brâ—adde whiche we breake part takynge of the bodye of Christe because that we thoughe we bee manye yet are one breade and one bodye in as much as wee all are partakers of one breade and of one cuppe That whiche I deliuered vnto you I receaued of the Lorde For the Lorde Iesus the same nighte in whiche he was betrayed toke bread and thanked and brake and said Take ye â— eate ye this is my body which shal be betrayed for you This doe ye in remembraunce of me After the same manner he toke the cuppe when supper was done sayinge This cuppe is the newe Testament in my bloud This do as ofte as ye drincke it in the remembraunce of me For as often as ye shall eate this breade and drincke of this cup ye shall shew the Lordes deathe tyll he come Thereforeâ— who so euer shall eate of thyâ— breade or dryncke of the cuppe vnworthely shall be gilâ—y of the body bloud of the lord Let a man therfore eâ—amin him selfe aâ—â— so let hym eate of the breade and 〈…〉 the cupe For he that eateth or drincketh vnworthelye eateth and drinketh hys owne damnation because he maketh no diâ—ference of the Lords body For this cause many are wâ—ake and sycke among you and many slepe Wherfore my breethren when ye come to gether to eate tarye one for an other Yf anye man honger let him eate at home that ye come not to gether vnto condempnation Other thinges shall I set in order when I come ¶ How that they which be maryed ought to behaue them selues And of the contynence of vyrgynes and wydowes Capitu. 58. AS concerning the things wherof ye wrote vnto me it is good for a man not to touche a woman Neuerthelesse to auoâ—d fornication let euerye man haue hys wyfe and let euery wyfâ— haue her husbaÌ„d Let the man geâ—â— vnto the wyfe due â—enâ—uolence Likewise also the wife â—nto the man The wife hath no power ouer her owne bodye but the husband And likewise the man hath no power ouer his owne bodye but the wife Withdraw not your selues one from an other excepte it be witâ— consente for a time for to geue youre selues too fastinge and prayer And afterwarde come againe to the same thinge leaste Sathan tempte you for youre incontinencye This I saye of fauoure for I woulde that all men wer as I am my selfe but euery man hath his proper gifte of God one after this manner an other after that I saye vnto the vnmaryed men and wydowes it is good for them that they abyde euen as I doe But and if they can not abstaine let them mary For it is better too marye then to burne Unto the maried commaund not I but the Lorde that the wife seperate not her selfe from the man If she separate her selfe let her remain vnmaried or be reconciled vnto her husbande agayne And let not the husbande put awaye his wife frome him To the remnaunte saye I and not the Lorde If anye brother haue a wyfe that beleueth not Yf she be contente to dwell with him let him not put her away And the woman whiche hath to her husbande an infidell if he consente to dwell with her let her not put him awaye For the vnbeleuinge husbande is sanctifyed by the wife and the vnbeleuing wife is sanctified by the husbande Or els wer your children vncleane but now are they pure But and if the vnbeleuinge departe let him departe A brother or a sister is not in subiection to such God hath called vs in peace For howe knowest thou o woman whether thou shalt saue that man or no Other how knowest thou o man whether thou shalt saue that woman or no But euen as God hath distrybuted to euerye man As concerning virgynes I haue no commaundemente of the Lorde yet geue I counsell as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lorde to be fayethfull I suppose that it is good for the presente necessity For it is good for a man so to be Art thou bounde vnto a wyfe seeke not too be lowsed Arte thou lowsed from a wife seke not a wife But and if thou takest a wife thou synnest not Lykewise if a virgyne marye she sinneth not Neuerthelesse suche shal haue truble in their flesh but I fauoure you The single manne careth for the thinges of the Lorde how he maye please the Lord. But he that hath maried careth for the thinges of the worlde howe he maye please hys wife and is deuided The syngle woman carethe for the thinges of the Lorde that she maye be pure both in body and also in spirit but she that is maryed careth for the things of the world how she may please her husband Thys speake I for your profytte not to tangle you in a snare but for that whiche is honest and comely vnto you and that ye maye quietly cleaue vnto the Lord without separation If any maÌ„ think that it is vncomelye for his virgyne Yf she passe the tyme of maryage and so if neede require let hym doe what he lusteth he sinneth not if she be maried Neuerthelesse he that purposeth surelye in his harte hauinge no neede but hathe power ouer hys owne wyll and hath so decreed in his harte that â—e wyll kepe his virgyâ—e doth wel So then â—e that â—oyneth his virgine in mariage doth wel But he that ioyneth not his virgine in mariage doth better The wife is bound to the law as long as her husband liueth If her husbande sâ—epe she is at libertye to marye with whome shee wyll onelye in the Lorde But she is happiar if she do abide in my iudgemente And I thinke verelye that I haue the spirit of God Women submytte your selues vnto your owne husbandes as vnto the Lord. For the husbande is the wiues heade euen as Christ is the heade of the congregation Therefore as the congregation is in subiection vntoo Christ likewise let the wiues be in subiection to theyr husbandes in all thinges Husbands loue your wiues â—â—en as Christ loued the congregaâ—â—â—n and gaue him self for it So ought menâ—e to loâ—e their wiues as their owne bodyes He that louethe hys wyfe loueth him selfe Neuerthelesse 〈◊〉 yâ— so that euerye one of you loue his wife â—ruly euen as him selfe And let the wyfe sâ—e that she feare her â—usbande Wyues submitte your selues vnto your owne husbanâ—es as it is comelye in the Lorde Husbandes loue youre wyues and be not bytter vnto them Let wedlocke be had in price in all pointes and let â—he chamber be vndefyâ—ed ¶ Of Certain documentes generally partayning to men women and widowes Capitu 59. I Woulde ye knewe that Chrâ—st is the head of euerye man and that the manne is the womans heade And God is Christes headde Euerye man prayinge or prophesyinge hauing any thinge on his head shameth his hâ—adde Euery woman that praieth or prophesieth bare headed dishonesteth her headde For it is euen all one and the very same thinge euen as
the mynde and were naturallye the chyldren of wrathe euen as well as other This I saye therefore and testifye in the Lorde that ye hence foorthe walke not as other gentiles walke in vanitye of their mynde blinded in their vnderstanding being straungers from the life whiche is in God thorowe the ignorauncye that is in them because of the blindenesse of their heartes whiche beinge past repentaunce haue geuen them selues vnto wantannes to worke al maner of unclennes euen with gredines But ye haue not so learned Christe if so be ye haue heard of him and are â—â—ughte in him euen as the truthe is in Iesu to laye from you that olde man which is corrupte thorow the deceaueable lustes For many walke of whom I haue tolde you often and nowe tell you wepinge that they are the enemies of the crosse of Christe whose ende is dampnation whose God is their belye and whose glorye is their shame which are wordlye minded Mortifye therfore youre members which are on the earth fornication vnclennesse vnnaturall luste euyll concupiscence For whiche thinges â—ake the wrath of God commeth on the children of vnbeliefe in whyche thinges ye walked once when ye liued in them For this is the wyll of God euen that ye should be holye and that ye shoulde abstaine frome fornication that euerye one of you should knowe howe to kepe his vessell in holynesse and honoure and not in the luste of concupyscence as doe the heathen which knowe not God Therefore let vs not slepe as other do but let vs watche and be sober Keepe thy selfe pure and chaste drinck no longer water but vse a little wine for the stomacke sake and thine often diseases Be sober Let ther be no fornicator or vnclean personne as Esau whiche for one breakefast solde his byrth righte Ye knowe how that afterward when he woulde haue inherited the blessinge he was put by and he found no meanes to come therby again no though hâ— desired it with teares Therfore be not drâ—nke with wine wherin is â—xcâ—sse ¶ Agaynste the vyces of the fleshe Capitu 17. THey serued the creatures more then the makâ—r For this cause God gaue them vp vnto shamfull lustes for euen their women did chaunge their naturall vse vnto the vnnaturall And lyke wise also the men lefte the naturall vse of the woman and brente in their lustes one an other And manne with manne wroughte filthines and receaued in them selues the rewarde of their errour as it was accordinge Let not sin ragine therfore in your mortall bodies that ye shuld therunto obey in the lustes of it nether geue ye youre members as instrumentes of vnryghteousenesse vnto synne I speake grosselye because of the infyrmitye of youre fleshe As ye haue geuen your members seruaunts to vnclennes and to iniquitye frome iniquitye vnto iniquitye euen so nowe geue your members seruaunts vnto vnrighteousnes that ye may be sanctified what frute had ye then in those thnigs wherof ye are now ashamed For the end of those things is death For the reward of synne is death They that are geuen to the fleshe can not please God But ye are not geuen to the flesh but to the spirite if so be that the spirite of God dwell in you Therefore we are now dettours not to the fleshe to lyue after the fleshe for if ye lyue after the flesh ye muste dye but if ye mortifye the dedes of tâ—â— body by the helpe of the spiriâ—e ye shall lyue Not in eatinge and drinking neither in chamburinge and wantannesse but put ye on the Lorde Iessus There goeth a common â—ayinge that there is fornication among you and suche fornication as is not once named among the gentiles that one shoulde haue his fathers wife And ye swell and haue not rathâ—r sorowed that he which hathe done thys deede mighte be put frome amonge you For I verely as absente in bodye euen so presente in spirit haue determined alreadye as thoughe I were presente of him that hath done this dede in the name of oure Lord Iesus Christ youre reioysinge is not goodâ— know ye not that a little leuen sowreth the whole lompe of dowe I wrote vntoo you in a Epistle that ye shoulde not companye with fornitours Nor I mente not at all of the fornicatours of this worlde ether of the couetous or of extorsioners ether of the ydolaters For then muste ye nedes haue gone oute of the worlde But nowe I write vnâ—o you that ye company not to gether Meates are ordained for the bellye and the bellye for meates but God shall destroye bothe it and them Let not the bodye be applyed vnto fornication but vnto the Lorde and the Lorde vnto the body Ether remember ye not that your bodies are the members of Christe Shall I nowe take the members of Christe and make them the members of an harlote God for bydde Doe ye not vnderstand that he which coupleth him selfe with an harlot is become one bodye For two sayeth he shall be one flesh Fle fornication All sinnes that a man doth are wiâ—houte the bodye but he that is a fornicatour synneth against his own body The deedes of the flâ—she are manyfest which are these aduoutrye fornicaâ—ion vnclennesse wantannes ydolatrye witchcrafte hatered variaunce zâ—ale wrath strife sedition sectes enuyinge murther dronckennesse gluttonye and suche like of the whiche I tell you before as I haue tolde you in time past that they whiche commit suche thinges shall not inherit the kingdome of God Se that forniâ—ation and all unclennes or coueteousnes be not ones namâ—d amonge you as it becommeth saynctes neither filthynes neither foolishe talkinge neither gestinge whyche are not comelye but rather geuinge of thankes For thys ye knowe that no whoremonger ether vncleane personne or couetuous personne which is the worshipper of ydoles hath anye inheritaunce in the kyngedome of Christe and God God hathe not called vs vnto vnclennes but vnto holines God wyll iudge fornicators and aduouterers ¶ Of fortitude and stabilitye and of the constancy of the hearte Cap 18. THerefore my deare breethren be ye stedfast and vnmouable alwaies rich and abundant in the works of the Lord in as much as ye knowe how that youre laboure is not in vaine in the Lord. And therfore let vs not hence foorth be no more children waueringe and caried with euery wynde of doctrine by the wilines of men and craftines whereby they laye awayte for vs to deceaue vs. Fynally my brethren be strong in the Lorde and in the power of hys mighte put on the armoure of God that ye may stand stedfast against the crafty assaultes of the dâ—uyl For we wrastle not against flesh and bloude but against rule against power against worldly rulers of the darkennes of this worlde against spirituall wyckednesse for heauenlye thynges For this cause take vnto you the armoure of God that ye may â—e
one mediator betwâ—ne God and maÌ„ which is the man Christ Iesu which gaue him self a raunsome for all men that it shuld be testified at his time wher vnto I am orâ—aynâ—d a preacher and an Apostle I tell the truth in Christ and lye not beinge the teacher of the gentyles in faith and veritye ¶ Of diuers misteries of Christ that is of his incarnation naâ—â—uiâ—y humility pouertyâ— passion resurrection apparition ascention and glorification And also of the effectes of his saluâ—iferous passion Capitu. 47. BUt hym that was made lesse then the Aungels we see that it was Iesus which is crouned with gloryâ— and honoure for the sufferinge of death that he by the grace of God shoulde taste oâ— deathe for all men For it became him for whome are all thinges after that he hadde broughte manye sonnes vnto glory that he should make the Lord of their saluation perfecte thorowe oâ—fering For he that sanctifâ—eth and thei whiche sanctified are al of one For whiche causes sake he is not a shamed to call them brethren sayinge I wyll declare thy name vnto my brethren and in the myds of the congregation wil I praise the. And againe I wyll put my truste in him And againe behold hear am I and the children whiche god hath geuen me For as much then as the children were partakers of fleshe and bloude he also him selfe likewise toke part with them For to put doun thorow death him that had Lordeship ouer death that is to say the deuil and that he mighte deliuer them which thorowe feare of death were all theyr lyfe tyme in daunger of bondage For he in no place â—aketh on hym the Aungels but the â—eede of Abraham taketh he on him Wherefore in all thinges it became him to be made lyke vntoo his breethren that he mighte be mercyfull and a faithfull hye prieste in thinges concerninge God for to pourge the peoples sinnes But Christe beinge an hye prieste of good thinges too come came by a greater a more perfecte tabernacle not made with hands y â— is to say not of this maner building nether by the bloud of gotes and calues but by his owne bloudde he entred in ones for all in to the holye place and founde etternall redeÌ„ption For if the bloud of oxen and of goetes and the ashes of an heyfer when it was sprincled purified the vncleane as touchynge the purifyingâ— of the flesh how much more shall the bloude of Christ whithorowe the eternall spirite offered him self without spot to god pourge your consciences from deade workes for to serue the lyuing God And for this cause is he the mediator of the new Tâ—stamente that thorow death whiche chaunced for the redemption of those transgrâ—ssourâ—s that were in the firste Testamente they whiche were called might receaue the promes of eternall inheritaunce For whersoeuer is a TestameÌ„t ther must be also the death oâ— him that maketh y e Testament for the testameÌ„t taketh auctoritye when men are deade For it is of no value as longe as he that made it is alyue For which cause also neither that firste Testamente was ordayned withoute bloude For when all the commaundements wer redde of Moses to all the people he toke the bloud of calues and of gotes with water and purple wull and ysope and sprinckeled both the boke and al the people sayinge this is the bloud of the Testament whyche God hathe appoynteâ— vnto you Moreouer he sprinckled the tabernacle with bloude also and all the ministringe â—essels And also almost all thinges are by the lawe pourged with bloud â—nd withoute sheddinge of bloude is no remission It is then neede that the similitudes of heauenlye thinges be purifyed with suche thinges but the heâ—uâ—nly thingâ—s them selues are puryâ—ied with beâ—ter sacriâ—yces then are those For Châ—iste is not entred in to the holye places that are made with handes whiche are but simiâ—â—â—udes of true thinges but is entâ—red in to verye heauen foâ— too appeare nowâ— in the sighte of God for vs not to offer him â—elâ—e often as the â—ygh prieâ—â— entreth in to the â—olye place euâ—rye year with â—traunge bloud foâ— then muâ—te bee haue oâ—ten suffered sence the worldâ— began But nowe in the ende of the worlde hath â—e appeared once to put lyâ—ne to â—lighte by the offeringe vâ— of him selfe And as it is appoinâ—ed vnto men that theâ— shall once dye and then commeth the iudgemente euen so Christe was ones offered to take away the sinnes of manye and vnto them that looke for him shall â—e appear again withoute synne vnto saluation There is then no dampnation too them which are in Christ Iesu whiche walke not after the â—leshe For God â—â—nte his sonne in the simylitude of synâ—ull fleâ—he and by synne dampned synne in the â—â—â—he c. I deliuâ—red vnto you tâ—at which I reaceaued howe that Christe dyed for our sinnes agreeâ—ge to the scriptures And that he was â—uriâ—d and that he rose agayne the thyrâ—â—ay accordinge too the â—criptures and that he was seene of Cephas then of the twelue After that he was sâ—ene of more then fyue hundred breâ—thren at once of whiche manye remayne vnto this daye and manye are fallen a sleâ—pe After thaâ— he appeared too Iames then to all the Apostels And laste of all he was seene of me as of one that was borne out of due â—yme Thereâ—ore remember that â—esus Christe beinge of the seede of Daâ—id rose agayne frome deathe accordinge to my gospell wherein I suffâ—r trouble as an euyl doar but the woâ—d of God is not bounde But when the â—â—me was fâ—ll come God sent his son borne of a woman and made bond vnâ—o the law that to redeme theÌ„ which were vnder y e law that we thorowe election mighte receaue the inâ—erytaunce that belongeth vnto the naturall sonnes Ye know the liberality of our Lord Iesus Christ which though he were rich yet for your sakes became poore that ye thorow his pouerâ—ye might be made riche Whether the fâ—re runner is for vs entred in I mean Iesus that is made an hye priest for euer after the order of Melchisedeâ—h That he ascended what meaneth it but that he also dâ—sâ—ended first in too the lowest parâ—â—es of the earthe He that descended is euen the same also that ascended vppe euen aboue all heauens to fulfyll all things The whiche beinge in the shape of God thoughte it no robberye to be equall wyth God Neuerthelesse he made him selfe of no reputation and toke on him the shape of a seruaunt and became like vnto men and was founde in his apparell as a man He humbled him selfe and became obedient vnto the deathe euen the death of the crosse Wherfore God hath â—xalted him and geuen him a name aboue all names that in the name of Iesus shoulde euery knee â—owe both of thinges in heauen and thinges in earth and thinges vnder the earth and that all tonges shoulde confesse that Iesus