Isaac when he was tempted and he offerd him beynge his only begotten sonne whiche had receaued the promyses of whom it was sayed In Isaac shal thy seede be called For he considered that God was able to rayse vp again from death Wherefore he receaued him for an ensample In fayth Isaac blessed Iacob and Esau concerninge thinges to come By fayeth Iacob when he was a dyinge blessed bothe the sonnes of Ioseph and bowed him selfe toward the toppe of his cepter By fayth Ioseph when he dyed remembred the departinge of the chyldren of Israell and gaue commaundemente of his bones By fayeth Moses when he was borne was hydde three monethes of his father and mother Because they sawe he was a proper chylde neyther feared they the kinges coÌmaundemente By fayeth Moses when he was great refused to be called the son of Pharaos doughter and chose rather âo suffer aduersitye wyth the people of God then to enioye the pleasures of synne for a ceason and estemed the rebuke of Christe greater riches then the treasure of Egipte for he had respecte vnto the rewarde By fayeth he forsoke Egipte and feared not the fearcenes of the king for he endured euen as he hadde sene him which is inuisible Throughe fayeth he ordayned the ester lambe and the effusion of bloud least he that destroyed the first borne shoulde touche them By fayth they passed through the redde sea as by drye lande whiche when the Egiptians had assayed to do they were drouned By fayth the walles of Iârico fell downe after they were compased aboute seuen âayes By fayth the harlot Raab perished not wyth the vnbeleuers when she had recâaued the spyers to lodgiâge peaseablye And what shal I more say the time woulde be to shorte for me to tell of Gedeon of Baruch and of Sampson and of Iephthae also of Dauid and Samuell and of the prophetes which throughe âayth subdued kingdomes wroughte righâeousnesse obtayned the promâsses sâoppâd the mouthes of Lyons quenched the violence of fyâr âscaped the edge of the swearde of weake were made stronge waâed valâente in fyghte turned to âlighâe the armyes of the alyentes and the woman-receaued theyr deade raysed to lyfe agayne And thâse all throughe fayth obtayned good reporte and receaued not the âromes God prouidinge a betâer thing for vs that they withoute vs shoulde not be made perfecte ¶ Of hope Cap. 6. HOope maketh not ashamed For we are saued by hope But hope that is seene is no hope For howe canne a manne hope for that whiâhe he seeth But and if wee hope for that we see not then doâ we with pacyence abyde for it Reioycinge in hope What soeuer thynges are wrâtten afore tyme are wrytten âor oure learnyng that we thorow pacience and comforte of âhe scriptures might haue hope The God of hope fyll you wyth all ioye and peace in beleuinge that yâ maye be ryche in hope thorowe the power of the holye ghoste Let vs not put oure truste in oure selues but in God which rayseth the dead to life agayne Such trust we haue through Christ to god ward not that we are sufficyent of our selues to thinke any thing as it were of our selues but our ablenes commeth of God Seinge then that we haue such trust we vse great boldnes For in Christ we haue trust accesse through confydence by faith on him And therefore wyth all confidenââ Christ shall be magnifyed in my bodye whether it be throughe lyfe or elles death For Christe is to me life and death is to me a vauntage For the hopes sake which is laââ vp in store for you in heauen of whiche hope ye haue heard before by thâ true worde of the gospell From whence we loke for a sauiour euen the Lorde Iesus Christe whiche shal chaunge our vile bodies that they maye be faâhoned like vnto hiâ glorious body according to the workinge wherby he is able to subdue al thinges to him selfe For he which eareth shuld eare in hope and that he whiche thresheth in hope shoulde be partaker of hyâ hope This is a sure sayinge and of all parties worthye to be receaued For therefore we laboure and suffer rebuke because we beleue and hope in the lyuinge God which is the sauyour of all men but spâcially of thosâ that beleue Which hope we haue as an ancre of the soule bothe sure and stedfaste and entringe in to the thinges which are within the vayle Seing brethren that by the meanes of the bloud of Iesu we may be bold to enter in to that holye place by the newe and lyuinge waye whiche he hathe prepared for vs throughe the vayle that is to saye by hys fleshe and that we haue also an high priest which is ruler ouer the house of God let vs drawe nere with a true hart in a full fayth sprinkeled in our hartes frome an euyll conscience and washed in oure bodyes with pure water let vs kepe the profession of our hope withoute waueringe for he is faithfull that promised We haue confydence because we haue a good conscience in all thyngs and a desire to him honestlye Caste not awaye therefore youre confidence which hath a greate reward to recompence Let vs therfore go boldely vnto the seate of grace that we maye receiue mercye and fynde grace to helpe in the tyme of neede ¶ Of charitye Cap. 7. THe charitye and loue of God is shed abroad in our harts by thâ holy ghost which is geuen vnto vs. For we know that all things work for the best vnto them that loue God which al are called of purpose Then who shall separate vs from the loue of God shal tribulation or anguish or persecution eyther hunger eyther nakednesse eyther parell either swearde as it is written For thy sake are we killed all daye longe and are coumpted as shepe appointed too be slayne Neuerthelesse in all these thynges we ouercome strongely thorowe hys healpe that loued vs yea and I am sure that neyther death neyther life neyther Aungels nor rule neyther powâr neither thinges presente neither thinges to come neyther strength neither heigh neyther loweth neither any other creature shall be able to departe vs from the loue of God shewed in Christâ Iesu our Lorde Owe nothinge to any man but to loue one an other For he that loueth an other fulfyllethe the lawe For thou shalt not commytte adâââtery Thou shalâe not steale Thou shaltâ not beare false witnes Thou shaltâ not desyre and so foorth if there be any other commaundement they arâ all comprehended in thys sayinge Loue thy neyghboure as thy selfe Loue hurteth not hys neyghboure Therefore is loue the fulfyllinge of the lawe Let loue be withoute dissimulation And be kynde one to an other wyth brotherly loue Beynge seruente in sprite He that is ioyned vnto the Lorde is one sprite who so loueth God the same is knowen of hym Knowledge maketh
to them For they watch for your soules euen as they that muste geue accomptes for youre soules that they maye doo it with ioye and not wyth grefe for that is a profytable thing for you And receaue suche a one with honour and all gladnesse Tyll I come geue attendaunce to readinge to exhortation too doctryne Despise not that gifte that is in thee whiche was geuen the thorowe prophesye and with the layinge on of handes of an elder Take hede vnto thy self and vnto learning and contynue âherein For if thou shalt so do thou shalt saue thy selfe and them that hear the. Laye handes sodenlye on no man Nether be partaker of other mennes synnes Watch thou in all things and suffer aduersitye and do the woorke of an euangelist fulfyll thyne office vnto the vttermost Be sober Of theese thinges put them in remembraunce and testifye before the Lorde For thou haste sene the experience of my doctrince fashion of liuinge purpose faythâ longe sufferinge loue paciene persecutions afflictions which happened vntoo me at Antyoche at Iconium and at Lystra Whyche persecutions I suffered pacientlye And from them al the lord deliuered me Preache the worde be feruent be it in season or out of season improue rebuke exhorte Be vnto them that beleue an ensample in worde in conuersation in loue in spirit in charity An elder exhort as a father yong meÌ as brethren the elder women as mothers y â yoÌger as sisters in al chastity But speake thou that which becoÌmeth wholsome learning y â the elder men be sober honest discrete sound in the fayeth in loâe and in pacyence And the elder women likewyse that they be in suche raiment as becommeth holynes not false accusers not geuen to much drynckinge but teachers of honest thinges to make the yonge wemenne sober mynded to loue theyr husbands to loue theyr chyldren to be discrete chast huswyââye good and obedient vntoo theyr own husbands that the word of God be not euill spoken of Yf thou shalt put the breethren in remembraunce of these things thou shalte be a good minyster of Iesus Christ which hast bene nourished vp in the wordes of fayth and good doctrine which doctrine thou hast continually folowed ¶ Of the spirituall generation of baptime And why that from hence foorth we ought to depart from sinne Capâu 62. WHere abundaunce of synâe was there was more plentuousenesse of grace c. vt âuprâ What shall we say then Shal we continue in sin that ther may abundaunce of grace God forbydde How shall we that are deade as touchynge synne lyue any longer therein Remember ye not that al we which are baptised in the name of Iesus Christ are baptysed to dye wyth him We are buryed with hym by baptysme for too dye that likewyse as Christ was raysed vppe from death by the glorye of the faâher euen so we also should walke in a newe lyfe For iâ we graffe in death like vnto him eueÌ so muste we be in the resurrection This we must remember that our olde man is crucifyed with him also that the bodye of sinne might vtterly be destroyed that hence foorthe we should not be seruaunts of sinne For he that is dead is âustified from sin Wherfore if we be dead with Christ we beleue that we shall lyue wyth him remembringe that Christ once rayseh from death dyeth no more Death hath no more power ouer him for as touching that he dyed he dyed concerning synne once And as touchinge that he liueth he liueth vnto God Likewise imagine ye alsoâ that ye are dead concerninge synne but are aliâe vnto God thorowe Iesus Christ our Lorde For al ye that are baptised in Christ Iesu haue put on Christ. In whom ye are circumcised with circumcision made withoute handes by puttinge of the sinfull body of the fleshe throughe the circumcision that is in Christe in that ye are buryed with him through baptime in whom ye are also rysen agayne throughe faith y â is wroughte by the operation of God which raised him from death ¶ Of the comming of the most wicked and most falsest Antichrist and of the day of iudgement Capitu. 6â BE not sodeÌly moued aâthough the day of Christ were at hand Let no man deceiue you by any mâanes For the Lorde commeth not excepte there come a departinge first and that the sinfull man âe opened the sonne of perdition whiche is an aduersarye and is exalted aboue all that is called God or that is woorshipped so that he shall sytte as God in the temple of God and shewe him selfe as God Remember ye not that whan I was yet with you I toldâ you theese thynges And nowe ye knowe what wythholdethe euen that âe mighte âee vttered at hyâ tyme. For the mysterye of the iniquytye doeth alreadye woorke tyll he whiche nowe onely letteth be taâen oute of the waye And then shall that wicked be vttered whoÌ the lorde shall consume with the spirite of hys mouth and shall destroye it with appearaunce of his cominge euen him whose cominge is by the working of Satan with al lying power signes wonders and in al dâceiueablenes of vnrightuousenes amonge them that perish because they receaued not the loue of y e truth that they might haue bene saued And therefore God shall âend them strong delusion that they shuld beleue lyâs that all they might be dampned whyth beleued not the truth but had pleasure in vnrighteâusnes Of the times and ceasons brethren ye haue no nede that I write vntoo you for ye your selues knowe parfectly that the daye of the Lord shall coâe âuen as a theeâe in the nighte When they shall saye peace and no dâunger then commeth on theÌ soden destruction as the trauaylinge of a woman with chylde and they shall not scape But ye brethern are not in darkenes that that daye should come on you as it were a theâe ¶ Of the generall resurrection that is too come Capitu. 64 YF so be that any man haue not the spirit of Christ the same is none of his But if the spirit of him that raysed vp Iesus from ââathe dwell in you euen he that âaysed vp Christe from deathe shall âuycken youre mortall bodyes because that his spirit dwelleth in you God hath raysed vp the Lorde and shall rayse vs vp by his pwer For we knowe that he which raysed vp the Lorde Iesus shall rayse vp vâ also by the meanes of Iesus and shall set vs with you Christe amonge you is not weake but is mightye in you For thoughe it came of weakenes that he was crucified yet liueth he thorow the power of God And we no doubte are weake in him but we shall lyue with him by the might of God amonge you If we beleue that Iesus dyed and and rose agayne euen so them also which slepe by Iesus wyl God bring agayne with him And this saye we vnto you
surmysinges and vayne disbutations of menne with corrupte myndes and destitute of the truthe whyche thynke that lucre is Godlines Some swell as thoughe I woulde come no more to you but I wil come to you shortelye if God wyll and wyll knowe not the wordes of them whiche swell but the power for thâ kingedome of God is not in wordes but in power ¶ Of the pacience and tribulations of the electe and iuste Capi. 10. WE reioyce in tribulation for we knowe that tribulation bringeth pacience pacience bringeth experience experience bringeth hope Blesse them which persecute you belsse but curse not recompence no man âuyll for euyll For it is written vengeaunce is myne and I wil rewarde sayth the Lorde be not ouercome of euyll but ouercome euyll wyth goodnesse We are reuiled and yet we blesse we are persecuted and suffer it We are euil spoken of and we pray we are made as it were the fylthines of the world the ofârowringe of al thinges euen vnto this time We are troubled on âuery side yet are we not withoute shifte We are in pouertye but not vtterly without somewhat We are persecuted but are not forsaken we are cast downe neuerthelesse we perish not And we alwayes beare in oure bodies the dyinge of our Lord Iesus that the life of Iesus mighte appeare in oure bodies For we that lyue are alwayes deliuered vnto death for Iesus sake that the lyfe also of Iesu mighte appeare in oure mortall fleshe So then deathe woorketh in vs and lyfe in you Therefore in all thinges let vs behaue oure selues as the ministârs of God in much pacience in afflictions in necessitye in anguishe in stripes in prisonmente in strife in labour in watchinge in fastinge in purenesse in knowledge in longe sufferinge in kindnes in the holy ghoste in loue vnfained in the wordes of truthe in honoure and dishonoure in euyll reporte and good reporte as disceauers and yet true as vnknowen as dyinge and beholde we yet lyâe as chastened and not killed aâ sorowinge and yet alwaye merye as poore and yet make many riche as hauinge nothinge and yet possessinge all thinges Wherefore I desire you that yâ faynte not because of my tribulations for youre sakes whiche is youre prayse And ye became folowers of vs and of the Lorde and receaued the word in muche affliction and trybulation with ioye of the holye ghosâe so that ye were an ensample to all that beleeue in Macedonia and Achaia For frome you sounded oute the word of the Lord not in Macedonia and in Achaia onely but in all quarâers And that of God For vnto you it is geuen that not onely ye shoulde beleeue in Christe but also suffer for his sake and haue euen the same fyghte whiche ye sawe me haue and nowe heare of me For ye suffer fooles gladdelye because that ye your selues are wise For ye suffer euân if a manne bringe you into bondage if a man deuour âf a man take if a manne exalte hym selfe if a manne smyte you on the face For ye youre selues knowe brethren of oure enâraunce in vnto you howe that it was not in vayne but euen after that wee hadde suffered before and were shamefullye entreated at Philippos as ye well knowe then were we bolde in oure God to speake vnto you the Gospell of God with muche stryuinge Ye remember brethren our laboure and trauayle For we laboured daye and nyghte because we woulde not beâ greauous vntoo anye of you and preached vntoo you the Gospell of God And ye became folowers of the congregaâion and church of God whyche in Iewrye are in Christe Iesu For ye haue suffered lyke things of youre kinsmen as we oure selues haue suffered of the Iewes which as they killed the Lord Iesusâ and their own prophets euen so haue they persecuted vs. For when I was with you I tolde you before that we shoulde suffer tribulation euen as it came to passe and as ye knowe Therefore haue continuall pacyence towarde all men see that none recompence euyll for euyll vnto any man but euer folowe that whiche is good both amonge your selues and to all men All that wyll lyue Godly in Christ Iesu muste suffer persecutions Call to remembraunce the dayes that are passed in the which after ye hadde recâaued lighte ye endured a greate fighte in aduersities partlye whyle all men wondered and gasâd at you for the shame and tribulation that was don vnto you partli while ye became coÌpanions of them which so passed their tyme. For ye suffered also with those that were in bandes and toke in worthe the spoylinge of youre goodes and that with gladnes knowinge in youre selues how that ye had in heauen a better and an enduringe substaunce So that we oure selues reioyce of you in the congregations of God ouer youre pacience and fayeth in all youre persecutions and tribulations that ye suffer whiche is a token of the righteouse iudgemente of God that ye are coumpted worthye of the kingedome of God for which ye also suffer For ye haue nede of pacience that after ye haue done the wyll of God ye mighte receaue the promesse Other were racked and would not be deliuered that they might receiue a better resurrecâion Other tasted of mockinges and scourginges moreouer of âondes and prisonment were stoned were he wen a sunder were tempted were slayne wyth sweardâs walked vppe and downe in shepes skinnes in goâes skynnes in neede tribulation and veration whiche the worlde was not worthye of they wandered in wildernesse in mountaynes in dennes and caues of the âarthe Wherefore let vs also seinge that we are compased wyth so greate a multitude of witnesses laye awaye all that presseth doune and the sinne that hangeth on and let vs âenne with pacience vnto the battaill that is set before vs lookinge vnto Iesus the auctor and finisher of our fayth whiche for the ioye that was set before him abode the crosse and despised the same and is set downe on the ryght hand of the throne of God Consider therefore how that he endured suche speakynge againste him of synners leaste ye shoulde be wearyed and faynte in your mindes For ye haue not yet resisted vnto bloudesheddinge stryuinge agaynst sinne And haue forgotten the consolation whyche speaketh vntoo you as vnto âhildren sayinge my sonne despise not the chasteninge of the Lorde neither faynte that thou art rebuked of him For whome the Lorde loueth hym he chasteneth yea and he scourgeth euerye sonne that he receaueth Continue in the dyscipline and chasteninge of the Lorde for God offerethe hym selfe vntoo you as vnto sonnes What sonne is that whome the father chasteneth not If ye be not vnder correction whereof all arâ partakers then are ye bastardes and not sonnes Let vs go foorth therfore out of the âentes and suffer rebuke wyth him My thinketh that God hathe set foorth vs whiche are Apostels For the lowest
precious stones tymber haye or stoble euery mans worke shall appear For the day shall declare it and it shalbe shewed in fier And the fyer shall trye euerye mannes worke what it is Yf anye mans worke that he hath buylt vppon byde he shall receaue a rewarde Yf anye mans worke burne he shall suffer losse but he shall be safe him selfe neuerthelesse yet as it were thorow fire We muste all appeare before the iudgemente seate of Christe that euerye man maye receaue the workes of his bodye accordinge to that hee hathe done whether it be good or badde For god loketh on no mans person It is verelye a righteous thynge with God to recompence tribulation to them that trouble you and to you whiche are troubled reast with vs when the Lord Iesu Christ shal shew hym selfe frome heauen wyth hys mightye Aungels in flaminge fire rendringe vengeaunce vnto them that knowe not God and too them that obeye not the Gospell of oure Lorde Iesus Christe Which shall be punyshed with euerlastinge damnation from the presence of the Lorde and frome the glorye of his power when he shal come to be gloryfied in his sainctes and to be made maruaylous in all them that beleeue because oure testimonye that we had to you was beleued euen the same daye that we preached it Some mennes sinnes are open before hande and goo before vntoo iudgemente Some mens synnes folowe after Likewise also good workes are manifeste before hande and they that be otherwyse canne not be hydde Wherfore I was greued with this generation and sayed They erre euer in their hartes they verelye haue not knowen my wayes so y t I sware in my wrath that they shuld not enter in to my reaste Some when they heard rebelledâ how be it not all that came oute of Egypte vnder Moses But with whome was he displeased fortye yeares was he not displeased with them that synned whose carkases were ouerthrowen in the desert To whome sware he that they shuld not enter in to his reast But vntoo them that beleued not And we see that they coulde not enter in because of vnbeleue A fearefull lokinge for iudgement and violente fyre which shal deuouâ the aduersaries For we knowe hâm that hath sayed vengeaunce belongeth vntoo me and I wyll recompence And agayne the Lorde shall iudge hys people For yet a vâryâ lyttle whyle and he that shall come wyll come and wyll not tarye Whiche wyll lyghten thinges that are hydde in darckenes and open the ounsayles of the heartes c. ¶ Of the vnspeakeable mercy of God vntoo mankynde And of Christes meke redemption of manne Caâpit 46. YE are iustyâyed freelye by the grace of God throughe the redemption that is in Christ Iesu whome God hathe made a seate of mercye throughe fayeth in his bloude to shewe the righteousnes which before him is of valure in that he forgeueth the synnes that are passed which God did suffer âo shewe at this time that he migâte be counted iust and a iustifiar of him which beleueth on Iesus Which was deliuered for our sinnes and rose agayne for to iustifye vs. For when we were yet weake accordinge to the time Christ dyed for vs whiche were vngodlye Yet ââace wyll any manne dye for a râghteous man Paraduenture for a good man durste a manne dye But God setteth out his loue that he hath to vs seing that whyle wee were yet synners Christe died for vs much more then nowe seinge we are iustified in hys bloud shall we be saued from wrath thorowe him For if when we were ennemies we were recânciled to god by the death of his sonne much more seinge we are reconciled we shall be preserued by his life Aâste minge this that if one be dead for all then are all deade and Christ dyed for all that they whiche lyue shoulde not hence âoorthe lyue vntoâ them selues but vnto him whyche dyed for them and rose agayne Therefore if anye man he in Christ he is a newe creature Olde thinges are passed awaye Bâholde all thingâs are beââme nâwe Neuerthelesse all thinges are of God whiche hathe reconcilâd vs vntoo hâm selfe by Iesus Christe and hathe geuen vnto vs âhe offyce too preache the attonment For god was in Chriââ and made agâeâmânt betwene the world and him selfe and impuâed not their sinnes vnto them and hathe câmmytted too vs the offâce of reconciliation Nowe then are we messengers in the roume of Christe Euen as thoughe God dyd beseeche you thorowe vs. So praye we you in Christes steade that ye be atone wiââ gââ For he hathe made hâm to be synne for vs whiche knewe no synne that we by hys meanes shoulde bee that ryghteousenesse whicâ bââore God is alowed Whyche gaue hym selfe for oure sinnes to deliuer vs frome this presente euyll world throughe the wyl of god our father to whom be praise for euer and euer Amen Christ hath redemed and deliuered vs frome the curse of the lawe and was made a cursed for vs. For it is written Cursed is euerye one that hangeth on tree that the blessinge of Abraham might come on the gentiles through Iesus Christ that we might receaue the promes of the spirit through fayeth Christ is our peace whiche made of both one and hath broken down y e wall that was a sâop betwene vs and hath also put awai thorow his flesh y e cause of hatred that is to saye the lawe of commaundementes contained in the lawe written for to make of twayne one new man in him selfe so makinge peace and to reconcyle bothe vnto God in one bodye thorow his crosse and slewe hatered therby and came and preached peace to you whiche were a farre of and to them that were nye For thorow him we bothe hauâ an open waye in in one spirite vnto the father For it pleased the father y â in Christ shuld all fulnes dwell and by him to reconcile al thing vnto him selfe and to set at peace by him throughe the bloude of his crosse bothe thinges in heauen and thinges in earthe And you which were in times past strauÌgers and ennemyes because youre myndes were set in euyll woorkes hath he nowe reconciled in the body of his flesh thorow death to make you holy vnblameable and without faut in his owne sight And ye whiche were deade in sinne through the vncircumâision of your fleshe hath he quickened with him and hath forgeueÌ vs al our trespases thâth put out the hand writing that was against vs contained in the law written And y â hath he taken out of y t way hath fastened it to his crosse â hath spoiled rule and power hath made a shew of them openly hath triumphed ouer theÌ in his own persoÌ This is a ârue sayinge and by all mâanes worthy to be receaued that Christ Iesus came in to the worlde to saue sinners For therâ is one God and
the prayse that is of valure before God Where is thân thy reioysinge It is excluded By what lawe By the lawe of workes Naye but by the lawe of fayth For we suppose that a man is iustified by sayeth without the dedes of the law Is âe the God of the Iewes onely is he not also the God of the gentiles Yes euen of the gentiles also For it is God onelye which iustifieth circumcision which is of fayth and vncircumcision thorowe faith Do we then destroye the lawe thorow faithe God forbyd But we rather maynetayne the lawe What shall we saye then that Abrahame oure father as partayninge to the fleshe did fynde Yf Abraham were iustified by dedes then hath he wherin to reioyce but not with god For what saith the scripture Abraham beleeued God and it was counted vnto him for righteousenes To him that worketh is the reward not reckened of âauouâe but oâ duty To him that worââtâ not but bâleueth on him that iusâifieth the vngodlye is his fayth coânââd for rightâouânâs Euân as âauid desâribâth the blessedfulnâssâ of the manne vnto whom âod ascribeth righteousenesse wythoute deedes Blâssâd are they whose vnrightâousnâssâ are fârgeuân and whose sinnes arâ couârâd Blessâd is that manne to whome oure Lord imputeth no âynne Came this blessednâsse then vpon the circumcised or vpon the vncircumcised we saye veâelye howe that fayeth was reckenâd vntoo Abraham for righteousnessâ Howe was it râckened In the time of circumcision or in the time before he was circumcised Not in the time of circumcision but when he was yet vncircumcised And he receaued the sygne of circumcysion as a seale of tâe righteousenâs which is by fayth whiche faieth he had yet beynge vncircumcisâd that he should be the father of all them that beleue tâough they be not circumciâed that righâeousnesse mighâe be imputed to them also and that he might be thâ father of the circumcisâd not because they are circumcisâd only but because thei walke also in thâ steppes of that fayeth that was in our father Abraham before the time of circumcision For the promes that he shulâ be the heier of the worlde was not geuen to Abraham or to his seede thorowe the lawe but thorowe the righteousânes which commeth of fayth For if they which are of the law be heyers then is fayth but vayne and the promâs of none effect Because the law causeth wrathe For where no lawe is there is no transgression Therfore by fayeth is the inheritaunce geuen that it might come of fauour and the promes might be sure to all the sâde Not to them onely whiche are of the law but also to them which are of the faith of Abraham which is the father of vs all As it is written I haue made the a father to many nations euen before God whome thou hast beleued which quickeneth the deade and calleth those thynges which he notâ as thoughe they were For euen vnto the time of the law was synne in the worlde but sinne was not regarded as longe as there was no lawe For the lawe in the meane time entrâd in that syn shuld encrease Remâmber ye not brâethren I speake to them that know the lawe how that the law hath power ouer a maÌ as long as it endureth for the woman whâch is in subiection to a man is bounde by the lawe to the manne as longe as he lyuâth Yf the man be deade she is lowsâd frome thâ lawe of the man So that she is no wedlocke breaker though she couple her selfe with an other man Euen so ye my brethren are deadde concerninge the lawe by the body of Christ that ye shoulde be coupled to an other I meane to him that is rysen agayne frome death that we shoulde bring foorthe frute vnto God For when we wer in the flesh the lustes of sinne whiche were stirred vppe by the law âaygned in oure members to bring foorth frute vnto deathe But now we are deliuered from the lawe and deade from that wher vnto we were in bondage that we shoulde sârue in a newe conuersation of the spirite and not in the old conuersation of the letter What shall we say then ãâã the law synne God forbyd but I knewe not what synne meante but by the lawe For I had not knowen what lust had meante excepte the lawe had sayed thou shalte not luste but sinne toke an occasion by the meanes of the commaundemente and wroughte in me all manner of concupiscence For verely without the lawe synne was deade I ones liued withoute lawe but when the coÌmaundement came synne reuiued and I was dead And the verye same commaundemente whiche was ordained vnto lyfe was founde to be vntoo me an occasion of death For sinnâ tokâ occasion by thâ the meanes of the commaundement and so disceaued me and by the selfe commaundemente slewe me Wherfore the lawe is holye and the commaundemente iusâe and good Was that then which is good made death vnto me God for bydde But synne was deathe vnto me that it mightâ appeare how that synne by the meanes of that whyche is good hadde wroughte deathe in me that synne which is vnder the commaundement mighte be out of measure sinfull For the lawe of the spirite that bringeth life throughe Iesus Christ hath deliuered me frome the lawe of sinne and death All thinges are lawefull vnto me buâ all thinges are not profytable I mayâ do all thing as but I wyll be broughte vnder no mans power ¶ Of the âerfection and excellency of the eâangelâcall lawe aboue the âawâ wâitten Capiâu 51. IF the minystration of deathe throughe the letters figured in ââones was glorious sâ that the children of Israell coulde not beholde the face of Moses for the glorye of his countenaunce whiche glorye neuerthelesse is done awaye whyâ shall not the ministration of the spirite be muche morâ glorious For iâ the ministring of condempnation bâ glorious muche more doeth the ministration of righteousenes eâceade in glorye For no doubte that which was there glorified is not once gloryfied in respecte of this eâceadingâ glorye Then if that whiche is destroyed was glorious muche morâ shall that whiche remayneth be gloryous Then the commaundemente that wente aââre is disanulled because of her weaknes and vnprofitablenes For the lawe made nothinge perâect but was an introduction of a better hope by which hope we drawe nyâ vnto God And for this cause it ãâã a better hope that it was not promysed without an othe now hath Christ optayned a more excellente offyce in as muche as he is the mediator of a better Testamente whiche was made for better promises For if that first Testament had bene fautelesse then shuld no place haue bene sought for the second For in rebuking them he sayeth Beholde the dayes wyll come sayeth the Lorde and I wyll fyniâhe vppon the house of Israell and vppon the house of Iuda a new Testament not lyke the Testament that I made with their fathers at
capitu 17.19 Couetous persons are worshippers of ydols ca. 17 Comfort the feble mynded ca. 15 CoÌpany not with fornicatours ca. 17 Continue in prayer cap. 26 Couet spirituall giftes cap. 42 Cretaines are liars cap 14 The creatures of god are good ca. 25 Crucifye the fleshe with the apetites thereof capitu 16 A crowne of righteousnes capi 3â Cut away occasions capi 68 D. Death is to me aâauntage ca. 6.33 Death worketh in vs and life in you capitu 10 Death entered by synne ca. 30 Deathe hathe no more power ouer Christ capit 62 Death is the last that shal be destroied ca. 65. Defraud not thy brother in barganninnge ca. 11 Despysers of Moses lawe were put to death ca. 8 Despise not the chasteninge ca. 10 Despise the superioures commaundementes and despise God ca. 14 Deacons and what manner of men they shoulde be capi 56 Departe from iniquitye ca. 13 Deny God and he shal deny the. ca. 11 the Dedes of the fleshe ca. 17. the Dedes of the law iustify no man capitu 50. Diuersyties of bodies ca. 65 Do all youre busines in loue ca. 7.36 Do nothinge groudgingly or of neceââitye ca. 11 Do all thinges honestly ca. 12 Do nothinge parcially ca. 14 Doe all thinges to the prayse of god capitu 29. Doo all thinges in the name of the Lorde Iesu ca. eo Do good to all men ca. 32 Do all thinges without murmuring capitu 36 Do all thinges vnto edifyinge ca. 42 Doers not hearers of the lawe be iustiââed ca. 45 Domes daye shall not come vntyll Antichriste be come capi 63. Domes daye shall come lyke a theeâe capi eodem Denye all vngodlynes capit 32 Deuour not one an other ca. 10 Drawe all one waye ca. 21 E. Eaâe not with couetus men ca. 35 Enoche was translated cap. â y â Earth that bringeth forth thornes must be burnie cap. 11 Esau solde his byrthrighte for one breakefast capi 16 âternall lyfe is the grace and gift of god ca. 23 Esteme not thy selfe more then it beâommeth the ca. 9.48 Esteeme other better then thy selfe âapitu 9. Euerye manne shall beare his owne âurthen capit 1â Euery man shall geue accomptes of âim selfe cap. 22 Euery maÌ hath not knowledge ca 34 Euery man shall receaue his reward âccordinge to his labour cap. 45 Euyll wordes corrupt good maners ââpitu 28 Experience bringeth hope caâ 10 Exhort one an other dayly ca. 12 Examyn thy selfe and so eate of that âreade ca. 57 F. Fayeth is the waye vnto grace ca. 4 Fayth and belefe of the hearâe iustiâyeth capi eod Fayth cometh by hearing ca 4.39 Fayeth by loue is mâghâye in operaâion cap. 4 Fayth is the gifte of god ca. eod Faith commeth not of workes ca. 4 Fayth is asure confidence of thinges which are hoped for ca. 5 the Faithfull are blessed with faythfull Abraham ca. 4 Fashion not youre selues like vnto the worlde ca. 29. Fathers moue not youre children to wrath cap. 60 Fathers raâe not your childreÌ ca. 60 Fathers must laye vp for their chyldren ca. eodem the Faule of the Iewes is vnto the gentiles saluation ca. 40 the Fashion of this worlde goeth awaye capitu 36 Fede thine enemy ca. 15 False Apostles the ministers of Saâhan ca. 25 Feare to faule in to the hands of god capitu 8 Filthy communication ca. 20 Fighte the good fight of faith ca. 32 Fire shal trye eâery maÌs work caâ 45 the Flesh lusâeth contrary to the spirit ca. 16.25 Fleshe and bloudde shall not inherit âhe kingdome of God cap. 23 Flee froÌ worshipping of ydols ca. 34 Fleshly men can noâ please god ca. 17 Folow that which is good ca. 10 Folow the truthe in loue ca. 23 Forget not to do good capitu 15 Folow y e thou maâst coÌprehend ca. 23 Fornicatours do synne against their âwne bodyes ca. 17 Folish questions do geÌder stryfe ca. 21 âhe Frutes of the spirite ca. 23 Fulfyl not the lustes of y e flesh ca. 16 G. Geue roume vnto wrath ca. 9 Geue to euery man his duty ca. 11 Geue your members seruauntes vnrighteousenes ca. 17 Geue no occasion of euill ca. 20 Geue no place vnto the deuil ca. 25.35 Geue no hede to fables ca. 28 Geue your selues vnto God ca. 36 Geue with singlenes cap. 41 Gentiles offer to deuils ca. 34 ãâã Gifts of the spirit ca. 41 Giftes of the spirite are diuers ca. 41 âod cannot lye ca. 1 God promised eternall life before the worlde began cap. ãâã God from the beginninge hath choseÌ vs to saluation cap. 2 God hath called vs vnto hope ca. 3 God brought our Lorde Iesus from death cap. 3.4 God is riche vnto all that call vpon hym capi 4 God iustifieth the heathen throughe fayth cap. eod God can not denye him selfe ca. âo God rewardeth them y â seke him ca. 5 God raiseth y â dead to life again ca. 6 God is able to subdue all thinges to him selfe ca. eo God is the sauioure of all that beleue capitu eodem God loueth a chearefull geuer ca. 11 God geueth power to edifye and not to destroye ca. âod God compasseth the wise in theyr folyshenes ca. 13 God quickeneth all thinge ca. 14â God forgettethe not the woorke that cometh of loue capitu 1â God wyll iudge adulterers ca. 17 God geueth the encrease ca. ââ God is causer of peace ca. eâ God shall rewarde euery man occordinge to his dedes ca. 22 God loketh on no mans person ca. eo God shal suffer no maÌ to be tempted aboue his strângth ca. 25.45 God hath deliuered vs frome the power of darkenes cap. 32 God sware by him selfe ca. eo God is not ashamed to be calde oure god ca. 33 God hath prepared a citi for vs ca. eo God gâueth vp synners to their hartes lustes ca. 35 God tryeth the harie cap. 39 God wyl make a short word in earth capitu 40 God hath wrapped al nations in vnbelefe caâ eo God woorkethe all thinges that are wroughte in all creatures ca. 14 God is not causer of strife ca. 42 God in his churche hathe ordayned diuers rulers ca. 41.43 God hath anoynted vs and sealed vs capitu 42 God is rych in mercy ca. 43 God loued vs when we were dead in synne ca. eod God raised Christ froÌ death ca. 43.63 God called vs not accordinge to oure deedes but accordinge too his grace capi 43 God hathe chosen the foolyshe of the worlde to confounde the wise ca. 44 God is faithfull ca. eo God ordayned vs too walke in good workes ca. eod God worketh both the deede and the wyll ca. eo God is not parciall ca. 45 God loketh on no mannes personne capit 45.60 God of his righteousenes recompenseth tribulation to those that trouble vs câpiâ 45 God hath made Christ a seate of mercye cap. 46 God onely doth iustifye man ca. 50 God calleth those thinges that be not as though they were ca. eod God is a spirit ca. 73 God is able to do exceadinglye
spirite shall of the spirite reape lyfe euerlaââynge Be not therefore partakers wyth them And that no man goe to farre and defraude âis brothâr in barganingâ because the Lorde is a venger of all suche thinges as we haue tolde you beforetime and âestifiâd He that doth wronge shal receaue for the wronge that he hath done Yf there be any that prouideth not for his owne and namelye for them of his âousholde the same denieth the fayeth and is worsse then an infydele No man that warreth and is geuen to God entangleth him selfe with wordlye businesse and that because he would please him that hath chosân him to be a souldioure And thoughe a man striue for a masterye yet is hee not crowned excepte he striue lawfullye The husband man that laboureth muste fyrste receaue of the frutes It is a true sayinge if we be dâade with him we also shall lyue with him Yf we be paâiente we shall also raygne with him Yf we denye him he also shall denye vs. Studye to shewe thy selfe laudable vnto God a workeman that nedeth not to be a shamed handelinge the the worde of truthe iustlye This is a true sayinge Of these thinges I woulde thou shouldest certifye that they which beleue in God mighte be diligente to goo forwarde in good workes A man that is geuen to heresye after the firste and the seconde admonition auoide remembringe that he that is suche is peruerted and synneth euen dampned by his owne iudgemente For it is not possible that they whiche were once lighted and haue tasted of the heauenlye gifte and become partakers of the holy ghost haue tasted of the good word of God and of the power of the worlde to come if they fall shoulde be renued agayne vnto repentaunce For as much as they haue as concerninge them selues crucified the son of God a fresshe makynge a mocke of him For that erth which drineketh in the rayne which commeth oft vppon it and bringeth foorth erbes meete for them that dresse it receaueth blessinge of God But if it bringe foorth thornes and bryers it is reproued and is nye vnto cursinge whose ende is to be burned Strech foorth therfore the handes which were let down and the weake knees and see that ye haue streighte steppes vnto youre âete leaste anye haâtinge turne you oute of the waye yea let it rather be healed Beinge made free frome sinne ye are become the seruauntes of righteousnes For when ye wer seruaunts of sinne ye were not vnder righteousenesse ¶ Of prudencye and of the vice of imprudencye Capitu. 12. THey that are carnall are carnallye minded But thây that are spyrituall are ghostlye minded To be carnallye minded is deathe But to be spirituallye minded is life and peace The wisedome of the fleshe is enemye against God for it is not obedienâe to the lawe of God neither can be For the naturall man perceaueth not the thinges of the spirite of Godâ For they are but folishnes vnto him Neither canne he perceaue them because hee is spirituallye examyned But he that is spirituall discusseth al thinges yet he him selfe is iudged of no man Therefore let him that thinketh he standeth Take hede least he fall I praise you brethren that in all thinges ye are mindfull of me And let all thinges be done honestly and in order amonge you And âhat your seruice be acceptable vnto God Knowe ye not youre owne selues how that Iesus Christe is in you excepte ye be cast awaye I trust ye shal know that we are not cast awaies Beholde how large a letter I haue written vnto you w t mine own hand Take hede therefore tâat ye walke circuÌspecâly not as folâs but as wise redeminge the time for the daies arâ euyl Wherfore be ye not vnwise but vndârstaÌd what the wil of the lord is Beware leaste any man come and deceiue you throughe philosophy and deceitfull vanitye through the traditions of men and ordinaunces after the world and not after Christ. Let no man deceaue you which after his owne imagination walkeâh in the humblenes and holinesse of Aungels thinges whiche he neuer saw causelesse past vppe with his âleshlye minde and holdeth not the headde wherof all the bodye by ioyntes and couples receiueth norishemente and is kniâ to order and encreaseth witâ the increasinge that coÌmeth of God Wherfore if ye be deade with Chriââârom ordinauncâs of the world why are ye leade with traditions of them that decerne and sâye Touche not âast not handell not which all perish with the vsinge of them and are afâer the coÌmaundements and doctrine of men whiche thinges haue the similitudes of wysedome in chosen holines humblenes and in that they spare not the body and do the fleshâ no worship vnto his nede Walke wiselye to them that arâ without and râdeme the time Let your speache be alwaies well sauoured and poudered with salte that ye maye knowe how to aunswer euery man The deare brother Tiâhicus shal tell you of al my busines which is a faiethfull minâster and felowe seruaunte in the Lord whom I haue sente vnto you for the same purpose that he myght knowe how ye do and mighte comforte youre hartes with one Onesimus a faithfull and a beâeued brother whiche is one of you They shall shewe you of all thinges whiche are a doinge here And when the Epistle is red of you make that it be râdde in the congregation of the Laodicians also and that ye likewise redde the Epistle of Laodicia And saye to Archippus take hede to the office that thou haste receaued in the Lorde that thou fulfyll it Remember my hands And we haue sente Timotheus oure brother and minister of God and our labour felowe in the gospell of Christ to stablysh you and to comforte you ouer youre fayth For this cause when I coulde no longer forbeare I sente that I mighte haue knowledge of youre faith least happely the tempter hadde tempted you and that oure laboure had bene bestowed in vayne But nowe latelye when Timotheus came frome you vnto vs and deâalred to vs your faith and your loue and how that ye haue good remembraunce of vs alwayes desiringe to see vs as we desire to see you Therefore we had consolation in you and in all oure aduersity and necessitye throughe your faith For now are we alyue if ye stand stedfast in the Lorde O Timothe saue that whiche is geuen the to kepe and auoid vnghostly vanityes of voyces and appositions of science falsly so called whych science whyle some professed they haue erred as concernynge the fayth See thou haue the ensample of the wholesome wordes which thou hardest of me in fayth and loue whyche is in Iesu Christ. That good thinge which was coÌmitted to thy kepinge kepe in the holye ghost which dwelleth in vs. And what thinges thou haste harde of me many bearing witnesse the same deliuer to
hath caused me âhis to do partlye for Titus sake whiche is my felowe and healper as concerninge you partely because of other whiche are our brethrân and the messengers of the congrâgations and the glorye of Christe Wherefore shewe vntoo them proofe of youre loue and of âhe reioysynge that we haue of you that the congregatâons may se it Of the ministringe to the saynctes ât is but superfluus for me to write vnto you for I knowe youre readynes of minde whereof I boast my self vnto them of Macedonia For Achaia was prepared a yeare ago and your feruentnâs hathe prouoked manye Neuerthelesse yet haue I sent theese brethren least oure reioysinge ouer you shuld be in vaine in this behalfe and that ye as I haue sayed prepare youre selues lâaste paraduenâure if they of Macedonia come wyth me and fynde you vnprepared the boast that I made in âhys matter shoulde be a shame to vs I saye not to you Wherefore I thoughte it necessarye to exhorte the bretheren to come before hande vnto you For to prepare youre good blessinge promysed afore that it myghte be readye so that it be a blessinge and not a defraudinge For the office of this ministration not onely supplieth the neade of the sainctes but also is abundaunt therein that for this laudable ministringe thankes might be geuen to God of manye Whiche prayse God for the obedience of your professinge the gospell of Christ and for youre singlenes in disstributinge to them and to all men and in their prayers to God for you longe after you for the abundaunt grace of God geuen vnto you Would to God ye could suffer mâ a little in my foolishnes yea and I pray you forbeare meâ Bear ye one an others burthen and so fulfyll the law of Christ. Let him that is taughte in the word minister vnto him y t teacheth him in all good thinges Brethren if any man be falen bi chaunce in to any faut ye whiche are spiritual helpe to amend him in the spirit of mekenes considering thy selfe lâast thou also be tempted Let him that stole steale no more but let him rather laboure with his hands some good thing that he may haue to geue to him that nedeth Bâ ye courteous one too an other and mercyfull forgeuinge one an other euen as God for Christes sake forgaue you I supposed it necessaye to sende brother Epaphroditus vnto you my companion in laboure and felowe souldiour youre Apostell and my minister at my nedes For he longed after you and was full of heauines because ye hadde hearde saye that he shoulde be sycke And no doubte he was sicke and that nye vnto death but god had merci on him not on him only but on me also lest I shuld haue sorowe vpon sorow I sent him therfore the diligent liar that when ye shoulde se him ye mighte reioyce agayne and I mighte be the lesse sorowefull Receaue him therefore in the Lord with all gladnes and make muche of suche because that for thâ worke of Christe he wente so farre that he was nye vnto deathe and regarded not his lyfe to fulfyll that seruice which was lackinge of yourâ parte towarde me Ye I besech the Germane my yoke felowe helpe those which laboured wyth me in the Gospell and wyth Clâment also and with other my labour felowes whose names are written in the booke of lyfe I reioyce in the Lorde greatelye that now at thâ laste ye are reuiued agayne too care for me in that wherein ye were also carefull but ye lacked oportunity I spâake not because of necessitye For I haue learned in what so euer estate I am there with to be content notwithstanding ye haue well done that ye bare part with me in my tribulation Ye of Philippos knowe that in the beginning of the gospell when I departed frome Macedonia no congregation bare parte with me as concerninge geuinge and receauinge but ye only For when I was in Thessalonica ye sente once and afterwarde agayne vnto my nedes not that I desire gyftes but I desire aboundante frute on youre parte I receaued all and haue plenty I was euen fylled after that I had receaued of Epaphroditus that came frome you an odour that smelleth sweete a saârifice accepted and pleasaunte to God We praye you brethren comforte the feble minded receaue the weake For God is not vnrighâeous that he shoulde forget youre worke and labour that proceadeth of loue whiche loue ye shew in his name which haue ministred vnto the sayntes and yet minister Yea and we desyre that euerye one of you shewe the same diligence to the stablishing of hope euen vnto the ende For ye had pitty on them that were in âandes Be not forgetfull to kepe hospitalitye and lodge straungers for therby haue diuers receaued Aungels into theyr houses vnwares Remember them that ââe in bondes euen as though ye were in bonde with them Be mindefull of them which are in aduersiti as ye which are yet in your bodies To do good and to distribute forget not for with suche sacrifices God is pleased I besech you brethreÌ suffer the wordes of exhortation Excercise thy selfe vntâo Godlynesse For bodilye excercise profiteth little but Godlinesse is good vnto al thinges as a thinge which hath promises of the life that is nowe and of the life to come ¶ Of temperaunce and sobrietye and of bodily castigation Capitu. 16. BRethren we are now debtters not too the fleshe to liue after the fleshe For if ye lyue after the fleshe ye must dye But if ye mortifye the dedes of the bodye by the helpe of the spirit ye shall liue I beseche you therfore brethren by the mercyfulnesse of God that ye make youre bodyes a quicke sacrifice holy and accptable vnto God And make not prouision for the flesh to fulfyll the lustes of it He which is weake eateth earbes It is good neither to eate flesh neyther to drincke wyne I therefore tame and chast my bodye and bringe it in to subiection lest after I haue preached to other I my self should be a castaway Therfore let vs behaue our selues as the ministers of God in fastinges in chastitye in watchinge And let vs clense oure selues from al filthines of the flesh and sprite I say walke in the spiriteâ and fulfyll not the lustes of the fleshe for the fleshe lusâeth contrarye to the spirite and the sprite contrarye to the fleshe Theese are contrarye one to the other so that ye canne not doe that whiche ye woulde They that are Christs haue crucified the flesh with the appeâies and lustes In the which in time passed ye walked accordinge too the course of this worlde and after the gouernours that ruleth the ayre the spirite that nowe worketh in the children of vnbeliefe amonge whiche we also had our conuersation in time past in the lustes of oure fleshe and fulfylled the wyll of the fleshe and of
I besought the to abyde styll in Ephesus when I departed in to Macedonia euen so doe that thou commaunde some that they teache no other wise neither geue hede to fables and genealogies whych are endlesse and brede doubtes more then godly edifyinge whiche is by fayth Frome the whiche thinges some haue erred and haue tourned vnto vayne iangelinge because they woulde be doctoures in the scripture and yet vnderstande not what they speake neither whereof they affirme And also they learne to goo frome house to house ydle ye not ydle only but also triâinge and busye bodyes speakinge thynges whyche are not comelye For when we were with you this we warned you of that if there were any whiche would not worke that the same shoulde not eate We haue hearde saye no doubte that there are some which walke among you inordinatelye and worke not at allâ but are curius and busibodies TheÌ that are such we commaunde and exhort by the Lorde Iesu Christe that they worke with quieânes and eate theyr owne breade Caste awaye vnghostlye and oldâ wyues fables With an whole some worde which can not be rebuked y â he which withstandeth may be ashamed hauing no thing in you that âe may disprayse ¶ Of internall reformation thanks geuing and of certain spirituall exercises and of the ordinaunce of al things to the last ende Capiâu 29. FAshion not youre selues lyke vntoo this worlde Buââe ye chaunged iâ your shape by the renuynge of yoâre wyttes that ye may felâ what thinge that good that accepâable and perfect wil of god is Pourge therefore the olde leuân that ye maye be new dowe as ye are sâeatâ breade For Christ our Estâr lambe ãâã offered vââor vâ Therfore let vs kâpe holye day not with olde leaâââ neither with the leuen of maliciousnes and wiâkednesseâ but with the swete brânde of purenes truth Therfore whether ye eate or drinâ or what so euer ye doo do all to the praise of God For if we be âo seruent to God we are to seruent Yâ we kepe mâasure for youre cause kepe we measure for the loue of Christ coâstrayneth vs. Be ye renued in the spirit of youre mindes and put on that newe man which aftâr the image of God is shapen of righteousnes true holines Singinge and making melodye to the lord in your harts geuing thanks alwayes for all things vnto God the father in the name of our Lorde Iesus Christ. Furthermore brethren what so euer thinges are true what so euer thinges are honesse what so euer thingeâ are iust what so euer things are pure what so euer thinges pertayne to loue what so euer thyngs are of honest reporte if there be any vertuous thinge if there be any laudable thinge those haue ye in youre mynde which ye haue both learned and receaued bearde and also sene in me those thinges do and the God of peace shall be with you Let the olde man with his workes be put of and the newe be put on which is renued in knowledge after the ymage of hym that made hym where is nother gentyle nor Iewe circumcision nor vncirâuÌââsion barbarous or Sithian bound or fre but Christ is in all thinges and see that ye âe thankefull âeache and exhorte youre owne seluesâ in psalmes and hymnes and spirituall songes which haue fauoure with them singynge in youre heartes to oure Lorde And all thynges what so euer ye doo in worde or deede doe it in the name of the Lorde Iesu geuinge thankes to God the father by him In all thinges geue thankes for this is the wyll of God in Christ Iesu towarde you For by him offer we the sacrifice of laud alwayes to God that is to say the frute of oure lyppes which confesse his name Which deliuered vs from so great perilles in whome we truste that yet here after he wyll delyuer by the helpe of youre prayer for vs that by the meanes of many occasions thankes maye be geuen of manye on oure behalfe for the grace geuen vnto vs. For I doo all thinges for youre sakes that the plentuous grace by thankes geuing of manye maye resounde to the prayse of God ¶ Of originall synne and the traÌsfusion therof And of the compariâon of Christes grace to Adams faule Capi. 30. WE haue now by Iesu Chrisâ receiued y e attonment wherforâ as by one mans sinne entred in to the worlde and death by the meanes of sinâe so death wente ouer all men in so much that all men sinned For death raigned from AdaÌ to Moses euen ouer theÌ also that sinned not with like traÌsgression as dyd Adam which is the similitude of him that is to come But the gifte is not like as the sinneâ For if thorowe the sinne of one manye be deadde muche more plentuous vppon manye was the grace of God and gifte of grace which grace was geuen by one man Iesus Christe And the gifte is not ouer one synne as death came thorowe one synne of one that synned For dampnation came of one sin vnto condempnation but the gift came to iustify from manye sins For if by the sinne of one death raigneâ by the meanes of one much morâ shall they which receaue abundaunce of grace and of the gifâ of righteousnes raign in liâe by the means of one that is to say Iesus Christ. Whârfore then as by the sinne of one condâmpnation came on all men euen so by the iustifying of âne cometh the righteousnes y e bringeth life vpon all men For as by one mans disobedience manye became sinners so by the obedience of oneâ shal manye be made righteous And wher abuÌdance of sin was ther was more plentuousenesse of grace That as sin had raigned vnto death euen âo might grace raigne thorowe righteousnesse vnto eternall life by the helpe of Iesus Christ our Lord. We know that the law is spirituall but I am carnall solde vnder sin because I wote not what I doâ for what I would that do I not but y t I hate that do I. Yf I now do that which I would not I graunt to the law that it is good So then nowe it is not I that do it but sinne that dwelleth in me For I know y t in me that is to saye in my fleshe dwelleth no good thing To wyll is present with me but I fynde no meanes to performe that which is good For I do not that good thing which I would but that euyl do I which I wouldâ not finallye if I do that I woulde not then is it not I that doo it but synne that dwelleth in mâ doeth it I finde then by the lawe that when I woulde do good euyll is presente wyth me I delyte in the law of God concerning the inner manne But I see another lawe in my members rebellinge againste the lawe of my minde and subduinge me vnto the lawe of sinne which is in my
in thys presentete worlde lookinge for that blessed hope aud gloriouse appearinge of the mightye God Iesu Christ. But we whiche haue beleued doo enter in to his rest as contrary will hâ sayed to the other I haue swornâ in my wrath they shall not enter in to my rest And that spake he verely longe after that the woorkes were made and the foundations of the worlde layed For he spake in a certayne place of the seuenth daye oâ this wyse And God dyd reast the seuenth daye from all his workes And in this place againe They shall not come in to my rest Seinge therefore it foloweth that some must enter theâ in to and they to whom it was fyrâ preached entred not therein for vnbeleues sake Agayne he appoynteâ in Dauid a certaine present day aftââ sâ longe a time sayinge as it is rehearsed this daye if ye heare hys ââice be not hard harted For if Iosue had geuen reast then woulde he not afterwarde haue spoken of an other daye There remayneth therefore yet a rest to the people of God For he that is entred in his rest doth trasâ frome his owne workes as god did from his Let vs haste and studye therefore to enter in âo that rest least anye manne faule after the same ensample in to vnbeliefeâ For when God made promesse to Abraham because he had no greater thinge to sweare by he sweare by him selfe saying Surely I wil blesse thee and multiply thee in dede And and so after he had suffered and taried a longe time he enioyed the promesâ Menne verelye sweare by him âhat is greater then them selues and an othe to confirme the thinge is amonge them an end of all sâryfe So god willing very abundaÌtly to shew vnto the heyers of promes the stablenes of his counsayl he added an othe that by two immutable thinges ân whiche it was vnpossyble that God shuld lie wâ might haue perfect consolation which haue fled For to hold fast the hope that is sât beâore vs. For here we haue no continuinge citye but we seke one to come ¶ Of the dyssolutiue desyre to be wyth Christe Capitu 33. WE know that euerye creaâure groneâh wiâh vs also and trauaileth in payne euen vnto this time Not they onelye but euen we also which haue the firââ frutes of the spyrite mourne in ourâ selues and wayt for the adoption â loke for y â deliueraunce of our bodies O wretched man that I am whâ shall deliuer me frome this bodye oâ death âhe grace of God through Iâsu Christ our Lord. For oure knowledge is vnperfecte and oure prophesyinge is vnperfectâ But when that which is perfecte iâ come then that which is vnpârfect shall be done awaye Herefore sigh we desiringe to be clothâd with oure mansion which is from heauân so yet if we be founde clothed and not naked For as longe as we are in this tabernacle we sigh and are greued For we woulde not be vnclothed but woâlde be clothed vpon that mortality might be swalowed vppe of life He that hath ordayned vs for this thynge is God the whyche hathe geuen vnto vs the earnest of the spyrite And we heare and knowe well that as longe as we are in the bodye we are absent frome God For we walke in fayeth and see not Neuerthelesse we are of good coumforte and had lâuer to be absente frome the bodye and to be presente with the Lorde Wherefore whether we bee at home or frome home we endeuoure oure selues to please him For Christ is to me life and death is to me a vauntage If it chaunce me too lyue in the fleshe that is too me frutefull for to worke and what tâ chuse I woâ not I am constrained of two thinges I desyre to be lowsed and to be with Christe which thinge is best of all Neuer the lâsse to abide in the fleshe is more nâdefull for you And this I am sure of that I shall abyde and with you all conâinne for the furtheraunce and ioye of your fayeth that ye maye more aboudantly reioyce in Iesu Christ thorow me by my comminge to you again And they all dyed in fayth and reâeaued not the promisâs but sawe them a far of and beleued them and saluted them and confessed them that they were straungers and pilgrimes on the earthe They that saye suche thingâs declare that they seke a contrey And if they hadde bene mindeful of that cuntrey from whence they came out they hadde leasure to haue returnâd agayne But now they desyre a beâter that is to say a heauânlye Wherefore God is not a shamed of them euen to be called theyr God For hee hathe prepared for them a cyâye ¶ Agaynste ydolatrye Capiâu 34. WHen theâ counted them selues wyse they became foles and turned the glory of the immortall God vnto the similitude of the ymage of a mortall man and of byrdes and foure footâd beastes and of serpentes Whiche turned hys truth vnto a lye and worshipped and serued the creatures more then the maker which is blessed for euer Of suche thinges whiche are dedicate vnto ydols we are sure that we all haue knowledge To speake of meate dedicate vnto ydols we are sure that there is none ydoll in the worlde and that there is none other God but one And thoughe there be that are called Goddes whether in heauen or in earth as there be gods many and Lords many yet vnto vs is ther but one God which is the father of whom are al things and we in him and one lord Iesus Christ by whom are al things and we by him But euery maÌ hath not knowledge Neither be ye worshippers of ydols as were some of them accordinge as it is written The people sate doune to eate and drinke and rose vp again to playe Wherefore my deare beloued flye frome worshyppinge of ydolles Are not they whiche eate of the sacrifice partakers of the altare What say I then that the ydol is any thinge or that it which is offered to ydols is anye thinge Naye but I say that these things which the gentiles offer they offer to deuils and not to God And I woulde not that ye should haue felowshippe with the deuyls Ye can not drincke of the cup of the Lorde and of the cuppe of the deuyls Ye canne not be partaker of the Lordes table and of the table of deuyls Eyther shall wee prouoke the Lorde Or are we stronger then he Ye know that when ye were gentyles ye wente youre wayes vntoo domme ydols euen as ye were ledde Wherfore I declare vnto you that no man speaking in the spirit of godâ defyeth Iesus But when ye knewe not God ye did seruice vnto them which by nature were no Gods But now seing ye knowe God yet rather are knowen of God howe is it that ye turne agayne vnto the weake and symple ceremonyes where unto agayne ye desire a frâshe to be
Cherubins of glorye shadowing the seate of grace of whiche thinges we wyll not now speake particularlye ¶ Of the churche Capitu 38. THat Ierusalem whyche is aboue is free which is the mother of vs al. For it is written Reioyce thou baren that bearest no childreÌ Breake foorth and cry thou that trauailest not For the desolate hathe manye mo children then she which hath an husbande Christ is the heade of the congregation and the same is the sauioure of the bodye and the congregation is in suâiâction to Christe the whyche loued the congregation and gaue him selfe for it to sanctifye it and clensed it in the âountayne of water thorowe the worde of lyfe to make it vnto him a gloryous congregation withoute spoâte or wryncle or anye suche thinge but that iâ shuld be immaculate and holy For no man euer yet hated his owne fleshe but nourisheth and chearyseth it euen as the Lorde doth the congregation for we are mâmbers of hys bodye of hys flesh and of his bones For this cause shal a man leaue father and mother and shal continue with his wife and two shall be made one flesh Thys is a greate secrete and sacramente but I speake beâweene Christe and the congregation These thinges write I vntoo thee trusâinge to âome shorâly vnâo âhee but and if I tarye longe that then thou mayest yet haue knowledge how thou oughtest to behaue thy self in the house of God which is the congregation of the lyuinge God thy pyller and ground of truth And Moses verelye was faithfull in al his house as a minister to beare witnes of those thinges which shuld be spoken afterwarde But Christe as a sonne hathe rule ouer the house whose house are we Ye are the temple of the lyuinge Godâ vt sup Capi. 23. For ye are not come vntoo the mounte that can be touched and vnto burninge fire nor yet to myst and darâkenâsse and tempest of wether neither vnto the sound of a troumpe and the voice of words Which voice they that hearde it wyshed awaye that the communication shoulde not bee spoken too them for they were not able to abyde that whiche was spoken Yf a beast hadde touched the mountayne it must haue bene stoned or thruste throughe wyth a darte euen so terrible was the sight which appeared Moses said I fear I quake But ye are come vnto the mount Sion and too the citye of the lyuinge God the âcâestiall Ierusalem and to an innumerable sight of Aungels and vnto the congregation of the first borne sonnes which are written in heauen and to God the iudge of all and to the sprites of iust and perfecte menne and to Iesus the mediator of the newe Testamente and to the sprincklinge of bloude that speaketh better then the bloude of Abell Wherefore if we receaue a kingdom which is not moued we haue grace whereby we maye serue God and please him with reuârence and Godlye feare ¶ Of the efficacitye and argumentes of âhe preachinge of the Euangâlicall lawe and of the miracles of blessed saynt Paule the Apostle Capitu 39. I woulde that ye shoulde knowe brethen howe that I haue often times purposed to come vnto you but haue bene let hytherto to haue some frute amonge you as I haue amonge other of the gentiles For I am detter both to the Grekes and to them that are no grekes vnto the learned and also vntoo the vnlearned Likewise as much as in me is I am ready to preache the gospel to you at Rome also Neuerâhelesse breethren I haue somewhat bolâlye written vnto you as one that putteth you in remembraunce thorowe the grace that is geuen me of God that I shoulde be the minister of Iesu Christe amonge the genââles and sanctify the gladde âidinges of God that the gentyles might be an acceptable offering sanctifyâd by the holy ghost I haue therfore wherof I may reioyce in Christ Iâsu in the thinges which pertayne to God For I dare not speake of any of these thinges which Christ hath not wrought by me to make the gentiles obedieute with worde and dede in mightye sygnes and wonders by the power of the spirit of God so that from Ierusalem and the cosâes round about vnto Iâliricum I haue fylled all cuntreys with the glad tidings of Christ. So haue I enforced my self to preach the gospell not where Christ was named least I shuld âaue built on an other mans foundation But as it is written To whome he was not spoken of they shall see and they y â hard not shal vnderstand For this cause I haue ben oft let to come vnto you but nowe seing I haue no more to do in these cuntres also haue ben desirous manye yeares to come vnto you wheÌ I shall take my iorney in to Spain I wyll come to you I truste to see you in my iorney to be brought on my way thither ward bi you after y t I haue somwhat enioyed you now go I vnto Ierusalem minister vnto y e saints wheÌ I âaue performed this haue brought them this frute sealed I wil come backe again bi you in to Spaine And I am sure when I come that I shall come with aboundaunce of the blessinge of the gospell of Christe And I brethren when I came to you came not in gloryousenesse of wordes or of wysedome shewynge vnto you the testimonye of God Nether shewed I my selfe that I knewe anye thinge amonge you saue Iesus Christe euen the same that was crucified And my wordes and my preachinge was not with entising words of mannes wisdome but in shewing of the spirite and of power that your fayth shoulde not stande in the wisedome of menne but in the power of God We are Goddes labourers ye are Goddes husbandrye ye are Goddes buyldinge accordinge to the grace of God geuen vntoo me as a wyse buylder haue I layed the foundation and an other builte theron Am I not free Am I not Apostle Haue I not seene Iesus Christe our Lorde Are ye not my worke in the Lorde Yf I be not an Apostle vnto other yet I am vnto you For the seale of mine Apostleshippe are ye in the Lord. Brethren as pertayninge to the gospell whiche I preached vnto you whiche ye haue also accepted and in the which ye continue by the which also ye are saued I doe you to wytte after what manner I preached vnto you if ye kepe it excepte ye haue beleued in vayne Thankes be vnto God Which alwayes geuethe vs the vyctorye in Christ and opened the sauer of hys knowledge by vs in euery place For we are vnto God the sweete sauoure of Christe bothe amonge them that are saued and also amonge them which pearishe To the one parte are we the sauoure of deathe vnto death And vnto the other parte are we the sauoure of lyfe vnto lyfe And who is mete vnto these thinges For we are not as manye are which choppe
Thankes be to God whiche hathe geuen vs victorye through our Lord Iesus Christ. For it is God whiche sâablished vs and you in Christe and hath anointed vs which hath also sealed vs and hath geuen the earnest of the spyrite in our harâes Yf ye be Chrstes then are ye Abraham sede and heyres by promes Because ye are the sonnes of God God sente the spirite of his sonne in to youre hartes whiche crieth Abba faâher Wherefore now thou art not a seruaunte but a sonne if thou be the sonne thou art also the heire of God through Christ. As manye are ledde by the spirite of God they are the sons of god For ye haue not receaued the spyrite of bondage to feare anye more but ye haue receiued the spirit of adoption where by we crye Abba father The same spirite cerâifieth our spirit that we are the sons of god Yf we be the sonnes we are also heiârs the âeiers I meane of God and heiers annexed with Christe if so be that we suffer together that we maye be gloryfied together Therefore brethren we are after the nature of Isaac children of promes But as thou he that was borne carnallye persecuted hym that was borne spiritually Euen so it is now Neuerthelesse what sayeth the scripture put awaye the bonde woman and her sonne For the sonne of the bonde woman shal not be heier with the sonne of the free woman So then brethren we are not children of the bonde woman but of the free woman ¶ Of the exellencye of the supernall graces graunted vnto the faythfull of Christe newlye in the primytiue churche Capitu. 43. BLessed be God the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe whiche hath blessed vs with all maner of spirituall blessinges in heauenlye thinges by Chriâte to the prayse of the glory of his grace wherewith he hathe made vs accepted in the beloued by whome we haue redempcion throughe his bloudde euen the forgeuenesse of synnes accordinge toâ the riches of his grace In whom alâo ye after that ye hearde the worde of truthe I meane the Gospell of youre saluation where in ye beleued were sealed with the holye spirite of promes whiche is the earnest of our inheritaunce to redeme the purchased possession and that to the laâd of his glorye But God whiche is riche in mercy thorowe his greate loue wherewith he loued vs euen when we wer dead by synne hath quickened vs together in Christ for by grace are ye saued and hathe raysed vppe together and made vs sytte together in heauenlye thynges thorowe Christe Iesus for to shewe in tyme too come the exceadinge riches of his grace in kindenes to vs wardâ in Christe Iesu. Nowe therefore ye are no more straungers and âoriners but citysins with saints and of the hosholde of God and are bâilte vpon the foundation of the Apostles prophets Iesu Christ being the head corner stone in whom euery buildinge coupled together groweth vnto an holye temple in the Lorde in whome ye also are builte together and made an habitation for God in the spirit Uâto euery one of vs is geuen grace accordinge to the measure of the gift of Christe Wherfore he saieth He is gone vp an hye and hath ledde captiuitye captiue and hath geuen giftes vnto menne And the verye same made some Apostles some prophets some EuaÌgelistes some Shepeherds and some Teachers That the saints mighte haue all thinges necessary to worke and minister with all to the edifyinge of the bodye of Christe tyll we euerye one in the vnitye of faith and knowledge of the sonne of God growe vp vnto a perfecte man after the measure of age of the fulnesse of Christe Ye were an ensample to all that beleue For youre fayeth whiche ye haue to God sprede her selfe abroade in all quarters so greatelye that it nedeth not vs to speake anye thynge at all For they them selues shew of you what manner of entringe in we had vnto you and how ye turned to God frome ydols for to serue the liuinge and true God and for to looke for his sonne frome heauen whome he raysed frome death I meane Iesus which deliuereth vs from wrath to come For this cause thanks we God with oute ceasinge because that when ye receaued of vs the worde wherewith God was preached ye receiued it not as the worde of manne but euen as it was in deede the woorde of God which worketh in you that beleue The grace of oure Lord was more abundant with fayth and loue which is in Christ Iesu. God saued vs and called vs with an holy callynge not accordinge to oure deddes but accordinge too hys own purpose and grace which grace was geuen throughe Christ Iesu before the worlde was but is now declared openlye by the appearinge of oure sauioure Iesus Christe whiche hathe put awaye death and hath broughte life and immortalitye vnto light through the gospell wherunto I am appointed a preacher and Apostell and a teacher of the gentiles For the whyche cause I also suffer theese thinges Neuerthelesse I am not ashamed For Christ gaue him selfe for vs to redeme vs frome all vnrighteousnesse and to pourge vs a peculiar people vnto him selfe feruently geuen vnto good workes For we our selues also wer in times paste vnwise disobediente deceiued in daunger and geuen to lustes and diuers manners of voluptiousnes liuing in malitiousnes and enuy full of hate hatynge one an other But after that the kindenesse and loue of oure sauioure to man warde appeared not of the dedes of righteousnes which we wroughte but of his mercye he saued vs by the fountayne of the new byrth of the holy ghost whiche he shedde on vs aboundantly thorowe Iesus Christ our sauioure that we once iustifyed by his grace shulde be heyreâ of eâârâalâ lyâe thorowe hope We haue an altare wherâof they maye not âate whiche serue in the tabernacle For the bodyes of thâse beasts whose bloud is broughâ in to the holye place by the pryest to pourge sânne are burnt wââhout the tenââs Therfore Iesus to sanctifye the people with his ownâ bloud sufferâd wââhout the gaâe ¶ Of predestination and the âoreknowledge of God Capitâ 44. WE knowe that all thynges work for the best vnto them that loue God whiche are called of purposâ For those which he knewe beâorâ he also ordayned before that they shuld be like fashâoned vnto the shape of his sonne that âe mighte be the firât begotten sonne amonge manye brethren Moreouer whiche âe predestinated and appoânted before them also he called And whââhe he called them also he âustâââed which âe iustâfâed them he also âlorâââed What shall we then saye ãâã these thânges Yf God be on oure ââde who can be againste vs which âpaâed not hiâ owne sonne but gaâââim fâr vs all how shall he not with him geue vs al things also who shall lay any thinge to the charge of Gods chosen It is God that
one mediator betwâne 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 orâaynâd 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 naââuiây humility pouertyâ passion resurrection apparition ascention and glorification And also of the effectes of his saluâiferous 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 oâfering For he that sanctifâeth 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 âaketh on hym the Aungels but the âeede 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 redeÌption 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 Tâstamente that thorow death whiche chaunced for the redemption of those transgrâssourâs that were in the firste Testamente they whiche were called might receaue the promes of eternall inheritaunce For whersoeuer is a TestameÌt ther must be also the death oâ him that maketh y e Testament for the testameÌt 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 âessels And also almost all thinges are by the lawe pourged with bloud ând withoute sheddinge of bloude is no remission It is then neede that the similitudes of heauenlye thinges be purifyed with suche thinges but the heâuânly thingâs them selues are puryâied with beâter sacriâyces then are those For Châiste is not entred in to the holye places that are made with handes whiche are but simiâââudes of true thinges but is entâred in to verye heauen foâ too appeare nowâ in the sighte of God for vs not to offer him âelâe often as the âygh prieââ entreth in to the âolye place euârye year with âtraunge bloud foâ then muâte bee haue oâten suffered sence the worldâ began But nowe in the ende of the worlde hath âe appeared once to put lyâne to âlighte by the offeringe vâ of him selfe And as it is appoinâed 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 âe appear again withoute synne vnto saluation There is then no dampnation too them which are in Christ Iesu whiche walke not after the âleshe For God âânte his sonne in the simylitude of synâull fleâhe and by synne dampned synne in the âââhe c. I deliuâred vnto you tâat which I reaceaued howe that Christe dyed for our sinnes agreeâge to the scriptures And that he was âuriâd and that he rose agayne the thyrââay accordinge too the âcriptures and that he was seene of Cephas then of the twelue After that he was sâene of more then fyue hundred breâthren at once of whiche manye remayne vnto this daye and manye are fallen a sleâpe 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 âyme Thereâore remember that âesus Christe beinge of the seede of Daâid rose agayne frome deathe accordinge to my gospell wherein I suffâr trouble as an euyl doar but the woâd of God is not bounde But when the ââme was fâll come God sent his son borne of a woman and made bond vnâo the law that to redeme theÌ which were vnder y e law that we thorowe election mighte receaue the inâerytaunce 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 pouerâye might be made riche Whether the fâre runner is for vs entred in I mean Iesus that is made an hye priest for euer after the order of Melchisedeâh That he ascended what meaneth it but that he also dâsâended first in too the lowest parââes 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 âxalted him and geuen him a name aboue all names that in the name of Iesus shoulde euery knee âowe both of thinges in heauen and thinges in earth and thinges vnder the earth and that all tonges shoulde confesse that Iesus
desyreth him selfe and his disciples to be praied for And of certain other his actes capitu 71. Of suche persons which in his Epistles saluted and were saluted ca. 72 The prayse and gloryfication of the omnipotente Lorde and God ca. 73. ¶ The Table A. Abraham contrarye to hope beleued in hope capi 4. Abraham dwelt in tabernacles ca. 4 Abraham gaue tythes to Melchiseâech capi 55. Abrahams belefe was imputed vnto him for righteousenes cap. 4 Abrahams children cap. 4. Abba father cap. 42. Abyde in the estate that thou art called capâ 1â Adam was not deceiued cap. 59. the Afflictions of this life are not to be compared to the glory that is too come ca. 32. All thynges woorke well vnto them that loue God capi 7. All synnes sauynge fornycation are withoute the body capi 17. All thinges are pure cap. 20. ca. 35. All thinges are not expedient ca. 20. All thinges edifye not ca. 20. All are vnder sinne cap. 35. All voyces haue signification ca. 42. All thinges worke for the best vnto them that loue God ca. 44. All men are liars ca. 45 All thinges are become newe ca. 46 All thinges are good ââap 46 All thinges in the law was pourged with bloude cap. 47. All fulnes dwelleth in Christ. ca. 46. All haue sinned ca. 50 All thinges are lawfull but not profitable capi 50 Alexander the copper smith ca. 67 A lyttle leuen sowrethe the whole lompe of dowe ca. 27 A newe Testamente doeth abrogate the olde ca. 51 Among whoÌ the gospel is hiddeÌ ca. 36 AuÌgels are ministring spirits ca. 49 Antichriste shall syâte as God in the temple cap. 63 Antichrist shall be consumed by the spirit of Christes mouth ca. 63 Al things are naked vnto God ca. 49 the Apostles labour with theyr owne hands ca. 10 the Apostles were agasing âtocke vnto the worlde ca. 10 Apply not the body vnto fornication capitu 17â An othe is an ende of all strife ca. 3â Arme your selues w t faith loue ca. â8 As longe as we are in the bodye we are absente from God cap. 4 A ââombling âtone capitu 4 A seruaunt is the lords fre manâ ca. 11 A venge not your selues ca. 9 Auoyd an hereâike cap. 11 Auoyde vnghostly vanytyes ca. 12 Auâyde folyshe questions ca. 21 Auoyde lustes of youth ca. 36 A willinge mynde is accepted recordinge to that a man hath ca 11 B. Bear the frailnes of the weake ca. â5 Bear one an others burden cap. 15 Be alwayes feruent in a good thing capi 23 Be a foole in this world ca. 13 Be rych in hope ca. 6 Be not hie minded ca. 8.9.40 Be not wise in your owne eies ca. 9 Be not wise in your owne opinions capitu 9. Be not vaine gloryus ca. 9 Be not ouercome of euyll ca. 10 Be innoceÌt as concerning euill ca. 13 Be ready to al good workes ca. 14 Be mercifull one to an other ca. 15 Be not forgetful to kepe hospitalityâ capitu 15. Behaue your selues as the ministers of God ca. 16.36 Be not dronke with wyne ca. â6 Be rich in the works of y e lord ca. 18 Be angry but synne not ca. 35 Be not caryed with euery winde of doctrine cap. 18 Be not wery in well doinge ca. 18.32 Be not caryed aboute with straunge learningâ capit 18 Be content with raimente and fode capitu 19. Be riche in good workes ca. 19 Be ready to geue capi 19 Be not children in wytte but in maliciousnes capit 23 Be not ashamed to testifye our Lord capitu 23. Be not carefull ca. 27 Be thanefull capitu 29 Be not a worshipper of ydols ca. 34 Be not wise in your own conceytes capitu 40 Be ready to harboâr ca. 41. Beware leaste any man decâaue you through philosophye ca. 12 By grace we are saued capi 43 By the lawe cometh the knowledge of synne capi 50 Bodely exercise profitteth little ca. 15 a Bishop and what maner of man he oughte to be cap. 56 C. Carnall men are carnallye minded capitu 12. Cast away the dedâs of darknes ca. 32 the Children of wrathe ca. 16.30 the Children of fayth are Abrahams children ca. 4. Children obey and honour your parentes capiu 59. Christ came of the sede of Dauid ca. 1 Christ rose frome death ca. 1.47 Christes gospell is the power of God capitu 4. Christ is the ende of the lawe ca. 4 Christ is to me life ca. 6 Christ shall fashion oure vyle bodyes like vnto his glorious bodye ca. 6 Christ made him selfe of nâ reputation capât 9.47 Christ toke vppon him the shape of a seruaunte ca. 9.47 Christe died and rose agayne to be Lord both of the dead and the quick capitu 11. Christ speaketh in Paul ca. 11. Christ the embassidoure and priest of oure profession ca. 12 Christe is the power and wysedome of God capi 13 Christs riches are vnsercheable caâ 1â Christe was tempted in all poyntes like as we are cap. 25 Christe maketh intercession for vs. capi 26.44 Christ prayed wyth stronge cryinge and tearâs ca. 26 Christ is in all thinges ca. 29 Christ damned synne by syn ca. 30 Christ is our life cap. 32 Christ is preached of diuers diuersly capitu 35 Christ was a minister of the circumcision cap. 37 Christe is the headde of the churche capitu 38.48.58 Christ gaue him selfe for the congregation ca. 38 Christes bloud speaketh better then the bloude of Abell cap. 38 Christ throughe his bloude redemed vs capitu 43 Christ is the head corner stoneâ ca 43 Christ did put awaye death ca. eod Christ shal shew him selfe from heauen in flamynge fyer capiâ 4â Christ rose âo iustify vs cap. 46 Christ reconciled vs to God beynge enemies cap. 46 Christ which knewe no sinne hathe made him self to be sin for vs. ca. eodeÌ Christ was made a cursed for vs. eod Christ hath broken doun y e wall eod Christ hath put oute the hande wryâinge that was agaynst vs ca. eo Christ came in to this worde to saue synners ca. eo Christ is the hye priest of good thinges to come cap. 47 Christ is the mediatoure of the newe Testament ca. 47 Christ apeared put sin to flightâ eodâ Christe is a prieste after the order of Melchisedech ca. eod Christ descended and ascended to fulfyll all thinges ca. eod Christ is aboue al rule power ca. 48 Christ is the ymage of the inuisible God ca. 48 49 Christ is before all things ca 48 Christ offered him selfe once for allâ capituâ 52â 55 Christe spronge of the tribe of Iuda capitu 55 Christe is our hye priest cap. 55 Christs descention froÌ heauen ca. 64 Christ that in man beginneth a good thinge shall end the same cap. 66 Children of the flesh are not the children of God ca. 44 Circumcision is nothinge ca. 11. CircuÌcision how it auayleth ca. â7 Couetous persons haue no inheritaunce in heauen ca. 19 Coueteousnes is the rote of all euyll capitu 19. Coueteousenes is not too be named
not bound ca 47 They that faule canne not be renued vnto repentaunce ca. ââ There be that reioyce in the face and not in the hearte cap. 27 The thinges which god hath prepared for them that loue are vnspeakeable cap. 3â There is but one God in the worlde capitu ca. 34 Ther is not one that doth good ca. 35 They confesse God and in dedes denye him ca. eo Thei shal be damned that beleue nât the truthe capiâ 63 They that studye to please men are not the seruauntes of Christe ca. 67 Things written are written for our learninge ca. 6 Thynges seene and not seene caâ 13 the Tyme goeth awaye ca. 36 a Testament taketh auctorâây by the deathe of men cap. 47. To Abraham and his seede were the promyses made ca. â3 Translate the priesthode and translate the lawe ca. 55. Transgression receaueth a iuste rewardâ ca. 14 Treasure in earâhen vessels ca. 13 Tribulation bringeth pacience ca. 10 Trust not in vncertayne riches caâ 19 Tribulation preparethe for vs an eternall waygie of glorye cap. 3â To the defiled nothing is pure caâ 35 Trust not in your selues but in god capitu 6. True circumcision capi 37 U. W. Walke worthye of oure Lorde in all good workes ca. â Walke circumspeâtlye ca. 12 Walke not in vanitye of the myndâ âapitu 16 Walke as children of light ca. 23 Walke honestlye cap. 3â Walke worthye of God ca. 23 Walke worthye of youre vocation capitu 36. Walke in a newe life ca. 63 Wast not thy braynes about questions ca. 9 Warne the vnrulye ca. â4 Watche and be sober ca. 16 Wayte on thy officeâ ca. 41 Wantân widowes cap. 59 We shoulde swym in loue one to an other ca. 2 We are iustified by fayth cap. 4 We preache not ye and âay ca. eod We are not sufficient of oure selues to thinke anye thinge cap. 6 We are made the of scourynge of all thinges ca. 10 We wrastle not agaynste fleshe and bloude ca. 18 Wee broughte nothynge in too the worlde cap. 19 We knowe not what to praye for as we oughte ca. 26 We seke for a citye y â is to come ca. 32 We loke for the deliueraunce of oure bodyes capi 33. We are meÌbers of Christs bodi ca. 38 We are of the houshold of God ca. 43 We must all appeare before the iudgemente seate of Christ cap. 54 We are all one in Christ ca. 48 We are buried with Christe by baptymâ ca. 62 We shall be chaunged in the twinâkelânge of an eye ca. 65 Wemen throughe âayeth receaued theyr dead raysed to life agayn ca. 5 Women araye your selues in comelye apparell ca. 26 Wemen must pray couered ca. 59 Women were created for mans saks capi 59 Wemens heare is geuen them to couer them wyth all ca. âodem Women muste kepe silence cap. eo WomeÌ must be vnder obedience eod Wemen must learne of their husbandes ca eode Wemen may not teache men ca. eoâ Women throughe bearinge of children shall be saued cap. eodem a Woman is bounde to the man as longe as he lyueth ca. 50 the WomaÌ wâs deceaued not Adam capitu 59 What so euer is not of fayth is synne capitu 4. the walles of Ierico cap. 5 What companye hathe lighte with darkenes ca. 1â What so euer a manne soweth that shall he reape ca. âod What Godlyâ sorowe causeth ca. 31 When they counted theÌ selues wise they became fooles ca. 34 Where the spirite of God is there is liberty ca. 73 Who is sicke I am not sicke ca. 67 Without fayeth it is vnpossible too please god ca. 5 Who shall seperate vs from the loue of god ca. 7 Who goeth a warfare at his owne coste cap. 11 Who knoweth the minde of the lord capitu 13.44 Who shall deliuer me from this body of death ca. 33 Wylt thou be without feareâ do well capitu 8. Wylful sinners haue âo sacrifice for synne ca. 8 Whom the Lorde loueth him he chasteneth ca 10 Wo to me if I preache not ca. 11 Worke poure owne saluation ca. 8 the Wysedome of the fleshe is Gods ânemye ca. 12 be wise vnto that which is good ca. 13 the Wisedome of this worlde is but foolishenes câ âo the Wyll of god is that ye shoulde be holye ca. 16 Wyues loue and feare your husbandes ca. 58. Wydowes that lyue in pleasure are dead ca. 59. Workes of good wydowes ca. eod Wordlye sorowe causeth death ca. 31 Wrappe not your selues in the yoke of bondage ca. 54 the Word of god is quick and sharpe capitu 49. Wythdrawe youre selues from those that worke inordinately ca. 20 U. Uessels of mercy ca. 40 Uessels of wratâ prepared to damnation ca. 44 Uessels of mercy prepared vnto glorye cap. eod the Uisible thinges of God are knowen by the inuisible ca. 13 Y. Ye are the temple of the liuynge god capitu 11.41 Ye are dearelye boughte 23.41 Ye ye naye naye capi 28. 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