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
elder beheaded of Herode Agrippa and Peter was caste in pryson and was deliuered by the angell of the Lorde This kyng also dyed in his seuenth yere iiii Fadus dearth xlvi xiii Paul and Barnabas after their preachyng returned vnto Antioch where they continued many dayes with the congregation v. ii Felix about this xlvii xiiii vi iii. time came into xlviii xv   Syria   About the begynnyng of this yere Paul and Barnabas toke their iourney through Phenitia and Samaria vnto Hierusalem to the sinode or counsell After that they returned vnto Antioche where they remayned a yere whyther commeth Peter whom Paul rebuketh Galath ii Then Paul goeth vnto Cilicia and Licaonia vii Tiberius Alex.  xlix xvi viii ii  l. xvii In these yeres were conuerted the countreys of Phrigia Galatia Misia Frō Troade he went by water into Macedonia and conuerted the cities namely Philippos Appolonia Amphipolis Thessalonia Athens ix iii.  li. xviii x. Cumanus Agrippa y e yonger lii xix Paul goeth by sea vnto Hierusalem from thence he commeth agayne vnto Antioche from Antioche he visiteth the congregations of him in time past constituted in Galacia and Phrigia xi Eelix ii liii xx xii ii iii. liiii xxi xiii iii. iiii lv xxii xiiii iiii v. lvi xxiii Paul ferieth ouer into Grecia From thence about Easter in his .xii. yere he goeth by sea into Syria not a strayght course because of the Iewes but firste vnto Phylippa a citie of Macedonia and commeth about Pentecost vnto Hierusalem there he is imprisoned of the Iewes set at libertie immediatly of Claudius Lisia tribunus and is sent vnto Cesarea to Felix is kept in custodie of Felix two yeres Nero v. vi lvii xxiiii Festus commeth about May into Iudea before whom he pleadeth his matter After that before Festus and Agrippa the kyng He is sent vnto Rome in Italie the seconde yere of Nero. ii Festus Portius vii lviii xxv iii. ii viii lix xxvi iiii iii. ix lx xxvii v. iiii x. lxi xxviii vi Albinus xi lxii xxix vii ii xii lxiii xxx viii iii. xiii lxiiii xxxi ix iiii xiiii lxv xxxii x. Florus xv lxvi xxxiii xi ii xvi lxvii xxiiii xii iii. xvii lxviii xxxv xiii iiii xviii lxix xxxvi xiiii Vaspasianus dux xix lxx xxxvii After that Saint Paul had preached the Gospell of Christe both in the east and west about xxxvii yeres he was in the last yere of Nero the Emperour beheaded at Rome with the sworde ¶ The Epistle of the Apostle Saint Paul to the Romanes ¶ The first Chapter 1 Paul sheweth by whom and to what purpose he is called 16 What the Gospell is 18 The vengeaunce of God vpon the wicked 20 The vse of the creatures 24 The ingratitude and punishement of the wicked 1 PAul the seruaunt of Iesus Christe called to be an Apostle seuered into the Gospel of God 2 Which he had promised afore by his prophetes in y e holy scriptures 3 Of his sonne which was made of the seede of Dauid after the fleshe 4 And hath ben declared to be the sonne of God with power after the spirite that sanctifieth by the resurrectiō from the dead of Iesus Christe our Lorde 5 * By whom we haue receaued grace and apostleship that obedience myght be geuen vnto the fayth in his name among all heathen 6 Among whom ye are also the called of Iesus Christe ☜ 7 To all that be in Rome beloued of God saintes by callyng grace to you and peace from God our father and the Lorde Iesus Christe 8 First verily I thanke my God through Iesus Christe for you all that your fayth is publisshed throughout all the worlde 9 For God is my witnesse whom I serue with my spirite in the Gospell of his sonne that without ceassyng I make mention of you 10 Praying alwayes in my prayers that by some meane at the last one tyme or other I myght take a prosperous iourney by the wyll of God to come vnto you 11 For I long to see you that I myght bestowe among you some spirituall gift that ye myght be stablisshed 12 That is that I might haue consolation together with you eche with others fayth yours and mine 13 I woulde that ye should knowe brethren howe that I haue oftentymes purposed to come vnto you and haue ben let hytherto that I myght haue some fruite also among you as among other of the gentiles 14 I am debter both to the grekes and to the barbarous both to the wyse and to the vnwise 15 So that as much as in me is I am redy to preache the Gospell to you that are at Rome also 16 For I am not ashamed of the Gospell of Christ because it is the power of God vnto saluation to all that beleue to the Iewe first and also to the Greke 17 For by it is the ryghteousnes of God opened frō fayth to fayth As it is written the iuste shall lyue by fayth 18 For the wrath of God appeareth from heauen against all vngodlynesse vnrighteousnes of men which withholde the trueth in vnrighteousnes 19 For that that may be knowen of God is manifest among them because God hath shewed it vnto them 20 For his inuisible thinges being vnderstanded by his workes through the creation of the worlde are seene that is both his eternall power and godhead So that they are without excuse 21 Because that when they knewe God they glorified hym not as God neither were thankefull but waxed full of vanities in their imaginations * and their foolishe heart was blynded 22 When they counted them selues wyse they became fooles 23 And turned the glorie of the immortall God vnto an image made not only after the similitude of a mortal man but also of birdes and foure footed beastes and of crepyng beastes 24 Wherefore God gaue them vp to vncleanenesse through the lustes of their owne heartes to defyle their owne bodies among them selues 25 Whiche chaunged his trueth for a lye and worshipped and serued the creature more then the creator which is to be praysed for euer Amen 26 Wherefore God gaue them vp vnto shamefull lustes * For euen their women dyd chaunge the naturall vse into that which is agaynst nature 27 And likewise also the men left the naturall vse of the woman and brent in their lustes one with another * and men with men wrought fylthynesse and receaued to them selues the rewarde of their errour as it was accordyng 28 And as they regarded not to knowe God euen so God deliuered them vp vnto a leude mynde that they should do those thinges which were not comely 29 Beyng full of all vnrighteousnes fornication craftynesse couetousnes maliciousnes full of enuie murther debate deceite euyll conditioned whysperers 30 Backbyters haters of God dispiteful proude boasters bryngers vp of euyll thinges disobedient to father mother 31 Without
the archers founde him and he was wounded of shooters 4 Then saide Saul to his harnesse bearer Drawe thy sword and thrust me through therwith that these vncircumcised come not and do me shame But his harnesse bearer would not for he feared exceedingly So Saul caught a sword and fell vpon it 5 And when his harnesse bearer saw that Saul was dead he fell on a sword also and dyed 6 And thus Saul and his three sonnes and al they of his house dyed together 7 And when all the men of Israel that were in the valley sawe how they fled and that Saul his sonnes were dead they forsoke their cities and ran away and the Philistines came and dwelt in them 8 And it fortuned that on the morowe when the Philistines came to strip the dead bodies they founde Saul and his sonnes ouerthrowen in mount Gilboa 9 And when they had stript him they toke his head and his harnesse and sent them into the lande of the Philistines rounde about to shewe them vnto their idols and to the people 10 And they put his harnesse in the house of their god and set vp his head in the temple of Dagon 11 And when all they of Iabes in Gilead hearde all that the Philistines had done to Saul 12 They arose all the strongest of them and fet away the body of Saul and the bodies of his sonnes and brought them to Iabes and buried the bones of them vnder an oke in Iabes and fasted seuen dayes 13 So Saul dyed for his trespasse that he trespassed against the Lorde in that he kept not the word of the Lorde and in that he sought and asked counsaile of a woman that wrought with a spirite 14 And asked not of the Lorde and therefore he slue him and turned the kingdome vnto Dauid the sonne of Isai ¶ The .xj. Chapter 3 After the death of Saul Dauid is annoynted in Hebron 5 The Iebusites rebell against Dauid from whom he taketh the towre of Sion 6 Ioab is made captayne 10 His valiaunt men 1 THen all Israel gathered them selues to Dauid vnto Hebron saying 2 Beholde we be thy bones and thy fleshe And moreouer in tyme past euen when Saul was king thou leddest Israel out in And the Lorde thy God sayde vnto thee Thou shalt feede my people Israel and thou shalt be captayne ouer my people Israel 3 Therefore came all the elders of Israel to the king to Hebron and Dauid made a couenaunt with them in Hebrō before the Lorde And they annoynted Dauid king ouer Israel according to the worde of the Lorde by the hande of Samuel 4 And Dauid and all Israel went to Hierusalem which is Iebus where as were the Iebusites the inhabiters of the lande 5 And the inhabiters of Iebus sayde to Dauid Thou commest not in here Neuerthelesse Dauid wan the castel of Sion which is called the citie of Dauid 6 And Dauid sayde Whosoeuer smyteth the Iebusites first shal be the principall captayne and a lorde So Ioab the sonne of Zaruia went first vp and was made the chiefe captayne 7 And Dauid dwelt in the castell Sion and therefore they called it the citie of Dauid 8 And he built the citie on euery syde euen from Millo round about and Ioab repaired the rest of the citie 9 And Dauid prospered waxed great the Lorde of hoastes was with him 10 These are the principall men of power whom Dauid had and that claue to him in his kingdome with all Israel to make him king according to the word of the Lorde ouer Israel 11 And this is the number of the mightie men whom Dauid had Iosobeam the sonne of Hachmoni the chiefe among thirtie he lift vp his speare against three hundred and wounded them at one tyme. 12 After him was Eleazar his vncles sonne an Ahothite which was one of the three mightiest 13 He was with Dauid at Pasdammim and there the Philistines were gathered together to battaile And there was there a parcell of grounde full of barly and the people fled before the Philistines 14 And they stept foorth into the middest of the fielde and saued it and slue the Philistines and the Lorde gaue a great victorie 15 And the three of the thirtie chiefe captaynes went to a rocke to Dauid into the caue Adullam And the hoast of the Philistines abode in the valley of Rephaim 16 And when Dauid was in the holde the Philistines watch was at Bethlehem that same tyme. 17 And Dauid longed and sayde Oh that one woulde geue me drinke of the water of the well that is at the gate at Bethlehem 18 And the three brake through the hoast of the Philistines and drewe water out of the wel that was by y e gate at Bethlehem and toke it and brought it to Dauid Neuerthelesse Dauid woulde not drinke of it but rather offered it to the Lorde 19 And sayd my God forbyd it me that I shoulde do this thing Shall I drinke the blood of these men that haue put their liues in ieoperdie for with the ieoperdie of their liues they brought it therefore he would not drinke it And this did these three mightiest 20 And Abisai the brother of Ioab he also was captayne among three For he lyft vp his speare against three hundred and wounded them and had a name among the three 21 Yea among three he was more honorable then the two for he was their captayne Howbeit he attayned not to the first three 22 Banaia y e sonne of Iehoiada the sonne of a very strong man which had done many actes of Cabzeel he slue two strong lions of Moab went downe and slue a lion in a pit in time of snowe 23 And he slue an Egyptian whose stature was euen fiue cubites long and in the Egyptians hand was a speare lyke a weauers beame And the other went downe to him with a waster plucked the speare out of the Egyptians hand and slue him with his owne speare 24 Such thinges did Banaia the sonne of Iehoiada and had the name among the three mightiest 25 And was honorable among thirtie but attayned not vnto the first three And Dauid made him of his counsaile 26 The other men of armes were these Asahel the brother of Ioab Elhanan his vncles sonne of Bethlehem 27 Samoth the Harodite Helez the Pelonite 28 Ira the sonne of Ickes the Thekoite Abieser the Anatothite 29 Sibbecai the Husathite Ilai the Ahohite 30 Maharai the Nepthophathite Heled the sonne of Baana the Nethophathite 31 Ithai the sonne of Ribai of Gibea that pertayned to the children of Beniamin Benaia the Phirathonite 32 Hurai of the riuers of Gaas Abiel the Arbathite 33 Azmaueth the Baharumite Elihaba the Salabonite 34 The sonnes of Hassem the Gezonite Ionathan the sonne of Sage an Hararite 35 Ahiam the sonne of Sacar the Hararite Eliphal the sonne of Vr. 36 Hepher the Mecherathite Ahia the Pelonite 37 Hezro the Carmelite
6 Neuerthelesse lo thou requirest trueth in the inwarde partes of me therfore thou wylt make me learne wisdome in the secrete part of myne heart 7 Purge thou me with hyssop and I shal be cleane washe thou me and I shal be whyter then snowe 8 Make thou me to heare some ioy and gladnesse let the bones reioyce which thou hast broken 9 Turne thy face from my sinnes and wype out all my misdeedes 10 Make thou vnto me a cleane heart O Lorde and renue thou a ryght spirite within me 11 Cast me not away from thy presence and take not thy holy spirite from me 12 Geue me agayne the comfort of thy saluation and confirme me with a free wyllyng spirite 13 Then wyll I teache thy wayes vnto the wicked and sinners shal be conuerted vnto thee 14 Deliuer me from blood O Lorde the Lorde of my saluation and my tongue shall sing with a ioyfull noyse of thy iustice 15 O Lorde open thou my lippes and my mouth shall set foorth thy prayse 16 For thou desirest no sacrifice els I would geue it thee thou delightest not in a burnt offering 17 Sacrifices for God is a mortified spirite O Lorde thou wylt not despise a mortified and an humble heart 18 Be thou beneficiall vnto Sion according to thy gracious good wyll buylde thou the walles of Hierusalem 19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousnes with burnt offeringes and oblations then wyll they offer young bullockes vpon thyne aulter The argument of the .lij. psalme ¶ Dauid inueyeth against Doeg and describeth his and all other mischeuous mens natures and doynges which the godly perusing be more incited to put their whole confidence in God and to prayse God ¶ To the chiefe musition a wyse instruction of Dauid when Doeg the Edomite came to Saul and tolde him saying Dauid is come to the house of Achimelek 1. Sam. 21. 1 WHy boastest thy self thou tiraunt of mischiefe the goodnes of God dayly endureth 2 Thy tongue imagineth wickednes and deceaueth like a sharpe raser 3 Thou hast loued vngratiousnes more then goodnes and to talke of falshood more then of righteousnes Selah 4 Thou hast loued to speake all wordes that may do hurt O thou deceiptfull tongue 5 Therfore the Lord wyll destroy thee for euer he wyll take thee and plucke thee out of thy dwelling and roote thee out of the lande of the liuing Selah 6 The righteous also shall see this and they wyll be afraide and laugh hym to scorne 7 Saying lo this is the man that put not the Lorde to be his strength but trusted vnto the multitude of his riches and strengthed him selfe in his wickednesse 8 As for me I am lyke a greene oliue tree in the house of the Lorde my trust is in the tender mercy of the Lorde for euer and euer 9 I will alway confesse it vnto thee for that thou hast done it and I wyll hope in thy name for it is good in the sight of thy saintes The argument of the .liii. psalme ¶ Dauid declareth the originall roote with the fruites and punishment of the wicked how they oppresse cruelly the people of God whom neuerthelesse God by his prouidence defendeth and wyll deliuer from the bloodie handes of the wicked whose vngodlynes he detesteth alwayes ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Mahalah a wise instruction of Dauid 1 THe foole hath sayde in his heart there is no God they haue corrupted them selues haue made their wickednes abhominable he is not that doeth good 2 The Lorde looked downe from heauen vpon the chyldren of men to see if there were any that did vnderstand and seeke after the Lorde 3 But they dyd all go out of the way they dyd altogether become abhomible there was also none that would do good no not one 4 Wyll not the workers of iniquitie vnderstande eating vp my people as if they eated bread that they do not call vpon God 5 They shal be greatly there afraide where no cause of feare is for the Lord wyll breake the bones of hym that besiegeth thee thou wylt put them to shame because the Lorde hath despised them 6 Who is he that wyll geue saluation vnto Israel out of Sion when the Lord wyll reduce his people out of captiuitie Iacob wyll reioyce and Israel wyll be glad The argument of the .liiii. psalme ¶ Dauid brought into marueylous daunger through the treason of Ziphims who were counterfayted Israelites calleth earnestly vpon God from whom receauing succour he thanketh him with a free heart acknowledging the benefite ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Neginoth a wyse instruction of Dauid when the Zaphims came and sayd vnto Saul hath not Dauid hyd him selfe amongst vs 1. Sam. 23. .26 1 SAue me O Lorde for thy name sake iudge me accordyng to thy mightie power 2 Heare my prayer O Lord and hearken vnto the wordes of my mouth 3 For straungers are rysen vp against me and tirauntes whiche haue not the Lorde before their eyes seeke after my soule Selah 4 Behold God is an ayde vnto me the Lorde is with them that vpholde my soule 5 He wyll rewarde euyll vnto mine enemies destroy thou them according to thy trueth 6 I wyll sacrifice vnto thee with a true wyllyng heart I wyll confesse thy name O God because it is good 7 For he hath deliuered me out of all my trouble and mine eye hath seene auengaunce vpon mine enemies The argument of the .lv. psalme ¶ Dauid desireth God to heare his prayers he declareth his griefes and afflictions he wisheth auengment of his enemies who pretending frendship and familiaritie craftyly seeketh his dishonour Finally he sheweth what comfort he hath taken in that God wyll helpe him and destroy his aduersaries ¶ To the chiefe musition vpon Neginoth a wise instruction of Dauid 1 O Lorde geue eare vnto my prayer and hide not thy selfe from my petition 2 Take heede vnto me and heare me I can not choose but mourne in my prayer and make a noyse 3 Deliuer me from the voyce of the enemie and from the present affliction of the wicked for they are minded to do me mischiefe and are set malitiously against me 4 My heart trembleth within me and the feare of death is fallen vpon me 5 Fearefulnes and trembling are come vpon me and an horrible dread hath ouerwhelmed me 6 And I sayde O that I had wynges like a doue for then woulde I flee away and be at rest 7 Lo then woulde I fleeing get me away farre of and remayne in the wyldernesse Selah 8 Then woulde I make hast to escape from the stormie wynde and from the tempest 9 Destroy their tongues O Lorde and deuide them for I haue seene oppression and strife in the citie 10 They do compasse it day and night within the walles mischiefe also and labour are in the midst of it 11 Malice is in the midst of it disceipt and guyle go
he shal be brought lowe 13 And vpon all high and stout Cedar trees of Libanus and vpon all the okes of Basan 14 And vpon all the high mountaynes and vpon all the high hilles 15 And vpon euery high towre and vpon euery fenced wall 16 And vpon all the shippes of Tharsis and vpon all pictures of pleasure 17 And the pride of man shal be brought downe and the loftinesse of men shal be made lowe and the Lorde alone shal be exalted in that day 18 As for the idols he shall vtterly abolishe 19 And they shall creepe into holes of stone and into caues of the earth for feare of the Lorde and for the glorie of his maiestie when he ariseth to destroy the wicked ones of the earth 20 In the selfe same day shall man cast away his gods of siluer and his gods of golde into the holes of Mowles and Backes which he neuerthelesse had made to hym selfe to honour them 21 And they shall creepe into the cliftes of the rockes and into the toppes of the harde stones for feare of the Lorde and for the glorie of his maiestie when he ariseth to destroy the wicked ones of the earth 22 Ceasse therfore from man in whose nosethrilles there is breath for wherin is he to be accompted of The .iij. Chapter 1 The mischiefes that God sendeth on common weales for the contempt of his worde 14 The couetousnesse of rulers reproued 16 The proude nicenesse of women punished to their shame 1 FOr lo the Lorde God of hoastes doth take away from Hierusalem and Iuda all maner of stay all stay of meate and drynke 2 The captayne and the souldiour the iudge and the prophete the prudent and the aged man 3 The captayne of fiftie the honorable the senatour the cunnyng artificer and the eloquent oratour 4 And I shall geue children to be their princes and babes shall rule ouer them 5 And the people shall eche one of them violently oppresse another and euery one agaynst his neyghbour The boy shall presume agaynst the elder and the person of lowe degree agaynst the honorable 6 Yea one shall take a friende of his owne kinrede by the bosome and say thou hast clothyng thou shalt be our head and stay this ruine with thy hande 7 Then shall he sweare and say I can not helpe you there is neither meate nor clothyng in my house make me no ruler of the people 8 For Hierusalem and Iuda must decay because that both their wordes and counsayles are agaynst the Lorde to prouoke the presence of his maiestie to anger 9 Their very countenaunce bewrayeth thē yea they declare their owne sinnes themselues as Sodome they hide it not Wo be to their owne soules for they haue rewarded euyll vnto them selues 10 Say to the ryghteous that it shall go well with them for they shall eate the fruite of their owne studies 11 But wo be vnto the wicked for it shal be euyll with hym for he shal be rewarded after his owne workes 12 Children are extortioners of my people and women rule ouer them O my people thy leaders deceaue thee and corrupt the way of thy footsteppes 13 The Lorde is here to commune of the matter standeth to iudge the people 14 The Lorde shall enter into iudgement with the elders and princes of his people and shall say to them It is ye that haue burnt vp my vineyarde the spoyle of the poore is in your houses 15 What meane ye that ye bray as in a morter my people and grinde the faces of the poore saith the Lorde God of hoastes 16 Moreouer the Lord hath said seing the daughters of Sion are waxen proude walke with stretched foorth neckes and wanton lokes goyng and trippyng nicely and tinckelyng with their feete 17 Therfore shall the Lorde shaue the heades of the daughters of Sion and shall discouer their filthinesse 18 In that day shall the Lord take away the gorgiousnesse of the attire about their feete the caules and the rounde tires after the fashion of the moone 19 The sweete perfumes and the bracelettes and the mufflers 20 The bonnettes and the sloppes and the head bandes and the tablettes and the earynges 21 And rynges and nose iewels 22 The costly apparell and the vayles and the wimples the crispyng pinnes 23 And the glasses and the fine linnen and the hoodes and the lawnes 24 And in steade of good smell there shal be stincke and in steade of their girdle a rent and for well set heere there shal be baldnesse in steade of a stomacher a sacke cloth sunne burnyng for beautie 25 Thy men shal perishe with the sword and thy valiaunt souldiours in the battayle O Hierusalem 26 And her gates shall mourne and bewayle and she beyng desolate shall syt vpon the grounde The .iiij. Chapter 1 The miserie of the stubburne 3 A promise of Gods fauour to the residue 1 IN that day seuen women shall take holde of one man saying we wyll finde our selues meate and apparell only let vs be called by thy name to take our shamefull reproofe from vs. 2 In that day shall the budde of the Lorde be beautifull and glorious and the fruite of the earth shal be excellent and pleasaunt for them that are escaped of Israel 3 Then shall the remnaunt in Sion and the remnaunt at Hierusalem be called holy namely all such as are written among the lyuyng in Hierusalem 4 After that the Lorde hath washt away the filthinesse of the daughters of Sion and hath purged the blood out from Hierusalem in the spirite of iudgement and in the spirite of fire 5 And vpon all the dwellynges of the hylles of Sion and vpon her congregations the Lord shall create a cloude and smoke by day and the shynyng of a flamyng fire by night for all the glorie shal be preserued 6 And there shal be a tabernacle for a shadowe in the day time from the heat a safe place and refuge from weather and rayne The .v. Chapter 1 Of Christe and his vineyarde 8 with an execration of couetousnesse 11 drunkennesse 19 and contempt of Gods worde 1 NOwe wyll I syng my beloued friende a song of my friende touching his vineyard My beloued friende hath a vineyarde in a very fruiteful plenteous grounde 2 This he hedged and gathered out the stones from it and planted it with the choysest vine In the middest of it builded he a towre also made a wine presse therin and he loked that it shoulde bring him grapes and it brought foorth wylde grapes 3 Nowe O citezen of Hierusalem and man of Iuda iudge I pray thee betwixt me and my vineyarde 4 What more coulde haue ben done for it that I haue not done Wherfore then hath it geuen wylde grapes where I loked to haue had grapes of it 5 Well nowe I shall tell you howe I will do with my vineyarde I will take the hedge from it that it may perishe and
of vngodlines 24 Insomuch that their sinnes and misdeedes had the vpper hande so sore that at the last they were driuen out of the lande for the same 25 Yea he sought out and brought vp all wickednes tyll the vengeaunce came vpon them ¶ The .xlviij. Chapter The prayse of Elias Elizeus Ezechias and Esaias 1 THen stoode vp Elias the prophete as a fyre and his worde brent lyke a cresset 2 He brought an hunger vpon them and in his zeale he made theÌ„ fewe in number for they might not away with the commaundementes of the Lorde 3 Through the worde of the Lorde he shut the heauen three times brought he the fire downe 4 O Elias howe honorable art thou in thy wonderous deedes who may make his hoast to be lyke thee 5 One that was dead thou raysedst vp from death and in the worde of the hyest thou broughtest him out of the graue againe 6 Thou hast cast downe kinges and destroyed them and the honorable from their seate 7 Vpon the mount Sâ—na thou heardest the iudgement vpon horeb the iudgement of the vengeaunce 8 Which diddest annoynt kinges to recompence and ordaynedst prophetes after thee 9 Thou wast taken vp in the storme of fire in a charet of fixie horses 10 Thou wast ordayned in the reproouinges in time to pacifie the wrath of the Lorde before it raged to turne the heartes of the fathers vnto the children to set vp the tribes of Iacob againe 11 Blessed were they that sawe thee and were garnished in loue for we lyue in lyfe but after death we shall haue no such name 12 Elias was couered in the storme but Elizeus was filled with his spirite while he lyued he was afrayde of no prince and no man might ouercome him 13 There coulde no worde deceaue him and after his death his body prophecied 14 He did wonders in his lyfe in death were his workes maruaylous 15 For all this the people amended not neither departed they from their sinnes tyll they were caryed away prisoners out of the lande and were scattered abrode in all countries so that of them there remayned but a very litle people and a prince vnto the house of Dauid 16 Howbeit some of them did right and some heaped vp vngodlynes 17 Ezechias made his citie strong conueyed water into it digged through the stony rocke with iron and made vp a wall by the water side 18 In his time came Sennacherib vp and sent Rabsakes lyft vp his hande against Sion defied them with great pride 19 Then trembled their heartes and handes so that they sorowed lyke a woman trauayling with childe 20 So they called vpon the Lord which is mercifull and lyft vp their handes before him immediately the Lorde heard them out of heauen 21 He thought no more vpon their sinnes nor gaue them ouer to their enemies but deliuered them by the hande of Esaias 22 He smote the hoast of the Assyrians and his angel destroyed them 23 For Ezechias had done the thing that pleased the Lorde and remayned stedfastly in the way of Dauid his father as Esaias the great faithfull prophete in the sight of God had commaunded him 24 In his time the sunne went backward and he lengthened the kinges lyfe 25 With a right spirite prophecied he what shoulde come to passe at the last and to such as were sorowfull in Sion he gaue consolation wherewith they might comfort them selues for euermore 26 He shewed thinges that were for to come and secrete or euer they come to passe ¶ The .xlix. Chapter â–ª Of Iosias Ezechias Dauid Ieremie Ezechiel Zorobabel Iesus Nehemias Enoch and Ioseph 1 THe remembraunce of Iosias is lyke as wheÌ„ the apothecarie maketh many precious sweete smelling thinges together his remembraunce shal be sweete as hony in all mouthes and as the playing of musicke at a banket of wine 2 He was appoynted to turne the people againe and to take away all abhominations of the vngodlie 3 He directed his heart vnto the Lorde and in the time of the vngodlie he set vp the worship of God againe 4 All kinges except Dauid Ezechias and Iosias committed wickednes for euen the kinges of Iuda also forsoke the lawe of God 5 For they gaue their horne vnto other their honour worship also to a strauÌ„ge people 6 Therefore was the elect citie of the sanctuarie brent with fire and the streetes therof layd desolate and waste in the hande of Ieremie 7 For they entreated him euill which neuerthelesse was a prophete ordayned from his mothers wombe that he might roote out breake of and destroy and that he might builde vp and plant againe 8 Ezechiel sawe the glorie of the Lorde in a vision which was shewed him vpon the charet of the Cherubims 9 For he thought vpon the enemies in the rayne to do good vnto such as had ordered their wayes aright 10 And the bones of the twelue prophetes florished from out of their place for they gaue comfort and consolation vnto Iacob and deliuered them faithfully 11 How shal we prayse Zorobabel which was as a ring on the right hande 12 So was Iesus also the sonne of Iosedec these men in their times builded the house set vp the sanctuarie of the Lorde againe which was prepared for an euerlasting worship 13 And among the elect was Nehemias whose renowme was great which set vp for vs the walles that were broken downe made the portes and barres againe and builded our houses a new 14 But vpon the earth is there no man created lyke Enoch for he was taken vp from the earth 15 Neither was there a lyke man vnto Ioseph which was lord of his brethren and the vpholder of his people his bones were couered and kept 16 Seth and Sem were in great honour among the people and so was Adam aboue all the beastes when he was created The .l. Chapter 1 Of Simon the sonne of Onias 22 An exhortation to prayse the Lorde 1 SImon the sonne of Onias the hye priest which in his lyfe set vp the house againe and in his dayes made fast the temple 2 The height of the temple also was founded of him the double building and the hye walles of the temple 3 In his dayes the welles of water flowed out and were exceeding full as the sea 4 He toke care for his people and deliuered them from destruction he kept his citie made it strong that it shoulde not be besieged 5 How honorable was his conuersation among the people and when he came out of the house couered with the vaile 6 He gaue lyght as the morning starre in the middest of the cloudes and as the moone when it is full 7 He shined as the sunne in the temple of God he is as bright as the raynebowe in the faire cloudes 8 And florisheth as the floures and roses in the spring of the
And his disciples came to hym and awoke hym saying Lorde saue vs we peryshe 26 And he sayth vnto them Why are yet fearefull O ye of litle fayth Then he arose and rebuked the windes and the sea and there folowed a great calme 27 But the men marueyled saying What maner of man is this that both wyndes and sea obey hym ☜ 28 And when he was come to the other syde into the countrey of the Gergesenes there met hym two possessed with deuyls which came out of the graues and were very fierce so that no man myght go by that way 29 And beholde they cryed out saying O Iesu thou sonne of God what haue we to do with thee Art thou come hyther to torment vs before the tyme 30 And there was a good way of from them a hearde of many swyne feedyng 31 So the deuyls besought hym saying Yf thou cast vs out suffer vs to go away into the hearde of swyne 32 And he sayde vnto them go Then went they out and departed into the hearde of swyne And beholde y e whole hearde of swyne russhed headlong into the sea and peryshed in the waters 33 Then they that kept them fledde and went theyr wayes into the citie and tolde euery thyng and what was done of the possessed with the deuyls 34 And beholde the whole citie came out to meete Iesus and when they sawe hym they besought hym that he woulde depart out of theyr coastes ¶ The .ix. Chapter ¶ 2 He healeth the paulsie 9 Calleth Matthewe from the custome 11 Aunswereth for his disciples 22 Healeth the woman of the blooddy issue 25 Helpeth Iairus daughter 29 Geueth two blynde men theyr syght 33 Maketh a dumbe man to speake and dryueth out a deuyll 1 AND he entred into a shippe passed ouer came into his owne citie 2 And beholde they brought to him a man sicke of the paulsie lying in a bedde And when Iesus sawe the fayth of them he sayde vnto the sicke of the paulsie Sonne be of good cheare thy sinnes be forgeuen thee 3 And beholde certayne of the Scribes sayde within them selues This man blasphemeth 4 And whē Iesus saw their thoughtes he sayde Wherefore thynke ye euyll in your heartes 5 Whether is easyer to say thy sinnes be forgeuen thee Or to say aryse and walke 6 But that ye may knowe that the sonne of man hath power to forgeue sinnes in earth then sayde he to the sicke of the paulsie Aryse take vp thy bedde and go vnto thyne house 7 And he arose and departed to his house 8 But when the multitudes sawe it they marueyled glorified God which had geuen such power vnto men ☜ 9 ☞ And as Iesus passed foorth from thence he sawe a man named Matthewe syttyng at the receipte of custome he sayth vnto hym folowe me And he arose and folowed hym 10 And it came to passe as Iesus sate at meate in his house beholde many publicans also and sinners came and sate downe with Iesus and his disciples 11 And when the Pharisees sawe it they sayde vnto his disciples Why eateth your maister with publicans and sinners 12 But when Iesus hearde that he sayde vnto them They that be whole nede not the phisition but they that are sicke 13 Go ye and learne what that meaneth I wyll haue mercie and not sacrifice for I am not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentaunce ☜ 14 ☞ Then came the disciples of Iohn vnto hym saying Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft but thy disciples fast not 15 And Iesus sayde vnto them Can the chyldren of the bryde chaumber mourne as long as the brydegrome is with them But the dayes wyll come when the brydegrome shall be taken from them and then shall they fast 16 No man putteth a peece of newe cloth in an olde garment for then the peece taketh away somethyng from the garment and the rent is made worse 17 Neither do men put newe wine into olde vessels els the vessels breake and the wyne runneth out and the vessels peryshe But they put newe wyne into newe vessels and both are preserued together ☜ 18 ☞ Whyle he spake these thynges vnto them beholde there came a certayne ruler and worshypped hym saying My daughter is euen nowe dead but come and lay thy hande vpon her and she shall lyue 19 And Iesus arose and folowed hym and so dyd his disciples 20 And beholde a woman which was diseased with an issue of blood twelue yeres came behynde hym and touched the hemme of his vesture 21 For she sayde within her selfe If I may touche but euen his vesture only I shal be safe 22 But Iesus turned hym about and when he sawe her he saide Daughter be of good comfort thy faith hath made thee safe And the woman was made whole from that same houre ☜ 23 And when Iesus came into the rulers house and sawe the minstrels and the people makyng a noyse 24 He sayde vnto them Geue place for the maide is not dead but slepeth And they laughed hym to scorne 25 But when the people were put foorth he went in and toke her by the hande and the mayde arose 26 And the fame of this went abrode into all that lande 27 And when Iesus departed thence two blynde men folowed hym crying and saying O thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy on vs. 28 And whē he was come into the house the blynde came to hym And Iesus sayth vnto them Beleue ye that I am able to do this They sayde vnto hym yea Lorde 29 Then touched he their eyes saying Accordyng to your fayth be it vnto you 30 And their eyes were opened And Iesus straytly charged them saying see that no man knowe of it 31 But they when they were departed spread abrode his name in all that lande 32 As they went out beholde they brought to him a dumbe man possessed with a deuyll 33 And when the deuyll was cast out the dumbe spake and the multitudes marueyled saying that it was neuer so seene in Israel 34 But the Pharisees sayde He casteth out deuils through the prince of deuils 35 And Iesus went about all cities and townes teachyng in their synagogues and preachyng the Gospell of the kyngdome and healyng euery sicknesse and euery disease among the people 36 But when he sawe the multitudes he was moued with compassion on them because they were destitute and scattered abrode euen as sheepe hauing no shephearde 37 Then sayth he vnto his disciples the haruest truely is plenteous but the labourers are fewe 38 Pray ye therfore the lorde of the haruest that he wyl thrust foorth labourers into the haruest ⧠The .x. Chapter ¶ 5 Christe sendeth out his twelue Apostles to preache in Iurie 7 He geueth them charge teacheth them and comforteth them agaynst persecution and trouble 1 ANd when he had called his twelue
And when they had founde hym they sayde vnto hym all men seke for thee 38 And he saide vnto them let vs go into the nexte townes that I may preache there also for therfore am I come 39 And he preached in their synagogues in all Galilee and cast the deuyls out 40 And there came a leper to hym besechyng him and knelyng downe to him and saying vnto hym If thou wylt thou canst make me cleane 41 And Iesus had compassion on hym and put foorth his hande touched hym and sayth vnto hym I wyll be thou cleane 42 And assoone as he had spoken immediatly the leprosie departed from hym and he was made cleane 43 And after he had geuen hym a strayte commaundement he sent hym away foorthwith 44 And sayth vnto hym See thou saye nothing to any man but get thee hence shew thy selfe to the priest and offer for thy clensyng those thinges which Moyses commaunded for a witnesse vnto them 45 But he assoone as he was departed began to tell many thynges and to publishe the saying insomuch that Iesus could no more openly enter into the citie but was without in desert places And they came to him from euery quarter ¶ The .ij. Chapter ¶ 3 He healeth the man of the paulsie 14 calleth Leui the customer 16 eateth with open synners 18 and excuseth his disciples 1 AFter a fewe dayes also he entred into Capernaum agayne and it was noysed y t he was in the house 2 And anone many were gathered together in somuch that nowe there was no rowme to receaue them no not so muche as about the dore and he preached the word vnto them 3 And they came vnto hym bryngyng one sicke of the paulsie whiche was borne of foure men 4 And when they coulde not come nye vnto hym for prease they vncouered the roofe of the house that he was in And whē they had broken vp the roofe they dyd with cordes let downe the bedde wherin the sicke of the paulsie lay 5 When Iesus sawe their fayth he saide vnto the sicke of the paulsie Sonne thy synnes be forgeuen thee 6 But there were certayne of the scribes syttyng there and reasonyng in theyr heartes 7 Why doeth he thus speake blasphemies Who can forgeue sinnes but God only 8 And immediatly when Iesus perceaued in his spirite that they so reasoned within them selues he saith vnto them why reason ye suche thynges in your heartes 9 Whether is it easyer to say to the sicke of the paulsie thy synnes be forgeuen thee or to say aryse take vp thy bedde and walke 10 But that ye may know that the sonne of man hath power in earth to forgeue synnes He spake vnto the sicke of the paulsie 11 I saye vnto thee aryse and take vp thy bedde and get thee hence vnto thine house 12 And immediatly he arose toke vp the bedde and went foorth before them all insomuch that they were all amazed glorified God saying we neuer sawe it on this fashion 13 And he went againe vnto the sea and all the people resorted vnto him and he taught them 14 And as Iesus passed bye he sawe Leui the sonne of Alphee sittyng at the receipt of custome and sayde vnto hym folowe me And he arose and folowed hym 15 And it came to passe that when Iesus sate at meate in his house many publicanes and sinners sate also together at meate with Iesus and his disciples for there were many that folowed him 16 And when the scribes and pharisees sawe hym eate with publicanes and sinners they saide vnto his disciples howe is it that he eateth and drynketh with publicanes and synners 17 When Iesus hearde that he saide vnto them They that be whole haue no nede of the phisition but they that are sicke I came not to call the righteous but sinners to repentaunce 18 And the disciples of Iohn the Pharisees dyd fast And they come and say vnto him Why do y e disciples of Iohn and of the Pharisees fast but thy disciples fast not 19 And Iesus sayde vnto them Can the chyldren of the brydechaumber fast whyle the brydegrome is with them As long as they haue the brydegrome with them they can not fast 20 But the dayes wyll come when the brydegrome shal be taken awaye from them and then shall they fast in those dayes 21 No man also soweth a peece of newe cloth vnto an olde garment otherwayes his newe peece taketh awaye from the olde and so the rent is made worse 22 And no man powreth newe wine into olde vessels els the newe wine doth burst the vessels and the wine runneth out and the vessels are marred But newe wine must be put into newe vessels 23 And it came to passe that he went thorowe the corne fieldes on the Sabboth dayes and his disciples began by y e way to plucke the eares of corne 24 And the pharisees sayde vnto hym Beholde why do they on the Sabboth dayes that which is not lawfull 25 And he sayde vnto them Haue ye neuer read what Dauid did when he had nede and was an hungred both he and they that were with hym 26 Howe he went into the house of God in the dayes of Abiathar the hye prieste and dyd eate the shewe bread which is not lawfull to eate but for the priestes and gaue also to them which were with hym 27 And he sayde vnto them The Sabboth was made for man and not man for the Sabboth 28 Therfore is the sonne of man Lorde also of the Sabboth ¶ The .iij. Chapter ¶ 1 He helpeth the man with the dryed hande 14 choseth his Apostles 22 and casteth out the vncleane spirite whiche the pharisees ascribe vnto the deuyll 35 The brother sister and mother of Christe 1 AND he entred agayne into the synagogue a man was there whiche had a wythered hande 2 And they watched hym whether he woulde heale hym on the Sabboth daye that they myght accuse hym 3 And he saide vnto the man which had the wythered hande Aryse and stande in the myddes 4 And he saide vnto them Is it lawful to do good on the Sabboth dayes or to do euyl to saue lyfe or to kyll But they helde their peace 5 And when he had loked rounde about on them with anger mournyng for the hardnesse of their heartes he sayth to the man stretch foorth thyne hande And he stretched it out And his hande was restored euen as whole as the other ☜ 6 And the pharisees departed and strayghtway gathered a councell with the Herodians agaynst hym that they myght destroy hym 7 But Iesus auoyded with his disciples to the sea And a great multitude folowed hym from Galilee and from Iurie 8 And from Hierusalem from Idumea and from beyonde Iordane and they that dwelled about Tyre Sidon a great multitude of men Which whē they had hearde what thynges he dyd came vnto hym 9 And Iesus cōmaunded his
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
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
also which kept not their first estate but left their owne habitation he hath reserued in euerlastyng chaynes vnder darkenesse vnto the iudgement of the great day 7 Euen as Sodome and Gomorrhe and the cities about them which in lyke maner defiled them selues with fornication and folowed straunge fleshe are set foorth for an ensample and suffer the payne of eternall fyre 8 Lykewyse these beyng deceaued by dreames defyle the flesh despise rulers and speake euyll of them that are in aucthoritie 9 Yet Michael the Archangel when he stroue agaynst the deuyll and disputed about the body of Moyses durst not geue raylyng sentence but sayde the Lorde rebuke thee 10 But these speake euyl of those thinges which they knowe not what thinges they know naturally as beastes which are without reason in those thynges they corrupt them selues 11 Wo be vnto thē for they haue folowed the way of Cain and are vtterly geuen to the errour of Balaam for lucres sake and perishe in the gaynsaying of Core 12 These are spottes in your feastes of charitie whē they feast with you without al feare feedyng thēselues cloudes they are without water caryed about of windes corrupt trees and without fruite twise dead and plucked vp by the rootes 13 They are the ragyng waues of the sea fomyng out their owne shame They are wandryng starres to whom is reserued the mist of darknes for euer 14 Enoch the seuenth from Adam prophesied before of such saying Beholde the Lorde shall come with thousandes of saintes 15 To geue iudgement agaynst all men and to rebuke all that are vngodly among them of all their vngodly deedes which they haue vngodly committed and of all their cruel speakynges which vngodly sinners haue spoken agaynst hym 16 These are murmurers complayners walkyng after their owne lustes whose mouthes speake proude thynges They haue men in great reuerence because of aduantage 17 But ye beloued remember the wordes which were spoken before of the Apostles of our Lorde Iesus Christe 18 Howe that they tolde you that there shoulde be begilers in y e last tyme which should walke after their owne vngodly lustes 19 These are makers of sectes fleshlie hauyng not the spirite 20 But ye dearely beloued edifie your selues in your most holy fayth praying in the holy ghost 21 And kepe your selues in the loue of God lokyng for the mercie of our Lord Iesus Christe vnto eternall lyfe 22 And haue compassion of some seperatyng them 23 And other saue with feare pullyng them out of the fyre and haue compassion on the other and hate euen the garment spotted by the fleshe 24 Vnto him that is able to kepe you free from sinne and to present you faultlesse before the presence of his glory with ioy 25 To God our sauiour which only is wyse be glorie maiestie dominion and power nowe and euer Amen ⧠The reuelation of Saint Iohn the diuine ¶ The first Chapter 1 The cause of this reuelation 3 Of them that reade it 4 Iohn writeth to the seuen Churches 5 The maiestie and office of the sonne of God 20 The vision of the candlestickes and starres 1 THE reuelation of Iesus Christ which God gaue vnto hym for to shewe vnto his seruaūtes thyngs which must shortlye come to passe ☞ And when he had sent he shewed by his Angel vnto his seruaunt Iohn 2 Which bare recorde of the worde of God and of the testimonie of Iesus Christe and of all thinges that he sawe 3 Happy is he that readeth and they that heare the wordes of this prophesie and kepe those thynges which are written therin for the tyme is at hande 4 Iohn to the seuen Churches in Asia Grace be vnto you and peace from him which is and which was and which is to come and from the seuen spirites which are before his throne 5 And from Iesus Christe which is a faythfull witnesse and first begotten of the dead and Lorde ouer the kynges of the earth Vnto hym that loued vs and wasshed vs from our sinnes in his owne blood ☜ 6 And made vs kynges and priestes vnto God his father be glorie and dominion for euermore Amen 7 Beholde he commeth with cloudes and all eyes shall see hym and they also which pearsed hym And all kinredes of the earth shall wayle before hym Euen so Amen 8 I am Alpha and Omega the begynnyng and the endyng sayth the Lorde almyghtie which is and which was and which is to come 9 I Iohn your brother and companion in tribulation and in the kingdome and patience of Iesus Christe was in the I le that is called Pathmos for y e worde of God and for the witnessyng of Iesus Christe 10 I was in the spirite on the Lordes day and hearde behynde me a great voyce as it had ben of a trumpe 11 Saying I am Alpha and Omega the first and the last That thou seest write in a booke and sende it vnto the seuen Churches which are in Asia vnto Ephesus and vnto Smyrna and vnto Pergamos and vnto Thyatira and vnto Sardis and vnto Philadelphia and vnto Laodicea 12 And I turned backe to see the voyce that spake to me And whē I was turned I sawe seuen golden candlestickes 13 And in y e middes of the candlestickes one lyke vnto the sonne of man clothed with a garment downe to the feete and girde about the pappes with a golden girdle 14 His head and his heere 's were whyte as whyte wooll and as snowe and his eyes were as a flambe of fyre 15 And his feete lyke vnto fine brasse as though they brent in a furnace and his voyce as the sounde of many waters 16 And he had in his ryght hande seuen starres And out of his mouth went a sharpe two edged sworde And his face shone euen as the sunne in his strength 17 And when I sawe hym I fell at his feete euen as dead And he layde his ryght hande vpon me saying vnto me feare not I am the first and the last 18 And am alyue and was dead And beholde I am alyue for euermore Amen and haue the keyes of hell and of death 19 Write therfore the thinges which thou hast seene and the thynges which are and the thinges which must be fulfilled hereafter 20 The misterie of the seuen starres which thou sawest in my ryght hande and the seuen goldē candlestickes The seuen starres are the Angels of the seuē Churches And the seuen candlestickes whiche thou sawest are the seuen Churches The .ij. Chapter 1 He exhorteth foure Churches 5 to repentaunce 10 to perseueraunce patience and amendement 14.20.23 aswel by threatninges 7.10.17.26 as promises of rewarde 1 VNto the Angel of the Churche at Ephesus write these thynges sayth he that holdeth the seuen starres in his ryght hande and that walketh in the middes of the seuen golden candlestickes 2 I knowe thy workes and thy labour and thy patience and howe thou canst not forbeare
ix a. Ioh. xv d. Iohn xiiii d and xv d. Actes ii a. () Or coÌ„uince (a) That when the world shal se after his asceÌ„sâ—on the power of his spirite shewed vpon the apostles by hym 〈◊〉 shal be coÌ„peâ—ed in consâ—e â—o confesse thâ—t he was iust and that he was 〈…〉 â–ª Math. xi d. xxviii d. Luk. x. d. Iohn iii. d. Iohn â–ª vii d. Math. xi d. xxviii d. Luk. x. d. Iohn iii. d. Iohn â–ª vii d. Iohn xx â— (b) By the power of the holy spirite which I wyl sende to you wherby your heartes shal be comforted â–ª (c) They weâ— not yet induced to the certayne knowledge that â—e was the only mediatour â— therfore that whiche they asked before was nothing â–ª in respecte of that whiche they shoulde aske obtaine by fayth wheÌ„ their knowledge was grounded â–ª that he was â—scended Zaâ— xiii c. Math. xvi c Mar. xiiii c. Iohn xiiii b ☞ Iohn xiii d. i Iohn i. a. Iohn xix f. () That is to the Apostles (a) That is the reprobate that seke the worlde 〈◊〉 not Chriâ—te (b) That theâ— may be ioyned together in loue vnitie of loue fayth and spirite Ioh. xviii b. (c) That is Iudas Iscariot Psal cix a. Iohn xv c. Sapien. ii d. Math. vi b. Luk. xi a. Galath iii. d Iohn xii d. (d) That is after they haue fulfylled their course in this lyfe they may enioy eternall lyfe Mâ—â—â—â— Lukâ— xâ—â— â–ª Math. 26. d. Mar. xiii d. Luk. xxii d. (a) The apoâ—â—les and disciples that are with me Ioh. xvii b. Mat xxvi â— Gene. ix â— Iohn xi f. Mat. xxvi f (b) Thhat is Iohn Mar. xiiii â— Luk. xxii g. 〈◊〉 xxiii â— Iohn xiiâ— d. Math. 27. â— Mark· xv a. Luk. xxiii a (c) Because the Romanes had takeÌ„ that auctoritie froÌ„ them Math. xx a. Math. 27 b. Mark xv a. Luk. xxiii b Iohn vi b. Math. 27. c. Mark xv a. Luk. xxiii c Actes iii. c. Math 2â— c. Mark xv b Math. 27 c. Mark xv a. Luk xxiii d â—eui xxiii c Iohn v. b. Sapien. vi a. â—ohn iii. d. Rom. xiii a. Math. 27. d. Mark xv c. Luk. xxiii e Act. xvii b. Act. xvii b. Math. 27. d. Mark xv c. Luk. xxiii c Hebr. xiii c. Math 27 d. Mâ—rk xv c. Luk. xxiii â— Math. 27. d. Mark xv c. Luk. xxiii â— Psal xxii a. Iohn xiii a. (a) That is Iohn Psal lxix e. Math. 27. f. Mark xv d. Iohn xvii a (b) The misterie of mans redemption saluation is perfected by the only sacrâ—fice of Christâ— the promise to the fathers fulfylled the ceremonies of the law endeâ— (c) Because they were not yet dead for that was their custome 〈◊〉 xâ— g. â—â—m ix b. Zach. xii c. Math. 27. g. Mark xv d. Luk. xxâ—â—◠☞ () That is of the weeke Math. 27. a. Lu. xxiiii a. Mark xvi a Iohn xiii c. Luke 24. a. Psal xvi b. Actes ii b. Luke 24. 〈…〉 to much to his 〈◊〉 presence â— therfore he puâ—led â—er from outward and eâ—terne officers towarde his bodylye presense a wylled her to be myndfull of his ascenâ—ion Lu. xxiiii d () Or weeke (b) He came in miraculously to geâ—e the Apostles comfort as also an outward taste and sure argumeÌ„t of his diuinitie â–ª that by his notable miracle he might coÌ„firme the Apostles in the fayth of his resurrection Iohn xi b. Iohn xxi g (c) The scripture written is sufficient to confirme our faith vnto saluation by Christe ☞ Iohn â— f () Or. Siteâ— Luk. â— â— Iohn xiiâ—â— Luk xxâ—â—â— () Or sonne of Ioanna Iohn xvi g. Iohn xiii d. Actes xii a. Ioh. xiii c. and .xix. c. Iohn xx g. ☞ Iohn xx a. and xxi c. Lu. xxiiii g Iohn iiii d. xv d. xvi b. Iohn i. â— Math. â—4 c. Lu. xxiii â— â–ª Acte â— a. Acte â—â— Iohn xv â— Mark xvi â— Luâ— xx◠〈◊〉 vii d. Math 24. ◠〈◊〉 xxv c. Mark xiii c Luk. xvii ◠〈◊〉 xxi c. Apoc. i. b. Math. x. a. Mark iii. c. Luk. vi e. (a) That is of men for men are wont namely to be counted when they are numbred Math. 26. b. Mar. xiiii e. Luk. xxii e. Math. x. a. Mark i. c. Luk. iii. c. Math. 26. b. Mar. xiiii e. Luk. xxii e. Math. x. a. Mark i. c. Luk. iii. c. (b) It is called y e rewarde or iniquitie because the wicked Iewes gaue the rewarde and the wicked Iudas receaued y e reward to shedde the blood of christ that innocent lambe Psal lxix f. Psal â—ix a. (c) That is to say after the language of the Hebrewes he had his conuersation and lyued with vs 1 Par. 28. b. Psal vii c. (d) Lottes for chosing of officers or deuidyng of inheritaunce grounde or goodes are alowed of god as appeareth in the holye scriptures lottes stay strife sayth SolomoÌ„ But lottes of diuinatioÌ„ to know supersticiously of thynges to come are disalowed of god and vtterly forbidden ☞ Deut. xvi b. Leu. xxiii e. Actes iiii f. and .xi. b 〈…〉 that the 〈…〉 and also in y e heareâ—s In the speakers for that they speaking the Hebrue tongue â–ª dyd well perceaue y e straungers of diuers nations and languages dyd vnderstande them And in the bearers for that euery man hearde sensibly his owne countrâ—y language out of the Apostles speakyng in their mother toÌ„gue (b) That is such as were conuerted to the Iewes religion and whose auncetours were no Iewes (c) The Iewes count the houre of the day from sixe of the clocke in y e mornyng to six at night â–ª Therfore the thirde houre after y e Iewes computation is our nyne of the clocke Ioel. ii g. Math. 27. e. Luk. xxiii f Rom. x. c. Psal xv â— iii Reg. ii b. Actes i. a. Psal cx a. Mat. xxii d Luk. iii. b. (d) By felowship â–ª is meant 〈◊〉 companying together in practising y e workes of charitie in tendering helâ—ing one an other is disposyng by aimes their goodes to shewn by neyghbour By breakyng of bread is meÌ„t y e misterie wherein our sauiour Christ doth communicate and distribute vnto vs his body blood by his blessed Sacrament of bread and wyne where is represented to y e eyes of our fayth the breakyng of Christes bodye and the sheadyng of his blood Math. ix a. iii. Reg. vi a. Iohn ii c. Actes v â— (a) He correcteth the abâ—se of man which attribute to mans holynesse which only appertayneth to God Math. 27. a. Mark xv a. Luk. xxiii a Math. 27. e. Ioh. xviii g. Math. iiii c. 〈…〉 the 〈…〉 when y e godly which in this worlde are tuâ—moyled and troubled shoulde fynde rest and quietnesse Deu. xviii c Actes vii e. (c) So they are called because they came of the same stoâ—keâ— and therfore were heyâ—es of the same promise which appertayneth to the whole body of the people Gen. xii a. Exod. ii c. Mat. xxi â— Actes vii d. Math. i. e. Philip ii b. (a) Christe is called y e chiefe