but with the fleshe the lawe of sinne ⧠The .viij. Chapter 1 The assuraunce of the faythfull 6 The fruites of the holy ghost 3 The weakenesse of the lawe 17 Of hope 18 Of patience vnder the crosse 29 Of the foreknowledge of God 1 THere is then no dampnation to them which are in Christe Iesu which walke not after the fleshe but after the spirite 2 For the lawe of the spirite of lyfe through Iesus Christe hath made me * free from the lawe of sinne and death 3 * For what the lawe coulde not do in as much as it was weake through the fleshe God sendyng his owne sonne in the similitude of sinfull fleshe euen by sinne condempned sinne in the fleshe 4 That the ryghteousnesse of the lawe myght be fulfylled in vs which walke not after the fleshe but after the spirite 5 For they that are carnall are carnally mynded But they that are spirituall are spiritually mynded 6 To be carnally mynded is death But to be spiritually mynded is lyfe peace 7 Because that the fleshly mynde is enmitie agaynst God For it is not obedient to the lawe of God neither can be 8 So then they that are in the fleshe can not please God 9 But ye are not in the fleshe but in the spirite yf so be that the spirite of God dwell in you If any man haue not the spirite of Christe the same is none of his 10 And yf Christe be in you the body is dead because of sinne but the spirite is lyfe for ryghteousnesse sake 11 But yf y e spirite of hym that raysed vp Iesus from the dead dwell in you euen he that raised vp Christe from the dead shall also quicken your mortall bodyes because that his spirite dwelleth in you 12 ☞ Therfore brethren we are detters not to the fleshe to lyue after the fleshe 13 For if ye liue after y e fleshe ye shall dye But if ye through the spirite do mortifie the deedes of the body ye shall lyue 14 For as many as are lēd by the spirite of God they are the sonnes of God 15 For ye haue not receaued the spirite of bondage agayne to feare but ye haue receaued the spirite of adoption wherby we cry Abba father 16 The same spirite beareth witnesse to our spirite that we are y e sonnes of God 17 If we be sonnes then are we also heyres the heyres of God and ioynt-heyres with Christe So that we suffer together that we may be also glorified together 18 ☞ For I am certaynely perswaded that the afflictions of this tyme are not worthy of the glory which shal be shewed vpon vs. 19 * For the feruent desire of the creature abydeth lokyng whē the sonnes of God shall appeare 20 Because the creature is subiect to vanitie not wyllyng but for hym which hath subdued the same in hope 21 For the same creature shal be made free from the bondage of corruptiō into the glorious libertie of y e sonnes of God 22 For we knowe that euery creature groneth with vs also and trauayleth in payne euen vnto this tyme. 23 Not only they but we also which haue the first fruites of the spirite and we our selues mourne in our selues and wayte for the adoption euen the deliueraunce of our body ☜ 24 For we are saued by hope But hope that is seene is no hope For howe can a man hope for that which he seeth 25 But and yf we hope for that we see not thē do we with pacience abide for it 26 Lykewyse the spirite also helpeth our infirmities For we knowe not what to desire as we ought but y e spirite maketh great intercession for vs with gronynges which can not be expressed 27 And * he that searcheth the heartes * knoweth what is the meanyng of the spirite for he maketh intercession for the saintes accordyng to the pleasure of God ☜ 28 ☞ For we knowe y t all thinges worke for the best vnto them that loue God to them which also are called of purpose 29 For those which he knewe before he also dyd predestinate that they shoulde be lyke fashioned vnto the shape of his sonne that he myght be y e first begotten among many brethren 30 Moreouer whom he dyd predestinate thē also he called And whom he called them also he iustified And whom he iustified them he also glorified 31 What shall we then say to these thynges If God be on our syde who can be agaynst vs 32 Which spared not his owne sonne but gaue hym for vs all Howe shall he not with hym also geue vs all thynges 33 Who shall lay any thyng to the charge of Gods chosen It is God that iustifieth 34 Who is he that can condempne It is Christe which dyed yea rather which is raysed agayne which is also on the ryght hande of God and maketh intercession for vs. 35 Who shall seperate vs from the loue of God Shall tribulation or anguishe or persecution either hunger either nakednesse either peryll either sworde 36 As it is written For thy sake are we kylled all daye long and are counted as sheepe for the slaughter 37 Neuerthelesse in all these thinges we ouercome through hym that loued vs. 38 For I am sure that neither death neither lyfe neither angels nor rule neither power neither thynges present neither thynges to come 39 Neither heygth nor deapth neither any other creature shal be able to seperate vs from the loue of God which is in Christe Iesu our Lorde ☜ ¶ The .ix. Chapter 1 Paul declareth his feruent loue towardes his nation 11 he treateth of election and reprobation 24 Also of the callyng of the gentiles 30 and of the castyng of of the Iewes 1 I Say y e trueth in Christ I lye not my conscience also bearyng me witnesse by the holy ghost 2 That I haue great heauinesse continuall sorowe in my heart 3 For * I haue wisshed my selfe to be cursed from Christe for my brethren my kynsmen as pertaynyng to y e fleshe 4 Which are the Israelites To whom pertayneth the adoption and the glory the couenauntes * and the lawe that was geuen and the seruice of God and the promises 5 Of whom are the fathers of whom as concernyng the fleshe Christe came which is God in all thynges to be praysed for euer Amen 6 And it can not be that the worde of God shoulde take none effect For they are not all Israelites which are of Israel 7 Neither are they all chyldren that are the seede of Abraham But in Isaac shall thy seede be called 8 That is to say They which are the chyldren of the fleshe are not the chyldren of God But they which be the childrē of promise are counted the seede 9 For this is a worde of promise About this tyme wyll I come and Sara shall haue a sonne 10 Not only this but also Rebecca was with chylde by
deedes of the lawe but by the fayth of Iesus Christe And we haue beleued on Iesus Christ that we might be iustified by the fayth of Christe and not by the deedes of the lawe because by the deedes of the lawe no fleshe shal be iustified 17 If then whyle we seke to be made ryghteous by Christe we our selues are founde sinners is therfore Christe the minister of sinne God forbyd 18 For yf I builde agayne the thynges which I destroyed then make I my selfe a trespasser 19 For I through the lawe am dead to the lawe that I myght lyue vnto God I am crucified with Christe 20 Neuerthelesse I lyue yet nowe not I but Christe lyueth in me And y e lyfe which I nowe liue in the fleshe I lyue by the faith of the sonne of God which loued me and gaue hym selfe for me 21 I reiect not the grace of God ▪ For yf ryghteousnesse come of the lawe then Christe is dead in vayne ¶ The .iij. Chapter 1 He rebuketh them sharply 2 and proueth by dyuers reasons that iustification is by fayth 6 as appeareth by the example of Abraham 10.19.24 and by the office and the ende both of the lawe 11.25 and of fayth 1 O Foolishe Galathians who hath bewitched you that ye shoulde not obey y e trueth To whom Iesus Christe was described before the eyes among you crucified 2 This only woulde I learne of you whether ye receaued the spirite by the deedes of the lawe or by the hearyng of the fayth 3 Are ye such fooles that after ye haue begun in the spirite ye woulde nowe ende in the fleshe 4 Haue ye suffered so great thynges in vayne Yf it be yet in vayne 5 He therfore that ministreth to you the spirite and worketh miracles among you doth he it through the deedes of the lawe or by hearyng of the fayth 6 Euen as Abraham beleued God it was ascribed to hym for righteousnesse 7 Knowe ye therfore that they which are of fayth the same are the chyldren of Abraham 8 For the scripture seyng aforehande that God woulde iustifie the Heathen through fayth shewed beforehand glad tydynges vnto Abraham saying In thee shall all nations be blessed 9 So then they which be of fayth are blessed with the faythfull Abraham 10 For as many as are of the deedes of the lawe are vnder the curse For it is writtē Cursed is euery one that continueth not in all thinges which are written in the booke of the lawe to do them 11 But that no man is iustified by y e lawe in the sight of God it is euident For the iust shall lyue by fayth 12 And the lawe is not of fayth but the man that doth them shall lyue in them 13 Christe hath redeemed vs from the curse of the lawe beyng made a curse for vs. For it is written Cursed is euery one that hangeth on tree 14 That the blessyng of Abraham might come on the gentiles through Iesus Christe that we myght receaue the promise of the spirite through fayth 15 Brethren I speake after y e maner of men Though it be but a mans testamēt yet if it be alowed no man reiecteth it or addeth therto 16 ☞ To Abraham and his seede were the promises made He sayth not to the seedes as of many but to thy seede as of one which is Christe 17 This I say that the lawe which began afterwarde beyonde foure hundred and thirtie yeres doth not disanull the testament that was confirmed afore of God vnto Christewarde to make the promise of none effect 18 For yf the inheritaūce be of the lawe then not nowe of promise But God gaue it vnto Abraham by promise 19 Wherfore then serueth the lawe It was added because of transgressions tyl the seede came to whom the promise was made and it was ordayned by Angels in the hande of a mediatour 20 A mediatour is not a mediatour of one but God is one 21 Is the lawe then against the promise of God God forbyd For yf there had ben a lawe geuen which coulde haue geuen life then no doubt righteousnesse shoulde haue ben by the lawe 22 But the scripture hath concluded all vnder sinne that the promise by y e fayth of Iesus Christe shoulde be geuen vnto them that beleue ☜ 23 But before fayth came we were kept vnder the lawe and were shut vp vnto the fayth which shoulde afterwarde be reuealed 24 Wherfore the lawe was our scholemaister vnto Christe that we shoulde be iustified by fayth 25 But after that fayth is come we are no longer vnder a scholemaister 26 For ye are all the chyldren of God by fayth in Christe Iesu 27 For all ye that are baptized haue put on Christe 28 There is no Iewe neither Greke there is neither bonde nor free there is neither male nor female For ye are all * one in Christe Iesu 29 If ye be Christes then are ye Abrahams seede and heyres accordyng to the promise ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 2 He sheweth wherfore the ceremonies were ordayned which beyng shadowes must ende when Christe the trueth commeth 9 He moueth them by certayne exhortations 22 and confirmeth his argument with a strong example or allegorie 1 AND I say that the heyre as long as he is a chylde differeth nothyng from a seruaūt though he be Lorde of all 2 But is vnder tuters and gouernours vntyll the tyme appoynted of the father 3 Euen so we when we were chyldren were in bondage vnder y e rudimentes of the worlde 4 But when the fulnesse of the tyme was come God sent his sonne made of a woman and made vnder the lawe 5 To redeeme them that were vnder the lawe that we myght receaue the adoption of chyldren 6 Because ye are sonnes God hath sent the spirite of his sonne into your heartes crying Abba father 7 Wherfore thou art no more a seruaunt but a sonne If thou be a sonne thou art also an heire of God through Christ 8 Notwithstandyng when ye knewe not God ye dyd seruice vnto thē * which by nature are no Gods 9 But nowe after that ye haue knowen God yea rather are knowen of God howe turne ye agayne vnto the weake and beggarly rudimentes whervnto againe ye desire a freshe to be in bondage 10 Ye obserue dayes and monethes and tymes and yeres 11 I am in feare of you lest I haue bestowed on you labour in vayne 12 Brethren I besech you be as I am for I am as ye are Ye haue not iniured me at all 13 Ye knowe howe through infirmitie of the fleshe I preached the Gospell vnto you at the first 14 And my temptation which was in my fleshe ye dispised not neither abhorred but receaued me as an Angel of God euen as Christe Iesus 15 What is then your felicitie For I beare you recorde that yf it had ben possible ye
iii. Iohn xiii A Prid. Kl. Siluester bish xxx lxv xxviii lxvi Iude. i. ¶ The summe of the vvhole Scripture of the bookes of the olde and new Testament The bookes of the olde Testament do teache vs that the same God whom Adam Noe Abraham Isahac Iacob Dauid and the other fathers did worship is the onely true God and that he the same is almightie and euerlasting VVho of his meere goodnesse hath created by his worde heauen and earth and all that is in them From whom all thinges do come without whom there is nothing at all And that he is iust and mercifull VVho also worketh all in all after his owne wyll To whom it is not lawfull to say wherefore he doth thus or thus Moreouer these bookes teache vs that this very God almightie after he created all thinges shope also Adam the first man to the image and spirituall similitude of him selfe and that he did constitute him lorde ouer all thinges that he had created in earth VVhich Adam by the enuie and fraude of the deuill transgressing the precept of his creator by this his sinne brought in such and so great sinne into the worlde that we which be sprong from him by the fleshe be in nature the children of wrath and therevpon we be made subiect and thraule to death to dampnation to the yoke and tyranny of the deuill Furthermore vve are taught by these excellent bookes that God promysed to Adam Abraham Isahac Iacob Dauid and to other fathers of the olde time that he would send that blessed seede his sonne Iesus Christe our sauiour which should deliuer all those from sinne and from the tyranny of the deuill which by a liuely and working faith should beleue this promise and put their trust in Iesus Christe hoping that of him and by him they shoulde obtayne this deliueraunce Also they geue vs to vnderstand that in the meane season whyle those fathers the Israelites loked for the saluation and deliueraunce promysed for that the nature of man is such so proude and so corrupt that those would not wyllingly acknowledge themselues to be sinners which had nede of the sauiour promysed God the creator gaue by Moyses his lawe wrytten in two tables of stone that by it sinne and the malice of mans heart being knowen men mought more vehemently thirst for the comming of Iesus Christe who should redeeme and deliuer them from sinne VVhich thing neither the lawe nor yet the sacrifices and oblations of the lawe did perfourme For they were shadowes and figures of the true oblation of the body of Christe by which oblation all sinnes should be blotted out and quite put away By the bookes of the newe Testament we be taught that Christe so afore promysed which is God aboue al thinges most blessed for euer euen he I say which was shadowed in the bookes of the olde Testament and in sacrifices figured that he was sent at the last from the father the selfe same time which the father did constitute within him selfe I say at that time when all wickednesse abounded in the worlde than he was sent And this Iesus our sauiour being borne in the fleshe suffered death and rose againe from the dead VVhich actes of his were not done by him in respect of the good workes of any man for we were all sinners but that this God our father shoulde appeare true in exhibiting the aboundant ryches of his grace which he promysed and that through his mercie he mought bring vs to saluation VVhereupon it is euidently shewed in the newe Testament that Iesus Christe being the true lambe the true sacrifice of the worlde putting away the sinnes of men came into this worlde to purchase grace and peace for vs with the father washing vs from our sinnes in his owne blood and should deliuer vs from the bondage of the deuil whom by sinne we did serue And so we should be adopted by him to be the sonnes of God made heires with him of that most excellent and euerlasting kingdome Now that we should acknowledge this singuler and excellent benefite of God toward vs almightie God geueth vs his holy spirite the fruite and effect of the which is faith in God and in his Christe For without the holy ghost by which we are instructed and sealed neither can we beleue that God the father sent Messias nor yet that Iesus is Christe For no man saith Paul can say that Iesus is the Lorde but by the holy ghost The same spirite witnesseth to our spirite that we are the children of God and powreth into our bowels that charitie which Paul describeth to the Corinthians Furthermore that holy spirite doth geue vs hope which is a sure loking for eternall lyfe whereof he him selfe is the certaine token and pledge Also he geueth vs other spirituall giftes of the which Paul wryteth to the Galathians Therefore the benefite of faith is not to be despised or little to be set by For by the meanes of this trust and faith in Christe which worketh by charitie and sheweth it selfe foorth by the workes of charitie mouing man therto we are iustified and sanctified that is to say God and the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe which is made our father also by him being our brother doth accompt vs to be iust and holy through his grace and through the merite of his sonne Iesus Christe not imputing our sinnes to vs so farre foorth that we shoulde suffer the paynes of hell for them Finally Christe him selfe came into the worlde to the intent that we through him being sanctified and cleansed from our sinnes folowing his wyll in good workes shoulde deny the thinges pertayning to the fleshe and freely serue him in righteousnesse and holynesse all the dayes of our lyfe and that by good workes which God hath prepared for vs to walke in we should shewe our selues to be called to this grace and gift of faith which good workes who so hath not doth shewe him selfe not to haue such a faith in Christe as is required in vs. To Christe must we come and folowe him with a chearefull minde that he may teache vs For he is our maister lowly and humble of heart he is to vs an example whereby we must learne the rule to lyue well Moreouer he is our bishop and our high priest which dyd him selfe offer vp for vs his owne blood being the onely mediator betweene God and men VVho now sitteth at the right hande of God the father being made our aduocate making prayer and intercession for vs who doubtlesse shall obtayne for vs whatsoeuer we shall desire eyther of him or els of his father in his name if so be that we thus desiring shall beleue that he wyll so do for thus hath he promysed Therefore let vs not doubt if we sinne at any tyme to come with
translation as that hereafter might folowe no other that might see that which as yet was not vnderstanded In this poynt it is conuenient to consider the iudgement that Iohn once byshop of Rochester was in who thus wrote It is not vnknowen but that many thinges hath ben more diligently discussed and more clearely vnderstanded by the wittes of these latter dayes aswell concerning the gospels as other scriptures then in olde tyme they were The cause whereof is saith he for that to the olde men the yse was not broken or for that their age was not sufficient exquisitely to expende the whole mayne sea of the scriptures or els for that in this large field of the scriptures a mā may gather some eares vntouched after the haruest men howe diligent soeuer they were For there be yet saith he in the gospels very many darke places whiche without all doubt to the posteritie shal be made muche more open For why should we dispayre herein seing the gospell wryteth he was deliuered to this intent that it might be vtterly vnderstanded of vs yea to the very inche VVherfore forasmuche as Christe sheweth no lesse loue to his Churche now then hitherto he hath done the aucthoritie wherof is as yet no whit diminished and forasmuch as that holy spirite the perpetuall keper and gardian of the same Church whose gyftes and graces do flowe as continually and as aboundantly as from the deginning who can doubt but that such thinges as remayne yet vnknowen in the gospell shal be hereafter made open to the latter wittes of our posteritie to their cleare vnderstanding Thus farre this wryter Only good readers let vs oft call vpon the holy spirite of God our heauenly father by the mediation of our Lorde and sauiour with the wordes of the octonary psalme of Dauid who did so importunatly craue of God to haue the vnderstanding of his lawes and testament Let vs humblye on our knees pray to almightie God with that wyse kyng Solomon in his very wordes saying thus O God of my fathers and Lorde of mercies thou that hast made all thynges with thy worde and didst ordayne man through thy wisdome that he shoulde haue dominion ouer thy creatures which thou hast made and that he shoulde order the worlde according to holinesse and righteousnesse and that he shoulde execute iudgement with a true heart geue me wisdome whiche is euer about thy seate and put me not out from among thy chyldren For I thy seruaunt and sonne of thy handmayden am a feeble person of a short time and to weake to the vnderstanding of thy iudgementes and lawes And though a man be neuer so perfect among the children of men yet if thy wisdome be not with him he shal be of no value O sende her out therfore from thy holy heauens and from the throne of thy maiestie that she may be with me and labour with me that I may knowe what is acceptable in thy sight for she knoweth and vnderstandeth all thinges and she shall leade me soberly in my workes and preserue me in her power So shall my workes be acceptable by Christe our Lorde To whom with the father and the holy ghost be all honour and glorie worlde without ende Amen ⧠A prologue or preface made by Thomas Cranmer late Archbishop of Canterburie COncernyng two sundry sortes of people it seemeth much necessarie that some thyng be sayde in the entrie of this booke by the way of a preface or prologue wherby hereafter it may be both the better accepted of them which hitherto coulde not well beare it and also the better vsed of them which heretofore haue misused it For truely some there are that be to slowe and neede the spurre some other seme to quicke and neede more of the brydle some lose their game by short shotyng some by ouer shotyng some walke to much on the left hande some to much on the ryght In the former sort be all they that refuse to reade or to heare redde the scripture in the vulgar tongue much worse they that also let or discourage the other from the readyng or hearyng therof In the latter sort be they which by their inordinate readyng vndiscrete speakyng contentious disputyng or otherwise by their licentious lyuyng slaunder and hynder the worde of God most of all other wherof they woulde seeme to be greatest furtherers These two sortes albeit they be most farre vnlyke the one to the other yet they both deserue in effect lyke reproche Neither can I well tell whether of them I may iudge the more offendour hym that doth obstinately refuse so godly and goodly knowledge or hym that so vngodly and so vngoodly doth abuse the same And as touchyng the former I woulde maruayle much that any man shoulde be so mad as to refuse in darknesse lyght in hunger foode in colde fire for the worde of God is lyght Lucerna pedibus meis verbum tuum Thy worde is a lanterne vnto my feete It is foode Non in solo pane viuit homo sed in omni verbo dei Man shall not lyue by bread only but by euery worde of God It is fire Ignem veni mittere in tertam quid volo nisi vt ardeat I am come to sende fire on the earth and what is my desire but that it be kindled I woulde maruayle I say at this saue that I consider how much custome vsage may do So that if there were a people as some write de Cymeriis which neuer sawe the sunne by reason that they be situated farre towarde the North pole and be inclosed and ouershadowed with hye mountaynes it is credible and lyke inough that yf by the power and wyll of God the mountaynes shoulde sinke downe and geue place that the lyght of the sunne myght haue entraunce to them at the first some of them woulde be offended therwith And the olde prouerbe affirmeth that after tillage of corne was first founde many delited more to feede of mast and acornes wherwith they had ben accustomed then to eate bread made of good corne Such is the nature of custome that it causeth vs to beare al thinges well and easyly wherwith we haue ben accustomed and to be offended with all thynges thervnto contrary And therfore I can well thinke them worthy pardon which at the commyng abrode of scripture doubted and drewe backe But such as wyll persist styll in their wilfulnesse I must needes iudge not only foolishe frowarde and obstinate but also peeuishe peruerse and indurate And yet if the matter shoulde be tryed by custome we myght also to aleage custome for the readyng of the scripture in the vulgar tongue and prescribe the more auncient custome For it is not muche aboue one hundred yere ago since scripture hath not ben accustomed to be read in the vulgare tongue within this realme and many hundred yeres before that it was translated and red in the Saxones tongue which at that time was our mother tongue
whiche hath made me a father to Pharao and lorde of all his house and ruler throughout all the lande of Egypt 9 Haste you and go vp to my father and tell him thus saieth thy sonne Ioseph God hath made me lord of all Egypt come downe therfore vnto me tary not 10 And thou shalt dwell in the land of Gosen and be a neyghbour vnto me thou thy chyldren and thy chyldrens children thy sheepe and thy beastes and all that thou hast 11 And there wyll I prouide thee sustenaunce for there remaine yet fiue yeres of dearth lest thou and thy housholde all that thou hast come to pouertie 12 And beholde your eyes do see and the eyes also of my brother Beniamin that mine own mouth speaketh vnto you 13 Therfore tell my father of all my glorie in Egypt and of all that you haue seene and make hast and bryng my father hyther 14 And he fel on his brother Beniamins necke and wept and Beniamin wept on his necke 15 Moreouer he kissed al his brethren and wept vpon them and after that his brethren talked with him 16 And the fame thereof was hearde in Pharaos house so that they sayde Iosephes brethrē are come And it pleased Pharao well and all his seruauntes 17 And Pharao spake vnto Ioseph say vnto thy brethren this do ye lade your beastes and go and returne vnto the lande of Chanaan 18 Take your father and your housesholdes and come vnto me and I wyll geue you the good of the land of Egypt and ye shall eate the fat of the lande 19 And thou also shalt cōmaunde them this do ye take charets with you out of the lande of Egypt for your chyldren and for your wyues and bryng your father and come 20 Also regarde not your stuffe for the good of all the lande of Egypt is yours 21 And the children of Israel dyd euen so and Ioseph gaue them charettes accordyng to the commaundement of Pharao and gaue them vitayle also to spende by the way 22 And he gaue vnto eche of thē chaunge of raiment but vnto Beniamin he gaue three hundred peeces of siluer and fiue chaunge of rayment 23 And vnto his father he sent after the same maner ten asses laden with good out of Egypt and ten she asses laden with corne bread and meate for his father by the way 24 So sent he his brethren away and they departed and he sayd vnto them see that ye fall to no stryfe on the way 25 They departed therfore from Egypt and came into the lande of Chanaan vnto Iacob theyr father 26 And tolde him saying Ioseph is yet aliue and is gouernour ouer al the land of Egypt And Iacobs heart wauered for he beleued them not 27 And they tolde hym all the wordes of Ioseph whiche he had said vnto them And when he sawe the charets whiche Ioseph had sent to cary him the spirite of Iacob their father reuiued 28 And Israel saide I haue inough that Ioseph my sonne is yet alyue I will go and see him yer that I dye ¶ The .xlvj. Chapter 1 The goyng of Iacob into Egypt 3 God comforteth Iacob and reneweth his promises 7 The sonnes of Iacob 27 seuentie persons that entred into Egypt with Iacob 29 Ioseph meetyng his father kysseth him 34 The Egyptians do despise all heardmen 1 ISrael toke his iourney with all that he had and came to Beerseba and offred offeringes vnto the God of his father Isahac 2 And God spake vnto Israel in a vision by nyght saying Iacab Iacob And he aunswered here am I. 3 And he sayde I am God the God of thy father feare not to go downe into Egypt for I wyll there make of thee a great people 4 I wyll go downe with thee into Egypt and I wyll surely make thee come vp agayne and Ioseph shall put his hande vpon thyne eyes 5 And Iacob rose vp from Beer-seba and the sonnes of Israel caryed Iacob their father and their childrē and their wyues in the charettes whiche Pharao had sent to cary him 6 And they toke their cattell and the goodes whiche they had gotten in the lande of Chanaan came into Egypt both Icob and all his seede with him 7 His sonnes his sonnes sonnes with him his daughters and his sonnes daughters and all his seede brought he with him into Egypt 8 These are the names of the chyldren of Israel which came into Egypt both Iacob and his sonnes Ruben Iacobs first borne 9 The children of Ruben Hanoch and Phallu Hesron and Charmi. 10 The children of Simeon Iemuel Iamin and Ohad and Iachin and Sohar and Saul the sonne of a Chanaanitishe woman 11 The chyldren of Leui Gerson Cehath and Merari 12 The children of Iuda Er Onan Selah Phares and Zarah but Er and Onan dyed in the lande of Chanaan The children of Phares also were Hefron and Hamul 13 And the children of Isachar Thola Puuah and Iob and Simron 14 The chyldren of Zabulon Sered and Elon and Iahelel 15 These be the children of Lea whiche she bare vnto Iacob in Mesopotamia with his daughter Dina. All the soules of his sonnes and daughters make thirtie and three 16 The children of Gad Siphion and Haggi Suni and Esbon Eri Arodi and Areli 17 The children of Aser Imnah and Iisuah and Iisui and Beriah and Serah their sister And the chyldren of Beriah Heber and Malchiel 18 These are the sonnes of Zilpha whō Laban gaue to Lea his daughter and these she bare vnto Iacob euen sixteene soules 19 The chyldren of Rachel Iacobs wife Ioseph and Beniamin 20 And vnto Ioseph in the lande of Egypt were borne Manasses and Ephraim which Asenath the daughter of Potipera priest of On bare vnto him 21 The children of Beniamin Bela and Becher and Asbel Gera Naaman Ehi and Ros Muppim and Huppim and Arde. 22 These are the chyldren of Rachel which she bare vnto Iacob foureteene soules altogether 23 And the children of Dan Husim 24 The children of Naphthali Iahseel and Gum Ieser and Sillem 25 These are the sonnes of Bilha which Laban gaue vnto Rachel his daughter and she bare these vnto Iacob altogether seuen soules 26 And so the soules that came with Iacob into Egypt whiche came out of his loynes besides Iacobs sonnes wyues were altogether threscore sixe soules 27 And the sonnes of Ioseph whiche were borne hym in Egypt were two soules so that all the soules of the house of Iacob whiche came into Egypt were threscore and ten 28 And he sent Iuda before hym vnto Ioseph to direct his face vnto Gosen and they came into the lande of Gosen 29 And Ioseph made redy his charet and went vp to meete Israel his father vnto Gosen and presented him self vnto him and he fell on
God heard the voyce of Manoah and the angel of God came agayne vnto the wife as she sate in the felde but Manoah her husbād was not with her 10 And the wife made haste and ranne shewed her husbande sayde vnto him behold the man appeared vnto me that came vnto me to day 11 And Manoah arose went after his wife and came to the man and sayde vnto him Art thou the mā that spakest vnto the woman And he sayde I am 12 Manoah sayde Nowe let thy saying come to passe Howe shall we order the childe and do vnto him 13 And the angell of the Lord sayd vnto Manoah The woman must absteyne from all that I sayde vnto her 14 She may eate of nothing that cōmeth of the vine tree nor drinke wine or strong drinke nor eate any vncleane thing but must obserue all that I bad her 15 Manoah sayde vnto the angell of the Lorde I pray thee let vs retayne thee vntill we haue made redy a kyd before thee 16 And the angel of the Lord sayde vnto Manoah Though thou make me abide I wil not eate of thy bread And if thou wilt offer a burnt offering thou must offer it vnto the Lorde For Manoah wist not that it was an angell of the Lorde 17 And Manoah sayde agayne vnto the angell of the Lord What is thy name that when thy saying is come to passe we may do thee worshippe 18 And the angel of the Lorde sayde vnto him * Why askest thou thus after my name which is secrete And so Manoah toke a kyd with a meat offring and offred it vpon a rocke vnto the Lorde And the angell did wonderously Manoah and his wife lokyng vpon 20 And whē the flambe came vp toward heauen from the aulter the angell of the Lorde ascended vp in the flambe of the aulter And Manoah and his wyfe loked vpon it and fell on their faces vnto the grounde 21 But the angel of the Lord did no more appeare vnto Manoah and his wyfe And then Manoah knewe that it was an angel of the Lorde 22 And sayd vnto his wyfe We shal surely dye because we haue seene God 23 But his wyfe sayde vnto him Yf the Lord would kyll vs he would not haue receaued a burnt offering and a meate offering of our handes neither woulde he haue shewed vs al these thinges nor woulde nowe haue tolde vs any suche 24 And the wyfe bare a sonne and called his name Samson And y e ladde grewe and the Lorde blessed him 25 And the spirite of the Lorde began to strengthen him in the hoast of Dan betweene Zaraah and Esthaol The .xiiii. Chapter 2 Samson desireth to haue a wyfe of the Philistines 6 He killeth a Lion 12 He propoundeth a riddle 19 He killeth thirtie 20 His wyfe forsaketh him and taketh another 1 SAmson went downe to Thamnath and sawe a womā in Thamnath of the daughters of the Philistines 2 And he came vp and told his father and his mother said I haue sene a woman in Thamnath of the daughters of the Philistines nowe geue me her to wyfe 3 Then his father and mother sayd vnto him Is there neuer a woman among the daughters of thy brethren among al my people but that thou must go and take a wyfe of the vncircumcised Philistines And Samson sayd vnto his father Geue me this woman for she pleaseth me well 4 But his father and mother wist not that it was the Lordes doyng and that he sought an occasion against the Philistines for at that time the Philistines raigned ouer Israel 5 Then went Samson and his father his mother downe to Thamnath and came to the vineyardes of Thamnath and beholde a young Lion roared vpon him 6 And the spirite of the Lord came vpō him and he tare him as he would haue rent a kydde and yet had nothing in his hande neither tolde his father and mother what he had done 7 And he went downe talked with the woman whiche seemed well fauoured in the sight of Samson 13 They aunswered him saying No but we will bynde thee delyuer thee vnto their handes but we wyll not kyll thee And they bounde hym with two new cordes and brought him from the rocke 14 And when he came to Lehi the Philistines showted agaynst him And the spirite of the Lord came vpon him and the cordes that were vpon his armes became as flaxe that was burnt with fire for the bandes loosed from of his handes 15 And he founde a newe iawe bone of an Asse put foorth his hande and caught it and slue a thousande men therwith 16 And Samson sayde With the iawe of an Asse heapes vpon heapes with the iawe of an Asse haue I slayne a thousande men 17 And when he had left speakyng he cast away the iawe bone out of his hande and called the place Ramath Lehi 18 And he was sore a thyrst and called on the Lord and sayde Thou hast geuen this great victory in the hande of thy seruaunt and nowe I must dye for thirst and fall into the handes of the vncircumcised 19 But God brake a great tooth that was in the iawe there came water therout and when he had drunke his spirite came agayne he was refreshed wherfore the name thereof was called vnto this day The well of the caller on which came of the iawe 20 And he iudged Israel in the dayes of the Philistines twentie yeres The .xvj. Chapter 1. Samson carieth away the gates of Azzah 18. He was deceaued by Delila 30. He pulleth downe the house vpon the Philistines and dyeth with them 1 THen went Samson to Azzah and sawe there an harlot and went in vnto her 2 And it was tolde the Azathites saying Samson is come hyther And they went about and layde a wayte for hym there all nyght in the gate of the citie and were styll all the nyght saying In the mornyng whan it is day we shall kyll hym 3 And Samson toke his rest tyll mydnyght and arose at mydnyght and toke the doores of the gate of the citie and the two postes and rent them of with the barre and all and put them vppon his shoulders and caryed them vp to the top of an hyll that is before Hebron 4 And after this he loued a woman by the ryuer of Sorek whose name was Dalila 5 Vnto whom came the lordes of the Philistines and sayde vnto her Perswade him and see wherin his great strenght lyeth and by what meanes we may ouercome him that we may bynde him and punishe hym and euery one of vs shall geue thee a leuen hundred siluer lynges 6 And Dalila sayde to Samson Oh tell me where thy great strength lyeth and how thou myghtest be bounde and brought vnder 7 Samson aunswered vnto her Yf they binde me with seuen greene wythes that were neuer dryed I
him selfe wisely in all his wayes and the Lorde was with him 15 Wherefore when Saul sawe that he was so exceeding wise he was afrayde of him 16 But all Israel and Iuda loued Dauid because he went out and in before them 17 And Saul sayde to Dauid Beholde my eldest daughter Merob her I will geue thee to wife Onely be a valiaunt sonne vnto me fight the Lordes battayles For Saul thought Mine hand shall not be vpon him but the hande of the Philistines shal be vpon him 18 And Dauid aunswered Saul what am I and what is my lyfe or the kynred of my father in Israel that I should be sonne in lawe to the king 19 Howbeit when the time was come that Merob Sauls daughter shoulde haue ben geuen to Dauid she was geuē vnto Adriel a Meholathite to wife 20 Howbeit Michol Sauls daughter loued Dauid and they shewed Saul and the thing pleased him 21 And Saul sayde I will geue him her that she may be a snare to him and that the hand of the Philistines may be against him Wherefore Saul sayde to Dauid Thou shalt this day be my sonne in lawe in the one of the twayne 22 And Saul cōmaunded his seruaūtes to come with Dauid secretely to say Behold the king hath a fauour to thee and all his seruaūtes loue thee be now therefore the kinges sonne in lawe 23 And Sauls seruauntes spake those wordes in the eares of Dauid And Dauid said semeth it to you a light thing to be a kinges sonne in lawe seeing that I am a poore man and of smal reputation 24 And the seruauntes brought Saul word againe saying Of this maner spake Dauid 25 And Saul sayde This wise shall ye saye to Dauid The king careth for no other dowry but for an hundred foreskinnes of the Philistines to be auenged of the kynges enemies But Saul thought to make Dauid fall into the handes of the Philistines 26 And when his seruauntes tolde Dauid these wordes it pleased Dauid wel to be the kinges sonne in lawe And the dayes were not expired 27 Afterward Dauid arose with his men and went and slue of the Philistines two hundred men and Dauid brought their foreskinnes and they gaue them wholly to the king that he might be the kinges sonne in lawe Wherefore Saul gaue him Michol his daughter to wife 28 And Saul saw and vnderstoode how that the Lorde was with Dauid and that Michol his daughter loued him 29 And he was the more afrayde of Dauid and Saul became alway Dauids enemie 30 The Lordes of the Philistines vsed to go foorth and whē they went foorth Dauid behaued him selfe more wysely then all the seruauntes of Saul so that his name was much set by The .xix. Chapter 2 Ionathan declareth to Dauid the wicked purpose of Saul 11. Michol his wife saueth him 18. Dauid commeth to Samuel 23. The spirite of prophesie commeth on Saul 1 SAul spake to Ionathā his sonne and to all his seruauntes that they should kill Dauid 2 But Ionathā Sauls sonne had a great fauour to Dauid Ionathan tolde Dauid saying Saul my father goeth about to slay thee Nowe therfore I pray thee take heede to thy selfe vntyll the mornyng and abyde in some secrete place and hyde thy selfe 3 And I wyll go out and stande by my father in the fielde where thou art and wyll commune with my father of thee and whatsoeuer I see I wyll tell thee 4 And Ionathan spake good of Dauid vnto Saul his father and sayde vnto him Let not the king sinne against his seruaunt against Dauid for he hath not sinned against thee and his workes haue ben to theewarde very good 5 For he dyd * put his life in his hande and slue the Philistine and the Lorde brought to passe a great health for all Israel Thou sawest it and thou reioycedst Wherfore then wilt thou sinne against innocent blood and slay Dauid without a cause 6 And Saul hearkened vnto the voyce of Ionathan and Saul sware as the Lorde lyueth he shall not dye 7 And Ionathan called Dauid Ionathan shewed hym all those wordes Ionathan brought Dauid to Saul he was in his presence as in tymes past 8 And the warre began againe and Dauid went out and fought with the Philistines and slue them with a great slaughter and they fled from hym 10 And Saul entended to smyte Dauid to the wall with the iauelyn But he ryd him selfe out of Sauls presence as he smote the speare into the walle And Dauid fled was saued the same night 11 Saul also sent messengers vnto Dauids house to watch him and to slay him in the morning And Michol Dauids wyfe tolde it him saying If thou saue not thy selfe this night to morowe thou shalt be slayne 12 And so Michol let Dauid downe through a windowe and he went and fled and was saued 13 And Michol toke an image and layde it in the bed put a pillowe stuffed with goates heere vnder the head of it and couered it with a cloth 14 And when Saul sent messengers to fetche Dauid she said he is sicke 15 And Saul sent the messengers againe to see Dauid saying Bring him to me bed and all that I may slay him 16 And when the messengers were come in behold there lay an image in the bed with a pillowe of goates heere vnder the head of it 17 And Saul sayde vnto Michol Why hast thou mocked me so and sent away mine enemie that he is escaped Michol aunswered Saul For he sayd vnto me let me go or els I will kill thee 18 And so Dauid fled and escaped came to Samuel to Rama and tolde him all that Saul had done to him And he and Samuel went and dwelt in Naioth 19 And one tolde Saul saying Beholde Dauid is at Naioth in Rama 20 And Saul sent messengers to fet Dauid And when they sawe a company of prophetes prophecying Samuel standing as appoynted ouer them the spirite of God fell vpon the messengers of Saul and they prophecied to 21 And when it was tolde Saul he sent other messengers and they prophecied lykewyse And Saul sent messengers yet againe the third time and they prophecied also 22 Then went he him selfe to Rama and came to a great well that is in Sechu and he asked and sayde Where are Samuel Dauid And one sayd Beholde they be at Naioth in Rama 23 And he went thyther euen to Naioth in Rama and the spirite of God came vpon him also and he went prophecying vntill he came to Naioth in Rama 24 And he stript of his clothes prophecied before Samuel in lyke maner and fell naked al that day and all that night And therof it is that they say Is Saul also among the prophetes The .xx. Chapter 2 Ionathan comforteth Dauid 3. They renue their league 33 Saul would haue killed Ionathan
way which seemeth right vnto a man but the ende therof are the wayes of death 13 The heart is sorowfull euen in laughter and the ende of myrth is heauinesse 14 A backe slydyng heart shal be fylled with his owne wayes but a good man shall depart from hym 15 An ignoraunt body beleueth euery worde but who so hath vnderstanding loketh well to his goynges 16 A wyse man feareth and departeth from euyll but the foole is angry and counteth hym selfe sure 17 An vnpatient man dealeth foolishly but he that is well aduised is hated of the foole 18 The ignoraunt haue foolishnesse in possession but the wyse are crowned with knowledge 19 The euyll shall bowe them selues before the good and the vngodly shall wayte at the gates of the ryghteous 20 The poore is hated euen of his owne neyghbours but the riche hath many fâ—endes 21 Who so dispiseth his neighbour sinneth but blessed is he that hath pitie of the poore 22 Without doubt they erre that worke wickednesse but they that muse vpon good thynges vnto such shall happen mercie and trueth 23 In euery labour there is some profite â–ª but vayne wordes bryng foorth onely penurie 24 Riches are as a crowne vnto the wise â–ª but the ignoraunce of fooles is very foolishnesse 25 A faythfull witnesse deliuereth soules but a deceiptfull witnesse bryngeth foorth lyes 26 In the feare of the Lord is an assured strength and his children are vnder a sure defence 27 The feare of the Lorde is a well of lyfe to auoyde the snares of death 28 In the multitude of people is the kynges honour but the decay of the people is the confusion of the prince 29 He that is patient hath much vnderstanding but he that is soone displeased exalteth foolishnesse 30 A mery heart is the lyfe of the body but enuie consumeth away the bones 31 He that doth a poore man wrong blasphemeth his maker but who so honoureth him hath pitie on the poore 32 The vngodly is cast away for his iniquitie but the ryghteous hath a good hope euen in death 33 Wisdome resteth in the heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng and it shal be knowen among them that are vnlearned 34 * Righteousnesse setteth vp the people but the sacrifice of the heathen is sinnefull 35 A discrete seruaunt is a pleasure vnto the kyng but his wrath is agaynst hym that doth dishonour hym The .xv. Chapter 1 A Soft aunswere appeaseth wrath but rough wordes stirre vp anger 2 The tongue of such as be wise vseth knoweledge aryght as for a foolishe mouth it babbleth out nothyng but foolishnesse 3 The eyes of the Lorde in euery place â–ª beholdeth both the good and the bad 4 A wholsome tongue is a tree of lyfe but the frowardnesse therof doth make sad the spirite 5 A foole dispiseth his fathers correction â–ª but he that taketh heede when he is reproued shall haue the more vnderstandyng 6 The house of the ryghteous is full of riches but in the fruites of the vngodly there is trouble 7 The lippes of the wise do sowe knowledge but the heart of the foolishe do not so 8 The Lorde abhorreth the sacrifice of the vngodly but the prayer of the righteous is acceptable vnto hym 9 The way of the vngodly is an abhomination vnto the Lorde but who so foloweth righteousnesse him he loueth 10 Correction is greeuous vnto hym that forsaketh the way and who so hateth correction shall dye 11 Hell and destruction are before the Lorde howe much more then the heartes of the children of men 12 A scornefull body loueth not one that rebuketh hym neither wyll he come vnto the wyse 13 A mery heart maketh a chearfull countenaunce but by the sorowe of the heart the mynde is heauy 14 The heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng doth seke knowledge but the mouth of fooles is fed with foolishnesse 15 All the dayes of the poore are miserable but a quiet heart is a continuall feast 16 Better is a litle with the feare of the Lorde then great treasure and trouble therwith 17 Better is a dynner of hearbes with loue then a fat oxe with euyll wyll 18 An angry man stirreth vp strife but he that is patient stylleth discorde 19 The way of a slouthfull man is as an hedge of thornes but the way of the ryghteous is playne 20 A wyse sonne maketh a glad father but a foolishe man dispiseth his mother 21 Foolishnesse is ioy to him that is destitute of knowledge but a man of vnderstandyng walketh vprightly 22 Thoughtes without counsayle shall come to naught but wheras men are that can geue good counsayle there is stedfastnesse 23 A ioyfull thing it is to a man wheÌ„ his counsayle is folowed and howe good is a worde spoken in season 24 The way of lyfe is on hygh to the wise that a man shoulde beware of hell beneath 25 The Lorde wyll breake downe the house of the proude but he shall make fast the borders of the wydowe 26 The Lorde abhorreth the imaginations of the wicked but the wordes of the pure are pleasaunt 27 The greedy couetous man rooteth vp his owne house but who so hateth rewardes shall lyue 28 The heart of the ryghteous studyeth his aunswere afore but the wicked mans mouth spueth out mischiefe 29 The Lorde is farre from the vngodly but he heareth the prayer of the ryghteous 30 The clearnes of the eye reioyseth the heart a good name feedeth the bones 31 The eare that hearkeneth to the refourmation of lyfe shall dwell among the wyse 32 He that refuseth to be refourmed dispiseth his owne soule but he that submitteth him selfe to correction is wyse 33 The feare of the Lorde is the ryght science of wisdome and lowlynesse goeth before honour The .xvj. Chapter 1 A Man may wel purpose a thyng in his heart but the aunswere of the tongue commeth of the Lorde 2 A man thynketh all his wayes to be cleane but it is the Lorde that iudgeth the myndes 3 Commit thy workes vnto the Lorde and what thou deuisest it shall prosper 4 The Lorde hath made all thynges for his owne sake yea the vngodly for the day of wrath 5 The Lorde abhorreth all such as be of a proude heart and though hande be ioyned in hande yet they shall not be vnpunished 6 With mercie and faythfulnesse sinnes be forgeuen and by the feare of the Lorde euyll is eschewed 7 When a mans wayes please the Lord he maketh his very enemies to be his frendes 8 Better it is to haue a litle with ryghteousnesse then great rentes wrongfully gotten 9 A man deuiseth a way in his heart but it is the Lorde that ordereth his goynges 10 When the prophecie is in the lippes of the kyng his mouth shall not go wrong in iudgement 11 A true wayght and ballaunce are the Lordes iudgement all the wayghtes of the bagge
in possession 3 Prophecie therefore and speake thus saith the Lorde God For because that they haue made you desolate and swalowed you vp on euery side that ye might be a possession vnto the residue of the gentiles and ye are taken vp in the lippes and tongues of men and to the reproche of the people 4 Therefore heare the worde of the Lorde God O ye mountaines of Israel thus saith the Lorde God to the mountaines and hils to the riuers and valleys to the waste and desolate places and to the cities that are forsaken which are spoyled and had in derision on euery side among the residue of the heathen 5 Therefore thus saith the Lorde God Surely in the fire of my gelousie haue I spoken against the residue of the gentiles and against all Edom which haue appoynted my lande for their possession which also reioyced from their whole heart with a dispitefull stomake to cast it out for a pray 6 Prophecie therefore vpon the lande of Israel and speake vnto the mountaines and hils to the riuers and dales thus saith the Lorde God Behold this haue I spoken in my gelousie and terrible wrath because ye haue borne the shame of the heathen 7 Therefore thus saith the Lorde God I haue lyft vp my hande surely the heathen that are about you shall beare their shame 8 But you O mountaynes of Israel ye shall shoote out your braunches and bring foorth your fruite to my people of Israel for they are at hande to come 9 Beholde I come vnto you and vnto you wyll I turne my face that ye may be tilled and sowen 10 I wyll multiplie men vpon you euen al the house of Israel wholly the cities shal be inhabited and the decayed places shal be repaired againe 11 And I wyll multiplie vpon you man and beast which shal encrease and bring fruite and I wyll cause you to dwell after your olde estate be better vnto you then at the beginning and ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde 12 Yea I wyll cause men to walke vpon you euen my people Israel they shall possesse thee and thou shalt be their inheritaunce thou shalt no more hencefoorth depriue them of men 13 Thus saith the lorde God Forsomuch as they say vnto you thou art an eater vp of men and a waster of thy people 14 Therefore thou shalt eate no more men neither destroy thy people any more saith the Lorde God 15 Neither wyll I cause men to heare in thee the shame of the heathē any more neither shalt thou beare the reproche of the people any more nor cause thy folke to fall any more saith the Lorde God 16 Moreouer the word of the Lord came vnto me saying 17 O thou sonne of man when the house of Israel dwelt vpon their owne grounde they defiled them selues with their owne wayes and imaginations so that in my sight their way was lyke the vncleannes of a remoued woman 18 Wherfore I powred my wrathful displeasure vpon them because of the blood that they had shed in the lande and because of their idols where with they had defiled it 19 I scattered them also among the heathen so that they were strawed about in the landes according to their wayes after their owne inuentions so did I iudge them 20 And when they entred vnto the heathen whyther they went they polluted my holy name when they saide of them These are the people of God are gone out of his lande 21 Then spared I my holy name which the house of Israel had dishonoured among the gentiles where they came 22 Therfore tel the house of Israel thus saith the Lorde God I do not this for your sakes O house of Israel but for my holy names sake which ye dishonoured among the heathen where ye came 23 Therefore I wyll halowe my great name againe which among the gentiles is polluted for ye your selues haue dishonoured it among them the gentiles shall know that I am the Lorde saith the Lorde God when I shal be sanctifified in you before your eyes 24 As for you I wyll take you from among the heathen and gather you together out of all countreys and bring you againe into your owne lande 25 Then wyll I sprinckle cleane water vpon you and ye shal be cleane yea from all your vncleannes and from all your idols shall I cleanse you 26 A newe heart also wyll I geue you and a newe spirite wyll I put into you as for that stony heart I wyll take it out of your fleshe and geue you a fleshy heart 27 I wyll geue my spirite among you and cause you to walke in my cōmaundementes and ye shall kepe my iudgementes and do them 28 And so ye shall dwell in the lande that I gaue to your fathers ye shal be my people and I wil be your God 29 I wyll deliuer you from all your vncleannes I wyl call for the corne and wyll encrease it and lay no famine vpon you 30 I wil multiplie the fruites of the trees and the encrease of the fielde so that ye shal receaue no more reproche of hunger among the heathen 31 Then shall ye remember your owne wicked wayes and your imaginations which were not good so that ye shal be irksum in your owne eyes for your sinnes and abhominations 32 But I wyl not do this for your sakes saith the Lorde God be ye sure of it therefore O ye house of Israel be ashamed and confounded of your owne wayes 33 Moreouer thus saith the Lorde God what time as I shal cleanse you from al your iniquities then wil I make the cities to be inhabited againe and the places that be decayed shal be repaired 34 The desolate lande shal be tilled againe which afore time lay waste in the sight of al them that went by 35 And they shal say this waste lande was like the garden of Eden and these waste and desolate and ruinous cities were strong and inhabited 36 Then the residue of the heathen that lye rounde about you shall knowe that I the Lord repaire that was broken downe and plant againe that that was made waste euen I the Lord haue spoken it and wyl do it in deede 37 Thus saith the Lorde God I wyll yet for this be sought of the house of Israel to do it for them I wyll multiplie them as a flocke of men 38 Like as the holy flocke and the flocke of Hierusalem are in the hie solempne feastes so shall also the wasted cities be filled with flockes of men and they shal knowe that I am the Lorde ¶ The .xxxvij. Chapter He prophecieth the bringing againe of the people being in captiuitie 16 He sheweth the vnion of the ten tribes with the two 1 THe hande of the Lorde was vpon me and caried me out in the spirite of the Lorde and set me downe in the
hym 33 The very same houre was this matter fulfilled vpon Nabuchodonozor so that he was cast out of mens companie did eate grasse like oxen and his body was wet with the deawe of heauen till his heere 's were growen as Egles fethers and his nayles like byrdes clawes 34 When this time was past I Nabuchodonozor lift vp myne eyes vnto heauen and mine vnderstanding was restored vnto me then gaue I thankes vnto the highest I magnified praysed hym that liueth for euermore whose power is an euerlasting power and his kingdome is from one generatiō to another 35 And all they that dwel vpon the earth are to be reputed as nothing and according to his will he worketh in the armie of heauen among the inhabitours of the earth and there is none that may resist his hand or say vnto him what doest thou 36 At the same time was myne vnderstanding geuen me againe and I was restored to the honour of my kingdome my glorie and my beautie was restored vnto me my counsellers and princes sought vnto me and I was established in my kingdome my glorie was augmented towarde me 37 Now therfore I Nabuchodonozor prayse and extol magnifie the king of heauen whose workes are all trueth his wayes iudgement and those that walke in pryde he is able to abase The .v. Chapter 1 Balthasar king of Babylon abusing the vessels of the temple seeth an hande wryting in the wal 8 The soothsayers called of the king can not expounde the wryting 13 Daniel is called which readeth it and interpreteth also 30 Balthasar beyng slaine Darius succedeth in his roome 1 KIng Balthasar made a great feast to a thousand of his princes and dranke wine before the thousande 2 And Balthasar when he had tasted the wine commaunded to bring hym the golden and siluer vessels whiche his father Nabuchodonozor had brought from the temple in Hierusalem that the king and his princes and his wyues and his concubines might drinke therin 3 So were brought the goldē vessels that they had taken out of the temple of the Lordes house at Hierusalem and the king and his princes his wyues and his concubines drunke in them 4 They drunke wine praysed the gods of golde siluer brasse iron wood and stone 5 In the very same houre there appeared fingers of a mans hande wryting right ouer against the candlesticke vpon the plaster of the wall of the kinges palace and the king sawe the knockles of the hande that wrote 6 Then chaunged the king his countenaunce his thoughtes troubled hym so that the ioyntes of his loynes were loosed and his knees smote one against the other 7 Wherfore the king cryed mightyly that they should bring the soothsayers Chaldees wysardes the king spake also to the wise men of Babylon said Who so can reade this wryting shewe me the interpretation thereof shal be clothed with purple and haue a cheyne of golde about his necke and shal be the third ruler in the kingdome 8 Vpon this came al the kinges wise men but they coulde neither reade the wryting nor shewe the king the interpretation 9 Then was king Balthasar greatly troubled and his countenaunce was chaunged in him and his princes were astonied 10 Nowe the queene by reason of the talke of the king his princes came into the banket house and the queene spake and sayde O king lyue for euer let not thy thoughtes trouble thee and let not thy countenaunce be chaunged 11 There is a man in thy kingdome that hath the spirite of the holy Gods within him in the dayes of thy father light and vnderstanding wysdome like the wysedome of the gods was founde in hym whom the king Nabuchodonozor thy father the king I say thy father made chiefe of the wyse men soothsayers Chaldeans and wysardes 12 Because that such an aboundaunt spirite knowledge and vnderstanding to expound dreames to open secretes to declare harde doubtes was founde in him yea euen in Daniel whom the king named Baltassar let Daniel be called and he shal declare the interpretation 13 Then was Daniel brought before the king so the king spake vnto Daniel and sayde Art thou that Daniel whiche art of the children of the captiuitie of Iuda whom my father the king brought out of Iurie 14 I haue hearde of thee that thou hast the spirite of the holy gods that light and vnderstanding and excellent wysdome is founde in thee 15 Now haue there ben brought before me wyse men and soothsayers to reade this wryting and to shewe me the interpretation therof but they could not declare the interpretation of the thing 16 Then hearde I of thee that thou couldest shewe interpretations and dissolue doubtes nowe if thou canst reade his writing shew me the meaning therof thou shalt be clothed with purple and haue a cheyne of gold about thy necke be the thirde ruler in the kingdome 17 Then Daniel aunswered and sayd before the king As for thy rewardes kepe them to thy selfe and geue thy giftes to another yet I wil reade the writing vnto the king and shewe him the interpretation 18 O thou king the most high god gaue vnto Nabuchodonozor thy father a kingdome and maiestie and honour glorie 19 And for the maiestie that he gaue him al people nations and languages trembled and feared before him he slue whom he would he smote whom it pleased him againe whom he would he set vp and whom he list he put downe 20 But because his heart was loftie and his minde strengthened in pride he was deposed from his kingly throne and they toke his glory from him 21 He was driuen out from the sonnes of men his heart was made lyke the beastes and his dwelling was with the wilde Asses they fed him with grasse lyke Oxen and his body was wet with the deawe of the heauen till he knewe that the most hie God bare rule ouer the kingdome of men and that he appoynteth ouer it whom so euer he pleaseth 22 And thou his sonne O Balthasar hast not submitted thyne heart though thou knewest all these thinges 23 But hast lift vp thy selfe against the Lorde of heauen so that the vessels of his house were brought before thee that thou and thy princes with thy wyues and concubines might drinke wine thereout and thou hast praysed the gods of siluer and golde of brasse and iron of wood and stone which neither see heare nor vnderstand As for the God in whose hande consisteth thy breath and all thy wayes thou hast not glorified him 24 Then was the knockles of the hand sent from him and hath written this writing 25 And this the writing that he hath writtē MENE MENE THECEL VPHARSIN 26 Now the interpretation of the thing is this MENE God hath numbred thy kingdome and brought it to an ende 27 THECEL thou art wayed in the
1 THE heauy burthen which the Lorde hath deuised for Israel Thus saith the Lorde which spread the heauens abrode layde the foundatiō of the earth and gaue man the breath of lyfe 2 Beholde I wyll make Hierusalem a cuppe of surfet vnto all the people that are rounde about her yea Iuda him selfe also shal be in the siege against Hierusalem 3 At the same time wyll I make Hierusalem an heauy stone for all people so that al such as lyft it vp shal be torne and rent and all the people of the earth shal be gathered together against it 4 In that day saith the Lorde I wyll make al horses astonyed and those that ryde vpon thē to be out of their wittes I wyll open myne eyes vpon the house of Iuda and smite all the horses of the people with blindnesse 5 And the princes of Iuda shall say in their heartes The inhabiters of Hierusalem shall geue me consolation in the Lorde of hoastes their God 6 In that time wyll I make the princes of Iuda lyke an hot burning ouen with wood and like a fire brand among the strawe so that they shall consume al the people rounde about them both vpon the right hande and the left Hierusalem also shal be inhabited againe namely in the same place where Hierusalem standeth 7 The Lorde shall preserue the tentes of Iuda as afore time so that the glorye of the house of Dauid and the glory of the citezins of Hierusalem shal not be exalted against Iuda 8 In that day shall the Lorde defende the citezins of Hierusalem so that the weakest then among them shal be as Dauid and the house of Dauid shal be as gods house and as the angel of the Lorde before them 9 At the same tyme wyll I go about to destroy all such people as come against Hierusalem 10 Moreouer vpon the house of Dauid vpon the citezins of Hierusalem wyll I poure out the spirite of grace compassion so that they shall loke vpon me whom they haue pearsed and they shal lamēt for him as men mourne for their onely begotten sonne yea and be sory for him as men are sory for their first childe 11 Then shal there be a great mourning at Hierusalem like as the lamentation at Adadremmon in the fielde of Mageddon 12 And the lande shal bewaile euery kindred by them selues alone the kindred of the house of Dauid by them selues and their wyues by them selues the kindred of the house of Nathan them selues and their wyues by them selues 13 The kindred of the house of Leui them selues alone and their wyues by them selues the kindred of the house of Semei them selues alone and their wyues by them selues 14 In lyke maner all the other generations euery one by them selues alone and their wyues by them selues The .xiii. Chapter 1 Of the well of grace and trueth 2 Of the cleane riddaunce of Idolatrie and of false prophetes 1 IN that time shall the house of Dauid and the citezins of Hierusalem haue an open wel to washe of sinne and vncleannesse 2 And then saith the Lorde of hoastes I wyll destroy the names of the idols out of the lande so that they shal no more be put in remembraunce As for the false prophetes also and the vncleane spirites I wyl take them out of the lande 3 So that if any of them prophecie any more his owne father and mother that begat him shal say vnto him Thou shalt dye for thou speakest lyes vnder the name of the Lord yea his owne father and mother that begat him shall wounde him when he prophecieth 4 And then shal those prophetes be confounded euery one of his vision when he prophecieth neither shal they weare heere cloth any more to deceaue men withall 5 But he shal be fayne to say I am no prophete I am an husbandman for so am I taught by man from my youth vp 6 And if it be saide vnto him How came these woundes then in thyne handes He shal aunswere Thus was I wounded in the house of myne owne friendes 7 Aryse O thou sworde vpon my shephearde and vpon the man that is my felow saith the lord of hoastes smite the shepheard the sheepe shal be scattred abroade and so wyll I turne my hande to the litle ones 8 And it shall come to passe saith the Lorde that in all the lande two partes shal be rooted out but the third part shall remayne therein 9 And the same third part wyl I bring through the fire wyl cleanse them as the siluer is cleansed yea and trye them lyke as golde is tryed then shal they call vpon my name and I wyll heare them I wyll say it is my people and they shall say Lorde my God ⧠The .xiiij. Chapter 1 The wasting of the Churche vnder the figure of Hierusalem 9 Of the kingdome of the Lorde 1 BEholde the day of the Lorde commeth and thy spoyle shal be deuided in the middest of thee 2 For I wyll gather together all the heathen to fight against Hierusalem so that the citie shal be wonne the houses spoyled and the women defiled the halfe of the citie shall go away into captiuitie and the residue of the people shal not be caryed out of the citie 3 After that shall the Lorde go foorth to fight against those heathen as men vse to fight in the day of battaile 4 Then shall his feete stand vpon the mount Oliuet that lyeth vpon the east side of Hierusalem and the mount Oliuet shall cleaue in two eastwarde and westwarde so that there shal be a great valley and the halfe mount shal remoue toward the north the other towarde the south 5 And ye shall flee vnto the valley of my hylles for the valley of the hylles shall reache vnto Asal yea flee shall ye lyke as ye fled for the earthquake in the dayes of Oziah king of Iuda and the Lorde my God shall come and all the sainctes with him 6 In that day shall there be no cleare light but darke 7 This shal be that speciall day which is knowen vnto the Lorde neither day nor night but about the euening time it shal be light 8 In that time shall there waters of lyfe runne out from Hierusalem the halfe part of them towarde the east sea and the other halfe towarde the vttermost sea and shall continue both sommer and winter 9 And the Lorde him selfe shal be king ouer all the earth At that time shall there be one Lorde onely and his name shall be but one 10 All the lande shal be turned as a plaine from Gibea to Remmon towardes the south of Hierusalem She shal be set vp and inhabited in her place from Beniamins port vnto the place of the first port and vnto the corner port and from the towre of Hananeel vnto the kinges wine presses 11 There shal men dwell and there shal
fruites and tithes 7 So that in the thirde yere he ministred all the tithes vnto the straungers and conuertes 8 These and such like thinges dyd he obserue according to the law of God when he was yet but young 9 But when he was a man he toke out of his owne tribe a wyfe called Anna and of her he begat a sonne whom he called after his owne name 10 And taught him from his youth vp to feare God and to refrayne from al sinne 11 Now when he with his wife his sonne and with all his kinred was come in captiuitie vnto the citie of Niniue 12 What time as they all dyd eate of the meates of the heathen he kept his soule and was neuer defiled in their meates 13 And for so much as he was mindeful of the Lorde in all his heart God gaue him fauour in the sight of Salmanasar the king 14 Which gaue him power to go where he woulde and so had he libertie to do whatsoeuer he woulde 15 So went Tobias vnto all them that were in captiuitie and comforted them and gaue them wholsome exhortations 16 And when he came to Rages a citie of the Medes hauing ten talentes of siluer of the thinges wherewith the king had honoured him 17 And sawe among a great companie of people of his kinred one Gabelus which was of his owne tribe beyng in necessite he gaue him the sayde wayght of siluer vnder an hande writyng 18 After a long season when Salmanasar the kyng was dead and Sennacherib his sonne raigned in his steade which hated the children of Israel 19 Tobias went dayly throughout all his kinrede and comforted them and gaue of his goods to euery one of them as much as he might 20 He fed the hungry clothed the naked and buried the dead and slayne and that diligently 21 And when Sennacherib the king came agayne and fled out of Iurie what time as god punished him for his blasphemie in his wrath slue many of the children of Israel Tobias buried their bodies 22 But when it was told the king he commaunded to slay him and toke away all his goodes 23 Neuerthelesse Tobias with his sonne and with his wyfe fled his way naked and was hyd for there were many that loued hym 24 But after fourtie and fiue dayes the king was slayne of his owne sonnes 25 Then came Tobias againe to his house and all his goodes were restored vnto him The .ii. Chapter 1 Tobias calleth the faythfull to his table 3 He leaueth the feast to burie the dead 10 Howe he became blind 13 His wife laboureth for his liuing 16 She reprocheth hym bitterly 1 AFter those thinges vppon a solempne day of the Lorde Tobias made a good feast in his house 2 And sayde vnto his sonne Go thy way bring hyther some of our tribe suche as feare God that they may make mery with vs. 3 And when he was gone he came againe and told his father that one of the children of Israel lay slayne vpon the streete 4 And immediatly he leapt from his table left the feast came fasting to the dead coarse toke him and bare him priuyly into his house that when the sunne was downe he might safely burie him 5 And when he had hyd the coarse he did eate his meate with mourning and feare 6 Remembring the wordes that the Lord sayde by the prophete Amos Your hye feastes shal be turned to sorowe and heauinesse 7 But when the sunne was downe he went his way and buried him 8 Then al his neyghbours reproued him saying It is not long sence it was commaunded to slay thee because of this matter and hast scarce escaped the daunger of death and buriest thou the dead againe 9 Neuerthelesse Tobias fearing God more then the king toke the bodies of the slayne and hyd them in his house and buried them at midnights 10 It happened vpon a day that he had buried the dead and was weery came home and layed him downe by the wal and slept 11 And whyle he was asleepe there fell downe vpon his eyes warme doung out of the swalloes nest so that he was blinde 12 This temptation dyd God suffer to happen vnto him that they which came after might haue an example of his pacience like as of holy Iob. 13 For in so much as he euer feared God from his youth vp and kept his commaundementes he grudged not against God that the plague of blindnesse chaunced vnto hym 14 But remayned stedfast in the feare of God and thanked God all the dayes of his lyfe 15 For like as blessed Iob was had in deâ—sion of kinges euen so was he laughed to scorne of his elders and kinsfolkes which sayde vnto him 16 Where is thy hope for the whiche thou hast done almes and buried the dead 17 But Tobias rebuked them and spake Say not so 19 For we are the children of holy men and loke for the lyfe whiche God shall geue vnto them that neuer turne their beliefe from him 19 And Anna his wyfe went dayly to the weauing worke 20 And loke what liuing she coulde get with the labour of her handes she brought it And it happened that she toke a byd and brought it home 21 And when her husband hearde it crye he sayde Loke that it be not stollen restore it againe to the owners for it is not lawfull for vs to eate or to touch any thing of theft 22 Then was his wyfe angry and sayde Nowe is thy hope become vayne openly and thy almes deedes are manifest 23 With these and such like wordes did she cast him in the teeth The .iii. Chapter 3 The prayer of Tobias 7 Sara Raguels daughter and the thinges that came vnto her 12 Her prayer hearde 19 The angell Raphael sent 1 THen Tobias toke it heauyly with teares began to make his prayer 2 Saying O Lord thou art righteous and all thy iudgementes are true yea al thy wayes are mercie faythfulnesse and iudgement 3 And now O Lorde be myndefull of me and take no vengeaunce of my sinnes neither remember my misdeedes neither the misdeedes of my forefathers 4 For we haue not ben obedient vnto thy commaundementes therefore are we spoyled brought into captiuite into death into derision and shame vnto all nations among whom thou hast scattered vs. 5 And nowe O Lorde thy iudgementes are great for we haue not done according to thy commaundementes neither haue we walked innocently before thee 6 And nowe O Lord deale with me according to thy will and commaunde my spirite to be receaued in peace for more expedient were it for me to die then to liue 7 At the same time it happened that Sara the daughter of Raguel at Rages a citie of the Medes was also reproched by one of her fathers handmaydes 8 That she had had seuen husbandes which assoone as they were gone in vnto her were slayne of the deuyll called Asmodeus 9 Therfore when she reproued the mayden for
2 Thinkest thou Gabelus is dead and no man wyll geue him the money 3 Thus began he to be very sorowfull he and Anna his wyfe with him and began to weepe both together because their sonne was not come againe vnto them at the day appoynted 4 As for his mother she wept with discomfortable teares and saide Wo is me my sonne Oh what ayled vs to send thee away into a straūge countrey thou light of our eyes thou staffe of our age thou comfort of our life thou hope of our generation 5 Seing all the thinges that we haue are onely in thee we shoulde not haue sent thee away from vs. 6 Then Tobias comforted her ▪ and saide Holde thy peace be not discomforted our sonne is whole and sounde the man that we sent him withall is faithfull inough 7 Neuerthelesse she might in no wyse be comforted but dayly went out loked about and went about all the streates whereby she thought he should come againe that if it were possible she might see him comming a farre of 8 But Raguel saide vnto his sonne in lawe O tary here and I shall send a messenger vnto thy father Tobias to tell him that thou art in good health 9 Tobias saide vnto him I am sure that my father and my mother count euery day and that their heartes are sorye 10 So when Raguel had prayed Tobias with many wordes and he woulde in no wyse heare him he deliuered Sara vnto hym the halfe part of all his good in seruauntes and handmaydens in sheepe in camels and in kyne much money and so sent him away from him with health and ioy 11 And said The holy angel of the Lord be with you in your iourney and bring you foorth safe and sounde that ye may finde all thinges in good case with your elders that myne eyes may see your children afore I dye 12 So the elders embraced their daughter kissed her and let her go 13 Exhorting her to honour her father mother in law to loue her husband to rule well her housholde to keepe her house in good order and to shewe her selfe faultlesse ¶ The .xj. Chapter 1 The returne of Tobias to his father 11 How he was receaued 15 His father hath his sight restored and prayseth the Lorde 1 AS they nowe were going homeward againe vpon the eleuenth day they came to Charran which lyeth in the halfe way towarde Niniue 2 And the angell saide Brother Tobias thou knowest how thou hast left thy father 3 Therfore if it please thee we two wyl go before and let the housholde with thy wyfe the cattaile come faire and softly after vs. 4 And when Tobias was content that they should go before Raphael said vnto him Take of the gal of the fishe with thee for it shall be necessary So Tobias toke of the gall and they went their way 5 But Anna the mother of Tobias sate dayly by the way side vpon the toppe of an hill from whence she might see farre about her 6 And whyle she was wayting there for his comming she loked a farre of and anone she perceaued her sonne comming and ranne and tolde her husband saying beholde thy sonne commeth 7 And Raphael saide vnto Tobias Assoone as thou commest into the house immediatly worship the lorde thy God and geue thankes vnto him then go to thy father and kisse hym 8 And straight wayes strike his eyes ouer with the gall of the fishe that thou hast brought with thee For be sure that his eyes shall straight way be opened and thy father shall see the light of heauen and shal reioyce at the sight of thee 9 Then the dogge that had ben with them in their iourney ranne before and came as a messenger and wagged his tayle for gladnesse 10 So the blynde father arose and began to runne and stumbled with his feete and gaue a seruaunt his hand ranne to meete his sonne 11 Receaued him and kissed him he and his wyfe and they both began to weepe for ioy 12 Now when they had worshipped and thanked God they sat downe 13 Then tooke Tobias of the fishes gall and annoynted his fathers eyes 14 And taryed halfe an houre and then began the blemishe to go out of his eyes lyke as it had ben the white skinne of an egge 15 Which Tobias tooke and drew from his eyes and immediatly he receaued his sight 16 Then they praysed God he and his wyfe and all they that knew him 17 And Tobias saide O Lorde God of Israel I geue thee prayse thankes for thou hast chastened me made me whole And lo nowe do I see my sonne Tobias 18 After seuen dayes came Sara his sonnes wyfe also whole and sound with all the housholde and cattaile with camels much money of his wyues and with the money that he had receaued of Gabelus 19 And he tolde his father and his mother all the benefites which God had done for him by the man that led him 20 Achior also and Nabath Tobias sister sonnes came and were glad and reioyced with him by reason of all the good thinges that God had shewed vnto him And so for the space of seuen dayes they made mery and were right ioyfull euery one ¶ The .xii. Chapter 2 Tobias declareth to his father the pleasures that Raguel had done him 5 the which he would recompence 11 Raphael declareth that he is an angell sent of God 1 THen Tobias called his sonne vnto him sayd What may we geue this holy man that went with thee 2 Tobias aunswered his father and sayde Father what rewarde shall we geue him or what thing can deserue his benefites 3 He hath ben my guyde and brought me safe againe He receaued the money from Gabelus he caused me to get my wyfe he droue the euill spirite from her he hath ben an occasion of gladnesse to her father and mother he delyuered me that I was not deuoured of the fishe he hath made thee to see the light of heauen yea we all haue receaued great good of him 4 Howe shoulde we worthyly deserue these thinges vnto him But I pray thee my father that thou wilt desire him if happyly he wil vouchsafe to take with him the halfe of all that we haue brought 5 So the father the sonne called him toke him asyde and began to pray him that he woulde be content to take in good worth the halfe part of all that they had brought 6 Then saide he secretly vnto them Prayse ye the God of heauen and geue thankes vnto him before al men lyuing for he hath shewed his mercy vnto you 7 It is good to hide the kinges secrete but to shewe and to prayse the workes of God it is an honorable thing 8 Prayer is good with fasting and mercie is better then to hoorde vp treasures of golde 9 For mercie delyuereth from death clenseth sinne causeth to finde mercie and lyfe euerlasting 10 But they
Christe and his Apostles in Iudea Samaria and Galilee for into these three partes this lande is deuided ¶ The places specified in this mappe with their situation by the obseruation of the degrees concerning their length and breadth Ascalon 65.24 23.31 Azot 65.35 32. Bethlehem 65.55 31.51 Bethphage 68. 31.58 Bethsaida 66.51 32.29 Bethabara 66.34 32.1 Bethania 66. 31.58 Cana of Galilee 66.52 32.48 Capernaum 66.53 32.29 Catmel mount 66.31 32.50 Cesarea Stratonis 66.16 32.25 Cesarea Philippi 67.39 33.5 Chorazim 66.53 32.29 Dan one of the fountaines whence Iordane springeth 67.25 33.8 Ennon 66.40 32.18 Emaus 65.54 31.59 Ephren 66.8 32. Gadara or Gazara 66.48 32.23 Gaza 65.10 31.40 Iericho 66.10 32.1 Hierusalem 66. 31.55 Ioppe 65.40 32.5 Ior the other fountaine whence Iordane springeth 67.31 33.7 Magdalon called also Dalmanutha 66.48 32.28 Naim 66.35 32.33 Nazareth 66.56 32.42 Ptolemais 66.50 32.58 Samaria the citie 66.22 32.19 Sidon 67.15 33.30 Silo 66.27 32.19 Tyrus 67. 33.20 Tyberias 66.44 32.26 HONY SOIT QVI MAL Y PENCE ¶ The newe Testament of our sauiour Iesus Christe I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christe because it is the power of God vnto saluation to all that beleue Rom. i. A preface into the newe Testament 〈…〉 Christ Apostleâ— â–ª and with other such 〈…〉 vnto vs the sumâ— at 〈…〉 the s◠〈…〉 that whiche was 〈…〉 〈…〉 and â—phetes in their propheticall volumes written by the inspiration 〈…〉 in this booke more playnely and 〈…〉 out â–ª vtterd 〈…〉 selfe same spâ—nt by the children of the prophetes the holy Apostleâ— In deede the 〈◊〉 was geuen by Moyses but grace and veritie came by Iesus Christe whiche grace this booke of the newe Testament doth most euidently commende and set out In thâ— discoursed the wholy misterie of our saluation and redemption purchased by our 〈◊〉 our Christe here is his holy conception described his natiuitie his circumcision â–ª 〈◊〉 whole life and conuersation his godly doctrine â–ª his diuine miracles In this booke of the newe Testament is set out his death his resurrection his ascention his sending of the holy spirite his session in our fleshe on the right hande of his father making â—nuall intercession to him for vs. In this booke contayned the fourme and ordâ—r of his last iudgement after the generall resurrection of our bodyes These be the 〈…〉 of our fayth these be the groundes of our saluation these be thuâ— written that we shoulde beleue them â–ª and by our beliefe shoulde enioy life euerlasting Once and in tymes past God diuersly and many vvayes spake vnto the father â–ª by the propheteâ— but in these last dayes he hath spoken vnto vs vpon vvhom the endes of the vvorlde be come by his ovvne sonne vvhom he hath made heire of all thinge vvhose dignitie is suche that he is the brightnesse of his fathers glory the very image of his substaunce ruling all thinges by the vvorde of his povver This heauenly doctour so indued vvith glory and maiestie â–ª vve ought most reuerently to beleue as commended vnto vs from the aucthoritie of the heauenly father to be hearde as his most vvelbeloued sonne in vvhom is his vvhole delight by vvhom he vvyll be pleased and pacified It vvyll els come to passe saith that prophete Moyses that vvhosoeuer shall not here and obay that prophete in the vvordes that he shall speake in his fathers name I vvill be saith the father reuenger of him This is the last prophete to be looked for to speake vnto vs In hym be vniuersally inclosed the riches and treasures oâ— the vvisdome and knovvledge of God his father by him he hath decreed finally to iudge the vvhole vvorlde the liuing and the dead â–ª by him hath he decreed to geue to his elect the life euerlasting and to the reprobate vvho hath contempned his life and doctrine death euerlasting Let vs therfore seriously heare and obay this our heauenly teacher submit our selues to this our iudge and revvarder Let vâ— esteeme his doctrine and conuersation as a ful perfect and sufficient patterne of al holyneâ— and vertue Let vs esteeme the doctrine of this booke as a most inflexible rule to leade vs to all trueth and nevvnesse of life Here may vve beholde the eternall legacies of the nevve Testament bequeathed from God the father in Christe his sonne to all his electâ—â— â–ª I say the legacies liuely renevved vnto vs not of deliueraunce from Pharao his seruitude but from the bondage and thraldome of that perpetuall aduersarie of ours the deuill here may vve beholde our inheritaunce not of the temporall lande of Chanaan or of the translation of vs to the place of vvorldly paradise but here vve may see the full restitution of vs both in body and soule to the celestiall paradise the heauenly citie of Hierusalem aboue there to raigne vvith God the father God the sonne and God the holy ghost for euer â–ª vvhiche legacies of his Testament promised and bequeathed vvere notvvithstanding recorded in the bookes of the olde Testament to our auncient fathers vvhiche in hope beleued in Christe to come vvho vvas painted before them in figures and shadovves and signified in their olde sacramentes ordayned for that tyme but novve more euidently renevved and exhibited vnto vs â–ª not in figure â–ª but in deede not in promise but in open sight â–ª in feeling in handling and touching of this eternall life most manifestly confirmed vnto vs in Christe his blood in this his nevve Testament continued and reuiued yet in nevve sacramentes the better to beare in our remembraunce this his eternall Testament of all ioyfull felicities Let vs novve therefore good christian people reioyce in these glad tidinges expressed vnto vs by the name of the gospell of our sauiour Christe and let it neuer fall out of our remembraunce that vve vvere sometime ouervvhelmed in darkenesse and set in the shadovve of death let vs consider that vve vvere sometime by our naturall byrth the chyldren of God his vvrath and vvholly estraunged from the housholde of God Let vs beare in minde that vve vvere somtime no people of God nor his beloued that vve vvere by nature braunches of the vvilde oliue and novve by mere mercy grafted into the right and naturall oliue tree vvhervpon let vs the rather repose our life in feare and reuerence If vve be novve the chyldren of light let vs vvalke in this our light in all holynesse and godlynesse of 〈◊〉 approuing that vvhiche is pleasing to the Lorde Let vs haue no felovvship vvith the vnfruitfull vvorkes of darknesse and let vs hencefoorth be no more chyldren vvauering and caried about vvith euery vvinde of doctrine and by the deceipt and craftinesse of men vvherby they lay in vvayte to deceaue vs but let vs folovve the trueth in loue and charitie and in al thinges grovve vp into him vvhich is the head that is Christe our sauiour If vve be novve the chyldren of grace and made liuely members
disciples vnto hym he gaue them power agaynst vncleane spirites to cast them out and to heale all maner of sicknesse and all maner of disease 2 The names of the twelue Apostles are these The first Simon whiche is called Peter and Andrewe his brother Iames the sonne of Zebedee Iohn his brother 3 Philip Bartholomewe Thomas and Matthewe which had ben a Publicane Iames y e sonne of Alphee Lebbeus whose surname was Taddeus 4 Simon the Cananite Iudas Iscariot which also betrayed hym 5 Iesus sent foorth these twelue whoÌ„ he coÌ„maunded saying Go not into the way of the Gentiles and into the citie of the Samaritanes enter ye not 6 But go rather to the lost sheepe of the house of Israel 7 As ye go preache saying The kyngdome of heauen is at hande 8 Heale the sicke cleanse y e lepers rayse the dead cast out deuyls Freely ye haue receaued freely geue 9 Possesse not golde nor syluer nor brasse in your purses 10 Nor yet scrippe towardes your iourney neither two coates neither shoes nor yet a staffe For the workman is worthy of his meate 11 But to whatsoeuer citie or towne ye shall come inquire who is worthy in it and there abyde tyll ye go thence 12 And when ye come into an house salute the same 13 And if the house be worthy let your peace come vpon it but if it be not worthy let your peace returne to you again 14 And whosoeuer shal not receaue you nor wyll heare your preachyng when ye depart out of that house or that citie shake of the dust of your feete 15 Veryly I say vnto you it shal be easier for the lande of the Sodomites and Gomorreans in the day of iudgement then for that citie 16 Beholde I sende you foorth as sheepe in the middest of woolfes Be ye therfore wyse as serpentes and harmelesse as doues 17 But beware of men For they shall delyuer you vp to the councels and shal scourge you in their synagogues 18 And ye shal be brought to the head rulers and kynges for my sake in witnesse to them and to the Gentiles 19 But wheÌ„ they delyuer you vp take ye no thought how or what ye shal speake For it shal be geuen you euen in that same houre what ye shall speake 20 For it is not ye that speake but y e spirite of your father which speaketh in you 21 The brother shall delyuer vp the brother to death and the father the sonne the chyldren shall ryse agaynst their fathers and mothers and shall but them to death 22 And ye shal be hated of all men for my names sake but he that endureth to the ende shal be saued 23 But when they persecute you in this citie flee ye into another For verily I say vnto you ye shall not ende all the cities of Israel tyll the sonne of man be come 24 The disciple is not aboue the maister nor the seruaunt aboue his lorde 25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his maister is and that the seruaunt be as his lorde is If they haue called the lorde of the house Beelzebub howe much more shall they call them of his householde so 26 Feare them not therfore For there is nothing close that shal not be opened nothing hyd that shall not be knowen 27 What I tell you in darknesse that speake ye in lyght And what ye heare in the eare that preach ye on the houses 28 And feare ye not them which kyll the body but are not able to kyll the soule But rather feare hym which is able to destroy both soule and body in hell 29 Are not two litle sparowes solde for a farthyng And one of theÌ„ shall not light on the grounde without your father 30 Yea euen all the heere 's of your head are numbred 31 Feare ye not therefore ye are of more value then many sparowes 32 Euery one therfore that shall confesse me before men hym wyll I confesse also before my father which is in heaueÌ„s 33 But whosoeuer shall denye me before men hym wyll I also denye before my father which is in heauens 34 Thinke not that I am come to sende peace into the earth I came not to sende peace but a sworde 35 For I am come to set a man at varyaunce agaynst his father the daughter agaynst her mother and the daughter in lawe agaynst her mother in lawe 36 And a mans foes shal be they of his owne householde 37 He that loueth father or mother more then me is not worthy of me And he that loueth sonne or daughter more theÌ„ me is not worthy of me 38 * And he that taketh not his crosse foloweth me is not worthy of me 39 He that findeth his life shall lose it and he that loseth his lyfe for my sake shall fynde it 40 He that receaueth you receaueth me he that receaueth me receaueth hym that sent me 41 He that receaueth a prophete in the name of a prophete shall receaue a prophetes rewarde And he that receaueth a ryghteous man in the name of a ryghteous man shall receaue a ryghteous mans rewarde 42 And whosoeuer shall geue vnto one of these litle ones to drynke a cuppe of colde water only in the name of a disciple veryly I say vnto you he shall not lose his rewarde ⧠The .xi. Chapter â— Christe preacheth â— Iohn Baptist sendeth his disciples vnto him 7 Châ—istes testimonie concernyng Iohn 1â— The opinion of the people concernyng Christe and Iohn 20 Christe vpbraydeth the vnthanfull cities â—5 The Gospell is reuealed to the simple â— They that labour and are laden â—9 Christes yoke 1 AND it came to passe that when Iesus had made an ende of commaundyng his twelue disciples he departed thence to teache and to preache in their cities 2 ☞ When Iohn being in prison heard the workes of Christe he sent two of his disciples and sayde vnto him 3 Art thou he that shoulde come or do we loke for another 4 Iesus aunswered and sayd vnto them Go and shewe Iohn agayne what ye haue hearde and seene 5 The blinde receaue their sight the halt do walke the lepers are cleansed and the deafe heare the dead are raised vp and the poore receaue the Gospell 6 And happy is he that is not offended in me 7 And as they departed Iesus began to say vnto the multitude coÌ„cerning Iohn What went ye out into the wildernesse to see A reede shaken with the winde 8 Or what went ye out for to see A man clothed in soft rayment Beholde they that weare soft clothyng are in kinges houses 9 But what went ye out for to see A prophete yea I say vnto you and more then a prophete 10 For this is he of whom it is written Beholde I sende my messenger before thy face which
that in this same nyght before the Cocke crowe thou shalt denie me thryse 35 Peter sayde vnto hym Though I shoulde dye with thee yet wyll I not denie thee Lykewyse also sayde all the disciples 36 Then came Iesus with them vnto a place which is called Gethsemane and sayde vnto the disciples Sit ye here whyle I go and pray yonder 37 And he toke with him Peter and the two sonnes of Zebedee and began to waxe sorowfull and heauy 38 Then sayde Iesus vnto them My soule is heauy euen vnto the death tary ye here and watche with me 39 And he went a litle farther and fell sâ—at on his face and prayed saying O my father if it be possible let this cuppe passe from me Neuerthelesse not as I wyll but as thou wylt 40 And he came vnto the disciples and founde them aslepe and sayth vnto Peter What coulde ye not watche with me one houre 41 Watche and praye that ye enter not into temptation The spirite in deede is wyllyng but the fleshe is weake 42 He went away once againe prayed saying O my father if this cuppe may not passe away froÌ„ me except I drinke it thy wyll be fulfylled 43 And he came and founde them a slepe agayne for their eyes were heauy 44 And he left them and went agayne and prayed the thirde tyme saying the same wordes 45 Then commeth he to his disciples and sayth vnto them Slepe hencefoorth take your rest beholde the houre is at hande and the sonne of man is betrayed into the handes of synners 46 Ryse let vs be goyng beholde he is at hande that doth betray me 47 Whyle he yet spake loe Iudas one of the twelue came and with hym a great multitude with swordes staues from the chiefe priestes and elders of the people 48 But he that betrayed him gaue them a token saying Whomsoeuer I kysse that same is he holde hym fast 49 And foorthwith he came to Iesus and sayde hayle maister and kyssed hym 50 And Iesus sayde vnto hym Frende wherefore art thou come Then came they and layed handes on Iesus and toke hym 51 And beholde one of them which were with Iesus stretched out his hande and drewe his sworde and stroke a seruaunt of the hye priestes and smote of his eare 52 Then saide Iesus vnto hym Put vp thy sworde into his sheathe For all they that take the sworde shall peryshe with the sworde 53 Thynkest thou that I can not nowe pray to my father and he shall geue me more then twelue legions of Angels 54 But howe then shall the scriptures be fulfylled For thus must it be 55 In that same houre sayde Iesus to the multitudes Ye be come out as it were vnto a thiefe with swordes and staues for to take me I sate dayly with you teachyng in the temple and ye toke me not 56 But all this is done that the scriptures of the prophetes myght be fulfylled Then all the disciples forsoke him and fledde 57 And they toke Iesus and ledde hym to Caiaphas the hye prieste where the scribes and the elders were assembled 58 But Peter folowed hym a farre of vnto the hye priestes palace and went in and sate with the seruauntes to see the ende 59 The chiefe priestes and elders and all the councell sought false witnesse agaynst Iesus for to put hym to death 60 But founde none yea when many false witnesses came yet founde they none At the last came two false witnesses 61 And sayde This felowe sayde I am able to destroy the temple of God and to buylde it agayne in three dayes 62 And the chiefe priest arose and sayde vnto hym Aunswerest thou nothyng Why do these beare witnesse agaynst thee 63 But Iesus helde his peace And the chiefe priest aunswered and sayde vnto hym I charge thee by the liuing God that thou tel vs whether thou be Christ the sonne of God 64 Iesus saith vnto him thou hast said Neuerthelesse I saye vnto you hereafter shall ye see the sonne of man sitting on the ryght hande of power and commyng in the cloudes of the skye 65 Then the hye priest rent his clothes saying He hath spoken blasphemie what nede we of any mo witnesses Beholde now ye haue hearde his blasphemie 66 What thynke ye They aunswered and sayde he is worthy to dye 67 Then dyd they spyt in his face and buffeted hym with fistes And other smote hym on his face with the paulme of their handes 68 Saying prophecie vnto vs O Christ who is he that smote thee 69 Peter sate without in the palace And a damsell came to hym saying Thou also wast with Iesus of Galilee 70 But he denied before them all saying I wote not what thou sayest 71 When he was gone out into the porch another wenche sawe hym and sayde vnto them that were there This felowe was also with Iesus of Nazareth 72 And agayne he denyed with an oth I do not knowe the man 73 And after a whyle came vnto hym they that stode by and sayde vnto Peter Surely thou art euen one of them for thy speache bewrayeth thee 74 Then began he to curse to sweare that he knewe not the man And immediatly the Cocke crewe 75 And Peter remembred the worde of Iesu which sayde vnto hym before the Cocke crowe thou shalt denie me thrise and he went out and wept bytterly ¶ The .xxvij. Chapter ¶ 2 Christe is delyuered vnto Pilate 5 Iudas hangeth hym selfe 24 Christe is crucified among thieues 57 he dyeth and is buried 64 watchmen kepe the graue 1 WHen the mornyng was come all the chiefe priestes and the elders of the people helde a councell agaynst Iesus to put hym to death 2 And brought hym bounde and deliuered hym to Pontius Pilate the deputie 3 Then Iudas whiche had betrayed hym seyng that he was condempned repented hym selfe and brought agayne the thirtie peeces of syluer to the chiefe priestes and elders 4 Saying I haue synned betraying the innocent blood And they said what is that to vs see thou to that 5 And he cast downe the peeces of siluer in the temple and departed and went and hanged hym selfe 6 And the chiefe priestes toke the peeces of syluer and sayde It is not lawfull for to put theÌ„ into the treasurie because it is the price of blood 7 And they toke councell and bought with them a potters fielde to burye straungers in 8 Wherfore that fielde is called the fielde of blood vntyll this day 9 Then was fulfylled that which was spoken by Ieremie the prophet saying And they toke thirtie siluer peeces the price of hym that was valued whom they bought of the children of Israel 10 And gaue them for the potters fielde as the Lorde appoynted me 11 Iesus stode before the deputie and the deputie asked him saying Art thou the king of the Iewes Iesus saith vnto hym thou sayest
and saluted hym 16 And he asked the scribes what dispute ye with them 17 ☞ And one of the companie aunswered sayde Maister I haue brought vnto thee my sonne whiche hath a dumbe spirite 18 And whensoeuer he taketh hym he teareth hym he someth and gnasheth with his teeth pineth away and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast hym out and they coulde not 19 He aunswereth hym and sayth O faythlesse nation howe long shall I be wiâ—h you how long shall I suffer you Bryng hym vnto me 20 And they brought him vnto him And when he sawe hym strayghtway the spirite tare hym And he fell downe on the grounde wallowyng and fomyng 21 And he asketh his father howe longe it is a go sence this came vnto hym And he sayde of a chylde 22 And oft tymes it hath cast hym into the fire and into the water to destroye hym But yf thou canst do any thyng haue mercy on vs and helpe vs. 23 Iesus sayde vnto hym this thyng yf thou canst beleue all thynges are possible to hym that beleueth 24 And strayghtwaye the father of the childe cryed with teares saying Lorde I beleue helpe thou mine vnbeliefe 25 When Iesus sawe that the people came runnyng together he rebuked the foule spirite saying vnto hym Thou dumbe and deafe spirite I charge thee come out of hym and enter no more into hym 26 And the spirite when he had cryed and rent him sore came out of hym and he was as one that had ben dead insomuch that many sayde he is dead 27 But Iesus caught hym by the hande and lyft hym vp and he rose 28 And wheÌ„ he was come into the house his disciples asked hym secretely Why coulde not we cast hym out 29 And he saide vnto them This kynde can come foorth by nothing but by prayer and fastyng ☜ 30 ☞ And they departed thence and toke their iorney thorowe Galilee and he would not y t any man should knowe it 31 For he taught his disciples and sayde vnto them The sonne of man shal be deliuered into the handes of men they shall kyll him and after that he is kylled he shall ryse agayne the thirde day 32 But they vnderstoode not that saying and were afrayde to aske hym 33 And he came to Capernaum And when he was come into the house he asked them What was it that ye disputed among your selues by the way 34 And they helde their peace For by the way they had reasoned among them selues who shoulde be the chiefest 35 And when he was set downe he called the twelue to hym and sayde vnto them If any man desire to be first the same shal be last of al seruauÌ„t vnto al. 36 And he toke a young childe set him in the myddes of them and when he had taken hym in his armes he sayde vnto them 37 Whosoeuer receaueth any such a young chylde in my name receaueth me And whosoeuer receaueth me receaueth not me but hym that sent me ☜ 38 ☞ Iohn aunswered him saying Maister we sawe one caste out deuylles in thy name he foloweth not vs and we forbad him because he foloweth vs not 39 But Iesus sayde forbyd hym not For there is no man whiche yf he do a miracle in my name can lyghtly speake euyll of me 40 For he that is not against vs is on our part 41 Whosoeuer shall in my name geue you a cup of colde water to drynke because ye belong to Christe veryly I say vnto you he shall not lose his rewarde 42 And whosoeuer shall offende one of these litle ones that beleue in me it were better for him if a mylstone were hanged about his necke and he were cast into the sea 43 And yf thy hande offende thee cut it of It is better for thee to enter into lyfe maymed then hauyng two handes to go into hell into fire that neuer shal be quenched 44 Where their worme dyeth not the fire goeth not out 45 And yf thy foote offende thee cut it of It is better for thee to go halt into lyfe then hauyng two feete to be cast into hell into fire that neuer shal be queÌ„ched 46 Where their worme dyeth not and the fire goeth not out 47 And if thine eye offend thee plucke it out It is better for thee to go into the kyngdome of God with one eye then hauing two eyes to be cast into hell fire 48 Where their worme dyeth not and the fire goeth not out ☜ 49 Euery man shal be salted with fire and euery sacrifice shal be seasoned with salt 50 Salt is good But if the salt be vnsauerie with what thyng shall you season it Haue salt in your selues and haue peace among your selues one with an other ¶ The .x. Chapter ¶ 2 Of diuorcement 1â— chyldren are brought to Christe and blessed 1â— A riche man questioneth howe he shoulde inherite eternall lyfe 30 the rewarde of them that forsake all thynges for the Gospel 33 Christe telleth before of his passion 35 the request of the sonnes of Zebedeus 52 blynde Bartimeus receaueth his syght 1 AND when he rose from thence he went into the coastes of Iurie through the region that is beyonde Iordane And the people resorted vnto hym a freshe and as he was wont he taught them agayne 2 And the pharisees came and asked hym Is it lawfull for a man to put away his wyfe temptyng hym 3 And he aunswered and sayde vnto them What did Moyses commaunde you to do 4 And they sayde Moyses suffred to write a booke of diuorcement and to put her away 5 And Iesus aunswered and sayde vnto theÌ„ For the hardnesse of your heart he wrote this precept vnto you 6 But from the begynnyng of the creation God made them male female 7 And sayde for this cause shall a man leaue his father and mother and byde by his wyfe 8 And they twayne shal be one fleshe So then are they no more twayne but one fleshe 9 Therfore what God hath coupled together let not man seperate 10 And in the house his disciples asked hym agayne of the same matter 11 And he sayth vnto them Whosoeuer putteth away his wyfe maryeth another committeth adulterie agaynst her 12 And yf a woman put away her husbande and be maryed to another she committeth adulterie ☜ 13 And they brought young chyldren to hym that he shoulde touche them And his disciples rebuked those that brought them 14 But when Iesus sawe it he was sore displeased and sayde vnto them Suffer the young children to come vnto me forbyd them not For of such is the kyngdome of God 15 Veryly I say vnto you whosoeuer doth not receaue y e kingdome of God as a young childe he shall not enter therin 16 And when he had taken them vp in his armes he put his handes vpon theÌ„ and blessed them ☜ 17
both ryghteous before God and walked in all the lawes and ordinaunces of the Lorde that no man coulde fynde fault with them 7 And they had no chylde because that Elizabeth was barren and they both were nowe well stricken in age 8 And it came to passe that when Zacharie executed the priestes office before God as his course came 9 Accordyng to y e custome of the priestes office his lot was to burne incence whē he went into the temple of the Lorde 10 And the whole multitude of the people were without in prayer whyle the incence was burnyng 11 And there appeared vnto hym an Angel of the Lorde standyng on the ryght syde of the aulter of incence 12 And when Zacharias sawe him he was troubled and feare came vpō him 13 But the Angel sayde vnto him Feare not Zacharie for thy prayer is hearde and thy wyfe Elizabeth shall beare thee a sonne thou shalt cal his name Iohn 14 And thou shalt haue ioy and gladnesse and many shall reioyce at his birth 15 For he shal be great in the syght of the Lorde and shall neither drynke wine nor strong drynke and he shal be fylled with the holy ghost euen from his mothers wombe 16 And many of the chyldren of Israel shall he turne to their Lorde God 17 And he shall go before hym with the spirite and power of Elias to turne the heartes of the fathers to the chyldren and the disobedient to the wisedome of the iust men to make redy a perfect people for the Lorde 18 And Zacharias saide vnto the Angel By what token shall I know this For I am olde and my wyfe well stricken in yeres 19 And the Angel aunswered and sayde vnto hym I am Gabriel that stande in the presence of God and am sent to speake vnto thee and to shewe thee these glad tydynges 20 And beholde thou shalt be dumbe not be able to speake vntyll the day that these thynges be perfourmed because thou beleuedst not my wordes whiche shal be fulfylled in their season 21 And the people waited for Zacharias and marueyled that he taried so long in the temple 22 And when he came out he coulde not speake vnto them And they perceaued that he had seene a vision in the temple For he beckened vnto them and remayned speachlesse 23 ☞ And it came to passe that assoone as the dayes of his office were out he departed into his owne house 24 And after those dayes his wyfe Elizabeth conceaued and hyd her selfe fiue monethes saying 25 Thus hath the Lorde dealt with me in the dayes wherein he loked on me to take frō me my rebuke among men 26 And in the sixth moneth the Angel Gabriel was sent from God vnto a citie of Galilee named Nazareth 27 To a virgin spoused to a man whose name was Ioseph of the house of Dauid and the virgins name was Marie 28 And the Angel went in vnto her and sayde Hayle thou that art freelie beloued the Lorde is with thee blessed art thou among women 29 And when she sawe hym she was troubled at his saying and caste in her mynde what maner of salutation that shoulde be 30 And the Angel saide vnto her Feare not Marie for thou hast founde grace with God 31 For beholde thou shalt conceaue in thy wombe and beare a sonne shalt call his name Iesus 32 He shal be great shal be called y e sonne of the hyest the Lord God shall geue vnto him the seate of his father Dauid 33 And he shall reigne ouer the house of Iacob for euer and of his kyngdome there shal be none ende 34 Then said Marie vnto y e Angel How shall this be seing I knowe not a man 35 And the Angel aunswered saide vnto her The holy ghost shall come vpon thee the power of the hyest shall ouershadowe thee Therefore also that holy thyng whiche shal be borne shal be called the sonne of God 36 And beholde thy cosin Elizabeth she hath also conceaued a sonne in her olde age this is her sixth moneth whiche was called barren 37 For with God shall nothyng be vnpossible 38 And Marie saide Beholde the handmayden of the Lorde be it vnto me accordyng to thy worde ☜ And the Angel departed from her 39 ☞ And Marie arose in those dayes went into the hyll countrey with haste into a citie of Iuda 40 And entred into the house of Zacharie and saluted Elizabeth 41 And it came to passe that when Elizabeth hearde the salutation of Marie the babe sprang in her wombe and Elizabeth was fylled with the holy ghost 42 And she cryed with a loude voyce and saide Blessed art thou among women because y e fruite of thy wombe is blessed 43 And whence commeth this to me that y e mother of my lord should come to me 44 For loe assoone as the voyce of thy salutation sounded in mine eares the babe sprang in my wombe for ioy 45 And blessed is she that beleued For those thinges shal be perfourmed which were tolde her from the Lorde 46 And Marie saide My soule magnifieth the Lorde 47 And my spirite reioyceth in God my sauiour 48 For he hath loked on the lowe degree of his handmayden For loe now from hencefoorth shal all generations call me blessed 49 Because he that is mightie hath done to me great thinges holy is his name 50 And his mercy is on them that feare him from generation to generation 51 He hath shewed strēgth with his arme he hath scattered them that are proude in the imagination of their heartes 52 He hath put downe the myghtie frō their seates and exalted them of lowe degree 53 He hath fylled the hungry with good thynges sent away the riche emptie 54 He hath helped his seruaunt Israel in remembraunce of his mercy 55 Euen as he promised to our fathers Abraham and to his seede for euer 56 And Marie abode with her about three monethes and returned agayne to her owne house 57 ☞ Elizabethes tyme came that she shoulde be deliuered and she brought foorth a sonne 58 And her neyghbours and her cosins hearde howe the Lorde hadde shewed great mercy vpō her and they reioyced with her 59 And it came to passe that on the eyght day they came to circumcise the chylde and called his name Zacharias after the name of his father 60 And his mother aunswered and said not so but he shal be called Iohn 61 And they sayde vnto her There is none in thy kinrede that is named with this name 62 And they made signes to his father howe he woulde haue hym called 63 And he asked for wrytyng tables and wrote saying his name is Iohn And they marueyled all 64 And his mouth was opened immediatly and his tounge loosed he spake and praysed God 65 And feare came on all them that dwelt nye vnto them And all these sayinges were noysed
done vnto hym 40 And it came to passe y t when Iesus was come agayne the people receaued hym For they all wayted for hym 41 And behold ther came a man named Iairus he was a ruler of y e synagoge he fell downe at Iesus feete praying him that he would come into his house 42 For he had but one daughter only vpon a twelue yeres of age and she lay a dying But as he went the people thronged hym 43 And a woman hauyng an issue of blood twelue yeres which had spent all her substaunce vpon phisitions neither coulde be holpen of any 44 Came behynde hym and touched the hemme of his rayment and immediatly her issue of blood staunched 45 And Iesus sayde Who is it that touched me Whē euery man denyed Peter and they that were with hym sayde Maister the people thrust thee and vexe thee and sayest thou who touched me 46 And Iesus sayde Some body hath touched me For I perceaue that vertue is gone out of me 47 When the woman sawe that she was not hyd she came trembling and fell at his feete and tolde him before al the people for what cause she had touched him and howe she was healed immediatly 48 And he sayde vnto her Daughter be of good comfort thy fayth hath saued thee go in peace 49 Whyle he yet spake there came one from the ruler of the synagogues house which sayde to hym Thy daughter is dead disease not the Maister 50 But when Iesus hearde that worde he aunswered him saying Feare not beleue only she shal be made whole 51 And when he came to the house he suffered no man to go in with hym saue Peter and Iames and Iohn and the father and the mother of the mayden 52 Euery body wept sorowed for her And he sayde Weepe not the damsell is not dead but slepeth 53 And they laughed hym to scorne knowyng that she was dead 54 And he thrust them all out and toke her by the hande and cryed saying Mayde aryse 55 And her spirite came agayne and she rose straightway And he commaunded to geue her meate 56 And the father and the mother of her were astonyed But he warned thē that they should tel no man what was done ⧠The .vj. Chapter ¶ 2 The Apostles are sent to preache 7 Herode hearde of Christe 12 Fiue thousande fedde with fiue loaues two fisshes 19 Diuers opinions of Christ 20 The confession of the Apostles 28 The transfiguration of Christe 35 Christe is to be heard 42 The lunatike is healed 43 The infidelitie of the Apostles 46 they stryue who shoulde be greatest 49 Of one castyng out deuyls in Christes name 53 The Samaritanes woulde not receaue Christe 54 The disciples desire vengeaunce and are of hym reproued 57 Of three that woulde folowe Christe but after diuers sortes of lokyng backe 1 IEsus called the twelue together and gaue thē power and aucthoritie ouer al deuils and that they might heale diseases 2 And he sent them to preache the kyngdome of God * and to heale the sicke 3 And he saide vnto thē Take nothing to your iourney neither staues nor scrippe neither bread neither money neither haue two coates 4 And whatsoeuer house ye enter into there abyde and thence depart 5 And whosoeuer wyll not receaue you when ye go out of that citie shake of the very dust from your feete for a testimonie agaynst them 6 And they departed and went through the townes preachyng the Gospell and healyng euerywhere ☜ 7 And Herode the tetrarche heard of all that was done by hym and doubted because that it was sayde of some that Iohn was rysen agayne from death 8 And of some that Elias had appeared and of some that one of the olde prophetes was rysen agayne 9 And Herode sayde Iohn haue I beheaded but who is this of whō I heare such thinges And he desired to see him 10 And the apostles returned tolde him all that they had done And he toke thē and went aside into a solitarie place nye vnto the citie that is called Bethsaida 11 Which whē the people knew they folowed him And he receaued them and spake vnto thē of the kingdome of God healed thē that had nede to be healed 12 And when the day began to weare away then came the twelue and sayde vnto hym Sende the people awaye that they may go into the townes and vyllages rounde about and lodge and get meate for we are here in a place of wyldernesse 13 But he said vnto them Geue ye thē to eate And they said We haue no mo but fyue loaues and two fisshes excepte we should go bye meate for al this people 14 And they were about fyue thousande men And he said to his disciples Cause thē to sit downe by fifties in a companie 15 And they dyd so and made them all to sit downe 16 And he toke the fyue loaues and the two fisshes and loked vp to heauen and blessed them and brake and gaue to the disciples to set before the people 17 And they dyd all eate and were satisfied And there was taken vp of that remayned to them twelue baskettes full of broken meate 18 And it came to passe as he was alone praying his disciples were with hym and he asked them saying Who say the people that I am 19 They aunswered and sayde Iohn Baptist some say Elias and some say that one of the olde prophetes is rysen 20 He sayde vnto them But whom say ye that I am Simon Peter aunswered saide Thou art Christe of God 21 And he warned commaunded them that they should tell no man that thing 22 Saying The sonne of man must suffer many thynges and be reproued of the elders and of the hye priestes and scribes and be slayne and ryse agayne the thirde day 23 And he said to thē all If any man wyl come after me let him denie him selfe take vp his crosse dayly folowe me 24 For whosoeuer wyl saue his lyfe shal lose it But whosoeuer shall lose his lyfe for my sake the same shall saue it 25 For what auauntageth it a man yf he wynne the whole worlde and lose hym selfe or runne in daunger of hym selfe 26 For Whosoeuer shal be ashamed of me and of my wordes of hym shall the sonne of man be ashamed whē he commeth in his maiestie and in the maiestie of his father and of the holy angels 27 I tell you of a trueth there be some standyng here whiche shall not taste of death tyl they see the kingdome of God 28 And it came to passe about an eyght dayes after these sayinges he toke Peter and Iohn and Iames and went vp into a mountayne to pray 29 And as he prayed the fashion of his countenaunce was chaunged his garment was whyte and shone 30 And beholde there talked with hym two men which were
Moyses Elias 31 That appeared in the maiestie spake of his departyng which he shoulde end at Hierusalem 32 But Peter and they that were with him were heauie with sleepe and wheÌ„ they awoke they sawe his maiestie and two men standyng with hym 33 And it came to passe as they departed froÌ„ him Peter said vnto Iesus Maister it is good beyng here for vs let vs make three tabernacles one for thee one for Moyses and one for Elias and wyst not what he sayde 34 Whyle he thus spake there came a cloude and ouershadowed them they feared wheÌ„ they wer come into y e cloude 35 And there came a voyce out of the cloude saying this is my deare sonne heare him â—6 And assoone as the voyce was paste Iesus was founde alone and they kept it close and tolde no man in those dayes any of those thynges which they hadde seene 37 And it came to passe that on the next day as they came downe from the hyll much people met hym 38 And beholde a man of the companie cried out saying Maister I besech thee behold my sonne for he is all y t I haue 39 And see a spirite taketh hym and sodenly he cryeth and teareth hym that he fometh agayne with much payne departeth from him when he hath rent hym 40 And I besought thy disciples to cast hym out and they coulde not 41 Iesus aunswered and saide O faithlesse and croked nation howe long shall I be with you and shall suffer you Bryng thy sonne hyther 42 As he was yet a commyng the fiende rent hym and tare hym And Iesus rebuked the vncleane spirite and healed the chylde and deliuered hym to his father 43 And they were all amased at the mightie power of God But whyle they wondred euery one at all thinges which he dyd he sayde vnto his disciples 44 Let these sayinges sincke downe into your eares For it wyll come to passe that the sonne of man shal be deliuered into the handes of men 45 But they wyst not what that worde meant and it was hydde from them that they vnderstoode it not And they feared to aske hym of that saying 46 Then there arose a disputatioÌ„ among them which of them should be the greatest 47 When Iesus perceaued the thought of their heartes he toke a chylde and set hym harde by hym 48 And sayde vnto them Whosoeuer receaueth this chylde in my name receaueth me And whosoeuer receaueth me receaueth him that sent me For he that is least among you all the same shal be great 49 And Iohn aunswered and sayde Maister we sawe one castyng out deuyls in thy name and we forbad hym because he foloweth not with vs. 50 And Iesus sayde vnto hym Forbyd ye â—hymâ— not For he that is not against vs is with vs. 51 And it came to passe when the tyme was come that he shoulde be receaued vp he set his face to go to Hierusalem 52 And sent messengers before him And they went entred into a towne of the Samaritanes to make redy for hym 53 And they woulde not receaue him because his face was as though he woulde go to Hierusalem 54 When his disciples Iames Iohn sawe this they sayde Lord wylt thou that we coÌ„maunde fire to come downe from heauen and consume them euen as Elias dyd 55 Iesus turned about rebuked them saying Ye wote not what maner spirite ye are of 56 For the sonne of man is not come to destroye mens lyues but to saue them And they went to another towne 57 ☞ And it came to passe that as they went walkyng in the way a certayne man sayde vnto hym I wyll folowe thee Lorde whyther so euer thou go 58 And Iesus sayde vnto hym Foxes haue holes and byrdes of the ayre haue nestes but the sonne of man hath not where to lay his head 59 And he sayde vnto another folowe me And the same sayde Lorde suffer me first to go and burie my father 60 Iesus sayde vnto hym Let the dead burie their dead but go thou preache the kyngdome of God 61 And another sayde Lorde I wyll folowe thee but let me first go byd them farewell which are at home at my house 62 Iesus sayde vnto hym No man that putteth his hande to the plowe and loketh backe is apt to the kyngdome of God ☜ ⧠The .x. Chapter 1 He sendeth seuentie disciples to preache geuyng them charge howe to behaue themselues 1â— He threatneth the obstinate and vnthankfull cities 1â— He admonisheth his disciples of humilitie 20 Wherof we shoulde reioyce 21 He geueth thankes to his father 26 He aunswered the lawyer that tempted hym 33 Who is our neyghbour 38 Of Martha and Marie 1 AFter these thynges the Lorde appoynted other seuentie also and sent them two and two before hym into euery citie and place whyther he hym selfe woulde come 2 Therefore sayde he vnto them The haruest is great but the labourers are fewe Pray ye therfore the Lorde of the haruest to sende foorth labourers into his haruest 3 Go your wayes beholde I sende you foorth as lambes among wolfes 4 Beare no wallet neither scrippe nor shoes salute no man by the way 5 * Into whatsoeuer house ye enter first say peace be to this house 6 And yf the sonne of peace be there your peace shall rest vpon hym yf not it shall turne to you agayne 7 And in the same house tary styll eatyng and drinking such thynges as they shall set before you For the labourer is worthy of his rewarde ☜ Go not from house to house 8 And into whatsoeuer citie ye enter and they receaue you eate such thynges as are set before you 9 And heale the sicke that are therin and say vnto them the kyngdome of God is come nye vpon you 10 But into whatsoeuer citie ye enter they receaue you not go your ways out into the streates of the same and saye 11 Euen the very dust of our citie which cleaueth on vs we do wype of agaynst you Notwithstandyng be ye sure of this that the kyngdome of God was come nye vpon you 12 I say vnto you that it shal be easyer in that day for Sodome then for that citie 13 Wo vnto thee Chorazin wo vnto thee Bethsaida For if the miracles had ben done in Tyre and Sidon whiche haue ben done in you they had a great whyle ago repented of their sinnes syttyng in sackecloth and asshes 14 Therfore it shal be easyer for Tyre and Sidon at the iudgement then for you 15 And thou Capernaum which art exalted to heauen shalt be thrust downe to hell 16 He that heareth you heareth me and he that despiseth you despiseth me and he that despiseth me despiseth hym that sent me 17 And the seuentie turned agayne with ioy saying Lord euen the very deuils are subdued to vs through
thy name 18 And he said vnto them I sawe Satan as it had ben lyghtnyng fallyng downe from heauen 19 Beholde I geue vnto you power to treade on serpentes and scorpions and ouer all maner power of the enemie nothyng shall hurt you 20 Neuerthelesse in this reioyce not that the spirites are subdued vnto you but rather reioyce because your names are written in heauen 21 That same houre reioyced Iesus in the spirite and sayde I confesse vnto thee father Lorde of heauen earth that thou hast hyd these thynges from the wise and prudent and hast opened them vnto babes Euen so father for so it pleased thee 22 All thynges are geuen me of my father No man knoweth who the sonne is but the father and who the father is but the sonne and he to whom the sonne wyll shewe hym 23 And he turned to his disciples sayde secretely ☞ Happy are the eyes which see the thynges that ye see 24 For I tell you that many prophetes and kynges haue desired to see those thynges whiche ye see haue not seene them and to heare those thinges which ye heare and haue not hearde them 25 And beholde a certaine lawyer stoode vp and tempted him saying Maister what shall I do to inherite eternal lyfe He sayde vnto hym 26 What is written in the lawe howe readest thou 27 And he aunswered and saide Thou shalt loue the Lorde thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soule with all thy strength and with al thy mynd◠and thy neyghbour as thy selfe 28 And he sayde vnto hym Thou 〈◊〉 aunswered ryght this do and thou shalt lyue 29 But he wyllyng to iustifie hym selfe said vnto Iesus and who is my neighbour 30 And Iesus aunswered and sayde A certaine man descended from Hierusalem to Hierico and fell among thieues which robbed hym of his rayment and wounded hym and departed leauyng hym halfe dead 31 And it befell that there came downe a certayne priest that same way and whē he sawe hym he passed by on the other syde 32 And likewise a Leuite when he went nye to the place came and loked on him and passed by the other syde 33 But a certayne Samaritane as he iourneyed came vnto hym and when he saw him he had compassion on him 34 And went to hym and bounde vp his woundes and powred in oyle and wine and set hym on his owne beast and brought hym to a common Inne and made prouision for hym 35 And on the morowe when he departed he toke out two pence and gaue them to the hoste and sayde vnto hym take cure of hym and whatsoeuer thou spendest more when I come agayne I wyll recompence thee 36 Which nowe of these three thinkest thou was neyghbour vnto hym that fell among the thieues 37 And he sayde He that shewed mercy on hym Then sayde Iesus vnto hym Go and do thou lykewyse ☜ 38 ☞ Nowe it came to passe that as they went he entred into a certayne towne And a certayne womā named Martha receaued hym into her house 39 And this woman had a sister called Marie whiche also sate at Iesus feete and hearde his worde 40 But Martha was cumbred about much seruing and came to hym saide Lorde doest thou not care that my sister hath lefte me to serue alone Byd her therfore that she helpe me 41 And Iesus aunswered and sayde vnto her Martha Martha thou art carefull and troubled about many thynges 42 Veryly one is needefull Mary hath chosen the good part which shall not be taken away from her ☜ ¶ The .xj. Chapter 2 Christe teacheth his disciples to pray and to continue in prayer 14 he dryueth out a dumbe deuyll 15 and rebuketh the blasphemous pharisees 28 Who are blessed 29 The Iewes aske a signe 37 Christe vnwasshed eateth with the pharisee 39 and reproueth the outwarde shewe of holynesse in the pharisees scribes and hypocrites 1 AND so it was that as he was praying in a certaine place when he ceassed one of his disciples sayde vnto hym Lord teache vs to pray as Iohn also taught his disciples 2 And he said vnto them When ye pray say O our father which art in heauen halowed be thy name thy kyngdome come thy wyll be fulfylled euen in earth also as it is in heauen 3 Our dayly breade geue vs this day 4 And forgeue vs our synnes For euen we forgeue euery man that trespasseth vs. And leade vs not into temptation but delyuer vs from euyll 5 And he sayde vnto them ☞ Whiche of you shall haue a friende and shall go vnto hym at mydnyght and saye vnto hym friende lende me three loaues 6 For a friende of mine is come out of the way to me and I haue nothyng to set before hym 7 And he within aunswere say trouble me not the doore is nowe shut and my children are with me in bedde I can not ryse and geue thee 8 I saye vnto you though he wyll not ryse and geue hym because he is his friende yet because of his importunitie he wyll ryse and geue hym as many as he needeth 9 And I say vnto you aske and it shal be geuen you seke and ye shall fynde knocke and it shal be opened vnto you 10 For euery one that asketh receaueth and he that seketh fyndeth and vnto hym that knocketh shall it be opened 11 If the sonne shall aske breade of any of you that is a father wyll he geue him a stone Or yf he aske fisshe wyll he for fisshe geue hym a serpent 12 Or yf he aske an egge wyll he offer hym a scorpion 1◠If ye then being euyll can geue good gyftes vnto your chyldren howe muche more shall your father of heauen geue the holy spirite to them that desire it of hym ☜ 14 ☞ And he was castyng out a deuyll and the same was dumbe And it came to passe when the deuyll was gone out the dumbe spake the people wondred 15 But some of thē sayde he casteth out deuils through Beelzebub the chiefe of the deuils 16 And other tempted him and required of hym a signe from heauen 17 But he knowyng their thoughtes sayde vnto them Euery kyngdome deuided agaynst it selfe is desolate and a housed deuided agaynst a house falleth 18 If Satan also be deuided against him selfe howe shall his kyngdome endure Because ye saye that I cast out deuils through Beelzebub 19 If I by the helpe of Beelzebub cast out deuils by whose helpe do your chyldren cast them out Therfore shall they be your iudges 20 But yf I with the fynger of God cast our deuyls no doubt the kyngdome of God is come vpon you 21 When a strong man armed kepeth his palace y e thynges that he possesseth are in peace 22 But whē a stronger then he commeth vpon hym and ouercommeth hym he taketh from him all his harnesse wherin he trusted and deuideth
When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wyne and knewe not whence it was but the ministers which drewe the water knewe the gouernour of the feast calleth the brydegrome 10 And sayth vnto hym Euery man at the begynnyng doth set foorth good wine and when men haue well dronke then that which is worse But thou hast kept the good wyne vntyll nowe 11 This begynnyng of miracles dyd Iesus in Cana of Galilee and shewed his glory his disciples beleued on hym ☜ 12 After this he went downe to Capernaum he and his mother and his brethren and his disciples and there continued not many dayes 13 ☞ And the Iewes Passouer was at hande Iesus went vp to Hierusalem 14 And founde sittyng in the temple those that solde oxen and sheepe and doues and chaungers of money 15 And when he had made as it were a scourge of small cordes he droue them all out of the temple with the sheepe oxen and powred out the chaungers money and ouerthrewe the tables 16 And saide vnto them that solde doues Haue these thinges hence and make not my fathers house an house of marchaundize 17 And his disciples remembred that it was written The zeale of thine house hath euen eaten me 18 Then aunswered the Iewes sayde vnto hym What token shewest thou vnto vs seeyng that thou doest these thynges 19 Iesus aunswered sayde vnto them Destroy this temple in three dayes I wyll reare it vp 20 Then sayde the Iewes fourtie and sixe yeres was this temple a buildyng and wilt thou reare it vp in three dayes 21 But he spake of the temple of his body 22 Assoone therfore as he was rysen from death agayne his disciples remembred that he thus had sayde And they beleued the scripture the wordes which Iesus had sayde 23 When he was in Hierusalem at the Passouer in the feast day many beleued on his name when they sawe his miracles which he dyd 24 But Iesus dyd not commit hym selfe vnto them because he knewe all men 25 And neded not that any shoulde testifie of man For he knewe what was in man ☜ ¶ The .iij. Chapter ¶ Christe teacheth Nicodemus 15 Of fayth 16 The loue of God towarde the worlde â—â— Condemnation 25 Iohn baptizeth 27 Iohn teacheth his disciples 1 THere was a man of the pharisees named Nicodemus a ruler of the Iewes 2 The same came to Iesus by night said vnto him Rabbi we knowe that thou art a teacher come from God for no man coulde do these miracles that thou doest except God were with him 3 Iesus aunswered sayde vnto hym Veryly veryly I say vnto thee except a man be borne agayne he can not see the kyngdome of God 4 Nicodemus sayth vnto hym Howe can a man be borne when he is olde can he enter into his mothers wombe and be borne agayne 5 Iesus aunswered Veryly veryly I say vnto thee except a man be borne of water and of the spirite he can not enter into the kyngdome of God 6 That which is borne of the fleshe is fleshe and that which is borne of the spirite is spirite 7 Maruayle not thou that I sayde to thee ye must be borne agayne 8 The wynde bloweth where it listeth and thou hearest the sounde therof but canst not tell whence it commeth and whither it goeth So is euery one that is borne of the spirite 9 Nicodemus aunswered and sayde vnto hym howe can these thynges be 10 Iesus aunswered sayde vnto hym Art thou a maister in Israel and knowest not these thynges 11 Veryly veryly I say vnto thee we speake that we do knowe testifie that we haue seene and ye receaue not our witnesse 12 If I haue tolde you earthly thynges and ye beleue not howe shall ye beleue yf I tell you of heauenly thynges 13 * And no man ascendeth vp to heauen but he that came downe from heauen euen the sonne of man which is in heauen 14 * And as Moyses lyft vp the serpent in the wyldernesse euen so must the sonne of man be lyft vp 15 That whosoeuer beleueth in hym perishe not but haue eternall lyfe ☜ 16 ☞ * For God so loued the worlde that he gaue his only begotten sonne that whosoeuer beleueth in hym shoulde not perishe but haue euerlastyng lyfe 17 For God sent not his sonne into the worlde to condempne the worlde but that the worlde through hym myght be saued He that beleueth on hym is not condempned 18 But he that beleueth not is condempned alredy because he hath not beleued in the name of the only begotteÌ„ sonne of God 19 And this is the condempnation that lyght is come into the worlde and men loued darknesse rather then lyght because their deedes were euyll 20 For euery one that euyll doeth hateth the lyght neither commeth to the light lest his deedes shoulde be reproued 21 But he that doeth trueth coÌ„meth to the lyght y t his deedes may be knowen howe that they are wrought in God ☜ 22 After these thynges came Iesus and his disciples into the lande of Iurie and there he taryed with theÌ„ * baptized 23 And Iohn also baptized in Enon besides Salim because there was much water there and they came and were baptized 24 For Iohn was not yet cast into prison 25 ☞ And there arose a question betwene Iohns disciples and the Iewes about purifiyng 26 And they came vnto Iohn and sayde vnto hym Rabbi he that was with thee beyonde Iordane to whom thou barest witnesse beholde the same baptizeth and all men come to hym 27 Iohn aunswered and sayde A man can receaue nothyng except it be geuen hym from heauen 28 Ye your selues are witnesses howe that I sayde I am not Christe but am sent before hym 29 He that hath y e bride is the bridegrome But the friende of the brydegrome which standeth heareth him reioyceth greatly because of y e brydegromes voyce This my ioy therfore is fulfylled 30 He must increace but I must decreace 31 He that commeth from an hye is aboue all He that is of the earth is earthlye and speaketh of the earth He that commeth from heauen is aboue all 32 And what he hath seene and hearde that he testifieth and no man receaueth his testimonie 33 He that hath receaued his testimonie hath set to his seale that God is true 34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the wordes of God For God geueth not the spirite by measure vnto hym 35 The father loueth the sonne and hath geuen all thynges into his hande 36 He that beleueth on the sonne hath euerlastyng lyfe He that beleueth not the sonne shall not see life but the wrath of God abydeth on hym ☜ ⧠The .iiij. Chapter ¶ 7 Christe weryed asketh water of the woman of Samaria 10 The liuely water 24 He teacheth true worshippe 26
He confesseth hym selfe to be Messias 29 The woman sheweth the citizens that Christe is come 32 Christes meate 39 The Samaritanes beleue Christe 45 Christe is receaued of the Galileans 50 He healeth y e rulers sonne 1 ASsoone as the Lord knew how the pharisees had heard that Iesus made and baptized mo disciples then Iohn 2 Though that Iesus hym selfe baptized not but his disciples 3 He left Iurie and departed agayne into Galilee 4 For it was so that he must needes go through Samaria 5 Then came he to a citie of Samaria which is called Sichar besydes the possession that Iacob gaue to his sonne Ioseph 6 And there was Iacobs well Iesus then beyng wery of his iourney sate thus on the well And it was about the sixt houre 7 And there came a woman of Samaria to drawe water Iesus sayth vnto her geue me drynke 8 For his disciples were gone away vnto the towne to bye meate 9 Then sayth the woman of Samaria vnto hym Howe is it that thou beyng a Iewe askest drynke of me which am a Samaritane For the Iewes meddle not with the Samaritanes 10 Iesus aunswered and sayde vnto her yf thou knewest the gyft of God who it is that sayeth to thee geue me drynke thou wouldest haue asked of hym and he woulde haue geuen thee water of lyfe 11 The woman sayth vnto hym Syr thou hast nothyng to drawe with and the well is deepe from whence then hast thou that water of lyfe 12 Art thou greater then our father Iacob which gaue vs the well and he hym selfe dranke therof and his chyldren and his cattell 13 Iesus aunswered and sayde vnto her Whosoeuer drynketh of this water shal thyrst agayne 14 But whosoeuer drynketh of the water that I shall geue hym shall neuer be more a thyrst but the water that I shall geue him shal be in him a well of water spryngyng vp into euerlastyng lyfe 15 The woman sayth vnto hym Syr geue me of that water that I thyrst not neither come hyther to drawe 16 Iesus sayth vnto her Go call thy husbande and come hyther 17 The woman aunswered and sayde vnto hym I haue no husbande Iesus sayde vnto her Thou hast well sayde I haue no husbande 18 For thou hast had fyue husbandes and he whom thou now hast is not thy husbande In that saydest thou truely 19 The woman sayth vnto hym Syr I perceaue that thou art a prophete 20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountayne and ye say that in Hierusalem is the place where men ought to worshippe 21 Iesus sayth vnto her woman beleue me the houre commeth when ye shall neither in this mountayne nor yet at Hierusalem worshippe the father 22 Ye worshippe ye wote not what We knowe what we worshippe For saluation commeth of the Iewes 23 But the houre commeth and nowe is when the true worshippers shall worshippe the father in spirite and in the trueth For such the father also requireth to worshippe hym 24 God is a spirite and they that worshippe hym ▪ must worshippe hym in spirite and in the trueth 25 The woman sayth vnto hym I wote that Messias shal come which is called Christe When he is come he wyll tell vs all thynges 26 Iesus sayth vnto her I that speake vnto thee am he 27 And immediatly came his disciples and marueyled that he talked with the woman Yet no man saide what seekest thou or why talkest thou with her 28 The woman then left her water pot and went her way into the citie sayth to the men 29 Come see a man which tolde me all thynges that euer I dyd Is not he Christe 30 Then they went out of the citie and came vnto hym 31 In the meane whyle his disciples prayed hym saying Maister eate 32 He sayde vnto them I haue meate to eate that ye wote not of 33 Therfore sayde the disciples among them selues Hath any man brought hym ought to eate 34 Iesus sayth vnto them my meate is to do the wyll of hym that sent me and to finishe his worke 35 Say not ye there are yet foure monethes and then commeth haruest Beholde I say vnto you lyft vp your eyes and loke on the regions for they are whyte alredy vnto haruest 36 And he that reapeth receaueth wages and gathereth fruite vnto lyfe eternall that both he that soweth he that reapeth myght reioyce together 37 And herein is the saying true that one soweth and another reapeth 38 I sent you to reape that wheron ye bestowed no labour Other men laboured and ye are entred into their labours 39 Many of the Samaritanes of that citie beleued on hym for the saying of the woman which testified that he tolde her all that euer she dyd 40 So when the Samaritanes were come vnto hym they besought hym that he would tary with them And he abode there two dayes 41 And many mo beleued because of his owne worde 42 And sayde vnto the woman Nowe we beleue not because of thy saying for we haue heard him our selues know that this is euen Christe the sauiour of the worlde ☜ 43 After two dayes he departed thence and went away into Galilee 44 For Iesus hym selfe testified that a prophete hath none honour in his owne countrey 45 Then assoone as he was come into Galilee the Galileans receaued hym when they had seene all the thynges that he dyd at Hierusalem at the day of the feast For they went also vnto the feast day 46 So Iesus came agayne into Cana of Galilee where he turned the water into wyne ☞ And there was a certayne ruler whose sonne was sicke at Capernaum 47 Assoone as the same hearde that Iesus was come out of Iurie into Galilee he went vnto hym and besought hym that he woulde come downe and heale his sonne For he was euen at the poynt of death 48 Then sayde Iesus vnto hym except ye see signes and wonders ye wyll not beleue 49 The ruler sayth vnto hym Syr come downe or euer that my sonne dye 50 Iesus sayth vnto hym Go thy way thy sonne lyueth The man beleued the worde that Iesus had spoken vnto hym and he went his way 51 And as he was nowe goyng downe the seruauntes met hym and tolde him saying thy sonne lyueth 52 Then enquired he of them the houre when he began to amende And they sayde vnto hym Yesterday at the seuenth houre the feuer left hym 53 So the father knewe that it was the same houre in the which Iesus sayde vnto hym thy sonne lyueth And he beleued and all his householde ☜ 54 This is agayne the seconde miracle that Iesus dyd when he was come out of Iurie into Galilee ¶ The .v. Chapter 5 Christe healed on the Sabboth the man that was sicke thirtie and eyght yeres 10 the pharisees accuse hym 1◠Christe aunswereth for hym selfe reproueth them 32 shewyng by the testimonie of his father 33 of Iohn
hereafter 8 Peter sayth vnto hym Thou shalt neuer wasshe my feete Iesus aunswered hym If I wasshe thee not thou hast no part with me 9 Simon Peter sayth vnto him Lorde not my feete only but also the handes and the head 10 Iesus sayth to hym He that is wasshed nedeth not saue to washe his feete but is cleane euery whit And ye are cleane but not all 11 For he knewe who it was that should betray hym Therfore sayde he ye are not all cleane 12 So after he had wasshed their feete and receaued his clothes and was set downe agayne he sayde vnto them Wote ye what I haue done to you 13 Ye call me Maister and Lorde and ye say well for so am I. 14 If I then your Lorde and Maister haue wasshed your feete ye also ought to wasshe one anothers feete 15 For I haue geuen you an ensample that ye shoulde do as I haue done to you ☜ 16 Veryly veryly I say vnto you The seruaunt is not greater thē his maister neither the messenger greater then he that sent hym 17 Yf ye knowe these thynges happy are ye yf ye do them 18 I speake not of you all I knowe whom I haue chosen But that the scripture may be fulfylled He that eateth bread with me hath lyft vp his heele agaynst me 19 Nowe tell I you before it come that when it is come to passe ye myght beleue that I am he 20 Veryly veryly I say vnto you he that receaueth whomsoeuer I sende receaueth me And he that receaueth me receaueth hym that sent me 21 When Iesus had thus sayde he was troubled in spirite and testified saide Veryly veryly I say vnto you that one of you shall betray me 22 Then the disciples loked one on another doubtyng of whom he spake 23 There was one of Iesus disciples leanyng on Iesus bosome euen he whom Iesus loued 24 To hym beckened Simon Peter therfore that he shoulde aske who it was of whom he spake 25 He then when he leaned on Iesus brest sayde vnto hym Lorde who is it 26 Iesus aunswered He it is to whom I geue a sop when I haue dipped it And he wet the sop and gaue it to Iudas Iscariot Simons sonne 27 And after the sop Satan entred into hym Then sayde Iesus vnto hym That thou doest do quickly 28 That wiste no man at the table for what intent he spake vnto hym 29 Some of thē thought because Iudas had the bagge that Iesus had sayde vnto hym bye those thynges that we haue neede of agaynst the feast or that he shoulde geue somethyng to y e poore 30 Assoone then as he had receaued the sop he went immediatly out and it was nyght 31 Therfore when he was gone out Iesus sayd Nowe is the sonne of man glorified And God is glorified in hym 32 Yf God be glorified in hym God shall also glorifie hym in hym selfe and shall strayghtway glorifie hym 33 ☞ Litle children yet a litle whyle am I with you Ye shall seeke me and as I sayde vnto the Iewes whither I go thither can ye not come Also to you say I nowe 34 A newe commaundement geue I vnto you that ye loue together as I haue loued you that euen so ye loue one another 35 By this shall all men knowe that ye are my disciples yf ye haue loue one to another 36 Simon Peter saide vnto him Lorde whither goest thou Iesus aunswered hym Whither I go thou canst not folowe me nowe but thou shalt folowe me afterwardes ☜ 37 Peter sayde vnto hym Lorde why can not I folowe thee nowe I wyll ieoparde my lyfe for thy sake 38 Iesus aunswered hym Wylt thou ieoparde thy lyfe for my sake Veryly veryly I saye vnto thee the Cocke shall not crowe tyll thou haue denyed me thryse ¶ The .xiiij. Chapter 〈◊〉 armeth his disciples with consolation agaynst trouble Christes diuinitie 6 Christe the way the trueth and the lyfe 9 Christe and the father one 13 To aske of God in the name of Christe 26 He promiseth the spirite to comfort them of loue and keping Christes commaundement the spirite is our teacher 27 He promiseth his peace 1 ANd he sayde vnto his disciples Let not your hearte be troubled Ye beleue in god beleue also in me 2 In my fathers house are many dwellyng places If it were not so I woulde haue tolde you I go to prepare a place for you 3 And yf I go to prepare a place for you I wyll come agayne and receaue you euen vnto my selfe that where I am there may ye be also 4 And whither I go ye knowe and the way ye knowe 5 Thomas sayth vnto hym Lorde we knowe not whither thou goest And howe is it possible for vs to knowe the waye 6 Iesus sayth vnto hym I am the way and the trueth and the lyfe No man cōmeth vnto the father but by me 7 If ye had knowen me ye had knowen my father also And nowe ye knowe hym and haue seene hym 8 Philip sayth vnto hym Lorde shewe vs the father and it suffiseth vs. 9 Iesus sayth vnto hym Haue I ben so long tyme with you yet hast thou not knowen me Philip he that hath seene me hath seene the father And howe sayest thou then shewe vs the father 10 Beleuest thou not that I am in the father the father in me The wordes that I speake vnto you I speake not of my selfe but the father that dwelleth in me is he that doth the workes 11 Beleue me that I am in the father and the father in me Or els beleue me for the workes sake 12 Veryly veryly I say vnto you he that beleueth on me the workes that I do the same shal he do also and greater workes then these shall he do because I go vnto the father 13 And whatsoeuer ye aske in my name that wyll I do that the father may be glorified in the sonne 14 If ye shall aske any thing in my name I wyll do it ☜ 15 ☞ If ye loue me kepe my commaundementes 16 And I wyll pray the father and he shall geue you another comforter that he may byde with you for euer 17 Euen the spirite of trueth whom the worlde can not receaue because the worlde seeth hym not neither knoweth hym But ye knowe hym For he dwelleth with you and shal be in you 18 I wyll not leaue you comfortlesse but wyll come to you 19 Yet a litle whyle and the worlde shall see me no more but ye shall see me because I lyue and ye shall lyue also 20 That day shall ye knowe that I am in my father and you in me I in you 21 He that hath my commaundementes and kepeth them the same is he that loueth me And he that loueth me shal be loued of my father and I wyll loue him and wyll shew myne owne selfe
to hym 22 Iudas sayth vnto hym not Iudas Iscariot Lorde what is done that thou wylt shewe thy selfe vnto vs and not vnto the worlde 23 Iesus aunswered sayde vnto hym If a man loue me he wyll kepe my sayinges and my father wyll loue hym and we wyll come vnto hym and dwell with hym 24 He that loueth me not kepeth not my sayinges And the word which ye heare is not myne but the fathers which sent me 25 These thynges haue I spoken vnto you beyng yet present with you 26 But the comforter which is the holy ghost whom the father wyll sende in my name he shal teach you all thinges bryng all thynges to your remēbraunce whatsoeuer I haue sayde vnto you 27 Peace I leaue with you my peace I geue vnto you Not as the worlde geueth geue I vnto you Let not your heartes be greeued neither feare 28 Ye haue hearde howe I sayde vnto you I go away and come agayne vnto you Yf ye loued me ye woulde veryly reioyce because I sayde I go vnto the father for the father is greater then I. 29 And nowe haue I shewed you before it come that when it is come to passe ye myght beleue 30 Hereafter wyll I not talke many wordes vnto you For the prince of this worlde cōmeth and * hath nought in me 31 But that the worlde may knowe that I loue the father And as the father gaue me commaundement euen so do I. ☜ Ryse let vs go hence ¶ The .xv. Chapter 5 The consolation betweene Christe and his members vnder the parable of the vyne 716 We must pray in the name of Christe 9 Christes loue towarde vs. 12 He exhorteth to mutuall loue 20 Of afflictions for Christes sake 26 The office of the holy ghoste when he commeth 1 I Am the true vine and my father is the husbandman 2 Euery braunche that beareth not fruite in me he will take away And euery braunche that beareth fruite wyll he pourge that it may bryng foorth more fruite 3 Nowe are ye cleane through the worde which I haue spoken vnto you 4 Byde in me and I in you As the braunche can not beare fruite of it selfe except it byde in the vine no more can ye except ye abyde in me 5 I am the vine ye are the braunches He that abydeth in me and I in hym the same bryngeth foorth much fruite For without me can ye do nothyng 6 Yf a man byde not in me he is cast foorth as a braunch and withereth and men gather them and cast them into the fyre and they burne 7 Yf ye byde in me and my wordes abyde in you aske what ye wyll and it shal be done for you ☜ 8 Herein is my father glorified that ye beare much fruite and become my disciples 9 As the father hath loued me euen so haue I loued you Continue ye in my loue 10 Yf ye kepe my commaundementes ye shall abyde in my loue euen as I haue kept my fathers commaundementes and abyde in his loue 11 These thynges haue I spoken vnto you that my ioy might remayne in you and that your ioy myght be full 12 ☞ This is my commaundement that ye loue together as I haue loued you 13 Greater loue hath no man then this y t a man bestowe his life for his frendes 14 Ye are my frendes yf ye do whatsoeuer I commaunde you 15 Hencefoorth call I you not seruaūtes for the seruaunt knoweth not what his Lorde doeth But you haue I called frendes for all thynges that I haue hearde of my father haue I made knowen to you 16 Ye haue not chosen me but I haue chosen you and ordayned you to go and bryng foorth fruite and that your fruite shoulde remayne that whatsoeuer ye aske of the father in my name he may geue it you ☜ 17 ☞ This commaunde I you that ye loue together 18 Yf the worlde hate you ye knowe that it hated me before it hated you 19 If ye were of the worlde the worlde would loue his owne Howbeit because ye are not of the worlde but I haue chosen you out of the worlde therfore the worlde hateth you 20 Remember the worde that I sayde vnto you the seruaunt is not greater then the Lorde If they haue persecuted me they wyll also persecute you If they haue kept my saying they wyll kepe yours also 21 * But all these thynges wyll they do vnto you for my names sake because they haue not knowē hym that sent me 22 Yf I had not come and spoken vnto them they shoulde haue had no sinne but nowe haue they nothyng to cloke their sinne withall 23 He that hateth me hateth my father also 24 Yf I had not done among them the workes which none other man dyd they shoulde haue had no sinne But nowe haue they both seene and hated not only me but also my father 25 But this commeth to passe that the worde myght be fulfylled that is written in their lawe They hated me without a cause ☜ 26 ☞ But when the comforter is come whom I wyl sende vnto you from the father euen the spirite of trueth which proceadeth of the father he shall testifie of me 27 And ye shall beare witnesse also because ye haue ben with me from the begynnyng ¶ The .xvj. Chapter 1 Christe comforteth the disciples puttyng them in remembraunce of affliction and trouble 7 Of the holy ghost and his office 1◠Of Christes ascension 23 To aske in the name of Christe 33 Peace in Christe afflictions in the worlde 1 THese thynges haue I sayde vnto you because ye shoulde not be offended 2 They shall excōmunitate you yea the time shall come that who so euer kylleth you wyll thynke that he doth God seruice 3 * And such thynges wyll they do vnto you because they haue not knowen the father neither yet me 4 But these thynges haue I tolde you that when the tyme is come ye may remēber then that I tolde you ☜ These thynges sayde I not vnto you at the begynnyng because I was present with you 5 ☞ But nowe I go my waye to hym that sent me none of you asketh me whyther goest thou 6 But because I haue saide such thinges vnto you your heartes are ful of sorow 7 Neuerthelesse I tell you the trueth it is expedient for you that I go away For yf I go not away that comforter wyll not come vnto you But yf I depart I wyll sende hym vnto you 8 And whē he is come he wyll rebuke the world of sinne and of righteousnes and of iudgement 9 Of sinne because they beleue not on me 10 Of righteousnes because I go to my father and ye shall see me no more 11 Of iudgement because * the prince of this worlde is iudged alredy 12 I haue yet many thynges to say vnto you but ye can not beare them away
be circumcised after the maner of Moyses ye can not be saued 2 So when there was rysen discention and disputyng not a litle vnto Paul and Barnabas agaynst them they determyned that Paul and Barnabas and certayne other of them shoulde go vp to Hierusalem vnto the Apostles and elders about this question 3 And after they were brought on their way by y e Churche they passed through Phenices and Samaria declaryng the conuersation of the gentiles and they brought great ioy vnto all the brethen 4 And when they were come to Hierusalem they were receaued of y e Church and of the Apostles and elders And they declared all thynges that God had done with them 5 Then rose vp certayne of the sect of the pharisees which dyd beleue saying that it was needefull to circumcise thē and to commaunde to kepe the lawe of Moyses 6 And the Apostles and elders came together for to consider of this matter 7 And when there had ben much disputyng Peter rose vp and sayde vnto thē Ye men brethren ye knowe how that a good while ago God did chose among vs that the gentiles by my mouth shoulde heare the worde of the Gospel and beleue 8 And God whiche knoweth the heartes bare them witnesse and gaue vnto them the holy ghost euen as he dyd vnto vs 9 And put no difference betwene vs and them purifiyng their heartes by fayth 10 Nowe therfore why tempt ye God to put on the disciples neckes the yoke * which neither our fathers nor we were able to beare 11 But we beleue that through the grace of the Lorde Iesu Christe we shal be saued euen as they 12 Then all the multitude was scilent and gaue audience to Barnabas and Paul which tolde what signes and wonders God had shewed among the gentiles by them 13 And when they helde their peace Iames aunswered saying Men and brethren hearken vnto me 14 Simeon tolde howe God at the begynnyng dyd visite to receaue of the gentiles a people in his name 15 And to this agree the wordes of the prophetes as it is written 16 * After this I wyll returne and wyll buylde agayne the tabernacle of Dauid which is fallen downe and that which is fallen in decay of it wyll I buylde agayne and I wyll set it vp 17 That the residue of men myght seke after the Lorde and all the gentiles vpon whom my name is called sayth the Lorde which doth all these thynges 18 Knowen vnto God are all his workes from the begynnyng of the worlde 19 Wherfore my sentence is that we trouble not them which from among the gentiles are turned to God 20 But that we write vnto them that they absteyne themselues from fylthyneste of idols and frō fornication and from strangled and from blood 21 For Moyses of olde tyme hath in euery citie them that preache hym in the synagogues when he is read euery Sabboth day 22 Then pleased it the Apostles elders with the whole Church to sende chosen mē of their owne companie to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas That is Iudas whose sirname was Barsabas and Silas which were chiefe men among the brethren 23 And wrote letters by them after this maner 24 The Apostles and elders brethren sende greetinges vnto y e brethren which are of the gentiles in Antiochia Syria Cilicia Forasmuch as we haue heard that certayne which departed from vs haue troubled you with wordes cumbred your myndes saying ye must be circumcised and kepe the lawe to whō we gaue no such commaundent 25 It seemed therfore to vs a good thing when we were come together with one accorde to sende chosen men vnto you with our beloued Barnabas and Paul 26 Men that haue ieoparded their lyues for y e name of our Lorde Iesus Christe 27 We haue sent therefore Iudas and Silas which shall also tell you y e same thynges by mouth 28 For it seemed good to the holy ghost and to vs to charge you with no more then these necessarie thynges That is to say 29 That ye abstayne from thynges offered to idols and from blood and from strangled and from fornication From which yf ye kepe your selues ye shall do well So fare ye well 30 Nowe therfore when they were departed they came to Antioche and gathered the multitude together and delyuered the epistle 31 Which when they had read they reioyced of the consolation 32 And Iudas and Silas beyng prophetes exhorted y e brethren with many wordes and strengthed them 33 And after they had taryed there a space they were let go in peace of the brethren vnto the Apostles 34 Notwithstandyng it pleased Silas to abyde there styll 35 Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioche teachyng and preachyng the worde of the Lorde with other many 36 But after a certayne space Paul sayde vnto Barnabas Let vs go agayne and visite our brethren in euery citie where we haue shewed y e worde of the Lorde and see howe they do 37 And Barnabas gaue counsell to take with them Iohn whose sirname was Marke 38 But Paul woulde not take hym vnto their companie which departed from them from Pamphylia and went not with them to the worke 39 And the contention was so sharpe betwene thē that they departed a sunder one from the other and so Barnabas toke Marke sayled vnto Cypers 40 And Paul chose Silas and departed beyng committed of the brethren vnto the grace of God 41 And he went through Cyria Cilicia stablisshyng the Churches ¶ The .xvj. Chapter 1 Paul circumciseth Timothie 7 The spirite calleth them from one countrey to another 24 Lydia is conuerted 28 Paul and Silas imprisoned conuert the iaylour 37 and are delyuered because they be Romanes 1 THen came he to Derbe and to Lystra And beholde a certayne disciple was there named Timotheus a womans sonne which was a Iewesse and beleued but his father was a Greke 2 Of whom the brethren that were at Lystra and Iconium reported well 3 Paul woulde that he should go foorth with hym and toke circumcised hym because of the Iewes which were in those quarters for they knewe all that his father was a Greke 4 And as they went through the cities they delyuered them the decrees for to kepe that were ordayned of y e Apostles and elders which were at Hierusalem 5 And so were the Churches stablisshed in the fayth and encreased in number dayly 6 Nowe when they had gone throughout Phrygia and the region of Galatia and were forbidden of the holy ghost to preache the worde in Asia 7 They commyng to Mysia sought to go into Bithynia but the spirite suffred them not 8 And they passyng through Mysia came downe to Troada 9 And a vision appeared to Paul in the nyght There stoode a man of Macedonia and prayed hym saying Come into Macedonia and helpe vs. 10 And after he had seene y e visiō immediatly we
me and I vnto the worlde 15 For in Christe Iesu neither circumcision auayleth any thing nor vncircumcision but a newe creature 16 And as many as walke accordyng to this rule peace be on them and mercie and vpon the Israel that is of God 17 From hencefoorth let no man put me to busynesse For I beare in my body the markes of the Lorde Iesus 18 Brethren the grace of our Lorde Iesus Christe be with your spirite Amen The Epistle vnto the Galathians was sent from Rome ¶ The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul vnto the Ephesians ¶ The first Chapter After his salutation 4 he sheweth that the chiefe cause of their saluation standeth in the free election of God through Christe 16 he declareth his good wyll towarde them geuyng thankes praying God for their fayth 21 The maiestie of Christe 1 PAul an apostle of Iesus Christe by the wyll of God To the saintes which are at Ephesus and to the faythfull in Christe Iesus 2 Grace be with you and peace from God our father from the Lorde Iesus Christe 3 Blessed be God the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe whiche hath blessed vs in all spirituall blessyng in heauenly thynges by Christe 4 According as he had chosen vs in hym before the foundation of the world that we shoulde be holy and without blame before hym through loue 5 Who hath predestinate vs into the adoption of childrē by Iesus Christ vnto hym selfe according to the good pleasure of his wyll 6 To the prayse of the glorie of his grace wherein he hath made vs accepted in the beloued 7 In whom we haue redemption through his blood the forgeuenesse of sinnes accordyng to the rychesse of his grace 8 Wherein he hath abounded towarde vs in all wysedome and prudence 9 And hath opened vnto vs the misterie of his wyll accordyng to his good pleasure which he had purposed in himselfe 10 That in the dispensation of the fulnesse of the tymes he myght gather together in one all thinges in Christe both which are in heauen and which are in earth in hym 11 In whom also we are chosen beyng predestinate accordyng to the purpose of hym who worketh all thynges after the councell of his owne wyll 12 That we shoulde be vnto the prayse of his glorie whiche before beleued in Christe 13 In whom also ye after that ye heard the worde of trueth the Gospell of your saluation wherin also after that ye beleued were sealed with the holy spirite of promyse 14 Whiche is the earnest of our inheritaunce vnto y e redemption of the purchased possession vnto the prayse of his glorie 15 Wherfore I also after that I hearde of the fayth which ye haue in the Lorde Iesus and loue vnto all the saintes 16 Ceasse not to geue thankes for you makyng mention of you in my prayers 17 That the God of our Lorde Iesus Christe the father of glorie may geue vnto you the spirite of wisdome and reuelation in the knowledge of hym 18 The eyes of your myndes beyng lightened that ye maye knowe what the hope is of his callyng and what the richesse of the glorie of his inheritaunce is in the saintes 19 And what is the exceedyng greatnesse of his power to vswarde which beleue accordyng to the workyng of his myghtie power 20 Which he wrought in Christe when he raysed hym from the dead and set him on his ryght hande in heauenly places 21 Farre aboue all rule and power and myght and dominion and euery name that is named not in this worlde only but also in the worlde to come 22 And hath put all thynges vnder his feete and gaue him to be the head ouer all thynges to the Churche 23 Which is his body the fulnesse of him that fylleth all in all ¶ The .ij. Chapter 5 To magnifie the grace of Christe which is the only cause of saluation 11 he sheweth them what maner of people they were before their conuertiō 18 and what they are nowe in Christe 1 AND you that were dead in trespasses and sinnes 2 In the which in time passed ye walked according to the course of this worlde after the gouernour that ruleth in the ayre the spirite that nowe worketh in the chyldren of disobedience 3 Among whom we all had our conuersation also in tyme past in the lustes of our flesshe fulfyllyng the wyll of the flesshe and of the mynde were by nature the chyldren of wrath euen as other 4 But God which is ryche in mercie for his great loue wherwith he loued vs 5 Euen when we were dead by sinnes hath quickned vs together with Christ by grace are ye saued 6 And hath raysed vs vp together and made vs syt together in the heauenly in Christe Iesus 7 That in ages to come he might shew the exceedyng ryches of his grace in kyndnesse to vswarde through Christe Iesus 8 For by grace are ye made safe through fayth and that not of your selues it is the gyft of God 9 Not of workes lest any man shoulde boast hym selfe 10 For we are his workmanship created in Christe Iesus vnto good workes whiche God hath ordeyned that we shoulde walke in them 11 Wherfore remember that ye being in tyme passed gentiles in the flesshe called vncircumcision of that which is called circumcision in the flesshe made by handes 12 That at that tyme ye were without Christe beyng aliauntes from the common wealth of Israel and straungers frō the testamentes of promise hauyng no hope without God in this worlde 13 But nowe in Christe Iesus ye which sometyme were farre of are made nye by the blood of Christe 14 For he is our peace which hath made both one and hath broken downe the wall that was a stoppe betwene vs 15 Taking away in his flesshe the hatred euen the lawe of commaundementes conteyned in ordinaunces for to make of twayne one newe man in hym selfe so makyng peace 16 And that he myght reconcile both vnto God in one body through his crosse and slewe hatred thereby 17 And came and preached peace to you which were a farre of and to them that were nye 18 For through hym we both haue an entraunce in one spirite vnto the father 19 ☞ Nowe therefore ye are no more straungers and foreyners but citezins with the saintes and of the housholde of God 20 And are built vpon the foundation of the apostles and prophetes Iesus Christe hym selfe beyng the head corner stone 21 In whom all the buyldyng coupled together groweth vnto an holy temple in the Lorde 22 In whom ye also are buylded together for an habitation of God through the spirite ☜ ⧠The .iij. Chapter 1 He sheweth the cause of his imprisonment 13 desireth them not to faynt because of his trouble 14 and prayeth God to make them stedfast in his spirite 1 FOr this cause I Paul am a prisoner of Iesus
Christe for you heathen 2 Yf ye haue hearde of the dispensatioÌ„ of the grace of God which is geuen me to you warde 3 For by reuelation shewed he the misterie vnto me as I wrote afore in fewe wordes 4 Whereby when ye reade ye may vnderstande my knowledge in the misterie of Christe 5 Which misterie in other ages was not opened vnto the sonnes of men as it is nowe reuealed vnto his holy apostles and prophetes by the spirite 6 That the gentiles shoulde be inheritours also and of the same body and partakers of his promise in Christe by the Gospell 7 Wherof I am made a minister accordyng to the gyfte of the grace of God which is geuen vnto me after the workyng of his power 8 Vnto me the least of all saintes is this grace geuen that I shoulde preache among the gentiles the vnsearchable ryches of Christe 9 And to bring to lyght to all men what the felowship of the misterie is whiche from the begynnyng of the world hath ben hid in god which made all thinges through Iesus Christe 10 To thintent that nowe vnto the rulers and power in heauenly thynges myght be knowen by y e Church the very manyfolde wysedome of God 11 According to y e eternall purpose which he wrought in Christe Iesus our Lord 12 By whoÌ„ we haue boldnesse entraunce in y e confidence which is by faith of him 13 ☞ Wherfore I desire that ye faynt not in my tribulations for you whiche is your glorie 14 For this cause I bowe my knees vnto the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe 15 Of whoÌ„ all the famyly in heauen and earth is named 16 That he would graunt you according to the rychesse of his glorie to be strengthed with myght by his spirite in the inner man 17 That Christe may dwell in your heartes by fayth that ye beyng rooted and grounded in loue 18 Myght be able to comprehende with al saintes what is the breadth length and deapth and heygth 19 And to knowe the loue of Christe whiche excelleth knowledge that ye might be fylled with all fulnesse of God 20 Vnto him that is able to do exceeding aboundauntly aboue all that we aske or thynke accordyng to the power that worketh in vs 21 Be prayse in the Churche by Christe Iesus throughout all ages worlde without ende Amen ☜ ¶ The .iiij. Chapter He exhorteth them vnto mekenesse long sufferyng and vnto loue and peace 3 euery one to serue and edifie another with the gyft that God hath geuen hym 14 to beware of strange doctrine 22 To lay asyde the olde conuersation of greedy lustes to walke in a newe lyfe 1 I Therfore a prisoner in the Lorde exhorte you that ye walke worthy of the vocatioÌ„ wherewith ye are called 2 With all lowlynesse mekenesse with long sufferyng forbearyng one another in loue 3 Endeuoryng to kepe the vnitie of the spirite in the bonde of peace 4 One body and one spirite euen as ye are called in one hope of your calling 5 One Lorde one fayth one baptisme 6 One God and father of all whiche is aboue all and through all and in you all ☜ 7 ☞ But vnto euery one of vs is geuen grace accordyng to the measure of the gyft of Christe 8 Wherfore he saith * When he went vp an hye he ledde captiuitie captiue and gaue gyftes vnto men 9 But that he ascended what is it but that he also descended first into the lower partes of the earth 10 He that descended is euen the same also that ascended vp farre aboue all heauens to fulfyll all thynges 11 And he gaue some apostles and some prophetes and some euangelistes and some shepheardes and teachers 12 To the gatheryng together of the saintes into the worke of ministration into the edifiyng of the body of Christe 13 Tyll we all meete together into the vnitie of fayth and knowledge of the sonne of God vnto a perfect man vnto the measure of the age of the fulnesse of Christe ☜ 14 That we hencefoorth be no more children wauering and caryed about with euery wynde of doctrine in the wylynesse of men in craftynesse to the laying wayte of deceyte 15 But folowyng trueth in loue let vs growe vp into him in all thynges whiche is the head Christ 16 In whom all the body beyng coupled and knit together by euery ioynt of subministration accordyng to the effectuall power in y e measure of euery part maketh increase of the body vnto the edifiyng of it selfe in loue 17 ☞ This I say therfore and testifie in the Lorde that ye hencefoorth walke not as other gentiles walke in vanitie of their mynde 18 Darkened in cogitation being alienated from the lyfe of God by the ignoraunce that is in them by the blindnesse of their heartes 19 Whiche beyng past feelyng haue geuen theÌ„ selues ouer vnto wantonnesse to worke al vncleanenesse with greedynesse 20 But ye haue not so learned Christe 21 Yf so be that ye haue hearde hym and haue ben taught in hym as the trueth is in Iesus 22 To â—ay downe accordyng to the former conuersation y e olde man which is corrupt accordyng to the lustes of error ☜ 23 ☞ To be renued in the spirite of your mynde 24 And to put on that newe man which after God is shapen in righteousnesse holynesse of trueth 25 Wherfore puttyng away lying speake euery man trueth vnto his neyghbour forasmuch as we are members one of another 26 Be ye angry and sinne not let not the sunne go downe vpon your wrath 27 Neither geue place to the deuyll 28 * Let hym that stole steale no more but let hym rather labour workyng with his handes the thyng whiche is good that he may geue vnto hym that needeth ☜ 29 Let no fylthy communication procede out of your mouth but that whiche is good to edifie withal as oft as neede is that it may minister grace vnto the hearers 30 And greeue not the holy spirite of God by whom ye are sealed vnto the day of redemption 31 Let all bytternesse and fiercenesse wrath and crying and euyll speakyng be put away from you with all maliciousnesse 32 Be ye curteous one to another merciful forgeuing one another euen as God for Christes sake hath forgeuen you ⧠The .v. Chapter 2 He exhorteth them vnto loue 3 warneth them to beware of vncleannesse couetousnesse foolyshe talkyng and false doctrine 17 to be circumspect 18 to auoyde dronkennesse 19 to reioyce and to be thankefull towarde God 21 to submit them selues one to another 22 He entreateth of corporall mariage of the spirituall betwixt Christe and his Churche 1 BE ye therefore folowers of God as deare chyldren 2 And walke ye in loue euen as Christe hath loued vs and hath geuen hym selfe for vs an offering and a sacrifice of a sweete smellyng sauour to
God 3 But fornication and all vncleannesse or couetousnesse let it not be once named among you as it becommeth saintes 4 Neither fylthynesse neither foolyshe talkyng neither iestyng which are not comely but rather geuyng of thankes 5 For this ye knowe that no whoremonger neither vncleane person nor couetous person which is a worshipper of images hath any inheritaunce in the kyngdome of Christe and of God 6 Let no man deceaue you with vayne wordes For because of such thynges commeth the wrath of God vppon the chyldren of disobedience 7 Be not ye therefore companions of them 8 For ye were sometimes darknesse but nowe are ye lyght in the Lorde Walke as chyldren of lyght 9 For the fruite of the spirite is in all goodnesse and righteousnesse trueth 10 Approuyng what is acceptable vnto the Lorde 11 And haue no felowship with the vnfruitefull workes of darknesse but rather euen rebuke them 12 For it is shame euen to name those thynges whiche are done of them in secrete 13 But all thynges when they are rebuked of the lyght are manifest For all that which do make manifest is lyght 14 Wherefore he sayth Awake thou that sleepest and stande vp from the dead and Christe shall geue thee lyght 15 ☞ Take heede therfore howe ye walke circumspectlye not as vnwyse but as wyse 16 Redeemyng the time because y e dayes are euyll 17 Wherfore be ye not vnwise but vnderstandyng what the wyll of the Lord is 18 And be not drunke with wine wherin is excesse but be fylled with the spirite 19 Speaking vnto your selues in psalmes and hymnes and spirituall songues syngyng and makyng melodie to the Lorde in your heartes 20 Geuing thankes alwayes for all thinges vnto God and the father in y e name of our Lorde Iesus Christe 21 Submittyng your selues one to another in the feare of God ☜ 22 Wyues submit your selues vnto your owne husbandes as vnto the Lorde 23 For the husbande is the head of the wyfe euen as Christe is the head of the Church he is the sauiour of the bodie 24 But as the Church is subiect to Christ lykewyse the wyues to their owne husbandes in all thynges 25 Ye husbandes loue your wyues euen as Christe also loued the Churche and gaue hym selfe for it 26 To sanctifie it clensyng it in the fountayne of water in the worde 27 To make it vnto hym selfe a glorious Churche not hauyng spot or wrinckle or any such thyng but that it should be holy and without blame 28 So ought men to loue their wyues as their owne bodies He that loueth his wyfe loueth hym selfe 29 For no man euer yet hated his owne flesshe but norissheth cherissheth it euen as the Lorde the Churche 30 For we are members of his body of his flesshe and of his bones 31 For this cause shall a man leaue father and mother and shal be ioyned vnto his wyfe and two shal be made one flesshe 32 This is a great secrete but I speake of Christe and of the Churche 33 Therfore euery one of you do ye so Let euery one of you loue his wyfe euen as hym selfe and let the wyfe reuerence her husbande ¶ The .vj. Chapter 1 Howe chyldren shoulde behaue them selues towarde their fathers and mothers 4 Lykewyse parentes towarde their chyldren 5 seruauntes towardes their maisters 9 Maisters towarde their seruauntes 13 An exhortation to the spiritual battayle and what weapons the christians shoulde fyght withall 1 CHyldren obey your fathers and mothers in the Lorde for this is ryght 2 Honour thy father and mother whiche is the first commaundement in promise 3 That thou mayest prosper and lyue long on earth 4 Fathers prouoke not your children to wrath but bring them vp in instruction and information of the Lorde 5 Seruauntes obey them that are your bodyly maisters with feare and tremblyng in singlenesse of your heart as vnto Christe 6 Not with seruice vnto the eye as men pleasers but as the seruaūtes of Christ 7 Doyng the wyll of God frō the heart with good wyll seruyng the Lorde and not men 8 Knowyng that whatsoeuer good thyng any man doeth that shall he receaue agayne of the Lorde whether he be bonde or free 9 And ye maisters do the same thynges vnto them puttyng away threatnyng knowyng that your maister also is in heauen neither is respecte of person with hym 10 ☞ Finally my brethren be strong in the Lorde in the power of his might 11 Put on all the armour of God that ye may stande agaynst the assaultes of the deuyll 12 For we wrastle not agaynst blood flesshe but agaynst rule agaynst power agaynst worldly gouernours of the darknesse of this worlde agaynst spirituall craftynesse in heauenly places 13 Wherfore take vnto you the whole armour of God that ye may be able to resist in the euyll day and hauing finished all thynges to stande fast 14 Stande therfore hauyng loynes girt about with the trueth and puttyng on the brest plate of righteousnesse 15 And hauyng your feete shodde in the preparation of the Gospell of peace 16 Aboue all takyng the shielde of fayth wherwith ye may quenche all the fierie dartes of the wicked 17 And take the helmet of saluation and the sworde of the spirite whiche is the worde of God ☜ 18 Praying alwayes in all prayer and supplication in the spirite and watche thervnto with all instaunce and supplication for all saintes 19 And for me that vtteraunce may be geuē vnto me y t I may open my mouth freely to vtter y e secretes of the Gospell 20 Whereof I am messenger in bondes that therein I may speake freely as I ought to speake 21 But y t ye may also knowe my affaires and what I do Tichicus a deare brother and faythfull minister in the Lord shall shewe you all thynges 22 Whom I haue sent vnto you for the same purpose that ye myght knowe of our affaires and that he myght comfort your heartes 23 Peace be vnto the brethren and loue with fayth from God the father and from the Lorde Iesus Christe 24 Grace be with all them whiche loue our Lorde Iesus Christe in sinceritie Amen ⧠Sent from Rome vnto the Ephesians by Tichicus ⧠The Epistle of Saint Paul the Apostle to the Philippians ¶ The first Chapter 1 Saint Paul discouereth his heart towardes them 3 by his thankes geuyng 4 prayers 8 and wisshes for their fayth and saluation 7.12.20 He sheweth the fruite of his crosse 15.27 and exhorteth them to vnitie 28 and pacience 1 PAul Timotheus the seruauntes of Iesus Christ To all the saintes in Christ Iesus whiche are at Philippos with the bisshops deacons 2 Grace be vnto you and peace frō God our father and from the Lorde Iesus Christ 3 ☞ I thanke my God with all remembraunce of you 4 Alwayes in all my prayer for all you makyng prayer with
prayed in his prayer that it myght not rayne and it rayned not on the earth by the space of three yeres and sixe monethes 18 And he prayed againe and the heauen gaue rayne the earth brought foorth her fruite 19 Brethren yf any of you do erre from the trueth and another conuert hym 20 Let the same knowe that he which conuerteth the sinner from going astray out of his way shall saue a soule from death and shall hyde the multitude of sinnes ¶ The ende of the epistle of Saint Iames. ⧠The first epistle of Saint Peter the Apostle ¶ The first Chapter 2 He sheweth that through the aboundaunt mercie of God we are elect and regenerate to a lyuely hope 7 and howe fayth must be tried 10 that the saluation in Christe is no newes but a thyng prophecied of olde 13 he exhorteth them to a godly conuersation forasmuch as they are nowe borne a newe by the worde of God 1 PEter an Apostle of Iesus Christ to them that dwell here and there as straungers throughout Pontus Galatia Cappadocia Asia and Bithynia 2 Elect accordyng to the foreknoweledge of God the father vnto the sanctifiyng of the spirite through obedience sprinklyng of y e blood of Iesus Christ Grace peace be multiplied vnto you 3 Blessed be God the father of our Lorde Iesus Christe which accordyng to his aboundaunt mercie begat vs agayne vnto a lyuely hope by that that Iesus Christe rose agayne from death 4 To and inheritaunce immortall and vndefiled and that fadeth not away reserued in heauen for you 5 Which are kept by the power of God through fayth vnto saluation which is prepared alredie to be shewed in the last tyme. 6 In the which ye reioyce though nowe for a season â—yf nede require ye are in heauinesse through manifolde temptations 7 That the triall of your fayth beyng much more precious then golde that perisheth though it be tried with fyre myght be founde vnto laude glorie and honour at the appearyng of Iesus Christe 8 Whom ye haue not seene and yet loue hym in whom euen nowe though ye see hym not yet do you beleue reioyce with ioy vnspeakeable and glorious 9 Receauyng the ende of your fayth euen the saluation of your soules 10 Of which saluation haue y e prophetes enquired searched which prophesied of the grace that should come vnto you 11 Searchyng when or at what tyme the spirite of Christ which was in them shoulde signifie which spirite testified before the passions that should happen vnto Christe and the glorie that shoulde folowe after 12 Vnto which prophetes it was also declared that not vnto them selues but vnto vs they shoulde minister y e thinges which are nowe shewed vnto you of them which by the holy ghost sent downe from heauen haue in the Gospell preached vnto you the thynges which the Angels desire to beholde 13 Wherfore girde vp the loynes of your mynde be sober and trust perfectly on the grace that is brought vnto you by the reuelation of Iesus Christe 14 As obedient chyldren not fashionyng your selues vnto the former lustes of your ignoraunce 15 But as he which called you is holy euen so be ye holy also in all maner of conuersation 16 Because it is written be ye holy for I am holy 17 And yf so be that ye call on the father which without respect of person iudgeeth accordyng to euery mans worke see that ye passe the tyme of your dwellyng here in feare 18 ☞ Forasmuch as ye knowe howe that ye were not redeemed with corruptible thynges as siluer and golde from your vayne conuersation which ye receaued by the tradition of the fathers 19 But with the precious blood of Christ as of a lambe vndefiled without spot 20 Which was ordeyned beforehande euen before the worlde was made but was declared in the last tymes * for your sakes 21 Which by his meanes do beleue on God that raysed hym vp from death and glorified hym that ye might haue fayth and hope towarde God 22 Euen ye which haue purified your soules through the spirite in obeying the trueth with brotherly loue vnfayned see that ye loue one another with a pure heart feruentlye 23 For ye are borne a newe not of mortal seede but of immortal by the worde of God which lyueth and lasteth for euer 24 For all fleshe is as grasse and all the glorie of man is as the flowre of grasse The grasse withereth and the flowre falleth away 25 But the worde of the Lorde endureth euer ☜ And this is the worde which by the Gospell was preached vnto you The .ij. Chapter 1 He exhorteth them to lay aside all vice 4 shewyng that Christe is the foundation whervpon they builde 9 The excellent estate of the Christians 11 he prayeth them to abstayne from fleshlie lustes 13 to obey the rulers 18 howe seruauntes shoulde behaue them selues towarde their maisters 20 he exhorteth to suffer after the ensample of Christe 1 WHerefore lay asyde all maliciousnesse and all guile and faynednesse and enuie and all backbityng 2 And as newe borne babes desire ye y e milke of the worde which is without deceipt that ye may growe therby vnto saluatioÌ„ 3 If so be that ye haue tasted howe gratious the Lorde is 4 To whom ye come as vnto a lyuyng stone disalowed of men but chosen of God and precious 5 And ye as lyuely stones be you made a spirituall house an holy priesthood for to offer vp spirituall sacrifices acceptable to God by Iesus Christe â— Wherefore it is conteyned also in the scripture beholde I put in Sion a stone to be laide in the chiefe corner elect and precious and he that beleueth on hym shall not be confounded 7 Vnto you therfore which beleue he is precious but vnto them whiche beleue not the stone which the buylders refused the same is made the head of the corner 8 And a stone that men stumble at and a rocke wherat they be offended whiche stumble at the worde and beyng disobedient vnto the whiche thing they were euen ordeyned 9 But ye are a chosen generation a royall priesthood an holy nation a peculier people that ye should shewe foorth the vertues of hym that called you out of darknesse into his marueylous lyght 10 Which in time past were not a people but are nowe the people of God which sometime had not obteyned mercy but nowe haue obteyned mercy ☜ 11 ☞ Dearely beloued I beseche you as strauÌ„gers and pilgrimes abstaine from fleshly lustes whiche fight agaynst the soule 12 And see that ye haue honest conuersation among the gentiles that where as they backbite you as euyll doers they may by your good workes whiche they shall see prayse God in the day of visitation 13 Submit your selues therfore vnto al maner ordinaunce of maÌ„ for the Lordes sake whether it be vnto
sinneth hath not seene him neither knowen hym 7 Babes let no man deceaue you He that doeth righteousnes is ryghteous euen as he is righteous 8 He that committeth sinne is of the deuyll for the deuyll sinneth sence the beginning For this purpose appeared the sonne of God to loose the workes of the deuyll 9 Whosoeuer is borne of God sinneth not for his seede remayneth in him and he can not sinne because he is borne of God 10 In this are y e children of God knowē and the chyldren of the deuyll Whosoeuer doth not ryghteousnesse is not of God neither he that loueth not his brother 11 For this is the tidynges that ye heard from the begynnyng that ye shoulde loue one another 12 Not as Cain which was of that wicked and slewe his brother And wherfore slewe he hym Because his owne workes were euyll and his brothers good 13 ☞ Maruayle not my brethren though the worlde hate you 14 We knowe that we are translated from death vnto lyfe because we loue the brethren * He that loueth not his brother abideth in death 15 Whosoeuer hateth his brother is a manslear And ye knowe that no manslear hath eternall life abidyng in hym 16 Hereby perceaue we loue because he layde downe his lyfe for vs we ought to lay downe our lyues for the brethren 17 But who so hath this 〈◊〉 good and seeth his brother haue neede and shutteth vp his compassion from hym◠howe dwelleth the loue of God in hym 18 My babes let vs not loue in worde neither in tongue but in deede and in veritie 19 Hereby we knowe that we are of the trueth and shall assure our heartes before hym 20 For yf our heart condempne vs God is greater then our heart and knoweth all thynges 21 Dearely beloued yf our heart condempne vs not then haue we boldnesse towarde God 22 And whatsoeuer we aske we receaue of hym because we kepe his commaundementes and do those thynges which are pleasyng in his syght 23 And this is his cōmaundement that we beleue on the name of his sonne Iesus Christe and loue one another as he gaue commaundement 24 And he that kepeth his commaundementes dwelleth in him and he in him and hereby we knowe that he abideth in vs euen by the spirite which he hath geuen vs. ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 1 Difference of spirites 2 howe the spirite of God may be knowen from the spirite of errour ◠of the loue of God and of our neyghbours 1 DEarly beloued beleue not euery spirite but proue the spirites whether they are of God or not for many false prophetes are gone out into the worlde 2 Hereby shall ye knowe the spirite of God Euery spirite that confesseth that Iesus Christe is come in the fleshe is of God 3 And euery spirite which confesseth not that Iesus Christe is come in the fleshe is not of God And this is that spirite of antichriste of whom ye haue hearde howe that he shoulde come and euen nowe alredy is he in the worlde 4 Litle chyldren ye are of God haue ouercome them for greater is he that is in you then he that is in the worlde 5 They are of the world therfore speake they of the worlde the world heareth them 6 We are of God He that knoweth God heareth vs he that is not of God heareth vs not Hereby knowe we the spirite of veritie and the spirite of errour 7 Dearely beloued let vs loue one another for loue commeth of God And euery one that loueth is borne of God and knoweth God 8 He that loueth not knoweth not God for ☞ God is loue 9 In this appeared the loue of God to vs warde because God sent his only begotten sonne into the worlde that we myght lyue through hym 10 Herein is loue not that we loued God but that he loued vs and sent his sonne to be the agreement for our sinnes 11 Dearely beloued yf God so loued vs we ought also to loue one another 12 No man hath seene God at any time If we loue one another God dwelleth in vs and his loue is perfect in vs. 13 Hereby knowe we that we dwell in hym he in vs because he hath geuen vs of his spirite 14 And we haue seene and do testifie that the father sent the sonne to be the sauiour of the worlde 15 Whosoeuer confesseth that Iesus is the sonne of God in him dwelleth God and he in God 16 And we haue knowen and beleued the loue that God hath to vs. God is loue and he that dwelleth in loue dwelleth in God and God in hym 17 Herein is the loue perfect in vs that we shoulde haue boldnesse in the day of iudgement For as he is euen so are we in this worlde 18 There is no feare in loue but perfect loue casteth out feare for feare hath paynefulnesse He that feareth is not perfect in loue 19 We loue hym for he loued vs first 20 If a man say I loue God yet hate his brother he is a lyer For how can he y t loueth not his brother whom he hath seene loue God whō he hath not seene 21 And this commaundement haue we of hym that he which loueth God shoulde loue his brother also ☜ The .v. Chapter 1. Of the fruites of fayth 14.20 The office aucthoritie diuinitie of Christe 21 agaynst images 1 WHosoeuer beleueth that Iesus is Christe is borne of God And euerie one that loueth him which begat loueth hym also which is begotten H. L. of hym 2 By this we knowe that we loue the chyldren of God when we loue God and kepe his commaundementes 3 For this is the loue of God that we kepe his commaundementes and his commaundementes are not greeuous 4 ☞ For all that is borne of God ouercommeth the worlde And this is the victorie that ouercommeth y e worlde euen our fayth 5 Who is it that ouercommeth y e worlde but he which beleueth that Iesus is the sonne of God 6 This Iesus Christe is he that came by water and blood not by water only but by water and blood And it is the spirite that beareth witnesse because the spirite is trueth 7 For there are three which beare recorde in heauen the father the worde and the holy ghost and these three are one 8 And there are three which beare recorde in earth the spirite and water and blood and these three agree in one 9 If we receaue the witnesse of men the witnesse of God is greater For this is the witnesse of God that is greater which he testified of his sonne 10 He that beleueth on the sonne of God hath the witnesse in hym selfe ☞ He that beleueth not God hath made hym a lyer because he beleued not the recorde that God gaue of his sonne 11 And this is the recorde how that God hath geuen vnto vs eternall lyfe and this lyfe is in his sonne