day shall the Lord deliver thee into my hand, and I shall smite thee and take thine head from thee, and will give the carcasses of the host of the Philistines this day unto the fowls of the air and to the beasts of the earth, and all the world shall know, that there is a God in Israel. And all this congregation shall know, that the Lord saveth not with the sword and spear. For the battle is the Lords, and he shall give you into our hands.
And when the Philistine arose and came and drew nigh unto David: David hasted and ran in array even against the Philistine. And David put his hand in his poke and took out a stone and slung it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead that the stone sunk into his forehead, and he fell grovelling to the earth. And so David overcame the Philistine with a sling and a stone, and smote the Philistine and slew him. And because David had no sword in his hand, he ran and stood upon the Philistine, and took his sword and drew it out of his sheath and slew him and cut off his head therewith. And when the Philistines saw that their champion was dead, they fled. And the men of Israel and of Juda arose and shouted and followed after the Philistines, until they came to the valley and unto the gates of Akaron. And the Philistines fell down dead by the way, even unto Geth and Akaron. And then the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines and robbed their tents. And David took the head of the Philistine and brought it to Jerusalem: But he put his armor in his tent. When Saul saw David go forth against the Philistine, he said unto Abner the captain of his host, Abner, whose son is this lad? And Abner answered, as truly as thy soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell. Then said the king: Enquire thou, whose son the youngling is. And so when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him and brought him before Saul, with the head of the Philistine in his hand. And Saul said to him: whose son art thou, thou lad? And David answered the son of thy servant Isai the Bethlehemite
*handbreadth long, (just over 9') *Cickle or sickle (5000= nearly 160 lbs, six hundred *sickles (nearly 20 lbs.) : "modern" Hebrew scale of measurement : shekel = about 1/2 oz it is nevertheless possible that ancient measurements were based on "giants" and their physical stature, for gaints ruled the land as it is recorded; making then these sizes and weights much largerThen Ahitophel said unto Absalom: let me choose out, I pray thee, twelve thousand men. And I will up and follow after David by night. And I will come upon him while he is weary and weak handed, and will fear him, that all the people that are with him shall flee. And so will I smite the king only, and will bring again all the people unto thee. And when all these men which thou seekest are turned to thee, all the people shall have rest. And the saying pleased Absalom well and all the elders of Israel. Then said Absalom: call also Husai the Arachite and let us hear his sentence. When Husai was come to Absalom, Absalom spake unto him saying: Ahitophel hath given such counsel: whether it be best we do after his saying or not, tell thou.
Then said Husai to Absalom: the counsel that Ahitophel hath given is not good at this time. For (said Husai) thou knowest thy father and the men that are with him, how that they be strong men. And they be chafed in their minds, even as a bear robbed of her whelps. And thy father is a man practiced in war, and will not lie a nights among the common people. Behold he lurketh now in some cave or in some other place. And thereto though some of his men be overthrown at the first brunt, yet they that hear it will think the people that followeth Absalom be put to the worse. By the reason whereof the best men thou hast whose hearts are as the hearts of Lions, shall shrink thereat. For all Israel knoweth that thy father is a man, and that they which be with him be children of activity.
But my counsel is, that all Israel be gathered unto thee, from Dan to Bersabe, as the sand of the sea in number, and that thou go to battle in thine own person. And we will come upon him in one place or other, where we shall find him, and we will pitch a field against him, even as thick as the dew falleth on the ground. And there shall not one of them be left, neither he nor any of all that are with him. Moreover if he take a town then shall all the men of Israel bring ropes to that city, and we will draw it into the river, until there be not one stone found upon another. And Absalom and all the men of Israel said: that the counsel of Husai the Arachite was better than the counsel of Ahitophel. For it was even the Lords determination to destroy the counsel of Ahitophel: which was good, that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom. Then said Husai unto Sadock and Abiathar the priests: of this and that manner did Ahitophel and the elders of Israel counsel Absalom. And thus and thus have I counselled. Now therefore send quickly and show David saying: tarry not all night in the fields of the wilderness, but get thee over, lest the king be devoured and all the people that are with him. Now Jonathas and Ahimaaz abode by the well rogell: for they might not be seen to come in to the city. And a wench went and told them. And they to go and showed king David.
Nevertheless there was a lad saw them which told it to Absalom. But they went both of them away quickly and came to a mans house in Bahurim, which had a well in his yard, into which they went down. And the wife took and spread a coverlet on the top of the well and strewed thereon steeped barley to dry. And the thing was not spied. And when Absaloms servants came to the wife to the house and asked where one Ahimaaz and Jonathas were, the wife said unto them: they be gone over the little brook of water. And when they had sought them and could not find them, then they returned to Jerusalem. And as soon as they were departed, the other came out of the well, and went and told king David and said unto him: up and get you quickly over the water for such counsel hath Ahitophel given. Then David arose and all the people that were with him, and they were come over Jordan be that it was day, that there lacked not one of them that was not come over Jordan. And when Ahitophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his Ass and arose and gat him home to his own house and to his own city, and put his household in order and hanged himself and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father.
Then David came to Mahanaim. And Absalom passed over Jordan, both he and all the men of Israel with him. And Absalom made Amasa captain of the host in the stead of Joab, which Amasa was a mans son named Jethra a Jezrahelite that went into Abigail the daughter of Naah sister to Zaruiah Joabs mother. And Israel and Absalom pitched in the land of Galaad. And when David was come to Mahanaim, Sobi the son of Naah out of Rabath the city of the children of Ammon, and Machir the son of Amiel out of Lodaber and Berzelai the Galaadite out of Rogelim, brought beds, basins, and earthen vessels: and also corn, barley, flour and parched corn, beans and rice honey, butter, sheep and cheese of kine, for David and all the people that were with him to eat. For they supposed that the people should be hungry, fainty, and thirsty in the wildernessSamson went down to Thamnath, and saw a woman in Thamnath of the daughters of the Philistines, and came up and told his father and his mother, and said: I have seen a woman in Thamnath of the daughters of the Philistines. And now give her me to wife. Then his father and mother said unto him, is there never a woman of the daughters of thy brethren, among all my people: but that thou must go and fetch a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, give me this woman for she pleaseth me well. But his father and mother knew not that it was the Lords doing, and that he sought an occasion of the Philistines, which at that time reigned over Israel.
*L all are capitals as recorded. *son as written sonne sun elsewhere is spelled sunne
Then went Samson and his father and his mother down to Thamnath. And when they came to the vineyards of Thamnath: behold a young lion roared upon him. And the spirit of the Lord came upon him. And he tare him, as a man would rent a Kid, and yet had nothing in his hand. Nevertheless he told not his father and mother what he had done. And he went down and talked with the woman, which seemed well favoured in the sight of Samson.
And within a short space after, as he went thither again to take her to wife, he turned out of the way, to see the carcase of the *Lion. And behold there was a swarm of bees in the carcase of the *Lion and honey. And he took of the honey in his hands and went eating, and came to his father and mother, and gave them also. And they did eat. But he told not them, that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the *Lion.
And when his father was come unto the woman, Samson made there a feast, for so used the young men to do. And when her friends saw him, they brought thirty companions to bear fellowship. And Samson said unto them: I will put forth a riddle unto you. And if you can declare it within seven days of the feast and find it out, I will give you thirty shirts and thirty changes of garments: But and if you cannot declare it me, then shall ye give me thirty shirts and thirty changes of garments. And they answered him, put forth thy riddle and let us hear it. And he said unto them: Out of the eater came meat: and out of the strong came sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle. And when the seventh day was come, they said unto Samsons wife, Flatter with thine husband, that he may declare us thy riddle, or else we will burn thee and thy fathers house with fire: have ye called us to make us beggars or not? Then Samsons wife wept unto him and said, it cannot be but that thou hatest me and lovest me not: for thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my folk and wilt not tell me what it meaneth. And he said: Behold, I have not told it my father, nor my mother, and should I tell it thee?
And she wept unto him seven days, while the feast lasted. And the seventh day he told her, because she lay so sore upon him. And she told it the children of her folk. And the men of the city said unto him the seventh day before the *son went down, What is sweeter than honey, and what is stronger or than a Lion. Then said he unto them: If ye had not ploughed with my calf, ye had not found out my riddle. Then the spirit of the Lord came upon him. And he went down to Askalon, and slew thirty men of them and spoiled them, and gave their garments unto them which expounded the riddle. And he was wroth and went up to his fathers house. But Samsons wife was given to one of his companions that bare him companyBut it chanced within a while after, even in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a Kid. And when he supposed to have gone in unto his wife into the chamber, her father would not suffer him to go in: But said: I thought that thou hadst hated her, and therefore gave I her unto one of thy companions. Howbeit her younger sister is fairer than she. Take her instead of the other. Then said Samson unto them: Now I am blameless concerning the Philistines though I do them evil.
And Samson went out and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and fastened tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails. And he set the firebrands on fire, and put them into the corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the reaped corn and also the standing, with vine and olives. Then the Philistines asked, who had done that? And it was told them that Samson the son in law of the Thamnite, because he had taken his wife and given her to one of his companions. And the Philistines came and burnt her and her father with fire.
And Samson said unto them: should ye do so? for I will surely be avenged of you, and then I will cease. And he smote them leg and thigh with a mighty plague. And then he went and dwelt in the cave of the rock Etam.
Then the Philistines came up and pitched against Juda, and lay in Lehi. And the men of Juda said, Why are ye come against us? And they answered to bind Samson are we come, even to do him as he hath done to us. Then three thousand men of Juda went down to the cave of the rock Etam, and said to Samson: wettest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? Wherefore then hast thou served us thus? And he answered them, as they served me, so have I served them.
And they said unto him, we are come to bind thee and to deliver thee into the hands of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them: sware unto me, that ye shall not hurt me yourselves. And they said, we will not hurt thee, save only bind thee and deliver thee unto their hands: But we will not kill thee. And so they bound him with two new cords and brought him up from the rock. And when he come to Lehi, the Philistines shouted against him. And the spirit of the Lord came upon him, and the cords that were upon his arms became as flax that was burnt with fire and the bands loosed from his hands. And he found a *Jaw bone of a *ratten ass, and put forth his hand and caught it, and slew a thousand men therewith.
And Samson said: with the Jaw of an ass, have I made heaps: with the Jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men. And when he had left speaking he cast away the Jaw out of his hand and called the place Ramath Lehi. And he was sore a thirst, and called on the Lord and said. Thou Lord hath given this great victory, through the hand of thy servant. And now I must die for thirst and fall into the hands of the uncircumcised. But God brake a great tooth that was in the Jaw, and there came water thereout. And when he had drunk his spirit came again, and he was refreshed, wherefore the name thereof was called the well of the caller on, which is in Lehi unto this day. And he judged Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years*J capital J as recorded. *ratten (rat eaten or rotten)
Then went Samson to Gaza, and saw there an whore, and went in unto her. And it was told the Gazites, that Samson was come thither. And they went about and laid await for him all night in the gate of the city, but were still all the night saying: Tarry till the morning that it be day, and then let us kill him. And Samson took his rest till midnight, and arose at midnight took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two side posts, and rent them off, bars and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that lieth before Hebron.
And after that he loved a woman, upon the river of Sorek, called Dalilah unto whom came the Lords of the Philistines, and said unto her: Flatter with him and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may have power over him, that we may bind him, to bring him under, and we will give every man eleven hundred silverlings.
And Dalilah said to Samson. Oh, tell me where thy great strength lieth, and if thou were bound wherewith men might constrain thee. And Samson said unto her: If men bound me with seven green *withies that were never dried, I should be weak and as another man. And then the Lords of the Philistines brought her seven withies that were yet green and never dried and she bound him therewith. Notwithstanding she had men lying in wait with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, the Philistines be upon thee Samson. And he brake the cords as a string of tow breaketh, when it feeleth fire. And so his strength was not known.
Then said Dalilah to Samson: See thou hast mocked me and told me lies. Now yet tell me I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said: If I were bound with new ropes that never were occupied, then should I be weak, and as another man. And Dalilah took new ropes and bound him therewith, and said unto him, the Philistines be upon thee Samson. And there were layers of wait in the chamber, and he brake them from off his arms, as they had been but a thread. And Dalilah said unto Samson, hitherto thou hast beguiled me and told me lies: I pray thee yet tell me wherewith men may bind thee. And he said unto her: If thou plaitedest the seven locks of my head with an hair lace and fasten them with a nail. And she said unto him, the Philistines be upon thee Samson. And awaked out of his sleep, and plucked and went away with the nail that was in the plaiting and with the hair lace. Then she said unto him: How canst thou say that thou lovest me, when thine heart is not with me: for thou hast mocked me this three times, and hast not told wherein thy great strength lieth. And as she lay upon him with her words continually vexing of him, his soul was encumbered even unto the death. And he told her all his heart, and said unto her: there never came razor nor shears upon mine head, for I have been an abstainer to God even from my mothers womb. If mine hair were cut off, my strength would go from me, and I should wax and be like all other men. And when Dalilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent for the Philistines saying, come up yet this once, for he hath showed me all his heart.
Then the Lords of the Philistines came and brought the money in their hands. And she made him sleep upon her lap, and sent for a man, and cut off the seven locks of his head and began to vex him. But his strength was gone from him. And she said the Philistines be upon thee Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep and thought to go out as at other times before and shake himself, and knew not that the Lord was departed from him. But the Philistines took him and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters. And he was made to grind in the prison house, how be it the hair of his head began to grow again after that he was shorn.
Then the Lords of the Philistines gathered them together, for to offer a solemn offering unto Dagon their God, and to rejoice: for they said, our God hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hands. And when the people saw him, they praised their God: for they said our God hath delivered into our hands our enemy, that destroyed our country and slew many of us. And when their hearts were merry, they said: send for Samson and let him play before us. And they fetched Samson out of the prison house, and he played before them, and they set him between the pillars. And Samson said unto the lad that led him by the hand: set me that I may touch the pillars that the house stands upon, and that I may lean to them. And the house was full of men and women. And there was all the lords of the Philistines. And there were upon the roof a three thousand men and women, that beheld how Samson played.
And Samson called unto the Lord, and said: my Lord Jehovah think upon me, and strengthen me, at this time only O' God, that I may be avenged of the Philstines for my two eyes. And Samson caught the two middle pillars on which the house stood and on which it was borne up, the one in his right hand, and the other in his left, and said: my soul die with the Philistines, and bowed them with might. And the house fell upon the lords and upon all the people that were therein. And so the dead which he slew at his death, were more than they which he slew in his life. And then his brethren and all the house of his father; came down and took him up, and brought him and buried him between Zaraah and Esthaol, in the burying place of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years*withies (willow like branches)
My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments by thee. Keep my commandments and my law even as the apple of thine eye, and thou shalt live. Bind them upon thy fingers, write them in the table of thine heart. Say unto wisdom: Thou art my sister, and call understanding thy kinswoman: That she may keep thee from the strange woman, and from the harlot which giveth sweet words. From the window of my house I looked through the trellis, and beheld the simple people: and among other young folks I spied one young fool going over the streets, by the corner in the way toward the harlots house in the twilight of the evening, when it began now to be night and dark. And behold, there met him a woman in an harlots apparel ( a deceitful, wanton and an unsteadfast woman: whos feet could not abide in the house, now is she without, now in the streets, and lurketh in every corner.) She caught the young man, kissed him, and was not ashamed, saying: I had a vow to pay, and this day I perform it. Therefore I came forth to meet thee, that I might seek thy face, and so I have found thee. I have decked my bed with coverings and clothes of Egypt. My bed have I made with to smell of Myrrh, Aloes, and Cinnamon. Come, let us lie together, and take our pleasure till it be day light. For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a far off. He hath taken the bag of money with him: who can tell when he cometh home? Thus with many sweet words she over came him, and with her flattering lips she *wanne him.
Immediately he followed her, as it were an ox to the slaughter ( like as it were to the stocks, where fools are punished ) so long till he had wounded his liver with her dart: like as if a bird hasted to the snare, not knowing that the peril of his life lieth thereupon. Hear me now therefore, O' my son, and mark the words of my mouth. Let not thine heart wander in her ways, and be not thou deceived in her paths. For many a strong man hath she slain. Her houses is the way to hell, where men go down into the chambers of death*wanne from wane meaning to gradually reduce and subdue. This is to say in the spirit, as she leadeth to hell. RN
THE GOSPELL OF ST. MATTHEW Chpt 12
In that time went Jesus on the Sabbath days through the corn and his disciples were an hungered, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat. When the Pharisees saw that, they said unto him: Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the Sabbath day. He said unto them: Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungered, and they also which were with him? How he entered into the house of God, and ate the hallowed loaves which were not lawful for him to eat neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests. Or have ye not read in the law, how that the priests in the temple break the Sabbath day, and yet are blameless? But I say unto you: that here is one greater than the temple. Wherefore if ye had *wist what this saying meaneth: I require mercy, and not sacrifice: ye would never have condemned innocents. For the son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day.
And he departed thence, and went into their synagogue: and behold there was a man which had his hand dried up. And they asked him, saying: is it lawful to heal upon the Sabbath days? because they might accuse him. And he said unto them: which of you would it be, if he had a sheep fallen into a pit on the Sabbath day, that would not take him and lift him out? And how much is a man better then a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do a good deed on the Sabbath days. Then said he to the man: stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth. And it was made whole again like unto the other.
Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him. When Jesus knew that, he departed thence, and much people followed him, and he healed them all, and charged them that they should not make him known: to fulfil that which was spoken by Esai the Prophet, which sayeth. Behold my child, whom I have chosen, my beloved, in whom my soul delighteth. I will put my spirit on him, and he shall show judgement to the gentiles. He shall not strive, he shall not cry, neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets, a bruised reed shall he not break, and flax that beginneth to burn, he shall not quench, till he send forth judgement unto victory, and in his name shall the gentiles trust.
Then was brought to him, one possessed with a devil which was both blind, and dumb: and he healed him, in so much that he which was blind and dumb, both spake and saw. And all the people were amazed, and said: Is not this that son of David? But when the Pharisees heard that, they said: This fellow driveth the devils no other wise out but by the help of Belzebub the chief of the devils.
But Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them. Every kingdom divided within itself, shall be brought to naught. Neither shall any city or household divided against itself, continue. So if Satan cast out Satan, then is he divided against himself. How shall then his kingdom endure? Also if I by the help of Belzebub cast out devils: by whose help do your children cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. But if I cast out the devils by the spirit of God: then is the kingdom of God come on you?
Either how can a man enter into a strong mans house, and violently take away his goods: except he first bind the strong man, and then spoil his house? He that is not with me, is against me. And he that gathereth not with me, scattereth abroad. Wherefore I say unto you, all manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy of the spirit, shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the son of man, it shall be forgiven him. But whosoever speaketh against the holy ghost, it shall not be forgiven him: no, neither in this world, neither in the world to come. Either make the tree good, and his fruit good also: or else make the tree evil, and his fruit evil also. For the tree is known by his fruit. O generation of vipers, how can ye say well, when ye yourselves are evil? For of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth good things. And an evil man out of his evil treasure, bringeth forth evil things. But I say unto you, that of every idle word that men shall have spoken: they shall give accounts at the day of judgement. For by thy words thou shalt be justified: and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.
Then answered certain of the Scribes and of the Pharisees saying: Master, we would fain see a sign of thee. He answered and said to them: The evil and *advoutrous generation seeketh a sign, but there shall no sign be given to them, save the sign of the Prophet Jonas. For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whales belly: so shall the son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. The men of Nineveh shall rise at the day of judgement with this nation, and condemn them: for they amended at the preaching of Jonas. And behold, a greater than Jonas is here. The queen of the south shall rise at the day of judgement with this generation, and shall condemn them: for she came from the utmost parts of the world to hear the wisdom of Solomon. And behold a greater than Solomon is here.
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh throughout dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. Then he sayeth: I will return again into my house, from whence I came out. And when he is come, he findeth the house empty and swept and garnished. Then he goeth his way, and taketh unto him seven other spirits worse then himself, and so enter they in and dwell there. And the end of that man is worse than the beginning. Even so shall it be with this evil nation.
While he yet talked to the people: behold his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. Then one said unto him: behold thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.
He answered and said to him that told him: Who is my mother? or who are my brethren? And he stretched forth his hand over his disciples and said: behold my mother and my brethren. For whosoever doth my fathers will which is in heaven, the same is my brother, sister and mother*wist (known). *advoutry: prefix "a" meaning not or without, devout: devotion; plain hearted to God, being devoted to something or some one else. see James 2 for adultery
THE GOSPELL OF ST. MARK Chpt 3
And he entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there which had a withered hand. And they watched him to see, whether he would heal him on the Saboth day, that they might accuse him. And he said unto the man which had the withered hand: arise and stand in the midst. And he said to them: whether is it lawful to do a good deed on the sabboth days, or an evil? to save life or kill? But they held their peace. And he looked round about on them angerly, mourning on the blindness of their hearts, and said to the man, stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out. And his hand was restored, even as whole as the other.
And the Pharisees departed, and straight way gathered a counsel, with them that belonged to Herode, against him, that they might destroy him. And Jesus avoided with his disciples to the sea. And a great multitude followed him from Galilee and from *Jurie, and from Jerusalem, and from Jdumea, and from beyond Jordan, and they that dwelled about Tyre and Sidon a great multitude: which when they had heard what things he did, came unto him.
And he commanded his disciples, that a ship should wait on him, because of the people, lest they should throng him. For he had healed many, in so much that they pressed upon him, for to touch him as many as had plagues. And when the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him, and cried saying: thou art the son of God. And he straightly charged them that they should not utter him.
And he went up into a mountain, and called unto him whom he would, and they came unto him. And he ordained the twelve that they should be with him, and that he might send them to preach: and that they might have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils. And he gave Simon, to name Peter. And he called James the son of Zebedee and John, James brother, and gave them Bonargs to name, which is to say the sons of thunder. And Andrew, and Philip, and Bartelemew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphey and Taddeus, and Simon of Cane, and Judas Iscarioth, which same also betrayed him.
And they came unto house, and the people assembled together again, so greatly that they had not leisure so much as to eat bread. And when they that longed unto him heard of it, they went out to hold him. For they thought he had been beside himself. And the Scribes which came from Jerusalem, said: he hath Belzebub, and by the power of the chief devil, casteth out devils. And he called them unto him, and said unto them in similitudes.
How can Satan drive out Satan? For if a realm be divided against itself, that realm cannot endure. Or if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot continue: So if Satan make insurrection against himself and be divided, he cannot continue, but is at an end. No man can enter into a strong mans house, and take away his goods, except he first bind that strong man, and then spoil his house. Verily I say unto you, all sins shall be forgiven unto mens children and blasphemy wherewith they blaspheme. But he that blasphemeth the holy ghost, shall never have forgiveness: but is in danger of eternal damnation: because they said, he had an unclean spirit. Then came his mother and his brethren, and stood without, and sent unto him and called him. And the people sat about him, and said unto him: behold thy mother and thy brethren seek for thee without. And he answered them saying: who is my mother and my brethren? And he looked round about on his disciples, which sat in compass about him, and said: behold my mother and my brethren. For whosoever doeth the will of God, he is my brother, my sister, and mother*Jurie (Jewry),
THE GOSPELL OF ST. LUKE Chpt 11
And it fortuned as he was praying in a certain place: when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him: Master, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples. And he said unto them: When ye pray, say: O' our father which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be fulfilled, even in earth as it is in heaven. Our daily bread give us evermore. And forgive us our sins: For even we forgive every man that trespasseth us. And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil.
And he said unto them: if any of you should have a friend, and should go to him at midnight, and say unto him: friend lend me three loaves, for a friend of mine is come out of the way to me, and I have nothing to set before him: and he within should answer and say, trouble me not, the door is now shut, and my servants are with me in the chamber, I cannot rise and give them to thee. I say unto you, though he would not arise and give him, because he is his friend: yet because of his importunity he would rise, and give him as many as he needed. And I say unto you: ask, and it shall be given you. Seek, and ye shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh, receiveth: and he that seeketh, findeth: and to him that knocketh, shall it be opened. If the son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father: will he give him a stone? Or if he ask fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? Or if he ask an egg: will he offer him a scorpion? If ye then which are evil, can give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall the father of heaven give an holy spirit to them, that desire it of him?
And he was casting out a devil, which was dumb. And it followed when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake, and the people wondered. But some of them said: he casteth out devils by the power of Belzebub, the chief of the devils. And other tempted him seeking of him a sign from heaven. But he knew their thoughts, and said unto them: Every kingdom divided with in itself shall be desolate: and one house shall fall upon another. So if Satan be divided with in himself: how shall his kingdom endure? Because ye say that I cast out devils by the power of Belzebub. If I, by the power of Belzebub cast out devils: by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore shall they be your judges. But if I, with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you.
When a strong man armed watcheth his house: that he possesseth is in peace. But when a stronger than he cometh upon him and overcometh him: he taketh from him his harness wherein he trusted and divideth his goods. He that is not with me, is against me. And he that gathereth not with me, scattereth.
When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through waterless places, seeking rest. And when he findeth none, he sayeth: I will return again unto my house whence I came out. And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished. Then goeth he and taketh to him seven other spirits worse than him self: and they enter in, and dwell there. And the end of that man, is worse than the beginning.
And it fortuned as he spake those things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him: Happy is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which gave thee suck. But he said: Ye, happy are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.
When the people were gathered thick together: he began to say. This is an evil nation: they seek a sign, and there shall no sign be given them, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. For as Jonas was a sign to the Ninivites, so shall the son of man be to this nation.
The queen of the south shall rise at judgement, with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for she came from the end of the world, to hear the wisdom of Salomon. And behold a greater than Salomon is here. The men of Nineveh shall rise at the judgement with this generation: and shall condemn them: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas. And behold a greater than Jonas is here.
No man lighteth a candle, and putteth it in a *privy place, neither under a bushel: but on a candlestick, that they that come in may see the light. The light of thy body is the eye. Therefore when thine eye is single: then is all thy body full of light. But if thine eye be evil: then shall thy body also be full of darkness. Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee, be not darkness. For if all thy body shall be light, having no part dark: then shall all be full of light, even as when a candle doth light thee with his brightness.
And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in and sat down to meat. When the Pharisee saw that, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner. And the Lord said to him: Now do ye Pharisees, make clean the outside of the cup, and of the platter: but your inward parts are full of ravening and wickedness. Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without: make that which is within also? Nevertheless give *almose of that ye have and behold all is clean to you. But woe be to you Pharisees, for ye tithe the mint and *rue, and all manner herbs, and pass over judgement and the love of God. These ought ye to have done, and yet not to have left the other undone.
Woe be to you, Pharisees: for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets. Woe be to you scribes and Pharisees hypocrites, for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them, are not ware of them. Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him: Master, thus saying thou puttest us to rebuke also. Then he said: Woe be to you also, ye lawyers: for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be born, and ye your selves touch not the packs with one of your fingers. Woe be to you: ye build the sepulchers of the Prophets, and your fathers killed them, truly ye bear witness, that ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they killed them, and ye build their sepulchers. Therefore said the wisdom of God: I will send them Prophets and Apostles, and of them they shall slay and persecute: that the blood of all Prophets, which was shed from the beginning of the world, may be required of this generation, from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zachary, which perished between the altar and the temple. Verily I say unto you: it shall be required of this nation.
Woe be to you lawyers: for ye have taken away the key of knowledge, ye entered not in yourselves, and them that came in ye forbade. When he thus spake unto them, the lawyers and the Pharisees began to wax busy about him, and to stop his mouth with many questions, laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something of his mouth, whereby they might accuse him*privy (private, hidden)
*almose: this is the exact spelling as found in the text. If this word is "almost" it is consistent with "the giving up of all goods" found in the Acts of the Apostles. Some have read it as alms. *rue (aromatic plant),When a strong man armed watcheth his house: that he possesseth is in peace.
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.
and others of a similitude ...
"the man who lost his wife to england Gog and Magog."
"the man that thought to wash himself clean."
"rich young man running in Adirondack Park..."
"the man the woman and the waters..."
"the man and the woman with three children... "
"the man who LEFT his family..."
"The older man and the younger woman... "
"a man traveling across the country... "
"the white robed man and it is not my country... "
"the old man and the water..."
"lust of a man like his fathers... "
"The man of activity showing and helping others..."
"Buttigieg and the filthiness of man with man..."
"the man running... no one chasing..."
"the licentious layer in wait and the man with the cane..."
"The man and his operation..."
"The rich man has many friends..."
"The western man who was churlish and rude and wretched. "
"the man in the city of darkness... "
"The man hunt and the graves..."
"The two faced man and being passed repentance. PERIOD "
"the man with wife troubles... "
"The man who brought his wife out of darkness twice..."
"The rising raging flood water that man will drown..."
"Look at the signs... the womanish man and the laws..."
"the man who tried to help his sore vexed wife... "
"a man gets his house in order ( PERIOD ) "
"the man that went swiftly his own way..."
"the man of proud things that would not learn..."
"a man of activity of R and D and space..."
"Do not treat dogs as people..."
"the quick minded man bad with names"
"a man takes the children and leaves. "
"when a man loves a woman... "
"a man and a worthy business..."
"the man who was moved to build a boat... "
"the man that went to sleep and woke up in another world. "
"the man who LEFT his house and wife to satisfy his flesh. (period) "
"a man separated from his family..."
"Donald Trump and the man with cunning skills."
"a young man helping a young widow."
"a woman tries to bind a man with vows..."
"a man being held prisoner in the far east..."
"a man in the city with his wife above him...shouting"
"young man going into the military..."
"the man trying to help at his sisters house"
"the man trying to save two young girls..."
"The man that bought the bare foot woman a pair of shoes..."
"the young man in UnGodlie rich woman's house..."
"famous man of color abandons marriage on the television... "
"the man who left his house for the things of the world..."
"laws of God laws of man revisited..."
"a man and his family in a desolate care less country..."
"a man building a way from the high to the low..."
"the man who would be seen as RIGHT..."
"the elect and the election and the man who stood on the RIGHT."
"let every man seek anothers wealth."
"a man trying to clean a house of nothing worth."
"rich man poor man vehicles..."
"a man lost in the world of the worldly."
"a man and a woman brought together."
"the man the wife and the lion and the mountain cat."
"the man and the woman dressed in white."
"a man cunning of activity in the world of the worldly..."
"the man who thought and imagined that he could catch the Leviathan..."
"the man who thought to build his own lamp..."
"a man walking in the unGodly nation like Babylon."
"the young man the sheriff the politician..."
"the man and the bicycle and the woman and the beastly man..."
"the man that went back into the military..."
"a man swept away in sea of mud."
"the man who lived in his house alone...with his wife..."
"a man looking for a different house...in the world of the worldy."
"the man that thought to clean his own cup..."
"a woman helps a man escape..."
"the man and the young woman..."
"a man of understanding speaking to an empty chamber..."
"the separated man and his car collection..."
"the man helping three women..."
"the man the woman and the mighty wind..."
"the man who thought to teach in a catholic school..."
"old man preparing being prepared..."
"a man seeking his own life and living..."
"the man helping the woman..."
"why the man was afraid to work for trump...
"the aged man back to work..."
"a man and a woman caught in a whirlwind..."
"the man drinking of the womans cup..."
"The man and the woman and the healing..."
"the man and samantha jordan..."
"a man trying to stand on the lust of the flesh..."
"comfort for the man of color..."
"the young man and the unGodly relationship..."
"a man and his worldly wife...
"the young man and the young woman..."
"the man who was inabled to comfort some..."
"the man the wife the children and things of the world..."
"a man leaving a white house..."
"a man warned from within not to leave his house..."
"God loving man trying to find a job in an unGodly world..."
"the man looking for caring for his grandson..."
"a man and the foundation of his sons house..."
"the man and the rich widow..."
"every man his hand upon his loins..."
"men with men ...like with a woman..."
"a man moving through the world of the worldly..."
"the man who helped was embraced..."
"a man within the works of Howard Stern..."
"a man made into a double agent..."
"people as brute beasts...and the old man and the lion."
"the man that blamed his father..."
a man who washed in different waters..."
"a man and a woman left in the storm..."
"young married man of the world..."
"helping a man move ...his house..."
"a beastly man delights in evil..."
"but let every man seek anothers wealth"
"which no man yet may escape..."
"ordained of man ...or God and Christ."
"the man and the put away woman..."
"laws of man ...or love of God."
"let every man seek anothers wealth... "
"the man ...who called another man...his "father" ...who was NOT ..."
"a man and his wife ...and another woman..."
"laws above life...wicked laws of man ..."
"within a man ...within a church... "
"cast off man ...and a comforter... "
"intimidation ...at the high schools of man ... "
"more on ...the schools of man ... "
" man following upon a woman... "
"a man bound in the flesh to woman...and mount Gelboe..."
"NW disaster...and the woman and the man ..."
"a man ...and the tale of three women..."
"white man in black church..."
"woman over man ...and highways ..."
"rich man ...strong mans ...house ...and the eagle..."
"motorcycle man and his colors..."
"the old man and the woman ready to give birth..."
"white dog and the black dog with white spots..."
"the man of darkness and the hammer ...."
"fire like a volcano ...and the marked man ..."
"the man with the light in his hand ...and the fish ..."
"the man of truth and the pope ..."
"wicked city of man ...wicked schools of man..."
"no church no temples ..to the last man ..."
"the black man ...the fight and the gifts of ethiopia ..."
"the man ...the Harley-Davidson...and the end of the road."
"a man beguiled and befriended "
"the university of man ...pestilence ...and the green horse ..."
"the man ..the hand and the child ..."
"homeless man in louisiana...helps at the hospital...home "
"hidden ...even in the midst of the wars of man ..."
"religious devices ...devises of man ..."
"the highways ...high ways of man ...turn to steel ...steal"
"the man the maiden ..the dew and the rain ..."
"alters of man ...altar of God."
"a man ...a corporation ...saved and turned from destroying the earth ..."
"native american and the religion of the white man ..."
"like the ...son of man standing with a branch ..."
"holes of ...in ...the religions and doctrines of man ..."
"the Prophets...the power ...and the scepter of man ..."
"the bride ...the Truth ...and the bibles of man ..."
"Word of God going out ...and the words of man being ...cut off ..."
"a man in iraq ...a man in babylon..."
"the black man who would be master over others ..."
"the owner of a corporation ...and the man that feared God"
"of man and woman ...maidens and wives ..."
"..a man racing through darkness ...rushing in darkness..."
"Arnold Palmer and the glove for the six fingered man ..."
"house of man ...woe man ...woman ..."
"eating in and of the world ...the house of the man and wife ...and the woman ..."
"a man his works and his wife ...."
"discovery of temples of man ...under waters ..."
"Dark man changing the Word of God ..."
"kingdumbs of man wasting and the Black ships..."
"mountains of man ...washed by the waters of God ..."
"Images of the beastly man become greater and greater ...."
"World washed in dung and the dam ...and the dog and the man ..."
"short lived bibles of man ..."
"Beyond the season of man ..."
"these houses of man did harbor (take in) the injured hurt ..."
"Wicked science of man and the darkness..."
Nature of man...hey ! man ...heman...and the fire ...
evil cruel violent rule of the house of man ...and worse eveil rule ...even over the nation
promotion of God's Truth as man does ??? NO NOT ..hell no ...
season of man ...souls required
Line cast out over the cities of man ...
Time for God and Christ...of the time of man ...in the season of man ...
six fingered man ...and the bride ...and the end ..of freedumb ...on to freedom in God and Christ
Word of God comes of the messenger ...and not of the ways of man ...
left sided man ...and the Rock...
...Oh man ...oh man of God...Oh men of God ...
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