and worship me 10 Then said Iesus vnto him Auoide Satan for it is written * Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and him onely shalt thou serue 11 Then the deuil left him and beholde the Angels came and ministred vnto him 12. ¶ * And when Iesus had heard that Iohn was deliuered vp he returned into Galile 13 And leauing Nazaret wēt and dwelt in Capernaum which is nere the sea in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim 14 That it might be fulfilled which was spokē by Esaias the Prophet saying 15 * The land of Zabulō and the land of Nephthalim by the way of the sea beyond Iordan Galile of the Gentiles 16 The people which sate in darkenes sawe great light and to them which sate in the region and shadowe of death light is risen vp 17 * From that time Iesus began to preache ād to say Amend your liues for the kingdome of heauen is at hand 18 ¶ * And Iesus walking by the sea of Galile sawe two brethren Simō which was called Peter and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea for they were fishers 19 And he said vnto them Folowe me and I wil make you fishers of men 20 And they straight way leauing the nets followed him 21 And when he was gone for the from thence he sawe other two brethren Iames the sonne of Zebedeus and Iohn his brother in a ship with Zebedeus their Father mending their nets and he called them 22 And they without tarying leauing the ship and their Father followed him 23 So Iesus went about all Galile teaching in their Synagogues and preaching the Gospel of the kingdome and healing euerie sickenes and euerie disease among the people 24 And his same spred abroad through all Syria and they broght vnto him all sicke people that were taken with diuers diseases and gripings and them that were possessed with deuils and those which were lunatike and those that had the palsey and he healed thē 25 And there folowed him great multitudes out of Galile and Decapolis and Ierusalē and Iudea and from beyonde Iordan CHAP. V. 3 Christ teacheth who are blessed 13 The salt of the earth light of the worlde 16 Good workes 17 Christ came to fulfil the Law 21 what is ment by killing 23 Reconciliation 27 Adulterie 29 Offences 31 Diuorcement 〈◊〉 Not to sweare 39 To suffer wrong 43 To loue our enemies 48 Perfection 1 ANd when he sawe the multitude he wēt vp into a mountaine and when he was set his disciples came to him 2 And he opened his mouthe and taught them saying 3 * Blessed are the poore in spirit for theirs is the kingdome of heauen 4 * Blessed are they that mourne for they shal be comforted 5 * Blessed are the meke for they shal inherit the earth 6 Blessed are they which honger and thirst for righteousnes for they shal be filled 7 Blessed are the merciful for thei shal obteine mercie 8 Blessed are the * pure in heart for they shal se God 9 Blessed are the place makers for they shal be called the children of God 10 Blessed are they * which suffer persecutiō for righteousnes sake for theirs is the kingdome of heauen 11 * Blessed are ye when mēreuile you and per secute you and say all maner of euil against you for my sake falsely 12 Reioyce be glad for great is your rewarde in heauen for so persecuted they the Prophets which were before you 13 * Ye are the salte of the earth but if the salt haue lost his fauour where with shal it be salted It is thence forthe good for nothing but to be cast out and to be troden vnderfote of men 14 Ye are the light of the worlde A citie that is set on an hill can not be hid 15 * Nether do men light a candel and put it vnder a bushel but on a candelsticke and it giueth light vnto all that are in the house 16 * Let your light so shine before men that they may se your good workes and glorifie your Father which is in heauen 17 Thinke not that I am come to destroye the Law or the Prophetes I am not come to destroye them but to fulfil them 18 * Fortruely I say vnto you Til heauen and earth perish one iote or one title of the Law shal not scape til all things be fulfilled 19 * Whosoeuer therefore shal breake one of these least commandements teache men so he shal be called the least in the kingdome of heauen but whosoeuer shal obserue and teache them the same shal be called great in the kingdome of heauen 20 For I say vnto you except your righteousnes * excede the righteousnes of the Scribes and Pharises ye shal not enter into the kingdome of heauen 21 Ye haue heard that it was said vnto them of the olde time * Thou shalt not kil for whosoeuer killeth shal be culpable of iudgement 22 But I say vnto you whosoeuer is angrie with his brother vnaduisedly shal be culpable of iudgement And whosoeuer saieth vnto his brother Raca shal be worthie to be punished with by the Counsel And whosoeuer shal say Foole shal be worthie to be punished with hel fyre 23 If then thou bring thy gift to the altar and there remēbrest that thy brother hathe oght against thee 24 Leaue there thine offring before the altar and go thy way first be reconciled to thy brother and then come and offer thy gift 25 * Agre with thine aduersarie quickely whilesthou art in the way with him lest thine aduersarie deliuer thee to the iudge and the iudge deliuer thee to the sergeant and thou be cast into prison 26 Verely I say vnto thee thou shalt not come out thence til thou hast payed the vtmost farthing 27 ¶ Ye haue heard that it was said to them of olde time * Thou shalt not commit adulterie 28 But I say vnto you that whosoeuer loketh on a woman to lust after her hathe committed adulterie with her already in his heart 29 * Wherefore if thy right eye cause thee to offend plucke it out and cast it from thee for better it is for thee that one of thy mem bers perish thē that thy whole bodie shulde be cast into hel 30 Also if thy right hand make thee to offend cut it of and cast it from thee for better it is for thee that one of thy members perish thē that thy whole bodie shulde be cast into hel 31 It hathe bene said also * Whosoeuer shal put away his wife let him giue her a testimonial of diuorcement 32 But I say vnto you whosoeuer shal put away his wife except it be for
daughters lye with their father of whome come Moab and Ammon 1 ANd in the euening their came two Angels to Sodôm and Lot sate at the gate of Sodôm and Lot sawe them and rose vp to mete them and he bowed him selfe with his face to the grownd 2 And he said Se my Lords I praye you turne in now into your seruants house and tarie all night and * wash your fete and ye shall rise vp early and go your waies Who said Naie but we will abide in the strete all night 3 Then he preased vpon them earnestly and they turned into him and came to his house and he made them a feast and did bake vnleauened bread and they did eat 4 But before they went to bed the men of the citie euen the men of Sodôm compassed the house round about from the yong to the olde al the people from al quarters 5 Who crying vnto Lot said to him Where are the men whiche came to thee this night bring them out vnto vs that we maie know them 6 Then Lot went out at the dore vnto them and shut the dore after him 7 And said I praie you my brethren do not so wickedly 8 Be holde now I haue two daughters which haue not knowen man then wil I bring out now vnto you and do to them as semeth you good onely vnto these men do nothyng for therefore are they come vnder the shadowe ōf my rofe 9 Then they said Awaie hence and they said He is come alone as a stranger and shall he iudge and rule we wil now deale worse with thee then with them So they preased sore vp ō Lot 〈◊〉 himself came to breake the dore 10 But the men put forthe their hand and pulled Lot into the house to them and shut to the dore 11 * Then they smote the men that were at the dore of the house with blindenes bothe smale and great so that thei were wearie in seking the dore 12 ¶ Then the men said vnto Lot Whome hast thou yet here ether sonne in lawe or thy sōnes or thy daughters or whatsoeuer thou hast in the citie bring it out of this place 13 For we wil destroie this place be cause the * crie of them is great before the Lord and the Lord hathe sent vsto destroie it 14 Then Lot went out and spake vnto his son nes in lawe which maried his daughters said Arise get you out of this place for the Lord wil destroie the citie but he semed to his sonnes in lawe as thogh he had mocked 15 ¶ And when the morning arose the 〈◊〉 hasted Lot saying Arise take thy wife thy two daughters which are here lest thou be destroied in the punishment of the citie 16 And as he prolonged the time * the men caught both him and his wife and his two daughters by the handes the Lord being mercifull vnto hym and they broght hym forthe and set him without the citie 17 ¶ And when they had broght thē out the Angel said escape for thy life loke not behinde thee nether tarie thou in al the plaine escape into the mountaine lest thou be destroyed 18 And Lot said vnto them Not so I praie thee my Lord. 19 Beholde now thy seruant hathe founde grace in thy sight and thou hast magnified thy mercie whiche thou hast shewed vnto me in sauyng my life and I can not escape in the mountaine lest some euil take me I die 20 Se now this citie hereby to flee vnto whiche is a litle one Oh let me escape thither is it not a litle one and my soule shall liue 21 Then he said vnto him Beholde I haue receiued thy request also concernyng thys thing that I will not ouerthrowe this citie for the whiche thou hast spoken 22 Haste thee saue thee there for I can do no thing till thou be come thether Therefore the name of the citie was called Zôar 23 ¶ The sunne did rise vpon the earth when Lot entred into Zôar 24 Then the Lord * rained vpon Sodôm and vpon Gomoráh brimstone and fire frō the Lord out of heauen 25 And ouerthrewe those cities and all the plaine and all the inhabitants of the cities and that that grewe vpon the earth 26 ¶ Now his wife behinde him loked backe and was turned into a piller of salt 27 ¶ And Abrahám rising vp early in the morning went to the place where he had stand before the Lord and loking toward Sodôm and Gomoráh and toward al the land of the plaine 28 Beholde he sawe the smoke of the land mounting vp as the smoke of a fornace 29 ¶ But yet when God destroied the cities of the plaine God thoght vpon Abrahā and sent Lot out from the middes of the destruction 〈◊〉 he ouerthrew the cities wherein Lot dwelled 30 ¶ Then Lot went vp from Zôar and dwelt in the mountaine with his two daughters for he feared to tarie in Zóar but dwelt in a caue he and his two daughters 31 And the elder said vnto the yonger Our father is olde and there is not a man in the earth to come in vnto vs after the maner of all the earth 32 Come we wil make our father drinke wine and lye with him that we maie preserue sede of our father 33 So thei made their father drinke wine that night and the elder went and laie with her father but he perceiued not nether when shelaie downe nether when she rose vp 34 And on the morow the elder said to the yon ger Beholde yester night laie I with my father let vs make him drinke wine this night also and go thou and lye with him that we maie preserue sede of our father 35 So thei made their father drinke wine that night also and the yonger arose laie with him but he perceiued not when she laie downe nether when she rose vp 36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with childe by their father 37 And the elder bare a sonne and she called his name Moáb the same is the father of the Moabites vnto this daie 38 And the yonger bare a sonne also and she called his name Ben-ammi the same is the father of the Ammonites vnto this daie CHAP. XX. 1 Abraham dwelleth as a stranger in the land of Gerar 2 Abimélech taketh awaie his wife 3 God reproueth the King 9 And the King Abraham 11 Sarah is restored with great giftes 17 Abraham praieth and the King and his are healed 1 AFterwarde Abrahám departed thence toward the South countrie and dwelled betwene Cadésh and Shur and soiourned in Gerár 2 And-Abrahám said of Saráh his wife She is my sister Them Abimélech King of Gerár sent and toke Saráh 3 But God came to Abimélech in a dreame by night and said to him Beholde
shal come by the housholds and the housholde which the Lord shal take shal come man by man 15 And he that is taken with the excommunicate thing shal be burnt with fire he and all that he hathe because he hathe transgressed the couenant of the Lord and because he hathe wroght foly in Israél 16 ¶ So Ioshúa rose vp early in the morning broght Israél by their tribes and the tribe of Iudáh was taken 17 And he broght the families of Iudáh and toke the familie of the Zathites he broght the familie of the Zathites man by man and Zabdi was taken 18 And he broght his housholde man by man and Achán the sonne of Carmi the sonne of Zabdi the sonne of Zérah of the tribe of Iudáh was taken 19 Then Ioshúa said vnto Achán My sonne I beseche thee giue glorie to the Lord God of Israél and make confession vnto him and shewe me now whatthou hast done hide it not from me 20 And Achán answered Ioshúa and said In dede I haue sinned against the Lord God of Israél and thus and thus haue I done 21 I sawe among the spoyle a goodly Babylo nish garment and two hundreth shekels of siluer and a wedge of golde of fyftie shekles weight and I coueted them and toke them and beholde they lye hid in the earth in the middes of my tent and the siluer vnder it 22 ¶ Then Ioshúa sent messengers which ran vnto the tent and beholde it was hid in his tent and the siluer vnder it 23 Therefore they toke them out of the tent and broght them vnto Ioshúa and vnto all the children of Israél and layed them before the Lord. 24 Then Ioshúa toke Achán the sonne of Zé rah and the siluer and the garment and the wedge of golde and his sonnes and his daughters and his oxen and his asses and his shepe and his tent and all that he had and all Israél with him broght them vnto the valley of Achôr 25 And Ioshúa said In as much as thou hast troubled vs the Lord shal trouble thee this day and all Israél thre we stones at him and burned them with fire ād stoned them with stones 26 And they cast vpon him a great heape of stones vnto this day and so the Lord turned from his fearce wrath therefore he called the name of that place The valley of Achōr vnto this day CHAP. VIII 3 The siege 19 And winning of Ai. 19 The King thereof is hanged 30 Ioshúa setteth vp an altar 32 He writeth the Lawe vpon stones 35 And readeth it to all the people 1 AFter the Lord said vnto Ioshūa * Feare not nether be thou faint hearted take all the men of warre with thee and a rise go vp to Ai beholde I haue giuen into thine hand the King of Ai and his people his citie and his land 2 And thou shalt do to Ai and to the Kyng thereof as thou didest vnto* Ierichô and to the king therof neuertheles the spoyle thereof and * the cattell thereof shall ye take vnto you for a pray thou shalt lye in waite against the Citie on the backside thereof 3 ¶ Then Ioshūa arose and all the men of warre to go vp agaynste Ai and Ioshúa chose out thirtye thousande strong men and valiant and sent them awaye by night 4 And he commanded them saying Behold ye shal lye in wait against the citie on the backside of the citie go not very far from the citie but be ye all in a readines 5 And I and all the people that are with me wil approche vnto the citie and whē they shal come out against vs as they did at the first time then wil we flee before them 6 For thei wil come out after vs til we haue broght them out of the citie for they will say They flee before vs as at the first tyme so we wil flee before them 7 Then you shal rise vp from lying in waite and destroye the citie for the Lord your God wil deliuer it into your hand 8 And when ye haue taken the citie ye shal set it on fire according to the commādement of the Lord shal ye do behold I haue charged you 9 ¶ Ioshúa then sent them forthe and they went to lie in waite and abode betwene Beth-él and Ai on the Westside of Ai but Ioshúa lodged that nyghte amonge the people 10 And Ioshúa rose vp early in the morning and nombred the people and he and the Elders of Israél went vp before the people against Ai. 11 Also all the men of warre that were with him went vp and drue nere and came against the citie pitched on the North-side of Ai and there was a valley betwene them and Ai. 12 And he toke aboute fiue thousande men and set them to lie in wait betwene Beth-él and Ai on the Westside of the citie 13 And the people set all the hoste that was on the Northside against the Citie the liers in wayte on the West against the Citie and Ioshúa went the same night into the middes of the valley 14 ¶ And when the King of Ai sawe it then the men of the citie hasted rose vp early and went out against Israél to battell he all his people at the time appointed before the plaine for he knewe not that anie lay in wait against him on the backside of the citie 15 Then Ioshúa and all Israél as beatē before thē fled by the way of the wildernes 16 And all the people of the citie were called together to pursue after them thei pursued after Ioshúa and were drawen away out of the citie 17 So that there was not a man left in Ai nor in Beth-él that went not out after Israéll and they left the Citie open and pursued after Israél 18 Thē the Lord said vnto Ioshūa Stretche out the speare that is in thine hād toward Ai for I will giue it into thine hande and Ioshúa stretched out the speare that he had in his hand towarde the citie 19 And thei that lay in waite arose quickely out of their place and ran assone as he had stretched out his hande and they entred into the citie and toke it and hasted and set the citie on fire 20 And the men of Ai loked behinde them and saweit for lo the smoke of the Citie ascended vp to heauen and they had no power to flee this way or that way for the people that fled to the wildernes turned backe vpon the pursuers 21 When Ioshúa and all Israél sawe that they that lay in wayte had taken the citie and that the smoke of the Citie mounted vp then they turned againe and slewe the mē of Ai. 22 Also the other issued out of the Citie against them so were they in the middes of Israél these being on the one side the rest on the
and without nomber whose teeth are like the teeth of a lyon and he hathe the iawes of a great lyon 7 He maketh my vine waste and pilleth of the 〈◊〉 of my figtre he maketh it bare and ca steth it down the brāches there of are made white 8 Mourne like a virgine girded with sackecloth 〈◊〉 the housband of her youth 9 The meat offring and the drinke offring is cut of frō the House of the Lord the Priests the Lords ministers mourne 10 The field is wasted the land mourneth for the corne is destroyed the new wine is dryed vp and the oyle is decayed 11 Be ye ashamed ô housbande men houle ô ye vine dressers for the wheat and for the barly because the haruest of the field is peri shed 12 The vine is dryed vp the figtre is decayed the pomegranate tre and the palme tre and the apple tre euen all the trees of the field are withered surely the ioy is withered away from the sonnes of men 13 Girde yourselues and lament ye Priests houle ye ministers of the altar come and lye all night in sacke cloth ye ministers of my God for the meat offring and the drinke of fring is taken away from the House of your God 14 Sanctifie you a fast call a solenne assemblie gather the Elders and all the inhabitāts of the lād into the House of the Lord your God and crye vnto the Lord 15 Alas for the day for the day of the Lord is at hand and it cometh as a destruction from the Almightie 16 Is not the meat cut of before our eyes and ioye and gladnes frō the House of our God 17 The sede is rotten vnder their cloddes the garn ers are destroyed the barnes are broken downe for the corne is withered 18 How did the beastes 〈◊〉 the herdes of cattel pine away because thei haue no pastu re and the flockes of shepe are destroyed 19 O Lord to thee wil I crye for the fyre hathe deuoured the pastures of the wildernes and the flame hathe burnt vp all the trees of the field 20 The beastes of the field crye also vnto thee for the riuers of waters are dryed vp and the fyre hathe deuoured the pastures of the wildernes CHAP. II. He prophecieth of the comming and crueltie of their enemies 13 An exhortacion to moue them to conuert 18 The loue of God towarde his people 1 BLowe the trumpet in Ziōn and shout in mine holie Mountaine let all the inhabitants of the land tremble for the daye of the Lord is come for it is at hand 2 A daye of darkenes of blackenes a daye of cloudes and obscuritie as the morning spreade vpon the mountaines so is there a great people and a mightie there was none like it from the beginning nether shal be anie 〈◊〉 after it vnto the yeres of manie generacions 3 A fyre deuoureth before him and behinde him a flame burneth vp the lād is as the gar den of Eden before him and behinde him a desolate wildernes so that nothing shal escape him 4 The beholding of him is like the sight of horses and like the horse men so shal they runne 5 Like the noyce of charets in the toppes of the mountaines shal thei leape like the noy ce of a flame of fyre that deuoureth the stubble as a mightie people prepared to the battel 6 Before his face shal the people tremble all faces shal gather blackenes 7 They shal runne like strong men and go vp to the wall like men of warre and euerie man shal go for warde in his wayes and they shal not staye in their paths 8 Nether shall one thrust another but euerie one shal walke in his path and when thei fall vpon the sworde they shal not be wounded 9 They shal runne to and fro in the citie they shal runne vpon the wall they shal clime vp vpon the houses and enter in at the windowes like the thief 10 The earth shal tremble before him the heauens shal shake the sunne and the moone shal be darke and the starres shal withdrawe their shining 11 And the Lord shal vtter his voyce before his hoste for his hoste is verie great for he is strong that doeth his worde * for the daie of the LORD is great and very terrible and who can abyde it 12 Therefore also no we the LORDE sayth Turne you vnto me with all your heart and with fastyng and with wepyng and with mourning 13 And rent your heart and not your clothes and turne vnto the Lord your God for he is gracious and merciful 〈◊〉 to angre and of great kindenes and repenteth hym of the euil 14 Who knoweth if he wil returne and repent and leaue a blessing behinde him euē a meat offring and a drinke offring vnto the Lord your God 15 Blowe the trumpet in Zión sanctifie a fast call a solemne assemblie 16 Gather the people sanctifie the congregacion gather the Elders assemble the children and those that sucke the breasts let the bridegrome go forthe of his chambre and the bride out of her bride chambre 17 Let the Priests the ministers of the Lorde wepe betwene the porche and the altar and let them say Spare thy people ô Lorde and and giue not thine heritage into reproche that the heathen shulde rule ouer them * Wherefore shulde they say among the people Where is their God 18 Then wil the Lord be ielouse ouer his lād and spare his people 19 Yea the Lorde wil answer and saie vnto the people Beholde I will send you corne and wine and oyle and you shal be 〈◊〉 there with and I wil nomore make you a reproche among the heathen 20 But I will remoue farre of frome you the Northren armie and I wil driue him into a land baren and desolate with his face towarde the East sea and his end to the vtmost sea and his stinke shal come vp and his corruption shal ascend because he hathe exalted him self to do this 21 Feare not ô land but be glad and reioyce for the Lord wil do great things 22 Be not afraied ye beastes of the fielde for the pastures of the wildernes are grene for the tre beareth her frute the fig tre and the vine do giue their force 23 Be glad then ye children of Ziōn and reioyce in the Lord your God for he hathe giuen you the rayne of righteousnes * and he wil cause to come downe for you the raine euen the first raine and the latter rayne in the first moneth 24 And the barnes shal be full of wheat and the presses shal abounde with wine and oyle 25 And I wyll render you the yeres that the 〈◊〉 hathe eaten the canker worme and the caterpiller and the palmer worme my great hoste whiche I sent among you 26 So you shall eat and be satisfied and
al these things shal be ministred vnto you 34 Care not then for the morowe for the morowe shall care for it selfe the day hathe ynough with his owne grief CHAP. VII 1 Christ forbiddeth rashe iudgement 6 Not to cast holye things to doggs 7 To aske seke or knocke 12 The scope of the Scripture 13 The streict and wide gate 15 Of false Prophetes 16 The good tre and euil 22 False miracles 24 The house on the rocke or vpon the sand 1 I Vdge not that ye be not iudged 2 For with what * iudgement ye iudge ye shal be iudged and with what * measure ye mette it shall be measured to you againe 3 And why seest thou the mote that is in thy brothers eye and perceiuest not the beame that is in thine owne eye 4 * Or howe saist thou to thy brother Suffer me to cast out the mote out of thine eye and beholde a beame is in thine owne eye 5 Hypocrite firste cast out the beame out of thine owne eye and then shalt thou se clearely to caste out the mote out of thy brothers eye 6 ¶ Giue ye not that which is holie to dogges nether caste ye your pearles before swine lest they treade them vnder their fete and turning againe all to rent you 7 ¶ * Aske and it shal be giuen you seke and ye shal finde knocke and it shal be opened vnto you 8 For whosoeuer asketh receyueth and he that seeketh findeth and to hym that knocketh it shal be opened 9 For what man is there among you which if his sonne aske hym bread wolde gyue hym a stone 10 Or if he aske fish wil he giue him a serpent 11 If ye then which are euill can giue to your children good giftes how muche more shal your Father which is in heauen giue good things to them that aske him 12 * Therefore whatsoeuer ye wolde that men shulde do to you euen so do ye to them for this is the Law and the Prophetes 13 ¶ * Enter in at the streicte gate for it is the wide gate and broad way that leadeth to destruction and manie there be which go in thereat 14 Because the gate is streicte and the way narowe that leadeth vnto life and fewe there be that finde it 15 ¶ Be ware of false prophetes which come to you in sheps clothing but inwardly they are rauening wolues 16 Ye shall knowe them by their frutes Do men gather grapes of thornes or figges of thystels 17 So euery good tre brīgeth forth good frute and a corrupttre bringeth forth euil frute 18 A good tre can not bring forthe euill frute nether can a corrupt tre bryng forthe good frute 19 * Euerie tre that bringeth not forthe good frute is hewen down and cast into the fyre 20 Therefore by their frutes ye shal know thē 21 ¶ Not euerye one that sayeth vnto me Lord Lord shal enter into the kingdome of heauen * but he that doeth my Fathers will which is in heauen 22 * Manie will say to me in that day Lorde Lorde haue we not by thy Name prophecied and by thy Name cast out deuils ād by thy Name done manie great workes 23 And then wil I professe to them * I neuer knewe you * depart from me ye that worke iniquitie 24 Whosoeuer then heareth of me these wordes * and doeth the same I wil liken him to a 〈◊〉 mā which hathe builded his house on a rocke 25 And the raine fell and the floods came and the windes blewe ād beat vpon that house ād it fell not for it was groūded on a rocke 26 But whosoeuer heareth these my wordes and doeth them not shal be lickned vnto a foolishe mā which hathe buylded his house vpon the sand 27 And the raine fell and the floods came and the windes blewe and beat vpō that house and it fell and the fall thereof was great 28 ¶ * And it came to passe when Iesus had ended these wordes the people were astonied at his doctrine 29 For he taught them as one hauing autoritie and not as the Scribes CHAP. VIII 2 Christ healeth the leper 5 The captaines faith 11 The vo cation of the Gentiles 14 Peters mother in law 19 The Scribes that wolde followe Christ. 21 Christs pouertie 24 He stilleth the sea and the winde 28 And driueth the deuils out of the possessed into the swine 1 NOwe when he was come downe frome the mountaine greate multitudes followed him 2 * And lo there came a leaper and worshipped hym saying Master if thou wilt thou canst make me cleane 3 And Iesus putting forthe his hand touched him saying I will be thou cleane and imme diatly his leprosie was clensed 4 Then Iesus said vnto hym Se thou tell no man but go and shewe thy selfe vnto the Priest and offer the gift that * Moyses commanded for a witnes to them 5 ¶ * Whē Iesus was entred into Capernaum there came vnto hym a Centurion beseching him 6 And said Master my seruant lieth sicke at home of the palsie and is grieuously pained 7 And Iesus sayd vnto hym I will come and heale hym 8 But the Centurion answered saying Master I am not worthie that shuldest come vnder my rofe but speake the worde onely and my seruant shal be healed 9 For I am a man also vnder the autoritie of another and haue souldiers vnder me and I say to one Go and he goeth ād to another Come and he cometh and to my seruant Do this and he doeth it 10 When Iesus heard that he marueiled and said to them that followed hym Verely I say vnto you I haue not founde so greate faith euen in Israel 11 But I say vnto you that manie shall come from the East and West and shall sit downe with Abraham and Isaac and Iacob in the kingdome of heauen 12 And the children of the kyngdome shal be cast out into vtter * darkenes there shal be weping and gnashing of teeth 13 Thē Iesus said vnto the Cēturiō go thy way and as thou hast beleued so be it vnto thee And his seruant was healed the same houre 14 ¶ * And when Iesus came to Peters house he sawe his wiues mother laied downe and sicke of a feuer 15 And he touched her hand and the feuer left her so she arose and ministred vnto them 16 * When the euē was come they broght vnto him manie that were possessed with deuils and he cast out the spirits with hys worde and healed all that were sicke 17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by * Esaias the Prophet saying He toke our infirmities and bare our sickenesses 18 ¶ * And when Iesus sawe great multitudes of people about him he
man possessed with a deuill 33 And when the deuill was caste out the domme spake thē the multitude marueiled saying The like was neuer sene in Israel 34 But the Pharises sayd * He casteth out deuils through the prince of deuils 35 ¶ And * Iesus went about all cities and tow nes teaching in their Sinagogues and preachyng the Gospell of the kyngdome and healyng euerye sicknes and euerie disease among the people 36 But * when he sawe the multitude he had compassion vpon them because they were dispersed and scatered abroad as shepe hauing no shepherde 37 Then said he to hys disciples * Surely the haruest is great but the laborers are fewe 38 Wherfore praye the Lord of the haruest that he wolde send forthe laborers into his haruest CHAP. X. 5 Christ sendeth out his Apostles to preache in Iudea 7 He 〈◊〉 them charge teacheth them and 〈◊〉 them against 〈◊〉 20 The holie Gost speaketh by his ministers 26 whome we oght to feare 30 Our heere 's are counted 32 To confesse Christ. 37 Not to loue our parents more thē Christ. 38 To take vp our crosse 39 To saue or lose the life 40 To receiue the 〈◊〉 1 ANd * he called hys twelue disciples vnto him and gaue them power againste vncleane spirits to cast them out and to heale euerie sickenes and euerie disease 2 Nowe the names of the twelue Apostles are these The firste is Simon called Peter and Andrewe his brother Iames the sonne of Zebedeus and Iohn his brother 3 Philippe and Bartleme we Thomas and Mat thewe the Publicane Iames the sonne of Alpheus and Lebbeus whose surname was Thaddeus 4 Simon the Cananite ād Iudas Iscariot who also betrayed him 5 These twelue did Iesus send forth and commanded them saying Go not into the waye of the Gentiles and into the cities of the Samaritans enter ye not 6 But go rather* to the lost shepe of the house of Israel 7 * And as ye go preach saying The kingdom of heauen is at hand 8 Heale the sicke clense the lepers raise vp the dead cast out the deuils Frely ye haue recei ued frely giue 9 * Possesse not golde nor siluer nor money in your girdels 10 Nor a scrippe for the iorney nether two coates nether shoes nor a staffe * for the workeman is worthie of his meat 11 And into * whatsoeuer citie or towne ye shal come enquire who is worthie in it and there abide til ye go thence 12 And when ye come into an house salute the same 13 And if the house be worthie let your peace come vpon it but if it be not worthie let you peace returne to you 14 * And whosoeuer shal not receiue you nor heare your wordes when ye departe out of that house or that citie * shake of the dust of your fete 15 Truely I say vnto you it shal be easier for thē of the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of iudgement then for that citie 16 ¶ * Beholde I send you as shepe in the middes of wolues be ye therefore wise as serpentes and innocent as doues 17 But beware of men for they will deliuer you vp to the Councils and will scourge you in their Synagogues 18 And ye shall be broght to the gouernours and Kings for my sake in witnes to thē and to the Gentiles 19 * But when they deliuer you vp take no thoght how or what ye shal spake for it shal be giuē you in that houre what ye shall say 20 For it is not ye that speake but the spirit of your Father whiche speaketh in you 21 And the * brother shall betray the brother to death and the father the sonne and the children shall rise against their parents and cause them to dye 22 And ye shal be hated of all men for my Name * but he that endureth to the end he shal be saued 23 And when they persecute you in this citie flee into another for verely I say vnto you ye shall not finish all the cities of Israel till the Sonne of man be come 24 * The disciple is not aboue his master nor the seruant aboue his Lord. 25 It is ynough for the disciple to be as his master is the seruant as his Lord. * If they haue called the master of the house Beelzebub how muche more thē of his housholde 26 Feare them not therefore * for there is nothing couered that shal not be disclosed nor hid that shall not be knowen 27 What I tel you in darkenes that speake ye in light and what ye heare in the eare that preache ye on the houses 28 And feare ye not them which kil the bodie but are not able to kill the soule but rather feare him whiche is able to destroye bothe soule and bodie in hel 29 Are not two sparrowes solde for a farthing and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father 30 * Yea and all the heere 's of you heade are nombred 31 Feare ye not therefore ye are of more value then manie sparrowes 32 * Whosoeuer therefore shal confesse me before men him wil I confesse also before my Father which is in heauen 33 But whosoeuer shal denie me before men him wil I also denie before my Father which is in heauen 34 * Thinke not that I am come to send peace into the earth I came not to send peace but the sworde 35 For I am come to set a man at variance against his father the daughter against her mother the daughter in law against her mother in law 36 * And a mans enemies shal be they of his owne housholde 37 * He that loueth father or mother more thē me is not worthie of me And he that loueth sonne or daughter more then me is not wor thie of me 38 * And he that taketh not his crosse and followeth after me is not worthie of me 39 * He that wil saue his life shal lose it and he that loseth his life for my sake shal saue it 40 He that receiueth you receiueth me and he that receiueth me receiueth him that hathe sent me 41 * He that receiueth a Prophet in the name of a Prophet shal receiue a Prophetes rewar de and he that receiueth a righteous man in the name of a righteous mā shal receiue the rewarde of a righteous man 42 * And whosoeuer shal giue vnto one of these litle ones to drinke a cup of colde water onely in the name of a Disciple verely I say vnto you he shal not lose his rewarde CHAP. XI 1 Christ preacheth 2 Iohn Baptist sendeth his disciples vnto him 7 Christs testimonie concerning Iohn 18 The opinion
was transfigured before them and his face did shyne as the sunne and his clothes were as white as the light 3 And beholde there appeared vnto them Moses and Elias talking with him 4 Then answered Peter and said to Iesus Master it is good for vs to be here if thou wilt let vs make here thre tabernacles one for thee and one for Moses and one for Elias 5 While he yet spake behold a bright cloude shadowed them and beholde there came a voyce out of the cloude saying * This is my beloued Sonne in whom I am wel plea sed heare him 6 And 〈◊〉 the disciples heard that they fel on their faces and were sore afrayed 7 Then Iesus came ād touched them and said Arise and be not afraid 8 And when they lifted vp their eyes they sawe no man saue Iesus onely 9 ¶ And as they came downe from the mountaine Iesus charged them saying Shewe the vision to no man vntill the Sonne of man rise againe from the dead 10 * And his disciples asked him saying Why then saye the Scribes that* Elias must firste come 11 And Iesus answered and sayd vnto them Certeinely Elias must first come and restore all things 12 But I say vnto you that Elias is come already and they knewe him not but haue done vnto him whatsoeuer they wolde like wise shal also the Sonne of man suffer of them 13 Then the disciples perceiued that he spake vnto them of Iohn Baptist. 14 ¶ * And when they were come to the multi tude there came to him a certeine man and kneled downe to him 15 And said Master haue pitie on my sonne for he is lunatike and is sore vexed for oft times he falleth into the fyre and oft tymes into the water 16 And I broght him to thy disciples ād they colde not heale him 17 Then Iesus answered and said O generacion faithles and croked howe long nowe shall I be with you how longe nowe shall I suffer you bring him hither to me 18 And Iesus rebuked the deuill and he went out of him and the childe was healed at that houre 19 Then came the disciples to Iesus a parte ād said Why colde not we cast him out 20 And Iesus said vnto them Because of your vnbeliefe for* verely I say vnto you if ye ha ue faith as muche as is a graine of mustard sede ye shal say vnto this mountaine Remo ue hence to yonder place ād it shal remoue and nothing shal be vnpossible vnto you 21 How be it this kinde goeth not out but by prayer and fasting 22 ¶ And as they* abode in Galile Iesus sayd vnto them The Sonne of man shal be deliue red into the hands of men 23 And they shal kil him but the third day shal he rise againe and they were very sorie 24 ¶ And when they were come to Capernaum they that receiued polle money came to Peter and sayd Doeth not your Master pay tribute 25 He said Yes And when he was come into the house Iesus preuēted him saying What thinkest thou Simō Of whom do the Kings of the earth take tribute or polle money of their children or of strangers 26 Peter said vnto him Of strangers Then said Iesus vnto him Then are the children fre 27 Neuertheles lest we shuld offende them go to the sea and cast in an angle and take the first fishe that cometh vp and whē thou hast opened his mouth thou shalt finde a piece of twentie pence that taken and giue vnto them for me and thee CHAP. XVIII 1 The greatest in the kingdome of heauen 3 He teacheth his disciples to be humble and harmeles 6 To auoide occasions of euil 10 Not to cōtemne the litleones 11 Why Christ came 15 Of brotherlie correction 17 Of the autoritie of the Church 19 The commendacion of prayer ād godlie assemblies 21 Of brotherlie forgiuenes 1 THe * same tyme the disciples came vnto Iesus saying Who is the greatest in the kingdome of heauen 2 And Iesus called a litle childe vnto him and set him in the middes of them 3 And said Verely I say vnto you except ye be * cōuerted and become as litle childrē ye shal not enter into the kingdome of heauen 4 Whosoeuer therefore shal humble him self as this litle childe the same is the greatest in the kingdome of heauen 5 And whosoeuer shall receiue suche a lytle childe in my Name receiueth me 6 * But whosoeuer shall offende one of these litleones which beleue in me it were better for him that a mylstone were hāged about his necke and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea 7 Wo be vnto the worlde because of offences for it must nedes be that offences shall come but wo be to that man by whome the offence cometh 8 * Wherefore if thine hand or thy fote cause thee to offende cut them of and cast them from thee it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed then hauing two hands or two fete to be cast into euerlasting fyre 9 And if thine eye cause thee to offend plucke it out and cast it from thee it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye then ha uing two eyes to be cast into hell fyre 10 Se that ye despice not one of these lytleones for I say vnto you that in heauen their * Angels alwayes behold the face of my Fa ther which is in heauen 11 For * the Sonne of man is come to saue that which was lost 12 How thinke ye * If a man haue an hūdreth shepe and one of them be gone astraye doeth he not leaue ninetie and nine and go into the mountaines and seke that which is gone astray 13 And if so be that he finde it verely I saye vnto you he reioyceth more of that shepe then of the ninetie and nine whiche went not astray 14 So is it not the wil of your Father whiche is in heauen that one of these litleones shulde perish 15 ¶ * Moreouer if thy brother trespace against thee go and tell him his faute betwene thee and him alone if he heare thee thou hast wonne thy brother 16 But if he heare thee not take yet with thee one or two that by the * mouth of two or thre witnesses euerie worde may be confirmed 17 And if he wil not vouche saue to heare thē tel it vnto the Church and if he refuse to heare the Church also let him be vnto thee as an heathen man and a Publicane 18 Verely I say vnto you * Whatsoeuer ye binde on earth shal be bounde in heauē and * whatsoeuer ye lose on earth shal be losed in heauen 19 Againe verely I say vnto you that
if two of you shal agre in earth vpon any thing whatsoeuer they shal desire it shal be giuē them of my Father which is in heauen 20 For where two or thre are gathered together in my Name there am I in the middes of them 21 Thē came Peter to him said Master how oft shal my brother sinne against me and I shal forgiue him * vnto seuen times 22 Iesus said vnto him I say not to thee vnto seuen times but vnto seuentie times seuen times 23 Therefore is the kingdome of 〈◊〉 likened vnto a certeine King whiche wolde take a countes of his seruants 24 And when he had begonne to recken one was broght vnto him whiche oght him ten thousand talents 25 And because he had nothing to paye his master commanded him to be solde and his wife and his children and all that he had the dette to be payed 26 The seruant therefore fel downe and besoght him saying Master appease thine angre towarde me and I wil pay thee all 27 Then that seruants master had compassion and losed him and for gaue him the dette 28 But when the seruāt was departed he foūde one of his felowes which oght him an hundreth pence he layed hands on him and toke him by the throte saying Pay me that thou o west 29 Then his felowe fel downe at his fete and besoght him saying Appease thine angre towards me and I wil pay thee all 30 Yet he wolde not but went and cast him into prison til he shulde pay the dette 31 And whē his other felowes sawe what was done they were very sorie and came and de clared vnto their master all that was done 32 Then his master called him and said to him O euil seruant I forgaue thee all that dette because thou prayedst me 33 Oghtest not thou also to haue had pitie on thy felow euen as I had pitie on thee 34 So his master was wroth and deliuered him to the iaylers til he shulde pay all that was due to him 35 So like wise shal mine heauenlie Father do vn to you except ye forgiue from your hearts eche one to his brother their trespaces CHAP. XIX 3 Christ sheweth for what cause a woman may be diuorced 11 Continence is a gift of God 14 He receiueth litle babes 16 To obteine life euerlasting 24 That riche men can scarsely be saued 28 He promiseth them which haue left all to folowe him life euerlasting 1 ANd* it came to passe that when Iesus had finished those sayings he departed from Galile and came into the coastes of Iudea beyonde Iordan 2 And great multitudes followed him and he healed them there 3 ¶ Then came vnto him the Pharises tēpting him and saying to him It is lawful for a man to put away his wife for euerie faute 4 And he answered and said vnto them Haue ye not red * that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female 5 And said * For this cause shal a man leaue father and mother and cleaue vnto his wife and they twaine shal be one flesh 6 Wherefore they are no more twaine but one flesh Let not man therefore put a sundre that which God hathe coupled together 7 They said to him Why did then*Moses commande to giue a bil of diuorcement and to put her a way 8 He said vnto thē Moses because of the hard nes of your heart 〈◊〉 you to put away your wiues but from the beginning it was not so 9 I say therefore vnto you * that whosoeuer shal put away his wife except it be for whoredome marie another committeth adulterie whosoeuer marieth her which is diuorced doeth commit adulterie 10 Thē said his disciples to hī 〈◊〉 the matter be so betwene mā wif it is not good to marie 11 But he said vnto thē All men can not receiue this thing saue they to whome it is giuen 12 For there are some chaste which were so borne of their mothers bellie and there be some chaste which be made chaste by men and there be some chaste which haue made themselues chaste for the kingdome of heauen He that is able to receiue this let him receiue it 13 ¶ * Then were broght to him litle children that he shulde put his hands on them and pray and the disciples rebuked them 14 But Iesus said Suffer the litle children and forbid them not to come to me for of suche is the kingdome of heauen 15 〈◊〉 And when he had put his hands on them he departed thence 16 ¶ * And beholde one came and said vnto him Good Master what good thing shal I do that I may haue eternal life 17 And he said vnto him Why callest thou me good there is none good but oue euen God but if thou wilt entre into life kepe the commandements 18 He said to him Whiche And Iesus said These Thou shalt not kil Thou shalt not commit adulterie Thou shalt not steale Thou shalt not beare false witnes 19 Honour thy father and mother and thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy self 20 The yong man said vnto him I haue obser ued all these things from my youth what lacke I yet 21 Iesus said vnto him If thou wilt be perfite go sel that thou hast and giue it to the poore and thou shalt haue treasure in heauē and come and followe me 22 And when the yong man heard that saying he went away sorowful for he had great possessions 23 Then Iesus said vnto his disciples Verely I say vnto you that a riche man shal hardely enter into the kingdome of heauen 24 And againe I say vnto you It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of 2 nedle then for a riche man to enter into the kingdome of God 25 And when his disciples heard it thei were excedingly amased saying Who thē can be saued 26 And Iesus behelde them and said vnto thē With men this is vnpossible but with God all things are possible 27 ¶ * Then answered Peter and said to him Beholde we haue for saken all and followed thee what shal we haue 28 And Iesus said vnto them Verely I say to you that when the Sonne of man shal sit in the throne of his maiestie ye which followed me in the regeneracion * shal sit also vpon twelue thrones and iudge the twelue tribes of Israel 29 And whoso euer shal forsake houses or brethren or sisters or Father or mother or wife or children or lands for my Name sake he shal receiue an hundreth folde more and shal inherite euerlasting life 30 But manie that are first shal be last and tho last shal be first CHAP. XX. 1 Christ teacheth by a similitude that God is deter vnto no men and how he
him in talke 16 And they sent vnto him their disciples with the Herodians sayinge Master we knowe that thou art true and teachest the waye of GOD truelye nether carest for anye man for thou considerest not the persone of men 17 Tell vs therefore how thinkest thou Is it lawful to giue tribute vnto Cesar or not 18 But Iesus perceiued their wickednes and said Why tempt ye me ye hypocrites 19 Shewe me the tribute money 〈◊〉 And thei broght him a penie 20 And he said vnto them Whose is this image and superscription 21 They said vnto him Cesars Then said he vnto them * Giue therefore to Cesar the things which are Cesars and giue vnto God those which are Gods 22 And when they heard it thei marueiled and left him and went their way 23 ¶ * The same day the Sadduces came to him which say that there is no resurrection and asked him 24 Saying Master * Moses said If a man dye hauing no children let his brother marie his wife and raise vp sede vnto his brother 25 Now there were with vs seuen brethren ād the first maried a wife ād deceased hauing none yssue left his wife vnto his brother 26 Likewise also the seconde and the third vnto the seuenth 27 And last of all the woman dyed also 28 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shal she be of the seuen for all had her 29 Then Iesus answered and said vnto them Ye are deceiued not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God 30 For in the resurrection they nether marie wiues nor wiues are bestowed in mariage but are as the Angels of God in heauen 31 And concerning the resurrectiō of the dead haue ye not red what is spoken vnto you of God saying 32 * I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Iacob God is not the God of the dead but of the liuing 33 And when the people heard it they were astonied at his doctrine 34 ¶ * But when the Pharises had heard that he had put the Sadduces to silence they assembled together 35 And one of them which was an expounder of the Law asked him a question tēpting him and saying 36 Master which is the great commandement in the Law 37 Iesus said to him * Thou shalt loue the Lord thy God with all thine heart with all thy soule and with all thy minde 38 This is the first and the great cōmandemēt 39 And the seconde is like vnto this * Thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy self 40 On these two commandements hāgeth the whole Law and the Prophetes 41 ¶ * While the Pharises were gathered together Iesus asked them 42 Saying What thinke ye of Christ whose sonne is he They said vnto him Dauids 43 He said vnto them How then doeth Dauid in spirit call him Lord saying 44 * The Lord said to my Lord Sit at my right hand til I make thine enemies thy fote stole 45 If then Dauid call him Lord how is he his sonne 46 And none colde answer him a worde nether durst anie from that daye forthe aske him anie mo questions CHAP. XXIII 3 Christ condemneth the ambicion couctousnes and hypo crisie of the Scribes and Pharises 31 Their persecutions against the seruants of God 37 He prophecieth the destruction of Ierusalem 1 THen spake Iesus to the multitude and to his disciples 2 Saying The * Scribes and the Pharises sit in Moses seat 3 All therefore what soeuer they byd you obserue that obserue and do but after their workes do not for they say and do not 4 * For they binde heauie burdens ād grieuous to be borne and laye them on mens shulders but they them selues wil not moue thē with one of their fingers 5 All their workes they do for to be sene of mē for they make their phy lacteries broad make long the * fringes of their garmēts 6 * And loue the chief place at feasts and to haue the chief seates in the assemblies 7 And gretings in the markets and to be called of men Rabbi Rabbi 8 * But be not ye called Rabbi for one is your doctor to wit Christ and all ye are brethren 9 And* call no man your father vpon the earth for their is but one your Father which is in heauen 10 Be not called doctors for one is your doctor euen Christ. 11 But he that is greatest among you let him be your seruant 12 * For whosoeuer wil exalt him self shal be broght low and whosoeuer wil humble him self shal be exalted 13 ¶ Wo therefore be vnto you Scribes and Pharises hypocrites because ye shut vp the kingdome of heauē before men for ye your selues go not in nether suffer ye them that wolde enter to come in 14 * Wo be vnto you Scribes and Pharises hy pocrites for ye deuoure widdowes houses euen vnder a colour of long prayers wherefore ye shal receiue the greater damnacion 15 Wo be vnto you Scribes and Pharises hypocrites for ye compasse sea and land to make one of your profession and when he is made ye make him two folde more the childe of hel then you your selues 16 Wo be vnto you blinde guides whiche say Whosoeuer sweareth by the Temple it is nothing but whosoeuer sweareth by the golde of the Temple he offendeth 17 Ye fooles and blinde whether is greater the golde or the Temple that sanctifieth the golde 18 And whosoeuer sweareth by the altar it is nothing but whosoeuer sweareth by the offring that is vpon it offendeth 19 Ye fooles and blinde whether is greater the offryng or the altar whiche sanctifieth the offring 20 Whosoeuer therefore sweareth by the altar sweareth by it ād by all things thereon 21 And whosoeuer sweareth by the Temple sweareth by it ād by hym that dwelleth therein 22 * And he that sweareth by heauen sweareth by the throne of God by him that sitteth thereon 23 ¶ * Wo be to you Scribes and Pharises hypocrites for ye tythe mynt and annyse and commyn and leaue the weightier matters of the Law as iudgement and mercie and fidelitie These oght ye to haue done not to haue left the other 24 Ye blinde guides whiche straine out a gnatte and swalow a camel 25 ¶ Wo be to you Scribes and Pharises hypocrites for ye make cleane the vtter side of the cup of the platter but within thei are ful of briberie and excesse 26 Thou blinde Pharise clense first the inside of the cup and platter that the outside of them may be cleane also 27 Wo be to you Scribes and Pharises hypocrites forye are like vnto whited tombes which appeare beautiful out warde but are within ful of
and Iohn Iames brother and named them Boanerges which is the sonnes of thunder 18 And Andrew and Philippe and Bartlemew and Matthew and Thomas and Iames the sonne of Alpheus and Thaddeus and Simon the Cananite 19 And Iudas Iscariot who also betrayed him and they came home 20 And the multitude assembled againe so that they colde notso muche as eat bread 21 And when his kinsfolkes heard of it they went out to lay holde on him for they thoght he had bene beside him self 22 ¶ * And the Scribes which came from Ieru salem said He hath Beelzebub and through the prince of deuils he casteth out deuils 23 But he called them vnto hym and said vnto them in parables Howe can Satan driue out Satan 24 For if a kingdome be deuided againste it self that kingdome can not stand 25 Or if a house be deuided againste it self that house can not continue 26 So if Satan make insurrection against hym self and be deuided he can not endure but is at an end 27 No man can entre into a strong mans house take away his goods except he first binde that strong man and then spoile his house 28 ¶ * Verely I say vnto you all sinnes shall be forgiuen vnto the children of men and blasphemies wherewith they blasphemies 29 But he that blasphemeth against the holie Gost 〈◊〉 neuer haue forgiuenes but is culpable of eternal damnation 30 Because they said He had an vncleane spirit 31 ¶ * Then came hys brethren and mother and stode without and sent vnto hym and called hym 32 And the people sate about hym and they said vnto him Beholde thy mother and thy brethren seke for thee without 33 But he answered them saying Who is my mother and my brethren 34 And he loked round about on them which sate in compasse about him and said Beholde my mother and my brethren 35 For whosoeuer doeth the wil of God he is my brother and my sister and mother CHAP. IIII. 2 By the parables of the 〈◊〉 ād the mustarde corne Christ sheweth the state of the kingdome of God II A special gift of God to knowe the mysteries of his kingdome 37 He stilleth the tempeste of the sea which obeyed him 1 ANd * he began againe to teache by the seaside and there gathered vnto him a great multitude so that he entred into a ship and sate in the sea and all the people was by the sea side on the land 2 And he taught thē many things in parables and said vnto them in his doctrine 3 Heark en Beholde there went out a sower to so we 4 And it came to passe as he sowed that some fel by the way side and the foules of the heauen came and deuoured it vp 5 And some fel on stonie grounde where it had not muche earth and by and by sprang vp because it had not depth of earth 6 But assone as the sunne was vp it caught heate and because it had not roote it withered away 7 And some fel among the thornes and the thornes grewe vp and choked it so that it gaue no frute 8 Some againe fel in good grounde and did yelde frute that sprong vp and grew and it broght for the some thirtie folde some sixtie folde and some an hundreth folde 9 Then he said vnto thē He that hathe eares to heare let him heare 10 And when he was alone 〈◊〉 that were about him with the twelue asked him of the parable 11 And he said vnto them To you it is giuen to knowe the mysterie of the kingdome of God but vnto them that are without all things be done in parables 12 * That they seing may se and not discerne they hearing may heare and not vnderstand lest at any time they shulde turne and their sinnes shulde be forgiuen them 13 Againe 〈◊〉 said vnto them Perceiue not this parable how then shulde ye vnderstand all other parables 14 The sower soweth the worde 15 And these are they that receiue the sede by the wayes side in whome the worde is sowen but when they haue heard it Satan cometh immediatly and taketh away the worde that was sowen in their hearts 16 And likewise they that receiue the sede in stonie grounde are they which when they haue heard the worde straight wayes receiue it with gladnes 17 Yet haue they no roote in them selues and endure but a time for when trouble and persecutiō ariseth for the worde immediatly they be offended 18 Also they that receiue the sede among the thornes are suche as heare the worde 19 But the cares of this worlde and the * disceitfulnes of riches the lustes of other things entre in and choke the worde and it is vnfruteful 20 But they that haue receiued sede in good grounde are they that heare the worde and receiue it ād bring forthe frute one corne thirtie another sixtie some an hundreth 21 ¶ Also he said vnto them * Is the candlye light to be put vnder a busshel or vnder the table and not to be put on a candlesticke 22 * For there is nothing hid that shal not be opened nether is there a secret but that it shal come to light 23 If any man haue eares to heare let him heare 24 And he said vnto them Take hede what ye heare * With g what measure ye mette it shal be measured vnto you and vnto ' you that heare shal more be giuen 25 * For vnto him that hathe shal it be giuen and from him that hathe not shal be taken away euen that he hathe 26 ¶ Also he said So is the kingdome of God as if a man shulde cast sede in the grounde 27 And shulde slepe and rise vp night and day and the sede shulde spring and grow vp he not knowing how 28 For the earth bringeth for the frute of her self first the blade then the eares after that ful corne in the eares 29 And assone as the frute sheweth it self anone he putteth in the sickel because the haruest is come 30 ¶ * He said moreouer Whereunto shal we liken the kingdome of God or with what comparison shal we compare it 31 It is like a graine of mustarde sede which when it is sowen in the earth is the least of all sedes that be in the earth 32 But after that it is sowen it groweth vp and is greatest of all herbes and beareth great branches so that the foules of heauen may buylde vnder the shadow of it 33 And * with many suche parables he preached the worde vnto them as they were able to heare it 34 And without parables spake he nothing vnto them but he expounded all things to his disciples aparte 35 ¶ * Now the same day when euen was come he said
said Seuen 6 Then he commaunded the multitude to sit down on the grounde and he toke the seuē loaues and gaue thankes brake them and gaue to his disciples to set before them ād they did set them before the people 7 They had also a fewe smale fishes and when he had giuen thankes he commanded them also to be setbefore them 8 So they did eat and were suffised and they toke vp of the broken meat that was left seuen baskets ful 9 And they that had eaten were about foure thousand so he sent them away 10 ¶ And anone he entred into a shyp with hys disciples and came into the parties of Dalmanutha 11 * And the Pharises came forthe and began to dispute with hym sek yng of him a signe from heauen and tempting him 12 Then he 〈◊〉 diepely in his spirit and said Why doeth this generacion seke a 〈◊〉 Verely I say vnto you a signe shal not be giuen vnto this generacion 13 ¶ So he left them and went into the ship againe and departed to the other side 14 ¶ * And they had forgotten to take bread nether had they in the ship with them but one loafe 15 And he charged them saying Take hede and beware of the leauen of the Pharises and of the leauen of Herode 16 And they thoght among them selues saying It is because we haue no bread 17 And when Iesus knewe it he said vnto thē Why reason you thys because ye haue no bread perceiue ye not yet nether vnderstand haue ye your hearts yet hardened 18 Haue ye eyes and se not and haue ye eares and heare not and do ye not remember 19 * When I brake the fiue loaues among fiue thousand how manie baskets ful of brokē meat toke ye vp They said vnto him twelue 20 And when I brake seuen amonge foure thousande howe manie baskets of the leauings of broken meat toke ye vp And they said Seuen 21 Then he said vnto them How is it that ye vnderstand not 22 And he came to Bethsaida and they broght a blinde man vnto hym and desired hym to touche him 33 Then he toke the blinde by the hand and led him out of the town and spit in his eyes and put his hands vpon him and asked him if he sawe oght 24 And he loked vp and said I se men for I se them walking like trees 25 After that he put hys handes againe vpon his eyes and made him loke againe And he was restored to his sight and sawe 〈◊〉 mā a farre of clearely 26 And he sent him home to his house saying Nether go into the towne 〈◊〉 tell it to 〈◊〉 in the towne 27 ¶ * And Iesus went out and his disciples into the townes of Cesarea Philippi And by the waye he aske hys disciples saying vnto them Whome do men say that I am 28 And they answered Some say Iohn Baptist and some Elias and some one of the Pro phetes 29 And he said vnto them But whome sayye that I am Then Peter answered and said vnto him Thou art the Christ. 30 And he sharpely charged them that concerning him they shulde tell no man 31 Then he began to teache them that the Sonne of man must suffer manie things and shulde be reproued of the Elders and of the hie Priests and of the Scribes and be slayne and with in thre dayes rise againe 22 And spake that thyng plainely Then Peter toke him aside and began to rebuke him 33 Then he turned backe and loked on hys disciples ād rebuked Peter saying Get thee behinde me Satan for thou vnderstandest not the things that are of God but the thinges that are of men 34 ¶ And he called the people vnto hym with hys disciples and sayd vnto them * Whosoeuer wyll followe me let hym forsake hym self and take vp his crosse and followe me 35 For whosoeuer wyll * saue hys lýfe shall lose it but whosoeuer shal lose his life for my sake and the Gospels he shal saue it 36 For what shall it profite a man thogh he shulde winne the whole worlde if he lose his soule 37 Or what shall a man giue for recompense of his soule 38 * For who soeuer shal be ashamed of me and of my words among this adulterous and sinful generacion of him shal the Sonne of mā be ashamed also whē he cometh inthe glorie of his Father with the holie Angels CHAP. IX 2 The transfiguracion 7 Christ is to be heard 26 The domme spirit is cast out 29 The force of prayer and fasting 31 Of the death and resurrection of Christ. 33 The disputacion who shulde be the greatest 38 Not to hinder the course of the Gospel 42 Offences are forbidden 1 ANd * he said vnto them Verely I say vnto you that there be some of thē that stand here whiche shal not taste of death til they haue sene the kingdom of God come with power 2 * And six dayes after Iesus toke Peter and Iames and Iohn and broght them vp into an hie mountaine out of the way alone and he was transfigured before them 3 And his raiment did shine and was verie white as snow so white as no fuller cā make vpon the earth 4 And there appeared vnto them Elias with Moses and they were talking with Iesus 5 Then Peter answered and said to Iesus Master it is good for vs to be here let vs make also thre tabernacles one for thee and one for Moses and one for Elias 6 Yet he knewe not what he said for they were afrayed 7 And there was a cloude that shaddowed thē and a voyce came out of the cloude saying * This is my beloued Sonne heare him 8 And suddenly they loked rounde about and sawe no more anie man saue Iesus onely with them 9 * And as thei came downe from the moūtaine he charged them that thei shulde tell no man what they had sene saue when the Sōne of man were risen from the dead againe 10 So they kept that matter to them selues demanded one of another what the rising from the dead againe shulde meane 11 Also they asked him saying Why say the Scribes that * Elias must first come 12 And he answered and said vnto them Elias verely shal first come and restore all things and * as it is written of the Sonne of man he must suffer manie things and be set at noght 13 But I say vnto you that Elias is come and they haue done vnto him whatsoeuer they wolde as it is * written of him 14 ¶ * And when he came to his disciples he sawe a great multitude about them and the Scribes disputing with them 15 And straight waye all the people when thei behelde him were amased and ranne to him and saluted him 16 Then he asked the
Iesus entred into Ierusalem and into the Temple and when he had loked about on al things ād now it was euening he went forthe vnto Bethania with the twelue 12 * And on the morow whē they were come out from Bethania he was hungrie 13 And seing a figgetre a farre of that had leaues he went to se if he might 〈◊〉 any thing thereon but whē he came vnto it he founde nothing but leaues for the time of figgs was not yet 14 Then Iesus answered and said to it Neuer man eat frute of thee hereafter while the worlde standeth and his disciples heard it 15 ¶ And they came to Ierusalem and Iesus went into the Temple and began to cast out thē that solde and boght in the Temple and ouerthrew the tables of the money chāgers and the seates of them that solde doues 16 Nether wolde he suffer that any māshulde cary a vessel through the Temple 17 And he taught saying vnto them Is it not writtē * Mine House shal be called the House of prayer vnto all nacions * but you haue made it a denne of theues 18 And the Scribes and hie Priests hard it and soght how to destroye him for they feared him because the whole multitude was astonied at his doctrine 19 But when euen was come Iesus went out of the citie 20 ¶ * And in the mornyng as they passed by they sawe the figge tre dryed vp frome the rootes 21 〈◊〉 Peter remembred and said vnto him Master beholde the figge tre whiche thou cursedst is withered 22 And Iesus answered and said vnto them Haue faith in God 23 For verely I say vnto you that whosoeuer shal say vnto this mountaine Take thy selfe away cast thy self into the sea shall not wauer in his heart but shal beleue that those things whiche he saith shall come to passe whatsoeuer he saith shal be done to him 24 * Therefore I say vnto you whatsoeuer ye desire when ye pray beleue that ye shal haue it and it shal be done vnto you 25 * But when ye shal stand and pray forgiue if ye haue any thing agaynst any man that your Father also which is in heauen may for giue you your trespaces 26 For if you will not forgiue your Father which is in heauē will not pardon you your trespaces 27 ¶ * Then they came agayne to Ierusalem and as he walked in the Temple there came to him the high Priests and the Scribes and the Elders 28 And said vnto him By what autoritie doest thou these things and who gaue thee thys autoritie that thou shuldest do these things 29 Then Iesus answered and said vnto them I will also aske of you a certeine thing and answer ye me and I wil tel you by what auto ritie I do these things 30 The baptisme of Iohn was it frō heauen or of men answer me 31 And they thoght with them selues saying If we shal say from heauen he will say Why then did ye not beleue him 32 But if we say of men we feare the people for all men counted Iohn that he had bene averie Prophet 33 Then they answered and said vnto Iesus We can not tell And Iesus answered and said vnto thē Nether wil I tel you by what autoritie I do these things CHAP. XII 1 The vineyarde is let out 14 Obedience and tribute due to princes 25 The resurrection of the dead 28 The summe of the Lawe 35 Christ the sonne of Dauid 38 Hypocrites muste be eschewed 41 The offryng of the poore widowe 1 ANd he began to speake vnto them in parables * A certeine man planted a vineyarde and compassed it with and hedge and digged a pit for the winepresse and buylt a towre in it and let it out to housbandmen and went into a straunge countrey 2 And at a time he sent to the housband men a seruant that he might receiue of the housband men of the frute of the vineard 3 But they toke him and bet him and sent him away emptie 4 And againe he sent vnto them another seruant and at him they cast stones and brake hys head and sent hym awaye shamefully handled 5 And againe he sent another and hym they slewe and manie other beatyng some and killing some 6 Yet had he one sonne his dere beloued him also he sent the last vnto them saying They wil reuerence my sonne 7 But the housband men said among them sel ues This is the heire come let vs kill hym and the inheritance shal be ours 8 So they toke him and killed him and caste him out of the vineyarde 9 What shall then the Lorde of the vineyarde do He will come and destroye these housband man ād giue the vineyarde to others 10 Haue ye not red so much as this Scripture * The stone which the buylders did refuse is made the head of the corner 11 This was done of the Lord and it is marueilous in our eyes 12 Then they went about to take him but they feared the people for they perceiued that he spake that parable against them therfore they left him and went their way 13 ¶ * And they sent vnto him certeine of the Pharises and of the Herodians that they might take him in his talke 14 And when they came they said vnto hym Master we knowe that thou art true and ca rest for no man for thou considerest not the persone of men but teachest the way of God truely Is it lawful to giue tribute to Cesar or not 15 Shulde we giue it or shulde we not giue it But he knewe their hypocrisie and said vnto them Why tempt ye me Bring me a penie that I may se it 16 So they broght it and he sayd vnto them Whose is this image and superscription and they said vnto him Cesars 17 Then Iesus answered and said vnto them * Giue to Cesar the things that are Cesars and to God those that are Gods and they marueiled at him 18 ¶ * Thē came the Sadduces vnto him which say there is no resurrection and they asked him saying 19 Master * Moses wrote vnto vs If any mans brother dye and leaue his wife ād leaue no children that his brother shulde take his wife and raise vp sede vnto his brother 20 There were seuen brethren and the first toke a wife and when he dyed left no yssue 21 Then the seconde toke her and he dyed nether did he yet leaue yssue and the thirde likewise 22 So seuen had her and left no yssue last of all the wife dyed also 23 In the resurrection then when they shal rise againe whose wife shal she be of them for seuen had her to wife 24 Then Iesus answered and said vnto them Are ye not therefore deceiued because ye knowe not the Scriptures nether
Sabbath day 6 And they colde not answer him againe to those things 7 ¶ He spake also a parable to the ghests whē he marked how they chose out the chief roumes and said vnto them 8 When thou shalt be bidden of anie man to a wedding set not thy self down in the chiefest place lest a more honorable mā thē thou be bidden of him 9 And he that bade bothe him and thee come and say to thee Giue this man roume and thou then beginne with shame to take the lowest roume 10 * But when thou art bidden go sit downe in the lowest roume that when he that bade thee cometh he may say vnto thee Friend sit vp hier thē shalt thou haue worship in the presence of them that sit at table with thee 11 * For whosoeuer exalteth himself shal be broght low and he that humbleth him self shal be exalted 12 ¶ Thē said he also to him that had bidden him * When thou mak est a dyner or a supper call not thy friends nor thy brethren ne ther thy kinsemen nor the riche neighbours lest they also bid thee againe and a recompense be made thee 13 But when thou makest a feast call the poore the maimed the lame and the blind 14 And thou shalt be blessed because they can not recompense thee for thou shalt be recō pensed at the resurrection of the iuste 15 ¶ Now when one of them that sate at table heard these things he said vnto him Blessed is he that eateth bread in the kingdome of God 16 Then said he to him * A certeine mā made a great supper and bade manie 17 And sent his seruant at supper time to say to them that were bidden Come for all things are now ready 18 By they all with one minde began to make excuse The first said vnto him I haue boght a ferme and I must nedes go out and se it I pray thee haue me excused 19 And another said I haue boght fiue yoke of oxen and I go to proue them I pray thee haue me excused 20 And another said I haue maried a wife and therefore I can not come 21 So that seruant returned and shewed his ma ster these things Then was the good man of the house angrie and said to his seruāt Go out quickely into the places and stretes of the citie and bring in hither the poore and the maimed and the halt and the blinde 22 And the seruāt said Lord it is done as thou hast commanded and yet there is roume 23 Then the master said to the seruant Go out into the hie wayes and hedges and compel them to come in that mine house may be filled 24 For I say vnto you that none of those men which were bidden shal taste of my supper 25 Now there went great multitudes with him and he turned and said vnto them 26 If anie man come to me and hate not his father and mother and wife and children brethren and sisters yea and his owne life also he can not be my disciple 27 * And whosoeuer beareth not his crosse ād cometh after me can not be my disciple 28 For which of you minding to builde a towre sitteth not downe before and coun teth the cost whether he haue sufficient to performe it 29 Lest that after he hathe laid the fundation and is notable to performe it all that beholde it beginne to mocke him 30 Saying This man began to buylde and was notable to make an end 31 Or what King going to make warre against another King sitteth not downe first and taketh counsel whether he be able with ten housand to mete him that cometh against him with twentie thousand 32 Orels while he is yet a great way of he sendeth an ambassage and desireth condicions of peace 33 So likewise whosoeuer he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hathe he can not be my disciple 24 * Salt is good but if salt haue loste his sauour where with shal it be salted 35 It is nether mete for the land nor yet for the dongue hil but men cast it out He that hathe eares to heare let him heare CHAP. XV. 2 The Pharises murmure because Christ receiueth sinners 4 The louing mercie of God is openly set forthe in the parable of the hundreth shepe 7 loye in heauen for one sinner 12 Of the prodigal sonne 1 THen resorted vnto him all the Publicanes and sinners to heare him 2 Therefore the Pharises and scribes murmured saying He receiueth sinners and eateth with them 3 Then spake he this parable to them saying 4 * What man of you hauing an hundreth shepe if he loose one of them doeth not leaue ninetie and nine in the wildernes go after that which is lost vntil he finde it 5 And when he hathe founde it he laieth it on his shulders with ioye 6 And when he cometh home he calleth together his friends and neighbours saying vn to them Reioyce with me for I haue founde my shepe which was lost 7 I say vnto you that likewise ioye shal be in heauē for one sinner that conuerteth more then for ninetie and nine iuste men which nede none amendement of life 8 Ether what woman hauing ten pieces of siluer if she loose one piece doeth not light a candel and swepe the house and seke diligently til she finde it 9 And when she hathe founde it she calleth her friends and neighbours saying Reioyce with me for I haue founde the piece which I had lost 10 Likewise I say vnto you there is ioye in the presēce of the Angels of God for one sinner that conuerteth 11 ¶ He said moreouer A certeine mā had two sonnes 12 And the yonger of them said to hys Father Father gyue me the portion of the goods that falleth to me So he deuided vnto them his substance 13 So not longe after when the yonger sonne had gathered altogether he toke his iorney into a farre countrey and there he wasted his goods with riotous liuing 14 Nowe when he had spent all there arose a greate dearth throughout that land and he began to be in necessitie 15 Then he went and claue to a citizen of that countrey and he sent hym to hys farme to feede swine 16 And he wolde faine haue filled hys bellye with the huskes that the swine ate but no man gaue them him 17 Then he came to him selfe and said Howe manie hired seruaunts at my Fathers haue bread ynough and I dye for hunger 18 I will rise and go to my father and say vnto hym Father I haue sinned against heauen and before thee 19 And am no more worthie to be called thy sonne make me as one of thy hired seruāts 20 So he arose and came to hys Father and when he was yet a great way of hys Father sawe him and
to the Gentiles 18 The Church approueth it 21 The Church increaseth 22 Barnabas and Paul preache at Antiochia 28 Agabus prophecieth 〈◊〉 to come 29 And the remedie 1 NOw the Apostles and the brethren that were in Iudea heard that the Gentiles had also receiued the worde of God 2 And when Peter was come vp to Ierusalem they of the circumcision contended against him 3 Saying Thou wentest in to men vncircumcised and hast eaten with them 4 Then Peter began and expoūded the thing in order to them them saying 5 I was in the citie of Ioppa praying and in a trance I sawe this vision A certeine vessel cōming downe as it had bene a great shete let downe frō heauen by the foure corners and it came to me 6 Toward the which whē I had fastened mine eyes I cōsiderest and sawe fowre foted beastes of the earth and wilde beastes and creping things and foules of the heauen 7 Also I heard a voyce saying vnto me Arise Peter slay and eat 8 And I said God forbid Lord for nothing pol luted or vncleane hathe at anie time entred into my mouth 9 But the voyce answered me the second time from heauen The things that God hathe purified pollute thou not 10 And this was done thre times and all were taken vp againe into heauen 11 Then beholde immediatly there were thre men already come vnto the house where I was sent from Cesarea vnto me 12 And the Spirit said vnto me that I shulde go with thē without douting moreouer these six brethren came with me and we entred in to the mans house 13 And he shewed vs how he had sene an Angel in his house which stode and said to him Sēd men to Ioppa and call for Simon whose surname is Peter 14 He shal speake wordes vnto thee whereby bothe thou and all thine house shal be saued 15 And as I began to speake the holie Gost fel on them * euen as vpon vs at the beginning 16 Then I remembred the worde of the Lord how he said * Iohn baptized with water but ye shal be baptized with the holie Gost. 17 For as muche then as God gaue them a like gift as he did vnto vs when we beleued in the Lord Iesus Christ who was I that I colde let God 18 When they heard these things they helde their peace and glorified God saying Then hathe God also to the Gentiles granted repentance vnto life 19 ¶ And thei which were * scattred abroade because of the afflictiō that arose about Steuen walked throughout til they came vnto Phenice Cyprus Antiochia preaching the worde to no mā but vnto the Iewes only 20 Now some of them were men of Cyprus of Cyrene which when they were come into Antiochia spake vnto the Grecians and preached the Lord Iesus 21 And the hand of the Lord was with thē so that a great nomber beleued and turned vnto the Lord. 22 Then tidings of those things came vnto the eares of the Church which was in Ierusalem and they sent forthe Barnabas that he shulde go into Antio chia 23 Who whē he was come had sene the gra ce of God was glad and exhorted all that with purpose of heart they wolde cleaue vnto the Lord. 24 For he was a good man and ful of the holie Gost and faith and muche people ioyned them selues vnto the Lord. 25 ¶ Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus to seke Saul 26 And when he had founde him he broght him vnto Antiochia and it came to passe that a whole yere they were conuersant with the Church taught much people inso much that the disciples were first called Christians in Antiochia 27 In those dayes also came Prophetes frō Ieru salem vnto Antiochia 28 And there stode vp one of them named Aga bus and signified by the Spirit that there shulde be great famine throughout all the world which also came to passe vnder Clau dius Cesar. 29 Then the disciples euerie man according to his habilitie purposed to send succour vnto the brethren which dwelt in Iudea 30 Which thing they also did sentit to the Elders by the hands of Barnabas and Saul CHAP. XII 1 Herode persecuteth the Christians 2 He killeth Iames 4 And putteth Peter in prison 7 Whome the Lord de liuereth by an Angel 21 The horrible death of Herode 24 The Gospel 〈◊〉 25 Barnabas Saul returning to Antiochia take Iohn Marke with them 1 NOw about that time Herode the King stretched forthe his hands to vexe certeine of the Church 2 And he killed Iames the brother of Iohn with the sworde 3 And when he sawe that it pleased the Iewes he proceded further to take Peter also then were the dayes of vnleauened bread 4 And when he had caught hym he put hym in prison and deliuered hym to foure quaternions of souldiers to be kept intendyng after the Passeouer to bryng hym forthe to the people 5 So Peter was kept in prison but earnest prayer was made of the Churche vnto 〈◊〉 for hym 6 And when Herode wolde haue broght hym out vnto the people the same uight slept Peter betwene two souldiers bounde wyth two chaines and the kepers before the dore kept the prison 7 * And beholde the Angel of the Lord came vpon them and a lyght shined in the house and he smote Peter on the side and raysed him vp saying Arise quickely And his chaines fel of from his hands 8 And the Angel said vnto him Girde thyself and binde on thy sandales And so he dyd Then he said vnto him Cast thy garment about thee and followe me 9 So Peter came out and followed hym and knew not that it was true which was done by the Angel but thoght he had sene a visiō 10 Now when they were past the first and the seconde watche they came vnto the yron gate that leadeth vnto the citie whiche ope ned to them by his owne accorde and they went out and passed through one strete and by and by the Angel departed from him 11 ¶ And when Peter was come to him self he said Now I know for a trueth that the Lord hath sent his Angell and hathe deliuered me out of the hand of Herode and from all the waiting for of the people of the Iewes 12 And as he considered the thing he came to the house of Marie the mother of Iohn whose surname was Marke where manie were gathered together and prayed 13 And when Peter knocked at the entrie dore a mayde came forthe to hearken named Rhode 14 But when she knewe Peters voyce she opened not the entrie dore for gladnes but ran in and tolde how Peter stode before the entrie 15 But they said vnto her Thou art 〈◊〉 Yet she affirmed it constantly that it was so Thē said they It is his Angel
heauen 2 * Continue in prayer and watch in the same with thankes giuing 3 * Praying also for vs that God maye open vnto vs the dore of vtterance to speake the mysterie of Christ wherefore I am also in bondes 4 That I maye vtter it as it becometh me to speake 5 ¶ * Walke wiselye towarde them that are without and redeme the time 6 Let your speache be gracious alwais and powdred with salt that ye may know how to answer euerie man 7 ¶ Tychicus our beloued brother faithful minister and felowe seruant in the Lord shal declare vnto you my whole state 8 Whome I haue sent vnto you for the same purpose that he might know your state and might comforte your hearts 9 * With Onesimus a faithfull and a beloued brother who is one of you They shal shewe you of all things here 10 Aristarch us my prison fello we saluteth you and Marcus and Barnabas sisters sonne tou ching whome ye receiue hym 11 And Iesus whiche is called Iustus whiche are of the circumcision These onely are my worke fellowes vnto the kingdome of God which haue bene vnto my consolatiō 12 Epaphras the seruant of Christe whiche is one of you saluteth you and alwais striueth for you in prayers that ye may stande perfite and ful in al the wil of God 13 For I beare him recorde that he hath a great zeale for you and for thē of Laodicea and them of Hicrapolis 14 * Luke the beloued physition greteth you and Demas 15 Salute the brethren which are of Laodicea and Nymphas and the Church whiche is in his house 16 And when this epistle is red of you cause that it be red in the Churche of the Laodiceans also and that ye likewise read the epistles written from Laodicea 17 And say to Archippus Take hede to the ministerie that thou hast receiued in the Lord that thou fulfil it 18 The salutation by the hand of me Paul Remēber my bādes Grace be with you Amē Written from Rome to the Colossians and sent by Tychicus and One simus THE FIRST EPISTLE of Paul to the Thessalonians THE ARGVMENT AFter that the Thessalonians had bene wel instructed in the faith persecution which perpetually follo weth the preaching of the Gospel arose against the which althogh they did constantly stand yet S. Paul as moste careful for them sent Timothie to strengthen them who sone after admonishing him of their estate gaue occasion to the Apostle to confirme them by diuers arguments to be 〈◊〉 in faith to suffer what soeuer God calleth them vnto for the testimonie of the Gospel exhorting them to declare by their godlie liuing 〈◊〉 puritie of their religion And as the Church can neuer be so purged that some cockle remaine not among the wheat so there were among them wicked men which by mouing vaine and curious questions to ouerthrowe their faith taught falsely as touching the point of the resurrection from the dead whereof he briefly instructeth them what to thinke earnestly forbidding them to seke curiously to knowe the times willing them rather to watche lest the sudden comming of Christ come vpon them at vnwares and so after certeine exhortations and his commendations to the 〈◊〉 he endeth CHAP. I. 2 He thanketh God for thē that thei are so stedfast in faith and good workes 6 And receiue the Gospell with suche earnestnes 〈◊〉 That they are an example to all others 1 PAul and Siluanus Timotheus vnto the Church of the Thes salonians which is in God the Father in the Lord Iesus Christe Grace be with you and peace frō God our Father and from the Lord Iesus Christ. 2 * We giue God thankes alwayes for you al making * mention of you in our prayers 3 Without ceasing remembryng your effectual faith and diligent loue the pacience of your hope in our Lord Iesus Christ in the sight of God euen our Father 4 Knowing beloued brethren that ye are elect of God 5 For our Gospel was not vnto you in word onely but also in power in the holie Gost and in much assurāce as ye know after what maner we were among you for your sakes 6 And ye became followers of vs and of the Lord and receiued the worde in much affliction with ioye of the holie Gost. 7 So that ye were as ensamples to all that beleue in Macedonia and Achaia 8 For from you sounded out the worde of the Lord not in Macedonia and in Achaia only but your faith also whiche is towarde God spred abroade in all quarters that we nede not to speake anything 9 For they them selues shewe of you what maner of entring in we had vnto you how ye turned to God from idoles to serue the liuyng and true God 10 And to loke for his Sonne frome heauen whome he raised from the dead euen Iesus which deliuereth vs frō the wrath to come CHAP. II. 1 To the intent they shulde not faint vnder the crosse 2 He cōmendeth his diligēce in preaching 13 And theirs in obeing 〈◊〉 He excuseth his absence that he colde not come and open his heart to them 1 FOr ye your selues knowe brethren that our entrāce in vnto you was not in vaine 2 But euen after that we had suffred before were shamefully entreated at * Philippi as ye knowe we were holde in our God to speake vnto you the Gospell of God with muche striuyng 3 For our exhortation was not by deceit nor by vnclennes nor by guile 4 But as we were alowed of God that the Gospell shulde be committed vnto vs so we speake not as they that please mē but God which trieth our hearts 5 Nether yet did we euer vse flattering wordes as ye knowe nor colored couetousnes God is recorde 6 Nether soght we praise of men nether of you nor of others 7 When we might haue bene chargeable as the Apostles of Christ but we were gentle among you euen as a nource cherisheth her children 8 Thus being affectioned towarde you our good wil was to haue dealt vnto you not the Gospel of God onely but also our owne soules because ye were dere vnto vs. 9 For ye remember brethren * our labour trauail for we laboured day and night becau se we wolde not be chargeable vnto anie of you preached vnto you the Gospel of God 10 Ye are witnesses and God also how holily and iustly and vnblameably we behaued our selues among you that beleue 11 As ye knowe how that we exhorted you comforted and besoght euerie one of you as a father his children 12 That ye * wolde walke worthie of God who hathe called you vnto his kingdome glorie 13 For this cause also thanke we God without ceasing that when ye receiued of vs the worde of the
to the peo ple of God 10 For he that is entred into his rest hathe also ceased frō his owne workes as God did from his 11 Let vs studie therefore to entre into that rest lest anie man fall after the same ensample of disobedience 12 For the worde of God is liuelie ād mightie in operation sharper then anie two edged sworde and entreth through euen vnto the diuiding a sonder of the soule and the spirit and of the ioynts and the marie and is a discerner of the thoghtes and the intentes of the heart 13 Nether is there anie creature which is not manifest in his sight but all things are naked and open vnto his eyes with whome we haue to do 14 Seing then that we haue a greate hie Priest which is entred into heauen euen Iesusthe Sonne of GOD let vs holde fast our profession 15 For we haue not an hie Priest which can not be touched with the feling of our infirmities but was in all things tempted in like sorte yet without sinne 16 Let vs therefore go boldely vnto the throne of grace that we may receiue mercie and finde grace to helpe in time of nede CHAP. V. 5 He compareth Iesus Christ with the Leuiticall Priests shewing wherein they ether agre or dissent 11 Afterwarde he reproueth the negligence of the Iewes 1 FOr euerie hie Priest is taken from among men and is ordeined for men in things perteining to God that he may offer bothe giftes and sacrifices for sinnes 2 Whiche is able sufficiently to haue compassion on them that are ignorant and that are out of the way because that he also is compassed with infirmitie 3 And for the sames sake he is bonde to offer for sinnes as wel for his owne parte as for the peoples 4 * And no man taketh this honour vnto him self but he that is called of God as was Aaron 5 So likewise Christ toke not to him * self this honour to be made the hie Priest but he that said vnto him * Thou art my Sonne this day begate I thee gaue it him 6 As he also in another place speaketh * Thou art a Priest for euer after the order of Melchi-sedec 7 Whiche in the dayes of his flesh did offer vp prayers and supplications with strong crying and teares vnto him that was able to saue him from death and was also heard in that which he feared 8 And thogh he were the Sonne yet learned he obediēce by the things which he suffred 9 And being consecrate was made the autor of eternall saluation vnto all them that obey hym 10 And is called of God an hie Priest after the order of Melchi-sedec 11 Of whome we haue many things to say which are hard to be vttered because ye are dull of hearing 12 For when as concerning the time ye ought to be teachers yet haue ye nede againe that we teache you the first 〈◊〉 of the worde of God and are become such as haue nede of milke and not of strong meat 13 For euerie one that vseth milke is inexperte in the 〈◊〉 of righteousnes for he is a babe 14 But strong meat belongeth to thē that are of age whiche through long custome haue their wittes exercised to discerne bothe good and euil CHAP. VI. 1 He procedeth in reprouing them and 〈◊〉 them not to faint 12 But to be stedfast and patient 18 Forasmuche as God is sure in his promes 1 THerefore leauing the doctrine of the beginning of Christ let us be led forward vnto perfection not laying againe the funda tion of repentance from dead workes and of faith towarde God 2 Of the doctrine of baptismes and laying on of hands and of the resurrection from the dead and of eternal iudgement 3 And this wil we do if God permit 4 * For it is impossible that they which were once lightened and haue tasted of the heauenlie gift and were made partakers of the holie Gost 5 And haue tasted of the good worde of God and of the powers of the worlde to come 6 If they fall away shulde be renued againe by repentance seing they crucifie againe to them selues the sonne of God and make a mocke of him 7 For the earth which drinketh in the raine that cometh ofte vpon it and bringeth forthe herbes mete for thē by whome it is dressed receiueth blessing of God 8 But that which beareth thornes and briars is reproued and is nere vnto cursing whose end is to be burned 6 But beloued we haue persuaded our selues better things of you and suche as accompanie saluation thogh we thus speake 10 For God is not vnrighteous that he shulde forget your worke and labour of loue which ye shewed to warde his Name in that ye haue ministred vnto the Saintes and yet minister 11 And we desire that euerie one of you shewe the same diligence to the ful assurance of hope vnto the end 12 That ye be not slothful but followers of them which through faith and patience inherite the promises 13 For when God made the promes to Abraham because he had no greater to sweare by he sware by him self 14 Saying * Surely I wil abundantly blesse thee and multiplie thee marueilously 15 And so after that he had taryed paciently he enioyed the promes 16 For men verely sweare by him that is greater then them selues and an othe for confirmation is among them an end of all strife 17 So God willing more abundantly to shewe vnto the heires of promes the stablenes of his counsel bound him self by anothe 18 That by two immutable things wherein it is vnpossible that GOD shulde lye we might haue strong consolation which haue our refuge to holde fast the hope that is set before vs 19 Which we haue as an ancre of the soule both sure and stedfast and it entreth into that whiche within the vaile 30 Whether the forerunner is for vs entred in euen Iesus that is made an hie Priest for euer after the order of Melchi-sedech CHAP. VII 1 He compareth the Priesthode of Christ vnto Melchisedec 11 Also Christs Priesthode with the Leuites 1 FOr this Melchi-sedec * was King of Salem the Priest of the most hie God who met Abraham as he returned frō the slaughter of the Kings and blessed him 2 To whome also Abraham gaue the tithe of al things who first is by interpretation King of righteousnes after that he is also King of Salem that is King of peace 3 Without father without mother without kinred and hathe nether beginning of his dayes nether end of life but is likened vnto the Sonne of God and continueth a Priest for euer 4 Now consider how great this man was vn to whome euen the Patriarke Abraham gaue the tithe of the spoiles 5 For
Tabernacle was standing 9 Which was a 〈◊〉 for the time present wherein were offred giftes and sacrifices that colde not make holie concerning the conscience him that did the seruice 10 Which onely stode in meats and drinkes and diuers washings and carnal rites vntil the time of reformation 11 But Christ being come an hie Priest of good things to come by a greater and a more perfite Tabernacle not made with hands that is not of this buylding 12 Nether by the blood of goates and calues but by his owne blood entred he in once vn to the holie place and obteined eternal redemption for vs. 13 * For if the blood of bulles and of goates and the ashes of an heifer sprinkling them that are vncleane sanctifieth as touching the purifying of the flesh 14 How muche more shal the blood of Christ which through the eternal Spirit offred him self without spot to God purge your conscience from dead workes to * serue the liuing God 15 And for this cause is he the Mediatour of the new Testament that through * death which was for the redemption of the transgressions that were in the former Testament they which were called might receiue the promes of eternal enheritance 16 Forwhere a testament is there must be the death of him that made the testament 17 * For the testamēt is confirmed when men are dead for it is yet of no force as long as he that made it is a liue 18 Wherefore nether was the first ordeined without blood 19 For when Moses had spoken euerie precept to the people according to the Law he toke the blood of calues and of goates with water and purple wolle and hyssope and sprinkled bothe the boke and all the people 20 * Saying This is the blood of the Testament which God hathe appointed vnto you 21 Moreouer he sprinkled likewise the Tabernacle with blood also and all the ministring vessels 22 And almost al things are by the Law purged with blood and without sheading of blood is no remission 23 It was then necessarie that the similitudes of heauēlie things shulde be purified with such things but the heauenlie things them selues are purified with better sacrifices then are these 24 For Christ is not entred into the holie places that are made with hands which are similitu des of the true Sanctuarie but is entred in to very heauen to appeare now in the sight of God for vs 25 Not that he shulde offer him self often as the hie Priest entred into the Holie place eue rie 〈◊〉 with other blood 26 For them must he haue often suffred since the fundacion of the worlde but now in the end of the worlde hathe he appeared once to put away sinne by the sacrifice of him self 27 And as it is appointed vnto men that they shal once dye and after that commeth the iudgement 28 So Christ was once offred to take away the sinnes of many and vnto them that loke for him shal he appeare the seconde time without sinne vnto saluation CHAP. X. 1 The olde lawe had no power to clense awaye sinne 10. But 〈◊〉 did it with offering of his bodie once for all 22 An exh rtation to receiue the goodnes of God than kefully with patience and stedfast faith 1 FOr the * Lawe hauing the shadowe of good things to come and not the very image of the things can neuer with those sa crifices which they offer yere by yere continually sanctifie the commers thereunto 2 For wolde they not then haue ceased to haue bene offred because that the offerers once purged shulde haue had no more conscice of sinnes 3 But in those sacrifices there is a remēbran ce againe 〈◊〉 euerie yere 4 For it is vnpossible that the blood of bulles and goates shulde * take away sinnes 5 Wherefore when he commeth into the worlde he saith * Sacrifice and offring thou woldest not but a bodie hast thou ordeined me 6 In burnt offrings and sinne offrings thou hast had no pleasure 7 Then I said Lo I come In the beginning of the boke it written of me that I shulde do thy wil ô God 8 Aboue when he said Sacrifice and offring and burnt offrings and sinne offrings thou woldest not haue nether hadst pleasure ther in which are offred by the Law 9 Then said he Lo I come to do thy wil ô God he taketh away the first that he may stablish the seconde 10 By the which wil we are sanct fied enen by the offring of the bodie of Iesus Christ once made 11 And euerie Priest appeareth daiely ministring and ofttimes offreth one maner of offring which can neuer take awaye sinnes 12 But this man after he had offred one sacrifice for sinnes * sitteth for euer at the right hand of God 13 And from hence forth tarieth * til his enemies be made his fotestole 14 For with one offring hath he consecrated for euer them that are sanctified 15 For the holie Gost also bearest vs recorde for after that he had said before 16 * This is the Testament that I wil make vnto them after those daies saith the Lorde I wil put my Lawes in their heart and in their mindes I wil write them 17 And their sinnes and iniquities wil I remem ber no more 18 Now where remission of these things things is there is no more offring for sinne 19 Seing therefore brethrē that by the blood of Iesus may be bolde to enter into the holie place 20 By the new and liuing way which he hath prepared for vs through the vaile that is his flesh 21 And seing we haue an hie Priest whiche is ouer the house of God 22 Let vs drawe nere with a true heart in assurance of faith sprinkeled in our hearts frō an euil conscience and washed in our bodies with pure water 23 Let vs kepe the profession of our hope without wauering for he is faithfull that promised 24 And let vs consider one another to prouoke vnto loue and to good workes 25 Not forsakyng the 〈◊〉 that we haue among our selues as the maner of some is but let vs exhorte one another and that so muche the more because ye se that the day draweth nere 26 * For if we sinne willingly after that we haue receiued the knowledge of the trueth there remaineth no more sacrifice for sinnes 27 But a feareful loking for of iudgement and violent fyre which sha deuoure the aduersaries 28 He that despiceth Moses Law dyeth withoutmercie* vnder two or thre witnesses 29 Of how muche forer punishment suppose ye shal he be worthie which tradeth vnder fote the Sonne of God and counteth the blood of the Testament as an vnholie thing where with he was sanctified
houre at a day at a moneth and at a yere to slay the third parte of men 16 And the nomber of horsemen of warre were twentie thousand times ten thousand for I heard the nomber of them 17 And thus I sawe the horses in a vision and them that sate on them hauing fyrie habber gions and of Iacinth and of brimstone the heads of the horses were as the heads of lyons and out of their mouthes went forthe fire and smoke and brimstone 18 Of these thre was the third parte of men killed that is of the fyre and of the smoke and of the brimstone which came out of their mouthes 19 For their power is in their mouthes and in their tailes for their tailes were like vnto serpents and had heades where with they hurte 20 And the remnant of the men which were not killed by these plagues repēted not of the workes of their hands that thei shulde not worship deuils and idoles of golde of siluer and of brasse and of stone of wood which nether can se nether heare nor go 21 Also thei repented not of their murther and of their sorcerie nether of their fornicacion nor of their thefte CHAP. X. 1 The Angel hathe the boke open 6 He sweareth there shal be no more time 9 He giueth the boke vnto Iohn which 〈◊〉 it vp 1 ANd I sawe another mightie Angel come downe from heauen clothed with a cloude and the raine bowe vpon his head and his face was as the sunne and his feete as pillers of fyre 2 And he had in is hand a litle boke open and he put his right fote vpon the sea 〈◊〉 his left on the earth 3 And cryed with a lowde voyce as when a lyon roareth and when he had cryed seuen thondres vttered their voyces 4 And when the seuen thonders had vttered their voyces I was about to write but I heard a voyce frō heauen saying vnto me * Seale vp those things which the seuen thondres haue spoken and write them not 5 And the Angel which I sawe stand vpon the sea and vpon the earth lift vp his hand to heauen 6 And sware by him that liueth for euermore which created heauen and the things that therein are the earth and the things that therein are and the sea ād the things which there in are that time shulde be no more 7 But in the daies of the voyce of the seuen Angel when he shal beginne to blowe the trumpet euen the mysterie of God shal be finished as he hathe declared to his seruants the Prophetes 8 And the voyce which I heard from heauen spake vnto me againe and said Go and take the litle boke which is open in the hand of the Angel which standeth vpon the sea and vpon the earth 9 So I went vnto the Angel and said to him Giue me the litle boke And he said vnto me * Take it and eat it vp and it shal make thy bellie bitter but it shal be in thy mouth as swete as honie 10 Then I toke the litle boke out of the Angels hand and ate it vp it was in my mouth as swete as honie but when I had eaten it my bellie was bitter 11 And he said vnto me Thou must prophecie againe among the people and nations and tongues and to many Kings CHAP. XI 1 The temple is measured 3 Two witnesses raised vp by the Lord are murthered by the beast 11 But after receiued to glorie 15 Christ is exalted 16 And God praised by the 24. elders 1 THen was giuen me a rede like vnto arodde and the Angel stode by saying Rise and mette the temple of God and the altar and them that worship there in 2 But the court which is without the temple cast out and mette it not for it is giuen vnto the Gentiles and the holie citie shal they treade vnder fote two and fortie moneths 3 But I wil giue power vnto my two witnesses and they shal prophecie a thousand two hundreth and threscore dayes clothed in sacke cloth 4 These are two oliue trees and two candel stickes standing before the God of the earth 5 And if anie man wil hurte them fyre procedeth out of their mouthes and deuoureth their enemies for if anie man wolde hurt them thus muste he be killed 6 These haue power to shut heauen that it raine not in the dayes of their prophecyng haue power ouer waters to turne them in to blood and to smite the earth with all maner plagues as often as thei wil. 7 And when they haue finished their testimonie the beast that cometh out of the bottomles pit shal make warre against them and shal ouercome them and kill them 8 And their corpses shal lie in the stretes of the great citie which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt where our Lordalso was crucified 9 And they of the people and kinreds and tōges and Gentiles shal se their corpses thre dayes and an halfe and shal not suffer their carkeises to be put in graues 10 And they that dwell vpon the earth shal reioyce ouer them and be glad and shal send giftes one to another for these two prophetes vexed them that dwelt on the earth 11 But after thre dayes and an halfe the spirit of life comming from God shal enter into them they shal stand vp vpon their fete and great feare shal come vpon them which sawe them 12 And they shal heare a great voyce from heauen saying vnto them Come vp hither And they shal ascēdevp to heauē in a cloude and their enemies shal se them 13 And the same houre shal there be a great earth quake and the tenth parte of the citie shal fall and in the earth quake shal be slaine in nomber seuen thousand and the remnant shal be afraid and giue glorie to the God of heauen 14 The seconde wo is past and beholde the thirde wo wil come anone 15 And the seuenth Angel blew the trumpet there were great voyces in heauen saying The kingdomes of this worlde are our Lords and his Christs and he shal reigne for euermore 16 Then the foure and twentie Elders which sate before GOD on their seates fell vpon their faces and worshipped God 17 Saying We giue thee thankes Lord God almightie Which art and Which wa st and Which art to come for thou hast receiued thy great might and hast obteined thy kingdome 18 And the Gentiles were angrie and thy wrath is come and the time of the dead that they shulde be iudged ād that thou shuldest giue rewarde vnto thy seruants the Prophetes and to the Saintes and to them that feare thy Name to smale and great and shuldest destroye them which destroye the earth 19 Then the Temple of
at all times to approue their reli gion if the Kings autoritie were al ledged for the esta blishemēt thereof not cōsidering in the meane season what Godsworde did permit d These are the two dangerous weapons where with Satā 〈◊〉 fight against the children of God the consent of the multitude and that 〈◊〉 of the punishment for thogh some feared God yet the multitude which consented to the wickednes astonied them and here he King 〈◊〉 not an inward consent but an outward gesture that the Iewes might by litle and 〈◊〉 learne to forget their true religion e It semeth 〈◊〉 thei named not Daniél because he was greatly in the Kings fauou thin king if these thre had bene destroyed they might ha ue had better occasion to accuse Daniél this declareth that this policie of erecting this image was in uented by the ma licious flatteters which soght nothing but the destruction of the Iewes Whome they accused of rebelliō and ingratitude f Signifying that he wolde receiue them to grace If they wolde now at the length obey his decre g For they shulde haue done 〈◊〉 to God if they shul de haue douted in 〈◊〉 is holie cause therefore they say that they areresol ued to dye for Gods cause h They groūde on two pointes first in the power and prouidēce of God ouer them secon dly on their cause whiche was Gods glorie and the testi fying of his truete ligion with their blood so make open confession that they Wil not so muche as outwardly consene to 〈◊〉 i This declareth that themore that tyranes rage and the more Witty the shewethē selurs in inuenting strange and cruel punishements the more is glorified God glorified by his sernāts to Who me he giueth pacience and constau cie to abide the 〈◊〉 of their punishement forether he deliue reth thē frō death or els for this life giueth thē a better k For the Angels were called the sō nes of God becau se of their 〈◊〉 therefore the King called this Angel whome God sent to comfort his in these great 〈◊〉 the sonne of God l This cōmendeth their obediēce vn to God that they wolde not for any feare departe out of this fornace til the time was appointed as Noáh remained in the Arke 〈◊〉 the Lord called him forthe m He was moued by the greatnes of the miracle to prai se God but his heart was not tou 〈◊〉 And here we se that miracles are not sufficient to 〈◊〉 men to God but that doctrine must chiefly be adioyned without the whiche there can be no faith n If this heathen King moued by Gods 〈◊〉 woldenorse blasphemie vnpunished but made a Law and set a punishemēt to such e trāsgresser 〈◊〉 te ought all they that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 take order that suche impietie 〈◊〉 not lest according as their knowledge and charge is greater so they suffer double punishment o Meaning so farre as his dominiō extended p Read Chap. 2. 44 a There was no trouble that might cause me to dreame therefore it came onely of God b This was another dreame besides that which he sawe of the foure empires for Daniél bothe declared what that drea me was what it ment and here 〈◊〉 onely expoundeth the dreame c In that that 〈◊〉 sent abroad to others whose igno rance in times past he had experimen ted 〈◊〉 Daniél which was euer readie at hand 〈◊〉 declareth the 〈◊〉 re of the vngodie which neuer 〈◊〉 to the seruantes of God but for very 〈◊〉 and thē they spare no flat terings d This no doute was a great grief to Daniél not one ly to haue his name chāged but to be called by the na me of a vile idole which thing 〈◊〉 chad-nezzar did to make him forget the true religion of God e VVich also was a great grief to the Prophet to be nōbred among the 〈◊〉 and men whose practises were wicked and contraty to Gods worde f By the tre is signified the dignitie of a King who me God 〈◊〉 to be a defence for all kinde of men and whose state is profitable forman kinde g Meaning the Angel of God which nether eateth not slepeth but is euer ready to do Gods wil is not infect with mans corruption but is euer holy in that that he cōmandeth to 〈◊〉 downeth is tre he knewe that it shul de not 〈◊〉 cut downe by mā but by God h Hereby he meaneth that Nehuchad-nezzà r shul de not onely for a timeloose his kīgdome but be like a beast i God hathe 〈◊〉 this iudgement the whole armie of heauē ha ue as it were sub scribe dvnto it like as also thei desire the execution of his decre against all them that life vp them selues against God k He was troubled for the 〈◊〉 ment of God whiche he sawe 〈◊〉 ned against the King and so the Prophetes vsed on the one parte to de nounce Gods iudgements for the zeale they bare to his glorie on the other parte to haue 〈◊〉 vpon man also to 〈◊〉 that they shulde be subiect to Gods 〈◊〉 if he did not regarde thē with pitie l VVhereby he meaneth a long space as seuen 〈◊〉 Some interpre teseuen moneths and others seuen wekes but it semeth he ment of yeres m Not that his shape or forme was changed into a beast but that he was ether striken mad and so auoided mans cōpanie or was cast out for his tyrannie and so wandred among the beasts and are herbes and grasse o Daniel sheweth the cause why God thus punished him o Cease from 〈◊〉 God to angre any longer by thy sinnes that he may mitigate his punishment if thou shewe 〈◊〉 thine vpright life that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 faith and repentance p Suffre the errours of thy former life to be redressed q After that Daniel had declared this vision and this his 〈◊〉 declared 〈◊〉 it is not in 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to God 〈◊〉 his Spirit moue him seing that 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 threatnings colde not moue him to repent r VVhen the terme of these seuen yeres was ac complished Chap. 7. 14. mich 4. 11. luk 〈◊〉 33. s He confesseth 〈◊〉 wil to be the rule of all iusti ce and a moste per 〈◊〉 Law where by he gouerneth bothe man 〈◊〉 gels and 〈◊〉 so that 〈◊〉 ought to 〈◊〉 or aske a 〈◊〉 of his 〈◊〉 but onely to stand 〈◊〉 there with giue him the glorie t By whome it semeth that he had bene put from his kingdome before u He doeth not onely praise God for his deliuerance but also confesseth his faute that God may onely haue the glorie man the 〈◊〉 that be may be 〈◊〉 and man castdowne a Daniel 〈◊〉 this historie of King 〈◊〉 hazzar euil 〈◊〉 son ne to shewe Gods 〈◊〉 against the wicked for the deliuerance of his Church and how the 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 was true that they shuld be deliuered after seuentie yeres b The Kings of the 〈◊〉
through all the worlde so that the enemies shal be 〈◊〉 g The 〈◊〉 graces of Gods Spirit bent them selues against Antichrist h Beleue that that is written for there is no nede to write more for the vnderstanding of Gods 〈◊〉 Dan. 12. 7. i That is by God with whome Christ by his diuinitie is equall k The faithful shal vnderstand and se this myste rie of the last iud gement the 〈◊〉 nacion of Antichrist infideles and also the glorie of the iust at the 〈◊〉 l As S. Iohn vnderstode this by reuelation so is the same reueiled to the true preachers to discouer the Pope and Antichrist m Meaning Christ. n That is the holie Scripture which declareth that the minister must receiue them at the hand of God before he can preache them to others o Which signifieth that the ministers ought to receiue the worde into their hearts and to 〈◊〉 graue and depe iudgement and 〈◊〉 to 〈◊〉 it and with zeale to 〈◊〉 it p 〈◊〉 that albeit that the minister haue 〈◊〉 by the worde of God yet shal he haue sore and grieuous enemies which shal be trouble some vnto him q Not onely meaning in his lifetime but that this boke after his death shulde be as a preaching vnto all 〈◊〉 * Eze. 3. 1. a Which declareth that Christ Iesus wil builde his Churche and not haue it destroyed for he measureth out his spiritual Tem ple. b The Iewish temple was deuided into thre parts the bodie of the temple which is called the court whereinto euerie man entred the holie places where the leuits wereand the holiest of all whereinto the high Priest once a yere entred in respect therefore of thesetwo later the first is said to be cast out becau seas a thing prophane it is negle cted when the temple is measured and yet the aduersaries of Christ boast that 〈◊〉 are in the Tē ple ād that none are of the Temple but they c That is the Church of God e By two witnesses he meaneth all the preachers that shulde buylde vp Gods Church alluding to 〈◊〉 Iehoshua which were chiefly appointed for this thing and also to this saying In the mouthe of two 〈◊〉 slandeth euerieword f Signifying a c r teine time for whē God 〈◊〉 strength to his ministers their 〈◊〉 seme but as itwere for a day or two g In poore and simple apparel h Whereby are signified the 〈◊〉 graces of thē which beare witnes to the Gospel i Who hathe dominion ouer the whole earth k By Gods word whe eby his ministers discomsit the enemies l They denounce God iudgement against the wicked that they cā not enter into heauen m Which is to declaré and procure God vengeance n That is the Popewhich hathe his power our of hil and cometh thence o He sheweth how the Pope gaineth the victo rie not by Gods worde but by cruel warre p Meaning the whole iurisdictiō of the Pope which is compared to 〈◊〉 for their abominable sinne and to Egypt because the true libertie to serue God is taken away 〈◊〉 the faithful and Christ was condemned by Pilate who represented the Romaine power which s hulde be enemie to the godlie d Meaning a cer teine time for God hath limited the time of Anti christs tyrannie q The infidels are tormented by 〈◊〉 the trueth preached r Which shal be at the last resurrection s For it semed that Antichrist had chased them out of the hearth t 〈◊〉 the power of Antichrist u When they shal vnderstand by Gods worde the glorie of his and the punishment of his 〈◊〉 thei shal fall from the Pope and glorifie God x Albeit Satan by that Pope Tur ke and other instruments troubleth the worlde neuer so muche yet Christ shal rei gne y Iesus Christ. z This declareth the office of the godlie which is to giue God thankes for the deliuerance of his and to praise his iustice for 〈◊〉 hing of his enemies a Which signifie the destruction of the enemies a In this third vision is declared how the Church which is comapssed about with lesus Christ the Sonne of righteousnes is 〈◊〉 ted of Antichrist b The 〈◊〉 ch treadeth vnderfo te whatsoeuer is mutable and inconstant with all corrupt affections and suche like c Which signifie God and his worde d The Church euerwith a 〈◊〉 seruent desire lōged that Christ shulde be borne and that the faith ful might be 〈◊〉 nerate by his power e The deuil and all his power whiche burneth with furie and is red with the blood of the 〈◊〉 f For he is prin ce of this world and almoste hath vniuersal gouernement g By his flatteries and promises he gaineth manie of the excellent ministers and honorable persones and bringeth them to destruction h Which is Iesus Christ the first borne among manie brethren who was borne of the virgin Marie as of a special member of the Churche i The Churche was remoued from among the Iewes to the Gētiles which were as a baren wildernes and so it is persecuted to and fro Psal. 2. 9. k Iesus Christ ād his members as Apostles Martyrs and the rest of the faithful l For the dragon was depriued of al his dignitie and had no more place in the Church m They put their liues in daunger so oft as nede required n Meanyng thē that are geuen to the worlde and fles hlie lustes o And was ouer come of Christe then 〈◊〉 foght against his mēbets p VVhiche the Lord had appoin ted for her q God gyueth meanes to hys Churche to escape the furie of Sa 〈◊〉 making his creatures to serue to the sup po t there of r 〈◊〉 was not ableto destroy the head nor the bodie and therefore sheweth his rage against the members a Here is the description of the Romaine empire whiche standeth in 〈◊〉 and tyrannie b Meanyng Rome because it was firste gouerned by seuen kyngs or Emperours after Nero and also is cōpassed aboure with seuen moū taines c VVhich signifie manie prouinces e That is the deuil f This may be vn derstand of Neto who moued the first persecution againste the Churche and after slewe hym self so that the fa milie of the Cesarsended in him g For the empire was established againeby 〈◊〉 d By these beastes are signified the Macedoniās Persians Chaldeās whom the Romaines ouercame h By receyuinge the staturs ordinances decrees ceremonies and religiō of the Ro maine empire i 〈◊〉 time and power is limited k In their bodies not in soule l He meaneth that vniuersal de parryng where of S. Paul speaketh to the Thes salonians m Antichryste hath not power ouer the elect n As God ordeined from before al beginning ād all the sacrifices were as signes sacramentes of Christ death o They whiche soules captiues go them selues in to captiuitie p As the kyngdome of Christis from heauen ād bryngeth men thither so the po pes king