death CAPI I. SYmon Peter a Seruaunt and an Apostle of Iesus Christe to theÌ„ whyche haue optayned lyke precyous fayth w t vs thorowe the ryghtnousnesse of out God sauiour Iesus Christ. Grace be vnto you and peace be multi plyed thorow the knowledge of God and of Iesus our Lorde Accordynge as his godly power hath geuen vnto vs al thynges that pertayne vnto lyfe and godlynes thorowe the knowledge of hi that hath called vs by glory and vertue by the whyche are gyuen vnto vs excellent and moste greate promyses that by the meanes therof ye myght be partakers of the godly nature yf ye flye y â— corrupcyon of worldly lust And hereunto giue all diligence in your fayth mynyster vertu in vertu knowledge in knowledge temperaunce in temperauÌ„ce pacience in pacience godlynes in godlynes brotherly kyndnes in brotherly kidnes loue For yf these thynges be amonge you and be pleÌ„tuous they wyl make you that ye neyther shal be ydle nor vnfruytefull in the knowledge of our Lord Iesus Christ. But he that lacketh these thynges is blynde and gropeth for the way with his haÌ„de and hath forgotten that he was pourged from hys olde synnes Wherfore brethren gyue the more dilygeÌ„ce for to make your callyng eleccyoÌ„ sure âšœ by good worckes For yf ye do such thingê ye shal neuer fal Yee and by this meanes an entryng in shal be ministred vnto you abouÌ„ dasitly into y â— euerlastyng kingdome of our Lord and sauiour Iesus Christ. Wherfore I wyll not be neglygeÌ„t to put you alwayes in remeÌ„braunce of suche thynges though ye know them your selues and be stablyshed in the present trueth Not with standynge I thyncke it mete as longe as I am in this tabernacle to stere you vp by put tyng you in remembraunce for as much as I am sure that shortly I muste put of thys my tabernacle euen as oure Lorde Iesus Christ shewed me I wyll euer also gyue my dylygence that ye maye haue wher wyth to stere vp the remembraunce of these thynges after my departynge ✚ For we haue not folowed dysceytfull fables when we opened vnto you the power and commynge of oure Lorde Iesus Chryst but with our eyes we sawe his maiestye euen then verely when he receyued of God the father honour and glory when there came suche a voyce to hym from the excellent glorye Thys is my dere beloued sonne in whom I haue delyte This voyce we hearde come from heauen whan we were wyth hym in the holy Mounte We haue also a ryght sure worde of prophecye wherunto yf ye take hede as vnto a lyght that shineth in a darcke place ye do well vntyll the day dawne the day starre aryse in your hertes ⊢ So that ye fyrste knowe thys that no prophecye in the scripture hath any pryuate interpretacyon For the scripture came neuer by the wyll of maÌ„ but holy men of god spake as they were moued by the holy ghost ¶ He prophecyeth of false teachers and sheweth theyr punyshemente CAPI II. THere were false prophetê also amonge the people euen as ther shal be false techers amoÌ„g you which priuely shal bring in damnable sectes euen denyeng the Lord that hath bought theÌ„ bryng vpon theÌ„ selues swyft daÌ„nacion and many shall folowe their damnable wayes by whom the waye of trueth shal be euyl spoken of and thorow couetousnes shall they wyth sayned wordes make marchauÌ„dise of you whose iudgemet is nowe not farre of their damnacyon slepeth not For yf God spared not the angels that sined but cast them downe into hell and dely â—ed them into chaynes of darckenes âšœ to be punyshed to be kept vnto iudgemeÌ„t neither spared the olde worlde but saued Noâ— the eyght preacher of ryghtuousnes brought in the floud vpon the world of the vngodly turned the cities of Zodom Gomor into asshes ouerthre we them damned them and made on them an ensample vnto those that after shulde lyue vngodly And iust Lot vexed wyth the vnclenly coÌ„uersacyon of the wycked delyuered he For he beyng ryghtuous and dwellynge among them in seynge and hearyng vexed his rightuous soule froÌ„ daye to day wyth theyr vnlawfull dedes The Lorde knoweth how to delyuer the vn godly out of temptacyon and to reserue the vniust vnto to the day of iudgement for to be punyshed but chefely them that walke after the flesshe in the lust of vnclennes despyse auctoryte PresuÌ„ptuous are they and stubborne which feare not to speake euyl of them that excell in worshyp When the Angels whiche are greater both in power and might receyue not of y â— Lorde raylyng iudgment against theÌ„ selues But these as brute beastes naturally brought forth to be takeÌ„ destroyed speake euyl of the thynges that they vnderstande not shal perysh in their owne destruccion receyue the rewarde of vnryghtuousnes They couÌ„t it pleasure to lyue delycyously for a season Spottes they are fylthynes which lyue at pleasure in their owne disceyuable wayes feastynge with you hauynge eyes ful of aduoutry and that cannot cease from synne begylyng vnstable soules Hertes they haue exercysed wyth couetousnes They are cursed chyldren whyche haue forsaken the ryght waye and are gone astraye folowyng the way of BalaÌ„ the soÌ„ne of Bâ—for whiche loued the rewarde of vnryghtuousnes but was rebuked of his iniquytie The tame and dome beast speakynge wyth mannes voyce forbade the madnesse of the Prophete These are welles wythout water cloudes that are caried with a teÌ„pest to whoÌ„ the myst of darckenes is reserued for euer For when they haue spoken the great swellynge wordes of vanitie they enuse thorow iustes in the voluptuousnes of the flesshe theÌ„ that were cleane escaped euen theÌ„ that now lyue in errour whyle they promes them lybertye where as they theÌ„ selues are the boÌ„d seruauÌ„tes of corrupcyon For of whom a man is ouercome vnto y â— same is he brought in bondage For yf they after they haue escaped from the fylthynes of the world thorow the knowledge of the Lord and the sauyour Iesus Christ are yet raÌ„gled againe therin and ouercome then is the latter ende worse w t them then the begynnyng For it had bene better for them not to haue knoweÌ„ the way of ryghtuousnes then after they haue knowen it to turne from the holy coÌ„maundemeÌ„t that was gyuen vnto theÌ„ But the same is happened vnto the that is vsed to be spokeÌ„ by the true prouerbe The dogge is turned to his vomet agayne and the sow that was washed is turned agayne to her walowyng in the myer ¶ Of the day of the Lord whose long tarying so saluacion CAPI III. THys is the seconde epistle that I nowe wryte vnto you dearely beloued wherwyth I stere vp your syncere mynde by puttyng you in remembraunce that ye may be myndefull of the wordes whiche were tolde before of the holy Prophetes and also the commaundement of vs whiche be
agreeth the temple of God with ymages For ye are the Temple of the lyuynge God as sayde God I wyll dwell amonge them and walcke among them and wyll be their God and they shall be my people Wherfore come out from among them and seperate your selues from them sayth the Lorde and touche none vncleane thyng so wyll I receyue you and wil be a father vnto you and ye shal be my sonnes daughters sayth the Lorde almyghty ¶ â—e exhorteth them to receyue the promyses of God thaÌ„kefully The Corynthyans are commanded for â—heâ—◠〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and loue towarde Paule CAPI VII SEynge that we haue suche promyses de rely beloued let vs clense our selues froÌ„ all fylthynes of the flesshe and spyryte and growe vp to full holynes with the feare of of God Understande vs we haue hurte no man we haue corrupte no man we haue defraudyd no man I speake not this to condemne you for I haue shewed you before that ye are in our hertes to dye and liue with you I am very bolde ouer you I reioyse greatly in you I am fylled wyth comforte and am excedynge ioyouse in all oure trybu lacion For when we were come into Macedonia our flesshe had no rest but we were troubled on euery syde Outwarde was fyghting inward was fere Neuerthelesse God that comforteth the absecte comforted vs by the commynge of Titus And not by hys commynge onely but also by the consolacyon which we receyued of you when he tolde vs your desyre your wepyng your feruent mynde for me so that I reioysed the more For thoughe I made you sory w t a letter I repent not though I dyd repent For I perceyue that the same epistle made you sory though it were but for a season But I nowe reioyce not that ye were sory but that ye so sorowed that ye repented For ye sorowed godly so that in nothynge ye were hurte by vs. For godly sorowe causeth repentaunce vnto saluacyon not to be repeÌ„ted of coÌ„trary wyse worldly sorowe causeth death For beholde what dylygence this godly sorowe that ye toke hathe wrought in you yee it caused you to cleare your selues It caused indignacyon it caused feare it caused desyre it caused emutacyon it caused punyshement For in al thynges ye haue shewed youre selues that ye were cleare in that matter Wherfore thoughe I wrote vnto you I dyd it not for his cause that had done the hurt nether for his cause that was hurt but that your good miÌ„de for vs myght appeare among you in the syght of God Therfore we are coÌ„forted because ye are comforted yee excedyngely the more ioyed we for the ioy that Tytus had because hys spiryt was refresshed of you all I am therfore not now ashamed though I bosted my selfe to hiÌ„ of you For as al thiÌ„ges which we spake vnto you are true euen so our bosting that I made vnto Titus is fouÌ„de true And his inwarde affeccyon is more aboundaunt towarde you when he remembreth the obedience of you al howe with feare treÌ„blyng ye receyued hym I reioyse that I maye be bolde ouer you in all thinges ¶ He putteth them in remembraunce to helpe the pore saintes at Ierusalem accordynge as the Macedonians dyd CAPI VIII I Certyfie you brethren of the grace of god whiche was gyuen in the congregacions of Macedonia howe that the aboundaunce of their reioysynge is that they are tryed w t muche tribulacyon And though they were excedynge poore yet haue they gyuen excedyng rychely and that in synglenes For to theyr powers I bere them recorde ye beyoÌ„de theyr power they were willyng of their owne accorde and prayed vs with great instauÌ„ce that we wold receyue their benefyte and suffre them to be partakers wyth other in ministring to the sanctes And this they dyd not as we loked for but gaue their own selues fyrste to the Lorde and after vnto vs by the wyll of God so that we coulde not but desyre Tytus to accomplyshe the same benyuolence amonge you also euen as he had begonne Nowe therfore as ye are ryche in al parties in fayth in worde in knoweledge in all feruentnes and in loue whyche ye haue to vs euen so se that ye be plentuous in this beniuolence also This saye I not as commaundyng but because of feruentnes I do alowe the vntaynednesse of youre loue towarde other men For ye knowe the lyberalyte of our Lorde Iesus Christ that though he was ryche yet for your sakes he became poore that ye thorowe his pouertye myght be made ryche And I gyue councel hereto For this is expeâ— tent for you whiche beganne not to do onely but also to wyl a yere agoo Nowe therfore performe the thynge whiche ye begaÌ„ne to do that as there was in you a redynes to wyl euen so ye may performe the dede of that which ye haue For yf there be first a wyllyng mynde it is accepted accordynge to that a man hath and not accordynge to that he hath not It is not my mynde that other be set at ease and ye brought into combraunce but that there be egalnes now at this tyme and that your abouÌ„dance may sucker their lack and that theyr aboundaunce may supplye your lacke that there may be equalite agreynge to that which is written He that had muche had not the more aboundaunce he that had lytle had neuerthelesse Thankes be vnto God which put the same good miÌ„de for you in the hert of Titus which accepted the request ye rather he was so well wyllynge that of his owne accorde he came vnto you We haue seÌ„t with him that brother whose laude is in the Gospel thorowe out al the coÌ„gregacions not that onely but is also chosen of the congregcions to be a felowe with vs in our iourney concernyng this beniuoleÌ„ce that is mynistred by vs vnto the prayse of the same Lorde to stere vp your proÌ„pte mynde For this we exchewe that any maÌ„ shulde rebuke vs in this plentuous distribucyon that is ministred by vs âšœ to the glory of the Lorde make prouision for honest thinges not onely in the syght of the Lorde but also in the syght of men We haue sent with theÌ„ a brother of ours whom we haue ofte tymes proued dyligent in many thynges but nowe much more dilygent The great confidence which I haue iâ— you hathe caused me this to do partely for Titus sake whiche is my felowe and helper as coÌ„cernyng you Partely bicause of other whiche are oure brethren and the messeÌ„gers of the congregacions the glory of Christ. Wherfore shewe ye vnto them the profe of your loue of our boastyng of you in the syght of the congregacions ¶ In this Chapyter dothe he the same that he dyd in the Chapyter goyng before that is he moueth them to helpe the poore brethren at Ierusalem CAPI IX OF the mynystryng to the saynctes it is but superfluous for me
trouble and prayeth God to make them stedfast in his spirits CAPI III. FOr thys â—ause I Paule am a prysoner of Iesus Christ for you Heythen If ye haue hearde of the ministracyon of the grace of God which is gyuen me to you ward for by reuelacyon shewed he the mystery vnto me as I wrote afore in fewe wordes wherby when ye reade ye may vnderstande my knowledge in the mystery of Christ whiche mistery in tymes passed was not opened vnto the soÌ„nes of men as it is nowe declared vnto his holy Apostles and Prophetes by the spyrit that the Gentyls shulde be inheritours also of the same body partakers of his promes in Christ by the meanes of the Gospell wherof I am made a mynyster accordynge to the gyfte of the grace of God whiche is gyuen vnto me after the workyng of his power Unto me the least of al saynctes is this grace gyuen that I shulde preache amonge the Gentylles the vnsearcheable ryches of Chryste and to make al men se what felowshyppe of the mysterye is * whyche frome the begynnyng of the worlde hath bene hyd in God whych made al thynges thorow Iesus Chryste to the intente that nowe vnto the rulers and powers in heauenly thynges might be knowen by the congregacion the manyfold wysdome of God accordyng to the eternall purpose whiche he wrought in Christ Iesu our Lord by whom we haue boldnesse and entrauÌ„ce with the confydence whiche is by the fayth of him ✚ Wherfore I desyre that ye faynt not because of my trybulacioÌ„s that I suffre for your sakes whiche is youre prayse For this cause I bowe my knees vnto the father of our Lorde Iesus Christ whiche is father ouer all that is called father in Heauen and in earth that he wolde graunt you accordynge to the ryches of hys glorye that ye may be strengthed with myght by his spirite in the inner man that Christ may dwell in your hertes by fayth that ye beyng roted and grouÌ„ded in loue myght be able to comprehende wyth all Saynctes what is that bredth and length deepth and heyth and to knowe the excellente loue of the knowledge of Christ that ye myght be fulfylled with al fulnes whiche commeth of God Unto hym that is able to do excedynge abouÌ„dantly aboue al that we aske or thinke accordyng to the power that worketh in vs be prayse in the coÌ„gregacyon by Iesê° Christ thoroweout all generacyons from tyme to tyme. Amen ¶ He exhorteth them vnto mekenes to laye asyde the olde conuersacyon of gredy lustes and to walcke in a newe lyfe CAPI IIII. I Therfore whyche am a prysonner of the Lordes exhorte you that ye walke worthy of the vocacyon wherwith ye are called with all lowlynes and mekenes wyth humblenes of mynde forbearynge one another thorowe loue and be diligent to kepe the vnite of the spirite thorow the bonde of peace beynge one body and one spirite euen as ye are called in one hope of your callynge Let there be but one Lorde one fayth one baptyme one God and father of all whyche is aboue al thorow al and in you all ⊢ ✚ Unto euery one of vs is gyuen grace accordynge to the measure of the gyfte of Christ. Wherfore he sayeth whan he went vp an hye he ledde captiuitye captyue and gaue gyftes vnto men That he ascended what meaneth it but that he also descended fyrste into the lowest partes of the earth He that desceÌ„ded is euen the same also that ascended vp aboue all heauens to fulfyl al thynges And the very same made some Apostles some Prophetes some Euangelystes some Shepherdes and Teachers to the edifying of the saynctes to the worke and ministracyon euen to the edifying of the body of Chryst tyll we al come to the vnyte of fayth and knowledge of the sonne of God vnto a perfecte man vnto the measure of the full perfecte age of Chryste ⊢ That we hence forth shulde be no more chyldren waueryng and caried about with euery wynde of doctryne by the wylynes of men thorowe craftynes wherby they laye a wayte for vs to deceyue vs. But let vs folowe the trueth in loue and in all thynges growe in hym whiche is the heade euen Christ in whom yf all the body be coupled knet togyther thorowe out euery ioynt wherwith one mynistreth to another accordynge to the operacyon as euery parte hath his measure he increseth the body vnto the edifying of it self thorowe loue ✚ This I say therfore and testyfye thorow the Lord that ye hence forth walke not as other Gentylles walcke in vanyte of their mynde while they are blynded in their vnderstandyng beyng farre from a godly lyfe by the meanes of the ignorancy that is in them because of the blyndnes of theyr hertes whiche beyng past repentaunce haue gyuen them selues ouer vnto wantoÌ„nes to worke all maner of vnclennes euen with gredines But ye haue not so learned Christ If so be that ye haue hearde of him haue bene taught in him as the truth is in Iesu as concernynge the conuersacyon in tyme past to laye from you that olde man whych is corrupte accordynge to the deceauable lustes ⊢ ✚ To be renued also in the spirite of your mynde to put on that new man which after God is shapen in rightuousnes and true holynes Wherefore put awaye lyinge and speake euery man trueth vnto hys neyghboure for as muche as we are members one of another ☞ Be angrye and synne not let not the soÌ„ne go downe vpon your wrath neyther giue place vnto the backbiter Let hym that stole steale nomore but let him rather labour with his handes the thyng whiche is good that he may giue vnto him that nedeth ⊢ Let no fylthy communicacion procede out of your mouth but that whiche is good to edyfy withal as oft as nede is that it may mynyster grace vnto the hearers And greue not ye the holy spiryte of God by whom ye are sealed vnto the daye of redempcyon Let all bytternes and fearsnesse and wrath and rorynge and cursed speakyng be put awaye from you with all malycyousnes Be ye curteous one to another mercyful forgeuyng one another euen as God for Christes sake hath forgeuen you ¶ He exhorteth them vnto loue warneth them to be ware of al vnclennesse He teacheth howe women shuld obey their husbandes and howe louyngly men ought to intreate theyâ— wyues CAPI V. BE ye therfore folowers of God as dere chyldren and walke in loue euen as Christe loued vs and gaue hym selfe for vs an offerynge and a sacrycye of a swete sauer to God As for fornicacyon and al vncleÌ„nes or couetousnes let it not be once named amonge you as it becommeth sanctes or fylthynes or folyshe talkynge or testyng which are not comly but rather gyuynge of thankes For this ye know that no whoremonger ether vncleane person or couetous person which is
properâ—â—â— also requâ—red in a deacon or mynyster CAPI III. THYS is a true saying If a man desyre the offyce of a Bysshoppe he desyreth an honest worke A Bysshoppe therfore must be blamels the husbande of one wyfe dilygent sober discrete a keper of hospitalyte apte to teache not geuen to ouer much wyne no fyghter not gredy of fylthy lucre but getle abhorrynge fyghtynge abortyng coueteousnes one that ruleth wel his owne house one that hath chyldren in subieccyon with all reuerence For yf a maÌ„ cannot rule his owne house howe shall he care for the congracion of God He may not be a yonge scoler lest he swel fail into the iudgement of y â— euel speaker He must also haue a good reporte of the which are with out lest he fal into rebuke and snare of the euell speaker Lykewyse must the mynysters be honest not double tonged not geuen vnto muche wyne neyther gredy of fylthy lucre but holdynge the mystery of the fayth with a pure conscyence And let them fyrst be proued and then let them mynyster so that no man be able to reproue them Euen so muste theyr wyues be honest not euell speakers but sober and faythfull in all thynges Let the Deacons be the husbandes of one wyfe and succh as rule theyr chyldren wel and theyr owne houshouldes For they that mynyster well get themselues a good degre and greately bextye in the fayth whiche is in Christe Iesu. These thynges write I vnto y â— trusting to come shortely vnto the but yf I tarye longe that then thou mayst yet haue knowledge howe thou oughtest to behaue thy selle in the house of God whiche is the congregacyon of the lyuynge God the pyllar and grounde of trueth And without doute greate is that mystery of godlynes God was shewed in the â—â—esâ—he was ☞ iustifyed in the spyrit was sene amonge the Angels was preached vnto the geÌ„tyls was beleued on in earth and receaued vp in glory ¶ He Prophreyeth of the latter dayes and exhorteth Tymothe to be dilygent in readynge of the holy Scrypture CAPI IIII. THE spiryte speaketh euydently that in the latter tymes some shall departe froÌ„ the faythe shall geue hede vnto spirytes of errour and deuely she doctrines of them whiche speake false thorowe ypocrysie and haue their consciences marked with an hote yron forbyddinge to marye commaundyng to abstayne froÌ„ meates whiche God hath created to be receaued with geuyng thankê of them which beleue know the truthe For al the creatures of god are good and nothyng to be refused yf it be receaued with thankesgeuyng For it is sanctified by the worde of god prayer If thou put y â— brethren in remeÌ„braunce of these thynges y â— shalt be a good minister of Iesu christ which hast bene noryshed vp in y â— wordes of the fayth and of good doctryne whiche y â— hast contynually folowed But cast awaye vngostly and olde wyues fables Exercyse thy selfe rather vnto godlynes For bodely exercyse profyteth lytell but godlynes is profytable vnto all thinges as a thinge whiche hathe promyses of the lyfe that is nowe of the lyfe to come This is a sure sayinge and by all meanes worthy to be alowed For therfore we laboure and suffre rebuke because we beleue in y â— lyuing God whiche is the saueour of all men specyally of those that beleue Suche thynges coÌ„maunde and teache Let no man despice thy youth but he vnto them that beleue an ensample in worde in coÌ„uersacyon in loue in spyrit in fayth in purenes Tyl I come geue atteÌ„dauÌ„ce to reaÌ„dinge to exhortacyon to doctrine Despise not the gette that is in the whiche was geuen the thorowe prophesye with the layinge on of handes by the auctoryte of presthode These thynges exercyse and geue thy selfe vnto them that it maye be sene howe thou profetest in al thinges Take hede vnto thy selfe and vnto learnynge and contynue therin For yf thou shalt so do thou shalt saue thy selfe and them that heare the. ¶ He teacheth him howe he shal behaue hym selfe in rebukynge of all degrees An ordre concernynge wyddowes CAPI V. REbuke not an elder but exhorte hym as a father the yonger meÌ„ as brethreÌ„ the elder wemen as mothers the yonger as systers with all purenes Honoure wyddowes which are true wyddowes If any wyddowe haue children or nephewes let theÌ„ learne fyrst to rule their owne houses godly and to recompense theyr elders For that is good acceptable before God She that is a true wyddowe and freÌ„delesse putteth her trust in God and contynueth in supplicacyons and prayers nyght and daye But she that lyueth in pleasure is deed euen yet alyue And these thynges commaunde that they maye be without rebuke But yf any prouide not for is owne specyally for theÌ„ of his houshoulde the same hath denyed the fayth and is worsse then an infydell Let no wyddowe be chosed vnder threscore yere olde and suche a one as was the wyfe of one man and well reported of in good workes yf she haue brought vp chyldren yf she haue lodged straungers yf she haue wesshed the saynctes fete yf she haue mynystred vnto them whiche were in aduersytye yf she haue bene contynually geueÌ„ vnto all maner of good workes The yonger wyddowes refuse For when they haue begone to wexe wanton against Christ they wyll mary hauynge damnacyon because they haue cast awaye theyr fyrst fayth And also they learne to good from house to house ydle yee not ydle onely but also tryflynge and besybodyes speakynge thynges whych are not cumly I wyll therfore that the yonger wemen mary to beare chyldren to gyde the house and geue none occasyon to the aduersary to speake euyll For many of them are all ready turned back and are gone after Satan And yf any man or woman that beleueth haue wyddowes let theÌ„ mynyster vnto them let not the congregacion be charged that there maye be sufficyent for them that are wyddowes in dede The elders that rule well are worthy of double honoure most specially they whiche laboure in the worde teachynge For the scripture sayeth thou shalt not mossel the mouth of the â—xe y t treadeth out the corne And the labourer is worthy of his reward Agaynst an elder receaue â—one accusacion but vnder two or thre witnesses ☞ Them that synne rebuke openly that other also maye feare I testifye before God the Lorde Iesus Christ the electe angels that thou obserue these thynges without hastynesse of iudgement do nothige parcially Laye haÌ„des sodeÌ„ly on no maÌ„ nether be partaker of other meÌ„s synnes kepe thy selfe pure Drynke no lenger water but vse a lytell wyne for thy stoÌ„mackes sake and thyne often dyseases Some meÌ„nes sinnes are opeÌ„ before haÌ„de and go before vnto iugemeÌ„t and some mennes synnes folowe after Lykewyse also good workes are manifest before hande and they that
¶ The. ij Epystle vnto Tymo the was wrytten from Rome when Paul was presented the seconde tyme vnto the Emperoure Nero. ⧠The epystle of Saynt Paule the Apostle vnto Tytus ¶ Paule exhorteth Citus to ordayne Prestes or Byshoppes injeuery Lytie and declareth what maner of men they ought to be that are chosen to that offyce and chargeth Titus to rebuke suche as withstande the Gospell CAPI I. PAule the seruaunt of God Apostle of Iesu Christ accordig to the fayth of goddes electe and accordynge to the knowledge of the trueth whyche is after godlynes in the hope of eternall lyfe which God that cannot lye promysed before the worlde begaÌ„ne but hath opened his worde at the tyme apoynted thorow preachynge which is coÌ„mitted vnto me according to the coÌ„maundemeÌ„t of God our sauiour To Titus his natural soÌ„ne after the coÌ„men fayth Grace mercy peace from god the father from the Lord Iesu Christ our sauiour For this cause lefte I the in Creta that thou shuldest refourme the thinges that are unperfect shuldest ordaine elders in euery citie as I had appoynted the. If any be bla melesse the husbande of one wyfe hauynge faythful chyldren whiche are not sclauÌ„dred of ryote neither are disobedient For a byshop must be blamelesse as the stewarde of God not stubborne not angrye not gyuen to much wyne no fyghter not gyuen to fylthy lucre but a keper of hospitalite one that loueth goodnes âšœ prudent sobre righteous godly temperate such as eleueth vnto the true worde of doctryne that he may be able also to exhorte by wholsome learnynge to improue them that say agaynst it For ther are many vnruly and talkers of vanite and disceyuers of myndes specially they that are of circuÌ„cision whose mouthes must be stopped which peruert whole houses teachyng thinges which they ought not because of fylthy lucre One of them selues euen a prophete of their owne sayde The Cretyans are alwayes lyers euyll beastes flowe belyes This witnes is true wherfore rebuke thou them sharply that they may be sounde in the fayth not takyng hede to Iewes fables and commaundementes of men that turne away the trueth Unto the pure are al thynges pure but vnto them that are defyled and vnbeleuyng is nothynge pure but euen the mynde and conscyence of them is defiled They coÌ„fesse that they know god but with the dedes they denie him seâ—ng they are abhominable disobedient vnapt vnto euery good worke ¶ He telleth hym howe he shall teache all degrees to be haue them selues CAPI II. BUt speake thou the thynges whiche be come wholsome lernynge That the elder men be sober sage discrete sounde in the fayth in loue in pacience the elder wemen lykewyse that they be in suche raymente as becoÌ„meth holynes not being false accusers not giueÌ„ to muche wyne but that they teach honest thinges to make the yong wemen sobre minded to loue their husbandes to loue their chyldreÌ„ to be discrete chast huswyfly good obedient vnto their husbaÌ„des that the worde of God be not euyl spoken of Yonge men lykewyse exhorte that they be sobre mynded In al thynges shewe thy selfe an ensaÌ„ple of good workes in the doctrine with honesty grauytie with the wholsome worde which cannot be rebuked that he whiche w t staÌ„deth maye be ashamed hauyng no euyll thyng to say of you Exhorte seruauÌ„tes to be obedient vnto their owne masters and to please theÌ„ in all thinges not answerynge agayne neyther to be pyckers but that they shewe all good faythfulnes that they maye do worshyppe to the doctryne of God our sauiour in al thinges ✚ For the grace of god that bryngeth saluacion vnto all men hath appeared and teacheth vs that we shuld denye vngodlynes and worldly lustes that we shuld lyue soberly and ryghtuously and godly in this present worlde lokige for that blessed hope and appearynge of the glorye of the great God and of oure Sauyoure Iesu Christe whyche gaue hym selfe for vs to redeme vs from al vnryghtuousnes and to pourge vs a peculyer people vnto hym selfe feruently gyuen vnto good worckes These thynges speake and exhorte ⊢ and rebuke wyth all feruentnes of commaundynge Se that no man despyse the. ¶ Of obedyence to suche as be in auctorytye He warneth Cities to beware of folyshe and vnprofytable questions CAPI III. WArne them that they submytte them selues to rule and power that they obey the offycers that they be ready vnto euery good worke that they speake euyll of no man that they be no fighters but gentle shewing al mekenes vnto al meÌ„ For we our selues also were soÌ„tyme foolysh disobedieÌ„t deceyued seruiÌ„g diuers lustes voluptuousnes lyuyng in maliciousnes and enuie ful of hate hating one another ✚ But after that the kyndnes and loue of our sauioure God to man warde appeared not by y â— dedes of ryghtuousnes which we wrought but accordyng to his mercy he saued vs by the fountayne of the new byrth renuing of the holy gost which he shed on vs abouÌ„dauntly thorowe Iesus Christ our sauiour y â— we iustified by his grace shulde be made heyres according to the hope of eternal lyfe ⊢ This is a true saying Of these thinges I wyll that thou certyfie that they which beleue in God might be diligeÌ„t to go forward in good workes For these thinges are good profytable vnto men Foolishe questions genelogies brauling thorow striuynges about the lawe auoyde for they are vnprofitable superfluous A maÌ„ that is an auctor of sectes after the fyrst the seconde admonicion auoyde knowynge that he that is such is peruerted synneth euen damued by him selfe When I shal sende Artemas vnto the or Tychicus be diligent to come to me vnto Nicopolis For I haue determined there to winter Bryng Zenas the lawer Apollos on their iorney diligently that nothyng be lackyng vnto theÌ„ And let oures also learne to excell in good workes as farforth as nede requyreth that they be not vnfrutefull Al y â— are w t me salute the. Grete theÌ„ that loue vs in the fayth Grace be with you al. Amen ¶ Wrytten from Nicopolis a cytie of Macedonia ¶ He reioyseth to heare of the fayth and loue of Philemon whom he desyreth to forgyue his setuaunt Onesimus louyngly to receyue him agayne ⧠The Epystle of S. Paule vnto Philemon PAule the prysonner of Iesu Christ brother Timothe Unto Philemon the beloued and our helper and to the beloued Appia to Archippus oure felow soudier and to the congregacion that is of thy house Grace be vnto you peace from God our father from the Lorde Iesus Christe I thanke my God makyng meÌ„cyon alwayes of the in my prayers when I heare of thy loue fayth which thou hast toward the Lorde Iesu and towarde all sayntes so that the fellishyppe of thy fayth is frutefull in the knowledge of
but geueth grace vnto the lowlye Submit your selues therfore to God but resyst y â— deuyll and he wyll flye from you Drawe nye to God he wyll drawenye to you CleÌ„fe your haÌ„des ye synners pourge your hettes ye wauerynge mynded Suffre affliccions and mourne wepe Let youre laughter be turned to mournyng and your ioye to heuynes Humble youre selues in y â— sight of y â— lorde he shal lyft you vp Backbyte not one another drethren He y â— backbyteth his brother he that iudgeth his brother backbyteth the lawe and iudgeth the lawe But and yf thou iudge the lawe thou are not an obseruer of the lawe but a iudge There is one lawe geuer and iudge whiche is able to saue and to destroye What art thou that iudgest another Go to nowe ye that saye todaye and tomorowe let vs go into such a cytie and contynue there a yeare bye sell and wynne yet cannot ye tell what shall happen on y e morowe For what thinge is your lyfe It is euen a vapour that apereth for a lytel time and then vanyssheth a waye For that ye ought to saye yf the Lord wyll and yf we lyue let vs do this or yt. But now ye reioyce in your boastynges All soch reioysynge ys euyll Therfore to hym y t knoweth how to do good and doth yt not to hym it is synne ¶ He threteneth the wycked ryche men exhorteth vnto pacyence to beware of swerynge One to knoweledge his â—autes to another one to praye for another and one to laboure to brynge another to the trueth CAPI V. GO to nowe ye ryche men Wepe and howle on youre wretchednes that shal come vpon you You re ryches is corrupte your garmentes are motheaten Your gold and syluer is cankered and the rust of them shal be a wytnes vnto you shall eat youre flesshe as it were fyre ye haue heaped treasuere to gether âšœ eueÌ„ wrath to your selues in youre last dayes Beholde the hyre of the labourers whiche haue reaped downe your feldes whiche hyre is of you kept backe by fraude cryeth and the cryes of them whyche haue reaped are entred into y e eares of the Lorde Sabbaoth Ye haue lyued in pleasure on the earthe and bene wantan Ye haue norysshed youre hertes as ☞ in a daye of slaughter ye haue coÌ„dempned and kylled the iust and he hathe not resysted you ✚ Be pacieÌ„t therfore brethren vnto the coÌ„mynge of the Lorde Beholde the husbaÌ„de man wayteth for the precyous frute of the earth and hathe longe pacyence ther vpon vntyll he receaue that early and the latter rayne Be ye also pacient therfore settle your hertes for the commynge of the Lorde draweth nye Grudge not one agaynst another brethren lest ye be damned Beholde the iudge staÌ„deth before the dore Take my brethren the Prophetes for an ensample of sufferynge aduersytie of pacience whiche spake in the name of the Lorde ⊢ Beholde we counte them happy which endure Ye haue harde of the pacyence of Iob haue knowen what ende the Lorde made For the Lorde is very petyfull and mercyfull But aboue all thynges my brethren sweare not â–ª nether by heaueÌ„ nether by erth nether any other othe Let your yee be yee and youre naye naye lest ye fall into ypocrisy If any of you be vexed let hym praye If any of you be mery let hym synge Psalmes If any be diseased amonge you let him call for the elders of the congregacyon and let them praye ouer him and anoynte him with oyle in the name of the Lorde and the prayer of fayth shall saue the sycke and the Lorde shal rayse him vp and yf he haue coÌ„mytted synnes they shal be forgeuen him ✚ Knowledge youre fautes one to another and praye one for another that ye may be healed For the feruent prayer of a ryghteous man auayleth muche Helyas was a man mortall euen as we are and he prayed in his prayer that it myght not rayne and is rayned not on the earth by the space of thre yeares syx monethes And he prayed agayne and the heauen gaue rayne and the earth brought forth her frute Brethren yf any of you do erre from the trueth and another conuerte him let the same knowe that he whiche conuerteth the synner froÌ„ goynge a straye out of his waye shall saue a soule from deeth and shal hyde the multytude of synnes ¶ The ende of the epystle of Saynte Iames. ⧠The fyrst Epistle of Saynt Peter the Apostle ¶ He sheweth that thorowe the aboundaunt mercy of God we are begotten agayne to a lyuely hope and howe fayth muste be tryed howe the saluacyon in Chryst is no Newes â–ª but a thyng prophecyed of olde He exhorteth the to a godly conuersacyon for so muche as they are nowe borne a newe by the worde of God CAPI I. PEter an Apostle of Iesu Chryste to them that dwell here and there as strauÌ„gers thorowout Pontus Galacia Capadocya Asia and Bethynia electe according to the for knowledge of God the father thorowe the sanctifynge of the spirit vnto obedience and spryncklynge of the bloude of Iesus Chryste Grace be with you and peace be multiplyed Blessed be God the father of oure Lord Iesus Christ which accordyng to his aboundant mercy begat vs agayn vnto a lyuely hope by that that Iesus Christ rose agayne from death to an inherytaunce immortall and vndefyled and that peryssheth not reserued in heauen for you whyche are kepte by the power of God thorowe fayth vnto saluacion whyche is prepared alredy to be shewed in the last tyme in the whyche ye reioyse though now for a season yf nede requyre ye are in heuines thorow manifold temptacions that the trial of your fayth beyng much more precious then golde that perisheth risheth though it be tried with fyre might be founde vnto laude glory honour at the appearyng of Iesus Chryst whom ye haue not sene yet loue hym in whom eueÌ„ nowe though ye se him not yet do you beleue and reioyce with ioy vnspeakable and gloryous receyuynge the ende of your fayth euen the saluacyon of your soules Of which saluacion haue the Prophetes enquyred and searched whyche Prophesyed of the grace that shuld come vnto you searchynge when or at what tyme the spirit of Christ whiche was in them shuld sygnyfye whiche spirit testyfyed before the passyons that shuld happen vnto Christ and the glory that shulde folowe after vnto whiche Prophetes it was also declared that not vn to them selues but vnto vs they shuld minister the thinges which are now shewed vn to you of theÌ„ which by the holy ghost sente downe froÌ„ heauen haue in the Gospell preached vnto you the thingê which the angels defyre to beholde Wherfore gyrde vp the loynes of youre mide be sober trust perfectly on the grace that is brought vnto you by the declaryng of Iesus Christ as