roaringe cursed speakynge be farre froÌ„ you with all maliciousnes But be ye curteous one to another mercifull and forgeue one another eueÌ„ as God hath forgeuen you in Christ. The V. Chapter BE ye the folowers therfore of God as deare children and walke in loue euen as Christ loued vs and gaue him selfe for vs an offerynge and sacrifice of a swete sauoure vnto God As for whordome and all vnclennes or couetousnes let it not be named amoÌ„ge you as it becommeth sayntes nether fylthines ner folish talkynge ner ieastynge which are not comly but rather geuynge of thaÌ„kes For be sure that no whore monger or vncleane person or couetous person which is a worshipper off ymages hath inheritaunce in the kyngdome of Christ and of God Let no man disceaue you with vayne wordes for because of these commeth the wrath of God vpon the children of vnbeleue Be not ye therfore companions with them For sometyme ye were darknesse but now are ye lighte in the LORDE Walke as the children of lighte 〈◊〉 the frute of the sprete is all maner of goodnes and righteousnes and truâ—th and proue what is pleasinge vnto the LORDE and haue no fellishippe with y e vnfrutefull workes of darknes but rather rebuke theÌ„ For it is shame euen to name those thinges which are done of them in secrete But all thinges are manifest whan they are rebuked of the lighte For what so euer is manifest that same is lighte Therfore sayeth he Awake thou that slepest and stonde vp froÌ„ the deed and Christ shal geue the lighte Take hede therfore how ye walke circumspectly not as the vnwyse but as y e wyse and redeme the tyme for it is a miserable tyme. Wherfore be not ye vnwyse but vnderstonde what the wil of the LORDE is and be not dronken with wyne wherin is excesse but be full of the sprete and talke amoÌ„ge youre selues of Psalmes and ymnes and spirituall songes synginge and makynge melody vnto the LORDE in youre hertes geuynge thankes alwayes for all thinges vnto God the father in the name of oure LORDE Iesus Christ submyttinge youreselues one to another in the feare of God Let the wemen submytte them selues vnto their huszbandes as vnto the LORDE For the huszbande is the wyues heade eueÌ„ as Christ also is the heade of the congregacion and he is the Sauioure of his body Therfore as the congregacion is in subieccion to Christ likewyse let the wyues be in subieccion to their huszbandes in all thinges Ye huszbandes loue youre wyues even as Christ loued the congregacion and gaue himselfe for it to sanctifye it and clensed it in the fountayne of water by the worde to make it vnto himselfe a glorious congregacion hauynge no spot ner wrynkle ner eny soch thinge but that it shulde be holy and without blame So oughte men also to loue their wyues euen as their awne bodyes He that loueth his wife loueth himselfe For no maÌ„ euer yet hated his awne fleszhe but norisheth and cheriszheth it euen as the LORDE doth also the congregacion For we are membres of his body of his flesh and of his bones For this cause shal a man leaue father and mother and cleue vnto his wife and they two shal be one flesh This is a greate secrete but I speake of Christ and the congregacion Neuertheles do ye so that euery one of you loue his wife euen as himselfe but let the 〈…〉 huszbande The VI. Chapter YE children obey youre elders in the LORDE for that is righte Honoure thy father and thy mother That is the first commaundement that hath eny promes that thou mayest prospere and lyuelonge vpon earth And ye fathers prouoke not youre children vnto wrath but brynge theÌ„ vp in the nourtoure and informacion of the LORDE Ye seruauntes obey youre bodely masters with feare and tremblynge in synglenes of youre hert euen as vnto Christ not with seruyce onely in the eye sighte as men pleasers but as the seruauntes off Christ doynge the wyll off God from the hert with good wyll Thynke that ye serue the LORDE and not meÌ„ and be sure that what good soeuer a man doth he shal receaue it agayne of the LORDE whether he be bonde or fre And ye masters do euen the same vnto theÌ„ puttynge awaye threatenynges and knowe that euen youre master also is in heauen nether is there eny respecte of personnes with him Fynally my brethren be stronge in the LORDE and in the power of his mighte put on the armo of God that ye maye stonde stedfast agaynst the craftie assautes off the deuell For we wrestle not agaynst flesh and bloude but agaynst rule agaynst power namely agaynst the rulers of the worlde of the darknesse of this worlde agaynst y e spretes of wickednes vnder the heauen For this cause take ye the armoure of God y t ye maye be able to resiste in the euell daye and stonde perfecte in all thinges Stonde therfore and youre loynes gyrde aboute with the trueth hauynge on the brest plate of righteousnes and shod vpoÌ„ yo fete with the gospell of peace that ye maye be prepared Aboue all thinges take holde of the shylde of faith wherwith ye maye quenche all the fyrie dartes of the wicked And take the helmet of saluacion the swerde of the sprete which is the worde of God And praye allwayes with all maner of prayer and supplicacion in the sprete and watch there vnto with all instaunce and supplicacion for all sayntes and for me that the worde maye be geuen me that I maye open my mouth boldly to vtter the secretes of the Gospell wherof I am a messaunger in bondes that I maye speake therin frely as it becommeth me to speake But that ye maye also knowe what case I am in and what I do Tichicus my deare brother and faithfull mynister in the LORDE shal shewe you all whom I haue sent vnto you for the same cause that ye mighte knowe what case I stonde in and that he mighte comforte youre hertes Peace be vnto the brethreÌ„ and loue with faith from God the father from the LORDE Iesu Christ. Grace be with all them that loue oure LORDE Iesus Christ vnfaynedly Amen Sent from Rome vnto the Ephesians by Tichicus The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Philippians The summe of this epistle Chap. I. He exhorteth them to increace in loue in knowlege and experience of godly thinges maketh mencion of his presonment at Rome is glad to heare Christ preached is coÌ„tent ether to dye or lyue and prayeth them to lede a godly conuersacion to be of one mynde and to feare no persecucion Chap. II. He exhorteth them to vnite and brotherly loue and to bewarre of strife and vayne glory And for a sure ensample he layeth Christ before them Chap. III. He warneth theÌ„ to bewarre of false teachers
The LORDE sayde vnto him Aryse and go into the strete which is called straight and are in the house of Iuda after one called Saul of Tharsis for beholde he prayeth hath sene in a vision a maÌ„ named Ananias coÌ„mynge vnto him layenge the haÌ„de vpoÌ„ him that he mighte receaue his sighte Ananias answered LORDE I haue herde by many of this man how moch euell he hath done to thy sayntes at IerusaleÌ„ And here hath he auctorite of the hye prestes to bynde all those y t call vpon thy name The LORDE sayde vnto him Go thy waye for this man is a chosen vessell vnto me that he maye beare my name before the Heythen and before kynges and before the children of Israel I wil shewe him how greate thinges he must suffre for my names sake And Ananias wente his waye and came into the house and layed the handes vpon him and sayde Brother Saul the LORDE which appeared vnto y e in the waye as thou camest hath sent me that thou mightest receaue thy sight and be fylled with the holy goost And immediatly there fell from his eyes as it had bene scales and he receaued his sighte and rose and was baptysed and toke meate and was conforted Then was Saul a certayne dayes with the disciples that were at Damascon And straight waye he preached Christ in the synagoges how that he was y e sonne of God But all they that herde him were amased and sayde Is not this he which at Ierusalem spoyled all those that called on his name and came hither to the intent that he shulde brynge them bounde vnto the hye prestes But Saul increased in strength coÌ„founded y e Iewes which dwelt at Damascon and affirmed y t this was very Christ. And after many dayes the Iewes helde a councell together to kyll him But it was tolde Saul that they layed wayte for him And they wayted at y e gates daye night that they might kyll him Then the disciples toke him by nighte put him thorow the wall and let him downe in a baslrett But whan Saul came to Ierusalem he assayed to ioyne himself to y e disciples And they were all afrayed of him and beleued not y t he was a disciple Neuertheles Barnabas toke him and broughte him to the Apostles and tolde them how he had sene the LORDE in the waye and how he spake to him how he had done boldly at Damascon in the name of Iesu. And he was with them and wente out and in at IerusaleÌ„ and quyte himselfe boldly in y e name of y e LORDE Iesu. He spake also and disputed with y e Grekes But they weÌ„te aboute to slaye him Whan the brethren knewe y t they brought him to Cesarea and sent him forth to Tharsis So the congregacions had rest thorow out all Iewry and Galile and Samaria were edified and walked in the feare of the LORDE and were fylled with the comforte of the holy goost It chaunced that as Peter walked thorow all quarters he came also vnto y e sayntes which dwelt at Lydda There founde he a man named Eneas which had lyen vpon his bedd eight yeares sicke of y e palsye And Peter sayde vnto him Eneas Iesus Christ make the whole aryse and make thy bedd for y e self And he arose immediatly And all they that dwelt at Lydda and at Sarona sawe him and turned vnto the LORDE At Ioppa there was a certayne woman that was a disciple named Tabitha which by interpretacion is called Dorcas y e same was full of good workes and almesse dedes which she dyd But it chaunced at the same tyme that she was sicke and dyed Then waszhed they her and layed her in a chaÌ„ber But for so moch as Lydda was nye vnto Ioppa and the disciples herde that Peter was there they sent two men vnto him and desyred him y t he wolde take it for no grefe to come vnto them Peter rose and came with theÌ„ And whaÌ„ he was come they broughte him in to the chamber and all the wyddowes stode rounde aboute him wepynge and shewed him the cotes and garmeÌ„tes which Dorcas made whyle she was with them And whaÌ„ Peter had put them all forth he kneled downe made his prayer and turned him vnto the body and sayde Tabitha ryse vp And she opened hir eyes and whan she sawe Peter she sat hir downe agayne But he gaue her the hande and lifte her vp and called the sayntes and the wedowes and shewed her there alyue And it was knowne thorow out all Ioppa many beleued on y e LORDE And it fortuned y t he taried a loÌ„ge season at Ioppa by one SimoÌ„ which was a tanner The X. Chapter THere was a man at Cesarea named Cornelius a captayne of y e coÌ„pany which is called y e Iâ—alianysh a denoute man one that feared God w t all his house gaue moch almesse to y e people and prayed God allwaye The same sawe in a vision openly aboute the nyenth houre of the daye an angell of God entringe in to him and sayenge vnto him Cornelius He loked vpon him and was afrayed and sayde LORDE what is it He sayde vnto him Thy prayers thine allmesses are come vp in to remeÌ„braunce before God And now sende men vnto Ioppa call for SimoÌ„ whose syrname is Peter which is at lodginge with one Symon a tanner whose house lyeth by y e see syde he shal tell y e what thou oughtest to do And whaÌ„ the angell which spake to Cornelius was departed he called two of his housholde seruauntes a deuoute soudyer of theÌ„ that wayted vpon him and tolde them all and sent theÌ„ to Ioppa On the nexte daye after whan these were goinge on their iourney and came nye vnto the cite Peter wente vp in to a chamber to praye aboute the sixte houre And whan he was hoÌ„grie he wolde haue eateÌ„ But whyle they made ready for him he fell into a traunce and sawe heaueÌ„ open and a vessell coÌ„mynge downe vnto him as it had bene a greate lynneÌ„ clothe knytt at the foure corners and was let downe to y e earth wherin were all maner of foure foted beestes of the earth wylde beestes and wormes and foules of the ayre And there came a voyce vnto him Ryse Peter slaye eate But Peter sayde Oh no LORDE for I neuer ate eny commen or vncleane thinge And the voyce spake vnto him agayne y e secoÌ„de tyme What God hath clensed y t make not thou vncleane This was done thryse And y e vessell was receaued vp agayne into heauen But whyle Peter was combred in himselfe what maner of vision this shulde be which he had sene beholde the men y t were sent from Cornelius enquered after SimoÌ„s house and stode before the dore and called and axed whether Simon whose syrname was Peter were lodged there Whyle Peter was musinge of the vision
e flesh and though we haue knowne Christ also after the flesh yet knowe we him now so nomore Therfore yf eny man be in Christ he is a new creature Olde thinges are past awaye beholde all are become new Neuertheles all thinges are off God which hath reconcyled vs vnto himselfe by Iesus Christ and hath geuen vs the office to preach the attonement For God was in Christ and reconcyled the worlde vnto himselfe and counted not ther synnes vnto them and amonge vs hath he set vp the worde of y e attonemēt Now thē are we messaungers in the rowme of Christ euen as though God exhorted by vs. We beseke you now therfore in Christes steade that ye be at one with God for he hath made him which knewe no synne to be synne for vs y t we by his meanes shulde be that righteousnes which before God is alowed The VI. Chapter WE as helpers therfore exhorte you that ye receaue not y e grace of God in vayne For he sayeth I haue herde the in the tyme accepted and in the daye of saluacion haue I succoured the. Beholde now is the accepted tyme now is the daye of saluacion Let vs geue no man occasion of euell that oure office be not euell spoken of but in all thinges let vs behaue oure selues as the mynisters of God in moch pacience in troubles in necessities in anguysshes in strypes in presonmentes in vproures in laboures in watchinges in fastynges in purenesse in knowlege in longe sufferynge in kyndnesse in the holy goost in loue vnfayned in the worde of the trueth in the power of God by the armoure of righteousnes on the righte hande and on the lefte by honoure and dishonoure by euell reporte and good reporte as disceauers yet true as vnknowne and yet knowne as dyenge and beholde we lyue as chastened and not kylled as sorowynge and yet allwaye mery as poore yet make many riche as hauynge nothinge yet possessynge all thinges O ye Corinthians oure mouth is open vnto you oure hert is made large Ye are in no straytnesse on oure behalfe but where as ye are in straytnesse that do ye of youre owne hertely meanynge I speake to you as to childrē that haue like rewarde with vs. Set youre selues therfore at large Beare not a straunge yock with the vnbeleuers For what fellishippe hath righteousnes with vnrighteousnes What company hath lighte w t darknesse How agreeth Christ with Belial ▪ Or what parte hath the beleuer with the infydele How acordeth y e tēple of God with ymages Ye are the temple of the lyuynge God as sayeth God I wyl dwell in them and walke in them and wyl be their God they shal be my people Wherfore come out from amōge them and separate youre selues sayeth the LORDE and touche no vncleane thinge so wyl I receaue you be youre father ye shal be my sonnes and doughters sayeth y e Allmightie LORDE The VII Chapter SEynge now that we haue soch promyses dearly beloued let vs clense oure selues from all fylthynes of the flesh and sprete and growe vp to full holynes in y e feare of God Vnderstōde vs right We haue hurte no mā we haue corrupte no man we haue defrauded no man I speake not this to cōdemne you for I haue shewed you before that ye are in oure hertes to dye and to lyue w t you I am very bolde towarde you I make moch boost of you I am fylled with comforte I am exceadynge ioyous in all oure tribulacion For whan we were come into Macedonia oure flesh had no rest but we were troubled on euery syde outwarde was fightinge inwarde was feare Neuertheles God that comforteth the abiecte comforted vs by the cōmynge of Titus Not onely by his commynge but also by the cōsolacion wherwith he was cōforted of you whan he tolde vs yo r desyre youre wepynge yo feruēt mynde for me so y t I now reioyse y e more For where as I made you sory by the letter it repenteth me not though I dyd repēte For I se that the same epistle made you sory though it were but for a ceason But now I reioyce not that ye were sory but that ye were sory to repentaunce For ye sorowed godly so that in nothinge ye were hurte by vs. For godly sorowe causeth repentaunce vnto saluacion not to be repented of but worldly sorowe causeth death Beholde where as ye haue had godly sorowe what diligence hath it wrought in you Yee a sufficiet answere displeasure feare desyre a feruēt mynde punyshment For in all poyntes ye haue shewed youre selues that ye are cleare in that matter Wherfore though I wrote vnto you yet is it not done for his cause that dyd hurte nether for his cause that was hurte but that youre diligence which ye haue for vs in the sighte of God mighte be manifest w t you Therfore are we comforted because ye are comforted but exceadingly the more ioyed we for the ioye of Titus because his sprete was refreszhed of you all I am therfore not now ashamed though I boasted my selfe vnto him of you but like as all is true that I haue spokē vnto you euen so is oure boastinge vnto Titus founde true also And his inwarde affeccion is more abundaunt towarde you whan he remembreth the obedience of you all how ye receaued him with feare and trēblynge I reioyse that I maye be bolde ouer you in all thinges The VIII Chapter I Do you to wit brethren the grace of God which is geuē in the congregacions of Macedonia For their reioysinge was most abundaunt whan they were tryed by moch trouble though they were exceadinge poore yet haue they geuē exceadinge richely and that in synglenesse For to their power I beare recorde yee and beyonde their power they were wyllinge of their awne acorde and prayed vs with greate instaūce that we wolde receaue their benefite and fellishippe of the hādreachinge that is done for the sayntes And not as we loked for but gaue ouer them selues first to the LODRE and afterwarde vnto vs by y e wyl of God so that we coulde not but desyre Titus that like as he had begonne afore he wolde euen so accomplish the same beniuolence amonge you Now as ye are riche in all poyntes in faith and in worde and in knowlege and in all diligence and in youre loue towarde vs euen so se that ye be plenteous also in this benyuolēce This I saye not as commaūdynge but seynge other are so diligent I proue youre loue also whether it be perfecte or no. For ye knowe the liberalite of oure LORDE Iesus Christ which though he be riche yet for youre sakes he became poore y t ye thorow his pouerte mighte be made riche And my councell herin I geue for this is profitable for you which haue begonne a yeare a goo not onely to do but also to wyll