but with the fleshe the lawe of sinne ⧠The .viij. Chapter 1 The assuraunce of the faythfull 6 The fruites of the holy ghost 3 The weakenesse of the lawe 17 Of hope 18 Of patience vnder the crosse 29 Of the foreknowledge of God 1 THere is then no dampnation to them which are in Christe Iesu which walke not after the fleshe but after the spirite 2 For the lawe of the spirite of lyfe through Iesus Christe hath made me * free from the lawe of sinne and death 3 * For what the lawe coulde not do in as much as it was weake through the fleshe God sendyng his owne sonne in the similitude of sinfull fleshe euen by sinne condempned sinne in the fleshe 4 That the ryghteousnesse of the lawe myght be fulfylled in vs which walke not after the fleshe but after the spirite 5 For they that are carnall are carnally mynded But they that are spirituall are spiritually mynded 6 To be carnally mynded is death But to be spiritually mynded is lyfe peace 7 Because that the fleshly mynde is enmitie agaynst God For it is not obedient to the lawe of God neither can be 8 So then they that are in the fleshe can not please God 9 But ye are not in the fleshe but in the spirite yf so be that the spirite of God dwell in you If any man haue not the spirite of Christe the same is none of his 10 And yf Christe be in you the body is dead because of sinne but the spirite is lyfe for ryghteousnesse sake 11 But yf y e spirite of hym that raysed vp Iesus from the dead dwell in you euen he that raised vp Christe from the dead shall also quicken your mortall bodyes because that his spirite dwelleth in you 12 ☞ Therfore brethren we are detters not to the fleshe to lyue after the fleshe 13 For if ye liue after y e fleshe ye shall dye But if ye through the spirite do mortifie the deedes of the body ye shall lyue 14 For as many as are lēd by the spirite of God they are the sonnes of God 15 For ye haue not receaued the spirite of bondage agayne to feare but ye haue receaued the spirite of adoption wherby we cry Abba father 16 The same spirite beareth witnesse to our spirite that we are y e sonnes of God 17 If we be sonnes then are we also heyres the heyres of God and ioynt-heyres with Christe So that we suffer together that we may be also glorified together 18 ☞ For I am certaynely perswaded that the afflictions of this tyme are not worthy of the glory which shal be shewed vpon vs. 19 * For the feruent desire of the creature abydeth lokyng whē the sonnes of God shall appeare 20 Because the creature is subiect to vanitie not wyllyng but for hym which hath subdued the same in hope 21 For the same creature shal be made free from the bondage of corruptiō into the glorious libertie of y e sonnes of God 22 For we knowe that euery creature groneth with vs also and trauayleth in payne euen vnto this tyme. 23 Not only they but we also which haue the first fruites of the spirite and we our selues mourne in our selues and wayte for the adoption euen the deliueraunce of our body ☜ 24 For we are saued by hope But hope that is seene is no hope For howe can a man hope for that which he seeth 25 But and yf we hope for that we see not thē do we with pacience abide for it 26 Lykewyse the spirite also helpeth our infirmities For we knowe not what to desire as we ought but y e spirite maketh great intercession for vs with gronynges which can not be expressed 27 And * he that searcheth the heartes * knoweth what is the meanyng of the spirite for he maketh intercession for the saintes accordyng to the pleasure of God ☜ 28 ☞ For we knowe y t all thinges worke for the best vnto them that loue God to them which also are called of purpose 29 For those which he knewe before he also dyd predestinate that they shoulde be lyke fashioned vnto the shape of his sonne that he myght be y e first begotten among many brethren 30 Moreouer whom he dyd predestinate thē also he called And whom he called them also he iustified And whom he iustified them he also glorified 31 What shall we then say to these thynges If God be on our syde who can be agaynst vs 32 Which spared not his owne sonne but gaue hym for vs all Howe shall he not with hym also geue vs all thynges 33 Who shall lay any thyng to the charge of Gods chosen It is God that iustifieth 34 Who is he that can condempne It is Christe which dyed yea rather which is raysed agayne which is also on the ryght hande of God and maketh intercession for vs. 35 Who shall seperate vs from the loue of God Shall tribulation or anguishe or persecution either hunger either nakednesse either peryll either sworde 36 As it is written For thy sake are we kylled all daye long and are counted as sheepe for the slaughter 37 Neuerthelesse in all these thinges we ouercome through hym that loued vs. 38 For I am sure that neither death neither lyfe neither angels nor rule neither power neither thynges present neither thynges to come 39 Neither heygth nor deapth neither any other creature shal be able to seperate vs from the loue of God which is in Christe Iesu our Lorde ☜ ¶ The .ix. Chapter 1 Paul declareth his feruent loue towardes his nation 11 he treateth of election and reprobation 24 Also of the callyng of the gentiles 30 and of the castyng of of the Iewes 1 I Say y e trueth in Christ I lye not my conscience also bearyng me witnesse by the holy ghost 2 That I haue great heauinesse continuall sorowe in my heart 3 For * I haue wisshed my selfe to be cursed from Christe for my brethren my kynsmen as pertaynyng to y e fleshe 4 Which are the Israelites To whom pertayneth the adoption and the glory the couenauntes * and the lawe that was geuen and the seruice of God and the promises 5 Of whom are the fathers of whom as concernyng the fleshe Christe came which is God in all thynges to be praysed for euer Amen 6 And it can not be that the worde of God shoulde take none effect For they are not all Israelites which are of Israel 7 Neither are they all chyldren that are the seede of Abraham But in Isaac shall thy seede be called 8 That is to say They which are the chyldren of the fleshe are not the chyldren of God But they which be the childrē of promise are counted the seede 9 For this is a worde of promise About this tyme wyll I come and Sara shall haue a sonne 10 Not only this but also Rebecca was with chylde by
Gene. vi a. (d) It is called the bodye of sinne for that it is an whole lumpe of sinne tossyng and tormentyng the whole man pluckyng him froÌ„ god wherby plagues miseries are heaped on man liueth as he were in the myddest of death (a) The law of the spirite and the law of sinne is here taken improperly for the power strength of y e lawe and sinne and it is called the spirite of lyfe because it quickeneth and geueth lyfe (b) God thorow the sacrifice of synne which Christ his only sonne offered vpon y e crosse in his flesh hath coÌ„dempned and abolished sin which raigned in our mortall fleshe (c) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 greke words do not so much signifie wysedome and prudence as affection â–ª carefulnesse myndynge of any thyng (d) Alâ—eit we haue a bodye which is dead to al goodnes by reason of sinne which so strongly rayneth in it yet when we are grafted in Christe his spirite of lyfe geueth vs lyfe and iustifieth vs. Galat. iiii a. i. Tim. i. b. ii Cor. i. d. Ephe. i. a. (e) 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 signifieth to way or to consider But because the matter was certaine and S. Paul nothing doubted therof it is thus made I am perswaded (f) The creatures shal not 〈◊〉 before Gods chyldren be brought to 〈◊〉 perfection In the meane season they desire groâ—e â–ª and waâ—te (g) The right fourme and affection of prayer commeth by the holy ghoste who maketh intercession for vs not y t he prayeth mourneth but that he so stirreth our heartes that we lyft them vp to heauen earnestly and feruentlye which is the true prayer Nu. xiiii b. Luk. xx b. Iohn iii. b. Esaias liii d. Nu. xiiii b. Luk. xx b. Iohn iii. b. Esaias liii d. Psal 44. d. (a) He sawe the losse and destruction of his whole nation fallyng so farre from Gods true religion he considered howe sore God shoulde be dishonoured wheÌ„ his wonderfull benefites and blessinges bestowed vpon his people â–ª should take none effect but vtterly be defaced which so myghtilie moued hym that he 〈◊〉 rather to be â—at of from Christe then those thynges shoulde come to passe Rom. ii d. Gen. xxi b. Gen. xvii b (b) The wyll and purpose of God is the cause of the election and reprobation For his mercie and callyng through Christe are the meanes of saluation and the withdrawyng of his mercie is the cause of damnation Exod 33 d. Exod. ix b. Esai xlv b. Eccle. 33. b. Iere. xviii a. Oze ii d. 1 Peter ii b. Esai x. â— (c) The word here is taken for a thyng or matter The Lord diminisshed his people by sunday plagues persecutions vanishmentes brought them to a very fewe Like wyse meaneth S. Paul that a fewe of theÌ„ shal be saued whiche fewe notwithstandyng shall abound in righteousnesse to the glory of God (d) The seede is Christe Iesus â—owen abrode by his Apostles and Disciples Esa xxviii d (e) Christe doth iustifie vs by fayth without workes whiche thing y e Iews and iustitiaries can not beleue Therfore they stumble at Christ and are offended with him ☞ (a) That is a certayne affection but not after knowledge For no zeale nor no good intent 〈◊〉 be acceptable vnto God but only that which is grounded vpon fayth and the knowledge of God (b) It is called our owne righteousnes when we refuse the ryghteousnesse which coÌ„meth by Christe imagine an other ryghteousnes which commeth by our owne workes and defuses 〈◊〉 is 〈◊〉 hath 〈◊〉 the 〈…〉 and therefore wâ—â—â—â—euer beleueth in him is â—ounted iust before God as well as he had fulfilled the whole law hym selfe (d) For fayth teacheth vs that Christe is ascended vp into heauen to take vs with him and hath descended into the depth of death to destroy death and to dâ—yuer vs. Deu xxx c Esais 28. d. Ioel. ii g. Actes ii c. Esai liii a. Iohn xii a. Psal xix a. Deut. 32. c. Esai lii b. Esai lxv a. ii Re. xix b. (a) Those alters he meaneth wherevpon Abraham Isaac and Iacob dyd offer sacrifices in tyme past vppon the which it was lawful for y e Iewes to do sacrifice vntil the buildyng of the temple Esai vi c. Mat. xiii b. (b) That is pricking and vnquietnes of conscience (c) That is for that the Iewes contemnyng the Gospel of Christe fell away from God the preachyng of the Gospel came vnto the gentiles which is their saluatioÌ„ Rom. i. a. i Tim. ii a. ii Tim. i c. (d) These broken braunches were the vnbeleuyng Iewes whiche for their vnbeliefe were cut of from the promise of God in whose stede was the wilde Oliue that is the gentiles grafted thorowe fayth ii Cor. iii. d. Esai lix d. Psal xiiii c. Sapien. ix b. Esai lx c. i Cor. ii d. (e) By this the Apostle declareth that God by his free wyll and election doth geue saluation vnto men without any desertes of their owne (a) The Iewes in Moyses law were commaunded to offer vp the deâ—d â—arkases of beastes but Christians shoulde exhibite their owne liâ—ely bodyes for a sacrifice to God in mortifiyng their carnall lustes and framyng them selues by saith to Godlynesse and charitie (b) The worlde hath diuers significations in the scriâ—tures but here is takeÌ„ specially for the nature and disposited of men in the worlde which lyued after their lustes pleasures 〈◊〉 serueth not god in holines of lyfe and godly conuersation Two â—â—â—nges are reâ—â—â—ued yf we 〈◊〉 esteeme 〈◊〉 iudge soâ—â—â— of Gods 〈◊〉 in vs The one that we do not 〈◊〉 to our selues that whiche we haue not The next that we beast not of the gentiles but â—â—uerenâ—â—y and seberâ—y to 〈◊〉 â–ª to Gods honour and glory â— Cor. xii a â— Cor. xii a i Peter ii d. Eccle. 31. c. Heb. xiii â— Math. v. g. Deut. 32. d. (d) For â–ª either thou shalt wynne hym with thy benefite or els his conscience shall beare hym witnesse that Gods burnyng wrath hangeth ouer hym Sapi. vi a. Iohn iii. d. (a) For we are bounde in conscience by the worde of God to obey the hygher powers and in disobeyng we shoulde hurt the consciences of others thorowe our euill example Mat. xvii c. Leâ—â—t xix d Mat. xxi d. Mark xii c Galath v. b. Iames. ii b. (b) 〈◊〉 ther we go â–ª the neaâ—â—◠〈◊〉 we to the end Nowe therefore our perfect full saluatioÌ„ is nerer vnto vs then when we began first to beleue Luk. xxi f. Eccle. 31. c. and 38. d. (a) That is not to this ende â–ª contentiously to dispute with him in matters of religion wher vnto â–ª through the weaknes oâ— faith he can not as yet attayne lest he should depart with a greater scruple of conscience or be offended with vncharitable reasonyng Iacob iiii b. (b) We must be assured in our conscience by 〈◊〉 worde in all thyng that we do â–ª that yf we be
done vnto hym 40 And it came to passe y t when Iesus was come agayne the people receaued hym For they all wayted for hym 41 And behold ther came a man named Iairus he was a ruler of y e synagoge he fell downe at Iesus feete praying him that he would come into his house 42 For he had but one daughter only vpon a twelue yeres of age and she lay a dying But as he went the people thronged hym 43 And a woman hauyng an issue of blood twelue yeres which had spent all her substaunce vpon phisitions neither coulde be holpen of any 44 Came behynde hym and touched the hemme of his rayment and immediatly her issue of blood staunched 45 And Iesus sayde Who is it that touched me Whē euery man denyed Peter and they that were with hym sayde Maister the people thrust thee and vexe thee and sayest thou who touched me 46 And Iesus sayde Some body hath touched me For I perceaue that vertue is gone out of me 47 When the woman sawe that she was not hyd she came trembling and fell at his feete and tolde him before al the people for what cause she had touched him and howe she was healed immediatly 48 And he sayde vnto her Daughter be of good comfort thy fayth hath saued thee go in peace 49 Whyle he yet spake there came one from the ruler of the synagogues house which sayde to hym Thy daughter is dead disease not the Maister 50 But when Iesus hearde that worde he aunswered him saying Feare not beleue only she shal be made whole 51 And when he came to the house he suffered no man to go in with hym saue Peter and Iames and Iohn and the father and the mother of the mayden 52 Euery body wept sorowed for her And he sayde Weepe not the damsell is not dead but slepeth 53 And they laughed hym to scorne knowyng that she was dead 54 And he thrust them all out and toke her by the hande and cryed saying Mayde aryse 55 And her spirite came agayne and she rose straightway And he commaunded to geue her meate 56 And the father and the mother of her were astonyed But he warned thē that they should tel no man what was done ⧠The .vj. Chapter ¶ 2 The Apostles are sent to preache 7 Herode hearde of Christe 12 Fiue thousande fedde with fiue loaues two fisshes 19 Diuers opinions of Christ 20 The confession of the Apostles 28 The transfiguration of Christe 35 Christe is to be heard 42 The lunatike is healed 43 The infidelitie of the Apostles 46 they stryue who shoulde be greatest 49 Of one castyng out deuyls in Christes name 53 The Samaritanes woulde not receaue Christe 54 The disciples desire vengeaunce and are of hym reproued 57 Of three that woulde folowe Christe but after diuers sortes of lokyng backe 1 IEsus called the twelue together and gaue thē power and aucthoritie ouer al deuils and that they might heale diseases 2 And he sent them to preache the kyngdome of God * and to heale the sicke 3 And he saide vnto thē Take nothing to your iourney neither staues nor scrippe neither bread neither money neither haue two coates 4 And whatsoeuer house ye enter into there abyde and thence depart 5 And whosoeuer wyll not receaue you when ye go out of that citie shake of the very dust from your feete for a testimonie agaynst them 6 And they departed and went through the townes preachyng the Gospell and healyng euerywhere ☜ 7 And Herode the tetrarche heard of all that was done by hym and doubted because that it was sayde of some that Iohn was rysen agayne from death 8 And of some that Elias had appeared and of some that one of the olde prophetes was rysen agayne 9 And Herode sayde Iohn haue I beheaded but who is this of whō I heare such thinges And he desired to see him 10 And the apostles returned tolde him all that they had done And he toke thē and went aside into a solitarie place nye vnto the citie that is called Bethsaida 11 Which whē the people knew they folowed him And he receaued them and spake vnto thē of the kingdome of God healed thē that had nede to be healed 12 And when the day began to weare away then came the twelue and sayde vnto hym Sende the people awaye that they may go into the townes and vyllages rounde about and lodge and get meate for we are here in a place of wyldernesse 13 But he said vnto them Geue ye thē to eate And they said We haue no mo but fyue loaues and two fisshes excepte we should go bye meate for al this people 14 And they were about fyue thousande men And he said to his disciples Cause thē to sit downe by fifties in a companie 15 And they dyd so and made them all to sit downe 16 And he toke the fyue loaues and the two fisshes and loked vp to heauen and blessed them and brake and gaue to the disciples to set before the people 17 And they dyd all eate and were satisfied And there was taken vp of that remayned to them twelue baskettes full of broken meate 18 And it came to passe as he was alone praying his disciples were with hym and he asked them saying Who say the people that I am 19 They aunswered and sayde Iohn Baptist some say Elias and some say that one of the olde prophetes is rysen 20 He sayde vnto them But whom say ye that I am Simon Peter aunswered saide Thou art Christe of God 21 And he warned commaunded them that they should tell no man that thing 22 Saying The sonne of man must suffer many thynges and be reproued of the elders and of the hye priestes and scribes and be slayne and ryse agayne the thirde day 23 And he said to thē all If any man wyl come after me let him denie him selfe take vp his crosse dayly folowe me 24 For whosoeuer wyl saue his lyfe shal lose it But whosoeuer shall lose his lyfe for my sake the same shall saue it 25 For what auauntageth it a man yf he wynne the whole worlde and lose hym selfe or runne in daunger of hym selfe 26 For Whosoeuer shal be ashamed of me and of my wordes of hym shall the sonne of man be ashamed whē he commeth in his maiestie and in the maiestie of his father and of the holy angels 27 I tell you of a trueth there be some standyng here whiche shall not taste of death tyl they see the kingdome of God 28 And it came to passe about an eyght dayes after these sayinges he toke Peter and Iohn and Iames and went vp into a mountayne to pray 29 And as he prayed the fashion of his countenaunce was chaunged his garment was whyte and shone 30 And beholde there talked with hym two men which were
people after Moyses .32 yeres 2688. After Iosuah Othoniel gouerned .8 yeres Iud. 9. then Aod 80. Iud. 3. After Aod Debora fourtie Iudges 4. Then Gedeon other fourtie yeres Iudges 8. 2732. Abimelech gouerned after Gedeon three yeres Iud. 9. then Thola 23. yeres Iud. 10. Thola being deceassed the people were .18 yeres vnder the tyranny of the Ammonites Iud. 10. 2755. Iephte deliuered the people from the hands of the Ammonites gouerned .6 yeres Iud. 12. After Iephte Abessan gouerned .7 yeres Iud. 12. Then Elon 10. yeres Iud. 12. 2833. Abdon gouerned after Elon eyght yeres Iud. 12. Then Sampson .20 yeres Iud. 13. Then Eli fourtie yeres 1. Sam. 4. 2863. After Eli Samuel and Saul gouerned fourtie yeres but the scripture because of Sauls royall dignitie attributeth all this gouernment to him Actes 7. 2943. Dauid raigned after Saul 40. yeres 2. Sam. 5. Solomon his sonne raigned three yeres before the building of the temple which is .480 yeres after the departure out of Egypt 3. Kinges .6 and raigned in all .40 yeres 3. King .11 3004. Rehoboam the sonne of Solomon raigned .17 yeres 3. King 12. Also Abiam his sonne raigned three yeres 3. King 15. Then Asa 41. yeres 3. King .15 3041. Iosaphat raigned after Asa 25. yeres 3. King 15. And Ioram his sonne raigned three yeres with his father and fiue yeres alone 4. King 8. Ochozias raigned after Ioram 7. yeres 2. Chro. 22. 3117. Athalia the mother of Ochozias raigned seuen yeres 4. Reg. 11. Ioas raigned after her fourtie yeres 4. Reg. 12. After him Amasias his sonne raigned .29 yeres .4 Reg. 14. 3180. After Amasias the people were without king eleuen yeres as we may gather by the .14 and 15. chapter of the .4 Reg. Then Azarias raigned .52 yeres 4. Reg. 15. 3â—41 Ioathan raigned after Azarias sixteene yeres 4. Reg. 15. After Ahaz his sonne raigned .16 yeres 4 Reg. 16. And after him Ezechias .29 yeres 4. Reg. 18. 3323. and 3. monethes Manasses the sonne of Ezechias raigned .55 yeres 4. Reg. 21. Amon his sonne two yeres 4. Reg. 21. Then Iosia 31. yeres 4. Reg. 22. And Iehoaz three monethes 4. Reg. 23. 3340. and 6. monethes Eliachim otherwyse called Ioachin raigned eleuen yeres 4. Reg. 23. And after him Iechonias three monethes after which time he was led captiue into Babylon 4. Reg. 23. 3421. and 6. monethes Sedechias raigned .11 yeres and then was slayne the citie of Hierusalem with the temple rased downe and the people led captiue into Babylon where they remayned .70 yeres 4. Re. 25. 3975. and 6. monethes After the 70. yeres of captiuitie Cyrus the first monarke of the Persians set the people at libertie againe and suffered them to returne into their owne lande It was reuealed to Daniel the prophete that there shoulde be 70. weekes of yeres which is 490. yeres reckening from the commaundement geuen to buyld the citie vntill Iesus Christ Dani. 9. And this commaundement was geuen by Darius Longimanus the twentith yere of his empire Nehem. 2. which was .64 yeres after the aforesayde deliueraunce VVherfore reckening the sayde 64. yeres after the deliueraunce and adding therto the .70 weekes aforesayde reuealed vnto Daniel we shall finde that from the sayde deliueraunce vntill the death of Christ there is fiue hundreth fiftie and foure yeres 5510. and 6. monethes From the natiuitie of Christ to this present yere we recken a thousande fiue hundred sixtie eyght from which number if we subtract the yeres from his birth vntil his death which is three and thirtie we shall finde that from the end of the sayd seuentie weekes of Daniel vntil this present yere it is .1535 yeres  All whiche aforesayde beyng well examined and reckened ye shall finde that since the creation of the world to this present yere of .1568 the yeres amount to .5503 yeres and sixe monethes ⧠The order of the bookes of the olde Testament The first part GEnesis Exodus Leuiticus Numerus Deuteronomium The seconde part Iosuah Iudges Ruth First kinges or Samuel 2. Kinges or Samuel 3. Kinges 4. Kinges 1. Cronicle 2. Cronicle 1. Esdras 2. Esdras Hester Iob. The thirde part of the Bible The Psalter The Prouerbes of Solomon Ecclesiastes or Preacher Cantica canticorum Esai Ieremi Lamentation of Ieremi Ezechiel Daniel Osea Ioel. Amos. Abdias Ionas Micheas Nahum Habacuc Sophonias Aggeus Zacharias Malachias The fourth part of the Bible called Apocryphus 3. Esdras 4. Esdras Tobias Iudith Booke of wysdome Ecclesiasticus or the booke of Iesus Syrach The reste of the booke of Hester Baruch The song of the three children The story of Susanna The story of Bel and the Dragon The prayer of Manasses 1. Machabees 2. Machabees The order of the bookes of the newe Testament The fifth part The Gospell S. Matthewe The Gospell S. Marke The Gospell S. Luke The Gospell S. Iohn The actes of the Apostles S. Paules Epistle to the Romanes 1. To the Corinthians 2. To the Corinthians To the Galathians To the Ephesians To the Philippians To the Colossians 1. To the Thessalonians 2. To the Thessalonians 1. Timothe 2. Timothe To Titus To Philemon To the Hebrues The Epistle of S. Iames. 1. Of S. Peter 2. Of S. Peter 1. Of S. Iohn 2. Of S. Iohn 3. Of S. Iohn The Epistle of S. Iude. The reuelation of S. Iohn The first booke of Moyses called in Hebrue of the first worde of the booke Bereschith and in Greke Genesis ⧠The first Chapter 2 The earth and the deapthes 3 Lyght 6 The firmament or heauen 10 The earth and the sea 14 The sunne the moone and the starres 21 Fisshes 24 The beastes of the earth 26 The creation of man 29 God geueth vnto man the power of procreation and subdueth all thynges vnto hym 30 Gods prouision for lyuelode 1 IN the beginnyng GOD created y e heauen and the earth 2 And the earth was without fourme and was voyde darknes was vpon the face of the deepe and the spirite of God moued vpon the face of the waters 3 And God sayde let there be light and there was light 4 And God sawe the lyght that it was good and God deuided the lyght from the darknes 5 And God called the light day and the darknes night and the euenyng the mornyng were the first day 6 And God said let there be a firmament betwene the waters and let it make a diuision betwene waters and waters 7 And God made the firmament and set the diuision betwene the waters which were vnder the firmament and the waters that were * aboue the firmament and it was so 8 And God called the firmament the heauen and the euenyng and the mornyng were the seconde day 9 And God saide let the waters vnder the heauen be gathered together into one place and let the drye lande appeare and it was so 10 And God called the drie lande y e earth
of Huz be glad and reioyce for the cup shall come vnto thee also thou shalt be dronken and discouer thy nakednesse 22 Thy sinnes are wel punished O thou daughter Sion he shall not suffer thee to be caried away but thy wickednesse O daughter Edom shall he visite and wyll discouer thy sinnes The .v. Chapter The prayer of Ieremie 1 CAll to remembraunce O Lorde what we haue suffred consider and see our confusion 2 Our inheritaunce is turned to the straungers and our houses to the aliaunts 3 We are become carefull and fatherlesse and our mothers are as the wydowes 4 We are fayne to drinke our owne water for money and our owne wood must we buy for money 5 Our neckes are vnder persecution we are weery and haue no rest 6 Aforetime we yeelded our selues to the Egyptians and nowe to the Assyrians onlye that we might haue bread inough 7 Our fathers which nowe are gone haue sinned and we must beare their wickednesse 8 Seruauntes haue the rule of vs and no man deliuereth vs out of their handes 9 We must get our liuing with the perill of our liues because of the drouth of the wildernesse 10 Our skinne is as it had ben made blacke in an ouen for very sore hunger 11 The wiues are rauished in Sion and the maydens in the cities of Iuda 12 The princes are hanged vp with the hand of the enemies they haue not spared the olde sage men 13 They haue taken young men to grinde and the boyes fainted vnder the burthens of wood 14 The elders sit no more vnder the gates and the young men vse no more playing of musicke 15 The ioy of our heart is gone our melodious meeting is turned into mourning 16 The garlande of our head is fallen alas that euer we sinned so sore 17 Therefore our heart is full of heauinesse and our eyes dimme 18 Because of the hill of Sion that is destroyed insomuch that the foxes runne vpon it 19 But thou O Lorde that remaynest for euer and thy seate worlde without ende 20 Wherefore wylt thou styll forget vs and forsake vs so long 21 O Lord turne thou vs vnto thee and so shall we be turned renue our dayes as in olde tymes 22 But thou hast banished vs vtterly and hast ben displeased at vs. ¶ The ende of the lamentations of Ieremie R. W. ⧠The booke of the prophete Ezechiel The first Chapter 1 The time wherein Ezechiel prophecied and in what place 3 His kinred 5 The vision of the foure beastes 16 The fasshion and worke of the wheeles 26 The vision of the throne 1 IT came to passe in the thirtith yere in the fourth moneth in the fifth day of the moneth that I beyng in the middes of the captiuitie by the riuer Chebar the heauens were opened and I sawe visions of God 2 In the fifth day of the moneth which was the fifth yere of kyng Ioakins captiuitie 3 The worde of the Lorde came to Ezechiel the priest the sonne of Buzi in the lande of the Chaldeans by the riuer Chebar where the hand of the Lord was vpon hym 4 And I looked and beholde a stormie wind came out of the north a great cloude and a fire folding it selfe in the cloude and a brightnes rounde about it and foorth of the middes therof as the colour of amber out of the middes of the fire 5 And out of the middes therof the likenesse of foure beastes appeared and this was their fourme they had the likenesse of a man 6 And euery one had foure faces and euery one of them had foure wynges 7 Their feete were straight feete and the sole of their feete lyke the sole of calues feete and they glistered as the appearaunce of brasse burnished 8 From vnder their wynges vpon all the foure corners they had mens handes and they foure had their faces and their wynges 9 Their wynges were ioyned one to another when they went they looked not backe but eche one went straight forwarde 10 But touching the similitude of their faces they foure had the face of a man and the face of a lion on the right side and they foure had the face of an oxe on the left side the foure also had the face of an Egle. 11 Thus were their faces and their winges were spread out aboue so that two wynges of euery one were ioyned one to another and two wynges couered euery one of their bodyes 12 Euery one went straight forward whyther as the spirite led them thither thei went returned not in their going 13 And the fashion of the beastes their appearaunce was lyke coales of fire burning like the appearaunce of cressets it ran among the beastes and the fire gaue a glister and out of the fire there went lightening 14 And the beastes ranne and returned like lightening 15 When I had considered the beastes beholde a wheele vpon the earth nye to the beastes to euery of the foure before his face 16 The fashion worke of the wheeles was lyke the colour of Tharsis and they foure had one fashion and their fashion their worke was as though it were a wheele in y e middle of a wheele 17 When they went they went vpon their foure sides they returned not backe when they went 18 They had ringes and heyght and were feareful to beholde their ringes were full of eyes rounde about them foure 19 When the beastes went the wheeles went also by them and when the beastes were lift vp from the earth the wheeles were lyft vp 20 Whyther soeuer the spirite was to go they went and thyther was the spirite to go and the wheeles were lyft vp before them for the spirite of the beastes were in the wheeles 21 When the beastes went they went when thei stoode they stoode and when they were lifted vp from the earth the wheeles were lifted vp before thē for y e spirite of y e beastes was in the wheeles 22 And the similitude of the firmament vpon the heades of the beastes was like the colour of christall wonderfull spread ouer their heades aboue 23 And vnder the firmament their winges were stretcht foorth one towardes another euery one had two couering them and euery one had two couering them euen their bodyes 24 And when they went I hearde the noyse of their wynges lyke the noyse of great waters as it had ben the voyce of the almightie the voyce of speache as the noyse of an hoast when they stoode they let downe their winges 25 And there was a noyse from aboue the firmament that was ouer their heades when they stoode they let downe their wynges 26 And aboue the firmament that was ouer their heades there was the fashion of a throne lyke a Saphir stone and vpon the similitude of the throne by appearaunce as the similitude of a man aboue vpon it 27 And I sawe as the appearaunce of amber and as the
that the ende of their tymes myght come through them 40 And the fourth came and ouerranne all the beastes that were past and had power ouer the worlde with great fearfulnesse and ouer the whole compasse of the earth with most wicked oppression and so long tyme dwelt he vpon the earth with deceipt 41 For the earth hast thou not iudged with trueth 42 For thou hast troubled the meeke thou hast hurt the peaceable and quiet thou hast loued lyers and destroyed the dwellinges of them that brought foorth fruite and hast cast downe the walles of such as dyd thee no harme 43 Therfore is thy wrongfull dealyng and blasphemie come vp vnto the hyest and thy pryde vnto the mightie 44 The hyest also hath loked vpon the proude tymes and beholde they are ended and their abhominations are fulfylled 45 And therfore appeare no more thou Egle and thy horrible wynges and thy wicked fethers and thy vngratious heades and thy sinnefull clawes and all thy vayne body 46 That the earth may be refresshed and come agayne to her selfe when she is deliuered from thy violence and that she may hope for the iudgement and mercie of hym that made her The .xij. Chapter ¶ The declaration of the former visions 1 ANd it happened when the Lion spake these wordes vnto the Egle I sawe 2 And beholde the head that afore had the vpper hande appeared no more neither dyd the foure wynges appeare any more that came to hym and were set vp to raigne and their kingdome was small and full of vprore 3 And I sawe and beholde they appeared no more and the whole body of the Egle was burnt so that the earth was in great feare Then awaked I out of the trouble and traunce of my mynde and from great feare and sayde vnto my spirite 4 Lo this hast thou geuen me in that thou searchest out the wayes of the hyest 5 Lo yet am I weery in my mynde and very weake in my spirite and litle strength is there in me for the great feare that I receaued this nyght 6 Therfore wyll I nowe beseche the hyest that he wyll comfort me vnto the ende 7 And I sayde Lorde Lorde if I haue founde grace before thy syght and yf I am iustified with thee before many other and yf my prayer in deede be come vp before thy face 8 Comfort me then and shewe me thy seruaunt the interpretation and playne difference of this horrible syght that thou mayest perfectly comfort my soule 9 For thou hast iudged me worthy to shewe me the last of tymes 10 And he sayde vnto me This is the interpretation of this syght 11 The Egle whom thou sawest come vp from the sea is the kingdome which was seene in the vision of thy brother Daniel 12 But it was not expounded vnto hym therfore nowe I declare it vnto thee 13 Beholde the dayes wyll come that there shall ryse vp a kyngdome vpon earth and it shal be feared aboue all the kyngdomes that were before it 14 In the same kyngdome shall twelue kynges raigne one after another 15 Wherof the seconde shall begynne to raigne and shall haue more tyme then the other twelue 16 And this do the twelue wynges signifie which thou sawest 17 As for the voyce that thou heardest speake and that thou sawest not to go out frō the heades but from the middes of the body therof it betokeneth 18 That after the tyme of that kingdome there shall aryse great striuinges and it shall stande in perill of fallyng neuerthelesse it shall not then fall but shal be restored agayne into his begynnyng 19 And the eyght fethers vnder the wynges which thou sawest hang vnto her wynges betoken 20 That in hym there shall aryse eyght kynges whose tyme shal be but small and their yeres swift and two of them shall perishe 21 But when the middest tyme commeth there shal be foure kept for a tyme whyles his tyme begynneth to come that it may be ended but two shal be kept vnto the ende 22 And wheras thou sawest three heades restyng this is the interpretation 23 In his last dayes shall the most hygh rayse vp three kyngdomes and call many thinges agayne in to them they shall haue the dominion of the earth 24 And of those that dwell therin with much labour aboue all those that were before them Therfore are they called the heades of the Egle. 25 For it is they that shall bryng foorth his wickednesse agayne and that shall perfourme and finishe his last 26 And wheras thou sawest that the great head appeared no more it signifieth that one of them shall dye vpon his bed and yet with payne 27 For the two that remayne shal be slayne with the sworde 28 For the sworde of the one shall deuour the other but at the last shall he fall through the sworde hym selfe 29 And wheras thou sawest two fethers vnder the wynges passyng toward the head that is on the ryght syde 30 It signifieth that it is they whom the hyest hath kept vnto their ende this is the small kyngdome and full of trouble as thou sawest 31 And the Lion whom thou sawest rysyng vp out of the wood and roaryng and speakyng vnto the Egle and rebukyng her for her vnrighteousnesse with all the wordes which thou hast hearde 32 Is the wynde which the hyest hath kept for them and for their wickednesse vnto the ende he shall reproue them cast before them their owne spoylinges 33 For he shall set them alyue in iudgement and shal rebuke them and correct them 34 For the residue of my people shall he delyuer by trouble those that be preserued vpon my borders and he shall make them ioyfull vntyll the commyng of the day of iudgement wherof I haue spoken vnto thee from the begynnyng 35 This is the dreame that thou sawest and these are the interpretations 36 Thou only hast ben meete to knowe this secrete of the hyest 37 Therfore write all these thynges that thou hast seene in a booke hyde them 38 And teache them to the wise of the people whose heartes thou knowest may comprehende kepe these secretes 39 But wayte thou here thy selfe yet seuen dayes mo that it may be shewed thee whatsoeuer it pleaseth the hyest to declare vnto thee And with that he went his way 40 And when all the people perceaued that the seuen dayes were past and I not come agayne into the citie they gathered them altogether from the least vnto the most and came vnto me and sayde 41 What haue we offended thee what euyll haue we done agaynst thee that thou forsakest vs and sittest here in this place 42 For of all the people thou only art left vs as a grape of the vine as a candell in a darke place and as an hauen or ship preserued from the tempest 43 Haue we not els aduersitie inough 44 If thou shalt forsake vs were it not better for vs that we
earth shal be left waste and the fieldes thereof shall waxe olde and her wayes and all her pathes shall growe full of thornes because no man shall trauayle there through 34 The virgins shall mourne hauing no bridegromes the women shall make lamentation hauing no husbandes their daughters shal mourne hauing no helpers 35 In the warres shall their bridegromes be destroyed their husbandes shall perish of hunger 36 But ye seruauntes of the Lord heare these thinges and marke them 37 Behold the worde of the Lorde O receaue it beleue not the gods of whom the Lorde spake 38 Behold the plagues drawe nie and are not slacke in tarying 39 Like as a trauayling woman whiche in the nynth moneth bringeth foorth a sonne when the houre of the byrth is come an houre two or three afore that the paynes come vpon her body when the childe commeth to the byrth they tary not the twinckling of an eye 40 Euen so shall not the plagues be slacke to come vpon the earth and the worlde shall mourne and sorowes shall come vpon it on euery side 41 O my people heare my worde make you redy to the battayl and in al euill be euen as pilgrimes vpon earth 42 He that selleth let him be as he that fleeth his way and he that biâ—th as one that will leese 43 Who so occupieth marchaundise as he that winneth not and he that buyldeth as he that shall not dwell therin 44 He that soweth as one that shall not reape he that cutteth the vineyarde as he that shall not gather the grapes 45 They that mary as they that shall get no children and they that mary not as the widdowes 46 And therfore they that labour labour in vayne 47 For straungers shall reape their fruites and spoyle their goodes ouerthrough their houses and take their children captiue for in captiuitie and hunger shall they get children 48 And they that occupie their marchaundise with robberie the more they decke their cities their houses their possessions and their owne persons 49 The more will I punishe them for their sinnes sayth the Lorde 50 Like as an whore enuieth an honest and vertuous woman 51 So shal righteousnesse hate iniquitie when she decketh her selfe and shall accuse her to her face when he commeth that shall bridle the auctour of all sinne vpon earth 52 And therfore be not ye like therevnto nor to the workes therof 53 For or euer it be long iniquite shal be taken away out of the earth and righteousnesse shall raigne among you 54 Let not the sinner say that he hath not sinned for coles of fire shall burne vpon his head which sayth Before the Lord God and his glorie I haue not sinned 55 Beholde the Lorde knoweth all the workes of men their imaginations their thoughtes and their heartes 56 For he spake but the worde Let the earth be made and it was made Let the heauen be made and it was created 57 In his worde were the starres made and he knoweth the number of them 58 He searcheth the grounde of the deepe and the treasures therof he hath measured the sea and what it conteyneth 59 He hath shut the sea in the middest of the waters and with his worde hath he hanged the earth vpon the waters 60 He spreadeth out the heauen like a vaut vpon the waters hath he founded it 61 In the desert and drye wildernesse hath he made springes of water and pooles vpon the top of the mountaynes that the fluddes might poure downe from the stony rockes to water the earth 62 He made man and put his heart in the middes of the body gaue him breath life and vnderstanding 63 Yea and the spirite of the almightie God which made all thinges and hath searched the ground of al the secretes of the earth 64 He knoweth your imaginations and inuentions and what ye thincke when ye sinne and woulde hyde your sinnes 65 Therfore hath the Lorde searched and sought out all your workes and he shall bewray you all 66 And when your sinnes are brought foorth ye shal be ashamed before men and your owne sinne shal be your accusers in that day 67 What will ye do Or how will ye hyde your sinnes before God and his angels 68 Behold God him selfe is y e iudge feare him leaue of from your sinnes and forget your vnrighteousnesses and meddle no more with them so shall God leade you foorth and deliuer you from al trouble 69 For beholde the heate of a great multitude is kindled ouer you and they shal take away certayne of you and shal slay for meate to the idols 70 And they that consent vnto them shal be had in derision laughed to scorne and troden vnder foote 71 For there shal be in euery place and in the next cities a great insurrection vpon those that feare the Lorde 72 They shall be like mad men they shal spare no man they shall spoyle and wast such as yet feare the Lorde 73 For their goods shall they take from them and shut them out of their houses 74 Then shall it be knowen who are my chosen and they shal be tryed as the golde in the fire 75 Heare O ye my beloued sayth the Lorde behold the dayes of trouble are at hande but I will deliuer you from the same 76 Be not ye afrayde dispaire not for God is your captayne 77 Who so kepeth my commaundementes and preceptes sayth the Lorde God let not your sinnes waygh you downe and let not your vnrighteousnesse be lift vp 78 Wo be vnto them that are bound with their sinnes and couered with their wickednesse lyke as a fielde is hedged in with bushes and the path therof couered with thornes that no man may trauayle through it is shut vp and is cast into the fire for euer to be consumed therewith The ende of the fourth booke of Esdras The booke of Tobias The firste Chapter 1 Tobias parentage 3 His golines 6 His equitie 8 His charitie and prosperitie 23 He fleeth and his goodes are confiscate 25 and after restored 1 TObias was of the tribe citie of Nepthali which lyeth in the hye countreys of Galilee aboue Naasson beside y e way that leadeth to the west hauyng the citie of Sephet vpon the left side 2 Though he was taken prisoner in the dayes of Salmanasar king of the Assyrians neuerthelesse beyng in captiuitie he forsoke not the way of trueth 3 In so much that whatsoeuer he might get he parted it dayly with his felowe prisoners and brethren that were of his kinred 4 And though he were younger then al in the tribe of Nephthali yet did not he behaue him selfe childyshly in his workes 5 And when all the other went to the golden calues whiche Ieroboam the king of Israel had made he alone fled al their companies 6 And gat him to Hierusalem vnto the temple of the Lorde and there worshipped the Lord God of Israel faythfully offering of al his first
spirite of discipline fleeth from deceipt and withdraweth hym selfe from thoughtes that are without vnderstanding and is declared when wickednesse commeth 6 For the spirite of wysdome is louing and will not absolue hym that blasphemeth with his lippes for God is witnesse of his raynes and a true beholder of his heart an hearer of his tongue 7 For the spirite of the Lorde filleth the rounde compasse of the worlde and the same that vpholdeth all thinges hath knowledge also of the voyce 8 Therfore he that speaketh vnrighteous thinges can not be hid neither shall the iudgement of reprofe let him escape 9 And why inquisition shal be made for the thoughtes of the vngodly and the sounde of his wordes shall come vnto God so that his wickednesse shal be punished 10 For the eare of ielousie heareth all thinges the noyse of the grudginges shall not be hid 11 Therefore beware of murmuring whiche is nothing worth and refraine your tongue from sclaunder For there is no worde so secrete that it shall go for naught and the mouth that speaketh lyes slayeth the soule 12 O seeke not your owne death in the errour of your lyfe destroy not your selues thorowe the workes of your owne handes 13 For God hath not made death neither hath he pleasure in the destruction of the liuing 14 For he created all thinges that they might haue their being and the generations of the worlde were healthfull and there is no poyson of destruction in them nor the kyngdome of hell vpon the earth 15 For righteousnesse is euerlasting and immortall but vnrighteousnesse bringeth death 16 Neuerthelesse the vngodly call it vnto them both with workes and wordes and whyle they thinke to haue it their friende they come to naught they haue made an agreement with it for they are worthy to be of her part ¶ The .ii. Chapter The imaginations and desires of the wicked and theyr counsayle against the faythfull 1 FOr the vngodly say reasoning with them selues but not a right our life is short and tedious and in the death of a man there is no remedie neither is there any man knowen to haue returned from the graue 2 For we are borne at all aduenture and we shal be here by more fortune after as though we had neuer ben for our breath is as a smoke in our nosetrilles and wordes as a sparke raysed out of our heartes 3 Whiche being extinquished our body shal be turned into ashes and our spirite shall vanishe as the soft ayre 4 Our life shall passe away as the trace of a cloude and come to naught as the miste that is driuen away with the beames of the sunne and put downe with the heate thereof Our name also shal be forgotten by litle and litle and no man shall haue our workes in remembraunce 5 For our tyme is a very shadowe that passeth away and after our ende there is no returning for it is fast sealed so that no man commeth agayne 6 Come on therefore let vs enioy the pleasures that are present and let vs chearefully vse the creatures like as in youth 7 Let vs fill our selues with good wine and oyntment and let there no flowre of the tyme escape vs 8 Let vs crowne our selues with rose buddes afore they be withered 9 Let there be no fayre medowe but our lust go thorowe it Let euery one of vs be partakers of our volupteousnes let vs leaue some token of our pleasure in euery place for that is our portion and this only our lot 10 Let vs oppresse the poore righteous let vs not spare the wydowe nor olde man let vs not regarde the heades that are gray for age 11 Let the lawe of vnrighteousnesse be our strength for the thing that is feeble is nothing worth 12 Therefore let vs defraude the righteous and why he is not for our profite yea he is cleane contrary to our doinges he checketh vs for offending against the lawe and slaundereth the faultes of our maner of liuing 13 He maketh his boast to haue the knowledge of God yea he calleth hym selfe Gods sonne 14 He is made vnto vs for reproffe of our thoughtes 15 It greeueth vs also to looke vpon him for his life is not like other mens his wayes are of another fashion 16 He counteth vs but vayne persons he withdraweth hym selfe from our wayes as from filthynes he commendeth greatly the latter ende of the iust and maketh his boast that God is his father 17 Let vs see then if his wordes be true let vs proue what shall happen in the ende of hym 18 For if the iust man be the sonne of god he wyll receaue hym and deliuer hym from the handes of his enemies 19 Let vs examine him with despitefull rebuke and tormenting that we may know his meekenesse and proue his pacience 20 Let vs condempne him with the most shamefull death for as him selfe saith he shal be rewarded of God 21 Suche thinges do they imagine and go astray for their owne wickednesse hath blinded them 22 As for the mysteries of God they vnderstande them not they neither hope for the rewarde of righteousnesse nor regarde the worship that holy soules shall haue 23 For God created man to be vndestroyed yea after the image of his owne lykenes made he hym 24 Neuerthelesse thorowe enuie of the deuyll came death into the worlde and they that helde of his side do finde it The .iij. Chapter 1 The conseruation and assuraunce of the ryghteous 7 The rewarde of the faythfull 11 Who are miserable 1 BVt the soules of the ryghteous are in the hande of God there shal no torment touche them 2 In the syght of the vnwise they appeared to die their ende is taken for miserie 3 And their departyng from vs to be vtter destruction but they are in rest 4 For though they suffer payne before men yet is their hope full of immortalitie 5 They are punished but in few thinges neuerthelesse in many thinges shal they be well rewarded for God proueth thē and findeth them meete for hym selfe 6 As golde in the furnace doth he trye them and receaueth them as a burnt offeryng and when the tyme commeth they shal be loked vpon 7 They shall shyne and runne through as the sparkcles among the stubble 8 They shal iudge the nations and haue dominion ouer the people and their Lorde shall raigne for euer 9 They that put their trust in him shall vnderstande the trueth and such as be faythfull shall perseuer with hym in loue for his saintes haue grace mercie and he hath care for his elected 10 But the vngodly shal be punished accordyng to their owne imaginations for they haue dispised the righteous and forsaken the Lorde 11 For who so dispiseth wisdome and nurture he is vnhappy and as for the hope of such it is but vayne their labours vnfruitfull and their workes vnprofitable 12 Their wyues are vndiscrete and
that eateth of this bread shall lyue euer ☜ 59 These thynges sayde he in the synagogue as he taught in Capernaum 60 Many therfore of his disciples when they had hearde this saide This is an harde saying who can abyde the hearyng of it 61 Iesus knewe in hym selfe that his disciples murmured at it and he sayde vnto them doth this offende you 62 What and yf ye shall see the sonne of man ascende vp thyther where he was before 63 It is the spirite that quickeneth the fleshe profiteth nothyng The wordes that I speake vnto you are spirite and lyfe 64 But there are some of you that beleue not For Iesus knewe from the begynning which they were that beleued not and who shoulde betray hym 65 And he sayde Therfore saide I vnto you that no man can come vnto me except it were geuē vnto him of my father 66 From that time many of his disciples wēt backe walked no more with him 67 Then sayde Iesus vnto the twelue Wyll ye also go away 68 Then Simon Peter aunswered him Lorde to whō shall we go Thou hast the wordes of eternall lyfe 69 And we beleue and are sure that thou art Christe the sonne of y e lyuyng God 70 Iesus aunswereth them Haue not I chosen you twelue and one of you is a deuyll 71 He spake of Iudas Iscariot the sonne of Simon For he it was that shoulde betray hym beyng one of the twelue ¶ The .vij. Chapter 1 Iesus fled the murmuryng Iewes 5 Christes kynsemen beleued not in hym 7 Why the worlde hateth Christe 12 Diuers opinions of Christe 14 Christ teacheth geuing all to his father 20 The blasphemie of the Iewes 23 Of the Sabboth worke 31 Manie of the people beleue on hym 32 The pharisees priestes sende to take hym 39 The holye ghost 4 Discention among the people for Christ 47 The pharisees chyde with the seruaūtes because they haue not brought hym 52 They chyde with Nicodemus 1 AFter these thynges Iesus went about in Galilee For he would no◠go about in Iurie because that the Iewes sought to kyll hym 2 The Iewes feaste of tabernacles was at hande 3 His brethren therfore sayde vnto him Get thee hence and go into Iurie that thy disciples also may see thy workes that thou doest 4 For there is no man that doeth any thyng in secrete and he hym selfe seketh to be knowen openly Yf thou do suche thynges shewe thy selfe to the worlde 5 For his brethren beleued not in hym 6 Then Iesus sayde vnto them My tyme is not yet come but your tyme is alway redy 7 The worlde can not hate you but me it hateth because I testifie of it that the workes therof are euyll 8 Go ye vp vnto this feast I wyll not go vp yet vnto this feast for my tyme is not yet full come 9 When he had saide these wordes vnto them he abode styll in Galilee 10 But assoone as his brethrē were gone vp then went he also vp vnto the feaste not openly but as it were priuilie 11 Then sought hym the Iewes at the feaste and sayde where is he 12 And much murmuryng of hym was there among the people For some said he is good other sayde nay but he deceaueth the people 13 Howebeit no man spake openlye of hym for feare of the Iewes ☜ 14 ☞ Nowe when halfe of the feast was done Iesus went vp into the temple and taught 15 And the Iewes marueyled saying howe knoweth he the scriptures seyng that he neuer learned 16 Iesus aunswered them sayde My doctrine is not myne but his y t sent me 17 Yf any man wyll do his wyll he shall knowe of the doctrine whether it be of God or whether I speake of my selfe 18 He that speaketh of hym selfe seketh his owne praise But he that seketh his praise that sent hym the same is true no vnryghteousnes is in hym 19 Dyd not Moyses geue you a lawe yet none of you kepeth the lawe Why go ye about to kyll me 20 The people aunswered and sayde Thou hast the deuyll who goeth about to kyll thee 21 Iesus aunswered said vnto thē I haue done one worke ye al marueyle 22 Moyses therefore gaue vnto you the circumcisiō not because it is of Moyses but of the fathers And yet ye on the Sabboth day circumcise a man 23 Yf a man on the Sabboth day receaue circumcision without breakyng of the lawe of Moyses disdayne ye at me because I haue made a man euerywhyt whole on the Sabboth day 24 Iudge not after the vtter appearaunce but iudge with a ryghteous iudgement 25 Thē sayde some of them of Hierusalē Is not this he whom they go about to kyll 26 But loe he speaketh boldly they saye nothyng to hym Do the rulers knowe in deede that this is very Christ 27 Howbeit we know this man whence he is but when Christe cōmeth no man knoweth whence he is 28 Then cryed Iesus in the temple as he taught saying Ye both knowe me and whence I am ye knowe And I am not come of my selfe but he that sēt me is true whom ye knowe not 29 But I knowe him for I am of him and he hath sent me 30 Then they sought to take hym but no man layde handes on hym because his houre was not yet come 31 Many of the people beleued on hym and saide When Christe commeth wyl he do mo miracles then these that this man hath done 32 The pharisees hearde that the people murmured such thinges concerning hym ☞ And the pharisees and the hye priestes sent seruauntes to take hym 33 Then sayde Iesus vnto them yet am I a litle whyle with you and then go I vnto hym that sent me 34 Ye shall seke me shall not fynde me where I am thither can ye not come 35 Then sayde the Iewes among them selues Whyther wyll he go that we shall not fynde hym Wyll he go vnto the dispearsed among the Gretians teache the gentiles 36 What maner of saying is this that he sayde ye shall seke me and shall not fynde me and where I am thyther can ye not come 37 In the last day that great day of the feast Iesus stoode and cryed saying Yf any man thirste let him come vnto me and drynke 38 He that beleueth on me as saith the scripture out of his belly shall flowe ryuers of water of lyfe 39 But this spake he of the spirite which they y t beleue o◠hym should receaue 〈◊〉 For the holy ghost was not yet there because Iesus was not yet glorified 40 ☞ Many of the people therfore when they hearde this saying sayde Of a trueth this is the prophete 41 But other sayde this is Christe But some saide shall Christe come out of Galilee 42 Sayth not the scripture that Christe shall come of the seede of Dauid and out of
1 AND it came to passe y t whyle Apollo was at Corinth Paul passed through the vpper coastes and came to Ephesus and founde certaine disciples 2 And sayde vnto them Haue ye receaued the holy ghost sence ye beleued And they saide vnto hym We haue not hearde whether there be any holy ghost or no. 3 And he sayde vnto them Vnto what then were ye baptized And they sayde vnto Iohns baptisme 4 Then sayde Paul Iohn veryly baptized with the baptisme of repentaunce saying vnto the people that they should beleue on hym which shoulde come after hym that is on Christe Iesus 5 When they heard this they were baptized in the name of the Lorde Iesu 6 And whē Paul had layde his handes vpon them the holy ghost came on thē and they spake with tongues and prophesied 7 And all the men were about twelue 8 And he went into the synagogue and spake boldlye for the space of three monethes disputyng perswadyng those thynges that appertayne to the kyngdome of God ☜ 9 But when diuers waxed harde hearted and beleued not but spake euyll of the way of the Lorde and that before the multitude he departed from them seperated y e disciples And he disputed dayly in the scoole of one called Tyrannus 10 And this continued by the space of two yeres so that all they whiche dwelt in Asia hearde the worde of the Lord Iesu both Iewes and Grekes 11 And God wrought speciall miracles by the handes of Paul 12 So that from his body were brought vnto the sicke napkins and partlettes and the diseases departed from them the euyll spirites went out of them 13 Then certaine of the vagabounde Iewes exorcistes toke vpon them to call ouer them which had euyll spirites the name of the Lorde Iesus saying We adiure you by Iesus whom Paul preacheth 14 And there were seuen sonnes of one Sceua a Iewe and chiefe of y e priestes which dyd so 15 And the euyll spirite aunswered and sayde Iesus I knowe and Paul I knowe but who are ye 16 And the man in whom the euyll spirite was ran on them ouercame thē preuayled agaynst them so that they fled out of that house naked woūded 17 And this was knowen to all y e Iewes Grekes also which dwelt at Ephesus and feare came on them all the name of the Lorde Iesus was magnified 18 And many that beleued came confessed and shewed their workes 19 Many also of thē whiche vsed curious craftes brought their bookes burned them before all men and they counted the price of them founde it fiftie thousande peeces of syluer 20 So myghtyly grew the word of God and preuayled 21 After these thinges were ended Paul purposed in the spirite when he had passed ouer Macedonia and Achaia to go to Hierusalem saying After I haue ben there I must also see Rome 22 So sent he into Macedonia two of them that ministred vnto hym Timotheus and Erastus but he hym selfe remayned in Asia for a season 23 And the same time there arose no litle a do about that way 24 For a certaine man named Demetrius a syluer smyth which made shrines for Diana was not a litle beneficiall vnto the craftes men 25 Whom he called together with the workemen of like occupation and sayde Sirs ye knowe that by this craft we haue aduauntage 26 Moreouer ye see and heare that not alone at Ephesus but almost throughout all Asia this Paul hath perswaded and turned away much people saying that they be not gods which are made with handes 27 So that not only this our craft commeth into peryll to be set at naught but also that the temple of y e great goddesse Diana should be despised and her magnificence should be destroyed whom all Asia and the worlde worshippeth 28 And when they hearde these sayinges they were full of wrath and cryed out saying great is Diana of y e Ephesians 29 And all the citie was on a rore they russhed into the common hall with one assent and caught Gaius Aristarcus men of Macedonia Paules companious 30 When Paule woulde haue entred in vnto y e people the disciples suffred hym not 31 But certaine of y e chiefe of Asia which were his friendes sent vnto hym desiryng hym that he would not preasse into the common hall 32 Some therfore cryed one thyng and some another and the assemblie was all out of quiet and the more part knew not wherfore they were come together 33 And they drewe Alexander out of the multitude the Iewes thrustyng hym forwardes And Alexander beckened with the hande and would haue geuen the people an aunswere 34 But when they knewe that he was a Iewe there arose a shoute almost for the space of two houres of all men crying great is Diana of the Ephesians 35 And when the towne clarke had pacified the people he sayde Ye men of Ephesus what man is it that knoweth not how that the citie of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the great goddesse Diana and of the image whiche came downe from Iupiter 36 Seing then that these thinges can not be spoken against ye ought to be contēt and to do nothyng rasshely 37 For ye haue brought hyther these men which are neither robbers of Churches nor yet despisers of your goddesse 38 Wherfore yf Demetrius the craftes men which are with hym haue a matter agaynst any man the lawe is open and there are deputies let them accuse one another 39 But yf ye inquire any thyng concernyng other matters it shal be determined in a lawfull assemblie 40 For we are in ieopardie to be accused of this dayes vprore forasmuch as there is no cause wherby we may geue a reckenyng of this concourse of people 41 And when he had thus spoken he let the assemblie depart ¶ The .xx. Chapter 1 Paul goeth into Macedonia and Grecia 7 he celebrateth the Lordes supper and preacheth 9 At Troas he rayseth vp Eutichus from the dead 17 At Ephesus he calleth the elders of the Church together and committeth the keping of Gods flocke to them 29 warneth them of false teachers 36 maketh his prayer with them 38 and departeth by shippe towardes Hierusalem 1 AND after the vprore was ceassed Paul called the disciples toke his leaue of them and departed for to go into Macedonia 2 And whē he had gone ouer those parties and had geuen them a long exhortation he came into Grece 3 And there abode three monethes And when the Iewes layde wayte for hym as he was about to sayle into Syria he purposed to returne through Macedonia 4 And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berrea and of the Thessalonians Aristarcus and Secundus and Gaius of Derbe and Timotheus and out of Asia Tychicus and Trophimus 5 These going before taried vs at Troas 6 And we sayled away frō Philippos after the dayes of sweete bread came
together are Gods labourers ye are Gods husbandrie ye are God 's buyldyng 10 Accordyng to the grace of God geuen vnto me as a wise maister builder haue I layde the foundation and another buyldeth theron But let euery man take heede howe he buyldeth vpon 11 For other foundation can no man lay then that that is layde which is Iesus Christe 12 If any man buylde on this foundation golde syluer precious stones tymber haye or stubble 13 Euery mans worke shal appeare The day shall declare it because it shal be reuealed by the fire And the fire shall trie euery mans worke what it is 14 If any mans worke that he hath built vpon abyde he shall receaue a reward 15 If any mans worke burne he shall suffer losse but he shal be safe hym selfe neuertheles yet as it were through fire 16 ☞ Knowe ye not that ye are the temple of God and that the spirite of God dwelleth in you 17 If any man defyle the temple of God hym shall God destroy For the temple of God is holy which temple ye are 18 Let no man deceaue him selfe Yf any man among you seeme to be wise in this worlde let hym be a foole that he may be wyse 19 For the wisedome of this worlde is foolishnesse with God For it is writteÌ„ He compasseth the wise in their own craftynesse 20 And agayne The Lorde knoweth the thoughtes of the wyse that they be vayne 21 Therfore let no man reioyce in men For all thynges are yâ—urs 22 Whether it be Paul or Apollo or Cephas either the worlde either lyfe or death whether they be present thinges or thynges to come all are yours 23 And ye are Christes and Christe is Gods ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 1 After that he had described the office of a true apostle 3 seyng they dyd not acknowledge hym such one 4 he appealeth to gods iudgement 7 beatyng downe their glorie which hyndered them to prayse that which they dispraysed in hym 16 He sheweth what he requireth on their part and what they ought to loke for of hym at his returne 1 LEt a man so esteeme of vs as the ministers of Christe and disposers of the secretes of God 2 Furthermore it is required of the disposers that a man be founde faythfull 3 With me it is but a very small thyng that I shoulde be iudged of you either of mans iudgement No I iudge not mine owne selfe 4 For I knowe nothing by my selfe yet am I not thereby iustified but he that iudgeth me is the Lorde 5 Therefore iudge nothyng before the tyme vntyll the Lorde come who wyl lyghten thynges that are hyd in darkenesse open the counsels of the heartes and then shall euery man haue prayse of God ☜ 6 And these thynges brethren I haue figuratiuely applied vnto my selfe and to Apollos for your sakes that ye might learne by vs that no man conceaue in mynde aboue that whiche is written that one swell not agaynst another for any mans cause 7 For who seperateth thee And what hast thou that thou hast not receaued If thou haue receaued it why reioycest thou as though thou haddest not receaued it 8 Nowe ye are full nowe ye are made ryche ye raigne as kynges without vs and I woulde to God ye dyd raigne that we also myght raigne with you 9 For me thynketh that God hath set foorth vs whiche are the last apostles as it were men appoynted to death For we are made a gasyng stocke vnto the worlde and to the angels and to men 10 We are fooles for Christes sake but ye are wyse in Christe We are weake but ye are stronge Ye are honorable but we are despised 11 Euen vnto this time we both hunger and thirste and are naked and are buffeted and haue no certaine dwellyng place 12 And labour working with our owne handes We are reuyled and we blesse We are persecuted and suffer it 13 We are euyll spoken of and we praye we are made as the fylthynesse of the worlde the ofscowryng of all thynges vnto this day 14 I write not these thynges to shame you but as my beloued sonnes I warne you 15 For though ye haue ten thousande instructours in Christ yet haue ye not many fathers For in Christe Iesu I haue begotten you through the Gospell 16 Wherfore I desire you be ye folowers of me 17 For this cause haue I sent vnto you Timotheus whiche is my beloued sonne faythfull in the Lorde which shall put you in remembraunce of my wayes which be in Christe as I teache euery where in all Churches 18 Some swel as though I would come no more at you 19 But I wyll come to you shortly if the Lorde wyll wyll knowe not the wordes of theÌ„ which swell but the power 20 For the kyngdome of God is not in worde but in power 21 What wyl ye Shal I come vnto you with a rodde or in loue and in the spirite of mekenesse ⧠The .v. Chapter 1 He reproueth sharpely their negligence in punyshyng him that had committed incest 3 wyllyng them to excommunicate hym 7 to imbrace puritie 9 and flee wickednesse 1 THere goeth a common saying that there is fornication among you suche fornication as is not named among the gentiles that one shoulde haue his fathers wyfe 2 And ye swell and haue not rather sorowed that he that hath so done this deede myght be put from among you 3 For I veryly as absent in body but present in spirite haue determined alredie as though I were present concernyng hym that hath done this deede 4 In the name of our Lorde Iesus Christe when ye are gathered together and my spirite with the power of the Lorde Iesus Christe 5 To delyuer suche a one vnto Satan for the destruction of the flesshe that the spirite may be saued in the daye of the Lorde Iesus 6 Your reioycing is not good Knowe ye not that a litle leauen leaueneth the whole lumpe 7 ☞ Purge out therfore the olde leauen that ye maye be newe dowe as ye are vnleauened bread For Christe our Pasouer is offred vp for vs. 8 Therefore let vs kepe holy day not with old leauen neither with the leauen of maliciousnes and wickednesse but with the vnleauened bread of purenesse and trueth ☜ 9 I wrote vnto you in an epistle that ye should not companie with fornicatours 10 And I meant not at all with the fornicatours of this worlde or with the couetous or extortioners or with idolaters for then must ye needes haue gone out of the world 11 But nowe I haue written vnto you that ye companie not together if any that is called a brother be a fornicatour or couetous or a worshipper of idols or a rayler or a drunkarde or an extortioner with him that is such see that ye eate not 12 For what haue I to do to iudge them
that are without Do ye not iudge them that are within Them that are without God iudgeth Put away from among you that wicked person The .vi. Chapter 1 He rebuketh them for goyng to lawe together before the heathen 7 Christians ought rather to suffer 12 He reproueth the abusing of christian libertie 15 and sheweth that we ought to serue God purely both in body and in soule 1 DAre any of you hauing businesse with another be iudged vnder the vniust and not rather vnder y e saintes 2 Do ye not knowe that the saintes shall iudge the worlde If the worlde shal be iudged by you are ye vnworthy to iudge the smallest matters 3 Know ye not howe that we shal iudge the angels Howe much more thinges that parteyne to this lyfe 4 If then ye haue iudgement of thinges parteynyng to this lyfe set vp them to iudge whiche are least esteemed in the Churche 5 I speake it to your shame Is it so that there is not a wyse man among you no not one that can iudge betwene brother and brother 6 But one brother goeth to law with another and that vnder the vnbeleuers 7 Nowe therefore there is vtterly a fault among you because ye go to lawe one with another Why rather suffer ye not wrong why rather suffer ye not harme 8 Nay ye your selues do wrong and do harme and that to your brethren 9 Knowe ye not that the vnrighteous shall not inherite the kingdome of God Be not deceaued neither fornicatours nor idolatours nor adulterers nor weaklinges nor abusers of them selues with mankinde 10 Nor theeues nor couetous nor drunckardes nor cursed speakers nor pyllers shall inherite the kingdome of God 11 And such were some of you but ye are wasshed but ye are sanctified but ye are iustified in the name of the Lord Iesus and by the spirite of our God 12 All thinges are lawfull vnto me but al thinges are not profitable Al things are lawfull vnto me but I will not be brought vnder the power of any 13 Meates are ordeyned for the belly and the belly for meates but God shall destroy both it and them Nowe the body is not for fornication but for the Lorde and the Lorde for the body 14 And God both hath raysed vp the Lorde and also shall rayse vs vp by his power 15 ☞ Knowe ye not that your bodies are the members of Christe Shall I then take the members of Christe and make them the members of an harlot God forbyd 16 Know ye not that he whiche coupleth him selfe with an harlot is one body For two sayth he shal be one fleshe 17 But he that is ioyned vnto the Lord is one spirite 18 Flee fornication Euery synne that a man doeth is without the body but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his owne body 19 Knowe ye not that your body is the temple of the holy ghost whiche is in you whom ye haue of God and ye are not your owne 20 For ye are dearely bought therefore glorifie God in your body and in your spirite which are Gods The .vii. Chapter 1 The apostle aunswereth to certayne questions which the Corinthians desired to know 2 as of single lyfe 3 of the duetie of mariage 11 of discordes and discention in mariage 13 of mariage betweene the faythfull and vnfaythfull 18 of vncircumcising the circumcised 21 of seruitude 25 of virginitie 39 and seconde mariage 1 NOwe as concernyng the thinges wherof ye wrote vnto me ☞ it is good for a man not to touche a woman 2 Neuerthelesse to auoyde fornication let euery man haue his owne wyfe and let euery woman haue her owne husband 3 Let the husbande geue vnto the wyfe due beneuolence Lykewyse also the wyfe vnto the husbande 4 The wyfe hath not the power of her owne body but the husbande And likewyse also the husbande hath not the power of his owne body but the wife 5 Defraude you not the one the other except it be with both your consentes for a time that ye may geue your selues to fasting and prayer and afterward come together againe that Satan tempt you not for your incontinencie 6 This I say of fauour not of commaundement 7 For I woulde that all men were as I my selfe am but euery man hath his proper gift of God one after this maner another after that 8 I say therefore vnto them that be vnmaryed and wyddowes it is good for them if they abyde euen as I. 9 But if they can not abstayne let them marrie For it is better to marrie then to burne 10 Vnto the maryed commaunde not I but the Lord Let not the wyfe depart from the husbande 11 But and if she depart let her remayne vnmarried or be reconciled vnto her husbande againe And let not the husbande put away his wyfe 12 But to the remnaunt speake I not the Lorde If any brother haue a wife that beleueth not if she be content to dwell with him let him not put her away 13 And the woman which hath to her husbande an infidell and he consent to dwel with her let her not put him away 14 For the vnbeleuing husbande is sanctified by the wyfe and the vnbeleuyng wyfe is sanctified by the husbande els were your children vncleane but nowe are they holy 15 But if the vnbeleuing depart let hym depart A brother or a sister is not in subiection in such thinges But God hath called vs in peace 16 For howe knowest thou O woman whether thou shalt saue thy husbande or how knowest thou O man whether thou shalt saue thy wyfe 17 But as God hath distributed to euery man as the Lorde hath called euery one so let hym walke and so ordeyne I in all Churches 18 Is any man called beyng circumcised let him not adde vncircumcision Is any called vncircumcised let him not be circumcised 19 Circumcision is nothing and vncircumcision is nothing but the keping of the commaundementes of God 20 ☞ Let euery man abyde in the same calling wherin he was called 21 Art thou called a seruaunt care not for it Neuerthelesse if thou mayest be free vse it rather 22 For he that is called in the Lord being a seruaunt is the Lordes free man Lykewyse also he that is called beyng free is Christes seruaunt 23 Ye are dearely bought be not ye the seruauntes of men 24 Brethren let euery man wherin he is called therin abyde with God ☜ 25 Nowe concerning virgins I haue no commaundement of the Lord yet geue I counsell as one that hath obtayned mercy in the Lorde to be faythfull 26 I suppose therfore that it is good for the present necessitie for I say it is good for a man so to be 27 Art thou bounde vnto a wife seke not to be loosed Art thou loosed from a wyfe seke not a wyfe 28 But and if thou marrie a wyfe thou sinnest not and if a
virgin marrie she hath not sinned Neuerthelesse such shall haue trouble in their fleshe but I beare with you 29 But this say I brethren the tyme is short It remayneth that they which haue wyues be as though they had none 30 And they that wepe as though they wept not they that reioyce as though they reioyced not and they that bye as though they possessed not 31 And they that vse this worlde as though they vsed it not For the fashion of this worlde goeth away 32 I woulde haue you without care He that is vnmaryed careth for the thinges that belong to the Lorde how he may please the Lorde 33 But he that hath maryed a wyfe careth for the thinges that are of the worlde how he may please his wyfe 34 There is difference betweene a virgin and a wyfe The vnmaryed woman careth for the thinges that are of the Lorde that she may be holy both in body and in spirite Againe she that is maryed careth for the thinges that pertayne to the world how she may please her husbande 35 ☞ This speake I for your profite not to tangle you in a snare but that ye may folowe that which is honest and comely and that ye may cleaue fast vnto the Lorde without separation 36 But if any man thinke that it is vncomely for his virgin if she passe the time of mariage and neede so require let him do what he wyll he sinneth not let them be maryed 37 Neuerthelesse he that purposeth surely in his heart hauing no neede but hath power ouer his owne wyll and hath so decreed in his heart that he wyl kepe his virgin doth well 38 So then he that ioyneth his virgin in maryage doth well but he that ioyneth not his virgin in mariage doth better 39 The wyfe is bounde to the lawe as long as her husbande lyueth but if her husband be dead she is at libertie to marry with whom she wil onely in the Lorde 40 But she is happier if she so abide after my iudgement And I thinke veryly that I haue the spirite of God ¶ The .viij. Chapter 1 He rebuketh them that vse their libertie to the sclaunder of other in going to the idolatrous sacrifices 9 And sheweth how men ought to behaue them toward such as be weake 1 AS touching thinges offred vnto idols we are sure y t we all haue knowledge Knowledge maketh a man swell but loue edifieth 2 If any man thynke that he knoweth any thing he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to know 3 But if any man loue God the same is knowen of him 4 As concerning the eating of those thinges that are offered vnto idols we are sure that an idoll is nothing in the worlde and that there is none other God but one 5 And though there be that are called gods whether in heauen or in earth as there be gods many and lordes many 6 Yet vnto vs is there but one God which is the father of whom are all thinges and we in him and one Lorde Iesus Christe by whom are al thinges and we by him 7 But euery man hath not knowledge For some hauing conscience of the idol vntill this houre eate as a thing offred vnto idols and so their conscience being weake is defiled 8 But meate maketh vs not acceptable to God For neither if we eate haue we the more neither if we eate not haue we the lesse 9 But take heede lest by any meanes this libertie of yours be an occasion of falling to them that are weake 10 For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meate in the idols temple shal not the conscience of him which is weake be boldened to eate those thinges which are offred to idols 11 And through thy knowledge shal the weake brother perishe for whom Christe dyed 12 When ye sinne so against the brethren and wounde their weake conscience ye sinne against Christe 13 Wherefore if meate offend my brother I wyll eate no fleshe whyle the worlde standeth lest I shoulde offende my brother The .ix. Chapter 1 He exhorteth them by his example to vse their libertie to the edification of other 24 to run on foorth in the course that they haue begun 1 AM I not an Apostle am I not free haue I not seene Iesus Christe our Lord Are ye not my worke in the Lorde 2 If I be not an Apostle vnto other yet doubtlesse am I vnto you For the seale of myne Apostleship are ye in the Lorde 3 Myne aunswere to them that aske me is this 4 Haue we not power to eate and to drinke 5 Haue we not power to leade about a sister a woman as well as other Apostles and as the brethren of the Lord and Cephas 6 Either only I and Barnabas haue not power this to do 7 Who goeth a warfare any time at his owne cost Who planteth a vineyarde and eateth not of the fruite therof Or who feedeth a flocke and eateth not of the milke of the flocke 8 Say I these thinges after the maner of men or saith not the law the same also 9 For it is written in the law of Moyses * Thou shalt not moosell the mouth of the Oxe that treadeth out the corne Doth God take care for Oxen 10 Either sayth he it not altogether for our sakes For our sakes no doubt this is written that he which eareth should eare in hope that he which tressheth in hope should be partaker of his hope 11 If we haue sowen vnto you spirituall thinges is it a great thing if we reape your carnall thinges 12 If others be partakers of this power wherfore are not we rather Neuerthelesse we haue not vsed this power but suffer all thinges lest we shoulde hinder the Gospel of Christ 13 Do ye not knowe that they which minister about holy thynges eate of the thinges of the temple And they whiche wayte at the aulter are partakers with the aulter 14 Euen so hath the Lord ordayned that they which preache the Gospell shoulde lyue of the Gospell 15 But I haue vsed none of these thinges Neuerthelesse I wrote not these thinges that it shoulde be so done vnto me For it were better for me to die then that any man should make my reioycing vayne 16 For if I preache the Gospell I haue nothyng to reioyce of for necessitie is layde vpon me But wo is vnto me if I preache not the Gospell 17 For if I do it with a good wil I haue a reward but if I do it against my wil the dispensatiō is committed vnto me 18 What is my reward then Verily that when I preache the Gospell I make the Gospell of Christ free that I misuse not myne aucthoritie in the Gospell 19 For though I be free from all men yet haue I made my selfe seruaunt vnto all men that I might win the mo 20 Vnto
in the Lorde 12 For as the woman is of the man euen so is the man by the woman but all of God 13 Iudge in your selues whether it be comely that a woman pray vnto God bare headed 14 Doth not nature it selfe teache you that it is a shame for a man yf he haue long heere 15 But yf a woman haue long heere it is a prayse for her For her heere is geuen her to couer her withall 16 If any man lust to striue we haue no such custome neither the Churches of God 17 This I warne you of and commende not that ye come together not after a better maner but after a worse 18 For first of all when ye come together in the Churche I heare that there is dissention among you and I partly beleue it 19 For there must be sectes among you that they which are approued among you myght be knowen ☜ 20 When ye come together therfore into one place you can not eate the Lordes supper 21 For euery one preuenteth other in eatyng his owne supper And one is hungry and another is drunken 22 Haue ye not houses to eate to drynke in Despise ye the Churche of God and shame them that haue not What shall I say vnto you shall I prayse you in this I prayse you not ☜ 23 ☞ That which I deliuered vnto you I receaued of the Lorde For the Lord Iesus the same nyght in the which he was betrayed toke bread 24 And when he had geuen thankes he brake it and sayde Take ye and eate this is my body which is brokē for you This do ye in the remembraunce of me 25 After the same maner also he toke the cup when he had supped saying This cup is the newe testament in my blood This do as oft as ye drynke it in remembraunce of me 26 For as often as ye shal eate this bread and drynke this cup ye shall shewe the Lordes death tyll he come 27 Wherfore whosoeuer shall eate this bread and drynke this cup of the Lorde vnworthyly shal be gyltie of the body and blood of the Lorde 28 But let a man examine hym selfe and so let hym eate of this bread and drinke of this cuppe 29 For he that eateth and drynketh vnworthyly eateth and drynketh his owne dampnation because he maketh no difference of the Lordes body 30 For this cause many are weake and sicke among you and many slepe 31 For yf we woulde iudge our selues we shoulde not be iudged 32 But when we are iudged we are chastened of the Lorde that we shoulde not be dampned with the worlde 33 Wherfore my brethren when ye come together to eate tary one for another 34 If any man hunger let hym eate at home that ye come not together vnto condempnation ☜ Other thynges wyll I set in order when I come ¶ The .xij. Chapter 1 The diuersitie of the giftes of the holy ghost ought to be vsed to the edifiyng of Christes Church 12 as the members of mans body serue to the vse one of another 1 COncernyng spirituall gyftes brethren I woulde not haue you ignoraunt ☜ 2 Ye knowe y t ye were gentiles and caryed away vnto dumbe idols as ye were led 3 Wherfore I declare vnto you that no man speakyng by the spirite of God defieth Iesus Also no man can say that Iesus is y e Lord but by the holy ghost 4 There are diuersities of gyftes but the spirite is one 5 And there are differences of administrations but the Lorde is one 6 And there are diuers maners of operations but God is one which worketh all in all 7 The manifestation of the spirite is geuen to euery man to profite withall 8 For to one is geuen by the spirite the worde of wisdome to another the word of knowledge by the same spirite 9 To another is geuen fayth by the same spirite to another the giftes of healyng by the same spirite 10 To another power to do miracles to another prophesie to another iudgement to discerne spirites to another diuers kyndes of tongues to another the interpretation of tongues 11 But these all worketh euen one and the selfe same spirite deuidyng to euery man a seuerall gyft as he wyll ☜ 12 For as the body is one hath many members and all the members of one body though they be many yet are but one body euen so is Christe 13 For by one spirite are we all baptized into one body whether we be Iewes or gentiles whether we be bonde or free and haue all drunke of one spirite 14 For the body is not one member but many 15 If the foote woulde say because I am not the hande I am not of the body is it therfore not of the body 16 And yf the eare woulde say because I am not the eye I am not of the body is it therfore not of the body 17 If all the body were an eye where were then the hearyng If all were hearyng where were the smellyng 18 But nowe hath God set y e members euery one seuerally in the body as it hath pleased hym 19 For yf they were all one member where were the body 20 Nowe are there many members yet but one body 21 And the eye can not say vnto y e hande I haue no neede of thee Nor the head agayne to the feete I haue no neede of you 22 Yea rather a great deale those members of the body which seeme to be more feeble are necessary 23 And vpon those members of the body which we thynke least honest put we more honestie on And our vncomely partes haue more comelynesse on 24 For our comely members neede it not But God hath tempered the body together and hath geuen the more honour to that part which lacked 25 Lest there shoulde be any stryfe in the body but that the members shoulde haue the same care one for another 26 And yf one member suffer all suffer with it If one member be had in honour all the members reioyce with it 27 Ye are the body of Christe and members one of another 28 And God hath ordayned some in the Churche first Apostles secondarely prophetes thirdely teachers then them that do miracles after that the giftes of healyng helpers gouernours diuersitie of tongues 29 Are all Apostles are all prophetes are all teachers 30 Are all doers of miracles Haue all the giftes of healyng Do all speake with tongues Do all interprete 31 Couet after the best giftes And yet shew I vnto you a more excellent way ⧠The .xiij. Chapter 1 Because loue is the fountayne and rule of edifiyng the Churche he setteth foorth the nature office and prayse therof 1 THough I speake with the tongues of men and of Angels and haue not loue I am as soundyng brasse or as a tincklyng Cimball 2 And though I coulde prophesie and vnderstoode all secretes and all knowledge
which I preached vnto you which also ye haue receaued and wherin ye cōtinue 2 By the which also ye are saued yf ye kepe in memorie after what maner I preached vnto you except ye haue beleued in vayne 3 For first of all I deliuered vnto you that which I receaued howe that * Christe dyed for our sinnes agreeyng to the scriptures 4 And that he was buryed and that he arose agayne the thirde day accordyng to the scriptures 5 And that he was seene of Cephas then of the twelue 6 After that he was seene of mo then fiue hundred brethren at once of which many remayne vnto this day some are fallen a slepe 7 After that he was seene of Iames then of all the Apostles 8 And last of all he was seene of me as of one borne out of due tyme. 9 For I am the least of the Apostles which am not worthy to be called an Apostle because I persecuted the Churche of God 10 But by the grace of God I am that I am And his grace which is in me was not in vayne But I laboured more aboundauntly then they all yet not I but the grace of God which is with me 11 Therfore whether it were I or they so we preache and so haue ye beleued 12 ☞ If Christe be preached howe that he rose from the dead howe say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead 13 If there be no rysyng agayne of the dead then is Christe not rysen agayne 14 If Christe be not rysen agayne then is our preachyng vayne and your fayth is also vayne 15 Yea and we are founde false witnesses of God For we haue testified of God howe that he raysed vp Christe whom he raysed not vp yf it be so that the dead ryse not agayne 16 For yf the dead ryse not agayne then is not Christe rysen agayne 17 If it be so that Christ rose not againe then is your fayth vayne and ye are yet in your sinnes 18 Therfore they which are fallen in a slepe in Christe are perisshed 19 If in this lyfe only we haue hope on Christe then are we of all men moste miserable 20 But nowe is Christe rysen from the dead the first fruites of them that slept 21 For since by man came death euen so by man came the resurrection of y e dead 22 For as by Adam all dye euen so by Christe shall all be made alyue 23 But euery man in his owne order ☜ The first fruites is Christe afterward they that are Christes at his commyng 24 Then commeth the ende when he hath deliuered vp the kingdome to God the father when he hath put downe all rule and all auctoritie and power 25 For he must raigne tyll he haue put all his enemies vnder his feete 26 The last enemie that shal be destroyed is death 27 For he hath put downe all thynges vnder his feete But when he saith all thynges are vnder hym it is manifest that he is excepted which dyd put all thynges vnder hym 28 When all thynges are subdued vnto hym then shall the sonne also hym selfe be subiect vnto him that put all thinges vnder hym that God may be all in all 29 Els what shall they do which are baptized for the dead yf the dead ryse not at all 30 Why are they then baptized for them And why stande we in ieopardie euery houre 31 By our reioycyng which I haue in Christe Iesu our Lorde I dye dayly 32 If I haue fought with beastes at Ephesus after the maner of men what auauntageth it me yf the dead ryse not agayne * Let vs eate drynke for to morowe we shall dye 33 Be not deceaued Euyll wordes corrupt good maners 34 Awake truely out of slepe and sinne not For some haue not the knowledge of God I speake this to your shame 35 But some man wyll say howe are the dead raysed vp With what bodie shall they come 36 Thou foole that which thou sowest is not quickened except it dye 37 And that which thou sowest thou sowest not that body that shal be but bare corne as of wheate or of some other 38 But God geueth it a body at his pleasure to euery seede his owne body 39 ☞ All flesshe is not the same flesshe But there is one maner of flesshe of mē another flesshe of beastes another of fisshes and another of byrdes 40 There are also celestial bodies and bodies terrestrial But the glorie of the celestial is one and the glorie of the terrestrial another 41 There is another glorie of the sunne and another glorie of the moone and another glorie of the starres For one starre differeth from another starre in glorie 42 So is the resurrection of the dead It is sowen in corruption it ryseth in incorruption 43 It is sowen in dishonour it riseth in honour It is sowen in weakenesse it ryseth in power 44 It is sowen a naturall bodie it ryseth a spirituall bodie There is a naturall bodie and there is a spirituall bodie 45 As it is also written The first man Adam was made a lyuyng soule and the last Adam was made a quickenyng spirite 46 Howebeit that is not first whiche is spirituall but that whiche is naturall and then that whiche is spirituall ☜ 47 The first man is of the earth earthy the seconde man is the Lorde from heauen 48 As is the earthy suche are they that are earthy And as is the heauenly such are they also that are heauenly 49 And as we haue borne the image of the earthy so shall we beare the image of the heauenly 50 This saye I brethren that fleshe and blood can not inherite the kyngdome of God Neither doth corruption inherite incorruption 51 Beholde I shewe you a misterie We shall not all slepe but we shall all be chaunged 52 In a moment in the twynklyng of an eye at the last trumpe For the trumpe shall blowe and the dead shall ryse incorruptible and we shal be chaunged 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption and this mortall must put on immortalitie 54 When this corruptible hath put on incorruption and this mortal hath put on immortalitie then shal be brought to passe the saying that is written Death is swalowed vp into victorie 55 O death where is thy stynge O hell where is thy victorie 56 The stynge of death is sinne and the strength of sinne is the lawe 57 * But thankes be vnto God whiche hath geuē vs victorie through our Lord Iesus Christe 58 Therfore my beloued brethren be ye stedfast vnmouable alwayes riche in the worke of the Lorde forasmuch as ye knowe that your labour is not in vayne in the Lorde ¶ The .xvj. Chapter 1 He putteth them in remembraunce of the gatheryng for the poore brethren at Hierusalem 13 We must perseuer in fayth in the loue of Christe and of our neyghbour
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
and casteth no man in the teeth and it shal be geuen hym 6 But let hym aske in fayth nothyng waueryng For he that wauereth is like a waue of the sea tost of the wynde and caryed with violence 7 Neither let that man thynke that he shall receaue any thyng of the Lorde 8 A double mynded man is vnstable in all his wayes 9 Let the brother of lowe degree reioyce in that he is exalted 10 Agayne the riche â—n that he is made lowe Because as the flowre of the grasse he shall passe away 11 For the sunne hath rysen with heate and the grasse hath withered and his flowre hath fallen away the beautie of the fashion of it hath perished So also shall the ryche man fade away in his wayes 12 Blessed is the man that endureth temptation For when he is tryed he shall receaue the crowne of lyfe which the Lorde hath promised to them that loue hym ☜ 13 Let no man say when he is tempted I am tempted of God for God can not be tempted with euyl neither tempteth he any man 14 But euery man is tempted when he is drawen away entised of his owne concupiscence 15 Then when lust hath conceaued it bryngeth foorth sinne and sinne when it is finished bryngeth foorth death 16 Do not erre my deare brethren 17 * ☞ Euery good geuyng and euery perfect gyft is from aboue and coÌ„meth downe from the father of lyghtes with whoÌ„ is no variablenes neither shadow of turnyng 18 Of his owne wyll begat he vs with the worde of trueth that we shoulde be the first fruites of his creatures 19 Wherfore my deare brethreÌ„ let euery man be swyft to heare slowe to speake slowe to wrath 20 For the wrath of man worketh not that which is ryghteous before God 21 Wherfore lay apart all filthinesse and superfluitie of maliciousnes and receaue with mekenesse the worde that is graffed in you which is able to saue your soules ☜ 22 ☞ And be ye doers of the worde and not hearers only deceauyng your owne selues 23 For yf any be a hearer of the worde and not a doer he is lyke vnto a man beholdyng his bodyly face in a glasse 24 For he hath considered hym selfe and is gone his wayes hath forgotten immediatly what his fashion was 25 But who so loketh in the perfect lawe of libertie and continueth therin he being not a forgetfull hearer but a doer of the worke shal be blessed in his deede 26 If any man among you seeme to be deuout and refrayneth not his tongue but deceaueth his owne heart this mans deuotion is vayne 27 Pure deuotion and vndefyled before God and the father is this To visite the fatherlesse and widdowes in their aduersitie and to kepe hym selfe vnspotted of the worlde ☜ ¶ The .ij Chapter 1 He forbiddeth to haue any respect of persons 5 but to regarde the poore aswell as the riche 8 to be louyng and merciful 14 and not to boast of faith where no deedes are 17 for it is but a dead fayth where good workes folowe not 1 MY brethren haue not the fayth of our Lorde Iesus Christe the Lord of glorie with respect of persons 2 For yf there come into your companie a man wearing a golde ryng clothed in goodly apparell and there come in also a poore man in vile rayment 3 And ye haue a respect to hym that weareth the gay clothyng and say vnto hym sitte thou here in a good place say vnto the poore stande thou there or sitte here vnder my footestoole 4 Are ye not partiall in your selues and are made iudges of euyll thoughtes 5 Hearken my deare beloued brethren Hath not God chosen the poore of this worlde such as are riche in fayth and heyres of the kyngdome which he promised to them that loue hym 6 But ye haue despised the poore Do not riche men oppresse you by tirannie and drawe you before the iudgementes seates 7 Do not they blaspheme that good name by the which you are named 8 If ye fulfyll the royal lawe according to the scripture * thou shalt loue thy neighbour as thy selfe ye do well 9 But yf ye regarde one person more then another ye commit sinne and are rebuked of the lawe as transgressours 10 Whosoeuer shal kepe the whole lawe and yet fayle in one poynt he is gyltie of all 11 For he that sayde thou shalt not commit adulterie sayde also thou shalt not kyll Though thou do none adulterie yet yf thou kyll thou art become a transgressour of the lawe 12 So speake ye and so do as they that shal be iudged by the lawe of libertie 13 For he shall haue iudgement without mercie * that sheweth no mercie And mercie reioyceth agaynst iudgement ☜ 14 What profiteth it my brethren though a man say he hath fayth and hath not deedes Can fayth saue hym 15 If a brother or a sister be naked and destitute of dayly foode 16 And one of you say vnto them depart in peace be you warmed and fylled notwithstandyng ye geue them not those thinges which are nedefull to the body what shall it profite 17 Euen so fayth yf it haue not deedes is dead in it selfe 18 But some man wyll say thou hast fayth and I haue deedes shewe me thy fayth by thy deedes and I wyll shewe thee my faith by my deedes 19 Beleuest thou that there is one God Thou doest well The deuyls also beleue and tremble 20 But wylt thou knowe O thou vayne man that that fayth which is without workes is dead 21 Was not Abraham our father iustified through workes when he had offered Isaac his sonne vpon the aulter 22 Seest thou not howe y e faith wrought with his deedes and through y e deedes was the fayth made perfect 23 And the scripture was fulfylled which sayth Abraham beleued God and it was reputed vnto hym for ryghteousnesse And he was called the friende of God 24 ☞ Ye see then howe that of deedes a man is iustified and not of fayth only 25 Lykewyse also was not Rahab the harlot iustified through workes when she had receaued the messengers and had sent them out another way 26 For as the body without the spirite is dead euen so fayth without workes is dead also ☜ ¶ The .iij. Chapter 2 He forbiddeth all ambition to seke honour aboue our brethren 3 He describeth the propertie of the tongue 15.16 And what difference there is betwixt the wisdome of God and the wisdome of the worlde 1 MY brethren be not mame maisters knowyng howe that we shall receaue the greater damnation 2 For in many thynges we sinne all If a man sinne not in word the same is a perfect man and able also to bridle all the body 3 Beholde we put bittes in the horses mouthes that they may obey vs and we turne about all the body of them 4
for it is geuen vnto the gentiles and the holy citie shall they treade vnder foote fourtie and two monethes 3 And I wyl geue power vnto my two witnesses and they shall prophesie a thousande two hundred and threescore dayes clothed in sackcloth 4 These are two oliue trees and two candle stickes standyng before the God of the earth 5 And yf any man wyll hurt them fyre shal proceade out of their mouthes cōsume their enemies And if any man wil hurt them this wyse must he be kylled 6 These haue power to shut heauen that it rayne not in the dayes of their prophesiyng and haue power ouer waters to turne them to blood and to smite the earth with all maner plagues as often as they wyll 7 And whē they haue finished their testimonie the beast that commeth out of the bottomlesse pit shall make warre against them and shal ouercome them and kyll them 8 And their bodyes shall lye in y e streates of the great citie which spiritually is called Sodome and Egypt where our Lorde was crucified 9 And they of the people and kinredes and tongues and they of the nations shall see their bodyes three dayes and an halfe shall not suffer their bodyes to be put in graues 10 And they that dwell vpon the earth shal reioyce ouer them and be glad and shall sende gyftes one to another for these two prophetes vexed them that dwelt on the earth 11 And after three dayes and an halfe the spirite of lyfe commyng from God shall enter into them And they shall stande vp vpon their feete great feare shall come vpon thē which sawe them 12 And they shall heare a great voyce from heauen saying vnto them come vp hyther And they shall ascende vp to heauen in a cloude and their enemies shall see them 13 And the same houre shall there be a great earthquake and the tenth part of the citie shall fall and in the earthquake shal be slaine names of men seuen thousande and the remnaunt shal be afraide and geue glorie to the God of heauen 14 The seconde wo is past and beholde the thirde wo wyll come anone ◠And the seuenth angell blewe there were made greate voyces in heauen saying the kyngdomes of this worlde are our Lordes and his Christes and he shall raigne for euermore 16 And the .xxiiii. elders which sit before God on their seates fel vpon their faces and worshipped God 17 Saying we geue thee thankes O Lorde God almyghtie which art and wast and art to come for thou hast receaued thy great myght hast raigned 18 And the nations were angrie and thy wrath is come and the tyme of the dead that they shoulde be iudged and that thou shouldest geue rewarde vnto thy seruauntes the prophetes and saintes and to them that feare thy name small and great and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth 19 And the temple of God was opened in heauen and there were seene in his temple the arke of his testament and there folowed lyghtninges and voyces and thundringes and earthquake and much hayle ¶ The .xij. Chapter 1 There appeareth in heauen a woman clothed with the sunne 7 Michael fyghteth with the Dragon which persecuteth the woman 11 The victorie is gotten to the comfort of the faythfull 1 AND there appeared a great wonder in heauen A woman clothed with the sunne the moone vnder her feete and vpō her head a crowne of twelue starres 2 And she was with chylde and cryed trauaylyng in birth and payned redy to be delyuered 3 And there appeared another wonder in heauen for beholde a great redde dragon hauing seuen heades and tenne hornes and seuen crownes vpon his heades 4 And his tayle drue the thirde part of the starres of heauen and cast them to the earth And the dragon stoode before the woman which was redie to be deliuered for to deuoure her chylde assoone as it were borne 5 And she brought foorth a man chylde which shoulde rule all nations with a rodde of yron And her sonne was taken vp vnto God and to his throne 6 And the woman fled into wildernesse where she had a place prepared of God that they should feede her there a thousande two hundreth and threscore days 7 And there was a battayle in heauen Michael and his angels fought with the dragon and the dragon fought and his angels 8 And preuayled not neither was their place founde any more in heauen 9 And the great dragon that olde serpent called the deuyll Satanas was cast out which deceaueth all the world And he was cast into the earth and his angels were cast out with hym 10 And I hearde a loude voyce saying in heauen Nowe is made saluation strength the kingdome of our God the power of his Christ For the accuser of our brethren is cast downe which accused them before our God day nyght 11 And they ouercame hym by the blood of the Lambe and by the worde of their testimonie and they loued not their lyues vnto the death 12 Therfore reioyce heauens and ye that dwell in them Wo to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea for the deuyll is come downe vnto you which hath great wrath because he knoweth that he hath but a short tyme. 13 And when the dragon sawe that he was cast vnto the earth he persecuted the woman which brought foorth the man chylde 14 And to the woman were geuen two winges of a great Egle that she myght flee into the wildernesse into her place where she is norished for a tyme tymes and halfe a tyme from the presence of the serpent 15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water after the woman as it had ben a fludde that he myght cause her to be caryed away of the fludde 16 And the earth holpe the woman and the earth opened her mouth and swalowed vp the ryuer which the dragon cast out of his mouth 17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman and went and made warre with the remnaunt of her seede which kepe the commaundementes of God haue the testimonie of Iesus Christe 18 And I stoode on the sea sande The .xiij. Chapter 1.8 The beast deceaueth the reprobate 2.4.12 and is confirmed by another 17 The priuiledge of the beastes marke 1 AND I sawe a beast ryse out of the sea hauing seuen heades and ten hornes vpon his hornes ten crownes and vpon his head the name of blasphemie 2 And the beast which I sawe was like a Leoparde and his feete were as the feete of a Beare and his mouth as the mouth of a Lion And the dragon gaue hym his power and his seate and great aucthoritie 3 And I sawe one of his heades as it were wounded to death and his deadly wounde was healed And all the world wondred after the beast 4 And they worshipped the dragon which gaue power vnto the beast and they worshipped the beast saying Who is lyke
â— and xxvâ—â—â— Exod. xxi c Leui. xx b. Deut. 37 c. ii Reg. xv a Math. v. e. Rom. xii â— Pro. xxiiii d Iere. x. d. i. Reg. xv c. Prou. xix b iiii Reg. â— c. Mich vi b. “ Or and the light of the wicked or â–ª the workes of the vngodlye Pro. xxv d. Prox. xix d Mat xviii d Or a man that loueth pleasure shal be poore Or oyle Eccle. 25. c Prou. xii b. “ Or howe muche more when it is offred with an euyll minde Prou. xix a. Esai i. d. and .xlvi. b. Psal 33 c. “ Or safetâ— is of the Lorde 〈◊〉 xâ—iâ— b 〈◊〉 â—v â— Eccl. xxxi d Pro. xxiii c Or thou therefore take heede “ Or three tymes Prou. vi a. and .xi. b. xxxvii c. “ Or dettes “ Or why causest thou hym to take Pro. xxiii a Deut. 27. c. Iere. xvii b. Eccle. 27 â—â— Or 〈◊〉 notâ—â—ng Meaning the enâ—â—ous and couetous men Prou xii d. Deut. 27. c. Prou xiii d. Eccle 30. a. (b) From â—â—â—truction Prou 24 â–ª a. c Prou. xxi c. Pro. xxii â— Or murmuring “ Some readâ— straunge â—â—â—onâ— Pro. xxiii d and .xxiiii. c Or 〈◊〉 a A duersitie doth trye a man what he is Psal 37. a. Prou. xvii a “ Or rewarde Iob. xxi b. Prou. xx a. “ Or of them both Pro. xviii b “ Or the man Prou. xii b. Prou. vi a. “ Or stande not â—n Luk. xiiii b. Eccle. viii b. Math. v. c. “ Or be not hastie to striue “ Or of false liberalitie Prou. xv a. Ge. xxxii a. i. Re. xxv c. “ Or bones are “ Or 〈◊〉 maule “ Or saltyeter or sope or nitre Rom. xii c. i. Re. xxx b Prou. xxi b “ Or his spirite Psa xxxii b Or woulde hide a pretious stone in an heape oâ— stones 〈…〉 d Prou xxii d Prou xix c. Or hydeth “ Or that can render a reason Eccl. xxiii b Or a contentious Or as flatteringes “ Or many Eccle. x. b. Ecc. xxvii b Luk. xii c. Eze. xviii a Iam. iiii b. Or deceiptfull Or bitter “ Or neyghbour Prou. xxii Prou. x. c. “ Or he that prayseth his frende with a loude voyce rising early in the morning it shal be counted to hym as a disprayse Prou. xix b xxi xxv “ 〈…〉 of another Eccle i. a. Eccle. xâ—ii a and xvii c. Leui. xxvi e “ Or men “ Or foode i. Cor. ii d. Pro. xix a. “ Or feedeth gluttons Pro i. b. “ Or can trye hym Eccle. x. a. Pro. 29. c. Iob. xiii c. Psal 32. c. i. Iohn i. b Gene â—â—i b Prou. 〈…〉 Prou. xii â— Eccle. xx â— i. Tim. vi â— Prou. xxâ—â— Matâ—â— xv a. Or of a murderer ii Cor. ix b Prou 28 b. Or and not be cured Prou 28. b. Eccle. x a. Prou. v. â— Luk. xv â— (a) That is deliuer his soule or saue his lyfe Or vsurer Or truely “ Or his sonne “ Or a mans pryde shall bryng hym lowe “ Or cursing “ Or shal be exalted ☞ Psal xix e. Deut. xiii a. “ Or feede me with foode conuenient for me Exod. v. a. Deut. viii c. Iob xx d. “ Or whose eyes are hauâ—e Exo. xxi b. Deu. xxvii e “ Or of the brooke Prou v◠◠“ Or houses “ Or a kyng (a) Lamuel signifieth God with hym or with them For when Solomon builded the temple to god and promoted his honour god was with hym and the Israelites Neither is it any straunge thyng in the scriptures one man to haue many names “ Or ordinaunce Or of all the afflicted children “ Or he shall haue no neede of spoyles that is he shal not neede to get his liuyng vnlawfully Or brâ—â—d “ Or know◠“ Or prayse her (a) He doth not condemne the creatures and gyftes of God as euyll but the carefull sekyng of them and the pride truste that man hath in worldly thynges He proueth by sixe reasons that true felicitie is not to be put in any worldly thing (b) The first reason is that nothyng can be attayned in this life without labour care (c) 2 Mans lyfe is but short and vncertayne And though the earth it selfe continueth for a longer time yet it coÌ„meth to an ende at the last (d) 3 Neither astronomie nor any other science is perfectly knowen oâ— this lyfe (e) 4 Man in this lyfe is so desirous to see and heare news always that he is neuer satisfied nor content with his estate (f) 5 The first clause is vnderstanded of thynges made by nature y e seconde of thynges 〈…〉 (g) 6 It is the reward of the sinne of curiositie of our forefather Adam that knowledge can not be attayned vnto without great trauayle the ende of all which knowledge is for to teach man humilitie (h) Man is not able of his owne power to refourme that is amisse and is ryse vp from sinne nor to knowe his imperfection wekenesse to do any thyng that is good without the grace of God He preue◠〈◊〉 â—re câ—â—s â–ª that true 〈…〉 câ—nâ—â—h not in any worldlye â—fute (a) 〈◊〉 There is no long contentatioÌ„ in any â—st or plesure with â— lyfe (b) â— The mother of vaine pleasure and muche laughter is foolyshnes (c) 3 He that arriveth hym self to the studie of godly wisedome may not haue to much pleasure in drynkyng oâ— wyne (d) 4 The more plentie of gorgious buyldyng apparell riches or worldly pleasure the more vexation of minde and all are but vanitie in comparisoÌ„ of godly felicitie as Solomon affirmeth of his owne experience (e) God hath appoynted that man should be obedient to godly reason as to his kyng and not to be ledde with carnall affection (f) They both suffer like aduersitie in this world or as touching the corruption of the body they dye both a lyke (g) Meaning in this world (h) That he myght seke the true felicitie whiche is in God (i) He rebuketh men that maketh careful prouidence to enrich their heires by vnlawful meanes to their owne dampnation not knowyng who or what they shal be eyther good or euyll (k) As it is the blessyng of God to obteyne ryches honestly so is it no lesse blessing to refresh him selfe with the fruites therof in measure Of both whiche blessinges Solomon confesseth hym selfe to haue tasted largely and yet not happy thereby (a) Although true felicitie is not to be put in any worldlye thing yet God hath appoynted al necessarie thinges to be done in due tyme order and measure (b) God hath appoynted y t euery man shoulde diligently trauayle take paynes in his vocation to the ende he woulde haue hym humble feare God Eccle. i. d. (c) There is no difference betwixt a man and a beast as touchyng the body whych of them both dyeth but the soule of man liueth immortally and the body of man riseth vp agayne by the mighty power of the spirite of God The immortalitie of the soule is not knowen by carnall reason or
corner or corner stone because the Iewes and the Gentiles are ioyned together and builded vpon hym by fayth and made one Churche (b) Neither Saint nor Angel nor workes nor ought els can saue but Christ alone Iohn xi f. Actes v. g. Psal ii a Actes xvi f. Actes ii a. and .xix. b. Actes ii g. and .v. b. Actes i. d. Math. xvi d iii Reg. vi a. Iohn x. e. Actes iii. b. (a) God at the first publishyng of his Gospell wrought wonders by these thynges that seemed trifles to the worlde which thyngs as they were done for a time so nowe the lyke must not be loked for Actes iiii a. Actes xii a and .xvi. f. Actes iiii d. (b) By this speache they meane y t they would charge them as gâ—â—ty of Christes blood that was shed Math. 27. â— Actes iiii d. Act. xxii â— Luk. xiâ—â— Act. iiii d. Math. v. b. i. Tim. iii. c. Apoca. ii b. Nu. xxvii d i. Tim. iiii d ii Tim. i. b. (a) Or â—ledge 〈◊〉 in y e citie 〈…〉 were erect many honor scooles wherein the youth of the Iewes and straungers were instructed as nowe adayes are vsed in our vniuersities (b) The wicked setteth foorth false witnesses when they by reasâ—nyng caÌ„not preuayle agaynst the trueth And thus malice seketh false Christes when the trueth fayleth her Gen. xii d. Gene. xii b. Gene. xv c. Exod. xii f. (a) This is not to be vnderstand that they should be euyl intreated y e whole foure hundred yere but by excesse of speach called hyperbole is signified y t they should be euyl intreated within y e space of foure hundred yeres Ge. xxxvii f Sapi. x. c. Gen. xi c. Gen. xl g. Gene. xlv a. Gene. xlvi a Gen. xlix d Gen. xxiii d (b) Here appeareth an errour For AbrahaÌ„ seemeth to be put in yeâ—â—rt in y e stede of Iacob For Iacob bought the sepulchre of Emor and not Abraham who boughte before a fielde of Ephron Gene. xix b Exod. ii c. Math. xxi c Actes iii. b. Exod. ii c. Exod. iii. a. () Moyses Exod. iii. d. Mat. xxii c Mark xii c. Luke xx c. Iosue â— d. Exod. ii â— Deu xviii c Actes iii. d. Exod. xix Gâ—â—â— iii c. Exod. 32 a. Rom. i. c. Amos. v. d. Iere. vii c (c) God toke their offerynges to be abhominable vtterly none at all partlye for that they offred with a dissemblynge heart and a wicked lyfe and partlye because they mingled together the seruice deuysed by man with y e true seruice of God Exo. xxv d Actes viii Iosue iii. a. Psalm 89. c 3. Reg vi â— Act. xvii f. (d) Here is reproued the grosse dulnes of the people who vaynely fantasied that Gods power was conteyned within the temple â–ª which is the place of my rest not the house built with mennes handes but an humble a quiet spirite whiche trembleth at my holye worde Deut. ix d. Iohn vii b. Actes xv b. Iohn vii b. Actes xv b. Psa 3. Reg. xxi d Psalm 31. a. (e) He prayed for himselfe standyng but prayinge for his enemies he kneeled downe meanyng therby first that their great iniquitie required a greater a more feruent prayer secondly he declareth his myghtie charitie praying so earnestly for his enemies Act. xxii d. Math. x. c. Actes xi g. Actes ix a. i Cor. xv b. Galath i. c. Math. xvi d (a) 〈…〉 ghost sufficientlye tâ—â—ching their saluatation but for further coÌ„firmation of Christes reâ—gion nowe newely seâ—te foorth the manifest and â—â—wont 〈◊〉 of the holye ghost appeared among the Christians by laying on of y e handes of the apostles Math. x b (b) Thou art fulfylled with melancoly and enuie Thou woldest haue doynges with the hyghest other wise thou canst not be quiet (c) Through the desire of money and colourable couetousnes Take heede ye symoniaks that onlye for lyuyng enter into the unmisierie 3 Reg. 〈…〉 Iohn xii c. Acteâ— x g. (a) Saul breathed and blusâ—red with rage and crueltie agaynst Christes Church whiche declareth wherevnto man is led by his rash zeale â–ª before he hath the true knowledge of God Act. xxi b. 〈…〉 Actes ii f. (b) 〈…〉 though 〈◊〉 for â—tible fleshe was amased 〈◊〉 heauenlye thynges and 〈…〉 written in the .xxij. Chapter For they hearde a voyce 〈…〉 Act. xxi g. Act. viii a. i. Cor. vv b. Galath i. c. Act. xxi c. ii Cor. xi c f Act. xxii c. Act. xxi c. ii Cor. xi c f Act. xxii c. i. Cor. xii a. i. Reg. xix f Actes xxi â— Math. ix b. Mark ii b. Luk. v. c. Iohn v. b. Actes iii. b. (c) Tabitha is called Dorcas Dorcas signifieth a roâ— Buck a beast of sharp syght Such an one was Tabitha to this effect that she being on earth farre from heauen dyd beholde heauenly thinges drewe neare vnto heauen with godly workes 3. Reg. xvi d 4. Reg. iiii f Luk. vii c. (a) The 〈…〉 but 〈◊〉 faith 〈…〉 not 〈…〉 9 therâ— as Bedetâ— noteth 〈◊〉 fayth whereby 〈…〉 and almes pleased GOD. For saith he he came not to â—rth through workes but to workes thorough fayth 〈…〉 4 〈…〉 f (b) This visioÌ„ doth teach manyfold misteries First y t the restraint of meates made vnto the Iewes â—s taken awaye byndeth not y e Christians For nowe to the cleane all meates are 〈◊〉 Secondly the graces and gyftes of God 〈…〉 to 〈…〉 who before this 〈…〉 is open to all that is inclosed in the sheete which is the 〈…〉 of God Gen. xix a. Actes xi b. (c) Cornelius dyd reuerence Peter more then he ought to haue done supposyng him eyther to be a God eyther to be endued with such power vertue for the which he shoulde be honoured as God Deut. viii a. ii Par. xix c Rom. ii b. Ephe. vi b. Math. iiii b. Esai lxi a. Luk. iiii c. Luk. xxiii d Iohn xxii b Math. 28. d â–ª Esaias liii d. Actes ii a. Actes viii f. Deut. vii a. Actes x. b. Leuit. xi a. Deut. xiiii â— (a) What meates soeuer y e Iews vsed contrary to y e lawe of Gods lawe they called it commâ—â— or vncleane Actes x. d. Actes ii a. Iohn i. d. Actes i. a. (b) To be baptized with y e holy ghost is to receaue the visible graces and gyftes of the holy ghost Actes viii a. Actes xiii â— (c) Not for that they were the first Christians but for that y e people both of the Iewes and Gentiles grewe into one body and were more bolde freely to confesse the fayth of Christe (d) By these wordes saint Luke doth signifie that the spirite of God was the aucthour of this prophesie that therby we myght vnderstande y e knowledge not to be gathered either of the course of the starres or any other natural causes ☞ Math. iiii e. Actes v. d. Actes v. d. Actes i. b. (a) For theâ— did knowe by Gods worde that Angels were appoynted to defende the faythfull also in those dayes they were accustomed to see such
6 Vpon the one she leaned her selfe as one that was tender 7 The other folowed her and bare the trayne of her vesture 8 The shine of her beautie made her face rose coloured the similitude of her face was chearefull and amiable but her heart was sorowfull for great feare 9 She went in thorowe all the doores and stoode before the kyng The kyng sate vpon the trone of his kyngdome and was clothed in his goodly aray all shining with golde and set with precious stones and he was very terrible 10 He lyft vp his face that shone in the clearnesse and looked grimly vpon her Then fel the Queene downe was pale and faynte leaned her selfe vpon the head of the mayde that went with her 11 Neuerthelesse God turned the kinges minde that he was gentle that he leaped out of his seate for feare and gate her in his armes and helde her vp tyll she came to her self againe he gaue her louing wordes also and said vnto her 12 Hester what is the matter I am thy brother be of good cheare 13 Thou shalt not die for our commaundement toucheth the commons and not thee Come nye 14 And with that he helde vp his golden rodde and layde it vpon her necke 15 And imbraced her frendly and sayd Talke with me 16 Then sayde she I sawe thee O Lorde as an angell of God and my heart was troubled for feare of thy maiestie and clearnesse 17 For excellent and wonderfull art thou O Lorde and thy face is full of amitie 18 But as she was thus speaking vnto hym she fell downe agayne for fayntnesse 19 For the whiche cause the kyng was afraide and all his seruauntes comforted her ¶ The .xvj. Chapter ¶ The copie of the letters of Artaxerxes whereby he reuoketh those whiche he first sent foorth 1 THe great kyng Artaxerxes whiche raigneth from India vnto Ethiopia ouer an hundreth and twentie and seuen landes sendeth vnto the princes and rulers of the same landes suche as loue him his frendly salutation 2 There be many that for the sundry frendshippes and benefites whiche are diuersly done vnto them for their worship be euer the more proude and hye minded 3 And vndertake not only to hurt our subiectes for plenteous benefites may they not suffer and begin to imagine some thing against those that do them good 4 And take not only all vnthankfulnes away from men but in pride and presumption as they that be vnmindfull and vnthankfull for the good deedes they go about to escape the iudgement of God that seeth all thinges whiche iudgement hateth and punisheth all wickednesse 5 It happeneth oft also that they which be set in office by the higher power and vnto whom the businesse and causes of the subiectes are committed to be handled waxe proude and defile them selues with shedding of innocent blood which bringeth them to intollerable hurt 6 Whiche also with false and deceiptfull wordes and with lying tales deceaue and betray the innocent goodnesse of princes 7 Nowe is it profitable and good that we take heede make searche therafter and consider not onlye what hath happened vnto vs of olde but the shamefull vnhonest and noysome thinges that the deputies haue nowe taken in hande before our eyes 8 And thereby to beware in tyme to come that we make the kyngdome quiet and peaceable for all men and that we might sometime drawe it to a chaunge 9 And as for the thing that nowe is present before our eyes to withstande it and to put it downe after the most frendly maner 10 What tyme nowe as Aman the sonne of Amadathu the Macedonian a straūger veryly of the Persians blood and farre from our goodnes was come in among vs as an aliaunt 11 And had obtayned the frendship that we beare towarde all people so that he was called our father and had in hye honour of euery man as the next and principall vnto the kyng 12 He coulde not forbeare him selfe from his pryde hath vndertaken not only to rob vs of the kyngdome but of our life 13 With manyfolde deceipt also hath he desired to destroy Mardocheus our helper and preseruer whiche hath done vs good in all thinges and innocent Hester the like partaker of our kyngdome with all her people 14 For his minde was when he had taken them out of the way and robbed vs of them by this meanes to translate the kyngdome of the Persians vnto them of Macedonia 15 But we finde that the Iewes which were accused of the wicked that they might be destroyed are no euyll doers but vse reasonable and right lawes 16 And that they be the chyldren of the most high liuing God by whom the kyngdome of vs and of our progenitours hath ben well ordered hytherto 17 Wherefore as for the letters and commaundementes that were put foorth by Aman the sonne of Amadathu ye shall do well if ye holde them of none effect 18 For he that set them vp and inuented them hangeth at Susis before the port with all his kinred and God whiche hath all thinges in his power hath rewarded hym after his deseruing 19 And vpon this ye shall publishe and set vp the copie of this letter in all places that the Iewes may freely and without hinderaunce holde them selues after their owne statutes 20 And that they may be helped and that vpon the thirteenth day of the twelfth moneth Adar they may be auenged of them whiche in the tyme of their anguishe and trouble would haue oppressed them 21 For the God that gouerneth all thinges hath turned to ioy the day wherein the chosen people shoulde haue perished 22 Moreouer among the hye solempne dayes that ye haue ye shall holde this day also with all gladnesse 23 That nowe and in tyme to come this day may be a remembraunce of good for all such as loue the prosperitie of the Persians but a remembraunce of destruction to those that be seditious vnto vs. 24 All cities and landes that do not this shall horribly perishe and be destroyed with the sworde and fire and shall not only be no more inhabited of men but be abhorred also of the wylde beastes and foules The ende of the rest of the booke of Hester ⧠The wysdome of Solomon The first Chapter 1 Howe we ought to searche and inquire after God 2 Who be those that finde hym 5 The holy ghost 8.11 We ought to flee from backbiting and murmuring 12 Whereof death commeth 15 Righteousnesse and vnrighteousnesse 1 LOue righteousnesse ye that be iudges of y e earth consider deepely of the Lorde in goodnesse and seeke hym in singlenesse of heart 2 For he wyll be founde of them that tempt hym not and appeareth vnto such as put no distrust in him 3 For wicked thoughtes seperate from God and his power when it is tryed reproueth the vnwise 4 For why wysdome shall not enter into a wicked soule nor dwell in the body that is subiect vnto sinne 5 For the holy
dyd repent 14 He also reioyceth in God for the efficacie of his doctrine 17 confutyng therby such quarell pykers as vnder pretence of speakyng agaynst his person sought nothyng but the ouerthrowe of his doctrine 1 BVt I determined this in my selfe y t I would not come againe to you in heauynesse 2 For if I make you sorie who is he y t shoulde make me glad but the same which is made sorie by me 3 And I wrote this same vnto you lest when I came I shoulde take heauynesse of them of whom I ought to reioyce This confidence haue I toward you all that my ioy is the ioy of you all 4 For in great affliction and anguishe of heart I wrote vnto you with many teares not that ye shoulde be made sorie but that ye myght perceaue the loue which I haue most specially vnto you 5 But yf any man hath caused sorowe the same hath not made me sorie but partly lest I shoulde greeue you all 6 It is sufficient vnto the same man that he was rebuked of many 7 So that nowe contrarywise ye ought rather to forgeue hym and comforte hym lest that same person shoulde be swallowed vp with ouermuche heauynesse 8 Wherfore I pray you that you would confirme your loue towardes hym 9 For this cause veryly did I write that I myght knowe the profe of you whether ye be obedient in all thynges 10 To whom ye forgeue any thyng I forgeue also For if I forgaue any thing to whom I forgaue it for your sakes forgaue I it in the sight of Christe 11 Lest Satan shoulde circumuent vs For his thoughtes are not vnknowen vnto vs. ☜ 12 Furthermore when I came to Troada to preache Christes Gospell and a doore was opened vnto me of the lorde 13 I had no rest in my spirite because I founde not Titus my brother but toke my leaue of them and went away into Macedonia 14 Nowe thankes be vnto God whiche alwayes geueth vs the victorie in Christe and openeth the sauour of his knowledge by vs in euery place 15 For we are vnto God the sweete sauour of Christe in them that are saued and in them which perisshe 16 To the one part are we the sauour of death vnto death and vnto the other part are we the sauour of lyfe vnto lyfe And who is meete vnto these thynges 17 For we are not as many are whiche chop chaunge with the word of God but as of purenesse of God in the syght of God so speake we in Christe ☜ ¶ The .iij. Chapter 1 He taketh for example the fayth of the Corinthians for a probation of the trueth which he preached 6 and to exalt his apostleship agaynst the braggers of the false apostles 7.13 he maketh comparison betwixt the lawe and the Gospell 1 DO we begyn to prayse our selues agayne Or neede we as some other of epistles of recōmendation vnto you or letters of recommendation from you 2 Ye are our epistle written in our heartes whiche is vnderstande and read of all men 3 Forasmuche as ye declare that ye are the epistle of Christ ministred by vs and written not with ynke but with the spirite of the lyuyng God not in tables of stone but in fleshly tables of the heart 4 ☞ Such trust haue we through Christe to Godwarde 5 Not that we are sufficiēt of our selues to thynke any thyng as of our selues but our ablenesse is of God 6 Which hath made vs able ministers of the newe testament not of the letter but of the spirite For the letter kylleth but the spirite geueth lyfe 7 Yf the ministration of death through the letters figured in stones was in glorie so that the chyldren of Israel coulde not beholde the face of Moyses for the glorie of his countenaunce whiche glorie is done away 8 Howe shall not the ministration of the spirite be much more in glorie 9 For yf the ministration of condempnation be glorie much more doth the ministration of ryghteousnes exceede in glorie ☜ 10 For euen that which was glorified is not glorified in respect of this exceedyng glorie 11 For yf that whiche is destroyed was glorious much more that which remayneth is glorious 12 Seyng then that we haue such truste we vse great boldnesse 13 And not as Moyses which put a vayle ouer his face that the chyldren of Israel shoulde not see for what purpose that serued which is put away 14 * But their myndes were blynded For vntyll this day remayneth the same coueryng vntaken away in the reading of the olde testament which vayle is put away in Christe 15 But euen vnto this day when Moyses is read * the vayle is layde vppon their heart 16 Neuerthelesse * when it shall turne to the Lorde the vayle shal be taken away 17 The Lorde is a spirite And where the spirite of the Lorde is there is libertie 18 But we all behold as in a mirrour the glorie of the Lorde with his face open and are chaunged vnto the same similitude from glorie to glorie euen as of the spirite of the Lorde ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 1 He declareth his diligence and roundnesse in his office 8 and that which his enemies toke for his disaduauntage to wit the crosse and affliction which he endured he turned it to his great aduauntage 11 17 shewyng what profite commeth therby 1 THerfore seyng that we haue such a ministerie as we haue receaued mercie we faynt not 2 But haue cast from vs the clokes of vnhonestie and walke not in craftynesse neither handle we the word of God disceitefully but in openyng of the trueth and report our selues to euery mans conscience in the syght of God 3 ☞ Yf our Gospell be yet hyd it is hyd in them that are lost 4 In whom the god of this worlde hath blinded the myndes of them whiche beleue not lest the lyght of the Gospell of the glorie of Christe which is the image of God should shine vnto them 5 ☞ For we preache not our selues but Christe Iesus the Lord and our selues your seruauntes for Iesus sake 6 For it is God that commaundeth the lyght to shine out of darknesse whiche hath shined in our heartes for to geue the lyght of the knowledge of the glorie of God in the face of Iesus Christe 7 But we haue this treasure in earthen vessels that the excellencie of the power be Gods and not ours 8 We are troubled on euery syde yet are we not without shyft We are in pouertie but not vtterly without somewhat 9 We suffer persecution but are not forsaken therin We are cast downe but we perisshe not 10 We alwayes beare about in the body the dying of the Lorde Iesus that the lyfe of Iesus myght also appeare in our bodie ☜ 11 For we which lyue are alwayes deliuered vnto death for Iesus sake that the lyfe also of Iesu myght appeare in
our mortall flesshe 12 So then death worketh in vs but life in you ☜ 13 ☞ Seing then that we haue the same spirite of fayth accordyng as it is written I beleued and therefore haue I spoken We also beleue and therefore speake 14 For we knowe that he which raysed vp the Lorde Iesus shall rayse vp vs also by the meanes of Iesus and shall set vs with you 15 For all thynges do I for your sakes that the plenteous grace by thankes geuyng of many may redounde to the prayse of God 16 Wherefore we are not weryed But though our outwarde man perishe yet the inwarde man is renued day by day 17 For our exceedyng tribulation which is momentanie lyght prepareth an exceedyng and an eternall wayght of glorie vnto vs. 18 Whyle we loke not on the thynges whiche are seene but on the thynges which are not seene For the thynges which are seene are temporall but the things which are not seene are eternal ¶ The .v. Chapter 1 Paul proceedeth to declare the vtilitie that commeth by the crosse 4 howe we ought to prepare our selues vnto it 5 by whom 9 and for what ende 14 19 He setteth foorth the grace of Christ 20 and the office of ministers all the faithful 1 FOr we knowe that yf our earthly house of this tabernacle were destroyed we haue a building of God an habitation not made with handes but eternall in heauen 2 For therfore sygh we desiryng to be clothed with our house whiche is from heauen 3 So yet yf that we be founde clothed and not naked 4 For we that are in this tabernacle sigh being burdened because we would not be vnclothed but would be clothed vpō that mortalitie might be swalowed vp of lyfe 5 He that hath ordeyned vs for this thyng is God which hath also geuen vnto vs the earnest of the spirite 6 Therfore we are alway of good cheare and knowe that as long as we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lorde 7 For we walke by fayth not after outwarde appearaunce 8 Neuerthelesse we are of good comfort and had rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lorde 9 Wherfore whether we be at home or from home we endeuour our selues to be accepted vnto hym 10 For we must all appeare before the iudgement seate of Christe that euery man may receaue the workes of his bodie according to that he hath done whether it be good or bad 11 ☞ Seing then that we knowe the feare of the Lorde we fare fayre with men For we are knowen well enough vnto God I trust also that we are knowen in your consciences 12 For we prayse not our selues agayne vnto you but geue you an occasion to reioyce of vs that ye may haue somwhat agaynst them which reioyce in the face and not in the heart 13 For yf we be to feruent to God are we to feruent Or yf we kepe measure for your cause kepe we measure 14 For the loue of Christe constrayneth vs because we thus iudge that yf one dyed for all then were all dead 15 And he dyed for all that they which lyue shoulde not hencefoorth lyue vnto them selues but vnto hym which dyed for them and rose agayne ☜ 16 Wherefore hencefoorth knowe we no man after the flesshe Insomuche though we haue knowen Christe after the flesshe nowe yet hencefoorth knowe we hym so no more 17 Therfore yf any man be in Christe he is a newe creature Olde thynges are passed awaye beholde all thynges are become newe 18 And all thynges are of God whiche hath reconciled vs vnto hym selfe by Iesus Christe and hath geuen to vs the ministerie of reconciliation 19 For God was in Christe reconciling the worlde to hym selfe not imputyng their sinnes vnto them and hath committed to vs the preachyng of the atonement 20 Nowe then are we messengers in the rowme of Christe euen as though God dyd beseche you through vs. So praye we you in Christes steade that ye be reconciled vnto God 21 For he hath made him to be sinne for vs whiche knewe no sinne that we shoulde be made the ryghteousnesse of God in hym The .vj. Chapter 1 An exhortation to christian lyfe 11 and to beare him like affection as he doeth them Also to kepe them selues from pollution of idolatrie both in body and soule and to haue none acquayntaunce with the heathen 1 WE also as helpers exhorte you that ye receaue not the grace of God in vayne 2 For he saith I haue heard thee in a tyme accepted and in the day of saluation haue I suckoured thee Beholde nowe is that accepted tyme beholde nowe is that day of saluation 3 Let vs geue none occasion of euyll in any thyng that the ministerie be not blamed 4 But in all thynges let vs behaue our selues as y e ministers of God in much pacience in afflictions in necessities in anguisshes 5 In stripes in prisonmentes in strifes in labours 6 In watchynges in fastinges in purenesse in knowledge in long suffryng in kyndnesse in the holy ghost in loue vnfaigned 7 In the worde of trueth in the power of God by the armour of righteousnes of the ryght hande and on the lefte 8 By honour and dishonour by euyll report and good report as deceauers and yet true 9 As vnknowen and yet knowen as dying and beholde we lyue as chastened and not kylled 10 As sorowyng and yet alway merie as poore and yet make many riche as hauyng nothyng and yet possessyng all thynges ☜ 11 O ye Corinthians our mouth is open vnto you our heart is made large 12 Ye are in no strayte in vs but are in a straite in your owne bowels 13 I promise you lyke rewarde as vnto children Set your selues at large 14 ☞ And beare not ye a straunge yoke with the vnbeleuers For what felowship hath righteousnesse with vnrighteousnesse Or what communion hath lyght with darkenesse 15 Or what concorde hath Christe with belyall Eyther what part hath he that beleueth with an infidell 16 Or howe agreeth the temple of God with images For ye are the temple of the lyuing God as saide God I wyll dwell in them walke in them wyll be their God they shal be my people 17 Wherfore come out frō among them and seperate your selues from them saith the Lorde and touche none vncleane thyng and I wyll receaue you 18 And wyll be a father vnto you and ye shal be my sonnes and daughters saith the Lorde almightie ⧠The .vij. Chapter 1 He exhorteth them by the promise of God to kepe them selues pure 3.7 Assuryng them of his loue 8.13 and doeth not excuse his seueritie towarde them but reioyceth therof consideryng what profite came therby 10 Of two sortes of sorowe 1 SEyng that we haue these promises dearely beloued let vs