in Christ. The III. Chapter· BEgynne we then agayne to prayse o selues Or nede we as some other of pistles of commēdacion vnto you or letters of commēdacion from you Ye are oure epistle wrytten in oure hertes which is vnderstonde and red of all mē in that ye are knowne how that ye are y e epistle of Christ mynistred by vs and wryttē not with ynke but with the sprete of the lyuynge God not in tables of stone but in fleshy tables of the hert Soch trust haue we thorow Christ to God warde not that we are sufficient of oure selues to thynke eny thinge as of oure selues but oure ablenesse commeth of God which hath made vs able to be mynisters of the new Testament not of the letter but of the sprete For the letter kylleth but the sprete geueth life But yf the mynistracion y t kylleth thorow the letter and was figured in stones was glorious so that the childrē of Israel mighte not beholde the face of Moses for y e clearnesse of his countenaūce which glory neuertheles is done awaye how shal not y e mynistracion of y e sprete be moch more glorious For yf the office that preacheth damnacion be glorious moch more doth the office that preacheth righteousnes exceade in glory For y e other parte that was glorified is nothinge glorified in respecte of this exceadinge glory For yf that which is done awaye be glorious moch more shal y t which remayneth be glorious Seynge then that we haue soch trust we vse greate boldnesse and do not as Moses which put a vayle before his face so that y e children of Israel mighte not se the ende of it that is done awaye But their myndes are blynded For vnto this daye remayneth the same coueringe vntakē awaye in the olde Testament whan they rede it which in Christ is put awaye But euen vnto this daye whan moses is red the vayle hangeth before their hertes Neuertheles whā they turne to the LORDE the vayle shal be taken awaye For the LORDE is a sprete where the sprete of the LORDE is there is libertye But now the glory of y e LORDE apeareth in vs all with open face and we are chaunged into the same ymage from one clearnes to another euē as of the sprete of the LORDE The IIII. Chapter THerfore seynge we haue soch an office euen as mercy is come vpon vs we faynte not but cast from vs the clokes of vnhonestye and walke not in craftines nether corruppe we the worde of God but open the trueth and reporte oure selues to euery mans conscyence in the sighte of God Yf oure Gospell be yet hyd it is hyd in them that are lost amonge whom the God of this worlde hath blynded y e myndes of them which beleue not that y e lighte of the Gospell of the glory of Christ which is the ymage of God shulde not shyne vnto them For we preach not o r selues but Iesus Christ to be the LORDE and oure selues youre seruauntes for Iesus sake For God that cōmaunded the light to shyne out of darcknesse hath geuen a cleare shyne in oure hertes y t by vs y e light of y e knowlege of the glory of God mighte come forth in the face of Iesus Christ. But this treasure haue we in earthen vessels that y e power which excelleth might be of God and not of vs. We are troubled on euery syde yet are we not without shift We are in pouertie but not vtterly without somwhat We are persecuted but we are not forsaken We are oppressed neuertheles we perish not We allwayes be are aboute in oure body the dyenge of the LORDE Iesus y t the life also of the LORDE Iesus might appeare in oure body For we which lyue are alwayes delyuered vnto death for Iesus sake that the life also of Iesus might appeare in oure mortall flesh Therfore is death now mightie in vs but life in you But seynge that we haue the same sprete of faith acordinge as it is wrytten I beleued and therfore haue I spokē we also beleue therfore we speake for we knowe that he which raysed vp y e LORDE Iesus shal rayse vs vp also by y e meanes of Iesus and shal set vs with you For all thinges do I for youre sakes that the plēteous grace by the thākesgeuynge of many maye redounde to the prayse of God Therfore are we not weery but though o r outwarde man be corrupte yet the inwarde is renewed daye by daye For oure trouble which is but temporall and lighte worketh an exceadinge and an eternall weighte of glorye vnto vs which loke not on the thinges that are sene but on them which are not sene For y e thinges which are sene are temporall but the thinges that are not sene are eternall The V. Chapter WE knowe surely y t yf oure earthy house of this dwellynge were destroyed we haue a buyldynge ordeyned of God an house not made with handes but euerlastynge in heauen And in the same sighe we also after oure māsion which is from heauen and longe to be clothed therwith so yet yf that we be founde clothed and not naked For as longe as we are in this tabernacle we sighe and are greued for we had rather not be vnclothed but to be clothed vpon that mortalite might be swalowed vp of life But he that hath ordeyned vs for this is God which hath geuen vs the earnest of the sprete Therfore are we allwaye of good cheare and knowe that as longe as we dwell here in the body we are not at home with the LORDE for we walke in faith and se him not Neuertheles we are of good comforte and had leuer to be absent from the body to be at home with the LORDE Wherfore whether we be at home or frō home we endeuoure oure selues to please him For we must all appeare before the iudgment seate of Christ y t euery one maye receaue in his body acordinge to y t he hath done whether it be good or bad Seynge then that we knowe how that the LORDE is to be feared we fare fayre with men but we are knowne well ynough vnto God I trust also that we are knowne in youre consciences We prayse not oure selues agayne vnto you but geue you an occasion to reioyse of vs y t ye maye haue to reioyse agaynst them which reioyse after the outwarde appearaunce and not after the hert For yf we do to moch we do it vnto God yf we kepe measure we do it for youre sakes For the loue of Christ constrayneth vs in as moch as we thus iudge that yf one be deed for all then are all deed And therfore dyed he for all that they which lyue shulde not hence forth lyue vnto them selues but vnto him which dyed for them and rose agayne Therfore hence forth knowe we noman after y
reserued vnto fyre agaynst the daye of iudgment and damnacion of vngodlymen Dearly beloued be not ignoraunt of this one thinge how that one daye is with the LORDE as a thousande yeare and a thousande yeare as one daye The LORDE is not slacke to fulfyll his promes as some mē counte slacknesse but is paciēt to vs warde and wyl not that eny mā shulde be lost but that euery man shulde amende himselfe Neuertheles the daye of the LORDE shal come euen as a these in the night in the which daye the heauens shal perishe with a greate noyse and the Elementes shal melte with heate and the earth and y e workes that are therin shal burne Yf all these thinges shal perishe what maner persons then ought ye to be in holy cōuersacion and godlynes lokynge for and hastynge vnto the commynge of the LORDE In the which the heauens shal perishe with fyre and the elementes shal melt with heate Neuertheles we loke for a new heauen and a new earth acordynge to his promes wherin dwelleth righteousnes Wherfore dearly beloued seynge that ye loke for soch thinges be diligent y t ye maye be founde before him in peace without spot and vndefyled and counte the long sufferynge of oure LORDE youre saluacion Euen as oure dearly beloued brother Paul acordinge to the wyszdome geuē vnto him wrote vnto you yee speakinge ther of allmost in all Epistles wherin are many thinges harde to be vnderstonde which they that are vnlerned and vnstable peruerte as they do the other scriptures also to their awne dānacion Ye therfore beloued seynge ye knowe it before hande bewarre lest ye also be plucte awaye thorow the erroure of y e wicked and fall from yo r owne sted fastnes But growe in grace and in the knowlege of oure LORDE and Sauioure Iesus Christ. To him be prayse now and for euer Amen The first Epistle of the Apostle and Euangelist S. Ihon. The summe of this epistle Chap. I. True wytnesse of the euerlastinge worde of God The bloude of Christ is the purgacion from synne No man is without synne Chap. II. Christ is oure aduocate Of true loue and how it is tryed Chap. III. The synguler loue of God to warde vs and how we agayne oughte to loue one another Chap. IIII. Difference of spretes and how the sprete of God maye be knowne from the sprete of erroure Of the loue of God and of oure neghbours Chap. V. To loue God is to kepe his commaundemētes Faith ouercommeth the worlde Euerlastinge life is in the sonne of God ▪ Of the synne vnto death The first Chapter THat which was from y e begynnynge which we haue herde which we haue sene with o r eyes which we haue loked vpon and o r handes haue handled of the worde of life and the life hath appeared and we haue sene and beare wytnes and shewe vnto you y e life that is euerlastinge which was with the father and hath apeared vnto vs. That which we haue sene herde declare we vnto you that ye also maye haue fellishippe with vs and that oure fellishippe maye be with the father and with his sonne Iesus Christ. And this wryte we vnto you that youre ioye maye be full And this is the tydinges which we haue herde of him declare vnto you that ▪ God is lighte and in him is no darknes at all Yf we saye that we haue fellishippe with him and yet walke in darknes we lye and do not the trueth But yf we walke in lighte euen as he is in lighte then haue we fellishippe together and the bloude of Iesus Christ his sonne clenseth vs from all synne Yf we saye that we haue no synne we disceaue oure selues and the trueth is not in vs. But yf we knowlege oure synnes he is faith full and iust to forgeue vs oure synnes to clense vs from all vnrighteousnes Yf we saye we haue not synned we make him a lyar and his worde is not in vs. The II. Chapter MY litle children these thinges wryte I vnto you that ye shulde not synne and yf eny man synne we haue an aduocate with the father euen Iesus Christ which is righteous and he it is that optayneth grace for oure synnes not for oure synnes onely but also for the synnes of all the worlde And hereby are we sure that we knowe him yf we kepe his cōmaundemētes He that sayeth I knowe him and kepeth not his cōmaundemētes is a lyar and the trueth is not in him But who so kepeth his worde in him is the loue of God perfecte in dede Hereby knowe we that we are in him He y t sayeth he abydeth in him oughte to walke euen as he walked Brethren I wryte no new commaundement vnto you but that olde commaundement which ye haue herde from the begynnynge The olde cōmaundement is the worde which ye haue herde from the begynnynge Agayne a new cōmaundemēt wryte I vnto you a thinge that is true in him also in you for the darknesse is past and the true lighte now shyneth He that sayeth he is in lighte and hateth his brother is yet in darknesse He y t loueth his brother abydeth in the lighte and there is none occasion of euell in him But he y t hateth his brother is in darknes and walketh in darknes and can not tell whither he goeth for y e darknes hath blynded his eyes Babes I wryte vnto you that yo r synnes are forgeuen you for his names sake I wryte vnto you fathers how that ye haue knowne him which is from y e begynnynge I wryte vnto you yonge mē how that ye haue euercome the wicked I wryte vnto you litle children how that ye haue knowne the father I haue wrytten vnto you fathers how that ye haue knowne him which is frō the begynnynge I haue wrytten vnto you yonge men how that ye are stronge and the worde of God abydeth in you and ye haue ouer come that wicked Se that ye loue not the worlde nether y e thinges that are in the worlde Yf eny man loue the worlde the loue of the father is not in him for all that is in the worlde namely the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the pryde of life is not of the father but of the worlde And the worlde passeth awaye and the lust therof But he that fulfylleth the wyll of God abydeth for euer Litle children it is the last houre and as ye haue herde that Antechrist shal come euen now are there many become Antechristes allready wherby we knowe that it is y e last houre They wente out frō vs but they were not of vs for yf they had bene of vs they wolde no doute haue contynued with vs. But * that they maye be knowne 〈◊〉 that they are not all of vs. But ye haue the anoyntinge of 〈…〉 holy ye knowe all thīges
at the left Then was the scrypture fulfilled which sayeth He was coūted amonge the euell doers And they that wēte by reuyled him and wagged their heades and sayde Fye vpon the how goodly breakest thou downe y e tēple buyldest it agayne in thre dayes Helpe y e self now come downe frō the crosse The hye prestes also in like maner laughed him to scorne amonge thē selues with the scrybes sayde He hath helped other himself can he not helpe Yf he be Christ and y e kyge of Israel let him come downe now frō the crosse y t we maye se it beleue And they y t were crucified w t hī checked hī also And whā it was aboute the sixte houre there was a darcknesse ouer the whole lōde tyll aboute y e nyenth houre And aboute y e nyenth houre Iesus cried loude and sayde Eli Eli lamma asabthani which is interpreted My God my God why hast thou forsaken me And some that stode by whan they herde y t they sayde Beholde he calleth Elias Then rāne there one fylled a spōge w t vyneger stickte it vpō a rede gaue hī to drynke sayde Holde styll let se whether Elias wil come and take him downe But Iesus cried loude and gaue vp the goost And the vale of the tēple rent in two peces from aboue tyll beneth The captayne that stode thereby ouer agaynst him whā he sawe y t he gaue vp the goost with soch a crye he sayde Verely this man was Gods sonne And there were wemen there also which behelde this afarre of amōge whō was Mary Magdalene Mary of Iames y e litle the mother of Ioses Salome which had folowed him whā he was in Galile and mynistred vnto hī many other y t wēte vp w t hī to Ierusalem And at euen for so moch as it was the daye of preparinge which is the fore Sabbath there came one Ioseph of Arimathia a worshipfull Senatoure which loked also for the kyngdome of God wēte in boldely vnto Pilate axed y e body of Iesus But Pylate marueyled y t he was deed allready called y e captayne axed hī whether he had lōge bene deed And whā he had gotten knowlege of the captayne he gaue Ioseph y e body And he bought a lynnē cloth toke him downe wrapped hī in y e lynnē clothe layed him in a sepulcre which was hewē out of a rocke rolled a stone before y e dore of y e sepulcre But Mary Magdalene and Mary Ioses behelde where he was layed The XVI Chapter ANd whan the Sabbath was past Mary Magdalene Mary Iames and Salome bought spyces y t they might come anoynte hī And they came to the sepulcre vpō a daye of y e Sabbathes very early whā y e Sonne arose sayde one to another Who shal rolle vs y e stone frō y e dore of the sepulcre And whan they loked they sawe that the stone was rolled awaye for it was a very greate one And they wente in to the sepulcre and on the right hande they sawe a yonge man syttinge which had a longe whyte garmēt vpon him and they were abaszhed But he sayde vnto thē Be not ye afrayed ye seke Iesus of Nazareth which was crucified he is rysen he is not here Beholde y e place where they layed him But go ye youre waye and tell his disciples and Peter that he wil go before you into Galile there shal ye se him as he sayde vnto you And they wente forth in all the haist and fled from the sepulcre for there was a tremblynge feare come vpon them nether sayde they eny thinge to eny man for they were afrayed But Iesus whan he was rysen vp early vpō the first daye of the Sabbathes he appeared first vnto Mary Magdalene out of whom he had cast out seuen deuels And she wēte and tolde thē that were with him as they mourned and wepte And whan they herde that he lyued and had appeared vnto her they beleued it not After warde as two of thē were walkynge he shewed himself vnder another figure whan they were goynge vpon the felde And they wente and tolde the other these they beleued not also At the last as the eleuen sat at the table he shewed himself vnto them and rebuked their vnbeleue and y e hardnesse of their hert because they beleued not thē which had sene him rysen And he sayde vnto them Go ye youre waye in to all the worlde and preach the gospell vnto all creatures Who so beleueth and is baptysed shal be saued but who so beleueth not shal be damned As for the tokens which shal folowe thē that beleue these are they In my name shal they cast out deuyls Speake with new tunges Dryue awaye serpētes And yf they drynke eny deedly thinge it shal not hurte them They shal laye their handes vpō the sicke and they shal recouer And the LORDE after that he had spoken vnto them was taken vp into heauen and sytteth at the right hāde of God And they wente out and preached euery where And the LORDE wrought with them and confirmed the worde with tokens folowynge The ende of the gospell of S. Marke The gospell of S. Luke What S. Luke conteyneth Chap. I. The cōcepcion and byrth of Ihon the baptist The concepcion of Christ. The thākfull songes of Mary and Zachary ▪ Chap. II. The byrth circūcision of Christ. How he was receaued in to the tēple how Symeon and Anna prophecie of him and how he was founde in the tēple amōge the doctours Chap. III. The preachinge baptyme and presonment of Ihon. The baptyme of Christ and a rehearsall of the generacion of the fathers Chap. IIII. Iesus is led into the wyldernesse fasteth all the tyme of his temptacion ouercōmeth the deuell goeth in to Galilee preacheth at Nazareth and Caphernaū the Iewes despyse him the deuels knowlege him he cōmeth into Peters house healeth his mother in lawe and doth greate miracles Chap. V. Christ preacheth in the shippe The disciples forsake all and folowe him He clenseth the leper healeth the man of the palsye calleth Mathew the customer and eateth with open synners Chap. VI. He excuseth the disciples that plucke the eares of corne he healeth the man with the wythred hande choseth his twolue Apostles maketh a swete sermon and teacheth to do good for euell Chap. VII He healeth the captaynes seruaunt rayseth vp the wyddowes sonne from death to life enfourmeth the disciples whom Ihon baptist sent vnto him commendeth Ihon and reproueth the Iewes for their vnthankfulnesse He eateth with the pharisee The woman waszheth his fete with hir teares and he forgeueth her hir synnes Chap. VIII Christ with his apostles goeth frō towne to towne and preacheth sheweth the parable of the sede telleth who is his mother and his brother stilleth
on the sonne hath euerlastinge life he that beleueth not the sonne shal not se the life but y e wrath of God abydeth vpon him The IIII. Chapter NOw whan Iesus had knowlege y t it was come to the eares of the Pharises that Iesus made and baptised mo disciples thē Ihon howbeit Iesus himself baptysed not but his disciples he left the londe of Iewry and departed agayne in to Galile But he must nedes go thorow Samaria Then came he in to a cite of Samaria called Sichar nye vnto y e pece of lōde y t Iacob gaue vnto Ioseph his sonne And there was Iacobs well Now whan Iesus was weerye of his iourney he satt hī downe so vpō the well And it was aboute the sixte houre Then came there a woman of Samaria to drawe water Iesus sayde vnto her Geue me drynke For his disciples were gone their waye in to y e cite to bye meate So the woman of Samaria sayde vnto him How is it that thou axest drynke of me seynge thou art a Iewe and I a woman of Samaria For the Iewes medle not with the Samaritans Iesus answered and sayde vnto her Yf thou knewest the gift of God and who it is that sayeth vnto the geue me drynke thou woldest axe of him and he wolde geue the the water of life The woman sayde vnto him Syr thou hast nothinge to drawe withall and the well is depe from whence hast thou then that water of life Art thou greater then oure father Iacob which gaue vs this well And he himself dranke therof and his children and his catell Iesus answered and sayde vnto her Who so euer drynketh of this water shal thyrst agayne But whosoeuer shal drynke of the water that I shal geue him shal neuer be more a thyrst but the water that I shal geue him shal be in him a well of water which spryngeth vp in to euerlastinge life The woman sayde vnto him Syr geue me that same water that I thyrst not nether nede to come hither to drawe Iesus sayde vnto her Go call they huszbande and come hither The woman answered and sayde vnto him I haue no huszbande Iesus sayde vnto her Thou hast sayde well I haue no huszbande for thou hast had fyue huszbandes and he whom thou hast now is not thine huszbande there saydest thou right The womā sayde vnto him Syr I se that thou art a prophet Oure father 's worshipped vpon this mountayne and ye saye that at Ierusalem is the place where men ought to worshippe Iesus sayde vnto her Woman beleue me the tyme commeth that ye shal nether vpon this mountayne ner at Ierusalem worshippe the father Ye wote not what ye worshippe but we knowe what we worshippe for Saluacion commeth of the Iewes But the tyme commeth and is now allready that the true worshippers shal worshippe the father in sprete and in the trueth For the father wil haue soch so to worshippe him God is a sprete and they that worshippe him must worshippe in sprete and in the trueth The womā sayde vnto him I wote that Messias shal come which is called Christ. Whan he commeth he shal tell vs all thinges Iesus sayde vnto her I that speake vnto the am he And in the meane season came his disciples and they marueyled that he talked with the woman Yet sayde no man What axest thou or what talkest thou with her Then the woman let hir pot stonde and wente in to the cite and sayde vnto the people Come se a man which hath tolde me all that euer ▪ I dyd Is not he Christ Then wente they out of the cite and came vnto him In the meane whyle his disciples prayed him and sayde Master eate But he sayde vnto them I haue meate to eate that ye knowe not of Then sayde the disciples amōge them selues Hath eny man brought him meate Iesus sayde vnto thē My meate is this that I do the wyll of him that sent me and to fynish his worke Saye not ye youre selues There are yet foure monethes and then commeth the haruest Beholde I saye vnto you lift vp youre eyes and loke vpon the felde for it is whyte allready vnto the haruest And he that reapeth receaueth rewarde and gathereth frute to euerlastinge life that both he that soweth and he that reapeth maye reioyse together For herin is the prouerbe true One soweth another reapeth I haue sent you to reape that wheron ye bestowed no laboure Other haue laboured and ye are come in to their laboures Many Samaritans of the same cite beleued on him for the sayenge of the woman which testified He hath tolde me all that euer I dyd Now whan the Samaritans came to him they besought him that he wolde tary with them And he abode there two dayes and many mo beleued because of his worde and sayde vnto the woman We beleue now hence forth not because of thy sayenge we haue herde him oureselues and knowe that this of a trueth is Christ the Sauioure of the worlde After two dayes he departed thence and wente in to Galile For Iesus himself testified that a prophet is nothinge set by at home Now whā he came in to Galile the Galileās receaued him which had sene all that he dyd at Ierusalem in the feast for they also were come thither in the feast And Iesus came agayne vnto Cana in Galile where he turned the water vnto wyne And there was a certayne ruler whose sonne laye sicke at Capernaum This herde that Iesus came out of Iewry in to Galile and wente vnto him and besought him that he wolde come downe and helpe his sonne for he laye deed sicke And Iesus sayde vnto him Excepte ye se tokens and wonders ye beleue not The ruler sayde vnto him Come downe Syr or euer my childe dye Iesus sayde vnto him Go thy waye thy sonne lyueth The man beleued the worde that Iesus sayde vnto him and wente his waye And as he was goinge downe his seruauntes mett him and tolde him and sayde Thy childe lyueth Then enquyred he of them the houre wherin he beganne to amende And they sayde vnto him Yesterdaye aboute the seuēth houre the feuer left him Then the father perceaued that it was aboute the same houre wherin Iesus sayde vnto him Thy sonne lyueth And he beleued with his whole house This is now the seconde token that Iesus dyd whan he came from Iewry in to Galile The V. Chapter AFterwarde there was a feast of the Iewes and Iesus wente vp to Ierusalem There is at Ierusalem by the slaughter house a pole which in Hebrue is called Bethseda hath fyue porches wherin laye many sicke blynde lame wythred which wayted whan the water shulde moue For the angell wente downe at his tyme in to the pole and stered the water Who so euer now wente downe first after that the water was stered y e same was made whole what soeuer disease he had And
The XII Chapter SIxe dayes before Easter came Iesus vnto Bethanye where Lazarus was which was deed whom Iesus 〈◊〉 from the deed There they made him a supper and Martha serued But Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him Then toke Mary a pounde of oyntment of pure and costly Nardus and anoynted Iesus fete dryed his fete with hir heer The house was full of the sanoure of the oynment Then sayde one of his disciples Iudas Iscarioth Symons sonne which afterwarde betrayed him Why was not this oyntment solde for thre hundreth pens and geuen to the poore This sayde he not that he cared for the poore but because he was a thefe and had the bagge and bare that which was geuē Then sayde Iesus Let her alone this hath she kepte agaynst the daye of my buryenge For the poore haue ye allwaye with you but me haue ye not allwaye Then moch people of the Iewes had knowlege that he was there and they came not for Iesus sake onely but also y t they might se Lazarus whom he had raysed from the deed But y e hye prestes were aduysed to put Lazarus to death also because y t for his sake many of the Iewes wēte awaye and beleued on Iesus Vpon the nexte daye moch people which were come vnto the feast whan they herde that Iesus came towarde Ierusalem they toke braunches of palme trees and wēte out to mete him and cryed Hosianna Blessed be he that in the name of the LORDE commeth kynge of Israel Iesus gat a yonge Asse and rode theron As it is wryttē Feare not thou doughter of Sion beholde thy kynge cōmeth rydinge vpō an Asses foale Neuertheles his disciples vnderstode not these thinges at the first but whan Iesus was glorified then remēbred they that soch thinges were wryttē of him and that they had done soch thinges vnto him The people that was with him whan he called Lazarus out of y e graue and raysed him from the deed commended the acte Therfore the people met him because they herde that he had done soch a miracle But the pharises sayde amonge them selues Ye se that we preuayle nothinge beholde all y e worlde runneth after him There were certayne Grekes amonge thē that were come vp to Ierusalē to worshipe at the feast the same came vnto Philippe which was of Bethsaida out of Galile prayed him and sayde Syr we wolde fayne se Iesus Philippe came tolde Andrew And agayne Philippe and Andrew tolde Iesus Iesus answered thē and sayde The houre is come that the sonne of man must be glorified Verely verely I saye vnto you Excepte the wheatcorne fall in to the grounde and dye it bydeth alone But yf it dye it beyngeth forth moch frute He that loueth his life shal lose it and he that hateth his life in this worlde shal kepe it vnto life euerlastinge He that wyl serue me let him folowe me And where I am there shal my seruaunt be also and he that serueth me him shal my father honoure Now is my soule heuy and what shal I saye Father helpe me out of this houre But therfore am I come in to this houre Father glorifye thy name Then came there a voyce from heauen I haue glorified it and wyl glorifye it agayne Then sayde the people that stode by and herde It thondereth Other sayde An angell spake vnto him Iesus answered and sayde This voyce came not because of me but for youre sakes Now goeth the iudgment ouer the worlde Now shal the prynce of this worlde be thrust out And I whan I am life vp from the earth wyl drawe all vnto me But this he sayde to signifye what death he shulde dye Then answered him the people We haue herde in the lawe that Christ endureth for euer and how sayest thou then that the sonne of man must be lift vp Who is this sonne of man Then sayde Iesus vnto them The light is yet a litle whyle with you walke whyle ye haue the light that the darknesse fall not vpō you He that walketh in the darknesse woteth not whither he goeth Beleue ye on the light whyle ye haue it that ye maye be the children of light These thinges spake Iesus and departed awaye and hyd himself from them And though he had done soch tokens before thē yet beleued they not on him that the sayenge of Esay the prophet might be fulfylled which he spake LORDE who beleueth oure preachinge Or to whom is the arme of the LORDE opened Therfore coulde they not beleue for Esay saide agayne He hath blynded their eyes and hardened their hert that they shulde not se with the eyes ner vnderstonde with the hert shulde be conuerted and he shulde heale them This sayde Esay whan he sawe his glory and spake of him Neuertheles many of the chefe rulers beleued on him but because of the Pharises they wolde not be aknowne of it lest they shulde be excommunicate For they loued more the prayse with men then with God Iesus cryed and sayde He that beleueth on me beleueth not on me but on him that sent me And he that seyth me seyth him y t sent me I am come a light in to the worlde that whosoeuer beleueth on me shulde not byde in darknesse And he that heareth my wordes and beleueth not I iudge him not for I am not come to iudge the worlde but to saue the worlde He that refuseth me and receaueth not my wordes hath one allready that iudgeth him The worde that I haue spoken that shall iudge him at the last daye For I haue not spoken of myself but the father that sent me hath geuen me a commaundement what I shulde do and saye And I knowe that his commaundement is life euerlastinge Therfore loke what I speake that speake I euē so as the father hath sayde vnto me The XIII Chapter BEfore the feast of Easter whan Iesus knewe that his tyme was come that he shulde departe out of this worlde vnto y e father as he loued his which were in the worlde euen so loued he them vnto the ende And after supper whan the deuell had allready put into y e hert of Iudas Iscarioth Symons sonne to betraye him Iesus knowinge that the father had geuen all thinges in to his handes that he was come from God and wente vnto God he rose from supper and layed asyde his vpper garmentes and toke a towell and gyrde it aboute him Afterwarde poured he water in to a basen and beganne to wash the disciples fete and dryed them with the towell y t he was gyrded withall Then came he vnto Symon Peter and y e same sayde vnto him LORDE shalt thou washe my fete Iesus answered and sayde vnto him What I do thou knowest not now but thou shalt knowe it herafter Thē sayde Peter vnto him Thou shalt neuer
the Iewes thorow out all the worlde and a manteyner of the secte of the Nazaretes and hath taken in hande also to suspende the temple whom we toke and wolde haue iudged him acordinge to oure lawe But Lysias the hye captayne came vpoÌ„ vs and with greate violence delyuered him out of oure handes and commaunded his accusers to come vnto the of whom yf thou wilt enquyre thou mayest haue knowlege of all these thinges wherof we accuse him The Iewes likewyse affirmed and sayde that it was euen so But Paul whan the debyte had beckened vnto him that he shulde speake answered Seynge I knowe that thou hast bene iudge now many yeares amonge this people I wil not be afrayed to answere for my selfe because that thou mayest knowe that there are yet nomore but twolue dayes sence I came vp to Ierusalem for to worshippe and that they nether founde me in the temple disputinge with eny man or makynge eny vproure amonge the people ner in y e synagoges ner in the cite nether can they proue the thinges wherof they accuse me But this I confesse vnto the that after this waye which they call heresye so worshippe I the God of my fathers that I beleue all that is wrytten in the lawe and in the prophetes and haue hope towarded God that the same resurreccion of the deed which they them selues loke for also shal be both of the iust and vniust Therfore studye I to haue allwaye a cleare conscience towarde God and towarde men But after many yeares I came and broughte allmesse vnto my people and offeringes whervpon they founde me purifyed in the temple without eny maner of rumoure or vnquyetnesse Howbeit there were certayne Iewes out of Asia which shulde be here presente before the and accuse me yf they had oughte agaynst me or els letâ— these same here saye yf they haue founde eny vnrighteousnes in me whyle I stonde here before y e councell excepte it be for this one worde that I cried stondinge amonge them Of the resurreccion off the deed am I iudged of you this daye Whan Felix herde this he dyfferred theÌ„ for he knewe very well of that waye and sayde Whan Lysias the vpper captayne commeth downe I wyl knowe y e vttemost of youre matter But he commaunded the vndercaptayne to kepe Paul and to let him haue rest and that he shulde forbydde none of his acquauntauÌ„ce to mynister vnto him or to come vnto him But after certayne dayes came Felix w t his wife Drusilla which was a Iewesse and called for Paul and herde him of the faith in Christ. Howbeit whan Paul spake off righteousnesse and off chastite and off the iudgment to come Felix trembled and answered Go thy waye for this tyme. Whan I haue a conuenyent tyme I wil sende for the. He hoped also that money shulde haue bene geuen him of Paul therfore called he oft for him and commened with him But after two yeares came Portius Festus in to felix rowme Yet Felix wyllinge to shewe the Iewes a pleasure left Paul bounde The XXV Chapter NOw whan Festus was come in to the countre ouer thre dayes he wente vp from Cesarea to Ierusalem Then appeared the hye prestes and the chefe of the Iewes before him agaynst Paul and intreated him and desyred fauoure agaynst him that he wolde sende for him to Ierusalem and layed wayte for him that they might slaye him by the waye Then answered Festus that Paul shulde be kepte at Cesarea but that he himselfe wolde shortly go thither agayne Let them therfore sayde he which are able amonge you come downe with vs to accuse the man yf there be ought in him Whan he had taried amonge them more then ten dayes he wente downe to Cesarea And on the nexte daye he sat downe on the iudgment seate and commaunded Paul to be broughte Whan he was come y e Iewes which were come downe from Ierusalem stode rounde aboute him and broughte vp many and greuous quarels agaynst Paul which they coulde not proue whyle he answered for himselfe I haue nether offended ought agaynst the lawe of the Iewes ner agaynst the teÌ„ple ner agaynst the Emperoure But Festus wyllinge to shewe the Iewes a pleasure answered Paul and sayde Wilt thou go vp to Ierusalem and there be iudged off these thinges before me But Paul sayde I stonde at the Emperours iudgmeÌ„t seate where I ought to be iudged to the Iewes haue I done no harme as thou also knowest very well Yf I haue hurte eny man or committed eny thinge worthy off death I refuse not to dye But yf there are no soch thinges as they accuse me off then maye no man delyuer me vnto them I appeale vnto the Emperoure Then spake Festus with the Councell and answered Thou hast appealed vnto the Emperoure to the Emperoure shalt thou go After certayne dayes came kynge Agrippa and Bernice to Cesarea to welcome Festus And whan they had taried there many dayes Festus rehearsed Pauls cause vnto the kynge and sayde There is a man left bounde of Felix for whose cause the hye prestes and Elders of the Iewes appeared before me whan I was at Ierusalem and desyred a sentence agaynst him Vnto whom I answered It is not the maner off the Romaynes to delyuer eny man that he shulde perishe before that he which is accused haue his accusers presente and receaue libertye to answere for him selfe to the accusacion WhaÌ„ they were come hither together I made no delaye but sat the nexte daye in iudgment and commaunded the man to be broughte forth Of whom whan the accusers stode vp they broughte no accusacion of soch thinges as I supposed But had certayne questions agaynst him of their awne supersticions and of one Iesus deed whom Paul affirmed to be alyue Howbeit because I vnderstode not the question I axed hiÌ„ whether he wolde go to IerusaleÌ„ and there be iudged of these matters But whaÌ„ Paul had appealed that he might be kepte vnto the knowlege of the Emperoure I coÌ„maunded him to be kepte tyll I mighte sende him to the Emperoure Agrippa sayde vnto Festus I wolde fayne heare the man also He sayde Tomorow shalt thou heare him And on the nexte daye came Agrippa Bernice with greate pompe and weÌ„te in to the comon hall with the captaynes chefe meÌ„ of the cite And at Festus coÌ„maundement Paul was brought forth And Festus sayde Kynge Agrippa and all ye men which are here with vs ye se this man aboute whom all the multitude of the Iewes haue entreated me both at IerusaleÌ„ and here also and cried that he ought not to lyue eny lenger But whan I perceaued that he had done nothinge worthy off death and that he himselfe also had appealed vnto the Emperoure I determyned to sende him of whoÌ„ I haue no certayne thinge â—o â—â—ryte vnto my lorde Therfore haue I caused hiÌ„ to be broughte forth before you specially before the O kynge Agrippa
where he sayeth Aboute this tyme wyl I come and Sara shal haue a sonne Howbeit it is not so with this onely but also whan Rebecca was with childe by one namely by oure father Isaac or euer the childrē were borne had done nether good ner bad that the purpose of God might stōde acordinge to the eleccion not by the deseruynge of workes but by the grace of the caller it was sayde thus vnto her The greater shal serue the lesse As it is wrytten Iacob haue I loued but Esau haue I hated What shal we saye then Is God then vnrighteous God forbyd For he sayeth vnto Moses I shewe mercy to whom I shewe mercy and haue cōpassion on whō I haue compassion So lyeth it not then in eny mans wyll or runnynge but in the mercy of God For the scripture sayeth vnto Pharao For this cause haue I stered the vp euen to shewe my power on the that my name mighte be declared in all lōdes Thus hath he mercy on whom he wyl and whom he wyl he hardeneth Thou wilt saye then vnto me Why blameth he vs yet For who can resiste his will O thou man who art thou that disputest with God Sayeth the worke to his workman Why hast thou made me on this fashion Hath not the potter power out of one lompe of claye to make one vessell vnto honoure and another vnto dishonoure Therfore whan God wolde shewe wrath and to make his power knowne he broughte forth with greate pacience the vessels off wrath which are ordeyned to damnacion that he mighte declare the riches off his glorye on y e vessels of mercy which he hath prepared vnto glorye whom he hath called namely vs not onely of the Iewes but also of the Gentyles As he sayeth also by Osee I wil call that my people which is not my people and my beloued which is not y e beloued And it shal come to passe in y e place where it was sayde vnto them Ye are not my people there shal they be called the children of the lyuynge God But Esay crieth ouer Israel Though the nombre of the children of Israel be as the sonde of the see yet shal there but a remnaunt be saued For there is the worde that fynisheth and shorteneth in righteousnes for a shorte worde shal God make vpon earth And as Esay sayde before Excepte the LORDE of Sabbaoth had lefte vs fede we shulde haue bene as Sodoma and like vnto Gomorra What shal we saye then This wil we saye The Heythen which folowed not righteousnes haue ouertaken righteousnes but I speake of the righteousnes that commeth of faith Agayne Israel folowed the lawe of righteousnes and attayned not vnto the lawe of righteousnes Why so Euen because they soughte it not out of faith but as it were out of the deseruynge of workes For they haue stombled at the stomblinge stone As it is wrytten Beholde I laye in Sion a stone to stōble at and a rocke to be offended at and who so euer beleueth on him shal not be confounded The X. Chapter BRethren my hertes desyre prayer vnto God for Israel is that they might be saued For I beare them recorde that they are zelous for Gods cause but not w t vnderstondinge For they knowe not the righteousnes which auayleth before God and go aboute to manteyne their awne righteousnes and thus they are not subdued vnto the righteousnes that is off value before God For Christ is the ende of the lawe vnto righteousnes for euery one y t beleueth Moses wryteth of y e righteousnes which commeth of the lawe that the man which doth y e same shal lyue therin But y e righteousnes which cōmeth of faith speaketh on this wyse Saye not in thine hert Who wil go vp in to heauē that is nothinge els then to fetch Christ downe Or who wyl go downe in to y e depe that is nothinge els thē to fetch vp Christ from the deed But what sayeth the scripture The worde is nye the euen in thy mouth and in thine hert This is y e worde of faith y t we preach For yf thou knowlegest Iesus with thy mouth that he is the LORDE and beleuest in thine hert that God hath raysed him vp from the deed thou shalt be saued For yf a man beleue from the hert he shal be made righteous and yf a mā knowlege with the mouth he shal be saued For the scripture sayeth Who so euer beleueth on him shal not be confounded Here is no difference nether of the Iewe ner of the Gentyle For one is LORDE of all which is riche vnto all y t call vpō him * For who so euer shal call vpon the name of the LORDE shal be saued But how shal they call vpō him on whō they beleue not How shal they beleue on him of whō they haue not herde How shal they heare without a preacher But how shal they preach excepte they be sent As it is wryttē How beutyfull are the fete of thē y t preach peace y t brynge good tidinges But they are not all obedient vnto the Gospell For Esaye sayeth LORDE who beleueth oure preachinge So thē faith cōmeth by hearynge but hearinge cōmeth by the worde of God But I saye Haue they not herde No doute their sounde wēte out in to all londes and their wordes in to the endes of the worlde But I saye Hath not Israel knowne First Moses sayeth I wil prouoke you to enuye by them that are not my people by a foolish nacion wyl I anger you Esaye after him is bolde and sayeth I am founde of them that sought me not haue appeared vnto them that axed not after me But vnto Israel he sayeth All the daye lōge haue I stretched forth my handes vnto a people y t beleueth not but speaketh agaynst me The XI Chapter I Saye then Hath God thrust out his people God forbyd for I also am an Israelite of the sede of Abraham out of the trybe of Ben Iamin God hath not thrust out his people whom he knewe before Or wote ye not what the scripture sayeth of Elias how he maketh intercession vnto God agaynst Israel and sayeth LORDE they haue slayne thy prophetes dydged downe thine altares and I am lefte ouer onely and they seke my life But what sayeth the answere of God vnto him I haue reserued vnto me seuen thousande men which haue not bowed their knee before Baal Euē so goeth it now at this tyme also w t this remnaunt after y e eleccion of grace Yf it be done of grace thē is it not of deseruynge els were grace no grace But yf it be of deseruynge then is grace nothinge els were deseruynge no deseruynge What thē Israel hath not optayned y t which he soughte but the eleccion hath optayned it As for y e other they are blynded As
one another Chap. XIII The nature and condicions of loue Chap. XIIII Paul sheweth that the gift of prophecie interpretinge or preachinge excelleth the gift of tunges and how they ought both to be vsed Chap. XV. The resurreccion of the deed Chap. XVI He putteth thē in remembraunce of the gadderynge for the poore christē at Ierusalē and concludeth his epistle with the salutacions of certayne louynge brethren The first Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Corinthians The first Chapter PAul called to be an Apostle of Iesus Christ thorow y e will of God and brother Sosthenes vnto the congregacion off God which is at Corinthum to them that are sanctified in Christ Iesus sayntes by callinge with all them that call vpon the name of oure LORDE Iesus Christ in euery place both off theirs and oures Grace be with you and peace from God oure father and from the LORDE Iesus Christ. I thāke my God allwayes on youre behalfe for the fauoure of God which is geuē you in Iesus Christ that in all poyntes ye are made ryche by him in euery worde and in all maner of knowlege euē as y e preachinge of Christ is confirmed in you so that ye wante nothinge in eny gifte and wayte but for the appearinge of oure LORDE Iesus Christ which shal strength you also vnto y e ende that ye maye be blamelesse in the daye of oure LORDE Iesus Christ. For God is faithfull by whō ye are called vnto the fellishippe of his sonne Iesus Christ oure LORDE But I beseke you brethrē thorow the name of oure LORDE Iesus Christ that ye all speake one thinge and let there be no discension amonge you but that ye be perfecte in one meanynge For it is shewed me my brethren of you by them which are of y e housholde of Cloes that there is stryfe amonge you I speake of that which euery one of you sayeth I holde of Paul Another I holde of Apollo ▪ The thirde I holde of Cephas The fourth I holde off Christ. Is Christ then deuyded in partes Was Paul crucified for you Or were ye baptysed in y e name of Paul I thanke God that I haue baptised none of you but * Crispus and Gaius lest eny shulde saye y t I in myne awne name had baptised I baptysed also y e housholde of Stephana Farthermore knowe I not whether I baptysed eny other For Christ sent me not to baptyse but to preach the Gospell not with wyszdome of wordes lest y e crosse of Christ shulde haue bene made of none effecte For the worde of y e crosse is foolishnesse to thē that perishe but vnto vs which are saued it is the power of God For it is wryttē I wyl destroye the wyszdome of the wyse wil cast away the vnderstondinge of y e prudēt Where are the wyse Where are y e scrybes where are y e disputers of this worlde Hath not God made the wyszdome of this worlde foolishnesse For in so moch as the worlde by the wyszdome therof knewe not God in his wyszdome it pleased God thorow foolish preachinge to saue them y t beleue For the Iewes requyre tokens and the Grekes axe after wyszdome But we preach Christ the crucified to the Iewes an occasion off fallinge and vnto the Grekes foolishnes But vnto them that are called both Iewes and Grekes we preach Christ the power of God and the wyszdome off God For the foolishnes of God is wyser then men and the weaknes of God is strōger thē men Brethren loke on youre callinge how that not many wysemē after the flesh not many mightie not many of hye degre are called but that foolish is before the worlde hath God chosen that he mighte cōfounde the wyse And that weake is before y e worlde hath God chosen y t he mighte confounde the mightye And the vyle and despysed before the worlde hath God chosen yee and that which is nothinge that he mighte destroye that which is oughte that no flesh shulde reioyse in his presence Of the same are ye also in Christ Iesu which of God is made vnto vs wyszdome and righteousnes and sanctifienge and redēpcion that acordinge as it is wrytten He that reioyseth shulde reioyse in the LORDE The II. Chapter ANd I brethrē whā I came vnto you came not w t hye wordes or hye wyszdome to shewe vnto you the preachinge of Christ. For I shewed not forth my selfe amonge you that I knewe eny thinge saue onely Iesus Christ euen the sam that ewas crucified And I was amonge you in weaknes and in feare and in moch tremblinge and my worde and my preachinge was not with entysinge wordes of mans wyszdome but in shewinge of the sprete and of power that youre faith shulde not stonde in the wyszdome of men but in the power of God That we speake of is wyszdome amonge thē y t are perfecte not y e wyszdome of this worlde nether of the rulers of this worlde which go to naughte but we speake of the wyszdome of God which is in secrete and lyeth hyd which God ordeyned before the worlde vnto oure glorye which none of y e rulers of this worlde knewe For yf they had knowne it they had not crucified the LORDE of glorye but as it is wrytten The eye hath not sene and the eare hath not herde nether hath it entred in to the hert of man that God hath prepared for them that loue him But God hath opened it vnto vs by his sprete For the sprete searcheth out all thinges yee euen the depenesses of the God heade For what mā knoweth what is in man saue the sprete of mā which is in him Euen so no man knoweth what is in God saue y e sprete of God As for vs we haue not receaued the sprete of this worlde but the sprete which cōmeth of God so that we cā knowe what is geuē vs of God which we also speake not with connynge wordes of mās wyszdome but with the cōnynge wordes of the holy goost and iudge spirituall matters spiritually Howbeit the naturall man perceaueth nothinge of y e sprete of God It is foolishnes vnto him and he can not perceaue it for it must be spiritually discerned But he that is spirituall discusseth all thinges and he is iudged of noman For who hath knowne y e mynde of the LORDE Or who shal enfourme him But we haue the mynde of Christ. The III. Chapter ANd I brethren coulde not speake vnto you as vnto spirituall but as vnto carnall euen as vnto babes in Christ. I gaue you mylke to drynke and not meate for ye mighte not then awaye withall nether maye ye yet euen now in so moch as ye are yet fleshlye For seynge there is enuyenge stryfe and discencion amonge you ▪ are ye not fleshly walke after y e maner of men For whan one sayeth I holde of Paul
maried careth for the thinges of the worlde how he maye please his wife and is deuyded A woman and a virgin that is syngle careth for the thinges of the LORDE that she maye be holy both in body also in sprete But she that is maried careth for y e thinges of the worlde how she maye please hir huszbande This I saye for youre profit not that I wil tangle you in a snare but for that which is honest and comly vnto you that ye maye coÌ„tynually cleue vnto the LORDE without hynderaunce But yf eny man thinke that it is vncomly for his virgin yf she passe the tyme of mariage and yf nede so requyre let him do what he lyst he synneth not let theÌ„ be coupled in mariage Neuertheles he that purposeth surely in his hert hauynge no nede but hath power of his awne wyll and determeth so in his hert to kepe his virgin doth well Fynally he that ioyneth his virgin in mariage doth well but he that ioyneth not his virgin in mariage doth better The wife is bounde to the lawe as longe as hir huszbande lyueth But yf hir huszbande slepe she is at liberty to mary vnto whom she wil onely that it be done in the LORDE But she is happier yf she so abyde after my iudgment I thinke verely that I also haue the sprete of God The VIII Chapter AS touchinge thinges offred vnto Idols we are sure y t we all haue knowlege Knowlege puffeth a maÌ„ vp but loue edifyeth Neuertheles yf eny maÌ„ thinke y t he knoweth eny thinge he knoweth not yet how he oughte to knowe But yf eny man loue God the same is knowne of him So are we sure now coÌ„cernynge the meates offred vnto Idols that an Idoll is nothinge in the worlde and that there is none other God but one And though there be that are called goddes whether in heauen or in earth as there be goddes many and lordes many yet haue we but one God euen the father of whoÌ„ are all thinges and we in him â–ª one LORDE Iesus Christ by whoÌ„ are all thinges and we by him But euery man hath not knowlege for some make yet conscieÌ„ce ouer the Idoll and eate it as a thinge offred vnto Idols and so their conscience beynge weake is defyled Neuertheles meate furthureth not vs vnto God Yf we eate we shal not therfore be the better yf we eate not we shal not therfore be the lesse But take hede that this youre liberty be not an occasion of fallynge vnto y e weake For yf eny man se the which hast knowlege syt at the table in the Idols house shal not his conscience whyle it is weake be occasioned to eate of the Idoll offeringes And so thorow thy knowlege shal the weake brother perishe for whoÌ„ Christ dyed But whan ye synne so agaynst the brethren and wounde their weake coÌ„science ye synne agaynst Christ. Wherfore yf meate offende my brother I wyl neuer eate flesh lest I offende my brother The IX Chapter AM I not an Apostle Am I not fre Haue I not sene Iesus Christ oure LORDE Are not ye my worke in the LORDE Yf I be not an Apostle vnto other yet am I youre Apostle for the seale of myne Apostelshippe are ye in the LORDE Myne answere vnto them that axe me is this Haue we not power to eate and drynke Haue we not power also to leade aboute a sister to wife as well as other Apostles and as the brethren of the LORDE and Cephas Or haue onely I and Barnabas not power this to do Who goeth a warfare at eny tyme vpon his awne wages Who planteth a vynyarde and eateth not of the frute therof Who fedeth a flocke and eateth not of the mylke of the flocke Saye I these thinges after the maner of men Sayeth not the lawe the same also For it is wrytten in the lawe off Moses Thou shalt not mosell the mouth of the oxe that treadeth out the corne Doth God take thought for the oxen Or sayeth he it not alltogether for oure sakes For no doute it is wrytteÌ„ for oure sakes For he that eareth shulde eare vpon hope and he y t throszheth shulde troszhe vpon hope y t he mighte be partaker of his hope Yf we haue sowne vnto you spiritual thinges is it a greate thiÌ„ge yf we reape yo bodely thiÌ„ges But yf other be partakers of this power on you wherfore are not we rather Neuertheles we haue not vsed this power but suffâ—e all thinges lest we shulde hynder the Gospell off Christ. Knowe ye not that they which laboure in the temple haue their lyuynge of y e temple and they that wayte at the altare enioye the altare Euen thus also hath y e LORDE ordeyned that they which preach the Gospell shulde lyue of y e Gospell But I haue vsed none of these thinges Nether wryte I therof that it shulde be done so vnto me for I had rather dye theÌ„ that eny man shulde brynge my reioysinge to naughte For in that I preach the Gospell I neade not boost my selfe for I must nedes do it And wo vnto me yff I preach not the Gospell Yf I do it with a good wyll I shall haue my rewarde but yff I do it agaynst my wyll yet is the office commytted vnto me Wherfore theÌ„ shal I be rewarded Namely therfore that I preach the Gospell and do the same frely for naughte that I abuse not my libertye in y e Gospell For though I am fre from all men yet haue I made my selfe euery mans seruaunt y t I mighte wynne y e moo Vnto the Iewes I am become as a Iewe to wynne y e Iewes To them that are vnder the lawe I am become as though I were vnder the lawe to wynne them which are vnder the lawe Vnto them that are without lawe I am become as though I were without lawe where as yet I am not without the lawe of God but am in y e lawe of Christ to wynne theÌ„ that are without lawe To the weake am I become as weake to wynne the weake I am become of all faszhions vnto euery man to saue some at y e leest But this I do for the Gospels sake that I mighte be partaker therof Knowe ye not that they which runne in a course runne all yet but one receaueth the rewarde Runne ye so that ye maye optayne Euery one that proueth mastrye absteyneth from all thinges and they do it that they maye optayne a corruptible crowne but we to optayne an vncorruptible crowne I therfore so runne not as at an vncertayne thinge So fighte I not as one y t beateth y e ayre but I tame my body and brynge it in to subieccion lest whan I preach vnto other I my selfe be a cast awaye The X. Chapter BRethren I wolde not that ye shulde be ignoraunt of this that oure fathers were all vnder the cloude
forbyd that I shulde reioyse saue onely in the crosse of oure LORDE Iesus Christ wherby the worlde is crucified vnto me and I vnto the worlde For in Christ Iesu nether circūcision avayleth eny thinge ner vncircumcision but a new creature And as many as walke acordynge to this rule peace and mercy be vpon thē and vpon Israel of God From hence forth let no man put me to busynesse for I beare in my body the markes of the LORDE Iesu. Brethren the grace of oure LORDE Iesu Christ be with youre sprete Amen Vnto the Galathians sent from Rome The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Ephesians The summe of this Epistle Chap. I. The euerlastinge ordinaunce and eleccion of God in sauynge all men thorow Christ Iesus his sonne We are ordened vnto good workes The dominion of Christ. Chap. II. Paul sheweth them what maner of people they were before their conuersion and what they are now in Christ. Chap. III. He sheweth the cause of his presonment desyreth them not to faynte because of his trouble and prayeth God to make thē stedfast in his sprete Chap. IIII. He exhorteth them vnto mekenes longe sufferinge vnto loue and peace euery one to serue and edifie another with the gifte that God hath geuē him to bewarre of straunge doctrine to laye asyde the olde conuersacion of gredy lustes and to walke in a new life Chap. V. He exhorteth them vnto loue warneth them to bewarre of vnclennes cuvetounesse foolish talkynge and false doctryne to be circumspecte to avoyde dronkennesse to reioyse and to be thankfull towarde God to submytt thēselues one to another He teacheth how wemen shulde obeye their huszbōdes and how louyngly men ought to intreate their wyues Chap. VI. How children shulde behaue themselues towarde their fathers and mothers Likewyse fathers towarde their children Seruauntes towarde their masters Agayne masters towarde their seruaūtes An exhortacion to the spirituall battayll and what weapens christen men shulde fight withall The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Ephesians The first Chapter PAul an Apostle of Iesus Christ by the will of God To y e sayntes which are Ephesus to thē that beleue on Iesus Christ. Grace be with you and peace from God oure father frō the LORDE Iesus Christ. Blessed be God the father of oure LORDE Iesus Christ which hath blessed vs w t all maner of spirituall blessynge in heauenly thynges by Christ acordinge as he had chosen vs by him or euer the foundacion of the worlde was layed that we shulde be holy and without blame before him in loue ordeyned vs before to receaue vs as children thorow Iesus Christ acordinge to the pleasure of his will vnto the prayse of the glory of his grace wherby he hath made vs accepted in the Beloued in whom we haue redempcion thorow his bloude namely the forgeuenes of synnes acordynge to y e riches of his grace which he hath shed vpon vs abundauntly in all wyszdome and prudēce and hath opened vnto vs the mystery of his wil acordinge to his pleasure which he had purposed in himselfe y t it shulde be preached whā the tyme was fullcome that all thinges shulde be gathered together by Christ both the thinges which are in heauen and also the thinges that are vpon earth euen by him by whom also we are come to the inheritaunce we that were therto predestinate before acordinge to y e purpose of him which worketh all thinges after y e councell of his owne wyll that we mighte be to the prayse of his glory euen we that before beleued on Christ on whō also ye beleued after that ye herde the worde of trueth namely y e Gospell of youre saluacion wherin whan ye beleued ye were sealed with the holy sprete of promes which is the ernest of oure inheritaunce to oure redempcion that we mighte be his owne to the prayse off his glory Wherfore I also in so moch as I haue herde of the faith which ye haue in y e LORDE Iesu and of youre loue vnto all y e sayntes ceasse not to geue thankes for you and make mencion of you in my prayers that y e God of oure LORDE Iesus Christ the father of glory maye geue vnto you the sprete of wyszdome and open vnto you the knowlege of himselfe and lighten the eyes of youre vnderstondinge that ye maye knowe what is the hope of youre callynge and what the riches of his glorious enheritaunce is vpon the sayntes what is the exceadinge greatnesse of his power towarde vs which beleue acordinge to y e workynge of his mightie power which he wroughte in Christ whan he raysed him vp frō the deed and set him on his righte hāde ī heauēly thinges aboue all rule power and mighte and dominaciō and aboue all that maye be named not onely in this worlde but also in y e worlde to come And hath put all thinges vnder his fete and hath made him aboue all thinges the heade of the cōgregacion which is his body and the fulnesse of him that fylleth all in all The II. Chapter ANd quyckened you also whan ye were deed thorow trespaces and synnes in the which in tyme past ye walked acordinge to the course off this worlde and after the prynce that ruleth in the ayre namely after y e sprete which now worketh in the children of vnbeleue amonge whom we also had oure conuersacion in tyme past in the lustes of oure flesh and dyd the wyll of the flesh and of the mynde and were naturally the children of wrath euen as well as other But God which is riche in mercy thorow his greate loue wherwith he loued vs euē whā we were deed in synnes hath quyckened vs in Christ for by grace are ye saued and hath raysed vs vp with him and set vs with him in heauēly thinges thorow Christ Iesus y t in tymes to come he mighte shewe the exceadinge riches of his grace in kyndnesse to vs warde in Christ Iesu. For by grace are ye saued thorow faith and that not of youre selues For it is y e gifte of God not of workes lest eny mā shulde boast him selfe For we are his workmanshippe created in Christ Iesu vnto good workes to y t which God ordeyned vs before that we shulde walke in them Wherfore remēbre that ye which afore tyme were Gentyles after the flesh and were called vncircumcision of thē that are called circumcision after the flesh which circumcision is made with the hande that ye at the same tyme were without Christ and reputed aleauntes from the comen welth of Israel and were straungers from the Testamentes of promes therfore had ye no hope and were without God in this worlde But now ye that be in Christ Iesu and afore tyme were farre of are now made nye by the bloude of Christ. For he is o peace which of both hath made one and hath broken downe the
roaringe cursed speakynge be farre froÌ„ you with all maliciousnes But be ye curteous one to another mercifull and forgeue one another eueÌ„ as God hath forgeuen you in Christ. The V. Chapter BE ye the folowers therfore of God as deare children and walke in loue euen as Christ loued vs and gaue him selfe for vs an offerynge and sacrifice of a swete sauoure vnto God As for whordome and all vnclennes or couetousnes let it not be named amoÌ„ge you as it becommeth sayntes nether fylthines ner folish talkynge ner ieastynge which are not comly but rather geuynge of thaÌ„kes For be sure that no whore monger or vncleane person or couetous person which is a worshipper off ymages hath inheritaunce in the kyngdome of Christ and of God Let no man disceaue you with vayne wordes for because of these commeth the wrath of God vpon the children of vnbeleue Be not ye therfore companions with them For sometyme ye were darknesse but now are ye lighte in the LORDE Walke as the children of lighte 〈◊〉 the frute of the sprete is all maner of goodnes and righteousnes and truâ—th and proue what is pleasinge vnto the LORDE and haue no fellishippe with y e vnfrutefull workes of darknes but rather rebuke theÌ„ For it is shame euen to name those thinges which are done of them in secrete But all thinges are manifest whan they are rebuked of the lighte For what so euer is manifest that same is lighte Therfore sayeth he Awake thou that slepest and stonde vp froÌ„ the deed and Christ shal geue the lighte Take hede therfore how ye walke circumspectly not as the vnwyse but as y e wyse and redeme the tyme for it is a miserable tyme. Wherfore be not ye vnwyse but vnderstonde what the wil of the LORDE is and be not dronken with wyne wherin is excesse but be full of the sprete and talke amoÌ„ge youre selues of Psalmes and ymnes and spirituall songes synginge and makynge melody vnto the LORDE in youre hertes geuynge thankes alwayes for all thinges vnto God the father in the name of oure LORDE Iesus Christ submyttinge youreselues one to another in the feare of God Let the wemen submytte them selues vnto their huszbandes as vnto the LORDE For the huszbande is the wyues heade eueÌ„ as Christ also is the heade of the congregacion and he is the Sauioure of his body Therfore as the congregacion is in subieccion to Christ likewyse let the wyues be in subieccion to their huszbandes in all thinges Ye huszbandes loue youre wyues even as Christ loued the congregacion and gaue himselfe for it to sanctifye it and clensed it in the fountayne of water by the worde to make it vnto himselfe a glorious congregacion hauynge no spot ner wrynkle ner eny soch thinge but that it shulde be holy and without blame So oughte men also to loue their wyues euen as their awne bodyes He that loueth his wife loueth himselfe For no maÌ„ euer yet hated his awne fleszhe but norisheth and cheriszheth it euen as the LORDE doth also the congregacion For we are membres of his body of his flesh and of his bones For this cause shal a man leaue father and mother and cleue vnto his wife and they two shal be one flesh This is a greate secrete but I speake of Christ and the congregacion Neuertheles do ye so that euery one of you loue his wife euen as himselfe but let the 〈…〉 huszbande The VI. Chapter YE children obey youre elders in the LORDE for that is righte Honoure thy father and thy mother That is the first commaundement that hath eny promes that thou mayest prospere and lyuelonge vpon earth And ye fathers prouoke not youre children vnto wrath but brynge theÌ„ vp in the nourtoure and informacion of the LORDE Ye seruauntes obey youre bodely masters with feare and tremblynge in synglenes of youre hert euen as vnto Christ not with seruyce onely in the eye sighte as men pleasers but as the seruauntes off Christ doynge the wyll off God from the hert with good wyll Thynke that ye serue the LORDE and not meÌ„ and be sure that what good soeuer a man doth he shal receaue it agayne of the LORDE whether he be bonde or fre And ye masters do euen the same vnto theÌ„ puttynge awaye threatenynges and knowe that euen youre master also is in heauen nether is there eny respecte of personnes with him Fynally my brethren be stronge in the LORDE and in the power of his mighte put on the armo of God that ye maye stonde stedfast agaynst the craftie assautes off the deuell For we wrestle not agaynst flesh and bloude but agaynst rule agaynst power namely agaynst the rulers of the worlde of the darknesse of this worlde agaynst y e spretes of wickednes vnder the heauen For this cause take ye the armoure of God y t ye maye be able to resiste in the euell daye and stonde perfecte in all thinges Stonde therfore and youre loynes gyrde aboute with the trueth hauynge on the brest plate of righteousnes and shod vpoÌ„ yo fete with the gospell of peace that ye maye be prepared Aboue all thinges take holde of the shylde of faith wherwith ye maye quenche all the fyrie dartes of the wicked And take the helmet of saluacion the swerde of the sprete which is the worde of God And praye allwayes with all maner of prayer and supplicacion in the sprete and watch there vnto with all instaunce and supplicacion for all sayntes and for me that the worde maye be geuen me that I maye open my mouth boldly to vtter the secretes of the Gospell wherof I am a messaunger in bondes that I maye speake therin frely as it becommeth me to speake But that ye maye also knowe what case I am in and what I do Tichicus my deare brother and faithfull mynister in the LORDE shal shewe you all whom I haue sent vnto you for the same cause that ye mighte knowe what case I stonde in and that he mighte comforte youre hertes Peace be vnto the brethreÌ„ and loue with faith from God the father from the LORDE Iesu Christ. Grace be with all them that loue oure LORDE Iesus Christ vnfaynedly Amen Sent from Rome vnto the Ephesians by Tichicus The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Philippians The summe of this epistle Chap. I. He exhorteth them to increace in loue in knowlege and experience of godly thinges maketh mencion of his presonment at Rome is glad to heare Christ preached is coÌ„tent ether to dye or lyue and prayeth them to lede a godly conuersacion to be of one mynde and to feare no persecucion Chap. II. He exhorteth them to vnite and brotherly loue and to bewarre of strife and vayne glory And for a sure ensample he layeth Christ before them Chap. III. He warneth theÌ„ to bewarre of false teachers
whom he calleth dogges and enemies of Christ and reproueth maÌ„s owne righteousnesse Chap. IIII. He saluteth certayne of them exhorteth them to be of honest conuersacion and thanketh them because of the prouysion that they made for him beynge in preson The first Chapter PAul and Timotheus the seruauntes of Iesu Christ. Vnto all the sayntes in Iesu Christ which are at Philippos with the Biszhoppes and mynisters Grace be with you and peace from God oure father and from the LORDE Iesus Christ. I thanke my God as oft as I remeÌ„bre you which I allwayes do in all my prayers for you all and praye with gladnesse because of youre fellishippe which ye haue in the Gospell from the first daye vnto now and am surely certified of this y t he which hath begonne that good worke in you shal go forth with it untyll y e daye of Iesus Christ as it becommeth me to iudge of you all because I haue you in my hert as those that are partakers with me of grace in my bondes in defendinge and stablyshinge of the Gospell For God is my recorde how I loÌ„ge after you all euen froÌ„ the very hert rote in Iesus Christ. And for the same I praye y t yo loue maye increace more more in all maner of knowlege and in all experience y t ye maye proue what is best that ye maye be pure soch as hurte no mans conscience vnto the daye of Christ fylled with the frutes of righteousnes which come by Iesus Christ vnto the glorye and prayse of God I wolde ye vnderstode brethren that my busynes is happened vnto the greater furtheraunce of the Gospell so that my bondes in Christ are manifest thorow out all y e iudgmeÌ„t hall and in all other places In so moch that many brethren in the LORDE are boldened thorow my boÌ„des and darre more largely speake the worde without feare Some no doute preach Christ of enuye and stryfe but some of good wil. The one parte preacheth Christ off stryfe and not purely supposynge to adde more aduersite vnto my bondes The other parte of loue for they knowe that I lye here for the defence of the Gospell What then So that Christ be preached all maner of wayes whether it be done by occasion or of true meaninge I reioyce therin and wil reioyce For I knowe that the same shal chaunce to my saluacion thorow youre prayer and mynistrynge of the sprete of Iesu Christ as I loke for and hope that in nothinge I shal be ashamed but y t with all coÌ„fidence as allwayes in tymes past eueÌ„ so now Christ shal be magnified in my body whether it be thorow life or thorow death For Christ is to me life death is to me auâ—â—ge But in as moch as to lyue in y e 〈◊〉 frutefull to me for the worke 〈…〉 what I shal chose for both these 〈…〉 harde vpon me I desyre to 〈…〉 be with Christ which thinâ—◠〈…〉 forme but to abyde 〈…〉 nedefull for you And this am I sure of that I shal abyde and contynue with you all for the furtheraunce and ioye of youre faith that ye maye abundauntly reioyse in Christ Iesu thorow me by my coÌ„mynge to you agayne Onely let youre conuersacion be as it becommeth the Gospell of Christ that whether I come se you or els be absent I maye yet heare of you that ye coÌ„tynue in one sprete and one soule labourynge as we do to mayntayne the faith of the Gospell and in nothinge fearinge youre aduersaries which is to them a token off perdicion but vnto you of saluacion and that of God For vnto you it is geuen not onely that ye shulde beleue on Christ but also suffre for his sake and to haue euen the same fighte which ye haue sene in me and now heare of me The II. Chapter YF there be amonge you eny consolacion in Christ yf there be eny comforte of loue yf there be eny fellishippe off the sprete yf there be eny compassion and mercy fulfyll my ioye that ye drawe one waye hauynge one loue beynge of one accorde and of one mynde that there be nothinge done thorow stryfe and vayne glory but that thorow mekenesse of mynde euery man esteme another better then himselfe and let euery maÌ„ loke not for his awne profet but for the profet of other Let the same mynde be in you that was in Christ Iesu which beyinge in the shappe of God thought it not robbery to be equall with God but made himselfe of no reputacion and toke vpon him the shappe of a seruaunt became like another man and was founde in his apparell as a man he humbled himselfe and became obedient vnto the death euen vnto the death of the crosse Therfore hath God also exalted him and geuen him a name which is aboue all names that in the name of Iesus euery kne shulde bowe both of thinges in heauen of thinges vpoÌ„ earth and of thinges vnder the earth and that all tunges shulde confesse that Iesus Christ is the LORDE vnto 〈◊〉 prayse of God the father Wherfore my dearly beloued as ye haue 〈…〉 obeyed not onely in my presence 〈…〉 so moch more in my absence euen 〈…〉 youre awne saluacion with 〈…〉 For it is God which 〈…〉 the wyll and the deed euen of his owne good wyll Do all thinges without murmurynges and disputinges that ye maye be fautles and pure and the childreÌ„ of God without rebuke in the myddes of y e croked and peruerse nacion amonge whom se that ye shyne as lightes in the worlde holdinge fast the worde of life vnto my reioysinge in the daye of Christ that I haue not runne in vayne nether laboured in vayne Yee and though I be offred vp vpoÌ„ the offerynge sacrifice of youre faith I am glad and reioyce with you all be ye glad also and reioyce ye with me I trust in the LORDE Iesus to sende Timotheus shortly vnto you that I also maye be of good comforte whan I knowe what case ye stonde in For I haue no man that is so like mynded to me which with so pure affeccioÌ„ careth for you for all other seke their awne not that which is Iesus Christes But ye knowe the profe of him for as a childe vnto the father so hath he mynistred vnto me in the Gospell Him I hope to sende as soone as I knowe how it wyll go with me But I trust in the LORDE that I also my selfe shal come shortly Neuertheles I thoughte it necessary to sende vnto you the brother Ephraditus which is my companyon in laboure and felowe soudyer and youre Apostell and my mynister at my nede for so moch as he longed after you all and was full of heuynes because ye had herde that he was sicke And no doute he was sicke and that nye vnto death but God had mercy on him and not on him onely but on me also lest I shulde
acordynge to his dedes of whom be thou ware also For he withstode oure wordes sore In my first answerynge no man assisted me but all forsoke me I praye God that it be not layed to their charges Notwitstondynge the LORDE stode by me streÌ„gthed me that by me the preachinge shulde be fulfylled to the vttemost and that all the HeytheÌ„ shulde heare And I was delyuered out of the mouth of the lyon And the LORDE shal delyuer me from all euell doynge and shal kepe me vnto his heauenly kyngdome To whom be prayse for euer and euer Amen Salute Prisca and Aquila and y e houszholde of Onesiphorus Erastus abode at Corinthum But Trophimus left I sicke at MiletuÌ„ Make spede to come before wynter Eubolus and Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brethren salute the. The LORDE Iesus Christ be with thy sprete Grace be with you Amen The seconde epistle vnto Timothy wrytten from Rome whaÌ„ Paul was presented the seconde tyme before the Emperoure Nero. The Epistle of of the Apostle S. Paul vnto Titus The summe of this epistle Chap. I. Paul exhorteth Titus to ordene prestes or biszhoppes in euery cite declareth what maner of men they ought to be that are chosen to that office and chargeth Titus to rebuke soch as withstonde the gospell Chap. II. He telleth him how he shal teach all degrees to behaue them selues Chap. III. Of obedience to soch as be in auctorite He warneth Titus to bewarre of foolish and vnprofitable questions The first Chapter PAUL the seruaunt of God and an Apostle off Iesus Christ to preach the faith off Gods electe and the knowlege of y e trueth which ledeth vnto god lynes vpon the hope of eternall life which God that can not lye hath promysed before the tymes of the worlde but at his tyme hath opened his worde thorow preachinge which is commytted vnto me acordinge to the commaundemeÌ„t of God oure Sauioure Vnto Titus my naturall sonne after y e comen faith Grace mercy and peace from God the father and froÌ„ the LORDE Iesu Christ oure Sauioure For this cause left I the in Creta that thou shuldest perfourme that which was lackynge and shuldest ordeyne Elders in euery cite as I appoynted ye. Yf eny be blamelesse the huszbande of one wife hauynge faithfull children which are not slaundred of ryote nether are dishobedient For a Bisshoppe must be blamelesse as the stewarde of God not wylfull not angrye not geuen vnto moch wyne no fyghter not gredye of filthye lucre but harbarous one that loueth goodnes sober mynded righteous holy temperate and soch one as cleueth vnto the true worde of doctryne that he maye be able to exhorte with wholsome lernynge to improue them that saye agaynst it For there are many dishobedient and talkers of vanite and disceauers of myndes namely they of the circuÌ„cision whose mouthes must be stopped which peruerte whole houses teachinge thinges which they oughte not because of filthye lucre One of them selues euen their awne prophet sayde The Cretayns are alwayes lyars euell beestes and slowe belies This witnesse is true Wherfore rebuke them sharply y t they maye be sounde in the faith and not to take hede vnto Iewes fables and commaundementes of men which turne them awaye from the trueth Vnto y e cleane are all thinges cleane but to the vncleane vnbeleuers there is nothinge cleane but both their mynde conscience is defyled They saye that they knowe God but with the dedes they denye him for so moch as they are abhominable and dishobedient and vnmete to all good workes The II. Chapter BVt speake thou that which becommeth wholsome learnynge That y e elder men be sober honest discrete sounde in the faith in loue in pacience And the elder wemen likewyse that they shewe them selues as it becommeth holynes that they be no false accusers not geuen to moch wyne that they teach honest thinges that they enfourme the yonge wemen to be sober mynded to loue their huszbandes to loue their childreÌ„ to be discrete chaste huszwyfly good obedient vnto their awne huszbandes that the worde of God be not euell spoken of Exhorte the yonge men likewyse that they be sober mynded Aboue all thinge shewe thy selfe an ensample off good workes with vncorrupte doctryne with honestye with the wholsome worde which can not be rebuked that he which withstoÌ„deth maye be ashamed hauynge nothinge in you that he maye disprayse Exhorte the seruauntes to be obedient vnto their masters to please in all thinges not answeringe agayne nether to be pykers but to shewe all good faithful◠〈…〉 in all thinges they maye do 〈…〉 to the doctryne off God oure 〈…〉 For the grace of God that bryngeth 〈…〉 vnto all men hath appeared and teacheth vs that we shulde denye vngodlynes and wordly lustes and that we shulde lyue discretly righteously and godly in this worlde lokynge for that blessed hope and appearynge of the glory of y e greate God and of oure Sauioure Iesu Christ which gaue him selfe for vs to redeme vs froÌ„ all vnrighteousnes and to pourge vs to be a peculiar people vnto himselfe to be feruently geuen vnto good workes These thinges speake and exhorte and rebuke with all earnest Se that no man despyse the. The III. Chapter WArne them that they submytte them selues vnto Prynces and to the hyer auctorite to obey the officers to be ready vnto all good workes that they speake euell of no man that they be no stryuers but soft shewynge all mekenes vnto all men For we oure selues also were in tymes past vnwyse dishobedient in erroure seruynge lustes and dyuerse maners of voluptuousnes lyuynge in maliciousnes and envye full of hate hatynge one another But after that y e kyndnesse and loue of God oure Sauioure to man warde appeared not for y e dedes of righteousnes which we wroughte but after his mercy he saued vs by the fountayne of the new byrth and renuynge of the holy goost which he shed on vs abundauntly thorow Iesus Christ oure Sauioure y t we beynge made righteous by his grace shulde be heyres of eternall life acordynge to hope This is a true sayeÌ„ge Of these thinges wolde I that thou shuldest speake earnestly that they which are become beleuers in God might be diligent to excell in good workes for these thinges are good and profitable vnto meÌ„ As for folish questions and genealogies and braulynges and stryuynges aboute y e lawe auoyde theÌ„ for they are vnprofitable and vayne A maÌ„ that is geuen vnto heresye after y e first and seconde monicion auoyde and knowe that he that is soch is peruerted synneth euen â—amned by his awne iudgment Whan I shal sende Artemas or Tichicus â—â—to y e make spede to come to me vnto Niâ—â—polis for I haue determyned there to â—â—ynter Brynge Zenas y e Scrybe and Apolâ—â—s on their iourney diligently
that nothinâ—â— be lackynge vnto them And let oures 〈…〉 â—â—cell in good workes as farre 〈…〉 that they be not 〈…〉 〈…〉 with me salute the. Grete them that loue vs in the faith Grace be with you all Amen Wrytten from Nicopolis in Macedonia The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul vnto Philemon The summe of this Epistle He reioyseth to heare of the faith and loue of Philemon whom he desyreth to forgeue his seruauÌ„t Onesimus and louyngly to receaue him agayne PAul the presoner of Iesu Christ and brother Timotheus Vnto Philemon the beloued and oure helper and to the beloued Appia and to Archippus o r felowe soudyer and to the congregacion in thy house Grace be with you and peace from God oure father and from the LORDE Iesus Christ. I thanke my God makynge mencion all wayes of the in my prayers for so moch as I heare of thy loue and faith which thou hast on the LORDE Iesu and towarde all sayntes that oure comen faith maye be frutefull in the thorow knowlege of all y e good that ye haue in Christ Iesu. Greate ioye and consolacion haue I in thy loue For by the brother the sayntes are hertely refreshed Wherfore though I haue great boldnes in Christ to commaunde the that which becommeth the yet for loues sake I rather beseke y e though I be as I am eueÌ„ Paul aged and now a presoner also of Iesu Christ. I beseke the for my sonne Onesimus whom I haue begotten in my bondes which in tyme past was to the vnprofitable but now profitable both to the and me Whom I haue sent agayne but receaue thou him that is euen myne awne hert For I wolde haue kepte him styll with me that in thy steade he might haue mynistred vnto me in y e bondes of y e Gospell Neuertheles without thy mynde wolde I do nothinge that y e good which thou doest shulde not be of compulsion but wyllingly Happly he therfore departed for a season that thou shuldest receaue him for euer not now as a seruaunt but aboue a seruaunt euen a brother beloued specially to me but how moch more vnto y e both in y e flesh and in the LORDE Yf thou holde me for thy companyon receaue him then euen as my selfe But yf he haue hurte the or oweth the oughte that laye to my charge I Paul haue wrytten it with myne awne hande I wil recompence it so that I do not saye vnto y e how tâ—at thou owest vnto me euen thine owne selfe Euen so brother let me enioye the in the LORDE refresh thou my hert in the LORDE Trustinge in thine obedieÌ„ce I haue wrytten vnto the for I knowe that thou wilt do more then I saye Morouer prepare me lodginge for I hope that thorow youre prayers I shal be geuen vnto you There saluteth the Epaphras my felowe presoner in Christ Iesu Marcus Aristarchus Demas Lucas my helpers The grace of oure LORDE Iesu Christ be with youre sprete Amen Sent from Rome by Onesimus a seruaunt The first Epistle of the Apostle S. Peter The summe of this Epistle Chap. I. He sheweth that thorow the abundaunt mercy of God we are begotten agayne to a lyuely hope and how faith must be trâ—ed how the saluacion in Christ is no newes but a thinge prophecied of olde He exhorteth them to a godly conuersacion for so moch as they are now borne a new by the worde of God Chap. II. He exhorteth men to laye asyde all vyce sheweth that Christ is the foundacion wher vpon they be buylt prayeth them to absteyne froÌ„ fleshly lustes and to obeye worldly rulers How seruauntes shulde behaue them selues towarde their masters He exhorteth to suffre after the ensample of Christ. Chap. III. How wyues ought to ordre them selues towarde their huszbandes and in their apparell The dutye of meÌ„ towarde their wyues He exorteth all men to vnite and loue and paciently to suffre trouble Of true baptyme Chap. IIII. He exhorteth men to ceasse from synne to spende no more tyme in vyce to be sober and apte to prayer to loue ech other to be pacient in trouble and to bewarre that no man suffre as an euell doer but as a Cristen man and not to be ashamed Chap. V. A speciall exhortacion for all bisshoppes or prestes to fede the flocke of Christ and what their dutie is and what rewarde they shal haue yf they be diligeÌ„t He exhorteth yonge personnes to submytt theÌ„ selues to the elder euery one to loue another to be sober to watch that they maye resist the enemye The first Epistle of the Apostle S. Peter The first Chapter PETER an Apostle of Iesu Christ to theÌ„ that dwell here and there as straungers thorow out Pontus Galacia Capadocia Asia and Bithinia electe acordinge to the foreknowlege of God the father thorow sanctifienge of the sprete vnto obedience and sprenklynge of the bloude of Iesus Christ. Grace and peace be multiplied with you Blessed be God and the father of oure LORDE Iesus Christ which acordinge to his greate mercy hath begotten vs agayne vnto a lyuely hope by the resurreccion of Iesus Christ from the deed to an vncorruptible and vndefyled inheritaunce which neuer shal fade awaye but is reserued in heauen for you that are kepte by the power of God thorow faith to saluacion which is prepared all ready to be shewed in the last tyme in the which ye shal reioyse though now for a litle season yff nede requyre ye are in heuynes thorow manyfolde temptacions that youre faith once tryed beynge moch more precious then the corruptible golde that is tryed thorow the fyre might be founde vnto laude glory and honoure at the appearynge of Iesus Christ whom ye haue not sene and yet loue him in whom now ye beleue â–ª though ye se him not Euen so shal ye reioyce also with vnoutspeakable and glorious ioye receauynge the endâ— of youre faith euen the saluacion of yourâ— soules Of which saluacion the prophetes haue enquyred and searched which prophecied off the grace that shulde come vpoâ— you searchinge whan or at what tyme thâ— sprete off Christ that was in them shuldâ— signifye which sprete testified before thâ— passions that shulde come vnto Christ anâ— the glory that shulde folowe after Vntâ— the which prophetes it was declared thâ—â— not vnto them selues but vnto vs thâ—â— shulde mynister the thinges which are noâ— shewed vnto you by them which thorow holy goost sent downe from heauen haâ—â— preached vnto you the thinges which 〈◊〉 angels delyte to beholde Wherfore gyrde op the 〈…〉 youre mynde be sober and trust 〈…〉 on the grace that is brought vnto you by the declarynge of Iesus Christ as obedient childreÌ„ not faszhionynge youre selues to yo r olde lustes of ignoraunce but as he which hath called you is holy eueÌ„ so be ye holy also in all youre conuersacion for it it wrytteÌ„ Be ye holy for I am holy And yf so be that ye call on
Christ hath once suffred for oure synnes y e iust for the vniust for to brynge vs to God was slayne after the flesh but quyckened after the sprete In the which sprete he also wente and preached vnto y e spretes that were in preson which in tyme past beleued not whan God once a bode and suffred pacieÌ„tly in the tyme of Noe whyle the Arke was a preparynge Wherin fewe that is to saye eight soules were saued by water Which signifieth baptyme y t now saueth vs not y e puttinge awaye of the fylth of the flesh but in y t a good coÌ„scieÌ„ce coÌ„senteth vnto God by y e resurreccion of Iesus Christ which is on the righte hande of God and is gone in to heaueÌ„ angels power and mighte subdued vnto him The IIII. Chapter FOr as moch then as Christ hath suffred for vs in y e flesh arme youre selues likewyse with the same mynde For he which suffreth in the flesh ceasseth froÌ„ synne y t heÌ„ce forth as moch tyme as yet remayneth in y e flesh he shulde not lyue after the lustes of meÌ„ but after the wil of God For it is ynough y t we haue spent y e tyme past of the life after the will of y e Heythen whaÌ„ we walked in wantannesse lustes dronkeÌ„nes glotony ryotous drynkynge iÌ„ abhominable Idolatrye And it semeth to theÌ„ a straunge thinge y t ye runne not also w t them vnto the same excesse of ryote speake euell of you Which shal geue acoÌ„ptes vnto hiÌ„ y t is ready to iudge y e quycke y e deed For vnto this purpose also was y e Gospell preached vnto the deed y t they shulde be iudged like other meÌ„ iÌ„ y e flesh but shulde lyue vnto God in y e sprete The ende of all thiÌ„ges is at haÌ„de Be ye therfore sober watch vnto prayers but aboue all thinges haue feruent loue amonge you one to another For loue couereth the multitude of synnes Be ye herberous one to another without grudginge mynister one to another eueryone with the gifte y t he hath receaued as good stewardes of the manifolde grace of God Yf eny maÌ„ speake let hiÌ„ speake it as y e wordes of God Yf eny man haue an office let him execute it as out of the power y t God mynistreth vnto hiÌ„ y t God maye be praysed in all thinges thorow Iesus Christ To whoÌ„ be hono and domynion for euer and euer Amen Derely beloued maruell not at this heate which is come amoÌ„ge you to trye you as though some strauÌ„ge thinge happened vnto you but reioyce in as moch as ye are partakers of Christes passioÌ„s y t whaÌ„ his glory appeareth ye maye be mery glad Yf ye be reuyled for y e name of Christ blessed are 〈…〉 y e sprete which is y e sprete of glory 〈…〉 resteth vpon you On their parte 〈…〉 spoken of but on yo parte he is 〈…〉 But se that none of you 〈…〉 or as a thefe or as an euell doer or as a busy body in other mens matters Yf eny man suffre as a Christen man let him not be ashamed but let him prayse God on this behalfe For y e tyme is come that iudgmeÌ„t must begynne at the house of God Yf it first begynne at vs what shal the ende be of theÌ„ which beleue not the Gospell of God And yf y e righteous scacely be saued where shal y e vngodly synner appeare Wherfore let them that suffer acordynge to the will off God commytte their soules vnto him with well doynge as to the faithfull creator The V. Chapter THe Elders which are amonge you I exhorte which am also an Elder and a witnes off the affliccions in Christ and partaker of the glory that shal be opened Fede Christes flocke which is amonge you and take the ouerfighte of theÌ„ not as though ye were coÌ„pelled therto but wyllingly not for the desyre of filth ye lucre but of a good mynde not as though ye were lordes ouer the parisheÌ„s but that ye be an ensample to the flocke whan the chefe shepherde shal appeare ye shal receaue the vncorruptible crowne of glory Likewyse ye yoÌ„ger submytte youre selues vnto the elder Submytte youre selues euery man one to another and knyt yo r selues together in lowlynes of mynde For God resisteth the proude but geueth grace to the humble Submytte yo selues therfore vnder the mightie hande of God that he maye exalte you whan the tyme is come Cast all youre care on him for he careth for you Be sober and watch for yo r aduersary y e deuell walketh aboute as a roaringe lyon sekynge whom he maye deuoure whom resiste stedfast in the faith and knowe that youre brethren in the worlde haue euen the same affliccions But y e God of all grace which hath called you to his euerlastinge glory in Christ Iesu shal his owne selfe make you perfecte which suffre a litle season eueÌ„ he shal settle strength and stablish you To him be prayse and domynion for euer and euer Amen By Siluanus youre faithfull brother as I suppose haue I wrytteÌ„ vnto you breuely exhortinge and testifyenge how that this is the true grace of God wherin ye stoÌ„de The companyons of youre eleccion that are at 〈…〉 salute you and Marcus my sonne 〈…〉 one another with the kysse of loue 〈…〉 with you all which are in Christ 〈…〉 The seconde Epistle of the Apostle S. Peter The summe of this epistle Chap. I. For so moch as the power of God hath geuen them all thinges pertayninge vnto life he exhorteth theÌ„ to flye the corrupcion of worldly lust to make their callynge â—ore with good workes and frutes of faith He maketh mencion of his owne death declaringe the LORDE Iesus to be the true sonne of God as he himself hath sene vpon the mount Chap. II. He prophecieth of false teachers and sheweth their punyshment Chap. III. He exhorteth men to bewarre of soch as wolde make theÌ„ beleue that the dayâ— of the LORDE were slacke in commynge prayeth them to lede a godly life and to loke verely for the commynge of the LORDE whose â—â—ge tarienge is saluacion and because he wolde haue no man lost but wolde receaue all 〈◊〉 to repentaunce The first Chapter SYmon Peter a seruauÌ„t and an Apostle of Iesus Christ. Vnto theÌ„ which haue optayned like faith with vs in the righteousnes that commeth of oure God and Saâ—oure Iesus Christ. Grace and peace be multiplied with you thorow the knowlege of God and of Iesus Christ oure LORDE For so moch as his godly power hath geuen vs all thinges that pertayne vnto life and godlynes thorow the knowlege of him that hath called vs by his owne glorie and power wherby the excellent and most greate promyses are geueÌ„ vnto vs namely that ye by the same shulde be partakers of the godly nature yf ye