only shalt thou serue 11 Then the deuyll leaueth him and beholde the Angels came and ministred vnto hym ☜ 12 When Iesus had hearde that Iohn was delyuered vp he departed into Galilee 13 And left Nazareth and went dwelt in Capernaum whiche is a citie vpon the sea coast in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim 14 That it myght be fulfylled whiche was spoken by Esayas the prophete saying 15 The lande of Zabulon Nephthalim by the way of the sea beyonde Iordane Galilee of the Gentiles 16 The people which sate in darknesse sawe great lyght And to them whiche sate in the region and shadowe of death lyght is sprong vp 17 From that tyme Iesus began to preache and to saye Repent for the kyngdome of heauen is at hande ☜ 18 ☞ And Iesus walkyng by the sea of Galilee sawe two brethren Simon which was called Peter and Andrewe his brother castyng a nette into the sea for they were fysshers 19 And he saith vnto them Folowe me and I wyl make you fysshers of men 20 And they strayghtwaye lefte their nettes and folowed hym 21 And when he was gone foorth from thence he sawe other two brethren Iames the sonne of Zebedee Iohn his brother in the shippe with Zebedee their father mendyng their nettes and he called them 22 And they immediatly left the shippe and their father and folowed hym ☜ 23 ☞ And Iesus went about all Galilee teaching in their synagogues and preachyng the Gospell of the kingdome and healyng all maner of sicknesse and all maner of disease among the people 24 And his fame spread abrode throughout all Syria and they brought vnto hym all sicke people that were taken with diuers diseases and grypynges and them that were possessed with deuyls and those which were lunaticke and those that had the paulsie and he healed them 25 And there folowed him great multitudes of people from Galilee and from the ten cities and from Hierusalem and from Iurie and from the regions that lye beyonde Iordane ⧠The .v. Chapter ¶ In this Chapter and in the two next folowyng is conteyned the most excellent and louyng Sermon of Christe in the mount Which Sermon is the very key that openeth the vnderstandyng into the lawe In this fifth Chapter specially 3 he preacheth of the eyght beatitudes or blessynges 21 of manslaughter 22 wrath and anger 27 of adultrie 33 of swearyng 39 of sufferyng wrong 44 and of loue euen towarde a mans enemies 1 WHen he saw the multitude he went vp into a mountayne when he was set his disciples came to hym 2 And he opened his mouth taught them saying 3 Blessed are the poore in spirite for theirs is the kyngdome of heauen 4 Blessed are they that mourne for they shal be comforted 5 Blessed are the meke for they shall inherite the earth 6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirste after righteousnes for they shal be satisfied 7 Blessed are the mercyfull for they shall obteyne mercy 8 Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God 9 Blessed are the peace makers for they shal be called the chyldren of God 10 Blessed are they which suffer persecution for righteousnes sake for theirs is the kyngdome of heauen 11 Blessed are ye wheÌ„ men reuyâ—e you and persecute you and lying shall say all maner of euyll saying agaynst you for my sake 12 Reioyce and be glad for great is your rewarde in heauen ☜ For so persecuted they the prophetes whiche were before you 13 ☞ Ye are the salt of the earth But yf the salt become vnsauery where in shall it be salted It is thencefoorth good for nothing but to be caste out and to be troden vnder foote of men 14 Ye are the lyght of the worlde A citie that is set on an hyll can not be hyd 15 Neyther do men lyght a candell and put it vnder a busshell but on a candelsticke and it geueth lyght vnto all that are in the house 16 Let your lyght so shyne before men that they may see your good workes and glorifie your father whiche is in heauen 17 Thynke not that I am come to destroy the lawe or the prophetes I am not come to destroy but to fulfyll 18 For truely I say vnto you tyll heauen and earth passe one iotte or one title of the lawe shall not scape tyll all be fulfylled 19 Whosoeuer therfore breaketh one of these least commaundementes and teacheth men so he shal be called the leaste in the kyngdome of heauen But who so euer doeth and teacheth so the same shal be called great in the kyngdome of heauen 20 For I say vnto you except your righteousnes excede the righteousnes of the Scribes and Pharisees ye shall not enter into the kyngdome of heauen 21 Ye haue hearde that it was sayde to them of the olde tyme thou shalt not kyll who so euer kylleth shal be in daunger of iudgement 22 But I say vnto you that who so euer is angry with his brother vnaduisedly shal be in daunger of iudgement And who so euer shall say vnto his brother racha shal be in daunger of a councell But whosoeuer shall saye thou foole shal be in daunger of hell fire 23 Therfore if thou bring thy gyft to the aulter and there remembrest that thy brother hath ought agaynst thee 24 Leaue there thy gyft before the aulter and go thy way first and be reconciled to thy brother and then come and offer thy gyft ☜ 25 ☞ Agree with thyne aduersarie quicklye whyles thou art in the waye with him lest at any tyme the aduersarie deliuer thee to the iudge and the iudge deliuer thee to the minister and then thou be cast into pryson 26 Veryly I say vnto thee thou shalt not come out thence tyll thou hast payde the vtmost farthyng 27 Ye haue hearde that it was sayde vnto them of olde tyme Thou shalt not commit adultry 28 But I say vnto you that whosoeuer loketh on a woman to luste after her hath committed adultry with her alredy in his heart 29 If thy ryght eye offende thee plucke it out and cast it from thee For better it is vnto thee that one of thy members perishe theÌ„ that thy whole body should be cast into hell 30 And yf thy ryght hande offende thee cut it of and cast it from thee For better it is vnto thee that one of thy members perishe then that all thy body shoulde be cast into hell ☜ 31 It is saide whosoeuer putteth away his wyfe let hym geue her a wrytyng of diuorcement 32 But I say vnto you that whosoeuer doeth put awaye his wyfe except it be for fornication causeth her to commit adultry And whosoeuer maryeth her that is diuorced committeth adultry 33 Agayne ye haue hearde that it was sayde vnto them of olde tyme Thou shalt not forsweare thy selfe
26 And the Lorde sayde If I fynde in Sodome fiftie ryghteous within the citie I wyll spare all the place for their sakes 27 And Abraham aunsweryng sayde beholde I haue taken vppon me to speake vnto the Lorde whiche am but dust and asshes 28 If there shall lacke fiue of fiftie ryghteous wylt thou destroy all the citie for lacke of fiue And he saide If I fynde there fourtie and fiue I wyl not destroy them 29 And he proceaded to speake vnto hym agayne and sayde What yf there shall be fourtie founde there He aunswered I wyll not do it for fourties sake 30 He sayde vnto hym agayne O let not my lord be angry that I speake What yf there shall thirtie be founde there And he sayde I wyll do nothyng yf I fynde thirtie there 31 He sayde agayne O see I haue taken vppon me to speake nowe also vnto my Lord What if there shal be twentie founde there He aunswered I wyll not destroy them for twenties sake 32 And he sayde O let not my Lorde be angry and I wyll speake yet but this once What if ten shal be found there He aunswered I wil not destroy them for tennes sake 33 And the Lorde went his way assoone as he had left communyng with Abraham and Abraham also turned vnto his place ¶ The .xix. Chapter 1 The hospitalitie of Lot receauyng angels 3 He prepareth a banket for them 4 The lust of the Sodomites 14 God delyuereth Lot from the Sodomites the subuersion of whom he foretelleth Lot is laughed to scorne of his sonnes in lawe 16 God compelleth Lot hym selfe to go out 18 The towne Segor is saued by the prayers of Lot 20 Lot confesseth the mercie of God 24 The destruction of Sodome and Gomorrhe 26 The wyfe of Lot is turned into a stone of salt 29 For Abraham Lot is delyuered 30 Lot goeth out of Segor 31 The incest of Lot with his daughters 37 Moab 38 Ammon 1 AND there came two angels to Sodome at euen and Lot sate at the gate of Sodome and Lot seing them rose vp to meete them and he bowed hym selfe with his face towarde the grounde 2 And he sayde Oh my Lordes turne in I praye you into your seruauntes house and tary all nyght and washe your feete and ye shall ryse vp early to go in your wayes Whiche sayde nay but we wyll byde in the streates all nyght 3 And he preassed vpon them exceedinglye and they returnyng in vnto hym entred into his house he made them a feast and did bake vnleuened bread and they did eate 4 And before they went to rest the men of the citie euen the men of Sodome compassed the house rounde about both olde and young all people frō all quarters 5 And they callyng vnto Lot sayde vnto hym Where are the men whiche came in to thee this nyght bryng them out vnto vs that we may knowe them 6 And Lot went out at the doore vnto them and shut the doores after hym 7 And sayde Nay for Gods sake brethren do not so wickedly 8 Behold I haue two daughters whiche haue knowen no man them wyll I bryng out nowe vnto you and do with them as it seemeth good in your eyes only vnto these men do nothyng for therefore came they vnder the shadowe of my roofe 9 And they sayde stande backe And they said agayne he came in as one to soiourne and wyll he be nowe a iudge we wyll surely deale worse with thee then with them And they preassed sore vpon the man euen Lot and came to breake vp the doore 10 But the men put foorth their hande and pulled Lot into the house to them and shut to the doore 11 And the men that were at the doore of the house they smote with blyndenesse both small and great so that they were weryed in sekyng the doore 12 And the men sayde vnto Lot Hast thou here any besides sonne in lawe and thy sonnes and thy daughters and whatsoeuer thou hast in the citie bryng them out of this place 13 For we wyl destroy this place because the crye of them is great before the face of God for the Lorde hath sent vs to destroy it 14 And Lot went out and spake vnto his sonnes in lawe which maried his daughters saying Stande vp get ye out of this place for the Lorde wyll ouerthrowe this citie But he seemed as though he had mocked vnto his sonnes in lawe 15 And when the mornyng arose the angels caused Lot to speede him saying Stande vp take thy wyfe and thy two daughters which be at hande lest thou perishe in the sinne of the citie 16 And as he prolonged the tyme the men caught both him his wife and his two daughters by the handes the Lorde beyng mercyfull vnto hym and they brought hym foorth and set hym without the citie 17 And when he had brought them out he sayde Saue thy selfe and loke not behynde thee neither tary thou in all this playne countrey Saue thy selfe in the mountaine lest thou perishe 18 And Lot sayde vnto them Oh not so my Lordes 19 Beholde thy seruaunt hath founde grace in thy syght and thou hast magnified thy mercy which thou hast shewed vnto me in sauyng my lyfe Beholde I can not be saued in the mountayne lest some harme fall vppon me and I dye 20 Beholde here is a citie by to flee vnto euen yonder litle one Oh let me escape thyther Is it not a litle one and my soule shall lyue 21 And he sayde to hym See I haue receaued thy request as concernyng this thing that I wyll not ouerthrowe this citie for the whiche thou hast spoken 22 Haste thee and be saued there for I can do nothyng tyl thou be come thyther and therfore the name of the citie is Soar 23 And the sonne was nowe rysen vpon the earth and Lot was entred into Soar 24 Then the Lorde rayned vpon Sodome and Gomorrhe brymstone and fire from the Lorde out of heauen 25 And ouerthrewe those cities and all that plaine region and all that dwelled in the cities and that that grewe vpon the earth 26 But Lots wyfe folowyng him loked behynde her was turned into a piller of salt 27 Abraham rysyng vp early gote hym to the place where he stoode before the presence of God and loked towarde Sodome and Gomorrhe and towarde all the lande of that playne countrey 28 And behelde and lo the smoke of the countrey arose as the smoke of a furnesse 29 And it came to passe that when God destroyed the cities of that region he thought vpon Abraham and sent Lot out from the middest of the ouerthrow when he ouerthrewe the cities in one of the whiche Lot dwelled 30 And Lot departed out of Soar and dwelled in the mountayne with his two daughters for
them out of the middest of his tent and brought them vnto Iosuah and vnto all the children of Israel and layed them out before the Lorde 24 And Iosuah toke Achan the sonne of Zareth and the siluer and the garmē◠and the tonge of gold and his sonnes and his daughters his oxen and his asses his sheepe his tent and all that he had and al Israel with him brought them vnto the valley of Achor 25 And Iosuah sayde In as much as thou hast troubled vs the Lorde shall trouble thee this day And all Israel stoned hym with stones and burned them with fire and ouerwhelmed them with stones 26 And they cast vpon hym a great heape of stones vnto this day And so the Lord turned from the wrath of his indignation And the name of the place is called the valley of Achor vnto this day The .viij. Chapter 1 God geueth the citie of Ai into the handes of Iosuah 3 Iosuah his armie beyng setten in araye goeth to Ai. 15 Iosuah fayneth a runnyng away 18 God geueth counsell vnto Iosuah hym selfe what he hath to do 20 Ai is setten on fire 21. The people of Ai is slayne 23 The kyng of Ai beyng attached is brought vnto Iosuah twelue thousande slayne 27 The pray is deuided 29 The kyng of Ai is hanged 30 In aulter of stone is built in the which Deuteronomium is inscribed 34 Iosuah blesseth the people of Israel 1 AND the Lorde sayde vnto Iosuah Feare not neither be thou faint hearted Take all the men of warre with thee and vp get thee to Ai. Beholde I haue geuen into thy hande the kyng of Ai and his people his citie and his lande 2 And thou shalt do to Ai and her kyng as thou dyddest vnto Iericho and her king Neuerthelesse the spoyle cattell thereof shall ye take vnto your selues Thou shalt lye in wayte agaynst the citie on the backside thereof 3 And so Iosuah arose and all the men of warre to go vp agaynst Ai And Iosuah chose out thirtie thousande strong men and valiaunt and sent them away by nyght 4 And he commaunded them saying Beholde ye shall lye in wayte agaynst the towne on the backside thereof Go not verie farre from the citie but be all redie 5 And I and al the people that are with me wyll approche vnto the citie And when they come out against vs as they dyd at the first tyme then wyll we flee before them 6 For they wyll come out after vs tyll we haue brought them out of the citie For they wyll say They flee before vs as at the first tyme and we will flee before them 7 In the meane tyme shall ye ryse vp from lying in wayte and destroy the citie for the Lorde your God wyll delyuer it into your hande 8 And when ye haue taken the citie ye shall set it on fire Accordyng to the commaundement of the Lorde shall ye do Beholde I haue charged you 9 Iosuah therfore sent them foorth and they went to lye in wayte and abode betweene Bethel Ai on the westsyde of the citie of Ai But Iosuah lodged that nyght among the people 10 And Iosuah rose vp early in the mornyng and numbred the people went vp he and the elders of Israel before the people against Ai. 11 And all the men of warre that were with him went vp drue nye and came agaynst the citie and pitched on the northsyde of Ai and there was a valley betweene them and Ai. 12 And he toke vpon a fiue thousande men and set them to lye in wayte betweene Bethel and Ai on the westsyde of the citie 13 And the people set all the hoast that was on the northsyde agaynst the citie the lyers in wayte on the west against the citie And Iosuah walked the same nyght in the myddes of the valley 14 And when the kyng of Ai sawe it they hasted and rose vp early and the men of the citie went out agaynst Israel to battayle he and all his people at a tyme appoynted euen before the playne and wyst not that there were lyers in wayte agaynst him on the backsyde of the citie 15 And Iosuah all Israel as beaten before them fledde by the way of the wildernesse 16 And all the people of the towne were called together to folowe after them And they folowed after Iosuah and were drawen away from the citie 17 And there was not a man left in Ai and in Bethel that went not out after Israel And they left the citie open and folowed after Israel 18 And the Lorde sayde vnto Iosuah Stretch out y e speare that is in thine hand towarde Ai for I will geue it into thy hand And Iosuah stretched out the speare that he had in his hand towarde the citie 19 And the lyers in waite arose quickly out of their place and ran assoone as Iosuah had stretched out his hande and they entred into the citie and toke it and hasted and set the citie on fyre 20 And when the men of Ai loked backe after them they sawe the smoke of the citie ascend vp to heauen and they had no place to flee either this way or that and the people that fled to the wildernes turned backe againe vpon the folowers 21 And when Iosuah all Israel sawe that the lyers in waite had taken the citie and that the smoke of it ascended they turned againe and slue the men of Ai. 22 And the other issued out of the citie against them and so were they in the middest of Israel for these were on the one side of them and the rest on the other side And they laide vpon them so that they let none of them escape nor remaine 23 And the kyng of Ai they toke aliue and brought him to Iosuah 24 And when Israel had made an ende of slayeng all the inhabitantes of Ai in the fielde of the wildernesse where they chased them and when they were all fallen on the edge of the sworde vntill they were wasted all the Israelites returned vnto Ai and smote it with the edge of the sworde 25 And al that fell that day both of men and women were twelue thousande euen all the men of Ai. 26 For Iosuah plucked not his hande backe againe which he stretched out vpō the speare vntil he had vtterly destroyed al the enhabitours of Ai. 27 Onely the cattell and the spoile of the citie Israel toke vnto them selues according vnto the word of the Lorde whiche he commaunded Iosuah 28 And Iosuah set Ai on fire and made it an heape for euer a wildernesse euen vnto this day 29 And the king of Ai he hanged on a tree vntill euen And assoone as the sunne was downe Iosuah commaunded that they should take y e carkasse downe of the tree and cast it at the entring of the gate of the
is my strength in him will I trust he is my shielde and the horne of my saluation my hie towre and my refuge my sauiour thou hast saued me from wrong 4 I will call on the Lorde which is prayse worthy and so shall I be saued from myne enemies 5 For the panges of death closed me about the fludes of Belial put me in feare 6 The sorowes of hell compassed me about the snares of death ouertoke me 7 In my tribulation did I call vppon the Lorde and crye to my God and he dyd heare my voyce out of his temple and my crye did enter into his eares 8 The earth trembled and quaked the foundations of heauen moued shooke when he was angry 9 Smoke went out at his nosthryls consuming fyre out of his mouth coles were kindled thereat 10 And he bowed heauen came downe and there was darkenesse vnder his feete 11 And he rode vpon Cherub and did flee he was seene vppon the winges of the winde 12 He made darknes a tabernacle rounde about him with waters gathered together in thicke cloudes 13 Through the brightnes of his presence were the coles of fyre kindled 14 The Lorde thundred from heauen he that is most hie put out his voyce 15 He shot arrowes and scattered them to wit lyghtning ouerthrew them 16 The chanels of the sea appeared and the foundatiōs of the world were seene by the reason of y e rebuking of the Lord and through the blasting of the breath of his nosthryls 17 He sent from aboue and toke me he drew me out of many waters 18 He deliuered me from my mightie enemie and from them that hated me for they were to strong for me 19 When they had preuented me in the daye of my calamitie the Lorde stayed me vp 20 For he brought me out into roomth he deliuered me because he had a fauour vnto me 21 The Lorde rewarded me according to my righteousnesse accordyng to the purenes of my hands he recompensed me 22 For I haue kept the wayes of y e Lord and did not wickedly agaynst my God 23 For all his lawes were in my sight his statutes I did not depart therefrō 24 In his sight also haue I ben vpright and haue kept me from myne owne iniquitie 25 And the Lorde did to me againe according to my righteousnesse euen after my purenes in his eye sight 26 With the godly thou shalt be godlie and with the man that is vpright thou shalt be vpright 27 With the pure thou shalt be pure and with the froward thou wilt shewe thy selfe froward 28 And the poore people thou wilt saue but thyne eyes are vpon the proude to bring them downe 29 For thou art my lyght O Lorde and the Lorde shall light my darkenesse 30 For by thee I shall breake through an hoast of men and by my God wyll I spring ouer a wall 31 God is vncorrupt in his way the word of the Lord is tryed in the fyre he is a shielde to all them that trust in him 32 For who is a God saue the Lord and who is mightie saue our God 33 God strengthneth me in battaile ryddeth the way cleare before me 34 He maketh my feete lyke hyndes feete and setteth me vpon my hie places 35 He teacheth my handes to fight that euen a bowe of steele is broken with myne armes 36 Thou hast geuen me the shielde of thy saluation and with thy louing mekenesse thou doest multiplie me 37 Thou hast enlarged my steps vnder me and my legges shall not faile me 38 I haue folowed vpon myne enemies and destroyed them and turned not againe vntill I had consumed them 39 I haue wasted them and wounded them that they shal not be able to aryse yea they shall fall vnder my feete 40 Thou hast gyrded me about with might to battayle and them that rose against me hast thou subdued vnder me 41 And thou hast geuen me the neckes of myne enemies that I might destroye them that hate me 42 They loked about but there was none to saue them euen vnto the Lorde but he heard them not 43 Then did I beate them as small as the dust of the earth I did stampe them as the clay of the streate and did spreade them abrode 44 Thou also hast deliuered me from the discention of my people thou hast kept me to be an head ouer nations the people which I knew not do serue me 45 Straunge childrē dissemble with me at the hearing of the eare they obey me 46 Straunge children wil shrinke away and they shall be smytten with feare in their priuie chamber 47 Let the Lord lyue and blessed be my strength magnified be God euen the force of my saluation 48 It is God that geueth me power to reuenge me bringeth downe the people vnder me 49 He deliuereth me from myne enemies thou also hast lyft me on hie from them that rose against me thou hast delyuered me from the wicked man 50 And therefore I wyll prayse thee O Lorde among the nations and wyll sing vnto thy name 51 He is the towre of saluation for his king and dealeth mercyfully with his annoynted euen with Dauid and with his seede for euermore ¶ The .xxiii. Chapter 1 The last wordes of Dauid 6 The wicked shall be plucked vp as thornes 8 The names and factes of his mighty men 15 He desireth water would not drinke 1 THese also be the last wordes of Dauid Dauid the sonne of Isai said and y e man which was ordayned the annoynted of the God of Iacob and the sweete Psalmist of Israel sayde 2 The spirite of the Lorde spake by me and his word was in my tongue 3 The God of Israel spake to me euen the most mightie of Israel sayde A ruler ouer men being iust ruling in y e feare of God 4 And as the morning lyght when the sunne is vp a morning in which are no cloudes so shal my house be but not as the grasse of the earth is by bryghtnesse and rayne 5 For so shal not my house be with God For he hath made with me an euerlasting couenaunt perfect and sure in all poyntes and this is truly all my health and all my desyre that it growe but not as grasse 6 But the vngodly man shall be as a thorne cleane pluckt vp which can not be taken with handes 7 But the man that shall touche them must be defenced with iron or with the shaft of a speare and they shal be burnt with fire in the same place 8 These be the names of the mightie men whom Dauid had One that sate in the seate of wisedome being chiefest among the princes was Adino of Ezni he slue eyght hundred at one tyme. 9 After him was Eliazar the sonne of Dodo the sonne of Ahohi one of the three worthies with Dauid which defyed the Philistines that were
more to the worke of our handes Ye are our gods for in thee the fatherlesse findeth mercie 4 I wyll heale their rebellion I wyll loue them freely for mine anger is turned away from hym 5 I wyll be vnto Israel as the deawe and he shall growe as the lilie and his roote shall breake out as the trees of Libanus 6 His braunches shal spreade out abrode and be as faire as the oliue tree smell as Libanus 7 They that dwell vnder his shadowe shall returne growe vp as the corne and florishe as the vine he shall haue as good a name as the wine of Libanus 8 Ephraim shall say what haue I to do with idols any more I haue hearde him and loked vpon him I am like a greene firre tree vpon me is thy fruite founde 9 Who so is wise shall vnderstande these thinges and he that is right instruct wyll regarde them for the wayes of the Lorde are righteous such as be godly wyll walke in them as for the wicked they shall stumble therin ¶ The ende of the prophecie of Osea ⧠The booke of prophete Ioel. ¶ The first Chapter 1 A prophecie agaynst the Iewes 2 He exhorteth the people to prayer and fastyng for the miserie that was at hande 1 THe worde of the Lorde that came to Ioel the sonne of Pethuel 2 Heare ye this you elders hearken with your eares all you that dwel in this lande was there euer such a thyng in your dayes or in the dayes of your fathers 3 Of this thyng tell your children and let your children shewe it to their children and their children to their posteritie afterwarde 4 That which the caterpiller hath left the grashopper hath eaten and what the grashopper left hath the canker worme eaten and what the canker worme left the locust hath deuoured 5 Awake ye drunkardes weepe howle all ye wine bibbers for lacke of newe wine for it is cleane taken away from your mouth 6 For a nation is come vp vpon my lande mightie and without number his teeth are as the teeth of a lion and he hath the iawes of a great lion 7 He hath destroyed my vine barked my figge tree he hath pilled it and cast it from him and hath left bowes therof whyte 8 Lament as a virgin girded with sackcloth for the husbande of her youth 9 The meate offeryng and drinke offeryng is cut of from the house of the Lorde the priestes I meane the Lordes ministers mourne 10 The fielde is wasted the lande mourneth for corne is destroyed the newe wine is dryed vp the oyle is vtterly taken away 11 Be ye ashamed O ye husbandemen howle O ye wine dressers for y e wheate and for the barly for the haruest of the fielde is perished 12 The wine is dryed vp and the figge tree is decayed the pomgranate tree and the paulme the apple tree euen all the trees of the fielde are withered vp for ioy is withered away from the sonnes of men 13 Girde your selues and lament O ye priestes howle ye out ye ministers of the aulter come and lye all night in sackcloth ye seruauntes of my God for the meate and drynke offerynges are taken away from the house of your God 14 Proclayme a fast call a congregation gather the elders together with all the inhabitauntes of the lande vnto the house of the Lorde your God and crye vnto the Lorde 15 Alas for this day for the day of the Lorde is at hande euen as a destruction from the almightie shall it come 16 Is not the meate cut of before our eyes yea mirth and ioy from the house of our God 17 The seede is rottē vnder their cloddes the garners are destroyed the barnes are ouerthrowen for the corne is withered 18 O howe cattell mourne the heardes of beastes are in wofull case for lacke of pasture and the flockes of sheepe are destroyed 19 Vnto thee O Lorde wyll I crye for feare hath destroyed the fruitfull places of the desert and the flambe hath burnt vp all the trees of the fielde 20 The beastes also of the fielde crye out vnto thee for the riuers of waters are dryed vp and fire hath deuoured vp the fruitfull places of the desert The .ij. Chapter 1 He prophecieth of the commyng and crueltie of their enemies 13 An exhortation to moue them to conuert 18 The loue of God towarde his people 1 BLowe vp a trumpet in Sion and showte in my holy hyll let all the inhabitauntes of the earth tremble for the day of the Lorde is come for it is nye at hande 2 A darke and glomie day a cloudie and blacke day as the mornyng is spread ouer the mountaynes so is this populus strong people like it there was none from the beginning nor shal be herafter for euermore 3 Before him is a deuouryng fire and behynde him a burnyng flambe the lande is as a pleasaunt garden before him and behinde him a waste desert yea and nothyng shall escape him 4 The shewe of him is as the shewe of horses and like horsemen so shall they runne 5 Lyke the noyse of charrettes vpon the toppes of the mountaynes they shall skip like the noyse of a flamyng fire deuouryng the stubble and as a strong people prepared to battayle 6 Before his face shall the people tremble the countenaunce of all folkes shall waxe blacke as a pot 7 They shall runne like strong men and climbe the walles like men of warre euery one shall march on in his way and they shal not linger in their pathes 8 No man shall thrust another but euery one shall walke in his path and if they shall fall on the sworde they shall not be wounded 6 They shall runne to and fro in the citie they shall runne vp downe vpon the wall they shall climbe into the houses they shall enter in at the windowes like a theefe 10 The earth shall quake before him the heauens shall tremble the sunne and the moone shal be darke and the starres shall withdrawe their shinyng 11 And the Lorde shall geue his voyce before his hoast for his campe is exceeding great for he is mightie that executeth his commaundement for the day of the Lorde is great and very terrible and who can abide it 12 But nowe saith y e Lord turne you vnto me with all your heartes with fasting with weepyng and with mournyng 13 And rent your heartes and not your garmentes turne you vnto the Lorde your God for he is gratious mercifull slowe to anger and of great goodnesse and he wyll repent him of the euyll 14 Who knoweth whether the Lorde wyll returne and take compassion and wyll leaue behinde him a blessing euen meate offeryng and drynke offeryng vnto the Lorde your God 15 Blowe vp a trumpet in Sion proclayme a fast call an assemblye sanctifie the congregation 16 Gather the people gather the elders assemble the children suckyng babes let the bridegrome
vndertaken compendiously to bring into one booke the thinges that were comprehended of him in fyue 24 For we considering the multitude of the bookes and howe hard it shoulde be for them that woulde meddle with stories and actes and that because of so diuers matters 25 Haue vndertaken so to comprehend the stories that such as are disposed to reade might haue pleasure and pastime therin and that they which are diligent in such thinges might the better thinke vpon them yea and that whosoeuer reade them might haue profite therby 26 Neuerthelesse we our selues that haue medled with this matter for the shortening of it haue taken no small labour but great diligence watchinges and trauayle 27 Like as they that make a feast would fayne do other men pleasure euen so we also for many mens sakes are very well content to take the labour 28 Where as we may shortly comprehend the thinges that other men haue truely written 29 For he that buyldeth an house anewe must prouide for many thinges to the whole buylding but he that paynteth it afterward seketh but only that is comely meete and conuenient to garnishe it withall 30 Euen so do we also in like maner And why He that beginneth fyrst to wryte a storie must with his vnderstanding gather the matter together set his wordes in order and diligently seke out euery part 31 But he that afterwarde will shorten it vseth fewe wordes and toucheth not the matter at the largest Let this be sufficient for a prologue 32 Now will we begin to shew the matter for it is but a foolishe thing to make a long prologue and to be short in the storie it selfe The .iii. Chapter 1 Of the honour done vnto the temple by the kinges of the gentiles 6 Simon vttereth what treasure is in the temple 9 Heliodorus is sent to take them away 26 He is striken of God and healed at the prayer of Onias 1 WHat time as the holy citie was inhabited in all peace and wealth and when the lawes were yet very well kept for so was it ordeyned thorowe the godlinesse of Onias the hye prieste and other godly men that were enemies to wickednesse 2 It came therto that euen the kinges and princes them selues dyd the place great worship and garnished the temple with great giftes 3 Insomuch that Seleucus king of Asia of his owne rentes bare all the coastes belonging to the seruice of the offringes 4 Then Simon of the tribe of Beniamin ruler of the temple vpon a variaunce risen betweene him the hygh priest for wickednesse that was done in the citie 5 For that he could not ouercome Onias he gat him to Apollonius the sonne of Thrasia which then was chiefe Lorde in Celosyria and Phemces 6 And tolde hym that the treasurie in Hierusalem was full of innumerable money how that the common goodes whiche belongeth not vnto the offeringes were exceeding great also yea and howe it were possible that all these might come vnder the kinges power 7 Now when Apollonius had shewed the king of the money as it was tolde him the king called for Heliodorus his treasurer and sent him with a commaundement to bring him the same money 8 Immediatly Heliodorus toke his iourney but vnder a colour as though he woulde go thorowe Celosyria and Phenices to visite the cities but his purpose was to fulfill the kinges pleasure 9 So when he came to Hierusalem and was louingly receaued of the hye priest into the citie he tolde what was determined concerning the money and shewed the cause of his comming he asked also if it were so in deede 10 Then the hye priest tolde hym that there was such money layed vp for the vpholding of wydowes and fatherlesse children 11 And how that a certayne of it belonged vnto Hyrcanus the sonne of Tobias a noble man that of all the money and not as that wicked Simon had reported there were foure hundreth talentes of siluer and two hundred of golde 12 Yea that it were vnpossible for those mens meaning to be disceaued that had put assured confidence in the holinesse of the place in the maiestie vndoubted safetie of the temple whiche is had in worship thorowe the whole worlde for the mayntenaunce and honour of the same 13 Whervnto Heliodorus aunswered that the king had commaunded hym in any wyse to bring hym the money 14 So at the day appoynted Heliodorus entred into the temple to order this matter wherefore there was no small feare throughout the whole citie 15 The priestes fell downe before the aulter in their vestmentes and called vnto heauen vpon hym whiche had made a lawe concerning stuffe geuen to kepe that they shoulde be safely preserued for such as commited them vnto keping 16 Then who so had loked the hye priest in the face it woulde haue greeued his heart for his countenaunce and the chaunging of his colour declared the inwarde sorowe of his mynde 17 The man was all in heauinesse and his body in feare whereby they that loked vpon him might perceaue the griefe of his heart 18 The other people also came out of their houses by heapes vnto the common prayer because the place was like to come into confusion 19 The women came together thorowe the streetes with heary clothes about their brestes the virgins also that were kept in ran to Onias some of them ran to the gates some vp vpon the walles other some loked out at the windowes 20 Yea they all helde vp their handes towarde heauen and prayed 21 A miserable thing was it to loke vpon the common people and the hie priest beyng in such trouble 22 But they besought almightie God that the goodes which were committed vnto them might be kept whole for those that had deliuered them vnto their keping 23 Neuerthelesse the thing that Heliodorus was determined to do that perfourmed he in the same place he hym selfe personally beyng about the treasurie with his men of warre 24 But the spirite of almightie God shewed him selfe openly so that al they which presumed to obey Heliodorus fel thorow the power of God into a great fearefulnesse and dread 25 For there appeared vnto them an horse with a terrible man sitting vpon him deckte in goodly aray and the horse smote at Heliodorus with his forefeete Nowe he that sate vpon the horse had harnesse of golde vpon him 26 Moreouer there appeared two fayre and beautifull young men of notable strength in goodly aray whiche stoode by him scourged him of both the sides and gaue hym many strypes without ceassing 27 With that fell Hiliodorus sodenly vnto the grounde so they toke him vp beyng compassed about with great darkenesse bare him out vpon a beere 28 Thus he that came with so many runners and men of warre into the sayde treasurie was borne out where as no man might helpe hym beyng destitute of harnesse and weapons and so the power of God was manifest knowen
24 and wylleth the hearers of his worde to be doers of the same 1 IVdge not that ye be not iudged 2 For with what iudgement ye iudge ye shal be iudged And with what measure ye meate it shal be measured to you agayne 3 Why seest thou a mote in thy brothers eye but perceiuest not the beame that is in thyne owne eye 4 Or howe sayest thou to thy brother suffer me I wyll plucke out a mote out of thyne eye and beholde a beame is in thyne owne eye 5 Thou hypocrite first caste out the beame out of thine owne eye and then shalt thou see clearely to plucke out the mote out of thy brothers eye 6 Geue not that which is holy vnto dogges neyther caste ye your pearles before swyne lest they treade them vnder their feete and turning agayne all to rent you 7 Aske and it shal be geuen you seke and ye shall fynde knocke and it shal be opened vnto you 8 For he that asketh receaueth and he that seketh fyndeth and to hym that knocketh it shal be opened 9 Is there any among you which yf his sonne aske hym bread wyll geue hym a stone 10 Or yf he aske fyshe wyll he geue hym a serpent 11 If ye then beyng euyll knowe to geue your chyldren good gyftes howe much more shall your father which is in heauen geue good thynges to them that aske hym 12 Therfore all thynges whatsoeuer ye woulde that men shoulde do to you do ye euen so to them For this is the lawe and the prophetes 13 Enter in at the strayte gate For wyde is the gate and brode is the way that leadeth to destruction and many there be which go in therat 14 Because strayte is the gate and narowe is the way which leadeth vnto lyfe and fewe there be that fynde it 15 ☞ Beware of false prophetes which come to you in sheepes clothyng but inwardly they are rauenyng woolfes 16 Ye shall knowe them by theyr fruites Do men gather grapes of thornes or fygges of thystles 17 Euen so euery good tree bryngeth foorth good fruite But a corrupt tree bryngeth foorth euyll fruite 18 A good tree can not bryng foorth bad fruite neither can a bad tree bryng foorth good fruite 19 Euery tree that bryngeth not foorth good fruite is hewen downe and cast into the fyre 20 Wherfore by theyr fruites ye shall knowe them 21 Not euery one that sayeth vnto me Lorde Lorde shall enter into the kyngdome of heauen but he that doeth the wyll of my father which is in heauen 22 Many wyll say to me in that day Lorde Lorde haue we not prophesied thorowe thy name and thorowe thy name haue cast out deuyls done many great workes thorowe thy name 23 And then wyll I confesse vnto them I neuer knewe you Depart from me ye that worke iniquitie 24 Therfore whosoeuer heareth of me these sayinges and doeth the same I wyll lyken hym vnto a wyse man which buylt his house vpon a rocke 25 And the rayne descended and the fluddes came and the wyndes blewe and beat vpon that house and it fell not because it was grounded on a rocke 26 And euery one that heareth of me these sayinges and doeth them not shal be lykened vnto a foolyshe man which buylt his house vpon the sande 27 And the rayne descended and the fluddes came and the wyndes blewe and beat vpon that house and it fell and great was the fall of it 28 And it came to passe that when Iesus had ended these sayinges the people were astonied at his doctrine 29 For he taught them as one hauyng power and not as the Scribes ⧠The .viij. Chapter ¶ 2 Christe clenseth the leper 5 healeth the captaynes seruaunt and many other diseases 14 helpeth Peters mother in lawe 24 stylleth the sea and the wynde 28 and dryueth the deuyls out of the possessed into the swyne 1 WHEN he was come downe frō the mountayne great multitudes folowed hym 2 And beholde there came a leper and worshipped hym saying Lorde yf thou wylt thou canst make me cleane 3 And Iesus put foorth his hande and touched hym saying I wyll be thou cleane And immediatlye his leprosie was clensed 4 And Iesus sayth vnto hym See thou tell no man but go and shewe thy selfe to the priest and offer the gift that Moyses commaunded for a witnes vnto them ☜ 5 ☞ And when Iesus was entred into Capernaum there came vnto hym a Centurion besechyng hym 6 And saying Lorde my seruaunt lyeth at home sicke of the paulsie greeuously payned 7 And Iesus sayth When I come I wyll heale hym 8 The Centurion aunswered sayde Lorde I am not worthy that thou shouldest come vnder my roofe but speake the worde only my seruaunt shal be healed 9 For I also my selfe am vnder aucthoritie and haue souldiers vnder me and I say to this man go and he goeth and to another come and he commeth and to my seruaunt do this and he doth it 10 When Iesus hearde him he marueyled sayde to them that folowed him Veryly I say vnto you I haue not founde so great fayth in Israel 11 I say vnto you that many shall come from the east and west and shall rest with Abraham and Isaac Iacob in the kyngdome of heauen 12 But the chyldren of the kyngdome shal be caste out into vtter darcknesse there shal be wepyng and gnashyng of teeth 13 And Iesus sayde vnto the Centurion Go thy way and as thou hast beleued so be it vnto thee And his seruaunt was healed in the selfe same houre 14 And when Iesus was come into Peters house he sawe his wyues mother layed and sicke of a feuer 15 And he touched her hande and the feuer left her and she arose and ministred vnto them 16 When the euen was come they brought vnto hym many that were possessed with deuyls and he cast out the spirites with a worde and healed all that were sicke 17 That it myght be fulfylled which was spoken by Esayas the prophete saying He toke on hym our infirmities and bare our sicknesses 18 When Iesus sawe great multitudes about hym he commaunded that they shoulde go ouer the water 19 And a certayne Scribe came sayde vnto hym Maister I wyll folowe thee whyther soeuer thou goest 20 And Iesus sayth vnto hym The foxes haue holes and the birdes of the ayre haue nestes but the sonne of man hath not where to rest his head 21 And another of the number of his disciples sayde vnto hym Lorde suffer me first to go and bury my father 22 But Iesus sayde vnto hym Folowe me and let the dead bury theyr dead 23 ☞ And when he entred into a shippe his disciples folowed hym 24 And beholde there arose a great tempest in the sea in so much that the shippe was couered with waues but he was a slepe 25
disciples vnto hym he gaue them power agaynst vncleane spirites to cast them out and to heale all maner of sicknesse and all maner of disease 2 The names of the twelue Apostles are these The first Simon whiche is called Peter and Andrewe his brother Iames the sonne of Zebedee Iohn his brother 3 Philip Bartholomewe Thomas and Matthewe which had ben a Publicane Iames y e sonne of Alphee Lebbeus whose surname was Taddeus 4 Simon the Cananite Iudas Iscariot which also betrayed hym 5 Iesus sent foorth these twelue whoÌ„ he coÌ„maunded saying Go not into the way of the Gentiles and into the citie of the Samaritanes enter ye not 6 But go rather to the lost sheepe of the house of Israel 7 As ye go preache saying The kyngdome of heauen is at hande 8 Heale the sicke cleanse y e lepers rayse the dead cast out deuyls Freely ye haue receaued freely geue 9 Possesse not golde nor syluer nor brasse in your purses 10 Nor yet scrippe towardes your iourney neither two coates neither shoes nor yet a staffe For the workman is worthy of his meate 11 But to whatsoeuer citie or towne ye shall come inquire who is worthy in it and there abyde tyll ye go thence 12 And when ye come into an house salute the same 13 And if the house be worthy let your peace come vpon it but if it be not worthy let your peace returne to you again 14 And whosoeuer shal not receaue you nor wyll heare your preachyng when ye depart out of that house or that citie shake of the dust of your feete 15 Veryly I say vnto you it shal be easier for the lande of the Sodomites and Gomorreans in the day of iudgement then for that citie 16 Beholde I sende you foorth as sheepe in the middest of woolfes Be ye therfore wyse as serpentes and harmelesse as doues 17 But beware of men For they shall delyuer you vp to the councels and shal scourge you in their synagogues 18 And ye shal be brought to the head rulers and kynges for my sake in witnesse to them and to the Gentiles 19 But wheÌ„ they delyuer you vp take ye no thought how or what ye shal speake For it shal be geuen you euen in that same houre what ye shall speake 20 For it is not ye that speake but y e spirite of your father which speaketh in you 21 The brother shall delyuer vp the brother to death and the father the sonne the chyldren shall ryse agaynst their fathers and mothers and shall but them to death 22 And ye shal be hated of all men for my names sake but he that endureth to the ende shal be saued 23 But when they persecute you in this citie flee ye into another For verily I say vnto you ye shall not ende all the cities of Israel tyll the sonne of man be come 24 The disciple is not aboue the maister nor the seruaunt aboue his lorde 25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his maister is and that the seruaunt be as his lorde is If they haue called the lorde of the house Beelzebub howe much more shall they call them of his householde so 26 Feare them not therfore For there is nothing close that shal not be opened nothing hyd that shall not be knowen 27 What I tell you in darknesse that speake ye in lyght And what ye heare in the eare that preach ye on the houses 28 And feare ye not them which kyll the body but are not able to kyll the soule But rather feare hym which is able to destroy both soule and body in hell 29 Are not two litle sparowes solde for a farthyng And one of theÌ„ shall not light on the grounde without your father 30 Yea euen all the heere 's of your head are numbred 31 Feare ye not therefore ye are of more value then many sparowes 32 Euery one therfore that shall confesse me before men hym wyll I confesse also before my father which is in heaueÌ„s 33 But whosoeuer shall denye me before men hym wyll I also denye before my father which is in heauens 34 Thinke not that I am come to sende peace into the earth I came not to sende peace but a sworde 35 For I am come to set a man at varyaunce agaynst his father the daughter agaynst her mother and the daughter in lawe agaynst her mother in lawe 36 And a mans foes shal be they of his owne householde 37 He that loueth father or mother more then me is not worthy of me And he that loueth sonne or daughter more theÌ„ me is not worthy of me 38 * And he that taketh not his crosse foloweth me is not worthy of me 39 He that findeth his life shall lose it and he that loseth his lyfe for my sake shall fynde it 40 He that receaueth you receaueth me he that receaueth me receaueth hym that sent me 41 He that receaueth a prophete in the name of a prophete shall receaue a prophetes rewarde And he that receaueth a ryghteous man in the name of a ryghteous man shall receaue a ryghteous mans rewarde 42 And whosoeuer shall geue vnto one of these litle ones to drynke a cuppe of colde water only in the name of a disciple veryly I say vnto you he shall not lose his rewarde ⧠The .xi. Chapter â— Christe preacheth â— Iohn Baptist sendeth his disciples vnto him 7 Châ—istes testimonie concernyng Iohn 1â— The opinion of the people concernyng Christe and Iohn 20 Christe vpbraydeth the vnthanfull cities â—5 The Gospell is reuealed to the simple â— They that labour and are laden â—9 Christes yoke 1 AND it came to passe that when Iesus had made an ende of commaundyng his twelue disciples he departed thence to teache and to preache in their cities 2 ☞ When Iohn being in prison heard the workes of Christe he sent two of his disciples and sayde vnto him 3 Art thou he that shoulde come or do we loke for another 4 Iesus aunswered and sayd vnto them Go and shewe Iohn agayne what ye haue hearde and seene 5 The blinde receaue their sight the halt do walke the lepers are cleansed and the deafe heare the dead are raised vp and the poore receaue the Gospell 6 And happy is he that is not offended in me 7 And as they departed Iesus began to say vnto the multitude coÌ„cerning Iohn What went ye out into the wildernesse to see A reede shaken with the winde 8 Or what went ye out for to see A man clothed in soft rayment Beholde they that weare soft clothyng are in kinges houses 9 But what went ye out for to see A prophete yea I say vnto you and more then a prophete 10 For this is he of whom it is written Beholde I sende my messenger before thy face which
beare the crosse after Christe 1 THE Pharisees also with the Saducees came and temptyng desired hym that he woulde shewe them a signe from heauen 2 He aunswered sayde vnto them when it is euenyng ye say it wyll be fayre weather for the sky is redde 3 And in the mornyng It wyll be foule weather to day for the sky is lowryng redde O ye hypocrites ye can discerne the outwarde appearaunce of the sky but can ye not discerue the signes of the tymes 4 The froward and adulterous nation requireth a signe and there shall no signe be geuen vnto it but the signe of the prophete Ionas And he left them and departed 5 And when his disciples were come to the other syde of the water they had forgotten to take bread with them 6 Then Iesus sayde vnto them Take heede and beware of the leuen of the Pharisees and of the Saducees 7 And they thought in them selues saying for we haue taken no bread with vs 8 Which when Iesus vnderstoode he sayde vnto them O ye of little fayth why thynke you within your selues because ye haue brought no bread 9 Do ye not yet perceaue neither remember those fyue loaues when there were fyue thousande men and howe many baskets toke ye vp 10 Neither the seuen loaues when there were foure thousande men and howe many baskets toke ye vp 11 Howe is it that ye do not vnderstande that I spake it not vnto you concernyng bread warnyng you that ye shoulde beware of the leuen of the Pharisees and of the Saducees 12 Then vnderstoode they howe that he bad not them beware of the leuen of bread but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Saducees 13 ☞ When Iesus came into the coastes of Cesarea Philippi he asked his disciples saying Whom do men say that I the sonne of man am 14 They sayde some say that thou art Iohn Baptist some Helias some Ieremias or one of the prophetes 15 He sayth vnto them but whom say ye that I am 16 Simon Peter aunswered and sayde Thou art Christe the sonne of the lyuyng God 17 And Iesus aunswered and sayde vnto hym happy art thou Simon Bar Iona for flesh blood hath not opened that vnto thee but my father which is in heauen 18 And I say also vnto thee that thou art Peter and vpon this rocke I wyll buylde my congregation And the gates of hell shall not preuayle agaynst it 19 And I wyll geue vnto thee the keyes of the kingdome of heauen And whatsoeuer thou byndest in earth shal be bounde in heauen and whatsoeuer thou loosest in earth shal be loosed in heauen ☜ 20 Then charged he his disciples that they shoulde tell no man that he was Iesus Christe 21 From that tyme foorth began Iesus to shewe vnto his disciples howe that he must go vnto Hierusalem and suffer many thynges of the elders and hye priestes scribes and must be kylled and be raysed agayne the thyrde day 22 And when Peter had taken him aside he began to rebuke hym saying Lorde fauour thy selfe this shall not be vnto thee 23 But he turned hym about and sayde vnto Peter go after me Satan thou art an offence vnto me for thou sauerest not the thynges that be of God but those that be of men 24 Then sayde Iesus vnto his disciples If any man wyll folowe me let hym forsake him selfe and take vp his crosse and folowe me 25 For who so wyll saue his lyfe shall lose it Agayne who so doth lose his lyfe for my sake shall fynde it 26 For what doth it profite a man yf he wynne all the whole worlde and lose his owne soule Or what shall a man geue for a raunsome of his soule 27 For the sonne of man shall come in the glory of his father with his Angels and then shall he rewarde euery man accordyng to his workes 28 Veryly I say vnto you there be some standyng here which shall not taste of death tyll they see the sonne of man come in his kyngdome ¶ The .xvij. Chapter ¶ 2 The transfiguration of Christe 15 he healeth the Iunaticke 27 and payeth tribute 1 AND after sixe dayes Iesus taketh Peter Iames and Iohn his brother and bryngeth them vp into an hye mountayne out of the way 2 And was transfigured before them and his face did shyne as the sunne and his clothes were as whyte as the lyght 3 And beholde there appeared vnto them Moyses and Elias talkyng with hym 4 Then aunswered Peter and sayde vnto Iesus Lorde it is good for vs to be here If thou wylt let vs make here three tabernacles one for thee and one for Moyses and one for Elias 5 Whyle he yet spake beholde a bryght cloude shadowed them And beholde there came a voyce out of the cloude which sayde this is my beloued sonne in whom I am well pleased heare hym 6 And when the disciples hearde these thynges they fell on their face and were sore afrayde 7 And Iesus came and touched them and sayde aryse and be not afrayde 8 And when they had lyft vp their eyes they sawe no man saue Iesus only 9 And when they came downe from the mountayne Iesus charged them saying shewe the vision to no man vntyll the sonne of man be rysen agayne from the dead ☜ 10 ☞ And his disciples asked hym saying Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come 11 Iesus aunswered sayde vnto them Elias truely shall first come and restore all thynges 12 But I say vnto you that Elias is come alredy and they knewe hym not but haue done vnto hym whatsoeuer they lusted 13 Lykewyse shall also the sonne of man suffer of them Then the disciples vnderstode that he spake vnto them of Iohn Baptist 14 And when they were come to the people there came to hym a certayne man knelyng downe to hym and saying 15 Lorde haue mercy on my sonne for he is lunaticke and sore vexed for oft tymes he falleth into the fyre and oft into the water 16 And I brought hym to thy disciples and they coulde not heale hym 17 Iesus aunswered and sayde O faythlesse and croked nation howe long shall I be with you howe long shal I suffer you bryng hym hyther to me 18 And Iesus rebuked the deuyll and he departed out of hym And the chylde was healed euen that same tyme. ☜ 19 Then came the disciples to Iesus secretely and sayde why coulde not we cast hym out 20 Iesus sayde vnto them because of your vnbeliefe For veryly I say vnto you If ye haue fayth as a grayne of mustarde seede ye shall say vnto this mountayne remoue hence to yonder place and it shall remoue neither shall any thyng be vnpossible vnto you 21 Howebeit this kynde goeth not out but by prayer and fastyng 22 Whyle they were occupyed in Galilee Iesus
sayde vnto them it wyll come to passe that the sonne of man shal be betrayed into the handes of men 23 And they shall kyll hym the thyrde day shall he ryse agayne And they were exceadyng sory 24 ☞ And when they were come to Capernaum they that receaued tribute money came to Peter and sayde Doth not your maister pay tribute 25 He sayth yes And when he was come into the house Iesus preuented hym saying What thynkest thou Simon of whom do the kynges of the earth take tribute or toule of the chyldren or of straungers 26 Peter sayth vnto hym of straungers Iesus sayth vnto hym Then are the chyldren free 27 Notwithstandyng lest we shoulde offende them go thou to the sea and cast an angle and take the fisshe that first commeth vp and when thou hast opened his mouth thou shalt fynde a peece of twenty pence that take and geue it vnto them for me and thee ☜ ⧠The .xviij. Chapter ¶ 3 He teacheth his disciples to be humble and harmelesse 6 to auoyde occasions of euyll 21 and one to forgeue anothers offence 1 AT the same time came the disciples vnto Iesus saying Who is the greatest in y e kyngdome of heauen 2 Iesus called a litle chylde vnto hym and set hym in the myddest of them 3 And sayde Veryly I say vnto you except ye turne and become as litle chyldren ye shall not enter into the kyngdome of heauen 4 Whosoeuer therfore shall humble hym selfe as this litle chylde the same is y e greatest in the kingdome of heauen 5 And who so shall receaue such a litle chylde in my name receaueth me 6 But who so shall offende one of these litle ones which beleue in me it were better for hym that a myll stone were hanged about his necke that he were drowned in the deapth of the sea 7 Wo vnto the worlde because of offences It must nedes be that offences come But wo to that man by whom the offence commeth 8 If then thy hande or thy foote offende thee cut them of and cast them from thee It is better for thee to enter into lyfe halt or maymed rather then thou shouldest hauyng two handes or two feete be cast into euerlastyng fyre 9 And yf thyne eye offende thee plucke it out and cast it from thee It is better for thee to enter into lyfe with one eye rather then hauyng two eyes to be cast into hell fyre 10 Take heede that ye despise not one of these litle ones For I say vnto you that in heauē their Angels do alwayes beholde the face of my father which is in heauen 11 ☞ For the sonne of man is come to saue that which was lost 12 Howe thynke ye If a man haue an hundred sheepe and one of them be gone astray doth he not leaue ninetie nine and goeth into the mountaynes and seketh that which went astray 13 And yf it so be that he fynde it veryly I say vnto you he reioyceth more of that sheepe then of the ninetie and nine which went not astray 14 Euen so it is not the wyll of your father in heauen that one of these litle ones shoulde peryshe 15 ☞ Moreouer yf thy brother trespas agaynst thee go and tell hym his faulte betwene thee and hym alone If he heare thee thou hast wonne thy brother 16 But yf he heare thee not then take yet with thee one or two that in the mouth of two or three witnesses euery worde may be stablyshed 17 If he heare not them tell it vnto the Churche If he heare not the Churche let hym be vnto thee as an Heathen man and a publicane 18 Veryly I say vnto you Whatsoeuer ye bynde on earth shal be bounde in heauen And whatsoeuer ye loose on earth shal be loosed in heauen 19 Agayne truely I say vnto you that if two of you agree in earth as touching any thyng that they shall aske it shal be done for them of my father which is in heauen 20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name there am I in the myddes of them 21 Then came Peter to hym and sayde Lorde howe oft shall my brother sinne agaynst me and I forgeue hym tyll seuen tymes 22 Iesus sayth vnto hym I say not vnto thee vntyll seuen tymes but vntyll seuentie tymes seuen ☜ 23 ☞ Therfore is the kyngdome of heauen lykened vnto a certayne man that was a kyng which woulde take accomptes of his seruauntes 24 And when he had begunne to recken one was brought vnto hym which ought hym ten thousande talentes 25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay his Lorde commaunded hym to be solde and his wyfe and chyldren and all that he had and payment to be made 26 The seruaunt fell downe besought hym saying Lorde haue pacience with me and I wyll pay thee all 27 Then the Lorde of that seruaunt moued with pitie loosed hym and forgaue hym the debt 28 But the same seruaunt went out and founde one of his felowes which ought hym an hundred pence and he layde handes on hym and toke hym by the throte saying pay me that thou owest 29 And his felowe fel downe at his feete and besought him saying haue pacience with me and I wyll pay thee all 30 And he woulde not but went and cast hym into prison tyll he shoulde pay the debt 31 So when his felowes sawe what was done they were very sory came and tolde vnto their Lorde all that was done 32 Then his Lorde called hym and sayd vnto him O thou vngracious seruaunt I forgaue thee all that debt when thou desiredst me 33 Shouldest not thou also haue had compassion on thy felowe euen as I had pitie on thee 34 And his Lorde was wroth and delyuered hym to the tormentours tyll he shoulde pay all that was due vnto him 35 So lykewyse shall my heauenly father do also vnto you yf ye from your heartes forgeue not euery one his brother their trespasses ☜ ¶ The .xix. Chapter ¶ 3 Christe geueth aunswere concernyng maryage 21 and teacheth not to be carefull 22 nor to loue worldly riches _1 ANd it came to passe that when Iesus had finished these sayinges he gat hym from Galilee and came into the coastes of Iurie beyonde Iordane 2 And great multitudes folowed hym and he healed them there 3 The pharisees also came vnto hym temptyng hym and saying vnto hym Is it lawfull for a man to put away his wyfe for euery cause 4 He aunswered and sayde vnto them Haue ye not read that he which created at the begynnyng made them male and female 5 And sayde For this cause shall a man leaue father and mother and shall be knit to his wyfe and they twayne shall be one fleshe 6 Wherfore they are no more twayne but one fleshe Let not man therefore put a sunder that which God hath coupled together 7 They say vnto
hym why did Moyses then commaunde to geue a writyng of diuorcement and to put her away 8 He sayde vnto them Moyses because of the hardnes of your heartes * suffred you to put away your wyues But from the begynnyng it was not so 9 I say vnto you whosoeuer putteth away his wyfe except it be for fornication and maryeth another committeth adulterie And who so maryeth her which is diuorced doth cōmit adulterie 10 His disciples say vnto hym If the matter be so betwene man and wyfe then is it not good to mary 11 He sayde vnto them all men can not receaue this saying saue they to whom it is geuen 12 For there are some chaste which are so borne out of their mothers wombe And there are some chaste which be made chaste of mē And there be chaste which haue made themselues chaste for the kyngdome of heauens sake He that is able to receaue it let him receaue it 13 Then were there brought vnto hym young chyldren that he shoulde put his handes on them and pray And the disciples rebuked them 14 But Iesus sayde vnto them suffer the young chyldren and forbyd them not to come vnto me for of such is the kyngdome of heauen 15 And when he had put his handes on them he departed thence 16 And beholde one came and sayde vnto hym good maister what good thyng shall I do that I may haue eternall lyfe 17 He sayde vnto hym why callest thou me good there is none good but one and that is God But yf thou wylt enter into lyfe kepe the commaundementes 18 He sayth vnto hym Which Iesus sayde Thou shalt do no murther Thou shalt not commit adulterie Thou shalt not steale Thou shalt not beare false witnesse 19 Honour father and mother and thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe 20 The young man sayth vnto hym All these thynges haue I kept from my youth vp what lacke I yet 21 Iesus sayde vnto hym yf thou wylt be perfect go sell that thou hast and geue to the poore thou shalt haue treasure in heauen and come folowe me 22 But when the young man hearde that saying he went away sory For he had great possessions 23 Then Iesus sayde vnto his disciples Veryly I say vnto you that a riche man shall hardly enter into the kyngdome of heauen 24 And agayne I say vnto you it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a nedle then for the riche to enter into the kyngdome of God 25 When the disciples hearde this they were exceadyngly amazed saying who then can be saued 26 But Iesus behelde them and sayde vnto them with men this is vnpossible but with God all thynges are possible 27 ☞ Then aunswered Peter and sayde vnto hym Beholde we haue forsaken all and folowed thee what shall we haue therfore 28 Iesus sayde vnto them veryly I say vnto you that when the sonne of man shall syt in the throne of his maiestie ye that haue folowed me in the regeneration shall syt also vpon twelue seates and iudge the twelue tribes of Israel 29 And euery one that forsaketh house or brethren or sisters or father or mother or wyfe or chyldren or landes for my names sake shall receaue an hundred folde and shall inherite euerlastyng lyfe ☜ 30 But many that are first shal be last and the last shal be first ¶ The .xx. Chapter ¶ 1 Christe teacheth by a similitude that God is detter vnto no man 20 He teacheth his disciples to be lowly 30 and geueth two blynd men their syght 1 FOR the kyngdome of heauen is lyke vnto a man that is an householder whiche went out earlye in the mornyng to hire labourers into his vineyarde 2 And he agreed with the labourers for a peny a day sent them into his vineyarde 3 And he went out about the thirde houre and sawe other standyng idle in the market place 4 And saide vnto them Go ye also into y e vineyard whatsoeuer is right I wyl geue you And they went their way 5 Agayne he went out about the sixth and nynth houre and dyd lykewyse 6 And about the eleuenth houre he wēt out and founde other standyng idle and saide vnto them why stande ye here all the day idle 7 They saye vnto him because no man hath hyred vs. He sayth vnto them go ye also into the vineyarde and whatsoeuer is ryght that shall ye receaue 8 So when euen was come the lorde of the vineyard sayth vnto his steward Call the labourers and geue them their hire beginning at y e last vntyll the first 9 And when they came that were hired about the eleuenth houre they receaued euery man a peny 10 But when the firste came also they supposed that they shoulde haue receaued more and they lykewyse receaued euery man a peny 11 And when they had receaued it they murmured against the good man of the house 12 Saying These laste haue wrought but one houre thou hast made them equall vnto vs whiche haue borne the burthen and heate of the day 13 But he aunswered to one of thē said Frende I do thee no wrong dyddest thou not agree with me for a peny 14 Take that thyne is and go thy way I wyll geue vnto this last euen as vnto thee 15 Is it not lawfull for me to do that I wyll with myne owne Is thyne eye euyll because I am good 16 So the last shal be the first the first shal be last For many be called but fewe be chosen ☜ 17 ☞ And Iesus goyng vp to Hierusalē toke the twelue disciples asyde in the way and sayde vnto them 18 Beholde we go vp to Hierusalem and the sonne of man shal be betrayed vnto the chiefe priestes and vnto the scribes and they shall condempne hym to death 19 And shall deliuer him to the Gentiles to be mocked and to be scourged and to be crucified and the thirde day he shall ryse agayne 20 ☞ Then came to hym the mother of Zebedees chyldren with her sonnes worshyppyng hym and desiryng a certayne thyng of hym 21 And he sayth vnto her what wylt thou She saith vnto him graunt that these my two sonnes may syt the one on thy ryght hande and the other on the left in thy kyngdome 22 But Iesus aunswered and saide Ye wote not what ye aske Are ye able to drynke of the cuppe that I shall drynke of and to be baptized with the baptisme that I am baptized with They say vnto hym we are able 23 He sayth vnto them Ye shall drynke in deede of my cuppe and be baptized with the baptisme that I am baptized with But to syt on my ryght hande on my lefte is not myne to geue but to them for whom it is prepared for of my father ☜ 24 And when the ten hearde this they disdayned at the two brethren 25 But
at feastes and to syt in the chiefe place in councels 7 And greetynges in the markettes and to be called of men Rabbi 8 But be not ye called Rabbi For one is your maister euen Christe and all ye are brethren 9 And call no man your father vpon the earth for one is your father which is in heauen 10 Neither be ye called maisters for one is your maister euen Christe 11 He that is greatest among you shal be your seruaunt 12 But whosoeuer exalteth hym selfe shal be brought lowe And he that humbleth hym selfe shal be exalted ☜ 13 Wo vnto you Scribes and Pharisees hypocrites for ye shut vp the kingdome of heauen before men ye neither go in your selues neither suffer ye them that come to enter in 14 Wo vnto you Scribes and Pharisees hypocrites for ye deuoure widdowes houses and that vnder a pretence of long prayer therfore ye shall receaue the greater dampnation 15 Wo vnto you Scribes and Pharisees hypocrites for ye compasse sea and lande to make one proselyte when he is become one ye make hym two folde more the chylde of hell then ye your selues are 16 Wo be vnto you ye blynde guides for ye say whosoeuer doth sweare by the temple it is nothyng but whosoeuer sweareth by the golde of the temple he is a detter 17 Ye fooles and blynde For whether is greater the golde or the temple that sanctifieth the golde 18 And whosoeuer sweareth by the aulter it is nothyng but whosoeuer sweareth by the gyft that is vpon it he is a detter 19 Ye fooles and blynde for whether is greater the gyft or the aulter that sanctifieth the gyft 20 Who so therfore sweareth by the aulter sweareth by it and by all thynges theron 21 And who so sweareth by the temple sweareth by it and by hym that dwelleth therin 22 And he that sweareth by heauen sweareth by the seate of God and by hym that sitteth theron 23 Wo vnto you Scribes and Pharisees hypocrites for ye tythe mynt and annise and cummyn and haue left the wayghtier matters of the lawe iudgement mercy and fayth These ought ye to haue done and not to leaue the other vndone 24 Ye blynde guides which strayne out a gnat and swalowe a Camel 25 Wo vnto you Scribes and Pharisees hypocrites for ye make cleane the vtter syde of the cup of the platter but within they are full of brybery excesse 26 Thou blynde Pharisee cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter that the outsyde of them may be cleane also 27 Wo vnto you Scribes and Pharisees hypocrites for ye are lyke vnto paynted sepulchres which in dede appeare beautifull outwarde but are within full of dead mens bones and of all fylthynes 28 Euen so ye also outwardly appeare ryghteous vnto men But within ye are full of hypocrisie and iniquitie 29 Wo vnto you Scribes and Pharisees hypocrites ye builde the tombes of the Prophetes and garnishe the sepulchres of the ryghteous 30 And say yf we had ben in the dayes of our fathers we woulde not haue ben parteners with them in the blood of the prophetes 31 And so ye be witnesses vnto your selues that ye are the chyldren of them which kylled the prophetes 32 Fulfyll ye lykewyse the measure of your fathers 33 Ye serpentes ye generation of vipers howe wyll ye escape the dampnation of hell 34 ☞ Wherfore beholde I sende vnto you prophetes and wyse men and Scribes and some of them ye shall kyll and crucifie and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues and persecute them from citie to citie 35 That vpon you may come all the ryghteous blood which hath ben shed vpon the earth from the blood of ryghteous Abel vnto the blood of Zacharias sonne of Barachias whom ye slewe betwene the temple the aulter 36 Veryly I say vnto you all these thynges shal come vpon this generatiō 37 O Hierusalem Hierusalem thou that kyllest the prophetes and stonest them which are sent vnto thee Howe often woulde I haue gathered thy chyldren together euen as the henne gathereth her chickens vnder her wynges and ye woulde not 38 Beholde your house is left vnto you desolate 39 For I say vnto you ye shall not see me hencefoorth tyll that ye say blessed is he that commeth in the name of the Lorde ☜ ⧠The .xxiiij. Chapter ¶ 1 Christe sheweth his disciples the destruction of the temple 6.29 the ende of the worlde and the tokens of the later dayes 42 and warneth them to wake 44 for the worlde shall sodaynely peryshe 1 AND Iesus went out and departed from the temple and his disciples came to hym for to shewe hym the buildynges of the temple 2 Iesus sayde vnto them See ye not all these thynges Veryly I say vnto you there shall not be here left one stone vpon another that shall not be destroyed 3 And as he sat vpon a mount of Oliues his disciples came vnto hym secretly saying Tell vs when shall these thynges be what shall be the token of thy commyng of the ende of the worlde 4 And Iesus aunswered and sayde vnto them take heede that no man deceaue you 5 For many shall come in my name saying I am Christe and shall deceaue many 6 Ye shal heare of warres rumours of warres See that you be not troubled For all these thynges must come to passe but the ende is not yet 7 Nation shall ryse agaynst nation and realme agaynst realme and there shal be pestilence and famine and earthquakes in certayne places 8 All these are the begynnynges of sorowes 9 Then shall they put you to trouble and shall kyll you and ye shal be hated of all nations for my names sake 10 And then shall many be offended and shall betray one another and shall hate one another 11 And many false prophetes shall aryse and shall deceaue many 12 And because iniquitie shall abounde the loue of many shall waxe colde 13 But he that endureth to the ende the same shal be saued 14 And this Gospell of the kyngdome shal be preached in all the worlde for a witnesse vnto all nations and then shall the ende come 15 When ye therefore shall see the abhomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophete stande in the holy place who so readeth let hym vnderstande 16 Then let them which be in Iurie flee into the mountaynes 17 And let hym which is on the house toppe not come downe to fet any thyng out of his house 18 Neither let hym which is in the fielde returne backe to fetche his clothes 19 Wo shal be in those dayes to them that are with chylde and to them that geue sucke 20 But pray ye that your flyght be not in the Winter neither on the Sabboth day 21 For then shal be great tribulation such as was not since the
diuers of them came frō farre 4 And his disciples aunswered hym From whence can a man satisfie these men with bread here in the wildernesse 5 And he asked thē Howe many loaues haue ye They sayde seuen 6 And he commaunded the people to sit downe on the grounde And he toke the seuen loaues and when he had geuen thankes he brake and gaue to his disciples to set before them And they dyd set them before the people 7 And they hadde a fewe small fysshes And when he had blessed he commaunded them also to be set before them 8 So they dyd eate and were suffised And they toke vp of the broken meate that was left seuen baskettes full 9 And they that had eaten were about foure thousand And he sent thē away 10 And anone he entred into a shippe with his disciples and came into the parties of Dalmanutha 11 And the Pharisees came foorth and began to dispute with hym sekyng of him a signe from heauen tempting him 12 And when he had sighed depely in his spirite he sayth Why doth this generatiō seke a signe Veryly I say vnto you there shall no signe be geuē vnto this generation 13 And he lefte them and went into the ship agayne departed ouer the water 14 And they had forgotten to take bread with them neither had they in the ship with them more then one loafe 15 And he charged thē saying ☞ Take heede beware of the leuen of the pharisees and of the leuen of Herode 16 And they reasoned among them selues saying We haue no bread 17 And Iesus knewe it and sayth vnto them Why reason ye because ye haue no bread Perceaue ye not yet neither vnderstande Haue ye your heart yet hardened 18 Haue ye eyes and see not and haue ye eares heare not Do ye not remember 19 When I brake fyue loaues among fyue thousande men howe many baskettes full of broken meate toke ye vp They say vnto hym twelue 20 When I brake seuen among foure thousande howe many baskettes of the leauynges of the broken meate toke ye vp They sayde seuen 21 And he sayde vnto them Howe happeneth it that ye do not vnderstande 22 ☞ And he came to Bethsaida they brought a blynde man vnto hym and desired hym to touche hym 23 And he caught the blinde by the hand and led him out of the towne and whē he had spyt in his eyes put his handes vpon him he asked him if he saw ought 24 And he loked vp saide I see men for I perceiue thē walke as they were trees 25 After that he put his handes agayne vpon his eyes made hym see And he was restored saw euery man clearely 26 And he sent hym home to his house saying neither go into the towne nor tell it to any in the towne ☜ 27 And Iesus went out his disciples into the townes that long to Cesarea Philippi And by the way he asked his disciples saying vnto them Whom do men say that I am 28 And they aunswered Some saye that thou art Iohn Baptist and some saye Elias Agayne some saye that thou art one of the prophetes 29 And he sayde vnto them But whom say ye that I am Peter aunswereth saith vnto him Thou art very Christe 30 And he charged them that they should tell no man of hym 31 And he began to teache them howe that the sonne of man must suffer many thynges be reproued of the elders and of the hie priestes scribes and be killed and after three dayes aryse agayne 32 And he spake that saying openly And Peter toke hym asyde and began to rebuke hym 33 But he turned about and loked on his disciples and rebuked Peter saying go after me Satā for thou sauerest not the thinges that be of God but the thinges that be of men 34 And when he had called the people vnto hym with his disciples also he said vnto them Whosoeuer wyll folow me let hym forsake hym selfe and take vp his crosse and folowe me 35 For whosoeuer wyll saue his life shall lose it But whosoeuer shall lose his life for my sake the Gospels the same shall saue it 36 For what shall it profite a man yf he wynne all the worlde and lose his owne soule 37 Or what shall a man geue for a raunsome of his soule 38 Whosoeuer therfore shal be ashamed of me and of my wordes in this adulterous and synnefull generation of hym also shall the sonne of man be ashamed when he commeth in the glorie of his father with the holy Angels ¶ The .ix. Chapter ¶ 2 The transfiguration of Christe 13 Elias is come 26 A dumbe spirite is cast out 29 Why the disciples coulde not cast it out 33 The disciples contende for superioritie 38 One casteth out deuyls that folowed not Christes disciples 43 Of the offences of hande foote or eye 49 Of seasonyng with salt 1 AND he saide vnto them Veryly I say vnto you ther be some of them that stande here whiche shall not taste of death tyll they haue seene y e kyngdome of God come with power 2 And after sixe dayes Iesus taketh Peter and Iames and Iohn and leadeth them vp into an hye mountayne out of the way alone and he was transfigured before them 3 And his rayment dyd shyne became very whyte euen as snowe so whyte as no fuller can make vpon the earth 4 And there appeared vnto them Elias with Moyses And they talked with Iesu 5 And Peter aunswered and sayth to Iesu Maister here is good beyng for vs let vs make also three tabernacles one for thee and one for Moyses and one for Elias 6 For he wist not what he saide for they were afrayde 7 And there was a cloude that shadowed them and a voyce came out of the cloude saying This is my beloued sonne heare hym 8 And sodenly when they had loked rounde about they sawe no man more then Iesus only with them 9 And as they came downe from the hyll he charged them that they should tell no man those thynges that they had seene tyll the sonne of man were rysen from the dead agayne 10 And they kept that saying with them and demaunded one of another what the rysing from the dead againe should meane 11 And they asked hym saying Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come 12 He aunswered and sayde vnto them Elias veryly when he commeth firste restoreth all thynges And the sonne of man as it is written of hym shall suffer many thynges be set at naught 13 But I saye vnto you that Elias is come they haue done vnto him whatsoeuer they would as it is writtē of him 14 And when he came to his disciples he sawe much people about them and the scribes disputyng with them 15 And strayghtway all the people whē they behelde hym were amased ran to hym
and into the temple And when he had loked rounde about vpon all thynges and nowe the euen tyde was come he went out vnto Bethanie with the twelue 12 And on the morowe when they were come out from Bethanie he hungred 13 And when he had spyed a fygge tree a farre of hauyng leaues he came to see if he myght fynde any thyng theron And when he came to it he founde nothyng but leaues for the tyme of figges was not yet 14 And Iesus aunswered and sayde vnto the fygge tree neuer man eate fruite of thee hereafter whyle the worlde standeth And his disciples hearde it 15 And they came to Hierusalem And Iesus went into the temple and began to cast out them that solde and bought in the temple ouerthrewe the tables of the money chaungers and the seates of them that solde doues 16 And woulde not suffer that any man shoulde cary a vessell through y e temple 17 And he taught saying vnto them Is it not written My house shal be called the house of prayer vnto all nations But ye haue made it a denne of thieues 18 And the scribes hye priestes hearde it and sought howe to destroy hym For they feared hym because all the people was astonyed at his doctrine 19 And when euen was come Iesus went out of the citie 20 And in the mornyng as they passed by they sawe the fygge tree dryed vp by the rootes 21 And Peter remembred and sayde vnto hym Maister beholde the fygge tree which thou cursedst is withered away 22 And Iesus aunswered and sayde vnto them haue fayth in God 23 ☞ For veryly I say vnto you that whosoeuer shall say vnto this mountayne Be thou remoued and be thou cast into the sea shall not doubt in his heart but shall beleue y t those thynges which he sayth shall come to passe whatsoeuer he sayth shal be vnto hym 24 Therfore I say vnto you what thynges so euer ye desyre when ye pray beleue that ye receaue them ye shall haue them 25 And when ye stande pray forgeue yf ye haue ought agaynst any man that your father also which is in heauen may forgeue you your trespasses 26 But yf you do not forgeue neither wyll your father which is in heauen forgeue you your trespasses 27 And they came agayne to Hierusalem And as he walked in the temple there came to hym the hye priestes and the scribes and the elders 28 And say vnto him By what auctoritie doest thou these thynges who gaue thee this auctoritie to do these thynges 29 Iesus aunswered sayde vnto them I wyll also aske of you one question and aunswere me and I wyll tell you by what auctoritie I do these thynges 30 The baptisme of Iohn whether was it from heauen or of men Aunswere me 31 And they reasoned with them selues saying yf we shall say from heauen he wyll say why then dyd ye not beleue hym 32 But yf we shal say of men we feare the people For all men counted Iohn that he was a very prophete 33 And they aunswered and sayde vnto Iesus we can not tell And Iesus aunswered and sayde vnto them neither wyll I tell you by what auctoritie I do these thynges ☜ ¶ The .xij. Chapter ¶ 1 The vineyarde is let out to husbande men 3 who euyll entreated them that were sent to receaue fruite 8 and kylled the heire 14 tribute is due to Caesar 25 Christe proueth the resurrection by Scripture agaynst the Saducees 28 the chiefe commaundementes of the lawe 35 Christe is the sonne of Dauid 38 the hypocriticall vsage of the scribes 41 the poore widdowes farthyng 1 AND he beganne to speake vnto them by parables A certayne man planted a vineyarde and compassed it about with an hedge and ordeyned a wynepresse and built a towre and let it out vnto husbande men and went into a straunge countrey 2 And when the tyme was come he sent to the husbande men a seruaunt that he myght receaue of the husbandmen of the fruite of the vineyarde 3 And they caught hym and beat hym and sent hym away emptie 4 And moreouer he sent vnto them another seruaunt and at hym they cast stones and brake his head and sent him away agayne all to reuiled 5 And agayne he sent another and hym they kylled and many other beatyng some and kyllyng some 6 And so when he had yet but one beloued sonne he sent hym also at the last vnto them saying they wyll stande in awe of my sonne 7 But the husbandmen saide amongest them selues this is the heyre come let vs kyll him and the inheritaunce shal be ours 8 And they toke hym and kylled hym and cast hym out of the vineyarde 9 What shall therfore the Lorde of the vineyarde do He shal come and destroy the husbandmen and wyll geue the vineyarde vnto other 10 Haue ye not read this Scripture The stone which the builders dyd refuse is become the chiefe stone of the corner 11 This is the Lordes doyng and it is marueylous in our eyes 12 They went about also to take hym and feared the people For they knewe that he had spoken the parable agaynst them And they left hym and went their way 13 And they sent vnto hym certayne of the pharisees and of the Herodians to take hym in his wordes 14 And assoone as they were come they sayde vnto hym Maister we knowe that thou art true carest for no man for thou considerest not the persons of men but teachest the way of god truely Is it lawfull to pay tribute to Caesar or not 15 Ought we to geue or ought we not to geue But he seeyng their hypocrisie sayde vnto them Why tempt ye me Bryng me a penie that I may see it 16 And they brought it And he sayth vnto them Whose is this image and superscription And they sayde vnto hym Caesars 17 And Iesus aunswered and sayde vnto them Geue to Caesar the thynges that belong to Caesar and to God the thynges which pertayne to God And they marueyled at hym 18 There came also vnto hym the Saducees which say that there is no resurrection and they asked hym saying 19 Maister Moyses wrote vnto vs yf any mans brother dye and leaue his wyfe behynde hym leaue no chyldren that his brother shoulde take his wyfe and rayse vp seede vnto his brother 20 There were seuen brethren and the first toke a wyfe and when he dyed left no seede behynde hym 21 And the seconde toke her and dyed neither left any seede And the thirde lykewyse 22 And seuen had her and left no seede behynde them Last of all the wyfe dyed also 23 In the resurrection therfore when they shall rise agayne whose wyfe shall she be of them for seuen had her to wife 24 And Iesus aunswered and sayde vnto thē Do ye not therfore erre because ye vnderstande not the Scriptures
the gentiles also was shedde out the gyft of the holy ghost 46 For they hearde them speake with tounges magnifie God Then aunswered Peter 47 Can any man forbid water that these shoulde not be baptized which haue receaued the holy ghost aswell as we 48 And he commaunded them to be baptized in the name of the Lord. ☜ Then prayed they him to tary certaine dayes ¶ The .xj. Chapter 4 Peter sheweth the cause why he went to the Gentiles 18 The Churche approueth it 22 Barnabas Paul preache at Antiochia 28 Agabus prophesieth dearth to come 1 ANd the apostles brethrē that were in Iurie hearde that y e heathē had also receaued the worde of God 2 And when Peter was come vp to Hierusalem they that were of the circumcision contended agaynst hym 3 Saying Thou wentest in to men vncircūcised diddest eate with them 4 But Peter rehearsed the matter from the begynnyng and expounded it by order vnto them saying 5 I was in the citie of Ioppa praying and in a traunce I sawe a vision a certayne vessell descende as it had ben a great sheete let downe from heauen by the foure corners and it came to me 6 Vpon the which whē I had fastened mine eyes I considered sawe foure-footed beastes of the earth and wylde beastes and wormes and foules of the ayre 7 And I hearde a voyce saying vnto me aryse Peter slay and eate 8 But I sayde Not so Lorde For nothyng common or vncleane hath at any tyme entred into my mouth 9 But the voyce aunswered me agayne from heauē Make them not cōmon which God hath cleansed 10 And this was done three tymes And all were taken vp agayne into heauen 11 And beholde immediatly there were three men alredy come vnto the house where I was sent from Cesarea vnto me 12 And the spirite sayde vnto me that I shoulde go with thē without doubting Moreouer these sixe brethren accompanyed me we entred into the mans house 13 And he shewed vs howe he had seene an Angel in his house which stoode and sayde vnto hym Sende men to Ioppa and call for Simon whose sirname is Peter 14 He shal tell thee wordes wherby both thou and all thyne house shal be saued 15 And as I began to speake the holy ghost fell on them as he dyd on vs at the begynnyng 16 Then came it to my remembraunce howe that the Lorde sayde Iohn baptized with water but ye shal be baptized with the holy ghost 17 For as much then as God gaue them the lyke gyft as he dyd vnto vs when we beleued on the Lorde Iesus Christ what was I that I shoulde haue withstande God 18 When they hearde these thynges they helde their peace and glorified God saying Then hath God also to y e Gentiles graunted repentaunce vnto lyfe 19 They also which were scattered abrode through the affliction that arose about Steuen walked throughout vnto Phenices and Cypers and Antioche preachyng the worde to no man but vnto the Iewes only 20 And some of thē were men of Cypers and Cyrenes which when they were come to Antioche spake vnto y e Grekes and preached the Lorde Iesus 21 And the hande of the Lorde was with them and a great number beleued and turned vnto the Lorde 22 Then tydynges of these thinges came vnto the eares of the Churche which was in Hierusalē And they sent foorth Barnabas that he shoulde go vnto Antioche 23 Which when he came and had seene the grace of God was glad and exhorted them all that with purpose of heart they woulde cleaue vnto the Lorde 24 For he was a good man and full of the holy ghost and of fayth And much people was added vnto the Lorde 25 Then departed Barnabas to Tarsus for to seeke Saul 26 And when he had founde hym he brought hym vnto Antioche And it came to passe that a whole yere they had their cōuersation with the Church there taught much people in so much that the disciples of Antioche were the first that were called Christians 27 * And in those dayes came prophetes from Hierusalem vnto Antioche 28 And there stoode vp one of them named Agabus and signified by the spirite that there shoulde be great dearth throughout all the worlde which came to passe in the dayes of Claudius Cesar 29 Then the disciples euery man accordyng to his abilitie purposed to sende * succour vnto the brethren which dwelt in Iurie 30 Which thyng they also dyd and sent it to the elders by the handes of Barnabas and Saul ¶ The .xij. Chapter 1 Herode persecuteth the Christians 2 kylleth Iames and putteth Peter in prison 7 whom the Lorde delyuereth by an Angel 21 The horrible death of Herode 24 The Gospel florissheth 25 Barnabas and Saul turnyng to Antiochia take Iohn Marke with them 1 AT the same tyme Herode the king stretched foorth his handes to vexe certayne of the Churche 2 And he killed Iames the brother of Iohn with the sworde 3 And because he sawe it pleased the Iewes he proceaded further and toke Peter also Then were the dayes of sweete bread 4 And when he had caught hym he put hym in pryson also and delyuered hym to foure quaternions of souldiers to be kept intendyng after Easter to bryng hym foorth to the people 5 And Peter was kept in pryson But prayer was made without ceassyng of the Churche vnto God for hym 6 And when Herode woulde haue brought hym foorth vnto the people the same nyght slept Peter betweene two souldiers bounde with two chaynes and the kepers before the doore kept the pryson 7 And beholde the Angel of y e Lorde was there present and a lyght shyned in the habitation And he smote Peter on the syde and stirred hym vp saying Aryse vp quickly And his chaynes fell of from his handes 8 And the Angel sayde vnto hym gyrde thy selfe bynde on thy sandales And so he dyd And he sayeth vnto hym cast thy garment about thee and folow me 9 And he came out and folowed hym and wyst not that it was trueth which was done by the Angel but thought he had seene a vision 10 When they were past the first and the seconde watch they came vnto the yron gate that leadeth vnto the citie which opened to them by the owne accorde And they went out and passed through one streate and foorthwith the Angel departed from hym 11 And when Peter was come to hym selfe he sayde Nowe I knowe of a suertie that the Lorde hath sent his Angel and hath deliuered me out of the hande of Herode and from all the waytyng for of the people of the Iewes ☜ 12 ☞ And as he considered the thyng he came to the house of Marie the mother of Iohn whose sirname was Marke where many were gathered together in prayer 13 As Peter knocked at the entrie doore a damsell came foorth to
gyftes of the holy ghost accordyng to his owne wyll 5 For vnto the Anges hath he not put in subiection the worlde to come wherof we speake 6 But one in a certayne place witnessed saying What is man that thou arte myndeful of hym Or the sonne of man that thou wouldest loke vpon hym 7 Thou madest hym for a litle whyle lower then the Angels thou hast crowned him with glorie and honour and hast set hym aboue the workes of thy handes 8 Thou hast put all thynges in subiectiō vnder his feete In y t he put all thinges vnder hym he left nothyng that is not put vnder hym But nowe we see not yet all thynges put vnder hym 9 But hym that for a whyle was made lesse then the Angels we see that it was Iesus who through the sufferyng of death was crowned with glorie and honour that he by the grace of God shoulde taste of death for all 10 For it became hym for whom are all thynges and by whom are all thynges after he had brought many sonnes vnto glorie that he shoulde make the capitayne of their saluation perfect through afflictions 11 For both he that sanctifieth and they which are sanctified are all of one For which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren 12 Saying I wyll declare thy name vnto my brethren in the myddes of the Churche wyll I prayse thee 13 And agayne I wyll put my trust in hym And agayne Beholde here am I and the chyldren whiche God hath geuen me 14 Forasmuch then as the chyldren are partakers of flesshe and blood he also hym selfe lykewyse toke part with thē that through death he myght expell hym that had lordship ouer death that is the deuyll 15 And that he myght delyuer them which through feare of death were all their lyfe tyme in daunger of bondage 16 For he in no place taketh on hym the Angels but the seede of Abraham taketh he on hym 17 Wherfore in all thinges it became him to be made lyke vnto his brethren that he myght be mercyfull and a faythfull hye priest in thynges concernyng God for to purge the peoples sinnes 18 For in that he hym selfe suffered and was tempted he is able to succour them that are tempted ¶ The .iij. Chapter 1 He requireth them to be obedient vnto the worde of Christe 3 who is more worthy then Moyses 12 The punishment of such as wyll harden their heartes and not beleue that they myght haue eternall rest 1 THerfore holy brethren partakers of the celestiall callyng consider the apostle and hye priest of our profession Christe Iesus 2 Beyng faythfull to hym that appoynted hym as also was Moyses in all his house 3 For this man is counted worthy of more glorie then Moyses inasmuch as he which hath buylded the house hath more honour then the house 4 For euery house is buylded of some man But he that buylded all thynges is God 5 And Moyses veryly was faythfull in al his house as a minister for a witnesse of those thynges whiche were to be spoken after 6 But Christe as a sonne hath rule ouer his owne house whose house are we yf we holde fast the confidence and the reioycyng of that hope vnto the ende 7 Wherfore as the holy ghost saith To day yf ye wyll heare his voyce 8 Harden not your heartes as in the prouokyng in the day of the temptation in the wyldernesse 9 Where your fathers tempted me proued me and sawe my workes .xl. yeres 10 Wherfore I was greeued with that generation and sayde they do alway erre in heart they veryly haue not knowen my wayes 11 So that I sware in my wrath yf they shall enter into my rest 12 Take heede brethren lest at any tyme there be in you an euyll heart of vnbeliefe to depart from the lyuyng God 13 But exhort ye one another dayly whyle it is called to day lest any of you be hardened through the deceytfulnesse of sinne 14 For we are made partakers of Christe yf we kepe sure vnto the ende the begynnyng of the substaunce 15 So long as it is said to day yf ye wyll heare his voyce harden not your heartes as in the prouokyng 16 For some when they had hearde dyd prouoke howe be it not all that came out of Egypt by Moyses 17 But with whom was he displeased fourtie yeres Not with them that had sinned whose carkases fell in the desert 18 And to whō sware he that they should not enter into his rest but vnto them that were not obedient 19 And we see that they coulde not enter in because of vnbeliefe The .iiij. Chapter 2 The worde without fayth is vnprofitable 3 The Sabboth or rest of the Christians 6 Punishment of vnbeleuers 12 The nature of the worde of God 1 LEt vs feare therfore lest at any tyme by forsakyng the promise of entryng into his reste any of you shoulde be defrauded 2 For vnto vs was the Gospell preached aswell as vnto them But the worde whiche they hearde dyd not profite them not beyng coupled with fayth to them that hearde 3 For we which haue beleued do enter into his rest as he sayde Euen as I haue sworne in my wrath if they shal enter into my rest Although the workes were made perfecte from the foundation of the worlde 4 For he spake in a certayne place of the seuenth daye on this wyse And God dyd rest the seuenth daye from all his workes 5 And in this place againe yf they shall enter into my rest 6 Seing therfore it foloweth that some must enter there into and they to whō the Gospell was first preached entred not therin for vnbeliefe 7 Againe he appoynteth a certaine day by to day saying in Dauid after so long a tyme as it is sayde To day yf ye wyl heare his voyce hardē not your hearts 8 For yf Iesus had geuen them reste then woulde he not afterwarde haue spoken of another day 9 There remayneth therfore yet a rest to the people of God 10 For he that is entred into his rest hath ceassed also from his owne workes as God dyd from his 11 Let vs studie therefore to enter into that rest lest any man fall after the same ensample of disobedience 12 For the worde of God is quicke and myghtie in operation and sharper then any two edged sword and entreth thorowe euen vnto the deuydyng a sunder of the soule the spirite and of the ioyntes the marie and is a discerner of the thoughtes and of the intentes of the heart 13 Neither is there any creature that is not manifest in the syght of hym But all thinges are naked and open vnto the eyes of hym of whom we speake 14 Seyng then that we haue a great hye priest which is entred into heauens Iesus the sonne of God let vs holde faste the confession 15 For we haue not an hye priest whiche
testament is confirmed when men are dead for it is yet of no value as long as he that maketh the testameÌ„t is alyue 18 For which cause also neither the firste testamentâ— was dedicated without blood 19 For when Moyses had spoken euery precept to all the people according to the lawe takyng the blood of Calues and of Goates with water purple wooll and ysope he sprynkled both the booke it selfe and all the people 20 Saying This is the blood of the testament whiche God hath enioyned vnto you 21 And lykewise he sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministerie 22 And almost all thynges are by y e lawe pourged with blood and without sheddyng of blood is no remission 23 It is neede then that the paterne of heauenly thynges be purified with such thynges but the heauenly thynges theÌ„ selues be purified with better sacrifices then are those 24 For Christe is not entred into the holy places made with handes which are paternes of true thynges but into heauen it selfe nowe to appeare in the syght of God for vs. 25 Not that he shoulde offer him selfe often as the hye priest entreth into the holy places euery yere in strauÌ„ge blood 26 For then must he haue often suffred sence the foundation of the worlde But nowe once in the ende of the world hath he appeared to put away sinne by the sacrifice of hym selfe 27 And as it is appoynted vnto men once to dye and after this the iudgement 28 Euen so Christe once offered to take away the sinnes of many the seconde time shal be seene without sinne of them which wayte for hym vnto saluation ¶ The .x. Chapter 1 The olde lawe had no power to clense away sinne 10 but Christe dyd it with offeryng of his body once for all 22 And exhortation to receaue the goodnesse of God thankfully with pacience and stedfast fayth 1 FOr the lawe hauyng the shadow of good thynges to come and not the very fashion of the thinges theÌ„ selues can neuer with those sacrifices whiche they offer yere by yere continually make the commers therevnto perfect 2 For woulde not then those sacrifices haue ceassed to haue ben offred because that the offerers once pourged shoulde haue had no more conscience of sinnes 3 Neuerthelesse in those sacrifices is mention made of sinnes euery yere 4 For it is not possible that the blood of Bulles of Goates shoulde take away sinnes 5 Wherfore when he commeth into the worlde he saith Sacrifice and offring thou wouldest not haue but a body hast thou ordeyned me 6 In burnt sacrifices sinne â—offerynges thou hast had no pleasure 7 Then sayde I lo I come In the begynnyng of the booke it is written of me to do thy wyll O God 8 Aboue when he saith that sacrifice and offeryng and burnt offeringes and sinne offerynges thou wouldest not neither haddest pleasure therein which are offered by the lawe 9 Then sayde he lo I come to do thy wyll O God He taketh away y e first to stablyshe the seconde 10 In y e which wyll we are made holy euen by the offeryng of the body of Iesus Christe once for all 11 And euery priest standeth dayly ministryng offeryng oftentymes the same sacrifices whiche can neuer take away sinnes 12 But this man after he hath offered one sacrifice for sinnes is sit downe for euer on the ryght hande of God 13 From hencefoorth tarying tyl his foes be made his footstoole 14 For with one offeryng hath he made perfite for euer them that are sanctified 15 And the holy ghost also beareth vs recorde For after that he tolde before 16 This is the couenaunt that I wyll make vnto them after those dayes sayth the Lorde geuyng my lawes in their heart and in their myndes wyl I write them 17 And their sinnes and iniquities wyll I remember no more 18 And where remission of these thinges is there is no more offering for sinne 19 Hauyng therefore brethren libertie to enter into holy places in the blood of Iesus 20 By the new and lyuing way which he hath prepared for vs through the vayle that is to say his flesshe 21 And seyng we haue an hye priest ouer the house of God 22 Let vs drawe nye with a true hearte in assuraunce of fayth sprinkeled in our heartes from an euyll conscience and wasshed in body with pure water 23 Let vs holde the profession of the hope without waueryng for he is faythfull that promised 24 And let vs consider one another to prouoke vnto loue and good workes 25 Not forsakyng the assemblyng of our selues together as the maner of some is but exhortyng one â—anotherâ— and so much the more as ye see the day approchyng 26 For yf we sinne wyllyngly after that we haue receaued the knowledge of the trueth there remayneth no more sacrifice for sinnes 27 But a fearefull lokyng for of iudgement and violent fire whiche shall deuour the aduersaries 28 He that despiseth Moyses lawe dyeth without mercie vnder two or thre witnesses 29 Of howe muche sorer punyshement suppose ye shall he be worthy whiche treadeth vnder foote the sonne of God and counteth the blood of the couenauÌ„t wherein he was sanctified an vnholye thyng and doth despite to the spirite of grace 30 For we knowe hym that hath sayde vengeaunce belongeth vnto me I wyl render saith the Lorde And agayne the Lorde shall iudge his people 31 It is a fearefull thyng to fall into the handes of the lyuyng God 32 Call to remeÌ„braunce the former dayes in the which after ye had receaued light ye endured a great fyght of aduersities 33 Partly whyle ye were made a gasing stocke both by reproches afflictions and partly whyle ye became companions of them whiche were so tossed to fro 34 For ye suffred also with my bondes toke in woorth the spoylyng of your goodes with gladnesse knowyng in your selues how that ye haue in heauen a better and an enduryng substaunce 35 Cast not awaye therefore your confidence which hath great recompence of rewarde 36 For ye haue neede of pacience that after ye haue done the wyll of God ye myght receaue the promise 37 For yet a very litle whyle and he that shall come wyll come and wyll not tary 38 And the iuste shall lyue by fayth And yf he withdrawe hym selfe my soule shall haue no pleasure in hym 39 We are not of them that withdrawe our selues vnto perdition but we parteyne vnto fayth to the wynning of the soule ⧠The .xj. Chapter 1 What fayth is and a commendation of the same 9 Without fayth we can not please God 16 The stedfast beliefe of the fathers in olde tyme. 1 FAyth is the grounde of thynges hoped for the euidence of thynges not seene 2 For by it the elders obtayned a good report 3 Through fayth we vnderstande that the worldes were
for it is geuen vnto the gentiles and the holy citie shall they treade vnder foote fourtie and two monethes 3 And I wyl geue power vnto my two witnesses and they shall prophesie a thousande two hundred and threescore dayes clothed in sackcloth 4 These are two oliue trees and two candle stickes standyng before the God of the earth 5 And yf any man wyll hurt them fyre shal proceade out of their mouthes cōsume their enemies And if any man wil hurt them this wyse must he be kylled 6 These haue power to shut heauen that it rayne not in the dayes of their prophesiyng and haue power ouer waters to turne them to blood and to smite the earth with all maner plagues as often as they wyll 7 And whē they haue finished their testimonie the beast that commeth out of the bottomlesse pit shall make warre against them and shal ouercome them and kyll them 8 And their bodyes shall lye in y e streates of the great citie which spiritually is called Sodome and Egypt where our Lorde was crucified 9 And they of the people and kinredes and tongues and they of the nations shall see their bodyes three dayes and an halfe shall not suffer their bodyes to be put in graues 10 And they that dwell vpon the earth shal reioyce ouer them and be glad and shall sende gyftes one to another for these two prophetes vexed them that dwelt on the earth 11 And after three dayes and an halfe the spirite of lyfe commyng from God shall enter into them And they shall stande vp vpon their feete great feare shall come vpon thē which sawe them 12 And they shall heare a great voyce from heauen saying vnto them come vp hyther And they shall ascende vp to heauen in a cloude and their enemies shall see them 13 And the same houre shall there be a great earthquake and the tenth part of the citie shall fall and in the earthquake shal be slaine names of men seuen thousande and the remnaunt shal be afraide and geue glorie to the God of heauen 14 The seconde wo is past and beholde the thirde wo wyll come anone ◠And the seuenth angell blewe there were made greate voyces in heauen saying the kyngdomes of this worlde are our Lordes and his Christes and he shall raigne for euermore 16 And the .xxiiii. elders which sit before God on their seates fel vpon their faces and worshipped God 17 Saying we geue thee thankes O Lorde God almyghtie which art and wast and art to come for thou hast receaued thy great myght hast raigned 18 And the nations were angrie and thy wrath is come and the tyme of the dead that they shoulde be iudged and that thou shouldest geue rewarde vnto thy seruauntes the prophetes and saintes and to them that feare thy name small and great and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth 19 And the temple of God was opened in heauen and there were seene in his temple the arke of his testament and there folowed lyghtninges and voyces and thundringes and earthquake and much hayle ¶ The .xij. Chapter 1 There appeareth in heauen a woman clothed with the sunne 7 Michael fyghteth with the Dragon which persecuteth the woman 11 The victorie is gotten to the comfort of the faythfull 1 AND there appeared a great wonder in heauen A woman clothed with the sunne the moone vnder her feete and vpō her head a crowne of twelue starres 2 And she was with chylde and cryed trauaylyng in birth and payned redy to be delyuered 3 And there appeared another wonder in heauen for beholde a great redde dragon hauing seuen heades and tenne hornes and seuen crownes vpon his heades 4 And his tayle drue the thirde part of the starres of heauen and cast them to the earth And the dragon stoode before the woman which was redie to be deliuered for to deuoure her chylde assoone as it were borne 5 And she brought foorth a man chylde which shoulde rule all nations with a rodde of yron And her sonne was taken vp vnto God and to his throne 6 And the woman fled into wildernesse where she had a place prepared of God that they should feede her there a thousande two hundreth and threscore days 7 And there was a battayle in heauen Michael and his angels fought with the dragon and the dragon fought and his angels 8 And preuayled not neither was their place founde any more in heauen 9 And the great dragon that olde serpent called the deuyll Satanas was cast out which deceaueth all the world And he was cast into the earth and his angels were cast out with hym 10 And I hearde a loude voyce saying in heauen Nowe is made saluation strength the kingdome of our God the power of his Christ For the accuser of our brethren is cast downe which accused them before our God day nyght 11 And they ouercame hym by the blood of the Lambe and by the worde of their testimonie and they loued not their lyues vnto the death 12 Therfore reioyce heauens and ye that dwell in them Wo to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea for the deuyll is come downe vnto you which hath great wrath because he knoweth that he hath but a short tyme. 13 And when the dragon sawe that he was cast vnto the earth he persecuted the woman which brought foorth the man chylde 14 And to the woman were geuen two winges of a great Egle that she myght flee into the wildernesse into her place where she is norished for a tyme tymes and halfe a tyme from the presence of the serpent 15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water after the woman as it had ben a fludde that he myght cause her to be caryed away of the fludde 16 And the earth holpe the woman and the earth opened her mouth and swalowed vp the ryuer which the dragon cast out of his mouth 17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman and went and made warre with the remnaunt of her seede which kepe the commaundementes of God haue the testimonie of Iesus Christe 18 And I stoode on the sea sande The .xiij. Chapter 1.8 The beast deceaueth the reprobate 2.4.12 and is confirmed by another 17 The priuiledge of the beastes marke 1 AND I sawe a beast ryse out of the sea hauing seuen heades and ten hornes vpon his hornes ten crownes and vpon his head the name of blasphemie 2 And the beast which I sawe was like a Leoparde and his feete were as the feete of a Beare and his mouth as the mouth of a Lion And the dragon gaue hym his power and his seate and great aucthoritie 3 And I sawe one of his heades as it were wounded to death and his deadly wounde was healed And all the world wondred after the beast 4 And they worshipped the dragon which gaue power vnto the beast and they worshipped the beast saying Who is lyke
Peter Iohn xxi f. ¶ On Innocentes day I loked and lo a lambe Apoc. xiiii a. The angell of the Lorde Math. ii c. ¶ On the Sunday after Christmas And I say that the heyre Gala. iiii a. This is the booke of the. Math. i. a. ¶ On Neweyeres day Blessed is that man Rom. iiii a. And it fortuned assoone Luke ii c. ¶ On the Epiphanie For this cause I Paul Ephe. iii. a. When Iesus was borne Math. ii a. ¶ On the first Sunday after the Epiphanie I beseche you therfore Rom. xii a. The father and mother Luk. ii a. ¶ On the seconde Sunday Seyng that we haue Rom. xii b. And the thirde day was Iohn ii a. ¶ On the thâ—rde Sunday Be not wyse in your owne Rom. xii d. When he was come downe Math. viii a. ¶ On the fourth Sunday Let euery soule submit Rom. xiii a. And when he entred into Math. viii c. ¶ On the fifth Sunday Put vpon you as the. Coloss iii. c. The kyngdome of heauen Math. xiii d. ¶ On the sixth Sunday If there be so many shall haue the same Epistle and Gospell that was appoynted for the fifth Sunday ¶ On Septuagesima Sunday Perceaue ye not howe i Cor. ix d. The kyngdome of heauen Math. xx a. ¶ On sexagesima Sunday Ye suffer fooles gladly ii Cor. xi a. When much people were Luk. viii a. ¶ On Quinquagesima Sunday Though I speake with i Cor. xiii a. Iesus toke vnto hym Luk. xviii d. ¶ On the first day of Lent Turne you vnto me Ioel. ii c. When ye fast be not sad Math. vi c. ¶ On the first Sunday in Lent We as helpers exhort you ii Cor. vi a. Then was Iesus led away Math. iiii a. ¶ On the seconde Sunday in Lent We beseche you brethren i Thess iiii a. Iesus went thence and. Math. xv c. ¶ On the thirde Sunday in Lent Be you the folowers of Ephe. v. a. Iesus was castyng out Luk. xi b. ¶ On the fourth Sunday in Lent Tell me ye that desire Gala. iiii c. Iesus departed ouer the Iohn vi a. ¶ On the fifth Sunday in Lent Christe beyng an hye priest Heb. ix c. Which of you can rebuke me Iohn viii f. ¶ On the Sunday next before Easter Let the same mynde be in you Phil. ii a. And it came to passe when Math. xxvi a. ¶ On the Munday next before Easter What is he this that Esai lxiii a. After two dayes was Mark xiiii a. ¶ On the Tuesday next before Easter The Lorde God hath Esai l. b. And anone in the dawnyng Mark xv a. ¶ On the Wednesday next before Easter Where as is a Testament Hebr. ix d. The feast of sweete bread Luk. xxii a. ¶ On the Thursday next before Easter This I warne you of i Cor. xi d. The whole multitude of Luk. xxiii a. ¶ On good Fryday The lawe which hath Hebr. x. a. When Iesus had spoken Iohn xviii a. ¶ On Easter euen It is better yf the wyll of i Pet. iii. d. When the euen was come Math. xxvii g. ¶ On Easter day If ye be risen agayne Coloss iii. a. The first day of the. Iohn xx a. ¶ On the Munday in Easter weeke Peter opened his mouth Actes x. d. Beholde two of the. Luk. xxiiii b. ¶ On the Tuesday in Easter weeke Ye men and brethren Act. xiii d. Iesus stoode in the middest Luk. xxiiii d. ¶ On the first Sunday after Easter All that is borne of God i Iohn v. a. The same day at nyght Iohn xx d. ¶ On the seconde Sunday after Easter This is thank worthie i Peter ii d. Christe sayde to his disciples Iohn x. b. ¶ On the thirde Sunday after Easter Dearely beloued I beseche i Peter ii c. Iesus sayde to his disciples Iohn xvi d. ¶ On the fourth Sunday in Aduent Euery good gyft and euery Iames. i. c. Iesus sayd vnto his disciples Iohn xvi b. ¶ On the fifth Sunday See that ye be doers of the. Iames. i. d. Veryly veryly I say vnto you Iohn xvi f. ¶ On Assention day In the former treatise Actes i. a. Iesus appeared vnto the. Mark xv c. ¶ On the Sunday after the Assention The ende of all thynges is i Pet. iiii b. When the comforter is come Iohn xv d. ¶ On Whitsunday When the fiftie dayes Actes ii a. Iesus sayd vnto his dâ—sciples Ioh. xiiii c. ¶ On the Munday in Whitson weeke Then Peter opened his Actes x. f. So God loued the worlde Iohn iii. c. ¶ On the Tuesday in Whitson weeke When the Apostles Actes viii a. Veryly veryly I say vnto you Iohn x. a. ¶ On Trinitie Sunday After this I loked and beholde Apoc. iiii a. There was a man of the. Iohn iii. a. ¶ On the first Sunday after Trinitie Dearely beloued let vs. i Iohn iiii b. There was a certayne riche Luk. xvi e. ¶ On the seconde Sunday Maruayle not my brethren i Iohn iii. c. A certayne man ordeyned Luk. xiiii d. ¶ On the thirde Sunday Submit your selues euery i Peter v. b. Then resorted vnto hym Luk. xv a. ¶ On the fourth Sunday I suppose that the afflictions Rom. viii a. Be ye mercifull as your Luk. vi f. ¶ On the fifth Sunday Be you all of one mynde i Pet. iii. b. It came to passe that when Luk. v. a. ¶ On the sixth Sunday Knowe ye not that Rom. vi a. Iesus sayde vnto his Math. v. c. ¶ On the seuenth Sunday I speake groslie because Rom. vi d. In those dayes when Mark viii a. ¶ On the eyght Sunday Brethren we are detâ—ers Rom. viii c. Beware of false prophetes Math. vii b. ¶ On the ninth Sunday Brethren I woulde not i Cor. x. b. Iesus sayde to his Luk. xvi a. ¶ On the â— Sunday after Trinitie Concernyng spirituall i. Cor. xii a. And when he was come neare Luk. xix f. ¶ On the .xi. Sunday Brethren as parteynyng i. Cor. xv a. Christe tolde this parable Luk. xviii b. ¶ On the .xii. Sunday Such trust haue we ii Cor. iii. a. Iesus departed from the. Mark vii d. ¶ On the .xiii. Sunday To Abraham and his seede Gala. iii. c. Happy are the eyes which Luk. x. d. ¶ On the .xiiii. Sunday I say walke in the spirite Gala. v. c. And it chaunced as Iesus Luk. xvii c. ¶ On the .xv. Sunday Ye see howe large a letter Gala. vi d. No man can serue two Math. vi d. ¶ On the .xvi. Sunday I desire that you faint not Ephe. iiii a. And it fortuned that Iesus Luk. vii b. ¶ On the .xvii. Sunday I Which am a prisoner of Ephe. iii. b. It chaunced that Iesus Luk. xiiii a. ¶ On the .xviii Sunday I thanke my God alwayes i Cor. i. a. When the pharisees had heard Mat. xxii d. ¶ On the .xix. Sunday This I say and testifie Ephe. iiii a. Iesus entred into a shippe Math. ix a. ¶ On the .xx. Sunday Take heede therfore howe Ephe. v. d. Iesus sayde to his
perticuler to charitie and humilitie 1 IF ye then be rysen agayne ☞ with Christ seke those things which are aboue where Christe sitteth on the ryght hande of God 2 Set your affection on thynges aboue not on thinges on the earth 3 For ye are dead and your lyfe is hyd with Christe in God 4 When soeuer Christe which is our life shall appeare then shall ye also appeare with hym in glorie ☜ 5 Mortifie therefore your members which are vpon the earth ▪ fornication vncleannesse inordinate affection euyll concupiscence and couetousnesse which is worshippyng of images 6 For which thynges sake the wrath of God commeth on the children of disobedience 7 In the which ye walked sometyme when ye lyued in them 8 But nowe put ye of also all wrath fiercenesse maliciousnesse blasphemie filthie cōmunication out of your mouth 9 Lye not one to another seyng that ye haue put of y e olde man with his workes 10 Hauyng put on the newe man which is renued into the knowledge after the image of hym that made hym 11 Where is neither Greke nor Iewe circumcision nor vncircumcision Barbarian Sythian bonde free but Christe is all and in all 12 ☞ Put on therfore as the elect of God holy and beloued bowels of mercie kyndenesse humblenesse of mynde mekenesse long sufferyng 13 Forbearyng one another and forgeuyng one another yf any man haue a quarel agaynst any euen as Christe forgaue you so also do ye 14 And aboue all thynges put on loue which is the bonde of perfectnesse 15 And let the peace of God haue the victorie in your heartes to the which also we are called in one body And see that ye be thankefull 16 Let the worde of God dwell in you richly in all wisdome teachyng and admonisshyng your owne selues in psalmes and hymnes and spirituall songes singyng with grace in your heartes to the Lorde 17 And whatsoeuer ye do in worde or deede do all in the name of the Lorde Iesus geuyng thankes to God and the father by hym ☜ 18 Wiues submit your selues vnto your owne husbandes as it is comely in the Lorde 19 Husbandes loue your wyues and be not bitter agaynst them 20 Chyldren obey your fathers and mothers in all thynges for that is well pleasyng vnto the Lorde 21 Fathers prouoke not your chyldren to anger lest they be discouraged 22 Seruauntes obey in all thynges to your bodyly maisters not with eye seruice as men pleasers but in singlenesse of heart fearyng God 23 And whatsoeuer ye do do it heartilie as to the Lorde and not vnto men 24 Knowyng that of the Lorde ye shall receaue the rewarde of inheritaunce for ye serue the Lorde Christe 25 But he that doth wrong shall receaue for the wrong he hath done And there is no respect of persons ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 1 He exhorteth them to be feruent in prayer 5 to walke wisely towarde them that are not yet come to the true knowledge of Christ he saluteth them and wissheth them all prosperitie 1 MAisters do vnto your seruauntes that which is iust equall knowyng that ye also haue a maister in heauen 2 Continue in prayer and watche in the same with thankes geuyng 3 Praying also for vs that God may open vnto vs the doore of vtteraunce that we may speake y e misterie of Christ wherfore I am also in bondes 4 That I may vtter it as I ought to speake 5 Walke in wisdome towarde thē that are without redeemyng the tyme. 6 Let your speache be alway in grace powdered with salt to knowe howe ye ought to aunswere euery man 7 All my state shall Tychicus declare vnto you who is a beloued brother and faythfull minister and felowe seruaunt in the Lorde 8 Whom I haue sent vnto you for the same thyng that he myght knowe your state and comfort your heartes 9 With Onesimus a faythfull and beloued brother which is of you They shall shewe you of all thynges which are◠here 10 Aristarchus my prison felowe saluteth you Marcus Barnabas sisters sonne touchyng whom ye receaued commaundementes If he come vnto you receaue hym 11 And Iesus which is called Iustus which are of the circumcision These only are my workefelowes vnto the kyngdome of God which hath ben vnto my consolation 12 Epaphras which is of you a seruaunt of Christe saluteth you alwayes labouryng feruently for you in prayers that ye may stande perfect and fylled in all the wyll of God 13 For I beare him recorde that he hath a great zeale for you and them that are in Laodicea and them that are in Hierapolis 14 Deare Lucas the phisition greeteth you and Demas 15 Salute the brethren which are in Laodicea and Nymphas and the Churche which is in his house 16 And when the epistle is read of you make that it be read also in the Church of the Laodiceans and that ye likewise reade the epistle from Laodicea 17 And say to Archippus take heede to the ministerie that thou hast receaued in the Lorde that thou fulfyll it 18 The salutation by the hande of me Paul Remember my bondes Grace be with you Amen ¶ Written from Rome to the Colossians by Tychicus and Onesimus The first Epistle of Saint Paul the Apostle vnto the Thessalonians ¶ The first Chapter ¶ 2 He thanketh God for them that they are so stedfast in fayth and good workes 6 and receaue the Gospell with such earnestnesse 7 that they are an example to all others 1 PAul Siluanus and Timotheus vnto the Churche of the Thessalonians in God the father and in the Lorde Iesus Christ Grace be vnto you peace from God our father and the Lorde Iesus Christe 2 We geue thankes to God alwayes for all you makyng mention of you in our prayers 3 Without ceassyng callyng to remembraunce the worke of your fayth and labour of loue and patient abidyng in the hope of our Lorde Iesus Christe in the syght of God and our father 4 ☞ Knowyng brethren beloued your election of God 5 For our Gospell came not vnto you in worde only but also in power and in the holy ghost and in much certayntie as ye knowe after what maner we were among you for your sake 6 And ye became folowers of vs and of the Lorde receauyng the worde in much affliction with ioy of the holy ghost 7 So that ye were an ensample to all that beleue in Macedonia and Achaia 8 For from you sounded out the worde of the Lorde not only in Macedonia Achaia but also in euery place your faith to Godwarde is spread abroade so that we neede not to speake any thyng 9 For they them selues shewe of you what maner of entryng in we had vnto you and howe ye turned to God from images to serue the lyuyng and true God 10 And to tary
for his sonne from heauen whom he raysed from the dead ☜ euen Iesus which delyuereth vs from the wrath to come ¶ The .ij. Chapter 1 To the intent they shoulde not faint vnder the crosse 2 he commendeth his diligence in preachyng 13 and theirs in obeying 18 He excuseth his absence that he coulde not come and open his heart to them 1 FOr ye your selues brethren knowe our entraunce in vnto you y t it was not in vayne 2 But euen after that we had suffred before and were shamefully entreated as ye knowe at Philippos we were bolde in our God to speake vnto you the Gospell of God in much strynyng 3 For our exhortation was not of deceit neither of vncleannes neither in guile 4 But as it were alowed of God to be put in credite with the Gospell euen so we speake not as pleasyng men but God which tryeth our heartes 5 For neither at any tyme vsed we flatteryng wordes as ye knowe neither cloke of couetousnes God is recorde 9 Neither sought we prayse of men neither of you nor yet of others 7 When we myght haue ben in auctoritie as the Apostles of Christe but we were tender among you euen as a nourâ—e cherissheth her chyldren 8 So beyng tenderly affected towarde you our good wyll was to haue dealt vnto you not the Gospell of God only but also our owne soules because ye were deare vnto vs. 9 ☞ For ye remember brethren our labour and trauayle For we labouryng nyght day because we woulde not be chargeable vnto any of you preached vnto you the Gospell of God 10 Ye are witnesses God also howe holyly and iustly and vnblameably we behaued our selues among you that beleue 11 As ye knowe howe that as a father his chyldren so we haue exhorted comforted and besought euery one of you 12 That ye woulde walke worthie of God who hath called you vnto his kyngdome and glorie 13 For this cause thanke we God also without ceassyng because ye receauyng the worde which ye hearde of vs concernyng God ye receaued it not as the worde of man but as it is in deede the worde of God which effectuously worketh also in you that beleue ☜ 14 For ye brethren became folowers of the Churches of God which in Iurie are in Christe Iesus for ye haue suffred lyke thynges of your countreymen as they haue of the Iewes 15 Who both kylled the Lorde Iesus and their owne prophetes haue persecuted vs and God they please not and are contrarie to all men 16 And hynder vs to speake to the gentiles that they myght be saued to fulfyll their sinnes alway For the wrath of God is come on them to the vtmost 17 Forasmuch brethren as we are kept from you for a short season in person not in heart we enforced y e more to see you personally with great desire 18 And therfore we woulde haue come vnto you I Paul once agayne but Satan hyndered vs. 19 For what is our hope or ioy or crowne of reioycyng Are not ye it in the presence of our Lorde Iesus Christe at his commyng 20 Yes ye are our glorie and ioy ⧠The .iij. Capter 2 He sheweth howe greatly he was affectioned towarde them both in that he sent Timotheus to them 1â— and also prayed for them 1 WHerfore sence we coulde no longer forbeare we thought it good to remaine at Athens alone 2 And sent Timotheus our brother and minister of God and felowe labourer in the Gospell of Christe to stablishe you to comfort you concernyng your faith 3 That no man shoulde be moued in these afflictions For ye your selues knowe that we are appoynted there vnto 4 For veryly when we were with you we tolde you before that we shoulde suffer tribulation euen as it came to passe and as ye knowe 5 For this cause when I coulde no longer forbeare I sent to knowe your fayth lest by some meanes the tempter had tempted you and our labour had ben vayne 6 But nowe lately when Timotheus came from you vnto vs and brought vs good tydynges of your fayth and loue and howe that ye haue good remembraunce of vs alwayes desiryng to see vs as we also to see you 7 Therefore brethren we were comforted ouer you in all our aduersitie and necessitie because of your fayth 8 For nowe we lyue yf ye stande fast in the Lorde 9 For what thankes can we recompence to God agayne for you for all the ioye wherwith we ioy for your sakes before our God 10 Praying nyght and daye exceedyngly to see you personally and repayre the wantynges of your fayth 11 Nowe God him selfe and our father and our Lord Iesus Christe guyde our waye vnto you 12 And the Lorde encrease you make you abounde in loue one towarde another and towarde all men euen as we also towarde you 13 To stablyshe your heartes vnblameable in holynesse before God and our father in the commyng of our Lorde Iesus Christe with all his saintes The .iiij. Chapter 1 He exhorteth them to holynesse 6 innocencie 9 loue 11 labour 13 and moderation in lamentyng for the dead 17 describyng the ende of the resurrection 1 FVrthermore we besech you brethren exhorte you by the Lorde Iesus that ye encrease more and more as ye haue receaued of vs how ye ought towalke and to please God 2 For ye knowe what commaundementes we gaue you by the Lorde Iesus 3 For this is the wyll of God your holynesse that ye should abstayne from fornication 4 That euery one of you should knowe how to possesse his vessell in holynesse and honour 5 Not in the lust of concupiscence euen as the gentiles which knowe not God 6 That no man oppresse and defraude his brother in any matter because that the Lorde is the auenger of all suche as we also haue forewarned you and testified 7 For God hath not called vs vnto vncleanenesse but into holynesse ☜ 8 He therefore that despiseth despiseth not man but God who hath geuen to you his holy spirite ☜ 9 â— But as touchyng brotherly loue ye nede not that I write vnto you For ye are taught of God to loue one another 10 Yea and that thyng veryly ye do vnto all y e brethren which are in al Macedonia But we beseche you brethren that ye encrease more and more 11 And that ye studie to be quiet and to do your owne busynesse and to worke with your owne handes as we commaunded you 12 That ye may walke honestly toward them that are without that nothyng be lackyng in you ☜ 13 ☞ But I woulde not haue you to be ignoraunt brethren concernyng them which sleepe that ye sorowe not euen as other which haue no hope 14 For yf we beleue that Iesus dyed and rose agayne euen so them also whiche sleepe by Iesus