couple herselfe with another man she shal be counted a wedlock breaker But yf the maÌ„ be dead she is free from the lawe so that she is no wedlock breaker though she couple her selfe with another man I know that in me dwelleth no good thinge To wyll is present with me but I fynde no meanes to perfourme that whiche is good For I do not that good thyng which I wolde but that euill do I whiche I would not I delyte in the lawe of god concerning the inner man but I se another lawe in my membres rebellyng agaynst the lawe of my minde and subduyng me vnto the lawe of synne whiche is in my membres O wretched man that I am who shall delyuer me from this bodye of death The .viii. Chapter THey that are carnall are carnally mynded but they that are spiritual are ghostly minded to be carnally mynded is death but to be spiritually mynded is lyfe and peace because that the fleshly mynde is enemy against god for it is not obedient to the lawe of god neither can be So theÌ„ they that are geuen to the fleshe cannot please god Yf ye lyue after the fleshe ye muste dye but yf ye mortifye the dedes of the body by the helpe of the spirite ye shall lyue For as many as are led by the spirite of god they are the sonnes of god For ye haue not receaued the spirite of bondage to feare any more but ye haue receaued the spirite of adopcion whereby we crye Abba father I suppose that the afflictions of this lyfe are not worthye of the glorye shal be shewed vpon vs. The spirite maketh intercession mightely for vs with groninges whiche cannot be expressed with tounge Yf god be on ouresyde who can be againsts vs I am sure that neither death neither life nether aungels nor rule nether power nether thinges preseÌ„t neither thinges to come neither heighth neither loweth neither any other creature shal be able to departe vs from the loue of god shewed in Christ Iesu our lorde The .ix. Chapter THey which are the chyldren of the fleshe are not the children of god He hath mercy on whome he will and whom he will he maketh harde hearted God willing to shewe his wrath and to make his power knowen suffered with longe pacience the vessels of wrathe ordayned to damnacion that he might declare the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercye which he had prepared vnto glory that is to saye vs whiche he called not of the Iewes onely but also of the Gentiles The .x. Chapter THe belefe of the harte iustifieth and to knowledge with the mouthe maketh a man safe for the scripture sayth whosoeuer beleueth on hym shall not be ashamed Whosoeuer shall on the name of the lord shal be safe The .xi. Chapter EVen so at this tyme is there a remnaunte lefte thorowe the election of grace Yf it be of grace then it is not of workes For then were grace no more grace Yf it be of workes then is it no grace For then were deseruing no lenger deseruing God hath wrapped al nations in vnbelefe the he myght haue mercy on all O the depnes of the aboundaunt wysedome and knowledge of god howe vnsearcheable are his iudgemeÌ„tes and his wayes past fyndyng out for who hath knowen the mynde of the lorde or who was his counseler other who hathe geuen vnto him firste that he mighte be recompensed againe For of hym and thorowe him and for him are all thinges to him be glory for euer The .xii. Chapter I Beseche you brethren by the mercifulnes of god that ye make youre bodies a quicke sacrifice holye and acceptable vnto god whiche is youre reasonable seruing of god and fasshion not your selues lyke vnto this worlde but be ye chauÌ„ged in your shape by the renuyng of your wittes that ye maye fele what thinge that good that acceptable and perfecte wil of god is For I saye thorow the grace that vnto me geueÌ„ is to euery man amonge you that no man esteme of hymselfe more then it becoÌ„meth him to esteme but that he discretely iudge of himselfe according as god hath beaste to euery man the measure of fayth Let loue be without dissimulation Be kynd one to another with brotherly loue Applye youre selues to the tyme. Blesse them whiche persecute you blesse but curse not Be of like affection one towardes another Be not hye mynded but make your selues equall to them of the lower sorte Be not wise in your owne opinions Recompence to no man euell for euell Yf it be possible howebeit of your parte haue peace withall men Yf thyne enemie honger fede hym Yf he thirst geue him drinke For in so doyng thou shalt heape coales of fyre on his heade Be not ouerrome of euill but ouercome euel with goodnes The .xiii. Chapter LEtte euery soule submitte himselfe vnto the auctorite of the hier powers For there is no power of god The powers that be are ordeyned of god Whosoeuer therfore relisteth power resysteth the ordinaunce of god And they that resiste shall receaue to them selfes damnation Ye must nedes obey not for feare of vengeauÌ„ce onely but also because of conscience Owe nothing to any man but loue one another Loue hurteth not his neyghboure Therfore loue is the fulfyllynge of the lawe Lette vs walke houestly as it were in the daye lyghte not in eatynge and drinckynge neither in chamburyng and wantonnes nether in strife and enuâ—ynge but put ye on the Lorde Iesus christ And make not prouision for the fleshe to fulfil the lustes of it The .xiiii. Chapter ONe beleueth that he maye eate all thynge another whiche is weake eateth earbes Let not him that eateth despyse hym that eateth not And lette not hym whyche eateth not iudge hym that eateth This manne putteth difference betwene daye and daye Another manne counteth all dayes a lyke Se that no man wauer in his dicu meanyng He that obserueth one daye more then another doth it for the lordes pleasur And he that obserueth one day more than other doth it to please the lord also He that eateth doth it to please the lorde for be geueth god thanckes And he that eateth not cateth not to please the lorde with all and geueth god thankes Christ therfore dyed and rose againe and reuyued that he might be lorde both of dead quicke Euery one of vs shall gyue accomytes of hym klie to god Yf thy brother be greued with thy meate now walkest thou not charitablye Destroye not hym with thy meate for whome christ dyed The kyngdom of god is not meate nor drincke But righteousnes peace and ioye in the holy ghost All thynges are pure but it is euyll for that man whiche eateth with the hurt of his coÌ„science It is good nether to eate fleshe nether to drincke wyne nether any thing wherby thy brother stonâ— bleth eyther falleth or is made weake The .xv. Chapter WE whyche are stronge oughte to beare the frailnes of them whiche are weake and
among vs. The lawe was geuen by Moses but grace and truthe came by Iesus Christe No manne hathe sene god at any time I am the voyce of a criar in the wildernes make strayghte the waye of the lorde as sayde the prophete Esaias I baptise with water but one is come amonge you whome ye knowe not he it is that commeth after me which was before me whose shue lacheâ— I am not worthy to vnlose Beholde the lambe of god whiche taketh awaye the synnes of the worlde I sawe the sprete descende frome heauen lyke vnto a doue and abyde vpon hym and I knewe hym not But he that sent me to baptise inwater the same sayd vnto me vpon whoÌ„ thou shaltse the sprete descende and tary styll on hym the same is he whiche baptiseth with the holye ghoâ—le And I saw and bare recorde that this is the sonne of god Thou arte Simon the sonne of Ionas thou shalte be called Cephas whiche is by interpretation a stone Canne ther anye good thynge come out of Naâ—areth The .ii. Chapter ALl menne at the begynnynge set forth good wyne and when menne be dronke then that whiche is worsse But thou haste kepte backe the good wyne vntyll nowe Iesus went vp to Ierusalem and founde in the temple those that solde oxen and shepe and doues and changers of money And he made a scourge of small cordes and droue them all out of the temple with the shepe and oxen and powred out the changers money and ouerthrewe the tables and saide vnto them that solde doues haue these thinges hence make not my fathers house an house of marchandise Destroy this temple and in thre dayes I wyll rayse it vs againe Then sayde the Iewes .xlvi. yeares was this temple a bildinge and wylt thou teare it vp in thre dayes But he spake of the teÌ„ple of his body The .iii. Chapter VErely verely I saye vnto the excepte that a man be borne of water of the sprete he cannot enter the kingdom of god That which is borne of the fleshe is fleshe and that whyche is borne of the spryte is spryte The wynde bloweth where he lysteth and thou hearest his sounde but canst not tell whence he commeth and whether he goeth So is euery man that is borne of the sprete Verely verely I saye vnto the wespeake that we knowe and testify that we haue sene and ye receaue not our witnes Yf when I tell you eathly thinges ye beleue not Howe shulde ye beleue yf he shal tell you of heauenly thinges God so loued the worlde that he hath geuen his onely son that none that beleue in him shulde perishe but shulde haue euerlasting lyfe For god sent not his sonne into the worlde to condempne the world but that the worlde through him might be saued He that beleueth in him shall not be condempned But he that beleueth not is condempned already because he beleueth not in the name of the onely sonne of god And this is the condempnation that lyght is come into the worlde and the menne loued darrknes more then lyghte because their dedes weteruyll For euery man that euyll doeth hateth the lyghte nether commeth to lyghte leste his dedes shuld be reproued But he that dothe truth commeth to the light that his dedes might be knowe howe that they are wrought in god A man can receaue nothinge at all excepte it be geuen him from heauen He that is of the earth is of the earth and speaketh of the earthe He that commeth frome heauen is aboue all what he hathe sene and hearde that he testifieth but no man receaueth his testimonye Howbeit he that hath recaued his testimonye hathe sette to his seale that god is true For he whome god hathe sent speaketh the wordes of God for God geueth not the spryte by measure The father loueth the sonne and hathe geuen all thinges into his hande Be that beleueth on the sonne hathe euerlasting lyfe and he that beleueth not the sonne shall not see lyfe but the wrathe of god abydeth on him The .iiii. Chapter WHosoeuer drinketh of this water shal thurst againe But whosoeuer shall dryncke of the water that I shall geue him shall neuer be more a thyrste but the water that I shall geue him shal be in a well of water springynge vp into euerlaslynge lyfe Ye worshyppe ye wote not what we know what we worshyp For saluation coÌ„meth of the Iewes But the houre commeth and nowe is when the true worshyppers shall worshyppe the father in spryte and in trouthe For verely suche the father requyreth to worshyppe him God is a spryte and they that worshippe him muste worshyppe him in pryte and trouth Iesus saide vnto them my meate is to do the wyll of them that sent me to finishe his worcke And Iesus him selfe testifieth that a prophete hath none honoure in his owne countre The .v. Chapter BEhold thou art made whole synne no more lest a worsse thinge happen vnto the. The sonne can do nothing of him selfe but that hesyethe the father do For whosoeuer he doeth that doeth the sonne also Neither iudgeth the father any manne but had committed all iudgement vnto the sonne because that all menne shulde honoure the sonne euen as they honoure the father He that honoureth not the son the same honoureth not the father whiche hathe sent him Verely verely I saye vnto you he that heareth my wordes and beleueth on him that sent me hath euerlastyng lyfe and shall not come into damnation but is scaped frome deathe vnto lyfe As the father hath lyfe in him selfe so lykewise hathe he geuen to the sonne to haue lyfe in hym selfe and hath geuen him power to iudge in that he is the some of man Maruayle not at this the houre shall come in the whyche all that are in the graues shall heare hys voyce shall come forth they that haue done good vnto the resurrection of lyfe and they that haue done euyll vnto the resurrection of damnation I canne of myne owne selfe do nothynge at all Yf I beare wytnes of my selfe my witnes is not true The workes whiche the father hathe geuen me to fynyshe the same workes which I do beare witnes of me that the father sent me Howe can ye beleue whiche receyue honoure one of another and seke not the honoure that coÌ„meth of God onely The .vi. Chapter LAboure not for the meate that shall perishe but for the meate that endureth vnto euerlasting lyfe whiche meate the sonne of man shall geue vnto you The breade of God is he whiche commethe downe from heauen and geueth life vnto the worlde I am the breade of lyfe he that commeth to me shall not hunger and he that beleueth on me shall neuer thurste I am come downe from heauen not to do myne owne wyll but his will whiche hathe sente me And this is the fathers will whiche hath sente me that of all whiche he hath geuen me I should lose nothyng but shoulde rayse it vp agayne
at that last daye And this is the will of him that sent me that euery mā which seeth the sēne and beleueth on him haue euerlastyng lyfe And I wyll rayse hym vp at the last daye No man can come to me excepte the father whiche hath sent me drawe hym I am that lyuing breade whiche came downe from heauen Yf any man eate of this breade he shall lyue for euer And the breade that I wylt geue is my fleshe whiche I wyll geue for the lyfe of the worlde Verely verely I saye vnto you excepte ye eate the fleshe of the sonne of man and drinke his bloude ye shall not haue life in you Whosoeuer eateth my fleshe and drinketh my bloude hathe eternall lyfe and I wyll rayse hym vp at the laste daye for my fleshe is meate in dede and my bloud is drinke in dede He that eateth my fleshe and drinketh my bloud dwelleth in me and I in him As the liuing father hathe sent me euen so lyue I by my father he that eateth me shall lyue by me This is the breade whiche came from heauen not is your fathers haue eaten Manna and are dead he that eateth of this breade shall liue euer It is the spirite that quickeneth the fleshe profiteth nothing Then sayde Iesus to the twelue will ye also go awaye Then Simon Peter aunswered Master to whome shall we go Thou haste the wordes of eternal lyfe and we beleue and knowe that thou arte Christ the sonne of the lyuing god The .vii. Chapter THe worlde cannot hate you but me it hateth Because I testifie of it that the workes of it are euyll My doctrine is not myne but his that sente me Yf a man on the Saboth daye receaue circūcision without breaking of the lawe of Moses disdayne ye at me because I haue made a man euery whit whole on the Saboth day Iudge not after the vtter apperaunce but iudge ryghteous iudgement Ye shall seke me and shall not fynde me and where I am thyther can ye not come Yf any manne thyrste let him come vnto me and drincke he that beleueth on me as saythe the scripture out of his belly shal flowe ryuers of water of lyfe This spake he of the sprete whyche they that beleued on him shulde receaue Dothe our lawe iudge any man before it heare him and knowe what he hathe done The .viii. Chapter LEtte him that is among you without synne caste the fyrst stone at her It is also wrytten in your lawe that the testimony of two menne is true I do nothing of my selfe but as my father hath taught me Yf ye continue in my wordes then are ye my very disciples and shall knowe the truth and the truthe shall make you free Yf ye were Abrahams children ye wolde do the dedee of Abraham Ye are of your father the deuyll and the lustes of your father ye wyll do He was a murderer frō the begynnynge and abode not in the truthe because ther is no truthe in him When he speaketh a lye then speaketh he of his owne For he is a lyer and the father thereof He that is of god heareth goddes wordes ye therfore heare them not because ye are not of god Yf a man kepe my sayenges he shall neuer see death Your father Abraham was glad to se my daye and he sawe it and reioysed The .ix. Chapter ANd as Iesus passed by he sawe a man which was blinde from his byrthe And his disciples aced hym saying Maister who did sinne this man or his father and mother that he was borne blynde Iesus answered neither hath this manne synned nor yet his father nor mother but that the workes of god shoulde be shewed on him I muste worke the workes of god that sent me whyle it is daye The nighte commeth when no manne canne worke As long as I ame in the worlde I am the lyght of the worlde We be sure that god heareth not synners but yf any man be a worshipper of god and do his wyll hym heareth he Sence the worlde began was it not hearde that anye man opened the eyes of one that was borne blynde yf this manne were not of god he could haue done nothynge I am come vnto iudgement into this worlde that they whiche se not might se and they whiche se might be made blynde The .x. Chapter HE that entreth not in by the doore in to the shepefolde but climeth vy some other waye the same is a these and a robber He that goethe in by the dore is the shepeherde of the shepe to hym the porter openeth and the shepe heare his voyce and he cauleth his own shepe by name and leadeth them out And when he hath sence forthe his owne shepe he goth before them and the shepe folowe hym for they knowe his voyce A straunger they wyll not folowe but will flye from hym for they knowe not the voyce of straungers The good shepehearde geueth his lyfe for the shepe An hyred seruaunt which is not the shepeherde neither the shepe archis owne se the wolfe comming and leueth the shepe and flyeth and the wolfe catcheth them and scattereth the shepe I am that good shepe hearde and know myne and am knowen of myne As my father knoweth me euen so knowe I my father And I geue my lyfe for the shepe and other shepe I haue whiche are not of this folde them also must I bring that they maye heare my voyce and that there maye be one flocke and one shephearde No man taketh my lyfe from me but I put it awaye of my selfe I haue power to put it from me and haue power to take it agayne I and my father are one Though ye beleue not me yet beleue the workes that ye maye know and beleue that the father is in me and I in hym The .xi. Chapter WHen Iesus hearde that he sayde this infirmitie is not vnto deathe but for the laude of god that the sonne of god myght be praysed by the reason of it Yf a man walke in the daye he stombleth not because he seeth the light of this worlde but yf a man walke in the night he stombleth because ther is no light in him I am the resurreccion and the lyfe he that beleueth on me ye thoughe he were dead yet shall he lyue And whosoeuer lyueth and beleueth on me shall neuer dye And one of them named Cayphas which was the hye priest that same yeare sayed vnto them ye perceyue nothyng at al nor yet consider that it is expediente for vs that one man dye for the people and not that al the people perishe This spake he not of himselfe but beyng hye prieste that same yeare he prophecyed that Iesus shoulde dye for the people and not for the people onely but that he shoulde gather together in one the chyldren of god whiche were scattered abroade The .xii. Chapter THen toke Mary a pounde of oyntment called Nardus perfecte and precious and anoynted Iesus feete and wiped his feet
them that dresse it receaueth blessynge of god But that grouÌ„de whiche beareth thornes and bryars is reproued and is nye vnto cursyng whose ende is to be burned God is not vnrighteous that he shuld forgeth your worcke and laboure that procedeth of loue whiche loue ye shew in his name whiche haue ministred vnto the saintes and yet minister The .vii. Chapter TO Melchisedech Abraham gaue tythes of all thynges Melchisedech fyrste is by interpretation Kyng of righteousnes after that he is kynge of Salem that is to saye kynge of peace withoute father without mother without kynne and hath nether begynnyng of his time neyther yâ—â— end of his lyfe but is lykened vnto the sonne of god and continueth a prest for euer And verâ—lye those chyldren of Leui whicheth ceaue the offyce of the prestes haue a coÌ„mandement to take accordyng to the law tithes of the people that is to saye of their brethren ye thoughe they sprange out of the loynes of Abraham Leuy him selfe also whiche receaueth tythee payde tithes in Abraham The lawe made no thynge perfecte but was an introduction of a better hope by whyche hope we drawe nye vnto god This manne Christ because he endureth euee hathe an euerlastynge presthoode Wherfore he is able also euer to saue them that come vnto god by hym seynge he euer lyueth to make intercessyon for vs Soche an hye preste it became vs to haue whiche is holy harmlesse vndefiled separate from fynnes made hyar then heauen whiche nedeth not daily as yonder hye-prestes to offer vp sacrifice fyrste for his owne synnes and euen for the peoples synnes for that dyd he once for all when he offered vp hym selfe For the lawe maketh men prides whiche haue infirmitie but the worde of the othe that came sence the lawe maketh the sonne prest whiche is perfecte for euermore The .viii. Chapter AFter those dayes sayth the lord I wyll put my lawes in their myndes and in their hartes I wyll wrytte them and I wyll be their god and they shal be my people And they shall not teache euery manne his neyghbour land euery man his brother sayinge knowe the lord For they shal knowe me from the lest to the moste of them for I wylbe mercifull ouer their vnrighteousnes and on their synnes and on their iniquities The .ix. Chapter THe Prestes went alwayes into the fyrst tabernacle and executed the seruice of god But in the second went the hye preste alone one euery yeare and not without bloude whyche he offred for him selfe and for the ignoraunce of the people But Christ beyng an hye prest of good thinges to come nether be the bloude of goates calues but by his owne bloude he entred in once for all in to the holy place founde eternal redemption Whersoeuer is a testament ther must also be the deathe of him that maketh the teilament for the testameÌ„t taketh auctoritie when meÌ„ are dead for it is of no value as long as he the made it is a lyue Christ is not entred into the holye places that are made with handes which are but similitudes of true thinges but is entred into very heauen for to appeare nowe in the sight of god for vs not to offer him selfe often as the hye prest entreth in to the holy place euery yeare with strauÌ„ge bloude for then muste he haue often suffered sence the worlde began But nowe in the ende of the world hathe he appeared once to put synne to flyght by the offeringe vp of himselfe And as it is apointed vnto menne that they shall once dye and then coÌ„â—eth the iudgement euen so christ was once offered to take awaye the synnes of manye and vnto them that loke for hym shall he appeare agayne without synne vnto saluation The .x. Chapter IT is vnpossible that the bloude of oxen and of goates shulde take awaye synnes This is the testament that I wyl make vnto them after those dayes saithe the Lorde I wyll put my lawes in their hartes and in their mynde I wyll wryt them and theyr synnes and iniquities wil I remember no more And where remission of these thinges is there is no more offering for synne Lette vs consider one another to prouoke vnto loue and to good worâ—kes and that so mothe the more because ye se that the daye draweth nye Yf we synne willyngly after that we haue receaued the knowledge of the truthe there remaineth no more sacrifice for synnes but a feareful loking for iudgement and violente fyre whiche shall deuoure the aduersaries It is a fearfull thinge to fall into the handes of the liuyng god The iuste shall lyue by faithe The .xi. Chapter HAith is a sure confidence of thinges whiche are haped for and a certayntie of thynges whiche are not sene Without faithe it is vnpossible to plaise god By faithe Moses when he was great refused to be called the sonne of Pharaos doughter chose rather to suffer aduersitie with the people of god then to enioye the pleasures of synne for a reason and estemed the rebuke of Christe greater riches then the treasure of Egypte for he had respecte vnto the rewarde The .xii. Chapter WHom the lorde loueth him he chastened ye he scourgeth euery son that he receaueth No maner chastifyng in the present time semeth to be ioyous but greuous neuerthelesse afterwarde it bringeth the quiet frute of righteousnes vnto them whiche are therin exercised Embrace peace with all men holines without the whiche no man shall se the Lorde Esau for out breake fast solde his byrthright ye knowe howe that afterward when he wolde haue inherited the blessynge he was put by he found no meanes to come thereby agayne no though he desired it with teares Ye are come vnto the mount Sion and to the cytie of the liuynge god the celestiall Ierusalem and to an innumerable sight of aungels and vnto the congregation of the first borne sonnes whiche are wrytten in heauen and to god the iudge of al and to the sprytes of iust and perfecte menne and to Iesus the mediator of the newe testamente to the sprincklyng of bloude that speaketh better then the bloude of Abell Oure god is consumynge fyre The .xiii. Chapter BE not forgetfull to lodge straungers for therby haue dyuers receaued aungels into their houses vnwares Let wedlocke be had in price in all pointes and lette the chamber be vndefiled for whose kepers and aduoutrars god wyll iudge Remembre them whiche haue the ouersyght of you whiche haue declared vnto you the worde of god The ende of whose conuersation se that ye loke vpon and folowe their faithe Be not caryed about with dyuers and straunge learnynge Here we haue no continuyng cytie but we seke one to come To do good and to distribute forgette not for with suche sacrifices god is pleased Ohey them that haue the ouersight of you and submyt youre selues to them for they watche for your soules euen as they that muste geue accountes that they maye do