A16000:68
The prophet Jonah with an introduccio[n] before teaching to understo[n]de him and the right…The prophete Ionas with an introduccio[n] before teachinge to vndersto[n]de him and the right…
The prophet Jonah with an introduccio[n] before teaching to understo[n]de him and the right use also of all the scripture, and why it was written, and what is therein to be sought, and showing wherewith the scripture is locked up that he which readeth it, can not understo[n]de it, though he study therein never so much: and again with what keys it is so opened, that the reader can be stopped out with no sotilte or false doctrine of man, from the true sense and uderstondynge thereof.The prophete Ionas with an introduccio[n] before teachinge to vndersto[n]de him and the right vse also of all the scripture, and why it was written, and what is therin to be sought, and shewenge wherewith the scripture is locked vpp that he which readeth it, can not vndersto[n]de it, though he studie therin never so moch: and agayne with what keyes it is so opened, that the reader can be stopped out with no sotilte or false doctrine of man, from the true sense and vderstondynge therof.
Antwerp : M. de Keyser, 1531?
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
¶ The second Chapter.
¶ The seconde Chapter.
But y• lord prepared a great fish / to swallow up Jonah. And so was Jonah in the bowels of the fish. iij. days &. iij. nights. And Jonah prayed unto y• lord his god out of y• bowels of the fish.
BUt y• lorde prepared a greate fyshe / to swalow vp Ionas. And so was Ionas in ye bowels of ye fish. iij. dayes &. iij. nightes. And Ionas prayed vnto y• lord his god out of y• bowels of the fish.
¶ And he said: in my tribulation I called unto the lord / and he answered me: out of the belly of hell I cried / and thou herdest my voice. For thou haddest cast me down deep in the midst of the sea: & the flood compassed me about: and all thy waves & rolls of water went over me: & I thought y• I had be ne cast away out of thy sight. But I will yet again look toward thy holy temple. ⟨image 23⟩The water compassed me even unto the very soul of me: the deep lay about me: and the weeds were wrapped abode mine heed. And I went down unto the bottom of the hills / & was barred in with earth on every side for ever. And yet thou lord my God broughtest up my life again out of corruption. When my soul fainted in me / I thought on the lord: & my prayer came in unto the / even in to thy holy temple. They that observe vain vanities / have forsaken him that was merciful unto them. But I will sacrifice unto the with the voce of thanksgiving / & will pay that I have vowed / that saving cometh of the lord.