is euery fourth yere then the Sunday letter leapeth and that yere the Psalmes and Lessons which serue for the .xxiii. day of Februarie shal be read agayne the day folowyng except it be Sunday which hath proper Lessons of the olde Testament appoynted in the Table seruyng to that purpose ¶ Also whersoeuer the begynnyng of any Lesson Epistle or Gospell is not expressed there ye must begyn at the begynnyng of the Chapter ¶ And whersoeuer is not expressed howe farre shal be read there shall you reade to the ende of the Chapter ¶ Item so oft as the first Chapter of saint Matthewe is read either for Lesson or Gospell ye shall begyn the same at The birth of Iesus Christe was on this wise c. And the thirde Chapter of saint Lukes Gospell shal be read vnto So that he was supposed to be the sonne of Ioseph ¶ A briefe declaration when euery Terme beginneth and endeth BE it knowen that Easter Terme beginneth alwayes the .xviii. day after Easter reckenyng Easter day for one and endeth the Munday next after the Assention day Trinitie Terme beginneth .xii. dayes after Whitsunday and continueth .xix. dayes Michaelmas Terme beginneth the .ix. or .x. day of October and endeth the .xxviii. or .xxix. day of Nouember Hyllary Terme beginneth the .xxiii. or .xxiiii. day of Ianuarie and endeth the xii or .xiii. day of Februarie In Easter Terme on the Assention day In Trinitie Terme on the Natiuitie of saint Iohn Baptist In Michaelmas Terme on the feast of All Saintes In Hyllary Terme on the feast of the Purification of our Lady the Queenes Iudges of Westminster do not vse to sit in iudgement nor vpon any Sundayes ⧠An Almanacke The yeres of our Lorde The Golden number Dominicall letter Septuagesima The first day of Lent Easter day Rogation weeke Assention day VVhitsunday Aduent Sunday 1561. iiii E 2. Febru 19 Febru 6. April 12. Maii. 25. Maii. 15. Maii. 30. Nou. 1562. v. D 25. Ianu. 11. 29. Mar. iiii vii xvii xxix 1563. vi C 7. Febru 24. 11. April xvii xx xxx xxviii 1564. vii BA 30. Ianu 16. 2. viii xi xxi 3. Decem. 1565. viii G 18. Febru 7. March 22. xxviii xxxi 10. Iune ii 1566. ix F 10. 27. Febru 14. xx xxiii ii i. 1567. x. E 26. Ianu. 12. 30. Mar. v. viii 18. Maii. 30. Nou. 1568. xi DE 15. Febru 3. March 18. April xxiiii xxvii 6. Iune xxviii 1569. xii B 6. 23. Febru 10. xvi xix 29. Maii. xxvii 1570. xiii A 22. Ianu. 8. 26. Mar. i. iiii xiiii 3. Decem. 1571. xiiii G 11. Febru 28. 15. April xxi xxiiii 3. Iunii ii 1572. xv FE 3. 20. 6. xii xv 25. Maii. 30. Nou. 1573. xvi D 18. Ianu. 4. 22. Mar. 27. April 30. April 10. Maii. xxix 1574. xvii C 7. Febru 24. 11. April 17. Maii. 20. Maii. xxx xxviii 1575. xviii B 30. Ianu. 16. 3. ix xii xxii xxvii 1576. xix AG 19. Febru 7. March 22. xxviii xxxi 10. Iunii 2. Decem. 1577. i. F 3. 20. Febru 7. xiii xvi 26. Maii. i. 1578. ii E 26. Ianu. 12. 30. Mar. v. viii xviii 30. Nou. 1579. iii. D 15. Febru 4. March 19. April xxv xxviii 7. Iunii xxix 1580. iiii CB 31. Ianu. 17. Febru 3. ix xii xxii xxvii 1581. v. A 22. 8. 26. Mar. i. iiii xiiii 3. Decem 1582. vi G 11. Febru 28. 15. April xxi xxiiii 3. Iunii ii 1583. vii F 27. Ianu. 13. 31. Mar. vi ix 19. Maii. i. 1584. viii ED 16. Febru 3. March 19. April xxv xxviii 7. Iunii 29. Nou. 1585. ix C 7. 24. Febr. 11. xvii xx 30. Maii. xxviii 1586. x. B 30. Ianu. 16. 3. ix xii xxii xxvii 1587. xi A 12. Febru 1. March 16. xxii xxv 4. Iunii 3. Decem 1588. xii GF 4. Febru 21. Febru 7. xiii xvi 26. Maii. i. 1589. xiii E 26. Ianu. 12. Febru 30. Mar. v. viii xviii 30. Nou. 1590. xiiii D 15. Febru 4. March 19. April xxv xxviii 7. Iunii xxix ¶ Note that the supputation of the yere of our Lorde in the Churche of Englande beginneth the .xxv. day of Marche the same day supposed to be the first day vpon which the worlde was created and the day when Christe was conceaued in the wombe of the virgin Marie ¶ Golden number ⧠To fynde Easter for euer  A B C D E F G i April .ix. x xi xii vi vii viii ii March 26. xxvii xxviii xxix xxx xxxi April .i. iii April .xvi. xvii xviii xix xx xiiii xv iiii April .ix. iii iiii v vi vii viii v March 26. xxvii xxviii xxix xxiii xxiiii xxv vi April .xvi. xvii xi xii xiii xiiii xv vii April .ii. iii iiii v vi March .xxxi. April .i. viii April 23. xxiiii xxv xix xx xxi xxii ix April .ix. x xi xii xiii xiiii viii x April .ii. iii March 28. xxix xxx xxxi April .i. xi April .xvi. xvii xviii xix xx xxi xxii xii April .ix. x xi v vi vii viii xiii March 26. xxvii xxviii xxix xxx xxxi xxv xiiii April .xvi. xvii xviii xix xiii xiiii xv xv April .ii. iii iiii v vi vii viii xvi March 26. xxvii xxviii xxii xxiii xxiiii xxv xvii April .xvi. x xi xii xiii xiiii xv xviii April .ii. iii iiii v March .xxx. xxxi April .i. xix April 23. xxiiii xviii xix xx xxi xxii ¶ When ye haue founde the Sunday letter in the vppermost line guide your eye downewarde from the same till ye come ryght ouer agaynst the prime and there is shewed both what moneth and what day of the moneth Easter falleth that yere ⧠These to be obserued for holy dayes and none other THat is to say all Sundayes in the yere The dayes of the feastes of the Circumcision of our Lorde Iesus Christe Of the Epiphanie Of the Purification of the blessed virgyn Of saint Matthias the Apostle Of the Annunciation of the blessed virgyn Of saint Marke the Euangelist Of saint Philip and Iacob the Apostles Of the Assension of our Lorde Iesus Christe Of the Natiuitie of saint Iohn Baptist Of saint Peter the Apostle Of saint Iames the Apostle Of saint Bartilmewe Apostle Of saint Matthewe the Apostle Of saint Michael the Archangel Of saint Luke the Euangelist Of saint Simon and Iude the Apostles Of All Saintes Of saint Andrewe the Apostle Of saint Thomas the Apostle Of the Natiuitie of our Lorde Of saint Steuen the Martir Of saint Iohn the Euangelist Of the holy Innocentes Munday and Tuesday in Easter weeke Munday and Tuesday in Whitson weeke ⧠A Table for the order of the Psalmes to be sayde at Mornyng and Euenâ—ng prayer  Mornyng prayer Euenyng prayer i i. ii.iii.iiii.v vi vii.viii ii ix x.xi xii xiii.xiiii iii xv xvi.xvii xviii iiii xix xx.xxi xxii xxiii v xxiiii xxv.xxvi xxvii xxviii.xxix vi xxx xxxi xxxii xxxiii.xxxiiii vii xxxv xxxvi xxxvii viii xxxviii xxxix.xl xli xlii.xliii ix xliiii xlv.xlvi xlvii xlviii.xlix x l. li.lii liii
Legales as it were where christes lawes be expressed and conteyneth 4. bokes or Gospelles Matthaewe Who principally treateth of the actes of Christe of his humanitie of his death resurrection and assention Chapters 28. Marke Wherin chiefly is treated the fortitude of Christe and doth repeate most thinges of Matthewe Chapters 16. Luke Which speaketh chiefly of the annunciation of the blessed virgin and Christes actes death and resurrection Chapters 24. Iohn In whom Christes diuinitie is chiefly shewed and other actes of his diuine power Chapters 21. Historical shewyng the actes deedes of y e Apostles and is one booke Act. of Apo. Wherin S. Luke declareth the sendyng of the holy ghost after his visible assention into heauen of the actes of the Apostles especially of Paul wherin is also set out as it were the young age of the Churche in her first grouth Chapters 28. SapieÌ„tial be named these wherin the wisdome of Christ is expressed by examples preceptes of godly lyuing geuen by his Apostles be bookes 21. Romanes Wherin Paul doth reuoke the Romanes from the errours of the Gentiles declaryng the order of their iustification what shoulde proceede and what should folowe their iustification Chapters 16. Corinth 1 Wherin he doth call backe some that were deceaued of false Apostles Philosophers by their eloquence some which were deceaued by the iudaicall obseruation of the lawe he calleth them backe to true faith and to the wisdome of God Chapters 16. 2 Wherin Paul vpon their conuersion and repentaunce prayseth and comforteth them Chapters 13. Galath Wherin Paul calleth home agayne such as were deceaued by false prophetes that they shoulde returne backe to the lawe and to their ceremonies and wylleth them to come agayne to the true faith of the Gospell Chapters 6. Ephesians Wherin the Apostle prayseth the Ephesians which did persist constantly in the faith of the Gospell receaued Chapters 6. Philippians Wherin the Apostle prayseth the Philippians for that after they had receaued the worde of trueth they did not receaue the false Apostles Chapters 4. Colossians Wherin Paul blameth the Colossians for that they were reduced by the false Apostles and exhorteth them to returne to the veritie of the Gospell Chapters 4. Thessalonians 1 Wherin he doth commende the Thessalonians which receauyng the worde of trueth though they suffered persecution of their owne kinrede yet they did persist in the faith nor woulde receaue the false Apostles Chapters 5. 2 Wherin the Apostle instructeth them of the last tymes of the commyng and of the persecution of antechrist of his aduauncement and ouerthrowe Chapters 3. Timoth. 1 Wherin Paul instructeth him of the order and office of Bishops and Deacons and of all ecclesiasticall discipline Chapters 6. 2 Wherin Paul doth exhort him to the crowne of martirdome and doth infourme him of all the rules of the catholike veritie and what shal be done in the last dayes and of his owne sufferyng Chapters 4. Legales also Titus Wherin Paul doth instruct Titus his disciple of the constitutyng and ordering of priestes or elders of all spirituall conuersation and of the eschewing of heretikes Chapters 3. Philemon Wherin the Apostle commendeth Philemon of his faith to Christe and of his charitie to the godly and he prayeth him to deale gentlye with Onesimus his seruaunt and to entertayne him friendly Chapter 1. Hebre. Wherin the Apostle sheweth the weakenesse and the abolishment of Moyses lawe and the perfection of the doctrine of the Gospell and that Christ is true God and man and a mediatour betweene God and man Chapters 13. Iames. Wherin Iames geueth exhortation vnto patient sufferyng and that there is no exception of persons before God and doth also open the hurtes that come by an euyl tongue he forbiddeth warres and discentions he rebuketh the riche that be vncharitable and doth stirre men to vertue Chap. 5. Peter 1 Wherin Peter geueth thankes vnto God which by the death of his sonne did mercifully saue all mankinde and doth instruct to good life diuers states of men Chapters 5. 2 In which the Apostle induceth the beleuers to holde the true faith he doth note and condempne the falsenesse of heretikes and doth describe the seconde commyng of Christe Chapters 3. Iohn 1 In which saint Iohn doth testifie of the worde of trueth and life exhortyng men to confesse their sinnes affirmyng that we haue Iesus Christe an aduocate with the father disswadyng men from the loue of the worlde and perswadyng them to loue God and their neighbours Chapters 5. 2 Wherin he commendeth the elect Lady and her sonnes and doth exhorte them to brotherly loue and doth admonishe them to eschewe heretikes Chapter 1. 3 In this he prayseth the godlinesse of his beloued Gaius which he extended vnto straungers and he doth exhort him to perseuer styll in that godlinesse and well doyng Chapter 1. Iude. In the which the Apostle doth admonishe all men of their owne saluation and he doth bryng in by the way the altercation that was betwixt Michael and the deuyll and doth detest the life of the heretikes Chapter 1. Propheticall Apoca. Which treateth of reuelations shewed vnto Iohn by an angell in the Isle of Pathmos of the tribulations which the Churche of Christe did then suffer prophecieth also of such tribulations which the Church shall suffer hereafter especialy in the time of antechrist and of the punishmentes of them which be dampned and of the rewardes of the elect Chapters 22. ¶ Faultes escaped In the first prologue pag. 3. line 26. destoyed reade destroyed 27. line neither the reade neither by the. In Matthewe chap. 26. vearse .71 reade this felowe In the actes chap. 13. vearse .4 they sealed reade they sayled Chap. 15. vearse .3 conuersation reade conuertion Romanes chap. 11. vearse .9 in the margent write Psal 68. Colossians chap. 3. vearse .16 the worde of God reade the worde of Christ Hebrues chap. 1. vearse .8 righteousnesse reade rightnesse HEre is to be noted that such partes and chapters which be marked and noted with such semy circles at the head of the vearse or line with such other texts may be left vnread in the publique reading to the people that therby other chapters and places of the scripture makyng more to their edification and capacitie may come in their roomes And here let the minister of Christ and dispenser of the misteries of God haue a due and weightie consideration to reade this hie treasure of Gods worde with all reuerence and grauitie truely distinctly and sensibly for it is the mightie power of God to saluâ—tion to euery one that beleueth So let the hearers also with all mekenesse and lowlinesse receaue this worde that is thus grafted and grounded amongst them by the great mercie of God which worde is able to saue their soules saith the holy Apostle saint Iames. For as both the reader and hearer be pronounced blessed by Christes owne mouth who heare the worde of God and do fulfyll it
So be they pronounced both reader and hearer by the holy prophete Ieremie accursed which do the worke of God fraudulently and negligently From the which he defende vs who bought vs with his most precious blood To whom with the father and the holy ghost be all honour and glorie Amen ¶ A Preface into the Byble folowyng OF all the sentences pronounced by our sauiour Christe in his whole doctrine none is more serious or more worthy to be borne in remembraunce then that which he spake openly in his Gospell saying Scrutamini scripturas quia vos putatis in ipsis vitam eternam â—abere et ille sunt quae testimonium perbibent de me Search ye the scriptures for in them ye thinke to haue eternall lyfe and those they be which beare witnes of me These wordes were first spoken vnto the Iewes by our sauiour but by hym in his doctrine ment to all for they concerne all of what nation of what tongue of what profession soeuer any man be For to all belongeth it to be called vnto eternall life so many as by the witnes of the scriptures desire to finde eternall life No man woman or chylde is excluded from this saluation and therfore to euery of them is this spokeÌ„ proportionally yet and in their degrees and ages and as the reason and congruitie of their vocation may aske For not so lyeth it in charge to the worldly artificer to searche or to any other priuate man so exquisitely to studie as it lyeth to the charge of the publike teacher to searche in the scriptures to be the more able to walke in the house of God which is the Church of the lyuyng God the pyller and ground of trueth to the establishing of the true doctrine of the same and to the impugnyng of the false And though whatsoeuer difference there may be betwixt the preacher in office and the auditor in his vocation yet to both it is said Search ye the scriptures whereby ye may fynde eternall lyfe and gather witnesses of that saluation which is in Christe Iesus our Lorde For although the prophete of God Moyses byddeth the kyng when he is once set in the throne of his kingdome to describe before his eyes the volume of Gods lawe according to the example whiche he shoulde receaue of the priestes of the leuiticall tribe to haue it with him and to reade in it all the dayes of his life to th ende that he might learne to feare the Lorde his God and to obserue his lawes that his heart be not aduaunced in pryde ouer his brethren not to swarue eyther on the ryght hande or on the left yet the reason of this precept for that it concerneth all men may reasonably be thought to be commaunded to all men and all men may take it to be spoken to them selfe in their degree Though almightie God him selfe spake to his captayne Iosue in precise wordes Non recedat volumen legis huius ab ore tuo sed meditaberis in eo diebus ac noctibus c. Let not the volume of this booke depart from thy mouth but muse therin both dayes and nyghtes that thou mayest kepe and perfourme all thinges which be written in it that thou mayest direct well thy way and vnderstande the same yet aswell spake almightie God this precept to all his people in the directions of their wayes to himwarde as he ment it to Iosue For that he hath care of all he accepteth no mans person his wyll is that all men shoulde be saued his wyll is that all men shoulde come to the way of trueth Howe coulde this be more conueniently declared by God to man then when Christe his welbeloued sonne our most louing sauiour the way the trueth and the lyfe of vs all dyd byd vs openly Searche the scriptures assuring vs herein to finde eternall life to finde full testification of all his graces and benefites towardes vs in the treasure thereof Therefore it is most conuenient that we shoulde all suppose that Christe spake to vs all in this his precept of searching the scriptures If this celestiall doctour so aucthorised by the father of heauen and commaunded as his only sonne to be hearde of vs all biddeth vs busily to Search the scriptures of what spirite can it proceede to forbid the reading and studiyng of the scriptures If the grosse Iewes vsed to reade them as some men thinke that our sauiour Christ dyd shew by such kynd of speaking their vsage with their opinion they had therin to finde eternall lyfe and were not of Christe rebuked or disproued either for their searching or for the opinion they had howe superstitiously or superficially soeuer some of them vsed to expende the scriptures Howe muche more vnaduisedly do suche as bost them selfe to be either Christes vicars or be of his garde to lothe christen men from reading by their couert slaunderous reproches of the scriptures or in their aucthoritie by lawe or statute to contract this libertie of studiyng the worde of eternall saluation Christe calleth them not onlye to the single readyng of scriptures saith Chrisostome but sendeth them to the exquisite searching of them for in them is eternall lyfe to be founde and they be saith hym selfe the witnesse of me for they declare out his office they commende his beneuolence towardes vs they recorde his whole workes wrought for vs to our saluation Antechriste therefore he must be that vnder whatsoeuer colour woulde geue contrary precept or counsayle to that whiche Christe dyd geue vnto vs. Very litle do they resemble Christes louing spirite mouing vs to searche for our comfort that wyll discourage vs from suche searching or that woulde wishe ignoraunce and forgetfulnesse of his benefite to raigne in vs so that they might by our ignoraunce raigne the more frankly in our consciences to the daunger of our saluation VVho can take the light from vs in this miserable vale of blindnesse and meane not to haue vs stumble in the pathes of perdition to the ruine of our soules who wyll enuie vs this bread of lyfe prepared and set on the table for our eternall sustenaunce and meane not to famishe vs or in steede thereof with their corrupt traditions and doctrines of man to infect vs All the whole scripture saith the holy apostle Saint Paul inspired from God aboue is profitable to teache to reproue to refourme to instruct in righteousnesse that the man of God may be sounde and perfect instructed to euery good worke Searche therefore good reader on Gods name as Christe byddeth thee the holy scripture wherein thou mayest finde thy saluation Let not the volume of this booke by Gods owne warrant depart from thee but occupie thy selfe therein in the whole iourney of this thy worldly pilgrimage to vnderstande thy way howe to walke ryghtly before hym all the dayes of thy lyfe Remember that the prophete Dauid pronounceth hym the blessed man whiche wyll muse in
the lawe of God both day and night remember that he calleth him blessed whiche walketh in the way of the Lorde whiche wyll searche diligently his testimonies and wyll in their whole heart seeke the same Let not the couert suspitious insinuations of the aduersaries driue thee from the searche of the holy scripture either for the obscuritie whiche they say is in them or for the inscrutable hidden misteries they talke to be comprised in them or for the straungnes and homlynes of the phrases they woulde charge Gods booke with Christe exhorteth thee therefore the rather for the difficultie of the same to searche them diligently Saint Paul wylleth thee to haue thy senses exercised in them and not to be a chylde in thy senses but in malice Though many thinges may be difficult to thee to vnderstande impute it rather to thy dull hearing and reading then to thinke that the scriptures be insuperable to them which with diligent searching labour to discerne the euill from the good Only searche with an humble spirite aske in continuall prayer seeke with puritie of life knocke with perpetuall perseueraunce and crye to that good spirite of Christe the comforter and surely to euery suche asker it wyll be geuen such searchers must nedes finde to them it wylbe opened Christe him selfe wyll open the sense of the scriptures not to the proude or to the wyse of the worlde but to the lowly and contrite in heart for he hath the kay of Dauid who openeth and no man shutteth who shutteth and no man openeth For as this spirite is a bening and liberall spirite and wyll be easyly founde of them whiche wyll early in carefulnesse ryse to seeke hym and as he promiseth he wyll be the comforter from aboue to teache vs and to leade vs into all the wayes of trueth if that in humilitie we bowe vnto hym deniyng our owne naturall senses our carnall wittes and reasons so is he the spirite of puritie and cleannes and will receede from him whose conscience is subiect to filthynesse of lyfe Into suche a soule this heauenly wysdome wyll not enter for all peruerse cogitations wyll separate vs from God and then howe busyly soeuer we searche this holy table of the scripture yet wyll it then be a table to suche to their owne snare a trap a stumbling stocke and a recompence to them selfe VVe ought therefore to searche to finde out the trueth not to oppresse it we ought to seeke Christe not as Herode did vnder the pretence of worshipping hym to destroy hym or as the Pharisees searched the scriptures to disproue Christe and to discredite him and not to folowe him but to embrace the saluation whiche we may learne by them Nor yet is it inough so to acknowledge the scriptures as some of the Iewes dyd of the holyest of them who vsed suche diligence that they could number precisely not only euery verse but euery word and sillable how oft euery letter of the alphabete was repeated in the whole scriptures they had some of them suche reuerence to that booke that they woulde not suffer in a great heape of bookes any other to lay ouer them they woulde not suffer that booke to fall to the grounde as nye as they coulde they woulde costly bynde the bookes of holy scriptures and cause them to be exquisitely and ornately written VVhiche deuotion yet though it was not to be discommended yet was it not for that intent why Christe cōmended the scriptures nor they therof alowed before God For they did not call vpon God in a true fayth they were not charitable to their neighbours but in the middes of all this deuotion they did steale they were adulterers they were slaunderers and backbiters euen muche like many of our christian men and women nowe a dayes who glory much that they reade the scriptures that they searche them and loue them that they frequent the publique sermons in an outwarde shewe of all honestie and perfection yea they can pike out of the scriptures vertuous sentenses and godly preceptes to lay before other men And though these maner of men do not muche erre for such searching and studiyng yet they see not the scope and the principall state of the scriptures which is as Christe declareth it to finde Christe as their sauiour to cleaue to his saluation and merites to be brought to the lowe repentaunce of their liues and to amende them selfe to rayse vp their fayth to our sauiout Christe so to thinke of him as the scriptures do testifie of hym These be the principall causes why Christe did sende the Iewes to searche the scriptures for to this ende were they wrytten saith Saint Iohn Hec scripta sunt vt credatis vt credentes vitam habeatis eternam These were written to this intent that ye shoulde beleue and that through your beliefe ye shoulde haue euerlasting life And here good reader great cause we haue to extoll the wonderous wisdome of God and with great thankes to prayse his prouidence considering howe he hath preserued and renued from age to age by speciall miracle the incomparable treasure of his Churche For first he did inspire Moyses as Iohn Chrisostome doth testifie to wryte the stonie tables and kept him in the mountayne fourtie dayes to geue him his lawe after him he sent the prophetes but they suffred many thousande aduersities for battayles did folowe all were slayne all were destroyed bookes were brent vp He then inspired agayne another man to repayre these miraculous scriptures Esdras I meane who of their leauinges set them agayne together after that he prouided that the seuentie interpreters shoulde take them in hande at the last came Christe him selfe the Apostles did receaue them and spread them throughout all nations Christe wrought his miracles and wonders and what folowed after these great volumes the Apostles also did wryte as Saint Paul doth say These be wrytten to the instruction of vs that be come into the ende of the worlde and Christe doth say Ye therefore erre because ye knowe not the scriptures nor the power of God and Paul dyd say Let the worde of Christe be plentifull among you and agayne saith Dauid Oh howe sweete be thy wordes to my throte he saide not to my hearing but to my throte aboue the hony or the hony combe to my mouth Yea Moyses saith Thou shalt meditate in them euermore when thou risest when thou sittest downe when thou goest to sleepe continue in them he saith and a thousande places more And yet after so many testimonies thus spoken there be some persons that do not yet so much as knowe what the scriptures be wherevpon nothing is in good state amongest vs nothing worthyly is done amongest vs In this whiche pertayne to this lyfe we make very great haste but of spirituall goodes we haue no regarde Thus farre Iohn Chrisost It must nedes signifie some great thing to our vnderstanding that almightie God
And the Lorde tourned the captiuitie of Iob when he prayed for his friendes Yea the Lorde gaue Iob twyse as much as he had afore 11 And then came there vnto him all his brethren all his sisters and all they that had ben of his acquaintaunce afore and did eate bread with him in his house and had compassion on him and comforted him ouer all trouble that the Lorde had brought vpon him euery man also gaue him a certaine summe of money and a iewell of golde 12 So the Lorde blessed the last dayes of Iob more then the first for he had fourteene thousand sheepe sixe thousand camels a thousand yoke of oxen and a thousand she asses 13 He had seuen sonnes also and three daughters 14 The first daughter called he Iemima the second Kezia and the third Kerenhapuch 15 In al the land were no women found so faire as the daughters of Iob and their father gaue them inheritaunce among their brethren 16 After this liued Iob an hundred and fourtie yeres so that he sawe his children and his childrens children into the fourth generation 17 And so Iob dyed being olde and of a perfect age The ende of the booke of Iob. A. P. C. ⧠The thirde part of the Bible contayning these bookes The Psalter Ecclesiastes The prouerbes Cantica canticorum ⧠The Prophetes Esai Ieremi Ezechiel Daniel Osee Ioel. Amos. Abdi Ionas Micheas Nahum Habacuc Sophoni Aggeus Zachari Malachi ¶ A Prologue of saint Basill the great vpon the Psalmes DAVID that not able king and prophete a man singulerly 〈◊〉 not almightie God after his own heart being 〈◊〉 both 〈…〉 and 〈…〉 him selfe and being through vexeâ— saint 〈…〉 〈◊〉 experience 〈◊〉 the world â—â—reth his sundry affection as his 〈◊〉 â—crued 〈◊〉 in this 〈◊〉 〈…〉 out with diuers names but sounding all to one thing Hebreus name â—â—m 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is to say a 〈…〉 and expresse it by the name of a musicall instrument 〈…〉 â—alled Our 〈…〉 â— that a bookâ— of psalmes as his disciple Peter doth the same Some intituâ— that liber contemplationum â—iue soliloquiorum A booke of contemplations or secrete meditatiâ—n 〈…〉 speaketh solitarily and alone to almightie God â–ª A booke of â—oly scripture 〈…〉 â—able in doctrine â—igâ— misterie and profounde in sense but yet familier and ready tâ— be vnderstanded of the true christen heart To the diligent vsing of which booke the holy Apâ—stle saint Truth by graue aduisement no lesse than in two of his epistles exhorteth vs saying in the â—ne thus Let tâ—e worde of Christe dwell in you richly in all wysdome thereof teaching and admâ—nishing your 〈◊〉 in psalmes and hymnes and spirituall songes singing with grace in your heartes to the Lord 〈◊〉 admonition so serious ought not to be contemned Now forasmuch as the vse of the psalmes 〈…〉 speciall peculiar grace aboue all other partes of scripture therâ—fore it ought of all other chiâ—fâ—ly tâ— be esteemed and duely to be vsed as euermore in the Church of God aswell of the olde people of 〈…〉 of the new people of the christians it hath ben in mâ—st frequâ—nt vse and reuerence Furthermâ—re all 〈…〉 that it is â—nspirde from God abâ—ue aâ— necessary for instruction is expressed by the determination of the holy ghost to the 〈…〉 〈◊〉 of a â—iere house of plaâ— for the soulâ— peculiar remeaâ—es euery one of vs for our owne infirmitie 〈◊〉 such 〈…〉 writeth 〈…〉 great and in any sinnes Now wheras the propheteâ— haue doctrine proper to them selues and the 〈…〉 them self the law haue his peculiar fâ—urm 〈◊〉 tâ—aching and the prouerbiall bookes haue their seuerall kinde â—f exhortatiâ—n â–ª Tâ—e 〈…〉 the whâ—e commâ—ditie of all their doctrines aforesaide for it prophecieth of thinges to come it â—câ—th the â—siâ—◠〈…〉 what ought to be done and to be short it is a common storehouse of all god doctrine which doth 〈…〉 not only olde â—estâ—ed woundes of the saide but 〈◊〉 geue quicke remedie to 〈◊〉 〈…〉 and comfâ—rtâ—d that 〈◊〉 may which his sake and corrupt and preserueth that which is while and 〈◊〉 it plucketh thâ— by the 〈…〉 and raigne 〈…〉 in the whole 〈◊〉 of mans lyfe which of 〈◊〉 it wâ—rketh 〈…〉 pleaâ—auntly 〈◊〉 our hearte all bâ—â—â—onestie For where as the hâ—ly ghâ—ste perceaued that mankind was hardly traâ—â—o 〈…〉 we bâ— very nâ—gâ—igent in thinges concerning the true lyfe in deede by reason of our 〈◊〉 to worldly pleasures and deâ—eâ—â—ationâ— â—ll â—â—at 〈…〉 in her fâ—urm of doctrine the deâ—eâ—tation of musicke to the intent that the commoditie of the doctrine might secretly 〈…〉 inâ—â—â—s 〈…〉 be touched with the pleaâ—antnesâ—e of the melodie Euen much lyke as expert Phisitions vse to do when they minister their bâ—tter â—ons to 〈…〉 they shoulde abâ—ethâ— aâ—th for the bitternes of their drinkes for the most part they annoynt the brinkes of the cuppes with â—y â–ª And 〈…〉 these sweete and harmonious songes deuised for vs that such as be children either by age or children by maners should in deede haue their 〈…〉 instructed though for the time they seeme but to sing onely Furthermore we see commonly that they which be of the vulgare peâ—ple or of rich and grosse nature can not reâ—dy tâ— bâ—are away and kepe in minde the graue preceptes of the Apostles or Prophetes where yet the deuine psalmes they sing at him â–ª in their houses and abrode they can recorde them And certainly though a man were neuer so furiously raging in ire and wrath yet assâ—e as be heareth the sweeteâ—es of the psalmes straight way is he asswaged of his fury and must depart more quiet in minde by reason of the melody The psalme is the reâ—t of the soule the radile of peace it stillâ—th and pacifieth the raging bellowes of the minde for it doth asswage and malisie that irefull power and passion of the suâ—e it indureth châ—stitie whâ—re raigned wantonnesse it maketh amitie where was discorde it knitteth friendes together it returneth enemies to an vnitie againe For who can long reputâ— iâ—â—as an enemie with whom be ioyneth him selfe in lyfting vp his voyce to God in prayer So that the song of the psalme work tâ— charitie which is the greatest treasure of all goodnesse that can be deuising by this enducement of concord singing the knot and bonde of vnitie so ioyning the people together after the similitude of a quyâ—r in their vnitie of singing The psalme is an introduction to beginners it is a furtherer to them which 〈…〉 vertue it is to the perfect man a stable foundation to rest on it is the sweete voyce the only mouth of the spouse of Christe the Church The psalme doth cheâ—re the leastfull day the better to reioyce it wâ—rketh that same heauinesse which is heauinesse to Godwarde For the psalme is able to plucke out teares of any mans heart though it be neuer so stony barde O wyse and maruâ—ylous deuise of our heauenly schoolemaister
on the ryght hande and the other on his left 28 And the Scripture was fulfylled which sayth He was counted among the wycked 29 And they that went by rayled on him wagging their heades and saying A wretche thou that destroyest the temple and buildest it in three dayes 30 Saue thy selfe and come downe from the crosse 31 Lykewyse also mocked hym the hye priestes among them selues with the scribes and sayde He saued other men hym selfe he can not saue 32 Let Christe the kyng of Israel descende nowe from the crosse that we may see and beleue And they that were crucified with hym checked hym also 33 And when the sixth houre was come darknesse arose ouer all the earth vntill the nynth houre 34 And at the nynth houre Iesus cryed with a loude voyce saying Eloi Eloi lama sabachthani which is yf one interprete it My God my God why hast thou forsaken me 35 And some of them that stoode by whē they hearde that sayde Beholde he calleth for Elias 36 And one ran and fylled a spunge full of vineger and put it on a reede gaue hym to drynke saying let hym alone let vs see whether Elias wyll come and take hym downe 37 But Iesus cryed with a loude voyce and gaue vp the ghost 38 And the vayle of the temple dyd rent in two peeces from the toppe to the bottome 39 And when the Centurion which stoode before hym sawe that he so cryed and gaue vp the ghost he sayde Truely this man was the sonne of God 40 There were also women a good way of beholdyng hym among whom was Marie Magdalene and Marie the mother of Iames the litle and of Ioses and Salome 41 Which also when he was in Galilee had folowed hym and ministred vnto hym and many other women which came vp with hym vnto Hierusalem 42 And nowe when the euen was come because it was the day of preparyng that goeth before the Sabboth 43 Ioseph of the citie of Aramathia a noble councellour which also loked for the kyngdome of God came and went in boldely vnto Pilate and begged of hym the body of Iesu 44 And Pilate marueyled that he was alredy dead and called vnto hym the Centurion and asked of hym whether he had ben any whyle dead 45 And when he knewe the trueth of the Centurion he gaue the body to Ioseph 46 And he bought a lynnen cloth toke hym downe and wrapped hym in the lynnen cloth layde him in a sepulchre that was hewē out of the rocke roulled a stone vnto the doore of y e sepulchre 47 And Marie Magdalene and Marie Ioses behelde where he was layde ☜ ¶ The .xvj. Chapter ¶ 1 The women come to the sepulchre 5 an Angel telleth them that Christe is rysen 9 Christe appeareth to Marie Magdalene 12 to two goyng into the countrey 14 then to the eleuen 15 whom he commaundeth to preache the Gospell 19 Christe is receaued into heauen 20 The signes that folowe the preachyng of the Gospell 1 ANd whē the Sabboth day was past Marie Magdalen and Marie the mother of Iames Salome bought sweete smellynge oyntmentes that they myght come and annoynt hym 2 And early in the mornyng the first day of the Sabbothes they came vnto the sepulchre when the sunne was rysen 3 And they sayde among them selues who shall roule vs away the stone from the doore of the sepulchre 4 And when they loked they sawe how that the stone was rouled awaye for it was a very great one 5 And they went into the sepulchre and sawe a young man syttyng on the ryght syde clothed in a long whyte garment and they were amased 6 And he sayth vnto them be not amased ye seke Iesus of Nazareth which was crucified He is risen he is not here beholde the place where they had put hym 7 But go your way tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee there shall ye see hym as he saide vnto you ☜ 8 And they went out quickly and fled from the sepulchre for they trembled were amased neither sayde they any thing to any man for they were afraide 9 ☞ When Iesus was rysen early the first day after the Sabboth he appeared firste to Marie Magdalene out of whom he had cast seuen deuils 10 And she went tolde them that were with hym as they mourned wept 11 And they when they hearde that he was alyue and had ben seene of her beleued it not 12 After that appeared he vnto two of them in another fourme as they walked and went into the countrey 13 And they went and tolde it vnto the residue and they beleued not these also 14 ☞ Afterwarde he appeared vnto the eleuen as they sate at meate and cast in their teeth their vnbeliefe and hardnes of heart because they beleued not them whiche had seene that he was rysen agayne from the dead 15 And he sayde vnto them Go ye into all the worlde and preache the Gospell to all creatures 16 He that beleueth and is baptized shal be saued But he that beleueth not shal be dampned 17 And these tokens shall folowe them that beleue In my name they shal cast out deuils they shall speake with newe tongues 18 They shall driue away serpentes and yf they drinke any deadly thyng it shall not hurte them They shall lay their handes on the sicke they shal recouer 19 So then when the Lorde had spoken vnto them he was receaued into heauen and sate hym downe on the ryght hande of God 20 And they went foorth and preached euerywhere the Lorde workyng with them and confirmyng the worde with signes folowyng Here endeth the Gospell by Saint Marke ¶ The Gospell by Saint Luke ⧠The first Chapter ¶ 1 The preface of Luke 5 Of Zacharias and Elizabeth 11 The Angel sheweth the natiuitie of Iohn Baptist 20 The incredulitie of Zacharie is punysshed 28 The Angel saluteth Marie and sheweth the natiuitie of Christe 40 Marie visiteth Elizabeth 46 The songue of Marie 57 The birth circumcision and graces of Iohn Baptist 68 The prophesie of Zacharie 80 The office of Iohn 1 FOrasmuche as manye haue taken in hande to set foorth in order y e declaration of those thynges whiche are moste surelye to be beleued among vs 2 Euen as they deliuered them vnto vs which from the begynnyng sawe them them selues with their eyes and were ministers of the worde 3 I determined also assoone as I had searched out diligently all thinges from the begynnyng that then I woulde write vnto thee moste excellent Theophilus 4 That thou myghtest knowe the certentie of those thinges wherof thou hast ben infourmed 5 THere was in the dayes of Herode the kyng of Iurie a certaine priest named Zacharias of the course of Abia his wyfe was of the daughters of Aaron her name was Elizabeth 6 They were
* that he was a God 7 In the same quarters were possessioÌ„s of y e chiefe man of the I le whose name was Publius which receaued vs and lodged vs three dayes curteouslye 8 And it came to passe that the father of Publius lay sicke of a feuer and of a bloody â—lire to whom Paul entred in prayed and layde his handes on hym and healed hym 9 So when this was done other also which had diseases in the I le came and were healed 10 Which also dyd vs great honour and when we departed they laded vs with such thynges as were necessary 11 And after three monethes we departed in a shippe of Alexandria which had wyntred in the I le whose badge was Castor and Pollux 12 And when we came to Syracusa we taryed there three dayes 13 And from thence we â—et a compasse and came to Rhegium after one day the south wynde blewe and we came the next day to Puteolus 14 Where we founde brethren and were desired to tary with them seuen dayes and so we came towarde Rome 15 And from thence when the brethren hearde of vs they came to meete vs at Appii forum and at the three tauernes When Paul sawe theÌ„ he thanked God and waxed bolde 16 And when we came to Rome y e vnder captayne delyuered the prysoners to the chiefe captayne of the hoast But Paul was suffred to dwell by him selfe with a souldyer that kept hym 17 And it came to passe that after three dayes Paul called y e chiefe of the Iewes together And wheÌ„ they were come he sayde vnto them Men and brethren though I haue committed nothyng agaynst the people or lawes of the fathers yet was I delyuered prysoner from Hierusalem into the handes of the Romanes 18 Which when they had examined me woulde haue let me go because there was no cause of death in me 19 But when the Iewes spake contrary I was constrayned to appeale vnto Caesar not that I had ought to accuse my people of 20 For this cause then haue I called for you euen to see you and to speake with you because that for the hope of Israel I am bounde with this â—hayne 21 And they said vnto him We neither receaued letters out of Iurie concernyng thee neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harme of thee 22 But we wyll heare of thee what thou thynkest For as concernyng this sect we knowe that euery where it is spokeÌ„ agaynst 23 And when they had appoynted hym a day there came many to hym into his lodgyng to whom he expounded and testified the kyngdome of God perswadyng them concernyng Iesus both out of the lawe of Moyses and out of the prophetes euen from morning to night 24 And some were perswaded in the thynges which were spoken and some beleued not 25 And when they agreed not among them selues they departed after that Paul had spoken one worde that is to say well spake the holy ghost by Esaias the prophete vnto our fathers 26 Saying Go vnto this people and say with your eares shall ye heare and shall not vnderstande and with your eyes shall ye see and not perceaue 27 For the heart of this people is waxed grosse their eares are dull of hearing and their eyes haue they closed lest they shoulde see with their eyes and heare with their eares and vnderstande with their heartes and shoulde be conuerted and I shoulde heale them 28 Be it knowen therfore vnto you that this saluation of God is sent to the gentiles and they shall heare it 29 And when he had sayde these wordes the Iewes departed and had great reasonyng among them selues 30 And Paul dwelt two yeres full in his owne hired house and receaued all that came in vnto hym 31 Preachyng the kyngdome of God and teachyng those thynges which concerne the Lorde Iesus Christe with all confidence no man forbyddyng hym ☜ ⧠Here endeth the Actes of the Apostles R. E. ⧠The Ca 〈…〉 Câ—â—â—â—graphi 〈…〉 of the peregrin 〈…〉 〈◊〉 Saint Paul with the distaunce of the myles HEre hast thou gentle reader for thy better instruction the description of the iourney and peregrination of Saint Paul which is in this second booke of Saint Luke called the Actes of the Apostles most intreated of And for because thou readest oftentymes of Emperours Kynges and Deputies thou hast set foorth to thee the names the yeres and howe longe euery Emperour or Kyng raigned or Deputie gouerned and vnder whom any of these actes were done euen vntyll the death of Saint Paul ¶ The order of tymes The yeres of the Emperours of Rome The yeres of the Presidentes of the Iewes The yeres of the Herodians The yeres of Christes incarnation The yeres of Saint Paul the Apostle Tiberius Pilate Herode Christe Paul xviii vi xviii xxxiii  In this yere Christe suffered arose from the dead ascended into heauen from thence he sendeth vnto his Apostles the holy ghost The Apostles do assemble and gather a congregation vnto the Lorde Christe and do continue in prayer and suffer persecution xix vii xix xxxiiii i. Samaria doth receaue the doctrine of Christe Saint Steuen was stoned Saint Paul also is conuerted vnto Christe as he iourneyed towarde Damascus and froÌ„thence he departed into Arabia to preache the Gospell xx viii xx xxxv ii Philip doth preache the Gospel vnto the cities by the sea syde and doth conuert a man of Ethiopia an Eunuch and of great auctoritie with Candace Queene of the Ethiopians xxi ix xxi xxxvi iii. The Gospell is preached to the Sirians and Phenitians of those that were dispearsed and fledde from Hierusalem xxii x. xxii xxxvii iiii Saint Paul commeth to Hierusalem to see Peter from thence he goeth into Syria Cilicia c. Saint Peter commeth vnto Lidda After that he was called of Cornelius to come vnto Cesarea where he dyd baptize and from thence he went to Hierusalem geuyng aunswere to eche one that entred in question with hym xxiii Marcel xxiii xxxviii v. Antioche in Syria is conuerted vnto Christe the Apostles sende thyther Barnabas Barnabas bryngeth Paul out of Tarsa to Antioche whyther also Agabus came speaking of dearth that was to come Paul and Barnabas did succour them of Hierusalem 〈◊〉 Aâ—ppa xxiii xxâ—â—â— vi Paule and Barnabas by the commaundement of the holy ghost were sent from Antioche to preache the Gospell vnto the Heathens ii ii Herode Agrippa xl vii Paul and Barnabas sayled from Paphus to Perga a Citie of Pamphylia From Perga vnto Antioche a citie of Pisidia From whence by a commotion stirred by the Iewes they were expelled out of their coastes iii. iii.  xli viii Paul and Barnabas thus dryuen from Antioche come to Iconium where they abode a long tyme. iiii iiii  xlii ix Claudius v.  xliii x. ii vi  xliiii xi iii. vii  xlv xii This yere was Iames the
elder beheaded of Herode Agrippa and Peter was caste in pryson and was deliuered by the angell of the Lorde This kyng also dyed in his seuenth yere iiii Fadus dearth xlvi xiii Paul and Barnabas after their preachyng returned vnto Antioch where they continued many dayes with the congregation v. ii Felix about this xlvii xiiii vi iii. time came into xlviii xv   Syria   About the begynnyng of this yere Paul and Barnabas toke their iourney through Phenitia and Samaria vnto Hierusalem to the sinode or counsell After that they returned vnto Antioche where they remayned a yere whyther commeth Peter whom Paul rebuketh Galath ii Then Paul goeth vnto Cilicia and Licaonia vii Tiberius Alex.  xlix xvi viii ii  l. xvii In these yeres were conuerted the countreys of Phrigia Galatia Misia Frō Troade he went by water into Macedonia and conuerted the cities namely Philippos Appolonia Amphipolis Thessalonia Athens ix iii.  li. xviii x. Cumanus Agrippa y e yonger lii xix Paul goeth by sea vnto Hierusalem from thence he commeth agayne vnto Antioche from Antioche he visiteth the congregations of him in time past constituted in Galacia and Phrigia xi Eelix ii liii xx xii ii iii. liiii xxi xiii iii. iiii lv xxii xiiii iiii v. lvi xxiii Paul ferieth ouer into Grecia From thence about Easter in his .xii. yere he goeth by sea into Syria not a strayght course because of the Iewes but firste vnto Phylippa a citie of Macedonia and commeth about Pentecost vnto Hierusalem there he is imprisoned of the Iewes set at libertie immediatly of Claudius Lisia tribunus and is sent vnto Cesarea to Felix is kept in custodie of Felix two yeres Nero v. vi lvii xxiiii Festus commeth about May into Iudea before whom he pleadeth his matter After that before Festus and Agrippa the kyng He is sent vnto Rome in Italie the seconde yere of Nero. ii Festus Portius vii lviii xxv iii. ii viii lix xxvi iiii iii. ix lx xxvii v. iiii x. lxi xxviii vi Albinus xi lxii xxix vii ii xii lxiii xxx viii iii. xiii lxiiii xxxi ix iiii xiiii lxv xxxii x. Florus xv lxvi xxxiii xi ii xvi lxvii xxiiii xii iii. xvii lxviii xxxv xiii iiii xviii lxix xxxvi xiiii Vaspasianus dux xix lxx xxxvii After that Saint Paul had preached the Gospell of Christe both in the east and west about xxxvii yeres he was in the last yere of Nero the Emperour beheaded at Rome with the sworde ¶ The Epistle of the Apostle Saint Paul to the Romanes ¶ The first Chapter 1 Paul sheweth by whom and to what purpose he is called 16 What the Gospell is 18 The vengeaunce of God vpon the wicked 20 The vse of the creatures 24 The ingratitude and punishement of the wicked 1 PAul the seruaunt of Iesus Christe called to be an Apostle seuered into the Gospel of God 2 Which he had promised afore by his prophetes in y e holy scriptures 3 Of his sonne which was made of the seede of Dauid after the fleshe 4 And hath ben declared to be the sonne of God with power after the spirite that sanctifieth by the resurrectiō from the dead of Iesus Christe our Lorde 5 * By whom we haue receaued grace and apostleship that obedience myght be geuen vnto the fayth in his name among all heathen 6 Among whom ye are also the called of Iesus Christe ☜ 7 To all that be in Rome beloued of God saintes by callyng grace to you and peace from God our father and the Lorde Iesus Christe 8 First verily I thanke my God through Iesus Christe for you all that your fayth is publisshed throughout all the worlde 9 For God is my witnesse whom I serue with my spirite in the Gospell of his sonne that without ceassyng I make mention of you 10 Praying alwayes in my prayers that by some meane at the last one tyme or other I myght take a prosperous iourney by the wyll of God to come vnto you 11 For I long to see you that I myght bestowe among you some spirituall gift that ye myght be stablisshed 12 That is that I might haue consolation together with you eche with others fayth yours and mine 13 I woulde that ye should knowe brethren howe that I haue oftentymes purposed to come vnto you and haue ben let hytherto that I myght haue some fruite also among you as among other of the gentiles 14 I am debter both to the grekes and to the barbarous both to the wyse and to the vnwise 15 So that as much as in me is I am redy to preache the Gospell to you that are at Rome also 16 For I am not ashamed of the Gospell of Christ because it is the power of God vnto saluation to all that beleue to the Iewe first and also to the Greke 17 For by it is the ryghteousnes of God opened frō fayth to fayth As it is written the iuste shall lyue by fayth 18 For the wrath of God appeareth from heauen against all vngodlynesse vnrighteousnes of men which withholde the trueth in vnrighteousnes 19 For that that may be knowen of God is manifest among them because God hath shewed it vnto them 20 For his inuisible thinges being vnderstanded by his workes through the creation of the worlde are seene that is both his eternall power and godhead So that they are without excuse 21 Because that when they knewe God they glorified hym not as God neither were thankefull but waxed full of vanities in their imaginations * and their foolishe heart was blynded 22 When they counted them selues wyse they became fooles 23 And turned the glorie of the immortall God vnto an image made not only after the similitude of a mortal man but also of birdes and foure footed beastes and of crepyng beastes 24 Wherefore God gaue them vp to vncleanenesse through the lustes of their owne heartes to defyle their owne bodies among them selues 25 Whiche chaunged his trueth for a lye and worshipped and serued the creature more then the creator which is to be praysed for euer Amen 26 Wherefore God gaue them vp vnto shamefull lustes * For euen their women dyd chaunge the naturall vse into that which is agaynst nature 27 And likewise also the men left the naturall vse of the woman and brent in their lustes one with another * and men with men wrought fylthynesse and receaued to them selues the rewarde of their errour as it was accordyng 28 And as they regarded not to knowe God euen so God deliuered them vp vnto a leude mynde that they should do those thinges which were not comely 29 Beyng full of all vnrighteousnes fornication craftynesse couetousnes maliciousnes full of enuie murther debate deceite euyll conditioned whysperers 30 Backbyters haters of God dispiteful proude boasters bryngers vp of euyll thinges disobedient to father mother 31 Without
hope through the power of the holy ghost ☜ 14 I my selfe am perswaded of you my brethrē that ye also are full of goodnes and fylled with all knowledge able also to exhort one another 15 Neuerthelesse brethren I haue somewhat more boldly written vnto you to put you in remembraunce through the grace that is geuen me of God 16 That I should be the minister of Iesus Christe to the gentiles and shoulde minister the Gospell of God that the offeryng of the gentiles might be acceptable and sanctified by the holy ghost 17 I haue therefore whereof I may reioyce through Christe Iesus in those thynges which parteyne to God 18 For I dare not speake of any of those thinges which Christ hath not wrought by me to make the gentiles obedient with worde and deede 19 In myghtie signes and wonders by the power of the spirite of God so that from Hierusalem the coastes rounde about vnto Illyricum I haue fullye preached the Gospell of Christe 20 So haue I enforced my selfe to preach the Gospell not where Christe was named lest I shoulde haue buylt vpon an other mans foundation 21 But as it is written * To whom he was not spoken of they shall see and they that hearde not shall vnderstande 22 For this cause I haue ben oft let that I coulde not come vnto you 23 But nowe seyng I haue no more to do in these countreys and also haue ben desirous many yeres to come vnto you 24 Whensoeuer I take my iourney into Spayne I wyll come to you For I trust to see you in my iourney and to be brought on my waye thytherwarde by you after that I be somewhat fylled with you 25 But nowe go I vnto Hierusalem to minister vnto the saintes 26 For it hath pleased them of Macedonia Achaia to make a certaine comon gatheryng for the poore saintes whiche are at Hierusalem 27 It hath pleased them veryly their detters are they For yf the gentiles be made partakers of their spirituall thynges their duetie is to minister vnto thē in carnall thynges 28 When I haue perfourmed this and haue sealed to thē this fruite I wyll come by you into Spayne 29 And I am sure that when I come vnto you I shall come with aboundaunce of the blessyng of the Gospell of Christe 30 ☞ I beseche you brethren for y e Lorde Iesus Christes sake and for the loue of the spirite that ye helpe me in my busynesse with your prayers to God for me 31 That I may be delyuered from them which beleue not in Iurie that this my seruice which I haue at Hierusalem may be accepted of the saintes 32 That I may come vnto you with ioy by the wyll of God and may with you be refresshed 33 The God of peace be with you al. Amē ¶ The .xvj. Chapter 1 A number of salutations 17 Paul wylleth them to beware of false brethren 20 He prayeth and geueth thankes for them 1 I Commende vnto you Phebe our sister whiche is a minister of the Church of Cenchrea 2 That ye receaue her in the Lorde as it becommeth saintes and that ye assist her in whatsoeuer busynesse she hath nede of you For she hath suckoured many and my selfe also 3 Greete Priscilla and * Aquila my helpers in Christe Iesu 4 Which haue for my lyfe layde downe their owne neckes Vnto whom not onlye I geue thankes but also all the Churches of the gentiles 5 Lykewyse greete the Churche that is in their house Salute my welbeloued Epenetus which is the first fruite of Achaia in Christe 6 Greete Marie which bestowed much labour on vs. 7 Salute Andronicus and Iunia my cosins and prisoners with me also which are wel taken among the Apostles and were in Christe before me 8 Greete Amplias my beloued in the Lorde 9 Salute Vrban our helper in Christe and Stachys my beloued 10 Salute Appelles approued in Christe salute them whiche are of Aristobulus housholde 11 Salute Herodion my kinsman greete them that be of the housholde of Narcissus which are in the Lorde 12 Salute Tryphena Tryphosa which labour in the Lorde Salute the beloued Persis which laboured much in the Lorde 13 Salute Rufus chosen in the Lorde and his mother and myne 14 Greete Asyneritus Phlegon Herman Patrobas Mercurius and the brethren which are with them 15 Salute Philologus and Iulia Nereus and his sister and Olympas and all the saintes which are with them 16 Salute one an other with an holy kysse The Churches of Christ salute you 17 ☞ Nowe I beseche you brethren marke them whiche cause deuision geue occasions of euyll contrarie to the doctrine whiche ye haue learned and auoyde them 18 For they that are suche serue not the Lorde Iesus Christe * but their owne belly and with sweete and flatteryng wordes deceaue the heartes of the innocentes 19 For your obedience is gone abrode vnto al men I am glad therfore no doubt of you But yet I would haue you wise vnto that whiche is good simple concernyng euyll 20 The God of peace shall treade Satan vnder your feete shortly The grace of our Lorde Iesus Christe be with you 21 Timotheus my workfelowe and Lucius and Iason Sosipater my kinsemen salute you 22 I Tertius whiche wrote this epistle salute you in the Lorde 23 Gaius myne hoast and of the whole Churche saluteth you Erastus the chamberlaine of the citie saluteth you and Quartus a brother 24 The grace of our Lorde Iesus Christ be with you all Amen 25 To hym that is of power to stablisshe you according to my Gospell and preachyng of Iesus Christe by reuealyng of the misterie whiche was kept secrete sence the worlde began 26 But nowe is opened and by the scriptures of the prophetes at the cōmaundement of the euerlastyng God to the obedience of fayth among all nations publisshed 27 To the same God wyse only be glorie through Iesus Christe for euer Amen ¶ This epistle was written to the Romanes from Corinthus and sent by Phebe the minister vnto y e Churche at Cenchrea R. E. ¶ The first Epistle of Saint Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians ¶ The first Chapter 1 He prayseth the great graces of God shewed towarde them 10 exhortyng them to concorde and humilitie 19 He beateth downe all pryde and wisedome which is not grounded vpon God 26 Shewyng whom God hath chosen to confounde the wisedome of the worlde 1 PAule called to be an Apostle of Iesu Christ through the wyll of God and brother Sostenes 2 Vnto the Church of God whiche is at Corinthus To thē that are sanctified in Christe Iesus saintes by callyng with all that call on the name of our Lorde Iesus Christe in euery place both of theirs and ours 3 Grace be vnto you and peace from God our father and from the Lorde Iesus Christe 4 ☞ I thanke my God alwayes on your behalfe for the grace
15 After his commendations he wysheth to them all prosperitie 1 COncerning the gatheryng for the saintes as I haue ordeined in the Churches of Galacia euen so do ye 2 Vpon some Sabboth daye let euery one of you put asyde by hym selfe and laye vp as God hath prospered hym that then there be no gatherynges when I come 3 When I am come whomsoeuer ye shall alowe by your letters them wyll I sende to bryng your liberalitie vnto Hierusalem 4 And yf it be meete that I go also they shall go with me 5 I wyll come vnto you after I haue gone ouer Macedonia For I wyl passe through Macedonia 6 And it may be that I wyll abyde yea or wynter with you that ye may bryng me on my way whyther soeuer I go 7 For I wyll not see you nowe in my passage but I trust to abyde a whyle with you yf the Lorde shall suffer me 8 I wyll tarie at Ephesus vntyll whytsontyde 9 For a great doore and effectuall is opened vnto me and there are many aduersaries 10 Yf Timotheus come see that he be without feare with you For he worketh the worke of the Lorde as I do 11 Let no man therfore despise hym but conuay him foorth in peace that he may come vnto me for I loke for hym with the brethren 12 As touchyng our brother Apollo I greatly desired hym to come vnto you with the brethren but his mynde was not at all to come at this tyme Howebeit he wyll come when he shall haue conuenient tyme. 13 Watche ye stande fast in the fayth quyte you lyke men be strong 14 Let al your thinges be done with loue 15 I beseche you brethren ye knowe the house of Stephanas that it is y e first fruites of Achaia and that they haue appoynted them selues to minister vnto the saintes 16 That ye be obedient euen vnto suche and to all that helpe with vs labour 17 I am glad of the commyng of Stephanas and Fortunatus Achaicus ▪ for that whiche was lackyng vnto me on your part they haue supplied 18 For they haue comforted my spirite and yours Loke therfore that ye know them that are such 19 The Churches of Asia salute you Aquila and Priscilla salute you muche in the Lord and so doth the Churche that is in their house 20 All the brethren greete you Greete ye one another with an holy kysse 21 The salutatiō of me Paul with mine owne hande 22 Yf any man loue not the Lorde Iesus Christe the same be Anathema maranatha 23 The grace of our Lorde Iesus Christ be with you 24 My loue be with you all in Christe Iesus Amen ⧠The first epistle to the Corinthians was sent from Philippos by Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus and Timotheus G. G. The seconde Epistle of Saint Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians ¶ The .j. Chapter 4 He declareth the great profite that commeth to the faythfull by their afflictions 15.17 And because they shoulde not impute to lyghtnesse that he deferred his commyng contrarie to his promise he proueth his constancie both by the sinceritie of his preachyng and also by the immutable trueth of the Gospell 21 which trueth is grounded on Christe and sealed in our heartes by the holy ghost 1 PAul an Apostle of Iesu Christe by the wyll of God brother Timotheus Vnto y e Church of God which is at Corinthus with all the saintes which are in all Achaia 2 * Grace be with you and peace from God our father and from the Lorde Iesus Christe 3 Blessed be God the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe whiche is the father of mercies the God of al comfort 4 Which comforted vs in all our tribulation insomuch that we are able to comfort them which are in any maner trouble with the comfort wherwith we our selues are comforted of God 5 For as the afflictions of Christ are plenteous in vs euen so is our consolation plenteous by Christe 6 Whether we be troubled it is for your consolation and saluation which saluation sheweth her power in that ye suffer the same afflictions whiche we also suffer or whether we be comforted it is for your consolation saluation 7 And our hope is stedfast insomuch as we knowe howe that as ye are partakers of y e afflictions so ye be partakers also of the consolation 8 For we woulde not brethren haue you ignoraunt of our trouble whiche came vnto vs in Asia For we were greeued out of measure passyng strength so greatly that we dispayred euen of lyfe 9 Yea we receaued the sentence of death in our selues that we should not put our trust in our selues but in God whiche rayseth the dead 10 Who delyuered vs from so great a death and doth deliuer On whom we trust that yet hereafter he wyll deliuer 11 By the helpe of your prayer for vs that by y e meanes of many persons thankes may geuen of many on our behalfe for the grace geuen vnto vs. 12 For our reioycyng is this the testimonie of our conscience that in simplicitie godly purenesse and not in fleshely wisdome but by the grace of God we haue had our conuersatiō in the worlde and most of all to you wardes 13 We write none other thinges vnto you then that ye read or also y t ye acknowledge and I trust ye shall acknowledge vs vnto the ende 14 Euen as ye haue acknowledged vs partly For we are your reioycing euen as ye are ours in the daye of our Lorde Iesus 15 And in this confidence was I minded first to haue come vnto you y t ye myght haue had one pleasure more 16 And to passe by you into Macedonia and to haue come agayne out of Macedonia vnto you and to be led foorth of you to Iurie 17 When I therfore was thus mynded did I vse lightnesse or mynde I carnally those thynges whiche I mynde that with me shoulde be yea yea nay nay 18 God is faythfull For our preaching to you was not yea and nay 19 For Gods sonne Iesus Christe which was preached among you by vs euen by me and Siluanus and Timotheus was not yea and nay but in hym it was yea 20 For all the promises of God in him are yea and are in him Amen vnto the glorie of God through vs. 21 And God it is whiche stablysheth vs with you in Christe and hath annoynted vs. 22 Which hath also sealed vs and hath geuen the earnest of the spirite in our heartes 23 ☞ I call God for a recorde vnto my soule that to spare you I came not as yet vnto Corinthus 24 Not that we be Lordes ouer your fayth but are helpers of your ioy For by fayth ye stande ⧠The .ij. Chapter He sheweth his loue towardes them 7 requiryng lykewyse that they would be fauourable to the incestuous adulterer seyng he
that we shoulde seeme approued but y t ye shoulde do that which is honest though we be as reprobates 8 For we can do nothyng agaynst the trueth but for the trueth 9 For we are glad when we are weake and ye are strong Truely this also we wishe euen your perfection 10 Therfore write I these thynges beyng absent lest when I am present I should vse sharpenesse accordyng to the power which the Lorde hath geuen me to edification and not to destruction 11 Finally brethren fare well be perfect be of good comfort be of one mynde lyue in peace and the God of loue and peace shal be with you 12 Greete one another in an holy kisse All the saintes salute you 13 The grace of our Lorde Iesus Christ and the loue of God and the cōmunion of the holy ghost be with you all Amē ¶ The ende of the seconde Epistle to the Corinthians Sent from Philippos a citie in Macedonia by Titus and Lucas ⧠The Epistle of the Apostle Saint Paul to the Galathians ¶ The first Chapter ¶ 6 Paul rebuketh their inconstancie which suffred them selues to be seduced by the false apostles who preached that the obseruation of the ceremonies of the lawe were necessarie to saluation 8 and detesteth them that preache any otherwyse then Christe purely 13 He sheweth his owne conuersation magnifieth his office and Apostleshyp and declareth hym selfe to be equall with the chiefe Apostles 1 PAul an Apostle not of men neither by man but by Iesus Christe and by God the father which raysed hym vp from death 2 And all the brethren which are with me Vnto y e Churches of Galacia 3 Grace be with you and peace from God the father and from our Lorde Iesus Christe 4 Which gaue hym selfe for our sinnes to deliuer vs from this present euyll worlde accordyng to the wyll of God and our father 5 To whom be glory for euer and euer Amen 6 I maruayle that ye are so soone turned from him that had called you in the grace of Christe vnto another Gospell 7 Which is not another Gospel but that there be some which trouble you and intende to peruert the Gospel of Christ 8 Neuerthelesse though we or an Angel from heauen preache any other Gospel vnto you then that which we haue preached vnto you let hym be accursed 9 As we sayde before so say I nowe agayne yf any man preache any other Gospell vnto you then that ye haue receaued let hym be accursed 10 Do I nowe perswade men or God Other do I seke to please men For yf I shoulde yet please men I were not the seruaunt of Christe 11 ☞ I certifie you brethren that the Gospell which was preached of me was not after man 12 For I neither receaued it of man neither was I taught it but by the reuelation of Iesus Christe 13 For ye haue hearde of my conuersation in tyme past in the Iewes religion howe that beyonde measure I persecuted the Churche of God spoyled it 14 And profited in the Iewes religion aboue many of my companions in mine owne nation beyng a very feruent maynteyner of the traditions of my fathers 15 But when it pleased God which seperated me from my mothers wombe called me by his grace 16 To reueale his sonne by me that I shoulde by the Gospell preache hym among the Heathen immediatly I communed not with fleshe and blood 17 Neither returned to Hierusalem to them which were Apostles before me but went my wayes into Arabia and came agayne vnto Damascus 18 Then after three yeres I returned to Hierusalē to see Peter and abode with hym fyfteene dayes 19 But other of the Apostles sawe I none saue Iames the Lordes brother 20 The thynges therfore which I write vnto you beholde before God I lie not 21 Afterwarde I came into the coastes of Syria Cilicia and was vnknowen in face vnto the Churches of Iurie which were in Christe 22 But they had hearde only that he which persecuted vs in tyme past nowe preacheth the fayth which before he destroyed 23 And they glorified God in me ☜ ¶ The .ij. Chapter 1 Confirmyng his Apostleshyp to be of God 3 he sheweth why Titus was not circumcised 6 and that he is nothyng inferiour to other Apostles 11 Yea and that he hath reproued Peter the Apostle of the Iewes 16 After he commeth to the principal scope which is to proue that iustification only commeth of the grace of God by fayth in Iesus Christe and not by the workes of the lawe 1 THen fourteene yeres after I went vp agayne to Hierusalem with Barnabas and toke Titus with me 2 I went vp also by reuelation I declared vnto them the Gospel which I preache among the gentiles but priuately with them which were the chiefe lest by any meanes I shoulde runne or had runne in vayne 3 But neither Titus which was with me beyng a Greke was compelled to be circumcised 4 And that because of incommers being false brethren which came in priuily to spye out our libertie which we haue in Christe Iesu that they myght bryng vs into bondage 5 To whom no not for an houre we gaue place by subiection that the trueth of the Gospel might continue with you 6 Of them which seemed to be somewhat what they were in time passed it maketh no matter to me * God accepteth no mans person for they which seemed chiefe added nothyng to me 7 But contrary wyse when they sawe that the Gospell of the vncircumcision was committed vnto me as the Gospel of the circumcision was committed vnto Peter 8 For he that was myghtie in Peter to the Apostleshyp of the circumcision the same was myghtie in me towarde the gentiles 9 When they perceaued the grace that was geuen vnto me then Iames Cephas and Iohn which seemed to be pyllers gaue to me and Barnabas the ryght handes of felowshyppe that we shoulde be Apostles vnto the Heathen and they vnto the circumcision 10 Onely that we shoulde remember the poore Wherin also I was diligent to do the same 11 But whē Peter was come to Antioche I withstoode him to the face because he was to be blamed 12 For yer y t certaine came from Iames he dyd eate with the gentiles But whē they were come he withdrue and seperated himselfe fearing them which were of the circumcision 13 And the other Iewes dissembled lykewyse with hym insomuch that Barnabas also was brought into their simulation 14 But when I sawe that they went not the ryght way to the trueth of the Gospel I saide vnto Peter before them all If thou beyng a Iewe lyuest after the maner of the gentiles and not as do the Iewes Why causest thou the gentiles to lyue as do the Iewes 15 We which are Iewes by nature and not sinners of the gentiles 16 Knowe that a man is not iustified by the
me and I vnto the worlde 15 For in Christe Iesu neither circumcision auayleth any thing nor vncircumcision but a newe creature 16 And as many as walke accordyng to this rule peace be on them and mercie and vpon the Israel that is of God 17 From hencefoorth let no man put me to busynesse For I beare in my body the markes of the Lorde Iesus 18 Brethren the grace of our Lorde Iesus Christe be with your spirite Amen The Epistle vnto the Galathians was sent from Rome ¶ The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul vnto the Ephesians ¶ The first Chapter After his salutation 4 he sheweth that the chiefe cause of their saluation standeth in the free election of God through Christe 16 he declareth his good wyll towarde them geuyng thankes praying God for their fayth 21 The maiestie of Christe 1 PAul an apostle of Iesus Christe by the wyll of God To the saintes which are at Ephesus and to the faythfull in Christe Iesus 2 Grace be with you and peace from God our father from the Lorde Iesus Christe 3 Blessed be God the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe whiche hath blessed vs in all spirituall blessyng in heauenly thynges by Christe 4 According as he had chosen vs in hym before the foundation of the world that we shoulde be holy and without blame before hym through loue 5 Who hath predestinate vs into the adoption of childrē by Iesus Christ vnto hym selfe according to the good pleasure of his wyll 6 To the prayse of the glorie of his grace wherein he hath made vs accepted in the beloued 7 In whom we haue redemption through his blood the forgeuenesse of sinnes accordyng to the rychesse of his grace 8 Wherein he hath abounded towarde vs in all wysedome and prudence 9 And hath opened vnto vs the misterie of his wyll accordyng to his good pleasure which he had purposed in himselfe 10 That in the dispensation of the fulnesse of the tymes he myght gather together in one all thinges in Christe both which are in heauen and which are in earth in hym 11 In whom also we are chosen beyng predestinate accordyng to the purpose of hym who worketh all thynges after the councell of his owne wyll 12 That we shoulde be vnto the prayse of his glorie whiche before beleued in Christe 13 In whom also ye after that ye heard the worde of trueth the Gospell of your saluation wherin also after that ye beleued were sealed with the holy spirite of promyse 14 Whiche is the earnest of our inheritaunce vnto y e redemption of the purchased possession vnto the prayse of his glorie 15 Wherfore I also after that I hearde of the fayth which ye haue in the Lorde Iesus and loue vnto all the saintes 16 Ceasse not to geue thankes for you makyng mention of you in my prayers 17 That the God of our Lorde Iesus Christe the father of glorie may geue vnto you the spirite of wisdome and reuelation in the knowledge of hym 18 The eyes of your myndes beyng lightened that ye maye knowe what the hope is of his callyng and what the richesse of the glorie of his inheritaunce is in the saintes 19 And what is the exceedyng greatnesse of his power to vswarde which beleue accordyng to the workyng of his myghtie power 20 Which he wrought in Christe when he raysed hym from the dead and set him on his ryght hande in heauenly places 21 Farre aboue all rule and power and myght and dominion and euery name that is named not in this worlde only but also in the worlde to come 22 And hath put all thynges vnder his feete and gaue him to be the head ouer all thynges to the Churche 23 Which is his body the fulnesse of him that fylleth all in all ¶ The .ij. Chapter 5 To magnifie the grace of Christe which is the only cause of saluation 11 he sheweth them what maner of people they were before their conuertiō 18 and what they are nowe in Christe 1 AND you that were dead in trespasses and sinnes 2 In the which in time passed ye walked according to the course of this worlde after the gouernour that ruleth in the ayre the spirite that nowe worketh in the chyldren of disobedience 3 Among whom we all had our conuersation also in tyme past in the lustes of our flesshe fulfyllyng the wyll of the flesshe and of the mynde were by nature the chyldren of wrath euen as other 4 But God which is ryche in mercie for his great loue wherwith he loued vs 5 Euen when we were dead by sinnes hath quickned vs together with Christ by grace are ye saued 6 And hath raysed vs vp together and made vs syt together in the heauenly in Christe Iesus 7 That in ages to come he might shew the exceedyng ryches of his grace in kyndnesse to vswarde through Christe Iesus 8 For by grace are ye made safe through fayth and that not of your selues it is the gyft of God 9 Not of workes lest any man shoulde boast hym selfe 10 For we are his workmanship created in Christe Iesus vnto good workes whiche God hath ordeyned that we shoulde walke in them 11 Wherfore remember that ye being in tyme passed gentiles in the flesshe called vncircumcision of that which is called circumcision in the flesshe made by handes 12 That at that tyme ye were without Christe beyng aliauntes from the common wealth of Israel and straungers frō the testamentes of promise hauyng no hope without God in this worlde 13 But nowe in Christe Iesus ye which sometyme were farre of are made nye by the blood of Christe 14 For he is our peace which hath made both one and hath broken downe the wall that was a stoppe betwene vs 15 Taking away in his flesshe the hatred euen the lawe of commaundementes conteyned in ordinaunces for to make of twayne one newe man in hym selfe so makyng peace 16 And that he myght reconcile both vnto God in one body through his crosse and slewe hatred thereby 17 And came and preached peace to you which were a farre of and to them that were nye 18 For through hym we both haue an entraunce in one spirite vnto the father 19 ☞ Nowe therefore ye are no more straungers and foreyners but citezins with the saintes and of the housholde of God 20 And are built vpon the foundation of the apostles and prophetes Iesus Christe hym selfe beyng the head corner stone 21 In whom all the buyldyng coupled together groweth vnto an holy temple in the Lorde 22 In whom ye also are buylded together for an habitation of God through the spirite ☜ ⧠The .iij. Chapter 1 He sheweth the cause of his imprisonment 13 desireth them not to faynt because of his trouble 14 and prayeth God to make them stedfast in his spirite 1 FOr this cause I Paul am a prisoner of Iesus
Christe for you heathen 2 Yf ye haue hearde of the dispensatioÌ„ of the grace of God which is geuen me to you warde 3 For by reuelation shewed he the misterie vnto me as I wrote afore in fewe wordes 4 Whereby when ye reade ye may vnderstande my knowledge in the misterie of Christe 5 Which misterie in other ages was not opened vnto the sonnes of men as it is nowe reuealed vnto his holy apostles and prophetes by the spirite 6 That the gentiles shoulde be inheritours also and of the same body and partakers of his promise in Christe by the Gospell 7 Wherof I am made a minister accordyng to the gyfte of the grace of God which is geuen vnto me after the workyng of his power 8 Vnto me the least of all saintes is this grace geuen that I shoulde preache among the gentiles the vnsearchable ryches of Christe 9 And to bring to lyght to all men what the felowship of the misterie is whiche from the begynnyng of the world hath ben hid in god which made all thinges through Iesus Christe 10 To thintent that nowe vnto the rulers and power in heauenly thynges myght be knowen by y e Church the very manyfolde wysedome of God 11 According to y e eternall purpose which he wrought in Christe Iesus our Lord 12 By whoÌ„ we haue boldnesse entraunce in y e confidence which is by faith of him 13 ☞ Wherfore I desire that ye faynt not in my tribulations for you whiche is your glorie 14 For this cause I bowe my knees vnto the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe 15 Of whoÌ„ all the famyly in heauen and earth is named 16 That he would graunt you according to the rychesse of his glorie to be strengthed with myght by his spirite in the inner man 17 That Christe may dwell in your heartes by fayth that ye beyng rooted and grounded in loue 18 Myght be able to comprehende with al saintes what is the breadth length and deapth and heygth 19 And to knowe the loue of Christe whiche excelleth knowledge that ye might be fylled with all fulnesse of God 20 Vnto him that is able to do exceeding aboundauntly aboue all that we aske or thynke accordyng to the power that worketh in vs 21 Be prayse in the Churche by Christe Iesus throughout all ages worlde without ende Amen ☜ ¶ The .iiij. Chapter He exhorteth them vnto mekenesse long sufferyng and vnto loue and peace 3 euery one to serue and edifie another with the gyft that God hath geuen hym 14 to beware of strange doctrine 22 To lay asyde the olde conuersation of greedy lustes to walke in a newe lyfe 1 I Therfore a prisoner in the Lorde exhorte you that ye walke worthy of the vocatioÌ„ wherewith ye are called 2 With all lowlynesse mekenesse with long sufferyng forbearyng one another in loue 3 Endeuoryng to kepe the vnitie of the spirite in the bonde of peace 4 One body and one spirite euen as ye are called in one hope of your calling 5 One Lorde one fayth one baptisme 6 One God and father of all whiche is aboue all and through all and in you all ☜ 7 ☞ But vnto euery one of vs is geuen grace accordyng to the measure of the gyft of Christe 8 Wherfore he saith * When he went vp an hye he ledde captiuitie captiue and gaue gyftes vnto men 9 But that he ascended what is it but that he also descended first into the lower partes of the earth 10 He that descended is euen the same also that ascended vp farre aboue all heauens to fulfyll all thynges 11 And he gaue some apostles and some prophetes and some euangelistes and some shepheardes and teachers 12 To the gatheryng together of the saintes into the worke of ministration into the edifiyng of the body of Christe 13 Tyll we all meete together into the vnitie of fayth and knowledge of the sonne of God vnto a perfect man vnto the measure of the age of the fulnesse of Christe ☜ 14 That we hencefoorth be no more children wauering and caryed about with euery wynde of doctrine in the wylynesse of men in craftynesse to the laying wayte of deceyte 15 But folowyng trueth in loue let vs growe vp into him in all thynges whiche is the head Christ 16 In whom all the body beyng coupled and knit together by euery ioynt of subministration accordyng to the effectuall power in y e measure of euery part maketh increase of the body vnto the edifiyng of it selfe in loue 17 ☞ This I say therfore and testifie in the Lorde that ye hencefoorth walke not as other gentiles walke in vanitie of their mynde 18 Darkened in cogitation being alienated from the lyfe of God by the ignoraunce that is in them by the blindnesse of their heartes 19 Whiche beyng past feelyng haue geuen theÌ„ selues ouer vnto wantonnesse to worke al vncleanenesse with greedynesse 20 But ye haue not so learned Christe 21 Yf so be that ye haue hearde hym and haue ben taught in hym as the trueth is in Iesus 22 To â—ay downe accordyng to the former conuersation y e olde man which is corrupt accordyng to the lustes of error ☜ 23 ☞ To be renued in the spirite of your mynde 24 And to put on that newe man which after God is shapen in righteousnesse holynesse of trueth 25 Wherfore puttyng away lying speake euery man trueth vnto his neyghbour forasmuch as we are members one of another 26 Be ye angry and sinne not let not the sunne go downe vpon your wrath 27 Neither geue place to the deuyll 28 * Let hym that stole steale no more but let hym rather labour workyng with his handes the thyng whiche is good that he may geue vnto hym that needeth ☜ 29 Let no fylthy communication procede out of your mouth but that whiche is good to edifie withal as oft as neede is that it may minister grace vnto the hearers 30 And greeue not the holy spirite of God by whom ye are sealed vnto the day of redemption 31 Let all bytternesse and fiercenesse wrath and crying and euyll speakyng be put away from you with all maliciousnesse 32 Be ye curteous one to another merciful forgeuing one another euen as God for Christes sake hath forgeuen you ⧠The .v. Chapter 2 He exhorteth them vnto loue 3 warneth them to beware of vncleannesse couetousnesse foolyshe talkyng and false doctrine 17 to be circumspect 18 to auoyde dronkennesse 19 to reioyce and to be thankefull towarde God 21 to submit them selues one to another 22 He entreateth of corporall mariage of the spirituall betwixt Christe and his Churche 1 BE ye therefore folowers of God as deare chyldren 2 And walke ye in loue euen as Christe hath loued vs and hath geuen hym selfe for vs an offering and a sacrifice of a sweete smellyng sauour to
God 3 But fornication and all vncleannesse or couetousnesse let it not be once named among you as it becommeth saintes 4 Neither fylthynesse neither foolyshe talkyng neither iestyng which are not comely but rather geuyng of thankes 5 For this ye knowe that no whoremonger neither vncleane person nor couetous person which is a worshipper of images hath any inheritaunce in the kyngdome of Christe and of God 6 Let no man deceaue you with vayne wordes For because of such thynges commeth the wrath of God vppon the chyldren of disobedience 7 Be not ye therefore companions of them 8 For ye were sometimes darknesse but nowe are ye lyght in the Lorde Walke as chyldren of lyght 9 For the fruite of the spirite is in all goodnesse and righteousnesse trueth 10 Approuyng what is acceptable vnto the Lorde 11 And haue no felowship with the vnfruitefull workes of darknesse but rather euen rebuke them 12 For it is shame euen to name those thynges whiche are done of them in secrete 13 But all thynges when they are rebuked of the lyght are manifest For all that which do make manifest is lyght 14 Wherefore he sayth Awake thou that sleepest and stande vp from the dead and Christe shall geue thee lyght 15 ☞ Take heede therfore howe ye walke circumspectlye not as vnwyse but as wyse 16 Redeemyng the time because y e dayes are euyll 17 Wherfore be ye not vnwise but vnderstandyng what the wyll of the Lord is 18 And be not drunke with wine wherin is excesse but be fylled with the spirite 19 Speaking vnto your selues in psalmes and hymnes and spirituall songues syngyng and makyng melodie to the Lorde in your heartes 20 Geuing thankes alwayes for all thinges vnto God and the father in y e name of our Lorde Iesus Christe 21 Submittyng your selues one to another in the feare of God ☜ 22 Wyues submit your selues vnto your owne husbandes as vnto the Lorde 23 For the husbande is the head of the wyfe euen as Christe is the head of the Church he is the sauiour of the bodie 24 But as the Church is subiect to Christ lykewyse the wyues to their owne husbandes in all thynges 25 Ye husbandes loue your wyues euen as Christe also loued the Churche and gaue hym selfe for it 26 To sanctifie it clensyng it in the fountayne of water in the worde 27 To make it vnto hym selfe a glorious Churche not hauyng spot or wrinckle or any such thyng but that it should be holy and without blame 28 So ought men to loue their wyues as their owne bodies He that loueth his wyfe loueth hym selfe 29 For no man euer yet hated his owne flesshe but norissheth cherissheth it euen as the Lorde the Churche 30 For we are members of his body of his flesshe and of his bones 31 For this cause shall a man leaue father and mother and shal be ioyned vnto his wyfe and two shal be made one flesshe 32 This is a great secrete but I speake of Christe and of the Churche 33 Therfore euery one of you do ye so Let euery one of you loue his wyfe euen as hym selfe and let the wyfe reuerence her husbande ¶ The .vj. Chapter 1 Howe chyldren shoulde behaue them selues towarde their fathers and mothers 4 Lykewyse parentes towarde their chyldren 5 seruauntes towardes their maisters 9 Maisters towarde their seruauntes 13 An exhortation to the spiritual battayle and what weapons the christians shoulde fyght withall 1 CHyldren obey your fathers and mothers in the Lorde for this is ryght 2 Honour thy father and mother whiche is the first commaundement in promise 3 That thou mayest prosper and lyue long on earth 4 Fathers prouoke not your children to wrath but bring them vp in instruction and information of the Lorde 5 Seruauntes obey them that are your bodyly maisters with feare and tremblyng in singlenesse of your heart as vnto Christe 6 Not with seruice vnto the eye as men pleasers but as the seruaūtes of Christ 7 Doyng the wyll of God frō the heart with good wyll seruyng the Lorde and not men 8 Knowyng that whatsoeuer good thyng any man doeth that shall he receaue agayne of the Lorde whether he be bonde or free 9 And ye maisters do the same thynges vnto them puttyng away threatnyng knowyng that your maister also is in heauen neither is respecte of person with hym 10 ☞ Finally my brethren be strong in the Lorde in the power of his might 11 Put on all the armour of God that ye may stande agaynst the assaultes of the deuyll 12 For we wrastle not agaynst blood flesshe but agaynst rule agaynst power agaynst worldly gouernours of the darknesse of this worlde agaynst spirituall craftynesse in heauenly places 13 Wherfore take vnto you the whole armour of God that ye may be able to resist in the euyll day and hauing finished all thynges to stande fast 14 Stande therfore hauyng loynes girt about with the trueth and puttyng on the brest plate of righteousnesse 15 And hauyng your feete shodde in the preparation of the Gospell of peace 16 Aboue all takyng the shielde of fayth wherwith ye may quenche all the fierie dartes of the wicked 17 And take the helmet of saluation and the sworde of the spirite whiche is the worde of God ☜ 18 Praying alwayes in all prayer and supplication in the spirite and watche thervnto with all instaunce and supplication for all saintes 19 And for me that vtteraunce may be geuē vnto me y t I may open my mouth freely to vtter y e secretes of the Gospell 20 Whereof I am messenger in bondes that therein I may speake freely as I ought to speake 21 But y t ye may also knowe my affaires and what I do Tichicus a deare brother and faythfull minister in the Lord shall shewe you all thynges 22 Whom I haue sent vnto you for the same purpose that ye myght knowe of our affaires and that he myght comfort your heartes 23 Peace be vnto the brethren and loue with fayth from God the father and from the Lorde Iesus Christe 24 Grace be with all them whiche loue our Lorde Iesus Christe in sinceritie Amen ⧠Sent from Rome vnto the Ephesians by Tichicus ⧠The Epistle of Saint Paul the Apostle to the Philippians ¶ The first Chapter 1 Saint Paul discouereth his heart towardes them 3 by his thankes geuyng 4 prayers 8 and wisshes for their fayth and saluation 7.12.20 He sheweth the fruite of his crosse 15.27 and exhorteth them to vnitie 28 and pacience 1 PAul Timotheus the seruauntes of Iesus Christ To all the saintes in Christ Iesus whiche are at Philippos with the bisshops deacons 2 Grace be vnto you and peace frō God our father and from the Lorde Iesus Christ 3 ☞ I thanke my God with all remembraunce of you 4 Alwayes in all my prayer for all you makyng prayer with
death not regardyng his lyfe to fulfyll your lacke of seruice towarde me ¶ The .iij. Chapter 2 He warneth them to be ware of false teachers 3 agaynst whom he setteth Christe 4 Likewise himselfe 9 and his doctrine 12 and reproueth mans owne righteousnes 1 MOreouer my brethren reioyce ye in the Lord. It greeueth me not to write the same thyng often to you for to you it is a sure thyng 2 Beware of dogges beware of euyll workers beware of concision 3 * For we are the circumcision which worship God * in the spirite and reioyce in Christ Iesus and haue no confidence in the fleshe 4 Though I might also haue confidence in the fleshe If any other man thinketh that he hath wherof he myght trust in the fleshe more I 5 Circumcised the eyght day of the kinred of Israel of the tribe of Beniamin an Ebrue of the Ebrues after the lawe a pharisee 6 Concernyng feruentnesse persecutyng the Churche touchyng y e righteousnesse which is in y e lawe I was blamelesse 7 But the thynges that were vauntage vnto me those I counted losse for Christes sake 8 Yea I thynke all thynges but losse for the excellencie of the knowledge of Christe Iesus my Lorde For whom I haue counted all thyng losse do iudge theÌ„ but vile that I may winne Christe 9 And be founde in hym not hauyng myne owne ryghteousnesse which is of the lawe but that which is through the fayth of Christ the ryghteousnes which commeth of God through fayth 10 That I may knowe hym and the power of his resurrection and the felowshippe of his passions confirmable vnto his death 11 If by any meanes I myght attayne vnto the resurrection of the dead 12 Not as though I had alredy attayned either were alredy perfect but I folowe yf that I may comprehende wherein also I am comprehended of Christe Iesus 13 Brethren I count not my selfe as yet that I haue attained but this one thing I say I forget those thinges which are behynde and endeuour my selfe vnto those thynges which are before 14 And I prease towarde the marke for the price of the hye callyng of God in Christe Iesus 15 Let vs therfore as many as be perfect be thus mynded and if ye be otherwyse mynded God shall reueale the same also vnto you 16 Neuerthelesse vnto that which we haue attayned vnto let vs proceade by one rule that we may be of one accorde 17 ☞ Brethren be folowers together of me and loke on them which walke so as ye haue vs for an ensample 18 For many walke of whom I haue tolde you often nowe tel you wepyng that they are the enemies of the crosse of Christe 19 Whos 's ende â—is dampnation whose God is theirâ— belly and glorie to their shame which mynde earthly thynges 20 But our conuersation is in heauen from whence also we loke for the sauiour the Lorde Iesus Christe 21 Who shall chaunge our vyle body that it may be fashioned lyke vnto his glorious body according to the working wherby he is able to subdue all thynges vnto hym selfe ☜ ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 1 He exhorteth them to be of honest conuersation 15 and thanketh them because of the prouision that they made for hym beyng in pryson 21 and so concludeth with salutations 1 THerfore my brethren beloued longed for my ioy and crowne so continue in the Lorde ye beloued 2 I pray Euodias and beseche Syntyches y t they be of one accorde in the Lorde 3 Yea and I beseche thee also faythfull yockefelowe helpe those women which laboured with me in the Gospell and with Clement also and with other my labour felowes whose names are in the booke of lyfe 4 ☞ * Reioyce in the Lorde alway and agayne I say reioyce 5 Let your pacient mynde be knowen vnto all men The Lorde is at hande 6 Be carefull for nothyng but in all thynges let your petition be manifest vnto God in prayer and supplication with geuyng of thankes 7 And the peace of God which passeth all vnderstandyng shall kepe your heartes and myndes through Christe Iesus ☜ 8 Furthermore brethren whatsoeuer thynges are true whatsoeuer thynges are honest whatsoeuer thynges are iuste whatsoeuer thynges are pure whatsoeuer thynges pertayne to loue whatsoeuer thynges are of honest report If there be any vertue yf there be any prayse thynke on these thynges 9 Which ye haue both learned and receaued and hearde and seene in me Those thinges do and the God of peace shal be with you 10 But I reioyce in the Lorde greatly that nowe at the last you are reuiued againe to care for me in y t wherin ye were also carefull but ye lacked oportunitie 11 I speake not because of necessitie For I haue learned in whatsoeuer estate I am therwith to be content 12 I knowe howe to be lowe and I knowe howe to exceade Euery where in all thynges I am instructed both to be ful and to be hungry both to haue plentie and to suffer neede 13 I can do all thynges through Christe which strengtheneth me 14 Notwithstandyng ye haue well done y t ye dyd communicate to my afflictions 15 Ye Philippians knowe also that in the begynnyng of the Gospell when I departed froÌ„ Macedonia no Church communicated to me as concernyng geuyng and receauyng but ye only 16 For euen in Thessalonica ye sent once afterward agayne vnto my necessitie 17 Not that I desire a gyft but I desire fruite aboundyng to your accompt 18 But I haue receaued al haue plentie I was euen fylled after that I had receaued of Epaphroditus the thynges which were sent from you an odoure of a sweete smel a sacrifice acceptable pleasaunt to God 19 My God shall supplie all your neede through his riches in glorie in Christe Iesus 20 Vnto God and our father be prayse for euermore Amen 21 Salute all the saintes in Christe Iesus The brethren which are with me greete you 22 All the saintes salute you most of all they that are of Caesars housholde 23 The grace of our Lorde Iesu Christe be with you all Amen ¶ This Epistle was written from Rome by Epaphroditus ⧠The Epistle of Saint Paul the Apostle to the Colossians ¶ The first Chapter 3 He geueth thankes vnto God for their faith 7 Confirming the doctrine of Epaphras 9 prayeth for the increase of their fayth 13 He sheweth vnto them the true Christe and discouereth the counterfayte Christe of the false Apostles 25 He approueth his auctoritie and charge 28 and of his faythfull executyng of the same 1 PAul an Apostle of Iesus Christe by the wyll of God and Timotheus the brother 2 To them which are in Colossa saintes and faythfull brethren in Christe Grace vnto you peace from God our father and the Lorde Iesus Christe 3 We geue thankes to God and father of our Lorde Iesus Christe alwayes for you
wyll God bryng with hym 15 For this say we vnto you in the worde of the Lorde that we whiche lyue remayning vnto the cōmyng of the Lord shall not preuent them which sleepe 16 For the Lorde hym selfe shal descende from heauen in a shoute and in the voyce of the Archangell and in the trumpe of God And the dead in Christ shall aryse first 17 Than we which lyue which remaine shal be caught vp together with them in the cloudes to meete the Lorde in the ayre And so shall we euer be with the Lorde 18 Wherfore comfort your selues one another in these wordes ☜ The .v. Chapter 1 He infourmeth them of the day of iudgement and commyng of the Lorde 6 Exhortyng them to watche 12 and to regarde such as preache Gods word among them 1 BVt of the tymes seasons brethrē ye haue no neede that I write vnto you 2 For ye your selues knowe perfectlye that the day of the Lord shall so come euen as a theefe in the nyght 3 For when they shal say peace safetie then shall sodeyne destruction come vppon them as sorowe vpon a woman with chylde and they shall not escape 4 But ye brethren are not in darknesse that that day shoulde ouertake you as a theefe 5 ☞ Ye are all the chyldren of lyght and the chyldren of the daye We are not of the nyght neither of darkenesse 6 Therefore let vs not sleepe as do other but let vs watche and be sober 7 For they that sleepe sleepe in the night and they that be druncken are druncken in the nyght 8 But let vs which are of the day be sober puttyng on the brest plate of fayth and loue and a helmet the hope of saluation 9 For God hath not appoynted vs to wrath but to obtayne saluation by our Lorde Iesus Christe 10 Whiche dyed for vs that whether we wake or sleepe we shoulde lyue together with hym 11 Wherefore comfort your selues together and edifie euery one another euen as ye do ☜ 12 And we beseche you brethren to know them whiche labour among you and haue the ouersight of you in the Lorde and admonishe you 13 That ye haue them in hye reputation in loue for their worke and be at peace among your selues 14 ☞ We exhort you brethren warne them that are vnruly comfort the feeble mynded lyft vp the weake be pacient towarde all men 15 See that none recompence euyll for euyll vnto any man but euer folowe that whiche is good both among your selues and to all men 16 Reioyce euer 17 Pray continually 18 In all thinges geue thankes For this is the wyl of God in Christe Iesus towarde you 19 Quenche not the spirite 20 Despise not prophesiynges 21 Examine all thynges holde fast that which is good 22 Abstayne from all appearaunce of euyll 23 And the very God of peace santifie you throughout And I pray God that your whole spirite and soule and body may be preserued blamelesse in the comming of our Lorde Iesus Christe 24 Faythfull is he whiche called you whiche wyll also do it 25 Brethren pray for vs. 26 Greete all the brethren in an holy kysse 27 I charge you in the Lorde that this epistle be read vnto al the holy brethren 28 The grace of our Lord Iesus Christ be with you Amen ⧠The first epistle vnto the Thessalonians written from Athens The seconde Epistle of the Apostle Saint Paul to the Thessalonians ⧠The first Chapter 3 He thanketh God for their fayth loue and pacience 11 He prayeth for the encrease of the same 12 And sheweth what fruite shall come therof 1 PAul and Siluanus and Timotheus vnto the Church of the Thessalonians in God our father and the Lord Iesus Christe 2 Grace vnto you and peace from God our father the Lorde Iesus Christe 3 We are bound to thanke God alwayes for you brethren as it is meete because that your fayth groweth exceedyngly and the loue of euery one of you toward another aboundeth 4 So that we our selues reioyce in you in the Churches of God ouer your pacience and faith in all your persecutions and tribulations that ye suffer 5 Which is a token of the ryghteous iudgment of God that ye may be counted woorthy of the kyngdome of God for which ye also suffer 6 For it is a ryghteous thing with God to recompence tribulation to them that trouble you 7 And to you whiche are troubled reste with vs in the reuelation of the Lorde Iesus from heauen with the Angels of his power 8 In flamyng fire rendryng vengeance vnto them that knowe not God and that obey not the Gospell of our Lorde Iesus Christe 9 Which shal be punisshed with euerlastyng dampnation from the presence of the Lorde frō the glorie of his power 10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saintes and to be made marueylous in all them that beleue because our testimonie toward you was beleued in that day 11 Wherfore also we praye alwayes for you that our God woulde make you worthy of the callyng fulfyll all good pleasure of goodnesse in the worke of fayth in power 12 That the name of our Lorde Iesus Christe may be glorified in you and ye in hym accordyng to the grace of our God and the Lorde Iesus Christe ¶ The .ij. Chapter 3 He sheweth them that the day of the Lorde shall not come tyll the departyng of the fayth come first 9 and the kyngdome of Antichriste 15 And therfore he exhorteth them not to be deceaued but to stande stedfast in the thinges that he hath taught them 1 WE besech you brethren by the comming of our Lorde Iesus Christe and by our assembling vnto hym 2 That ye be not sodenlye moued from your minde nor be troubled neither by spirite nor by worde nor yet by letter as from vs as though the daye of Christe were at hande 3 Let no man deceaue you by any meanes for the Lorde shall not come excepte there come a fallyng away first that that man of sinne be reuealed the sonne of perdition 4 Whiche is an aduersarie and is exalted aboue all that is called God or that is worshipped so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God shewing hym selfe that he is God 5 Remember ye not that when I was yet with you I tolde you these thynges 6 And nowe ye knowe what withholdeth that he myght be reuealed in his tyme. 7 For the misterie of iniquitie doth alredie worke tyll he whiche nowe onlye letteth be taken out of the way 8 And then shall that wicked be reuealed whom the Lorde shall consume with the spirite of his mouth and shall destroy with the brightnesse of his commyng ☜ 9 Euen hym whose commyng is after the workyng of Satan in all power signes and wonders of lying 10
are not comely 14 I wyll therefore that the yonger women do marrie to beare chyldren to guyde the house to geue none occasion to y e aduersarie to speake slaunderously 15 For certaine of them are alredy turned backe after Satan 16 Yf any man or woman that beleueth haue wydowes let them susteine them let not the Churches be charged that there maye be sufficient for them that are wydowes in deede 17 The elders that rule well are worthy of double honour most speciallye they which labour in the worde teachyng 18 For the scripture sayth Thou shalt not moosel the oxe that treadeth out the corne And the labourer is worthy of his rewarde 19 Agaynst an elder receaue none accusation but vnder two or three witnesses 20 Them that sinne rebuke before all that other also may feare 21 I testifie before God and the Lorde Iesus Christe and the elect angels that thou obserue these thinges without hastynesse of iudgement and do nothyng after parcialitie 22 Lay handes sodenly on no man neither be partaker of other mens sinnes Kepe thy selfe chaste 23 Drinke no longer water but vse a litle wine for thy stomackes sake thine often diseases 24 Some mens sinnes are open beforehande hastyng before vnto iudgement and in some they folowe after 25 Lykewise also good workes are manifest before hande and they that are otherwyse can not be hyd ¶ The .vj. Chapter 1 The duetie of seruauntes towarde their maisters 3 Agaynst such as are not satisfied with the worde of God 6 Of true godlynesse and contentation of mynde 9 Agaynst couetousnesse 11 A charge geuen to Timothie 1 LEt as many seruauntes as are vnder the yoke count their maisters worthy of all honour that the name of god and his doctrine be not blasphemed 2 And they whiche haue beleuyng maisters despise them not because they are brethren but rather do seruice forasmuch as they are beleuyng and beloued and partakers of the benefite These thynges teache and exhort 3 Yf any man teache otherwyse and consenteth not vnto the wholsome wordes of our Lorde Iesus Christe and to the doctrine whiche is accordyng to godlynesse 4 He is puft vp knowyng nothing but dotyng about questions and strifes of wordes wherof commeth enuie stryfe raylynges euyll surmysynges 5 Vayne disputations of men of corrupte myndes destitute of the trueth thynkyng lucre to be godlynesse From suche be thou separate 6 Godlynesse is great lucre if a man be content with that he hath 7 For we brought nothyng into the worlde and it is certayne that we may carry nought away 8 But hauyng foode and rayment we must therwith be content 9 For they that wyll be riche fall into temptations and snares and into many folishe noysome lustes which drowne men in perdition and destruction 10 For loue of money is the roote of all euyll whiche whyle some lusted after they erred from the fayth pearced thē selues through with many sorowes 11 But thou O man of God flee these thynges and folow after righteousnes godlynes faith loue pacience mekenes 12 Fight the good fight of faith lay hand on eternall lyfe wherevnto thou art also called and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses 13 I geue thee charge in the sight of God who quickeneth all thynges and before Iesus Christe which vnder Pontius Pilate witnessed a good profession 14 That thou kepe the commaundement without spot vnrebukeable vntyll the appearyng of our Lorde Iesus Christ 15 Which in his tymes he shall shewe that is blessed and prince only the kyng of kynges and Lorde of Lordes 16 Who only hath immortalitie dwelling in the light that no man can attayne vnto * Whom no man hath seene neither can see vnto whom be honour power euerlastyng Amen 17 Charge them which are riche in this world that they be not hie minded nor trust in vncertayne riches but in y e lyuyng God which geueth vs aboundauntly all thinges to enioy 18 That they do good that they be riche in good workes that they be redye to geue glad to distribute 19 Laying vp in store for them selues a good foundation agaynst the tyme to come that they may lay holde on eternall lyfe 20 O Timotheus saue that which is geuen thee to kepe auoydyng prophane and vayne bablynges and oppositions of science falslie so called 21 Which some professyng haue erred concernyng the fayth Grace be with thee Amen ¶ Sent from Laodicea which is the chiefest citie of Phrygia Pacaciana The seconde Epistle of the Apostle Saint Paul to Timothie ¶ The first Chapter ¶ 6 Paul exhorteth Timotheus to stedfastnesse and patience in persecution and to continue in the doctrine that he had taught hym 12 wherof his bondes afflictions were a gage 16 A commendation of Onesiphorus 1 PAul an Apostle of Iesus Christe by the wyll of God according to the promise of lyfe which is in Christ Iesus 2 To Timothie a beloued sonne Grace mercy and peace from God the father and Christe Iesus our Lorde 3 I thanke God whom I worshippe from my forefathers in pure conscience that without ceassyng I haue remembraūce of thee in my prayers night day 4 Desiryng to see thee myndefull of thy teares that I may be fylled with ioy 5 When I call to remembraunce the vnfaigned fayth that is in thee whiche dwelt first in thy graundmother Lois and in thy mother Eunica and I am assured that it dwelleth in thee also 6 Wherfore I put thee in remēbraunce that thou stirre vp the gyft of God which is in thee * by the puttyng on of my handes 7 * For God hath not geuen to vs the spirite of feare but of power and of loue and of a sounde mynde 8 Be not thou therfore ashamed of the testimonie of our Lorde neither of me his prisoner but suffer thou aduersitie with the Gospell accordyng to the power of God 9 Who hath saued vs called vs with an holy callyng not accordyng to our workes but accordyng to his owne purpose and grace which was geuen vs in Christe Iesus before the world began 10 But is nowe made manifest by the appearyng of our sauiour Iesus Christ who hath put away death and hath brought life and immortalitie vnto light through the Gospell 11 Wherunto I am appoynted a preacher and Apostle and a teacher of the gentiles 12 For the which cause I also suffer these thynges Neuerthelesse I am not ashamed For I knowe whom I haue beleued and I am perswaded that he is able to kepe that which I haue committed to hym agaynst that day 13 See thou haue the paterne of wholesome wordes which thou hast hearde of me in fayth loue that is in Christe Iesus 14 That good thyng which was committed to thy keping holde fast through the holy ghost which dwelleth in vs. 15 This
disciples Math. xxii a. ¶ On the .xxi. Sunday My brethren be strong Ephe. vi b. There was a certayne ruler Iohn iii. f. ¶ On the .xxii. Sunday I thanke my God with Philip. i. a. Peter sayd vnto Iesus Math. xviii a. ¶ On the .xxiii. Sunday Brethren be folowers Philip. iii. d. Then the pharisees went Math. xxii b. ¶ On the .xxiiii. Sunday We geue thankes to God Coloss i. c. Whyle Iesus spake vnto Math. ix c. ¶ On the .xxv. Sunday Beholde the tyme coÌ„meth Iere. xxiii b. When Iesus lyft vp his Iohn vi a. ¶ If there be any mo Sundayes before Aduent Sunday to supply the same shal be taken y e seruice of some of those Sundayes that were omitted betwene the Epiphanie and Septuagesima ¶ Here endeth the table of the Epistles and Gospels of the Sundayes ⧠Here foloweth the table of Epistles and Gospels which are vsed to be read on diuers saintes dayes in the yere ¶ On Saint Andrewes day If thou knowledge Rom. x. a. As Iesus walked Math. iiii c. ☞ On Saint Thomas the Apostles day Nowe are ye not straungers Ephe. ii d. Thomas one of the twelue Iohn xx f. ¶ On the Conuertion of Saint Paul And Saul yet breathyng out Actes ix d. Peter aunswered sayde vnto Iesus Math. xix ¶ On the Purification of Saint Marie the Virgin The same Epistle that is appoynted for the Sunday When the tyme of their purification Luk. ii ¶ On Saint Mathias day Math. xi d. In those dayes Peter stoode in the middes Act. i. In the tyme Iesus aunswered ¶ On the Annunciation of the virgin Marie God spake once agayne Esai vii b. And in the sixth moneth Luk. i. c. ¶ On Saint Markes day Vnto euery one of vs. Ephe. iiii a. I am the true vine and. Iohn xv a. ¶ On Saint Philip and Iames day Iames the seruaunt of God Iames. i. a. And Iesus sayde vnto his Iohn xiiii a. ¶ On Saint Barnabe Apostle Tydynges of these thynges Actes xi a. This is my commaundement Iohn xv a. ¶ On Saint Iohn Baptistes day Be of good cheare my people Esai xl a. Elizabethes tyme came Luk. i. f. ¶ On Saint Peters day At the same tyme Herode Actes xii a. When Iesus came into the. Math. xvi c. ¶ On Saint Iames Apostle In those dayes came Act. xi a. Then came to him the mother Math. xx c. ¶ On Saint Bartholmewe Apostle By the handes of the Apostles Act. v. c. And there was strife among Luk. xxii c. ¶ On Saint Matthewe Apostle Seyng that we haue such ii Cor iiii a. And as Iesus passed foorth Math. ix a. ¶ On Saint Michael and all angels There was a great battayle Apoc. xii c. At the same tyme came the. Math. xviii a. ¶ On Saint Luke Euangelist Watche thou in all thynges i Tim. iiii b. The Lorde appoynted other Luk. x. a. ¶ On Saint Simon and Iude Apostles Iudas the seruaunt of Iesus Iude. i. a. This commaunde I you Iohn xv c. ¶ On all Saintes day Beholde I Iohn sawe Apoc. vii a. Iesus seyng the people Math. v. a. FINIS Imprinted at London in povvles Churchyarde by Richarde Iugge printer to the Queenes Maiestie Cum priuilegio Regiae Maiestatis PRO LEGE REGE â–ª ET GREGE Matris vt haec proprio stirps est saciata cruore Pascis item proprio Christe cruore tuos Sunne riseth at .8 and setteth at .4 Sunne riseth at .vii. and setteth at .v. Equinoctium Sunne riseth at .vi. and setteth at .vi. Sunne riseth at .v. and setteth at .vii. Sunne riseth at .iiii. and setteth at .viii. Sunne riseth at .iiii. min. 45. and setteth at viii min. 39. Sunne riseth at .iiii. and setteth at .viii. Sunne riseth at .v. and setteth at .vii. Sunne riseth at .vi. and setteth at .vi. Sunne riseth at .vii. and setteth at .v. * Note that the beginning of the .xxvi. Chapter of Ecclesiasticus vnto But when one is c. must be read with the .xxv. Chapter Sunne riseth at .viii. and setteth at .iiii. Sunne riseth at .viii. min 30. and setteth at .iii min. 30. Esai 45. c. 14. Gene. 21. d. 33 Dan. 7. c. 9. Gene. 1. a. 2. Esai 45. c. 18. Exodus 9. f. 27 Psal 10. b. 7. Esai 45. d. 21. Exo. 22. d. 27. 1. Cor. 12. a. 6. Rom. 9. d. 20. Esai 45. b. 9. Iere. 18. a. 6. God Gene. 1. d. 27. CreatioÌ„ of man Sapi. ii d. xxiiii Rom. v. c. xiiii d. xviii Sinne. Ephe. ii a. iii. Gene. iii. c. xv Gene. xii a. iii. Gene. xxvi a. iiii Gene. xxviii c. xiiii Hebr. ii d. xiiii ii Sam. vii c. xii Psal 132. c. xi Christe promysed The lawe Exo. xx a. i. Rom. iii. c. xx Gala. iii. c. xix Hebr. vii c. xviii x. a. i. Iohn i. d. xxix Rom. ix b. v. Luk. i. c. xxxi Gala. iiii a. iii. Ephe. i. b. x. Rom. v. b. viii Christe came our sauiour Ephe. ii b. ix Titus iii. a. v. Rom. 15. b. 8. Ephe. 2. b. 7. Esai liii b. vii Iohn i. d. xxix Ephe. v. a. ii Hebr. ix g. xxvi Actes iii. c. xxix Ephe. ii c. xiiii xv Apoca. i. a. v. Heb. ii d. xiiii Gala. iiii a. v. Ephe. i. a. v. Rom. viii c. xvii Ephe. iii. a. v. Rom. viii c. xv Gala. iiii a. vi Ephes i. a. i. Gala. v. d. xxiii Ephe. i. c. xiii iiii g. xxx i. Cor. xii a. iii. Rom. viii c. xvi Rom. v. a. v. i. Cor. xiii a. iiii Ephe. i. c. xiiii Gala. v. d. ii a. Gala. v. a. vi A lambe A sacrifice Peace Adoption The holy ghost Faith Charitie Hope Ephe. v. a. ii Heb. viii c. iii. Rom iii. â— xxx iiii a ii Gala. ii c. xvi Matth. v. g. xlviii xxiii g. Heb. ii c. xi ii Cor. v. d. xix I◠〈…〉 and â—â—nctâ—â—â—â—on Good workes Tit. ii c. xii b. xiii xiiii Luke i. g. lxxiiii Ephe. ii b. x. ii Pet. i. b. x. Ephe. v. a. ii Mat. xxiii b. viii Mat. xi d. xxix Ioh. xiii b. xv i. Pet. ii d. xx b. Heb. iiii d. xiiii i. Tim. ii a. v. i. Iohn ii a. ii Iohn iiii b. xiii and xvi c. xiii Mark ii c. xxiiii Mat. iiii c. xvii Heb. iiii d. xvi i. Tim. i. c. xv Christe our maister and teacher Bishop Mediator Aduocate Iudgement Mat. xxv c. xiii ii Tim. iiii a. i. ii Cor. v. b. x. Eternall lyfe Mat. xxv c. xiii i. Cor. xv c. ii Eternall fire To what intent the scriptures were written ii Pet. i. d. xix Ioh. xvii a. iii. Ioh. xx f. xxxi Christe the onely foundation i. Cor. iii. b. xl Galat. i. b. viii Rom. xi d. xxvi Rom. 1. Iames. 1. Luk. 11. Ieremie Iohn v. i. Tim. iii. Deut. xvii Iosue i. i. Pet. v. Ephe. vi i. Tim. ii Ioh. xiiii Math. xvii Psal xxii ii Tim. iiâ— Psal i. Psal cxix Hedre v. i. Cor. xiiii Math. vii Math. xi Esai lxi i. Cor. xii Apoc. iii. Sapi. i. Iob. xiiii
strong â–ª we mayâ— knowe what 〈◊〉 our libertie 〈◊〉 we be weake we may â—eâ—ne to 〈◊〉 dayly Actes 〈…〉 Esai lxv e. Philip. ii b. Math. xv b. Actes x. b. i Tim. iiii a. Mark vii d. Tituâ— i d. Fayth â–ª is here taken for a 〈◊〉 perswasion of the christian libertie in thinges indifferenâ— (d) This sentence both Augustine and Origen do take to be generally meant of all mens workes whatsoeuer they be whiche proceade not of a ryght conscience and an vndoubted fayth grounded vpon the worde of God Galath vi a (a) To edifie signifieth to do 〈◊〉 maner of â—â—â—es to our neâ—ghbour eyther to bryng hym to christ or yf he be â—â—â—ne that he may go forwarde in vertue â–ª Leuit. xix d Deut. xx f. 2 Reg. 22. d. Psal xviii g Deut. xx f. 2 Reg. 22. d. Psal xviii g Deut. 32. f. Psal cxvii a Esaias xi a. (b) He calleth here the offeryng of the gentiles the people of the gentiles whoÌ„ he won to god by the preachyng of y e Gospell (c) In other mans foundation he calleth here the churches that wer taught and instructed of other apostles Act. xi d. (d) That is â–ª to carry to the poore saintes that lyued at Hierusalem â–ª the almes that he gathered for theÌ„ among the gentiles wheâ—e he preached (e) That is when I shall faythfully delyuer it to theÌ„ â–ª as it were sealed most surely By fruite he meaneth almes whiche is the fruite of the fayth of those that had receaued the Gospell i. Coâ— xiiâ— â— (a) In y t primatiue church auncient widdowes and other vertuous women were chosen appoynted to minister vnto the nedy and therfore called ministers not because they had any publique auctoritie to teach in the congregation â–ª ii Cor. xii â— (b) This was a signe of amitie among the Iewes whiche S. Paul wylleth to be holy that is â–ª that it come from a mynde full of godly charitie (c) Ther are two markes to knowe the false apostles bye The one is when they leaue Christe serue theiâ— belly The other â–ª when they regarde not the holye scripture but preache lyes their owne fantasies Act xâ—x â— (a) Made holy by thee free mercy and callyng of God Rom. i. a. Galath i. a. () Or. conâ—â—â—e (b) For there is no condemâ—â—tion to theÌ„ 〈…〉 Christ 〈◊〉 Nu. xxiii e. i. Cor. x. c. Act. xviii d i. Cor. iii a. and .xvi. c. (c) When meÌ„ shoulde â—teribâ—te that vnto eloqueÌ„ce whiche onlye belongeth to the power of God Rom. i. b. Esai xxix d Esaias 33. c. Math. viii d Luke xi d. Iohn vi d. (a) That is the Gospell wherby God doth manifest hym selfe to the worlde or whereof God is the aucthor and witnesse Actes xiii d Esai lxiii â— Rom. viii a. (b) Mannes mynde â–ª which vnderstaÌ„deth and iudgeth Esaias xl c. Rom. xi c. (c) That is Christes spirite (a) Beyng ingraffed in Christe by fayth we begyn to moue by his spirite and as we profite in fayth we growe vp to a ripe age And here â—et him take hede that teacheth lest for mylke he geue poâ—soÌ„ For mylke strong meate in 〈◊〉 are one but only 〈◊〉 in maner â—ourme Ephe. ii d. (b) He reproueth the miniâ—ters of Corinth â–ª as teachers of curious doctrines questions Mat. xvi c. 1. Cor. vi d. Iob. v. b. (c) WheÌ„ they them selues are entangled in the same snares whiche they layde for others (d) But in God who worketh by his ministers to his owne glorie and the comfort of his Churche Deu. xxix d (a) Whether I haue great giftes or litle sewe or many â–ª (b) To wyt froÌ„ other meÌ„ preferreth thee Psa lxiiii d. Rom. viii f. (c) By this bytter tauntyng in abâ—ectyng hymselfe and exaltyng the Corinthians he maketh them ashamed of their vayne glorie () Or houre Actes xx â— i Theâ—â— ii Theâ—â— Act. xviii c. Heb. vi a. (d) Of the holy ghost (a) Who wold thynke that you wold suffer y e mischiefe vnpunyshed which y e most barbarous nations abhorre to speake of Leui. xviii d Math. 18. d. (b) Seyng you suffer such monstruous vices vnpunysshed â— Thes iii b Deut. xiii b “ Or against (a) He calleth them vniust whosoeuer are not sanctified in Christ Mat. vii d. Gal. v d. Eph. v. a Or extoâ—â—rs Eccle. 37· d. i. Cor. x. c. (b) For we are suâ—iect to those thinges which we can not want (c) They abused meates both in y t they offended other therby also prouoked their owne lustes to vnclearesse i. Cor. iii c. Gene. ii d. Matth xix Mark x. a. Eph. v. g. (a) Or expedient because mariage thorow mans corruptioÌ„ â–ª and not by gods institution â–ª bringeth â—aâ—es and troubles Tob. vi d. Ioel. ii d. (b) He sheweth that he coÌ„maundeth not precisely all meÌ„ to marrie but that God hath graunted this remedie vnto them which can not liue chast i. Tim. v. c. Mat. v. e. and xix a. (c) They that are borne of either of the pareÌ„tes faithfull are also counted members of Christes church because of the promise Eph. iiii a. i. Tim. vi â— (d) Or sincerely as in the presence of God Esâ— lx b. i Iohn ii c. Mat. vi d. Luk. vi c. (e) That is that she should mary to auoyde fornication Rom. vii a. () Or by the lawe of maryage Actes v. c. () Or taught i. Cor. x c. (a) which being idols yet are esteemed of men as Lordes and Seigneours i. Cor. viii g. (b) By thyne example with out any grossd of doctrine (c) which eateth against his conscieÌ„ce Rom. 14 d. Act. xi a. (a) I neede to further declaration but the workes that I haue wrought among you (b) Or a sister a wife Sainte Paule vseth none other worde to expresse a wyfe then 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 vallâ— what needeth it to adde a woman where was promised a sister wherfore I thâ—nke sayth he it ought to be translated a wyfe specially because it is expressed in the singuler number 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The olde translation printed transposeth the wordes saying Mulierem sotorem where the most old written copies constantly haue Sotorem mulierem as all the Greke copies 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Deu. xxv b i. Timo. v c. Roma xv f. Gal. vi b. Act. xx g. Mat. x. b. Actes xx g (c) The Greke worde 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifieth a guidaunce bestowing or distribution of thinges as it were to the profite of an housholde Act. xvi â— Gal. ii a. i. Cor. x. â— 2. Tim. 4. b. i. Pet. v. b. (d) Lest 〈◊〉 shoulde be reproued of men when they should see him do contrarie or contempâ—e that thinâ— which he taught others to do () That is into Moyses sawe as some reade Or as S. Augustine readeth by Moyses (a) That is Manna whiche was the outwarde signe or Sacrament of the spiritual grace () Or the same Mat. xvi c. (b) That is signified Christe as all Sacramentes do