Ane prologe to the Cathecyſine.     Fol.i.

4. Regum
vltimo.

Eſaie.5.

Icre.2.

THE fourt buke of the kingis, (o
Chriſtiane peple) makis menti-
oun, that the ſonnis of Iſrael,
otherwais callit the peple of the
Jewis, was led in captivite into
Babylone, be ye king of ye Aſſy-
rianis, callit Nabuchodonoſor,
to thair greit miſerie and confuſioun. The cauſe
quharof is plainlie expremit in the fift cheptour of
Eſaie, quhair God almychty ſais thus: Propterea
captiuus ductus eſt populus meus, quia non habuit
ſcientiā. Thairfor is my peple (ſais almychty God)
ledde in captivite, becauſe that thai haif nocht had
knawlege or underſtanding. Gyf ze ſpeir, quharof
had thai na underſtanding or knawlege: Treulie
nother of yame ſelf nor of thair God, for baith thai
milk end yame ſelf A yair Lord God, quhilk thing,
was the ſpecial cauſe of thair captivite & miſerable
thirldome in Babylone. That yai miſkend yame
ſelf, it is cerlie ſchawin in the ſecund cheptour of
Jeremie, quhair oure Lord ſpekis thus to ye ſame
peple: si laueris te nitro & multiplicaueris tibi het-
bam borith, maculata es in iniquitate tua corã me
dicit dns. Quomodo dicis nō ſū polluta? Poſt Baa-
lim nō abii. Vide vias tuas in conualle & ſcito quid
feceris. Suppotſe thom weſche thi ſelf with ſaip, &
gather a greit heip of ye herbe callit Borith quhilk
hais greit bertue of clēging zct in my ſycht yow ac
fylit be reſon of thi myckitnes and ſyn ſais oure
Lord. Quhy ſais thow lwa. I am nocht fylit, I
haif nocht gaine after Baalim that ydole be ydola-
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