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
Ye knowe well that these handes haue ministred vnto my necessities and to them that were with me The .xxiii. Chapter THou shalt not course the ruler of the people The Saduces saye that there is no resurrection neither angell nor spirite But the phariseis graunt bothe The .xxv. Chapter IT is not the maner of the Romaynes to deliuer any man that he should perishe before that he which is accused haue the accusars before him and haue licence to aunswer for himselfe concerning the crime layde agaynst him My thinketh it vnreasonable for to sende a prisoner not to shewe the causes which are laide againste him The .xxvi. Chapter I Shewed fyrste vnto them of Damasco and at Ierusalem and through out all the coastes of Iewry to the Gentiles that they shoulde repent and turne to god and do the righte workes of repentaunce ¶ Here endeth the Actes of the Apostles ¶ The Epistle of S. Paule to the Romaynes the .i. Chap. FOr I am detter bothe to the Grekes and to them whiche are no Grekes vnto the learned and also vnto the vnlearned Likewise as muche as in me is I am redy to preache the gospel to you of Rome also For I am not ashamed of the gospell of Christ because it is the power of God vnto saluacion to all that beleue namely to the Iewe and also to the geÌ„tile The iust shall lyue by faithe His inuisible thinges that is to saye his eternall power and godhead are vnderstond and sene by the workes from the creation of the worlde When they counted themselues wise they became fooles And as it semed not good vnto them to be knowen of god euen so god deliuered them vp vnto a leude mynde that they should do the thinges whiche were not comely The .ii. Chapter THinkest thou this O thou man that iudgest them whiche do suche thynges and yet doest euen the very same that thou shalt escape the iudgement of god Either despisest thou the ryches of his goodnes pacience and loÌ„g sufferauÌ„ceâ— and remembreste not howe that the kyndenes of god leadeth the to repentaunce But thou after thine harde harte that cannot repent heapest together the treasure of wrathe against the daye of vengeaunce when shall be opened the righteous iudgement of god whiche will rewarde euery maÌ„ according to his dedes that is to saye prayse honoure and immortalitie to them which continue in good doynge and seke eternall life But to them that are rebellions and disobeye the trueth and folowe the iniquitie shall indignacion and wrath tribulacion and anguishe vpon the soule of euerye man that doth euill of the Iewe fyrst and also of the Gentile To euery man that doth good shall come prayse honoure and peace to the Iewe fyrst and also to the gentrie Before god they are not righteous whiche heare the lawe but the doers of the lawe shal be iustified Their conscience beareth witnes vnto them and also theyr thoughtes accusing one another or excusing at the daye when god shall iudge the secretes of meÌ„ by Iesus christ according to my gospell The name of god is euell spoken of amonge the gentiles thorowe you He is a Iewe whiche is hid within and the circumcision of the harte is the true circumcision which is in the spirite and not in the letter Whose prayse is not of men but of god The .iii. Chapter THere is none righteous no not one there is none that vnderstandeth there is none that seketh after God they all are gone oute of the waye they are all made vnprofitable there are none that doothe good no not one By the dedes of the lawe shall no fleshe be iustifyed in the sighte of god The righteousnes no doubt whiche is good before god commeth by the faith of Iesus Christ vnto all and vpon all that beleue All haue sinned and lacke the prayse that is of valure before god but we are iustified trely by his grace throughe the redemption that is in Christ Iesu whom god hath made a seate of mercy thorow faithe in his bloude to shewe the righteousnesse whiche before him is of valour in that he forgeueth the sinnes that are passed which god dyd suffer to shewe at this tyme the righteousenes that is alowed of hym that he mighte be contented iuste and a iustifier of him which beleueth in Iesus We suppose that a man is iustified by faithe without the dedes of the lawe The .iiii. Chapter ABraham beleued god and it was counted vnto hym for rightewisenes To him that worketh is the reward not reckened of fauoure but of duetie To him that worketh not but beleued on him that iustifieth the vngodly is fayth counted for rightwisenes Blessed are they whose vnrighteousnesse are forgeuen and whose synnes are couered Blessed is that man to whom the lorde imputeth no sinne Where is no lawe there is no transgression Christ was deliuered for our sinnes and rose agayne for to iustifie vs. The .v. Chapter WE also reioyce in tribulacion for we knowe that tribulacion bringeth pacience pacieÌ„ce bringeth experience and experience bringeth hope and hope maketh not ashamed for the loue of god is shead abrode in oure heartes by the holy ghost whiche is geuen vnto vs. Seyng that while we were yet sinners Christ dyed for vs muche more then now seyng we are iustified in his bloud shal we be saued from wrath thorow him Lykewise as by the sinne of one condemnatxion came on all men euen so by the iustifying of one commeth the righteousnesse that bringeth lyfe vpon all men For as by one mannes disobedience many became synners so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous The .vi. Chapter WE are buried with hym by baptime for to dâ—e that lykewyse as Christ was raysed vp from death by the glory of the father euen so we also shoulde walke in a newe lyfe For yf we be grafte in death lyke vnto hym euen so muste we be in the resurrection Let not sinne raigne in your mortall bodies that ye shoulde therunto obey in the iustes of it Neither geue your membres as instrumentes of vnrighteousenes vnto sinne but geue your selues to god as they that are alyue from death Let not sinne haue power ouer you For ye are not vnder the lawe but vnder grace Remember ye not how that to whomsoeuer ye commit your selues as seruauntes to obey his seruauntes ye are to whome ye obeye whether it be of synne vnto death or of obedience vnto righteousenes As ye haue geuen your membres seruauntes to vnclennes and to iniquitie from iniquitie to iniquitie euen so nowe geue youre members seruauntes vnto righteousnes that ye maye be sanctified The reward of sinne is death but eternal lyfe is the gyft of god through Iesus Christ our lord The .vii. Chapter THe woman which is in subiection to a man is bounde by the lawe to the man as longe as he liueth Yf the man be dead she is losed from the lawe of the man So then yf while the manne lyueth she
them that are his And let euery man that calleth on the name of Christ departe frō iniquitie Notwithstanding in a great house are not onely vessels of golde and of syluer but also of wood and of earth some for honoure some to dishonoure But yf a man purge himselfe from suche felowes he shal be a vessell sanctified vnto honour mete for the lorde and prepared vn to all good workes Folyshe and vnlearned questions putte from the remembryng that they do but gendre stryfe The .iii. Chapter Ye and al that wyll lyue godly in Christ Iesu muste suffre persecutions but the euyl menne and disceauers shal waxe worse and worse whyle they deceaue and are deceaued themselues All scripture geuen by inspiration of god is profitable to teache to improue to amēd to instruct in rightwisenes that the man of god maye be perfecte and prepared vnto all good workes The .iiii. Chapter PReache the worde be feruent be it in season or out of season Improue rebuke exhorte which al longe suffering and doctrine For the tyme wyll come when they wilnot suffre holsome doctrine but after theyr owne lustes shal they whose eares itche get them an heape of teachers shall turne theyr eares from the truthe and shal be geuen vn to fables I am now ready to be offred and the tyme of my departyng is at hande I haue sought a good fight and haue fulfilled my course and haue kept the fayth From hence forthe is layde vp for me a croune of righteousnes whiche the lorde that is righteous iudge shall geue me at that daye not to me onelye but vnto all them that loue his commyng ¶ The Epistle of S. Paule to Titus the fyrst Chapter ABishop must be fautelesse as it becommeth the minister of god Not proude not angry no dronkarde no fighter not geuen to fylthye lucre but herberous one that loueth goodnes sobre mynded righteous holye tēperate such e as cleueth vnto the true word of doctrine that he may be able to exhibite with holsome learning and to improue them that saye against it The Cretians are alwayes lyars euel beastes and stowe belyes They confesse that they knowe god but with the dedes they deny him and are abhominable disobedient and to all good woorkes discommendable The .ii. Chapter ANd the elder wemen lykewise that they be in suche raymente as becommeth holynes not false accusars not geuen to muche drinkinge but teachers of honest thinges to make the yong wemen sobre mynded to loue theyr husbandes to loue theyr chyldren to be discrete chast huswifely good and obedient to theyr owne husbandes that the worde of god be not euel so oken of The grace of god that bringeth saluation vnto al men hath appered and teacheth vs that we should deme vngodlynes and worldly lustes and that we should lyue sobre mynded righteouslye godly in this present world lokyng for the blessed hope and glorious appering of the mightye God and of our saueour Iesu Christ whiche gaue hym selfe for vs to redeme vs from all vnrighteousenes and to pourge vs a peculier people vnto him selfe feruently geuen vnto good workes The .iii. Chapter WArne them that they submit themselues to rule and power to obeye the officers that they be redy to all good workes Not of the dedes of righteousnes which we wrought but of his mercy he saued vs. Folishe questions and genealogies and braulinge and strife aboute the lawe auoyde for they are vn profitable and superfluous A man that is geuen to heresie after the fyrste and the seconde admonicion auoyde remembring that he that is suche is peruerted and synneth euen damned by his owne iudgement The Epistle of S. Paule to the Hebrues the .i. Chapter GOD in time past diuersly and manye wayes spake vnto the fathers by the prophetes but in these last dayes he hath spoken vnto vs by his sonne whome he hathe made heyre of all thinges by whome also he made the worlde He maketh his aungels spirites and his ministers fiammes of fyre Are not all the aungels ministringe spirites sent to minister for theyr sakes whiche shal be heyres of saluacion The .ii. Chapter HE that sanictifieth and they whiche are sāctifed are all one He in no place taketh on hym the angels but the feede of Abrahā taketh he on hym Wherfore in al thynges it became hym to be made lyke vnto his brechren that he might be merciful and a faythful hye priell in thynges concerning god for to purge the peoples synnes For in that he himself suffered and was tempted he is able to sucker them that are tempted The iii. Chapter CHrist as a sōne hath rule ouer the house whose house are we so that we hold fast the cōfidēte and the reidysyng of that hope vnto the ende Take hede brethren that there be in none of you an euil herte in vnbeleue that he shoulde depart from the lyuing god but exhort one another dayly while it is called to daye leaste any of you ware harde harted thorowe the deceytefulnesse of synne The .iiii. Chapter THe worde of god is quicke and mightye in operacion and sharper then any two edge sweared and en treth through euen vnto diuiding a sonder of the soule and the sprite and of the taintes and the mary and iudgeth the thought is and theintentes of the hearte neither is there any creture inuisible in the sight of it For all thinges are naked and bare vnto the eyes of hym of whom we speake The .v. Chapter WE haue not an hye priest which cānot haue cōpassion on our infirmities but was in all poyntes lyke as we are but yet without synne Let vs therfore go boldly vnto the seate of grace that we may receyue mercy fynde grace to helpe in tyme of nede Euery hye priest that is taken from among men is ordeyned for men in thynges pertayninge to God to offer giftes and sacrifices for sinne which can haue compassion on the ignorant and on them that are out of the waye because that he him selfe also is compassed with infirmitie for the whyche infirmities sake he is bounde to offer for synnes as well for his owneparte as for the peoples No man taketh honoure vnto hym selfe but he that is called of god as was Aaron Christ in the dayes of his fleshe dyd offer vp prayers and supplications with strong crying teares vnto him that was able to saue him frome death and was also hearde because of his obedience The .vi. Chapter IT is not possible that they which were once lygted and haue tasted of the heauenly gyft and were become partakers of the holye ghoste and haue tasted of the good worde of god and of the power of the worlde to come yf they fall shoulde be renued agayne vnto repentannce for as moche as they haue as cōcerning them selues crucified the sonne of god a freshe making a mocke of hym That erth whiche drynketh in the rayne whiche commeth ofte vpon it and bryngeth forth earbes meate for