bothe in body and also in sprete But she that is maryed careth for the thynges of the world how she may please her husband The wyfe is bound to the law assong as her husband lyueth yf her husband slepe she is at libettr to mary which whou◠she will onely in the lord But she is happiar if she do abide in my iugemēt The .viii. Chapter MEat maketh not vs acceptable to god Nether ther yf we eate are we the better Neither yf we eate not are we the worsse But take hede that your liberte cause not the weake to fall Yf meat hur emy brother I wyll eare no fleshe whyll the worlde standeth because I wyll not hurte my brother The .ix. Chapter WHo goeth a warfarre any tyme at his owne coste Who planteth a vineyarde and eateth not of the frute who fedeth a flocke and eateth not of the mylke Yf we sowe vnto you spirituall thinges is it a greate thing yf we reape your carnall thinges Do ye not vnderstande howe that they whyche minister in the temple haue theyr fyndynge of the temple And they whyche wayte as the aulter are partakers withe the aultar Guen so also dyd the lorde ordayne that they whyche preache the gospell shulde lyue of the gospell Wo is to me yf I preache not the gospell They whiche run in a course run all yet one receaueth the reward So run the ye may obtaine I came my body and brynge it into subiection leaste after that I haue preached to other I my selft shulde be caste awaye The .x. Chapter FEtte hym that thynketh he standeth take hede least he tall But god is faithfull whiche shall not suffre you to be tempted adoue your strength but shall in the myddes of temptation make awaye to escape our Is not the cuppe of blessynge whiche we blesse partakyng of the oloude of christe is not the breade which we breake partakyng of the body of christe because that we though we be many yet are one breade one bodye in asmuche as we all are parts takers of one breade Ye can not dryncke of the cup of the Lorde and of the cup of the deuyls Ye can not be partakers of the lordes table and of the table of deuyls All thinges are lawfull vnto me but all thynges are not expedient All thynges are laufull to me but al thinges ediffy not Let no man seke his owne proffyt but let euery manne seke anothers welthe Whether ye eate or dryncke or whatsoeuerye do do all to the praise of god The .xi. Chapter I Wolde ye knewe that Christe is the heads of euery manne And the manne is the womans head And god is christes head A manne ought not to couer his heade for asmocke as he is the ymage and glorye of god The womanne is the glory of the manne for the manne is not of the woman but the woman of the man Nether was the man created for the womās sake but the womā for the mās sake For this cause ought the womā to haue power in her head for the angels sakes Yf there be anye among you that lusteth to striue lette him knowe that we no suche custome nether the congregacions of god There muste be sectes amonge you that they whiche are perfecte among you might be knowen The Lorde Iesus the same nyght in whiche he was betrayed toke bread and thanked and brake and sayde Lake ye and eate ye this is my bodye whiche is broken for you This do ye in the remēbraunce of me After the same maner he toke the cuppe when supper was done sayenge This do as ofte as ye dryncke it in the remembraunce of me For as often as ye shall eate this breade and dryncke this cuppe ye shall shewe the Lordes deathe tyll he come Wherefore whosoeuer shall eate of this breade or drinke of the cuppe vnworthely shall be giltie of the bodye and bloude of the LORDE Let a man therfore examine himselfe and so let him eate of the breade and drinke of the cup. For he that eateth or drinketh vnworthelye eateth and drinketh his owne damnacion because he maketh no difference of the lordes body For this cause many are weake and sycke amonge you and many stepe Yf we had truly iudged our selues we shuld not haue bene iudged The .xii. Chapter I Declare vnto you that no man speakinge in the spirite of god defieth Iesus Also no man can saye that Iesus is the lorde but by the holy ghost And yf one member suffer all suffer with him yf one member be had in honour all members be glad also The .xiii. Chapter THough I had al faith so that I could moue mountaynes out of there places and yet had no loue I were nothinge When that whiche is perfect is come then that whiche is vnperfect shal be done awaye Now we se in a glasse euen in a darke speaking but then shal wese face to face Now I know vnperfectfy but then shall I knowe euen as I am knowen Now abydeth fayth hope and loue euen these thre but the chiefe of these is loue The .xiiii. Chapter BRethren be not chyldren in wit Howe be it as concernyng maliciousnes be chyldren But in witte be perfect Let your wiues kepe silence in the congregations For it is not permitted vnto the to speake but let thē be vnder obedience Yf they wil learn◠any thyng let them are there husbandes at home For it is a shame for wemen to speake in the congregacion The .xv. Chapter BY the grace of god I am that I am and his grace whiche is in me was not in vayne but I laboured more abundantly then they al yet not I but the grace of god which is with me By a man came death and by a man came the resurrection of the dead For as by Adam al dye euen so by Christ shall all be made alyue and euery man in his owne order Malicious speakinges corrupt good maners The body is sowen in corrupcion and ryseth in incorruption It is sowen in dishonour and ryseth in honour It is sowen in weaknes and riseth in power It is sowen a naturall body and ryseth a spirituall bodye Fleshe and bloude cannot inherite the kyngdome of god Neither dothe corruption inherite vncorruption Beholde I shewe you a mistery We shall not all slepe but we shall al be chaunged and that in a moment and in the twinklynge of an eye at the sounde of the last trompe For the trōpe shall blowe and the deade shall ryse incorruptible and we shall be chaunged For this corruptible must put on inc rruptibilite and this mortal must put on immortalitie The .xvi. Chapter WAtche ye sionde fast in the fayth quyte you lyke men and be stronge Let all your busynes be done in loue ¶ The .ii. Epistle to the Corinthians the first Chap. FOr as the afflicciōs of Christ are plenteous in vs euē so is our consolacion plenteous by Christe Oure reioysinge is this the testimony of our consciēce that in singlenes and
him selfe And loke not euerye manne on his owne thinges but euery man on the thinges of other menne God hath exalted him geueÌ„ him a name aboue al names that in that name of Iesus should euerye knee bowe both of thinges in heauen and thynges in earthe and thinges vnder the earth that all tounges shoulde confesse that Iesus Christ is the lorde vnto the praise of god the father It is god whiche worketh in you both the wyll and also the dede of good wyll All other seke their owne and not that whyche is Iesus christes The .iii. Chapter BEware of dogges beware of euyl workers beware of dissention For we are circumcision whiche worshyp god in the sprete reioice in christ Iesu and haue no confidence in the fleshe I do iudge all thinges but donge that I might wynne christ myght be found in him not hauing mine owne righteousnes whiche is of the law but that whiche springeth of the faith whiche is in christ Brethren he folowers of me and loke on them whiche walke euen so as ye haue vs for an ensample For many walke of whome I haue tolde you often and now tell you wepyng that they are the enemies of the crosse of christ whose ende is damnation whose god is their bely and whose glorye is their shame whiche are wordelye mynded But oure conuersation is in heauen frome whense we loke for a sauyour euen the Lorde Iesus Christ whyche shall chaunge oure vyle bodyes that they maye be fasshioned lyke vnto his gloryous bodye accordynge to the workynge wherby he is able to subdue all thinges vnto him selfe The .iiii. Chapter BE not careful but in all thinges shewe your peticion vnto god in prayer and supplicatioÌ„ with geuyng of thankes I haue learned in whatsoeuerestate I am therwith to be content Euerye where and in all thynges I am instructed bothe to be full and to be gungrye to haue plentye and to suffer nede I can do all thynges thoroughe the helpe of christ whiche strengthned me ¶ The Epistell of S. Paul to the Collossians the fyrst Chapter BY hym were all thynges created thynges that are in heauen and thynges that are in earth thinges visible and thinges inuisible whether they be maieste or lorde shyppe eyther rule or power All thinges are created by hym and in him and he is before all thinges and in him all thinges haue theyr beynge The .ii. Chapter IN christ dwelleth all the fulnesse of the god hede bodely ye are complete in him whiche is the heade of all rule and power in whome also we are circumcised with circuÌ„cision made without handes by putting of the sinfull body of the fleshe throughe the circumcision that is in christ in that ye are buried with him throughe baptime in whoÌ„ ye are also risen againe thorough faith the is wrought by the operatioÌ„ of god which raised him froÌ„ death The .iii. Chapter Yf ye be then rysen againe with christ seke those thinges whiche are aboue where christ sytteth on the tyghte hande of god Set youre affection on thynges that are aboue and not on thynges whiche are on the earthe Mortify your membres whiche are on the erth fornication vnclennes vnnatural lust euyl concupiscence and couetousnes whiche is worshippyng of ydolles For whiche thinges sake the wrath of god commeth on the chyldren of vnbelefe And all thinges whatsoeuer ye do in worde or dede do in the name of the lorde Iesu geuynge thankes to god the father by him Husbandes loue your wyues and be not bytter vnto them Seruauntes be obedient vnto your bodely masters in all thinges not with eye seruice as men pleasers but in singlenes of harte fearyng god Ye masters do vnto youre seruauntes that whiche is iuste and equall seynge ye knowe that ye haue also a master in heauen The .iiii. Chapter LEt youre speache be alwayes well fauoured and powdred with salt that ye maye knowe howe to answere euery manne ¶ The fyrst Epistell to the Thessalonians the fyrste Chapter OVr exhortation was not to bryng you to erroure nor yet to vnclennes neyther was it with gyle but as we were alowed of god that the gospell shulde be commytted vnto vs euen so we speake not as thoughe we entended to please men but god whiche trieth oure hartes Neyther was our conuersation at any time with flattering wordes as ye well knowe nether in cloked couetousnes god is recorde nether soughte we prayse of menne nether of you nor yet of any other c. For what is our hope or ioye or corwne of reioysyrâ—ge are not ye it in the presence of our lorde Iesus christ at his commynge yes ye are our glorye and ioye The .iiii. Chapter THis is the wyll of god euen that ye shulde be holy and that yeshoulde abstayne frome fornication that euery one of you shoulde knowe howe to kepe his vessell in holynes and honoure and not in the lust of concupiscence as do the hethen whiche knowe not god That no man go to farre and defraude his brother in bargaynynge because the lorde is a venger of all suche thinges as we tolde you before tyme and testified For god hathe not called vs vnto vnclennes but vnto holynes He that therfore despiseth despiseth not manne but god whyche hathe sent hys holye spryte amonge you I wolde not brethren haue you ygnoraunt concernynge them whiche are fallen a slepe that ye forowe not as other do whiche haue no hope For yf we beleue that Iesus dyed and rose agayne euen so then also whiche slepe by Iesus wyll god brynge agayne with him The .v. Chapter OF the times and seasons brethren ye haue no nede that I wryte vnto you for ye your selues knowe perfectlye that the daye of the lorde shall come euen as a these in the nyght When they shall saye peace and no danger then commeth on them soden destruction as the trauaylynge of a womanne with chylde and they shall not scape Let vs not slepe as do other but let vs watche and besober for they that slepe slepe in the night and they that be droncken are droncken in the night But lette vs whyche are of the daye be sober atmed with the brest place of faith and loue with hope of saluation as an helmet For god hath not apointed ve vnto wrath but to optaine saluatioÌ„ by the meanes of oure lorde Iesu Christe whiche dyed for vs that whether we wake or sleape we shulde lyue cogyder with him ¶ The second Epistel to the Thessalonians the fyrst Chapter WE oure selues reioyce of you in the congregations of god ouer your pacience fayth in all youre persecutions and tribulations that ye suffre whiche is a token of the ryghteous indgement of god that ye are counted worthye of the kyngdome of god for whiche ye also suffre The .ii. Chapter Let no man deceaue you by any meanes for the lorde commethe not excepte there come a departyng fyrsâ—e and that that synfull man be opened the son of
are the baren Luc .xxiii. Haruest is greate but fewe labourers Math .ix. Hate father mother and folowe christ Luc .xiiii. Hate thy lyfe and kepe it Iohn .xii. Hate me and hate my father Iohn .xv. Hatred bringeth darcknes .i. Iohn .ii. Hearde of swyne Mat .viii. Marke .v. Luc .viii. Heauen must be taken by violence Math .xi. Heauenly wysdome Iaco .iii. He that hath shall haue more Math .xiii. xxv Mar .iiii. Luc .viii. xix He that is leest shal be greatest Luc .ix. He loueth god that kepeth his commaundementes Iohn .xiiii. He that say the that he is without synne Iohn .i. He that hateth his brother is a man slear .i. Io .iii. Here and then be doynge Luc .vi. Heauens reioyse at the repentaunce of a synner Luc .xv. Hyd and close thinges shal be knowen Math .x. Hyred seruauntes Iohn x. House of god is a house of prayer Math .xxi. Mar .xi. Luc .xix. Hospitalite Heb .xiii. How man shulde loue is lorde god marcke .xii Humble thy selfe and be exalted Luc .xiiii. Howe mans body shall ryse .i. Cor .xv. Husbans loue your wyues Ephe .v. Collo .iii. I Iesus the mediator of the newe testament he .ii. I am the true way Iohn .xv. Idle wordes Math .xii. Iesus a sauiour Math .i. Iesus fyrst sermon Math .iiii. Iesus was baptised of Iohn mar .i. Iesus after Iohn was taken began c. Mark .i Iesus the sonne of the hyest Luc .i. Iesus meate Iohn .iiii. Ierusalem Math .v. Iesus is our aduocate .i. Iohn .ii. Iohn the baptiste Mat .iii. xi mar .i. Luc .i. Iohn left his father to folow christ mat 4. mar .i Iohns garmentes meate and dryncke mar .i. Iohn was fylled with the holy spirite Luc .i. Iohn for ioy sprange in his mothers bely Luc .i. Iohn the prophete of the hyest Luc .i. Iohns preachyng Luc .iii. Iohn baptised with water christ with fyre luc 3. Iohn .i. Act .i. Iohn goddes messanger Luc .vii. Ionas math .xii. Ioseph a manne of perfection math .i. Ioseph fulfylleth the angels commaunde math .i. Ioseph ruler of all Egypte Actes .vii. If an angell from heauen do preache c. Gala .i. Inner man delyte in the loue of god Roma .vii. Ipocrites praye openly and to be sene Math .vi. It is not geuen to euery man to knowe the secretes of heauen Math .xiii. Lu .viii Iewes maye not company with alienes Act .x. Iudge not Math .vii. Rom .xiiii. Iudge not afte the vtter apperaunce Iohn .vii. Iudge thy selfe truly .i. Cor .xi. Iudgement mercyles Iaco .ii. Iudas hanged him selfe Actes .i. Iustemen shall shyne lyke the sonne Math .xiii. K Kyngdome of heauen is at hande math .x. Kyngdome of god Roma .xiiii. i. Cor .iiii. Kynges thre the starre with their offerynges mat .ii. Keyes of heauen math .xvi. Kynge Herode eaten with wormes Actes .xii. Keye of knowledge Luc .xi. Kepe your vessell in holynes .i. Thes .iiii. L. Laboure for the eternall meate Iohn .vi. Labourer is worthy of his rewarde lucke .x. Lambe of god Iohn .i. Laye from you that olde man Ephe .iiii. Lazarus luc .xvi. Lawe of god shall neuer perishe Luc .xvi. Leest and the greatest in the kyngdom of heauen Math .v. Lende but loke for no gayne Lucke .vi. Leper must shew him selfe to the prest mar .i. iii. v. Lette slepe your nettes Luc .v. Lette not synne raygne in your bodyes Roma .vi. Lette there be no dissention among you .i. cor .i. Letter and the sprete differ .ii. Cor .iii. Let your wordes be poudred with salt Col .iiii. Let the righteous be more righteous Apo .xxi. Leue wordly thinges possesse heauen luc .xviii. Leuytes payd tithes Hebre .vii. Lybette is where the sprete of god is .ii. Cor .iii. Lyfe eternall Iohn .xvii. Lyue after the fleshe and dye Roma .viii. Lyke pleasure lyke paine Apo .xviii. Lyght of the worlde Math .v. Lye vnto the holy ghost Actes .vi Locke not backe Luc .ix. Lorde go from me Luc .v. Lose thy lyfe and saue it Luc .xvii. Lot fyl on Mathias Actes .i. Loue youre enemyes Math .v. Luc .vi. Loue declareth christes disciples Iohn .xiii. Loue fulfylleth the lawe Roma .xiii. Loue excelleth fayth and hope .i. Cor .xiii. Loue couereth synne .i. Pet .iiii. Loue bryngeth lyght .i. Iohn .ii. Loue not the worlde .i. Iohn .ii. Loue in dede and verite .i. Iohn .iii. Loue casteth out feare .i. Iohn .iiii. Loue one another .ii. Iohn .i. M. Make frendes of the wycked mammon Luc .xvi. Magdalen wrought a good worcke vpon christe Math .xxvi. mar .xiiii. Iohn .xii. Magdalens synnes are forgeuen Luc .vii. Man liueth be the worde of god mat 4. Luc. 4. Man is knowen be his dedes mat .vii. Manne be another mans faythe maye be holpen Math .ix. Luc .v. Manne can not seperate that god hathe coupled Mar .x. Man to abyde with his wyfe shall leue all thinge Marcke .x. Manne yf he wylbe saued must be borne of water and the sprite Iohn .iii. Manne is goddes temple .i. Cor. iii. vi ii Cor .vi. Man is the womans head .i. Cor .xi. Ephe .v. Man is the glory of god .i. Cor .xi. Man ought not to couer his heade .i. Cor .xi. Manne shal be rewarded after the worckes of his bodye .ii. Cor .v. Manne was created vnto good worckes Ephe .ii Man wrestleth against the deuyll Ephe .vi. Man shall once dye Heb .ix. Man shall vanyshe awaye as the floure of grasse Iaco .i. Manna Apo .ii. Mannes angell beholdeth the face of god mat 18. Mannes conscience and though shall beare witnes with him or against him Roma .ii. Mans wyll is accepted according to that he hath .ii. Cor .viii. Mans ende shal be according to his dede .ii. cor .xi. Mans lyfe Iaco .iiii. Many and dyuers walkers Phil .iii. Mathen or leuy the customer mar .ii. Luc .v. Martha martha Luc .x. Melchisedech Hebre .vii. Membres that are noysome must be caste awaye math .v. Many are called and fewe chosen mat .xxii. Men loue darcknes more then lyght Iohn .iii. Meate doth not make manne acceptable to god .i. Cor .viii. Manye menne peruert Paules seynges to theyr owne destruction .ii. Pet .iii. Mortify your membres Col .iii. Mortifye the dedes of the body liue Rom .viii. Moses and Helias in the monte and wherof they spake Luc .ix. Moses learnyng Act .vii. Mouth doth speake of the abundance of the hart math .xii. Muche people and fewe preachers math .ix. N Name of Iesus Phi .ii. Name of Iesus the name of saluation Act .iiii. Nazareth a citie of galile marcke .i. Newe wyne in newe vessels math .ix. marcke .ii. Lucke v. No man can serue two masters Mat .vi. luc .xvi. No man without synne Iohn .vii. No manne knoweth the sonne nor yet the father Lucke x. No manne commeth to the father but by Christe Iohn .xiiii. No manne doth good Roma .iii. No manne can tame the tounge Iaco .iii. Nothing so hyd but it shal be knowen luc viii xii Nothynge can departe manne frome the loue of god Roma .viii. O. Obey the
shalt thou eate all the dayes of thy lyfe I will also put enimitie bytwene the and the woman bytwene thy seed and her seed the same shalt treade downe thy head and thou shalt treade vpon his heele Vnto the woman he sayde In multiplyinge wyl I multiply thy sorowe and thy conceyuing In sorowe shalt thou bringe forth the children and thy lust shall pertayne to thy husband and he shall haue the rule of the. To Adam he sayde cursed be the grounde for thy sake In sorowe shalt thou eate of it all the dayes of thy lyfe Thorne also and thystie shall it cause to growe vnto the and thou shalte eate the hearbe of the felde In the sweate of thy face shalt thou eate breade tyll thou be turned agayne in to the grouÌ„de for out of it was thou taken in asmuch as thou art dust and in to dust shalt thou be turned againe ¶ The fourth Chapter ANd in processe of daies it came to passe that Cain brought of the frute of the grounde an oblation vnto the Lorde Habell also brought of the firstlinges of his shepe and of the fat thereof And the Lord had respecte vnto Habel and to his oblation But vnto Cain and to his offering he had no respect for the which cause Cain was excedinge wrath and his countenaunce abated And the Lorde sayde vnto Cain Why art thou wroth and why is thy countenaunce abated if thou do well shall there not be a promotion And if thou dost not wel lyeth not thy sinnes in the dores Vnto the also pertayneth the lust thereof and thou shal thaue dominion euer it AND it fortuned when they were in the felde Cain tose vp againste Habell his brother and slue him And the Lorde sayde vnto Cain where is Habell thy brother Whiche sayde I wote not am I my brothers keper And he sayde what hast thou done The voyce of thy brothers bloude trieth vnto me out of the grounde and now art thou cursed from the earth which hathe opened her mouthe to receaue thy brothers bloude from thy hande Yf thou tyll the grounde she shall not procede to yeld vnto the her strength Fugitiue and avagabende shall thou be in the earth And Cain sayde vnto the Lorde My iniquite is more then that it may be forgeuen Lameth toke vnto hym two wyues the name of the one was Ada and the name of the other was Zylla Iabell was the father of suche as dwell in tentes and of suche as haue cattell Thuball was the father of suche as handle harpe or organe Thubalchain wrought cunningly euery crafte of brasse and of yron ¶ The fyft Chapter ALl the dayes that Adam lyued were nine hundreth and thyrthye yeres Henoche walked with God and he was nomore sene for God toke hym awaye ¶ The syxt Chapter THE sonnes of God saw the doughters of men that they were fayre and they toke them wyues from amonge all that they had chosen The Lord sayde my spryte shall not alwaye stryue in man because he is fleshe and his dayes shal be an huÌ„dred and twenty yeres But God sawe that the malice of man was greate in the earthe and all the imagination of the thoughtes of his hert was onely euill euery daye And it repented the Lorde that he had made man in the earth he was touched with sorowe in his hert and the Lorde sayde I wyll from the vpper parte of the earth destroy man whom I haue created bothe man catel worme and foule of the ayre for it repenteth me that I haue made them Noah was iuste and perfecte in his generations walked with god and begat .iii. sonnes Sem Ham and Iapheth The earth was corrupt before God and the same earth was fylled with crueltye and God loked Apon the earth beholde it was corrupt for all fleshe had corrupte his waye vpon earth The length of the arke shal be thre hundreth cubites the bredth of it .l. cubytes the height of it thyrty cubytes The .vij. Chapter THe rayne was vpon the earth fortye dayes and fortye nyghtes And the waters preuayled exceadingly vpon the earth and all the hye hylles that are vnder whole heauen were couered Fyftene cubites vpwarde did the waters preuayle so that the mountaynes were couered The waters preuayled vpon the earth an hundreth and fyftie dayes ¶ The .viij. Chapter AND he sent forth a rauen whiche went out goinge forth and returninge agayne vntyll the waters were dried vp vpon the earth He sente forth the doue out of the arke and the doue came to him in the euen tyde and Loin her mouthe was an oliue leafe that she had plucte wherby Noah did knowe that the waters were abated vpon the earth And that Lord sayde in his herte I wyl not proceade to curse the grounde any more for mannes sake for the ymagination of mans herte is euell euen from his youth Neyther wyll I adde to smite any more euery thing lyuing as I haue done ¶ The .ix. Chapter EUery thinge that moueth it selfe and that lyueth shall be meate for you euen as the grene heat be haue I geuen you all thynges But fleshe in the life therof and in the bloude therof shall ye not eate Elles your bloude of your liues will I require from the hande of euery beast will I requyre it froÌ„ the hande of man from the hand of mans brother will I requyre the life of man who so shedeth mannes bloude by man shall his bloude be shedde for in the ymage of God did god make man My couenaunte wyll I make with you that from henseforth euery fleshe he not rooted oute with the waters of a floude neyther shall there be a floude to destroye the earth any more Noah also beganne to be an husband man and planted a vyneyarde â–ª and he drincking of the wyne was dronken and vncouered within his cente And Ham the father of Canaan seinge the nakednes of his father tolde his two bretherne without And Sem and Iaphet they two takynge a garment layde it vpon there shulders and coÌ„minge backwarde couered the naked priuities of theâ—re father namely their faces beinge turned awaye leyst they shulde se theyr fathers priuities ¶ The .x. Chapter NImrod began to be mightye in the earth for he was a mightye hunter before the Lorde A slut buylded Niniue the stretes of the citye ¶ The .xi. Chapter ALl the whole earth was of one language and lyke speche And they sayde Go to let vs buylde vs a cytie and a tower whose toppe may reach vnto heare and let vs make vs a name And therfore is the name of it called Babel because the Lorde did there confounde the language of al the earth ¶ The .xii. Chapter THE Lord sayde vnto Abram Gette the out of thy countrey and out of thy natioÌ„ and from thy fathers house vnto a lande that I will shewe the and I will make of the a greate people and will blesse the and make thy name greate that thou mayst
the tast of it was lyke vnto wafets made with hony And the the children of Israell dyd eate Manna fortye yere vntyll they came vnto a lande inhabited ¶ The .xvij. Chapter IOsua dyd as Moses bad kym and foughte with Amalech And Moses and Aaron and Hut wente vp to the toppe of the hyll And it happened that when Moses helde vp his hand Israell had the better And wheÌ„ he let hys hande downe Amalech had the better The .xviii. Chapter THou shalt seke out amonge all the people men of actiuite and suche as feare God true men harynge couerouskes and make them hedes ouer the people euer hit bredes ouer fyfty and ouer ten And set them iudge the people at al seasons The .xix. Chapter NOw therfore if ye wil here my voice inded kepe myne appoyntemeÌ„t ye shal be my owne aboue al nacions for al the earth to myne ye shal be vnto me also a kyngedome of Preastes an holy people And he sayde vnto the people Be readye agaynste the thyrde daye and come not at youre wyues Let the Preastes also which come to the Lorde sâ—nctifye them selues lest the Lorde destroye them ¶ The .xx. Chapter THou shalt haue non other godes I my sight Thou shalte make the no grauen ymage neither any similitude that is in heaueÌ„ aboue eyther in the earth beneth or in the water vnder the earth Thou shalt not worshyppe them neyther serue them for I the Lorde thy GOD am a gelouse god And visit the synne of the fathers vpon the children vnto the thyrde and fourth generation of them that hate me and shewe mercy vnto thousandes in them that loue me and kepe my commaundementes Thou shalt not take the name of the lorde god in vainâ— For the lord wil not holde him giltlesse that taketh his name in vayne ¶ The .xx. Chapter REmember the Sabboth daye that thou sanctifie it Syxe dayes shalt thou laboure and doo al that thou haste to doo but the seuenth daye is the Sabboth of the Lorde thy God in it thou shalt do no maner of worke thou and thy sonne and thy doughter thy men seruant and thy mayde seruant thy cattel and the straunger that is within thy gates for in syxe dayes the Lorde made heuen and earthe the see and all that in them is and rested the seuenth daye wherfore the Lord blessed the Sabboth daye halowed it Honour thy father thy mother that thy dayes maye be longe in the lande which the Lorde thy god geueth the. Thou shalt not kyll Thou shalt not breake wedlocke Thou shalt not steale Thou shalt not beare false witnesse against thy neyghboure Thou shalt not couet thy neyghboures house neyther shalt thou couet thy neyghboures wyfe or his man seruant or his mayde or his oxe or his asse or whatsoeuer thy neyghboure hath ¶ The .xxi. Chapter HE that smyteth a man that he dye shall be slayne for it He that smiteth his father or his mother lette him be slayne for it He that curseth his father or his mother shall be put to death for it Yf men stryue together one smite another with a stone or with his fyrste and he dye not but lyeth in bed if he ryse againe and walke without vpon his staffe then shall he that smote him go quyte saue only he shal beare his charges for lesing his tyme and shall paye for his healing Yf an oxe gore a maÌ„ or a woman that they dye then the oxe shall be stoned and his fleshe shal not be caten but the owner of the oxe shall go quite Yf the oxe were wont to pushe in tyme past and it hathe bene tolde his maister and he hath not kepte him but that he hath hylled a man or a woman then the oxe shal be stoned and his owner shall dye also Yf there be sett to him asumme of money then he shall geue for the deliueraunce of his lyfe whatsoeuer is put to him Yf a man open a wel or digge a pitte and couer it not and an oxe or an asse fall therein the owner of the pytt shall make it good and geue money vnto there master and the dede best shall be his ¶ The .xxij. Chapter IF a these be founde breakinge vp and be smitten that he dye there shall no bloude be shed for him but yf the sunne be vp â–ª when he is founde then there shalt be bloude shed for him Yf a maÌ„ entise a mayde that is not be trouthed and lye with her he shal endowe her and take her to his wyfe Whosoeuer lieth with a beast shal be slayne for it He that offereth vnto any goddes saue vnto the lorde onely let him be vtterly rooted out Vexe not a straunger neyther oppresse kym for ye were straungers in the lande of Egypte Yf thou lende money to any of my people that is poore by the thou shalt not be as a tyrauÌ„t vnto him nether shalt thou oppresse him with vsury Yf thou take thy neyghbours rayment to pledge thou shalt deliuer it vnto him agayne by that the sunne go downe for that is his couering onely eueÌ„ the raymeÌ„t for his skinne where in he slepeth And when he crieth vnto me I wyll heare hym for I am mercyfull Thou shalte not rayle vpon the goddes neyther blaspheme the ruler of the people The .xxiii. Chapter IF thou mete thyne enemyes oxe or his asse goynge astraye thou shalte bringe them to hym againe Yf thou se thy enemyes asse to synke vnder his bâ—â—then thou shalt not passe by and let him alone but shalte helpe him to lyfte him vp againe Thou shalte take no gyftes for gyftes blyndeth the seynge and peruert the wordes of the ryghteous Se that no man appeare before me emptye The .xxiiii. Chapter MOses was in the mount fortye dayes and fortye nyghtes The .xxv. Chapter THey shal make an Arke of set him wood two cubytes and a halfe long a cubyte and an halfe brode and an cubyte a halfe hye And thou shalte ouerlaye it with pure golde within and wythout shalte than ouerlaye it and shalt make hye vpon it a crowne of golde rounde aboute And thou shalte make two cherubins of golde The xxvi Chapter HAd thou shalt make a vaile of yelowe silke of purple scarlet and with twyned sylke Of broeder worke wyth pictures shalte thou make it The .xxviii. Chapter HAd beneth vpon the hem thou shalte make pomgranates of yelowe sylke and purple and scarlate rounde aboute hym and belles of golde betwene theÌ„ rounde aboute and let there be euer a golden bell and a pomgarnat a golding bell and a pomgarnate rounde aboute the hem of the tunycle The .xxix. Chapter BRyng Aaron and his sonnes vnto the dore of the tabernacle of wytnes and washe theÌ„ with water and take the garmentes and put vpoÌ„ Aaron the strayte cote the tunicle of the Ephod and the Ephod and the brastlap and gyrd them to him wyth the brode red gyrdell whiche is in the Ephod And but the mytre
shall haue the shynne of the burnt offeringe whiche he hath offered Yf any soule eate of the fleshe of the peace offerynge that pertayneth vnto the Lorde hauing his vncleanesse vpon him or that doeth touche anye vncleane thing that is of the vnclennesse of man or of any vncleane beaste or anye abhominacion that is vncleane and then eate of the fleshe of the peace offeringe whiche pertayneth vnto the Lord that soule shal peryshe frome hys people Ye shall not eate no maner of bloude whether it be of foule or of beaste whatsoeuer soule it be that eateth anye maner of bloude the same soule shall perishe from his people ¶ The .ix. Chapter MOses saide vnto Aaron go vnto the anltar and offer thy secrifice for synne and make an attonement for the and the people and thou shalt offer the offeringe of the people to reconcile them as the Lorde commaunded ¶ The .x. Chapter NAdab and Abihu the sonnes of Aaron toke eyther of them his censor and put fyre therin and putte cens therupon and offered straūge fyre before the Lorde whiche he commaunded them not and there went a fyre out from the lord and consumed them they dyed before the lorde And the lorde spake vnto Aaron saying Thou shalt not drincke wyne and stronge drincke thou and thy sonnes that are with the when ye go into the tabernacle of wytnesse lest ye dye Let it be a lawe for euer thorowout youre generatiōs and that ye may haue knowlege to put difference betwene holy and vnholy betwene cleane and vncleane and that ye maye teache the children of Israell all the statutes whiche the Lorde hath spoken vnto them by the hande of Moses ¶ The .xi. Chapter WHese are the beastes whiche ye shall eate Amonge all the catell that are on the earth whatsoeuer parteth the hose and deuideth it into two clawes chaweth cud amonge the beastes that shall ye eate These shal ye eate of al that are in the waters whatsoeuer hath synnes and skales in the waters sees and ryuers that shall ye eate let all other be abhomination vnto you Let euery crepinge thinge that crepeth vpon the earth be an abhomination vnto you The .xij. Chapter IF a woman hathe conceaued and borne a man chylde she shalt be vncleane .vij. dayes euen in lyke maner as when she his put a part in tyme of her naturall disease And in the .viij. daye the fleshe of the childes foreskynne shall be cut awaye and she shall then continue in the bloude of her purifyinge .xxxiij. dayes She shall touche no halowed thinge nor come into the sanctuary vntyl the tyme of her purifyinge be out Yf she beare a mayde childe she shal be vncleane two weakes as when she hath her naturall disease and she shal continue in the bloud of her purifyinge lxvj dayes ¶ The .xiij. Chapter WHen there appeareth a rysing in any mans fleshe eyther a scabbe or a glistering white and the plage of leprosye be in the skynne of his fleshe he shal be brought vnto Aaron the priest or vnto one of his sonnes the priestes the priest shall loke on the sore in the skynne of his fleshe And as longe as the disease lasteth vpon hym he shal be defyled and vncleane he shall dwell alone euen without the hoost shalt his habitation be ¶ The .xiiij. Chapter ANd if I put the plage of the leprosie in a house of the lande of your possessiō he that oweth the house shall come and tell the preast sayinge my thinke that there is as it were ▪ a leprosye in the house And the preast shall commaunde them to emptie the house before the preast go into it to se the plage that all that is in the house be not made vncleane and then must the priest go in to se the house Yf the preast also se that the plage is in the walles of the house and that theyr be holowe strakes pale or red whiche seme to be lower then the wall it selfe the preast shall go out at the house doores and shut vp the house seuen dayes And the preast shall come agayne the seuenth daye and yf he se that the plage be increased in the walles of the house the priest shall commaunde them to take away the stones in whiche the plage is and let them cast them into a foule place without the citie and he shall commaunde the house to be scraped within rounde aboute powre out the duste that they scrape of without the cytie into a soule place And they shall take other stones and put they in the places of those stones and other morter to plaster the house withall The .xv. Chapter IF any mans sede departe from hym in his slepe he shall washe his fleshe in water and be vncleane vntill euen And all the clothes and all the furres wherin is suche sede of slepe shal be washed with water be vncleane vnto the euen And yf he that hath suche an yssue of sede do lye with a woman they shal bothe washe them selues with water and be vncleane vntil euen The .xvj. Chapter WHen Aaron hath made an ende of reconcilynge the holy pace and the tabernacle of wytnes and the aultar he shall bringe the lyue goate and Aaron shall put both his handes vpon the heade of the lyue goate and confesse ouer him all the misdedes of the children of Israel and all there trespaces in all theyr synnes putting them vpon the head of the goate and send hym awaye by the hande of a couenient man into the wyldernes And the goate shall beare vpon him all they re misdedes vnto the wildernes and he shall let the goate go free into the wyldernes ¶ The xvij Chapter AND whatsoeuer man it be of the house of Israel or of the straungers that soiourne amonge you that eateth any maner of bloude I will set my face against that soule that eateth bloude and will destroy hym from amonge his people for the lyfe of the fleshe is in the bloude I haue geuē it vnto you vpō the aultar to make an attonement for your soules for bloude shall make an attonement for the soule And therfore I sayde vnto the children of Israel let no soule of you eate bloude The .xviij. Chapteer HE shall kepe myne ordinaunces and my iudgementes whiche if a man do he shall lyue in them I am the Lorde Thou shalt not vnheale the secrettes of thy brothers wyfe for that is thy brothers priuite Thou shalt not lye with mankinde as with woman kynde for it is abhomination Thou shalt lye with nomaner of beaste to defylethy selfe therewith neither shal any womā stande before a beast to lye downe therto for it is abhomination ¶ The .xix. Chapter WHen ye reape downe the ripe corne of your lande ye shall not reape downe the vtmost border of your fylde neyther shalt thou gather that whiche is lefte behinde in thy haruest Thou shalt not plucke in all thy vyneyarde cleane neyther gather in the grapes whiche
therof but he sayd bryng meale and he cast it into the poâ— and sayd Fyl for the people that they maye eate and there was no more harme in the potte The .vi. Chapter ANd beholde there was a greate dearthe in Samaria and Benhadad king of Siria besieged it vntyll an Asses head was sold for foure score syluer pence and the fourth parte of a cab of doues dunge for .v. sicles The .xiii. Chapter THe souldiers of the Moabites came into the lande the same yeare and it chaunced as some of them were buryeng a man and spyed the souldiers they cast the man into the sepulchre of Eliseus and when the man was rolled downe touched the bodye of Eliseus he reuiued and stode vpon his feete The .xviii. Chapter HEzekia put away the hyl aulters and brake the Idolles and cut downe the groues and all to brake the brasen serpent that Moses hadde made for vnto those dayes the chyldren of Israel dyd burne sacrifice to it and he called it NehustaÌ„ The .xix. Chapter ANd so it came to passe that the selfe same tyghte the aungell of the lorde wente oute and smote in the hoost of the Assirians an huÌ„dred foure score and fyue thousande The .xx. Chapter HAd Hesekia tourned his face to the waland prayed to the lorde saying I beseche thee nowe O Lorde remembre howe I haue walked before thee in truthe and with a perfite hearte haue done that whiche is good in thy sight Hesekia wepte sore Esaye sayde to Hesekia Thus saith the lord god of Dauid thy father I haue herd thy prayer and sene thy teares And beholde I wyll heale thee so that on the thyrde daye thou shalte go vp into the house of the Lorde And I wyll adde vnto thy dayes yet fiftene yeare Shal the shado we go forwarde ten degrees or go backe agayne ten degrees Hesekia answered it is a lyght thyng for the shadowe to go downe ten degrees nether is that my desyre but yf the shadowe go backewarde ten degrees it is no light thynge And Esaye the prophete called vnto the lorde and he brought the shadowe tenne degrees backewardes by whych it had goen downe in the dyall of Ahas Th .xxii. Chapter THe Kyng Iosus sent Saphan sayinge go vp to Nelkia the hye prieste that he maye summe the syluer which is brought into the house of the lorde whiche the kepers of the porche haue gathered of the people c. Howe be it let no teâ—â—nyng be made with them of the moneye that is delyuered into theyr handes for theyr vse is to deal â–ª faythfully ¶ The fyrst booke of Chronicles the tenthe Chapter SAVL dyed for his trespasse that he trespassed agaynst the Lorde in that he kepte not the worde of the lorde and in that he soughte and asked counsayle of a womanne that wrought with a spirite and asked not of the Lorde And therfore he slue hym and turned the kyngdom vnto Dauid the sonne of Esay The .xv. Chapter ANd Chenanishu the chiefe of the Leuites was wayster of the songe for he taughte other to synge because he was a man of vnderstandynge ¶ The .xvi. Chapter O Gyue thankes vnto the Lorde call vpon his name make his actes knowen amonge the people Synge vnto hym and playe vnto hym talke of all his wondrefull dedes Reioyse in his holy name lette the hartes of them that seke the Lorde be gladde Seke the lorde and his strengthe seke his presence alwaye Touche not myne annoynted and do my Prophetes no harme The .xx. Chapter And there chaunced yet agayne warre at Geth â–ª where as was a man of a great stature with xxâ—â—… fyngers and toes .vi. on euery hande and .vi. on euery foote and was the sonne of Raphath The .xxi. Chapter HAd Dauid sayde vnto God I am in an excedyng strayte Lette me fall nowe into the hande of the lorde for passyng greate are his mercyes but let me not fall into the hande of men The .xxii. Chapter HAd Dauid sayd vnto Salomon my soÌ„ne I thought as it was in my heart to buyld an house vnto the name of the Lorde my God but the worde of the lorde came to me saying thou haste shed muche bloude and haste made greate battayles thou shalte therefore not buylde an house vnto my name for thou haste shedde muche bloude vpon the earth in my syght The .xxiij. Chapter HAD the Leuites were noumbred from the age of .xxx. yere and aboue and the numbre and summe of them was .xxxvii. thousande men Of whiche .xxxiiii. M. were sette to fourther the worke of the house of the Lorde and .vi. M. were officers and iudges iiii M. were porters and .iiii. M praysed the lorde with suche instrumentes as was made to prayse withall The .xxv. Chapter IEduthun and Heman execated the seruice in the house of god at the kynges hande And the multitude of them with theyr brethren that were instructe in the songes of the lorde euen all that were commyng were two hundred foure froze and eyght The .xxviij. Chapter THe Lorde searchech all heartes and vnderstandeth all the ymaginacion of thoughtes The .xxix. Chapter OUre dayes on the earth are but as a shadow and there is none abydynge ¶ The .ii. boke of the Chronicles the .vi. Chapter AND wyll GOD in verye dede dwel with meÌ„ on earth beholde heauen and heauen aboue al heauens do not contayne thee howe muche lesse the house whyche I haue buylded The .vii. Chapter This house whiche I haue sanctified for my name wyl I cast out of my sight and wyll make it to be a prouerbe and a ieste among all nacions And euery one that passeth by shall be astoned at this house whiche belonged to the moost hye GOD and shal saye why hath the lorde delte on this fashion with this land and with this house And they shal aunswere bycause they forsoke the lorde god of theyr father whiche broughte them oute of the lande of Egypte and caught holde on other goddes and worshypped them and serued them euen therfore hathe he broughte all this euell vpon them The .xiiii. Chapter HAd Asa eryed vnto the lorde hys god and sayde lord it is no harde thynge with the to helpe eyther manye or them that haue no power Helpe vs therfore O lorde our god for we truste to the and in thy name we go agaynste this multitude The .xvi. Chapter THe eyes of the Lorde beholde al the earthe to strengthe them that are of perfect heart towarde hym The .xxiiij. Chapter HAd the sprite of God came vpon Zacharye the sonne Iehoiada the priest whiche stode by the people and sayde vnto them Thus saythe god why transgresse ye the commaundementes of the lorde that ye cannot prospere for because ye haue forsaken the lorde he also hathe forsaken you And thay conspired agaynst hym and stoned hym with stones at the commaundemente of the kynge euen in the courte of the house of the lord The .xxvi. Chapter TZia transgressed agaynst the lorde his god and wente into the
temple of the Lorde to burne cense vpon the altare of incense And Azariahu the priest went in after hym and with hym fourescore priestes of the lorde that were valiaūt men And they stoode by Vzia the kyng and sayde vnto him It pertaineth not to the Vziato burne incense vnto the lord but to the priestes the children of Aaron that are consecrated for to offer incense Come therfore out of the Sanctuarye for thou hast trespaced and it is no worshyp to the before the lorde god And Vzia was wroth and hadde incense in his hande to burne it and so whyle he had indignaciō against the priestes the leprosy sprang in his foreheade before the priestes in the house of the lorde euen besyde the incense altare The .xxxii. Chapter PLucke vp your hertes and be strong be not afrayed nor discoraged for the king of Assur and for all the multitude that he hath with hym for there be mo with vs then with him With him is an arme of fleshe but with vs is the lorde oure god for to helpe vs and to fight oure battayles The .xxxiii. Chapter ¶ And when Manasses was in tribulation he besought the lord his god and humbled him selfe excedingly before the god of his fathere made intercessyon to him god was intreated of him and hearde his prayer and brought him againe to Ierusalem into his kingdome and then Manasse knewe that the lorde was god ¶ The fyrst boke of Esdras The .vii. Chapter AND we certifie you that ye haue no auctorite to require taxynge and custome yearly rentes vpō any of the prestes leuites singers porters Nethinuns and ministers in the house of his god The .viii. Chapter The hāde of our god is vpō all them that seke hym in goodnes his violence and wrath is against all them that forsake him ¶ The .ii. boke of Esdras The .v. Chapter I And my brethren and my seruauntes do lende them money corne but as for vsury let vs leaue it The .xii. Chapter In the tyme of Zorobabell and Nehemiah dyd al they of Israell geue portions vnto the syngers porters euerye daye his portion and they gaue tythes vnto the Leuites and the Leuites gaue tythes againe vnto the chyldren of Aaron ¶ The .iii. boke of Esdras The .iii. Chapter WYne is a stronge thyng The kyng is stronger Women haue yet more strenghte but aboue all thynges the truthe beareth awaye the victorie ¶ The .iiii. Chapter TRuthe endureth and is alwaye stronge it lyueth conquereth for euermore worlde without ende ¶ The .viii. Chapter I Commaunde you also that ye require no taxe nor tribute of the preastes Leuites syngers and ministers of the temple nor of the writers and that no man haue auctorite to medle any thing against them The .iiii. boke of Esdras the .i. Chap. WHat shall I do vnto the O Iacob Thou Iuda woldest not obey me I wyll turne me to another people and vnto those wil I geue my name that they maye kepe my statutes seynge ye haue forsaken me I will forsake you When ye desyre me to be gracious vnto you I shall haue no mercye vpon you Whan ye call vpon me I wyll not heare you for ye haue defiled your handes with bloude and your fete are swyfte to commit manslaughter Ye haue not forsaken me in a maner but your owne selues saithe the lorde ¶ The .ii. Chapter EXecute iustice for the wyddowe be iudge for the fatherles geue to the peore defende the confortlesse clothe the naked heale the wounded and sicke laugh not a lame man so scorne defende the crepell and let the blynde come into the lyght of my clearenes whersoeuer thou fyndest the dead take them and bury them and I shall geue the the fyrst place in my resurrection ¶ The .iiii. Chapter GO thy waye waye me the weight of the fyre or measure me the blaste of the wynde or call me againe the daye that is paste They that dowell vpon earth may vnderstande nothinge but that whiche is vpon earthe and he that dwelleth aboue the heauens maye onely vnderstande the thinges that are aboue the heuens The worlde hasteth fast to passe away and can not comprehende the thynges that are promysed for the righteous in time to come for this world is full of vnryghteousnes and weakenes The corne of euel sede hathe bene sowne in the hearte of man from the begynnynge ¶ The .v. Chapter BEholde the dayes shall come that they whiche dwell vpō the earth shal be taken in a great nombre and the waye of the truthe shal be hydde and the lande shal be barren from faithe but iniquitie shall haue the vpper hande lyke as thou hast sene nowe and as thou haste hearde long ago And he said vnto me Nombre the thinges that are yet not come gather me together the droppes that are scattered abroade make me the floures greane againe that are wythered open me the thinge that is closed brynge me forth the wyndes that are shut vp shewe me the Image of a voyce and then shall I declare the thynge that thou labourest to knowe ¶ The .vi. Chapter FRom Abraham vnto Isahar when Iacob Esau were borne of him Iacobs hande helde fyrste the heir of Esau for Esau is the ende of this worlde and Iacob is the begynnynge of it that foloweth The hande of man betwyxt the hele and the hande The earthe shall restore those that haue slepte in her and so shall the dust those that dwell in silence and the secrete places shall delyuer those that be committed vnto them ¶ The .vii. Chapter HAnd the moste hyghest shal be openly declared vpon the seate of iudgement and all miserye shall vanyshe awaye and longe sufferynge shal be gathered togyther but the iudgement shal continue the truthe shall remayne and faith shall waxe strong the worke shall folowe and the rewarde shal be shewed the righteousnes shal watch and the vnrighteousnes shall beare no rule The daye of dome shal be the ende of this time the begynnyng of the immortalitie for to come where in all corruption is vanyshed all voluptuousnes is lowsed all mysbeleue taken awaye righteousnes growed the verite spronge vp Then shal no man be able to saue him that is destroyed nor oppresse him that hath gyuen the victory I knowe lorde that the hyghest is mercyfull in that he hath mercye vpon them whiche are not yet in the worlde and vpon those also that walke in his lawe and that he is pacient and long sufferynge towarde those that haue synned in they re worckes and that he is liberall to geue where as it requyreth and that he is of greate mercye for he multiplied his louyng kyndnesse toward those that are present and that are paste and to theym whiche are for to come for yf he multiplye not hys mercyes the worlde shall not be made liuing with those that dwell therin He geueth also for yf he gaue not of his goodnes that they whiche haue done euyll
There was neuer proud parsone that plaised the but in the prayer of the humble and meke hath thy plesure bene euermore The boke of Ester The fyrste Chapter ANd the drynck was so apoynted that none shulde compel any man for so the kyng had commaunded by the offycers of hys house that euery one shulde do as it lyked hym He sent letters forth in to all the kinges landes in to eueri lande accordynge to the wrytynge thereof and to euery people after they re language that euery manne shulde be lorde in hys owne house The .ii. Chapter HAd whē the apointed time of euery damsel came that she shulde go in to the kynge Ahasuerus after that she had ben twelue monthes in the deckynge of the wemen for theyr deckynge must haue so muche tyme namely syxe monethes wyth bauline and myrre and syre monethes with good spyces so were the wemen beautyfyed yet went theyr one damesell vnto the kynge c. The .xvi. Chapter IT happeneth ofte also that they whych be set in offyce by the hyer power and vnto whome the busynesse and causes of the subiectes are commutted to be handled waxe proud and defile them selfes with shedyng of innocent bloude whiche bringeth thē to intollerable hurte whiche also with false and deceytefull wordes and with liyng tales disceaue berray the innocent goodnes of princes The boke of Iob. The fyrst Chapter NAked came I out of my mothers wombe and naked shal I turne thether agayn The lorde gaue and the lord hath taken awaye blessed be the name of the lorde The .ii. Chapter SHall we receaue prosperity at the hande of god and not receyue aduersity ¶ The .iiii. Chapter COnsider I pray the who euer perysshed beynge an innocent Or when were the godlyr destroyed For as I haue proued by experience they that plowe iniquitie and sowe wretchednes reape the same ¶ The .v. Chapter AMā is borne to labour like as the sparches flye vp out of the hote coales Beholde happye is the man whome god punissheth therfore refuse not thou the chastenynge of the almyghty for though he made a wounde he gyueth aplaster though he sutyte hys hande maketh whole againe The .vi. Chapter HE that is in tribulation oughte to be comforteth of his neighbour The .vij. Chapter MY fleshe is clothed with wormes and duste of the earthe My skynne is wythered and become horrible my dayes passe ouer more spedly then a weuer can weue out his webbe and are gone or I am aware Remember that my lyfe is but a wynde The .viii. Chapter OVr daies vpō earth are but a very shadowe The .ix. Chapter HE is good whose wrath no man maye withstande but the proudest of all must stoape vnder him Yf men wyll speake of ryghteousnes who date be my recorde Yf I wyll iustifie my selfe myne owne mouthe shall condempne me yf I wyll put forth my selfe for a perfecte man he shall reproue me a wycked do et The .x. Chapter O Remembre I besecbe the howe that thou madest me of the earthe and shalte bryng me in to dust againe The .xii. Chapter AMonge olde persones there is wysdome in age is vnderstandynge The .xiiii. Chapter MAn that is borne of womā hath but a short time to lyue and is full of miserye He commeth vp and is cut downe lyke a floure He flieth as it were a shadowe and neuer continueth in one state The dayes of manne surely are determined the nombre of his monethes are knowen onelye vnto the Thou hast appointed hym his boūdes whiche he cannot go beyonde whyle man liueth his fleshe must haue trauaile and whyle the soule is in him he must be in sorow The .xv. Chapter WHat is man that he shulde be cleane What hath he whiche is borne of a woman wherby he myght be righteous Beholde he doth not truste his sayntes yea the very heauens are not cleane in her syght howe muche more then an abbominable and vile man whiche drincketh wycnes lyke water The .xix. Chapter I Am sure that my redemer liueth and that I shall ryse out of the earthe in the latter daye that I shal be clothed againe with this sainne and se god in my fleshe yee I my selfe shall beholde him not with other but with the same eyes The .xxi. Chapter THe wycked spende theyr dayes in welthnes◠but sodenlye they go downe to hell They saye also vnto god go from vs we desyre not the knowledge of thy wayes Who is the almyghtye that we shulde serue him and what profyte shuld haue to submyt our selues vnto hym The .xxii. Chapter WHo so humbleth hym selfe him shall he sette vp and who so loketh mekely shal be healed The .xxv. Chapter How may a man compared vnto god be iustyfyed or howe can he be cleane that is borne of a woman Beholde the moone shineth nothyng in comparison to hym and the starres are vnciene in his syghte Howe muche more then man that is but corruption and the sonne of man whyche ys but a worme The .xxvii. Chapter WHen the riche man dyeth he caried nothing with him he is gone in the twynckelynge of an eye and hathe nothing The .xxviii. Chapter BEholde to feare the lorde is wysedome and to forsake euellis vnderstandynge The .xxxii. Chapter WHen god dothe once commaunde a thinge ther shoulde no manne be curious to serche whether it be right The .xxxiiii. Chapter FOr the vngodlynesse of the people dothe god make an ypocrit 〈◊〉 raigne ouer them The .xlii. Chapter MY seruaunt Iob shall praye for you The Lorde gaue Iob twyse as moche as he had afore ¶ The Psalmes of Dauid The .i. Chapter BLessed is that man that hathe not walked in the councell of the vngodlye nor stande in the waye of synners and hath not sit in the seate of the scorneful But his delyte is in the lawe of the Lorde and in hys lawe wyll he exercyse him selfe daye and nyghte The .ii. Chapter BE wyse now therfore O ye kinges be learned ye that are iudges of the earth The .v. Chapter THou shalte destroye them that speake leasyng the lord wyll abhorre both the bloud-thyrsty and disceatfull man ¶ The .vi. Chapter I am weary of my groning euery night washe I my bed water my couche with my teares The .vii. Chapter God is prouoked euerye daye yf a man wyll not turne he wyll whette his swearde he hathe bent his bowe and made it readye he hathe prepared him the instrumentes of deathe he ordeyneth hys arowes against the persecutoures The .viii. Chapter WHat is man that thou art myndefull of him and the sonne of man that thou visitest him Thou madest him lower then the aungelles to crowne him with glorye and worshyp Thou makest hym to haue dominion of the worckes of thy handes thou hast put all thinges in subiection vnder his feete The .xi. Chapter THe Lorde is in hys holy temple the lordes seate is in heauē his eyes cōsider the poore and his eye lyddes trieth the chyldren of menne The Lorde aloweth the righteous
Chapter The daye of the lorde commeth and is harde at hande a darke daye a glomyng daye a cloudy day yea and a stormy daye Before him shal be a consumyng fyre and behynde hym a durnynge flame The earth shal quake before him yea the heauens shal be moued The sunne and the moone shall be darkened and the starres shall withdrawe theyr shyne This is that greate merueylous fearefull daye of the lord who is hable to abydeit I will shewe wonders in heauen aboue tokens in the earthe beneth bloude and fyre and the vapours of smocke the sunne shal be tourned into darknes and the moone into bloude before the greate and notable daye come of the lorde The .ii Chapter The tyme shall come that whosoeuer calleth on the name of the lorde shall be saued The .iii. Chapter I shall gether all people together brynge them in the valley of Iosaphat and there wyll I reson with them Lette the people aryse and get them to the valley of Iosaphat for there will I syt and iudge all heathen rounde about ¶ The booke of the Prophet Amos The fyft Chapter THey owe hym euel wyll that reproueth them openlye and who so telleth theÌ„ the plaine truthe they abhorre hym Seke after the thyng that is good and not euell so shall ye lyue Yea the Lorde God of hostes shal be with you accordynge to youre owne desyre Shall not the daye of the Lorde be darke and not cleare shall it not be cloudy and no shime in it The .viii. Chapter BEholde the tyme commeth sayeth the lorde god that I shall sende an hunger into the earthe not the hunger of breade nor the thyrste of water but an hunger to heare the worde of God so that they shall go from the one sea to the other yea from the North vnto the East ruÌ„ning aboute to seke the worde of the Lorde and shall not fynde it The .ix. Chapter THeyr couetousnes shall fall vpon all they re heades and theyr posteritie shal be slayne with the swearde They shall not fle awaye there shall not one of them escape nor be delyuered Though they were buried in the hell my hande shall fetche them from thence though they clime vp to heauen yet shall I caste them down though they hyde themselues vpon the toppe of Larmel yet shal I seke them oute and brynge them from thence though they crepe downe fro my sighte in to the depe of the see I shall commaunde the serpent euen there to byte them yf they go awaye before their enemies into captiuitie then shall I coÌ„maunde the swearde there to slaye them Thus wyll I set myne eyes vpon them for theyr harme and not for theyr welthe The booke of the Prophete Abdy the first Chapter THou sayest in thyne harte who shal cast me downe to the grouÌ„de But though thou wentest vp as â—ye as the Aegle madest thy nest aboue amoÌ„g the slarres yet wold I plucke the downe from thence saith the lord Lyke as thou haste done so shalte thou be delte withall Vpon the mount Sion shall the saluation be The booke of the Prophete Ionas the fyrst Chapter THey toke Ionas and cast hym into the sea and the sea lefte raging And the men feared the LORD excedingly doyng sacrifices and makyng vowes vnto the Lorde The .ii. Chapter The Lorde prepared a greate fyshe to swalowe vp Ionas So was Ionas in the belly of the fishe thre dayes and three nightes The .iii. Chapter IOnas cryed sayinge There are yet fortye dayes and then shall Niniue be ouer throweÌ„ And the people of Niniue beleued god and proclamed fasting and arayed themselues in sackeclothe as well the greate as the small of them And the tydynges came vnto the Kynge of Niniue whiche rose out of his seate and dydde his apparell of and put on sacke clothe and satte hym downe in asshes And it was cryed and commaunded in Niniue by the aucthoritie of the kyng and his Lordes saying Se that neyther manne nor beast Oxe or shepe taste oughte at all and that they neither fede nor drinke water but putte on sackeclothe bothe man and beaste and crye might lye vnto god yea so that euery manne turne from his euell waye and from the wyckednesse that he hathe in hande Who can tell god maye turne and repente and cease from his featte wrath that we perishe not And when god sawe theyr worckes howe they turned from theyr wycked wayes he repented on the euell whiche he sayde he wolde do vnto them and did it not The .iiii. Chapter I knowe well ynoughe that thou arte a merrifull god full of compassion long sufferinge and of great kyndenes and repentest when thou shuldest take punishemente The booke of the Prophete Micheas the .i. chapter Owo vnto them that ymagieâ— to do harme and deuyse vngraciousnes vpon theyr beds to perfourme it in the cleate daye for theyr power is against god when they counte to haue lande they take it be vyoience they robbe men of theyr houseâ— Thus they oppresse a man for his house and euerye man for his heritage Truthe it is my wordes are frendelye vnto them that lyue right but my people doeth the coÌ„trary therfore muste I take parte agaynste them for they take awaye bothe coate and cloke from the symple Yf I were a fleshly felowe and a preacher of lyes and tolde them that they might syt bybbinge and bollyng and be dronken O that were a prophete for this people The .iii. Chapter OHeare this ye rulers of the house of Iacob and ye iudges of the house of Israel ye that abhorte the thyng that is lawfull and wrest aside the thynge that is streight Ye that buylde vp Syon with bloude and Ierusalem with doying wrong O ye iudges ye geue sentence for gyftes O ye priestes ye teache for lucre O ye prophetes ye prophecye for moneye yet wyll they be taken as those that hold vpon god and saye Is not the lorde among vs Tushe there can no mysfortune happen vs. Therfore shall Syon for your sake he plowed lyke a field Ierusalem shal become an heape of stones and the hyll of the temple shal be turned to an hye wood The .iiii. Chapter THe lawe shall come out of Syon and the worde of god from Ierusaiem The .v. Chapter ANd thou Bethleem Ephrata arte lytle among the thousandes of Iuda out of thee shall come vnto me whiche shal be the gouernour in Israell whose outgoynge hath bene from the beginning and from euerlastyng The vi Chapter I wyll shewe the O man what is good and what the lorde requireth of the namelye to do righâ— to haue pleasure in louyng kyndenes to be lowly and to walke with thy god Shuâ—de I not be displeased for the vnrighteous good in the houses of the wicked and because the measure is minâ—shed Or should I iustifie the false balaunces and the bagge of disceptefull weyghtes among those that be full of riches vnrighteously gotten where the citesins deale with falschede
doeth hate zacha .viii. Thought of man Sirach .xxvii. Thirty siluer pence zacha .xi. Thubal Gene .iiii. Thuball Cain Gene iiii Tithes Leui .xxviii. ii of Esdras .xii. Cobi .i. Sirach .vii. xxv Tithes are the priestes enheritaunce Nu .xviii. Tobias exercised him selfe in the worckes of mercye Tob .i. Tobias was tempted with blyndnesse Tob .ii. Tothe for to the. Leui .xxiiii. Towre of Babilone Gene .xi. Tree of lyfe Gene .ii. Trespace that can not be restored shal be the preistes Nume .iii. Trouble is necessary Psal .cxix. Truste nother in bowe nor swearde but in God Psalme .xliiii. Trust in god and not in princes psal .cxviii. cxlvi Truste in no liynge wordes Iere .vii. Truthe wyll not be hard Amos .v. Truthe of all thinges is most strongest .iii. of Esdras .iiii. Truthe is fled awaye .iiii. of Esdras .xiiii. Thinges impossible .iiii. of Esdras .iiii. v. Tunicle with his ornamentes Exo .xxviii. Turne not thy face from the poore Tob .iiii. Two parlous thinges Syrac .xxvi. V. W. Vayle of the temple Exo .xxvi. Vertuous woman Syrac .xxxvi. Vineyarde Esay .v. Virgine shall beare a sonne Esay .vii. Vnrighteous buylders Iere .xxii. Victory standeth not in the multitude Macha 3. Vowe of abstinence Nume .xvi. Vowe vnto god and fulfyll it Nume .xxx. Deut. xxiii Psalme .l. lxvi lxxvi Preacher .v. Voyce is Iacobs Gene .xxvii. Vsury Exo .xxii. Leui .xxv. Deute .xxiii. ii of Esdras .v. Psal .xv. Prouer .xxviii. Eze .xviii. Vsury and what it is Eze .xviii. Vrias answer to Dauid .ii. of the Kynges .xi. Vza for touchynge of the arcke is punyshed Lof the Kinges .vi. â—â—…id is smytten with the leper ii of the Chro. 26. Walke vpon a staffe Exo .xxi. Walke with the vertuous Prouer .ii. Waters the heith countenaunce of them ge 7. Waters of Mara were bytter Exo .xv. Water of strife Nume .xx. Well doynge hath 〈◊〉 rewarde Gene .iiii. Wemen delyuered howe longe they are vnclene Leui .xii. Wemen are the destruction of kinges Prou .xviii. Wemen eate their owne children Lamen 4. eze 5. Wepe for the deade Syra .xxii. xxxviii We are all vnclene Esay .lxiiii. Weye thy wordes Syrac .xxviii. Weyghtes and measures Deute .xxv. Miche .vi. Wycked men desyre not to knowe goddes wayes Iob .xxi. Wycked mens portion Psalm .xl. Wycked kinges Prouer .xvi. Wyne breade and oyle Psalm .ciiii. Wyne and stronge dryncke Prouer .xix. Wyne byteth lyke a serpent Prouer .xxiii. Wyne and wemenne Syrach â–ª xix Wyne temperately droncken Syrach .xxxi. What we oughte to do when oure neyghboureâ— oxe or shepe do straye Deute xxii What they be vpon whom the deuel hath powre Tobias .vi. What is wysdome Wysdom .vii. Wysdome and the chefe point therof Prouer .iiii. Wysdom engendreth trauayle Preacher .i. Wysdom hyd and treasure hoorded Syrach .xx. Whore and whore kepers are forbodden Deu. 22. Wyfe that is deuorced maye mary another Deu. terono .xxiiii. Whose shall the fyrste place be in the resurrection iiii Esdras .ii. Who can withstande gods wrathe Iob .ix. Who shall ascende into the hyll of the lorde Psal .xxiiii. Esay .xxxiii. Whoredome of wemen syrach .xxvi. Wyshe the kynge no euell preach .x. Women must frely consent to mariage gen .xxiiii. Womans curse gene .iii. Vngodly persons do sone vanyshe away ps 37.91 Worde of god a lanterne of lyght psal .cxix. Worde of god healeth all thynge wysd .xvi. Word of god shall not returne voyde Esay .lv. Worde of god is compared to fyre Iere .xxiii. Worde of god is heard but not folowed eze .xxxiii Wordes of slaunderers prouer .xviii. Workes shal be rewarded prouer .xii. Workers with spirites Leui .xii. Wrest not the law Deut .xvi. Wrathe of a woman syrach xxv Worme of conscience shall not dye Esa .lxvi. Y Yeare of Iubelye Leui xxv Yoke of god Lame .iii. Z Zachary is stoned to death .ii. Chro .xxiiii. ¶ The ende of the Table ¶ The gospel of S. Matthew the first Chapter ALl the generacions of Abraham to Dauid are .xiiii. generacions And from Dauid vnto the captiuitie of Babilon are .xiiii. generacions And from the captiuitie of Babilon vnto Christ are also xiiii generacions The byrthe of Iesus Christe was on this wise when his mother Mary was betrouthed to Ioseph before they came to dwell together she was founde with chylde by the holy ghoste Then Ioseph her husbande beynge a perfecte manne and lothe to make an ensample of her was mynded to put her awaye secretely Whyle he thus thought beholde the angel of the Lorde appeared vnto hym in a dreme sayingâ— Ioseph the sonne of Dauid feare not to take vnto thee Mary thy wyfe For that whiche is conceaued in her is of the holy ghost She shal bring forth a sonne and thou shalt call his name Iesus For he shall saue his people from theyr sunnes And Ioseph as sone as he awoke out of slepe dyd as the aungell of the lorde bad hym and toke his wyfe vnto hym and knewe her not tyl she had broughte forthe her firste sonne called his name Iesus The .ii. Chapter WHen Iesus was borne at Bethleem in Iury in the tyme of Herode the kyng Behold there came wyse men from the East to Ierusalem saying where is he that is borne kyng of Iewes 〈◊〉 we haue sene his starre in the East and are come to worship him When they hadde hearde the king they departed and so the starre which they sawe in the Easte Went before them tyll it came and stode ouer the place where the chylde was When they sawe the starre they were meruelously glad and went in to the house and founde the chylde with Marye his mother kneled downe and worshypped him and opened their treasures and offered vnto hym gyftes golde franckensence and myrte The .iii. Chapter IN those dayes Iohn the Baptiste came and preached in the wyldernes of Iury sayenges Repent the kyngdome of heauen is at hande Bringe forth therfore the frutes belongynge is repentaunce And se that ye ones thynke not to saye in youre selues we haue Abraham to our father For I saye vnto you that god is able of the stones to raise vp children vnto Abraham Euen nowe is the axe put vnto the rote of the tree so that euery tree whiche bryngeth not forth good frute is hewen downe and caste in to the fyre The .iiii. Chapter IT is wrytten man shall not lyue by breede onelys but by euer ye worde that procedeth out of the mouth of god Thou shalte worshippe the lorde thy god and him onely serue The people which sat in darcknes sawe greâ—t lyghte and to them whiche sat in the region and shadowe of deathe lyght is be gonne to shyne From that time Iesus beganne to preache and to saye Repent for the kingdome of heauen is 〈◊〉 hande He saide vnto Peter and Andrewe folowe me and I wyll make you fyshers of menne And they freyghte waye lefte theyr nettes and folowed hym And he went forthe frome thence and sawe other two bretherne Iames the sonne of Zebede and Iohn his brother
ye axe of hym When ye faste be not sadde as the Ypocrites are For the disfigure theyr faces that they might be sene of men how they faste Verely I saye vnto you they haue theyr rewarde But thou when thou fastest annoynte thine heade and washe thy face that it appere not vnto men howe that thou fasteste But vnto thy father whiche is in secrete and thy father whiche seeth in secrete shall rewarde thee openlye Se that ye gather you not treasure vpon the earthe where ruste and mothes corrupte where theues breake through and steale But gather ye treasure together in heauen where neither rust nor mothes corrupte where theues neither breake vp nor steale For wheresoeuer youre treasure is there wyll youre heartes be also No man can serue two maysters For either he shall hate the one and loue the other or elles he shall lene to the one and despise the other ye cannot serue God and Mammon I saye vnto you be not carefull for your lyfe what ye shall eate or what ye shall drinke nor yee for your body what ye shall put on Is not the life more worthe than meate and the bodye more of value then raymente Beholde the fowles of the ayre for they sowe not neither reape nor yet carye into the barnes and yet yâ—ur heauenlye father feedeth them Are ye not muche better then they Which of you though he toke thought therfore coulde put one cubite vnto his stature And why cate ye theÌ„ for rayment Considre thelilyes of the fielde howe they growe they labour not neither spinne And yet for all that I saye vnto you that euen Salomon in all his royaltie was not arayde lyke vnto one of these Wherfore yf god so clothe the grasse which to daye in the fielde and to motowe shal be cast into the fornace shall he not muche more do the same vnto you O ye of lytle faith Therfore take no thought saying what shal we eate or what shall we drynke or werewith shall we be clothed After all these thynges seke the gentyles For your heauenly father knoweth that ye haue nede of all these thynges But rather seke ye fyrste the Kyngdome of heauen and the righteousenesse thereof and all these thynges shal be ministred vnto you Care not then for to morow but let the morowe care for it selfe for the daye preseÌ„t hath euer ynough of his own trouble The .vii. Chapter IVdge not that ye be not iudged for as ye iudge so shall ye be iudged And with what measure ye meate with the same shall it be measured to you agayne Why seest thou a moote in thy brothers tye and perceauest not the beame that is in thine own eyes Or why sayest thou to thy brother suffer me to plucke oute the moote out of thyne eye and be holde a beame is in thyne owne eye Ypocrite first cast out the beame out of thyne own eye and then shalt thou see clearely to pluck out the mote out of thy brothers eye Geue not that whiche is holy to dogges neither caste ye your pearles before swyne lesse they treade them vnder theyr fete and the other turne agayne and all to rent you Are and it shall be geuen you Seke and ye shal fynde Knocke and it shal be opened vnto you For whosoeuer axeth receaneth he that sekethe â–ª findeth to hym that knocketh it shal be opened whatsoeuer ye wolde that men should do to you euen so do to them Enter in at the strayte gate for wyde is the gate and brode is the waye that leadeth to destruction and many there be whiche go in therat But strayte is the waye whiche leadeth vnto lyfe and fewe there be that fynde it Beware of talse prophetes whiche come to you in shepes clothyng but inwardly they be rauenyng wolues Ye shall knowe them by theyr fruites Euery tree that bryngeth not foorthe good fruite shal be hewen downe and cast into the fyre Not all they that saye vnto me Mayster Mayster shall enter into the kyngdome of heaueÌ„ but he that dothe my fathers wyll whiche is in heauen The .viii. Chapter SYr I am not worthy that thou shouldest come vnder my roofe but speake the worde onlye and my seruaunt shal be healed Verely I saye vnto you I haue not founde so great fayth no not in Israell Master I will folowe the whither soeuer thou goest And Iesus sayde vnto hym the foxes haue holes and the byrdes of the ayre haue nestes but the sonne of the man hathe not whereon to rest his head Another that was of his disciples sayde vnto hym master suffer me first to go and burye my father But Iesus sayde vnto hym folowe me and let the dead burie theyr deade And beholde the deuilles cryed out sayenge O Iesu the sonne of God what haue we to do with thee Art thou come hither to tormente vs before the tyme become And there was a good waye of from them a great heard of swyne fedyng Then the deuils besought him sayinge yf thou easte vs oute suffer vs to go oure waye into the hearde of swyne And he sayde vnto them to your wates The .ix. Chapter HAd when Iesus sawe the faythe of them he sayde to the seeke of the paisie sonne be of good chere thy sinnes be forgeuen thee Why eateth youre mayster with Publicanes and sinners when Iesus hearde that he sayde vnto them The hole nede not the phisicion but they that are sycke Go and learne what that meaneth I haue pleasure in mercy and not in offring For I am not come to call the righteous but the synners to repentaunce No man pieceth an olde garment with a piece of newe clothe for then taketh he awaye the piece agayne from the garment and the rente is made greater Neither do men put newe wyne in olde vessels for then the vessels breake and the wyne runneth out and the vessels perishe But they powre newe wyne into newe vessels and so are both saued together Then sayde he to his disciples the harueste is greate but the labourers are fewe wherfore praye the Lorde of the haruest to sende for the labourers into his haruest The .x. Chapter HAd he called his .xii. disciples vnto hym and gaue them power ouer vncleane spirites to cast them out and to heale all maner of sickenesses and all maner diseases These .xii. dyd Iesus sead and commaunded them saying Go not into the wayes that leade to Gentiles and into the cities of the Samaritanes enter ye not but go rather to the loste shepe of the house of Israell God and preache saying that the kyngdome of heauen is at hande Heale the sicke clense the Lepers tayse the deade cast out the deâ—â—ls Frelyepe haue receyued frelye geue agayne Possesse not golde nor syluer nor brasse in youre girdelâ— nor yet scrip towardes your ioutneye neither two coates neither shoes nor yet a staffe For the workeman is worthy to haue his meate Into whatsouer citie or toune ye shal come enquyre who
them And the aungell sayde vnto hym feare not Zacharye for thy prayer is hearde And thy wyfe Elizabeth shall beare a sonne and thou shalt call his name Iohn and thou shalt haue ioye and glad nesse and many shall reioyce at his byrthe For he shal be greate in the sighte of the LORDE and shal neither drincke wynenor strong drincke And he shall be filled with the holye ghost euen in his mothers wombe and manye of the chyldren of Israell shall he tourne to their LORDE GOD. And he shall go before hym in the spitite and power of Helyas to turne the heartes of the fathers to the chyldren and the vnbeleuers to the wysedome of the iuste menne to make the people teady for the Lorde After those dayes his wyfe Elizabeth conceaned and hyd her selfe fyue monethes sayinge This wise hath God dealte with me in the dayes whan he loked on me to take from me the rebuke that I suffred among men And the Aungell sayde vnto her feare not Mart for thou hast founde grace with god Loe thou shalt conceaue in thy wombe and shalt beare a sonne and shalt call his name Iesus He shal be great and shall be called the sonne of the hyghest and the LORDE God shal geue vnto hym the seate of his father Dauid and he shall raygne ouer the house of Iacob for euer and of his kyngdome shal be none ende The holy Ghost shall come vnto the and the power of the hyghest shall ouershadowe thee therfore also the holy thyng whiche shal be borne shal be called the sonne of god And loe assone as the voyce of thy salutation founded in myne eares the babe sprang in my bellye for ioye His mercy is on them that feare hym thorow out all generacions He putteth downe the myghtye from theyr seates and exalteth them of lowe degree And thou childe shalte be called the prophete of the hyghest For thou shalte go before the face of the Lorde to prepare his wayes And to geue knowledge vnto his people for the remission of â—ynnes The .ii. Chapter ANd it fortuned while they were there her eyme was come that she shoulde be delyuered And she brought for the her firste begotten sonne and wrayped hym in swadlynge cloathes layde hym in a maunger because there was no â—oume for them within the ynnes Beholde I bring you tydinges of greatioye that shall come to all the people for vnto you is borne this daye in the citie of Dauid a saueoure whiche is Christe the Lorde And take this for a signe ye shall fynde the chylde swadied and layed in a maunger And when the eighte daye was come that tha chylde shulbe circumcised his name was called Iesus whiche was named of the aungell before he was conceaued in the wombe And an aunswere was geuen hym of the holy ghoste that he shoulde not se deathe before he had line the Lorde Christe Beholde this childe shal be the fall and resuttection of many in Israel and a signe whiche halbe spoken agaynst And more ouer the sweard shall pearre thy soule that the thoughtes of many hartes maye be opened And Anna hadde bene a wedowe aboute .iiii. score and .iiii. yeares whiche went neuer out of the temple but serued god with fastynge and prayer night and daye And it fortuned after three dayes that they four de hym in the temple sittinge in the middes of the Doctoures both hearing them and posyng them He wente with them and came to Nazareth and whas obedient to them The .iii. Chapter THe woorde of God came vnto Iohn the sonne of Zacharias in the wildernesse And be came in to all coastes aboute Iordane preachynge the bap time of penaunce for the remission of synnes as it is written in the booke of the sayinges of Esaias the prophete whiche sayeth The voyce of a cryer in wildernesse prepare the waye of the Lorde make his pathes strayghte Euery valleye shal be fylled and euery mountayne and hill shal be brought lowe and croked thynges shal be made streight and the rough wayes shal be made smothe and all fleshe shall se the Saueourâ— of God O generacioÌ„s of vipers who hath taught you in a maunger to flye from the wrath to come Bryng for the the due frutes of penaunce begynne not to saye in your selues we haue ArahaÌ„ to our father For I saye vnto you god is able of these stones to raise vp children vnto Abraham Nowe also is the are leyed vnto the roote of the trees so that euerye tree whiche bringeth not foorth good frute shal be hewen downe and caste into the fyre He that hathe two cootes lette him parie with hym that hath none and he that hath meate lette hym do lykewise Doo violence to no manne nether trouble any man wrongfully but be coÌ„tent with your wages I baptise you with water but a stronger then I commeth after me whose shue lachet I am not worthy to vnlouse he wyll baptise you with the holy ghost and with fyre whiche hath his fame in his hande and wyll pourge his floore and wyll goder his corne into his barne but the chaffe wyll he bourne with fyre that neuer shal be quenched The .iiii. Chapter IT is written manne shall not lyue by breade onely but of euery worde of god It is wrytten Thou shalt honoure the lorde thy god and him onely serue The spryte of the lorde vpon me because he hath annoynted me to preache the gospell to the poore he hathe sent me and to heale the broken hartes to preache delyueraunce to the captiue and syght to the blynde and frely to set at liberte them that are brused to preache the acceptable pere of the lorde No prophete is accepted in his owne countre And in the sinagogue ther was a manne whiche had asprite of an vnclene deuyll and cryed with a lowde voyce sayenge Lette me alone what haste thou to do with vs thou Iesus of Nazareth Art thou tome to destroy vs I knowe the what thou art euen the holy of god And deuyls also came oute of manye of them tryeng and sayeâ—g Thou art Christ the sonne of God And he rebuked them and suffred them not to speake for they knewe that he was Christ The .v. Chapter HE sayde vnto Peter launche oute in to the depe and lette styppe your nettes to make a draught And Simon answered and saide to him Master we haue laboured al night and haue take nothing Neuerthe latter at thy worde I will lose for the the nette And when they had so done they inclosed a greate multitude of fyshes and theyr not brake but they made signes to theyr felowes whiche were in the other shype that they shoulde come and helpe them And they came and fyllyd bothe the shâ—ppes that they soncke agayne Whan Symon Peter sawe that he fell downe at Iesus knees sayeng Lorde go from me for I am a synfull man For he was vtterly astoned and all that were with him at the draught of fyshe which they
they come It were better for hym that a mylstone were hanged aboute his necke and that he were cast into the sea theÌ„ that he should offend one of this litle ones Yf thy brother trespace againste thee rebuke hym and yf he repent forgeue him And thoughe he synne against the seuen tymes in a daye and seuen tymes in a daye turne againe to thee saying it repenteth me forgeue him And the lorde sayd yf ye had faith like a graine of mustarde sede and shoulde saye vnto this Sycamine tree plucke thy selfe vp by the rootes and plante thy selfe in the sea she shoulde obeye you When ye haue done all those thynges whiche are commaunded you saye we are vnprofitable seruauntes We haue done that whiche was oure duetie to do Whosoeuer will go aboute to saue his lyfe shal lose it and whosoeuer shall lose his life shall saue it Whersoeuer the bodye shal be thither wyll the Egles resorte The .xviii. Chapter SHall not god auenge his electe whiche crye daye and night vnto hym ye thoughe he deferre them I tell you he wyll auenge them and that quickely Suppose ye when the sonne of man commeth that he shall fynde fayth on the earth Euery manne that exalteth himselfe shal be brought lowe and he that humbleth himselfe shal be exalted Suffer children to come vnto me and forbyd them not for of suche is the kyngdome of god Verely I saye vnto you whosoeuer receaueth not the kyngdome of god as this childe he shall not enter therin Sell all that thou haste and distribute it vnto poore and thou shalt haue treasure in heauen and come and folowe me With what difficultie shal they that haue riches enter in to the kyngdome of god it is easier for a camell to go throughe a nedels eye then for a riche man to enter into the kyngdome of god Verely I saye vnto you there is no man that leaueth house other father and mother or brethreÌ„ or wyfe or chyldren for the kyngdome of goddes sake whiche shall not receaue muche more in this worlde and in the worlde to come life euerlasting The .xix. Chapter THe sonne of man is come to seke and to saue that whiche was iost Wel good seruaunte because thou wast fayth full in a very litell thinge take thou auctoritie ouer ten cities I saye vnto you that vnto all them that haue it shall be geuen and from hym that hath not euen that he hathe shal be taken from hym And he went into the temple and beganne to caste oute them that solde therein and them that bought saying vnto them it is wryâ—ten my house is the house of praier but ye haue made it a denne of theues The .xx. Chapter THe stone that buylders refused the same is made the heade corner stone whosoeuer stoÌ„ble at that stone shall be broken but on whosoeuer it fal vpon it will grynde hym to pouder Geue vnto Cesar that which belongeth to Cesar and to god that whiche pertaineth to god The children of this world mary wiues and are marred but they whiche shal be made worthye to enioye that worlde and the resurrection from death neither mary wyues neither are maried nor yet can dye anymore For they are equal vnto the aungels and are the sonnes of God in asmuche as they are the chyldren of the resurreccion Beware of the Scribes whiche desyre to go in longe clothyng and loue gretynges in the markettes and the highest seates in the Synagoges and chiefe roumes at feastes which diuoure widdowes houses and that vnder a coloure of longe praying the same shal receiue greater damnacion The .xxi. Chapter OF a trueth I saye vnto you this poore wyâ—dome hath put in more then they all For they all haue of theyr superfluicie added vnto the offering of God but she of her penury hath casâ—…e in all the substaunce that she had Let it sticke therefore faste in youre heartes not once to study before what ye shall aunswere for I will geue you a mouth and wysedome wher againste all youre aduersaries shal not be able to speake or resiste Heauen and earth shall passe but my wordes shal not passe Take hede to your selues leste your heartes be ouercome with surfetyng and drunkennes and cares of this worlde and that â–ª that daye come not on you vnwares For as a snare shall it come on al them that sit on the face of the earthe Watche therfore continually and praye that ye maye obtayne grace to flye al this that shall come and that ye maye stande before the sonne of man The .xxii. Chapter ANd he toke breade gaue thankes and gaue to them saying This is my body whiche is geueÌ„ for you this do in the remembraunce of me Lykewyse also when they had supped he toke the cup saying This cup is the newe testament in my bloude whiche shal for you be shedde He that is greatest amonge you shal be as yongest and he that is chefe shal be as the minister Simon Simon beholde Satan hathe desyred you to sifte you as it were wheate but I haue prayed for the that thy faith fayle not And when thou arte conuerted strength thy brethren Nowe he that hath a wallet let him take it vp and lykewyse his scryppe And he that hathe no swearde let him sell his coate and bye one And his sweate was lyke droppes of bloude rychlyng downe to the grounde And the lorde turned backe and loked vpon Peter The .xxiii. Chapter DOughters of Ierusalem wepe not for me but wepe for your selues and your children for beholde the dayes wyl come when menne shall say happy are the baren and the wombes that neuer bate and the pappes which neuer gaue sucke Then shall they begynne to saye to the mountens fall on vs and to the hylles couer vs foryf they do this to a grene tree what shall be done to the drye The .xxiiii. Chapter ANd it came to passe as he sate at meate with them he toke breade blessed it brake gaue to them And there eyes were opened and they knewe him and he vanisshed oute of their sighte And they sayde betwene them selues dyd not our hertes burne within vs whylle he talked with vs by the waye as he opened to vs the scriptures Handle me and se for spretes haue no fleshe and â—ones as ye se me haue ¶ The ende of the Gospell of S. Luke ¶ The Gospell of S. Iohn the .i. Chapter SN the begynnynge was the word and the word was with god and the worde was god The same was in the begynnynge with god All thynges were made by it without it was made nothyng that was made He came amonge his owne and his owne receaued him not But as many as receaued hym to them he gaue power to be the sonnes of god in that they beleued on his name whiche were borne not of bloude nor of the wyll of the fleshe nor yet of the wyll of manne but of god And the worde was made fleshe and dwell
lament and the worlde shall reioyce Ye shall sorowe but youre sorowe shall be turned to ioye The .xvii. Chapter THis is life eternall that they mighte knowe thee the onelye very god and whome thou hast sent Iesus Christe Holy father kepe in thine owne name them which thou haste geuen me that they may be one as we are I praye not for them alone but for them also whiche shal beleue on me through theyr preaching that they all maye ve one as thou father arte in me and I in the that they maye be also one in vs that the worlde maye beleue that thou haste sente me The .xviii. Chapter Astone as he had sayd vnto theÌ„ I am he they went backwardes and fell to the grounde Yf I haue euill spoken beare witnes of the euyll if I haue well spoken why smyteste thou me For this cause was I borne and for this cause came I into the worlde that I should beare witnesse vnto the trueth and all that are of the truth heare my voyce The .xix. Chapter THen sayde Pylate vnto hym Speakest thou not to me knoweste thou not that I haue power to crucifie thee haue power to loose thee Iesus aunswered Thou couldest haue no power at al against me except it were geuen thee from aboue Therfore he that delyuered me vnto the is more in synne The .xx. Chapter IEsus sayde to her touche me not for I am not yet ascended to my father Then sayde Iesus to them agayne peace be with you As my father sent me euen so sende I you And when he had sayde that he breathed on them and sayde vnto them Receaue the holye ghoste whosoeuer synnes ye temyt they are remitted vnto them and whosoeuers synnes ye retayne they are retayned Thomas sayde vnto them except I see in his handes the print of the nayles and thrust my handes in to his syde I wyll not beleue Thomas because thou haste sene me therfore thou beleuest happy are they that haue not sene and yet beleue The .xxi. Chapter WHen Symon Peter hearde that it was the Lorde he gyrde his mantell to hym for he was naked and sprange into the sea the other disciples came by shyppe There are many other thynges which Iesus dyd the whiche yf they shoulde be written euery one I suppose the worlde could not contayne the bookes that shoulde be written ¶ The ende of the gospell of S. Iohn ¶ The Actes of the Apostles the fyrst Chapter IOhn baptysed wyth water but ye shal be baptised with the holy ghoste that within this fewe dayes It is not for you to knowe the times or the seasoÌ„s which the father hadde put in hys owne power And the same Iudas hathe nowe possessed a plot of grounde with the reward of iniquitie and when he was hanged brast a sonder in the middes and all his bowels gusshed out They gaue forth theyr lottes and the lotte fyll on Mathias and he was counted with the eleuen Apostles The .ii. Chapter WHen the fyftyth daye was come they were all with one accorde togeder in one place and sodenlye ther came a sounde from heauen as it hadde bene the commynge of a myghty wynde and it filled all the house where they sate And there appered vnto them clouen tounges lyke as they hadde bene fyre and it sat vpon ethe of them And they were all filled with the holy ghost and vegan to speake with other tounges euen as the sprete gaue them vtteraunce Of my spryte I wyll powre oute vpon al fleshe And it shal be that whosoeuer shall call on the name of the lorde shal be saued Dauid sawe before and spake of the resurrection of Christ that his soule shulde not be left in hell nether his fleshe shulde se corruption Peter saide vnto them do penaunce and be baptised euerye one of you in the name of Iesus Christ for the remission of synnes and ye shall receaue the gyfte of the holye ghoste For the promyse was made vnto you and to youre chyldren and to all that a farre euen as many as the lorde our god shall call And all that beleued kept them selues togeder and had thinges commen and solde their possessions and goodes and departed them to all menne as euerye manne hadde nede and they continued dailye with one accorde in the temple and brake breade in euerye house and dyd eate their meate togeder with gladnes and synglenes of heet praysynge god and hadde fauour with all the people The .iii. Chapter MOses sayde vnto the fathers A prophets shall the lorde your god rayse vp vnto you euen of youre brethren lyke vnto me hym shall ye heare in all thinges whatsoeuer he shall saye vnto you For the tyme wyll come that euerye soule whiche shall not heare that same prophete shal be destroyed from amonge the people The .iiii. Chapter THis is the stone cast a syde of you buyldere whiche is sette in the chefe place of the corner Nether is there saluation in any other Nor yet also is there any other name geuen to menne wherin we must be saued Whether it be right in the syght of god to obeye you more then god iudge ye And the multitude of them that beleued were of one harte and of one soule Also none of them saide that any of the thinges whiche he possessed was his owne but hadde all thinges commen Nether was there any among them that lacked for as many as were possessers of landes or houâ—s solde them and brought the pryce of the thinges that were solde and loyde it downe at the Apostles fete The .v. Chapter A Certaine manne named Ananias with Saphira his wyfe solde a possession and kepte â—waye parte of the price his wyfe also beynge of counsell and brought a certaine parte and layde a downe at the Apostles fete Then saide Peter Ananias howe is it that sathan hathe sylled thine â—arte that thou shuldest lye vnto the holy ghoste â—nd kepe awaye parte of the pryce in thine owne power How is this that thou hast coÌ„ceaued thiâ— thing in thine hart Thou hast not lyed vnto men but vnto god When Ananias hearde these wordes he fell downe and gaue vp the ghost They broughte the sycke into the streates and lâ—yde them on beddes and palettes at the leaste waye the shadowe of Peter when he came by â—yght shadowe some of them We ought more to obey god then menne Yf the counsell of this worke be of menne it â—yll come to noughte But yf it be of god ye can not destroye it least haply ye be founde to striue against god And they departed from the counsell reioysyng that they were counted worthy to suffer rebuke â—or his name The .vi. Chapter THen the twelue called the multitude of the disciples together said it is not mete that we shulde leue the worke of god and serue at the tablies Wherfore brethren loke ye oute amonge you seuen menne of honest reporte and full of the holy ghost and wisdome whiche we maye apointe
to this nedefull busynes But we wyll geue oure selues continually to prayer and to the ministrâ—tion of the worde The .vii. Chapter ANd the patriarkes hauynge indignation selde Ioseph into Egipte god was with him and delyuered him out of all his aduersities and gaue him fauoure and wysdome in the syght of Pharao kyng of Egypt whiche made him gouernour ouer Egyte and ouer all his lande Moses was learned in all maner wysdome of the Egyptians and was mightye in dedes and in wordes I haue perfectly sene the affliction of my people whiche is in Egipte and I haue hearde then gronyng and am come downe to delyuer them He that is hyest of all dwelleth not in temples made with handes as sayth the prophete Heauen is my seate earth is my fote stole or what place is it that I shuld rest in hath not my hande made all these thinges But he beyng full of the holy ghoste loked vp sted fastly with his eyes into heauen and sawe the glorye of god and Iesus standynge on the ryghte hande of god and sayde Beholde I se the heauen open and the sonne of man standyng on the right hande of god And they stoned Steuen callyng on and sayeng Lorde Iesu receaue my spryte he kneled downe and cryed with a loude voyce Lord laye not this synne to their charges The .viii. Chapter WHen the Apostles which were at Ierusalem hearde saye that Samaria bathe receaued â—e worde of god they sent vnto them Peter and Iohn whyche when they were come prayed for them that they myghte receaue the holye ghoste For as yet he was come on none of them but they were baptised onely in the name of Christe Iesu Then sayde they handes on them and they receaued the holy ghost Thy money perish with the because thou wenest that the gyfte of god maye be obteyned with money The .ix. Chapter SAul Saul why persecutest thou me And he sayde What arte thou lorde And the lorde sayde I am Iesus whome thou persecuteste â—s shal be harde for the to sticke against the pricke Go thy wayes for he is a chosen vessell vnto me to beare my name before the gentyls and kynges and the children of Israel For I wyll shewe hym â—owe great thynges he must suffre for my names sake The disciples toke him by nyght and put hym â—horowe the wall and let him downe in a basket The .x. Chapter THy prayers and all thy almeses are come vp into remembraunce before god What god hathe clensed that make thou not coâ—men or vnclene And as it chansed Peter to come in Cornelius â—et him and fell downe at his feete worshipped 〈◊〉 But Peter toke hym vp sayenge stande vp â—or euen I my selfe am a man Ye knowe howe that it is an vnlawfull thynge 〈◊〉 a manne that is a Iewe to company or come vnto an aliene but god hathe shewed me that I shoulde not call any manne commen or vnclenâ— therfore came I vnto you without saynge nay â—ssone as I was sent for Then Peter opened his mouthe and saide of a trueth I perceiue that god is not perciall but in al people he that feareth him and worcketh rightuousenes is accepted with him The .xi. Chapter COunte not thou those thinges coÌ„men whiche God hath clensed The .xii. Chapter THen was Peter kepte in prison but prayâ— was made without ceasing of the congregation vnto God for him And vpon a day appointed Herode araied him in royall apparell and set him in his seate made an oration vnto them And the people gaue a shoute sayinge it is the voice of a god and â—ot of a man And immediatly the Aungell of the Lorde smote him bicause he gaue not God the honoure And he was eaten of wormes and gaue vp the goste The .xiii. Chapter AS they ministred to the lord and fasted the holy gost said seperate me Barnabas Paul for the worcke whereunto I haue called them Then fasted they and praied and put their handes on them and let them go I haue founde Dauid the sonne of Iesse a maÌ„ after mine owne herte he shall fulfill al my â—yll Be it knowen vnto you ye men and brethâ—en that thorowe this man is preached vnto you the forgiuenesse of sinnes and that by him al that beleue are iustified from all thinges frome whiche â—e coulde not be iustified by the lawe of Moses â–ª Then Paule and Barnabas waxed bold and sâ—iderit was mete that the worde of God shoulde firste haue ben preached to you But seing ye put it from you and thinke your selues vnworthye of euer lastinge life loe we turne to the Gentylles for so hath the Lorde commaunded vs. The .xiiii. Chapter They returned againe to Listes and to Iconium and Antioche and strengthed the disciples soules exhortinge them to continue in the faith affirminge that we muste thorowe much tribulation enter into the kingedome of God And they ordeyned them elders by election iÌ„ euery congregation and praied and fasted and commended to god on whom they beleued The .xv. Chapter NOwe therefore why tempe ye God that ye woulde put a yoke on the disciples neckes whiche neither oure fathers nor wee were able to beare Wherefore my sentence in that we trouble not theÌ„ whyche from amonge the gentiles are turned to God but that wee write vnto them that they abstaine from filthines of idolles from fornication from strangeled and from bloude For it semed good to the holie goste and vs to put no greuouse thinges to you more then these necessarie thinges that is to saye that ye abstaine from thynges offered to Idolles from bloud froÌ„ strangeled and fornication The .xvi. Chapter THey were forbidden of the holye ghoste to preache the worde in Asia And it fortuned as we wente to prayer a certaine Damsel possesied with a spirite that prophecied met vs whiche brought her master and mastres muche vauntage with prophesying The same folowed Paule and vs and cryed sayinge these men are the seruauntes of the most hye god whiche shewe vnto vs the waye of saluation The .xvii. Chapter FOr all the Attenians and straungers whiche were there gaue themselues to nothyng els but either to tell or to heare newe tydinges For as I passed by and behelde the maner howe ye worship your goddes I founde an altare wherein was written vnto vnknowen god WhoÌ„ ye then ignorauntly worshippe hym shewe I vnto you The .xviii. Chapter ANd because Paule was of the same craft he abode with Aquila and Priscilla his wife and wrought their crefte was to make tentes And Paule shore his heade in Cenchrea for he had a vowe The .xix. Chapter ANd god wrought no small myracles by the handes of Paule so that froÌ„ his body were brought vnto the sicke napains or partlets and the diseases departed from them and the euyl spirites went out of them And the euell spirite answered and sayde Iesus I know and Paul I knowe but who are ye The .xx. Chapter I haue desyred no mans siluer gold or vesture
couple herselfe with another man she shal be counted a wedlock breaker But yf the maÌ„ be dead she is free from the lawe so that she is no wedlock breaker though she couple her selfe with another man I know that in me dwelleth no good thinge To wyll is present with me but I fynde no meanes to perfourme that whiche is good For I do not that good thyng which I wolde but that euill do I whiche I would not I delyte in the lawe of god concerning the inner man but I se another lawe in my membres rebellyng agaynst the lawe of my minde and subduyng me vnto the lawe of synne whiche is in my membres O wretched man that I am who shall delyuer me from this bodye of death The .viii. Chapter THey that are carnall are carnally mynded but they that are spiritual are ghostly minded to be carnally mynded is death but to be spiritually mynded is lyfe and peace because that the fleshly mynde is enemy against god for it is not obedient to the lawe of god neither can be So theÌ„ they that are geuen to the fleshe cannot please god Yf ye lyue after the fleshe ye muste dye but yf ye mortifye the dedes of the body by the helpe of the spirite ye shall lyue For as many as are led by the spirite of god they are the sonnes of god For ye haue not receaued the spirite of bondage to feare any more but ye haue receaued the spirite of adopcion whereby we crye Abba father I suppose that the afflictions of this lyfe are not worthye of the glorye shal be shewed vpon vs. The spirite maketh intercession mightely for vs with groninges whiche cannot be expressed with tounge Yf god be on ouresyde who can be againsts vs I am sure that neither death neither life nether aungels nor rule nether power nether thinges preseÌ„t neither thinges to come neither heighth neither loweth neither any other creature shal be able to departe vs from the loue of god shewed in Christ Iesu our lorde The .ix. Chapter THey which are the chyldren of the fleshe are not the children of god He hath mercy on whome he will and whom he will he maketh harde hearted God willing to shewe his wrath and to make his power knowen suffered with longe pacience the vessels of wrathe ordayned to damnacion that he might declare the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercye which he had prepared vnto glory that is to saye vs whiche he called not of the Iewes onely but also of the Gentiles The .x. Chapter THe belefe of the harte iustifieth and to knowledge with the mouthe maketh a man safe for the scripture sayth whosoeuer beleueth on hym shall not be ashamed Whosoeuer shall on the name of the lord shal be safe The .xi. Chapter EVen so at this tyme is there a remnaunte lefte thorowe the election of grace Yf it be of grace then it is not of workes For then were grace no more grace Yf it be of workes then is it no grace For then were deseruing no lenger deseruing God hath wrapped al nations in vnbelefe the he myght haue mercy on all O the depnes of the aboundaunt wysedome and knowledge of god howe vnsearcheable are his iudgemeÌ„tes and his wayes past fyndyng out for who hath knowen the mynde of the lorde or who was his counseler other who hathe geuen vnto him firste that he mighte be recompensed againe For of hym and thorowe him and for him are all thinges to him be glory for euer The .xii. Chapter I Beseche you brethren by the mercifulnes of god that ye make youre bodies a quicke sacrifice holye and acceptable vnto god whiche is youre reasonable seruing of god and fasshion not your selues lyke vnto this worlde but be ye chauÌ„ged in your shape by the renuyng of your wittes that ye maye fele what thinge that good that acceptable and perfecte wil of god is For I saye thorow the grace that vnto me geueÌ„ is to euery man amonge you that no man esteme of hymselfe more then it becoÌ„meth him to esteme but that he discretely iudge of himselfe according as god hath beaste to euery man the measure of fayth Let loue be without dissimulation Be kynd one to another with brotherly loue Applye youre selues to the tyme. Blesse them whiche persecute you blesse but curse not Be of like affection one towardes another Be not hye mynded but make your selues equall to them of the lower sorte Be not wise in your owne opinions Recompence to no man euell for euell Yf it be possible howebeit of your parte haue peace withall men Yf thyne enemie honger fede hym Yf he thirst geue him drinke For in so doyng thou shalt heape coales of fyre on his heade Be not ouerrome of euill but ouercome euel with goodnes The .xiii. Chapter LEtte euery soule submitte himselfe vnto the auctorite of the hier powers For there is no power of god The powers that be are ordeyned of god Whosoeuer therfore relisteth power resysteth the ordinaunce of god And they that resiste shall receaue to them selfes damnation Ye must nedes obey not for feare of vengeauÌ„ce onely but also because of conscience Owe nothing to any man but loue one another Loue hurteth not his neyghboure Therfore loue is the fulfyllynge of the lawe Lette vs walke houestly as it were in the daye lyghte not in eatynge and drinckynge neither in chamburyng and wantonnes nether in strife and enuâ—ynge but put ye on the Lorde Iesus christ And make not prouision for the fleshe to fulfil the lustes of it The .xiiii. Chapter ONe beleueth that he maye eate all thynge another whiche is weake eateth earbes Let not him that eateth despyse hym that eateth not And lette not hym whyche eateth not iudge hym that eateth This manne putteth difference betwene daye and daye Another manne counteth all dayes a lyke Se that no man wauer in his dicu meanyng He that obserueth one daye more then another doth it for the lordes pleasur And he that obserueth one day more than other doth it to please the lord also He that eateth doth it to please the lorde for be geueth god thanckes And he that eateth not cateth not to please the lorde with all and geueth god thankes Christ therfore dyed and rose againe and reuyued that he might be lorde both of dead quicke Euery one of vs shall gyue accomytes of hym klie to god Yf thy brother be greued with thy meate now walkest thou not charitablye Destroye not hym with thy meate for whome christ dyed The kyngdom of god is not meate nor drincke But righteousnes peace and ioye in the holy ghost All thynges are pure but it is euyll for that man whiche eateth with the hurt of his coÌ„science It is good nether to eate fleshe nether to drincke wyne nether any thing wherby thy brother stonâ— bleth eyther falleth or is made weake The .xv. Chapter WE whyche are stronge oughte to beare the frailnes of them whiche are weake and
not to stande in youre owne conceytes Whatsoeuer thinges are written afore time are written for our owne learnynge that we thorowe pacience and conforte of the scripture might haue hope Yf the gentyles be made partakers of theyr spirituall thynges theyr duetye is to minister vnto them in carnall thinges The .xvi. Chapter I Beseche you brethren marke them whyche cause diuisyon and geue occasyons of euyll contrary to the doctrine whyche ye haue learned and auoyde them For they that are suche serue not the lorde Iesus christ but their owne bellies and with swere preachyng and flatteryng wordes â—eceaue the hartes of the innocentes I wolde haue you wyse vnto that whyche is good and to be innocent as concernyng euyll ¶ The first Epistle to the Corintians the fyrst Chapter I Beseche you brethren in the name of oure Lorde Iesus Christ that ye all speake one thinge and that there be no dissention amonge you but be ye knytte together in one mynde and in one meaning The preaching of the crosse is to theÌ„ that perishe folishnes but vnto vs which are saued it is the power of god The folyshnes of god is wyser then menne and the weakenes of god is stronger then menne God hathe chosen the folyshe thynges of the worlde to confounde the wyse And god hath chosen the weake thinges of the world to confounde thinges whiche are myghty And vyle thynges of the worlde and thinges whiche are despised hath god chosen ye and thynges of no reputation for to brynge to nought thynges of reputation that no fleshe shulde reioyse in his presence The .ii. Chapte THe eye hathe not sent and the eare hath not hearde nether hath entred into the care of man the thynges whiche god hathe prepared for them that loue him The sprete searcheth all thinges yethe bottom of goddes secretes For what man knowethe the thinges of a man saue the sprete of a man whiche is within him eueÌ„ so the thinges of god knoweth no manne but the sprete of god The .iii. Chapter AS long verely as there is among you enuyynge stryfe and dissention are ye not carnall and walke after the maner of menne I haue planted Apollo waired but god gaue the increace So then nether is he that planteth any thinge nether he that watreth but god that gaue the increace Euerye manne shall receaue his rewarde accordynge to his laboure Other foundation can no manne laye then that whiche is laide whiche is Iesus christ Yf any maÌ„buylde on this foundation golde siluer precious stones timber haye or stoble euery mans worke shall appeare For the daye shall declare it and it shal be shewed in fyre And the fyre shal trye euery mannes worcke what it is Yf anye mans worcke that he hathe bylt vpon byde he shall receaue a rewarde Yf any mans worke burne he shal suffer losse but he shal be safe hym selfe Neuer thelesse yet as it were thorowe fyre Are ye not ware that ye are the temple of god and howe that the sorete of god dwelleth in you Yf any manne defyle the temple of god hym shall god destroy For the temple of god is holy which temple ye are Yf any manseme wyse among you let hym be a foole in this worlde that he may be wyse For the wysdome of this worlde is folyshnes with god The .iiii. Chapter WIth me it is but a very small thinge that I shoulde be iudged of you ether of mannes iugemeÌ„t No I iuge not myne own self I know nought by my selfe yet am I not therby iustified It is the lorde that iudgeth me Therfore iudge nothynge before the time vntyll the Lorde come whiche will lighten thinges that are hyd in darcknes and open the councels of the hertes and then shall euery manne haue prayse of god What hast thou that thou hast not receaued yf thou haue receaued it why reioysest thou as thoughe thou haddest notreceaued it The kyngdome of god is not in wordes but in power The .v. Chapter DElyuer that fornicator to Saran for the destruction of the fleshe that the spryte may be saued in the daye of the lorde Iesus Yf any that is called a brother be a fornicator or couetous or a worshipper of ydoles eyther a raylet ether a dronckard or an extorcioÌ„ner with him that is suche se that ye eate not The .vi. Chapter IS there vtterly no wyse manne among you what not one at al that can iudge betwene brother and brother but one brother goeth to lawe with another and that vnder the vnbeleuers Do ye not remember howe that the vnrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of god Be not deceauers For nether fornicatoures nether worshyppers of ydoles nether whoremongers nether weaklynges neyther abusers of them selues with the maÌ„kynde nether theues nether the couetous nether dronckardes nether cursed speakers neyther pyllars shall inherit the kingdom of heauen All thinges are lawfull vnto me but all thinges are not profitable Remember ye not that youre bodyes are the membres of Christ Shall I nowe take the membres of Christ and make the the membres of an harlot God forbyd Do ye not know and vnderstand that he whiche coupleth himselfe w e an harlot is become one body For two saith he shal be one flesh But he that is ioyned vnto the lord is one sprite All fynnes that a manne dothe are without the body But he that is a fornicatour sinneth against his owne bodye Ether knowe ye not howe that youre bodyes are the temple of the holye ghoste whiche is in you whom ye haue of god and howe the ye are nor your own For ye are dearly bought Therfore glorifye ye god in youre bodyes and in your spretes for they are goddes The .vii. Chapter IT is good for a man not to touche a woman Neuerthelesse to auoyde fornicatioÌ„ let euery manne haue his wyfe and let euery woman haue her husbande Let the manne gene vnto the wyfe due beneuolence Likewise also the wife vnto the man The wyfe hath no powre ouer her owne body but the husband And likewyse the man hathe not powre ouer his owne bodye but the wyfe Withdrawe not youre selues one frome another excepte it be with consent for a tyme for to gyue your selues to fastynge prayer And afterwarde come againe to the same thing lest Satan tempte you for your incontinence It is better to mary then to burne Lette euerye manne wher in he is called therin abyde with god Arte thou bounde vnto a wyfe seke not to be lowsed Arte thou lowsed from a wyfe seke not a wyfe But and yf thou take a wyfe thou synnest not Lykewise yf a virginne Marye she synneth not Neuerthelesse such shal haue trouble in their fleshe but I fauer you The syngle manne careth for the thinges of the Lorde But he that hathe maryed careth for the thynges of the worlde howe kenispe please hys wyfe There is difference betwene a virgyn and a wife The single woman careth for the thinges of the lorde that the maye be pure
godlye purenes and not in fleshlye wisedome but by the grace of God we haue had our conuersacion in the world and moste of all to you wardes The .ii. Chapter WEe are vnto god the swete sauour of Christ both amōg thē which are saued also amōg them which perishe To the one parte we are the sauour of death vnto death vnto the other part are we the sauour of life vnto lyfe We are not as many are which choppe and chaunge with the word of god but euē out of purenes and by the power of God and in the sighte of God so speake we in Christe The .iii. Chapter SVche trust haue we through Christ togodward not that we are sufficiēt of our selues to thinke any thing as it were of our selues but our ablenes cōmeth of god whiche hath made vs able to minister the newe testament not of the letter but of the spirite for the letter killeth but the spirite geueth lyfe The lorde no doute is a spirite and where the spirite of the lorde is there is libertie The iiii Chapter IF our gospel be yet hid it is hid among them that are loste in whō the god of this world hath blinded the mindes of thē which beleue not least the light of the glorious gospell of Christ whiche is the Image of god shoulde shyne on them Our exceding tribulacion which is momētany light prepareth an exceding an eternal weight of glory vnto vs while we loke not on the thinges which are seene but on the thinges which are not sene For thinges which are sene are temporal but thinges whiche are not sene are eternall The .v. Chapter FOr we must all appere before the iudgement leate of Christ that euery man maye receyue the workes of his body accordinge to that he hath done whether it be good or bad Olde thinges are passed awaye beholde all thinges are become newe The .vi. Chapter I Haue hearde the in a time accepted and in the daye of saluacion haue I succoured thee Behold now is that well accepted tyme beholde now is that daye of saluacion Let vs geue no man occasion of euill that in oure office be founde no faute but in all thinges let vs behaue oure selues as the ministers of god What felowship hath righteousnes with vnrighteousnes what cōpany hath light with darknes what recorde hath Christ with Belial either what part hath he that beleueth with an in fidell how agreeth the tēple of god with Idols And ye are the temple of that liuyng god as sayde god I wyll dwell among them and walke among them and wyl be their god and they shal be my people The .vii. Chapter GOdly sorow causeth repentaunce vnto saluacion not to be repented of when worldlye sorow causeth deathe The .viii. Chapter Ye knowe the liberalitie of our Lorde Iesus Christ whiche though he were ryche yet for your sakes became poore that ye thorow his pouertie might be made riche Yf there be fyrst a willing mynde it is accepted according to that a man hathe and not accordinge to that he hath not The .ix. Chapter THis yet remember how that he whiche soweth lyrel shall reapelitel and he that soweth plenteously shal reape plenteously And let euery man do according as he hath purposed in his hert not grudging lye or of necessitie for God loueth a chereful geuer The .x. Chapter THe weapons of oure warre are not carnall thynges but thinges mighty in god to cast bowne strong holdes wherewith we ouerthrowe ymaginacions and euery hye thyng that exalteth it selfe agaynst the knowledge of god and bringe into captiuitie all vnderstanding to the obedience of Christe and are ready to take vengeaunce on al disobedience when your obedience is fulfilled Let him that reioyseth reioyse in the Lorde for he that praiseth himselfe is not alowed but he whome the lorde prayseth The .xi. Chapter THese false Apostles are disceyteful workers and fashion themselues lyke vnto the Apostles of Christ And no maruayle for Satan hym selfe is chaunged into the fashion of an aungell of light Therfore it is no great thyng thoughe his ministers fashiō themselues as though they were the ministers of righteousnesse whose ende shal be according to there dedes Who is sicke and I am not sicke who is hurt in the faithe and my heart burneth not if I must nedes reioyce I will reioyce of myne in firmities The .xii. Chapter HAd least I should be exalted out of measure thorow the abundance of reuelacions there was geuen vnto me vnquietnes of the fleshe the messēger of Satan to buffet me because I shoulde not be exalted out of measure For this thyng besought I the lorde thryse that it mighte departe from me and he sayde vnto me my grace is sufficient for thee For my strengthe is made perfecte thorowe weakenes very gladlye therefor wyll I reioyce of my weaknes that the strengthe of Christe maye dwell in me The chyldren ought not to laye vp for the fathers and mothers but the fathers and the mothers for the chyldren The .xiii. Chapter IN the mouth of two or thre witnesses shal euery thyng stande Fynnally brethren fare ye well be perfect be of good comforte be of one mynde lyue in peace and the Lord of loue and peace shall be with you The Epistell of S. Paule to the Galathians the .i. Chap. NEuerthelesse thoughe we oure selues or an aungell from heauen preache any other gospell vnto you then that whiche we haue preached vnto you holde him as acursed Yf I studied to please menne I were not the seruaunte of Christe I certifie you brethren that the gospell which was preached of me was not after the manner of menne neither receyued I it of man neither was I taught it but receyued it by the reuelacion of Iesus Christe The .ii. Chapter ANd when Peter was come to Antioche I withstode him in the face for he was worthye to be blamed We which are Iewes be nature and not sinnes of the gentiles know that a mā is not iustified by the dedes of the lawe but by the fayth of Iesus Christ And therfore we haue beleued on Iesus Christe that we mighte be iustified by the sayth of Christe and not be the dedes of the lawe because that by the dedes of the lawe no fleshe can be iustifyed I lyue verely yet nowe not I but Christe lyueth in me Yf righteousnes come of the law then Christ dyed in vayne The .iii. Chapter EVen as Abraham beleued god and it was asscribed to hym for righteousnes vnderstand therfore that they whiche are of faythe the same are the children of Abraham As many as are vnder the law are vnder malediction For it is written cursed is euery man that continueth not in al thinges whiche are wrytten in the boke of the lawe to fulfyll them To Abraham and his sede was the promyses made he sayth not in the sedes as in many but in the sede as in one whiche is Christ The scripture concluded all thinges vnder synne that
the promes by the faythe of Iesus Christe should be geuen vnto them that beleue The .iiii. Chapter IT is good alwayes to be feruent so it be in a good thynge The .v. Chapter IN Iesu Christ neither is circuÌ„cisioÌ„ anithing worth neither yet vncircumcision but faith which by loue is mighty in operacion All the law is fulfilled in one word which is this thou shalt loue thyne neighbour as thyselfe Yf pebyte and deuoure one another take hede least ye de consumed one of another The fleshe lusteth contrary to the spirite and the spirite contrary to the fleshe These are contrary one to the other so that ye cannot doe that whiche ye woulde But and yf ye be ledde of the spirite then are ye not vnder the lawe The dedes of the fleshs are manifest whiche are these aduoutry fornicacion vnclennes wantonnes ydolatrie witcheceafte hatred variaunce â—ele wrathe strife sedicion sectes enuyinge murther dronkennes glutteny and suche lyke of the whiche I tell you before as I haue tolde you in tyme past that they whiche commit suche thynges shal not inhertte the kyngdome of god The fruite of the spirite is loue ioye peace long suffering gentlenes goodnes faithefulnesse mekenes temperance Against suche thereis no lawe They that are Christes haue crucified the fleshe with the appetites and lustes Yf we lyue in the spirite let vs walke in the spirite Let vs not be vayne glorious prouokyng one another and enuying one another The .vi. Chapter BRethren yf any man be fallen by chaunce in to any faute ye whiche are spirituall helpe to amend hym in the spirite of mekenes considering thy selfe lest thou also be tempted Beare ye one anothers burthen and so fulfill the lawe of Christ Yf any man seme to himself that he is sumwhat when he is in dede nothing the same deceaueth himselfe in his ymaginacion Let euery man proue his owne worde and then shall he haue reioysyng in his owne selfe and not in another For euery man shall beare his owne burthen Whatsoeuer a man soweth that shal he repe he that soweth in his fleshe shall or that fleshe repe corruption But he that soweth in the spryte shall of the spryte repe lyfe euerlastyng Lette vs not be wery of well doynge For when the time is come we shall reape without weatines Whyll we haue therfore tyme lette vs do good vnto all men and speciallye vnto them whiche are of the housholde of faythe God forbydde that I shulde reioyce but in the crosse of oure lorde Iesu christ wherby the world is crucified as touchyng me and I as concerning the worlde ¶ The Epistle of S. Paule to the Ephesians the fyrste Chapter BLessed be god the father of our lord Iesus Christ whiche hathe blessed vs with all maner of spirituall blessynges in heauenlye thynges by Christ accordyng as he had chosen vs in him before the foundation of the world was layde that we shuld be saynctes without blame before him throughe loue And ordeyned vs before throughe Iesus Christe to be heyres vnto hym selfe accordynge to the pleasure of hys grace wherwith he hathe made vs accepted in the beloued The .ii. Chapter BY grace are ye made safe through fayth and that not of your selues for it is the gyfte of god and commeth not of workes lest anye manne shulde boste him selfe For we are his worckemanshyp created in Christ Iesu vnto good worckes vnto the whiche god ordeined vs before that we shulde walke in them But nowe in christ Iesu ye whiche a while ago were farre of are made nye by the bloude of christ Nowe ye are no more straungers and foreners but citesyns with the sainctes of the housholde of god and are bylte vpon the foundation of the Apostles and prophetes Iesus Christ beynge the head corner stone in whom euery bilding coupled together groweth vnto an holy temple in the lord in whome ye also are bylt together and made an habitation for god in the sprete The .iiii. Chapter I Exhorte you that ye walke worthye of the vocation wherwith ye are called in all humblends of mynde meakenes and long sufferyng forhearing one another through loue and that ye be diligent to kepe the vnitie of the sprete in the bonde of peace beying one body one sprete euen as ye are called in one hope of your callynge To euery one of vs is geuen grace accordyng to the measure of the gyfte of Christ Hence forthe be no more chyldren wauerynge and caryed with euerye wynde of doctrine by the wylynes of menne and craftines wherby they lay awayte for vs to deceyue vs. But lette vs folowe the truth in loue and in all thinges growe in him whiche is the head that is to saye christ As concernynge the conuersation in time paste laye froÌ„ you that olde man which is corrupt thorow the deceuable lustes and be ye renued in the spret of youre myndes put on that newe man whiche after the ymage of god is shapen in righteousnes and true holynes Be angrye but synne not lette not the sunne go downe vpon your wrathe Let no fylthy coÌ„municatioÌ„ procede out of your mouthes but that whiche is good to edify with al wheÌ„ nede is that it maye haue fauour with the hearers The .v. Chapter THis ye knowe that no whoremonger ether vnclene person or couetous person whiche is the worshypper of ydolles hathe any inheritaunce in the kyngdome of christ and of god Take hede that ye walke circumspectly not as fooles but as wyse redemynge the tyme for the dayes are euyll Be not droncke with wyne wherin is excesse Wemen submytte your selues vnto youre owne husbandes as vnto the lorde For the husband is the wyues head euen as christe is the heade of the congregation Husbandes loue your wyues euen as christ loued the congregatyon and gaue him selfe for it to sanctifye it c. Let the wyfe se that she feare her husbande The .vi. Chapter FAthers moue not youre chyldren to wrathe but brynge them vp with the nourtour and information of the lorde Remember that whatsoeuer good thynge anye man doeth that shall he receaue againe of the lord whether he be bounde or fre Put on the armour of god that ye maye stande stedfast againste the crafty assautes of the deuyll For we wrestle not against fleshe and bloude but against rule against power and againste worldely rulers of the darcknes of this worlde against spirituall wyckednes for heauenly thinges ¶ The Epistell to the Philippians the fyrste Chapter SO that christ be preached all manner waies whether it be by occasioÌ„ or of true meaning I therin ioye ye and wyllioye Christ is to me life death is to me auauntage I desire to be lowsed to be with christ whiche thinge is best of all The .ii. Chapter LOke ye drawe one waye hauynge one loue beynge of one accorde of one mynde that nothynge be done thorowe strese or vayne glorye but that in mekenes of mynde euerye man esteme other better them
them that dresse it receaueth blessynge of god But that grouÌ„de whiche beareth thornes and bryars is reproued and is nye vnto cursyng whose ende is to be burned God is not vnrighteous that he shuld forgeth your worcke and laboure that procedeth of loue whiche loue ye shew in his name whiche haue ministred vnto the saintes and yet minister The .vii. Chapter TO Melchisedech Abraham gaue tythes of all thynges Melchisedech fyrste is by interpretation Kyng of righteousnes after that he is kynge of Salem that is to saye kynge of peace withoute father without mother without kynne and hath nether begynnyng of his time neyther yâ—â— end of his lyfe but is lykened vnto the sonne of god and continueth a prest for euer And verâ—lye those chyldren of Leui whicheth ceaue the offyce of the prestes haue a coÌ„mandement to take accordyng to the law tithes of the people that is to saye of their brethren ye thoughe they sprange out of the loynes of Abraham Leuy him selfe also whiche receaueth tythee payde tithes in Abraham The lawe made no thynge perfecte but was an introduction of a better hope by whyche hope we drawe nye vnto god This manne Christ because he endureth euee hathe an euerlastynge presthoode Wherfore he is able also euer to saue them that come vnto god by hym seynge he euer lyueth to make intercessyon for vs Soche an hye preste it became vs to haue whiche is holy harmlesse vndefiled separate from fynnes made hyar then heauen whiche nedeth not daily as yonder hye-prestes to offer vp sacrifice fyrste for his owne synnes and euen for the peoples synnes for that dyd he once for all when he offered vp hym selfe For the lawe maketh men prides whiche haue infirmitie but the worde of the othe that came sence the lawe maketh the sonne prest whiche is perfecte for euermore The .viii. Chapter AFter those dayes sayth the lord I wyll put my lawes in their myndes and in their hartes I wyll wrytte them and I wyll be their god and they shal be my people And they shall not teache euery manne his neyghbour land euery man his brother sayinge knowe the lord For they shal knowe me from the lest to the moste of them for I wylbe mercifull ouer their vnrighteousnes and on their synnes and on their iniquities The .ix. Chapter THe Prestes went alwayes into the fyrst tabernacle and executed the seruice of god But in the second went the hye preste alone one euery yeare and not without bloude whyche he offred for him selfe and for the ignoraunce of the people But Christ beyng an hye prest of good thinges to come nether be the bloude of goates calues but by his owne bloude he entred in once for all in to the holy place founde eternal redemption Whersoeuer is a testament ther must also be the deathe of him that maketh the teilament for the testameÌ„t taketh auctoritie when meÌ„ are dead for it is of no value as long as he the made it is a lyue Christ is not entred into the holye places that are made with handes which are but similitudes of true thinges but is entred into very heauen for to appeare nowe in the sight of god for vs not to offer him selfe often as the hye prest entreth in to the holy place euery yeare with strauÌ„ge bloude for then muste he haue often suffered sence the worlde began But nowe in the ende of the world hathe he appeared once to put synne to flyght by the offeringe vp of himselfe And as it is apointed vnto menne that they shall once dye and then coÌ„â—eth the iudgement euen so christ was once offered to take awaye the synnes of manye and vnto them that loke for hym shall he appeare agayne without synne vnto saluation The .x. Chapter IT is vnpossible that the bloude of oxen and of goates shulde take awaye synnes This is the testament that I wyl make vnto them after those dayes saithe the Lorde I wyll put my lawes in their hartes and in their mynde I wyll wryt them and theyr synnes and iniquities wil I remember no more And where remission of these thinges is there is no more offering for synne Lette vs consider one another to prouoke vnto loue and to good worâ—kes and that so mothe the more because ye se that the daye draweth nye Yf we synne willyngly after that we haue receaued the knowledge of the truthe there remaineth no more sacrifice for synnes but a feareful loking for iudgement and violente fyre whiche shall deuoure the aduersaries It is a fearfull thinge to fall into the handes of the liuyng god The iuste shall lyue by faithe The .xi. Chapter HAith is a sure confidence of thinges whiche are haped for and a certayntie of thynges whiche are not sene Without faithe it is vnpossible to plaise god By faithe Moses when he was great refused to be called the sonne of Pharaos doughter chose rather to suffer aduersitie with the people of god then to enioye the pleasures of synne for a reason and estemed the rebuke of Christe greater riches then the treasure of Egypte for he had respecte vnto the rewarde The .xii. Chapter WHom the lorde loueth him he chastened ye he scourgeth euery son that he receaueth No maner chastifyng in the present time semeth to be ioyous but greuous neuerthelesse afterwarde it bringeth the quiet frute of righteousnes vnto them whiche are therin exercised Embrace peace with all men holines without the whiche no man shall se the Lorde Esau for out breake fast solde his byrthright ye knowe howe that afterward when he wolde haue inherited the blessynge he was put by he found no meanes to come thereby agayne no though he desired it with teares Ye are come vnto the mount Sion and to the cytie of the liuynge god the celestiall Ierusalem and to an innumerable sight of aungels and vnto the congregation of the first borne sonnes whiche are wrytten in heauen and to god the iudge of al and to the sprytes of iust and perfecte menne and to Iesus the mediator of the newe testamente to the sprincklyng of bloude that speaketh better then the bloude of Abell Oure god is consumynge fyre The .xiii. Chapter BE not forgetfull to lodge straungers for therby haue dyuers receaued aungels into their houses vnwares Let wedlocke be had in price in all pointes and lette the chamber be vndefiled for whose kepers and aduoutrars god wyll iudge Remembre them whiche haue the ouersyght of you whiche haue declared vnto you the worde of god The ende of whose conuersation se that ye loke vpon and folowe their faithe Be not caryed about with dyuers and straunge learnynge Here we haue no continuyng cytie but we seke one to come To do good and to distribute forgette not for with suche sacrifices god is pleased Ohey them that haue the ouersight of you and submyt youre selues to them for they watche for your soules euen as they that muste geue accountes that they maye do
it with ioye and not with grefe for that is an vnprofitable thynge for you ¶ The Epistell of S. Iames the fyrste Chapter MY brethren count it excedyng ioye when ye fall into dyuers temptations for as moche as ye knowe howe that the entryng of your faithe bryngeth pacience and let pacience haue her perfecte worke that ye maye be perfecte and sounde lackyng nothynge Yf any of you lacke wysdome lette him axe of god whiche geneth to all menne indifferently and casteth no manne in the teth and it shal be geuen hym But lette him axe it in fayth and wauer not for he that douteth is lyke tghe waues of the sea tost of the wynde and caried with violence Neyther lette that manne thynke that he shall receaue any thing of the lorde a waueryng mynded man is vnstable in all his wayes Let the brother of lowe degree reioyce in that he is exalted the ryche in that he is made lowe for euen as the floure of the grasse shal he vanishe awaye The sonne riseth with heate and the grasse wydereth and his fioure falleth awaye and the beautie of the fashion of it perisheth euen so shall the riche manne perishe with his aboundaunce Happy is that manne that endureth in temptation for when he is tryed he shall receaue the crowne of lyfe whiche the lorde hath promised to them that loue hym God tempted not vnto euyl nether tempred he any manne But euerye man is tempted drawen awaye and entised of his owne concupiscence Then when luste hathe conceaued she bryngeth forth synne and synne when it is finished bryngeth forthe deathe Euery good gyfte and ruerye perfecte gyfte is from aboue and commeth downe from the father of lyght with whome is no variablenes neyther is he chaunged vnto darrkenes Lette euerye man be swyfte to heare slowe to speake and slowe to wrath for the wrathe of man worketh not that which is righteous before god Se that ye be doars of the worde and not heaters only deceauyng your selues with sophistry Pure deuotion and vndefiled before goo the father is this to visite the faberlesse wyddowes in their aduersytie and to kepe hymselfe vnspotted of the worlde The .ii. Chapter WHosoeuer shall kepe the whole lawe and yet fayle in one poynt he is gyltye in all There shal be iudgement mercyles to him that sheweth no mercye and morcye reioyseth againste iudgement Faith yf it haue no dedes is deade in it selfe I manne is iustifyed of dedes and not of faythe onely Is the body without the spryte is dead euen so faithe without dedes is dead The .iii. Chapter IF a manne synne not in worde the same is a perfecte man and able to came all the body The tounge is a lytle member and bosteth greate thynges It is an vnruelyr euyll full of deadly poison the tounge can no manne came Yf any man be wyse and endued with learnyng among you let him shewe the worckes of conuersation in mehnes that is coupled with wisdome The wysdome that is frome aboue is fyrste pure than peasable gentle and easye to be intreated full of mercy and good frutes without iudgyng and without simulation yea the frute of righteousnes is soweÌ„ in peace of them that maintayne peace The .iiii. Chapter Ye axe and receyue not because ye axe amisse Knowe ye not howe that the frendship of the worlde is enemitie to godwarde Whosoeuer wyl be a frend of the world is made the enemy of god What thing is your lyfe It is not euen a vapoure that appeareth for a lytle time and then vanished awaye To hym that knoweth howe to be good and doth it not to hym it is sinne The .v. Chapter GO to now ye riche men wepe and howle on your wretchednes that shall come vpoÌ„ you Your riches is corrupt your garmeÌ„tes are mothe eaten your gold and your syluer are cankred and the rust of them shal be witnes vnto you and shall eate your fleshe as it were fyre Aboue all thinges my brethren sweare not nether by heauen nether by the earth nether by any other othe Let youre yea be yea and your naye naye lest ye fall into ypocrisie Yf any of you be disealed let him call for the elders of the congregation and let them praye ouer hym and anoynte him with oyle in the name of the Lorde and the prayer of fayth shall saue the sicke and the lorde shall rayse hym vp yf he haue committed sinnes they shall be forgeuen hym Confesse youre faultes one to another and praye one for another that ye maye be healed The prayer of a righteous manne auayleth muche yf it be feruent BrethreÌ„ yf any of you erre froÌ„ the truth another conuert hym let the same know that he which coÌ„uerted the synner from goinge astraye oute of his waye shall saue a soule from death and shall hyde the multitude of synnes ¶ The .i. Epistle of S. Peter the first Chapter GYrde vp the loynes of your mynoÌ„eâ— be sober trust perfectly on the grace that is brought vnto you by the declaring of Iesus Christ as obedient children not fashioning youre selues vnto your olde iustes of ignoraunce but as he whiche called you is holy euen so be ye holy in all maner of conuersation because it is written be ye holye for I am holy The father without respect of person iudgeth according to euery mannes workes Ye know how that ye were not redemed with corruptible siluer and golde from your vayne conuerrsation whiche ye receyued by the tradicions of the fathers but with the precious bloude of Christ as of a lambe vndefiled and with out spot which was ordeyned before the world was made but was declared in the last tymes for your sakes whiche by his meanes haue beleued on God that raysed him from death glorifyed hym that your faythe and hope might be in god Se that ye loue one another w e a pute heart feruently for ye are borne a new not of mortal sede but of immortall by the worde of god whiche lyueth and lasteth for euer All fleshe is as grasse and all the glorye of maÌ„ is as the floure of grasse The grasse withereth the flowre falleth awaye but the roord of the lord endureth euer The .ii. Chapter IF so be that ye haue tasted howe pleasaunt the lord is to whom ye come as to a liuing stone dissalowed ofâ—ten but chosen of god and precious and ye ae liuing stonce are made a spiritual house and an holy priste hode for to offer vp spirituall sacrifice acceptable to god by Iesus Christ Vnto you whiche beleue he is precious but vnto theÌ„ which beleue not the stone whiche the buylders refused the same is made the head stone in the corner and a stone to stumble at â—nd a rocke to offende them whithe stomble at the worde and beleue not that whereon they were set Derely beloued I beseche you as straungers and pilgrimes abstayne from fleshly lustes which fight against the soule and se that
ye haue honeste conuersation among the gentiles that they which backbite you as euell doers maye se youre good workes and prayse god in the daye of visitation Submit your selues vnto almaner ordinaūce of man for the lordes sake whether it be vnto the kyng as vnto the chiefe heade other vnto rulers as vnto them that are sent of hym for the punishment of euell doers but for the laude of thē that do wel Seruauntes obeye youre maysters with all feare not onelye yf they be good and courteous but also though they be fromward For it is thanke worthy yf a man for conscience towarde god endure grefe suffering wrongfully For what praise is it yf when ye be sufferd for your fautes ye take it paciently but yf when ye do welye suffre wrong and take it pacientlye then is there thankes with God Christe suffred for vs leuing vs an example that we should folow his steppes whiche dyd not synne neither was there gyle foūd in his mouth whiche when he was reuyled reuyled not agayne when he was buffeted he threatened not but cōmitted the cause to him that iudgeth righteously whiche his own selfe bare oure synnes in his body on the tree that we shoulde be beliuered frō sinne and shoulde liue in righteousnes The .iii. Chapter WEmens apparell shal not be outward with broyded heare and hangyng on of golde eyther in putting on of gorgious apparell but lette the hid in ā of the heart be vncorrupt with a meke and quiet sprite which sprite is before god a thing muche set by It is better yf the wyl of god ve so that ye suffre for wel doyng then for cuell doyng The .iiii. Chapter HE whiche suffereth in the flesh ceaseth from sinne the he hence forward should liue asmuch tyme as remaynethe in the fleshe not after the lustes of men but after the wyl of god To this purpose was the ghospell preached vnto the dead that they shoulde be condemned of men in the fieshe but shoulde lyue before god in the sprite Aboue al thinges haue feruent loue amonge you for loue couereth the multitude of synnes The .v. Chapter SE that ye fede Christes flock which is amōg you taking the ouersighte of them not as though ye were compelled therto but willinglye not for to desyre filthy lucre but of a good mynd not as though ye were Lordes ouer the parishes but that ye be an ensample to the flocke and whē the chief shepehearde shall appere ye shall receiue an incorruptible croune of glory God resisteth the proude and geueth grace to the humble Be sober watche for your aduersary the deuil as a roatyng lyon walketh aboote sekyng whome he maye deuoure Whome resiste sted faste in the sayth remembring that ye do but fulfyll the same afllictions which are appoynted to your brethrē that are in the worlde ¶ The second Epistel of S. Peter the fyrst Chapter IN your fayth minister vertue and in veriue knowlege and in knowledge temperaunce and in temperaunce pacience in pacience godlynes in godlynes brotherly kindenes in brotherlye kindenes loue For yf these thinges be among you and are plenteous they will make you that ye neither shal be ydle nor vnfruitefull in the knowlege of our Lorde Iesus Christ But he that lacketh these thinges is blynde and gropeth for the waye with his hande and had forgottē that he ws purged from his olde synnes The .ii. Chapter THere were false prophetes amonge the people euē as there shal be false teachers amōg you whiche priuely shall brynge in damnable sectes euen denying the Lorde that hath boughte them and bring vpon themselues swift damnacion and many shall solowe theyr damnable wayes by which the waye of truethe shal be euyll spoken of and through couetousnes shal they with fained wordes make marchaundise of you whose iudgement is not farre of and theyr damnation flepeth not The Lord knoweth howe to deliuer the godly out of the temptation and howe to rescrue the the vniusle vnto the daye of iudgement For to be punished namely thē that walke after the fleshe in the lust of vnclennes and despise the rulers Presumpteous are they and stubburne and feare not to speake euell of them that are in auctoritie Of whome soeuer a man is ouer come vnto the same is he in bondage It hadde bene better for them not to haue knowen the waye of right wisenes then after they haue knowen it to turne from the holy commaun dement geuen vnto them The .iii. Chapter ONe daye is with the Lorde as a thousande yeare and a thousande yeare as one daye The Lord is not slacke to fulfyl his promes as some men count slackenes but is pacient to vs warde and wolde haue noman lost but wolde receyue all men to repentaunce The daye of the Lorde wyl come as a these in the night in the whiche daye the heauens shal perishe with terrible noyse and the elementes shall melte with heate and the earth with the workes that are therein shall burne And suppose ye that the long suffringe of the Lorde is saluation euen as oure dearelye beloued brother Paule accordyng to the wysedome geuen vnto hym wrote to you yea almoste in euerye Epistle speaking of suche thinges among which are many thynges harde to be vnderstonde whiche they that are vnlearned vnstable peruerte as they do other scriptures vnto theyr owne destruction The .i. Epistel of S. Iohn the Apostle the .i. Chapter YF we saye that we haue no synne we deceiue our selues and truth is not in vs. Yf we knowledge oure synnes he is faithful and iust to for geue vs oure synnes and 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 IF any manne sinne yet we haue an aduocate with the father Iesus Christ which is righteous and he it is that oblayneth grace for oure synnes not for your sinnes onelye but also for the sinnes of al the world He that sayth I know hym and kepeth not his commaundemetes is a lyar and the veritie is not in him He that sayeth he by deth in hym oughte to walke euen as he walked He that sayth how that he is in the lyghte and yet hateth his brother is in darkenes euen vntill this time He that loueth his brother abydeth in the light there is none occasiō of euelin him He that hateth his brother is in darckenes and walketh in darkenes and cannot tel wyther he goeth because that darcknes hathe blynded his eyes Se that ye loue not the world nether the thinges that are in the worlde Yf any manne loue the worlde the loue of the father is not in him for all that is in the worlde as the lust of the fleshe the luste of the eyes and the pryde of goodes is not of the father but of the worlde And the worlde vanisheth awaye and the luste therof but he that fulfylleth the wyll of god abideth euer The .iii.
toke and so was also Iames and Iohn the sonnes of Zebede whyche were parteners with Simon And Iesus saide vnto Simon Feare not frome hence forthe thou shalte catche menne And they brought the shyppes to lande and forsoke all and folowed him He warâ—ed the leper that he shoulde go and shewe him selfe to the preste and offer for his clensyng accordinge as Moses commaundement was for a witnes vnto them When he sawe theyr faythe he sayde vnto hym man thy synnes are forgeuen the. Who can forgeue synnes but god onely He went forth sawe a publicane named Leui sittynge at the recâ—pte of cullome and saide vniâ— him folowe me and he lefâ—e all rose vy and folowed him They that are whole nede not of the phisicion but they that are sicke I â—am not to call the righteous but sinners to repentaunce No man putteh a pece of a newe garment into an olde vesture for yf he do then breaketh he the newe the pece that was taken out of the newe agreeth not with the olde Also no man powreth newe wyne into olde vessels for yf he do the new wine breaketh the vessels runneth out it selfe and the vessels perishe But newe wyne muste be powred into newe vessels and bothe are preserued Also no man that dryncketh olde wyne straight waye can awaye with newe for he saithe the olde is pleasaunter The .vi. Chapter WHether is it laufull on the sabothe dayes to do good or to do euill to saue ones life or for to destroye it And he beheld theÌ„ all in coÌ„passe and said vnto the man Stretche forth thy hande and he dyd so and his hande was restored made as whole as the other And it fortuned in those dayes that he went out into a mountayne for to praye and continued all nyght in prayer to god Blessed be ye poore for yours is the kyngdome of god Blessed are ye that honger nowe for ye shal be satiffyed Blessed are ye that wepe nowe for ye shall laughe Blessed are ye when menâ— hate you and thruste you oute of theyr companye and rayle and abhorte your name as an euyll thynge for the son of mannes sake Reioyse ye then and be glad for behold your rewarde is great in heauen Wo be to you that are riche for you haue therin your consolation Wo be to you that are ful for ye shall honger wo be to you that nowe laugh for ye shal waste wepe Wo be to you wheÌ„ al men praise you for so did their fathers to that false prophetes Loue your enemyes do good to them that hate you Blesse them that curse you And pray for theÌ„ whiche wrongfully trouble you And vnto hym that smytteth the on the one cheke offer also the other And him that taketh awaye thy gowne forbyd not to take thy cote also Geue to euery man that axeth of the. And of him that taketh awaye thy goodes axe theÌ„ not againe And as ye wolde that men shulde do to you so do you to them likewise Yf ye loue them whiche loue you what thanke are ye worthy of For the very synners loue theyr louers And yf you do for theÌ„ whyche do for you what thanke are you worthy of for the very synners doo euen the same Yf ye lende to them of whome ye hope to receaue what thanke shall ye haue For the verye synners lende to synners to receaue as muche againe Wherfore loue ye your enemyes do good and lende lokyng for nothynge againe and youre rewarde shal be greate and ye shal be the children of the hiest for he is kynde vnto the vnkynde and to the euyll Be ye therfore mercifull as your father is merciful Iudge not and ye shall not be iudged Condemne not ye shall not be condemned Forgeue ye shal be forgeuen Geue it shal be geuen vnto you good measure pressed downe Geue together running ouer shal men geue into your bosomes For with what measure ye mete with the same shall menne mete to you againe Canne the blynde leade the blynde do they not bothe then fall into the dyche The disciple ys not aboue his master Euerye manner shal be perfecte euen as his master is Why seest thou a more in thy brothers eye and consyderest not the beame that is in thyne owne eye Eyther howe canste thou saye to thy brother Brother â—ette me pull out the moote that is in thine eye when thou perceauest not the beame that is in thine owne eye Ypocrite cast out the beame out of thine owne eye fyrste and then shalte thou see perfectly to pull out the moote oute of thy brothers eye It is not a good tree that bryngeth forth euyll frute neyter is that an euyll tree that bryngeth forthe good frute For euerye tree is knowen by his frute Nether of thornes gader menne fygges nor of busshes gader menne grapes A good manne oute of the good treasure of his herte bryngeth forth that whiche is good And an euyll man oute of the euyll treasure of his herte bryngeth forthe that whiche is euyll For of the aboundaunce of the hert his mouth speaketh Why call you me Master Master and do not as I byd you whosoeuer coÌ„meth to me and heareth my sayinges and doth the same I wyll shewe you to whome he is lyke He is lyke a manne whiche bylte an housse and dyggyd depe and layde the foundation on a rocke when the waters arose the flud bet vpon the house and coulde not moue it for it was grounded vpon a rocke But he that heareth doth not is lyke a man that without foundation by it an housse vpoÌ„ the earth against which the fludde dyd beate and it fell by and by and the fall of the house was greate The .vii. Chapter LOrde trouble not thy selfe for I am not worthy that thou shouldest entre vnder my rofe Wherfore I thought not myselfe worthye to come vnto thee But saye the worde and my seruaunt shal be hole I saye vnto you I haue not founde so great fayth no not in Israel Beholde they whiche are gorgeouslye apparelled and lyue delycately are in kynges courtes But what went ye forth to se a prophete ye I saye to you and more then a prophete This is he of whome it is written Beholde I sende my messenger before thy face to prepare thy waye before the. For I saye vnto you a greater prophete then Iohn among wemens chyldren is there none Neuerthelesse one that is lesse in the kyngdome of god is greater then he Iohn Baptist came neither eatyng bread nor drynkyng wyne and ye saye he hathe the deuyll The sonne of maÌ„ is come and eateth and drinketh and ye saye beholde a man which is a glotten and a drinker of wyne a seende of Publicanes and synners Symon seest thou this woman I entred in to thy house and thou gauest me no water to my feete but she hath washed my feete with teares and wyped them with the heares of her heade Thou gauest me