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A brief and compendious table, in a manner of a concordance opening the way…A brief and compendiouse table, in a maner of a concordaunce openyng the waye…
A brief and compendious table, in a manner of a concordance opening the way to the principal histories of the whole Bible, and the most co[m]mon articles grounded and comprehended in the new Testament and old, in manner as amply as doeth the great concordau[n]ce of the Bible. Gathered and set forth by Henry Bollynger, Leo Jude, Conrad Pelican, and by the other ministers of the church of Tygurie. And now first imprinted in English. D.M.L. [sic] The third book of the Maccabees a book of the Bible also printed unto this book which was never before translated or printed in any English Bible. The contents of this book are contained in the next leaf.A brief and compendiouse table, in a maner of a concordaunce openyng the waye to the principall histories of the whole Bible, and the moste co[m]mon articles grounded and comprehended in the newe Testament and olde, in maner as amply as doeth the great concordau[n]ce of the Bible. Gathered and set furth by Henry Bollynger, Leo Iude, Conrade Pellicane, and by the other ministers of the church of Tygurie. And nowe first imprinted in Englyshe. D.M.L. [sic] The third boke of the Machabees a booke of the Bible also prynted vnto this boke which was neuer before translated or prynted in any Englyshe Bible. The contents of this booke are conteyned in the next leafe.
London: printed by S. Mierdman for Gwalter Lynne, 1550
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chapter 6 part A 1And one Eleazarus a noble man, one of the Priests of that country a very aged man, & virtuous all his life with other sad men about him, calling upon the holy God prayed thus. O mighty king, and most hiest almighty God, which mercifully governest all things that thou hast made lock upon the seed of Abraham, and the children of thy holy Jacob. The chosen people consecrated unto the being strangers in an other ⟨image 140⟩land and that shall be slain unjustly *O father. Thou destroyest Pharaoh having many chariots, sometime the king of the Egyptians, puffed up with cruel stubbornness & boastings of tongue thou drownest him & his proud host in the sea, and with thy light of mercy diddest shine upon the Israelites Zurich part R *Thou O Lord over threwest Sennacherib king of the Assyrians being proud for his innumerable sort of men, which had subdued unto his power all the whole land, and was lift up against the holy city, speaking cruel and proud words, showing openly unto the gentiles the power. part B *Thou savest those thy try friends in Babylon, which with good there gave there lives to the fire, because they would not worship vain things, and diddest cast down unto the burning forne is, & savest them unhurt even the very hairs of their heads, turning the flame upon all their enemies. *Thou broughtest Daniel false into light out of the den, which by false accusations through envy was cast under the earth to the Lions to be devoured of wild beasts. *And diddest bring again Jonah ⟨image 140⟩safe unto his friends, when he had been sore troubled in the wales belly, that was breed in the sea, o father. Now also O merciful beholder of all things tarry not, but show thy self unto the people of Israel as shortly as may be, that it is unjustly and cruelly hand led of the ungracious and wicked gentiles. And if our living be waxen naught by dwelling in a strange country, take us out of our enemies hands, O lord, and destroy us by what death thou wilt least they that think vain things, rejoice vainly of those mens destruction, whom thou hast loved and said. No not there own God hath delivered them, wherefore thou that art strongest and mightest O eternal, God, look upon us now, and have mercy upon us, which by the might of wicked men, be taken out of our life as though we were traitors.