Ruth — Chapter 2

The Church vseth this salutation in the holie sacrifice and other diuine office.

to the lining , he hath kept alfo} to the dead. And againe the faid : The man is our nigh cofin, 21. And Ruth: This alfo,quoth the , he commanded me , that fo long I fhould ioyne my felf tothe reapers, til althe corne were reaped. 22, To whom her mother in law faid:Itis better my daugther, that thou goe forth with his maids to reape, left in an other mans field fome may refift thes. - -.She therfore ioyned her felf to the maids of Booz : and fo long rea ch them, til the barley and the wheate were layd vp in the barnes. CHAD. It. Ruth infiructed by ber mather in law leepetb at Boox feete ,8, and figni fying. that she perteyneth to bim by the law of a/fimitse , receineth goud anfwer, 14.4nd fix meafures of barley, V T after that fhe wras returned to her mother in law,-fhe heard of her : My daughter , I wil cil feck thee reft, and wil prouide that it may be wel with thee. 2. Tnis Booz ,to whofe maids Xl thou artioynedinthe field , is our nigh kin man, andchis night he winoweth the barne A] floore of the barley! 3, Wath therfore and annoynt thy felf , and puton thy better gar- ments,and goe downe into the barne fioore,let no man {éethec,ti ne thal haue ended eating & drinking.4. And when he fhal goc to fleep , marke the place wherein he fleepeth : and thou inhale Booz RV T H. 531 thalt come, and difcouer the mantel wherwith he ts couered toward his : feet, and shal caft thy felf downe and lie there : (a) and he wil telthee avhatthou mutt doc.s. Who anfwered: Wnhatioeuer thou fhalt com- mand,that wil I doe. 6. And the went downe into the barne fioore , and 1 did al the things which her mother ia law had commanded her,7. And when Booz had eaten , anddrunken, and was tnade pleafant , and was cone to fleep by the heap of theaues , fhe came clofely, and difcouering the mantel at his feet, layd her {elf downe. 8. And behold , When it wasnow midnight the man was afrayd , and troubied and he faw a woman lying at histeet, g. and faid to her: Who art thou ? And fhe anfwered: 1 am Ruth thy handmaide: fpread thy mantel vpo# thy Ter- uasit,becaufe thou art nigh of kinne. 10.And he faid:Bleffed art thou of our Lord my daughter,and the former mercie thou haft pafled with the later : becaufe thou haft (1) not folowed yong men cither poore or rich, 11. Feare not therfore , but whatfoeuer thou fhalt fay tome, I wil doe to thee. For al the people that dwelleth within the gates of my citie know ,thattiiou art a woman of vertue..12. Neither doe I denie my felt nigh of kinne , but there is an other necrer then I. 33, Reft this night : and when morning 1s come, if he wil retayne thee b , the right of nigh of kindred, the thing is wel done , but if he wil not, 1 wiltake thee without al doubr, our Lord lineth , fleep vntil morning, 14, She flept thertore at his feet tilthe night was gone. Therfore fhe arofe before men could know one an other , and Booz faid: Beware left any men Know thar thou cameft hither, 15. And agayne, Spread, quoth he , thy mantel, wherwith thou art couered, and hold ic with both hands, Who {preading and holding it , he meafured fix meafures of baricy , and putt: vpoa her, Who carying it entred into the citie,

Booz doubted not but reward was due to good workes.

Yea a ful reward, answerable to Ruths pietie: Which must be spiritual and eternal.