that do I. Yf I do now that I wil not then is it not I that do it but synne that dwelleth in me Thus fynde I now by the lawe y t whan I wyl do good euell is present with me For I delite in the lawe of God after the inwarde man but I se another lawe in my membres which stryueth agaynst y e lawe of my mynde and taketh me presoner in y e lawe of synne which is in my membres O wretched man that I am who shal delyuer me from the body of this death I thanke God thorow Iesus Christ oure LORDE So then w t the mynde I serue y e lawe of God but with the flesh the lawe of synne The VIII Chapter THen is there now no damnacion vnto theÌ„ that are in Christ Iesu which walke not after the flesh but after y e sprete For y e lawe of y e sprete y t bryngeth life iÌ„ Christ Iesu hath made me fre froÌ„ the lawe of synne death For what vnpossible was vnto y e lawe in as moch as it was weake because of the flesh y t perfourmed God sent his sonne in y e similitude of synfull flesh by synne daÌ„ned synne in y e flesh that the righteousnes requyred of the lawe mighte be fulfylled in vs which walke not after the flesh but after the sprete For they that are fleshly are fleshly mynded but they that are goostly are goostly mynded To be fleshly mynded is death but to be goostly mynded is life and peace For to be fleshly mynded is enemyte agaynst God syth it is not subdued vnto y e lawe of God for it can not also As for theÌ„ that are fleshlye they can not please God Howbeit ye are not fleshly but goostly yf so be that the sprete of God dwell in you But who so hath not the sprete of Christ the same is not his Neuertheles yf Christ be in you then is the body deed because of synne But the sprete is life for righteousnes sake Wherfore yf the sprete of him that raysed vp Iesus from the deed dwell in you then shal euen he also that raysed vp Christ from the deed quyckeÌ„ youre mortal bodies because y t his sprete dwelleth in you Therfore brethreÌ„ we are now detters not to the flesh to lyue after the flesh for yf ye lyue after y e fleshe ye must dye but yf ye mortyfye the dedes of the body thorow the sprete ye shal lyue For who so euer are led by the sprete of God are Gods childreÌ„ for ye haue not receaued the sprete of bondage to feare eny more but ye haue receaued y e sprete of adopcion wherby we crye Abba deare father The same sprete certifieth oure sprete that we are the childreÌ„ of God Yf we be childreÌ„ then are we heyres also namely the heyres of God and heyres annexed with Christ yf so be that we suffer together that we maye be also glorified together For I suppose that the affliccions off this tyme are not worthy of y e glorye which shal be shewed vpon vs. For the feruent loÌ„ginge of y e creature loketh for the appearinge of the children of God because the creature is subdued vnto vanyte agaynst hir will but for his wyll that hath subdued her vpon hope For the creature also shal be fre from the bondage of corrupcion vnto the glorious libertye of the childreÌ„ of God For we knowe that euery creature groneth and trauayleth with vs in payne vnto the same tyme. Not they only but we oure selues also which haue the first frutes of the sprete grone within in oure selues for the childshippe and loke for y e delyueraunce of oure bodye For we are sâ—ued iÌ„ dede howbeit iÌ„ hope but y e hope that is sene is no hope for how can a man hope for that which he seyeth But yf we hope for that which we se not theÌ„ do we thorow pacience abyde for it Likewyse the sprete also helpeth oure weaknesse for we knowe not what we shulde desyre as we oughte neuertheles y e sprete it selfe maketh intercession mightely for vs with vnoutspeakable gronynges Howbeit he y t searcheth the hert knoweth what the mynde of the sprete is for he maketh intercession for the sayntes acordinge to the pleasure of God But sure we are that all thinges serue for the best vnto them that loue of God which are called of purpose For those whom he knewe before hath he ordeyned also before y t they shulde be like fashioned vnto y e shappe of his sonne y t he mighte be the first begotteÌ„ amoÌ„ge many brethreÌ„ As for those whom he hath ordeyned before them hath he called also and whom he hath called theÌ„ hath he also made righteous and whom he hath made righteous them hath he glorified also What shal we saye then vnto these thinges Yff God be on oure syde who can be agaynst vs. Which spared not his owne sonne but hath geuen him for vs all how shal he not with him geue vs all thinges also Who wyl laye enythinge to y e charge of Gods chosen Here is God that maketh righteous who wil then condemne Here is Christ that is deed yee rather which is raysed vp agayne which is also on y e righte hande of God and maketh intercession for vs. Who will separate vs from the loue of God Trouble or anguysh or persecucioÌ„ or honger or nakednesse or parell or swerde As it is wrytten For thy sake are we kylled all the daye longe we are counted as shepe appoynted to be slayne Neuerthelesse in all these thinges we ouercome farre for his sake that loued vs. For sure I am that nether death ner life nether angell ner rule nether power nether thinges present nether thinges to come nether heyth ner loweth nether eny other creature shal be able to separate vs from the loue of God which is in Christ Iesu oure LORDE The IX Chapter I Saye the trueth in Christ and lye not wherof my conscience beareth me witnesse in the holy goost that I haue greate heuynesse contynuall sorowe in my hert I haue wyszhed my selfe to be cursed from Christ for my brethren that are my kynsmen after the flesh which are off Israel vnto whom pertayneth the childshippe and the glory and the couenauntes and lawe and the seruyce of God and the promyses whose are also the fathers off whom after the flesh commeth Christ which is God ouer all blessed for euer Amē· But I speake not these thinges as though the worde of God were of none effecte for they are not all Israelites which are of Israel nether are they all children because they are the sede of Abraham but in Isaac shal the sede be called vnto the that is They which are children after the flesh are not the children of God but the children of the promes are counted for the sede For this is a worde of the promes
was cōmytted vnto me as y e Gospell ouer y e circūcision was commytted vnto Peter For he y t was mightie with Peter to the Apostleshippe ouer the circumcision the same was mightie with me also amōge the Heythen they perceaued the grace that was geuen vnto me Iames and Cephas and Ihon which semed to be pilers gaue me and Barnabas y e righte handes and agreed with vs that we shulde preach amonge the Heythē and they amonge the Iewes onely that we shulde remēbre the poore which thinge also I was diligent to do But whā Peter was come to Antioche I withstode him in y e face for he was worthy to be blamed For afore there came certayne from Iames he ate with the Heythē But whā they were come he withdrue and separated himselfe fearinge thē which were of the circumcision And the other Iewes dyssembled with him likewyse in so moch y t Barnabas was brought in to their symulacion also But whan I sawe that they walked not right after y e trueth of the Gospell I sayde vnto Peter openly before all Yf thou beynge a Iewe lyuest after the maner of the Gentyles and not as do the Iewes why causest thou the Gentyles then to lyue as do the Iewes Though we be Iewes by nature and not synners of the Gentyles yet in so moch as we knowe that a man is not made righteous by the dedes off the lawe but by the faith on Iesus Christ we haue beleued also on Iesus Christ y t we might be made righteous by the faith of Christ and not by the dedes of the lawe because that by the dedes of the lawe no flesh shal be iustified Yf we then which seke to be made righteous by christ shulde be yet founde synners o r selues is not Christ then the mynister of synne God forbyd For yf I buylde agayne y t which I haue destroyed then make I my selfe a trespacer But I thorow the lawe am deed vnto the lawe that I might lyue vnto God I am crucified with Christ yet do I lyue neuerthelesse now not I but Christ lyueth in me For y e life which I now lyue in y e fleszhe I lyue in the faith of y e sonne of God which loued me and gaue himselfe for me I cast not awaye the grace of God For yf righteousnes come by the lawe then dyed Christ in vayne The III. Chapter O Ye folishe Galathiās who hath bewitched you that ye shulde not beleue the trueth To whō Iesus Christ was descrybed before the eyes and amonge you crucified This onely wolde I lerne of you Receaued ye the sprete by the dedes of the lawe or by the preachinge of the faith Are ye so vnwyse Ye beganne in the sprete wolde ye ende now thē in the flesh Haue ye suffred so moch in vayne Yf it be els in vayne He that geueth you the sprete and doth soch greate actes amōge you doth he it thorow the dedes of the lawe or by y e preachinge of the faith Euen as Abrahā beleued God and it was counted vnto him for righteousnes Thus ye knowe that they which are of faith are Abrahams children The scripture sawe afore hāde that God iustifieth the Heythen thorow faith Therfore shewed it glad tydinges afore vnto Abraham and sayde In the shal all the Heythen be blessed So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithfull Abraham For as many as go aboute with the workes of the lawe are vnder y e curse For it is wryttē Cursed be euery man which cōtynueth not in all thinges that are wryttē in the boke of the lawe to do them That no man is iustified by the lawe in the sighte of God it is euydēt For y t iust shal lyue by his faith The lawe is not of faith but the mā that doth y e same shal lyue therin But Christ hath delyuered vs from y e curse of the lawe whan he became a curse for vs. For it is wryttē Cursed is euery man that hangeth on tre y t the blessynge of Abraham mighte come on the Gentyles in Christ Iesu and y t we might so receaue y e promysed sprete thorow faith Brethren I wil speake after the maner of men Though it be but a mās Testamēt yet no man despyseth it or addeth eny thinge therto whan it is confirmed To Abraham and his sede were the promyses made He sayeth not In the sedes as in many but in thy sede as in one which is Christ. This Testament I saye which afore was confirmed to Christ warde is not disanulled that the promes shulde be made of none affecte by the lawe which was geuen beyonde foure hundreth thirtie yeares therafter For yf the enheritaunce be gotten by the lawe then is it not geuen by promes But God gaue it frely vnto Abraham by promes Wherfore thē serueth the lawe It was added because of trangression tyll the sede came to the which the promes was made And it was geuen of angels by the hande of the mediatoure A mediatour is not a mediatour of one onely but God is one Is the lawe then agaynst the promyses of God God forbyd Howbeit yf there had bene geuen a lawe which coulde haue geuē life thē no doute righteousnes shulde come of the lawe But y e scripture hath shut vp all vnder synne that y e promes shulde come by the faith on Iesus Christ geuē vnto thē that beleue Before faith came we were kepte and shut vp vnder the lawe vnto the faith which shulde afterwarde be declared Thus y e lawe was o r scolemaster vnto Christ that we might be made righteous by faith But now that faith is come we are nomore vnder the scolemaster For ye all are the children of God by the faith in Christ Iesu. For as many of you as are baptysed haue put on Christ. Here is nether Iewe ner Greke here is nether bōde ner fre here is nether man ner woman for ye are all one in Christ Iesu. Yf ye be Christes thē are ye Abrahās sede and heyres acordynge to the promes The IIII. Chapter BVt I saye As longe as the heyre is a childe there is no difference betwene him and a seruaunt though he be lorde of all y e goodes but he is vnder tuters and gouerners vntyll the tyme appoynted of the father Euen so we also whā we were children were in bondage vnder the outwarde tradicions But whan the tyme was fulfylled God sent his sonne borne of a womā and put vnder the lawe to redeme them which were vnder the lawe that we mighte receaue y e childshippe For so moch thē as ye are children God hath sent the sprete of his sonne in to oure hertes which cryeth Abba deare father Wherfore now thou art not a seruaunt but a sonne Yf thou be a sonne then art thou the heyre of God thorow Christ. Notwithstondinge
are true and his wayes right As for those that go on proudly he is able to brī bringe them downe The V. Chapter BAlthasar the kynge made a greate bancket to his thousande lordes withall these thousande he made greate cheare and when he was dronken w t wyne he commaunded to brynge him y e golden and syluer vessel which his father Nabuchodonosor had taken out of the temple at Ierusalem that the kynge and his lordes with his quene and concubynes might drīke therout So they brought the golden vessel that was takē out of the temple of the LORDES house at Ierusalem Then the kynge and his lordes with his quene and concubines dronke out of them They dronke wyne and praysed their Idols of golde syluer copper yron wodde and stone In the very same houre there appeared fyngers as it had bene of a mans honde writynge right ouer agaynst the candelsticke vpon the playne wall in the kynges palace and the kynge sawe the palme of y e honde y t wrote Then chaunged the kynge his countenaunce and his thoughtes troubled him so that the ioyntes off his body shoke and his knees smote one agaynst the other Wherfore the kynge cryed mightely that thy shulde brynge him the charmers Caldees and coniurers of deuels The kynge spake also to the wysemen of Babilon and sayde Who so can rede this wrytynge and shewe me the playne meanynge theroff shall be clothed with purple haue a cheyne off golde aboute his necke and rule the thirde parte off my kyngdome Vpon this came all the kynges wyse men but they coude nether rede the wrytinge 〈◊〉 shewe the kynge what it signified Thē was the kynge sore afrayed in so moch that his coloure chaunged and his lordes were so sorevexed So by reason off this matter y t had happened to the kynge his lordes the quene went vp herself in to the bancket house and spake vnto the kynge sayenge O kynge God saue thy life for euer Let not y t thoughtes trouble the and let not thy countenaunce be chaunged For why there is a man in y e kyngdome that hath the sprete off the holy goddes within him as it was sene in thy fathers dayes He hath vnderstondinge ād wysdome like the goddes Yee the kynge Nabuchodonosor thy father made this man chest of the soythsayers charmers Caldees and deuel coniurers because that soch an abundaunt sprete knowlege wisdome to expoūde dreames to open secretes and to declare harde dowtes was founde in him yee euen in Daniel whom the kynge named Balthasar Let this same Daniel be sente for and he shall tell what it meaneth Then was Daniel brought before the kinge So the kynge spake vnto Daniel and sayde Art thou that Daniel one off the presoners of Iuda whom my father the kynge brought out of Iewry I haue herde speake of the that thou hast the sprete of the holy goddes experience and vnderstōdinge and that there hath bene greate wisdome founde in the. Now haue there bene brought me wise and connynge charmers to rede this wrytynge and to shewe me the meanynge theroff But they coude not tell me what this matter signified Then herde I saye y t thou canst expounde darcke thinges and declare harde doutes Well than yf thou canst rode this writinge and shewe me the meaninge therof thou shalt be clothed w t purple haue a cheyne of golde aboute thy necke rule the thirde parte of my kyngdome Daniel answered and sayde before y e kynge As for thy rewardes kepe them to thy self or geue y e rych giftes to another yet not thelesse I wil rede the wrytynge vnto y e kinge and shewe him the interpretacion therof O kinge God the hyest gaue vnto Nabuchodonosor thy father y e dignite of a kynge w t worshipe hono r so y t all people kynreddes tunges stode in awe feare of him by reason off the hye estate that he had lent him For why he slewe whom he wolde he smoke whom it pleased him Agayne whom he wolde he set vp and whom he list he put downe But because his herte was so proude and his stomack set fast vnto wylfulnesse he was deposed from his kyngly trone and his magesty was taken from him He was shot out from amonge men his herte was like a beestes herte and his dwellynge was with the wylde Asses he was fayne to eate grasse like an oxe and his body was wet with the dew off the heauen till he knewe that the hyest had power vpon the kyngdomes of men and setteth ouer them whom he list And thou his sonne o Balthasar for all this hast not submitted thine hert though thou knewest all these thinges but hast magnified thy selff aboue the LORDE off heauen so that the vessels off his house were brought before the that thou and thy lordes with thy quene and concubynes might drynke wyne therout And hast praysed the Idols of syluer and golde copper and yron off wodde stone As for the God in whose honde consisteth thy breth ād all thy wayes thou hast not loaued him Therfore is the palme off this honde sent hither from him to token vp this wrytinge And this is the scripture that is written vp Mane Thetel Phares Now the interpretacion off the thynge is this Mane God hath nombred thy kyngdome and brought it to an ende Thetel Thou art weyed in the balaunce and art founde to light Phares Thy kyngdome is delt in partes and geuen to the Medes and Perses Then commaunded Balthasar to cloth Daniel with purple to hange a cheyne off golde aboute his necke and to make a proclamacion concernynge him that he shulde be the ruler off the thirde parte off his kyngdome The very same night was Balthasar the kynge off the Caldees slayne and Darius out of Media toke in the kyngdome beynge lxij yeare off age The VI. Chapter IT pleased Darius to set ouer his kīgdome an C and xx lordes which shulde be in all his kingdome aboute Aboue these he set thre prynces off whom Daniel was one that the lordes might geue accomptes vnto them and the kynge to be vndiseased But Daniel exceaded all these princes ād lordes for the sprete off God was plenteous in him so that the kynge was mynded to set him ouer the whole realme Wherfore the prynces and lordes sought to pyke out in Daniel some quarel agaynst the kyngdome yet coude they fynde none occasion ner fawte vpon him For why he was so faythful y t there was no blame ner dishonesty founde in him Then sayde these men we will get no quarell agaynst this Daniel excepte it be in the lawe off his God Vpon this wente the princes and lordes together vnto the kynge and sayde thus vnto him kynge Darius God saue thy life for euer All the great estates off the realme as y e prynces dukes senatours and iudges are determed to put out a commaundement off y e kynge and to make a sure
let it perish let the rēnaunt eate euery one the flesh of his neghboure I toke also my louynge meke staff ād brake it that I might disanuil the conuenaunt which I made with all people And so it was broken in that daye Then the poore symple shepe that had a respecte vnto me knewe therby that it was the worde of the LORDE And I sayde vnto them yff ye thynke it good brynge hither my pryce yf no then leaue So they wayed downe xxx syluer pens y e value that I was prysed at And the LORDE sayde vnto me cast it vnto the potter a goodly pryce for me to be valued at of them and I toke the xxx syluers pens and cast them to the potter in the house of the LORDE Then brake I my other staff also namely wo that I might lowse the brother heade betwixte Iuda and Israel And the LORDE sayde vnto me Take to the also the staff off a foolish shepherde for lo I will rayse vp a shepherde in the londe which shall not seke after the thinges that be lost ner care for soch as go astraye he shall not heale the wounded he shal not norish the thinge that is whole but he shall eate the flesh off soch as be fat and teare their clawes in peces O Idols shepherde that leaueth the flocke The swerde shal come vpon his arme and vpon his right eye His arme shal be clene dried vp and his right eye shal be sore blynded The XII Chapter The heuy burthen which y e LORDE hath deuysed for Israel THus saieth the LORDE which spred the heauēs abrode layde the foundacion of the earth and geueth man y e breath of life Beholde I will make Ierusalem a cuppe of surfet vnto all the people y t are rounde aboute her Yee Iuda himself also shal be in the sege agaynst Ierusalem At the same tyme will I make Ierusalem an heuy stone for all people so that all soch as lift it vp shal be toarne and rēte and all the people of the earth shal be gathered together agaynst it In that daye sayeth y e LORDE I wil make all horses abasshed and those that ryde vpon them to be out of their wyttes I will open myne eyes vpon the house of Iuda ād smyte all the horses of the people with blyndnesse And the prynces of Iuda shall saye in their hertes The inhabiters off Ierusalem shall geue me consolacion in the LORDE off hoostes their God In that tyme will I make the prynces of Iuda like an hote burnynge ouen with wodd and like a cress het off fyre amonge the strawe so that they shal cōsume all the people roūde aboute them both vpon the right honde and the left Ierusalē also shal be inhabited agayne namely in the same place where Ierusalem stondeth The LORDE shall preserue the tentes off Iuda like as afore tyme so that the glory of the house of Dauid and the glory of the cytesyns of Ierusalem shal be but litle regarded in comparison off the glory off Iuda In that daye shall the LORDE defende the citesyns of Ierusalem so that the weakest then amonge them shal be as Dauid and the house of Dauid shal be like as Gods house and as the angell off the LORDE before them At the same tyme will I go aboute to destroye all soch people as come agaynst Ierusalem Morouer vpon the house off Dauid and vpon the citesyns off Ierusalem will I poure out the sprete of grace and prayer so that they shal loke vpon me whom they haue pearsed and they shall be wepe him as men mourne for their only begotten sonne Yee and be sory for him as men are sory for their first childe Then shall there be a greate mournynge at Ierusalem like as the lamentacion at Adremnon in the felde off Maggadon And the londe shall bewayle euery kynred by thē selues The kynred off the house of Dauid them selues alone and their wyues by them selues The kynred off the house of Nathan them selues alone and their wyues by them selues The kynred off the house of Leui thē selues alone and their wiues by them selues The kynred of the house of Semei them selues alone and their wyues by them selues In like maner all the other generaciōs euerychone by them selues alone and their wyues by them selues The XIII Chapter IN that tyme shall the house off Dauid and the citesyns off Ierusalem haue an open well to wash of synne and vnclennesse And then sayeth the LORDE off hoostes I will destroye the names of Idols out off the londe so that they shal nomore be put in remembraunce As for the false prophetes also and the vnclene sprete I shall take them out of the londe So that yf eny off them prophecy eny more his owne father and mother that begat him shall saye vnto him Thou shalt dye for thou speakest lyes vnder the name off the LORDE Yee his owne father and mother that begat him shall wounde him when he prophecyeth And then shall those prophetes be confounded euery one off his vision when he prophecieth nether shall they weere sack clothes eny more to disceaue mē with all But he shall be fayne to saye I am no prophet I am an husbonde man for so am I taught by Adam fro my youth vp And yff it be sayde vnto him How came these woundes then in thine hondes He shall answere Thus am I wounded in the house off myne owne frendes Arise o thou swearde vpon my shepherde and vpon the prynce of my people sayeth the LORDE of hoostes Smyte the shepherde and the shepe shal be scatred abrode and so will I turne myne honde to the litle ones And it shal come to passe sayeth the LORDE that in all the londe two partes shal be roted out but the thirde parte shal remayne therin And the same thirde parte wil I brynge thorow the fyre and will clense them as the syluer is clensed Yee and trye them like as golde is tryed Then shall they call vpon my name and I wil heare them I will saye it is my people And they shal saye LORDE my God The XIIII Chapter BEholde the daye of the LORDE cōmeth that thou shalt be spoyled and robbed for I wil gather together all the Heithen to fight agaynst Ierusalem so that the cite shal be wonne the houses spoyled and the women defyled The half of the cite shal go awaye in to captiuyte and the residue of the people shal not be caried out of the cite After that shall the LORDE go forth to fight agaynst those Heithen as men vse to fight in the daye of batell Thē shall his fete stōde vpō the mount oliuete that lieth vpon the east syde of Ierusalē And y e mount olyuete shal cleue in two eastwarde westwarde so y t there shal be a greate valley the halff mount shal remoue towarde the north and the other
loke for the life which God shal geue vnto them that neuer turne their beleue from him Anna his wife wente daylie to the weeuynge worke loke what lyuinge she coude get w t the labo r of hir handes she brought it And it happened y t she toke a kyd and brought it home And whan hir huszband herd it crie he sayde loke y t it be not stollen restore it agayne to the owners for it is not laufull for vs to eate or to touch eny thinge of theft Then was his wife angrie and sayde Now is thy hope become vayne openly thy allmes dedes are manifest With these soch like wordes dyd she cast him in the tethe The III. Chapter THen Tobias toke it heuely w t teares beganne to make his prayer sayeÌ„ge O LORDE thou art righteous all thy iudgmeÌ„tes are true yee all y e wayes are mercy faithfulnes iudgmeÌ„t And now O LORDE be myndefull of me take no vengeaunce of my synnes nether remembre my myszdedes ner y e myszdedes of my elders For we haue not bene obedieÌ„t vnto y e coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes therfore are we spoyled brought in to captiuyte in to death in to derision shame vnto all nacions amoÌ„ge whoÌ„ thou hast â—catred vs. And now O LORDE y e iudgmentes are greate for we haue not done acordiÌ„ge to y e coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes nether haue we walked innoceÌ„tly before ye. And now O LORDE deâ—le with me acordinge to thy wil coÌ„maunde my sprete to be receaued in peace for mere erpedieÌ„t were it for me to dye theÌ„ to lyue At the same tyme it happened that Sara the daughter of Raguel at Rages a cite of y e Medes was slaundred of one of hir fathers handmaydes namely that she shulde haue had seuen huszbandes which as soone as they were gone in vnto hir were slayne of the deuell called Asmodeus Therfore whan she reproued the mayden for hir faute she answerde her sayenge God let vs neuer se sonne ner daughter of the more vpon earth thou kyller of thy huszbandes Wilt thou slay me also as thou hast slayne seuen men At this voyce weÌ„te Sara in to an hye chamber of hir house and thre dayes and thre nightes she nether ate ner draÌ„ke but coÌ„tynued in prayer and besought God with teares that he wolde delyuer her from this rebuke Vpon the thirde daye it chaunced that whan she had made an ende of hir prayer she praysed the LORDE sayenge Blessed be thy name O God of o r fathers which whan thou art wroth shewest mercy and in the tyme of trouble thou forgeuest the synnes of them that call vpon the. Vnto the O LORDE turne I my face vnto the lift I vp myne eyes I beseke y e O LORDE lowse me out of the bondes of this rebuke or els take me vtterly awaye froÌ„ of y e earth Thou knowest LORDE that I neuer had desyre vnto man and that I haue kepte my soule cleane from all vnclenly lust I haue not kepte company with those that passe their tyme in sporte nether haue I made my self partaker with them that walke in lighte behauoure Neuertheles an huszbande haue I consented to take not for my pleasure but in thy feare Now peraduenture either I haue bene vnworthy of them or els were they vnmete for me for thou happly hast kepte me to another huszband For why thy councell is not in y e power of man But who so euer loueth the and serueth the a right is sure that yf his life be tempted and proued it staÌ„deth in the tryenge and yf he endure in pacience he shal haue a rewarde and be hylie crowned and yf he be in trouble that God no doute shal delyuer him and yf his life be in chastenynge that he shall haue leue to come vnto thy mercy For thou hast no pleasure in oure dampnacion why after a storme thou makest y e wether fayre and still after wepinge and heuynes thou geuest greate ioye Thy name O God of Israel be praysed for euer At the same tyme were both their prayers herde in the sight of the magesty of the Hyest God And Raphael the holy angel of the LORDE was sent to helpe theÌ„ both whose prayers came together before God The IIII. Chapter SO whaÌ„ Tobias thought his prayer to be herde that he might dye he called vnto him his sonne Tobias sayde vnto him My sonne heare the wordes of my mouth and laye theÌ„ in thine hert as a foundacion Whan God taketh awaye my soule burie thou my body holde thy mother in honoure all the dayes of hir life For thou oughtest to remembre what and how greate parels she suffred for y e in hir woÌ„be And whaÌ„ she also hath fulfilled the tyme of hir life bury her besyde me Haue God in thy thought all the dayes of thy life bewarre lest at eny tyme thou coÌ„sent vnto synne and lest thou let slippe the commaundemeÌ„tes of the LORDE oure God Geue allmes of thy goodes and turne neuer thy face from the poore and so shal it come to passe that the face of the LORDE shal not be turned awaye from the. Be mercifull after y e power Yf thou hast moch geue pleÌ„teously yf thou hast litle do thy diligence gladly to geue of that litle For so gatherest thou thy self a good rewarde in the daye of necessite For allmes delyuereth froÌ„ death suffreth not the soule to come in darcknes A greate comforte is allmes before the hye God vnto all them that do it My sonne kepe the well from all whordome and besyde thy wife se that no faute be knowne of the. Let neuer pryde haue rule in thy mynde ner in thy worde for in pryde beganne all destruccion Who so euer worketh eny thinge for the immediatly geue him his hyre and loke that thy hyred seruaunte wagies remayne not by the ouer night Loke that thou neuer do vnto another man the thinge that thou woldest not another maÌ„ shulde do vnto the. Eate thy bred with the hongrie and poore and couer the naked with thy clothes Set thy bred and wyne vpon the buryall of the righteous and do not thou eate and drynke therof with the synners Axe euer councell at y e wyse Be allwaye thankfull vnto God and be seke him that he will ordre thy wayes that what so euer thou deuysest or takest in hande it maye remayne in him I certifie the also my sonne that whan thou wast yet but a bab I delyuered ten talentes of syluer vnto Gabelus at Rages a cite of the Medes his handwritinge haue I by me And therfore seke some meanes how thou mayest come by him receaue of him y e sayde weight of syluer and geue him his handwritynge agayne My sonne be not afrayed trueth it is we lede here a poore life but greate good shall we haue yf we feare God and departe from all synne and do
God and sayde the blessynge of the God of Israel haue thou for thou art the sonne of a right verteous iust man of one y t feareth God geueth greate allmes And blessynge haue y e wife and yo r elders that ye maye se yo r children and youre childers childreÌ„ vnto the thirde and fourth generacioÌ„ and that youre sede maye be blessed of y e God of Israel which reigneth worlde without ende And whan they all had sayde Amen they wente to the feast but with the feare of the LORDE helde they the feast of the mariage The X. Chapter NOw whyle yoÌ„ge Tobias made loÌ„ge tarienge by reason of y e mariage his father was full of care and heuynes and thought what shulde be the cause that my sonne tarieth so longe Or why shulde he be kepte so longe there Peraduenture Gabelus is deed and no man wyl geue him the money Thus begaÌ„ne he to be very soroufull he Anna his wife with him beganne to wepe both together because their sonne was not come agayne vnto them at the daye appoynted As for his mother she wepte with discomfortable teares and sayde Wo is me my sonne Oh what ayled vs to sende the awaye into a straunge countre thou light of oure eyes thou staff of oure age thou comforte of oure life thou hope of oure generacion Seinge all y e thinges that we haue are onely in the we shulde not haue sent the awaye from vs. Then Tobias comforted her and sayde holde thy tonge and be not discomforted oure sonne is whole and sounde the man y t we sent him withall is faithfull ynough Neuertheles she might in no wyse be coÌ„forted but daylie wente out loked aboute and wente aboute all the stretes wherby she thought he shulde come againe that yf it were possible she might se him coÌ„mynge afarre of But Raguel saide vnto his sonne iÌ„ lawe O tary here and I shall sende a messauÌ„ger vnto thy father Tobias to tell him y t thou art in good health Tobias sayde vnto him I am sure that my father and my mother counte euery daye and that their hertes are sory So whan Raguel prayed Tobias w t many wordes he wolde in no wyse heare him he delyuered Sara vnto him the half parte of all his good in seruauntes and handmaydeÌ„s in shepe in camels and in kyne and moch money and so sent him awaye from him with peace and ioye and sayde The holy angell of the LORDE be with you in youre iourney and brynge you forth safe sounde that ye maye fynde all thinges in good case with youre elders and that myne eyes maye se youre children afore I dye So the elders enbraced their daughter kyssed her and let her go exortinge her to honoure hir father and mother in lawe to loue hir huszbande to rule well hir huszsholde to kepe hir house in good ordre and to shew hir self fautlesse The XI Chapter NOw as they were goinge homewarde againe vpon y e xj daye they came to Charra which lyeth in the half waye towarde Niniue And the angell sayde Brother Tobias thou knowest how thou hast left thy father therfore yf it please the we two wyll go before and let the husholde with thy wife and y e catell come soft fayrly after vs. And whan Tobias was content that they shulde go before Raphael sayde vnto him Take of the gall of the fish with the for it shal be necessary So Tobias toke of the gâ—ll and they wente their waye But Anna the mother of Tobias sat daylie by the waye syde vpon y e toppe of an hill from whence she might se farre aboute her And whyle she was waytinge there for his coÌ„mynge she loked a farre of and anone she perceaued hir sonne comminge and ranne and tolde hir buszbande sayenge beholde thy sonne commeth And Raphael sayde vnto Tobias As soone as thou commest in to the house immediatly worshipe the LORDE thy God and geue thankes vnto him then go to thy father and kysse him strake his eyes ouer w t the gall of y e fish that thou hast brought with the. For be sure that his eyes shal straight waye be opened and thy father shal se the light of heauen and shal reioyse at the sight of the. Then the dogg that had bene with them in their iourney raÌ„ne before and came as a messauÌ„ger and wagged with his tayle for gladnesse So y e blynde father arose and beganne to renne and stombled with his fete and gaue a seruaunt his hande ranne to mete his sonne receaued him and kyssed him he and his wife and beganne to wepe for ioye Now whan they had worshipped thanked God they satt downe Then toke Tobias of the fishes gall and anoynted his fathers eyes and taried half an houre and then beganne the blemysh to go out of his eyes like as it had bene the whyte szkynne of an egg which Tobias toke and drew from his eyes and immediatly he receaued his sight Then they praysed God he and his wife and all they that knew him And Tobias sayde O LORDE God of Israel I geue the prayse and thankes for thou hast chastened me and made me whole And lo now do I se my sonne Tobias After seuen dayes came Sara his sonnes wife also whole and sounde with all y e housholde and catell with camels and moch money of his wyues and with the money that he had receaued of Gabelus and he tolde his father and his mother all the benefites which God had done for him by the man that led him Achior also and Nabath Tobias sister sonnes came and were glad reioysed with him by reason of all the good that God had shewed vnto him And so for y e space of seuen dayes they made mery and were right ioyfull euerichone The XII Chapter THeÌ„ Tobias called his sonne vnto him sayde What maye we geue this holy man that wente with the Tobias answered his father and sayde Father what rewarde shal we geue him Or what thinge can deserue his benefites He hath bene my gyde and brought me safe agayne he receaued the money from Gabelus he caused me to get my wife he droue the euell sprete from her he hath bene occasioÌ„ of gladnesse to hir father and mother he delyuered me that I was not deuoured of the fish he hath made the to se the light of heauen yee we all haue receaued greate good of him How shulde we worthely deserue these thinges vnto him But I praye the my father that thou wilt desyre him yf happlie he wil voutsafe to take with him the half of all that we haue brought So the father and the sonne called him toke him asyde and beganne to praye him that he wolde be content to take in good worth the half parte of all that they had brought Then sayde he secretly vnto them Prayse y e God of heauen and geue thankes vnto him before all men lyuynge for he
power vnto men And as Iesus passed forth from thence he sawe a man syt a receyuinge of custome named Mathew sayde vnto him folowe me And he arose and folowed him And it came to passe as he sat at meate in the house beholde many publicans and synners came and sat downe also with Iesus and hys disciples When the Pharises sawe that they sayde to hys disciples why eateth youre master with publicans and synners When Iesus herde that he sayde vnto them The whole nede not y e phisiciō but they that are sicke Go and learne what that meaneth I haue pleasure in mercy and not in offerynge For I am not come to call the righteous but y e synners to repentaunce Then came the disciples of Ihon to hym sayinge why do we y e Pharises fast so oft and thy disciples fast not And Iesus sayde vnto thē Can the weddynge chyldrē mourne as lōge as the bridegrome is with them The tyme will come when the bridegrome shal be taken from them and thē shall they fast No man peceth an olde garment with a pece of newe clothe For then taketh he awaye the pece agayne from the garment the rent ys made greater Nether do men put new wyne in to olde vessels for then the vessels breake and the wyne runneth out y e vessels peryshe But they poure newe wyne in to newe vessels and so are both saued together Whyle he thus spake vnto them beholde there came a certayne ruler and worshipped him sayinge My doughter is euē now deceased but come and lay y e honde on her and she shall liue Iesus arose and folowed hym with hys disciples And beholde a woman which was diseased w t an yssue of bloude xij yeres came behynde hym and touched the hem of hys vesture For she sayde in her silfe yf I maye touche but euen his vesture only I shal be safe Then Iesus tourned him aboute and behelde her sayinge Doughter be of good conforte thy faith hath made y t safe And she was made whole euen that same houre And when Iesus came into the rulers house and sawe the minstrels and the people raginge he sayde vnto them Get you hēce for y e mayde is not deed but slepeth And they laughed hym to scorne But whan the people were put forth he went in and toke her by the honde and the mayde arose And this was noysed through out all that londe And as Iesus departed thence two blynde mē folowed hym cryinge and sayinge O thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpon vs. And when he was come home the blynde came to hym And Iesus sayde vnto them Beleue ye that I am able to do thys And they sayde vnto hym yee LORDE Then touched he their eyes sayinge acordinge to youre fayth be it vnto you And their eyes were opened And Iesus charged thē sayinge Se that no mā knowe of it But they departed spred abroade his name through out all the londe Whan these were gone out beholde they brought to hym a domme man possessed of a deuyll And whan the deuyl was cast out the domme spake And the people merueled sayinge it was neuer so sene in Israel But y e Pharises sayde he casteth out deuyls thorow the chefe deuyll And Iesus wente aboute in all cities and townes teachinge in their synagoges preachyng y e gospel of y e kyngdome healinge all maner sicknes all maner desease amōge the people And when he sawe the people he had compassion on thē because they were pyned awaye and scattered abroade euen as shepe hauinge no shepherd Then sayde he to hys disciples y e heruest is greate but y e laborers are fewe Wherfore praye the LORDE of the haruest to sende forth laborers into hys haruest The x. Chapter ANd he called his xii disciples vnto hym gaue them power ouer vncleane spretes to cast them out to heaale all maner of sicknesses and all maner of deseases The names of the xii Apostels are these The fyrst Simon called Peter Andrew his brother Iames the sonne of Zebede and Ihon his brother Philip and Bartlemew Thomas and Mathew the Publican Iames the sonne of Alphe and Lebbeus other wyse called Taddeus Simon of Cane and Iudas Iscarioth which also betrayed hym These twolue sent Iesus and commaunded them sayinge Go not in to the wayes y t leade to the Heithen and in to the cities of the Samaritās enter ye not But go rather to the lost shepe of the housse of Israel Go and preach sayinge The kyngdome of heuē is at hande Heale the sicke clense the lepers rayse the deed cast out the deuils Frely ye haue receaued frely geue againe Posses not golde nor siluer nor brasse yn youre gerdels nor yet scrip towardes your iorney nether two cotes nether shues nor yet a staffe For the workman is worthy of his meate In to what soeuer cite or towne ye shall come enquyre in it who is mete for you and there abyde tyll ye go thence And whē ye come in to an house salute y e same And yf the housse be mete for you yo peace shal come vpō it But yf it be not mete for you yo peace shal turne to you againe And yf no man wil receaue you ner heare youre preachinge departe out of that house or that cite and shake the dust of youre fete Truly I saye vnto you it shall be easyer for y e londe of Sodoma and Gomorra in y e daye of iudgment then for that cite Beholde I sende you forth as shepe amōge wolues Be ye therfore wyse as serpentes and innocent as doues Beware of men for they shall deliuer you vp to the coūsels and shal scourge you in their synagoges And ye shall be brought before prynces and kynges for my sake in witnes to them and to the gentyls But when they delyuer you vp take no thought how or what ye shall speake for yt shal be geuen you euen in that same houre what ye shall saye For it is not ye that speake but the sprete of your father which speaketh in you The brother shall delyuer the brother to deeth and the father the sonne And the chyldren shall aryse agaynst their fathers mothers shall helpe them to deeth ye shall be hated of all men for my names sake But he y t endureth to the ende shal be saued When they persecute you in one cite flye in to another I tell you for a treuth ye shall not fynysshe all the cities of Israel tyll the sonne of man come The disciple is not aboue the master nether the seruaunt aboue the LORDE It is ynough for the disciple to be as his master and the seruaunt as his LORDE Yf they haue called the good mā of the house Beelzebub how moch more shal they call them of his housholde so Feare
gaue me drynke I was harbourlesse and ye lodged me I was naked ye clothed me I was sicke and ye vysited me I was in preson and ye came vnto me Then shal the righteous answere him saye LORDE whē sawe we the hōgrie and fed the Or thirstie and gaue the drynke When sawe we the herbourlesse and lodged the Or naked and clothed y e Or whē sawe we y e sicke or in preson and came vnto the And the kynge shal answer and saye vnto them Verely I saye vnto you Loke what ye haue done vnto one of the least of these my brethren the same haue ye done vnto me Then shal he saye also vnto them that shal be on the left hande Departe fro me ye cursed in to the euerlastinge fyre which is prepared for the deuell and his angels For I was hōgrie and ye gaue me no meate I was thirstye and ye gaue me no drynke I was herbourlesse and ye lodged me not I was naked and ye clothed me not I was sicke and in preson and ye vysited me not Then shal they also answere hī and saye LORDE when sawe we the hōgrie or thyrstie or herbourlesse or naked or sicke or in preson and haue not mynistred vnto the Thē shal he answere them and saye Verely I saye vnto you Loke what ye haue not done vnto one of the leest of these the same haue ye not done vnto me And these shal go in to euerlastinge payne but the righteous in to euerlastinge life The XXVI Chapter ANd it came to passe whā Iesus had fynished all these wordes he sayde vnto his disciples Ye knowe that after two dayes shal be Easter and the sonne of man shal be delyuered to be crucified Then assembled together the hye prestes and the scrybes and the elders of the people in to the palace of the hye prest which was called Caiphas and helde a councell how they might take Iesus by disceate and kyll him But they sayde Not on the holy daye lest there be an vproure in the people Now when Iesus was at Bethany in the house of Symon the leper there came vnto hī a woman which had a boxe with precious oyntment and poured it vpon his heade as he sat at the table Whan his disciples sawe that they diszdayned and sayde Where to serueth this waist This oyntmēt might haue bene wel solde and geuē to the poore Whē Iesus perceaued that he sayde vnto them Why trouble ye the woman She hath wrought a good worke vpon me for ye haue allwaye the poore with you but me shal ye not haue allwayes Where as she hath poured this oyntmēt vpon my body she dyd it to bury me Verely I saye vnto you where so euer this gospell shal be preached thorow out all the worlde there shal this also that she hath done be tolde for a memoriall of her Then one of the twolue called Iudas Iscarioth wente vnto the hye prestes and sayde What wil ye geue me and I shal delyuer him vnto you And they offred hī thirtie syluer pens And from that tyme forth he sought oportunyte to betraye him The first daye of swete bred came the disciples to Iesus and sayde vnto him Where wilt thou that we prepare for the to eate the Easter lambe He sayde Go in to the cite to soch a man and saye vnto him The Master sendeth the worde My tyme is a◠honde I wil kepe myne Easter by the with my disciples And the disciples dyd as Iesus had appoynted them and made ready the Easter lambe And at euen he sat downe at the table with the twolue And as they ate he sayde Verely I saye vnto you One of you shal betraye me And they were exceadinge soroufull and beganne euery one of them to saye vnto him Syr is it I He answered and sayde He that deppeth his honde with me in the dyszhe the same shal betraye me The sonne of man goeth forth as it is wrytten of him but wo vnto that man by whō the sonne of man shal be betrayed It had bene better for that mā yf he had neuer bene borne Thē Iudas that betrayed him answered and sayde Master is it I He sayde vnto him Thou hast sayde And as they ate Iesus toke the bred gaue thankes brake it and gaue it to the disciples and sayde Take eate this is my body And he toke the cuppe and thanked and gaue it thē and sayde Drynke ye all therof this is my bloude of the new testament that shal be shed for many for the remission of synnes I saye vnto you I wil not drynke hence forth of this frute of the vyne tre vntill that daye that I shal drynke it new with you in my fathers kyngdome And whan they had sayde grace they wente forth vnto mount Oliuete Then sayde Iesus vnto them This night shal ye all be offended in me For it is wrytten I wil smyte the shepherde and the shepe of the flocke shal be scatered abrode But after that I ryse agayne I wil go before you in to Galile Peter answered and sayde vnto him Though all men shulde be offended in y e yet wyl I neuer be offēded Iesus sayde vnto hī Verely I saye vnto y e This same night before y e cock crowe shalt thou denie me thryse Peter saide vnto him And though I shulde dye with the yet wil I not denye the. Likewyse also sayde all the disciples Then came Iesus with them into a felde which is called Gethsemane and sayde vnto the disciples Syt ye here whyle I go yonder praye And he toke with him Peter and the two sonnes of Zebede and beganne to wexe soroufull and to be in an agonye Then sayde Iesus vnto them My soule is heuy euen vnto the death Tary ye here and watch with me And he wente forth a litle and fell flat vpon his face and prayed sayenge O my father yf it be possible let this cuppe passe fro me neuertheles not as I wil but as thou wilt And he came to his disciples and founde thē a slepe sayde vnto Peter What coude ye not watch with me one houre Watch praye that ye fall not in to temptacion The sprete is wyllinge but the flesh is weake Agayne he wēte forth the seconde tyme and prayed sayenge O my father yf this cuppe can not passe awaye fro me excepte I drynke of it thy will be fulfilled And he came and founde them a slepe agayne and their eyes were heuy And he left them and wente forth agayne and prayed the thirde tyme sayenge the same wordes Then came he to his disciples and sayde vnto them Slepe on now and take youre rest Beholde the houre is come y t the sonne of man shal be delyuered in to the hondes of synners Aryse let us be goynge Beholde he is at hōde that betrayeth me Whyle he yet spake lo
he sent him home and sayde Go not in to y e towne and tell it also vnto noman therin And Iesus wente out and his disciples into the townes of the cite Cesarea Philippi And in y e waye he axed his disciples and sayde vnto them What do men saye that I am They answered They saye thou art Ihon the baptist Some saye thou art Elias some that thou art one of the prophetes And he sayde vnto them But whom saye ye that I am Then answered Peter and sayde vnto him Thou art very Christ. And he charged them strately that they shulde tell no man of him And he begāne to teach them The sonne of man must suffre many thinges and be cast out of the elders hye prestes and scrybes and be put to death and after thre dayes ryse agayne And that worde spake he fre openly And Peter toke him vnto him and beganne to rebuke him But he turned him aboute and loked vpon his disciples and reproued Peter and sayde Go after me thou Sathan for thou sauourest not the thinges that be of God but of men And he called vnto him the people with his disciples and sayde vnto them Who so euer wyl folowe me let him denye himself and take vp his crosse and folowe me For who so euer wyl saue his life shal lose it and who so euer loseth his life for my sake and y e gospels y e same shal saue it What helpeth it a mā though he wāne the whole worlde and yet toke harme in his soule Or what can a man geue to redeme his soule withall Who so euer is ashamed of me and of my wordes amonge this aduouterous and synfull generacion of him shal the sonne of man also be ashamed whan he commeth in the glory of his father with the holy angels And he sayde vnto them Verely I saye vnto you There stōde here some which shal not taist of death tyll they se the kyngdome of God come with power The IX Chapter ANd after sixe dayes Iesus toke vnto him Peter Iames and Ihon and brought them vp in to an hye mountayne out of the waye alone and was ttāsfigured before them and his clothes were bright and very whyte as y e snowe so whyte as no fuller can make vpon earth And there appeared vnto thē Elias with Moses and they talked with Iesus And Peter answered and sayde vnto Iesus Rabbi here is good beynge for vs. Let vs make thre tabernacles one for the one for Moses and one for Elias For he knewe not what he sayde and they were very fearfull And there was a cloude which ouershadowed thē And out of the cloude there came a voyce and sayde This is my deare sonne heare him And immediatly they loked aboute them and sawe noman more then Iesus onely with them But whan they wente downe from the mountayne Iesus charged them that they shulde tell no man what they had sene tyll the sonne of man were rysen agayne from the deed And they kepte that sayenge by them and axed one another What is that rysinge agayne from the deed And they axed him and sayde Why saye the scrybes then that Elias must first come He answered and sayde vnto them Elias shal come first in dede and brynge all thinges to right agayne The sonne of man also shal suffre many thinges and be despysed as it is wrytten But I saye vnto you Elias is come and they haue done vnto him what they wolde acordinge as it is wrytten of him And he came to his disciples and sawe moch people aboute them and the scrybes disputynge with them And as soone as the people sawe they were astonnyed and ranne vnto him and saluted him And he axed the scrybes What dispute ye with them And one of the people answered and sayde Master I haue brought vnto the my sonne which hath a domme sprete and whan so euer he taketh him he teareth him and he fometh and gnaszheth with the teth and pyneth awaye I haue spoken to thy disciples that they shulde cast him out and they coude not He answered him and sayde O thou vnfaithfull generacion how longe shal I be with you How longe shal I suffre you Brynge hī hither to me And they brought him vnto him And as soone as the sprete sawe him he tare him and fell vpon the earth and weltred and fomed And he axed his father How longe is it sens this happened vnto him He sayde Of a childe and oft tymes hath he cast him in to the fyre and water to destroye him but yf thou canst do eny thinge haue mercy vpon vs and helpe vs. Iesus sayde vnto him Yf thou couldest beleue All thinges are possible vnto him that beleueth And immediatly the father of the childe cried with teares and sayde LORDE I beleue O helpe thou myne vnbeleue Now whan Iesus sawe that the people ranne to he rebuked the foule sprete and sayde vnto him Thou domme and deaf sprete I charge the departe out of him and entre nomore in to him from hence forth And he cried and rent him sore and departed And he was as though he had bene deed in so moch that many sayde he is deed But Iesus toke him by the hande and set him vp And he arose And whan he came home his disciples axed him secretly Why coulde not we cast him out And he sayde This kynde cā go out by no meanes but by prayer and fastynge And they departed thēce and toke their iourney thorow Galile and he wolde not that eny man shulde knowe of it But he taught his disciples and sayde vnto them The sonne of mā shal be delyuered in to the handes of men and they shal put him to death and whan he is put to death he shal ryse ageyne the thirde daye But they vnderstode not that worde and were afrayed to axe him And he came to Capernaum And whan he was at home he axed them What disputed ye amonge youre selues by y e waye But they helde their tūges For they had disputed by the waye amonge them selues who shulde be y e greatest And he sat downe and called the twolue and sayde vnto them Yf eny man wyl be the first the same shal be the last of all and the seruaunt of all And he toke a childe and set him in the myddest of them and toke him in his armes and sayde vnto them Who so euer receaueth soch a childe in my name receaueth me and who so euer receaueth me receaueth not me but him that hath sent me Ihon answered him and sayde Master we sawe one dryue out deuels in thy name but he foloweth not vs and we forbad him because he foloweth vs not But Iesus sayde Forbyd him not for there is no mā that doth a myracle in my name and can soone speake euell of me For who so euer is not agaynst vs the same is for vs.
the raginge of the see delyuereth the possessed and dryueth the deuels in to the heerde of swyne helpeth the sick woman and Iairus daughter Chap. IX He sendeth out the twolue Apostles to preach Herode heareth tell of hiÌ„ He fedeth fyue thousande men with fyue loaues and two fishes the disciples confesse him to be the sonne of God he transfigureth himself vpon the mount delyuereth the possessed and teacheth his disciples to be lowly They desyre veÌ„geaunce but he reproueth them Chap. X. He sendeth the seuentye before him for to preach and geueth theÌ„ a charge how to behaue them selues prayseth his heauenly father answereth the scrybe that tempted him â–ª and by the example of the Samaritane sheweth who is a maÌ„s neghbour Martha receaueth the LORDE into hir house Mary Magdalene is feruent in hearinge his worde Chap. XI He teacheth his disciples to praye dryueth out a deuel and rebuketh the blasphemous pharises They requyre sygnes and tokens He eateth with the pharisee and reproueth the ypocrisy of the pharises scrybes and ypocrites Chap. XII The leuen of the pharises Christ conforteth his disciples agaynst persecucion warneth them to bewarre of cuvetousnesse by the symilitude of a certayne rich man he wyll not haue them to hange vpoÌ„ earthly thinges but to watch and to be ready agaynst his commynge Chap. XIII Of the Galileans whom Pilate slew and of those that dyed in Syloe The symilitude of the fyge tre Christ healeth the sicke woman The parable of the mustarde sede and leuen Few entre in to the kyngdome Christ reproueth Herode and Ierusalem Chap. XIIII Iesus eateth with the pharisee healeth the dropsye vpon the Sabbath teacheth to be lowly telleth of the greate supper and warneth them that wyll folowe him to laye their accomptes before what it wyll cost theÌ„ The salt of the earth Chap. XV. The louynge mercy of God openly set forth in the parable of the hundreth shepe and of the sonne that was lost Chap. XVI The parable of the wicked Mammon Not one title of Gods worde shal perish Of the rich man and of poore Lazarus Chap. XVII Christ teacheth his disciples to avoyde occasions of euell one to forgeue another stedfastly to trust in God and no man to presume in his owne workes He healeth the ten lepers speaketh of the latter dayes and of the ende of the worlde Chap. XVIII He teacheth to be ferueÌ„t in prayer coÌ„tinually Of the pharisee and the publican The kyngdome of God belongeth vnto childreÌ„ Christ answereth the ruler and promiseth rewarde vnto all soch as suffre losse for his sake and folowe him The blynde maÌ„ is restored to his sight Chap. XIX Of Zacheus and the ten seruauntes to whoÌ„ the ten taleÌ„tes were delyuered Christ rydeth to Ierusalem and wepeth ouer it Chap. XX. They axe Christ one questyon and he axeth them another The parable of the vynyarde Of tribute te be geueÌ„ vnto the Emperoure how Christ stoppeth the mouthes of the Saduceâ—s Chap. XXI Christ commendeth the poore wyddow telleth of the destruccion of Ierusalem of false teachers of the tokeÌ„s and troubles for to come of the ende of the worlde and of his owne commynge Chap. XXII Christ is betrayed they eate the easter lambe The institucion of the sacrameÌ„t They stryue who shal be greatest he reproueth them He prayeth thre tymes vpon the mount They take him and bringe him to the hye prestes house Peter denyeth him thryse and they bringe him before the councell Chap. XXIII Iesus is brought before Pilate and Herode The wemeÌ„ make lameÌ„tacion for him He prayeth for his enemies forgeueth the synner vpon his right hande dyeth on the crosse and is buried Chap. XXIIII The wemen come to the graue Christ apeareth vnto the two disciples that go towarde Emaus stondeth in the myddest of all his disciples openeth their vnderstondinge in the scriptures geueth them a charge and ascendeth vp into heauen The gospell of S. Luke The prologe of S. Luke FOR so moch as many haue taken in hande to set forth y e wordes of the actes that are come to passe amonge vs like as they delyuered theÌ„ vnto vs which from the begynnynge sawe them their selues and were mynisters of the worde I thought it good after that I had diligently searched out all from the begynnynge to wryte the same orderly vnto the good Theophilus that thou mightest knowe the certeÌ„te of y e wordes wherof thou art infourmed The first Chapter IN the tyme of Herode kynge of Iewry there was a prest named Zachary of the course of Abia and his wife of the doughters of Aaron hir name Elizabeth They were both righteous before God and walked in all the commaundementes and statutes of the LORDE vnreproueably And they had no childe for Elizabeth was baren and they were both well stricken in age And it came to passe as he executed the prestes office before God whan his course came acordinge to the custome of the presthode it fell to his lott to burne incense And he wente into the temple of the LORDE and the whole multitude of the people was without in prayer whyle the incense was aburnynge And the angell of the LORDE appeared vnto him and stode on the right syde of the altare of inceÌ„se And whan Zachary sawe him he was abaszhed there came a feare vpon him But the angell sayde vnto him Feare not Zachary for thy prayer is herde And y e wife Elizabeth shal beare the a sonne whose name thou shalt call Ihon thou shalt haue ioye and gladnesse and many shal reioyce at his byrth for he shal be greate before the LORDE Wyne and stronge drynke shal he not drynke And he shal be fylled w t the holy goost euen in his mothers wombe And many of the children of Israel shal he turne vnto the LORDE their God And he shal go before him in the sprete and power of Elias to turne the hertes of y e fathers vnto the children and the vnfaithfull vnto the wyszdome of the righteous to make the people ready for the LORDE And Zachary sayde vnto the Angel Wherby shal I knowe this For I am olde and my wife well stricken in age The angell answered and sayde vnto him I am Gabriell that stonde before God and am sent to speake vnto the and to shewe the these glad tydinges And beholde thou shalt be domme and not able to speake vntyll the daye that this come to passe because thou hast not beleued my wordes which shal be fulfylled in their season And the people wayted for Zachary and marueyled that he taried so longe in the teÌ„ple And whaÌ„ he weÌ„te out he coude not speake vnto them And they perceaued that he had sene a vision in the teÌ„ple And he beckened vnto them and remayned speachlesse And it fortuned whaÌ„ the tyme of his office was out he wente home in to his house And after those dayes Elizabeth his wife conceaued and hyd hir self fyue monethes
whyle this voyce came to passe they founde Iesus alone And they kepte it close and tolde no mā in those dayes eny of the thinges which they had sene And it chaunsed on the nexte daye after whan they came downe from the mount moch people met him and beholde a man amonge the people cryed out and sayde Master I beseke the loke vpon my sonne for he is my onely sonne beholde the sprete taketh him and sodenly he crieth and he teareth him that he fometh and with payne departeth he from him whan he hath rente him And I besought thy disciples to cast him out and they coulde not Then answered Iesus and sayde Oh thou vnfaithfull and croked generacion how longe shal I be with you suffre you Brynge hither thy sonne And whan he came to him the deuell rente him and tare him But Iesus rebuked the foule sprete and healed the chylde and delyuered him vnto his father agayne And they were all amased at the mighty power of God And whyle they wondred euery one at all thinges which he dyd he sayde vnto his disciples Comprehende these sayenges in youre eares For the sonne of man must be delyuered in to the hādes of men But they wyst not what that worde meaned and it was hyd from them that they vnderstode it not And they were afrayed to axe him of that worde There came a thought also amonge them which of them shulde be the greatest But whā Iesus sawe the thoughtes of their hert he toke a childe set him harde by him and sayde vnto them Whosoeuer receaueth this childe in my name receaueth me and who so euer receaueth me receaueth him that sent me But who so is leest amōge you all y e same shal be greate Then answered Ihō and sayde Master we sawe one dryue out deuels in thy name and we forbad him for he folowed the not with vs. And Iesus saide vnto him For byd him not for he that is not agaynst vs is for vs. And it fortuned whan the tyme was fulfylled that he shulde be receaued vp from hence he turned his face to go straight to Ierusalem and before him he sent messaungers which wente their waye and came in to a towne of the Samaritans to prepare lodginge for him And they wolde not receaue him because he had turned his face to go to Ierusalē But whan his disciples Iames and Ihon sawe that they sayde LORDE wilt thou that we commaunde that fyre fall downe from heauen and consume them as Elias dyd Neuertheles Iesus turned him aboute and rebuked them and sayde Knowe ye not what maner of sprete ye are of The sonne of man is not come to destroye mens soules but to saue them And they wente in to another towne And it fortuned as they went by the waye one sayde vnto him I wil folowe the whyther so euer thou go And Iesus sayde vnto him The foxes haue holes and the byrdes vnder the heauē haue nestes but the sonne of man hath not wheron to laye his heade And he sayde vnto another Folowe me He sayde Syr geue me leue first to go and burye my father But Iesus sayde vnto him Let the deed burye their deed But go thou thy waye and preach the kyngdome of God And another sayde Syr I will folowe the but geue me leue first to go byd them farwele which are at home in my house Iesus sayde vnto him Who so putteth his hāde to the plowe and loketh backe is not mete for the kingdome of God The X. Chapter AFterwarde the LORDE appoynted out other seuentie and sent them two and two before him in to euery cite and place whither he himself wolde come and sayde vnto them The haruest is greate but the labourers are fewe Praye therfore the LORDE of the haruest to sende forth labourers in to his haruest Go youre waye beholde I sende you forth as the lābes amonge y e wolues Beare nether wallet ner scryppe ner shues and salute no mā by the waye In to what so euer house ye entre first saye Peace be in this house And yf the childe of peace be there youre peace shal rest vpon him Yf no then shal youre peace turne to you agayne But tary ye still in the same house eatinge and drynkinge soch as they haue For the labourer is worthy of his rewarde Go not from house to house And in to what so euer cite ye entre and they receaue you eate soch thinges as are set before you And heale the sicke that are there and saye vnto them The kyngdome of God is come nye vnto you But in to what so euer cite ye come and they receaue you not go youre waye out in to the stretes of the same and saye Euen the very dust which cleaueth vpon vs of youre cite wype we of vpon you But of this ye shal be sure that the kyngdome of God was come nye vnto you I saye vnto you It shal be easyer for Sodome in that daye then for that cite Wo vnto the Chorazin wo vnto the Bethsaida for yf the miracles which haue bene done amonge you had bene done at Tyre and Sidon they had done pennaunce longe agoo syttinge in sack cloth and in asshes Neuertheles it shal be easyer for Tyre and Sidon at the iudgment then for you And thou Capernaum which art exalted vnto the heauen shalt be thrust downe vnto hell He that heareth you heareth me and he that despyseth you despyseth me but who so despyseth me despyseth him y t sent me The seuētye came agayne with ioye and sayde LORDE the deuels also are subdued vnto vs in thy name But he sayde vnto them I sawe Sathan fall downe from heauen as a lightenynge Beholde I haue geuen you power to treade vpon serpētes and scorpions and ouer all power of the enemye and nothinge shall hurte you Neuertheles reioyce not ye in this that the spretes are subdued vnto you but reioyse that youre names are wrytten in heauen At the same houre reioysed Iesus in sprete and sayde I prayse the O father and LORDE of heauen and earth that thou hast hyd these thinges from the wyse and prudent and hast opened them vnto babes Euen so father for so it pleased the. All thinges are geuen ouer vnto me of my father and no man knoweth who the sonne is but onely the father nether who the father is saue onely the sonne and he to whō the sonne wil open it And he turned him vnto his disciples and sayde in especiall Blessed are the eyes which se that ye se. For I saye vnto you Many prophetes and kynges wolde haue sene the thynges that ye se and haue not sene them and to haue herde the thynges that ye heare and haue not herde them And beholde there stode vp a scrybe and tempted him and sayde Master what must I do to inheret euerlastinge life
consolacion agaynst trouble for to come taketh frō thē the heuynesse that they had because of his departinge and promiseth them the holy goost the spirite of comforte Chap. XV. The true vyne the huszbandman the braunches A doctryne of loue and a swete comforte agaynst persecucion Chap. XVI Cōsolacion agaynst trouble Prayers are herde thorow Christ. Chap. XVII The most hartely louinge prayer of Christ vnto his father for all soch as receaue the trueth and be his awne Chap. XVIII Christ is betrayed The wordes of his mouth smyte the officers to the grounde Peter smyteth of Malchus eare Iesus is brought before Anna Caiphas and Pilate Chap. XIX Christ is crucified He commendeth his mother vnto Ihon sheddeth his bloude and is buried Chap. XX. The resurreccion of Christ which appeareth to Mary Magdalene and to all his disciples to their greate comforte Chap. XXI He appeareth to his disciples agayne by the see of Tyberias and commaundeth peter earnestly to fede his shepe The gospell of S. Ihon. The first Chapter IN the begynnynge was the worde and the worde was with God and God was y e worde The same was in the begynnynge w t God All thinges were made by the same and without the same was made nothinge that was made In him was the life and the life was the light of men and the light shyneth in the darknesse and the darknesse comprehended it not There was sent from God a man whose name was Ihon. The same came for a witnesse to beare wytnesse of y e light that thorow him they all might beleue He was not that light but that he might beare witnesse of y e light That was the true light which lighteth all men that come in to this worlde He was in the worlde the worlde was made by him and y e worlde knewe him not He came in to his awne and his awne receaued him not But as many as receaued him to them gaue he power to be the children of God euen soch as beleue in his name Which are not borne of bloude ner of the wyl of the flesh ner of the wyl of man but of God And the worde became flesh and dwelt amonge vs and we sawe his glory a glory as of the onely begottē sonne of the father full of grace and trueth Ihon bare wytnesse of him cryed and sayde It was this of whom I spake After me shal he come that was before me For he was or euer I and of his fulnesse haue all we receaued grace for grace For the lawe was geuen by Moses grace and trueth came by Iesus Christ. No man hath sene God at eny tyme. The onely begottē sonne which is in the bosome of the father he hath declared the same vnto vs. And this is the recorde of Ihon whan the Iewes sent prestes and Leuites frō Ierusalem to axe him Who art thou And he confessed and denyed not And he confessed and sayde I am not Christ. And they axed him What thē Art thou Elias He sayde I am not Art thou the Prophet And he answered No. Then sayde they vnto him What art thou thē y t we maye geue answere vnto thē that sent vs What sayest thou of y e self He sayde I am y e voyce of a cryer in the wyldernesse Make straight y e waye of the LORDE As y e prophet Esay sayde And they that were sent were of y e Pharises And they axed him sayde vnto him Why baptysest thou then yf thou be not Christ ner Elias ner a prophet Ihon answered them and sayde I baptyse with water but there is one come in amonge you whom ye knowe not It is he that cōmeth after me which was before me whose shue lachet I am not worthy to vnlowse This was done at Bethabara beyonde Iordane where Ihon dyd baptyse The nexte daye after Ihon sawe Iesus commynge vnto him and sayde Beholde the lābe of God which taketh awaye the synne of the worlde This is he of whom I sayde vnto you After me commeth a man which was before me For he was or euer I and I knewe him not but that he shulde be declared in Israel therfore am I come to baptyse with water And Ihon bare recorde sayde I sawe the sprete descende from heauen like vnto a doue and abode vpon him I knewe him not But he that sent me to baptyse with water y e same sayde vnto me Vpon whom thou shalt se the sprete descende and tary styll on him the same is he that baptyseth with the holy goost And I sawe it and bare recorde that this is the sonne of God The nexte daye after Ihon stode agayne and two of his disciples And whā he sawe Iesus walkynge he sayde Beholde the lābe of God And two of his disciples herde him speake and folowed Iesus And Iesus turned him aboute and sawe them folowinge and sayde vnto thē What seke ye They sayde vnto him Rabbi which is to saye by interpretacion Master Where art thou at lodginge He sayde vnto them Come and se it They came and sawe it abode with him the same daye It was aboute the tenth houre One of the two which herde Ihon speake and folowed Iesus was Andrew the brother of Symon Peter the same founde first his brother Symon and sayde vnto him We haue founde Messias which is by interpretacion y e Anoynted and brought him to Iesus Whan Iesus behelde him he sayde Thou art Symon the sonne of Ionas thou shalt be called Cephas which is by interpretacion a stone The nexte daye after wolde Iesus go agayne in to Galile and founde Philippe and sayde vnto him Folowe me Philippe was of Bethsaida the cite of Andrew and Peter Philippe founde Nathanael and sayde vnto him We haue founde him of whō Moses in the lawe and y e prophetes haue wrytten euen Iesus the sonne of Ioseph of Nazareth And Nathanaell sayde vnto him What good can come out of Nazareth Philippe sayde vnto him Come and se. Iesus sawe Nathanael cōmynge to him and sayde of him Beholde a righte Israelite in whom is no gyle Nathanael sayde vnto him From whence knowest thou me Iesus answered and sayde vnto him Before y t Philippe called the whan thou wast vnder the fygge tre I sawe the. Nathanaell answered and sayde vnto hī Rabbi thou art y e sonne of God thou art y e kynge of Israel Iesus answered sayde vnto him Because I sayde vnto the that I sawe the vnder the fygge tre thou beleuest thou shalt se yet greater thinges thē these And he sayde vnto him Verely verely I saye vnto you Frō this tyme forth shal ye se the heauen open and the angels of God goinge vp downe ouer the sonne of man The II. Chapter ANd vpon the thirde daye there was a mariage at Cana in Galile and the mother of Iesus was there Iesus also and
his disciples was called vnto y e mariage And whan the wyne fayled the mother of Iesus saide vnto him They haue no wyne Iesus sayde vnto her WomaÌ„ what haue I to do w t the Myne houre is not yet 〈◊〉 His mother sayde vnto y e mynisters Whatsoeuer he sayeth vnto you do it There were set there sixe water pottes of stone after y e maner of the purifienge of y e Iewes euery one coÌ„teyninge two or thre measures Iesus sayde vnto theÌ„ Fyll the water pottes with water And they fylled theÌ„ vp to y e brymme And he sayde vnto theÌ„ Drawe out now brynge vnto the Master of the feast And they bare it WhaÌ„ the master of y e feast had taisted y e wyne which had bene water and knewe not whence it came but the mynisters that drue y e water knewe it the Master of the feast called the brydegrome and sayde vnto him Euery man at the first geueth the good wyne whan they are dronken theÌ„ that which is worse But thou hast kepte backe the good wyne vntyll now This is the first token that Iesus dyd at Cana in Galile and shewed his glory and his disciples beleued on him Afterwarde wente he downe to Capernaum he his mother his brethreÌ„ and his disciples and taried not longe there And the Iewes Easter was at hande And Iesus weÌ„te vp to Ierusalem and founde syttinge in the teÌ„ple those that solde oxen shepe and doues and chaungers of money And he made a scourge of small cordes and droue them all out of the teÌ„ple with the shepe and oxen and poured out the chaungers money and ouerthrewe the tables and sayde vnto them that solde the doues Haue these thinges heÌ„ce and make not my fathers house an house of marchaundyse His disciples remembred it that is wrytten The zele of thine house hath euen eaten me Then answered the Iewes and sayde vnto him What token shewest thou vnto vs that thou mayest do these thinges Iesus answered sayde vnto theÌ„ Breake downe this temple and in thre dayes wil I set it vp agayne Then sayde the Iewes Sixe and fourtye yeare was this temple abuyldinge and wilt thou set it vp in thre dayes But he spake of y e teÌ„ple of his body Now whaÌ„ he was rysen agayne from the deed his disciples remembred that he thus sayde and they beleued the scripture and the wordes which Iesus spake WhaÌ„ he was at IerusaleÌ„ at Easter in y e feast many beleued on his name whan they sawe y e tokeÌ„s y t he dyd But Iesus coÌ„mytted not himself vnto theÌ„ for he knewe theÌ„ all neded not y t eny maÌ„ shulde testifye of man for he knewe well what was in maâ— â–ª The III. Chapter THere was a man of the Pharises named Nicodemus a ruler amoÌ„ge the Iewes The same came vnto Iesus by night sayde vnto hiÌ„ Master we knowe y t thou art come a teacher froÌ„ God for no maÌ„ can do these tokeÌ„s y t thou doest excepte God be with him Iesus answered and sayde vnto him Verely verely I saye vnto the Excepte a man be borne a new he can not se the kyngdome of God Nicodemus sayde vnto him How can a man be borne whan he is olde Can he entre into his mothers wombe and be borne agayne Iesus answered Verely verely I saye vnto the Excepte a maÌ„ be borne of water and of the sprete he can not come in to y e kyngdome of God That which is borne of flesh is flesh that which is borne of the sprete is sprete Maruell not that I sayde vnto y e Ye must be borne of new The wynde bloweth where he wyl and thou hearest his sounde but thou canst not tell wheÌ„ce he commeth and whither he goeth So is euery one that is borne of the sprete Nicodemus answered and sayde vnto him How maye these be Iesus answered sayde vnto hiÌ„ Art thou a Master in Israel knowest not these Verely I saye vnto y e We speake that we knowe and testifie that we haue sene and ye receaue not oure wytnesse Yf ye beleue not whan I tell you of earthly thinges how shulde ye beleue whaÌ„ I speake vnto you of heauenly thinges And noman ascendeth vp in to heauen but he that is come downe from heaueÌ„ namely the sonne of man which is in heauen And like as Moses lift vp the serpent in the wyldernes euen so must the sonne of man be lift vp that who so euer beleueth in him shulde not perish but haue euerlastinge life For God so loued the worlde that he gaue his onely sonne that who so euer beleueth in hiÌ„ shulde not perishe but haue euerlastinge life For God sent not his sonne in to y e worlde to condempne the worlde but that the worlde might be saued by him He that beleueth on him shal not be coÌ„demned But he that beleueth not is coÌ„demned allready because he beleueth not on the name of the onely sonne of God But this is y e coÌ„dempnacion that the light is come in to the worlde and men loued the darknesse more theÌ„ y e light for their workes were euell Whosoeuer doth euell hateth the light and coÌ„meth not to the light that his dedes shulde not be reproued But he that doth the trueth commeth to the light that his workes maye be knowne for they are done in God Afterwarde came Iesus his disciples in to the loÌ„de of Iewry and had his beynge there with them and baptysed Ihon baptysed also in Enon besyde Salem for there was moch water there And they came thither and were baptysed for Ihon was not yet put in preson Then arose there a question amonge the disciples of Ihon with the Iewes aboute the purifienge and they came vnto Ihon and sayde vnto him Master he y t was with the beyonde Iordan of whom thou barest wytnesse beholde * he baptyseth and euery man coÌ„meth vnto him Ihon answered and sayde A man can receaue nothinge excepte it be geuen him from heaueÌ„ Ye youre selues are my witnesses how that I sayde I am not Christ but am sent before him He that hath the bryde is the brydegrome but the frende of the brydegrome stondeth and herkeneth vnto him and reioyseth greatly ouâ—r the voyce of the brydegrome this same ioye of myne is now fulfilled He must increace but I must decreace He that commeth from an hye is aboue all He that is of the earth is earthly and speaketh of the earth He that commeth froÌ„ heauen is aboue all and testifieth what he hath sene herde and no man receaueth his wytnesse But he that receaueth it hath set to his seale that God is true For he whoÌ„ God hath sent speaketh y e wordes of God for God geueth not the sprete vnto him by measure The father loueth the sonne and hath geuen him all thinges in to his hande He that beleueth
on the sonne hath euerlastinge life he that beleueth not the sonne shal not se the life but y e wrath of God abydeth vpon him The IIII. Chapter NOw whan Iesus had knowlege y t it was come to the eares of the Pharises that Iesus made and baptised mo disciples thē Ihon howbeit Iesus himself baptysed not but his disciples he left the londe of Iewry and departed agayne in to Galile But he must nedes go thorow Samaria Then came he in to a cite of Samaria called Sichar nye vnto y e pece of lōde y t Iacob gaue vnto Ioseph his sonne And there was Iacobs well Now whan Iesus was weerye of his iourney he satt hī downe so vpō the well And it was aboute the sixte houre Then came there a woman of Samaria to drawe water Iesus sayde vnto her Geue me drynke For his disciples were gone their waye in to y e cite to bye meate So the woman of Samaria sayde vnto him How is it that thou axest drynke of me seynge thou art a Iewe and I a woman of Samaria For the Iewes medle not with the Samaritans Iesus answered and sayde vnto her Yf thou knewest the gift of God and who it is that sayeth vnto the geue me drynke thou woldest axe of him and he wolde geue the the water of life The woman sayde vnto him Syr thou hast nothinge to drawe withall and the well is depe from whence hast thou then that water of life Art thou greater then oure father Iacob which gaue vs this well And he himself dranke therof and his children and his catell Iesus answered and sayde vnto her Who so euer drynketh of this water shal thyrst agayne But whosoeuer shal drynke of the water that I shal geue him shal neuer be more a thyrst but the water that I shal geue him shal be in him a well of water which spryngeth vp in to euerlastinge life The woman sayde vnto him Syr geue me that same water that I thyrst not nether nede to come hither to drawe Iesus sayde vnto her Go call they huszbande and come hither The woman answered and sayde vnto him I haue no huszbande Iesus sayde vnto her Thou hast sayde well I haue no huszbande for thou hast had fyue huszbandes and he whom thou hast now is not thine huszbande there saydest thou right The womā sayde vnto him Syr I se that thou art a prophet Oure father 's worshipped vpon this mountayne and ye saye that at Ierusalem is the place where men ought to worshippe Iesus sayde vnto her Woman beleue me the tyme commeth that ye shal nether vpon this mountayne ner at Ierusalem worshippe the father Ye wote not what ye worshippe but we knowe what we worshippe for Saluacion commeth of the Iewes But the tyme commeth and is now allready that the true worshippers shal worshippe the father in sprete and in the trueth For the father wil haue soch so to worshippe him God is a sprete and they that worshippe him must worshippe in sprete and in the trueth The womā sayde vnto him I wote that Messias shal come which is called Christ. Whan he commeth he shal tell vs all thinges Iesus sayde vnto her I that speake vnto the am he And in the meane season came his disciples and they marueyled that he talked with the woman Yet sayde no man What axest thou or what talkest thou with her Then the woman let hir pot stonde and wente in to the cite and sayde vnto the people Come se a man which hath tolde me all that euer ▪ I dyd Is not he Christ Then wente they out of the cite and came vnto him In the meane whyle his disciples prayed him and sayde Master eate But he sayde vnto them I haue meate to eate that ye knowe not of Then sayde the disciples amōge them selues Hath eny man brought him meate Iesus sayde vnto thē My meate is this that I do the wyll of him that sent me and to fynish his worke Saye not ye youre selues There are yet foure monethes and then commeth the haruest Beholde I saye vnto you lift vp youre eyes and loke vpon the felde for it is whyte allready vnto the haruest And he that reapeth receaueth rewarde and gathereth frute to euerlastinge life that both he that soweth and he that reapeth maye reioyse together For herin is the prouerbe true One soweth another reapeth I haue sent you to reape that wheron ye bestowed no laboure Other haue laboured and ye are come in to their laboures Many Samaritans of the same cite beleued on him for the sayenge of the woman which testified He hath tolde me all that euer I dyd Now whan the Samaritans came to him they besought him that he wolde tary with them And he abode there two dayes and many mo beleued because of his worde and sayde vnto the woman We beleue now hence forth not because of thy sayenge we haue herde him oureselues and knowe that this of a trueth is Christ the Sauioure of the worlde After two dayes he departed thence and wente in to Galile For Iesus himself testified that a prophet is nothinge set by at home Now whā he came in to Galile the Galileās receaued him which had sene all that he dyd at Ierusalem in the feast for they also were come thither in the feast And Iesus came agayne vnto Cana in Galile where he turned the water vnto wyne And there was a certayne ruler whose sonne laye sicke at Capernaum This herde that Iesus came out of Iewry in to Galile and wente vnto him and besought him that he wolde come downe and helpe his sonne for he laye deed sicke And Iesus sayde vnto him Excepte ye se tokens and wonders ye beleue not The ruler sayde vnto him Come downe Syr or euer my childe dye Iesus sayde vnto him Go thy waye thy sonne lyueth The man beleued the worde that Iesus sayde vnto him and wente his waye And as he was goinge downe his seruauntes mett him and tolde him and sayde Thy childe lyueth Then enquyred he of them the houre wherin he beganne to amende And they sayde vnto him Yesterdaye aboute the seuēth houre the feuer left him Then the father perceaued that it was aboute the same houre wherin Iesus sayde vnto him Thy sonne lyueth And he beleued with his whole house This is now the seconde token that Iesus dyd whan he came from Iewry in to Galile The V. Chapter AFterwarde there was a feast of the Iewes and Iesus wente vp to Ierusalem There is at Ierusalem by the slaughter house a pole which in Hebrue is called Bethseda hath fyue porches wherin laye many sicke blynde lame wythred which wayted whan the water shulde moue For the angell wente downe at his tyme in to the pole and stered the water Who so euer now wente downe first after that the water was stered y e same was made whole what soeuer disease he had And
my name he shal teache you all thinges bringe all to youre remembraunce what soeuer I haue tolde you Peace I leaue vnto you my peace I geue you I geue not vnto you as the worlde geueth Let not yo hert be troubled nether let it be afrayed Ye haue herde that I sayde vnto you I go come agayne vnto you Yf ye loued me ye wolde reioyse because I saide I go to the father for y e father is greater theÌ„ I. And now haue I tolde you before it come that whan it is come to passe ye maye beleue Here after wyl not I talke moch with you For the prynce of this worlde coÌ„meth and hath nothinge in me But that the worlde maye knowe that I loue y e father And as the father hath coÌ„maunded me so do I. Aryse let vs go hence The XV. Chapter I Am a true vyne and my father is an huszbande man Euery braunch that bringeth not forth frute in me shal he cut of and euery one that bryngeth forth frute shal he pourge y t it maye bringe forth more frute Now are ye cleane because of the worde that I haue spokeÌ„ vnto you Byde ye in me and I in you Like as y e braunch can not brynge forth frute of it self excepte it byde in the vyne Euen so nether ye also excepte ye abyde in me I am the vyne ye are the braunches He that abydeth in me and I in him the same bryngeth forth moch frute for without me can ye do nothinge He that abydeth not in me is cast out as a vyne braunche and it wythereth and men gather it vp and cast it in to the fyre and it burneth Yf ye abyde in me and my wordes abyde in you ye shal axe what ye wyl it shal be done vnto you Herin is my father praysed that ye brynge forth moch frute and become my disciples Like as my father hath loued me eueÌ„ so haue I loued you CoÌ„tynue ye iÌ„ my loue Yf ye kepe my coÌ„maundementes ye shal coÌ„tynue in my loue like as I haue kepte my fathers coÌ„maundementes and coÌ„tynue in his loue These thinges haue I spoken vnto you that my ioye might remayne in you and y t youre ioye might be perfecte This is my coÌ„maundement that ye loue together as I haue loued you No man hath greater loue then to set his life for his frende Ye are my frendes yf ye do that I commaunde you Hence forth call I you not seruauntes for a seruaunt knoweth not what his lorde doeth But I haue sayde that ye are frendes For all that I haue herde of my father haue I shewed vnto you Ye haue not chosen me but I haue chosen you and ordeyned you that ye go and bringe forth frute and that youre frute contynne that what soeuer ye axe the father in my name he shulde geue it you This I commaunde you that ye loue one another Yf the worlde hate you then knowe that it hath hated me before you Yf ye were of the worlde the worlde wolde loue his owne Howbeit because ye are not of the worlde but I haue chosen you from the worlde therfore the worlde hateth you Remembre my worde that I sayde vnto you The seruaunt iâ— not greater then his lorde Yf they haue persecuted me they shal persecute you also Yf they haue kepte my worde they shal kepe yours also But all this shal they do vnto you for my names sake because they knowe not him y t sent me Yf I had not come spokeÌ„ vnto theÌ„ theÌ„ shulde they haue no synne But now haue they nothinge to cloake their synne â—ithall He y t hateth me hateth my father also Yf I had not done amoÌ„ge theÌ„ the workes which no other maÌ„ dyd they shulde haue no synne But now haue they sene it and yet haue they hated both me my father Neuertheles that the sayenge might be fulfilled which is wrytten in their lawe They haue hated me without a cause But whaÌ„ the comforter commeth whoÌ„ I shal sende you from the father eueÌ„ the sprete of trueth which proceadeth of the father he shal testifie of me and ye shal beare wytnesse also for ye haue bene with me from the begynnynge The XVI Chapter THese thinges haue I sayde vnto you that ye shulde not be offended They shal excomunicate you The tyme commeth that who soeuer putteth you to death shal thynke that he doth seruyce vnto God And soch thinges shal they do vnto you because they haue nether knowne y e father ner yet me But these thinges haue I sayde vnto you that whan the tyme coÌ„meth ye maye thynke theron that I tolde you But these thinges haue I not sayde vnto you from the begynnynge For I was with you But now I go vnto him that sent me none of you axeth me Whither goest thou but because I haue sayde these thinges vnto you youre hert is full of sorowe Neuertheles I tell you the trueth It is better for you y t I go awaye For yf I go not awaye that comforter commeth not vnto you but yf I departe I wil sende hiÌ„ vnto you And whan he commeth he shal rebuke the worlde of synne and of righteousnes of iudgment Of synne because they beleue not on me O frighteousnes because I go to the father and ye shal se me nomore Of iudgmeÌ„t because the prynce of this worlde is iudged allready I haue yet moch to saye vnto you but ye can not now beare it awaye howbeit whan he the sprete of trueth commeth he shal lede you in to all trueth For he shal not speake of himself but what soeuer he shal heare that shal he speake and he shall shewe you what is for to come He shal glorifye me for he shal receaue of myne and shal shewe vnto you All that the father hath is myne Therfore haue I sayde he shal receaue of myne and shewe vnto you After a litle whyle and ye shal not se me and agayne after a litle whyle and ye shal se me for I go to the father TheÌ„ saide some of his disciples amonge themselues What is this that he sayeth vnto vs After a litle whyle and ye shal not se me agayne after a litle whyle ye shal se me for I go to the father Then sayde they What is this that he sayeth After a litle whyle We can not tell what he sayeth Then perceaued Iesus that they wolde axe him and he sayde vnto them Ye enquyre of this amonge youre selues that I sayde After a litle whyle and ye shal not se me agayne after a litle whyle and ye shal se me Verely verely I saye vnto you Ye shal wepe and lamente but the worlde shal reioyse Ye shal be sory but youre sorowe shal be turned in to ioye A woman whan she trauayleth hath sorowe for hir houre is come But whan she is delyuered of the
another I holde of Apollo are ye not thē fleshlye What is Paul What is ▪ Apollo Euē mynisters are they by whom ye are come to the beleue and the same acordinge as the LORDE hath geuen vnto euery man I haue planted Apollo hath watred but God hath geuen the increace So then nether is he that planteth eny thinge nether he that watreth but God which geueth the increace As for him that planteth and he that watreth y e one is as the other but yet shal euery one receaue his rewarde acordinge to his laboure For we are Gods labourers ye are Gods huszbandry ye are Gods buyldinge Acordinge to the grace of God which is geuen vnto me as a wyse buylder haue I layed the foundacion but another buyldeth theron Yet let euery man take hede how he buyldeth theron For other foūdacion can noman laye then that which is layed the which is Iesus Christ. But yf enyman buylde vpon this foundacion golde syluer precious stones tymber haye stobble euery mās worke shal be shewed For the daye of the LORDE shal declare it which shal be shewed with fyre and the fyre shal trye euery mās worke what it is Yf eny mans worke that he hath buylde theron abyde he shal receaue a rewarde Yf eny mans worke burne he shal suffre losse but he shal be saued himselfe neuertheles as thorow fyre Knowe ye not that ye are the temple of God and that the sprete of God dwelleth in you Yf eny man defyle the tēple of God him shal God destroye For the temple of God is holy which ye are Let no mā disceaue himselfe Yf eny man thinke himselfe wyse amōge you let him become a foole in this worlde that he maye be wyse For the wyszdome off this worlde is foolishnes with God For it is wrytten He compaseth the wyse in their craftynesse And agayne The LORDE knoweth the thoughtes of the wyse that they are vayne Therfore let no man reioyse in men For all is youres whether it be Paul or Apollo whether it be Cephas or ▪ the worlde whether it be life or death whether it be presente or for to come All is youres but ye are Christes and Christ is Gods The IIII. Chapter LEt euery man this wyse esteme vs euen for the mynisters of Christ and stewardes of the secretes of God Now is there no more requyred of the stewardes then that they be founde faithfull It is but a small thinge vnto me that I shulde be iudged of you or of mans daye nether iudge I myne awne selfe I knowe noughte by my selfe yet am I not therby iustified It is the LORDE that iudgeth me Therfore iudge ye nothinge before y e tyme vntyll the LORDE come which shal brynge it to lighte that is hyd in darknesse and opē the councels of y e hertes and thē shal euery one haue prayse of God These thinges brethren haue I described in myne awne preson in Apollos for youre sakes that ye mighte lerne by vs that noman counte hygher of him self then aboue is wrytten that one be not puft vp agaynst another for eny mans cause For who preferreth the What hast thou that thou hast not receaued Yf thou hast receaued it why makest thou thē thy boost as though thou haddest not receaued it Now ye are full now ye are made riche ye raigne without vs and wolde God ye dyd raigne that we might raigne with you Me thynketh that God hath set forth vs Apostles for the lowest off all euen as those that are appoynted vnto death For we are agasynge stocke vnto y e worlde and to the angels and vnto men We are fooles for Christes sake but ye are wyse in Christ We weake but ye strōge Ye honorable but we despysed Euen vnto this daye we hōger and thyrst and are naked and are boffetted with fystes and haue no certayne dwellinge place and laboure and worke with oure awne handes We are reuyled and yet we blesse we are persecuted and suffre it We are euell spoken of and we praye We are become as it were the very outswepinges of y e worlde yee the of scowringe of all men vnto this tyme. I wryte not this to shame you but as my deare childrē I warne you For though ye haue ten thousande instructours in Christ yet haue ye not many fathers For I haue begotten you in Christ Iesu thorow y e Gospell Wherfore I exhorte you be ye my folowers For this cause haue I sent vnto you Timotheus which is my deare sonne and faithfull in the LORDE that he maye put you in remembraunce of my wayes which are in Christ euē as I teach euery where in all congregacions Some are puft vp as though I wolde come nomore at you But I wil come to you shortly yf the LORDE wyl and wyl knowe not the wordes of thē that are puft vp but y e power For the kyngdome of God is not ī wordes but in power What wil ye Shal I come vnto you w t the rodd or with loue and the sprete of mekenesse The V. Chapter THere goeth a commen reporte that there is whordome amōge you and soch whordome as is not once named amōge the Heythen that one shulde haue his fathers wife And ye are puft vp and haue not rather sorowed that he which hath done this dede mighte be put frō amōge you For I verely as absent in body but present in sprete haue determyned allready as though I were present cōcernynge him that hath done this dede in y e name of oure LORDE Iesus Christ whā ye are gathered together with my sprete and with the power of oure LORDE Iesus Christ to delyuer him vnto Sathan for the destruccion of the flesh that the sprete maye be saued in the daye of the LORDE Iesus You re reioysinge is not good Knowe ye not that a litle leuen sowereth the whole lompe of dowe Pourge out therfore the olde leuen that ye maye be new dowe like as ye are swete bred For we also haue an Easter lambe which is Christ that is offred for vs. Wherfore let vs kepe Easter not in y e olde leuen ner in the leuen of maliciousnes and wickednes but in the swete bred of purenesse and of the trueth I wrote vnto you in the Epistle that ye shulde haue nothinge to do with whoremōgers that meant I not at all of the whoremongers of this worlde ether of the couetous or of extorcioners or of thē that worshippe ymages for then must ye nedes haue gone out of the worlde But now haue I wryttē vnto you y t ye shulde haue nothinge to do with them Namely yf there be eny man that is called a brother and is an whoremonger or couetous or a worshipper of ymages ether a raylar or a dronkarde or an extorcioner with soch shal ye not eate For what haue I to do to
wall that was a stoppe betwene vs and hath also thorow his flesh put awaye the cause off hatred namely the lawe of the commaundemeÌ„tes contayned in the lawe wrytten that of twayne he mighte create one new man in him selfe and make peace and to reconcyle both vnto God in one body thorow the crosse and so he slewe y e hatred thorow his owne selfe and came and preached peace in the Gospell vnto you which were afarre of and to theÌ„ that were nye For thorow him we both haue intraunce in â—ne sprete vnto the father Now therfore ye are nomore gestes and straungers but citesins with the sayntes of the housholde of God buylded vpon y e foundacion of y e Apostles and prophetes where Iesus Christ is y e heade corner stone in whom euery buyldinge coupled together groweth to an holy temple in the LORDE in whom ye also are buylded together to be an habitacion of God in the sprete The III. Chapter FOr this cause I Paul am a presoner of Iesus Christ for you Heythen acordinge as ye haue herde of y e office of the grace of God which is geuen me to you warde For by reuelacion was this mystery shewed vnto me as I wrote abouâ— in fewe wordes wherby whan ye rede it 〈◊〉 maye perceaue myne vnderstondynge in y e mystery of Christ which mystery in tymes past was not opened vnto the childreÌ„ of meÌ„ as it is now declared to his holy Apostles and prophetes by the sprete namely that the Heythen shulde be inheritours also and of the same body and partakers of his promes in Christ by the Gospell wherof I am made a mynister acordynge to the gifte of the grace of God which is geueÌ„ me acordinge to the workynge of his power Vnto me the leest of all sayntes is this grace geuen that I shulde preach amonge the HeytheÌ„ y e vnsearcheable riches of Christ and to make all men se what is the fellishippe of the mystery which froÌ„ the begynnynge of the worlde hath bene hyd in God which made all thiÌ„ges thorow Iesus Christ to the intent that now vnto the rulers and powers in heaueÌ„ mighte be knowne by the congregacion the manifolde wyszdome off God acordinge to y e eternall purpose which he hath shewed in Christ Iesu oure LORDE by whom we haue boldnesse and intraunce in all confideÌ„ce thorow faith on him Wherfore I desyre that ye faynte not because of my tribulacions y t I suffre for you which is youre prayse For this cause I bowe my knees vnto the father of oure LORDE Iesus Christ which is the true father ouer all that is called father in heauen and in earth that he graunte you acordinge to y e riches of his glory to be strengthed with power by his sprete in y e inwarde maÌ„ that Christ maye dwell in youre hertes by faith that ye beynge roted and grounded in loue maye be able to coÌ„prehende with all sayntes what is the bredth and the length and the deepth and the heyth and to knowe the loue of Christ which loue yet passeth all knowlege that ye maye be fylled with all maner of fulnesse of God Vnto him that is able to do exceadinge abundauntly aboue all that we axe or vnderstonde acordinge to y e power that worketh in vs be prayse in the congregacion which is in Christ Iesu at all tymes for euer and euer Amen The IIII. Chapter I Therfore which am presoner in the LORDE exhorte you that ye walke as it becoÌ„meth yo r callinge wherin ye are called with all humblenes off mynde and mekenes and longe sufferinge forbearinge one another in loue and be diligent to kepe the vnite of the sprete thorow the bonde of peace One body and one sprete eueÌ„ as ye are called in one hope of youre callynge One LORDE one faith one baptyme one God and father of vs all which is aboue all and thorow all and in you all Vnto euery one of vs is geuen grace acordinge to the measure off the gifte off Christ. Therfore sayeth he He is gone vp an hye and hath led awaye captiuyte captyue and hath geueÌ„ giftes vnto men That he wente vp what is it but that he first came downe in to y e lowest partes of y e earth He that came downe is euen the same which is gone vp aboue all heauens to fulfill all And y e same hath set some to be Apostles some to be prophetes some to be Euangelistes some to be shepherdes teachers wherby the sayntes mighte be coupled together thorow comen seruyce to the edifienge of y e body of Christ tyll we all come vnto one maner of faith and knowlege of the sonne of God and become a perfecte man in to the measure of the perfecte age of Christ that we be nomore children waueringe caried aboute with euery wynde of doctryne thorow the wickednes of men and craftynes wherby they laye awayte for vs to disceaue vs. But let vs folowe the trueth in loue and in all thinges growe in him which is the heade euen Christ in whom all the body is coupled together and one membre hangeth by another thorow out all y e ioyntes Wherby one mynistreth vnto another acordinge to the operacion as euery membre hath his measure and maketh that y e body groweth to the edifienge of it selfe in loue This I saye therfore and testifye in the LORDE that ye walke nomore * as y e other Heythen walke in the vanite of their mynde blynded in their vnderstondinge beynge straungers froÌ„ the life which is in God thorow the ignoraunce that is in them because of the blyndnes of their hert which beynge past repentaunce haue geueÌ„ them selues ouer vnto wantonnes to worke all maner of vnclennes euen with gredynesse But ye haue not so learned Christ yf so be that ye haue herde of him are taught in him euen as the trueth is in Iesu. So then as concernynge the conuersacion in tyme past laye from you that olde man which marreth himselfe thorow disceauable lustes but be ye renued in the sprete of youre mynde and put on that new man which is shapen after God in true righteousnes and holynes Wherfore put awaye lyenge and speake euery man the trueth vnto his neghboure for as moch as we are membres one of another Be angrie but synne not Let not y e Sonne go downe vpoÌ„ youre wrath nether geue place to the bacbyter He that hath stollen let him steale nomore but let him laboure rather and do some good with his hondes that he maye haue to geue vnto him that nedeth Let no filthy communicacion proceade out of youre mouth but that which is good to edifye withall whaÌ„ nede is that it be gracious to heare And greue not the holy sprete of God wherwith ye are sealed vnto y e daye of redempcion Let all bytternes and fearsnes and wrath and
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
that nothinâ—â— be lackynge vnto them And let oures 〈…〉 â—â—cell in good workes as farre 〈…〉 that they be not 〈…〉 〈…〉 with me salute the. Grete them that loue vs in the faith Grace be with you all Amen Wrytten from Nicopolis in Macedonia The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul vnto Philemon The summe of this Epistle He reioyseth to heare of the faith and loue of Philemon whom he desyreth to forgeue his seruauÌ„t Onesimus and louyngly to receaue him agayne PAul the presoner of Iesu Christ and brother Timotheus Vnto Philemon the beloued and oure helper and to the beloued Appia and to Archippus o r felowe soudyer and to the congregacion in thy house Grace be with you and peace from God oure father and from the LORDE Iesus Christ. I thanke my God makynge mencion all wayes of the in my prayers for so moch as I heare of thy loue and faith which thou hast on the LORDE Iesu and towarde all sayntes that oure comen faith maye be frutefull in the thorow knowlege of all y e good that ye haue in Christ Iesu. Greate ioye and consolacion haue I in thy loue For by the brother the sayntes are hertely refreshed Wherfore though I haue great boldnes in Christ to commaunde the that which becommeth the yet for loues sake I rather beseke y e though I be as I am eueÌ„ Paul aged and now a presoner also of Iesu Christ. I beseke the for my sonne Onesimus whom I haue begotten in my bondes which in tyme past was to the vnprofitable but now profitable both to the and me Whom I haue sent agayne but receaue thou him that is euen myne awne hert For I wolde haue kepte him styll with me that in thy steade he might haue mynistred vnto me in y e bondes of y e Gospell Neuertheles without thy mynde wolde I do nothinge that y e good which thou doest shulde not be of compulsion but wyllingly Happly he therfore departed for a season that thou shuldest receaue him for euer not now as a seruaunt but aboue a seruaunt euen a brother beloued specially to me but how moch more vnto y e both in y e flesh and in the LORDE Yf thou holde me for thy companyon receaue him then euen as my selfe But yf he haue hurte the or oweth the oughte that laye to my charge I Paul haue wrytten it with myne awne hande I wil recompence it so that I do not saye vnto y e how tâ—at thou owest vnto me euen thine owne selfe Euen so brother let me enioye the in the LORDE refresh thou my hert in the LORDE Trustinge in thine obedieÌ„ce I haue wrytten vnto the for I knowe that thou wilt do more then I saye Morouer prepare me lodginge for I hope that thorow youre prayers I shal be geuen vnto you There saluteth the Epaphras my felowe presoner in Christ Iesu Marcus Aristarchus Demas Lucas my helpers The grace of oure LORDE Iesu Christ be with youre sprete Amen Sent from Rome by Onesimus a seruaunt The first Epistle of the Apostle S. Peter The summe of this Epistle Chap. I. He sheweth that thorow the abundaunt mercy of God we are begotten agayne to a lyuely hope and how faith must be trâ—ed how the saluacion in Christ is no newes but a thinge prophecied of olde He exhorteth them to a godly conuersacion for so moch as they are now borne a new by the worde of God Chap. II. He exhorteth men to laye asyde all vyce sheweth that Christ is the foundacion wher vpon they be buylt prayeth them to absteyne froÌ„ fleshly lustes and to obeye worldly rulers How seruauntes shulde behaue them selues towarde their masters He exhorteth to suffre after the ensample of Christ. Chap. III. How wyues ought to ordre them selues towarde their huszbandes and in their apparell The dutye of meÌ„ towarde their wyues He exorteth all men to vnite and loue and paciently to suffre trouble Of true baptyme Chap. IIII. He exhorteth men to ceasse from synne to spende no more tyme in vyce to be sober and apte to prayer to loue ech other to be pacient in trouble and to bewarre that no man suffre as an euell doer but as a Cristen man and not to be ashamed Chap. V. A speciall exhortacion for all bisshoppes or prestes to fede the flocke of Christ and what their dutie is and what rewarde they shal haue yf they be diligeÌ„t He exhorteth yonge personnes to submytt theÌ„ selues to the elder euery one to loue another to be sober to watch that they maye resist the enemye The first Epistle of the Apostle S. Peter The first Chapter PETER an Apostle of Iesu Christ to theÌ„ that dwell here and there as straungers thorow out Pontus Galacia Capadocia Asia and Bithinia electe acordinge to the foreknowlege of God the father thorow sanctifienge of the sprete vnto obedience and sprenklynge of the bloude of Iesus Christ. Grace and peace be multiplied with you Blessed be God and the father of oure LORDE Iesus Christ which acordinge to his greate mercy hath begotten vs agayne vnto a lyuely hope by the resurreccion of Iesus Christ from the deed to an vncorruptible and vndefyled inheritaunce which neuer shal fade awaye but is reserued in heauen for you that are kepte by the power of God thorow faith to saluacion which is prepared all ready to be shewed in the last tyme in the which ye shal reioyse though now for a litle season yff nede requyre ye are in heuynes thorow manyfolde temptacions that youre faith once tryed beynge moch more precious then the corruptible golde that is tryed thorow the fyre might be founde vnto laude glory and honoure at the appearynge of Iesus Christ whom ye haue not sene and yet loue him in whom now ye beleue â–ª though ye se him not Euen so shal ye reioyce also with vnoutspeakable and glorious ioye receauynge the endâ— of youre faith euen the saluacion of yourâ— soules Of which saluacion the prophetes haue enquyred and searched which prophecied off the grace that shulde come vpoâ— you searchinge whan or at what tyme thâ— sprete off Christ that was in them shuldâ— signifye which sprete testified before thâ— passions that shulde come vnto Christ anâ— the glory that shulde folowe after Vntâ— the which prophetes it was declared thâ—â— not vnto them selues but vnto vs thâ—â— shulde mynister the thinges which are noâ— shewed vnto you by them which thorow holy goost sent downe from heauen haâ—â— preached vnto you the thinges which 〈◊〉 angels delyte to beholde Wherfore gyrde op the 〈…〉 youre mynde be sober and trust 〈…〉 on the grace that is brought vnto you by the declarynge of Iesus Christ as obedient childreÌ„ not faszhionynge youre selues to yo r olde lustes of ignoraunce but as he which hath called you is holy eueÌ„ so be ye holy also in all youre conuersacion for it it wrytteÌ„ Be ye holy for I am holy And yf so be that ye call on
I haue 〈…〉 vnto you as though ye knewe not y e trâ—eth but ye knowe it are sure y t no lye coÌ„meth of y e trueth Who is a lyar but he y t denyeth y e Iesus is Christ The same is y e Antichrist y t denyeth the father y e sonne Whosoeuer denyeth the sonne the same hath not the father Loke what ye haue herde now from y e begynnynge let the same abyde in you Yf y t which he herde from the begynnynge shal remayne in you then shal ye also abyde in y e sonne and in the father And this is the promes y t he hath promysed vs eueÌ„ eternall life This haue I wrytteÌ„ vnto you coÌ„cerninge theÌ„ that disceaue you And the anoyntinge which ye haue receaued of him dwelleth in you ye nede not y t eny maÌ„ teach you but as the anoyntinge teacheth you all thiÌ„ges euen so is it true is no lye And as it hath taughte you eueÌ„ so abide ye therin And now babes abyde in hiÌ„ y t whaÌ„ he shal appeare we maye be bolde not be made ashamed of him at his commynge Yf ye knowe y t he is righteous knowe also that he which doth righteousnes is borne of him The III. Chapter BEholde what loue the father hath shewed on vs y t we shulde be called the childreÌ„ of God Therfore y e worlde knoweth you not because it knoweth not him Dearly beloued we are now y e childreÌ„ of God and yet hath it not appeared what we shal be But we knowe y t when he shal appeare we shal be like him for we shal se him as he is And euery man y t hath this hope in him pourgeth him selfe euen as he is pure Who so euer coÌ„mytteth synne coÌ„mytteth vnrighteousnes also and synne is vnrighteousnes And ye knowe that he appeared to take awaye oure synnes and in him is no synne Who so euer abydeth in him synneth not who soeuer synneth hath not sene him nether knowne him Babes let no man disceaue you He that doeth righteousnes is righteous euen as he is righteous He that commytteth synne is of the deuell for the deuell synneth sence y e begynnynge For this purpose appeared the sonne of God to lowse the workes of the deuell * Who so euer is borne of God synneth not for his * sede remayneth in him he caÌ„ not synne because he is borne of God * By this are the children of God knowne the children of the deuell Who so euer doeth not righteousnes is not of God nether he 〈◊〉 loueth not his brother 〈◊〉 this is the tydinges which ye haue 〈◊〉 the begynnynge that ye shulde 〈◊〉 one another * not as Cain â–ª which was of the wicked and slewe his brother And wherfore slewe he him euen because his awne workes were euell and his brothers righteous Maruayle not my brethren though the worlde hate you We knowe y t we are traÌ„slated from death vnto life because we loue the brethren He that loueth not his brother abydeth in death Who soeuer hateth his brother is a mansleyer And ye knowe that a mansleyer hath not eternall life abydinge in him Hereby haue we perceaued loue that he gaue his life for vs and therfore ought we also to geue oure lyues for the brethreÌ„ But he y t hath this worldes good seyth his brother haue nede and shutteth vp his hert froÌ„ him how dwelleth the loue of God in him My litle children let vs not loue with worde nether with tonge but with y e dede and with the trueth Hereby knowe we that we are of the verite and can quyete oure hertes before him But yf oure hert condemne vs God is greater theÌ„ oure hert and knoweth all thinges Dearly beloued yf oure hert condemne vs not then haue we a fre boldnes to God warde And what so euer we axe we shal receaue it because we kepe his coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes and do those thinges which are pleasaunt in his sighte And this is his coÌ„maundement that we beleue on y e name of his sonne Iesus Christ and loue one another as he gaue commaundement And he that kepeth his commaundementes dwelleth in him and he in him And hereby knowe we that he abydeth in vs euen by the sprete which he hath geuen vs. The IIII. Chapter DEarly beleued beleue not ye euery sprete but proue the spretes whether they be of God For many false prophetes are gone out in to the worlde Hereby shal ye knowe the sprete of God Euery sprete which confesseth that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God And euery sprete which confesseth not that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh is not off God And this is that sprete of Antechrist off whom ye haue herde how that he shal come and euen now allready is he in the worlde Litle children ye are off God and haue ouer come them for greater is he that is in you then he that is in the worlde They are off the worlde therfore speake they off the worlde and the worlde herkeneth vnto them We are of God and he that knoweth God herkeneth vnto vs he that is not of God heareth vs not Hereby knowe we the sprete of trueth and y e sprete of erroure Dearly beloued let vs loue one another for loue commeth of God And euery one y t loueth is borne of God and knoweth God He that loueth not knoweth not God for God is loue By this appeared the loue of God to vs warde because that God sent his onely begotten sonne in to this worlde that we mighte lyue thorow him Herein is loue not that we loued God but that he loued vs and sent his sonne to make agremeÌ„t for oure synnes Dearly beloued yf God so loued vs we oughte also to loue one another No man hath sene God at eny tyme. Yf we loue one another God dwelleth in vs and his loue is perfecte in vs. Hereby knowe we that we dwell in him and he in vs because he hath geuen vs of his sprete And we haue sene testifye that the father sent the sonne to be the Sauioure of the worlde Who soeuer now confesseth y t Iesus is the sonne of God in him dwelleth God and he in God and we haue knowne and beleued the loue that God hath to vs. God is loue and he that dwelleth in loue dwelleth in God and God in him Here in is the loue perfecte with vs that we shulde haue a fre boldnesse in the daye of iudgment for as he is eueÌ„ so are we in this worlde Feare is not in loue but perfecte loue casteth out feare for feare hath paynefulnes He that feareth is not perfecte in loue Let vs loue him for he loued vs first Yf eny man saye I loue God yet hateth his brother he is a lyar For he that loueth not his brother whom he seyth how can he loue God whom he
seyth not And this coÌ„maundement haue we of him that he which loueth God shulde loue his brother also The V. Chapter WHo so euer beleueth that Iesus is Christ is borne of God And who soeuer loueth him that begat loueth him also which was begotten of him By this we knowe that we loue Gods children whan we loue God and kepe his commaundementes For this is the loue of God that we kepe his commaundementes and his commaundemeÌ„tes are not greuous For all that is borne of God ouer commeth the worlde and this is the victory that ouercommeth the worlde eueÌ„ oure faith Who is it y t ouercommeth the worlde but he which beleueth that Iesus is the sonne of God This is he that coÌ„meth with water and bloude euen Iesus Christ not with water onely but with water and bloude And it is the sprete that beareth wytnes for the sprete is the trueth For there are thre which beare recorde in heauen the father the worde and the holy goost these thre are one And there are thre which beare recorde in earth the sprete water and bloude and these thre are one Yf we receaue the witnesse of men the witnesse of God is greater for this is the wytnesse of God which he testifyed of his sonne He that beleueth on y e sonne of God hath the wytnes in him selfe He that beleueth not God hath made him a lyar And this is that recorde euen y t God hath geueÌ„ vs euerlastinge life And this life is in his sonne He that hath the sonne of God hath life He that hath not the sonne of God hath not life These thinges haue I wrytteÌ„ vnto you which beleue on the name of the sonne of God that ye maye knowe how that ye haue eternall life and that ye maye beleue on y e name of the sonne of God And this is the fre boldnesse which we haue towarde him that yf we axe eny thinge acordinge to his wyll he heareth vs. And yf we knowe that he heareth vs what so euer we axe then are we sure that we haue y e peticions which we haue desyred of him Yf eny man se his brother synne a synne not vnto death let him axe and he shal geue him life for theÌ„ y t synne not vnto death There is a synne vnto death for the which saye I not that a man shulde praye All vnrighteousnes is synne and there is synne not vnto death We knowe that whosoeuer is borne off God synneth not but he that is begotteÌ„ of God kepeth himselfe y t wicked toucheth him not We knowe that we are of God the worlde is set alltogether on wickednes But we knowe that the sonne of God is come and hath geuen vs a mynde to knowe him which is true and we are in him y t is true in his sonne Iesu Christ. This is the true God and euer lastinge life Babes kepe youre selues from ymage The seconde Epistle of S. Ihon. The summe of this epistle He wryteth vnto a certayne lady reioyseth that her children walke in the trueth exhorteth theÌ„ vnto loue warneth them to bewarre of soch disceauers as denye that Iesus Christ came in the flesh prayeth them to contynue in the doctryne of Christ and to haue nothinge to do with them that bringe not this lernynge THE Elder To y e electe lady and hir childreÌ„ whom I loue in the trueth not I onely but all they also that haue knowne the trueth for the truthes sake which dwelleth in vs and shal be with vs for euer Grace mercy and peace be with you froÌ„ the LORDE Iesus Christ y e sonne of the father in the trueth and in loue I am greatly reioysed that I haue founde amonge thy children them that walke in y e trueth as we haue receaued a commaundement of the father And now lady I beseke the not as though I wrote a new commaundement vnto the but the same which we haue had from the begynnynge that we loue one another And this is the loue that we walke after his commaundementes This is the commaundement as ye haue herde froÌ„ the begynnynge that we shulde walke therin For many disceauers are come in to the worlde which confesse not y t Iesus Christ is come in the flesh this is a disceauer and an Antechrist Take hede to youre selues that we lose not that which we haue wrought but that we maye receaue a full rewarde Who so euer transgresseth and abydeth not in the doctryne of Christ hath not God he that abydeth in y e doctryne of Christ hath both the father and the sonne Yf eny man come vnto you and brynge not this doctryne receaue him not in to the house nether salute him for he that saluteth him is partaker of his euell dedes I had 〈◊〉 any thinges to wryte vnto you neuertheâ—â—â—â— I wolde not wryte w t papyre and ynke 〈…〉 to come vnto you and to 〈…〉 mouth that oure ioye 〈…〉 â—hildren of thy electe sister The thirde Epistle of S. Ihon. The summe of this epistle He is glad of Gaius that he walketh in the trueth exhorteth him to be louynge vnto the poore christen in their persecucion sheweth the vnkynde dealynge of Diotrephes and the good reporte of Demetrius THE Elder To the beloued Gaius whom I loue in the trueth My beloued I wysshe in all thinges that thou prospere and fare well euen as thy soule prospereth I reioysed greatly whan the brethren came and testified of the trueth that is in y e how thou walkest in the trueth I haue no greater ioye theÌ„ to heare that my childreÌ„ walke in the trueth My beloued thou doest faithfully what so euer thou doest to the brethren and to strauÌ„gers which haue borne witnesse of thy loue before the congregacion and thou hast done well that thou dyddest brynge them forwarde on their iourney worthely before God For because of his names sake they wente forth and toke nothinge of the Heythen We therfore oughte to receaue soch that we mighte be helpers vnto the trueth I wrote to the congregacion but Diotriphes which loueth to haue the preemynence amonge them receaued vs not Wherfore yf I come I wil declare his dedes which he doeth ieastinge vpoÌ„ vs with malicious wordes nether is he therwith coÌ„tent Not onely he himselfe receaueth not the brethreÌ„ but also he forbyddeth them that wolde and thrusteth them out of the congregacion My beloued folowe not y t which is euell but that which is good He that doeth well is of God but he that doeth euell seyth not God Demetrius hath good reporte of all men and of the trueth yee and we oure selues also beare recorde and ye knowe that oure recorde is true I had many thinges to wryte but I wolde not with ynke and pen wryte vnto the. But I trust shortly to se the and so wyl we speake together mouth to mouth Peace be with the. The louers salute the. Grete the louers