wyll be fulfylled euen in earth also as it is in heueÌ„ Our dayly bread gyue this day And forgyue vs our synnes For euen we for gyue euery maÌ„ that trespasseth vs. And leede vs not in to temptacyon But delyuer vs froÌ„ euyll And he sayde vnto them ✚ Yf any of you shall haue a frende shall go to hym at mydnight say vnto hym frende lende me thre looues for a frende of myne is come out of the way to me and I haue nothyng to set before hym and he within answere and saye trouble me not the dore is now shut and my chyldren are with me in the chamber I can not ryse gyue the. I saye vnto you though he wyll not aryse and gyue hym bycause he is his frende yet bycause of his importunite he wyll aryse and gyue hym as many as he nedeth And I say vnto you Aske and it shall be gyuen you Seke and ye shal fynde Knocke and it shall be opened vnto you For ☞ euery one that asketh receyueth and he that seketh fyndeth to hym that knocketh shall it be opened If the son shall aske bread of any of you that is a father wyll he gyue hym a stone Or yf he aske fysshe wyll he for fysshe gyue hym a serpent Or yf he aske an egge wyll he offer hym a scorpion If ye then beyng euyl can gyue good gyftes vnto your chyldren howe moche more shall your father of heuen gyue the holy spirite to them that desyre it of hym ⊢ ✚ And he was castyng out a deuyll and the same was dombe And when he had caste out the deuyll the dombe spake and the people wondred But some of them sayde He casteth oute deuyls thorowe Belzebub the cheyfe of the deuyls And other tempted hym and requyred of hym a sygne from heuen But he knowynge theyr thoughtes sayd vnto them Euery kyngdome deuyded agaynst it selfe is desolate and one house doth fall vpon an other If Satan also be deuyded agaynst hym selfe howe shall his kyngdome endure Bycause ye say that I cast out deuyls thorowe Belzebub If I by the helpe of Belzebub cast out deuyls by whose helpe do your chyldreÌ„ cast them out Therfore shal they be your iudges But yf I with the fynger of God caste oute deuyls no doubte the kyngdome of God is come vpon you When a stronge man armed watcheth his house the thynges that he possesseth are in peace But when a stronger theÌ„ he cometh vpon hym and ouercometh hym he taketh from hym all his harnesse wherin he trusted and deuideth his goodes He that is not with me is agaynst me And he that gathereth not with me scattereth abrode When the vncleane spirite is gone out of a maÌ„ he walketh through drye places sekyng rest And when he fyndeth none he sayeth I wyll returne agayne vnto my house whence I came out And when he cometh he fyndeth it swepte and garnyshed Then goeth he and taketh to him seuen other spirites worse then hym selfe and they enter in and dwell there And the ende of that man is worse then the beginnyng And it fortuned that as he spake these thynges a certayne woman of the company lyfte vp her voyce and sayd vnto him Happy is the wombe that bare the and the pappes whiche gaue the sucke But he sayd Yea happy are they that heare the worde of God and kepe it ⊢ When the people were gathered thycke togyther he began to saye This is an euyll nacyon they seke a sygne and there shall no sygne be gyuen them but the sygne of Ionas the prohet For as Ionas was a sygne to the Niniuites so shall also the son of man be to this nacyon The quene of the southe shall ryse at the iudgement with the men of this nacyon condemne them for she came froÌ„ the vttermost partes of the earth to here the wysdome of Salomon And beholde a greater then Salomon is here The men of Niniue shall ryse at the iudgement with this nacion and shall condemne them for they were broughte to repentaunce by the preachynge of Ionas And beholde a greater theÌ„ Ionas is here ✚ No man lyghteth a candell and putteth it in a preuy place neyther vnder a busshell but on a candelstycke that they whiche come in may se the lyght The lyght of the body is the eye Therfore when thyne eye is syngle all thy body also shal be full of lyght But yf thyne eye be euyll thy body also shall be full of darknesse Take hede therfore that the lyght whiche is in the be not darknesse If all thy body therfore be cleare hauyng no parte darke then shall it all be full of lyght euen as when a candell doeth lyght the with bryghtnesse ⊢ And as he spake a certayne Pharise besought hym to dyne with hym and Iesus wente in and sat downe to meate When the Pharyse sawe it he meruayled that he had not fyrst washed before dyner And the Lorde sayde vnto hym Nowe do ye Pharyses make cleane the out syde of the cup and the platter but youre inwarde parte is ful of â—â—uenyng and wyckednesse Ye fooles dyd not he that made that whiche is without make that whiche is within also Neuerthelesse ☞ gyue almesse of that ye haue and beholde all thynges are cleane vnto you But wo vnto you Pharyses for ye tythe mynte and rewe and all maner herbes and passe ouer iudgement and the loue of God These oughte ye to haue done and yet not to leaue the other vndone Wo vnto you Pharyses for ye loue the vppermoost seates in the Synagoges and gretynges in the market Wo vnto you Scribes and Pharises ye ypocrites for ye are as graues which appere not and the men that walke ouer them are not ware of them Then answered one of the lawyers and sayd vnto hym Mayster thus sayenge thou puttest vs to rebuke also And he sayd Wo vnto you also ye lawyers for ye lade men with burdens which they be not able to beare and ye youre selues touche not the packes with one of your fyngers Wo vnto you ye buylde the sepulcres of the Prophettes and youre fathers kylled them truely ye beare wytnes that ye alowe the dedê of your fathers for they kylled them and ye buylde theyr sepuleres Therfore sayd the wysdom of god I wyll sende them Prophettes and apostles and some of them they shall they and persecute that the bloode of al Prophettes whiche is shed from the begynnyng of the worlde may be requyred of this generacyon from the bloode of Abell vnto the bloode of Zachary whiche perysshed bytwene the aulter the temple Uerely I saye vnto you it shal be requyred of this nacyon * Wo vnto you lawyers for ye haue taken awaye the keye of knowledge ye entred not in your selues and them that came in ye forbad When he thus spake vnto them the lawyers the Pharises began to waxe busye
straunger let the men of that place helpe hym with syluer and golde with good and cattell besyde that which they wyllynglye offer for the house of God that is at Ierusalem Then gat vp the principall fathers of Iuda and Ben Iamin and the preestes and Leuites and all they whose spirite God had raysed to go vp and to buylde the house of the Lorde whiche is at Ierusalem And all they that were aboute them strengthed theyr hande with vessels of syluer and golde with good and cattell and Iuels in so moche that euery one shewed hym selfe lyberall And kynge Cyrus brought forthe the vessels of the house of the Lorde whiche Nabuchodonozer had taken out of Ierusalem and had put in the house of his God Those dyd Cyrus the kynge of Persia brynge forthe by the hand of Mithridates the treasurer nombred them vnto Sesbazar the prince of Iuda And this is the nombre of them thyrtie chargers of golde a thousand changers of syluer nyne and twentye knyues thyrtye basyns of golde and of other syluer basyns foure hundred and ten and of other vessels a thousand All the vessels of golde syluer were v. M. and foure hundred All these dyd Sesbazar carye awaye with them that came vp out of the captiuite of Babilon vnto Ierusalem ¶ The nombre of them that returned from the captiuyte CAPI II. THese are the chyldren of the lande that went vp out of the captiuite whom Nabuchodonozer the kynge of BabiloÌ„ had caried away vnto Babilon and came agayn vnto Ierusalem and in to Iuda euery one vnto his citye They that came with Zorobabel are these Iesua Nehemiah Saraea Reâ—laia Mardochai Bilsan Mispar Biguai Rehum Baana This is the nombre of the men of the people of Israel The children of Phares two thousand an hundred seuentye and two the chyldren of Saphatia thre hundred seuentye and two the chyldren of Arath seuen hundred seuenty and fyue the chyldren of the captayne of Moab amonge the chyldren of Iesua and Ioab two thousande eyght hundred twelue the chyldren of Elam a thousande two hundred fyfty foure the chyldren of Zathu nyne hundred and fourty fyue the chyldren of Zaccai seuen hundred and. lx the chyldren of Bani syxe hundred fourty and two the chyldren of Bebai syxe hundred and thre and twentye The chyldren of Asgad a thousand two hundred and two twentye the chyldren of Adonicam syxe hundred and syxtye and syxe The chyldren of Beguai two thousande fyftye syxe the chyldren of Adin foure hundred fyftie foure the chyldren of Ater of Hezekia nyntye eyght the chyldren of Bezai thre hundred and thre and twentye The chyldren of Iora an hundred and twelue The chyldren of Hasum two hundred and thre and twentye The chyldren of Gebar nyntye and fyue the chyldren of Bethleem an hundred and thre and twentye the men of Netopha syxe and fyftye The men of Anathoth an hundred and eyght and twentye The chyldren of Asmaueth two and fourtie The chyldren of Kiriath Iarim euen the children of Cephira and Beeroth seuen hundred and thre and fourtye The chyldren of Harama and Geba syxe hundred and one twentye The men of Michmas an hundred and two and twentye The men of Bethel Hai two hundred and thre and twentye The chyldren of Nebo two and fyftye The chyldren of Magbis an hundred and syxe and fyftye The chyldren of the other Elam a thousand two hundred foure and fyftye the chyldren of Harim thre hundred and twentye the chyldren of Lodhadid and Ono seuen hundred and fyue twentye the chyldren of Iericho thre hundred and fyue and fourtye the chyldren of Senaa thre thousande syxe hundred and thyrtye The preestes of the chyldren of Iedaia of the house of Iesua nyne hundred seuentye and thre the chyldren of Immer a thousande and two and fyftye the chyldren of Phashur a thousande CC. and. xlvii The chyldren of Harim a thousande and seuentene The Leuites The chyldren of Iesua Cadmiell of the chyldren of Hodauia seuenty and foure The syngers the children of Asaph an hundred and xxviii The chyldren of dore kepers The chyldren of Sallum the children of Ater the chyldren of Talmon the chyldren of Akub the childreÌ„ of Hatita the chyldren of Sobai al togyther an hundred and. xxxix The Nethenims the chyldren of Ziha the chyldren of Hasupha the chyldren of Tabaoth the chyldren of Ceros the Chyldren of Sieha The chyldren of Padon the chyldren of Lebanah the chyldreÌ„ of Hagaba the chyldren of Akub the chyldren of Hagab the chyldren of Samlai the chyldren of Hanan the chyldren of Giddell the chyldren of Gahar the chyldren of Reaâ—a the chyldren of Razin the chyldren of Necoda the chyldren of Gasam the chyldren of Usa the chyldren of Passeah the chyldren of Bessai the chyldren of Asna the chyldren of Mehunim the chyldren of Nephussim the chyldren of Bacbuc the chyldren of Hacuba the chyldren of Hathur The chyldren of Bazluth the chyldren of Mehira the chyldren of Harsa the chyldren of Barcom the chyldren of Sisara the chyldren of Thamah the chyldren of Neziah the chylden of Hatipha The chyldren of Salomons seruauntes the chyldren of Sotai the chyldren of Sophereth the chyldren of Peruda the chyldren of Iaala the chyldren of Darcon the chyldren of Giddel the chyldren of Sephatiah the chyldren of Hattil the children of Pochereth Hazbaim the chyldren of Ami. All the Nethimms and the chyldren of Salomons seruauntes were all togyther thre hundred nynetye two And these went vp from Thelmelah and from Thel Harsa Cherub Addon and Immer But they could not discerne theyr fathers house theyr seede whyther they were of Israell The chyldren of Delaia the chyldreÌ„ of Tobia the chyldren of Necoda syxe hundred and two fyftye And of the chyldren of the preestes The chyldren of Hebaia the chyldren of Hakoz the chyldren of Berzilai whiche toke one of the doughters of Berzilat the Gileadite to wyfe and was called after theyr name these sought theyr euidence among them that had the register of byrth were not found therin therfore were they put from the preesthode And ☞ Hathirsatha sayde vnto them that they shuld not eate of the most holy tyl there rose vp a preest to weare ☞ Urim Thumim The hole congregacion togyther was two fourtye thousande thre hundred thre score besyde theyr seruauntes and maydens of whom there were vii thousande thre hundred and seuen and thyrtye And there were amonge them two hundred syngynge men women Theyr horses were seuen huÌ„dred and syxe and thyrtie Theyr Mules two hundred fyue and fourtye and theyr Camels foure hundred fyue and thyrtie Theyr Asses syxe thousande seuen hundred and twentye And certayne of the cheyfe fathers wheÌ„ they came bycause of the house of the lorde at IerusaleÌ„ they offred them selues wylling for the house of god to set it in his place gaue golde after theyr abilite vnto the tresure of the worke
my kyngdome agayne so that I had yet greater worshyppe Then dyd I Nabuchodonosor loue magnifye and prayse the kyng of heaueÌ„ for all his worckes are true and his wayes ryght As for those that go on proudly he is able to bryng them downe ¶ Balthazar Kynge of Babylon abusynge the vesselles of the Temple seyth an hande wrytynge in the wall The Sothe sayers called of the Kynge can not expounde the wrytynge Daniell is called whiche readeth it and interpreteth it also Balthasar beyng slayne Darius succedeth in his rowme CAPI V. KYNGE Balthazar made a greate Bancket to hys thousande Lordes wyth all these thousande he made greate chere and when he was droncken wyth wyne he commaunded to brynge hym the golden syluer vessels whiche his father Nabuchodonosor had takeÌ„ out of the teÌ„ple at Ierusalem that the kyng and his Lordes with his quene concubynes myght drinke therout So they brought the golden vessell that was taken out of the temple of the Lordes house at IerusaleÌ„ Then the Kynge and his Lordes with his quene concubines dronâ—k out of them They droncke wyne and praysed their Idoles of golde syluer copper yroÌ„ wodde and stone In the very same houre there appeared fyngers as it had bene of a mans haÌ„de writynge ryght ouer agaynste the candelstycke vpon the playne wall in the kynges palace the kyng sawe the palme of the hande thâ—â— wrote Then chauÌ„ged the kyng his countenauÌ„ce and his thoughtes troubled him so that the ioyntes of his body shoke and hys knees smote one agaynste the other Wherfore the Kyng cryed myghtelye that they shulde brynge hym the Charmers Caldees and Coniurers of Deuylles The Kynge spake also to the wyse men of Babylon and sayde Who so can rede this wrytyng and shewe me the playne meaning therof shal be clothed with purple haue a cheyne of golde about his necke and rule the thyrde parte of my kyngdome Upon this came al the kynges wyse meÌ„ but they coulde neyther rede y â— wrytyng nor shewe the kyng what it signifyed TheÌ„ was the kyng sore afrayed in so muche y â— hys coloure chauÌ„ged his Lordes were sore vexed So by reason of thys matter that had happened to the kyng and his Lordes y â— Quene went vp her self into the bancket house and spake vnto y â— kyng sayinge O Kyng God saue thy lyfe for euer Let not thy thoughtes trouble the and let not thy countenaunce be chaunged For why there is a man in thy kyngdome that hath the sprete of the holy goddes within hym as it was sene in thy fathers dayes He hath vnderstaÌ„ding wisdome lyke the goddê Ye the kyng Nabuchodonosor thy father made this man chefe of y â— sothsayers charmers Caldees and deuyl coÌ„iurers because that suche an aboundaunte sprete knowledge wysdome to expounde dreames to open secretes to declare harde dowtes was founde in him yee euen in Daniel whom the kyng named Balthazar Let this same Daniel be sente for and he shal tel what it meaneth Then was Daniell brought before the kyng So the kyng spake vnto Daniel and sayde Art thou that Daniel one of the prysoners of Iuda whom my father the Kyng brought out of Iewry I haue herde speake of the that thou hast the sprete of the holy goddes experience and vnderstandyng and that there hath bene great wysdome founde in y â— Now haue there bene brought me wyse connyng charmers to reade thys writyng and to shewe me the meanyng therof But they coulde not tel me what this matter signifyed Then hearde I say that thou canst expounde darcke thinges and declare harde doutes Well than yf thou canst reade thys wrytynge and shewe me the meaninge ther of thou shalt be clothed wyth purple haue a cheyne of golde about thy necke and rule the thyrd part of my kyngdome Daniell answered sayde before y e kyng As for thy rewardes kepe theÌ„ to thyself or gyue thy rych gyftes to another yet not thelesse I wyll rede y â— wrytyng vnto the kyng and shewe him y â— interpretacyon therof O kyng God the hyghest gaue vnto Nabuchodonosor thy father the dygnyte of a Kyng with worshyppe honour so that all people kynreddes tunges stode in awe feare of hym by reason of the hye estate that he had lent him For why he slew whom he wolde he smote whom it pleased him Againe whoÌ„ he wolde he set vp and whom he lyst he put downe But because his hert was so proude and his stomake set so fast vnto wylfulnes he was deposed froÌ„ his kyngely trone and his magesty was taken from him He was shut out from among meÌ„ his hert was lyke a beastes hert and his dwellyng was wyth the wylde Asses he was fayne to eate grasse lyke an oxe and his body was wet with the dewe of the heueÌ„ tyl he knewe that the hyest God had power vpon the kingdomes of meÌ„ and setteth ouer them whom he lyst And thou his soÌ„ne O Balthazar for all this hast not submytted thyne herte though thou knewest al these thinges but hast magnyfied thyselfe aboue the Lorde of heauen so that the vessels of his house were brought before the that thou thy Lordes with thy quene and concubynes myght drincke wine therout And hast praysed the Idoles of syluer and golde copper and yron of wod and stone which neyther se heare nor vnderstaÌ„d As for the God in whose hande consysteth the bredth and all thy wayes thou haste not loued hym Therfore is the palme of this hande sente hyther from him to token vp this wrytyng And this is the scrypture that is writen vp Mane Thetel Phares Now the interpretacyon of the thynge is this Mane God hath nombred the kyngdome and brought it to an ende Thetell thou art weyed in the balaunce and art founde to lyght Phares thy kyngdome is delt in partes and geuen to the Medes and Perses Then coÌ„mauÌ„ded Balthazar to cloth Daniell wyth purple to hange a cheyne of gold aboute his necke and to make a proclamacion concernyng hym that he shulde be the ruler of the thyrde parte of his kyngedome The very same nyght was Balthazar the kynge of the Caldees stayne and Darius out of Media toke in the kyngdome beyng lxij yeare of age ¶ Daniel is made ruler ouer the Lordes The ymaginacion of an arte agaynste Daniell The proclamacion of the arte wherof Daniel is accused vnto the kyng as a transgressour He is put into a denne of Lions by the coÌ„maundement of the kyng He is delyuered by fayth in god Daniels accusars are put vnto the Lyons to be corne in sonder Darius by the proclamacyon of a decree magnyfyeth the God of Daniel CAPI VI. IT pleased Darius so set ouer his kyngdome an C. xx Lordes which shulde be in al his kyngdome about Aboue these he set thre Prynces of whom Daniell was one y e the Lordes myght geue accomptes vnto theÌ„ the kyng
the endes of the earth Geue eare ye y ◠rule the multitudes delyte in much people For the power is geuen you of the Lorde and the strength frō y ◠Hyest whiche shall trye youre workes and search out youre ymaginacions Howe that ye being officers of his kyngdome haue nat executed true iudgemēt haue nat kepte the lawe of ryghteousnes nor walked after the wyll of God Horryble and that right soone shall he appeare vnto you for an harde iudgemēt shal they haue y ◠beare rule Mercy is gaunted vnto the simple but they that be in auctoryte shal be sore punished For God which is lorde ouer al shal excepte no mans personne nether shall he stāde in awe of any mans greatnesse For he hathe made the smal great careth for all a lyke But the myghty shall haue the sorer punishmente Unto you therfore O ye Kynges do I speake that ye way lerne wysdome and not go amysse For they y ◠kepe his ryghteousnes shal be ryghteously iudged they that are lerned in ryghteous thinges shal fynde to make answere Wherfore set youre luste vpon my wordes and loue them so shall ye come by nurtour Wysdome is a noble thing sene neuer faydeth awaye yee she is easely of them that loue her and founde of suche as seke her She preuenteth them that desyre her y ◠she maye fyrste shewe her selfe vnto thē Who so awaketh vnto her by tymes shall haue no greate trauayle for he shall fynde her syttynge readye at hys dores To thynke vpon her is parfecte vnderstāding and who so watcheth for her shal be safe that soone For she goeth about seking such as are mete for her sheweth her selfe cherefully vnto them in theyr goinges and meteth thē with al diligence For y ◠vnfayned desyre of refourmaciō is her begynyng to care for nurtour is loue loue is the kepynge of her lawes Now the kepyng of the lawes is perfeccion and an vncorrupte lyfe and an vncorrupt lyfe maketh a man familier wyth God And so y ◠desyre of wysdome ledeth to the Kyngdome euerlastynge If youre delyte be then in royall seates cepters O ye kynges of the people set youre lust vpō wysdome that ye maye raygne for euer more O loue the lyght of wysdome all ye that be rulers of the people As for wysdome what she is and howe she came vp I I wyl tel you wyl not hyde the mysteryes of God from you but wyl seke her out from the begynnynge of the natiuite brynge y ◠knowledge of her into lyght wyl not kepe backe the trueth Nether wyll I haue to do with cōsumynge enuye for such a man shall not be partaker of wysdome But the multytude of y ◠wyse is the welfare of y ◠worlde and a wyse kynge is the vpholdynge of the people O receaue nourtoure then thorowe my wordes and it shall do you good ¶ Wysdome ought to be preferred before all thynges CAPI VII I My selfe also am a mortall man lyke as all other am come of the earthy generacyon of hym that was fyrst made and in my mothers wōbe was I fashyoned to be flesh In y ◠tyme of ten monethes was I brought together in bloude thorowe the sede of man and the cōmodyous appetyte of slepe When I was borne I receaued lyke ayre as other men fell vpon the earth whiche is my nature cryenge wepynge at the fyrst as all other do I was wrapped in swadlynge clothes brought vp with greate cares For there is no kynge y ◠hathe had any other begynnynge of byrth All mē then haue one entraunce vnto lyfe one goynge out in lyke maner Wherfore I desyred and vnderstandinge was geuen me I called and the sprete of wysdome came in to me I set more by her then by kyngdomes royall seates counted ryches nothynge in comparyson of her As for precious stone I cōpared it not vnto her for all golde is but small grauell vnto her syluer shal be counted but claye before her sight I loued her aboue wellfare and beautye and purposed to take her for my lyght for her lyght cannat be quenched All good thynges came to me w t her innumerable ryches thorow her hādes I was glad in thē all for this wysdome went before me and I knew not that she is the mother of al good thynges Nowe as I my selfe learned vnfaynedly so do I make other men partakers of her and hyde her ryches frō no man for she is an infynite tresure vnto mē which who so vse become partakers of the loue frendshype of God are accepted vnto hym for the gyftes of wysdome God hath graunted me to talke wysely and conueniently to handle the thinges that he hath gracyously lent me For it is he that ledeth vnto wysdome and teacheth to vse wysdome a ryght In his hande are both we and our wordes yee all our wysdome oure vnderstandynge and knowledge of all oure worckes For he hath geuen me the true scyence of these thynges so that I knowe howe the worlde was made and the powers of the elementes the begynnynge endynge and myddest of the tymes howe the tymes alter how one goeth after another and howe they are fulfylled the course of the yeare the ordinaūces of the starres the natures kyndnes of beastes the furiousnes of beastes the power of the wyndes the ymagynacyons of men the diuersities of yong plantes the vertues of rotes and al suche thinges as are secrete and not loked for haue I learned For the worckmaster of all thynges hath taught me wysdome In her is the sprete of vnderstandynge whiche is holy manyfolde one onely sutell courteous discrete quycke vn defyled playne swete louynge the thynge that is good sharpe which forbiddeth not to do well gentle kynde stedfast sure fre hauynge all vertues circumspecte in all thynges receyuynge all spretes of vnderstandynge beynge cleane and sharpe For wysdome is nymbler then all nymble thynges she goeth thorowe attayneth to all thynges because of her clenues For she is the breth of the power of God and a pure cleane expressynge of the clearenes of Almyghtye God Therfore can no vndefiled thyng come vnto her for she is the bryghtenesse of the euerlastynge lyght the vndefyled myrroure of the maiesty of God and the ymage of hys goodnesse And for so much as she is one the maye do all thynges and beyng stedfast her selfe she renueth all and amonge the people conueyeth she her selfe into the holy soules She maketh Godes frendes and prophetes for God loueth no man but hym in whome wysdome dwelleth For she is more beautyefull then the Sunne and geueth more lyght then the starres and the daye is not to be cōpared vnto her for vpon the daye commeth nyght But wyckednesse cannot ouercome wysdome and foolyshnes maye not be w t her ¶ The effecte of wysdome CAPI VIII WYsdome reacheth from one ende to another mightely louingly doth she
them Many suche thynges hathe myne eye sene greater thynges then these haue I herde with myne eares In the congregation of the vngodly shall a fyre burne and among vnfaythful people shal y â— wrath be kyndled The olde giauÌ„tes optayned no grace for theyr synnes which were destroied trusting to theyr owne strength Nether spared he theÌ„ amonge whom Loth whiche was a strauÌ„ger but smote them and abhorred them because of the pryde of theyr wordes He had no pytie vppon them but destroyed all the people that were so stoute in synne And for so muche as he ouersawe not the syxe huÌ„breth thousande that gathered themselues together in y â— hardenesse of theyr hert it were maruell yf one beyng hardnecked shulde be fre For mercy and wrath is w t hym he is bothe myghtye to forgyue and to poure out displeasure Lyke as hys mercy is great euen so is his punyshment also he iudgeth a man accordyng to hys workes The vngodly shal not escape in his spoyle and the long pacience of him that sheweth mercy shal not byde behynde All mercy shal make place vnto euery man accordyng to the worthynes of his workes and after the vnderstandyng of his pylgremage Saye not thou I wyll hyde my selfe froÌ„ God for who wyll thyncke vpon me from aboue I shall not be knowen in so greate a heape of people for what is my soule amoÌ„ge so many creatures Behold the heauen yee the heauen of heauens the depe the earthe and all that therin is shal be moued at hys presence the Mountaynes the hylles and the foundaryons of the earth shall shake for feare when God visiteth them These thynges dothe no herte vnderstande but he vnderstandeth euery herte and who vnderstandeth his wayes No man seyth hys stormes and the moste parte of hys worckes are secrete Who wyll declare the worckes of hys ryghtuousnes Or who shal be able to abyde them For the couenaunte is farre frome some and tryenge out of men is in the ende He that is humble of herte thyncketh vpon suche thynges but an vnwyso and erronyous man casteth hys mynde vnto foolysshe thynges My sonne herken thou vnto me and learne vnderstandynge and marcke my wordes with thyne herts I wyll geue the a sure doctryne playnely shall I instructe the marke my wordes then in thyne here for in ryghtuousnes of the sprete do I speake of the woÌ„ders that God hath shewed amoÌ„g his worckes from the begynnnyng And in the trueth do I shew the knowledge of him God hath set hys worckes in good ordre frome the begynnynge and parte of them hath he sundered from the other He hath garnyshed hys worckes from euerlastynge and they beginnynges accordyng to theyr generacyons None of them hindered another nether was any of them dysobediente vnto hys wordes After thys God loked vpon the earthe and fylled it with hys goodes With all maner of lyuyng beastes hath he couered the grouÌ„de they al shall be turned vnto earth agayne CAPI XVII ¶ The creacyon of man and the goodnesse that God haths done vnto hym Of aulmes and repentaunce GOd shope man of the earth and made hym after hys owne ymage and turned hym vnto earthe agayne and clothed hym wyth hys owne strength He gaue hym the nombre of dayes and certayne tyme yee and gaue hym power of the thynges that are vpon earthe He made all flesh to stande in awe of hym so that he had the domynyon of all beastes and foules He made out of hym an helper lyke vnto hym selfe and gaue them dyscrecyon and tonge eyes and eares and a herte to vnderstande and fylled them with instruceyon and vnderstaÌ„dynge He created for theÌ„ also the knoweledge of the sprete fylled theyr hertes wyth vnderstaÌ„ding and shewed theÌ„ good euyll He set his eye vpon theyr hertes declarynge vnto them hys greate and noble worckes that they shulde prayse hys holy name together reioyse of his wonders and be tellynge of hys noble Actes Besyde thys he gaue them instruccyon and the lawe of lyfe for an heretage He made an euerlastyng couenaunt with them and shewed them hys ryghtuousnesse and iudgemeÌ„tes They sawe his glory wyth theyr eyes and theyr eares herde the matesty of his voice And he sayd vnto them beware of all vnryghtuous thynges He gaue euery man also a commaundemente concernynge his neyghbour Theyr wâ—â—yes are euer before him and are not hyd from his eyes He hathe set a ruler vpon euery people but Israel is y â— Lordes porcyon All their workes are as y â— Sunne in syght of God and hys eyes are alwaye lo kynge vpon theyr wayes All theyr vnryghtuousnesses are manyfest vnto hym and all theyr wyckednesses are open in his syght The mercy y â— a man sheweth is as it were a purse with hym and the grace that is geueÌ„ to man preserueth hym as the aple of an eye At the last shall he awake rewarde euery man vpoÌ„ his heade and shall turne them together into the nethermost partes of y â— earth But vnto theÌ„ that wyll repent he hath geeuen the waye of ryghtuousnes As for suche as be weake he coÌ„forted them suffred them and sendeth them the porcyon of the veryte O turne then vnto the Lorde forsake thy sines make thy prayer before the Lord do the lesse offence turne agayne vnto y â— Lorde forsake thyne vnryghtuousnes be an vtter enemye to abhomynacion learne to knowe the ryghtuousnes and iudgemeÌ„tes of God staÌ„d in the porcyon that is set forth for the and in the prayer of the most hie god Go in the porcyon of the holy worlde with suche as be lyuyng geue thankes vnto God Who wyll prayse the Lorde in the hell Abyde not thou in the erroure of the vngodly but geue hym thanckes before death As for the deade thanckefulnesse peryshed from hym as nothyng Geue thou thanckes in thy lyfe yee whyle thou art liuyng whole shalt thou geue thanckes and prayse God and reioyse in his mercy O how great is the louiÌ„g kyndnesse of the Lorde his mercyful good nesse vnto suche as turne vnto hym For all thynges may not be in maÌ„ and why the soÌ„ne of maÌ„ is not immortall and he hath pleasure in the vanite of wyckednes What is more cleare then the Sunne yet shall it fayle Or what is more wycked then the thynge that fleshe bloude hath ymagyned that same shal be reproued The Lord seyth the power of the hye heaueÌ„ al are but earth asshes ¶ The maruelous worckes of God â–ª the â—nysetye and wretchednes of man Agaynst God ought we not to complaynt Praye muste we contynuallye CAPI XVIII HE that lyueth for euermore made all thynges together God onely is ryghtuous and remayneth a vyctoryous kynge for euer Who shall be able to expresse the workes of him Who wyll seke out the gronÌ„de of his noble Actes Who shall declare the power of his greatenesse Or who wyll take
laden and I wyll ease you Take my yocke vpon you and learne of me for I am meke and lowly in herte and ye shall fynde rest vnto your soules For my yocke is easy and my burden is lyght ⊢ ¶ The disciples plucke the â—â—â—es of corne Chryst healeth the dryed hande helpeth the possessed that was blynde dombe and sheweth who is his brother syster and mother CAPI XII AT that tyme Iesus went on the Sabboth dayes thorowe the corne and his disciples were an hungred and began to plucke the eares of corne and to eate But when the Pharises sawe it they sayd vn to hym Beholde thy disciples do that which is not lawfull †for them to do vpon the Sabboth day But he sayd vnto them Haue ye not red what Dauid dyd when he was an hungred they that were with hym Howe he entred in to the house of god and dyd eate the shewe breades whiche were not lawfull for hym to eate neyther for them whiche were with hym but onely for the preestes Or haue ye not red in the lawe how that on the Sabboth dayes the preestes in the temple breake the Sabboth and are blamelesse But I say vnto you that in this place is one greater then the temple Wherfore yf ye wyst what this meaneth I requyre mercy and not sacrifice ye wolde not haue condemned innocentes ⊢ For the sonne of man also is lorde euen of the Sabboth day And he departed thence and went in to the synagoge and be holde there was a man which had his hande dryed vp And they asked hym sayenge Is it lawful to heale vpon the Sabboth dayes that they myght accuse hym And he sayd vn to them whiche of you wyll it be that shall haue a shepe and yf it fall into a pyt on the Sabboth day wyll he not take it and lyfte it out Howe moche more then is a man better then a shepe Wherfore it is lawfull to do a good dede on the Sabboth dayes Then sayth he to the man stretche forthe thy hande And he stretched it forthe And it was restored vnto helth lyke as the other ✚ Then the Pharises went out and helde a counsel agaynst hym howe they myght destroy hym But when Iesus knewe it he departed thence moche people folowed hym and he healed them all charged them that they shulde not make hym knowen that it myghte be fulfylled whiche was spoken by Esay the prophet whiche sayeth Beholde my chylde whom I haue chosen my beloued in whom my soule delyteth I wyll put my spirite vpon hym and he shall shewe iudgement to the gentyls He shall not stryue nor crye neyther shall any man heare his voyce in the stretes a brosed reed shal he not breake and smokyng flaxe shall he not quenche tyll he sende forth iudgement vnto victorye and in his name shall the gentyls trust ⊢ Then was brought to hym a blynde and dombe man that was vexed with a deuyll he healed hym in so moch that the blynd and dombe both spake sawe And all the people were amased sayde Is not this that sonne of Dauid But when the Pharises herde it they sayd This felow dryueth the deuyls none otherwyse out but by the helpe of Belzebub the cheyfe of the deuyls But when Iesus knew theyr thoughtê he sayd vnto them Euery kyngdome deuyded agaynst it selfe shall be brought to nought And euery citye or house deuyded agaynst it selfe shall not stande And yf Satan caste out Satan then is he deuyded agaynst hymselfe How shall then his kyngdome endure Also yf I by the helpe of Belzebub cast oute deuyls by whose helpe do your chyldren cast them out Therfore they shal be your iudgê But yf I cast out the deuyls by the spirite of God then is the kyngdome of God come vn to you Or els howe can one entre in to a stronge mannes house and spoyle his Iuels excepte he fyrst bynde the stronge man and then spoyle his house ✚ He that is not with me is agaynst me And he that gathereth not with me scattereth abrode Wherfore I saye vnto you all maner of synne and blasphemye shall be forgyuen vnto men but the blasphemye agaynst the spirite shal not be forgyuen vnto men And who soeuer speaketh a worde agaynst the sonne of man it shall be forgyuen hym But whosoeuer speaketh agaynste the holy goost it shal not he forgyuen hym neyther in this worlde nor in the worlde to come Eyther make the tree good and the fruyte good or els make the tree euyll his fruyte euyll For the tree is knowen by his fruyte O generacyon of vypers howe can ye speake good thynges when ye your selues are euyl For out of the aboundauÌ„ce of the herte the mouth speaketh A good maÌ„ out of the good treasure of the herte bryngeth forthe good thynges And an euyll man out of euyl treasure bryngeth forth euyl thynges But I say vnto you of euery ydle worde that men shall haue spoken they shal gyue accountes in the daye of iudgement For out of thy wordes thou shalte be iustified and out of thy wordê thou shalte be condemned ⊢ ✚ Then certayne of the scribes and of the pharises asked hym sayenge Mayster we wyll se a sygne of the. But he answered and sayd to them The euyll and aduouterous generacion seketh a sygne and there shall no sygne be gyuen to them but the sygne of the prophet Ionas For as Ionas was thre dayes and thre nyghtes in the whales belly so shall the sonne of man be thre dayes thre nyghtes in the herte of the earth The men of Niniue shall ryse in the iudgement with this nacion condemne it bycause they amended at the preachynge of Ionas Beholde here is one greater then Ionas The quene of the south shall ryse in the iudgement with this generacion and shal condemne it for she came from the vttermost partes of the world to heare the wysdome of Salomon And beholde in this place is one greater then Salomon When the vncleane spirite is gone out of a man he walketh thorowout drye places sekyng rest and fyndeth none TheÌ„ he sayth I wyll returne in to my house from whence I came out And when he is come he fyndeth it emptye and swepte and garnysshed Then goeth he taketh vnto hym seuen other spirites worse then hym selfe and so entreth he in and dwelleth there And the ende of that man is worse then the begynnynge Euen so shal it be also vnto this froward generacion Whyle he yet talked to the people behold his mother and his brethren stode without desyryng to speake with hym Then one sayd vnto hym Beholde thy mother thy brethren stande without desyrynge to speake with the. But he answered and sayde vnto hym that had tolde hym Who is my mother or who are my brethreÌ„ And he stretched
but geueth grace vnto the lowlye Submit your selues therfore to God but resyst y â— deuyll and he wyll flye from you Drawe nye to God he wyll drawenye to you CleÌ„fe your haÌ„des ye synners pourge your hettes ye wauerynge mynded Suffre affliccions and mourne wepe Let youre laughter be turned to mournyng and your ioye to heuynes Humble youre selues in y â— sight of y â— lorde he shal lyft you vp Backbyte not one another drethren He y â— backbyteth his brother he that iudgeth his brother backbyteth the lawe and iudgeth the lawe But and yf thou iudge the lawe thou are not an obseruer of the lawe but a iudge There is one lawe geuer and iudge whiche is able to saue and to destroye What art thou that iudgest another Go to nowe ye that saye todaye and tomorowe let vs go into such a cytie and contynue there a yeare bye sell and wynne yet cannot ye tell what shall happen on y e morowe For what thinge is your lyfe It is euen a vapour that apereth for a lytel time and then vanyssheth a waye For that ye ought to saye yf the Lord wyll and yf we lyue let vs do this or yt. But now ye reioyce in your boastynges All soch reioysynge ys euyll Therfore to hym y t knoweth how to do good and doth yt not to hym it is synne ¶ He threteneth the wycked ryche men exhorteth vnto pacyence to beware of swerynge One to knoweledge his â—autes to another one to praye for another and one to laboure to brynge another to the trueth CAPI V. GO to nowe ye ryche men Wepe and howle on youre wretchednes that shal come vpon you You re ryches is corrupte your garmentes are motheaten Your gold and syluer is cankered and the rust of them shal be a wytnes vnto you shall eat youre flesshe as it were fyre ye haue heaped treasuere to gether âšœ eueÌ„ wrath to your selues in youre last dayes Beholde the hyre of the labourers whiche haue reaped downe your feldes whiche hyre is of you kept backe by fraude cryeth and the cryes of them whyche haue reaped are entred into y e eares of the Lorde Sabbaoth Ye haue lyued in pleasure on the earthe and bene wantan Ye haue norysshed youre hertes as ☞ in a daye of slaughter ye haue coÌ„dempned and kylled the iust and he hathe not resysted you ✚ Be pacieÌ„t therfore brethren vnto the coÌ„mynge of the Lorde Beholde the husbaÌ„de man wayteth for the precyous frute of the earth and hathe longe pacyence ther vpon vntyll he receaue that early and the latter rayne Be ye also pacient therfore settle your hertes for the commynge of the Lorde draweth nye Grudge not one agaynst another brethren lest ye be damned Beholde the iudge staÌ„deth before the dore Take my brethren the Prophetes for an ensample of sufferynge aduersytie of pacience whiche spake in the name of the Lorde ⊢ Beholde we counte them happy which endure Ye haue harde of the pacyence of Iob haue knowen what ende the Lorde made For the Lorde is very petyfull and mercyfull But aboue all thynges my brethren sweare not â–ª nether by heaueÌ„ nether by erth nether any other othe Let your yee be yee and youre naye naye lest ye fall into ypocrisy If any of you be vexed let hym praye If any of you be mery let hym synge Psalmes If any be diseased amonge you let him call for the elders of the congregacyon and let them praye ouer him and anoynte him with oyle in the name of the Lorde and the prayer of fayth shall saue the sycke and the Lorde shal rayse him vp and yf he haue coÌ„mytted synnes they shal be forgeuen him ✚ Knowledge youre fautes one to another and praye one for another that ye may be healed For the feruent prayer of a ryghteous man auayleth muche Helyas was a man mortall euen as we are and he prayed in his prayer that it myght not rayne and is rayned not on the earth by the space of thre yeares syx monethes And he prayed agayne and the heauen gaue rayne and the earth brought forth her frute Brethren yf any of you do erre from the trueth and another conuerte him let the same knowe that he whiche conuerteth the synner froÌ„ goynge a straye out of his waye shall saue a soule from deeth and shal hyde the multytude of synnes ¶ The ende of the epystle of Saynte Iames. ⧠The fyrst Epistle of Saynt Peter the Apostle ¶ He sheweth that thorowe the aboundaunt mercy of God we are begotten agayne to a lyuely hope and howe fayth muste be tryed howe the saluacyon in Chryst is no Newes â–ª but a thyng prophecyed of olde He exhorteth the to a godly conuersacyon for so muche as they are nowe borne a newe by the worde of God CAPI I. PEter an Apostle of Iesu Chryste to them that dwell here and there as strauÌ„gers thorowout Pontus Galacia Capadocya Asia and Bethynia electe according to the for knowledge of God the father thorowe the sanctifynge of the spirit vnto obedience and spryncklynge of the bloude of Iesus Chryste Grace be with you and peace be multiplyed Blessed be God the father of oure Lord Iesus Christ which accordyng to his aboundant mercy begat vs agayn vnto a lyuely hope by that that Iesus Christ rose agayne from death to an inherytaunce immortall and vndefyled and that peryssheth not reserued in heauen for you whyche are kepte by the power of God thorowe fayth vnto saluacion whyche is prepared alredy to be shewed in the last tyme in the whyche ye reioyse though now for a season yf nede requyre ye are in heuines thorow manifold temptacions that the trial of your fayth beyng much more precious then golde that perisheth risheth though it be tried with fyre might be founde vnto laude glory honour at the appearyng of Iesus Chryst whom ye haue not sene yet loue hym in whom eueÌ„ nowe though ye se him not yet do you beleue and reioyce with ioy vnspeakable and gloryous receyuynge the ende of your fayth euen the saluacyon of your soules Of which saluacion haue the Prophetes enquyred and searched whyche Prophesyed of the grace that shuld come vnto you searchynge when or at what tyme the spirit of Christ whiche was in them shuld sygnyfye whiche spirit testyfyed before the passyons that shuld happen vnto Christ and the glory that shulde folowe after vnto whiche Prophetes it was also declared that not vn to them selues but vnto vs they shuld minister the thinges which are now shewed vn to you of theÌ„ which by the holy ghost sente downe froÌ„ heauen haue in the Gospell preached vnto you the thingê which the angels defyre to beholde Wherfore gyrde vp the loynes of youre mide be sober trust perfectly on the grace that is brought vnto you by the declaryng of Iesus Christ as
world There is no feare in loue but perfecte loue casteth out feare for feare hath paynfulnes He y â— feareth is not perfecte in loue We loue hym for he loued vs fyrste If a man saye I loue God and yet hate his brother he is a lyer For howe can he that loueth not hys Brother whom he hath sene loue GOD whom he hath not sene And thys commaundement haue we of him that he whyche loueth God shulde loue his brother also ⊢ ¶ To loue God is to kepe his commoundementes Fayth ouercommeth the worlde Euerlastyng life â—o in the sonne of God Of the sonne vnto death CAPI V. WHosoeuer beleueth that Iesus is Christ is borne of God And euery one that loueth him whych begat loueth hym also whyche was begotten of him By this we know that we loue the chyldren of God when we loue God kepe his commaundementes For this is the loue of God that we kepe his coÌ„maundementes and his coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes are not greuous ✚ For al that is borne of God ouercoÌ„meth the worlde And this is the vyctory that ouercoÌ„meth the world eueÌ„ our fayth Who is it that ouercoÌ„meth the world but he whiche beleueth that Iesus is the sonne of God This Iesus Christ is he that came by water bloude not by water onely but by water and bloud And it is the spirite that beareth wytnes because the spirite is trueth âšœ For there are thre whiche beare recorde in Heauen the father the worde and holy Ghost And these thre are one And there are thre whiche beare recorde âšœ in earth the spirit water bloude and these thre are one It we receyue the wytnes of meÌ„ the wytnes of God is greater For thê is the witnes of god âšœ that is greater whiche he testyfieth of his sonne He that beleueth on the sonne of God hath the wytnes in hym selfe ⊢ He that beleueth not god hath made him a lyar because he beleued not the recorde that God gaue of his soÌ„ne And this is that record how that god hath gyuen vnto vs eternal lyfe this life is in his soÌ„ne He that hath the soÌ„ne hath lyfe and he that hath not the sonne of God hath not lyfe These thynges haue I wrytteÌ„ vnto you that beleue on the name of the sonne of god that ye maye knowe howe that ye haue eternal life and that ye may beleue on the name of the soÌ„ne of god And thys is the trust that we haue in him that yf we aske any thyng accordyng to his wyl he heareth vs. And yf we knowe that he heare vs what soeuer we aske we know that we haue the petycyons that we desyre of hym If any maÌ„ se his brother sine a synne not vnto death let him aske he shal gyue hym lyfe for theÌ„ that synne not vnto death Ther is a synne vnto death for which say I not y â— a maÌ„ shuld pray Al vnryghtuousnes is sine there is synne not vnto death We knowe that whosoeuer is borne of God synneth not but he that is begotten of God kepeth hym selfe and that wicked toucheth hym not We knowe that we are of God the worlde is al togyther set on wyckednes We knowe that the sonne of god is come and hath geuen vs a minde to know hym whiche is true and we are in hym that is true throughe hys sonne Iesus Chryste This same is very God and eternall lyfe Babes kepe youre selues from ymages AMEN He wryteth vnto a certayne lady reioyseth that her chyldren walcke in the trueth exhorteth them vnto lowe warneth theÌ„ to beware of such dysceauers as denye that Iosus Chryste came in the flessh prayeth them to contynue in the doctrine of Christ and to haue nothing to do with them that brynge not thye lernynge ⧠The Seconde Epystle of Sayncte Ihon. THe elder to the electe lady and her chyldren whome I loue in the trueth and not I onely but also all y â— hath knoweÌ„ the trueth for the truthes sake which dwelleth in vs and shall be in vs for euer With vs shall be grace mercye and peace from God the father and from the Lorde Iesus Christ the sonne of the father in trueth loue I reioysed greatly that I founde of thy chyldren walkynge in trueth as we haue receaued a commaundement of the father And nowe beseche I the lady not as though I wrote a newe coÌ„maundement vnto the but that same whiche we haue had from the begynnynge that we shulde loue one another And thys is the loue that we shulde walke after hys commaundement This commaundement is that as ye haue hearde from the beginning ye shuld walke in it For many deceauers are entred into the worlde whiche confesse not that Iesus Christ is come in the flessh This is a deceauer and an Antichrist Loke on your selues that we loose not that we haue wrought but that we may haue a ful rewarde Whosoeuer transgresseth and bydeth not in the doctryne of Chryste hath not God He that endureth in the doctryne of Chryste hathe both the father and the sonne If there come any vnto you and bryng not this learnyng hym receaue not to house neyther byd hym God spede For he that byddeth hym God spede is partaker of hê euyldedes âšœ Beholde I haue tolde you before that ye shulde not be ashamed in the day of the lorde I had many thynges to wryte vnto you neuerthelesse I wolde not wryte with paper and inke but I trust to come vnto you and speake with you mouth to mouth that oure ioye may be ful The sonnes of thy electe sister grete the. AMEN ¶ He is glad of Gayus that he wellâ—eth in the trueth exhorteth them to be souyng vnto the poore Chrysten in theyr perseruryon sheweth the vnkynde dealinge of Dâ—otrophes adn the good reporte of Demetrius ⧠The thyrde Epystle of Saynct Ihon. THe elder vnto the beloued Gayus whome I loue in the trueth Beloued I wyssh in all thinges that thou prosperedste and faredst wel euen as thy soule prospereth For I reioysed greatly when the brethren came and testified of the trueth that is in the howe thou walckeste in the trueth I haue no greater ioye then for to heare Howe that my sonnes walcke in veritye Beloued thou doest faythfully what soeuer thou doeste to the brethren and to straungers which beare wytnes of thy loue before the congregacion Which brethren yf thou brynge for wardes of theyr iorney after a godly sorte thou shalt do well because that for hys names sake they wente forthe and toke nothyng of the Gentyls We therfore ought to receaue suche that we myght be helpers to the trueth I wrote vnto the congregacion but Diotrephes whiche loueth to haue the preempnence amonge them receaueth vs not Wherfore yf I come I wyll declare his dedes which he dothe iestyuge on vs with malycyous wordes neyther is ther with content Not onely he hym selfe receaueth not the brethren but also he forbyddeth them that wolde and
angels Let hym that hath eares heare what the spirite saith vnto the congregacyons And wryte vnto the angell of the congregacyon of Phyladelphia this sayth he that is holy and true which hath the keye of Dauid whyche openeth and no man shutteth and shutteth and no man openeth know thy worckes Beholde I haue set before the an open dore and no man can shut it for thou hast a lytell strength and hast kept my sayinges and hast not denyed my name Beholde I make them of the coÌ„gregacyon of Sathan whiche call them selues Iewes and are not but do lye Eeholde I wyll make them that they shall come and worshyppe before thy fete and shall knowe that I haue loued the. Because thou hast kept the wordes of my pacience therfore I wyll kepe the from the houre of temptacyon which wyll come vpoÌ„ all the worlde to tempte them that dwell vpon the earth Beholde I come shortely Holde that whiche thou haste that no man take awaye thy crowne Hym that ouercommeth wyll I make a pyller in the temple of my God and he shall go nomore out And I wyll wryte vpon him the name of my God and the name of the cytye of my God newe Ierusalem whiche commeth downe out of heauen froÌ„ my God and I wyl wryte vpon hym my newe name Let hym that hathe heares heare what the spirite sayeth vnto the congregacyons And vnto the messenger of the congragacyon whiche is in Laodicia wryte This sayth Amen the faythful and true wytues the begynnynge of the creatures of God I knowe thy workes that thou acte neyther colde nor hotte I wolde thou were colde or hotte So then because thou art betwene both and nether colde nor hote I wyl spewe the out of my mouth because thou sayest I am ryche and increasyd with goodes and haue nede of nothynge and knowest not howe y u art wreched and miserable poore and blynde and nakyd I councel the to bye of me golde tryed in the tyre that y â— mayest be ryche whyte rayment that thou mayst be clothed that thy filthy nakednes do not appere and anoynte thyne eyes w t eye salue that thou mayest se. As many as I loue I rebuke chasteÌ„ Be feruent therfore and repente Beholde I stande at the dore and knocke If any maÌ„ heare my voyce and open the dore I wyll come into hym and wyll suppe with hym and he with me To hym that ouercoÌ„meth wyll I graunte to syt with me in my seate euen as I ouercam and haue sytten with my father in his seate Lette hym that hathe eares heare what the spirit sayth vnto the â—angregacyons ¶ He seeth the heauen open and the sente and one syttynge vpon it â–ª but â–ª xxâ—iiâ— seates about it with â–ª xxiâ—â—i â—â—ders sytâ—â—â—g vpon theÌ„ and foure beastes praysing God daye and nyght CAPI IIII. A ✚ Fter this I loked beholde a dore was open in heauen the fyrst voyce whiche I hearde was as it were of a trompet talkynge w t me whiche sayde come vp hyther I wyll shewe the thinges whiche muste be fulfylled here after And immediatly I was in the spirit behold a seate was set in heauen and one sate on the seate And he that sat was to loke vpon lyke vnto a Iasper stone and a sardine stone And there was a rayne bowe about the seate in syght lyke to an Emeralde And aboute the seate were xxiiij seates And vpoÌ„ the seates xxiiij elders syttyng clothed in whyte rayment had on theyr heades crownes of Golde And out of the seate proceded lyghtnynges and thondringes and voyces and ther were seuen lampes of fyre burnynge before the seate which are the seueÌ„ spirites of God And before y e seate ther was a see of glasse lyke vnto cristall and in the myddes of the seate and rouÌ„de about the seate were foure beastes ful of eyes before and behynde And the fyrst beast was lyke a lyon the seconde beast lyke a calfe and the thyrde beast had a face as a man the fourth beast was lyke a flyinge Egle. And the foure beastes had eche one of theÌ„ vâ— wynges about hym and they were full of eyes within And they had no rest daye nether nyght sayinge Holy holy holy Lorde God almyghtye whiche was and is and is to come And when those beastes gaue glory and honour thankes to him y â— sat on the seate which lyueth for euer euer the xxâ—â—â—â— elders fell downe before hiÌ„ y t sat on the trone and worshypped hym that lyueth for euer and euer ⊢ and cast theyr crownes before y e trone sayinge thou arte worthy O Lorde âšœ our God to receaue glory honoure and power for y â— haste created all thynges for thy wylles sake they are and were created ¶ He seeth the lambe openynge the boke and therfore the foure beastes the. xxâ—iâ—â— elders the angels praise the lambe and do hym worshyppe CAPI V. AND I sawe the ryght haÌ„de of hym y e sat in the trone a boke wrytten with in and on the backsyde sealed w t seuen seales And I sawe a stronge angell whiche preached w t a lowde voyce Who is worthy to open the boke and to lose the seales therof And no man in heauen nor in earth neyther vnder the earth was able to open the boke neyther to loke theron And I wepte much because no man was founde worthy to opeÌ„ and to reade the boke nether to loke theron And one of the elders sayde vnto me wepe not Beholde a lyon of the trybe of Iuda the rote of Dauid hathe obtayned to open the boke to lose the seuen seales therof And I behelde and lo in the myddes of the seate and of the foure beastes and in the myddes of the elders stode a laÌ„be as though he had bene kylled hauynge seuen hornes and seuen eyes which are the seueÌ„ spirites of God sent into all the worlde And he came and toke the boke out of the ryght hande of hym that sate vpon the seate And wheÌ„ he had takeÌ„ the boke the foure beastes xxiiij elders fell downe before the laÌ„be hauing euery one of theÌ„ harpes golden vialles full of odours whiche are the prayers of saynctes and they songe a newe songe saying y u art worthy to take the boke and to open the seales therof for thou waste kylled hast redemed vs by thy bloude out of al kynredes toÌ„ges people nacions and hast made vs vnto our God kynges prestes and we shall raygne on the earth And I behelde and I herde the voyce of many angels about the trone oboute the beastes the elders and I hearde thousand thousandes saying w t a lowde voyce Worthy is the lambe that was kylled to receaue power ryches and wysdome strength and honour glory and blessynge And all the creatures whiche are in heauen on the earth and vnder the earth in the
entryng in of the tabernacle the aulter of burntsacrifice with his brasen gredyren his staues and all his vessels the lauer his fote the hangynges of the courte with his pyllers theyr sockettes the hangynge in the dore of the courte the pynnes of the habitacyon the pynnes of the courte w t theyr cordes the ministrynge garmentes to minystre in the holy place the holy vestimentes for Aaron the preest the vestimentes of his sonnes that they maye ministre in And all the companye of the chyldren of Israel departed from the presence of Moses And euery one came as many as theyr hertê couraged them as many as theyr spirites made them wyllyng brought a present for the Lorde to the makynge of the tabernacle of wytnesse for al his vses and for the holy vestimentes And they came bothe men and women euen as many as were wyllyng herted and brought bracelettes earynges cheynes whiche Iewels were all of golde â–ª al the men brought a waueofferyng of golde vnto the Lorde And euery man with whom was fouÌ„de yelow sylke purple scarlet whyte sylke gootes heere red skynnes of rammes tarus skynnes brought them Al that dyd heaue vp an oblacyon of golde brasse brought an heaueofferynge vnto the lorde And al men with whom was found Sethim wod for any maner worke of the ministracyoÌ„ brought it And al the women that were wyse herted dyd spyn with theyr handê brought the spon worke bothe the yelow sylke purple scarlet and whyte sylke And all the women whom theyr owne herte moued span gootes heete wysely And the Lordes brought Onix stones stones to be set in the Ephod and in the brestlap and spyce oyle for lyght for the anoyntyng oyle and for the swete sence And the chyldreÌ„ of Israel brought a wyllyng offeryng vnto the lorde both men women as many as had wyllyng hertes to bryng for all maner workes whiche the Lorde had coÌ„maunded to be made by the hande of Moses And Moses sayd vnto the chyldren of Israel beholde the lorde hath called by name Bezaleel the sonne of Ury the son of Hur of the trybe of Iuda hath fylled hym with the spirite of god in wysdome vnderstandyng in knowledge in all maner worke to fynde out curyous workes which are made in gold syluer and brasse In the crafte of stones to set them in caruyng of wood to make any maner of subtyll worke And he hath put in his herte ☞ that he may teache both he and Ahaliab the son of Ahisamach of the trybe of Dan. Them hath he fylled with wysdome of herte to worke all maner of grauen subtyl and nedle worke in yelowe sylke purple in scarlet and whyte sylke and in weuyng And to do all maner of worke subtyll feates ¶ The thynges that Bezaleel and Ahaliab made CAPI XXXVI ANd Bezaleel wrought and Ahaliab and all wyse herted men to whome the lorde gaue wysdome vnderstandyng to knowe howe to worke all maner worke for the seruyce of the Sanctuarye and all that the Lorde had commaunded And Moses called Bezaleel Ahaliab and al the wyse herted men and suche as the Lorde had gyuen wysdome vnto and as many as theyr hertes couraged to come vnto that worke to worke it And they receyued of Moses al the present whiche the chyldren of Israel had broughte for the worke of the seruyce of the Sanctuarye to make it â–ª And besyde that they brought gyftes vnto it euery day in the mornynge And all the wyse men that wrought all the holy worke came euery man froÌ„ his worke whiche they made and spake vnto Moses saynge The people brynge to moche and more then ynough for the seruyce and worke whiche the Lorde hath commaunded to be made And then Moses gaue a coÌ„maundement and they caused it to be proclaymed thorowout the hoost saynge Se that neyther man nor woman prepare any more worke for the present of the sanctuary so the people were forbydden to bryng for the stuffe they had was suffycyent for all the worke to make it and to moche All the wyse harted men therfore and they that wrought for the habitacyon made x. curteynes of whyte twyned sylke yelowe sylke purple and scarlet †with pyctures of brodered worke made he them The lengthe of one curteyne was xxviii â–ª cubytes and the bredth iiii and the curteynes were all of one syse And he coupled fyue curteynes by themselues and other fyue by themselues And he made lowpes of yelow sylke along by the edge of one curteyne euen in the seluege of the couplyng curteyu And likewyse he made on the syde of the couplynge curteyne on the other syde Fyftye lowpes made he in the one curteyne and fyftye in the edge of the couplynge curteyne on the other syde the lowpes helde one curteyne to an other And he made fyftie rynges of golde coupled the curteynes one to an other with the rynges so was it made one dwellyng place And he made eleuen curteynes of gootes heere to be a tente ouer the tabernacle The length of a curteyne had thyrty cubytes and was foure cubytes brode and they all eleuen of one syse And he coupled fyue curteynes by themselues syx by themselues he made l. loupes alonge by the bordre of the vtmost couplynge curteyne and fyftie in the edge of the other couplynge curteyne †That they myght be ioyned togyther And he made l. rynges of brasse to couple the tent togyther that it myght be one And he made a couerynge vpon the tent of rammes skynnes red and yet another of taxus skynnes aboue that And he made standynge bordes for the Tabernacle of Sethym wood The length of a boorde was ten cubytes the bredth one cubyte and an halfe One borde had two fete wherby they were ioyned one to an other And thus made he for all the bordes of the Tabernacle And he made twenty bordes for the south syde of the habitacyon and fortye sockettes of syluer vnder the. xx bordes â–ª two sockettes vnder one borde for his two feete and two sockettes vnder an other boorde for his two feete †vvhere the sockettes of the sydes ende in the corner And for the other syde of the dwellynge whiche is towarde the north he made twentye boordes and theyr fourtye sockettes of syluer two sockettê vnder one boorde and two sockettes vnder the other And towarde the west ende of the tabernacle †That is to saye at the ende of the Tabernacle vvhich enclyneth tovvarde the see He made vi boordes and two other boordes made he in the corners of the habitacyon for eyther syde they were ioyned close benethe and aboue with a clampe and thus they dyd to both the corners And there were viii bordes and. xvi sockettes of syluer vnder euery boorde two sockettes And he made barres of Sethim wood v. for the boordes
place And take the seconde bullocke and offre burntsacrifice vpoÌ„ the wod of the groue whiche thou shalte cut downe Then Gedeon toke ten men of his seruauntes and dyd as the Lorde bad hym But bycause he durst not do it by day for feare of his fathers houshold of the men of the citye he dyd it by nyght And when the men of the citye were vp earlye in the mornyng Beholde the aulter of Baal was broken and the groue cut downe that was by it and the seconde bullocke offered vpoÌ„ the aulter that was made And they sayde one to another Who hathe done this thynge and when they enquyred and asked they sayde Gedeon the sonne of Ioas hathe done this thynge Then the men of the citye sayd vnto Ioas bryng out thy sonne that he may dye bycause he hath destroyed the aulter of Baal cut downe the groue that was by it And Ioas sayde vnto all that stode by hym wyll ye entreate for Baal or wyll ye be his defeÌ„ders ☞ he that hath medled against hym let hym dye or the mornynge If he be a God let hym be auenged of hym that caste downe his aulter And from that daye was Gedeon called ☞ Ierobaal bycause his father had sayd Let Baal be auenged of hym that hath broken downe his aulter All the Madianites therfore the Amalekites and they of the east were gathered togyther and went and pytched in the valey of Izreel But the spirite of the lorde came vpoÌ„ Gedeon And he blewe a trompet and called Abiezar to folowe hym and sent messengers thorout al Manasses and called them which also dyd folowe hym And he sent messengers vnto Aser Zabulon and Nephthalim and they came to mete hym And Gedeon sayd vnto god yf thou wylt saue Israel in my hande as thou hast sayde Beholde I wyll put a fleece of wolle in the thresshynge place And yf the dewe come on the fleece only and it be drye vpon all the earthe besyde then shall I be sure that thou wylte saue Israel by my hande as thou saydest And it came so to passe For he rose vp early on the morow and thrust the fleece togyther and wrong the dewe therout fylled a bowle of water And Gedeon sayde agayne vnto God be not angrye with me that I speake once more For I wyll proue once agayne by the fleece Let it be drye onely vpon the fleece and dew vpon all the grounde And god dyd so that same nyght For it was drye vpon the fleece only and there was dew on all the grounde ¶ Gedeon with iii. hundred men ouercoÌ„meth the Madianites Oreb and zeb are sleyne CAPI VII THen Ierobaal otherwyse called Gedeon and all the people that were with him arose vp early and pytched besyde the well of Harad so that the hooste of the Madianites were on the North syde of the rocke that boweth towarde the valey And the Lorde sayd vnto Gedeon the people that are with the are to many for me to gyue the Madianites into theyr handes leest Israell make theyr vaunte agaynst me saye myne owne hande hath saued me Nowe therfore make a proclamacyon in the eares of the people say Yf any man drede or be afrayde let hym returne get him soone from mount Gilead And there departed returned of the people xxii thousande there abode ten M. And the lorde sayd vnto Gedeon the people are yet to many bryng them downe vnto the water and I wyll trye them vnto the there And of whom I saye vnto the this shall go with the the same shal go with the. And who soeuer I say vnto the this shall not go with the the same shall not go So he broughte downe the people vnto the water the lorde sayd vnto Gedeon as many as lape the water with theyr tongê as a dog doth put them by them selues and so do them that knele downe vpon theyr knees to drynke And the nombre of them that put theyr handê to theyr mouthes and laped were thre hundred men But all the remenaunt of the people kneled downe vpon theyr knees to drynke water And the Lorde sayde vnto Gedeon By these iii. hundred men that laped water wyll I saue you and delyuer the Medianytes in to thyn hande And let al the other people go euery man vnto his place They therfore of the people toke vyrtayles with them theyr trompettes And he sent at the rest of Israel euery man vnto his tent and coÌ„forted those thre hundred with hym And the hoost of Madian was beneth hym in a valeye And it fortuned that the same nyght the lorde sayde vnto hym Aryse get the downe vnto the hoost for I haue delyuered it in to thyne hande But and yf thou feare to go downe then go thou and Pharah thy lad downe to the hoost and thou shalte herken what they say and so shall thyne handes be stronge to goo downe vnto the hoost Then went he downe and Pharah his ladde euen harde vnto the men of armes that were in the hoost And the Madianytes the Amalekytes and al they of the East laye alonge in the valey lyke a multytude of Greshoppers and theyr Camelles were withoute nombre euen as the sande by the see syde in multytude And when Gedeon was come Beholde there was a maÌ„ that tolde a dreame vnto his neyghbour and sayde Beholde I dreamed a dreame and me thought that a loofe of barlye breade tombled into the hoost of MadiaÌ„ and came vnto a tent and smote it that it fel and ouerturned it that the tent laye alonge And his felowe answered and sayde this is nothynge els saue the swerde of Gedeon the sonne of Ioas a man of Israell for in to his hande hath God deliuered Madian and all the hoost When Gedeon herde the tellynge of the dreame and the ☞ interpretacyon of the same he worshypped and returned vnto the hoost of Israell sayde Up for the lorde hath delyuered in to youre hande the hooste of Madian And he deuyded the thre hundred men in to thre companyes and gaue euerye man a Trompet in his hande with an emptye pytcher and lampes therin and sayd vnto them loke on me do lykewyse that when I come to the syde of the hooste euen as I do so do you When I blowe with a trompet and all that are with me blawe ye with trompettes also on euery syde of the hoost and say Here is the swerde of the Lorde and of Gedeon And so Gedeon and the thre hundren men that were with hym came vnto the syde of the hoost in the begynnynge of the mydle watch and raysed vp the watche men And they blewe with theyr trompettes brake the pytchers that were in theyr handes And all the thre companyes blewe with trom pettes and brake the pytchers and helde the lampes in theyr lefte handes and the trompettes in theyr ryght to blowe withall And they cryed the swerde of
do take the kyngê away euery man out of his place put dukes in theyr rowmê And do thou nombre the an hoost lyke the hoost that thou hast lost such horses such charetê we wyll fyght agaynst them in the playne thou shalt se vs get the better of them And he herkened vnto theyr voyce dyd euen so And it fortuned that after the yere was gone aboute Benhadad nombred the Sirians went vp to Aphek to fyght agaynst Israel And the chydren of Israel were nombred with theyr hole nombre went they agaynst them the chyldren of Israel pytched before them lyke two lytell flockes of kyddes but the Sirians fylled the countrey And there came a man of God and sayd vnto the kyng of Israel thus sayth the Lorde Bycause the Sirians haue sayd the Lorde is but God of the hylles and not God of the valleys therfore wyll I delyuer all this great multitude in to thyne hande ye shall know that I am the lorde And they pytched one ouer agaynst the other seuen dayes it came to passe that in the seuenth day the battayle was ioyned And the chyldren of Israell slue of the Sirians an hundred thousande foote men in one day But the rest fled to Aphek into the citye And there fell a wall vpon xxvii M. of the men that were lefte And Benhadad fled and came into the citye froÌ„ chambre to chambre And his seruauntes sayde vnto hym Beholde we haue herde say that the kynges of the house of Israel are mercyfull kyngê We wyll therfore put sacke cloth oboute our loynes ropes aboute our neckes go out to the kyng of Israel yf haplye he wyl saue thy lyfe And so they gyrded sacke cloth aboute theyr loynes put ropes about theyr heades came to the kynge of Israel and sayd Thy seruaunt Benhadad sayth I pray the let me lyue He sayde is he yet alyue he is my brother And they toke that worde for good lucke and hastely caught it out of his mouth and sayd Yea thy brother Benhadad He sayd go bryng hym hyther And Benhadad came out vnto hym and he caused hym to come vp in to the charet And he sayde vnto hym the cityes whiche my father toke from thy father I wyl restore agayne And thou shalte make streetes for the in Damasco as my father dyd in Samaria ☞ And I wyl make an appoyntment with the sende the awaye And so he made an appoyntment with hym and sente hym away And there was a certayne man of the chyldren of the prophets which sayd vnto his neyghboure in the worde of the Lorde smyte me I pray the. And the man wolde not smyte hym Then sayd he vnto him Bycause thou hast not herkened vnto the voyce of the Lorde beholde as soone as thou arte departed from me a lyon shall sley the. And 〈◊〉 came to passe that as soone as he was departed from hym a lyon fouÌ„de hym and slue him Then he founde an other man sayde smyte me I pray the. And the maÌ„ smote hym so that in smytynge he wounded hym So the prophet went forth wayted for the kyng by the way put hym selfe out of knowledge with asshes whiche he layde vpon his face And when the kyng came by he cryed vnto the kyng and sayd thy seruaunt went out in the myddes of the battayle And beholde there went away a man whom an other man brought vnto me and sayde kepe this man And yf he be myssed or lost thy lyfe shall go for his or els thou shalte paye a talent of syluer And as thy seruaunt had here and there to do he was gone And the kynge of Israell sayd vnto hym euen so shall thy iudgement he as y â— hast defined it thy self And he hasted toke the asshes awaye from his face the kyng of Israel knew hym that he was of the prophets And he sayd vnto hym thus sayth the Lorde bycause thou haste let go a man that ☞ is in my curse thy lyfe shal go for his life thy people for his people And the king of Israell went to his house way warde and in displeasure and came to Samaria ¶ Iezabell coÌ„maundeth to kyll Nabath for the vyneyarde that he refused to sell to Ahab Elia reproueth Ahab and he repenteth CAPI XXI AFter these thynges it chaunced that Naboth the Iezrahelite had a vyneyarde in Iezrahel harde by the palace of Ahab kynge of Samaria And Ahab spake vnto Naboth sayenge Gyue me thy vyneyarde that I may make me a garden of herbes therof â–ª bycause it lyeth so nyghe my house I wyll gyue the for it a better vyneyard then it is or rather yf it please the I wyl gyue the the worth of it in money And Naboth sayd to Ahab the lorde forbyd that from me that I shulde gyue the enheritaunce of my fathers vnto the. And Ahab came into his house heuy and euyll a payde bycause of the worde whiche Naboth the Iezrahelite had spoken to hym for he had sayde I wyll not gyue the the enheritaunce of my fathers And he layde hym downe vpon his bed and turned awaye his face †to the vvall and wolde eate no bread But Iezabel his wyfe came to hym and sayd vnto hym Why is thy spirite so way warde that thou eatest no breade And he sayd vnto her For I spake vnto Naboth the Iezraelite and sayde vnto hym gyue me thy vyneyarde for money or els yf it please the I wyll gyue the an other vyneyarde for it And he answered I wyl not gyue the my vyneyarde And Iezabell his wyfe sayde vnto hym Doest thou thus gouerne the kyngdome of Israel vp and eate bread and set thyne hert at rest I wyl gyue the the vyneyarde of Naboth the Iezraelite And so she wrote a letter in Ahabs name and sealed it with his seale and sent the letter vnto the elders and to the nobles that were in his citye dwellynge with Naboth And she wrote in the letter sayeng proclayme a faste and set Naboth on hye among the people and set two vnthryftes before hym to beare †false wytnesse agaynst hym saynge ☞ thou dydest blaspheme God and the kyng And then carye hym out and stone hym to death And the men of his citye that is to saye which dwelte in his citye dyd as Iezabel had sent vnto them and as it was wrytten in the letter whiche she had sent vnto them They proclaymed fastynge and set Naboth among the cheyfe of the people there came in two men the chyldren of Belial sat before hym And the two vnthryftie persones wytnessed agaynst Naboth in the presence of the people saynge Naboth dyd blaspheme god and the kyng And they caried hym out of the citye and stoned hym with stones that he dyed And then they sent to Iezabel sayenge Naboth is stoned to death And it fortuned wheÌ„ Iezabell herde that Naboth was stoned to death she sayd to Ahab vp
famous men and heades of the housholdes of theyr fathers And they transgressed agaynst the God of theyr fathers and went a horyng after the Gods of the people of the lande whom God destroyed before them God styrred vp the spirite of Phul kyng of Assyria and the spirite of Thiglath Pilneser kynge of Assiria caried them away euen the Rubenites the Gaddites and the halfe tribe of Manasse brought them vnto Halah Habor Hâ—ra and to the ryuer GoÌ„zan vnto this day ¶ The Genealogie of the sonnes of Leui. CAPI VI. THe sonnes of Leui Gerson Cahath and Merari The sonnes of Cahath Amram Izahar Hebron and Uziell The Chyldren of Amram Aaron Moses and Miriam The sonnes also of Aaron Nadab Abihu Eleazar and Ithamar Eleazer begat Phinehes â–ª Phinehes begat Abisua Abisua begat Boki Boki begat Uzi Uzi begat Zarahia And Zarahia begat Meraioth Meraioth begat Amaria Amaria begat Ahitob Ahitob begat Zadoc Zadoc begat Ahimaaz Ahimaaz begat Azaria Azaria begat Iohanam Iohanam begat Azaria whiche ministred in the temple that Salomon buylte in Ierusalem Azaria begat Amaria Amaria begat Ahitob Ahitob begat Zadoc and Zadoc begat Sallum Sallum begat Helkia and Helkia begat Azaria Azatia begat Saraia and Saraia begat Iehozedech And Iehozedech departed when the Lorde caried away Iuda and Ierusalem by the hande of Nabuchodonezer The sonnes of Leui Gersom Cahath and Merari And these be the names of the sonnes of Gersom Libni and Simhi And the sonnes of Cahath were Amram Izahar Hebron and Uziel The sonnes of Merari Mazli and Musi and these are the kynreds of Leui concernyng theyr fathers The son of Gersom was Lobni whose sonne was Iahath and his sonne Zemma and his sonne Ioah and his sonne Iddo and his sonne Zetah and his sonne Ieathrai The sonnes of Cahath Aminadab and his son Korah and his sonne Assyr and his son Elcana and his sonne Ebiasaph and his sonne Assir Chahath was his sonne and Uriell his son and Uzia his sonne and Saul was his sonne The sonnes of Elcana Amazai and Ahimoth Elcana The sonnes of Elcana Zophai whose son was Nahath his son Eliab Ieroham his son and Elcana his son and Samuel the sonne of hym And the sonnes of Samuel the eldest Uasni and Abia. The sonnes of Merari Mahlt and his sonne Libni and his sonne Sunhi his son Uza and his sonne Simha and his son Hagaia and his sonne Asaia And these be they whom Dauid set for to singe in the house of the Lorde after that the arke had test And they ministred before the dwellynge place and the Tabernacle of wytnesse with syngyrige vntyll Salomon had buylte the house of the Lorde in Ierusalem And then they wayted on theyr offyces accordynge to the order of them These are they that wayted with theyr chyldren of the sonnes of Cahath Heman a synger which was the sonne of Ioel the sonne of Semuell the sonne of Eirana the sonne of Ieroham the sonne of Elielithe sonne of Thoah the son of Zuph the sonne of Elcana the son of Mahath the son of Amasai the sonne of Elcana the sonne of Ioel the sonne of Asaria the son of zephania the sonne of Thahath the sonne of Assyr the sonne of Ebiasaph the sonne of Korah the son of Izahar the son of Cahath the sonne of Leui the sonne of Israel And his brother Asaph stode on his ryght hande and Asaph was the son of Barachia the sonne of Simha the sonne of Michaell the sonne of Basaaia the sonne of Melchia the sonne of Atham the son of Zarah the son of Adaia the son of Ethan the son of Zima the sonne of Sunhi the sonne of Iahath the sonne of Gersom the sonne of Leui. And theyr brethren the sonnes of Merari stode on the lefte hande euen Ethan the son of kysi the sonne of Abdi the sonne of Maluch the son of Hasabia the son of Amazia the son of Helkia the son of Amzi the son of Bani the son of Samer the son of Mahli the son of Musi the son of Merari the sonne of Leui. Theyr brethren also the Leuites were appoynted vnto all maner of seruyce of the tabernacle of the house of god But Aaron his sonnes burnt insence vpon the aulter of burnt offerynge ou the aulter of insence were appoynted for all that was to do in the place most holy and to make an attonement for them of Israel accordyng to all that Moses the seruaunt of God had coÌ„maunded These are the sonnes of Aaron Eleazar whose sonne was Phinehes and his sonne Abisua and his son Boki whose sonne was Uzi and his sonne Zerahia and the sonne of hym Merahioth and his sonne Amaria and the sonne of hym Ahitob and Zadoc his son and Ahimaaz his sonne And these are the dwellynge places of them thorowout theyr townes coostes euen of the sonnes of Aaron thorowout the kynred of the Caathites for so the lot fell for them And they gaue vnto them Hebron in the lande of Iuda and the Suburbes therof rounde aboute it But the felde of the citye and the villages perteynynge therto they gaue to Caleb the sonne of Iephune And to the sonnes of Aaron they gaue the cityes of refuge euen Hebron and Libna with theyr suburbes Iathir and Esthemoa with theyr suburbes and Hilen with her suburbes and Debir with her suburbes Asan and her Suburbes Bethsemes and her suburbes And out of the trybe of Beniamin Geba and her suburbes Alemeth and her suburbes Anathoth her suburbes all theyr cityes thorowout theyr kynreddes were xiii And vnto the sonnes of Cahath the remenaunt of the kyn of the trybe were cityes gyuen out of the halfe trybe of Manasse by lot euen ten cityes And the sonnes of Gersom thorowout theyr kynreddes had out of the tribe of Isarar out of the tribe of Asser and out of the tribe of Nephthall out of the trybe of Manasse in Basan thyrtene cityes And vnto the sonnes of Merari were gyuen by lot thorowout theyr kynreddes out of the trybe of Ruben and out of the tribe of Gad and out of the trybe of Zabulon twelue cityes And the chyldren of Israel gaue the Leuites cityes with theyr suburbes that by lot out of the trybe of the chldren of Iuda out of the trybe of the chyldren of Symeon and out of the trybe of the chyldren of Beniamin the cityes whiche they called by theyr names And they that were of the kynreddes of the sonnes of Cahath had cityes and theyr coostê out of the trybe of Ephraim And they gaue vnto them cityes of refuge Sichem in mount Ephraim and her suburbes Gaser and her suburbes Iocmeam her suburbes Beth-horon and her suburbes Aialon her suburbes Geth Rimmon and her suburbes And out of the halfe tribe of Manasse Aner her suburbes Bileam and her suburbes for the kynred of the remenaunt of the sonnes of Cahath And vnto the sonnes of Gerson were gyuen out
the beholders of starres come on nowe and delyuer the yea and let theÌ„ shew when these newe thynges shall come vpon the. Beholde they shal be lyke stâ—awe which yf it be kyndled with fyre no maÌ„ may rydde it for the vehemencye of the flame And yet it geueth no synders to warme a maÌ„ by nor cleare fyre to syt by Thus are they with whom thou hast weryed thy selfe and thus are thy marchauntes that haue bene with the from thy youth Euery one shall shewe the hys erroneous waye yet shall none of them defende the. ¶ The ypocryse of the Iewes is reproued The Lord alone wylbe worshypped which hathe chosen vs and whiche socoureth vs for hys owne sake ¶ CAPI XLVIII HEARE thys O thou house of Iacob ye that are called by the name of Israel and are come out of one stocke with Iuda whiche sweare by the name of the Lorde and beare wytnes by the God of Israel but nat with trueth and ryght whiche are called fre men of the holy cytie and are grounded vpon the God of Israel whose name is the Lorde of Hostes. The thynges that I shewed you euer sence the begynnynge Haue I nat brought them to passe immediatly as they came out of my mouth and declared them And they are come Howe be it I knowe that thou arte obstinate and that thy necke hathe an yron veyne and that thy browe is of brasse Neuerthelesse I haue euer sence the beginnynge shewed the of thynges for to come and declared theÌ„ vnto the or euer they come to passe that thou shuldest nat saye myne Idol hathe done it my carued or molten ymage hathe shewed it Heare and consyder al these thynges whether it was ye that prophecyed them But as for me I tolde the before at the begynnynge newe and secrete thynges y â— thou knowest nat of And some done nowe nat of olde tyme wherof thou neuer hardest before they were brought to that thou canst not saye Beholde I knewe of them Moreouer there be some wherof thou haste nether herde nor knowen nether haue they bene opened vnto thyne eares afore tyme. For I knewe that thou woldest malicyously offende therfore haue I called the a transgressour euen from thy mothers wombe Neuertheles for my names sake I haue with drawen my wrath for myne honours sake I haue ouersene the so that I haue not rooted the out Beholde I haue pourged the and not as syluer I haue chosen the in the fyre of affliccyon And that onely for myne owne sake yea euen for myne owne sake For I geue my honour to none other that thou shuldest not despyse me Herken vnto me O Iacob and Israell whome I haue called I am euen he that is I am the fyrste and the last My hande hath layde the foundacion of the earthe my ryght hande hath spanned ouer the heauens Assone as I call them they are there Gather you al together and herken which of yonder goddes hath declared this The Lorde hath a loue ☞ vnto him and he shal perfourme his wil agaynste Babell and declare his power agaynst the Caldees I my self alone euen I haue tolde you this before Yea I dyd call him and brynge him forth and he shall giue a prosperous iourney Come nye and heare this haue I spoken any thynge darckely sence the begynnyng when a thynge begynneth I am there Wherfore the Lorde God and his sprete hath sent me And thus sayeth the Lord god thy redemer the holy one of Israell I am the Lorde thy God whiche teacheth the profytable thinges leade the the waye that y â— shuldest go O that y â— haddest regarded my commaundementes then had thy welthynes bene as the water streame thy ryghtu ousnes as the waues flowynge in the See Thy sede also had be lyke as the saÌ„de in the see the frute of thy body lyke the grauell stones therof Thy name shulde not be roted out nor destroyed before me Go away from Babylon flye from the Caldees with a mery voyce speke of this declare it abrode and go forth vnto the ende of the world say they The Lord hath redemed hys seruaunt Iacob that they suffred no thurst he led theÌ„ thorowe the wyldernesse and caused the waters to flowe out vnto them from out of the rocke He claue the rocke a sonder and the water gushed out As for the vngodly they haue no peace sayeth the Lorde ¶ Thryst shal gather together all nacyons be they neuer so fo farre of CAPI XLIX YE Iles harken vnto me take hede ye people from farre The Lorde hath called me fro my byrth and made mencyon of my name fro my mothers wombe ☜ he hath made my mouth like a sharpe swerde vnder the shadowe of his hande hath he defended me and hyd me in hys quyuer ☜ as a good arowe and saide vnto me Thou arte my seruaunte Israel I wyll be honoured in the. Then answered I I haue lost my laboure I haue spent my strength in vayne Neuertheles I wyll coÌ„mytte my cause and my worke vnto the lorde my god And nowe sayth the Lorde euen he that fashyoned me from my mothers wombe to be his seruaunte that I maye brynge Iacob agayne vnto hym howbeit Israel wyl not be gathered vnto hym agayne In whose syght I am greate whiche also is my Lorde my God and my strength And he sayde It is but a small thynge that thou art my seruaunt to sette vp the kynreddes of Iacob and to restore the destruccyon of Israell For I haue made the the lyght of the Gen tyles that thou mayst be my helth vnto the ende of the worlde Moreouer thus sayth the Lorde the redemer and holy one of Israell because of the abhorrynge and despisynge amonge the Gentyles concernynge the seruaunt of all them that beare rule Kynges and Prynces shall se and aryse and worshyp because of the Lorde that is faythfull and because of the holy one of Israell whiche hath chosen the. And thus sayth the Lorde In the tyme accepted haue I hearde the and in the daye of saluacioÌ„ haue I helped the. I wyl preserue the and make the to be the attonement of the people that thou mayste helpe vp the earth agayne and chalenge agayne the scattered herytages That thou mayst saye to the prysoners go forth and to them that are in darknesse come into the lyght that ☞ they maye fede in the hye wayes and gette theyr liuynge in all hye places There shall neither hunger nor thurste heate nor sunne hurte them For he that fauoureth theym shall leade them and geue them drynke of the sprynge welles I wyll make wayes vpon al my mountaynes and my fote pathes shal be exalted And beholde they shall come from farre lo some from the north and west some from the south * Reioyce ye heauens and synge prayses y â— earthe Talke of ioy ye hilles for God hath comforted hys people
vpon me O howe greate are hys tokens and howe mightie are his wonders Hys kingdome is an euerlastyng kingdome and his power lasteth for euer and euer I Nabuchodonosor beynge at rest in myne house and florishynge in my palace sawe a dreame whiche made me afrayed and the thoughtes that I had vpon my bedde with the vysyons of myne heade troubled me Then sent I out a coÌ„mission that all they which were of wysdome at Babylon shulde be brought before me to tell me the interpretacyon of the dreame So there came the sothsayers charmers Caldees and coniurers of deuels to whom I tolde the dreame but what it betokened they coulde not shew me tyll at the laste there came one Daniel otherwyse called Balthazar accordyng to the name of my God whiche hath the sprite of the holy goddes in him to whom I told the dreame sayinge O Balthazar thou prince of Sothesayers For so muche as I knowe that thou hast the spryte of the holy Goddes and no secrete is hyd from the tell me therfore what the vysion of my dreame that I haue sene maye sygnyfye I sawe a vysyon in my head vpon my bed and beholde there stode a tre vpon the grounde whiche was very hye greate and myghtye the heyghthe reached vnto the heauen and the bredthe extended to all the endes of the earthe hys leaues were fayre he had very much frute so that euery man had ynough to eate therin The beastes of the felde had shadowes vnder it and the foules of the aire dwelt in the bowes therof Shortly all creatures fed of it I sawe in my head a vision vpon my bed beholde a watcher came downe from heauen cryed myghtely saying Hewe downe the ire breake of his brauÌ„ches shake of his leaues and scatre his frute abrode that all the beastes may get them away from vnder him and the foules froÌ„ his braunches Neuertheles leaue the grounde of his rote styl in the earth and bynde him vpon the playn felde with cheynes of yron and stele Wyth the dewe of heauen shall he be wet he shal haue hys part in the herbes of the grounde with other wylde beastes That mans herte of hys shal be taken from him and a beastes herte shall be geuen him tyll seuen yeare be come gone vpon him This erande of the watcher is a comauÌ„dement grounded and sought out in the councell of him that is most holy to learne men for to vnderstande that the hiest hath power ouer the kyndomes of men and geueth them to whom it lyketh hym and bryngeth the very oute castes of men ouer them Thê is the dreame that I Kyng Nabuchodonosor haue sene Therfore O Balthazar tell thou me what it signifieth for so much as al the wyse men of my kyngdome are not able to shewe me what it meaneth But thou canste do it for the spryte of the holy Goddes is in the. Then Daniel whose name was Balthasar helde his peace by the space of an houre and hys thoughtes troubled hym So the kinge spake sayde O Balthazar let neyther the dreame nor the interpretacioÌ„ therof feare y â— Balthazar answered saying O my Lorde this dreame happeÌ„ to thine enemies the interpretacyon to thyne aduersaryes As for the tre that thou sawest whiche was so great myghtye whose heyght reached vnto the heauen and his bredth into all the worlde whose leaues were fayre the frute muche vnder the whiche the beastes of the felde had their habitacyon and vpon whose braunches the foules of the ayre dyd syt Euen thou O kyng art the tre greate strong Thy greatnes increaceth and reacheth vnto the heauen so doth thy power to the endes of the earth But where as the kyng sawe a watcher euen an holy angell that came downe from heauen and sayde hewe downe the tre and destroye it yet leaue the grounde of the rote in the earthe and bynde hym vpon the playne felde with cheynes of yron and stele He shall be wet with the dewe of heauen and his parte shal be with the beastes of the felde tyll seuen yeares become and gone vpon hym This O kyng is the interpretacyon yee it is the very deuyce of hym that is hyest of all and it toucheth my Lorde the kynge Thou shalt be cast out from men and thy dwellyng shal be with the beastes of y â— felde wyth grasse shalte thou be fed lyke an oxe Thou must be wet wyth y â— dewe of the heauen yee seuen yeares shall come go vpon the tyll thou knowe that the hyest hath power vpon the kyngdomes of men geueth theÌ„ to whom he lyst Moreouer where as it was sayd that the rote of the tree shuld be left styl in the grouÌ„de it betokeneth y t thy kyngdome shal remayne whole vnto the after thou hast lerned to knowe that y â— power commeth from heauen Wherfore O kyng be coÌ„tent with my couÌ„cell that thou mayest lowse thy sinnes with ryghtuousnesse and thyne offences with mercy to poore people for suche thynges shall prolonge thy peace All these thynges touche the Kynge Nabuchodonosor So after xij monethes the kyng walked vp downe in the palace of y â— kyngdome of Babylon and sayde This is the great cyte of Babylon whiche I my self w t my power streÌ„gth haue made a kinges courte for the honour of my magesty Whyle these wordes were yet in the kynges mouth there fell a voyce from heauen sayeng O kyng Nabuchodonosor to y â— be it spokeÌ„ Thy kingdome shall departe from the thou shalt be cast out of mens coÌ„pany thy dwellynge shal be with the bestes of the felde so that thou shalt eate grasse lyke as an oxe tyl seueÌ„ yeares be come gone ouer the euen vntyll thou knowest y â— the hyest hath power vpoÌ„ the kyngdomes of men that he may gyue theÌ„ vnto whom it pleaseth hym The very same houre was this matter fulfylled vpon Nabuchodonosor so that he was cast out of mens coÌ„pany dyd eate grasse lyke an oxe His body was wet with the dewe of heaueÌ„ tyll his hearres were as great as Aegles fethers his nayles lyke byrdes clawes When this tyme was past I Nabuchodonosor lyft vp myne eyes vnto heaueÌ„ and myne vnderstanding was restored vnto me agayne Then gaue I thankes vnto the highest I magnifyed and praysed him that lyueth for euermore whose power endureth alway and his kyngdome from one generacyon to another in comparyson of whom all they that dwell vpon the earthe are to be reputed as nothyng He handleth accordynge to his wyl amonge the powers of heueÌ„ and amonge the inhabytours of the earth there is none y â— may resyst his hande or saye what doest y â— At y t same tyme was myne vnderstanding geuen me agayne and I was restored to the honoure of my kyngdome to my dignyte to myne owne shape agayne My greate estates and Prynces sought vnto me and I was set in
wyse prudent sentences Hys name wente abrode in the Iles because of his peace he was beloued All landes marueled at his soÌ„ges prouerbes similitudes and at his peace and at the name of the Lorde God which is called the God of Israel He gathered golde as tynne he had as much syluer as leade He was moued in inordynate loue towarde wemen was ouercome in affeccyon He stayned his honoure and worshyppe yee hys posteryte defyled he also in bryngynge the wrathe of the Lorde vpon hys chyldren and sorowe after his ioye so y â— his kyngdome was deuyded Ephraim became an vnfaythfull and an vncoÌ„staÌ„t kyngdome Neuertheles God forsoke not his mercy neyther was he vtterly destroyed because of his worckes y â— he shulde leaue him no posterite As for y â— sede that came vpoÌ„ him which he loued he brought it not vtterly to naught but gaue yet a remnauÌ„te vnto Iacob and a rote vnto Dauid out of hym Thus rested Salomon with his fathers and out of hys sede he left behynde hym a very foolyshnes of the people and such one as had no vnder standynge euen Roboam whiche turned awaye the people thorowe his councel and Ieroboam the sonne of Nabat which caused Israell to sinne and shewed Ephraim y â— way of vngodlynes In so much that theyr synnes and misdedes had the vpper hand so sore that at the last they were dryuen out of the land for the same Yee he sought out and brought vp all wyckednes tyll the vengeaunce came vppon them ¶ The prayse of Eliah Elizeas Hezekiah and Esaye CAPI XLVIII THEN stode vp Eliah the Prophet as a fyre and hys worde brente lyke a creshet He brought an honger vpon them and in hys zele he made them fewe in nombre For they might not away with the commaundementes of the Lorde Thorowe the worde of the Lord he shut the heauen and thre times brought he the fyre downe Thus became Eliah honorable in his wonderous dedes Who may make his boast to be lyke him One that was deed raysed he vp from deathe and i the worde of the hyest he brought hym oute of the graue agayne * He caste downe kinges destroyed them and the honorable from theyr seate Upon the mount Syna he herde the punyshment and vpon Horeb the iudgement of the vengeaunce He prophecyed recoÌ„pensynge vnto kynges ordeyned prophetes after hym He was taken vp in the storme of fyre in a charet of horses of the Lorde He was ordaned in the reprouynges in tyme to pacyfye the wrath of the Lorde to turne the hertes of the fathers vnto the chyldren and to set vp the trybes of Iacob agayne Blessed were they that saw the and were garnyshed in loue for we lyue in lyfe but after death we shall haue no such name Elias was couered in y â— storme but Helyseus was fylled with his sprete Whyle he lyued he was afrayed of no prynce and no man myght ouercome him There coulde no worde disceaue him after his death his body prophecied He dyd wonders in his lyfe in death were his workes maruelous For all this the people amended not nether departed they froÌ„ theyr synnes tyll they were caried away presoners out of the laÌ„de and were scatred abrode in all countrees so that of them there ramayned but a very lytle people and a prynce vnto the house of Dauid Howe be it some of them dyd ryght and some heaped vp vngodlynes Hezekias made his cytie stronge conueyed water in to it dygged thorowe the stony rocke with yron made vp a well by the water syde In his tyme came Sennaheryb vp and sent Rabsakes lyft vp his hande agaynste Syon and defied theÌ„ with greate pryde Then trymbled theyr nettes and haÌ„des so that they sorowed lyke a woman trauaylinge with chylde So they called vpon the Lorde which is mercyful and lyfte vp theyr handes before hym Immediatly the Lorde harde them out of heauen he thought nomore vpon theyr sinnes nor gaue them ouer to theyr enemyes but delyuered them by the hande of Esay the holy prophet He smote the hoost of y â— Assyrians and his angell destroyed theÌ„ For Hezekias had done the thynge y â— pleased the Lorde remayned stedfastly in the waye of Dauid his father as Esay the greate and faythful prophet in the syght of God had coÌ„maunded hym In his tyme the Sunne wente backwarde he lengthened the kinges lyfe With a ryghte sprete prophecyed â—e what shulde come to passe at the last and to suche as were sorowfull in Syon he gaue coÌ„solacion wher w t they myght coÌ„fort them selues for euermore He shewed thynges y â— were â—or to come secrete or euer they came to passe ¶ Of Iosiah Hezethiah Dauid Ieremy Ezechiel zoâ—o babel Iesua Nehemiah Enoch and Ioseph CAPI XLIX THE remeÌ„braunce of Iosias is lyke as whaÌ„ the apothecary maketh many precious swete smellyng thynges together His remembraunce shal be swete as hony in all mouthes as the playenge of Musyck at a bancket of wyne He was appoynted to turne the people agayne to take awaye all abhomynacions of the vngodly He dyrected his herte vnto the Lorde and in the tyme of the vngodly he set vp the worshyp of God agayne All kynges except Dauid Hezechiah and Iosiah coÌ„mytted wyckednes for euen the kynges of Iuda also forsoke the lawe of God For they gaue theyr horne vnto other theyr honoure and worshyppe also to a straunge people Therfore was the electe cytâ—e of y â— Sanctuary brent with fyre the streates therof laye desolate wast in the hande of Ieremy for they intreated hym euell whiche neuertheles was a prohpet ordeyned froÌ„ hys mothers wombe y t he myght rote out breake of and destroye and that he myght builde vp and plant agayne Ezechiel sawe the glorye of the Lorde in a vysion which was shewed him vpon y â— charet of y â— Cherubins For he thought vpoÌ„ the enemies in y â— rayne to do good vnto suche as had ordred theyr wayes a ryght And the bones of the twelue prophetes floryshed from out of theyr place for they gaue comforte consolatyon vnto Iacob delyuered theÌ„ faythfully Howe shall we prayse Zorobabel whiche was as a rynge in the rght hande So was Iesus also the soÌ„ne of Iosedec these men in theyr tymes buylded the house and set vp y â— â–ª Sanctuary of y â— Lorde agayne which was prepared for an euerlasting worshyp And Nehemias is all waye to be coÌ„mended whiche set vp for vs the walles that were broken downe made the portes and barres agayne buylded our houses of the newe But vpon the earth is there no man created like Enoch for he was takeÌ„ vp from the earth And Ioseph which was Lorde of hys brethren the vp holder of hys people his bones were couered and kepte Seth
Aramathia named Ioseph whiche also was Iesus disciple He wente to Pilate and begged the body of Iesus Then Pilate coÌ„maunded the body to be delyuered And when Ioseph had taken the body he wrapped it in a cleane lynnen cloth and layd it in his new tombe which he had hewen out euen in the rocke rolled a great stone to the dore of the sepulcre and departed And there was Mary Magdalen the other Mary syttyng ouer agaynst the sepulcre The next day that folowed ☞ the day of preparynge the hygh preestes Pharises came togyther vnto Pilate sayeng Syr we remember that this deceyuer sayd whyle he was yet alyue After thre dayes I wyll aryse agayne CoÌ„maunde therfore that the sepulcre be made sure vntyll the thirde daye lest his disciples come and steale hym away and say vnto the people he is rysen from the deade the laste errour shal be worse theÌ„ the fyrst Pilate sayd vnto them Ye haue the watche go your way make it as sure as ye can So they wente and made the sepulcre sure with watche men and sealed the stone ⊢ ¶ The resurreccion of Christ. The hygh preestes gyue the souldiours money to say that Christ was 〈◊〉 oâ—â— of his graue Christ appeareth to his disciples and sendeth them forth to preache and to baptyse CAPI XXVIII ✚ VPon an ☞ euenyng of the Sabbothes whiche dawneth the fyrste daye of the Sabbothes came Mary Magdalen and the other Mary to so the sepulcre And beholde there was a great earth quake For the angell of the lorde descended from heuen and came and rolled backe the stone from the dore and sat vpon it His countenaunce was lyke lyghtenynge and his rayment whyte as snowe And for feare of hym the kepers were astonyed and became as deade men The angell answered and sayde vnto the women feare ye not For I know that ye seke Iesus whiche was crucified he is not here he is rysen as he sayd Come se the place where that the lorde was layde go quicklye and tell his disciples that he is tysen agayne from the deade And beholde he goeth before you in to Galile there ye shall se hym Lo I haue tolde you ⊢ ✚ And they departed quycklye from the sepulcre with feare and greate ioye and dyd runne to brynge his disciples worde And as they went to tell his disciples beholde Iesus met them sayenge All hayle And they came and helde hym by the feete and worshypped hym Then sayde Iesus vnto them be not afrayde ☞ Go tell my brethren that they go in to Galile and there shall they se me When they were gone beholde some of the kepers came in to the citye and shewed vnto the hygh preestes all the thynges that had happened And they gathered them togyther with the elders and toke counsell and gaue large money vnto the souldyours sayenge Say ye that his disciples came by nyght stole hym away whyle ye slepte And yf this come to the rulers cares we wyll persuade hym and saue you harmelesse So they toke the money and dyd as they were taughte And this sayenge is noysed among the Iues vnto this daye ⊢ ✚ Then the .xi. disciples went awaye in to Galile in to a mountayne where Iesus had appoynted them And when they sawe hym they worshypped hym But some douted And Iesus came spake vnto them sayeng All power is gyuen vnto me in heuen and in earth Go ye therfore and teache all nacions baptisyng them in the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy goost Teachyng them to obserue al thynges what soeuer I haue coÌ„maunded you And lo I am with you alwaye euen vntyll the ende of the worlde ⊢ ¶ Here endeth the Gospell of Saynt Mathew ¶ The Gospell of Saynt Marke ¶ The Oâ—â—yer of IohnÌ„ the Baptyst The baptyme of Chryst his fastyng his preachyng the callyng of Peter Andrewe Iames and IohnÌ„ Chryst healeth the man with the vncleane spirite helpeth Peters mother in lawe clenseth the leper CAPI Primo ✚ THe begynnyng of the Gospell of Iesu Chryst the sonne of God as it is wrytten in the Prophettes Beholde I sende my messenger before thy face whiche shall prepare thy way before the. The voyce of a cryer in the wyldernes prepare ye the way of the lorde and make his pathes streyght IohnÌ„ dyd baptyse in the wyldernes and preached the baptyme of repentaunce for the remyssyon of synnes And all the lande of Iurye they of Ierusalem went out vnto hym and were all baptised of hym in the ryuer Iordan confessyng theyr synnes IohnÌ„ was clothed with camels heere with a gyrdell of a skyn about his loynes And he dyd eate locustes wylde hony preached sayenge He that is stronger then I cometh after me whose shoo latchet I am not worthy to stoupe downe vnlose I haue baptised you with water but he shall babtyse you with the holy goost ⊢ And it came to passe in those dayes that Iesus came from Nazareth of Galile and was baptised of IohnÌ„ in Iordan And assone as he was come vp out of the water ☞ he sawe heuen open ☞ the spirite descendyng vpoÌ„ hym like a doue And there came a voyce froÌ„ heuen Thou arte my dere son in whom I delyte And immediatly the spirite droue hym into wyldernes and he was there in the wyldernes xl dayes was tempted of SataÌ„ was with wylde beastes And the angels ministred vnto hym After that IohnÌ„ was taken Iesus came in to Galile preachynge the gospel of the kyngdom of god sayeng The tyme is come the kyngdom of God is at hande repente and byleue the Gospell As he walked by the see of Galile he sawe Simon Andrew his brother castyng nettê into the see for they were fysshers And Iesus sayd vnto them folowe me and I wyl make you to become fyshers of meÌ„ And streyght waye they forsoke theyr nettes and folowed hym And when he had gone a lytell further thence he saw Iames the sonne of Zebede IohnÌ„ his brother which also were in the ship mendyng theyr nettes And anone he called them And they lefte theyr father Zebede in the shyp with the hyred seruauntes and folowed hym And they came in to Capernaum and streyght way on the Sabboth dayes he entred in to the Synagoge and taughte And they were astonyed at his learnynge For he taughte them as one that had auctoryte and not as the Scribes And there was in theyr Synagoge a man vexed with an vncleane spirite and he cryed sayenge Alas what haue we to do with the thou Iesus of Nazareth Arte thou come to destroye vs I knowe the what thou arte euen that holy one of God And Iesus rebuked hym sayenge Holde thy peace and come oute of the man And when the vncleane spirite had torne hym and cryed with a loude voyce
and after thre dayes aryse agayne And he spake that sayenge openly And Peter toke hym asyde and began to chyde hym But he turned aboute and loked on his discyples and rebuked Peter sayeng Go after me Satan For thou sauerest not the thynges that be of God but the thynges that be of men And when he had called the people vnto hym with his discyples also he sayd vnto them Whosoeuer wyll folowe me let hym forsake hym selfe take vp his crosse and folowe me For who soeuer wyll saue his lyfe shall lose it But who soeuer shall lose his lyfe for my sake and the Gospels the same shall saue it For what shall it profette a man yf he wynne all the worlde and loose his owne soule or what shall a man gyue to redeme his soule withall agayne Who soeuer therfore shall be a shamed of me and of my wordes in this aduouterous and synfull generacyon of hym also shall the sonne of man be ashamed when he cometh in the glorye of his Father with the holye Angels ¶ The transfiguracyon The â—unaâ—yhe is healed The disputacyon who shulde be the greatest Offences are forbydden CAPI IX ANd he sayde vnto them Uerely I saye you There be some amonge them that stande here whiche shall not taste of death tyll they haue sene the kyngdome of God come with power And after syxe dayes Iesus taketh Peter and Iames and IohnÌ„ and leadeth them vp into an hygh mountayne out of the waye alone and he was transfygured before them And his rayment dyd shyne became verye whyte euen as snowe so whyte as no fuller can make vpon the earth And there apeared vnto them Elias with Moses they talked with Iesu. And Peter answered and sayeth to Iesu Mayster here is good beynge for vs let vs make also thre tabernacles one for the and one for Moses and one for Elyas For he wyst not what he sayd for they were afrayde And there was a cloude that shadowed them And a voyce came out of the cloude sayeng This is my beloued sonne heare him And sodenly when they had loked round aboute they saw no man more then Iesus only with them And as they came downe from the hyll he charged them that they shulde tel no man those thynges that they had sene tyl the son of man were rysen from death agayne And they kepte that sayenge with them and demaunded one of another what the rysynge from death agayne shulde meane And they asked hym sayenge why then saye the Scrybes that Elyas muste fyrst come He answered and sayde vnto them Elyas verely when he commeth fyrste restoreth all thynges And the son of man as it is wrytten of hym shall suffer many thynges and be set at nought But I saye vnto you that Elias is come and they haue done vnto hym what soeuer they wolde as it was wrytten of hym And when he came to his discyples he sawe moche people aboute them and the scrybes disputyng with them And streyght waye all the people when they behelde hym were amased and ran to hym and saluted hym And he asked the Scrybes what dyspute ye amonge them ✚ And one of the companye answered and sayde Mayster I haue brought vnto the my sonne whiche hath a dombe spiryte And when soeuer he taketh hym he teareth hym and he fometh and gnassheth with his teethe and pyneth away And I spake to thy disciples that they shulde caste hym out and they coulde not He answereth hym and sayeth O faythlesse nacyon howe long shall I be with you How longe shall I suffer you Brynge hym vnto me And they brought hym vnto hym And assoone as the spiryte sawe hym he tare hym And he fell downe on the grouÌ„de walo wyng and fomynge And he asked his father howe longe is it ago synce this hapned hym And he sayde of a chylde and ofte tymes it hath caste hym in to the fyre and into the water to destroy him But yf thou canst do any thyng haue mercy on vs and helpe vs. Iesus sayd vnto hym yf thou couldest byleue all thynges are possyble to hym that byleueth And streyght waye the father of the chylde cryed with teares sayenge Lorde I byleue helpe thou myne vnbylefe When Iesus sawe that the people came runnyng togyther vnto hym he rebuked the foule spirite sayeng vnto hym Thou dombe and deafe spiryte I charge the come out of hym and entre nomore into him And the spiryte when he had cryed and rent hym sore came out of hym he was as one that had ben deade in so moch that many sayde he is deade But Iesus caught his hande lyfte hym vp and he rose And when he was come in to the house his discyples asked hym secretly why coulde not we cast hym out And he sayd vnto them this kynd can come forth by nothyng but by prayer and fastyng ⊢ ✚ And they departed thense and toke theyr iourney thorowe Galile and he wolde not that any man shulde knowe it For he taught his discyples and sayde vnto them the son of man shall be delyuered into the handes of men and they shall kyll hym and after that he is kylled he shall aryse agayne the thyrde daye But they wyste not what he sayde and were afrayde to aske hym And he came to Capernaum And when he was come in to the house he asked them what was it that ye disputed amonge youre selues by the waye And they helde theyr peace for by the waye they had reasoned amonge them selues who shulde be the cheyfest And when he was set downe he called the twelue to hym sayde vnto them yf any man desyre to be fyrst the same shall be laste of all and seruaunt to all And he toke a chylde and set hym in the myddê of them and when he had taken hym in his armes he sayde vnto them whosoeuer receyueth any soche a chylde in my name receyueth me And whosoeuer receyueth me receyueth not me but hym that sent me ⊢ IohnÌ„ answered hym saynge ✚ Mayster we sawe one cast out deuyls in thy name and he foloweth not vs and we forbad hym bycause he foloweth vs not But Iesus sayde forbyd hym not For there is no man which yf he do a myracle in my name can lyghtly speake euyl of me For he that is not agaynst vs is on our parte Whosoeuer shall in my name gyue you a cup of water to dryncke by cause ye belonge to Chryst verely I saye vnto you he shall not lose his rewarde And who soeuer shall offende one of these lytell ones that byleue in me it were better for him yf a mylstone were hanged about his necke and he were caste in to the see Wherfore ☞ yf thy hande hynder the cut it of It is better for the to entre in to lyfe maymed then hauynge two handes to go in to hell in to fyre that neuer shall be quenched where theyr
son of man hath not where to laye his heade And he sayde vnto an other folowe me And the same sayde Lorde suffre me fyrst to go and burye my father Iesus sayde vnto hym ☞ Let the deade burye theyr deade But go thou and preache the kyngdome of god And an other sayd Lorde I wyll folow the but let me fyrst go and byd them farewel whiche are at home at my house Iesus sayde vnto hym No man that putteth his hande to the plowe and loketh backe is apte to the kyngdome of God ⊢ ¶ He sendeth the seuenty before hym to preache and gyueth them a charge howe to behaue them selues he prayseth his heuenly father answereth the Scrybe that tempteth hym and by the exemple of the Samarytane sheweth who is a mans neyghbour Martha receyueth the lorde into her house Mary Magdalen is dilygent in hearynge his worde CAPI X. ✚ AFter these thynges the Lorde appoynted other seuentie †and tvvo also and sent them two and two before hym into euery citye and place whyther he hym selfe wolde come Therfore sayde he vnto them The haruest is greate but the labourers are fewe Praye ye therfore the Lorde of the haruest to sende forthe labourers in to his haruest Go your wayes Beholde I sende you forth as lambes amonge wolues Beare no wallet neyther scryppe nor shoes and ☞ salute no man by the waye In to what soeuer house ye entre fyrste saye Peace be to this house And yf the sonne of peace be there youre peace shall rest vpon hym yf not it shall returne to you agayne And in the same house tarye styll eatynge and drynkynge suche as they gyue For the labourer is worthy of his rewarde ⊢ Go not from house to house into what soeuer citye ye entre they receyue you eate suche thyngê as are set before you and heale the sycke that are therin and say vnto them the kyngdom of god is come nygh vpon you But into what soeuer citye ye enter they receyue you not go your wayes out in to the stretes of the same saye euen the very dust of youre Citye whiche cleueth on vs do we wype of agaynst you Notwithstandynge be ye sure of this that the kyngdom of god was come nygh vpon you I saye vnto you that it shal be easyer in that day for Zodome then for that citye Wo vnto the Chorazin wo vnto the Bethsaida For yf the myracles had ben done in Tyre and Sidon whiche haue bene done in you they had a great whyle a go repented of theyr synnes syttynge in heere clothe and asshes Neuertheles it shal be easyer for Tyre and Sidon at the iudgement then for you And thou Capernaum whiche arte exalted to heuen shalte be thrust downe to hel He that heareth you heareth me he that despyseth you despyseth me he that despyseth me despyseth hym that sent me And the seuentye turned agayne with ioye sayenge Lorde euen the very deuyls are subdued to vs thorow thy name And he sayd vnto them I sawe Satan as it had bene lyghtnyng fallynge downe from heuen Beholde I gyue vnto you power to treade on serpentes and scorpions and ouer all maner power of the enemye and nothynge shall hurte you Neuertheles in this reioyce not that the spirites are subdued vnto you but reioyce that your names are wrytten in heuen That same houre reioysed Iesus in the holy goost and sayd I thanke the O father Lorde of heuen and earth that thou haste hyd these thyngê from the wyse and prudent and hast opened them vnto babes Euen so father for so pleased it the. All thynges are gyuen me of my father No man knoweth who the sonne is but the father and who the father is saue the sonne and he to whom the sonne wyll shewe hym And he turned to his disciples and sayde secretly ✚ Happy are the eyes whiche se the thynges that ye se. For I tell you that many prophettes kynges haue desyred to se those thynges which ye se and haue not sene them and to heare those thynges whiche ye heare and haue not hearde them And beholde a certayne lawyer stode vp and tempted hym say enge Mayster what shall I do to enherite eternall lyfe He sayde vnto hym What is wrytten in the law How redest thou And he answered sayde loue the lorde thy God with al thy herte and with all thy soule and with al thy strength with all thy mynde and thy neyghboure as thy selfe And he sayde vnto hym Thou hast answered ryght This do and thou shalte lyue But he wyllynge to iustifie hym selfe sayde vnto Iesus And who is my neyghboure Iesus answered and sayde A certayne man descended from Ierusalem to Iericho fell among theues which robbed hym of his ray ment and wounded hym and departed leauynge hym halfe deade And it chaunced that there came downe a certayne preest that same waye and when he sawe hym he passed by And lykewyse a Leuite when he wente nygh to the place came and loked on hym and passed by But a certayne Samaritane as he iourneyed came vnto hym And wheÌ„ he sawe hym he had compassyon on hym and went to and bounde vp his woundes and powred in oyle and wyne and set hym on his owne beast and brought hym to a comen Inne made prouision for hym And on the morowe when he departed he toke out two pence and gaue them to the hoost and sayd vnto hym Take cure of him and what souer thou spendest more when I come agayne I wyl recompence the. Which nowe of these thre thynkest thou was neygh boure vnto hym that fell among the theues And he sayde he that showed mercy on him Then sayde Iesus vnto hym Go do thou lykewyse ⊢ ✚ It fortuned that as they went he entred into a certayne towne And a certayne womaÌ„ named Martha receyued him into her house And this womon had a syster called Mary whiche also sat at Iesus feete and herde his worde But Martha was combred aboute moche seruyng stode and sayd Lorde doest thou not care that my syster hath lefte me to serue alone Byd her therfore that she helpe me And Iesus answered sayde vnto her Martha Martha thou arte carefull troubled aboute many thynges Uerely ☞ one is nedefull Mary hath chosen the good parte whiche shall not be taken away from her ⊢ ¶ He teacheth his disciples to pray dryueth out a deuyl and rebuketh the blasphemous pharises They requâ—re sygnes tokens He eateth with the Pharise reprometh the ypocrisy of the Pharises scrybes and ypocrytes CAPI XI ANd it fortuned as he was prayenge in a certayne place when he ceased one of his disciples sayde vnto hym Lorde teache vs to praye as IohnÌ„ also taught his disciples And he sayde vnto them when ye pray say O our father which arte in heuen halowed be thy name Thy kyngdom come Thy
thorowe dispayre The see and the water shall rore mennes hertes shall fayle them for feare and for lokynge after those thynges whiche shall come on the earth For the powers of heuen shall moue And then shal they se the sonne of man come in a cloude with power and great glorye When these thynges begyn to come to passe then loke vp and ☞ lyfte vp your heades for your redempcyon draweth nygh And he shewed them a similitude behold the fygge tree and all the trees wheÌ„ they shut forth theyr buddes ye se and knowe of youre owne selues that sommer is then nyghe at hande So lykewyse ye also when ye se these thynges come to passe be sure that the kyngdome of God is nyghe Uerely I saye vnto you this generacion shall not passe tyll al be fulfylled Heuen and earth shall passe but my wordes shall not passe ⊢ ✚ Take hede to your selues lest at any tyme youre hertes be ouercome with surfettyng and dronkennes and cares of this lyfe and so the daye come vpon you vnwares For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the hole earth Watche ye therfore contynually praye that ye maye escape all these thynges that shall come and that ye maye stande before the son of man ⊢ In the daye tyme he taught in the temple and at nyght he wente out and abode in the mount that is called Olyuete And all the people came in the mornynge to hym in the temple for to heare hym ¶ Chryst is betrayed They eate the Eastet lambe The institucyon of the sacrament They stryue who shall be greatest he reproueth them He prayeth thre tymes vpon the mount They take hym and brynge hym to the hygh preestes house Peter denyeth hym thryse â— they brynge hym before the counsell CAPI XXII ✚ THe feast of swete breade drewe nygh whiche is called Easter and the hyghe Preestes and Scribes sought howe they might kyl him for they feared the peple Then entred Satan in to Iudas whose syr name was Iscarioth whiche was of the nombre of the twelue and he wente his way and comoned with the hyghe Preestes and offycers howe he myghte betraye hym vnto them And they were glad and promysed to gyue hym money And he consented and soughte oportunyte to betraye hym vnto them when the people were awaye Then came the daye of swete breade when of necessyte Passeouer must be offered And he sent Peter and IohnÌ„ sayenge Go and prepare vs the Passeouer that we maye eate they sayde vnto hym Where wylte thou that we prepare And he sayde vnto them Beholde when ye enter in to the citye there shall a man mete you bearyng a pytcher of water hym folowe into the same house that he entreth in and yeshall and lamented hym But Iesus turned backe vnto them and sayd Ye doughters of Ierusalem wepe not for me but wepe for yourselues and for your chyldren For beholde the dayes wyll come in the whiche they shal say happy are the bareyne the wombes that neuer bare the pappes whiche neuer gaue sucke Then shall they begyn to saye to the mountaynes fall on vs and to the hylles couer vs. For yf they do this in a grene tree what shal be done in the drye And there were two euyll doers led with hym to be slayne And after that they were come to the place whiche is called Caluarye there they cruciâ—â—ed hym and the euyl doers one on the right hande and the other on the lefte Then sayde Iesus Father forgyue them for they wote not what they do And they parted his rayment and cast lottes And the people stode and behelde And the rulers mocked hym with them sayeng he saued other men let hym saue him selfe yf he be very Chryst the chosen of God The souldyours also mocked hym and came and offred hym vyneygre and sayde yf thou be that kynge of the Iues saue thy selfe And a superscripcyon was wrytten ouer hym with letters of Greke and Latyn and Ebrue This is the kynge of the Iues. And one of the euyll doers whiche were hanged rayled on hym sayenge If thou be Chryst saue thy selfe and vs. But the other answered and rebuked him sayeng Fearest thou not God seynge thou arte in the same damnacyon We are ryghteously punysshed for we receyue accordyng to our dedes But this man hath done nothyng amysse And he sayd vnto Iesus Lorde remembre me when thou comest in to thy kyngdome And Iesus sayd vnto hym Uerely I say vnto the to day shalt thou be with me in Paradise And it was aboute the syxte houre And there was darknesse ouer al the earth vntyl the nynth houre and the son was darkened And the vayle of the temple dyd rent euen thorow the myddes And when Iesus had cryed with a loude voyce he sayde Father in to thy handes I coÌ„mende my spirite And when he thus had sayde he gaue vp the goost When the Centurion saw what had happened he glorified God sayenge Uerely this was a ryghteous man And all the people that came togyther to that syght and sawe the thynges whiche had happened smote theyr brestes and returned And al his acquayntaunce and the women that folowed hym from Galtle stode a farre of beholdynge these thynges And beholde there was a man named Ioseph a counsellour he was a good man and a iust the same had not consented to the counsell and dede of them which was of Aramathia a citye of the Iues whiche same also wayted for the kyngdome of God he wente vnto Pylate and begged the body of Iesus and toke it downe and wrapped it in a lynnen cloth and layde it in a sepulcre that was hewen in stone wherin neuer maÌ„ before was layde ⊢ And that day was the preparynge of the Sabboth and the Sabboth drewe on The women that folowed after whiche had come with hym from Galile behelde the sepulcre and howe his body was layde And they returned and prepared swete odours and oyntmentes but rested the Sabboth daye accordynge to the coÌ„maundement ¶ The women come to the graue Chryst apeareth vnto the two dyscyples that go towarde Emaus standeth in the myddest of all his dyscyples openeth theyr vnderstandynâ—e in the Scripture gyueth them a charge and ascendeth vp to heuen CAPI XXIIII ✚ BUt vpon ☞ the fyrst daye of the Sabbothes very early in the mornyng they came vnto the sepulcre and broughte the swete odoures whiche they had prepared other women with them And they founde the stone rowled awaye from the Seulcre and they wente in but founde not the bodye of the Lorde Iesu. And it happened as they were amased therat Beholde two men stode by them in shynynge garmentes And as they were afrayde â–ª and bowed downe theyr faces to the earth they sayde vnto them Why seke ye the lyuynge amonge the deade He is not here but is
came after me went before me for he was before me And of his fulnes haue al we receyued euen ☞ grace for grace For the lawe was gyueÌ„ by Moses but grace and trueth came by Iesus Chryst. ☞ No man hath sene God at any tyme. The onely begotten sonne which is in the bosome of the father he hath declared hym ⊢ ✚ And this is the recorde of IohnÌ„ when the Iues sent preestes and Leuites from Ierusalem to aske hym what arte thou And he confessed and denyed not and sayd playnly I am not Chryst. And they asked hym what then Arte thou Elias And he sayeth ☞ I am not Arte thou that Prophet And he answered no. TheÌ„ sayd they vnto hym what arte thou that we maye gyue an answere to them that sent vs. What sayest thou of thy selfe He sayd I am the voyce of a cryer in the wyldernes make streyght the way of the Lorde as sayd the prophet Esaias And they whiche were sent were of the Pharises And they asked hym and sayd vnto hym Why baptisest thou then yf thou be not Chryst nor Elias neyther that Prophet IohnÌ„ answered them sayenge I baptyse with water but there standeth one amonge you whoÌ„ ye knowe not he it is which though he came after me was before me whose shoo latchet I am not worthy to vnlose These thynges were done in Bethabara beyonde Iordan where IohnÌ„ dyd baptyse ⊢ ✚ The nexte day IohnÌ„ seeth Iesus commynge vnto hym and sayeth beholde the lambe of God whiche taketh away the synne of the worlde This is he of whom I sayde After me cometh a man whiche went before me for he was before me and I knewe hym not but that he shulde be declared to Israel therfore am I come baptysyng with water And IohnÌ„ bare recorde sayenge I sawe the spirite descende from heuen lyke vnto a doue and abode vpon hym and I knew him not But he that sent me to baptyse in water the same sayde vnto me vpon whome thou shalte se the spirite descende and tary styl on hym the same is he which baptyseth with the holy goost And I sawe bare recorde that he is the sonne of god ⊢ The nexte day after IohnÌ„ stode agayne and two of his disciples And he behelde Iesus as he walked by and sayeth beholde the lambe of God And the two disciples herde hym speake they folowed Iesus And Iesus turned aboute sawe them folowe hym and sayeth vnto them what seke ye They sayde vnto hym Rabbi whiche is to saye yf one interprete it Mayster where dwellest thou He sayeth vnto them Come and se. They came and sawe where he dwelte and abode with hym that daye For it was aboute the tenth houre One of the two which herde IohnÌ„ speake and folowed hym was Andrewe Symon Peters brother The same founde his brother Symon fyrst and sayeth vnto hym we haue founde Messias whiche is by interpretacyon anoynted and brought hym to Iesus And Iesus behelde hym and sayde thou arte Symon the sonne of Ionas thou shalte be called Cephas whiche is by interpretacyon a stone The day folowynge Iesus wolde go into Galile and founde Philip and sayeth vnto hym folowe me Philip was of Bethsaida the citye of Andrewe Peter Philip founde Nathanael and sayeth vnto hym We haue founde hym of whom Moses in the lawe and the Prophettes dyd wryte Iesus the sonne of Ioseph of Nazareth And Nathanaell sayde vnto hym Can there any good thyng come out of Nazareth Philip sayeth vnto hym Come and se. Iesus sawe Nathanaell comynge to hym and sayeth of hym Beholde a ryght Israelyte in whome is no gyle Nathanaell sayeth vnto hym whence knowest thou me Iesus answered and sayd vnto hym Before that Philip called the when thou wast vnder the fygge tree I sawe the. Nathanael answered and sayd vnto hym Rabbi thou art euen the very sonne of god thou arte the kynge of Israel Iesus answered and sayd vnto hym Bycause I sayde vnto the I sawe the vnder the fygge tree thou byleuest Thou shalte se greater thyngê then these And he sayeth vnto hym Uerely verely I say vnto you hereafter shall ye se heuen open and the angels of God ascendynge and descendyng ouer the sonne of man ¶ Chryst turneth the water in to wyne and dryueth the byers and sellers out of the temple CAPI II. ✚ ANd the thyrd day was there a mariage in Cana a citye of Galile and the mother of Iesus was there And Iesus was called and his disciples vnto the maryage And when the wyne fayled the mother of Iesus sayth vnto him they haue no wyne Iesus sayth vnto her woman what haue I to do with the myne houre is not yet come His mother sayeth vnto the ministers what soeuer he sayeth vnto you do it And there were standyng there vi waterpotâ—es of stone after the maner of the purifieng of the Iues conteynynge two or thre fyrkyns a pece Iesus sayeth vnto them fyll the water pottes with water And they fylled them vp to the brym And he sayeth vnto them drawe out nowe and beare vnto the gouernoure of the feaste And they bare it When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was turned vnto wyne and knew not whence it was But the ministers whiche drue the water knew He calleth the brydegrome sayth vn to hym Euery maÌ„ at the begynnyng doth set forth good wyne ☞ when men be dronke then that which is worse But thou hast kept the good wyne vntyll nowe This begynnyng of myracles dyd Iesus in Cana of Galile and shewed his glory and his disciples byleued on hym ⊢ After this he went downe to Capernaum he his mother and his brethren and his disciples and there contynued not many dayes ✚ And the Iues easter was euen at hande and Iesus went vp to Ierusalem and found syttynge in the temple those that solde oxen shepe and doues chaungers of money And when he had made as it were a scourge of small coordes he droue them all out of the temple with the shepe and oxen and powred out the chaungers of money and ouerthrew the tables and sayd vnto them that solde doues Haue these thyngê hence and make not my fathers house an house of marchaundyse And his disciples remeÌ„bred it that is wryten the zele of thyne house hath euen eaten me Then answered the Iues and sayd vnto hym what token shewest thou vnto vs seynge that thou doest these thynges Iesus answered and sayd vnto them destroy this temple and in thre dayes I wyll teare it vp Then sayde the Iues. xlvi yeres was this temple a buyldyng and wylt thou reare it vp in thre dayes But he spake of the temple of his body As soone therfore as he was rysen from death agayne his disciples remembred that he thus had sayd And they byleued the scripture and the wordes whiche Iesus had sayde When he was in
shall streyghte waye glorifie hym ✚ Lytell chyldren yet a lytell whyle am I with you Ye shall seke me and as I sayde vnto the Iues whyther I go thyther can ye not come Also to you saye I nowe A newe coÌ„mauÌ„dement gyue I vnto you that ye loue togyther as I haue loued you that euen so ye loue one another By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples if ye haue loue one to an other Symon Peter sayde vnto hym Lorde whyther goest thou Iesus answered hym whyther I go thou canst not folowe me nowe but thou shalte folowe me afterwardes ⊢ Peter sayd vnto him Lorde why can not I folow the now I wyll ieoperde my lyfe for thy sake Iesus answered hym wylte thou ieoperde thy lyfe for my sake Uerely verely I say vnto the the cocke shall not crow tyll thou haue denyed me thryse ¶ He armeth his disciples with consolacyon agaynst trouble and promyseth them the holy goost CAPI XIIII ✚ ANd he sayde vnto his disciples let not your hert be troubled Ye byleue in god byleue also in me In my fathers house are many mancions If it were not so I wold haue tolde you I go to prepare a place for you And if ☞ I go to prepare a place for you I wyl come agayne receyue you euen vnto my selfe that where I am there may ye be also And whyther I go ye knowe the way ye knowe Thomas sayeth vnto hym Lorde we knowe not whyther thou goest And howe is it possyble for vs to know the way Iesus sayeth vnto hym I am the way the trueth and the lyfe No man cometh vnto the father but by me If ye had knowen me ye had knowen my father also And nowe ye knowe hym and haue sene hym Philip sayeth vnto hym Lorde shew vs the father it suffyseth vs. Iesus sayeth vnto hym haue I bene so long tyme with you yet hast thou not knowen me Philip he that hath sene me hath sene the father And howe sayest thou then shewe vs the father Byleuest thou not that I am in the father and the father in me The wordes that I speake vnto you I speake not of my selfe But ☞ the father that dwelleth in me is he that doeth the workes Byleue me that I am in the father and the father in me Or els byleue me for the workes sake Uerely verely I say vnto you he that byleueth on me the workes that I do the same shall he do also and greater workes then these shal he do bycause I go vnto my father And what soeuer ye aske in my name that wyll I do that the father maye be gloryfyed by the sonne If ye shall aske any thynge in my name I wyll do it ⊢ ✚ If ye loue me kepe my coÌ„maundementes and I wyll praye the father and he shall gyue you an other comforter that he maye abyde w t you for euer euen the spirite of truth whom the world can not receyue bycause the worlde seeth him not neyther knoweth hym But ye knowe hym for he dwelleth with you and shal be in you I wyl not leaue you comfortles but wyl come to you Yet a lytel while and the world seeth me no more but ye seme For I lyue and ye shall lyue That day shall ye knowe that I am in my father and you in me and I in you He that hath my coÌ„maundementes and kepeth them the same is he that loueth me And he that loueth me shall be loued of my father and I wyll loue hym and wyll shewe myne owne selfe to hym Iudas sayeth vn to hym not Iudas Iscarioth Lorde what is done that thou wylte shewe thy selfe vnto vs and not vnto the worlde Iesus answered and sayd vnto hym yf a man loue me he wyll kepe my sayenges and my father wyll loue hym and we wyll come vnto hym and dwell with hym He that loueth me not kepeth not my sayenges And the worde which ye heare â–ª is not myne but the fathers which sent me These thynges haue I spoken vnto you beynge yet present with you But the comforter which is the holy goost whom my father wyl sende in my name he shall teache you all thynges and brynge all thynges to your remembraunce what soeuer I haue sayde vnto you Peace I leaue with you my peace I gyue vnto you Not as the worlde gyueth gyue I vnto you Let not your hertes be greued neyther feare Ye haue herde howe I sayde vnto you I go and come agayne vnto you If ye loued me ye wolde verely reioyce bycause I sayde I go vnto the father For the father is greater then I. And nowe haue I shewed you before it come that when it is come to passe ye myght bileue Hereafter wyl I not talke many wordes vnto you For the prynce of this worlde cometh hath nought in me But that the worlde may knowe that I loue the father And as the father gaue me commaundement euen so do I. ⊢ Aryse let vs go hence ¶ The true vyne the husbande man and the braunches A doctryne of loue a swete coÌ„fort agaynst persecucyon CAPI XV. ✚ I Am the true vyne and my father is the husbande man Euery braunche that beareth not fruyte in me he wyll take awaye And euery braunche that beareth fruyte wyl he pourge that it maye brynge forthe more fruyte Nowe are ye cleane thorow the wordes whiche I haue spoken vnto you Abyde in me and I in you As the braunche can not beare fruyte of it selfe excepte it abyde in the vyne no more can ye excepte ye abyde in me I am the vyne ye are the braunches He that abydeth in me and I in hym the same bryngeth forth moche fruyte For without me can ye do nothynge If a man abyde not in me he is cast forth as a braunche and is wethered and men gather them and cast them into the fyre and they burne If ye abide in me my wordes abyde in you aske what ye wyll and it shall be done for you ⊢ Herein is my father glorified that ye beare moche fruyte and become my disciples As the father hath loued me euen so haue I also loued you CoÌ„tinue ye in my loue If ye kepe my coÌ„maundementes ye shall abyde in my loue euen as I haue kepte my fathers commaundementes abyde in his leue These thyngê haue I spoken vnto you that my ioy myght remayne in you and that youre ioye myght be full ✚ This is my coÌ„maundement that ye loue togyther as I haue loued you Greater loue hath no man then this that a man bestowe his lyfe for his frendes Ye are my frendes yf ye do what soeuer I coÌ„maunde you Henceforth call I you not seruauntes for the seruaunt knoweth not what his lorde doeth but you haue I called frendes for all thynges that I haue herde of my father haue I opened to
you Ye haue not chosen me but I haue chosen you and ordeyned you to go bryng forth fruyte that your fruyte shulde remayne that what soeuer ye aske of the father in my name he may gyue it you ⊢ ✚ This commaunde I you that ye loue togyther If the worlde hate you ye knowe that he hated me before he hated you If ye were of the worlde the worlde wolde loue his owne Howbeit bycause ye are not of the worlde but I haue chosen you oute of the worlde Therfore the worlde hateth you Remember the worde that I sayde vnto you the seruaunt is not greater then the lorde If they haue persecuted me they wyll also persecute you If they haue kepte my sayeng they wyl kepe youres also But all these thynges wyll they do vnto you for my names sake bycause they haue not knowen hym that sent me If I had not come and spoken vnto them they shuld haue had no synne but nowe haue they nothynge to cloke theyr synne withall He that hateth me hateth my father also Yf I had not done amonge them the workes whiche none other man dyd they shuld haue had no synne But nowe haue they both sene hated not onely me but also my father But this happeneth that the sayenge myght be fulfylled that is wrytten in theyr lawe they hated me without a cause ⊢ ✚ But when the conforter is come whom I wyll sende vnto you from the father euen the spirite of trueth whiche procedeth of the father he shall testifie of me And ☞ ye shal beare wytnesse also bycause ye haue bene with me from the begynnynge CAPI XVI ¶ Consolacyon agaynst trouble Prayers are herde thorowe Chryst. THese thynges haue I sayde vnto you bycause ye shulde not be offended They shall excommunicate you yea the tyme shall come that who soeuer kylleth you wyll thynke that he doeth God seruyce And suche thynges wyll they do vnto you bycause they haue not knowen the father neyther yet me But these thynges haue I tolde you that when the tyme is come ye may remember them that I tolde you ⊢ These thynges sayd I not vnto you at the beginnyng bycause I was present with you ✚ But nowe I go my waye to hym that sent me and none of you asketh me whyther I go But bycause I haue sayde suche thynges vnto you your hertes are full of sorowe Neuerthelesse I tell you the trueth it is expedient for you that I go awaye For yf I go not awaye that comforter wyll not come vnto you But yf I departe I wyl sende hym vnto you And when he is come he wyll rebuke the worlde of synne of ryghteousnes and of iudgement Of synne bycause they byleue not on me Of ryghteousnesse bycause I go to my father and ye shal se me no more Of iudgement bycause the prynce of this worlde is iudged alredy I haue yet many thynges to saye vnto you but ye can not beare them awaye nowe Howbeit when he is come whiche is the spirite of trueth he wyl leade you in to al trueth He shall not speake of hym selfe but what so euer he shall heare that shall he speake and he wyll shewe you thynges to come He shall glorifie me for he shall receyue of myne and shall shewe vnto you All thynges that the father hath are myne Therfore sayd I vnto you that he shall take of myne and shewe vnto you ⊢ ✚ After a whyle ye shall not se me and agayne after a whyle ye shall se me For I go to the father Then sayde some of his disciples bytwene themselues What is this that he sayth vnto vs after a whyle ye shal not se me and agayne after a whyle ye shall se me and that I go to the father They sayd therfore what is this that he sayth after a whyle we can not tell what he sayeth Iesus perceyued that they wolde aske him and sayde vnto them Ye enquyre of this bytwene your selues bycause I sayde after a whyle ye shall not se me and agayne after a whyle ye shall se me Uerely verely I say vnto you ye shall wepe lament but contrary wyse the worlde shall reioyse Ye shall sorow but your sorowe shall be turned to ioye A woman when she trauayleth hath sorowe bycause her houre is come but as soone as she is delyuered of the chyld she remembreth no more the anguysshe for ioy that a man is borne in to the worlde And ye nowe therfore haue sorowe but I wyll se you agayne and your hertes shall reioyse and your ioye shall no man take from you ⊢ And in that day shal ye aske me no questyon ✚ Uerely verely I say vnto you What soeuer ye shall aske the father in my name he wyll gyue it you Hytherto haue ye asked nothynge in my name Aske and ye shall receyue that your ioy may be full These thynges haue I spoken vnto you by prouerbes The tyme wyll come when I shall no more speake to you by prouerbes But I shall shewe you playnly from my father At that day shall ye aske in my name And I say not to you that I wyll speake vnto my father for you For the father hymselfe loueth you bycause ye haue loued me and haue byleued that I came out frō god I went out from the father and came in to the worlde Agayne I leaue the worlde and go to the father His disciple sayde vnto hym lo nowe talkest thou playnly and speakest no prouerbe Nowe are we sure that thou knowest all thynges and nedest not that any man shulde aske the any questyon Therfore byleue we that thou camest from God ⊢ Iesus answered them Nowe ye do byleue Beholde the houre draweth nyghe and is alredy come that ye shall be scattered euery man to his owne and shall leaue me alone And yet am I not alone For the father is with me These wordes haue I spoken vnto you that in me ye myghte haue peace For in the worlde shall ye haue tribulacyon but be of good cheare I haue ouercome the worlde ¶ The moost harty and louynge prayer of Chryst vnto his father for all suche as receyue the trueth CAPI XVII ✚ THese wordes spake Iesus and lyfte vp his eyes to heuen and sayd father the houre is come glorifie thy sonne that thy sonne also maye glorifie the as thou hast gyuen hym power ouer all flesshe that he shulde gyue eternal lyfe to as many as thou hast gyuen hym This is lyfe eternall that they myght knowe the the onely true God and Iesus Chryst whom thou hast sent I haue glorified the on the earth I haue finisshed the worke whiche thou gauest me to do And nowe glorifie thou me O father with thyne owne selfe with the glorye which I had with the or the worlde was I haue declared thy name vnto the men which thou gauest me oute of the
layinges awayt of the Iewes because I wold kepe backe nothynge that was profytable vnto you but to shewe you teache you opeÌ„ly and thorowe out euery house wytnessing both to the Iues also to the Grekes the repentauÌ„ce that is toward God y e fayth which is toward our Lord Iesus And now beholde I go bounde in the spirit vnto Ierusalem not knowing the thinges that shal come on me there but that the holy Ghost wytnesseth in euery cytie sayinge that bandes trouble abyde me But none of these thinges moue me nether is my lyfe dere vn to my selfe that I might fulfyl my course w t ioye the ministracion âšœ of the worde whiche I haue receyued of the Lord Iesu to testifye the Gospel of the grace of God And nowe beholde I am sure y â— heÌ„ceforth ye al thorowe whom I haue gone preching the kiÌ„gdome of god shal se my fate no more Wherfore I take you to recorde thys daye that I am pure from the bloude of all men For I haue spared no labour but haue shewed you all the councell of God Take hede therfore vnto your selues to all the flocke among whom the holy ghost hath made you ouerfears to rule the congregacion of God which he hath purchased with his bloude For I am sure of this that after my departynge shall greuous wolues entre in amoÌ„g you not sparyng the flocke Moreouer of your owne selues shal men aryse speakyng peruerse thiÌ„ges to drawe disciples after theÌ„ Therfore awake remeÌ„bre that by the space of iii. yeares I ceased not to warne euery one of you nyght day with teares And now brethreÌ„ I commende you to god to the worde of his grace which is able to builde farther to gyue you an inheritauÌ„ce amonge all them whiche are sanctified I haue desyred no mans syluer golde or vesture Yee ye your selues knowe that these haÌ„des haue ministred vnto my necessities to them that were with me I haue shewed you all thynges howe that so laborynge ye ought to receiue the weake to remeÌ„bre the wordes of the Lord Iesu how that he sayd it is more blessed to gyue then to receyue And when he had thus spokeÌ„ he kneled downe prayed with them all And they all wepte sore fel on Pauls necke kyssed hym sorowyng moste of all for the wordes which he spake that they shulde se hys face nomore And they conuayed hym vnto the Shyppe ¶ Pauls iorney by shyppe Of Phyllyppe the Euangelyst and Agabus the Prophete whiche warned Paule not to go to Ierusalem He remayned stedfast in his purpose and is taken in the temple CAPI XXI ANd whan it chaunsed that we had lauÌ„ched forth were departed from theÌ„ we came with a straight course vnto Chooâ— the day folowyng vnto the Rhodes froÌ„ thence vnto Patara And whaÌ„ we had got ten a shippe that wold sayle vnto Phenices we went aborde into it and set forth But whan Cyprus begaÌ„ne to appeare vnto vs we lefte it on the left haÌ„de and sayled vnto Siria and came vnto Tyre For there the shyppe vnladed the burthen And when we had founde brethren we taryed there seuen dayes And they tolde Paule thorowe the spirite that he shulde not go vp to Ierusalem And when the dayes were ended we departed and went our waye and they all brought vs on oure waye wyth wyues and chyldren tyll we were come out of the cytie And we kneled downe in the shore prayed And when we had takeÌ„ our leue one of another we toke shyppe they returned home agayne When we had full ended the course from Tyre we went downe to Ptolomaida saluted the brethren and abode with them one day The nexte day we that were of Pauls coÌ„pany departed and came vnto Cesarea And we entred into the house of Philyp the Euangelist which was one of the seuen abode with him The same man had foure daughters virgins whiche dyd prophesy And as we taryed there a good mayny of dayes there came a certayne prophete from Iury named Agabus When he was come vnto vs he toke Pauls gyrdell and bouÌ„de his fete haÌ„des sayde Thus sayth the holy ghost so shal the Iewes at IerusaleÌ„ bid the man that oweth this gyrdel and shal delyuer him into the haÌ„des of the Gentyls When we herde this bothe we and other which were of the same place be sought him that he wold not go vp to Ierusalem Then Paul answered sayd what do ye weping vexynge myne herte I am redy not to be bounde onely but also to dye at Ierusalem for the name of the Lorde Iesu. When we coulde not turne hys mynde we ceased sayinge the wyll of the Lorde be fulfylled After those dayes we toke vp our burthens went vp to Ierusalem There went wyth vs also certayne of the dysciples of Cesarea and brought with them one Mâ—ason of Ciprus an olde dysciple with whom we shuld lodge And when we were come to Ierusalem the brethren receyued vs gladly And on the morowe Paule went in with vs vnto Iames. And all the elders came togyther And when he had saluted them he told by ordre all thynges that God wrought amonge the Gentyls by his mynystracyon And when they herde it they gloryfyed the Lorde and sayde vnto him Thou feest brother howe many thousande Iewes there are whiche beleue and they are al ernest folowers ouer the law And they are informed of the that y â— teachest all the Iewes whiche are among the Gentyls to forsake Moses and sayd that they ought not to circumcyse theyr chyldren nether to lyue after the customes What is it therfore The multitude must nedes come togither For they shal here that thou art come Do therfore this that we saye to the. We haue foure men which haue a vow on them Them take purify thy selfe with theÌ„ and do cost on theÌ„ that they may shaue their heades and all shal knowe that those thynges which they haue herde concernyng the are nothyng but that thou thy self also walckest and kepest the lawe But as touchynge the Gentyls which beleue we haue wrytten and concluded that they obserue no such thyng saue onely that they kepe theÌ„ selues from thynges offered to ydolles and from bloude and from strangled and from fornicacion Then the nexte day Paul toke the men and purifyed him selfe with them and entred into the temple declarynge that he obserued the dayes of the purificacioÌ„ vntyll that an offerynge shulde be offered for euery one of them And whan the seuen dayes were now almost ended the Iewes whyche were of Asia when they sawe hym in the Temple moued al the people and layde handes on him cryinge men of Israell helpe This is the man that teacheth all men euery where agaynste the people and the lawe and thys place He hath also brought Grekes into the temple and hath polluted
that thys saluacyon of God is sente to the gentyls and they shall heare it And when he had sayde these wordes the Iewes departed from him and had great despycyons among them selues And Paule dwelt two yeares full in hys lodginge and receaued all that came in vnto him preachyng the kigdome of God teachynge those thynges whiche concerne the Lorde Iesus with all confydence no man forbydding him ¶ Here endeth the Actes of the Apostles ⧠The Epistle of the Apostle Saynt Paule to the Romaynes ¶ Paule declareth hys loue towarde the Romaynes sheweth what the Gospell is with the frute therof and rebu keth the â—â—astlynce of the Heathen CAPI I. ✚ PAule the seruaunt of Iesus Christe called to the offyce of an apostle put a part for y â— Gospell of God whiche he had promysed afore by hys prophetes in the holy scriptutures of his sonne which was borne âšœ vnto hym of the seed of Dauid after the flesh and hathe bene declared to be the sonne of God with power after the sprere that sanctyfyeth sence the tyme that Iesus Chryste oure Lorde rose agayne from deeth by whom we haue receaued grace and Apostle shyp that obedience myght be geuen vnto the fayth in his name amonge all Heathen of whose nombre you be that are called of Iesu Chryste ⊢ To all you that be at Rome beloued of God and called sayntes Grace be with you and peace from God oure father and from the Lorde Iesus Chryste Fyrst verely I thanke my God thorowe Iesus Chryste for you all that youre fayth is spoken of in all the worlde For God is my wytnes whom I serue with my sprete in the Gospell of hys sonne that with out ceasynge I make mencyon of you alwayes in my prayers besechynge that by some meane at the last out tyme or other a prosperous iorney by the wyll of God myght fortune me to come vnto you For I longe to se you that I myght bestowe amoÌ„ge you some spyritual gyfte to strength you withall that is that I myght haue consolacyon together with you through the coÌ„men faith whiche bothe ye and I haue I wolde that ye shulde knowe brethren howe that I haue often tymes purposed to come vnto you but haue bene let hytherto to haue some frute also amonge you as amonge other of the Gentyls I am detter both to the Grekes and to the vngrekes to learned and to the vnlearned So that as much as in me is I am redy to preache the Gospell to you that are at Rome also For I am not asshamed of the gospell of Christ because it is the power of God vnto saluacyon to euery one that beleueth to the Iewe fryst and also to the gentyle For by it is the ryghtewesnes of God opened ☞ froÌ„ fayth to fayth As it is wrytten the iust shal lyue by fayth For y â— wrath of God apeareth from heauen agaynste all vngodlynes and vnryghtewesnes of men whiche withholde the trueth in vnryghtewesnes seynge that it whiche may be knowen of God is manifest amonge them For God hath shewed it vnto theÌ„ Yee his inuisyble thinges that is to saye his eternall power and godhed are sene for as much as they are vnderstande by the workes from the creacyon of the worlde So that they are without excuse because that when they knewe God they glorified him not as God nether were thankfull but wexed full of vanities in theyr ymagynacyons and theyr folysh herte was blynded When they counted them selues wyse they became fooles and turned the glory of the immortal God vnto an ymage made not onely after the similitude of a mortal man but also of byrdes and foure foted beastes of crepynge beastes Wherfore God gaue them vp vnto theyr hertes iustes to vnclennes to defyle theyr owne bodies among theÌ„ selues which turned his trueth vnto a lye worshypped and serued the thinges that be made more then hym that made them which is blessed for euer Amen Wherfore God gaue them vp vnto shamfull lustes For euen theyr wemen dyd chaunge the naturall vse in to that whiche is agaynste nature And lyke wyse also the men left the natural vse of the woman and brent in theyr lustes one with another meÌ„ with men wrought filthynes and receaued to them selues the rewarde of theyr erroure as it was accordynge â–ª And as they regarded not to knowe God euen so God delyuered them vp vnto a lewde mynde that they shuld do those thinges whiche were not comly beinge ful of al vnrightteousnesse fornicacion wyckednes coueteousnes malycyousnes full of enuye murther debate disseyÌ„te euyll coÌ„dicyoned whysperers backbyters haters of God doers of wronge proude boasters bringers vp of euyll thynges disobedyent to father and mother without vnderstandynge couenaunte breakers vnlouynge trace breakers vnmerciful Which men though they knewe the ryghtewesnes of God âšœ consydred nat howe that they which coÌ„myt suche thynges are worthy of deeth not only âšœ they that do the same but also âšœ they whyche haue pleasure in them that do them ¶ He rebuketh the Iewes whiche as touchynge synne are lyke the Heathen CAPI II. THerfore art thou inexcusable O man whosoeuer thou be that ☞ iudgest For in that same wherin thou iudgest another thou condemnest thy selfe For thou that iudgest doest euen the same selfe thynges But we are sure that the iudgement of God is accordynge to trueth agaynst theÌ„ which coÌ„myt luch thynges Thynkest thou this O thou man that iudgest them which do suche thynges and doest euen the very same thy selfe that thou shalt escape the iudgement of God Ether despysest thou the ryches of his goodnes and pacyence long sufferaunce not knowynge that the kyndnes of God leadeth the to repentaunce But thou after thy stubburnesse and herte that cannot repente heapest vnto thy selfe wrath against the daye of vengeaunce when shal be opened the ryghtewes iudgement of God whiche wyll rewarde euery man ☞ accordynge to his dedes that is to saye prayse honoure and immortalyte to them whiche contynue in good doyng and seke immortalyte But vnto them that are rebelles and that do not obeye the trueth but folowe vnryghteousnes shall come indignacyon and wrath trybulacyon and anguyshe vpon the soule of euery man that do the euyll of the Iew fyrst and also of the Gentyle To euery man that do the good shall come prayse and honoure and peace to the Iewe fyrst and also to the Gentyll For there is no respecte of parsonnes with God For whosoeuer hath synned without lawe shall also peryshe without lawe And as many as haue synned in the lawe shal be iudged by the law For in the syght of God they are not ryghteous whiche heare the lawe But the doers of the lawe shal be iustifyed For whaÌ„ the Gentyls which haue not the lawe ☞ do of nature the thynges contayned in the lawe then they hauynge not the lawe are a
haue not receyued the spyryte of bondage to feare any more but ye haue receyued the spyryte of adopcyon wher by we crye Abba father The same spyryte certyfyeth our spyryte that we are the sonnes of God Yf we be sonnes then are we also heires the heyres I meane of God and heyres anexed wyth Chryste yf so be that we suffre wyth hym that we may be also gloryfyed together with him ⊢ ✚ For I suppose that the afflyccyons of this lyfe are not worthy of the glory whiche shall be shewed vpon vs. For the feruent desyre of the creature abydeth lokyng when the sonnes of God shall appeare because the creature is subdued to vanyte agaynste the wyll therof but for his wyll whyche hathe subdued the same in hope For the same creature shall be delyuered from the bondage of corruptyon into the gloryous lybertye of the sonnes of god For we know that euery creature groneth with vs also and trauayleth in payne euen vnto this tyme. Not onely it but we also whiche haue ☞ the fyrst frutes of the spyryte mourne in ourselues also and wayte for the adopcyon âšœ of the chyldren of God euen the delyueraunce of our body ⊢ ✚ For we are sauyd by hope But hope that is sene is no hope For howe can a man hope for that which he seyth But and yf we hope for that we se not then do we with pacience abyde for it Lykewyse the spirite also helpeth our in firmyties For we knowe not what to desyre as we ought but the spyryte maketh intercessyon for vs with gronynges whyche can not be expressed And he that searcheth the hertes knoweth what is the meanynge of the spyryte for he maketh intercessyon for the Saynctes accordynge to the pleasure of God ⊢ ✚ We know that all thynges worke for the best vnto them that loue God whiche also are called of purpose For those whiche he knewe before he also ordayned before that they shuld be lyke fashyoned vnto the shape of hys sonne that he myght be the fyrste begotten sonne amonge many brethren More ouer whom he appoynted before them also he called And ☞ whom he hath called theÌ„ also he iustyfied and whom he iustyfied theÌ„ he also gloryfyed What shal we then say to these thinges yf God be on our side who can be agaynst vs which spared not his owne sonne but gaue him for vs al howe can it be that with him he shulde not gyue vs all thinges also Who shall lay any thynge to the charge of Goddes chosen it is God that iustyfyeth who is he that can condempne it is Christe whyche dyed yee rather whyche is rysen agayne whiche is also on the ryght hande of God and maketh intercessyon for vs. Who shall seperate vs from the loue of Gode shal tribulacion or anguyshe or persecucion eyther honger eyther nakednesse eyther parel eyther swearde As it is wrytten for thy sake are we kylled al day long and are counted as Shepe appoynted to be slayne Neuerthelesse in all these thynges we ouercome thorowe hym that loued vs. For I am sure that neyther death neyther lyfe neyther Angels nor rule nether power neither thynges present neyther thinges to come neither heygth neither loweth nether any other creature shal be able to depart vs from the loue of God whiche is in Christe â—esu our Lorde ⊢ ¶ Paulâ— complayneth vpon the hard hertes of the â—ewes that wolde not receyue Chryste and howe the Heythen aâ—â— chosen in theyr slende CAPI IX I Saye the trueth in Chryste and lye not my canscyence also bearyng me wytnes by the holy ghoste that I haue great heuynesse and contynual sorowe in my hert For I haue wyshed my selfe to be cursed from Christ for my brethren my kynsmen as pertaynyng to the flesshe whiche are the Israelites To whome partayneth the adopcyon âšœ of the chyldren and the glory and the couenauntes and the lawe that was gyuen the seruyce of God and the promises whose also are the fathers and they of whome as concernyge the flesshe Christe came whiche is God in all thynges to be praysed for euer Amen I speake not these thynges as thought the wordes of god had take none effect For they are not all Israelytes whyche are of Israel neither are they al chyldren straight way that are the sede of Abraham But in Isaac shall thy sede be called that is to say they whiche are the chyldren of the flesshe are not the children of God But they which be the chyldren of promesse are counted the sede For this is a worde of promes aboute this tyme wyl I come and Sara shal haue a sonne Not onely this but also Rebecca was w t chylde by one euen by our father Isaac For er the chyldren were borne when they had neither done good neither bad that the purpose of God by eleccyon might staÌ„de it was sayde vnto her not by the reason of workes but by the caller the elder shall serue the yonger As it is wrytten Iacob haue I loued but Esau haue I hated What shall we say then is there any vnrightuousnes with God God forbyd For he sayeth to Moises I wyl shew mercy to whom soeuer I shew mercy and wyl haue compassyon on whomsoeuer I haue compassion So lyeth it not then in a mans wyll or cunnynge but in the mercye of God For the scripture sayeth vnto Pharao euen for thys same purpose haue I stered the vp to shewe my power on the and that my name myghte be declared thorowe out al the worlde So hath he mereye on whom he wyl and whom he wyll he maketh harde herted Thou wylte say then vnto me why then blameth he vs yet For who hath bene able to resyst his wyll But O man what arâ—e thou whiche disputest with God â–ª Shall the worke say to the worke man why hast thou made me on this fashyon Hath not the potter power ouer the clay eueÌ„ of the same â—oÌ„pe to make one vessel vnto honoure and another vn to dyshonoure Euen so God wyllyng to shew his wrath and to make his power knowen suffered wyth longe pacyence the vessels of wrathe ordayned to dampnacyon and to declare the ryches of his glorye on the vessels of mercye whiche he had prepared vnto glorye whom also he called not of the Iewes onely but also of the Gentyls As he sayeth also to Oseâ— I wyll call them my people whiche were not my people and her beloued whiche was not beloued her to haue optained mercy yhat had not optayned mercy And it shal come to passe that in the place where it was sayd vnto them ye are not my people there shall they be called the chyldren of the lyuyng god But doctryne Let hym that exhorteth gyue attendaunce to his exhortacion If any man gyue let hym do it with synglenes Let him that ruleth do it with dilygence If any maÌ„ shewe mercy let hym do it with
the teÌ„ple What saye I then that the ymage is any thynge or that it whiche is offered to ymages is anything Nay but this I saye that the thynges whiche the gentyls offer they offer to deuyls and not to God ✚ I wolde not that ye shulde haue felly shyp w t the deuyls Ye can not drynke of the cup of the Lorde of the cup of deuyls Ye caÌ„not be the partakers of the Lordes table and of y â— table of deuelles Ether do we prouoke the Lorde Are we stronger then he I maye do all thynges but all thynges are not expedient I maye do all thynges but all thynges edifye not Let no maÌ„ seke that whiche is his owne but let euery man seke that whiche belongeth to another Whatsoeuer is solde in the flesshe market that eate and aske no questyon for conscyence sake For the earth is the Lordes and all that therin is If any of them which beleue not byd you to a feast ye be dysposed to go whatsoeuer is set before you eate askinge no questyon for coÌ„science sake But and yf any man saye vnto you this is offred vnto ymages eate not of it for his sake that shewed it and for coÌ„science sake The earth is the Lordes all that therin is CoÌ„science I saye not thyne but of the other For why is my liberte iudged of another mannes coÌ„science For yf I take my parte with thankes why am I euell spoken of for that thynge wherfore I geue thankes Whether therfore ye eate or drynke or whatsoeuer ye do do all to the prayse of God ⊢ Se that ye geue none accasyon of euell nether to the Iewes nor yet to the gentyls nether to the congregacyon of God euen as I please all men in all thynges not sekynge myne owne profet but the profet of many that they myght be saued ¶ He rebuketh them for the abuse and misordre that they had aboute the Sacramente of the bodye and bloude of Chryste and bryngeth them agayne to the fyrst instruccyon CAPI XI BE ye the folowers of me as I am the folower of Christ. I coÌ„mende you brethren that ye remeÌ„ber me in al thinges and kepe the ordinaunces euen as I delyuered theÌ„ to you But I wold haue you to knowe that Chryst is the heed of euery maÌ„ And the man is the womans heed And God is Christes heed Euery man prayenge or prophesyinge hauinge any thynge on his heed shameth his heed Euery woman y â— prayth or prophesieeh bare headed dishonesteth her heade For y â— is euen all one as yf she were shauen If the womaÌ„ be not couered let her also be shorne If it be shame for a woman to be shorne or shaueÌ„ let her couer her heed A man ought not to couer his heed for as much as he is the ymage and glory of God But the woman is the glorye of the man For the man is not of the woman but the woman of the man Nether was the man created for the womans sake but the woman for the mannes sake For this cause ought the woman ☞ to haue power on her heed for the angels sakes Neuerthelesse nether is the man w t out the woman nether the womaÌ„ without the maÌ„ in the Lorde For as the woman is of the man euen so is the man by the woman but all of God Iudge in your selues whether it be coâ—ly y t a woman praye vnto God bare heeded Doth not nature it selfe teach you that it is a shame for a man yf he haue longe heete a prayse to a woman yf she haue longe heer For her heer is geuen her to couer her w t all If any maÌ„ lust to stryue we haue no suche custome nether the congregacyons of God This I warne you of and commende not that ye come not together after a better maner but after a worsse For fyrst of all when ye come together in the coÌ„gregacyon I heare that there is dissencioÌ„ amonge you and I partely beleue it For there must be sectes amonge you that they which are perfect amoÌ„ge you myght be knoweÌ„ ✚ When ye come together therfore in one place the Lordes supper can not be eaten For euery man begynneth afore to eate his owne supper And one is hongry another is dronken Haue ye not houses to eate to drynke in Despyce ye the congregacyon of God and shame them that haue not What shall I saye vnto you shal I praise you In this prayse I you not ⊢ ✚ That which I delyuered vnto you I receaued of the Lorde For the Lorde Iesus the same nyght in whiche he was betrayed toke breed and whan he had geueÌ„ thankes he brake it and sayde Take ye and eate this is my bodye whiche is broken for you This do ye in the remebraunce of me After the same maner also hâ— toke the cup when supper was done sayinge Thys cup is the newe Testament in my bloude This do as oft as ye dryncke it in remeÌ„braunce of me For as often as ye shall eate this breed and drynke this cup Ye shall shewe the Lordes deeth tyll he come Wherfore whosoeuer shall eate of this bread or drynke of the cup of the Lorde vnworthely shal be gylty of the body bloud of the Lorde But let a man examen hym selfe and so let hym eate of the breed and drynke of the cup. For he y â— eateth or drynketh vnworthely eateth drynketh his owne damnacion because he maketh no dyffereÌ„ce of the Lordes body For this cause many are weake sycke amonge you and many slepe For If we had iudged oure selues we shulde not haue bene iudged But when we are iudged of the Lorde we are chastened that we shulde not be damned with the worlde Wherfore my brethren when ye come together to eate cary one for another If any man honger let hym eate at home that ye come not together vnto coÌ„deÌ„nacyon ⊢ Other thynges wyl I set morder when I come ¶ The dyuersite of the gyftes of the holy gâ—oâ—â—e geuen to the comforth and edyfyenge of one another as the members of a mans body sâ—â—ue one another CAPI XII COncernynge spyrituall thynges brethren I wolde not haue you ignorauÌ„t ✚ â—e knowe that ye were gentils and went your wayes vnto domne ymages euen as ye were â—ed Wherfore I declare vnto you that no maÌ„ speakynge by the spirit of God defyeth Iesus Also no man can saye that Iesus is the Lorde but by the holy goost There are dyuersytes of gyftes yet but one spirit And there are dyfferences of admynystracyons and yet but one Lorde And ther are dyuers maners of operacions and yet but one God ☞ whiche worcketh all in all The gyft of the spirit is geuen to euery man to edifye withall For to one is geuen thorowe the spiryt the vtteraunce of wysdome To another is geuen the vtteraunce of knowledge by the
confermed afore of God vnto Chryste warde to make the promes of none effecte For yf the inheritaunce come of the lawe it commeth not nowe of promes But God gaue it vnto Abraham by promes Wherfore theÌ„ serueth y â— law The lawe was added because of traÌ„sgressioÌ„ tyl y â— seed came to whom the promes was made it was ordeyned by Angels in the hande of a mediator A mediator is not a mediator of one But God is one Is the lawe then agaynst the promes of God God forbyd For yf there had bene a lawe geuen whiche coulde haue geuen lyfe then no doute ryghtewesnes shulde come by the lawe But the scrypture ⧠The epystle of Saynt Paul the apostle vnto the Ephesyans ¶ The euerlastynge ordynaunce and eleccyon of God in sauynge all men thorowe Chryste Iesus his sonne we are ordened vnto good workes The dominion of Chryste CAPI I. PAul an apostle of Iesus Chryst by the wyl of God To the Saynctes whiche are at Ephesus and to them whiche beleue on Iesus Chryste Grace be with you peace from God oure father and from the Lorde Iesu Chryste Blessed be God the father of oure Lorde Iesus Chryst whiche hath blessed vs with all maner of spirituall blessynge in heuenly thynges by Chryste accordynge as he had chosen vs in him before the foundacions of the worlde were layde that we shuld be holy and without blame before him thorowe loue which ordeyned vs before thorow Iesus Christ to be heyres vnto him selfe ' accordynge to the good pleasure of hys wyll to the prayse of the glorye of his grace where with he hath made vs accepted thorow the beloued By whom we haue redempcyon thorowe his bloude euen the forgeuenes of synnes accordynge to the ryches of hys grace wher of he hathe ministred vnto vs aboundantly in all wysdome and prudence And hathe opened vnto vs the mystery of hys wyll accordynge to hys good pleasure whiche he had purposed in hym selfe to haue it declared when the tyme was ful come that he myght set vp all thynges perfectly by Chryste bothe the thynges whiche are in heuen and the thynges which are in earth euen by hym by whom we are made heyres and were therto predestinate accordynge to the purpose of hym by whose power al thinges are wrought accordynge to the purpose of hys owne wyll that we whiche before beleued in Christ shulde be vnto the prayse of his glorye In whom also ye beleue for asmuche as we haue harde the worde of trueth euen the Gospel of your saluacyon wherin when ye had beleued ye were sealed with the holy spirit of promes which is the earnest of our in herytauÌ„ce for the recoueringe of the purchased possessioÌ„ vnto y â— prayse of his glory Wherfore I also after that I hearde of the fayth which ye haue in the Lorde Iesu and loue vnto all the Saynctes cease not to geue thanckes for you makynge mencyon of you in my prayers that the God of oure Lorde Iesus Christ the father of glory may geue vnto you the spyryte of wysdome and of reuelacion by the knowledge of him selfe and lyghten the eyes of youre myndes that ye maye knowe what the hope is where vnto he hathe called you and howe ryche the glory is of his inherytaunce vpon the sainctes what is y â— exceding greatnes of his power to vs warde which beleue according to the workyng of that his myghty power whiche he wrought in Christe when he raysed him from the deed and set hym on hys ryght hande in heauenly thynges aboue all rule and power and myght and domynyon and aboue euery name that is named not in this worlde onely but also in the worlde to come and hathe put al thynges vnder his fete and hathe made hym aboue all thynges the heed of the congregacyon whiche is hys body and the fulnes of hym that fylleth all in all ¶ Paul sheweth them what maner of people they were before theyr conuersyon and what they are nowe in Chryste CAPI II. AND you hathe he quyckened where as ye were deed in â—reaspasses synnes in the whiche in tyme passed ye walked according to the course of this worlde euen after the gouerner that ruleth in the ayer the spirit that nowe worketh in the chyldren of vnbelefe amonge whom we al had oure conuersacyon also in tyme past in the lustes of oure flesshe and fulfylled the lustes of oure flesshe and fulfylled the wyll of the flesshe and of the mynde and ☞ were by nature the chyldren of wrath euen as well as other But God which is rych in mercy for his great loue wherwith he loued vs euen wheÌ„ we were deed by synnes quickened vs together in Chryst by garce are ye saued and raysed vs vp together with hym and made vs sytte together with him amonge them of heauen in Christe Iesu. That in tyme to come he myght shewe y â— exceadynge ryches of hys grace in kyndnes to vs warde thorow Chryst Iesu. For by grace are ye made safe thorowe fayth that not of youre selues It is the gyfte of God and coÌ„meth not of workes lest any maÌ„ shuld boast him selfe For we are his worckmanshyppe created in Christ Iesu vnto good workes whych god ordayned that we shulde walke in them Wherfore remeÌ„bre that ye beyng in tyme passed Gentyls in the flesshe were called vncircumcysyon from that whiche is called circumcision in the flesshe whiche circumcisyon is made by handes Remembre I say that at that tyme ye were without Christe beyng alâ—aÌ„tes froÌ„ the coÌ„meÌ„ welth of Israel straungers froÌ„ the testamentes of the promes and had no hope were without God in this worlde But nowe by the meanes of Christ Iesu ye whiche somtyme were farre of are made nye by the bloude of Christ. For he is our peace whiche hath made of both one and hathe broken downe the wall that was a stoppe bitwene vs and hath also put awaye thorowe hys flesshe ☞ the cause of hatred euen the lawe of commaundemeÌ„tes coÌ„tayned in the law wrytten for to make of â—wane one newe man in hym selfe so makyng peace and to reconcile both vnto God in one body thorow the crosse slew hatred thereby and came preached peace to you whiche were a farre of to them that were nyâ— For thorow hiÌ„ we both haue an entrauÌ„ce in one spirite vnto the father ✚ Nowe therfore ye are not straungers foreners but cytesyns with the sayntes and of the housholde of God and are bylt vpon the foundacion of the Apostles and Prophetes Iesus Christ him selfe beynge the head corner stone in whom what buyldyng soeuer is coupled togyther it groweth vnto an holy temple in the Lorde in whom ye also are buylt togyther to be an habitacion of God thorow the âšœ holy ghost ⊢ ¶ He sheweth the cause of hys presonmente desyreth them not to saynte because of his
trouble and prayeth God to make them stedfast in his spirits CAPI III. FOr thys â—ause I Paule am a prysoner of Iesus Christ for you Heythen If ye haue hearde of the ministracyon of the grace of God which is gyuen me to you ward for by reuelacyon shewed he the mystery vnto me as I wrote afore in fewe wordes wherby when ye reade ye may vnderstande my knowledge in the mystery of Christ whiche mistery in tymes passed was not opened vnto the soÌ„nes of men as it is nowe declared vnto his holy Apostles and Prophetes by the spyrit that the Gentyls shulde be inheritours also of the same body partakers of his promes in Christ by the meanes of the Gospell wherof I am made a mynyster accordynge to the gyfte of the grace of God whiche is gyuen vnto me after the workyng of his power Unto me the least of al saynctes is this grace gyuen that I shulde preache amonge the Gentylles the vnsearcheable ryches of Chryste and to make al men se what felowshyppe of the mysterye is * whyche frome the begynnyng of the worlde hath bene hyd in God whych made al thynges thorow Iesus Chryste to the intente that nowe vnto the rulers and powers in heauenly thynges might be knowen by the congregacion the manyfold wysdome of God accordyng to the eternall purpose whiche he wrought in Christ Iesu our Lord by whom we haue boldnesse and entrauÌ„ce with the confydence whiche is by the fayth of him ✚ Wherfore I desyre that ye faynt not because of my trybulacioÌ„s that I suffre for your sakes whiche is youre prayse For this cause I bowe my knees vnto the father of our Lorde Iesus Christ whiche is father ouer all that is called father in Heauen and in earth that he wolde graunt you accordynge to the ryches of hys glorye that ye may be strengthed with myght by his spirite in the inner man that Christ may dwell in your hertes by fayth that ye beyng roted and grouÌ„ded in loue myght be able to comprehende wyth all Saynctes what is that bredth and length deepth and heyth and to knowe the excellente loue of the knowledge of Christ that ye myght be fulfylled with al fulnes whiche commeth of God Unto hym that is able to do excedynge abouÌ„dantly aboue al that we aske or thinke accordyng to the power that worketh in vs be prayse in the coÌ„gregacyon by Iesê° Christ thoroweout all generacyons from tyme to tyme. Amen ¶ He exhorteth them vnto mekenes to laye asyde the olde conuersacyon of gredy lustes and to walcke in a newe lyfe CAPI IIII. I Therfore whyche am a prysonner of the Lordes exhorte you that ye walke worthy of the vocacyon wherwith ye are called with all lowlynes and mekenes wyth humblenes of mynde forbearynge one another thorowe loue and be diligent to kepe the vnite of the spirite thorow the bonde of peace beynge one body and one spirite euen as ye are called in one hope of your callynge Let there be but one Lorde one fayth one baptyme one God and father of all whyche is aboue al thorow al and in you all ⊢ ✚ Unto euery one of vs is gyuen grace accordynge to the measure of the gyfte of Christ. Wherfore he sayeth whan he went vp an hye he ledde captiuitye captyue and gaue gyftes vnto men That he ascended what meaneth it but that he also descended fyrste into the lowest partes of the earth He that desceÌ„ded is euen the same also that ascended vp aboue all heauens to fulfyl al thynges And the very same made some Apostles some Prophetes some Euangelystes some Shepherdes and Teachers to the edifying of the saynctes to the worke and ministracyon euen to the edifying of the body of Chryst tyll we al come to the vnyte of fayth and knowledge of the sonne of God vnto a perfecte man vnto the measure of the full perfecte age of Chryste ⊢ That we hence forth shulde be no more chyldren waueryng and caried about with euery wynde of doctryne by the wylynes of men thorowe craftynes wherby they laye a wayte for vs to deceyue vs. But let vs folowe the trueth in loue and in all thynges growe in hym whiche is the heade euen Christ in whom yf all the body be coupled knet togyther thorowe out euery ioynt wherwith one mynistreth to another accordynge to the operacyon as euery parte hath his measure he increseth the body vnto the edifying of it self thorowe loue ✚ This I say therfore and testyfye thorow the Lord that ye hence forth walke not as other Gentylles walcke in vanyte of their mynde while they are blynded in their vnderstandyng beyng farre from a godly lyfe by the meanes of the ignorancy that is in them because of the blyndnes of theyr hertes whiche beyng past repentaunce haue gyuen them selues ouer vnto wantoÌ„nes to worke all maner of vnclennes euen with gredines But ye haue not so learned Christ If so be that ye haue hearde of him haue bene taught in him as the truth is in Iesu as concernynge the conuersacyon in tyme past to laye from you that olde man whych is corrupte accordynge to the deceauable lustes ⊢ ✚ To be renued also in the spirite of your mynde to put on that new man which after God is shapen in rightuousnes and true holynes Wherefore put awaye lyinge and speake euery man trueth vnto hys neyghboure for as muche as we are members one of another ☞ Be angrye and synne not let not the soÌ„ne go downe vpon your wrath neyther giue place vnto the backbiter Let hym that stole steale nomore but let him rather labour with his handes the thyng whiche is good that he may giue vnto him that nedeth ⊢ Let no fylthy communicacion procede out of your mouth but that whiche is good to edyfy withal as oft as nede is that it may mynyster grace vnto the hearers And greue not ye the holy spiryte of God by whom ye are sealed vnto the daye of redempcyon Let all bytternes and fearsnesse and wrath and rorynge and cursed speakyng be put awaye from you with all malycyousnes Be ye curteous one to another mercyful forgeuyng one another euen as God for Christes sake hath forgeuen you ¶ He exhorteth them vnto loue warneth them to be ware of al vnclennesse He teacheth howe women shuld obey their husbandes and howe louyngly men ought to intreate theyâ— wyues CAPI V. BE ye therfore folowers of God as dere chyldren and walke in loue euen as Christe loued vs and gaue hym selfe for vs an offerynge and a sacrycye of a swete sauer to God As for fornicacyon and al vncleÌ„nes or couetousnes let it not be once named amonge you as it becommeth sanctes or fylthynes or folyshe talkynge or testyng which are not comly but rather gyuynge of thankes For this ye know that no whoremonger ether vncleane person or couetous person which is
myght walke worthy of the Lord that in all thynges ye may please beynge fruteful in all goad workes and encreasynge in the knowledge of God streÌ„gtned withat might thorowe hys gloryous power vnto all pacyence and longe sufferyng with ioyfulnes ⊢ geuyng thaÌ„kes vnto the father which hath made vs mete to be partakers of the inheritaunce of sayntes in lyght Which hath delyuered vs from the power of derknes and hath translated vs into the kyngdome of his dere sonne by whom we haue redepcion thorow his blode eueÌ„ the for gyuenes of synnes whyche is the ymage of the inuisible God fyrst begotten of al creatures For by him were al thinges created that are in heauen and that are in erth vylible and inuisible whether they be maiesty or Lordshyp eyther rule or power Al thynges were created by hym for him and he is before al thynges and by him al thynges haue theyr beyng And he is the heade of the body euen of the congregacyon he is the begynnyng and fyrst begotteÌ„ of the dead that in all thinges he myght haue the preeminence For it pleased the father that in him shulde all fulnes â—wel by hym to reconcyle al thyng vnto hym self to set at peace by him thorow the bloud of his crosse both thynges in heauen and thinges in earth And you which were somtyme farre of and enemyes because your myndes were set in euyll worckes hath he nowe yet reconcyled in the body of hys flesshe thorow death to make you holy and vnblameable with out faute in his owne syght yf ye contynue grounded and stablysshed in the fayth and be not moued awaye from the hope of the Gospell wherof ye haue herde howe that it is preached amonge all cratures which are vnder heauen wherof I Paule am made a mynister Nowe ioy I in my suffrynges for you and fulfyl that whiche is behynde of the passyons of Christ in my flesshe for his bodyes sake which is the congregacyon wherof I am made a minyster accordyng to the ordinaunce of God which ordynaunce was gyuen me vnto you warde to fulfyll the worde of God that mystery which hath bene hyd sence the worlde beganne sence the begynnyng of generacyons but now is opened to his Sainctes to whom God wolde make knowen what the glorious riches of this mistery is amonge the Gentyls whiche ryches is Christ in you the hope of glory whom we preach warnyng all men and teachynge all men in as wysdome to make all men perfect in Christ Iesu. Wherin I also laboure and stryue euen as farforth as his strength worketh in me myghtely ¶ What greate care Paule toke for all Congregacyons He eruorteth theÌ„ to be sted fast in Christe to be ware of 〈◊〉 teachers and worldely wysdome and descrybethâ— the 〈◊〉 Prophetes CAPI II. FOr I wolde that ye knewe howe great care that I haue for you and for them that are at Laodicia and for as many as haue not sene my person in the flesshe that their hertes myght be comforted whan they are knet togyther in loue and in al riches of full vnderstaÌ„dyng for to know the mystery of god the father of Chryste in whom are hyd al the treasures of wysdome and knowledge This I say lest any man shuld begyle you with entisyng wordes For though I be absent in the flesshe yet am I with you in the spirit ioyinge and be holdynge your order and your stedfast fayth in Christe As ye haue therfore receyued Christ Iesu the Lorde euen so walke ye in him so that ye be roted buylt in hym and stablished thorow fayth as ye haue learned therin be plentutuous with geuyng thankes ✚ Beware least any man spoyle you thorowe Pholosophy and dysceatful vanytye after the tradicyon of men and after the ordynaunces of the worlde and not after Christ. For in him dwelleth at the fulnes of the god head bodely ye are â—â—plete in him whiche is the head of al rule and power by whoÌ„ also ye are circuÌ„cysed with circuÌ„cisyd whych is done without handes for asmuch as ye haue put of the synful body of the flesshe thorow the circuÌ„cision that is in Chryst in that ye are buried with him thorow bap tyme in whom ye are also rysen agayne tho rowe fayth that is wrought by the operacy on of God whiche raysed him from death And ye whaÌ„ ye were dead thorow synne and thorowe the vncyrcumcysion of youre flesshe hath he guyckened with hym hath forgyuen vs all our trespaces ⊢ and hathe put out the haÌ„de wrytyng that was against vs contayned in the law wrytten and that hath he taken out of the way and hath faste ned it to his crosse and hath spoyled rule and power and hath made a shewe of them openly and hath tryumphed ouer them in his owne person Let no man therfore trouble your coÌ„scyen ce aboute meate and dryncke or for a pece of an holy daye or of the newe Mone or of the Saboth dayes whiche are shaddowes of thiÌ„ges to come but the body is in Christ. Let no man make you shot at a wronge marcke by the huÌ„blenes holynes of angels in the thynges which he neuer sawe beyng causelesse puft vp with his fleshly mynde and holdeth not the head wherof al the body by ioyn tes and couples receyueth norysshment and is knet together and increaseth with the increasyng that commeth of God Wherfore yf ye be dead with Christ from the ordinauÌ„ces of the world why as though ye yet lyued in the world are ye led with tradicions Touche not tast not handle not whiche al peryshe thorowe the very abuse after the commaundementes and doctrynes of men which thynges outwardly haue the symilitude of wysdome by superstycion and humblenes and by hurting of the body and in that they do the flesshe no worshyppe vnto the nede therof ¶ He putteth them in remembraunce of the spirytuall resurreccyon to laye asyde all maner of corrupte lyuyng to be frutefull in all godlynisie and vertue and sheweth all degrees their duetye CAPI III ✚ IF ye be then rysen agayne with Chryste seke those thiges which are aboue where Christe sytteth on the ryght hande of God Set youre affeccyon on thinges that are aboue and not on thynges whiche are on the earth For ye are dead and your lyfe is hyd with Christ in God When soeuer Chryste which is our lyfe shal shewe him selfe then shall ye also appere with him in glory ⊢ ☞ Mortyfie therfore your earthy membres fornycacion vnclennes vnnaturall lust euyll coucupyscence and couetousnes which is worshyppyng of ydoles for which thynges sake the wrathe of God vseth to come on the chyldren of vnbelefe amonge whom ye walcked somtyme when ye lyued in them But nowe put ye also awaye from you all such thinges wrath fearsnes maliciousnes cursed speaking filthy coÌ„municacion out of your mouth Lye not one to another
you for ye youre selues knowe perfectly that the daye of the Lorde shal come euen as a thefe in the nyght For when they shal saye peace and all thynges are safe then shall soden destruccion come vpon them as sorowe coÌ„meth vpon a woman traualynge wyth chylde and they shall not scape But ye brethren are not in darcknes that that day shulde come on you as a thefe ✚ Ye are al the children of lyght and the chyldren of the daye We are not of the night nether of darcknes Therfore let vs not slepe as do other â–ª but let vs watch and be sober For they that slepe in that nyght and they that be droncken are droncken in the nyght But let vs which are of the day be sober armed with the brest plate of faith and loueâ— and wyth hope of saluacyon for an helmet For God hathe not apoynted vs to prouoke wrathe vnto oure selues but to obtayne saluacyon by the meanes of oure Lorde Iesu Christ which dyed for vsâ—tuâ—t whether we wake or slepe we shuld lyue together with hym Wherfore comforte youre selues together edify euery one another euen as ye do ⊢ We besech you brethrâ— that ye knowe them which labour among you and haue the ouer syght of you in the Lord and geue you exhortacyon that ye haue them in hye reputacyon thorowe loue for theyr worckes sake and be at peace wyth them ✚ We desyre you brethren warne them that are vnruly comforte the feble minded lyft vp the weake be pacyente towarde all men Se that none recompence euyll for euyll vnto any man but euer folowe that whiche is good both amonge youre selues and to all men Reioyce euer ☞ Praye contynually In all thinges geue thankes For thys is the wyll of God thorowe Christ Iesu towarde you Quenche not the spyrite Despyse not prophesyinges Examen all thynges kepe that which is good Abstayne front all cuyl appearaunce The very God of peace sanctyfye you thorowe out And I praye God that your whole spirite and soule and body may be preserued so that in nothing ye may be blamed in the commynge of oure Lorde Iesus Christ. Faythfull is he which called you which wyll also do it Brethren praye for vs. Grete all the bethren wyth an holy kysse I charge you in the Lord that this Epistle he red vnto all the holy brethren The grace of the Lorde Iesus Chryste be wyth you Amen ¶ The fyrste Epystle vnto the Thessalonyans was written from Athens ⧠The seconde Epistle of Sainct Paul the Apostle to the Thessalonyans ¶ He thanketh God for theyr fayth and 〈◊〉 and prayeth for the encrease of the same CAPI I. PAule and Syluanus and Tymotheus Unto the congregacyon of the Thessalonyans in God our father and in the Lord Iesus Chryst. Grace be vnto you and peace from God oure father and from the Lorde Iesus Chryste We are bounde to thanke god alwayes for you brethren as it is mete because that youre faythe groweth exceadyngly and euery one of you swymmeth in loue towarde another betwene your selues so that we our selues boaste of you in the congregacyons of God ouer your pacyence and fayth in all youre persecucyons and tribulacyons that ye suffre whiche is a token of the rightwes iudgement of God that ye are counted worthy of the kyngdome of God for whiche ye also suffre It is veryly a ryghtewes thyng with God to recompence trybulacyon to them that trouble you and to you whiche are troubled reste with vs when the Lorde Iesus shall shewe hym selfe from heauen wyth the Aungels of hys power wyth flamynge fyre which shall rendre vengeaunce vnto them that knowe not God and that obeye not the Gospell of oure Lorde Iesus Chryste whiche shall be punysshed wyth tuerlastynge damnacyon from the presence of the LORDE and from the glorye of his power when he shall come to be glorifyed in hys saynctes and to become maruelous in all them that beleue because oure testymony that we had to you was belieued euen the same daye Wherfore we praye alwayes for you that oure God wyll make you worthy of thys callynge and fulfyll all delectacyon of goodnes and the worcke of faythe wyth power that the name of oure Lorde Iesus Chryste maye be gloryfyed by you and ye by hym accordynge to the grace of oure God and of the Lorde Iesus Chryst. ¶ He sheweth them that the daye of the Lorde shall not come tyl the depuâ—ting from the cayâ—h come fyrst and therfore he exhorteth them not to be disâ—â—â—ued but to sta 〈…〉 in the thynges that he hath taught them CAPI II. WE beseche you brethren by the commynge of oure Lorde Iesu Christ and in that we shal assemble vnto hym that ye be not sodenly moued from youre mynde nor be troubled neyther by spyryte neyther by wordes nor yet by letter whiche shulde seme to come from vs as though the daye of Chryst were at hande Let no man deceaue you by any meanes for the Lorde shall not come excepte there come a departynge fyrste and that that synfull man be opened the sonne of perdicion whiche is an aduersary and is exalted aboue al that is called god or that is worshypped so that he dothe syt in the temple of god boastynge hymselfe to be god Remember ye not that when I was yet with you I tolde you these thynges And nowe ye knowe what withholdeth euen that he myght be vttered at hys tyme. For the mysterye of the inyquyte doeth all readye worcke tyll he whiche nowe onelye letteth be taken out of the waye And then shall that wycked be vttered whome the Lorde shal consume wyth the spyryte of his mouthe and shall destroye with the appearaunce of hys commyng ⊢ euen him whose comming is after the workynge of Satan with all lyinge power sygnes and wonders and with all deceuablenes of vnâ—ightwesnes among them that peryshe â–ª because they receaued not the loue of the truth that they myght be saued And therfore God shal sende them stronge delusyon that they shulde beleue lyes that all they myghte be damned which beleued not the trueth but had pleasure in vnryghtwesues But we are bounde to geue thanckes alwaye to god for you brethren beloued of the Lorde for because that god hathe from the begynnynge chosen you to saluacyon thorowe sanctyfyinge of the spyryte and thorowe beleuynge of the trueth wher vnto be called you by oure Gospell to obtayne the glorye of oure Lorde Iesu Christe ✚ Therfore brethren staÌ„de fast kepe the ordinauÌ„ces which ye haue learned whether it were by our preachiÌ„ge or by Epystle Our Lorde Iesu Christ hym selfe and God oure father whiche hathe loued vs hath geuen vs euerlastynge coÌ„solacyon and good hope thorowe grace comforte youre hertes stablysshe you in al good sayenge and doynge ¶ He desyreth them to praye for hym that the Gospel maye prospere and geueth them
properâ—â—â— also requâ—red in a deacon or mynyster CAPI III. THYS is a true saying If a man desyre the offyce of a Bysshoppe he desyreth an honest worke A Bysshoppe therfore must be blamels the husbande of one wyfe dilygent sober discrete a keper of hospitalyte apte to teache not geuen to ouer much wyne no fyghter not gredy of fylthy lucre but getle abhorrynge fyghtynge abortyng coueteousnes one that ruleth wel his owne house one that hath chyldren in subieccyon with all reuerence For yf a maÌ„ cannot rule his owne house howe shall he care for the congracion of God He may not be a yonge scoler lest he swel fail into the iudgement of y â— euel speaker He must also haue a good reporte of the which are with out lest he fal into rebuke and snare of the euell speaker Lykewyse must the mynysters be honest not double tonged not geuen vnto muche wyne neyther gredy of fylthy lucre but holdynge the mystery of the fayth with a pure conscyence And let them fyrst be proued and then let them mynyster so that no man be able to reproue them Euen so muste theyr wyues be honest not euell speakers but sober and faythfull in all thynges Let the Deacons be the husbandes of one wyfe and succh as rule theyr chyldren wel and theyr owne houshouldes For they that mynyster well get themselues a good degre and greately bextye in the fayth whiche is in Christe Iesu. These thynges write I vnto y â— trusting to come shortely vnto the but yf I tarye longe that then thou mayst yet haue knowledge howe thou oughtest to behaue thy selle in the house of God whiche is the congregacyon of the lyuynge God the pyllar and grounde of trueth And without doute greate is that mystery of godlynes God was shewed in the â—â—esâ—he was ☞ iustifyed in the spyrit was sene amonge the Angels was preached vnto the geÌ„tyls was beleued on in earth and receaued vp in glory ¶ He Prophreyeth of the latter dayes and exhorteth Tymothe to be dilygent in readynge of the holy Scrypture CAPI IIII. THE spiryte speaketh euydently that in the latter tymes some shall departe froÌ„ the faythe shall geue hede vnto spirytes of errour and deuely she doctrines of them whiche speake false thorowe ypocrysie and haue their consciences marked with an hote yron forbyddinge to marye commaundyng to abstayne froÌ„ meates whiche God hath created to be receaued with geuyng thankê of them which beleue know the truthe For al the creatures of god are good and nothyng to be refused yf it be receaued with thankesgeuyng For it is sanctified by the worde of god prayer If thou put y â— brethren in remeÌ„braunce of these thynges y â— shalt be a good minister of Iesu christ which hast bene noryshed vp in y â— wordes of the fayth and of good doctryne whiche y â— hast contynually folowed But cast awaye vngostly and olde wyues fables Exercyse thy selfe rather vnto godlynes For bodely exercyse profyteth lytell but godlynes is profytable vnto all thinges as a thinge whiche hathe promyses of the lyfe that is nowe of the lyfe to come This is a sure sayinge and by all meanes worthy to be alowed For therfore we laboure and suffre rebuke because we beleue in y â— lyuing God whiche is the saueour of all men specyally of those that beleue Suche thynges coÌ„maunde and teache Let no man despice thy youth but he vnto them that beleue an ensample in worde in coÌ„uersacyon in loue in spyrit in fayth in purenes Tyl I come geue atteÌ„dauÌ„ce to reaÌ„dinge to exhortacyon to doctrine Despise not the gette that is in the whiche was geuen the thorowe prophesye with the layinge on of handes by the auctoryte of presthode These thynges exercyse and geue thy selfe vnto them that it maye be sene howe thou profetest in al thinges Take hede vnto thy selfe and vnto learnynge and contynue therin For yf thou shalt so do thou shalt saue thy selfe and them that heare the. ¶ He teacheth him howe he shal behaue hym selfe in rebukynge of all degrees An ordre concernynge wyddowes CAPI V. REbuke not an elder but exhorte hym as a father the yonger meÌ„ as brethreÌ„ the elder wemen as mothers the yonger as systers with all purenes Honoure wyddowes which are true wyddowes If any wyddowe haue children or nephewes let theÌ„ learne fyrst to rule their owne houses godly and to recompense theyr elders For that is good acceptable before God She that is a true wyddowe and freÌ„delesse putteth her trust in God and contynueth in supplicacyons and prayers nyght and daye But she that lyueth in pleasure is deed euen yet alyue And these thynges commaunde that they maye be without rebuke But yf any prouide not for is owne specyally for theÌ„ of his houshoulde the same hath denyed the fayth and is worsse then an infydell Let no wyddowe be chosed vnder threscore yere olde and suche a one as was the wyfe of one man and well reported of in good workes yf she haue brought vp chyldren yf she haue lodged straungers yf she haue wesshed the saynctes fete yf she haue mynystred vnto them whiche were in aduersytye yf she haue bene contynually geueÌ„ vnto all maner of good workes The yonger wyddowes refuse For when they haue begone to wexe wanton against Christ they wyll mary hauynge damnacyon because they haue cast awaye theyr fyrst fayth And also they learne to good from house to house ydle yee not ydle onely but also tryflynge and besybodyes speakynge thynges whych are not cumly I wyll therfore that the yonger wemen mary to beare chyldren to gyde the house and geue none occasyon to the aduersary to speake euyll For many of them are all ready turned back and are gone after Satan And yf any man or woman that beleueth haue wyddowes let theÌ„ mynyster vnto them let not the congregacion be charged that there maye be sufficyent for them that are wyddowes in dede The elders that rule well are worthy of double honoure most specially they whiche laboure in the worde teachynge For the scripture sayeth thou shalt not mossel the mouth of the â—xe y t treadeth out the corne And the labourer is worthy of his reward Agaynst an elder receaue â—one accusacion but vnder two or thre witnesses ☞ Them that synne rebuke openly that other also maye feare I testifye before God the Lorde Iesus Christ the electe angels that thou obserue these thynges without hastynesse of iudgement do nothige parcially Laye haÌ„des sodeÌ„ly on no maÌ„ nether be partaker of other meÌ„s synnes kepe thy selfe pure Drynke no lenger water but vse a lytell wyne for thy stoÌ„mackes sake and thyne often dyseases Some meÌ„nes sinnes are opeÌ„ before haÌ„de and go before vnto iugemeÌ„t and some mennes synnes folowe after Lykewyse also good workes are manifest before hande and they that
obedyent childreÌ„ that ye gyue not your selues ouer vnto your old lustes by whiche ye were led whan as yet ye were ignorauÌ„t of Christ but as he which called you is holy euen so be ye holy also in all maner of conuersacyon because it is wrytteÌ„ Be holy for I am holy And if so be that ye cal on the father which without respect of person iudgeth accordig to euery mannes worcke se that ye passe the tyme of your pylgremage in feare ✚ For as much as ye knowe how that ye were not redemed wyth corruptyble thynges as syluer golde from your vayne conuersacion which ye receiued by the tradicion of the fathers but w t the precious bloud of Christ as of a lambe vndefyled and without spot which was ordayned before hande euen before the world was made but was declared in the last tymes for your sakes whiche by his meanes do beleue on God that raised hiÌ„ vp froÌ„ death glorified him that ye might haue fayth and hope towarde God euen ye whiche haue puryfyed your soules thorowe the spirite in obeyng the trueth wyth brotherly loue vnfained se that ye loue one another w t a pure herte ferueÌ„tly for ye are borne a newe not of mortal sede but of immortal by the word of God whiche lyueth lasteth for euer For all flesshe is grasse and all the glory of maÌ„ is as the floure of grasse The gras wyddereth the floure falleth away but the word of the Lord endureth euer ⊢ And this is the worde which by the Gospel was preached vnto you ¶ He exhorteth men to laye asyde al vyce to abstayne from fleshely lustes and to obey worldly rulers Howe seruauntes shulde behaue them selues towade theyr masters He exhorteth to suffre after the ensample of Chryst. CAPI II. WHerfore laye asyde all maliciousnes and all gyle and faynednesse enuy and all backbyeynge â— as newe borne babes desyre ye that myleke not of the body but of the soule which is w t out disceyte that ye may grow therby â— vnto saluacyon If so be that ye haue â—â—sted howe gracious the Lord is to 〈◊〉 â—e 〈◊〉 as vnto a lyuyng stone disalowed of 〈◊〉 â–ª but chosen of god precious ye as 〈◊〉 stones are made a spirituall house 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 presthode for to offre vp spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Iesus Christ. Wherfore it is contained also in the scripture â— beholde I put in Syon a stone to be layde 〈◊〉 the chefe corner electe precyous he that beleueth on him shall not be confounded Unto you therfore whych beleue he is precyous but vnto them whyche beleue not the stone which the buylders refused the same is begoÌ„ne to be the heade of y e corner a stone that men stomble at and a Rocke wherat they be offended whyche stomble at the worde and beleued not that wheron they were set But ye are a choseÌ„ generacioÌ„ a royal presthode an holy nacion a people whiche are woÌ„ne that ye shuld shew the vertues of him that called you out of darkenes into his maruelous lyght whych in tyme past were not a people but are now the people of God which somtime had not optayned mercy but now haue optayned mercy ⊢ ✚ Derely beloued I beseche you as straungers and pylgrems abstayne from fleshly lustes which fight against the soule se that ye haue honest coÌ„uersacion among the Gentyls that where as they backebyte you as euyll doers they maye se your good workes and prayse God ☞ in the day of visitacion Submyt your selues therfore vnto all maner ordininauÌ„ce of maÌ„ for the lordes sake whether it be vnto the kynge as vnto the chefe head either vnto rulers as vnto them that are sent of him for the punyshement of euyll doers but for the laude of them that do well For so is the wyll of God that wyth well doyngye maye stoppe the mouthes of foolysh ignoraunt men as fre not as hauing the lybertre for a cloake of maâ—ciou snes but euen as the seruauÌ„tes of God Honour all men Loue brotherly fellyshyppe Feare God honour the kynge SeruauÌ„tes obey your masters w t feare not onely yf they be good courteoê° but also though they be froward For it is thaÌ„k worthy ⊢ yf a maÌ„ for coÌ„scieÌ„ce towarde god cudure grefe suffre wronge vndeserued For what prayse is it yf when ye be buffered for your fautes ye take it pacieÌ„tly But yf when ye do well ye suffre wroÌ„g take it paciently then is there thanke w t God For here vnto verely were ye called for ✚ Christ also suffered for vs leauynge vs an ensample that ye shulde folow hys steppes which dyd no synne neyther was there gyle fouÌ„d in his mouth which when he was reuyled reuyled not agayne when he suffered he threatned not but coÌ„mytted the vengeaunce to him that iudgeth ryghtuously which his owne self bare our sines in his body on the tree that we beyng delyuered froÌ„ sine shuld liue vnto rightuousnes By whose strypes ye were healed For ye were as shepe goyng astray but are now turned vnto the shepherde Byshop of your soules ⊢ ¶ Howe wyues ought to ordre them selues towarde theyr husbandes and in theyr â—pparel The duety of men toward theyr wyues He erhorteth all men to vâ—ytie and loue and paâ—iently to suffre trouble Of baptyme CAPI III. LYkewyse ye wyues be in subieccyon to your husbandes that euen they which obey not the worde may without the worde be woÌ„ne by the conuersacyon of the wyues whyle they beholde your chast coÌ„uersacyon coupled w t feare Whose apparel shal not be outward with broyded heare and hangyng on of Golde eyther in puttyng on of gorgyous apparel but let the hyd man whâ—che is in the herte be without all corrupcyon so that the spirit be at rest quyete which spirit is before god a thyng much set by For after this maner in the olde tyme dyd the holy wemâ—â— which trusted in god tyer theÌ„ selues were â—â—â—â—yent to their husbandes eueÌ„ as Sara â—â—â—yed AbrahaÌ„ called him Lorde whoâ—â—â—â—â—â—hters ye are as loÌ„g as ye do wel are 〈◊〉 afrayde for any terrour Lykewyse ye meÌ„ dwel with them accordyng to knowledge gyuyng honoure vnto the wyse as vnto the weaker vessel as vnto the that are heires also of the grace of life that your prayers be not hyndred ✚ In conclusion be ye all of one mynde of one hart loue as brethren be pâ—tifull be curteous âšœ mâ—ke not reÌ„dryng euyl for euyl or rebuke for rebuke but coÌ„trarywise blesse knowing that ye are therunto called eueÌ„ that ye shuld be heyres of the blessyng For be that doth long after lyfe loueth to se good dayes let hi refrayne his tong froÌ„ euyl his lippes y â— they speake not gile Let hi eschue euyl do good let hi seke peace ensue
thrusteth them oute of the congregacyon Beloued folowe not that which is euyll but that which is good He that doeth well is of God but he that doeth euyll seyth not God Demetrius hathe good reporte of all men and of the trueth it selfe yee and we our selues also beare recorde and yeknowe that oure recorde is true I had many thynges to wryte but I wyl not with inke and penne wryte vnto the. I trust I shal shortly se the and we shal speake mouthe to mouthe Peace be vnto the. The louers salute the. Grete the louers by name ¶ He rebuketh such as beyng blynded with theyr owne â—ustâ—â— â–ª resyst the trueth and that we may knowe theâ— the better he sayeth they be suche as synne beastly agaynste nature and despise rulers c. He exhorteth vs to edyfy one another to praye in the holy gooste to contynue in loue to loke for the commynge of the Lorde and one to helpe another out of the fyre ⧠The epystle of Saynte Iude. IUdas the seruaunt of Iesus Christ the brother of Iames To them which are called and sanctified in god the father and preserued in Iesu Chryste Mercy vnto you and peace and loue be multyplyed Beloued when I gaue all dylygence to wryte vnto you of the commen saluacyon it was nedefull for me to wryte vnto you to exhorte you that ye shulde contynually laboure in the faythe whiche was once geuen vnto the sayntes For there are certayne vngodly men craftely crept in of which it was written afore tyme vnto suche iudgement They turne the grace of our god vnto wantannes and denye God whiche is the onely Lorde and our Lorde Iesus Christ. My mynde is therfore to put you in remembraunce for as much as ye once knowe this howe that the Lorde after that he had delyuered the people out of Egypt destroied them whyche afterwarde beleued not The angels also which kept not their first estate but lefte theyr owne habytacyon he hath reserued in euerlastynge chaynes vnder darkenes vnto the iudgement of the great day euen as Sodom and Gomor and the cytyes aboute them whiche in lyke maner defyled them selues with fornicacyon and folowed ☞ straunge flesshe are set forthe for an ensample and suffre the payne of eternall fyre Lykewyse these beynge disceaued by dreames defyle the flesshe despise rulers and speake euyll of them that are in auctoryte Yet Michaell the archangell when he stroue agaynste the deuyll and dysputed about the body of Moses durst not geue ray lynge sentence but sayde the Lorde rebuke the. But these speake euyll of those thynges whiche they knowe not and what thynges they know naturally as beastes which are without reason in tho thinges they corrupte themselues Wo be vnto them for they haue folowed the waye of Cayn and are vtterly geuen to the errouce of Balan * for lukers sake ‡ and perisshe in the treason of Core These are spottes which of your kindnes feast together withoute feare fedinge themselues Cloudes they are without water caryed about of wides trees without frute at gatherynge tyme twyse deed and plucked vp by the rotes They are the ragynge waues of the see fomynge out theyr owne shame They are wandrynge starres to whome is reserued the myste of darckenes for euer Enoch the seuenth from Adam prophesyed before of such sayinge Beholde the Lorde shall come with thousandes of saynctes to geue iudgement against al men and to rebuke al that are vngodly among them of all theyr vngodly dedes which they haue vngodly commytted and of all theyr cruell speakynges whiche vngodly synners haue spoken agaynst hym These are murmurers complayners walkynge after theyr owne lustes whose mouthes speake proude thynges They haue men in greate reuerence because of auauntage But ye beloued remember the wordes whyche were spoken before of the Apostels of oure Lorde Iesus Christ howe that they tolde you that there shulde be begylers in the last tyme whyche shulde walcke after theyr owne vngodly lustes These are makers of sectes fleshlye hauynge no spyryte But ye deâ—lye beloued edyfye youre selues in youre mosâ—e holy faythe prayinge in the holy goost and kepe youre selues in the loue of God lokynge for the mercy of oure Lorde Iesus Chryste vnto eternall lyfe And haue compassion of some separatynge them and other saue wyth feare pullynge them out of the fyre âšœ and haue compassyon on the other and hate the fylthy vesture of the flesshe Unto him that is able to kepe you fre from sinne and to present you fautlesse before the presence of his glorye with ioye âšœ at the commynge of our Lorde Iesu Christ to god our sauyoure thorowe Iesus chryst our Lorde which onely is wyse be glorye maieste domynion power âšœ before al worldes nowe and euer Amen ⧠The Reuelacyon of Saynte Ihon the dyuyne ¶ Happy are they that heare the worde of God and kepe it He wryteth to the seuen congregacyons in Asiâ— â—reâ—h seuen candelstyckes and in the myddes of them one lyke vnto the 〈◊〉 of man CAPI I. THe Reuelacyon of Iesus Christ which God gaue vnto him for to shewe vnto hys seruauntes thynges whiche muste shortely come to passe ✚ And whan he had sente he shewed by hys angell vnto hys seruauÌ„t Ihon which vare recorde of the worde of God and of the testymonye of Iesus Chryst and of all thynges that he sawe Happye is he that readeth and they that heare the wordes of the prophesye and kepe those thynges which are wrytten therin For the tyme is at hande Iohn to the seuen congregacions in Asia Grace be vnto you and peace froÌ„ him which is and which was and whiche is to come from the seuen spirites which are before his trone from Iesu Christ which is a faythfull wytnes and fyrst begotten of the deed and lorde ouer the kinges of the earth Unto him that loued vs wesshed vs from oure synnes in his owne bloude ⊢ and made vs Kynges and Prestes vnto God hys father be glory and dominion for euermore Amen Beholde he coÌ„meth with cloudes al eyes shall se him they also which pearsed hym And all kynredes of the earth shal wayle âšœ ouer hym Euen so Amen I am Alpha and Omega the begynnynge and the endynge sayeth the Lorde almyghty whyche is and which was and which is to come I Iohn youre brother and companion in tribulacyon and in the kyngdome pacieÌ„ce in Iesu Chryst was in the yle that is called Pathmos for the worde of God and for the wytnessing of Iesu Christ I was in the spirite on a sonday herde behynde me a great voyce as it had bene of a trompe sayinge I am Alpha and Omega the fyrste and laste That thou seyst wryte in a boke and sende it vnto the seuen coÌ„gregacions which are in Asia vnto Ephesus vnto Smiâ—na and vnto Pergamos and vnto Thiatira and vnto Sardis and vnto Philadelphia and vnto Laodieia And I turned backe to se the voyce that spake
to me And when I was turned I sawe seuen golden caÌ„delstickes in the myddes of the seuen candelstirkes one lyke vnto the sonne of man clathed with a lynnen garment downe to the fete and gyrde about the pappes with a golde gyrdle His heed his heares were whyte as white woll and as snowe hys eyes were as a flame of fyre hys fete lyke vnto brasse as thoughe they brent in a fornace his voyce as the sounde of many waters And he had in hys ryghte hande vâ—â— starres And out of hys mouthe wente a sharpe two edged swearde And his face shone euen as the sonne in hys strength And when I sawe him I fel at his fole euen as deed And he layde hys ryghte hande vpon me saying vnto me feare not I am the fyrst and the last and am a lyue and was deed And beholde I am alyue for euermore and haue the keyes of hell and of deeth Wryte therfore the thynges whyche thou hast leue and the thynges whiche are the thinges which must be fulfylled hereafter the mystery of the. viâ— starres whiche thou sawest in my right hande and the. viâ— golden candelstyckes The. viâ— starres are the messengers of the. viâ— congregacyons And the seuen candelstyckes whiche thou sawest are the seuen congregacyons ¶ He exhorteth foure congregacyons 〈◊〉 amende and 〈◊〉 â–ª weth the rewarde of hym that ouercommeth CAPI II. VNto the messenger of the congregacyon of Ephesus wryte these thynges sayeth he that holdeth seuen starres in hys ryght hande and that walcketh in the myddes of seuen golden candelstickes I know thy worckes and thy labour and thy pacyence and howe thou cannest not forbeare them whiche are euyll and haste examyned them whyche saye they are Apostles and are not and hast fouÌ„de them lyars and hast suffred And hast pacyence and for my names sake haste labored and haste not faynted Neuertheles I haue sumwhat against the because thou hast lefte thy fyrste loue Remember therfore from whence thou arte fallen and repent and do the fyrst worckes Or elles I wyll come vnto the shortly and wyll remoue thy caÌ„delsticke out of his place except thou repent But this thou hast because thou hatest the dedes of the Nicolaitans which dedes I also hate Let hym that hath eares heare what the spirite sayth vnto the congregacions To hym that ouercoÌ„meth wyll I gyue to eate of the tree of lyfe whyche is in the myddes of the Paradyse of God And vnto the Angel of the congregacyon of Smyrna wryte These thynges sayth he that is fyrst and the laste whyche was deed and is a lyue I knowe thy workes tribulacyon and pouerte but thou art ryche And I knowe the â–ª blasphemy of them whyche call them selues Iewes and are not but are the congregacyon of Sathan Feare none of those thynges which thou shalt suffre Beholde the deuyl shal cast some of you into preson to tempte you and ye shall haue trybulacyon ten dayes Be faythfull vnto the deeth and I wyll geue the a crowne of lyfe Let hym that hathe eares heare what the spyryte sayth to the congregacyons He that ouercommeth shall not be hurte of the seconde deeth And to the messenger of the congregacion in Pergamos wryte Thys sayth he whiche hath the sharpe swearde wyth two edges I knowe thy worckes where thou dwellest euen where Sathans seat is and thou kepest my name hast not denyed my faythe And in my dayes Antipas was a faythfull wytnes of myne which was slayne amonge you where Sathan dwelleth But I haue a fewe thynges agaynste the because thou hast there them that maintaine the doctrine of Balam whiche taught in Balake to put occasyon of synne before the chyldren of Israell that they shulde eate of meate dedicate vnto ydoles and commyt fornicacyon Euen so hast thou them that maintayne the doctryne of the Nycolaytans which thyng I hate But be coÌ„uerted or els I wyll come vnto the shortly and wyll fyght agaynste the with the swearde of my mouth Let hym that hath eares heare what the spirite saith vnto the coÌ„gregacyons To hym that ouercoÌ„meth wyll I geue to eate Manna that is hyd and wyll geue hym a whyte stone and in the stone a newe name wrytten which no man knoweth sauynge he that receaueth it And vnto the messenger of the congregacion of Thiatira write This sayth the sone of god which hath eyes lyke vnto a flamme of fyre and hys fete are lyke brasse I knowe thy worckes and thy loue seruyce fayth and thy pacyeÌ„ce and thy dedes which are mo at the last then at the fyrst Notwithstandynge I haue a fewe thynges agaynst the because thou sufferest that woman Iesabel which called her selfe a Prophetise to teach and to deceaue my seruauÌ„tes to make them commyt fornicacyon and to eate meates offered vp vnto ydols And I gaue her space to repente of her fornycacyon and she repented not Beholde I wyll cast her into a bed and them that commyt fornycacyon with her into great aduersyte excepte they turne from theyr deades And I wyl kyl her chyldren with deeth And all the congregacyoÌ„s shal knowe that I am he which searcheth the reynes hertes And I wyll geue vnto euery one of you acordynge vnto hys worckes Unto you I saye vnto other of them of Thiatira as many as haue not this lernynge and whyche haue not knowen the deâ—nes of Sathan as they saye I wyl put vpon you none other burthen but that whiche ye haue already Holde fast tyll I come and whosoeuer ouercommeth and kepeth my worckes vnto the ende to hym wyll I geue power ouer nacions and he shal rule them with a rodde of yron and as the vessels of a potter shall they be broken to sheuers Euen as I receaued of my father so wyll I gyue hym the mornynge starre Let hym that hath eares heare what the spirite sayth to the congregacyons ¶ He instrueteth and enfourmeth the Angels of the coâ—â— gregacyons declarynge also the rewarde of hym that ouercommeth CAPI III. ANd wryte vnto the messenger of the congregacyon that is at Sardis this sayth he that hath the seuen spyrites of god and the seuen starres I knowe thy workes thou hast a name that thou lyuest and thou art deed Be awake and strength the thynges which remayne that are redy to dye For I haue not foude thy workes perfaycte before âšœ my God Remember therfore howe thou hast receaued and hearde and holde faste and repent If thou shall not watche I wyll come on the as a these 〈◊〉 thou shalte not knowe what houre I wyll come vpon the. Thou hast a fewe names in Sardys which haue not defyled theyr garmentes and they shall walcke with me in whyte for they are worthy He that ouercoÌ„meth shal be thus clothed in whyte araye I wyl not put out his name out of the boke of lyfe and I wyll confesse hys name before my father and before hys
heythen And he shall rule them with a rodde of yron and he trode the wynefat of fearsnes wrath of almyghty God And hath on his vesture on his thygh a name wrytteÌ„ kyng of kynges Lorde of Lordes And I sawe an angel staÌ„de in the sonne and he cryed with aloude voyce sayinge to all the foules that flye by the myddes of heuen come and gather your selues togyther vnto the supper of y â— great god that ye may eate the flesshe of kynges the fleshe of hye captaynes and the flesshe of myghty men the flesshe of horsses and of them that syt on them the flesshe of all fre meÌ„ bond men of small great And I sawe the beast the kynges of the erth theyr warriers gathered togyther to make battayle agaynst hym that sat on the horsse and agaynst hys souldiers And the beast was takeÌ„ with hym that false prophet that wrought myracles before him with whiche he deceyued them that receyued the beastes marke them that worshypped his ymage These both were cast quicke iÌ„to a poÌ„de of fyre burnynge w t brymstone the reÌ„nauÌ„t were slayne w t the swerde of him y â— sat vpon the horsse whiche swerde proceaded out of his mouth all the foules were fulfylled with their flesshe ¶ The Dragon is bounde for a. M. yeares The dead aryse and receyue iudgement CAPI XX. ANd I saw an Angell come downe froÌ„ heuyng hauyng the key of the bottom lesse pyt a great chayne in his hande And he toke the dragoÌ„ y â— olde serpeÌ„t which is tâ—e deuyll Satanas he bounde hym a. M. yeres cast him into the bottoÌ„lesse pyt he bounde him set a seale on hiÌ„ that he shuld deceiue the people nomore tyl the. M. yeres were fulfylled And after that he 〈…〉 be losed for a lytle season And I sawe seates and they sat vpoÌ„ theÌ„ iudgemeÌ„t was gyueÌ„ vnto theÌ„ and I sawe the soules of them that were beheaded for y â— wytnes of Iesu and for the worde of God which had not worshypped the beast nether his ymage nether had taken his marke vpoÌ„ their forhedes or on their handes and they lyued and raygned with Christ a. M. yeare but the other of the deed meÌ„ liued not againe vntyll the thousande yere were fynyshed This is that fyrst resurrecion Blessed holy is he that hath parte in the fyrst resurceccyon For on such shal the secoÌ„de death hane no power but they shal be the prestes of god and of Christe and shall raygne with him a thousande yere And wheÌ„ the thousand yeres are expired Satan shal be lowsed out of his prison and shal go out to deceyue the people which are in the foure quarters of the erth Gog Magog to gather them togyther to battayle whose nombre is as the sonde of the see and they went vp in the playne of the earth coÌ„ pased the tentes of the sayntes aboute the beloued citie And fyre came downe froÌ„ god out of heauen and deuoured them and the deuyll that deceyued them was cast into a lake of fyre and brymstone where the beast and the false prophet shal be tormented day and nyght for euer more And I sawe a great white seate and him that fate on it from whose face fled awaye both y â— erth and heauen and their place was no more founde And I sawe the deed both great and small stonde before God and the bokes were opened and another Boke was opened which is the boke of lyfe the dded were iudged of those thynges whyche were wrytten in the bokes accordyng to theyr dedes the see gaue vp her deed whiche were in her and death and hell delyuered vp the deed whiche were in them they were iudged euery man according to his dedes And deeth and hel were cast into the lake of fyre This is the seconde death And whosoeuer was not founde wrytten in the boke of lyfe was cast into the lake of fyre ¶ In this Chapyter is descrybed the newe and spirituall Ierusalem CAPI XXI ANd I saw a newe heuen a newe erth For the fyrst heueÌ„ the fyrst erth were vanyshed awaye there was no more see ✚ And I Iohn sawe that holy cytie newe IerusaleÌ„ come downe from God out of heauen prepared as a bryde garnyshed for her husbande And I herd a great voyce out of heauen sayinge beholde the tabernacle of God is w t men he wyl dwel with theÌ„ And they shal be â—is people God hym selfe shal be with theÌ„ be their God And God shal wype away all reares from their eyes And there shal be nomore death nether sorow nether cryinge neyther shal there be any more payne for the olde thinges are gone And he that sat vpon the seate sayde Beholde I make all thynges newe ✚ And he sayde vnto me wryte for these wordes are faythfull and true And he sayd vnto me it is done I am Alpha and Omega the begynnyng the end I wyl gyue to hym that is a thrist of the wel of the water of life fre He that ouercoÌ„meth shall inheret all thynges and I wyl be hys God and he shal be my sonne But the fearfull and vnbeleuyng and the abhominable and murdrers and whoremongers and sorcerers and ydolaters and al lyers shall haue theyr parte in the lake whiche burnith w t fyre and brymstone whyche is the seconde deeth And there came vnto me one of y â— seueÌ„ angels which had the seuen vyaâ—â—â— full of the seuen last plages talked with me saying come hyther I wyl shewe the the bryde the lambes wyfe And he caryed me away in the spirit to a great and an hye mouÌ„tayne and he shewed me the great cite holy Ierusalem descendyng out of heuen from God hauing the bryghtnes of god And her shinyng was lyke vnto a stone most precious euen lyke a Iasper clere as Cristal had walles great hye had xij gates at the gates xij angels and names wrytten which are the names of the. xij trybes of Israell on the East parte iij. gates on the Northsyde iij. gates towardes the South iij. gates froÌ„ the west thre gates and the wall of the cytie had xij foundacyons in them the twelue names of the laÌ„bes xij apostles And he that talked with me had a goldeÌ„ reade to measure the cytie withal the gatê therof and the wall therof And y â— citie was bylt iiij square and the leÌ„gth was as large as the bredth and he measured the cytie w t the goldeÌ„ rede xij M. furlonges the leÌ„gth the bredth y â— heyth of it were equal And he measured the wall therof an cxliiij cubytes the measure y â— the angell had was after the measure that maÌ„ vseth And the bilding of the wall of it was of Iaspar And the Câ—tie was pure golde lyke vnto clere glasse
Gospell preachyng of Iesus Christe in vtterynge of the mystery whiche was kepte secrete sence the worlde beganne but nowe is opened by the Scryptures of the Prophetes at the commaundemeÌ„t of the euerlasting God to stere vp obedience to the fayth publyshed amonge all nacions To the same God whiche alone is wyse be âšœ honoure and prayse thorow Iesus Christ for euer AMEN ¶ To the Romaynes ¶ This Epystle was sent from Corinthum by Phebe she that was the minyster vnto the Congregacyon at Cenchrea ⧠The first Epistle of Saynct Paul the Apostle to the Corynthians ¶ He commendeth the Lorynthians exhorteth them to be of one mynde and rebuketh the veuision that was amoge them Wordly wysdome is folishnes before God yâ—â— there to no wysdom but in the despysed crosse of God CAPI I. PAul called an Apostle of Iesus Chryste thorowe the wyl of God and brother Softenes Unto the congregacyon of God whiche is at Corynthum To them that are sanctified by Christ Iesu called saynctes wyth all that call on the name of oure Lorde Iesus Christ in euery place ether of theyrs or of oures Grace be vnto you and peace from God our father and from the lord Iesus Christ ✚ I thanke my God alwayes on youre behalf for the grace of god which is geuen you by Iesus Christ that in all thinges ye are made ryche by hym in all vtteraunce and in al knowledge by the which thinges the testimony of Iesus Christ was confermed in you so that ye are behynde in no gyft waytynge for the appearynge of oure Lord Iesus Christ which sha also streÌ„gth you vnto the ende that ye maye be blamelesse in the day âšœ of the commynge of oure Lord Iesus Christ. ⊢ God is faythfull by whom ye are called vnto the fellishyppe of his sonne Iesus Christ oure Lord. I besech you brethren by the name of our Lorde Iesus Chryst that ye all speake one thing and that there be no discencion among you but that ye maye be a whole body of one mynde and of one meanynge For it is shewed vnto me my brethren of you by them whiche are of the house of Cloe that there is stryfe amonge you I speake of the same that euery one of you sayeth I holde of Paul I holde of Apollo I hold of Gephas I holde of Christ. Is Christ deuided Was Paul crucified for you ether were ye baptysed in the name of Paule I thancke God that I baptysed none of you but Crispus and Gaius lest any shulde saye that I had baptised in myne owne name I baptised also the house of Stephana Forthermore know I not whether I baptised any man of you or no. For Christ sent me not to baptyse but to preach the Gospel not with wysdome of wordes lest the crosse of Christ shulde haue bene made of none effecte For the preachynge of the crosse is to them that perisshe foolishnes but vnto vs which are saued it is the power of god For it is written I wyl destroy the wysdom of the wyse and wyl cast away the vnderstandynge of the prudent Where is the wyse Where is the scrybe Where is the dysputer of thys worlde Hath not God made the wysdome of thys worlde folishnes For after that the worlde thorowe wysdome knewe not god in the wysdome of god it pleased God thorowe folishnes of preachyng to saue them that beleue For the Iewes requyre a sygne and the Grekes seke after wisdome But we preache Christe crucified vnto the Iewes an occasyon of fallynge and vnto the Grekes folisshnes but vnto them whiche are called both of the Iewes Grekes we preach Christe the power of god and the wysdome of god For the folyshnes of god is wyser then men and the weakenes of god is stronger then men Brethren ye se your calling how that not many wise men after the flesshe not many myghtye not many of hye degre are called But God hath chosen the folish thinges of the world to coÌ„founde the wyse And god hath chosen the weake thynges of the worlde to confounde thynges whiche are myghtye And vyle thinges of the worlde thynges whiare despised hath God chosen yee and thinges of no reputacion for to briÌ„ge to â—ought thynges of reputacyon that no flessh shuld reioyce in hys presence And of him are ye in Christ Iesu which of god is made vnto vs wysdome and rightwesnes and sancrifyinge and redempcyon That accordynge as it is wrytten he which reioyseth shulde reioyce in the Lorde ¶ It is not cloquence and gloryous paynted wordes of wordly wysdome that can edyfye and conuerte soules vnto Christ but the playne wordes of the scrypturâ— for they make mencyon of him and hys crosse CAPI II. ANd I brethren when I came to you came not in gloriousnes of wordes or wisdome shewyng vnto you the testimony of god Neyther shewed I my selfe that I knewe any thynge among you saue Iesus Christ euen the same that was crucyfyed And I was amonge you in weaknes and in feare and in muche tremblyng And my wordes and my preachyng was not wyth entysyng wordes of mannes wysdome but in shewynge of the spyryte of power that your sayth shuld not stande in the wisdome of men but in the power of God â—â— brother but one brother goeth to lawe with onother and that vnder the vnbeleuers Now therfore there is vtterly a faut amoÌ„g you because ye go to lawe one w t another Why rather suffer ye not wronge why rather suffre ye not your selues to haue harme naye ye youre selues do wronge robbe that the brethren Do ye not knowe howe y â— y â— vnrighteous shal not inheret y â— kingdom of God Be not deceaued For nether fornicatours nether worshippers of Images nether aduoutrers nether weaklinges nether abusers of theÌ„ selues wyth mankynde nether theues nether couerouse nether droÌ„ kardes nether cursed speakers nether pillers shal inheret the kingdome of god And such were some of you but ye are wasshed but ye are sanctifyed but ye are iustified by the name of the Lorde Iesus and by the spryâ—e of oure God I maye do al thynges but all thinges are not profytable I maye do all thynges but I wyl be brought vnder no mans power Meates are ordeyned for the belly and the belly for meates but god shal destroy both it and theÌ„ Let not the body be applied vnto fâ—rnicacyon but vnto the Lorde the Lorde vnto the body god hath raised vp the lord and shall rayse vs vp by his power ✚ Ether knowe ye nor y â— youre bodyes are y â— meÌ„bers of Christ shal I now take the members of Christ and make them the meÌ„bers of an harlot God forbyd Do ye not knowe that he which coupleth him selfe w t an harlot is become one body For two sayeth he shal be one flesshe But he that is ioyned vnto the Lorde is one sprete Fle fornicacion Euery sinne y â— a maÌ„ doth is without
the body But he that is a fornicator sineth against his owne body Ether knowe ye not howe that youre bodyes are the temple of the holy gooste whiche dwelleth in you whom ye haue of god and how that ye are not your owne For ye are dearly bought Therfore gloryfye god in youre bodyes and in youre spyrytes whyche are Goddes ⊢ ¶ Of maryage vyrgynyte and wyddowheade CAPI VII AS concerning the thynges wherof ye wrote vnto me ✚ it is good for a maÌ„ not to touche a woman Neuertheles to avoyde whordome let euery man haue hys wyte and let euery woman haue her husbande Let the husbaÌ„de geue vnto the wyfe due beneuolence Lykewyse also the wyfe vnto the husbande The wyfe hathe not power of her owne body but the husbande And lykewyse the husbaÌ„de hath not power of his owne body but the wyfe Wythdrawe not youre selues one from another except it be with consente for a tyme for to gene youre selues to fastynge and prayer And afterwarde come together agayne leste Satan tempte you for youre incontinencye Thys I saye of fauoure and not of commaundement For I wolde that all men were as I my selfe am but euery man hath his proper gytte of God one after this maÌ„ner another after that I saye vnto them that be vnmaryed and wyddowes it is good for them yf they abyde euen as I do But and yf they cannot abstayne let them mary For it is better to mary then to burne Unto the maryed coÌ„mauÌ„de not I but the Lord Let not the wyfe be separated from the husband If she seperate her self let her remaine vnmaried or be recoÌ„ciled vnto her husbande agayne And let not the husband put awaye his wyfe from him To the remnaunt speake I not the Lord If any brother haue a wyfe that beleueth not yf she be content to dwell with hym let hym not put her awaye And the woman whyche hathe to her husbande an infydell and consent to dwell wyth her let her not put hym awaye For the vnbeleuynge husbande is sanctifyed by the wyfe and the vnbeleuynge wyfe is sanctyfyed by the husbande Or els were your chyldren vnclene but ☞ nowe are they holye But and yf the vnbeleuyng departe let him departe A brother or a syster is not in subieccyon to such But god hath called vs in peace For howe knoweste thou O woman whether thou shalt saue thy husbande or no Other howe knowest thou O man whether thou shalte saue thy wyfe or no but euen as God hath distributed to euery man As the Lorde hathe called euery man so let hym walke and so orden I in all congregacions If any man be called being circuÌ„cised let hym not adde vncircumcisyon If any be called vncircumcised let hym not be circumcised Circumcision is nothyng and vncircumcisyon is nothynge but the kepynge of the commaundementes of God ✚ Let euery man abide in the same calling wherin he was called Arte thou called a seruauÌ„â— care not for it Neuerthelesse ☞ yf thou mayst be fre vse it rather For he that is called in the Lorde beynge a seruaunte â–ª is the Lordes freman Lykewyse he that is called beynge fre is Christes seruaunte Ye are dearly bought ☞ be not ye the seruauÌ„tes of men Brethren let euery man wherin he is called therin abyde with God ⊢ As concerninge virgins I haue no commaundement of the Lorde yet geue I counsell as one that hath obtayned mercy of the Lorde to be faythfull I suppose therfore that it is good for the present necessyte For it is good for a man so to be Art thou bouÌ„de vnto a wyfe seke not to be losed Arte thou losed from a wyfe seke not a wyfe But and yf thou marye a wyfe thou hast not synned Lykewyse yf a virgen mary she hathe not synned Neuerthelesse suche shal haue trouble in theyr fleshe but I fauoure you This saye I brethren the tyme is short It remayneth that they whiche haue wyues be as though they had none and they that wepe be as though they wept not and they that reioyce be as though they reioised not and they that bye be as though they possessed not and they that vse this worlde be as though they vse it not For the fassyon of this worlde goeth awaye I wolde haue you without care He y â— is vnmaryed careth for the thynges that belonge to the Lorde howe he maye please the Lorde But he that hathe maryed a wyfe careth for the thinges that are of the worlde howe he may please his wyfe There is differeÌ„ce betwene a virgin a wyfe The single womaÌ„ careth for the thinges y â— are of the Lorde y â— she may be holy both i body also in spyrit Agayne she y â— is maryed careth for y â— thynges y â— pertayne to y â— worlde howe she maye please her husbaÌ„de ☞ This speake I for your profyt not to taÌ„gâ—e you in a snare but y â— ye may folowe it which is honest comly and that ye may cleue vnto the lorde without separacioÌ„ If any man thynke that it is vncumly for hys virgin yf she passe the tyme of maryage and yf so nede requyre let hym do what he lysteth he synneth not let them be coupled in mariage Neuerthelesse he that purposeth surely in hys herte hauynge no nede but hathe power ouer his owne wyll and hathe so decreed in hys herte that he wyll kepe hys virgin doeth well So then he that ioyneth hys virgin in mariage doth well But he that ioyneth not hys virgin in mariage doth better The wyfe is bouÌ„de to the mariage as longe as her husbande lyueth If her husbande dye she is at liberte to mary with whom she wyll onely in the Lorde But she is happyer yf she so abyde after my iudgement And I thynke verely that I haue the spyrit of God ¶ He rebuketh theÌ„ that vse lyberte to the sclander of other and sheweth howe men ought to behaue them towarde suche as be weake CAPI VIII AS touchynge thynges offred vnto ymages we are sure that we all haue knowledge Knowledge maketh a maÌ„swel but loue edefyeth If any man thynke that he knoweth any thing he knoweth nothing yet as he ought to knowe But yf any man loue God the same is knowen of hym As coÌ„cernynge the earynge of those thinges that are offred vnto ydols we are sure that ☞ the ymage is nothing in y â— worlde and that there is none other God but one And though there be y â— are called Goddes whether in heauen other in earth as there be Goddes many Lordes many yet vnto vs is there but one God whiche is the father of whom are all thynges and we for him and one Lorde Iesus Christ by whom are all thynges and we by hym But euery man hath not knowledge Some hauyng coÌ„science because of the ymage vntyll thys houre eate as a thing offred vnto ymages and so theyr coÌ„cieÌ„ce beyng weake is defiled