last enemye that shal be destroyed is death for he hath put all thinges vnder his fete But whā he sayeth that all thinges are put vnder him it is manifest that he is excepted which put all thinges vnder him Whan all thinges shal be subdued vnto him then shal the sonne himselfe also be subiecte vnto him which put all thinges vnder him that God maye be all in all Or els what do they which are baptised ouer y e deed yf the deed ryse not at all Why are they then baptysed ouer the deed And why stonde we in ioperdy euery houre By oure reioysinge which I haue in Christ Iesu o LORDE I dye daylie That I haue foughte with beestes at Ephesus after y e maner of men what helpeth it me yf the deed ryse not agayne Let vs eate and drynke for tomorow we shal dye Be not ye disceaued Euell speakinges corruppe good maners Awake righte vp and synne not for some haue not y e knowlege of God This I saye to youre shame But some man mighte saye How shal the deed aryse And with what maner off body shal they come Thou foole y t which thou sowest is not quyckened excepte it dye And what sowest thou thou sowest not y e body that shal be but a bare corne namely of wheate or of some other But God geueth it a body as he wil and vnto euery one of y e sedes his owne body All fleszhe is not one maner of fleszhe but there is one maner fleszhe of men another of beastes another of fiszhes another of byrdes And there are heauenly bodies and there are earthy bodies but the heauenly haue one glory and y e earthy another The Sonne hath one clearnes the Moone hath another clearnesse and the starres haue another clearnesse for one starre excelleth another in clearnesse Euen so the resurreccion of the deed It is sowne in corrupcion and shal ryse in vncorrupcion It is sowne in dishonoure shal ryse in glory It is sowne in weaknesse and shal ryse in power It is sowne a naturall body shal ryse a spirituall body Yf there be a naturall body there is a spirituall body also As it is wrytten The first man Adam was made in to a naturall life and the last Adā in to a spiritual life Howbeit the spirituall body is not the first but y e naturall and then the spirituall The first man is of the earth earthy y e seconde mā is frō heauē heauēly As the earthy is soch are they also that are earthy and as y e heauenly is soch are they also y t are heauenly And as we haue borne the ymage of the earthy so shal we beare the ymage of the heauenly also This I saye brethren that flesh bloude can not inheret y e kyngdome of God nether shal corrupcion inheret vncorrupcion Beholde I saye vnto you a mystery We shal not all slepe but we shal all be chaunged and that sodenly and in the twinklynge of an eye at the tyme of the last trompe For the trompe shal blowe and the deed shal ryse vncorruptible and we shal be chaunged For this corruptible must put on vncorrupcion and this mortall must put on immortalite But whan this corruptible shal put on vncorrupcion and this mortall shal put on immortalite thē shal the worde be fulfylled that is wryttē Death is swalowed vp in victory Death where is thy stynge Hell where is y e victory The stynge of death is synne The strength of synne is the lawe But thankes be vnto God which hath geuē vs the victory thorow oure LORDE Iesus Christ. Therfore my deare brethrē be ye stedfast vnmoueable allwaye riche in the worke of the LORDE for as moch as ye knowe that youre laboure is not in vayne in the LORDE The XVI Chapter COncernynge the gadderynge that is made for the sayntes as I haue ordeyned in the congregacions of Galacia euen so do ye also Vpon some Sabbath daye let euery one of you put aside by himselfe and laye vp what so euer he thinketh mete that the colleccion be not to gather whan I come Whan I am come whom so euer ye shal alowe by youre letters thē wyll I sende to brynge youre liberalite vnto Ierusalem Neuertheles yf it be mete that I go thither also they shal go with me But I wil come vnto you whan I go thorow Macedonia for thorow Macedonia wyl I take my iourney With you peraduēture wil I abyde or els wynter that ye maye brynge me on my waye whither so euer I go I wyl not se you now in my passage for I hope to abyde a whyle with you yf the LORDE shal suffre me But I wil tary at Ephesus vntyll whitsontyde For a greate and frutefull dore is opened vnto me and there are many aduersaries Yf Timotheus come se that he be without feare with you for he worketh y e worke of the LORDE as I do Let no man therfore despyse him but conuaye him forth in peace that he maye come vnto me for I loke for him with the brethren As for brother Apollo be ye sure that I greatly desyred him to come vnto you with the brethrē And his mynde was not at all to come at this tyme but he wyl come whā he hath oportunyte Watch ye stonde fast in the faith quyte you like men and be stronge let all youre thinges be done in loue But brethren ye knowe the house off Stephana that they are the first frutes in Achaia and that they haue appoynted thē selues to mynister vnto the sayntes I exhorte you to be obedient vnto soche and to all that helpe and laboure I am glad of the cōmynge of Stephana and Fortunatus and Achaicus For loke what was lackynge vnto me on youre parte y t haue they suppleed they haue refreszhed my sprete and youres Knowe them therfore that are soch The congregacions of Asia salute you Aquila and Priscilla salute you moch in the LORDE and so doth the cōgregacion that is in their house All the brethren salute you Salute ye one another with an holy kysse The salutacion of me Paul w t myne awne hande Yf eny mā loue not the LORDE Iesus Christ the same be Anathema Maharan Matha The grace of the LORDE Iesus Christ be with you My loue be with you all in Christ Iesu. Amen The first Epistle to the Corinthians sent out of Asia by Stephana and Fortunatus and Achaicus and Timotheus The seconde Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Corinthians The summe of this Epistle Chap. I. The consolacion of God in trouble The loue of Paul towarde the Corinthians and his excuse that he came not vnto them Chap. II. He sheweth the cause of his absence and exorteth thē to forgeue the man that was fallen and to receaue him agayne with loue Chap. III. He prayseth the preachinge of the Gospell aboue the preachinge of the lawe Chap. IIII. A
the kinge of Iuda tell him The LORDE sendeth the this worde Beholde I will delyuer this cite in to the hoÌ„de of the kinge of Babilon he shal burne it and thou shalt not escape his hondes but shalt be led awaye presoner and delyuered into his power Thou shalt loke the kinge of Babilon in the face and he shal speake with the mouth to mouth and then shalt thou go to Babilon Yet heare the worde of the LORDE o Sedechias thou kinge of Iuda Thus saieth the LORDE vnto the Thou shalt not be slayne with the swearde but shalt die in peace Like as y e fore fathers the kinges thy progenitours were brente so shalt thou be brente also in the mournynge they shal saye oh lorde For thus haue I determed saieth the LORDE Then spake Ieremy the prophet all these wordes vnto Sedechias kinge of Iuda in Ierusalem what tyme as the kinge of Babilons hooste beseged Ierusalem and the remnaunt of the cities Namely Lachis Azecha which yet remayned of the stronge defensed cities of Iuda These are the wordes that the LORDE spake vnto Ieremy the prophet when Sedechias was agreed with all the people at Ierusalem that there shulde be proclamed a liberte so that euery man shulde let fre go his seruaunt and handemayde Hebrue Hebruesse no Iewe to holde his brother as a bonde man Now as they had consented euen so they were obedient let them go fre But afterwarde they repented toke agayne the seruauntes and handemaydens whom they had letten go fre and so made them bonde agayne For the which cause the worde of the LORDE came vnto Ieremy from the LORDE him self sayenge Thus saieth the LORDE God of Israel I made a couenaunt with youre fathers when I brought them out of Egipte that they shulde no more be bondmen sayenge When seuen yeares are out euery man shal let go fre his bought seruaunte an Hebrue yf he haue serued him sixe yeares But yo r fathers obeied me not herkened not vnto me As for you ye were now turned dyd right before me in y t ye proclamed euery maÌ„ to let his neghboure go fre in y t ye made a couenaunt before me in the temple that beareth my name But yet ye haue turned youre selues agayne and blasphemed my name In this y t euery man hath requyred his seruaunt and handâ—mayden agayne whom ye had letten go quyte and fre and compelled them to serue you agayne and to be youre bonde men And therfore thus saieth the LORDE Ye haue not obeyed me euery man to proclame fredome vnto his brother and neghbo r wherfore I will call you vnto a fredome saieth the LORDE euen vnto the swearde to the pestilence and to honger and will make you to be plaged in all the kyngdomes of the earth Yee those men that haue brokeÌ„ my couenaunt and not kepte the wordes of the apoyntmeÌ„t which they made before me when they hewed the calfe in two when there wente thorow the two halfes therof The prynces of Iuda the prynces of Ierusalem the gelded men the prestes and all the people of the londe which weÌ„te thorow the two sydes of the calfe Those men wil I geue in to the power of their enemies and in to the hondes of them that folowe vpon their lyues And their deed bodies shall be meate for the foules of the ayre and beestes of the felde As for Sedechias the kinge of Iuda his prynces I will delyuer them in to the power of their enemies and of them that desyre to slaye them and in to the honde of the kynge of Babilons hooste which now is departed from you But thorow my commaundement saieth the LORDE they shal come agayne before this cite they shall fight agaynst it wynne it and burne it Morouer I will laye the cities of Iuda so waist that no man shall dwell therin The XXXV Chapter THe wordes which the LORDE spake vnto Ieremy in the reigne of Ioachim the sonne of Iosias kinge of Iuda are these Go vnto y e house of the Rechabites call them out bringe theÌ„ to y e house of the LORDE in to some commodious place and geue them wyne to drynke Then toke I Iasanias the sonne of Ieremy the sonne of Habazania and his brethreÌ„ and all his sonnes and the whole housholde off the Rechabites and brought them to the house off the LORDE in to the closet of the children off Hanan the sonne off Igdalia the man off God which was by the closet off the prynces that is aboue the closet of Maasia the sonne of Sellum which is the chefe off the tresury And before the sonnes of the kynred of the Rechabites I set pottes full of wyne and cuppes and sayde vnto them drynke wyne But they sayde we drynke no wyne For Ionadab the sonne of Rechab oure father commaunded vs sayenge Ye and youre sonnes shall neuer drynke wyne buylde no houses sowe no sede plante no vynes yee ye shall haue no vynyardes but for all youre tyme ye shall dwell inteÌ„tes y t ye maye lyue loÌ„ge in the loÌ„de wherin ye be strauÌ„gers Thus haue we obeyed the coÌ„maundemeÌ„t of Ionadab y e sonne of Rechab oure father in all y t he hath charged vs and so we drynke no wyne all oure lyue longe we oure wyues o r sonnes oure doughters Nether buylde we eny house to dwell therin we haue also amonge vs nether vynyardes ner corne loÌ„de to sowe but we dwell in tentes we obeye do acordinge vnto all that Ionadab oure father commaunded vs. But now y t Nabuchodonosor the kinge of BabiloÌ„ came vp in to the loÌ„de we sayde come let vs go to IerusaleÌ„ y t we maye escape the hooste of the Caldees aÌ„d the AssiriaÌ„s so we dwell now at IerusaleÌ„ Then came y e worde of the LORDE vnto Ieremy sayenge Thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel Go tell whole Iuda all the inhabitours of IerusaleÌ„ Wyll ye not be refourmed to obeye my wordes saieth the LORDE The wordes which Ionadab the sonne off Rechab coÌ„maunded his sonnes y t they shulde drynke no wyne are fast surely kepte for vnto this daye they drynke no wyâ—e but obeye their fathers coÌ„maundement But as for me I haue stoÌ„de vp early I haue spokeÌ„ vnto you geuen you earnest warnynge yet haue ye not bene obedieÌ„t vnto me Yee I haue sent my seruauÌ„tes all the prophetes vnto you I rose vp early sent you worde sayenge O turne you euery man from his wicked waye ameÌ„de yo r lyues go not after strauÌ„ge goddes to worshippe theÌ„ y t ye maye coÌ„tinue in the loÌ„de which I haue geuen vnto you and youre fathers but ye wolde nether heare me ner folowe me The childreÌ„ of Ionadab Rachabs sonne haue stedfastly kepte their fathers coÌ„mauÌ„dement y t he gaue them but this people is not obedient vnto me And
are true and his wayes right As for those that go on proudly he is able to brī bringe them downe The V. Chapter BAlthasar the kynge made a greate bancket to his thousande lordes withall these thousande he made greate cheare and when he was dronken w t wyne he commaunded to brynge him y e golden and syluer vessel which his father Nabuchodonosor had taken out of the temple at Ierusalem that the kynge and his lordes with his quene and concubynes might drīke therout So they brought the golden vessel that was takē out of the temple of the LORDES house at Ierusalem Then the kynge and his lordes with his quene and concubines dronke out of them They dronke wyne and praysed their Idols of golde syluer copper yron wodde and stone In the very same houre there appeared fyngers as it had bene of a mans honde writynge right ouer agaynst the candelsticke vpon the playne wall in the kynges palace and the kynge sawe the palme of y e honde y t wrote Then chaunged the kynge his countenaunce and his thoughtes troubled him so that the ioyntes off his body shoke and his knees smote one agaynst the other Wherfore the kynge cryed mightely that thy shulde brynge him the charmers Caldees and coniurers of deuels The kynge spake also to the wysemen of Babilon and sayde Who so can rede this wrytynge and shewe me the playne meanynge theroff shall be clothed with purple haue a cheyne off golde aboute his necke and rule the thirde parte off my kyngdome Vpon this came all the kynges wyse men but they coude nether rede the wrytinge 〈◊〉 shewe the kynge what it signified Thē was the kynge sore afrayed in so moch that his coloure chaunged and his lordes were so sorevexed So by reason off this matter y t had happened to the kynge his lordes the quene went vp herself in to the bancket house and spake vnto the kynge sayenge O kynge God saue thy life for euer Let not y t thoughtes trouble the and let not thy countenaunce be chaunged For why there is a man in y e kyngdome that hath the sprete off the holy goddes within him as it was sene in thy fathers dayes He hath vnderstondinge ād wysdome like the goddes Yee the kynge Nabuchodonosor thy father made this man chest of the soythsayers charmers Caldees and deuel coniurers because that soch an abundaunt sprete knowlege wisdome to expoūde dreames to open secretes and to declare harde dowtes was founde in him yee euen in Daniel whom the kynge named Balthasar Let this same Daniel be sente for and he shall tell what it meaneth Then was Daniel brought before the kinge So the kynge spake vnto Daniel and sayde Art thou that Daniel one off the presoners of Iuda whom my father the kynge brought out of Iewry I haue herde speake of the that thou hast the sprete of the holy goddes experience and vnderstōdinge and that there hath bene greate wisdome founde in the. Now haue there bene brought me wise and connynge charmers to rede this wrytynge and to shewe me the meanynge theroff But they coude not tell me what this matter signified Then herde I saye y t thou canst expounde darcke thinges and declare harde doutes Well than yf thou canst rode this writinge and shewe me the meaninge therof thou shalt be clothed w t purple haue a cheyne of golde aboute thy necke rule the thirde parte of my kyngdome Daniel answered and sayde before y e kynge As for thy rewardes kepe them to thy self or geue y e rych giftes to another yet not thelesse I wil rede the wrytynge vnto y e kinge and shewe him the interpretacion therof O kinge God the hyest gaue vnto Nabuchodonosor thy father y e dignite of a kynge w t worshipe hono r so y t all people kynreddes tunges stode in awe feare of him by reason off the hye estate that he had lent him For why he slewe whom he wolde he smoke whom it pleased him Agayne whom he wolde he set vp and whom he list he put downe But because his herte was so proude and his stomack set fast vnto wylfulnesse he was deposed from his kyngly trone and his magesty was taken from him He was shot out from amonge men his herte was like a beestes herte and his dwellynge was with the wylde Asses he was fayne to eate grasse like an oxe and his body was wet with the dew off the heauen till he knewe that the hyest had power vpon the kyngdomes of men and setteth ouer them whom he list And thou his sonne o Balthasar for all this hast not submitted thine hert though thou knewest all these thinges but hast magnified thy selff aboue the LORDE off heauen so that the vessels off his house were brought before the that thou and thy lordes with thy quene and concubynes might drynke wyne therout And hast praysed the Idols of syluer and golde copper and yron off wodde stone As for the God in whose honde consisteth thy breth ād all thy wayes thou hast not loaued him Therfore is the palme off this honde sent hither from him to token vp this wrytinge And this is the scripture that is written vp Mane Thetel Phares Now the interpretacion off the thynge is this Mane God hath nombred thy kyngdome and brought it to an ende Thetel Thou art weyed in the balaunce and art founde to light Phares Thy kyngdome is delt in partes and geuen to the Medes and Perses Then commaunded Balthasar to cloth Daniel with purple to hange a cheyne off golde aboute his necke and to make a proclamacion concernynge him that he shulde be the ruler off the thirde parte off his kyngdome The very same night was Balthasar the kynge off the Caldees slayne and Darius out of Media toke in the kyngdome beynge lxij yeare off age The VI. Chapter IT pleased Darius to set ouer his kīgdome an C and xx lordes which shulde be in all his kingdome aboute Aboue these he set thre prynces off whom Daniel was one that the lordes might geue accomptes vnto them and the kynge to be vndiseased But Daniel exceaded all these princes ād lordes for the sprete off God was plenteous in him so that the kynge was mynded to set him ouer the whole realme Wherfore the prynces and lordes sought to pyke out in Daniel some quarel agaynst the kyngdome yet coude they fynde none occasion ner fawte vpon him For why he was so faythful y t there was no blame ner dishonesty founde in him Then sayde these men we will get no quarell agaynst this Daniel excepte it be in the lawe off his God Vpon this wente the princes and lordes together vnto the kynge and sayde thus vnto him kynge Darius God saue thy life for euer All the great estates off the realme as y e prynces dukes senatours and iudges are determed to put out a commaundement off y e kynge and to make a sure
statute namely that who so desyreth eny peticion ether of eny god or man with in this xxx dayes excepte it be only off the O kynge the same person maye be cast into the Lyons denne Wherfore o kynge confirme thou this stature and make a writynge that the thynge which the Medes and Perses haue ordened be not altered ner broken So Darius made the wrytynge and confirmed it Now when Daniel vnderstode that the wrytynge was made he wente in to his house and the wyndowes of his hall towarde Ierusalem stode open There kneled he downe vpon his knees thre tymes a daye there he made his peticion and praysed his God like as his maner was to do afore tyme. Then these men made searche and founde Daniel makynge his peticion and prayenge vnto his God So they came to the kynge and spake before him concernynge his commaundement sayenge O kynge hast thou not subscribed the statute that within xxx dayes who so requyreth his peticion off eny god or man but only of thy self o kynge he shal be cast in to the denne of the Lyons The kynge answered aÌ„d sayde yee it is true It must be as a lawe of y e Medes and Perses that maye not be broken Then answered they and sayde vnto the kynge Daniel one of the presoners of Iuda O kynge regardeth nether the ner thy statute that thou hast made but maketh his peticion thre tymes a daye When the kynge herde these wordes he was sore greued and wolde haue excused Daniel to delyuer him and put off the matter vnto the Sonne weÌ„te downe to the intent that he might saue him These men perceauynge the kynges mynde sayde vnto him knowe this o kynge that the lawe off the Medes and Perses is that the commaundement and statute which the kynge maketh maye not be altered Then the kynge bad them brynge Daniel and they cast him into the Lyons denne The kynge also spake vnto Daniel aÌ„d sayde Thy God whom thou allwaye seruest euen he shall defende the. And there was brought a stone and layed vpon the hole of the denne this the kynge sealed with his owne rynge and with y e signet of his prynces that the kynges commaundement concernynge Daniel shulde not be broken So the kynge wente in to his palace and kepte him sober all night so that there was no table spred before him nether coude he take eny slepe But be tymes in the mornynge at the breake off the daye the kynge arose and wente in all haist vnto the denne off the Lyons Now as he came nyâ— vnto y e deÌ„ne he cried w t a piteous voyce vnto Daniel Yee y e kiÌ„ge spake and sayde vnto Daniel O Daniel thou seruaunt off the lyuynge God Is not thy God whom thou allwaye seruest able to delyuer the from the lyons Daniel sayde vnto the kynge O kynge God saue thy life for euer My God hath sent his angel which hath shut the lyons mouthes so that they might not hurte me For why myne vngiltynesse is founde out before him And as for the o kynge I neuer offended the. Then was the kynge exceadinge glad aÌ„d commaunded to take Daniel out off the denne So Daniel was brought out of the deÌ„ne and no maner of hurte was founde vpoÌ„ him For he put his trust in his God And as for those men which had accused Daniel the kiÌ„ge commaunded to bringe them and to cast them in the lyons denne them their children and their wyues So the lyons had the mastry of them and brake all their bones a sonder or euer they came at the grounde After this wrote kynge Darius vnto all people kynreddes and tunges that dwelt in all londes peace be multiplied with you My commaundement is in all my dominioÌ„ and kyngdome that men feare and stonde in awe off Daniels God For he is the lyuinge God which abydeth euer his kyngdome shall not fayle and his power is euerlastynge It is he that delyuereth and saueth he doth wonders and maruelous workes in heauen and in earth he hath preserued Daniel from the power of the lyons This Daniel prospered in the raigne off Darius and Cirus of Persia. The VII Chapter IN the first yeare off Balthasar kynge off Babilon sawe Daniel a dreame and a vision was in his heade vpon his bedde Which dreame he wrote and the summe of the matter is this Daniel spake and sayde I sawe in my vision by nyght and beholde the foure wyndes of y e heauen stroue vpon the see and foure greate beestes came vp from the see one vnlike another The first was as a lyon and yet had he Aegles wynges I sawe that his wynges were plucte from him and he taken awaye from the earth that he stode vpon his fete as a man and that there was geuen him a mans herte Beholde the seconde beest was like a Beer and stode vpon the one syde Amonge his teth in his mouth he had iij greate loÌ„ge teth and it was sayde vnto him Arise eate vp moch flesh Then I loked beholde there was another like vnto a Leoparde this had wynges as a foule euen foure vpon the backe This beest had foure heades aÌ„d there was power geuen him After this I sawe in a vision by night beholde the fourth beest was grymme and horrible and maruelous stronge It had greate yron teth it deuoured and destroyed and stamped the residue vnder fete It was farre vnlike the other beestes that weâ—â— before it for it had ten hornes wheroff I toke good hede And beholde there came vp amonge theÌ„ another like horne before whom there were thre of the first hornes pluckte awaye Beholde this horne had eyes like a maÌ„ a mouth speakynge presumptuous thinges I loked till the seates were prepared aÌ„d till the olde aged sat him downe His clothinge was as white as snowe and the hayres of his heade like the pure woll His trone was like the firie flame and his wheles as the burnynge fyre There drew forth a firie streame wente out from him A thousand tymes a thousande serued him x. M. tymes ten thousande stode before him The iudgmeÌ„t was set and the bokes opened Then toke I hede there vnto because of the voyce of the proude wordes which that horne spake I behelde till the beest was slayne and his body destroyed geuen ouer to be brent in the fyre As for the power of the other beestes also it was taken awaye but their lyues were prolonged for a tyme and season I sawe in a vision by night and beholde there came one in the cloudes of heauen like the sonne of a man which wente vnto the olde aged before whom they brought him Then gaue he him power aÌ„d dignite regall that all people trybes and tunges shulde serue him His power is an euerlastinge power which shal neuer be put downe his kyngdome endureth vncorrupte My herte was vexed I Daniel had a troubled
LORDE in the sight of the people acordinge as it is wrytten in the boke of Moses so they rosted the Easter-lambe as acordinge was As for the thaÌ„kofferinges the other they dight theÌ„ in kettels pottes sett them before the people w t good will and afterwarde before them selues and the prestes For the prestes offred the fatt vntyll the tyme was expyred but the Leuites prepared for them selues for their brethren the childreÌ„ of Aaron The syngers also y e children of Asaph stode in their ordre acordinge as Dauid had deuysed So dyd Asaph Zachary IedithuÌ„ which were appoynted by the kynge Morouer the porters dorekepers stode by the dores y t diligently so y t none wente out of his stondinge seruyce for their brethren the Leuites prepared for them Thus were all thinges perfourmed that belonged to the offringe of the LORDE In that daye they helde the Passeouer offred thankofferinges besyde y e sacrifice of y e LORRDE acordinge to y e coÌ„maundement of kynge Iosias So the children of Israel which were theÌ„ present helde an honorable Passeouer the feast of swete bred vij dayes loÌ„ge Yee soch a Passeouer was not kepte in Israel from y e tyme of the prophet Samuel And all the kynges of Israel helde not soch an Easter as this which kynge Iosias helde y e prestes y e leuites y e Iewes all Israel of all theÌ„ y t were at IerusaleÌ„ In y e xviij yeare of y e raigne of Iosias was this Passeouer kepte And w t a parfecte hert dyd kynge Iosias ordre all his workes before y e LORDE y e thinges y t were wrytteÌ„ of hiÌ„ in tymes past coÌ„cernynge those y t synned were vngodly agaynst y e LORDE before all people y t sought not the worde of y e LORDE vpon Israel After all these actes of kynge Iosias Pharao y e kynge of Egipte weÌ„te vp came towarde Carcamis by Euphrates Iosias weÌ„te to mete hiÌ„ Then sent the kynge of Egipte vnto Iosias sayenge what haue I to do w t y e o kynge of Iuda I am not sent of y e LORDE to fight agaynst y e for my warre is vpoÌ„ Euphrates go thou y e waye home agayne in all y e haist And Iosias wolde not turne agayne vpon his charet but vndertoke to fight agaynst him herkened not vnto y e worde of y e prophet which he tolde him out of the mouth of God but pitched a battaill agaynst him in y e felde of Mageddo And the prynces preassed to kynge Iosias Then sayde the kynge vnto his seruauntes Cary me awaye out of the battayll for I am sore wounded And immediatly his seruauntes toke him awaye out of the front of the battayll Then satt he vp vpon the secoÌ„de charett came to IerusaleÌ„ dyed was buried in his fathers sepulcre And in all Iewry they mourned for Iosias yee the rulers also w t their wyues made lameÌ„tacion for him vnto this daye And this was done euer still in Israel These thinges are written in the boke of of the stories of y e kynges of Iuda namely all the actes workes of kynge Iosias his kyngly power maiesty his vnderstandinge in the lawe of God what he dyd yee thinges which are not wrytteÌ„ in the boke of the kynges of Israel Iuda And y e people toke Iechonias the sonne of Iosias made him kynge in y e steade of Iosias his father whan he was xxxiij yeare olde And he raigned ouer Israel thre monethes And the kinge of Egipte put him downe y t he shulde not raigne in IerusaleÌ„ raysed vp a taxinge of the people namely an C. talentes of syluer one taleÌ„t of golde The kinge of Egipte also made Ioachim his brother kynge of Iuda IerusaleÌ„ As for theÌ„ of the kinges councell w t the kynge himself and Zaraceles his brother he toke theÌ„ caried theÌ„ awaye presoners in to Egipte Fyue twentie yeare olde was Ioachim whan he was made kynge in the londe of Iuda and Ierusalem and he dyd euell before the LORDE After this Nabuchodonosor y e kynge of BabyloÌ„ came vp bounde him w t bandes of yron caried him vnto BabiloÌ„ Nabuchodonosor also toke all y e vessell y t were halowed in the teÌ„ple of the LORDE all y e Iewels caried theÌ„ vnto Babilon brought theÌ„ in to his owne teÌ„ple at Babilon Of his vnclennes vngodlynes it is writteÌ„ in y e boke of the actes of y e kynges And Ioachim his sonne raigned in his steade He was made kynge beinge xviij yeare olde raigned but thre monethes x. dayes in IerusaleÌ„ dyd euell before the LORDE So after a yeare Nabuchodonosor sent caused him be brought vnto Babilon w t y e holy vessels of y e LORDE made Sedechias his brother kynge of Iuda and IerusaleÌ„ whan he was xxj yeare olde and he raigned xj yeare And he dyd euell also in y e sight of y e LORDE cared not for y e wordes y t were spokeÌ„ vnto hiÌ„ by y e prophet Ieremy at y e mouth of the LORDE And where as he had made on â—oth vnto kynge Nabuchodonosor he mansworâ— himself fell froÌ„ him hauynge a stiff neck hert traÌ„sgressed all y e statutes ordinaunces of the LORDE God of Israel The rulers also heades of y e people of the LORDE dyd moch euell became vngodly more theÌ„ the Heithen beynge defyled in all maner of abhominacioÌ„s Yee defyled y e holy teÌ„ple of the LORDE at IerusaleÌ„ And the God of their fathers sent his messaungers vnto theÌ„ to turne them backe to call theÌ„ agayne froÌ„ their synnes for he wolde fayne haue spared theÌ„ for his holy tabernacles sake Neuertheles they had his messaungers in derision loke what God spake vnto theÌ„ by his prophetes they made but a sporte of it This drew on so longe tyll the LORDE was wroth w t his people for their vngodlynes tyll he caused the kinges of y e Caldees to come vp which slew their yonge men w t the swerde yee euen in the compasse of their holy teÌ„ple spared no body nether yonge ner olde nether mayden ner yonge man but they were all delyuered in to the power of the kynges of y e Caldees all the holy vessels of the LORDE and the kynges treasures toke they caried them vnto Babilon As for the house of the LORDE they breÌ„t it brake downe the walles of IerusaleÌ„ set fyre vpon hir towres destroyed all hir noble buyldinges and brought them to naught and the people that were not slayne with the swerde they caried vnto Babilon Thus became they y e presoners boÌ„demeÌ„ of y e kynge of Babilon tyll they were delyuered raygned for them selues when the wordes of the LORDE were fulfilled which he promysed them by the mouth
to come in to my lorde that she maye be honoured before him that she maye eate and drynke wyne and be mery with him Vnto whom Iudith answered Who am I that I shulde saye my lorde naye what so euer is good before his eyes I shal do it and loke what is his pleasure that shal I thinke well done as longe as I lyue So she stode vp and deckte hirself with hir apparell and wente in and stode before him And Holofernes hert was whole moued so that he brent in desyre towarde her And Holofernes sayde vnto her drynke now and sytt downe and be mery for thou hast founde fauoure before me Then sayde Iudith Syr I wil drynke for my mynde is meryer to daye then euer it was in all my life And she toke and ate and dranke before him the thinges that hir mayden had prepared for her And Holofernes was mery w t her and dranke more wyne then euer he dyd afore in his life The XIII Chapter NOw whan it was late in the night his seruauntes made haist euery mā to his lodginge And Vagao shutt the chamber dores and wente his waye for they were all ouerladen with wyne So was Iudith alone in the chamber As for Holofernes he laye vpon the bed all droncken and of very dronkennes fell a slepe Then commaunded Iudith hir mayden to stōde without before the dore and to wayte And Iudith stode before the bed makynge hir prayer with teares and moued hir lippes secretly and sayde Strength me O LORDE God of Israel and haue respecte vnto the workes of my handes in this houre that thou mayest set vp thy cite of Ierusalem like as thou hast promysed O graunte that by the I maye perfourme the thinge which I haue deuysed thorow the beleue that I haue in the. And whan she had spoken this she wente to the bedsteade and lowsed the swerde that hanged vpon it and drew it out Then toke she holde of the hairie lockes of his heade and sayde Strength me o LORDE God in this houre and with that she gaue him two strokes vpon the neck and smote of his heade Then toke she the canapy awaye and rolled the deed body asyde Immediatly she gat her forth and delyuered the head of Holofernes vnto hir mayden and bad hir put it in hir walett And so these two wente forth together after their custome as though they wolde praye and so passed by the hoost and came thorow the valley vnto the porte of the cite And Iudith cried a farre of vnto y e watch men vpon the walles Open the gates sayde she for God is with vs which hath shewed his power in Israel And whan they herde hir voyce they called the elders of the cite together And they came all to mete her litle greate yonge olde for they thought not that she shulde haue come so soone So they lighted candels and gathered aboute hir euaerichone but she wente vp into an hye place and caused sylence to be proclamed Whan euery man now helde his tonge Iudith sayde O prayse the LORDE oure God for he hath not despysed ner forsaken them that put their trust in him and in me his honde mayden he hath perfourmed his mercy which he promysed vnto the house of Israel yee in my hāde this same night hath he slayne the enemy of his people And with that she toke forth the heade of Holofernes out of the walett and shewed it them sayenge Beholde the heade of Holofernes the captayne of the Assiriās and this is the canapy wherin he laye in his dronkennes where the LORDE oure God hath slayne him by the hande of a woman But as truly as the LORDE lyueth his angell hath kepte me goinge thither remayninge there and commynge hither agayne from thence And the LORDE hath not suffred me his handmayden to be defyled but without eny fylthynes of synne hath he brought me agayne vnto you y t with greate victory so that I am escaped and ye delyuered O geue thankes vnto him euerychone for he is gracious and his mercy endureth for euer So they praysed the LORDE alltogether and gaue thākes vnto him And to her they sayde The LORDE hath blessed the in his power for thorow the he hath brought oure enemies to naught And Ozias y e chefe ruler of the people of Israel sayde vnto her Blessed art thou of the LORDE the hye God aboue all wemen vpon earth Blessed be the LORDE the maker of heauen and earth which hath gyded y e a right to wounde and to smyte of the heade of the captayne of oure enemies For this daye he hath made thy name so honorable that thy prayse shall neuer come out of the mouth of mē which shal all waye remembre y e power of the LORDE seinge thou hast not spared thine owne self but put the in ieoperdy consideringe the anguysh and trouble of thy people and so hast helped their fall before God o r LORDE And all the people sayde Amē Amen Achior also was called he came Then sayde Iudith vnto him The God of Israel vnto whō thou gauest wytnes that he wolde be auenged of his enemies euen he hath this night thorow my hande smyttē of the head of all the vnfaithfull And that thou mayest se that it so is beholde this is y e heade of Holofernes which in his presumptuous pryde despysed the God of the people of Israel and threatened y e with destruccion sayenge whan the people of Israel is takē I shall cause the also to be stickte with the swerde Whan Achior sawe Holofernes heade ▪ he fell downe vpon his face to the grounde for very anguish feare so y t he swowned with all But after that he was come agayne to himself he fell downe before her praysed her sayēge Blessed art thou of thy God in all the tabernacles of Iacob for all the people that heare of thy name shall prayse the God of Israel because of the. The XIIII Chapter IVdith saide vnto all the people Brethren heare me Styck vp this heade vpon oure walles and whan the Sonne aryseth take euery man his weapen and fall out violently not as though ye wolde go besyde them but to renne vpon them with violence Whan the spyes in the tētes se this they shall of necessite be cōpelled to fle bacwarde and to rayse vp their captayne to the battayll So whā their captaynes come in to Holofernes pauylion and fynde the deed body wrapped in the bloude fearfulnes shall fall vpon them and whan ye perceaue that they fle folowe them without all care for God shal delyuer them vnto you to be destroyed Then Achior seynge the power of God which he had shewed vnto the people of Israel fell of from his Heithenish beleue and put his trust in God and let him self be circumcided and so was he nombred amonge the people of Israel he and all his posterite vnto this daye Now as soone as it was
them but vnto his disciples he expounded all thinges pryuately And the same daye at euen he sayde vnto them let us passe ouer And they let the people go and toke him as he was in the shippe and there were mo shippes with him And there arose a greate storme of wynde and daszhed the wawes in to the shippe so that the shippe was full And he was behynde in the shippe and slepte vpon a pelowe And they awoke him sayde vnto him Master Carest thou not that we perishe And he arose and rebuked y e wynde and sayde vnto the see Peace and be styll And the wynde was layed there folowed a greate calme And he sayde vnto them Why are ye so fearfull How is it that ye haue no faith And they feared exceadingly sayde one to another What is he this For wynde and see are obedient vnto him The V. Chapter ANd they came ouer vnto the other syde of the see in to the countre of the Gaderenites And whan he wēte out of the shippe there met him a mā possessed of an vncleane sprete which had his dwellinge in the graues And no man coude bynde hym no not with cheynes for he was oft bounde with fetters cheynes and pluckte the cheynes in sunder and brake the fetters in peces and no man coude tame him And he was allwaye both daye and night vpon the mountaynes and in the graues crienge and beatinge him self with stones But whan he sawe Iesus afarre of he ranne and fell downe before him and cried loude and sayde What haue I to do with the O Iesus thou sonne of y e Hyest God I charge the by God that thou torment me not Neuertheles he sayde vnto him Go out of the man thou foule sprete And he axed him What is thy name And he answered and sayde My name is Legion for there be many of vs. And he prayed him instantly that he wolde not sende them awaye out of that countre And euen there in the mountaynes there was a greate heerd of swyne fedynge and all the deuyls praied him and sayde Let vs departe in to the swyne And anone Iesus gaue them leue Then the foule spretes wente out and intred in to the swyne And the heerd of swyne ranne heedlinges in to y e see with a storme They were aboute a two thousande swyne and were drowned in the see And the swyne herdes fled and tolde it in the cite and in the countre And they wente out for to se what had happened and came to Iesus and sawe hym which was possessed and had had y e legion that he sat and was clothed and in his right mynde and they were afrayed And they that had sene it tolde them what had happened to the possessed and of the swyne And they beganne to praye him that he wolde departe out of their coastes And whan he came in to the shyppe the possessed prayed him that he might be with him Neuertheles Iesus wolde not suffre hī but saide vnto hī Go ī to y e house to thine awne and tell thē how greate benefites the LORDE hath done for y e and how he hath had mercy vpon the. And he wente his waye and beganne to publish in the ten cities how greate benefites Iesus had done for him And euery man marueyled And whan Iesus passed ouer agayne by shippe there gathered moch people vnto him and was by the see syde And beholde there came one of the rulers of the synagoge whose name was Iairus And whan he sawe him he fell downe at his fete and besought him greatly sayde My doughter is at the poynte of death let it be thy pleasure to come and laye thine honde vpon her that she maye be whole and lyue And he wente with him and moch people folowed him and thronged him And there was a woman which had had the bloude yssue twolue yeares and had suffred moch of many phisicians and spent all that she had and was not helped but rather in worse case Whan she herde of Iesus she came behynde amonge the people and touched his garment For she sayde Yf I maye but touch his clothes I shal be whole And immediatly y e fountayne of hir bloude was dryed vp and she felt in hir body y t she was healed of the plage And forth with Iesus felt in himself the power that was gone out of him and turned him aboute amōge the people and sayde Who hath touched my clothes And his disciples sayde vnto him Thou seist that the people thrusteth the and sayest Who hath touched me And he loked aboute to se her that had done it As for the woman she feared and trembled for she knew what was done in her and came and fell downe before him and tolde him the whole trueth And he sayde vnto her Doughter thy faith hath made the whole go thy waye in peace be whole of thy plage Whyle he yet spake there came certayne from the ruler of the synagoges house and sayde Thy doughter is deed why troublest thou the master eny more But Iesus herde right soone the worde that was spoken and sayde vnto the ruler of the synagoge Be not thou afrayed beleue onely And he suffred no mā to folowe him but Peter and Iames and Ihon his brother And he came in to the ruler of the synagoges house and sawe the busynes and them that wepte and wayled greatly and he wente in and sayde vnto them Why make ye this a doo and wepe The mayde is not deed but slepeth And they laughed him to scorne And he droue them all out and toke the father and mother of the mayde and them that were with him and wente in where the mayden laye And he toke the maydē by the honde and sayde vnto her Thabith a Cumi which is by interpretaeion Maydē I saye vnto the Aryse And immediatly the mayden arose and walked She was twolue yeare olde and they were astonnyed out of measure And he charged them strately that no man shulde knowe of it and sayde vnto them that they shulde geue her to eate The VI. Chapter ANd he departed thence and came in to his awne countre and his disciples folowed him And whā y e Sabbath came he begāne to teach in their synagoge And many that herde it marueled at his lernynge and sayde From whēce hath he these thinges And what wyszdome is this y t is geuē him soch actes as are done by his handes Is not this the Carpenter the sonne of Mary and the brother of Iames and Ioses and of Iude and Symon Are not his sisters here with vs also And they were offended at him But Iesus saide vnto thē A prophet is nowhere lesse set by thē in his awne countre at home amonge his awne And he coude not shew one miracle there but layed his handes vpon a few sicke and healed them And he marueyled
syngle all thy body shal be full of light but yf thine eye be wicked then shal all thy body be full of darcknesse Take hede therfore that the light which is in the be not darcknesse Yf thy body now be light so that it haue no parte of darknesse then shal it be all full of light and shall light the euen as a cleare lightenynge But whyle he yet spake a certayne Pharise prayed him that he wolde dyne with him And he wente in and sat him downe at the table Whan the Pharise sawe that he marueyled that he waszhed not first before dyner But the LORDE sayde vnto him Now do ye Pharises make cleane the out syde of the cuppe and platter but youre inwarde partes are full of robbery and wickednesse Ye fooles is a thinge made cleane within because the outsyde is clensed Neuertheles geue almesse of that ye haue and beholde all is cleane vnto you But wo vnto you Pharises ye that tythe mynt and rewe and all maner herbes and passe ouer iudgmēt and y e loue of God These ought to haue bene done and not to leaue the other vndone Wo vnto you Pharises for ye loue to syt vppermost in the synagoges and to be saluted in the market Wo vnto you scrybes and Pharyses ye ypocrites for ye are like couered sepulcres where ouer men walke and are not awarre of them Then answered one of the scrybes and sayde vnto him Master with these wordes thou puttest vs to rebuke also But he saide And wo vnto you also ye scrybes for ye lade men with vntollerable burthens and ye youre selues touch them not with one of yo fyngers Wo vnto you for ye buylde the sepulcres of the prophetes but youre fathers put them to death Doutles ye beare wytnesse and consente vnto the dedes of yo fathers for they slewe them and ye buylde their sepulcres Therfore sayde the wyszdome of God I wil sende prophetes and Apostles vnto thē and some of them shal they put to death and persecute that the bloude of all the prophetes which hath bene shed sens the foundacion of the worlde was layed maye be requyred of this generacion from the bloude of Abell vnto y e bloude of Zachary which perished betwene the altare and y e temple Yee I saye vnto you it shal be requyred of this generacion Wo vnto you scrybes for ye haue receaued y e keye of knowlege Ye are not come in youre selues and haue forbydden them that wolde haue bene in Whan he spake thus vnto them the scrybes and Pharyses beganne to preasse sore vpon him and to stoppe his mouth with many questions and layed wayte for him and sought to hunte out some thinge out of his mouth that they might accuse him The XII Chapter THere were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people in so moch that they trode one another Then beganne he and sayde first vnto his disciples Bewarre of the leuen of the Pharises which is ypocrisye But there is nothinge hyd that shal not be discouered nether secrete that shal not be knowne Therfore what soeuer ye haue spokē in darknesse that same shal be herde in light and that ye haue spoken in to the eare in the chābers shal be preached vpon the house toppes But I saye vnto you my frendes Be not afrayed of them that kyll the body and after that haue no more that they can do But I wil shewe you whom ye shal feare Feare him which after he hath kylled hath power also to cast in to hell Yee I saye vnto you Feare him Are not fyue sparowes bought for two farthinges Yet is not one of them forgotten before God The very hayres of youre heade also are nombred euery one Feare not therfore for ye are better then many sparowes I saye vnto you Who so euer knowlegeth me before men him shal the sonne of mā also knowlege before the angels of God But he that denyeth me before men shal be denyed before the angels of God And who so euer speaketh a worde agaynst the sonne of man it shal be forgeuen him But who so blasphemeth the holy goost it shal not be forgeuen him Whan they brynge you in to their synagoges and to the rulers officers take ye no thought how or what ye shal answere or what ye shal speake for the holy goost shal teach you in the same houre what ye ought to saye But one of the people sayde vnto him Master byd my brother deuyde the enheritaunce with me Neuertheles he sayde vnto him Man who hath set me to be a iudge or heretage parter ouer you And he sayde vnto them Take hede and bewarre of couetousnesse for no man lyueth therof that he hath abundaunce of goodes And he tolde them a symilitude and sayde There was a riche man whose felde had brought forth frutes plenteously and he thought in himself and sayde What shal I do I haue nothinge wher into gather my frutes And he sayde This wil I do I wil breake downe my barnes buylde greater and therin wil I gather all myne increace my goodes wil saye vnto my soule Soule thou hast moch goodes layed vp in stoare for many yeares take now thine ease eate drinke and be mery But God sayde vnto him Thou foole this night shal they requyre thy soule from the and whose shal it be that thou hast prepared Thus goeth it with him y t gathereth treasure for himself and is not riche in God But he sayde vnto his disciples Therfore I saye vnto you Take ye no thought for youre life what ye shal eate nether for youre body what ye shal put on The life is more then meate and the body more then raymēt Consydre the rauens they nether sowe ner reape they haue also nether stoarehouse ner barne and yet God fedeth them But how moch better are ye then the foules Which of you though he toke thought therfore coulde put one cubyte vnto his stature Seinge then ye be not able to do that which is least why take ye thought for the other Considre the lilies vpō the felde how they growe they laboure not they spynne not But I saye vnto you that euen Salomen in all his royalte was not clothed like one of these Wherfore yf God so cloth the grasse y t is to daye in y e felde and tomorow shal be cast into the fornace how moch more shal he clothe you o ye of litle faith Axe not ye therfore what ye shal eate or what ye shal drynke and clymme not vp an hye The Heithen in the worlde seke after all soch thinges But seke ye the kyngdome of God and all these shal be mynistred vnto you Feare not thou litle flocke for it is youre fathers pleasure to geue you the kyngdome Sell that ye haue and geue almesse Make you bagges which waxe not olde euen a treasure that neuer fayleth in heauen
with the synne for yf thorow the synne of one many be deed yet moch more plenteously came the grace and gifte of God vpon many by the fauoure that belonged vnto one man Iesus Christ. And the gifte is not onely ouer one synne as death came thorow one synne of one that synned For the iudgment came of one synne vnto condempnacion but the gifte to iustifye fro many synnes For yf by y e synne of one death raigned by the meanes of one moch more shal they which receaue the abūdaunce of grace and of the gifte vnto righteousnes raigne in life by y e meanes of one Iesus Christ. Likewyse thē as by the synne of one condemnacion came on all men euen so also by the righteousnes of one came the iustififienge off life vpon all men For as by the disobedience of one many became synners euen so by the obedience of one shal many be made righteous But the lawe in the meane tyme entred that synne shulde increace Neuertheles where abundaunce of synne was there was yet more plenteousnes of grace that like as synne had reigned vnto death euē so mighte grace reigne also thorow righteousnes to euerlastinge life by the meanes of Iesus Christ. The VI. Chapter WHat shal we saye then Shal we contynue in synne that there maye be abundaunce of grace God forbyd How shal we lyue in synne y t are deed from it Knowe ye not that all we which are baptysed in to Iesu Christ are baptysed in to his death Therfore are we buried w t him by baptyme in to death that like as Christ was raysed vp from the deed by the glory of the father euen so we also shulde walke in a new life For yf we be grafted w t him vnto like death then shal we be like the resurreccion also For so moch as we knowe that oure olde man is crucified with him that the synfull body mighte ceasse that hence forth we shulde serue synne nomore For he that is deed is made righteous frō synne But yf we be deed with Christ we beleue that we shal lyue also with him and are sure that Christ raysed from the deed dyeth nomore Death shal haue nomore power ouer him For as touchinge that he dyed he dyed cōcernynge synne once but as touchinge that he lyueth he lyueth vnto God Likewyse ye also counte youre selues to be euen deed concernynge synne and to lyue vnto God thorow Iesus Christ oure LORDE Let not synne reigne therfore in youre mortall bodye that ye shulde obeye vnto the lustes of it Nether geue ye ouer youre membres vnto synne to be wapens of vnrighteousnes but geue ouer youre selues vnto God as they that off deed are become lyuynge and youre membres vnto God to be wapēs off righteousnes For synne shal not haue power ouer you in so moch as ye are not vnder the lawe but vnder grace How then Shal we synne because we are not vnder y e lawe but vnder grace God forbyd Knowe ye not that loke vnto whō ye geue ouer youre selues as seruauntes to obeye his seruauntes ye are to whom ye obey whether it be of synne vnto death or of obediēce vnto righteousnes But God be thanked that though ye haue bene the seruauntes of synne ye are now yet obedient of herte to the ensample off the doctryne whervnto ye are commytted For now that ye are made fre from synne ye are become the seruauntes of righteousnes I wil speake grosly because of the weaknes of youre flesh Like as ye haue geuen ouer youre membres to the seruyce of vnclennesse from one wickednesse to another Euē so now also geue ouer youre membres to the seruyce of righteousnesse that they maye be holy For whan ye were the seruauntes of synne ye were lowse from righteousnes What frute had ye at that tyme in those thinges wherof ye are now ashamed For the ende of soch thinges is death But now that ye be fre from synne and are become the seruauntes of God ye haue youre frute that ye shulde be holy but the ende is euerlastinge life For death is the rewarde of synne but the gifte of God is euerlastinge life The VII Chapter KNowe ye not brethren for I speake vnto them that knowe the lawe how that y e lawe hath power vpon a man as longe as he lyueth For the woman y t is in subieccion to the man is bounde vnto the lawe whyle the man lyueth but yf the man dye then is she lowsed from the lawe that concerneth the man Yf she be now with another man whyle the manlyneth she shal be called a wedlocke breaker But yf the man be deed then is she fre from the lawe so that she is no wedlocke breaker yf she be with another man Euen so my brethren ye also are deed vnto the lawe by the body of Christ that ye shulde be with another namely w t him which is raysed vp from the deed that we shulde brynge forth frute vnto God For whan we were in the flesh the synfull lustes which were stered vp by the lawe were mightie in oure membres to brynge forth frute vnto death But now are we lowsed from the lawe and deed vnto it that helde vs captyue so that we shulde serue in a new conuersacion of the sprete and not in the olde conuersacion of the letter What shal we saye then Is the lawe synne God forbyd Neuertheles I knewe not synne but by y e lawe For I had knowne nothinge of lust yf the lawe had not sayde Thou shalt not lust But then toke synne occasion at the commaundement and stered vp in me all maner of lust For without the lawe synne was deed As for me I lyued some tyme without lawe Howbeit whan the commaundement came synne renyued but I was deed And the very same commaundement that was geuen me vnto life was founde to be vnto me on occasion of death For synne toke occasion at the cōmaundement and disceaued me and slewe me by the same commaundement The lawe in dede is holy and the commaundement holy iust and good Is that then which is good become death vnto me God forbyd But synne that it mighte appeare how y t it is synne hath wroughte me death thorow good that synne mighte be out of measure synfull by the commaundement For we knowe that the lawe is spirituall but I am carnall solde vnder synne because I knowe not what I do For I do not y t I will but what I hate y t do I. Yf I do now that which I wil not thē graunte I that the lawe is good So then it is not I that do it but synne that dwelleth in me for I knowe that in me y t is in my flesh there dwelleth no good thinge To wyll is present w t me but to perfourme y t which is good I fynde not For y e good that I wyll do I not but the euell which I wil not
another I holde of Apollo are ye not thē fleshlye What is Paul What is ▪ Apollo Euē mynisters are they by whom ye are come to the beleue and the same acordinge as the LORDE hath geuen vnto euery man I haue planted Apollo hath watred but God hath geuen the increace So then nether is he that planteth eny thinge nether he that watreth but God which geueth the increace As for him that planteth and he that watreth y e one is as the other but yet shal euery one receaue his rewarde acordinge to his laboure For we are Gods labourers ye are Gods huszbandry ye are Gods buyldinge Acordinge to the grace of God which is geuen vnto me as a wyse buylder haue I layed the foundacion but another buyldeth theron Yet let euery man take hede how he buyldeth theron For other foūdacion can noman laye then that which is layed the which is Iesus Christ. But yf enyman buylde vpon this foundacion golde syluer precious stones tymber haye stobble euery mās worke shal be shewed For the daye of the LORDE shal declare it which shal be shewed with fyre and the fyre shal trye euery mās worke what it is Yf eny mans worke that he hath buylde theron abyde he shal receaue a rewarde Yf eny mans worke burne he shal suffre losse but he shal be saued himselfe neuertheles as thorow fyre Knowe ye not that ye are the temple of God and that the sprete of God dwelleth in you Yf eny man defyle the tēple of God him shal God destroye For the temple of God is holy which ye are Let no mā disceaue himselfe Yf eny man thinke himselfe wyse amōge you let him become a foole in this worlde that he maye be wyse For the wyszdome off this worlde is foolishnes with God For it is wrytten He compaseth the wyse in their craftynesse And agayne The LORDE knoweth the thoughtes of the wyse that they are vayne Therfore let no man reioyse in men For all is youres whether it be Paul or Apollo whether it be Cephas or ▪ the worlde whether it be life or death whether it be presente or for to come All is youres but ye are Christes and Christ is Gods The IIII. Chapter LEt euery man this wyse esteme vs euen for the mynisters of Christ and stewardes of the secretes of God Now is there no more requyred of the stewardes then that they be founde faithfull It is but a small thinge vnto me that I shulde be iudged of you or of mans daye nether iudge I myne awne selfe I knowe noughte by my selfe yet am I not therby iustified It is the LORDE that iudgeth me Therfore iudge ye nothinge before y e tyme vntyll the LORDE come which shal brynge it to lighte that is hyd in darknesse and opē the councels of y e hertes and thē shal euery one haue prayse of God These thinges brethren haue I described in myne awne preson in Apollos for youre sakes that ye mighte lerne by vs that noman counte hygher of him self then aboue is wrytten that one be not puft vp agaynst another for eny mans cause For who preferreth the What hast thou that thou hast not receaued Yf thou hast receaued it why makest thou thē thy boost as though thou haddest not receaued it Now ye are full now ye are made riche ye raigne without vs and wolde God ye dyd raigne that we might raigne with you Me thynketh that God hath set forth vs Apostles for the lowest off all euen as those that are appoynted vnto death For we are agasynge stocke vnto y e worlde and to the angels and vnto men We are fooles for Christes sake but ye are wyse in Christ We weake but ye strōge Ye honorable but we despysed Euen vnto this daye we hōger and thyrst and are naked and are boffetted with fystes and haue no certayne dwellinge place and laboure and worke with oure awne handes We are reuyled and yet we blesse we are persecuted and suffre it We are euell spoken of and we praye We are become as it were the very outswepinges of y e worlde yee the of scowringe of all men vnto this tyme. I wryte not this to shame you but as my deare childrē I warne you For though ye haue ten thousande instructours in Christ yet haue ye not many fathers For I haue begotten you in Christ Iesu thorow y e Gospell Wherfore I exhorte you be ye my folowers For this cause haue I sent vnto you Timotheus which is my deare sonne and faithfull in the LORDE that he maye put you in remembraunce of my wayes which are in Christ euē as I teach euery where in all congregacions Some are puft vp as though I wolde come nomore at you But I wil come to you shortly yf the LORDE wyl and wyl knowe not the wordes of thē that are puft vp but y e power For the kyngdome of God is not ī wordes but in power What wil ye Shal I come vnto you w t the rodd or with loue and the sprete of mekenesse The V. Chapter THere goeth a commen reporte that there is whordome amōge you and soch whordome as is not once named amōge the Heythen that one shulde haue his fathers wife And ye are puft vp and haue not rather sorowed that he which hath done this dede mighte be put frō amōge you For I verely as absent in body but present in sprete haue determyned allready as though I were present cōcernynge him that hath done this dede in y e name of oure LORDE Iesus Christ whā ye are gathered together with my sprete and with the power of oure LORDE Iesus Christ to delyuer him vnto Sathan for the destruccion of the flesh that the sprete maye be saued in the daye of the LORDE Iesus You re reioysinge is not good Knowe ye not that a litle leuen sowereth the whole lompe of dowe Pourge out therfore the olde leuen that ye maye be new dowe like as ye are swete bred For we also haue an Easter lambe which is Christ that is offred for vs. Wherfore let vs kepe Easter not in y e olde leuen ner in the leuen of maliciousnes and wickednes but in the swete bred of purenesse and of the trueth I wrote vnto you in the Epistle that ye shulde haue nothinge to do with whoremōgers that meant I not at all of the whoremongers of this worlde ether of the couetous or of extorcioners or of thē that worshippe ymages for then must ye nedes haue gone out of the worlde But now haue I wryttē vnto you y t ye shulde haue nothinge to do with them Namely yf there be eny man that is called a brother and is an whoremonger or couetous or a worshipper of ymages ether a raylar or a dronkarde or an extorcioner with soch shal ye not eate For what haue I to do to
iudge them that are without Do ye not iudge thē that are within As for them that are without God shal iudge them Put awaye frō you him that is euell The VI. Chapter HOw dare one off you hauynge busynes with another go to lawe before the vnrighteous and not before the sayntes Do ye not knowe that the sayntes shal iudge the worlde Yf the worlde then shal be iudged off you are ye not good ynough to iudge small matters Knowe ye not that we shal iudge the angels how moch more thinges that pertayne to the tēporall life Therfore yf ye haue iudgmentes of temporall matters take them that are despysed in the congregacion and set them to be iudges This I saye to youre shame Is there vtterly no wyse man amōge you What not one at all that can iudge betwene brother brother but one brother goeth to lawe with another and that before the vnbeleuers Now therfore is there vtterly a faute amōge you that ye go to lawe one with another Why rather suffre ye not wronge Why suffre ye not youre selues rather to be defrauded but ye youre selues do wrōge and defraude and that euen the brethrē Knowe ye not that y e vnrighteous shal not inheret the kyngdome of God Be not disceaued Nether whoremongers ner worshippers off ymages ner breakers off wedlocke ner weaklinges nether abusers of them selues with mankynde ner theues nether the couetous ner drōkardes ner cursed speakers ner extorcioners shal inheret the kyngdome of God And soch haue some of you bene but ye are waszhed ye are sanctified ye are made righteous by the name of the LORDE Iesus and by the sprete of oure God I maye do all thinges but all thinges are not profitable I maye do all thinges but I wil be broughte vnder no mās power Meates are ordeyned for y e bely the bely for meates But God shal destroye both it and them The body belongeth not vnto whordome but vnto the LORDE and the LORDE vnto the body God hath raysed vp the LORDE and shal rayse vs vp also by his power Knowe ye not that youre bodies are the mēbres of Christ Shal I now take the membres of Christ and make them the membres of an harlot God forbyd Or do ye not knowe that he which cleueth vnto an harlot is one body For they shal be two sayeth he in one fleszhe But he that cleueth vnto the LORDE is one sprete Fle whordome All synnes y t a man doth are without the body But he that commytteth whordome synneth agaynst his awne body Or knowe ye not that youre body is the temple of the holy goost Whom ye haue of God and are not youre awne For ye are dearly boughte Prayse ye God therfore in yo body in yo sprete which are Gods The VII Chapter AS concernynge the thinges wherof ye wrote vnto me I answere It is good for a man not to touche a woman Neuertheles to avoyde whordome let euery man haue his awne wife and let euery woman haue hir awne huszbande Let the mā geue vnto the wife due beneuolence likewyse also the wife vnto y e man The wife hath not power ouer hir awne body but the huszbande likewyse the man hath not power ouer his awne body but the wife Withdrawe not yo selues one frō another excepte it be with the consent of both for a tyme that ye maye geue youre selues vnto fastinge and prayer and thē come together agayne lest Sathan tempte you for yo incontynēcye But this I saye of fauoure and not of commaundemēt Howbeit I wolde rather y t all mē were as I am Neuertheles euery one hath his proper gifte of God one thus another so To them verely y t are vnmaried and to wedowes I saye It is good for thē that they abyde also as I do But yf they cannot absteyne let them mary For it is better to mary then to burne But vnto them that are maried commaunde not I but the LORDE that the wife separate not her selfe from the huszbande but yf she separate her selfe y t she remayne vnmaried or be reconcyled to hir huszbande and let not the huszbande put awaye his wife from him As for the other vnto thē saye I not y e LORDE Yf eny brother haue an vnbeleuynge wife and she is content to dwell with him let him not put hir awaye And yf a woman haue an vnbeleuynge huszbande and he is content to dwell with her let her not put him awaye For the vnbeleuynge huszbande is sanctified by the wife and the vnbeleuynge wife is sanctified by the huszbande or els were youre children vncleane but now are they holy But yf the vnbeleuynge departe let him departe A brother or a sister is not boūde in soch cases but God hath called vs in peace For what knowest thou O womā whether thou shalt saue y e mā Or what knowest thou O man whether thou shalt saue the woman But euen as God hath distributed vnto euery one and as the LORDE hath called euery man so let him walke and so orden I in all congregacions Yf eny man be called beynge circumcysed let him take no Heythenshippe vpon him Yf eny man be called in the Heythenshippe let him not be circumcysed Circumcision is nothinge and vncircumcision is nothinge but the kepynge of the commaundementes of God Let euery one abyde in the callynge wherin he is called Art thou called a seruaūt care not for it neuertheles yf thou mayest be fre vse it rather For he that is called in the LORDE beynge a seruaūte is a freman of the LORDE Likewyse he that is called beynge fre is a seruaūt of Christ. Ye are dearly boughte be not ye the seruauntes of men Brethren let euery one wherin he is called therin abyde with God As concernynge virgins I haue no commaundement of the LORDE neuertheles I saye my goodmeanynge as I haue optayned mercy of the LORDE to be faithfull I suppose it is good for y e present necessite for it is good for a man so to be Art thou bounde vnto a wife seke not to be lowsed Art thou lowsed frō a wife seke not a wife But yf thou take a wife thou synnest not And yf a virgin mary she synneth not Neuertheles soch shal haue trouble in the fleszhe But I fauoure you Howbeit this I saye brethren the tyme is shorte Farthermore this is the meanynge y t they which haue wyues be as though they had none and they that wepe be as though they wepte not and they that reioyse be as though they reioysed not they that bye be as though they possessed not they that vse this worlde be as though they vsed it not For the faszhion off this worlde passeth awaye But I wolde that ye shulde be without care He that is syngle careth for the thinges of the LORDE how he maye please the LORDE But he that is
wall that was a stoppe betwene vs and hath also thorow his flesh put awaye the cause off hatred namely the lawe of the commaundemeÌ„tes contayned in the lawe wrytten that of twayne he mighte create one new man in him selfe and make peace and to reconcyle both vnto God in one body thorow the crosse and so he slewe y e hatred thorow his owne selfe and came and preached peace in the Gospell vnto you which were afarre of and to theÌ„ that were nye For thorow him we both haue intraunce in â—ne sprete vnto the father Now therfore ye are nomore gestes and straungers but citesins with the sayntes of the housholde of God buylded vpon y e foundacion of y e Apostles and prophetes where Iesus Christ is y e heade corner stone in whom euery buyldinge coupled together groweth to an holy temple in the LORDE in whom ye also are buylded together to be an habitacion of God in the sprete The III. Chapter FOr this cause I Paul am a presoner of Iesus Christ for you Heythen acordinge as ye haue herde of y e office of the grace of God which is geuen me to you warde For by reuelacion was this mystery shewed vnto me as I wrote abouâ— in fewe wordes wherby whan ye rede it 〈◊〉 maye perceaue myne vnderstondynge in y e mystery of Christ which mystery in tymes past was not opened vnto the childreÌ„ of meÌ„ as it is now declared to his holy Apostles and prophetes by the sprete namely that the Heythen shulde be inheritours also and of the same body and partakers of his promes in Christ by the Gospell wherof I am made a mynister acordynge to the gifte of the grace of God which is geueÌ„ me acordinge to the workynge of his power Vnto me the leest of all sayntes is this grace geuen that I shulde preach amonge the HeytheÌ„ y e vnsearcheable riches of Christ and to make all men se what is the fellishippe of the mystery which froÌ„ the begynnynge of the worlde hath bene hyd in God which made all thiÌ„ges thorow Iesus Christ to the intent that now vnto the rulers and powers in heaueÌ„ mighte be knowne by the congregacion the manifolde wyszdome off God acordinge to y e eternall purpose which he hath shewed in Christ Iesu oure LORDE by whom we haue boldnesse and intraunce in all confideÌ„ce thorow faith on him Wherfore I desyre that ye faynte not because of my tribulacions y t I suffre for you which is youre prayse For this cause I bowe my knees vnto the father of oure LORDE Iesus Christ which is the true father ouer all that is called father in heauen and in earth that he graunte you acordinge to y e riches of his glory to be strengthed with power by his sprete in y e inwarde maÌ„ that Christ maye dwell in youre hertes by faith that ye beynge roted and grounded in loue maye be able to coÌ„prehende with all sayntes what is the bredth and the length and the deepth and the heyth and to knowe the loue of Christ which loue yet passeth all knowlege that ye maye be fylled with all maner of fulnesse of God Vnto him that is able to do exceadinge abundauntly aboue all that we axe or vnderstonde acordinge to y e power that worketh in vs be prayse in the congregacion which is in Christ Iesu at all tymes for euer and euer Amen The IIII. Chapter I Therfore which am presoner in the LORDE exhorte you that ye walke as it becoÌ„meth yo r callinge wherin ye are called with all humblenes off mynde and mekenes and longe sufferinge forbearinge one another in loue and be diligent to kepe the vnite of the sprete thorow the bonde of peace One body and one sprete eueÌ„ as ye are called in one hope of youre callynge One LORDE one faith one baptyme one God and father of vs all which is aboue all and thorow all and in you all Vnto euery one of vs is geuen grace acordinge to the measure off the gifte off Christ. Therfore sayeth he He is gone vp an hye and hath led awaye captiuyte captyue and hath geueÌ„ giftes vnto men That he wente vp what is it but that he first came downe in to y e lowest partes of y e earth He that came downe is euen the same which is gone vp aboue all heauens to fulfill all And y e same hath set some to be Apostles some to be prophetes some to be Euangelistes some to be shepherdes teachers wherby the sayntes mighte be coupled together thorow comen seruyce to the edifienge of y e body of Christ tyll we all come vnto one maner of faith and knowlege of the sonne of God and become a perfecte man in to the measure of the perfecte age of Christ that we be nomore children waueringe caried aboute with euery wynde of doctryne thorow the wickednes of men and craftynes wherby they laye awayte for vs to disceaue vs. But let vs folowe the trueth in loue and in all thinges growe in him which is the heade euen Christ in whom all the body is coupled together and one membre hangeth by another thorow out all y e ioyntes Wherby one mynistreth vnto another acordinge to the operacion as euery membre hath his measure and maketh that y e body groweth to the edifienge of it selfe in loue This I saye therfore and testifye in the LORDE that ye walke nomore * as y e other Heythen walke in the vanite of their mynde blynded in their vnderstondinge beynge straungers froÌ„ the life which is in God thorow the ignoraunce that is in them because of the blyndnes of their hert which beynge past repentaunce haue geueÌ„ them selues ouer vnto wantonnes to worke all maner of vnclennes euen with gredynesse But ye haue not so learned Christ yf so be that ye haue herde of him are taught in him euen as the trueth is in Iesu. So then as concernynge the conuersacion in tyme past laye from you that olde man which marreth himselfe thorow disceauable lustes but be ye renued in the sprete of youre mynde and put on that new man which is shapen after God in true righteousnes and holynes Wherfore put awaye lyenge and speake euery man the trueth vnto his neghboure for as moch as we are membres one of another Be angrie but synne not Let not y e Sonne go downe vpoÌ„ youre wrath nether geue place to the bacbyter He that hath stollen let him steale nomore but let him laboure rather and do some good with his hondes that he maye haue to geue vnto him that nedeth Let no filthy communicacion proceade out of youre mouth but that which is good to edifye withall whaÌ„ nede is that it be gracious to heare And greue not the holy sprete of God wherwith ye are sealed vnto y e daye of redempcion Let all bytternes and fearsnes and wrath and