them And the aungell sayde vnto hym feare not Zacharye for thy prayer is hearde And thy wyfe Elizabeth shall beare a sonne and thou shalt call his name Iohn and thou shalt haue ioye and glad nesse and many shall reioyce at his byrthe For he shal be greate in the sighte of the LORDE and shal neither drincke wynenor strong drincke And he shall be filled with the holye ghost euen in his mothers wombe and manye of the chyldren of Israell shall he tourne to their LORDE GOD. And he shall go before hym in the spitite and power of Helyas to turne the heartes of the fathers to the chyldren and the vnbeleuers to the wysedome of the iuste menne to make the people teady for the Lorde After those dayes his wyfe Elizabeth conceaned and hyd her selfe fyue monethes sayinge This wise hath God dealte with me in the dayes whan he loked on me to take from me the rebuke that I suffred among men And the Aungell sayde vnto her feare not Mart for thou hast founde grace with god Loe thou shalt conceaue in thy wombe and shalt beare a sonne and shalt call his name Iesus He shal be great and shall be called the sonne of the hyghest and the LORDE God shal geue vnto hym the seate of his father Dauid and he shall raygne ouer the house of Iacob for euer and of his kyngdome shal be none ende The holy Ghost shall come vnto the and the power of the hyghest shall ouershadowe thee therfore also the holy thyng whiche shal be borne shal be called the sonne of god And loe assone as the voyce of thy salutation founded in myne eares the babe sprang in my bellye for ioye His mercy is on them that feare hym thorow out all generacions He putteth downe the myghtye from theyr seates and exalteth them of lowe degree And thou childe shalte be called the prophete of the hyghest For thou shalte go before the face of the Lorde to prepare his wayes And to geue knowledge vnto his people for the remission of â—ynnes The .ii. Chapter ANd it fortuned while they were there her eyme was come that she shoulde be delyuered And she brought for the her firste begotten sonne and wrayped hym in swadlynge cloathes layde hym in a maunger because there was no â—oume for them within the ynnes Beholde I bring you tydinges of greatioye that shall come to all the people for vnto you is borne this daye in the citie of Dauid a saueoure whiche is Christe the Lorde And take this for a signe ye shall fynde the chylde swadied and layed in a maunger And when the eighte daye was come that tha chylde shulbe circumcised his name was called Iesus whiche was named of the aungell before he was conceaued in the wombe And an aunswere was geuen hym of the holy ghoste that he shoulde not se deathe before he had line the Lorde Christe Beholde this childe shal be the fall and resuttection of many in Israel and a signe whiche halbe spoken agaynst And more ouer the sweard shall pearre thy soule that the thoughtes of many hartes maye be opened And Anna hadde bene a wedowe aboute .iiii. score and .iiii. yeares whiche went neuer out of the temple but serued god with fastynge and prayer night and daye And it fortuned after three dayes that they four de hym in the temple sittinge in the middes of the Doctoures both hearing them and posyng them He wente with them and came to Nazareth and whas obedient to them The .iii. Chapter THe woorde of God came vnto Iohn the sonne of Zacharias in the wildernesse And be came in to all coastes aboute Iordane preachynge the bap time of penaunce for the remission of synnes as it is written in the booke of the sayinges of Esaias the prophete whiche sayeth The voyce of a cryer in wildernesse prepare the waye of the Lorde make his pathes strayghte Euery valleye shal be fylled and euery mountayne and hill shal be brought lowe and croked thynges shal be made streight and the rough wayes shal be made smothe and all fleshe shall se the Saueourâ— of God O generacioÌ„s of vipers who hath taught you in a maunger to flye from the wrath to come Bryng for the the due frutes of penaunce begynne not to saye in your selues we haue ArahaÌ„ to our father For I saye vnto you god is able of these stones to raise vp children vnto Abraham Nowe also is the are leyed vnto the roote of the trees so that euerye tree whiche bringeth not foorth good frute shal be hewen downe and caste into the fyre He that hathe two cootes lette him parie with hym that hath none and he that hath meate lette hym do lykewise Doo violence to no manne nether trouble any man wrongfully but be coÌ„tent with your wages I baptise you with water but a stronger then I commeth after me whose shue lachet I am not worthy to vnlouse he wyll baptise you with the holy ghost and with fyre whiche hath his fame in his hande and wyll pourge his floore and wyll goder his corne into his barne but the chaffe wyll he bourne with fyre that neuer shal be quenched The .iiii. Chapter IT is written manne shall not lyue by breade onely but of euery worde of god It is wrytten Thou shalt honoure the lorde thy god and him onely serue The spryte of the lorde vpon me because he hath annoynted me to preache the gospell to the poore he hathe sent me and to heale the broken hartes to preache delyueraunce to the captiue and syght to the blynde and frely to set at liberte them that are brused to preache the acceptable pere of the lorde No prophete is accepted in his owne countre And in the sinagogue ther was a manne whiche had asprite of an vnclene deuyll and cryed with a lowde voyce sayenge Lette me alone what haste thou to do with vs thou Iesus of Nazareth Art thou tome to destroy vs I knowe the what thou art euen the holy of god And deuyls also came oute of manye of them tryeng and sayeâ—g Thou art Christ the sonne of God And he rebuked them and suffred them not to speake for they knewe that he was Christ The .v. Chapter HE sayde vnto Peter launche oute in to the depe and lette styppe your nettes to make a draught And Simon answered and saide to him Master we haue laboured al night and haue take nothing Neuerthe latter at thy worde I will lose for the the nette And when they had so done they inclosed a greate multitude of fyshes and theyr not brake but they made signes to theyr felowes whiche were in the other shype that they shoulde come and helpe them And they came and fyllyd bothe the shâ—ppes that they soncke agayne Whan Symon Peter sawe that he fell downe at Iesus knees sayeng Lorde go from me for I am a synfull man For he was vtterly astoned and all that were with him at the draught of fyshe which they
holy and true to iudge and to auenge our bloude on them that dwell on the earthe The .vi. Chapter GO there was a great erth quake the sunne was as blacke as sacke clothe made of heart and the mone waxed euen as bloude and the starres of heauen fell vnto the earth euen as a fygge free casteth from her her fygges when she is shaken of a myghey wynde heauen vanished awaye as a scroll when it is rolled together and all mouÌ„taines and yles were moued out of their places and the kinges of the earthe and the greatemen and the ryche menne and the chefe captaines and the mighty menne and euery man bound manne and euery free manne hyd them selues in dennes and in rockes of the hylles and said to the hylles and rockes fall on vs and hyde vs from the presence of him that sitteth on the seate and from the wrathe of the lambe for the great day of his wrath is come and who can endure it The .vii. Chapter ANd one of the elders answered saynge vnto me what are these whyche are arayde in longe whyte garmentes and whence came they And I sayde vnto him Lorde thou wottest And he sayde vnto me these are they whiche came out of greate tribulation and made their garmentes large and made them whyte in the bloude of the lambe therfore are they in the presence of the seat of god and serue him daye and nyghte in the temple and he that sytteth in the seate wyll dwellamonge them They shall honger no more neyther thyrst neyther shall the sunne lyghte on them nether any heat for the lambe whiche is in the middes of the seate shall fede them and shall leade them vnto fountaines of lyuynge water and god shall wype awaye all teares from their eyes The .viii. Chapter ANd an other angell came and stode before the aulter hauyng a golden senser moche of odoures was gyuen vnto him that he shoulde offre of the prayers of all saintes vpon the golden aultar which was before the seate and the smoke of the odoures whiche came of the prayers of all sayntes ascended vp before god oute of the aunâ—elles hande The .ix. Chapter IN those dayes shall men seke death and shal not fynde it and shal desyre to dye and death shall flye from them The .xi. Chapter ANd when they haue finished theyr testimony the best that came out of the bottomlesse pyt shall make warre against them and shall ouercome them and kyll them And their bodyes shall lye in the stretes of the great cyte whiche spiritually is called Zodom and Egipte where our lord was crucified And they of the people and kyndtedes and tonges and they of the nations shal see their bodyes .iii. dayes and a halfe and shall not suffre their bodyes to be put in graues And they that dwell vpon the earth shal reioyce ouer them and be glad and shal sende gyftes one to another for these two prophetes vexed them that dwell on the earth And after thre dayes and a halfe the sprete of lyfe frome god entred into them they stode vp on theyr fece and great feate came vpon them whiche sawe them and they harde a greate voyce from heauen sayinge vnto them Come vp hydder and they ascended vp into heauen in a cloude and their enemyes sawe them The .xii. Chapter ANd ther was a great battail in heauen Michael his angels fought with the dragon and the dragon fought and his angels preuailed not neyther was their place founde anye more in heauen And the greate dragon the olde serpent called the deuyll and Sathanas was caste oute whiche deceaueth all the worlde And he was cast into the earthe and his angelo were cast out also The .xiii. Chapter HE that kylleth with a swearde muste be bylled with aswearde The .xiiii. Chapter ANd I hearde the voyce of harpers harping with their harpes and they songe as it were a newe song before the feate and before the foure beastes and the elders and no man coulde learne that songe but the hundred and. 44. M. whithe were redemed frome the earthe These are they whiche were not defiled with women for they are virgines These folowe the lambe whethersoeuer he goeth These were redemed frome menne beynge the fyrst frutes vnto god and to the lambe in their mouthes was founde no gyle for they are without spot before the trone of god And I hearde a voyce from heauen sayeng vnto me wrytte Blessed are the deade whiche here after dye in the lorde euen so saithe the sprite that they may rest froÌ„ there laboures but their worekes shall folowe them The .xvi. Chapter BEholde I come as a these happy is he that watched and kepeth his garmentes least he be founde naked and menne ie his fylthynes The .xviii. Chapter ANd asmothe as she glorified her selfe and liued want only so moche poure ye in for her of punishement and sorowe The .xix. Chapter HAppye are they whyche are called vnto the lambes supper And I fell at his feete to worshyppe hym and he sayde vnto me se thou do it not for I am thy felowe seruaunt and one of thy brerhren and of them that haue the testimony of Iesus worship god The .xx. Chapter Blessed and holye is he that hathe parte in the fyrste resurrection for on suche shall the seconde deathe haue no power for they shal be prestes of god of Christ shall raigne with him a. M. yeare And I sawe the deade bothe greate and small stande before god And the bokes were opened another boke was opened whiche is the boke of lyfe and the deade were iudged of those thynges whiche were wrytten in the bokes accordynge to their dedes and the sea gaue vp her dead whiche were in her and death and hell delyuered vp the dead whiche were in them and they were iudged euery man according to his dedes And death and hell were cast into the lake of fyre This is the seconde death and whosoeuer was not founde written in the boke of lyfe was caste into the lake of fyer The .xxi. Chapter ANd I hearde a greate voyce out of heauen sayenge beholde the tabernacle of god is with men and he wyll dwell with them And they shal be his people and god hym selfe shal be with them and be their god And god shall wype awaye all teares frome their eyes and there shal be no more death nether sorowe nether cryenge nether shall ther be any more payne for the olde thynges are gone I am Alpha and Omega the begynnynge and the ende I wyll gene to hym that is a thyrst of the well of the water of lyfe free he that ouercommeth shall inheryt all thinges and I wyl be his god and he shal be my sonne But the featefull and vnbeleuynge and the abhominable and murderers and whoremongers and sorcerers ydolaters and all lyars shall haue their parte in the lake whiche burneth with fyre and brymstone whiche is the seconde deathe His seruauntes
Iob .ix. Heauens are not cleane in gods sight Iob .xv. Heuinesse syrach .xxx. He that wyll not heare shall not be hearde za .vii. Hyered seruauntes muste dayelye be payde theyr wages To .iiii. Hyde not thy synnes prouer .xxviii. Honour thy mother To .iiii. Hoorders of corne prouer .xi. Honour thy father and howe syrach .iii. Howe a man shall vse hymselfe with a manne of might syrach .xiii Howe we shall fynde grace in the sight of god Syrach .xviii. Howe Elephantes maye be prouoked to fighte Macha vi Hunger of the worde of god Amos .viii. I. Iabell gene .iiii. Iacob and it significacion gen xxvii Iacob wrestleth with an aungell gene .xxxii. Iacobs dreame gene .xxviii. Iacobs dowe gen .xxviii. Iacobs loue to Rahell gene .xxix. Iacobs pollici gene .xxx. Iacobs humilitie gene .xxxii. Iacobs name is chaunged gene .xxxii. Iacob blesseth his chyldren gene .xlviii. Iacob helde Esau by the hele and what it meaneth .iiii. E. dras .vi Ose .xii. Iacob was troden vnder foote and why esa xiii Iabel slewe Sychara Iudg .iiii. I am that I am Exo iii. Ieremye was sanctifyed in his mothers wombe Ieremye .i. Ieremye prayeth for the people .ii. Mach .xv. Ieroboams hande .iii. Reg .xiii. Images grauen Deut .iiii. Innocent bloude cryeth vnto god gene .iiii. Imaginacion of man gene .viii. Innocente tongue Prouer .x. Iniquitie shall haue the vpper hande .iiii. Esd .v. Inheritaunce and to whome it shall descende for sacke of heyres nume .xxvii. Ioseph the dremer gene .xxvii. Iosephs fidelitie to his master gene .xxxix. Ioseph be mourneth his father gene .xlix. Ioseph commaunded that his father shoulde be enbaumed gene .l. Ioseph commaunded his bones to be taken out of Egipte gene l Iohn the Baptiste Esay .xl. Iosua fighteth agaynst Amalech Exo xvil Iosua as long as Moses helde vp his handes gat the victory Exo .xvii. Iosuas yeares Iosu .xxiiii. Ionathas bewe .ii. Reg .i. Ionas is caste into the sea Ionas .i. Ionas was .iii. dayes in the fishes bellye Iona .ii. Israell robbeth the Egiptians Exod .iii. Israelites neuer iourneye but at goddes commaundement nume .ix. Israell knoweth not god Esaye .i. Israel is sâ—yffe harted Ezechi .iii. Iust man lyueth be his faythe Aba .ii. Iudith fasted all he lyfe Iudith .viii. K. Keke thy mouth and keps thy lyfe prouer .xiii. Kepe thy owne counsell syra .xxxvii. Keye of the house of Dauid Esa .xxii. kyng Oâ— and his bed of yron Deut .iii. kyng Dauids reigne .ii. Reg .v. kynges shoulde be wyse and learned Psal .ii. kynges displeature prouer .xvi. kynges harte prouer .xxi. kynges shoulde drinke no wyne proue .xxxi. kyng Zedechias eyes are put out Ieremi .xxxix. kynge Nabuchodonozor Dan .iiij. kynge Antiochus .ii. Macha .v. knowledge of wysedome prouer .xxiiii. knowledge engendereth care Preach .i. L Laban and his two wyues gene .xxix. Lamech and his two wyues gene .iiii. Lawe of god shoulde be soughte at the Priestes mouthe Mala .ii. Leper must be presented to the priest leui .xiii. Leper must dwell alone leui .xiii. Leper and howe the house that is infected with the Leper must be ordered leui .xiiii. Lefte handed men maruelous slyngers iâ—dg .xx. Lende vnto the poore Deut .xv. Lende not to the mightie syrach .viii. Leuites are goddes nume .iii. Liberalitie bryngeth plenty prouer .xi. Liberalitie bryngeth a man to honoure pro .xviii. Lyers with beastes Exo .xxii. leui .xviii. xx Lye with mankinde leui .xviii. Lyfe of man is but wynde Iob .vii. Lyfe of man is full of misery Iob .xiiii. Lyfe vncorrupt wisd .vi. Lyghtes two gene .i. Lyppes of a staunderer prouer .iiii. Lyppes of a harlot prouer .iiii. Let is taken prisoner and reskued gene xiii Lot receyued aungels gene ix Lot offereth his two doughte is to the Sodomites gene .xix. Loties wyfe gene .xix. Lottes psal .xxii. Louers of moneye preacher .v. Luciâ—er and his fall Esay .xiiii. M. Man hath the dominion of all thynges gene .i. Man is shaped of dust gene .ii. Iob .x. Man gaue euery beast his name gene .ii. Manne to be ioyned to his wyfe shall leaue father and mother gene .ii. Man hath the rule of the woman gene .iii. Man shall returne into duste gene .iii. Man mare rule synne gene .iiii. Man that gatherd stickes vpon the saboth day nu xxv Man â—yueth by the worde of god Deut .ii. Man that is fearefull or betrout hed to a wyfe shall not go to battayle Deut .xx. xxiiii Man with xxiiii fyngers and toes i. Chro .xx. Man neuer continueth in one slate Iob .xiiii. Man at the later daye shall receaue his bodye agayne Iob .xix. Man in the sighte of god is vncleane Iob .xxv. Man caryeth nothynge of his ryches with hym Iob .xxvii. Man hath all thynge in subiection psall .viii. Man shall he recompenst and how psal .xviii. Man is altogether vanitie psa .xxxix. Man is conceaued in synne psalm .li. Manne fadeth awaye lyke grasse Syrach .xiiii. Esaye .xiiii. Man hath frewyll syrach .xv. Man shall be knowen be his face syrach .xix. Man cannot rule hymselfe Iere .x. Man of Inde Ieremy .xiii. Mannes meate Mannes dayes are appoynted Iob .xiiii. Mans tyme commeth sodenly prea .ix. Malice of man gene .vi. Mandragora gene .xxx. Manna his tast and lykenes Exo .xvi. Nu .xi. Manna was eaten .xl. yeares Exo .xvi. Manna ceased Iosue .v. Manasses returned agayn to IerusaleÌ„ .ii. Cro. 33 Mary thy daughter syrach .vii. Makers of vnrighteous lawes Esay .x. Meke spirited psal .xxxvii. Mane Thetell Phares Daniel .v. Melchisedech the hye priest gene .xiiii. Many be created and fewe preserued .iiii. Es viii Mercy delyuereth from death Tob .iiii. xii Mercy and faythfulnes muste be wrytten in maÌ„s heart pro .iii. Men vnmete for the warres macha .iii Mynstrell .iiii. Reg .iii. Mont syon Aba .i. Moses and why he was so called Exo .ii. Moses brake the tables Erod .xxxii. Moses prayeth for the people Exo .xxxii. Moses fasted .xl. dayes and .xl. nightes ex 34. de 9 Moses full of mekenes Nume .xii. Moses with his rod smote the rocke Nume .xx. Moses yeares Deut .xxxiiii. Murder requireth murder Exod .xxi. Musyke garuisheth the feaste Syra xxxii N. Nadab and Abihu for censynge before the Lorde were consumed with fyre Leui .x. Nahas aunswer to the menne of Iabes .i. of the kyng .xi. Nathans aunswer to Dauid .ii. of the kynges .xii. Naked we came and naked we shall departe Iob .i. Preach .v. Name of god prouer .xviii. Newe frendes syrach .ix. Names of Christe Esaye .ix. Nimrod a mightye hunter gene .x. Niniuites and theyr repentaunce Ionas .ii. Noah and his three sonnes gene .vi. Noah was a husbande man gene .ix. Noah planted wynes gene .ix. Noah was dronken gene .ix. Noah two sonnes couerd his priuities gene .ix. No man maye se god and lyue Exo .xxxiii. No man shoulde be compelde to drynke Esther .i. None good on the earthe Myche .vii. Nothyng can be hidden from god Amos .ix. Number of all those that came with Iacob into Egipte gene .xlvi. Number of the Israelites that went to the wattes
perdition whiche is an aduersarye and is exalted aboue all that is called god or that is worshypped so that he shall sytte as god in the temple of god and shewe him selfe as god The .iii. Chapter We require of you brethren in the name of our lord Ielus Christ that ye witt draw your selues from euery drother that walketh inordinat elye not after the institutiō whiche ye receaued of vs. When we were with you this we watned you of that yf there were any whiche wold not worke that the same shulde not eate Yf an◠men obey not your sayinges sende vs worde of hym by a letter and haue no companye with him that he maye be a shamed and count him not as an enemy but warne him as a brother The .i. Epistel of S. Paule to Timothe the .i. Chapter THe ende of the commaundementes is loue that commeth of a pure herte and of a good conscience and of fayth vnfayned This is a true saying and by all meanes worthy to be receyued the Christ Iesus came into the worlo to saue synners The .ii. Chapter IExhort the therfore the aboue al thinges prayers supplicacions intercessions geuing of thankes be had for al men for kynges and for all the are in auctoritie that we may liue a quiet a peas able lyfe in all godlines and honestie For that is good and accepted in the sight of God out Sauioure whiche will haue all men saued and to come to the knoweledge of the truthe I wyl that wemen araye themselues in comely apparell with shame fastenes and discrete behaue our not with brodred heare other gold or pearles or costely araye but suche as becommeth wemen that profeste the worshippinge of god thorow good workes Let the woman learne in silence with al sublection I suffer not a women to teache neither to haue auctoritie ouer the man but for to be in silence For Adam was fyrst formed and then Eue. Also Adam was not deceaued but the womaune was decepued and was in transgression The .iii. Chapter Yf a man couet the office of a bishop he desyreth a good worke Ye and a byshop must be faureles the husbande of one wyfe sober discrete honestly appareled harberous apt to teache not dronken no fyghter not geuen to filthye lucre but gentle abhorting fighting abhorring couetousnee one that ruleth his owne house honeslty hauyng chyldren vnder obedience withall honestie For yf a man cannot tule his owne house how shall he care for the congregacion of god He maye not be a yōg scoler lest he swell and faule into the iudgemente of the euell speaker He must also be well reported of among them whiche are without forthe lest he fall into rebuke and snare of the euel speaker Let the deacons be the husbandes of one wyfe suche as rule theyr chyldren well and theyr owne housholdes The .iiii. Chapter THe sprite speaketh euidently that in the later times lome shal departe from the fayth and shal geue hede vnto sprites of erroure and deuelyshe doctrine of them whiche speake false thorow ypocrilie haue theyr consciences marked with an hote yron forbydding to mary commaunding to abstame from meates which god hathe created to be receyued with geuing thākes of them which beleue and knowe the truth For all the creatures of god are good nothing to be refused if it be receaued with thankes geuing for it is sanctified by the worde of God and prayer Exercise thy selfe vnto godlynes For bodely exercise profiteth lytell but godlynes is good vnto all thynges as a thyng whiche hathe promises of the life that is now and of the lyfe to come The .v. Chapter SHe that is a very widow and frendlesse putteth her trust in god and continueth in supplication and prayer night and daye But she that lyueth in pleasure is dead euen yet alyue The yonger widdowes refuse for when they haue beggunne to ware wanton to the dishonour of Christ then will they mary hauing damnacion because they haue broken theyr fyrst sayth And also they learne to go ftom house to house ydle yea not ydle onely but also trifling and busy bodyes speaking thinges whiche are not comely The elders that rule well are worthy of doble honoure moste specially they which labour in the worde and inteachyng Againste an elder receaue none accusation but vnder two or three witnesses Them that synne rebuke openlye that other maye feare Obserue these thinges without haslye iudgement and do nothing parcially Laye handes sodenly on no man The .vi. Chapter IF any man be not content with the holsome wordes of our lord Iesu Christ and with the doctrine of godlynes he is puft vp and knoweth nothing but wasleth his braynes about questions and strife of wordes where of spring enuy stryfe raylinges euyl surmising and vaine disputations of men with corrupt mindes and destitute of the truth which thinke that lucre is godlynes from suche separate thy selfe When we haue foode and rayment let vs ther with be content They wyl be riche faule into temptacion and snares and into many folishe and noysome lustes whiche drounde men into perdicion and destruction For couetousnes is the roote of all euill ▪ which while some lusteth after they erred from the faith tangled thē selues with many sorowes Charge thē that are riche in this world that they be not exceding wyse that they trust not in the vncertayne riches but in the liuing god whiche geueth vs aboūdantly al thinges to emoye thē that they do good and be riche in good workes redy to geue distribute laying vp in store for thē selues a good foundation agaynste the tyme to come that they maye obtayne eternall lyfe ¶ The .ii. Epistle to Timothe the first Chapter GOD hath not geuen vs the spirite of feare but of power and of loue and of sobernesse of mynde Be not ashamed to testifie our Lorde neyther be a shamed of me whiche am bounde for his sake but suffre thou aduersitie also with the gospell through the power of god whiche saued vs and called vs with an holy callyng not accordynge to oure dedes but accordynge to his owne purpose and grace which grace was geuen through Christ Iesu before the worlde was but is now declared openly by the appering of our sauiour Iesu Christ whyche hathe put awaye death and hath brought lyfe and immortalitie vnto lyghte throughe the gospell The .ii. Chapter NO man that warreth entangleth himselfe with worldly busines and that because he wolde please hym that hath chosen him to be Souldier and though a man stryue for a mastry yet is he not crouned except he striue laufully It is a true saying yf we be dead with hym we also shall lyue with him Yf we be pacient we shall also raygn with him Yf we deny hym he also shal deny vs. Yf we beleue not yet abydeth he faythful He cannot denye himselfe Stryue not aboute wordes whiche is to no profyte but to peruert the hertes The Lorde knoweth
them that are his And let euery man that calleth on the name of Christ departe frō iniquitie Notwithstanding in a great house are not onely vessels of golde and of syluer but also of wood and of earth some for honoure some to dishonoure But yf a man purge himselfe from suche felowes he shal be a vessell sanctified vnto honour mete for the lorde and prepared vn to all good workes Folyshe and vnlearned questions putte from the remembryng that they do but gendre stryfe The .iii. Chapter Ye and al that wyll lyue godly in Christ Iesu muste suffre persecutions but the euyl menne and disceauers shal waxe worse and worse whyle they deceaue and are deceaued themselues All scripture geuen by inspiration of god is profitable to teache to improue to amēd to instruct in rightwisenes that the man of god maye be perfecte and prepared vnto all good workes The .iiii. Chapter PReache the worde be feruent be it in season or out of season Improue rebuke exhorte which al longe suffering and doctrine For the tyme wyll come when they wilnot suffre holsome doctrine but after theyr owne lustes shal they whose eares itche get them an heape of teachers shall turne theyr eares from the truthe and shal be geuen vn to fables I am now ready to be offred and the tyme of my departyng is at hande I haue sought a good fight and haue fulfilled my course and haue kept the fayth From hence forthe is layde vp for me a croune of righteousnes whiche the lorde that is righteous iudge shall geue me at that daye not to me onelye but vnto all them that loue his commyng ¶ The Epistle of S. Paule to Titus the fyrst Chapter ABishop must be fautelesse as it becommeth the minister of god Not proude not angry no dronkarde no fighter not geuen to fylthye lucre but herberous one that loueth goodnes sobre mynded righteous holye tēperate such e as cleueth vnto the true word of doctrine that he may be able to exhibite with holsome learning and to improue them that saye against it The Cretians are alwayes lyars euel beastes and stowe belyes They confesse that they knowe god but with the dedes they deny him and are abhominable disobedient and to all good woorkes discommendable The .ii. Chapter ANd the elder wemen lykewise that they be in suche raymente as becommeth holynes not false accusars not geuen to muche drinkinge but teachers of honest thinges to make the yong wemen sobre mynded to loue theyr husbandes to loue theyr chyldren to be discrete chast huswifely good and obedient to theyr owne husbandes that the worde of god be not euel so oken of The grace of god that bringeth saluation vnto al men hath appered and teacheth vs that we should deme vngodlynes and worldly lustes and that we should lyue sobre mynded righteouslye godly in this present world lokyng for the blessed hope and glorious appering of the mightye God and of our saueour Iesu Christ whiche gaue hym selfe for vs to redeme vs from all vnrighteousenes and to pourge vs a peculier people vnto him selfe feruently geuen vnto good workes The .iii. Chapter WArne them that they submit themselues to rule and power to obeye the officers that they be redy to all good workes Not of the dedes of righteousnes which we wrought but of his mercy he saued vs. Folishe questions and genealogies and braulinge and strife aboute the lawe auoyde for they are vn profitable and superfluous A man that is geuen to heresie after the fyrste and the seconde admonicion auoyde remembring that he that is suche is peruerted and synneth euen damned by his owne iudgement The Epistle of S. Paule to the Hebrues the .i. Chapter GOD in time past diuersly and manye wayes spake vnto the fathers by the prophetes but in these last dayes he hath spoken vnto vs by his sonne whome he hathe made heyre of all thinges by whome also he made the worlde He maketh his aungels spirites and his ministers fiammes of fyre Are not all the aungels ministringe spirites sent to minister for theyr sakes whiche shal be heyres of saluacion The .ii. Chapter HE that sanictifieth and they whiche are sāctifed are all one He in no place taketh on hym the angels but the feede of Abrahā taketh he on hym Wherfore in al thynges it became hym to be made lyke vnto his brechren that he might be merciful and a faythful hye priell in thynges concerning god for to purge the peoples synnes For in that he himself suffered and was tempted he is able to sucker them that are tempted The iii. Chapter CHrist as a sōne hath rule ouer the house whose house are we so that we hold fast the cōfidēte and the reidysyng of that hope vnto the ende Take hede brethren that there be in none of you an euil herte in vnbeleue that he shoulde depart from the lyuing god but exhort one another dayly while it is called to daye leaste any of you ware harde harted thorowe the deceytefulnesse of synne The .iiii. Chapter THe worde of god is quicke and mightye in operacion and sharper then any two edge sweared and en treth through euen vnto diuiding a sonder of the soule and the sprite and of the taintes and the mary and iudgeth the thought is and theintentes of the hearte neither is there any creture inuisible in the sight of it For all thinges are naked and bare vnto the eyes of hym of whom we speake The .v. Chapter WE haue not an hye priest which cānot haue cōpassion on our infirmities but was in all poyntes lyke as we are but yet without synne Let vs therfore go boldly vnto the seate of grace that we may receyue mercy fynde grace to helpe in tyme of nede Euery hye priest that is taken from among men is ordeyned for men in thynges pertayninge to God to offer giftes and sacrifices for sinne which can haue compassion on the ignorant and on them that are out of the waye because that he him selfe also is compassed with infirmitie for the whyche infirmities sake he is bounde to offer for synnes as well for his owneparte as for the peoples No man taketh honoure vnto hym selfe but he that is called of god as was Aaron Christ in the dayes of his fleshe dyd offer vp prayers and supplications with strong crying teares vnto him that was able to saue him frome death and was also hearde because of his obedience The .vi. Chapter IT is not possible that they which were once lygted and haue tasted of the heauenly gyft and were become partakers of the holye ghoste and haue tasted of the good worde of god and of the power of the worlde to come yf they fall shoulde be renued agayne vnto repentannce for as moche as they haue as cōcerning them selues crucified the sonne of god a freshe making a mocke of hym That erth whiche drynketh in the rayne whiche commeth ofte vpon it and bryngeth forth earbes meate for