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
commaundemente And there is another lyke vnto this Loue thine neighbour as thy selfe In these two commaundementes hange all the lawe and the prophetes The .xxiii. Chapter THe Scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses seate All therfore whatsoeuer they dyd you obserue that obserue and do but after theyr worckes do not for they saye and doo not Ye and they dynde heauie burthens and greuous to be borne and leye on mennes shoulders but they themselues will not heaue at them with one of their fingers All their workes they dooe for to be sene of menne They set abroade theyr phylacteries and make large borders on theyr garmente and loue to sytte vppermoste at feastes and to haue chiefe seates in the Synagoges and gretinges in the markettes and to be called of menne Rabbi But ye shall not suffre your selues to be called Rabbi For one is your maister that is to wit Christ and al ye are brethren And cal no man your father vpon the earth For there is but one your father and he is in heauen Be not called masters for there is but one your mayster and he is Christ He that is greatest among you shal be your seruaunt But whosoeuer exalteth hymselfe shal be brought lowe And he that humbleth himselfe shal be exalted Whosoeuer sweareth by the aulter sweareth by it and by all that thereon is And who soeuer sweareth by the tēple sweareth by it and by him that dwelleth therein And he that sweareth by heauen sweareth by the seate of god and by him that sitteth thereon wo be to you Scribes and Phariseis Ypocrites whiche tithe Mynte Anyse and Commine and leaue the weyghtier matiers of the lawe vndone iudgement mercy and faythe These ought you to haue done and not to haue lefte the other vndone Ye blynde guydes whiche strayne oute a gnat and swalowe a Cammyll Ierusalem Ierusalem whiche kylleste Prophetes and stonest them whiche are sente to thee Howe often wolde I haue gathered thy chyldren together as the henne gathereth her chickens vnder her wynges but ye wolde not The .xxiiii. Chapter BEcause iniquitie shall haue the vpper hand the loue of many shall abate But he that endureth to the ende the same shal be safe As the lyghtnyng commeth out of the Easte and shineth into the west so shall the commyng of the sonne of man be Wheresoeuer a deade carkas is euen thyther wyll the Egles reforte Immediatiye after the tribulacions of those dayes shall the sunne be darkened and the Mone shall not geue her lyght and the starres shall fall from heauen and the powers of heauē shall moue And then shall appere the signe of the sonne of mā in heauen and then shall all the kynreddes of the Earthe mourne and they shall see the sonne of mā come in the cloudes of heauen with power and great glorie And he shall send his angels with the greate voyce of a trompe and they shall gather to gether his chosen from the foure wyndes and frō the one ende of the worlde to the other Heauen and earth shall perishe but my woordes shal abyde But of that daye and houre knoweth noman no not the aungels of heauen but my father onely Wake therefore because ye knowe not what houre youre mayster wyll come Be ye also readye for in the houre ye thynke he wolde not wyll the sonne of manne come The .xxv. Chapter WAtche for ye knowe neither the daye nor yet the houre when the sonne of man shall come Vnto euery manne that hathe shal be geuen and he shal haue abundance and from hym that hath not shal be taken awaye euen that he hathe When the sonne of man commeth in his glory and all the holy aungels with him then shall he syt vpon the seate of his glory and before hym shal be gathered all nacions and he shall separate them one from another as a shepe hearde deuideth the shepe from the goates And he shall sette the shepe on his righte hande and the goates on the lyfte Then shall the kyng saye to them on his right hande Come ye blessed chyldren of my father inherite ye the kingdome prepared for you frō the beginning of the worlde For I was an hongred and ye gaue me meate c. Then shall the righteous answere hym sayinge Maister whan sawe we thee an hongred and feede thee c. And the kynge shall answere and saye vnto them verely I saye vnto you in as muche as ye haue done it vnto one of the least of these my brethrē ye haue done it to me Then shall the kyng saye vnto them that shal be on the lefte hande Departe from me ye cursed into euerlastyng fyre whiche is prepared for the deuill and his angels For I was an hungred and ye gaue me no meate c. Then shall they saye also mayster when sawe we thee an hongred c. Then shall he aunswere them and saye Verely I say vnto you in as muche as ye did it not to one of the least of these ye did it not to me And these shall go into euerlasting payne and the righteous into lyfe eternall The .xxvi. Chapter WHat neded this waste this oyntment might haue bene well sold and geuen to the poore when Iesus vnderstode that he sayd vnto thē why trouble you the woman she hath wrought a good worke vpon For ye shall haue poore folke alwayes with you but me shall ye not haue alwayes And in that she casted this oyntment on my body she did it to burie me withall Verely I saye vnto you whersoeuer this gospell shall be preached throughoute all the worlde there shall also this that she hathe done be tolde for a memoriall of her As they did eate Iesus toke bread and gaue thankes brake it and gaue it to the disciples and sayde Take eate this is my bodye And he toke the cup and thanked and gaue it them sayinge drinke of it euery one For this is my bloud of the newe testament that shal be shedde for manye for the remission of synnes And he came vnto the disciples and founde them a slepe and sayde to Peter what coulde ye not watche with me one houre watche and praye that ye fall not into temptacion The spirite is wyllyng but the fleshe is weake Put vp thy swearde into his sheathe for all that laye hande on the swearde shall perishe with the swearde The .xxvii. Chapter ANd beholde the vayle of the temple didde rent in twayne from the toppe to the bottome and the earthe did quake and the stones did rente and graues did open and the bodye of many saynetes whiche slepte arose and came oute of the graues after his resurrection and came into the holy citie and appered vnto many And Iesus came and spake vnto them saying al power is geuē vnto me in heauen and in earth Go therfore and teache all nacions baptising thē in the name of the father and the sonne and the holy ghost teachinge them to obserue all thynges whatsoeuer I commaūded
you Pharisees for ye loue the vpper moste scates in the Synagoges and gretinges in the markettes Wo be to you lawyers for ye lade men with burtheÌ„s greuous to be borne and ye your selues touche not the packes with one of your fyngers Wo bee to you lawyers for ye haue taken away the keye of knowledge ye entred not in your selues and them that came in ye forbad The .xii. Chapter THere is not thynge couered that shall not be vncouered neyther hyd that shall not bee knowen Be not a frayed of them that kyll the bodye and after that haue no more that they can do But I wyll shewe you whome ye shall feare Ieare hym whiche after he hath kylled hathe power to caste into hell Ye I saye vnto you hym feare Whosoeuer confesseth me before men euen hym shall the sonne of man confesse also before the aungels of God And he that denyeth me before men shal be denyed before the aungels of god And whosoeuer speaketh a worde agaynste the sonne of man it shal be forgeuen hym But vnto him that blasphemeth the holye ghoste it shall not be forgeuen When they bringe you vnto the Synagoges and vnto the rulets and officers take no thought how or what thing ye shall aunswere or what ye shall speake For the holy ghoste shall teache you in the same houre what ye ought to saye Take no thought for your lyfe what ye shall eate neyther for your bodye what ye shall put on The lyfe is more theÌ„ meate and the body is more then rayment And are not what ye shal eate or what ye shal drynke neither clyme ye vp to hye For all suche thynges the Heathen people of the worlde seke for Your father knoweth that ye haue nede of suche thynges wherefore seke you after the kyngdome of god and all these thynges shal be ministred vnto you Sell that ye haue and geue almes And make you bagges whiche wxe not olde and treasure that fayleth not in brauen where no thefe commeth neither mothe corrupteth For where your treasure is there wyll your heartes be also Happy are those seruauntes whiche the lord when he 〈◊〉 shall fynde wakinge verelye I saye vnto you he will girde himselfe aboute and make them sit downe to meate and walke by and minister vnto them Yf the good man of the house knewe what houe the thefe wyl come he wolde surely watche and not suffer his house to be broken vp Be ye prepared therfore for the sonne of man wyll come at an houre when ye thinke not The seruaunt that knewe his maysters wyll and prepared not hymselfe neither dyd according to his will shal be beaten with many scripes But he that knewe not and yet did committe thynges worthy of stripes shal be beaten with few stripes for vnto whome muche is geuen of him shal be muche required And to whome men muche commit the more of him will they are Suppose ye that I am come to sende peace on earthe I tell you naye but rather debate I tell thee thou departest not thence tyll thou haue made good the vttermoste myte The .xiii. Chapter EXcepteye repent ye shall all lyckewyse perishe There are sixe dayes in whiche men ought to worke in them come and be healed and not on the Saboth daye Then aunswered hym the Lorde and sayde Vpocrite dothe not eche of you on the Sabbothe daye louse his ore or his asse from the stall and leade him to the water and oughte not this doughter of Abraham whome Satan hathe bounde lo .xviii. yeares be loused from this bonde on the Sabboth daye And he sayde vnto them striue with your selues to enter in at the straite gate for many I saye vnto you wyl secke to enter in and shall not be able Beholde they are laste which shal be first and they are fyrste whiche shal be laste O Ierusalem Ierusalem whiche kyllest prophetes and stonest them that are sent to thee how often woulde I haue gathered thy chyldren together as the henne gathereth her neste vnder her wynges but ye wolde not Beholde your habitacion shall be left vnto you desolate for I tell you ye shall not see me vntyll the tyme come that ye shall saye blessed is he that commeth in the name of the Lorde The .xiiii. Chapter WHiche of you shall haue an asseâ—or an oxe fallen into a pyt and wyll not strayghte wayâ— pull hym out on the Saboth daye When thou arte bydden to a weddynge of any man syt not downe in the hyghest roume lest a more honorable man then thou be bydden of hym and he that bad bothe him and thee come and saye to thee geue this man roume and thou then begynne with shame to take the lowest roume But rather when thou arte bydden go and sytte in the lowest roume then when he that bad the commeth he maye saye vnto the frende syt vp hyer Then shalte thou haue worship in the presence of them that sit at meate with thee For whosoeuer exalteth hymselfe shal be brought lowe and he that huÌ„bleth hymselfe shall be exalted When thou makeste a dyner or a supper call not thy frendes nor thy brethren neither thy kinsmen or yet riche neyghbours lest they bydde thee agayne and a recompence be made thee But wheÌ„ thou makest a feast call the poore the maymed the lame and the blynde and thou shalt be happy for they cannot recompence thee But thou shalte be recompenced at the resurreccion of the iuste men Yf a man come to me and hate not his father and mother and wyfe and chyldren and brethren and systers moreouer and his owne life he cannot be my disciple And whosoeuer beare not his crosse and come after me cannot be my disciple The .xv. Chapter I Saye vnto you that lykewyse ioye shall bee in heauen ouer one synner that repentethe more then ouer nynety and nyne iuste personnes whiche nede no repentaunce The .xvi. Chapter The children of this world are in there kind wyser then the children of light And I say vnto you make your frendes of the wicked Mammon that when ye shal departe they maye receiue you into euerlastynge habitacions No seruaunte can serue two masters for other he shal hate the one and loue the other or els he shal lene to the one and despise the other ye cannot serue god and Mammon That whiche is highely estemed among men is abhominable in the sight of God Soner shall heauen and earthe perishe then one title of the lawe shal perishe Whosoeuer forsaketh his wyfe and maryeth another breaketh matrimonye And euery manne whiche marieth her that is deuorsed from her husbande committeth aduoutry also Sonne remember that thou in thy lyfe tyme receyuedst thy pleasure and contrary wyse Lazatus payne Nowe therfore is he comforted and thou arte punished Yf they heare not Moses and the prophetes neither will they beleue thoughe one rose from death agayne The .vii. Chapter IT cannot be auoyded but that offences wyll come Neuerthelesse wo bo to him throughe whome
Ye knowe well that these handes haue ministred vnto my necessities and to them that were with me The .xxiii. Chapter THou shalt not course the ruler of the people The Saduces saye that there is no resurrection neither angell nor spirite But the phariseis graunt bothe The .xxv. Chapter IT is not the maner of the Romaynes to deliuer any man that he should perishe before that he which is accused haue the accusars before him and haue licence to aunswer for himselfe concerning the crime layde agaynst him My thinketh it vnreasonable for to sende a prisoner not to shewe the causes which are laide againste him The .xxvi. Chapter I Shewed fyrste vnto them of Damasco and at Ierusalem and through out all the coastes of Iewry to the Gentiles that they shoulde repent and turne to god and do the righte workes of repentaunce ¶ Here endeth the Actes of the Apostles ¶ The Epistle of S. Paule to the Romaynes the .i. Chap. FOr I am detter bothe to the Grekes and to them whiche are no Grekes vnto the learned and also vnto the vnlearned Likewise as muche as in me is I am redy to preache the gospel to you of Rome also For I am not ashamed of the gospell of Christ because it is the power of God vnto saluacion to all that beleue namely to the Iewe and also to the geÌ„tile The iust shall lyue by faithe His inuisible thinges that is to saye his eternall power and godhead are vnderstond and sene by the workes from the creation of the worlde When they counted themselues wise they became fooles And as it semed not good vnto them to be knowen of god euen so god deliuered them vp vnto a leude mynde that they should do the thinges whiche were not comely The .ii. Chapter THinkest thou this O thou man that iudgest them whiche do suche thynges and yet doest euen the very same that thou shalt escape the iudgement of god Either despisest thou the ryches of his goodnes pacience and loÌ„g sufferauÌ„ceâ— and remembreste not howe that the kyndenes of god leadeth the to repentaunce But thou after thine harde harte that cannot repent heapest together the treasure of wrathe against the daye of vengeaunce when shall be opened the righteous iudgement of god whiche will rewarde euery maÌ„ according to his dedes that is to saye prayse honoure and immortalitie to them which continue in good doynge and seke eternall life But to them that are rebellions and disobeye the trueth and folowe the iniquitie shall indignacion and wrath tribulacion and anguishe vpon the soule of euerye man that doth euill of the Iewe fyrst and also of the Gentile To euery man that doth good shall come prayse honoure and peace to the Iewe fyrst and also to the gentrie Before god they are not righteous whiche heare the lawe but the doers of the lawe shal be iustified Their conscience beareth witnes vnto them and also theyr thoughtes accusing one another or excusing at the daye when god shall iudge the secretes of meÌ„ by Iesus christ according to my gospell The name of god is euell spoken of amonge the gentiles thorowe you He is a Iewe whiche is hid within and the circumcision of the harte is the true circumcision which is in the spirite and not in the letter Whose prayse is not of men but of god The .iii. Chapter THere is none righteous no not one there is none that vnderstandeth there is none that seketh after God they all are gone oute of the waye they are all made vnprofitable there are none that doothe good no not one By the dedes of the lawe shall no fleshe be iustifyed in the sighte of god The righteousnes no doubt whiche is good before god commeth by the faith of Iesus Christ vnto all and vpon all that beleue All haue sinned and lacke the prayse that is of valure before god but we are iustified trely by his grace throughe the redemption that is in Christ Iesu whom god hath made a seate of mercy thorow faithe in his bloude to shewe the righteousnesse whiche before him is of valour in that he forgeueth the sinnes that are passed which god dyd suffer to shewe at this tyme the righteousenes that is alowed of hym that he mighte be contented iuste and a iustifier of him which beleueth in Iesus We suppose that a man is iustified by faithe without the dedes of the lawe The .iiii. Chapter ABraham beleued god and it was counted vnto hym for rightewisenes To him that worketh is the reward not reckened of fauoure but of duetie To him that worketh not but beleued on him that iustifieth the vngodly is fayth counted for rightwisenes Blessed are they whose vnrighteousnesse are forgeuen and whose synnes are couered Blessed is that man to whom the lorde imputeth no sinne Where is no lawe there is no transgression Christ was deliuered for our sinnes and rose agayne for to iustifie vs. The .v. Chapter WE also reioyce in tribulacion for we knowe that tribulacion bringeth pacience pacieÌ„ce bringeth experience and experience bringeth hope and hope maketh not ashamed for the loue of god is shead abrode in oure heartes by the holy ghost whiche is geuen vnto vs. Seyng that while we were yet sinners Christ dyed for vs muche more then now seyng we are iustified in his bloud shal we be saued from wrath thorow him Lykewise as by the sinne of one condemnatxion came on all men euen so by the iustifying of one commeth the righteousnesse that bringeth lyfe vpon all men For as by one mannes disobedience many became synners so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous The .vi. Chapter WE are buried with hym by baptime for to dâ—e that lykewyse as Christ was raysed vp from death by the glory of the father euen so we also shoulde walke in a newe lyfe For yf we be grafte in death lyke vnto hym euen so muste we be in the resurrection Let not sinne raigne in your mortall bodies that ye shoulde therunto obey in the iustes of it Neither geue your membres as instrumentes of vnrighteousenes vnto sinne but geue your selues to god as they that are alyue from death Let not sinne haue power ouer you For ye are not vnder the lawe but vnder grace Remember ye not how that to whomsoeuer ye commit your selues as seruauntes to obey his seruauntes ye are to whome ye obeye whether it be of synne vnto death or of obedience vnto righteousenes As ye haue geuen your membres seruauntes to vnclennes and to iniquitie from iniquitie to iniquitie euen so nowe geue youre members seruauntes vnto righteousnes that ye maye be sanctified The reward of sinne is death but eternal lyfe is the gyft of god through Iesus Christ our lord The .vii. Chapter THe woman which is in subiection to a man is bounde by the lawe to the man as longe as he liueth Yf the man be dead she is losed from the lawe of the man So then yf while the manne lyueth she
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