wall that was a stoppe betwene vs and hath also thorow his flesh put awaye the cause off hatred namely the lawe of the commaundemeÌ„tes contayned in the lawe wrytten that of twayne he mighte create one new man in him selfe and make peace and to reconcyle both vnto God in one body thorow the crosse and so he slewe y e hatred thorow his owne selfe and came and preached peace in the Gospell vnto you which were afarre of and to theÌ„ that were nye For thorow him we both haue intraunce in â—ne sprete vnto the father Now therfore ye are nomore gestes and straungers but citesins with the sayntes of the housholde of God buylded vpon y e foundacion of y e Apostles and prophetes where Iesus Christ is y e heade corner stone in whom euery buyldinge coupled together groweth to an holy temple in the LORDE in whom ye also are buylded together to be an habitacion of God in the sprete The III. Chapter FOr this cause I Paul am a presoner of Iesus Christ for you Heythen acordinge as ye haue herde of y e office of the grace of God which is geuen me to you warde For by reuelacion was this mystery shewed vnto me as I wrote abouâ— in fewe wordes wherby whan ye rede it 〈◊〉 maye perceaue myne vnderstondynge in y e mystery of Christ which mystery in tymes past was not opened vnto the childreÌ„ of meÌ„ as it is now declared to his holy Apostles and prophetes by the sprete namely that the Heythen shulde be inheritours also and of the same body and partakers of his promes in Christ by the Gospell wherof I am made a mynister acordynge to the gifte of the grace of God which is geueÌ„ me acordinge to the workynge of his power Vnto me the leest of all sayntes is this grace geuen that I shulde preach amonge the HeytheÌ„ y e vnsearcheable riches of Christ and to make all men se what is the fellishippe of the mystery which froÌ„ the begynnynge of the worlde hath bene hyd in God which made all thiÌ„ges thorow Iesus Christ to the intent that now vnto the rulers and powers in heaueÌ„ mighte be knowne by the congregacion the manifolde wyszdome off God acordinge to y e eternall purpose which he hath shewed in Christ Iesu oure LORDE by whom we haue boldnesse and intraunce in all confideÌ„ce thorow faith on him Wherfore I desyre that ye faynte not because of my tribulacions y t I suffre for you which is youre prayse For this cause I bowe my knees vnto the father of oure LORDE Iesus Christ which is the true father ouer all that is called father in heauen and in earth that he graunte you acordinge to y e riches of his glory to be strengthed with power by his sprete in y e inwarde maÌ„ that Christ maye dwell in youre hertes by faith that ye beynge roted and grounded in loue maye be able to coÌ„prehende with all sayntes what is the bredth and the length and the deepth and the heyth and to knowe the loue of Christ which loue yet passeth all knowlege that ye maye be fylled with all maner of fulnesse of God Vnto him that is able to do exceadinge abundauntly aboue all that we axe or vnderstonde acordinge to y e power that worketh in vs be prayse in the congregacion which is in Christ Iesu at all tymes for euer and euer Amen The IIII. Chapter I Therfore which am presoner in the LORDE exhorte you that ye walke as it becoÌ„meth yo r callinge wherin ye are called with all humblenes off mynde and mekenes and longe sufferinge forbearinge one another in loue and be diligent to kepe the vnite of the sprete thorow the bonde of peace One body and one sprete eueÌ„ as ye are called in one hope of youre callynge One LORDE one faith one baptyme one God and father of vs all which is aboue all and thorow all and in you all Vnto euery one of vs is geuen grace acordinge to the measure off the gifte off Christ. Therfore sayeth he He is gone vp an hye and hath led awaye captiuyte captyue and hath geueÌ„ giftes vnto men That he wente vp what is it but that he first came downe in to y e lowest partes of y e earth He that came downe is euen the same which is gone vp aboue all heauens to fulfill all And y e same hath set some to be Apostles some to be prophetes some to be Euangelistes some to be shepherdes teachers wherby the sayntes mighte be coupled together thorow comen seruyce to the edifienge of y e body of Christ tyll we all come vnto one maner of faith and knowlege of the sonne of God and become a perfecte man in to the measure of the perfecte age of Christ that we be nomore children waueringe caried aboute with euery wynde of doctryne thorow the wickednes of men and craftynes wherby they laye awayte for vs to disceaue vs. But let vs folowe the trueth in loue and in all thinges growe in him which is the heade euen Christ in whom all the body is coupled together and one membre hangeth by another thorow out all y e ioyntes Wherby one mynistreth vnto another acordinge to the operacion as euery membre hath his measure and maketh that y e body groweth to the edifienge of it selfe in loue This I saye therfore and testifye in the LORDE that ye walke nomore * as y e other Heythen walke in the vanite of their mynde blynded in their vnderstondinge beynge straungers froÌ„ the life which is in God thorow the ignoraunce that is in them because of the blyndnes of their hert which beynge past repentaunce haue geueÌ„ them selues ouer vnto wantonnes to worke all maner of vnclennes euen with gredynesse But ye haue not so learned Christ yf so be that ye haue herde of him are taught in him euen as the trueth is in Iesu. So then as concernynge the conuersacion in tyme past laye from you that olde man which marreth himselfe thorow disceauable lustes but be ye renued in the sprete of youre mynde and put on that new man which is shapen after God in true righteousnes and holynes Wherfore put awaye lyenge and speake euery man the trueth vnto his neghboure for as moch as we are membres one of another Be angrie but synne not Let not y e Sonne go downe vpoÌ„ youre wrath nether geue place to the bacbyter He that hath stollen let him steale nomore but let him laboure rather and do some good with his hondes that he maye haue to geue vnto him that nedeth Let no filthy communicacion proceade out of youre mouth but that which is good to edifye withall whaÌ„ nede is that it be gracious to heare And greue not the holy sprete of God wherwith ye are sealed vnto y e daye of redempcion Let all bytternes and fearsnes and wrath and
acordynge to his dedes of whom be thou ware also For he withstode oure wordes sore In my first answerynge no man assisted me but all forsoke me I praye God that it be not layed to their charges Notwitstondynge the LORDE stode by me streÌ„gthed me that by me the preachinge shulde be fulfylled to the vttemost and that all the HeytheÌ„ shulde heare And I was delyuered out of the mouth of the lyon And the LORDE shal delyuer me from all euell doynge and shal kepe me vnto his heauenly kyngdome To whom be prayse for euer and euer Amen Salute Prisca and Aquila and y e houszholde of Onesiphorus Erastus abode at Corinthum But Trophimus left I sicke at MiletuÌ„ Make spede to come before wynter Eubolus and Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brethren salute the. The LORDE Iesus Christ be with thy sprete Grace be with you Amen The seconde epistle vnto Timothy wrytten from Rome whaÌ„ Paul was presented the seconde tyme before the Emperoure Nero. The Epistle of of the Apostle S. Paul vnto Titus The summe of this epistle Chap. I. Paul exhorteth Titus to ordene prestes or biszhoppes in euery cite declareth what maner of men they ought to be that are chosen to that office and chargeth Titus to rebuke soch as withstonde the gospell Chap. II. He telleth him how he shal teach all degrees to behaue them selues Chap. III. Of obedience to soch as be in auctorite He warneth Titus to bewarre of foolish and vnprofitable questions The first Chapter PAUL the seruaunt of God and an Apostle off Iesus Christ to preach the faith off Gods electe and the knowlege of y e trueth which ledeth vnto god lynes vpon the hope of eternall life which God that can not lye hath promysed before the tymes of the worlde but at his tyme hath opened his worde thorow preachinge which is commytted vnto me acordinge to the commaundemeÌ„t of God oure Sauioure Vnto Titus my naturall sonne after y e comen faith Grace mercy and peace from God the father and froÌ„ the LORDE Iesu Christ oure Sauioure For this cause left I the in Creta that thou shuldest perfourme that which was lackynge and shuldest ordeyne Elders in euery cite as I appoynted ye. Yf eny be blamelesse the huszbande of one wife hauynge faithfull children which are not slaundred of ryote nether are dishobedient For a Bisshoppe must be blamelesse as the stewarde of God not wylfull not angrye not geuen vnto moch wyne no fyghter not gredye of filthye lucre but harbarous one that loueth goodnes sober mynded righteous holy temperate and soch one as cleueth vnto the true worde of doctryne that he maye be able to exhorte with wholsome lernynge to improue them that saye agaynst it For there are many dishobedient and talkers of vanite and disceauers of myndes namely they of the circuÌ„cision whose mouthes must be stopped which peruerte whole houses teachinge thinges which they oughte not because of filthye lucre One of them selues euen their awne prophet sayde The Cretayns are alwayes lyars euell beestes and slowe belies This witnesse is true Wherfore rebuke them sharply y t they maye be sounde in the faith and not to take hede vnto Iewes fables and commaundementes of men which turne them awaye from the trueth Vnto y e cleane are all thinges cleane but to the vncleane vnbeleuers there is nothinge cleane but both their mynde conscience is defyled They saye that they knowe God but with the dedes they denye him for so moch as they are abhominable and dishobedient and vnmete to all good workes The II. Chapter BVt speake thou that which becommeth wholsome learnynge That y e elder men be sober honest discrete sounde in the faith in loue in pacience And the elder wemen likewyse that they shewe them selues as it becommeth holynes that they be no false accusers not geuen to moch wyne that they teach honest thinges that they enfourme the yonge wemen to be sober mynded to loue their huszbandes to loue their childreÌ„ to be discrete chaste huszwyfly good obedient vnto their awne huszbandes that the worde of God be not euell spoken of Exhorte the yonge men likewyse that they be sober mynded Aboue all thinge shewe thy selfe an ensample off good workes with vncorrupte doctryne with honestye with the wholsome worde which can not be rebuked that he which withstoÌ„deth maye be ashamed hauynge nothinge in you that he maye disprayse Exhorte the seruauntes to be obedient vnto their masters to please in all thinges not answeringe agayne nether to be pykers but to shewe all good faithful◠〈…〉 in all thinges they maye do 〈…〉 to the doctryne off God oure 〈…〉 For the grace of God that bryngeth 〈…〉 vnto all men hath appeared and teacheth vs that we shulde denye vngodlynes and wordly lustes and that we shulde lyue discretly righteously and godly in this worlde lokynge for that blessed hope and appearynge of the glory of y e greate God and of oure Sauioure Iesu Christ which gaue him selfe for vs to redeme vs froÌ„ all vnrighteousnes and to pourge vs to be a peculiar people vnto himselfe to be feruently geuen vnto good workes These thinges speake and exhorte and rebuke with all earnest Se that no man despyse the. The III. Chapter WArne them that they submytte them selues vnto Prynces and to the hyer auctorite to obey the officers to be ready vnto all good workes that they speake euell of no man that they be no stryuers but soft shewynge all mekenes vnto all men For we oure selues also were in tymes past vnwyse dishobedient in erroure seruynge lustes and dyuerse maners of voluptuousnes lyuynge in maliciousnes and envye full of hate hatynge one another But after that y e kyndnesse and loue of God oure Sauioure to man warde appeared not for y e dedes of righteousnes which we wroughte but after his mercy he saued vs by the fountayne of the new byrth and renuynge of the holy goost which he shed on vs abundauntly thorow Iesus Christ oure Sauioure y t we beynge made righteous by his grace shulde be heyres of eternall life acordynge to hope This is a true sayeÌ„ge Of these thinges wolde I that thou shuldest speake earnestly that they which are become beleuers in God might be diligent to excell in good workes for these thinges are good and profitable vnto meÌ„ As for folish questions and genealogies and braulynges and stryuynges aboute y e lawe auoyde theÌ„ for they are vnprofitable and vayne A maÌ„ that is geuen vnto heresye after y e first and seconde monicion auoyde and knowe that he that is soch is peruerted synneth euen â—amned by his awne iudgment Whan I shal sende Artemas or Tichicus â—â—to y e make spede to come to me vnto Niâ—â—polis for I haue determyned there to â—â—ynter Brynge Zenas y e Scrybe and Apolâ—â—s on their iourney diligently
shal I teach thy wayes vnto the wicked that synners maye be conuerted vnto the. Delyuer me from bloudegyltynesse o God thou that art the God of my health that my tonge maye prayse thy rightuousnesse Open my lippes O LORDE that my mouth maye shewe thy prayse For yf thou haddest pleasure in sacrifice I wolde geue it the but thou delytest not in burnt offerynges The sacrifice of God is a troubled sprete a broken and a coÌ„trite here o God shalt thou not despise O be fauorable and gracious vnto Sion that the walles of Ierusalem maye be buylded For then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifice of rightuousnesse with the burnt offerynges and oblacions then shal they laye bullockes vpon thine aulter The LI. A psalme of Dauid WHy boastest thou thy self thou Tyraunt that thou canst do myschefe Where as the goodnesse of God endureth yet daylie Thy tonge ymagineth wickednesse and with lyes it cutteth like a sharpe rasoure Thou louest vngraciousnesse more theÌ„ good to talke of lyes more then rightuousnesse Sela. Thou louest to speake all wordes y t maye do hurte O thou false toÌ„ge Therfore shal God cleane destroye the smyte the in peces plucke the out of thy dwellinge and rote the out of the londe of the lyuinge Sela. The rightuous shal se this feare and laugh him to scorne Lo this is the maÌ„ y t toke not God for his streÌ„gth but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches was mightie in his wickednesse As for me I am like a grene olyue tre in y e house of God my trust is in the tender mercy of God for euer euer I wil allwaye geue thankes vnto the for that thou hast done and wil hope in thy name for thy sayntes like it well The LII A psalme of Dauid THe foolish bodies saye in their hertes â–ª Tush there is no God Corrupte are they and become abhominable in their wickednesses there is not one that doth good God loked downe from heauen vpoÌ„ the children of men to se yf there were eny that wolde vnderstonde or seke after God But they are all gone out of y e waye they are all become vnprofitable there is none y t doth good no not one How caÌ„ they haue vnderstondinge that are the workers of wickednes eatinge vp my people as it were bred call not vpon God They are afrayed where no feare is for God breaketh the bones of them that besege the thou puttest them to confucion for God despiseth them Oh y t the sauynge health were geuen vnto Israel out of Sion Oh that the LORDE wolde delyuer his people out of captiuyte Then shulde Iacob reioyse Israel shulde be right glad The LIII A psalme of Dauid HElpe me o God for thy names sake and delyuer me in thy streÌ„gth Heare my prayer o God considre the wordes of my mouth For straungers are rysen vp agaynst me and the mightie which haue not God before their eyes seke after my soule Sela. But lo God is my helper it is he that vpholdeth my soule He shall rewarde euell vnto myne enemies and in thy treuth shalt thou destroye them A frewil offeringe wil I geue the and prayse thy name o LORDE because it is so comfortable For thou hast delyuered me out of all my trouble so that myne eye seyth his desyre vpoÌ„ myne enemies The LIIII A psalme of Dauid HEare my prayer o God and hyde not thy self fro my peticion Take hede vnto me and heare me how piteously I mourne coÌ„playne The enemie crieth so the vngodly commeth on so fast for they are mynded to do me some myschefe so maliciously are they set agaynst me My herte is heuy within me and the feare of death is fallen vpon me Fearfullnesse and tremblinge are come vpon me and an horrible drede hath ouerwhelmed me And I sayde O that I had wynges like a doue that I might fle somwhere and be at rest Lo then wolde I get me awaye farre of and remayne in the wildernesse Sela. I wolde make haist to escape from the stormy wynde and tempest Destroie their tonges o LORDE and deuyde them for I se vnrightuousnes strife in y e cite This goeth daye and night aboute the walles myschefe and vyce are in the myddest of it Wickednesse is therin disceate and gyle go not out of hir stretes Yf it were myne enemie that reuyled me I coude beare it or yf one that ought me euell will dyd threaten me I wolde hyde myself from him But it is thou my companyon my gyde and myne owne familier freÌ„de We had swete 〈◊〉 secrete communicacion together and louyngly walked we together in y e house of God Let death come hastely vpon them and let them go downe quick in to hell for wickednes is amonge them in their dwellinges As for me I will call vnto God and the LORDE shall helpe me In the eueninge mornynge and at noone daye wil I mourne and complayne and he shal heare my voyce It is he that delyuereth my soule in peace from them that laye waite for me for they are many agaynst me Yee euen God that endureth for euer shal heare me and brynge them downe Sela. For they wil not turne and why they feare not God Yee they laye hondes vpon soch as be at peace with him and so thei breake his couenaunt Their mouthes are softer then butter yet haue they batell in their mynde their wordes are smoother then oyle and yet be they very swerdes O cast thy burthen or care vpon the LORDE he shal norish the and not leaue the rightuous in vnquietnesse But as for them thou o God shalt cast them downe in to the pitte of destruccion The bloudthurstie and disceatfull shal not lyue out half their daies Neuerthelesse my trust is in the. The LV. A psalme of Dauid BE mercifull vnto me o God for 〈…〉 wil treade me downe they are 〈…〉 fightinge troublinge me 〈…〉 enemies treade me daylie vnder their fete for they be many y t proudly fight agaynst me Neuerthelesse wheÌ„ I am afrayed I put my trust in the. I wil comforte my self in Gods worde yee I wil hope in God and not feare What can flesh then do vnto me They vexe me daylie in my wordes all y t they ymagin is to do me euell They holdâ—â—lltogether kepe them selues close they marck my steppes how they maye catch my soule But in vayne for it shal escape theÌ„ and why thou o God in thy displeasure shalt cast downe soch people Thou tellest my flittinges thou puttest my teares in thy botell and nombrest them When so euer I call vpon the myne enemies are put to flight wherby I knowe that thou art my God In Gods worde wil I reioyse in the LORDES worde wil I comforte me Yee in God do I â—rust am not afraied what caÌ„ man theÌ„ do vnto me Vnto the o God wil I paye my vowes vnto y e wil I geue thaÌ„kes
posterite As for y e sede y t came vpon him which he loued he brought it not vtterly to naught but gaue yet a remnaunt vnto Iacob and a rote vnto Dauid out of him Thus rested Salomon with his fathers and out of his sede he left behynde him a very foolishnes of the people and soch one as had no vnderstoÌ„dinge namely RoboaÌ„ which turned awaye the people thorow his councell and Ieroboam y e sonne of Nabat which caused Israel to synne and shewed Ephraim the waye of vngodlynes In so moch that their synnes myszdedes had the vpper hande so sore that at the last they were dryuen out of the londe for the same Yee he sought out brought vp all wickednes tyll the vengeaunce came vpon them The XLVIII Chapter THen stode vp Elias the prophet as a fyre and his worde brâ—â—t like a creshett He brought an hoÌ„ger vpon theÌ„ and in his zele he made them few in nombre For they might not awaye w t the commauÌ„dementes of the LORDE Thorow the worde of the LORDE he shut the heauen and thre tymes brought he the fyre downe Thus became Elias honorable in his wonderous dedes Who maye make his boost to be like him One that was deed raysed he vp from death in the worde of y e Hyest he brought him out of the graue agayne He cast downe kynges and destroyed them and the honorable from their seate Vpon the mount Syna he herde the punyshment vpon Horeb the iudgmeÌ„t of the vengeaunce He prophecied recompensynge vnto kynges and ordeyned prophetes after him He was taken vp in the storme of fyre in a charett of horses of the LORDE He was ordeyned in the reprouynges in tyme to pacifie the wrath to turne y e hertes of the fathers vnto the children to set vp the trybes of Iacob agayne Blessed were they that saw the and were garnished in loue for we lyue in life Elias was couered in the storme but Heliseus was fylled with his mouth Whyle he lyued he was afrayed of no prynce and no man might ouercome him There coude no worde disceaue him after his death his body prophecied He dyd wonders in his life in death were his workes maruelous For all this the people amended not nether departed they from their synnes tyll they were caried awaye presoners out of the londe and were scatred abrode in all countrees so that of them there remayned but a very litle people and a prynce vnto y e house of Dauid Howbeit some of them dyd right some heaped vp vngodlynes Ezechias made his cite stronge conveyed water in to it dygged thorow the stony rock with yron made vp a well by the water syde In his tyme came Sennacherib vp and sent Rabsaches lift vp his hande agaynst Sion defyed them with greate pryde TheÌ„ trymbled their hertes and handes so y t they sorowed like a woman trauaylinge with childe So they called vpoÌ„ the LORDE which is mercyfull lift vp their haÌ„des before him Immediatly the LORDE herde theÌ„ out of heauen and delyuered them by the hande of Esay He smote the hoost of the Assirians his angell destroyed theÌ„ For Ezechias had done the thinge that pleased the LORDE remayned stedfastly in the waye of Dauid his father Which Esay was greate faithfull in his visions In his tyme y e Sonne weÌ„te backwarde he lengthened the kynges life With a right sprete prophecied he what shulde come to passe at the last to soch as were soroufull in Sion he gaue consolacion wherwhith they might coÌ„forte them selues for euermore He shewed thinges y t were for to come secrete or euer they came to passe The XLIX Chapter THe remembrauÌ„ce of Iosias is like as whan the Apotecary maketh many precious swete smellynge thinges together His remembraunce shal be swete as hony in all mouthes and as the playenge of Musick by the wyne He was appoynted to turne the people agayne to take awaye all abhominacions of y e vngodly He directed his hert vnto the LORDE in the tyme of the vngodly he set vp the worshipe of God agayne All kynges excepte Dauid Ezechias Iosias coÌ„mitted wickednes for euen y e kynges of Iuda also forsoke y e lawe of God For they gaue their horne vnto other their hono worshipe also to a straunge people Therfore was the electe cite of the SaÌ„ctuary brent with fyre and the stretes therof laye desolate waist for they intreated Ieremy euell which neuertheles was a prophet ordeyned from his mothers wombe that he might rote out breake of destroye that he might buylde vp plante agayne Ezechiel sawe the glory of the LORDE in a vision which was shewed him vpon the charet of the Cherubins For he thought vpon the enemies in y e rayne to do good vnto soch as had ordred their wayes a right And the bones of the twolue prophetes florish from out of their place for they gaue comforte consolacion vnto Iacob and delyuered theÌ„ faithfully How shall we prayse Zorobabel which was as a ringe in the right hande So was Iesus also the sonne of Iosedec these men in their tymes buylded the house set vp the Sanctuary of y e LORDE agayne which was prepared for an euerlastinge worshipe And Nehemias is allwaye to be coÌ„mended which set vp for vs the walles y t were broken downe made the portes barres agayne and buylded oure houses of the new But vpon earth is there no man created like Enoch for he was taken vp from y e earth And Ioseph which was lorde of his brethren the vpholder of his people His bones were couered kepte Seth Sem were in greate honoure amonge y e people and so was Adam aboue all the beastes whaÌ„ he was created The L. Chapter SYmon the sonne of Onias the hye prest which in his life set vp the house agayne in his dayes made fast the teÌ„ple The heyth of y e temple also was founded of him the dubble buyldinge the hye walles of the temple In his dayes the welles of water flowed out and were exceadinge full as the see He toke care for his people delyuered them from destruccion He kepte his cite made it stronge that it shulde not be beseged He dwelt in honoure and worshipe amonge his people and enlarged the intraunce of the house and the courte He geueth light as the mornynge starre in the myddest of the cloudes and as y e Moone whan it is full He shyneth as the Sonne in the temple of God He is as bright as y e rayne bowe in y e fayre cloudes florisheth as the floures and roses in the sprynge of y e yeare as the lilies by the ryuers of water Like as the braunches vpon the mount Libanus in tyme of Sommer as a fyre inceÌ„se that is