in the deare tyme. Let oure soule paciently abyde the LORDE for he is oure helpe and shilde So shal oure herte reioyse in him because we haue hoped in his holy name Let thy mercifull kyndnesse o LORDE be vpon vs like as we put oure trust in the. The XXXIII A psalme of Dauid I Wil allwaye geue thankes vnto the LORDE his prayse shal euer be in my mouth My soule shall make hir boast in the LORDE the poore oppressed shal heare therof and be glad O prayse y e LORDE with me and let vs magnifie his name together I sought the LORDE and he herde me yee he delyuered me out of all my feare They that haue an eye vnto him shal be lightened their faces shall not be ashamed This poore man cried vnto the LORDE and he herde him yee and delyuered him out of all his troubles The angell of the LORDE pitcheth his tente rounde aboute them that feare him and delyuereth them O taist and se how frendly the LORDE is blessed is the man y t trusteth in him O feare the LORDE ye y t be his sayntes for they that feare him lacke nothinge The rich shal want and suffre hunger but they which seke the LORDE shal wāt no maner of thinge that is good Come hither o ye children herken vnto me I wil teach you the feare of the LORDE Who so listeth to lyue wolde fayne se good dayes Let him refrayne his tonge from euell and his lippes that they speake no gyle Let him eschue euell and do good Let him seke peace ensue it For the eyes of the LORDE are ouer the rightuous and his eares are open vnto their prayers But the face of the LORDE beholdeth them that do euel to destroye the remembraunce of them out of the earth When the rightuous crie the LORDE heareth them and delyuereth thē out of all their troubles The LORDE is nye vnto them y t are contrite in hert wil helpe soch as be of an hūble sprete Greate are y e troubles of the rightuous but the LORDE delyuereth them out of all He kepeth all their bones so y t not one of them is broken But miszfortune shal slaye the vngodly and they that hate y e rightuous shal be giltie The LORDE delyuereth the soules of his seruaūtes and all they that put their trust in him shal not offende The XXXIIII A psalme of Dauid STryue thou with them o LORDE that stryue w t me fight thou agaynst them that fight agaynst me Laye honde vpon the shylde and speare and stonde vp to helpe me Drawe out thy swearde and stoppe the waye agaynst them that persecute me saye vnto my soule I am y i helpe Let them be cōfounded and put to shame that seke after my soule let thē be turned back and brought to confucion that ymagin myschefe for me Let thē be as y e dust before the wynde and the angell of the LORDE scaterynge thē Let their waye be darcke and slippery and the angell of the LORDE to persecute them For they haue pryuely laied their nett to destroye me without a cause yee and made a pitte for my soule which I neuer deserued Let a sodane destrucciō come vpon him vnawarres and y e nett that he hath layed priuely catch him self that he maye fall in to his owne myschefe But let my soule be ioyfull in the LORDE and reioyse in his helpe All my bones shal saie LORDE who is like vnto the which delyuerest y e poore from those that are to stronge for him yee the poore and the nedy from his robbers False witnesses are rysen vp laye to my charge thinges that I knowe not They rewarde me euell for good to the greate discomforth of my soule Neuertheles when they were sick I put on a sack cloth I humbled my soule with fastinge and my prayer turned in to myne owne bosome I behaued myself as though it had bene my frende or my brother I wēte heuely as one y e mourneth for his mother But in my aduersite they reioyse and gather them together yee y e very lame come together agaynst me vnawarres makynge mowes at me ceasse not With y e gredy scornefull ypocrites they gnaszshed vpon me with theirteth LORDE whan wilt thou loke vpō this O restore my soule from y e wicked rumoure of thē my dearlinge from the lyons So wil I geue y e thankes in the greate congregacion prayse the amonge moch people O let thē not triūphe ouer me that are myne enemies for naught O let them not wyncke w t their eyes that hate me without a cause And why their comonynge is not for peace but they ymagin false wordes agaynst y e outcastes of the londe They gape vpon me w t their mouthes sayenge there there we se it with oure eyes This thou seist o LORDE holde not thy tonge thē go not farre fro me o LORDE Awake LORDE and stonde vp auenge thou my cause my God and my LORDE Iudge me o LORDE my God acordinge to thy rightuousnesse y t they triūphe not ouer me O let thē not saye in their hertes there there so wolde we haue it O let them not saye we haue ouercome him Let them be put to confucion and shame that reioyse at my trouble let thē be clothed with rebuke and dishonoure that boost thē selues agaynst me Let them also be glad and reioyse that fauoure my rightuous dealinge yee let them saye allwaye blessed be y e LORDE which hath pleasure in the prosperite of his seruaunt And as for my tonge it shall be talkynge of thy rightuousnes and of thy prayse all the daye longe The XXXV A psalme of Dauid MY hert sheweth me the wickednesse of the vngodly that there is no feare of God before his eyes For he dyssembleth before his face so longe till his abhominable synne be founde out The wordes of his mouth are vnrightuousnesse and disceate he wil not be lerned to do good He ymagineth myschefe vpon his bedde he will come in no good waye ner refuse the thinge that is euell Thy mercy O LORDE reacheth vnto the heauen and thy faith fulnesse vnto the cloudes Thy rightuousnesse stondeth like the stronge mountaynes thy iudgment like the greate depe Thou LORDE preseruest both mē the beestes How precious is thy mercy O God that the children of men maye put their trust vnder y e shadowe of thy wynges They shal be satisfied with the plēteousnesse of thy house and thou shalt geue them drynke of the ryuer of thy pleasures For by the is y e well of life in thy light shall we se light O sprede forth thy louynge kyndnesse vnto them that knowe the thy rightuousnes vnto thē that are true of hert O let not the fote of pryde ouertake me O let not the hande of y e vngodly cast me downe As for wicked doers they fall they
hongrie The LORDE lowseth men out of preson the LORDE geueth sight to the blynde The LORDE helpeth theÌ„ vp that are fallen the LORDE loueth the righteous The LORDE careth for the straungers he defendeth y e fatherlesse and wyddowe as for the waye of y e vngodly he turneth it vpsyde downe The LORDE thy God o Sion is kynge for euermore and thorow out all generacions Halleluya The CXLVI psalme O Prayse the LORDE for it is a good thinge to synge prayses vnto o r God yee a ioyfull and pleasaunt thinge is it to be thankfull The LORDE shal buylde vp IerusaleÌ„ gather together y e outcastes of Israel He healeth the contrite in herte and byndeth vp their woundes He telleth the nombre of the starres and calleth them all by their names Greate is o r LORDE and greate is his power yee his wyszdome is infinite The LORDE setteth vp y e meke bryngeth y e vngodly downe to y e grouÌ„de O synge vnto y e LORDE w t thankesgeuynge synge prayses vpoÌ„ y e harpe vnto o r God Which couereth y e heauen w t cloudes prepareth rayne for y e earth maketh y e grasse to growe vpon the mountaynes Which geueth foder vnto y e catell fedeth y e yonge rauens y t call vpoÌ„ him He hath no pleasure in the strength of an horse nether delyteth he in eny maÌ„s legges But the LORDES delyte is in them that feare him and put their trust in his mercy The CXLVII psalme This psalme do the hebrues ioyne vnto it that goeth before PRayse y e LORDE o IerusaleÌ„ prayse 〈◊〉 God o Sion For he maketh fast 〈◊〉 baries of y e gates blesseth y e 〈…〉 within ye. He maketh peace in y e bordâ—â—◠〈◊〉 fylleth y e with y e flo r of wheate He 〈◊〉 synde y e forth his coÌ„maundemeÌ„t vpoÌ„ earth 〈…〉 LORDE ruÌ„neth swiftly He geueth snowe scatereth y e horefrost like ashes 〈◊〉 He forth his yse like morsels who is ghtuous and de his frost He sendeth out â—â—cently he â—emelteth them he bloweth w t hi◠〈◊〉 preserueth y e waters flowe He sheweth 〈◊〉 shalt thou unIacob his statutes 〈…〉 and equi rael He hath not dealt 〈◊〉 Yf wyszdome then nether haue they 〈◊〉 and y e soule delyte in es Halleluya 〈◊〉 councell preserue the The 〈…〉 shal kepe the. That â—Pâ—est be delyuered froÌ„ y e euell waye â—om the man y t speaketh fâ—owarde thines from soch as leave the hye strete and ualkei y e wayes of darcknesse which reioyse 〈◊〉 doynge euell and delyte i wicked thinges whose wayes are croked and their pathes slaunderous that thou mayest be delyuered also from the straunge woman and from her that is not thine owne which geueth swete wordes forfaketh the huszbande of hir youth and for getteth the couenaunt of hir God For hir house is enclyned unto death and hir pathes unto hell All they that go in unto her come not agayne nether take they holde of the wave of life That thou mayest walke in y e good waye and kepe tha pathes of the righuous For the iust shal dwell in the lende and the inno Let them prayse the name of the LORDE for his name only is excellent and his prayse aboue heauen and earth He exalteth the horne of his people all his sayntes shal prayse him the children of Israel euen the people that serueth him Halleluya The CXLIX psalme Halleluya O Synge vnto y e LORDE a new songe let the coÌ„gregacion of sayntes prayse him Let Israel reioyse in him that made him and let the children of Sion be ioyfull in their kynge Let them prayse his name in the dauÌ„ce let them synge prayses vnto him with tabrettes and harpes For the LORDE hath pleasure in his people and helpeth the mekcharted Let the sayntes be ioyfull with glory let them reioyse in their beddes Let the prayses of God be in their mouth and sharpe swerdes in their handes To be auenged of the Heiâ—heÌ„ to rebuke the people To bynde their â—â—nges in cheynes their nobles with lyncâ—â—â—â— of yron That they maye be auenged 〈…〉 as it is written Soch honoure haue 〈…〉 sayntes Halleluya The CL. psalme Halleluya 〈◊〉 Prayse the LORDE in his Sanctuâ—â—◠〈…〉 prayse him in the firmament of 〈…〉 power Prayse him in his noble 〈…〉 him in his excelleÌ„t greatnesse 〈…〉 in the sounde of the trompet 〈…〉 â—poÌ„ the lute and harpe Pray 〈…〉 â—ymbals and daunse prayse him 〈…〉 and pype Prayse him 〈…〉 cymbals prayse him 〈…〉 cymbals Let 〈…〉 y t hath breth 〈◊〉 LORDE 〈◊〉 The Prouerbes of Salomon What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. The wysdome of God calleth vs by the mouth of SalomoÌ„ exorteth vs and geueth vs warnynge to eschue the wicked whose vn godly coÌ„uersacion in worde and worke and punyshment also of the same is here descrybed Chap. II. How wisdome maye be gotten and what profit commeth of it Chap. III. He exorteth us to the feare of God and to pacience he commendeth wyszdome â— requyreth us to cleue vnto the same Chap. IIII. A fatherly exortacion vnto wisdome with the profit therof and how we ought to refrayne the meÌ„bres of oure body froÌ„ euell Chap. V. He exorteth vnto wyszdoÌ„e and to be warre of harlottes he telleth what harme mâ—ye folowe therout wheÌ„ men medle with soch hâ— teacheth men louyngly to cleue vnto their mâ—ried wyues and descrybeth the ende of the vnâ—godly Chap. VI. He warneth men to bewarre of sâ—â—â—tishipe exorteth the slouthfull to laboure sheweth the wikednesse of false tonges and requyreth men to bewarre of aduoutry because it is more perloâ—s then theft or felony Chap. VII He exorteth vnto wiszdome sheweth the condicions of harlottes and what hurt happeneth vnto soch as enclyne to the prouocacioÌ„s and desyres of the flesh Chap. VIII Wyszdome calleth men swetely vnto her and telleth them what treasure and power she hath A coÌ„mendacion and prayse of wiszdome wherout euery maÌ„ is exorted to cleue vnto her Chap. IX Wyszdome crieth vpoÌ„ the ignorauÌ„t and promiseth them greate thinges The foolish maner of a light woman Chap. X. From this chapter forth vnto the XXXI there are described many swete louely and wyse sentences which teach men wyszdome and what profit commeth of it Agayne how men maye auoyde foolishnesse and the hurte therof Chap. XXXI Wyszdome warneth us to bewarre of euell women and descrybeth the coÌ„uersacion maner behauoure of an honest maried wyfe These are the prouerbes of Salomon the sonne of Dauid kynge of Israel to lerne wyszdome nurtoure vnderstondinge prudence rightuousnesse iudgment and equite That the very babes might haue wyt and that yonge men might haue knowlege and vnderstondinge By hearinge the wyse maÌ„ shal coÌ„me by more wysdome and by experience he shal be more apte to vnderstonde a parable and the interpretacion therof the wordes of the wyse and the darcke speaches of the same The feare of the LORDE is the begynnynge of wysdome But
ought excepte Christ had wroughte the same by me to make the Heythen obedieÌ„t thorow worde and dede thorow the power of tokens and wonders and thorow the power of the sprete of God so that from IerusaleÌ„ and rouÌ„de aboute vnto Illyricon I haue fylled all with the Gospell of Christ. So haue I enforced my seâ—fe to preach y e Gospell not where Chrâ—stes name was knowne lest I shulde buylde on another mans foundacion but as it is wrytten To whom he was not spoken of they shal se and they that haue not herde shal vnderstonde This is also the cause wherfore I haue bene oft tymes let to come vnto you But now syth I haue nomore place in these countrees hauynge yet a desyre many yeares sence to come vnto you whan I shal take my iourney in to Spayne I wil come to you for I trust that I shal passe y t waye and se you and to be broughte on my waye thitherwarde by you but so that I first refresh my selfe a litle with you But now go I to Ierusalem to mynister vnto the sayntes For they of Macedonia and Achaia haue wyllingly prepared a commen colleccion together for the poore sayntes at Ierusalem They haue done it wyllingly and their detters are they For yf y e Heythen be made partakers off their spiritual thinges their dutye is to mynister vnto theÌ„ in bodely thinges Now whan I haue perfourmed this and haue broughte theÌ„ this frute sealed I wil take my iourney by you in to Spayne But I am sure whan I come vnto you that I shal come with y e full blessynge of the Gospell of Christ. I beseke you brethren thorow oure LORDE Iesu Christ and thorow the loue of the sprete y t ye helpe me in my busynes with youre prayers vnto God for me that I maye be delyuered from the vnbeleuers in Iewrye and that this my seruyce which I do to Ierusalem maye be accepted of the sayntes y t I maye come vnto you with ioye by y e wyll of God and refreshe my selfe with you The God of peace be with you all Amen The XVI Chapter I Commende vnto you Phebe oure sister which is a mynister of the congregacion of Cenchrea that ye receaue her in the LORDE as it be coÌ„meth the sayntes and that ye helpe her in what soeuer busynesse she hath neade off you For she hath succoured many and myne awne selfe also Grete Prisca and Aquila my helpers in Christ Iesu which for my life haue layed downe their awne neckes vnto whom not I onely geue thankes but all the congregacions of the Heythen Grete the congregacion also in their house Salute Epenetos my beloued which is y e first frute amoÌ„ge theÌ„ of Achaia iÌ„ Christ. Grete Mary which hath bestowed moch laboure on vs. Salute Andronicus Iunia my cosens felowe presoners which are awncient Apostles were before me in Christ. Grete Amplias my beloued in y e LORDE Salute Vrban o helper in Christ Stachis my beloued Salute Apelles approued in Christ. Salute them which are of Aristobolus housholde Salute Herodion my kynszman Grete theÌ„ which are of Narcissus housholde in the LORDE Salute Tryphena Tryphosa which haue laboured in y e LORDE Salute my beloued Persiâ—â— which hath laboured moch y e LORDE Salute Ruffus y e chosen in y e LORDE his mother myne Grete Asyncritus PhlegoÌ„ Herman Patrobas Hermen y e brethreÌ„ w t theÌ„ Salute Philologus Iulia Nerius his sister Olympa all the sayntes w t theÌ„ Salute one another w t an holy kysse The coÌ„gregacions of Christ salute you I beseke you brethren marke them which cause deuysion geue occasions of euell contrary to y e doctryne which ye haue learned avoyde them For they y t are soch serue not the LORDE Iesu Christ but their awne belly thorow swete preachinges flateringe wordes they disceaue y e hertes of y e innocentes For youre obedience is published amonge all men therfore am I glad of you But yet I wolde haue you wyse in that which is good symple in euell The God of peace treade Sathan vnder yo fete shortly The grace of o LORDE Iesu Christ be with you Timotheus my helper Lucius Iason Sopater my kynsmeÌ„ salute you I Tertius which haue writteÌ„ this epistle in y e LORDE salute you Gaius myne ooste y e oost of y e whole coÌ„gregacion saluteth you Erastus y e chaÌ„berlaine of y e cite saluteth you Quartus a brother saluteth you The grace of o LORDE Iesu Christ be w t you all AmeÌ„ To him y t is of power to stablyshe you acordinge to my Gospell preachinge of Iesu Christ wherby is vttered y e mystery which hath bene kepte secrete sence y e worlde begaÌ„ne but now is opened shewed by the scriptures of y e prophetes at the coÌ„maundemeÌ„t of the euerlastinge God to set vp y e obedieÌ„ce of the faith amonge all Heythen to the same God which alone is wyse be prayse thorow Iesus Christ for euer Amen To the Romaynes Sent from Corinthum by Phebe which was a mynister of the congregacion at Cenchrea The first Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Corinthians The summe of this Epistle Chap. I. He commendeth the Corinthians â–ª exhorteth theÌ„ to be of one mynde rebuketh the diuysion that was amonge them Wordly wysdome is foolishnes before God yee there is no wysdome but in the despysed crosse of Christ. Chap. II. It is not eloquence and glorious paynted wordes of wordly wysdome that can edifie and conuerte soules vnto Christ but the playne wordes of the scripture for they make mencion of him and his crosse Chap. III. Paul rebuketh the secâ—es and authores therof Christ is the fouÌ„dacioÌ„ of his church No man ought to reioyce in men but in God Chap. IIII. The preachers are but ministers Iudgment belongeth only vnto God Chap. V. After what maner Paul curseth the man that had committed fornicacion with his mother in lawe Chap. VI. He rebuketh theÌ„ for goinge to lawe together before the Heithen and reproueth vnclennesse Chap. VII Of mariage virginite and wyddowheade Chap. VIII He rebuketh theÌ„ that vse their lyberte to the slaunder of other sheweth how men ought to behaue theÌ„ towarde soch as be weake Chap. IX Loue forbeareth the thinge that she maye do by the lawe He exorteth them to runne on forth in the course that they haue begonne Chap. X. He feareth them with the ensamples of the olde Testament and exorteth them to a godly conuersacion Chap. XI He rebuketh theÌ„ for the abuse and misordre that they had aboute the SacrameÌ„t of the body and bloude of Christ and bringeth them agayne to the first institucion Chap. XII The diuersite of the giftes of the holy goost geuen to the coÌ„forte and edifienge of one another as the membres of a mans body serue
hall and gathered the whole multitude ouer him and stryped him out of his clothes and put a purple robe vpō him and plated a crowne of thorne set it vpon his heade and a rede in his hāde and kneled before him and mocked him and sayde hayle kynge of the Iewes And spytted vpon him and toke y e rede smote him vpon the heade And whā they had mocked hī they toke the robe of him ageyne put his owne clothes vpon him and led him forth y t they might crucifie hī And as they were goinge out they founde a man of Cyren called Symon him they compelled to beare his crosse And when they came vnto the place called Golgatha that is to saye by interpretaciō a place of deed mens sculles they gaue him to drynke veneger myxte w t gall And whan he had tasted therof he wolde not drynke So whan they had crucified him they parted his garmētes and cast lottes therfore that the thinge might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet They haue parted my garmētes amonge thē cast lottes vpon my vesture And there they sat and watched hī And aboue ouer his heade they put vp the cause of his death in wrytinge namely This is the kynge of the Iewes Then were there two murthurers crucified with him the one of the right hande and the other on the left They that wente by reuyled him and wagged their heades and sayde Thou that breakest downe the tēple of God and buyldest it in thre dayes helpe thy self Yf thou be the sonne of God come downe from the crosse The hye prestes also in like maner with the scrybes elders laughed him to scorne and sayde he hath helped other and can not helpe him self Yf he be the kynge of Israel let him come downe now from the crosse and we wil beleue him He trusted in God let him delyuer him now yf he wil haue him For he hath sayde I am the sonne of God The murtherers also that were crucified with him cast the same in his tethe And from y e sixte houre there was darcknes ouer the whole earth vnto the nyenth houre And aboute the nyenth houre Iesus cried with a loude voyce and sayde Eli Eli Lamma asabthani that is My God my God why hast thou forsaken me But some of thē that stode there when they herde y t sayde He calleth Elias And immediatly one of them ranne and toke a spōge and fylled it with veneger and put it vpon a rede and gaue him to dryncke But y e other sayde holde let se whether Elias wyl come and delyuer him Iesus cried agayne with a loude voyce and gaue vp the goost And beholde the vale of the temple was rente in two peces from aboue tyll beneth and the earth quaked and the stones rent and the graues opened and many bodies of the sayntes that slepte arose and wēte out of the graues after his resurreccion and came in to the holy cite and appeared vnto many But the captayne and they that were with him and kepte Iesus when they sawe the earthquake and the thinges that were done they were sore afrayed and sayde Verely this was Gods sonne And there were many wemen there lokynge to afarre of which had folowed Iesus from Galile and had mynistred vnto him amonge whom was Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Iames and Ioses and the mother of the children of Zebede At euen there came a rich man of Arimathia called Ioseph which was also a disciple of Iesus He wēte vnto Pylate and axed the body of Iesus Then commaunded Pylate that the body shulde be geuē him And Ioseph toke the body and wrapped it in a cleane lynnen cloth and layed it in his owne new sepulcre which he had hewen out in a rocke and rolled a greate stone to the dore of the sepulcre and wente his waye And there was Mary Magdalene and y e other Mary syttinge ouer agaynst the sepulcre The next daye that foloweth the daye of preparynge the hye prestes and Pharises came together vnto Pylate and saide Syr we haue called to remembraunce that this disceauer sayde whyle he was yet alyue After thre dayes I wyl ryse agayne Cōmaunde therfore that the sepulcre be kepte vnto the thirde daye lest peraduenture his disciples come and steale him awaye and saye vnto the people He is rysen from the deed and so shal the last errour be worse thē the first Pylate sayde vnto them There haue ye watchmē go youre waye and kepe it as ye can They wēte and kepte the sepulcre w t watchmen and sealed the stone The XXVIII Chapter VPon the euenynge of the Sabbath holy daye which dawneth y e morow of the first daye of y e Sabbathes came Mary Magdalene and y e other Mary to se y e sepulcre And beholde there was made a greate earthquake for the angell of the LORDE descended from heauen and came and rolled backe y e stone from the dore and sat vpon it And his countenaunce was as y e lightenynge and his clothinge whyte as snowe But y e watch mē were troubled for feare of him and became as though they were deed The angell answered and sayde vnto y e women Be not ye afrayed I knowe that ye seke Iesus that was crucified He is not here He is rysen as he sayde Come and se y e place where the LORDE was layed and go youre waye soone and tell his disciples that he is rysen from the deed And beholde he wyl go before you in to Galile there shal ye se him Lo I haue tolde you And they departed from the graue in all the haist with feare and greate ioye ranne to brīge his disciples worde And as they were goinge to tell his disciples beholde Iesus met them and sayde God spede you And they wente vnto him and helde his fete and fell downe before him Thē sayde Iesus vnto them Be not afrayed go youre waye and tell my brethren that they go in to Galile there shal they se me And whan they were gone beholde certayne of the watchmen came in to the cite tolde the hye prestes euery thinge that had happened And they came together with the elders and helde a councell and gaue y e sonders money ynough and sayde Saye ye his disciples came by night and stole him awaye whyle we were a slepe And yf this come to the debytes eares we wyl styll him and brynge it so to passe that ye shal be safe And they toke the money and dyd as they were taught And this sayenge is noysed amonge the Iewes vnto this daye The eleuen disciples wente vnto Galile in to a mountayne where Iesus had appoynted them And whan they sawe him they fell downe before him but some of them douted And Iesus came vnto them talked with them and sayde Vnto me is geuē all power in
in the coÌ„myng â–ª of the LORDE shal not come yer they which slepe For the LORDE himselfe shal come downe froÌ„ heauen with a shoute and voyce of y e Archangell and with the trompe of God and the deed in Christ shal aryse first then shal we which lyue and remayne be caught vp w t them also in the cloudes to mete the LORDE in the ayre and so shal we euer be with the LORDE Wherfore comforte youre selues one another with these wordes The V. Chapter BVt of y e tymes and seasons brethreÌ„ it is no nede to wryte vnto you For ye youreselues knowe perfectly that the daye of the LORDE shal come euen as a thefe in the nighte For whan they shal saye â–ª Tush It is peace there is no daunger then shall soden destruccion come vpoÌ„ theÌ„ euen as the payne of a woman trauaylinge with childe and they shal not escape But ye brethren are not in darknes that that daye shulde come on you as a thefe Ye are alltogether children of lighte and children of the daye We are not of the night nether of darknesse Therfore let vs not slepe as do other but let vs watch and be sober For they that slepe slepe in the nighte and they that be dronken are dronken in the nighte But let vs which are of the daye be sober armed w t the brestplate of faith and loue and with y e helmet of hope to saluacion For God hath not appoynted vs vnto wrath but to optayne saluacion by y e meanes of oure LORDE Iesu Christ â–ª which dyed for vs that whether we wake or slepe we shulde lyue together with him Wherfore comforte youre selues together and edifye one another euen as ye do We beseke you brethren that ye knowe them which laboure amonge you and haue the ouersighte of you in the LORDE and geue you exhortacion that ye haue theÌ„ the more in loue for their workes sake and be at peace with them We desyre you brethreÌ„ warne them that are vnruly coÌ„forte the feble mynded forbeare the weake be pacient towarde all men * So that none recompence euell for euell vnto eny man but euer folowe that which is good both amoÌ„ge youre selues and to all men Reioyse alwaye praye contynually in all thinges be thankfull for this is the wyll of God in Christ Iesu towarde you QueÌ„ch not y e sprete despyse not prophecieÌ„ges proue all thiÌ„ges kepe y t which is good Abstayne froÌ„ all suspicious thinges The very God â—f peace sanctifye you thorow out And I â—raye God that youre whole sprete soule â—ody be kepte blameles vnto y e coÌ„mynge of â—ure LORDE Iesus Christ. Faithfull is he which hath called you which wil also do it Brethren praye for vs. Grete all the brethreÌ„ with an holy kysse I charge you by y e LORDE that this epistle be red vnto all y e holy brethren The grace of oure LORDE Iesus Christ be with you Amen The first Epistle to the Tessalonians sent from Athens The seconde Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Tessalonians The summe of this epistle Chap. I. He thanketh God for their faith and loue and prayeth for the increase of the same Chap. II. He sheweth them that the daye of the LORDE shal not come till the departinge froÌ„ the faith come first and therfore he exhorteth them not to be disceaued but to stonde stedfast in the thinges that hâ— hath taught them Chap. III. He desyreth them to praye for him that the gospell maye prospere and geueth theÌ„ warnynge to reproue the ydle and yf they wil not laboure with their handes that they shal not eate The first Chapter PAVL and Siluanus and Timotheus To the congregacion of y e TessaloniaÌ„s in God oure father and in the LORDE Iesus Christ. Grace be with you and peace from God oure father and from the LORDE Iesus Christ. We are bounde to thanke God allwayes for you brethren as it is mete because that youre faith groweth exceadingly and the loue of euery one of you increaseth towarde another amoÌ„ge youre selues so that we oure selues make oure boast of you in the congregacions of God of youre pacieÌ„ce and faith in all youre persecucions and troubles that ye suffre which is a token of the righteous iudgment of God that ye are counted worthy of the kyngdome of God for the which ye also suffre For it is a righteous thinge with God to recoÌ„pence tribulacion vnto theÌ„ y t trouble you but vnto you which are troubled rest with vs whaÌ„ the LORDE Iesus shal shewe himselfe from heauen with the angels of his power and with flammynge fyre to geue vengeauÌ„ce vnto them that knowe not God and to them that obeye not the Gospell of oure LORDE Iesus Christ. Which shal be punyshed with euerlastinge damnacion from y e presence of the LORDE and from the glory of his power whan he shal come to be glorified in his sayntes and to be come maruelous in all them that beleue because ye haue beleued oure testimony vnto you of the same daye * Wherfore we praye allwayes for you that oure God make you worthy of y e callynge and fulfill all delectacion of goodnes and the worke of faith in power that y e name of oure LORDE Iesus Christ maye be praysed in you and ye in him acordinge to the grace of oure God and of the LORDE Iesus Christ. The II. Chapter WE beseke you brethren by the commynge of o r LORDE Iesus Christ and in that we shal assemble vnto him that ye be not sodenly moued froÌ„ youre mynde and be not troubled nether by sprete nether by wordes ner yet by letter which shulde seme to be sent from vs as though y e daye of Christ were at hande Let noman disceaue you by eny meanes For the LORDE commeth not excepte the departynge come first and that that Man of synne be opened euen the sonne of perdicion which is an aduersary and is exalted aboue all y t is called God or Gods seruyce so that he sytteth as God in the temple of God and boasteth himselfe to be God Remembre ye not that whan I was yet with you I tolde you these thinges And now ye knowe what witholdeth it eueÌ„ that it mighte be vttered at his tyme. For the mystery of the iniquyte worketh allready tyll he which now onely letteth be takeÌ„ out of the waye And then shal that wicked be vttered whom the LORDE shal coÌ„sume with y e sprete of his mouth shal destroye with the appearaunce of his commynge euen him whose commynge is after the workynge of Sathan with all lyenge power and signes and wonders and with all deceauablenes of vnrighteousnes amonge them that perishe because they receaued not the loue of y e trueth that they might haue bene saued â–ª Therfore shal God sende them stroÌ„ge deâ—â—sion that they shulde beleue lyes y t all they