woulde haue plucked out your owne eyes and haue geuen them to me 16 Am I therfore become your enemie because I tell you the trueth 17 They are gelouse ouer you amisse Yea they intende to exclude you that ye shoulde be feruent to them warde 18 It is good alwayes to be zelous in a good thyng and not only when I am present with you 19 My litle chyldren of whom I trauayle in birth agayne vntyll Christe be fashioned in you 20 But I desire to be present with you nowe and to chaunge my voyce for I stande in doubt of you 21 Tell me ye that desire to be vnder the lawe do ye not heare the lawe 22 ☞ For it is written that Abraham had two sonnes the one by a bonde mayde the other by a free woman 23 But he which was of the bonde woman was borne after the fleshe but he which was of the free woman was borne by promise 24 Which thynges are spoken by an allegorie For these are two testamentes the one from the mount Sina which gendreth vnto bondage which is Agar 25 For Agar is the mount Sina in Arabia and bordreth vpon the citie which is nowe called Hierusalem and is in bondage with her chyldren 26 But Hierusalem which is aboue is free which is the mother of vs all 27 For it is written Reioyce thou baren that bearest no chyldren breake foorth and crye thou that trauaylest not For the desolate hath many mo chyldren then she which hath an husbande 28 But brethren we are after Isaac the chyldren of promise 29 But as then he that was borne after the flesshe persecuted hym that was borne after the spirite euen so is it now 30 Neuerthelesse what saith the scripture put away the bondwoman and her sonne For the sonne of the bond-woman shall not be heire with the sonne of the free woman 31 So then brethren we are not chyldren of the bonde woman but of the free ☜ ⧠The .v. Chapter 2 He laboureth to drawe them away from circumcision 17 and sheweth them the battell betwixt the spirite and the flesshe and the fruites of them both 1 STande fast therfore in the libertie wherwith Christe hath made vs free and be not intangled agayne with y e yoke of bondage 2 Beholde I Paul saye vnto you that yf ye be circumcised Christe shall profite you nothyng 3 For I testifie agayne to euery man which is circumcised that he is a detter to do the whole lawe 4 Christe is become but vayne to you as many of you as are iustified by the lawe are fallen from grace 5 For we through the spirite wayte for the hope of ryghteousnes by fayth 6 For in Iesus Christe neither is circumcision any thing woorth neither yet vncircumcision but fayth which worketh by loue 7 Ye dyd runne well who was a let vnto you that ye should not obey y e trueth 8 Not the perfection of hym that called you 9 A litle leauen doth leauen the whole lumpe of dowe 10 ☞ I haue truste towarde you in the Lorde that ye wyll be none otherwyse mynded But he that troubleth you shall beare iudgement whatsoeuer he be 11 And brethren if I yet preache circumcision why do I yet suffer persecution Then is the slaunder of the crosse ceassed 12 I woulde to God they were cut of which trouble you 13 For brethren ye haue ben called into libertie Only let not libertie be an occasiō to the flesshe but by loue serue one another 14 For all the lawe is fulfylled in one worde which is this Thou shalt loue thy neyghbour as thy selfe 15 Yf ye byte and deuoure one another take heede lest ye be consumed one of another ☜ 16 ☞ Then I say walke in the spirite and ye shall not fulfyll the lust of the flesshe 17 For the flesshe lusteth contrary to the spirite and the spirite contrary to the flesshe These are contrary one to the other so that ye can not do what ye woulde 18 But and yf ye be ledde of the spirite then are ye not vnder the lawe 19 The deedes of the flesshe are manifest which are these adulterie fornication vncleannesse wantonnesse 20 Worshippyng of images witchcrafte hatred variaunce zeale wrath strife seditions sectes 21 Enuyinges murthers drunkennesse gluttonies and such lyke of the whiche I tell you before as I haue tolde you in tyme past that they which do suche thinges shall not inherite the kingdome of God 22 But the fruite of the spirite is loue ioye peace long sufferyng gentlenesse goodnesse fayth 23 Mekenesse temperauncie agaynst such there is no lawe 24 They truely that are Christes haue crucified the flesshe with the affections and lustes ☜ 25 ☞ Yf we lyue in y e spirite let vs walke in the spirite 26 Let vs not be desirous of vayne glorie prouoking one another enuying one another ¶ The .vj. Chapter 1 He exhorteth them to vse gentlenesse towarde the weake 2 and to shewe their brotherly loue and modestie ◠also to prouide for their ministers 9 to perseuer 14 to reioyce in the crosse of Christe 15 to newnesse of lyfe 1◠and last of all wysheth to them with the rest of the faythfull all prosperitie 1 BRethren yf a man be taken in any fault ye which are spiritual restore such a one in the spirite of mekenes consideryng thy selfe lest thou also be tempted 2 Beare ye one anothers burthen and so fulfyll the lawe of Christe 3 For if any man seeme to him selfe that he is somewhat when he is nothyng the same deceaueth hymselfe in his owne fansie 4 But let euery man proue his owne worke then shall he haue reioyceyng only in his owne selfe and not in another 5 For euery man shall beare his owne burthen 6 Let hym that is taught in the word minister vnto hym that teacheth hym in all good thynges 7 Be not deceaued God is not mocked For whatsoeuer a man soweth that shall he also reape 8 For he that soweth into his flesshe shal of the flesshe reape corruption But he that soweth into the spirite shall of the spirite reape lyfe euerlastyng 9 Let vs not be weery in well doyng for in due season we shall reape yf we faynt not 10 Whyle we haue therefore tyme let vs do good vnto all men specially vnto thē which are of the housholde of fayth ☜ 11 Ye see how large a letter I haue written vnto you with myne owne hande 12 As many as desire with outwarde appearaunce to please carnally the same constrayne you to be circumcised onlye lest they shoulde suffer persecution for the crosse of Christe 13 For they thēselues which are circumcised kepe not the lawe but desire to haue you circumcised that they myght reioyce in your flesshe 14 God forbyd that I shoulde reioyce but in the crosse of our Lorde Iesus Christe wherby the world is crucified vnto
out water 12 No but whilste it is nowe in his greennesse though it be not cut downe yet withereth it before any other hearbe 13 So are the pathes of al that forget God and the hypocrites hope shall come to naught 14 His confidence shal be destroyed and his trust shal be a spiders webbe 15 He shal leaue vpon his house but it shal not stande he shall holde him fast by it yet shall it not endure 16 It is a greene tree before the sunne shooteth foorth the braunches ouer his garden 17 The rootes thereof are wrapped about the fountayne and are folden about the house of stones 18 If any plucke it from his place and it denie saying I haue not seene thee 19 Behold it will reioyce by this meanes if it may growe in another mould 20 Beholde God will not cast away a vertuous man neither wil he helpe the vngodly 21 Thy mouth shall he fill with laughing and thy lippes with gladnesse 22 They also that hate thee shal be clothed with shame the dwelling of the vngodly shall come to naught The .ix. Chapter 1 Iob declareth the mightie power of God and that mans righteousnes is nothing 1 IOb aunswered and sayde 2 I knowe it is so of a trueth For how may a man compared vnto God be iustified 3 If he wil argue with hym he cannot aunswere hym one thing of a thousande 4 He is wyse in heart and mightie in strength who hath ben fearce against hym and hath prospered 5 He translateth the mountaynes or euer they be aware it is he that ouerthroweth them in his wrath 6 He remoueth the earth out of her place that the pillers therof shake withall 7 He commaundeth the sunne and it ryseth not he closeth vp the starres as vnder a signet 8 He hym selfe alone spreadeth out the heauens and goeth vpon the waues of the sea 9 He maketh the Waynes of heauen the Orion the seuen starres and the secret places of the south 10 He doth great thinges vnsearcheable yea and wonders without number 11 Lo when he goeth by me I shal not see hym and when he passeth I shall not perceaue hym 12 If he be hastie to â—ake away who wil make him restore 〈◊〉 or who will say vnto hym what doest thou 13 God will not withdraw his anger and the most mightie helpes do stowpe vnder hym 14 Howe much lesse shall I aunswere him or howe shoulde I finde out my wordes with him 15 For though I were righteous yet might I not geue him one word againe but mekely submit my selfe to hym as my iudge 16 If I had called vpon hym and he had aunswered me yet woulde I not beleue that he hearde my voyce 17 He troubleth me so with the tempest and woundeth me out of measure without a cause 18 He will not suffer me to take my breath but filleth me with bitternesse 19 If men will speake of strength lo he is strong if men will speake of iudgement who shall bring me in to pleade 20 If I will iustifie my selfe myne owne mouth shall condempne me if I will put foorth my selfe for a perfect man he shall proue me a wicked doer 21 For though I be an innocent and my conscience cleare yet am I weery of my lyfe 22 This is one poynt and therefore I sayd He destroyeth both the perfect and vngodly 23 And though he 〈◊〉 sodaynly with the scourge yet will he laugh at the punishment of the innocent 24 As for the worlde it is geuen ouer into the hande of the wicked and he shall couer the faces of the iudges therof if not where is he or who is he that can shewe the contrarie 25 My dayes are more swyft then a runner they are gone haue seene no good thing 26 They are passed away as the shippes that be good vndersayle as the eagle that fleeth to the pray 27 If I say I will forget my complayning I will ceasse from my wrath and comfort my selfe 28 Then am I afrayde of all my sorowes for I knowe that thou wilt not iudge me innocent 29 If I be wicked why then labour I in vayne 30 If I washe my selfe with snowe water and make myne handes neuer so cleane at the well 31 Yet shalt thou dippe me in the myre and mine owne clothes shal defile me 32 For he that I must geue aunswere vnto and with whom I go to the lawe is not a man as I am 33 Neither is there any dayesman to lay his hande betweene vs. 34 Let hym take his rodde away from me yea let hym make me no more afrayde of him 35 And then shall I aunswere hym without any feare but because I am not so I holde me still The .x. Chapter 1 Iob is weery of his lyfe and setteth out his fragilitie before God 20 He desireth hym to stay his hande 22 A description of death 1 MY soule is cut of though I lyue I wil powre out my coÌ„playnte against my selfe and will speake out of the very heauinesse of my soule 2 I will say vnto God O do not condempne me but shewe me wherefore thou contendest so with me 3 Thinkest thou it welldone to oppresse me to cast me of beyng the workes of thy handes and to mayntayne the counsell of the vngodly 4 Hast thou fleshy eyes or doest thou loke as a man loketh 5 Or are thy dayes as the dayes of man and thy yeres as mans yeres 6 That thou makest such inquisition for my wickednes and searchest out my sinne 7 Whereas thou knowest whether I shall do wickedly or no and that none can deliuer me out of thyne hande 8 Thy handes haue made me fashioned me altogether rounde about wilt thou then destroy me 9 Remember I besech thee that thou madest me as the moulde of the earth and shalt bring me into dust againe 10 Hast thou not powred me as it were milke turned me to cruddes like cheese 11 Thou hast couered me with skinne and fleshe and ioyned me together with bones and sinnowes 12 Thou hast graunted me life and done me good and thy visitation hath preserued my spirite 13 Thou hast hyd these thinges in thyne heart yet I am sure that thou remembrest this thing 14 If I dyd sinne thou haddest an eye vnto me and shalt not pronounce me innocent from myne offence 15 If I haue done wickedly wo is me therefore If I haue done righteously yet dare I not lift vp my head so full am I of confusion and see myne owne miserie 16 And let it increase hunte me as a lion returne and shew thy selfe maruaylous vpon me 17 Thou bringest freshe witnesse against me and thy wrath increasest thou vpon me diuers and many are the plagues that I am in 18 Wherfore hast thou brought me out of the wombe O that I had perished and that
way which seemeth right vnto a man but the ende therof are the wayes of death 13 The heart is sorowfull euen in laughter and the ende of myrth is heauinesse 14 A backe slydyng heart shal be fylled with his owne wayes but a good man shall depart from hym 15 An ignoraunt body beleueth euery worde but who so hath vnderstanding loketh well to his goynges 16 A wyse man feareth and departeth from euyll but the foole is angry and counteth hym selfe sure 17 An vnpatient man dealeth foolishly but he that is well aduised is hated of the foole 18 The ignoraunt haue foolishnesse in possession but the wyse are crowned with knowledge 19 The euyll shall bowe them selues before the good and the vngodly shall wayte at the gates of the ryghteous 20 The poore is hated euen of his owne neyghbours but the riche hath many fâ—endes 21 Who so dispiseth his neighbour sinneth but blessed is he that hath pitie of the poore 22 Without doubt they erre that worke wickednesse but they that muse vpon good thynges vnto such shall happen mercie and trueth 23 In euery labour there is some profite â–ª but vayne wordes bryng foorth onely penurie 24 Riches are as a crowne vnto the wise â–ª but the ignoraunce of fooles is very foolishnesse 25 A faythfull witnesse deliuereth soules but a deceiptfull witnesse bryngeth foorth lyes 26 In the feare of the Lord is an assured strength and his children are vnder a sure defence 27 The feare of the Lorde is a well of lyfe to auoyde the snares of death 28 In the multitude of people is the kynges honour but the decay of the people is the confusion of the prince 29 He that is patient hath much vnderstanding but he that is soone displeased exalteth foolishnesse 30 A mery heart is the lyfe of the body but enuie consumeth away the bones 31 He that doth a poore man wrong blasphemeth his maker but who so honoureth him hath pitie on the poore 32 The vngodly is cast away for his iniquitie but the ryghteous hath a good hope euen in death 33 Wisdome resteth in the heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng and it shal be knowen among them that are vnlearned 34 * Righteousnesse setteth vp the people but the sacrifice of the heathen is sinnefull 35 A discrete seruaunt is a pleasure vnto the kyng but his wrath is agaynst hym that doth dishonour hym The .xv. Chapter 1 A Soft aunswere appeaseth wrath but rough wordes stirre vp anger 2 The tongue of such as be wise vseth knoweledge aryght as for a foolishe mouth it babbleth out nothyng but foolishnesse 3 The eyes of the Lorde in euery place â–ª beholdeth both the good and the bad 4 A wholsome tongue is a tree of lyfe but the frowardnesse therof doth make sad the spirite 5 A foole dispiseth his fathers correction â–ª but he that taketh heede when he is reproued shall haue the more vnderstandyng 6 The house of the ryghteous is full of riches but in the fruites of the vngodly there is trouble 7 The lippes of the wise do sowe knowledge but the heart of the foolishe do not so 8 The Lorde abhorreth the sacrifice of the vngodly but the prayer of the righteous is acceptable vnto hym 9 The way of the vngodly is an abhomination vnto the Lorde but who so foloweth righteousnesse him he loueth 10 Correction is greeuous vnto hym that forsaketh the way and who so hateth correction shall dye 11 Hell and destruction are before the Lorde howe much more then the heartes of the children of men 12 A scornefull body loueth not one that rebuketh hym neither wyll he come vnto the wyse 13 A mery heart maketh a chearfull countenaunce but by the sorowe of the heart the mynde is heauy 14 The heart of hym that hath vnderstandyng doth seke knowledge but the mouth of fooles is fed with foolishnesse 15 All the dayes of the poore are miserable but a quiet heart is a continuall feast 16 Better is a litle with the feare of the Lorde then great treasure and trouble therwith 17 Better is a dynner of hearbes with loue then a fat oxe with euyll wyll 18 An angry man stirreth vp strife but he that is patient stylleth discorde 19 The way of a slouthfull man is as an hedge of thornes but the way of the ryghteous is playne 20 A wyse sonne maketh a glad father but a foolishe man dispiseth his mother 21 Foolishnesse is ioy to him that is destitute of knowledge but a man of vnderstandyng walketh vprightly 22 Thoughtes without counsayle shall come to naught but wheras men are that can geue good counsayle there is stedfastnesse 23 A ioyfull thing it is to a man wheÌ„ his counsayle is folowed and howe good is a worde spoken in season 24 The way of lyfe is on hygh to the wise that a man shoulde beware of hell beneath 25 The Lorde wyll breake downe the house of the proude but he shall make fast the borders of the wydowe 26 The Lorde abhorreth the imaginations of the wicked but the wordes of the pure are pleasaunt 27 The greedy couetous man rooteth vp his owne house but who so hateth rewardes shall lyue 28 The heart of the ryghteous studyeth his aunswere afore but the wicked mans mouth spueth out mischiefe 29 The Lorde is farre from the vngodly but he heareth the prayer of the ryghteous 30 The clearnes of the eye reioyseth the heart a good name feedeth the bones 31 The eare that hearkeneth to the refourmation of lyfe shall dwell among the wyse 32 He that refuseth to be refourmed dispiseth his owne soule but he that submitteth him selfe to correction is wyse 33 The feare of the Lorde is the ryght science of wisdome and lowlynesse goeth before honour The .xvj. Chapter 1 A Man may wel purpose a thyng in his heart but the aunswere of the tongue commeth of the Lorde 2 A man thynketh all his wayes to be cleane but it is the Lorde that iudgeth the myndes 3 Commit thy workes vnto the Lorde and what thou deuisest it shall prosper 4 The Lorde hath made all thynges for his owne sake yea the vngodly for the day of wrath 5 The Lorde abhorreth all such as be of a proude heart and though hande be ioyned in hande yet they shall not be vnpunished 6 With mercie and faythfulnesse sinnes be forgeuen and by the feare of the Lorde euyll is eschewed 7 When a mans wayes please the Lord he maketh his very enemies to be his frendes 8 Better it is to haue a litle with ryghteousnesse then great rentes wrongfully gotten 9 A man deuiseth a way in his heart but it is the Lorde that ordereth his goynges 10 When the prophecie is in the lippes of the kyng his mouth shall not go wrong in iudgement 11 A true wayght and ballaunce are the Lordes iudgement all the wayghtes of the bagge
as a man liueth he hath an hope for a quicke dogge say they is better then a dead lion 5 For they that be liuing knowe that they shall dye but they that be dead knowe nothing neither deserue they any more for their memoriall is forgotten 6 Also their loue and their hatred and their enuie is nowe perished neither haue they any more part in the worlde in all that is done vnder the sunne 7 Go thou thy way then eate thy bread with ioy drinke thy wine with a glad heart for thy workes please god Let thy garmentes be alwayes white and let thy head lacke no oyntment 8 Vse thy selfe to liue ioyfully with thy wife whom thou louest all the dayes of thy life whiche is but vayne that God geueth thee vnder the sunne all the dayes of thy vanitie for that is thy portion in this life of al thy labour and trauayle that thou takest vnder the sunne 9 Whatsoeuer thou takest in hande to do that do with al thy power for in the graue that thou goest vnto there is neither worke counsayle knowledge nor wysdome 10 So I turned me vnto other thinges vnder the sunne I sawe that in running it helpeth not to be swift in battell it helpeth not to be strong to feeding it helpeth not to be wyse to riches it helpeth not to be a man of muche vnderstanding to be had in fauour it helpeth not to be cunning but that all lieth in tyme and fortune 11 For a man knoweth not his tyme but like as the fishes are taken with the angle and as the byrdes are caught with the snare euen so are men taken in the perillous time when it commeth sodaynly vpon them 12 This wysdome haue I seene also vnder the sunne and me thought it a great thing 13 There was a litle citie and a few men within it so there came a great kyng and besieged it and made great bulwarkes against it 14 And in the citie there was founde a poore man but he was wyse whiche with his wysdome deliuered the citie yet was there no body that had any respect to such a simple man 15 Then sayd I wysdome is better then strength Neuerthelesse a simple mans wysdome is despised and his wordes are not hearde 16 A wyse mans counsayle that is folowed in scilence is farre aboue the crying of a captaine among fooles 17 For wysdome is better then harnesse but one sinner alone destroyeth muche goodnesse The .x. Chapter 1 The difference of foolishnes and wysdome 1◠A sclaunderer is like a serpent that can not be charmed 15 Of foolishe kynges and riotous princes 16 And of good kynges and princes 1 A Dead flye doth corrupt sweete oyntment and maketh it to stinke Euen so oft tymes he that hath ben had in estimation for wysdome and honour is abhorred because of a litle foolishnesse 2 A wyse mans heart is vpon his right hande but a fooles heart vpon his left 3 A foole wyll shewe him selfe when he goeth by the way yet thinketh he that euery man doth as foolishly as him self 4 If a principall spirite be geuen thee to beare rule be not negligent then in thine office for he that can take cure of him selfe auoydeth great offences 5 Another plague is there whiche I haue seene vnder the sunne namely the ignoraunce that is commonly among princes in that a foole sitteth in great dignitie and the riche are set downe beneath 6 I haue seene seruauntes ride vpon horses and princes goyng vpon their feete as it were seruauntes 7 But he that diggeth vp a pitte shall fall therin hym selfe and who so breaketh downe the hedge a serpent shall byte hym 8 Who so remoueth stones shall haue trauayle withall and he that heweth wood shal be hurt therwith 9 When an iron is blunt and the poynt not sharpened it must be whet agayne and that with might Euen so doth wisdome folowe diligence 10 A backbiter is no better then a serpent that stingeth without hissing 11 The wordes out of a wyse mans mouth are gratious but the lippes of a foole wyll destroy him selfe 12 The beginning of his talking is foolishnesse the last worde of his mouth is starke madnesse 13 A foole is full of wordes and a man can not tell what shall come to passe who wyll then warne hym of it that shall folowe after hym 14 The labour of the foolishe is greeuous vnto them whyle they know not howe to go into the citie 15 Wo be vnto thee O thou lande whose kyng is but a chylde and whose princes are early at their bankettes 16 But well is thee O thou lande whose kyng is come of nobles and whose princes eate in due season for necessitie and not for lust 17 Thorowe slouthfulnesse the balkes fall downe and thorowe idle handes it rayneth in at the house 18 Meate maketh men to laugh and wine maketh them merie but vnto money are all thinges obedient 19 Wishe the king no euil in thy thought and speake no hurt of the riche in thy priuie chaumber for a byrde of the ayre shall betray thy voyce and with her fethers shall she bewray thy wordes The .xj. Chapter 1 To be liberall to the poore 4 Not to doubt of Gods prouidence 8 All worldly prosperitie is but vanitie 9 God wyll iudge all 1 LAy thy bread vpon wette faces and so shalt thou finde it after many dayes 2 Geue part seuē days also vpon the eyght for thou knowest not what miserie shall come vpon earth 3 When the cloudes are full they powre out raine vpon the earth And when the tree falleth whether it be towarde the south or north in what place soeuer it fall there it lieth 4 He that regardeth the winde shall not sowe and he that hath respect vnto the cloudes shall not reape 5 Nowe like as thou knowest not the way of the spirite nor howe the bones do growe in the wombe of her that is with chylde Euen so thou knowest not the workes of God which is the workmaster of all 6 Ceasse not thou therefore with thy handes to sowe thy seede whether it be in the morning or in the euening for thou knowest not whether this or that shall prosper and if they both take it is the better 7 The light is sweete and a pleasaunt thing is it for the eyes to looke vpon the sunne 8 If a man lyue many yeres and be glad in them all let hym remember the dayes of darknesse whiche shal be manye and that foloweth Al thinges shal be but vanitie 9 Be glad then O thou young man in thy youth and let thy heart be merie in thy young dayes folowe the wayes of thyne owne heart and the lust of thyne eyes but be thou sure that God shall bryng thee into iudgement for all these thinges ¶ The .xij. Chapter 1 To thinke on God
And the hurt thereof is lyke an earthen vessell whiche breaketh without helpe so that in the bursting of it there is not founde one sheuer to fetch fire in or to take water withall out of the pit 15 For thus saith the Lorde God euen the holy one of Israel In repentaunce and in rest shall ye be safe in quietnesse and sure confidence shal be your strength but ye haue had no list thereto 16 For ye haue sayde No but we wyll escape thorowe horses therefore shall ye flee And we wyll get vs vp vpon swift beastes and therefore shall your persecutours be swifter 17 A thousande shall flee at the rebuke of one and at the rebuke of fiue shall ye all flee till ye be left as a ship mast vpon the top of a mountaine and as a beaken vpon an hill 18 Therefore doth the Lorde cause you to wayte that he may haue mercy vpon you to the entent that he may haue the preeminence when he is gratious vnto you For the Lord is the God of iudgement Blessed are all they that hope in hym 19 If the people remaine in Sion and at Hierusalem thou shalt not be in heauinesse but at the voyce of thy complaint shall he haue mercy vpon thee and when he heareth it he shall geue thee an aunswere 20 And though the Lorde geue you the bread of trouble and the water of aduersitie thy rayne shal be no more so scant but thyne eyes shall see thy rayne 21 Yea and thyne eare shall heare the talking of him that doth speake behinde thee This is the way walke ye in it turne not aside neither to the right hande nor to the left 22 Ye shall destroy also the couering of your siluer images and the decking of your golden idols euen as filthynesse shalt thou put them away And thou shalt say vnto it Get thee hence 23 Then shall God geue rayne vnto thy seede that thou shalt sowe the grounde withall and bread of the increase of the earth whiche shal be fat and very plenteous in that day also shall thy cattell be fed in large pastures 24 The oxen lykewyse and the young asses that eare the grounde shall eate cleane prouender whiche is purged with the winde and the fanne 25 Finally vpon euery hye mountayne and hyll shall there be riuers and streames of waters in the day of the great slaughter when the towres fall 26 Moreouer the light of the moone shal be as the light of the sunne and the sunne light shal be seuen folde and haue as much shine as in seuen dayes beside when the Lorde bindeth vp the sore of his people and healeth the stroke of their wounde 27 Beholde the fame of the Lorde commeth from farre and his presence is so hotte that no man is able to abyde his lippes are full of indignation and his tongue is as a consuming fire 28 His breath is a vehement flud of water that reacheth vp to the necke that he may sift away the heathen in the siue of vanitie and his breath is a brydle of errour in the lawes of the people 29 And ye shall sing lyke as in the night when the holy solempnitie beginneth and ye shall haue gladnesse of heart like as when one commeth with a pipe vnto the hill of the Lorde and to the most mightie one of Israel 30 And the Lorde shall cause his glorious voyce to be hearde and shall declare his stretched out arme with a terrible countenaunce with the flambe of a consuming fire with noysome lightening with a showre and with hayle stones 31 For thorowe the voyce of the Lorde shall Assur be destroyed which smote other men with the rodde 32 And it shall come to passe that whyther soeuer he goeth the rodde shall cleaue vnto him which the Lorde shall laye vpon hym with tabrettes and harpes and with great warre shall he fight against his hoast 33 For the fire of hell is ordayned from the beginning yea euen for the kyng is it prepared This hath the Lorde set in the deepe and made it wide the burning whereof is fire and muche wood The breath of the Lorde whiche is like a riuer of brimstone doth kindle it The .xxxi. Chapter 1 He curseth them that forsake God and seeke for the helpe of men 1 WO be vnto them that go downe into Egypt for helpe and trust in horses and put their confidence in charrets because they be many and in horsemen because they be lustie and strong but they regarde not the holy one of Israel and they aske no question at the Lorde 2 And he neuerthelesse is wise and will plague the wicked and goeth not from his worde he wyll aryse against the housholde of the frowarde and against the helpe of euyll doers 3 Nowe the Egyptians are men and not God and their horses fleshe and not spirite And assoone as the Lord stretcheth out his hande then shall the helper fall and he that shoulde haue ben helped and they shall altogether be destroyed 4 For thus hath the Lorde spoken vnto me Lyke as the lion and lions whelpe roareth vpon the pray that he hath gotten and is not afraide though the multitude of shepheardes crye out vpon him neither be abashed for all the heape of them so shall the Lorde of hoastes come downe to fight for mount Sion and defende his hyll 5 Like as the byrdes flutter about their nestes so shall the Lorde of hoastes kepe saue defende and deliuer Hierusalem 6 Therefore O ye chyldren of Israel turne againe vnto him whom you haue ofttimes forsaken 7 For in that day euery man shall cast out his idols of siluer and his idols of golde whiche ye haue made with your owne handes vnto your sinne 8 Assur also shal be slayne with the sworde not with a mans sworde neither shal the sworde of any man deuour hym and he shall flee from the slaughter and his choise young men shal be discomfited 9 He shall go for feare to his strong holdes and his princes shall flee from his standerd saith the Lord whose fire is in Sion and his fornace in Hierusalem ¶ The .xxxij. Chapter 1 The conditions of good rulers and officers 1 BEholde a kyng shall gouerne after the rule of righteousnesse and the princes shall rule according to the ballaunce of equitie 2 And that man shal be vnto men as a defence for the winde and as a refuge for the tempest lyke as a ryuer of water in a thirstie place and the shadowe of a great rocke in a drye lande 3 The eyes of the seeing shall not be dim and the eares of them that heare shall take diligent heede 4 The heart of the vnwyse shall attayne to knowledge and the vnperfect tongue shall speake playnely and distinctly 5 Then shall the foolishe nigarde be no more called gentle nor the churle liberall 6 But the nigarde wyll speake nigardlye and his heart wyll worke euyll
he vnto me The wickednesse of the house of Israel and Iuda is exceedyng great so that the lande is full of blood the citie full of reuoltyng from God for they say The Lorde hath forsaken the earth and the Lorde seeth it not 10 As touchyng me also mine eye shall not spare them neither wyll I haue pitie but wyll recompence their wayes vpon their heades 11 And beholde the man that had the lynnen rayment vpon hym and the writers inckhorne by his syde reported the matter and sayde As thou hast commaunded me so haue I done ⧠The .x. Chapter 2 Of the man that toke hotte burnyng coales out of the middle of the Wheeles of the Cherubims 8 A rehearsall of the vision of the wheeles of the beastes and of the Cherubims 1 AND as I loked beholde in the firmament that was aboue the head of the Cherubims as it were a Saphir stone made lyke the similitude of a throne was seene ouer them 2 Then spake he to hym that had the lynnen rayment vpon hym and sayde Crepe in betwene the wheeles that are vnder the Cherub and take thine hand full of hotte coales out from betwene the Cherubims and scatter them ouer the citie And he crept in that I myght see 3 Nowe the Cherubims stoode vpon the ryght syde of the house when the man went in and the cloude fylled the inner court 4 And the glorie of the Lorde remoued from the Cherubims and came vpon the doore of the house so that the temple was full of cloudes and the court was full of the shine of the Lordes glorie 5 Yea and the sounde of the Cherubims winges was hearde into the fore court lyke as it had ben the voyce of the almightie God when he speaketh 6 Nowe when he had bidden the man that was clothed in lynnen saying Take fire from the middest of the wheeles which were vnder the Cherubims he went and stoode besyde the wheeles 7 Then one Cherub reached foorth his hande from betwene the Cherubims vnto the fire that was betwene the Cherubims and toke therof and gaue it into the handes of hym that had on the lynnen rayment which toke it and went out 8 And vnder the wynges of the Cherubims there appeared the likenesse of a mans hande 9 I loked also and behold foure wheeles beside the Cherubims one wheele by one Cherub and another by another Cherub and the wheeles were to loke vpon after the fashion of the precious stone Tharsis 10 As touchyng their appearaunce they were all foure of one fashion as yf one wheele had ben in another 11 When they went foorth they went vpon their foure sides not turnyng backe in their goyng for which way the head of the first loked after it they went so that they turned not backe in their goyng 12 And their whole bodyes their backes their handes and wynges yea and the wheeles also were full of eyes rounde about the foure wheeles 13 And to the wheeles he cryed to them in my hearyng O wheele 14 Euery one of them had foure faces so that the face of the first was the face of a Cherub and the face of the seconde the face of a man and of the thirde the face of a lion and of the fourth the face of an egle 15 And the Cherubims were lyfted vp This is the beast that I sawe at the water of Chebar 16 Nowe when the Cherubims went the wheeles went by them and when the Cherubims lyft vp their wynges to mount vp from the earth the same wheeles also turned not from besides them 17 Shortly when they stoode these stoode also and when they were lifted vp the wheeles lift vp them selues also with them for the spirite of the beast was in the wheeles 18 Then the glorie of the Lorde departed from aboue the doore of the temple and remayned vpon the Cherubims 19 And the Cherubims flackered with their wynges and lyft them selues vp from the earth so that I sawe when they went the wheeles besides them and they stoode at the doore of the east gate of the house of the Lorde so the glorie of the God of Israel was vpon them on hye 20 This is the beast that I sawe vnder the God of Israel by the riuer of Chebar and I perceaued that it was the Cherubims 21 Euery one had foure faces and euery one foure wynges and vnder their wynges the likenesse of mens handes 22 Touchyng the similitude of their countenaunces they were the very same countenaunces which I sawe at the riuer Chebar and the selfe same appearaunces euery one in his goyng went strayght forwarde The .xj. Chapter 1 Who they were that seduced the people of Israel 5 Agaynst these he prophecieth shewyng them howe they shal be dispersed abrode 19 The renuyng of the heart commeth of God 21 He threatneth them that leane vnto their owne counsayles 1 MOreouer the spirite lift me vp and brought me vnto the east gate of the Lordes house which lyeth eastwarde and beholde at the entry of the gate were fiue and twentie men among whom I sawe Iaazaniah the sonne of Azur and Pheltiah the sonne of Banaiahu the rulers of the people 2 Then sayde he vnto me Thou sonne of man these men imagine mischiefe a wicked counsayle take they in this citie 3 Saying It is not neare let vs builde houses this Hierusalem is the cauldron and we be the fleshe 4 Therfore shalt thou prophecie against them yea prophecie O sonne of man 5 And with that fell the spirite of the Lorde vpon me and sayde vnto me Speake thus saith the Lorde On this maner haue ye spoken O ye house of Israel and I knowe the imaginations of your heartes 6 Many one haue ye murthered in this citie and fylled the streetes full of the slayne 7 Therfore thus saith the Lorde God The slayne men that ye haue layde on the grounde in the citie are the fleshe and this citie is the cauldron but I wyll bryng you out of it ye haue feared the sworde and I wyll bring a sworde ouer you saith the Lorde God 8 And I wyll bryng you out of the middest therof and deliuer you into the handes of straungers and wyll execute iudgementes among you 10 Ye shall fall by the sworde in the borders of Israel wyll I iudge you and ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde 11 This citie shall not be your cauldron neither shall ye be the fleshe therin but in the borders of Israel wyll I punishe you 12 That ye may knowe that I am the Lorde in whose commaundementes ye haue not walked nor kept my lawes but haue done after the customes of the heathen that lye rounde about you 13 Nowe when I prophecied Pheltiah the sonne of Banaiahu dyed then fell I downe vpon my face and cryed with a loude voyce saying Ah Lorde God wylt thou then vtterly destroy all the remnaunt in Israel 14 And so the worde
in possession 3 Prophecie therefore and speake thus saith the Lorde God For because that they haue made you desolate and swalowed you vp on euery side that ye might be a possession vnto the residue of the gentiles and ye are taken vp in the lippes and tongues of men and to the reproche of the people 4 Therefore heare the worde of the Lorde God O ye mountaines of Israel thus saith the Lorde God to the mountaines and hils to the riuers and valleys to the waste and desolate places and to the cities that are forsaken which are spoyled and had in derision on euery side among the residue of the heathen 5 Therefore thus saith the Lorde God Surely in the fire of my gelousie haue I spoken against the residue of the gentiles and against all Edom which haue appoynted my lande for their possession which also reioyced from their whole heart with a dispitefull stomake to cast it out for a pray 6 Prophecie therefore vpon the lande of Israel and speake vnto the mountaines and hils to the riuers and dales thus saith the Lorde God Behold this haue I spoken in my gelousie and terrible wrath because ye haue borne the shame of the heathen 7 Therefore thus saith the Lorde God I haue lyft vp my hande surely the heathen that are about you shall beare their shame 8 But you O mountaynes of Israel ye shall shoote out your braunches and bring foorth your fruite to my people of Israel for they are at hande to come 9 Beholde I come vnto you and vnto you wyll I turne my face that ye may be tilled and sowen 10 I wyll multiplie men vpon you euen al the house of Israel wholly the cities shal be inhabited and the decayed places shal be repaired againe 11 And I wyll multiplie vpon you man and beast which shal encrease and bring fruite and I wyll cause you to dwell after your olde estate be better vnto you then at the beginning and ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde 12 Yea I wyll cause men to walke vpon you euen my people Israel they shall possesse thee and thou shalt be their inheritaunce thou shalt no more hencefoorth depriue them of men 13 Thus saith the lorde God Forsomuch as they say vnto you thou art an eater vp of men and a waster of thy people 14 Therefore thou shalt eate no more men neither destroy thy people any more saith the Lorde God 15 Neither wyll I cause men to heare in thee the shame of the heathē any more neither shalt thou beare the reproche of the people any more nor cause thy folke to fall any more saith the Lorde God 16 Moreouer the word of the Lord came vnto me saying 17 O thou sonne of man when the house of Israel dwelt vpon their owne grounde they defiled them selues with their owne wayes and imaginations so that in my sight their way was lyke the vncleannes of a remoued woman 18 Wherfore I powred my wrathful displeasure vpon them because of the blood that they had shed in the lande and because of their idols where with they had defiled it 19 I scattered them also among the heathen so that they were strawed about in the landes according to their wayes after their owne inuentions so did I iudge them 20 And when they entred vnto the heathen whyther they went they polluted my holy name when they saide of them These are the people of God are gone out of his lande 21 Then spared I my holy name which the house of Israel had dishonoured among the gentiles where they came 22 Therfore tel the house of Israel thus saith the Lorde God I do not this for your sakes O house of Israel but for my holy names sake which ye dishonoured among the heathen where ye came 23 Therefore I wyll halowe my great name againe which among the gentiles is polluted for ye your selues haue dishonoured it among them the gentiles shall know that I am the Lorde saith the Lorde God when I shal be sanctifified in you before your eyes 24 As for you I wyll take you from among the heathen and gather you together out of all countreys and bring you againe into your owne lande 25 Then wyll I sprinckle cleane water vpon you and ye shal be cleane yea from all your vncleannes and from all your idols shall I cleanse you 26 A newe heart also wyll I geue you and a newe spirite wyll I put into you as for that stony heart I wyll take it out of your fleshe and geue you a fleshy heart 27 I wyll geue my spirite among you and cause you to walke in my cōmaundementes and ye shall kepe my iudgementes and do them 28 And so ye shall dwell in the lande that I gaue to your fathers ye shal be my people and I wil be your God 29 I wyll deliuer you from all your vncleannes I wyl call for the corne and wyll encrease it and lay no famine vpon you 30 I wil multiplie the fruites of the trees and the encrease of the fielde so that ye shal receaue no more reproche of hunger among the heathen 31 Then shall ye remember your owne wicked wayes and your imaginations which were not good so that ye shal be irksum in your owne eyes for your sinnes and abhominations 32 But I wyl not do this for your sakes saith the Lorde God be ye sure of it therefore O ye house of Israel be ashamed and confounded of your owne wayes 33 Moreouer thus saith the Lorde God what time as I shal cleanse you from al your iniquities then wil I make the cities to be inhabited againe and the places that be decayed shal be repaired 34 The desolate lande shal be tilled againe which afore time lay waste in the sight of al them that went by 35 And they shal say this waste lande was like the garden of Eden and these waste and desolate and ruinous cities were strong and inhabited 36 Then the residue of the heathen that lye rounde about you shall knowe that I the Lord repaire that was broken downe and plant againe that that was made waste euen I the Lord haue spoken it and wyl do it in deede 37 Thus saith the Lorde God I wyll yet for this be sought of the house of Israel to do it for them I wyll multiplie them as a flocke of men 38 Like as the holy flocke and the flocke of Hierusalem are in the hie solempne feastes so shall also the wasted cities be filled with flockes of men and they shal knowe that I am the Lorde 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Chapter He prophecieth the bringing againe of the people being in captiuitie 16 He sheweth the vnion of the ten tribes with the two 1 THe hande of the Lorde was vpon me and caried me out in the spirite of the Lorde and set me downe in the
come foorth of his chamber and the bride out of her closet 17 Let the priestes the Lordes ministers weepe betwixt the porche the aulter and let them say Spare thy people O Lord and geue not ouer thine heritage to reproche that the heathen shoulde rule ouer them Wherfore shoulde they say amongst the heathen Where is their God 18 And then the Lorde wyll be ielous ouer his lande wyll spare his people 19 Yea the Lorde wyll aunswere and say to his people Beholde I wyll sende you corne and wine and oyle and wyll satisfie you therwith and wyll not geue you ouer any more to be a reproche among the heathen 20 And I wyll remoue farre of from you the northen armie and I wyll driue him into a lande barren and desolate with his face towardes the east sea and his hinder partes towardes the vttermost sea and his stinch shall arise and his corruption shall ascende because he hath exalted him selfe to do this 21 Feare not O thou lande be glad and reioyce for the Lorde wyll do great thinges 22 Be not afrayde ye beastes of the fielde for the fruitfull places of the desert are greene for the tree beares her fruite the figge tree and the vine yeelde their strength 23 Be glad then ye children of Sion and reioyce in the Lorde your God for he hath geuen you moderate rayne he wyll sende downe for you the rayne euen the first rayne the latter rayne in the first moneth 24 And the barnes shal be fylled with corne and the presses shall ouerflowe with wine and oyle 25 And I wyll restore to you the yeres which the grashopper the canker worme the locust and the caterpiller haue deuoured my great armie which I sent amongst you 26 And you shall eate in plentie and be satisfied and shall prayse the name of the Lorde your God which hath dealt wonderously with you and my people shall not be ashamed any more 27 And you shall knowe that I am in the middle of Israel and that I am the Lorde your God and none but I and my people shall neuer be ashamed 28 And it shall come to passe after this I wyll powre out my spirite vpon all fleshe and your sonnes and your daughters shall prophecie your olde men shall dreame dreames your young men shall see visions 29 Also in those dayes vpon the seruauntes and vpon the handmaydens wyll I powre out my spirite 30 And I will shewe wonders in heauen and in earth blood and fire and pillers of smoke 31 The sunne shal be turned into darknesse and the moone into blood before that great and terrible day of the Lord come 32 But whosoeuer shall call on the name of the Lord shal be saued for there shal be deliueraunce in mount Sion and in Hierusalem as the Lord hath promised and also in the remnaunt whom the Lorde shall call The .iij. Chapter Of the iudgement of God agaynst the enemies of his people 1 FOr beholde in those dayes and in that time when I shall bryng agayne the captiuitie of Iuda Hierusalem 2 I wyll also gather all the gentiles and cause them to come into the valley of Iehosaphat and I will pleade with them there for my people and heritage Israel which they haue scattered amongst the nations and haue parted my lande 3 And thei haue cast lottes for my people and chaunged the boy for an harlot and solde the gyrle for wine that they might drynke 4 And what haue you to do with me O Tyre and Sidon and all the coastes of Palestine wyll ye render me recompence and if you recompence me I shal swiftly and speedyly returne your recompence vpon your owne heades 5 For ye haue taken my siluer and my golde my pleasaunt pretious thinges haue caryed them into your temples 6 You haue solde also the children of Iuda and the children of Hierusalem to the Gretians that you might send them farre from their owne countrey 7 Beholde I will rayse them out of that place whither you haue solde them and wyll returne your recompence vpon your owne heades 8 And I wyll sell your sonnes and your daughters into the handes of the children of Iuda and they shall sell them vnto the Sabeans to a nation that dwelleth farre of for the Lorde hath spoken it 9 Publishe this thyng among the gentiles proclayme warre wake vp the mightie men let all the men of warre drawe neare and come vp 10 Breake your plowe shares into swordes and your sithes into speares let the weake say I am strong 11 Assemble your selues and come all you heathen and gather your selues together rounde about there shall the Lord cast downe thy mightie men 12 Let the heathen arise and come vp to the valley of Iehosaphat for there will I sit to iudge all nations rounde about 13 Put in your sithes for y e haruest is ripe come ye and descende for the wine presse is full yea the presses ouerflowe for their wickednesse is multiplied 14 O people people come into the valley of finall iudgement for the day of the Lorde is at hande in the valley of finall iudgement 15 The sunne and the moone shal be darkned and the starres shall withdrawe their light 16 The Lord also shall rore out of Sion and out of Hierusalem shall he geue his voyce the heauens and the earth shall shake but the Lorde wyll be the hope of his people and the strength of the children of Israel 17 So shall you knowe that I am the Lorde your God dwellyng in Sion my holy mountayne then shall Hierusalem be holy and there shall no straungers passe through here any more 18 And in that day shall the mountaynes drop downe sweete wine and the hylles shall flowe with mylke all the riuers of Iuda shall runne with water and a fountayne shall come out of the house of the Lorde and shall water the valley of Sittim 19 Egypt shal be waste and Edom shal be a desolate wildernesse for the iniuries done to the children of Iuda because they haue shed innocent blood in their lande 20 But Iuda shal dwel for euermore and Hierusalem from generation to generation 21 I wil also clense the blood of them that I haue not clensed and the Lord dwelleth in Sion ⧠The booke of the prophete Amos. The first Chapter 1 The condition and state of Amos and the time of his prophecie 3 The worde of the Lorde against Damascus the Philistines ▪ Cyrus Idumea and Ammon 1 THe wordes of Amos who was among the sheepheardes at Thecua whiche he sawe vpon Israel in the dayes of Ozia king of Iuda and in the dayes of Ieroboam the sonne of Ioas king of Israel two yere before the earth quake 2 And he sayde The Lord shal roare out of Sion and vtter his voyce from Hierusalem and the dwelling places of the sheepheardes shall mourne the top of Charmel shall
that his workes might be knowen vpon the earth vnder the heauen 16 His mercie is knowen to all creatures he hath seperated his light from the darkenesse with an adamant 17 Say not thou I wyll hide my selfe from God for who wyll thinke vpon me from aboue I shall not be knowen in so great an heape of people for what is my soule among so many creatures 18 Beholde the heauen yea the heauen of heauens of God the deepe the earth and all that therein is shal be moued at his presence 19 The mountaynes the hilles and the foundations of the earth shall shake for feare when God visiteth them 20 These thinges doth no heart vnderstand worthyly but he vnderstandeth euery heart 21 And who vnderstandeth his wayes No man seeth his stormes and the most part of his workes are secrete 22 Who wyll declare the workes of his righteousnesse or who shal be able to abide them For the couenaunt is farre from some and trying out of men is in the ende 23 He that is humble of heart thinketh vpon such thinges but an vnwyse and erronious man casteth his minde vnto foolishe thinges 24 My sonne hearken thou vnto me and learne vnderstanding and marke my wordes with thyne heart I wyll geue thee a sure doctrine and plainely shall I instruct thee 25 Marke my wordes then in thyne heart for in righteousnesse of the spirite do I speake of the wonders that God hath shewed among his workes from the beginning in the trueth do I shew the knowledge of him 26 God hath set his workes in good order from the beginning part of them hath he sundred from the other 27 He hath garnished his workes from euerlasting and their beginninges according to their generations they are not hungrie nor weeried in their labours nor ceasse from their offices 28 None of them hindred another neitheir was any of them disobedient vnto his wordes 29 After this God loked vpon the earth and filled it with his goodnesse 30 With all maner of liuing beastes hath he couered the grounde and they all shal be turned vnto earth againe ¶ The .xvii. Chapter 1 The creation of man and the goodnesse that God hath done vnto him 20 Of almes 26 and repentaunce 1 GOd shaped man of the earth made him after his owne image and turned him vnto earth againe and cloathed him with his owne strength 2 He gaue him the number of dayes and certaine time yea and gaue him power of the thinges that are vpon earth 3 He made all fleshe to stand in awe of him so that he had the dominion of all beastes and foules 4 He made out of him an helper lyke vnto to him selfe gaue them discretion and tongue eyes and eares and a heart to vnderstande 5 He gaue them a spirite and a speache to declare his workes filled them with instruction and vnderstanding 6 He created for them also the knowledge of the spirite filled their heartes with vnderstanding and shewed them good and euill 7 He set his eye vpon their heartes declaring vnto them his great and noble workes 8 That they should prayse his holy name together reioyce of his wonders and be telling of his noble actes 9 Beside this he gaue them instruction and the lawe of life for an heritage that they might now know that they were mortall 10 He made an euerlasting couenaunt with them and shewed them his righteousnesse and iudgementes 11 They sawe the maiestie of his glorie with their eyes and their eares heard the maiestie of his voyce and he saide vnto them beware of all vnrighteous thinges 12 He gaue euery man also a cōmaundement concerning his neighbour 13 Their wayes are euer before him and are not hid from his eyes 14 Euery man from his youth is geuen to euill and their stony heartes can not become fleshe 15 He hath set a ruler vpon euery people but Israel is the Lordes portion 16 Whom he nourisheth with discipline as his first borne and geueth him most louing light and doth not forsake him 17 All their workes are as the sunne in the sight of God his eyes are alway looking vpon their wayes 18 All their vnrighteousnesses are manifest vnto him and al their wickednesses are open in his sight 19 And as he is mercifull and knoweth his worke he doth not leaue them nor forsake them but spareth them 20 The mercie that a man sheweth is as a seale with him and the grace that is geuen to man preserueth him as the apple of an eye and geueth repentaunce to their sonnes and daughters 21 At the last shall he awake and reward euery man vpon his head shall turne them together into the neathermost partes of the earth 22 But vnto them that wyll repent he hath geuen the way of righteousnesse As for such as be weake he comforteth them suffereth them and sendeth them the portion of the veritie 23 O turne then vnto the Lorde forsake thy sinnes make thy prayer before the Lorde do the lesse offence 24 Turne againe vnto the Lorde for he wyll bring thee from darkenesse vnto holsome light forsake thyne vnrighteousnesse be an vtter enemie to abhomination 25 Learne to know the righteousnesse and iudgementes of God stand in the portion that is set foorth for thee and in the prayer of the most hye God 26 Go in the portion of the holy worlde with such as be lyuing geue thankes vnto God 27 Who wil prayse the Lorde in the hel abide not thou in y e errour of the vngodlie but geue him thankes before death 28 As for the dead thankfulnes perisheth from him as nothing Geue thou thankes in thy lyfe yea whyle thou art lyuing and whole shalt thou geue thankes and prayse God and reioyce in his mercie 29 O how great is the louing kindnesse of the Lorde and his mercifull goodnes vnto such as turne vnto him 30 For all thinges may not be in man and why the sonne of man is not immortal and he hath pleasure in the vanitie of wickednesse 31 What is more cleare then the sonne yet shall it fayle 32 Or what is more wicked then the thyng that fleshe and blood hath imagined and that same shal be reproued 33 The Lorde seeth the power of the hye heauen and al are but earth and asshes The .xviii. Chapter 1 The marueylous workes of God 6 The miserie and wretchednes of man 9 Against God ought we not to complaine 21 The perfourming of vowes 1 HE that lyueth for euermore made al thinges together God onely is righteous and there is none other but he and remaineth a victorious king for euer 2 He ordereth the worlde with the power of his hande and all thinges obey his wyl for he gouerneth all thinges by his power and deuideth the holy thinges from the prophane 3 Who shal be able to expresse the workes of him who wyll seeke out the grounde of his
When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wyne and knewe not whence it was but the ministers which drewe the water knewe the gouernour of the feast calleth the brydegrome 10 And sayth vnto hym Euery man at the begynnyng doth set foorth good wine and when men haue well dronke then that which is worse But thou hast kept the good wyne vntyll nowe 11 This begynnyng of miracles dyd Iesus in Cana of Galilee and shewed his glory his disciples beleued on hym ☜ 12 After this he went downe to Capernaum he and his mother and his brethren and his disciples and there continued not many dayes 13 ☞ And the Iewes Passouer was at hande Iesus went vp to Hierusalem 14 And founde sittyng in the temple those that solde oxen and sheepe and doues and chaungers of money 15 And when he had made as it were a scourge of small cordes he droue them all out of the temple with the sheepe oxen and powred out the chaungers money and ouerthrewe the tables 16 And saide vnto them that solde doues Haue these thinges hence and make not my fathers house an house of marchaundize 17 And his disciples remembred that it was written The zeale of thine house hath euen eaten me 18 Then aunswered the Iewes sayde vnto hym What token shewest thou vnto vs seeyng that thou doest these thynges 19 Iesus aunswered sayde vnto them Destroy this temple in three dayes I wyll reare it vp 20 Then sayde the Iewes fourtie and sixe yeres was this temple a buildyng and wilt thou reare it vp in three dayes 21 But he spake of the temple of his body 22 Assoone therfore as he was rysen from death agayne his disciples remembred that he thus had sayde And they beleued the scripture the wordes which Iesus had sayde 23 When he was in Hierusalem at the Passouer in the feast day many beleued on his name when they sawe his miracles which he dyd 24 But Iesus dyd not commit hym selfe vnto them because he knewe all men 25 And neded not that any shoulde testifie of man For he knewe what was in man ☜ ¶ The .iij. Chapter ¶ Christe teacheth Nicodemus 15 Of fayth 16 The loue of God towarde the worlde â—â— Condemnation 25 Iohn baptizeth 27 Iohn teacheth his disciples 1 THere was a man of the pharisees named Nicodemus a ruler of the Iewes 2 The same came to Iesus by night said vnto him Rabbi we knowe that thou art a teacher come from God for no man coulde do these miracles that thou doest except God were with him 3 Iesus aunswered sayde vnto hym Veryly veryly I say vnto thee except a man be borne agayne he can not see the kyngdome of God 4 Nicodemus sayth vnto hym Howe can a man be borne when he is olde can he enter into his mothers wombe and be borne agayne 5 Iesus aunswered Veryly veryly I say vnto thee except a man be borne of water and of the spirite he can not enter into the kyngdome of God 6 That which is borne of the fleshe is fleshe and that which is borne of the spirite is spirite 7 Maruayle not thou that I sayde to thee ye must be borne agayne 8 The wynde bloweth where it listeth and thou hearest the sounde therof but canst not tell whence it commeth and whither it goeth So is euery one that is borne of the spirite 9 Nicodemus aunswered and sayde vnto hym howe can these thynges be 10 Iesus aunswered sayde vnto hym Art thou a maister in Israel and knowest not these thynges 11 Veryly veryly I say vnto thee we speake that we do knowe testifie that we haue seene and ye receaue not our witnesse 12 If I haue tolde you earthly thynges and ye beleue not howe shall ye beleue yf I tell you of heauenly thynges 13 * And no man ascendeth vp to heauen but he that came downe from heauen euen the sonne of man which is in heauen 14 * And as Moyses lyft vp the serpent in the wyldernesse euen so must the sonne of man be lyft vp 15 That whosoeuer beleueth in hym perishe not but haue eternall lyfe ☜ 16 ☞ * For God so loued the worlde that he gaue his only begotten sonne that whosoeuer beleueth in hym shoulde not perishe but haue euerlastyng lyfe 17 For God sent not his sonne into the worlde to condempne the worlde but that the worlde through hym myght be saued He that beleueth on hym is not condempned 18 But he that beleueth not is condempned alredy because he hath not beleued in the name of the only begotteÌ„ sonne of God 19 And this is the condempnation that lyght is come into the worlde and men loued darknesse rather then lyght because their deedes were euyll 20 For euery one that euyll doeth hateth the lyght neither commeth to the light lest his deedes shoulde be reproued 21 But he that doeth trueth coÌ„meth to the lyght y t his deedes may be knowen howe that they are wrought in God ☜ 22 After these thynges came Iesus and his disciples into the lande of Iurie and there he taryed with theÌ„ * baptized 23 And Iohn also baptized in Enon besides Salim because there was much water there and they came and were baptized 24 For Iohn was not yet cast into prison 25 ☞ And there arose a question betwene Iohns disciples and the Iewes about purifiyng 26 And they came vnto Iohn and sayde vnto hym Rabbi he that was with thee beyonde Iordane to whom thou barest witnesse beholde the same baptizeth and all men come to hym 27 Iohn aunswered and sayde A man can receaue nothyng except it be geuen hym from heauen 28 Ye your selues are witnesses howe that I sayde I am not Christe but am sent before hym 29 He that hath y e bride is the bridegrome But the friende of the brydegrome which standeth heareth him reioyceth greatly because of y e brydegromes voyce This my ioy therfore is fulfylled 30 He must increace but I must decreace 31 He that commeth from an hye is aboue all He that is of the earth is earthlye and speaketh of the earth He that commeth from heauen is aboue all 32 And what he hath seene and hearde that he testifieth and no man receaueth his testimonie 33 He that hath receaued his testimonie hath set to his seale that God is true 34 For he whom God hath sent speaketh the wordes of God For God geueth not the spirite by measure vnto hym 35 The father loueth the sonne and hath geuen all thynges into his hande 36 He that beleueth on the sonne hath euerlastyng lyfe He that beleueth not the sonne shall not see life but the wrath of God abydeth on hym ☜ ⧠The .iiij. Chapter ¶ 7 Christe weryed asketh water of the woman of Samaria 10 The liuely water 24 He teacheth true worshippe 26
that eateth of this bread shall lyue euer ☜ 59 These thynges sayde he in the synagogue as he taught in Capernaum 60 Many therfore of his disciples when they had hearde this saide This is an harde saying who can abyde the hearyng of it 61 Iesus knewe in hym selfe that his disciples murmured at it and he sayde vnto them doth this offende you 62 What and yf ye shall see the sonne of man ascende vp thyther where he was before 63 It is the spirite that quickeneth the fleshe profiteth nothyng The wordes that I speake vnto you are spirite and lyfe 64 But there are some of you that beleue not For Iesus knewe from the begynning which they were that beleued not and who shoulde betray hym 65 And he sayde Therfore saide I vnto you that no man can come vnto me except it were geuē vnto him of my father 66 From that time many of his disciples wēt backe walked no more with him 67 Then sayde Iesus vnto the twelue Wyll ye also go away 68 Then Simon Peter aunswered him Lorde to whō shall we go Thou hast the wordes of eternall lyfe 69 And we beleue and are sure that thou art Christe the sonne of y e lyuyng God 70 Iesus aunswereth them Haue not I chosen you twelue and one of you is a deuyll 71 He spake of Iudas Iscariot the sonne of Simon For he it was that shoulde betray hym beyng one of the twelue ¶ The .vij. Chapter 1 Iesus fled the murmuryng Iewes 5 Christes kynsemen beleued not in hym 7 Why the worlde hateth Christe 12 Diuers opinions of Christe 14 Christ teacheth geuing all to his father 20 The blasphemie of the Iewes 23 Of the Sabboth worke 31 Manie of the people beleue on hym 32 The pharisees priestes sende to take hym 39 The holye ghost 4 Discention among the people for Christ 47 The pharisees chyde with the seruaūtes because they haue not brought hym 52 They chyde with Nicodemus 1 AFter these thynges Iesus went about in Galilee For he would no◠go about in Iurie because that the Iewes sought to kyll hym 2 The Iewes feaste of tabernacles was at hande 3 His brethren therfore sayde vnto him Get thee hence and go into Iurie that thy disciples also may see thy workes that thou doest 4 For there is no man that doeth any thyng in secrete and he hym selfe seketh to be knowen openly Yf thou do suche thynges shewe thy selfe to the worlde 5 For his brethren beleued not in hym 6 Then Iesus sayde vnto them My tyme is not yet come but your tyme is alway redy 7 The worlde can not hate you but me it hateth because I testifie of it that the workes therof are euyll 8 Go ye vp vnto this feast I wyll not go vp yet vnto this feast for my tyme is not yet full come 9 When he had saide these wordes vnto them he abode styll in Galilee 10 But assoone as his brethrē were gone vp then went he also vp vnto the feaste not openly but as it were priuilie 11 Then sought hym the Iewes at the feaste and sayde where is he 12 And much murmuryng of hym was there among the people For some said he is good other sayde nay but he deceaueth the people 13 Howebeit no man spake openlye of hym for feare of the Iewes ☜ 14 ☞ Nowe when halfe of the feast was done Iesus went vp into the temple and taught 15 And the Iewes marueyled saying howe knoweth he the scriptures seyng that he neuer learned 16 Iesus aunswered them sayde My doctrine is not myne but his y t sent me 17 Yf any man wyll do his wyll he shall knowe of the doctrine whether it be of God or whether I speake of my selfe 18 He that speaketh of hym selfe seketh his owne praise But he that seketh his praise that sent hym the same is true no vnryghteousnes is in hym 19 Dyd not Moyses geue you a lawe yet none of you kepeth the lawe Why go ye about to kyll me 20 The people aunswered and sayde Thou hast the deuyll who goeth about to kyll thee 21 Iesus aunswered said vnto thē I haue done one worke ye al marueyle 22 Moyses therefore gaue vnto you the circumcisiō not because it is of Moyses but of the fathers And yet ye on the Sabboth day circumcise a man 23 Yf a man on the Sabboth day receaue circumcision without breakyng of the lawe of Moyses disdayne ye at me because I haue made a man euerywhyt whole on the Sabboth day 24 Iudge not after the vtter appearaunce but iudge with a ryghteous iudgement 25 Thē sayde some of them of Hierusalē Is not this he whom they go about to kyll 26 But loe he speaketh boldly they saye nothyng to hym Do the rulers knowe in deede that this is very Christ 27 Howbeit we know this man whence he is but when Christe cōmeth no man knoweth whence he is 28 Then cryed Iesus in the temple as he taught saying Ye both knowe me and whence I am ye knowe And I am not come of my selfe but he that sēt me is true whom ye knowe not 29 But I knowe him for I am of him and he hath sent me 30 Then they sought to take hym but no man layde handes on hym because his houre was not yet come 31 Many of the people beleued on hym and saide When Christe commeth wyl he do mo miracles then these that this man hath done 32 The pharisees hearde that the people murmured such thinges concerning hym ☞ And the pharisees and the hye priestes sent seruauntes to take hym 33 Then sayde Iesus vnto them yet am I a litle whyle with you and then go I vnto hym that sent me 34 Ye shall seke me shall not fynde me where I am thither can ye not come 35 Then sayde the Iewes among them selues Whyther wyll he go that we shall not fynde hym Wyll he go vnto the dispearsed among the Gretians teache the gentiles 36 What maner of saying is this that he sayde ye shall seke me and shall not fynde me and where I am thyther can ye not come 37 In the last day that great day of the feast Iesus stoode and cryed saying Yf any man thirste let him come vnto me and drynke 38 He that beleueth on me as saith the scripture out of his belly shall flowe ryuers of water of lyfe 39 But this spake he of the spirite which they y t beleue o◠hym should receaue 〈◊〉 For the holy ghost was not yet there because Iesus was not yet glorified 40 ☞ Many of the people therfore when they hearde this saying sayde Of a trueth this is the prophete 41 But other sayde this is Christe But some saide shall Christe come out of Galilee 42 Sayth not the scripture that Christe shall come of the seede of Dauid and out of
voyce and sayde vnto them Ye men of Iurie and all ye that dwell at Hierusalem be this knowen vnto you and with your eares heare my wordes 15 For these are not drunken as ye suppose seeyng it is but the thirde houre of the day 16 But this is that which was spoken by the prophete Ioel 17 And it shal be in the last dayes sayth God of my spirite I wyll powre out vpon all fleshe And your sonnes and your daughters shall prophesie and your young men shall see visions and your olde men shall dreame dreames 18 And on my seruauntes and on my handemaydens I wyll powre out of my spirite in those dayes and they shall prophesie 19 And I wyll shewe wonders in heauen aboue and tokens in the earth beneath blood and fyre and the vapour of smoke 20 The Sunne shal be turned into darknesse and the Moone into blood before that great and notable day of the Lord come 21 And it shall come to passe that whosoeuer shall call on the name of the Lorde shal be saued ☜ 22 ☞ Ye men of Israel heare these wordes Iesus of Nazareth a man approued of God among you with miracles wonders and signes which God dyd by hym in the middes of you as ye your selues also knowe 23 Hym haue ye taken by the handes of vnryghteous persons after he was deliuered by the determinate councell and foreknowledge of God and haue crucified and slayne hym 24 Whom God hath raised vp and loosed the sorowes of death because it was vnpossible that he shoulde be holden of it 25 For Dauid speaketh of hym I sawe the Lorde alwayes set foorth before my face for he is on my ryght hande that I shoulde not be moued 26 Therfore dyd my heart reioyce and my tongue was glad Moreouer also my fleshe shall reste in hope 27 Because thou wylt not leaue my soule in hell neither wylt thou suffer thyne holy one to see corruption 28 Thou hast shewed me the wayes of lyfe thou shalt make me full of ioy with thy countenaunce ☜ 29 Ye men and brethren let me freely speake vnto you of the patriarke Dauid For he is both dead and buryed and his sepulchre remayneth with vs vnto this day 30 Therfore seeyng he was a prophete and knewe that God had sworne with an oth to hym that Christe as concernyng the fleshe should come of the fruite of his loynes should syt on his seate 31 He knowyng this before spake of the resurrection of Christe that his soule shoulde not be left in hell neither his fleshe shoulde see corruption 32 This Iesus hath God raysed vp wherof we all are witnesses 33 Then sence that he by the ryght hande of God was exalted and hath receaued of the father the promise of the holy ghost he hath shed foorth this which ye nowe see and heare 34 For Dauid is not ascended into heauē but he sayeth The Lorde sayde to my Lorde syt thou on my ryght 35 Vntill I make thy foes thy footstoole 36 Therfore let all the house of Israel know for a suretie that God hath made that same Iesus whom ye haue crucified Lorde and Christe 37 Nowe when they hearde this they were pricked in their heartes and sayde vnto Peter vnto the other Apostles Ye men brethren what shall we do 38 Then Peter sayde vnto them Repent and be baptized euery one of you in the name of Iesus Christe for the remission of sinnes and ye shall receaue the gyft of the holy ghost 39 For the promise was made vnto you and to your chyldren and to all that are a farre of euen as many as the Lorde our God shall call 40 And with many other wordes bare he witnesse and exhorted them saying Saue your selues from this vntowarde generation 41 Then they that gladly receaued his worde were baptized And the same day there were added vnto them about three thousand◠soules 42 And they continued stedfastly in the Apostles doctrine and felowship and in breakyng of bread and in prayers 43 And feare came vpon euery soule And many wonders and signes were done by the Apostles 44 And all that beleued kept them selues together and had all thynges common 45 And solde their possessions goodes and parted them to all men as euery man had neede 46 And they continued dayly with one accorde in the temple and brake bread from house to house and dyd eate their meate together with gladnesse and singlenesse of heart 47 Praysyng God had fauour with all the people And the Lorde added to the Churche dayly such as should be saued ¶ The .iij. Chapter ¶ 7 The halt is restored to his feete 12 Peter preacheth Christe vnto the people 1 NOwe Peter and Iohn went vp together into the temple at the nynth houre of prayer 2 And a certayne man that was lame from his mothers wombe was brought whom they layde dayly at the gate of the temple which is called beawtifull to aske almes of them that entred into the temple 3 When he sawe Peter and Iohn that they woulde go into the temple he desired to receaue an almes 4 And Peter fastenyng his eyes vpon hym with Iohn sayde Loke on vs. 5 And he gaue heede vnto thē trustyng to receaue somethyng of them 6 Then sayde Peter Syluer and golde haue I none but such as I haue geue I thee In the name of Iesus Christe of Nazareth ryse vp and walke 7 And he toke hym by the ryght hande and lyft hym vp And immediatly his feete and ancle bones receaued strength 8 And he sprang stoode and walked and entred with them into the temple walkyng and leaping praysyng God 9 And all the people sawe hym walke and prayse God 10 And they knewe hym that it was he which sate and begged at the beawtifull gate of the temple And they wondred and were sore astonyed at that which had happened vnto hym 11 And as the lame which was healed helde Peter and Iohn all the people ran amased vnto them in the porche that is called Solomons 12 And when Peter sawe that he aunswered vnto the people ☞ Ye men of Israel why maruayle ye at this or why loke ye so on vs as though by our owne power or godlynesse we had made this man to go 13 The God of Abraham and of Isaac and of Iacob the God of our fathers hath glorified his sonne Iesus whom ye betrayed and denyed in the presence of Pilate when he had iudged hym to be loosed 14 But ye denyed the holy and iust and desired a murtherer to be geuen you 15 And kylled the Lorde of lyfe whom God hath raysed from the dead of the which we are witnesses 16 And his name through the fayth in his name hath made this man sounde whom ye see and knowe And the fayth which is by hym hath geuen to this man health in the presence of you all 17 And nowe
elder beheaded of Herode Agrippa and Peter was caste in pryson and was deliuered by the angell of the Lorde This kyng also dyed in his seuenth yere iiii Fadus dearth xlvi xiii Paul and Barnabas after their preachyng returned vnto Antioch where they continued many dayes with the congregation v. ii Felix about this xlvii xiiii vi iii. time came into xlviii xv   Syria   About the begynnyng of this yere Paul and Barnabas toke their iourney through Phenitia and Samaria vnto Hierusalem to the sinode or counsell After that they returned vnto Antioche where they remayned a yere whyther commeth Peter whom Paul rebuketh Galath ii Then Paul goeth vnto Cilicia and Licaonia vii Tiberius Alex.  xlix xvi viii ii  l. xvii In these yeres were conuerted the countreys of Phrigia Galatia Misia Frō Troade he went by water into Macedonia and conuerted the cities namely Philippos Appolonia Amphipolis Thessalonia Athens ix iii.  li. xviii x. Cumanus Agrippa y e yonger lii xix Paul goeth by sea vnto Hierusalem from thence he commeth agayne vnto Antioche from Antioche he visiteth the congregations of him in time past constituted in Galacia and Phrigia xi Eelix ii liii xx xii ii iii. liiii xxi xiii iii. iiii lv xxii xiiii iiii v. lvi xxiii Paul ferieth ouer into Grecia From thence about Easter in his .xii. yere he goeth by sea into Syria not a strayght course because of the Iewes but firste vnto Phylippa a citie of Macedonia and commeth about Pentecost vnto Hierusalem there he is imprisoned of the Iewes set at libertie immediatly of Claudius Lisia tribunus and is sent vnto Cesarea to Felix is kept in custodie of Felix two yeres Nero v. vi lvii xxiiii Festus commeth about May into Iudea before whom he pleadeth his matter After that before Festus and Agrippa the kyng He is sent vnto Rome in Italie the seconde yere of Nero. ii Festus Portius vii lviii xxv iii. ii viii lix xxvi iiii iii. ix lx xxvii v. iiii x. lxi xxviii vi Albinus xi lxii xxix vii ii xii lxiii xxx viii iii. xiii lxiiii xxxi ix iiii xiiii lxv xxxii x. Florus xv lxvi xxxiii xi ii xvi lxvii xxiiii xii iii. xvii lxviii xxxv xiii iiii xviii lxix xxxvi xiiii Vaspasianus dux xix lxx xxxvii After that Saint Paul had preached the Gospell of Christe both in the east and west about xxxvii yeres he was in the last yere of Nero the Emperour beheaded at Rome with the sworde ¶ The Epistle of the Apostle Saint Paul to the Romanes ¶ The first Chapter 1 Paul sheweth by whom and to what purpose he is called 16 What the Gospell is 18 The vengeaunce of God vpon the wicked 20 The vse of the creatures 24 The ingratitude and punishement of the wicked 1 PAul the seruaunt of Iesus Christe called to be an Apostle seuered into the Gospel of God 2 Which he had promised afore by his prophetes in y e holy scriptures 3 Of his sonne which was made of the seede of Dauid after the fleshe 4 And hath ben declared to be the sonne of God with power after the spirite that sanctifieth by the resurrectiō from the dead of Iesus Christe our Lorde 5 * By whom we haue receaued grace and apostleship that obedience myght be geuen vnto the fayth in his name among all heathen 6 Among whom ye are also the called of Iesus Christe ☜ 7 To all that be in Rome beloued of God saintes by callyng grace to you and peace from God our father and the Lorde Iesus Christe 8 First verily I thanke my God through Iesus Christe for you all that your fayth is publisshed throughout all the worlde 9 For God is my witnesse whom I serue with my spirite in the Gospell of his sonne that without ceassyng I make mention of you 10 Praying alwayes in my prayers that by some meane at the last one tyme or other I myght take a prosperous iourney by the wyll of God to come vnto you 11 For I long to see you that I myght bestowe among you some spirituall gift that ye myght be stablisshed 12 That is that I might haue consolation together with you eche with others fayth yours and mine 13 I woulde that ye should knowe brethren howe that I haue oftentymes purposed to come vnto you and haue ben let hytherto that I myght haue some fruite also among you as among other of the gentiles 14 I am debter both to the grekes and to the barbarous both to the wyse and to the vnwise 15 So that as much as in me is I am redy to preache the Gospell to you that are at Rome also 16 For I am not ashamed of the Gospell of Christ because it is the power of God vnto saluation to all that beleue to the Iewe first and also to the Greke 17 For by it is the ryghteousnes of God opened frō fayth to fayth As it is written the iuste shall lyue by fayth 18 For the wrath of God appeareth from heauen against all vngodlynesse vnrighteousnes of men which withholde the trueth in vnrighteousnes 19 For that that may be knowen of God is manifest among them because God hath shewed it vnto them 20 For his inuisible thinges being vnderstanded by his workes through the creation of the worlde are seene that is both his eternall power and godhead So that they are without excuse 21 Because that when they knewe God they glorified hym not as God neither were thankefull but waxed full of vanities in their imaginations * and their foolishe heart was blynded 22 When they counted them selues wyse they became fooles 23 And turned the glorie of the immortall God vnto an image made not only after the similitude of a mortal man but also of birdes and foure footed beastes and of crepyng beastes 24 Wherefore God gaue them vp to vncleanenesse through the lustes of their owne heartes to defyle their owne bodies among them selues 25 Whiche chaunged his trueth for a lye and worshipped and serued the creature more then the creator which is to be praysed for euer Amen 26 Wherefore God gaue them vp vnto shamefull lustes * For euen their women dyd chaunge the naturall vse into that which is agaynst nature 27 And likewise also the men left the naturall vse of the woman and brent in their lustes one with another * and men with men wrought fylthynesse and receaued to them selues the rewarde of their errour as it was accordyng 28 And as they regarded not to knowe God euen so God deliuered them vp vnto a leude mynde that they should do those thinges which were not comely 29 Beyng full of all vnrighteousnes fornication craftynesse couetousnes maliciousnes full of enuie murther debate deceite euyll conditioned whysperers 30 Backbyters haters of God dispiteful proude boasters bryngers vp of euyll thinges disobedient to father mother 31 Without
vnderstandyng couenaunt breakers without naturall affection truice breakers vnmercyfull 32 The whiche knowyng the righteousnes of God howe that they which commit such thynges are worthy of death not only do the same but also haue pleasure in them that do them ¶ The .ij. Chapter 1 Gods iudgement vpon the hypocrites 12 Ignoraunce excuseth not 13 All men are sinners 15 The Gentiles by their conscience 17 the Iewes by their lawe 1 THerefore art thou inexcusable O mā whosoeuer thou be that iudgest For in that same wherin thou iudgest another thou condempnest thy self For thou that iudgest doest euen y e selfe same thynges 2 But we are sure that the iudgement of god is according to the trueth against them which commit such thynges 3 Thinkest thou this O thou man that iudgest them whiche do such thynges and doest the same thy selfe that thou shalt escape the iudgement of God 4 Eyther despisest thou the rychesse of his goodnes pacience and long sufferaunce not knowyng that the kyndnesse of god leadeth thee to repentaūce 5 But thou after thy stubbernnesse and heart that can not repent heapest vnto thy selfe wrath agaynst the daye of wrath and declaration of the righteous iudgement of God 6 Which wyl rewarde euery man accordyng to his deedes 7 To them whiche by continuyng in well doyng seke for glorie and honour and immortalitie eternall lyfe 8 But vnto them that are contentious that do not obey the trueth but obey vnrighteousnes shall come indignation and wrath 9 Tribulation and anguishe vpon euery soule of man that doeth euyll of the Iewe first and also of the Greke 10 But glorie and honour and peace to euery man that doeth good to y e Iewe first and also to the Greke 11 For there is no respect of persōs with God 12 For whosoeuer hath sinned without lawe shall also perishe without lawe And as many as haue sinned in y e lawe shal be iudged by the lawe 13 For in the sight of God they are not righteous whiche heare the lawe but the doers of the lawe shal be iustified 14 For when the Gentiles which haue not the lawe do of nature the thynges conteyned in the lawe they hauing not the lawe are a lawe vnto them selues 15 Which shewe the workes of the lawe written in their heartes their conscience bearing them witnesse their thoughtes accusyng one another or excusyng 16 At the day when God shall iudge the secretes of men by Iesus Christe accordyng to my Gospell 17 Behold * thou art called a Iewe and restest in the lawe and makest thy boast of God 18 And knowest his wyll and alowest the thinges that be excellent infourmed by the lawe 19 And beleuest that thou thy selfe art a guyde of the blynde a lyght of them which are in darknesse 20 An infourmer of them whiche lacke discretion a teacher of the vnlearned which hast the fourme of knowledge of the trueth in the lawe 21 Thou therefore which teachest another teachest not thy selfe Thou preachest a man shoulde not steale yet thou stealest 22 Thou that sayest a man shoulde not commit adulterie breakest wedlocke Thou abhorrest idoles and yet robbest God of his honour 23 Thou that makest thy boast of y e lawe through breakyng the lawe dishonorest God 24 For the name of God is euyll spoken of among the Gentiles through you As it is written 25 For circumcision veryly auayleth yf thou kepe the lawe But yf thou be a breaker of the lawe thy circumcision is made vncircumcision 26 Therefore if the vncircumcisiō kepe the ordinaunces of the law shall not his vncircumcisiō be counted for circumcisiō 27 And shall not vncircumcision which is by nature if it kepe the law iudge thee which beyng vnder the letter circumcision doest transgresse the lawe 28 For he is not a Iewe whiche is a Iewe outwarde Neither is that circūcision which is outwarde in the fleshe 29 But he is a Iewe whiche is one inwardly and the circumcisiō of y e heart which consisteth in the spirite and not in the letter is circumcision whose prayse is not of men but of God ¶ The .iij. Chapter 1 The Iewes haue a prerogatiue 10 The Iewes and Gentiles be both sinners 21 All are iustified by grace through fayth and not through workes 1 WHAT preferment then hath y e Iew or what auauntageth circumcision 2 Much euery way First for because y t vnto them were committed y e wordes of God 3 What then though some of them dyd not beleue * Shal their vnbeliefe make the fayth of God without effect 4 God forbyd Yea let God be true and euery man a lyer as it is writtē That thou myghtest be iustified in thy sayinges and ouercome when thou art iudged 5 But yf our vnrighteousnes setteth foorth the righteousnes of God what shall we saye Is God vnryghteous which taketh vengeaunce I speake after the maner of men 6 God forbyd For howe then shall God iudge the worlde 7 For yf the trueth of God hath more abounded through my lye vnto his glory why am I as yet iudged as a sinner 8 And not rather as men speake euyll of vs and as some affirme that we say let vs do euyll that good may come therof Whose dampnation is iuste 9 What then Are we better then they No in no wise For we haue alredy proued howe that both Iewes and Gentiles are all vnder sinne 10 As it is written There is none righteous no not one 11 There is none that vnderstandeth there is none that seketh after God 12 They are all gone out of the waye they are all vnprofitable there is none that doth good no not one 13 Their throte is an open sepulchre with their tongues they haue deceaued the poysō of aspes is vnder their lippes 14 Whose mouth is full of cursyng and bytternesse 15 Their feete are swyft to shed blood 16 Heartes griefe miserie are in their wayes 17 And the◠way of peace haue they not knowen 18 There is no feare of God before their eyes 19 ☞ Nowe we knowe that what thynges so euer the lawe saith it saith it to them which are vnder the lawe That all mouthes maye be stopped and that al y e world may be indaungered to God 20 Because that by the deedes of the lawe there shall no flesshe be iustified in his syght For by the lawe commeth the knowledge of sinne 21 But nowe is the righteousnes of God declared without the lawe beyng witnessed by the testimonie of the lawe and of the prophetes 22 The ryghteousnes of God commeth by the fayth of Iesus Christe vnto all and vpon all them that beleue There is no difference 23 For all haue synned and are destitute of the glorie of God 24 Iustified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christe Iesu 25 Whom God hath set foorth to
of one shall many be made ryghteous 20 But the lawe in the meane tyme entred in that sinne shoulde encrease But where sinne was plenteous grace was more plenteous 21 That as sinne hath raigned vnto death euen so myght grace raigne thorowe ryghteousnes vnto eternall lyfe by Iesus Christe our Lorde ¶ The .vj. Chapter 5 Newnesse of lyfe foloweth iustification to the which he exhorteth 1 WHat shall we saye then Shall we continue in sinne that grace maye abound God forbyd 2 Howe shall we that are dead to sinne lyue any longer therin 3 ☞ Knowe ye not that all we whiche haue ben baptized into Iesus Christe haue ben baptized into his death 4 We are buryed then with him by baptisme into his death that lykewyse as Christe was raysed vp from the dead by the glorie of the father euen so we also shoulde walke in newnesse of lyfe 5 For if we be graft together by the likenesse of his death euen so shall we be partakers of the resurrection 6 Knowyng this that our olde man is crucified with hym also that the body of sinne might vtterly be destroyed that hencefoorth we shoulde not serue sinne 7 For he that is dead is iustified from sinne 8 And yf we be dead with Christe we beleue that we shall also lyue with him 9 Knowyng that Christe beyng raysed from the dead dyeth no more death hath no more power ouer hym 10 For as touchyng that he dyed he dyed concerning sinne once And as touching that he lyueth he lyueth vnto God 11 Lykewyse recken your selues to be dead to sinne but alyue vnto God thorowe Iesus Christe our Lorde ☜ 12 Let not sinne raigne therefore in your mortall bodie that ye shoulde thervnto obey by the lustes of it 13 Neither geue ye your members as instrumentes of vnryghteousnesse vnto sinne but geue your selues vnto God as they that are alyue from the dead and your members as instrumentes of ryghteousnesse vnto God 14 For sinne shall not haue power ouer you because ye are not vnder y e lawe but vnder grace 15 What then Shall we sinne because we are not vnder the lawe but vnder grace God forbyd 16 ☞ Knowe ye not how that to whom soeuer ye commit your selues as seruauntes to obey his seruauntes ye are to whom ye obey whether it be of sinne vnto death or of obedience vnto ryghteousnesse 17 But God be thanked that ye were the seruaūtes of sinne but ye haue obeyed with heart the fourme of doctrine into the which ye were brought vnto 18 Being then made free frō sinne ye are become y e seruauntes of ryghteousnesse 19 ☞ I speake after the maner of men because of the infirmitie of your fleshe As ye haue geuen your members seruauntes to vncleannesse and iniquitie vnto iniquitie euen so nowe geue your members seruauntes to righteousnesse vnto holynesse 20 For when ye were the seruauntes of sinne ye were free from ryghteousnesse 21 What fruite had ye then in those thynges wherof ye are nowe ashamed For the ende of those thynges is death 22 But nowe ye beyng made free from sinne and made the seruauntes of God haue your fruite vnto holynesse and the ende euerlastyng lyfe 23 For the rewarde of sinne is death but the gyft of God is eternall lyfe thorowe Iesus Christe our Lorde ☜ ¶ The .vij. Chapter 1.7.12 The vse of the lawe 24 from the which Christe hath delyuered vs. 23 The fyght betwene the lawe of the fleshe and the lawe of the spirite 1 KNowe ye not brethrē for I speake to thē that knowe the lawe how that the law hath power ouer a mā as long as he lyueth 2 For*the woman which is in subiectiō to a man is bounde by the lawe to the man as long as he lyueth But yf the man be dead she is loosed from thē lawe of the man 3 So then*yf whyle the man lyueth she couple her selfe with another man she shal be counted a wedlocke breaker But yf the man be dead she is free from the law so that she is no wedlocke breaker though she couple her selfe with another man 4 Euen so ye also my brethren are dead concernyng the lawe by the body of Christe that ye shoulde be coupled to another who is raysed from the dead that we shoulde bryng foorth fruite vnto God 5 For when we were in the fleshe the lustes of sinne whiche were by the lawe wrought in our members to bring forth fruite vnto death 6 But nowe are we delyuered from the lawe and dead vnto it whervnto we were in bondage that we shoulde serue in newenesse of spirite and not in the oldnesse of the letter 7 What shall we say then Is the lawe sinne God forbyd Neuerthelesse I knewe not sinne but by the lawe For I had not knowen lust except the lawe had sayde thou shalt not lust 8 But sinne takyng occasion by the commaundement wrought in me all maner of concupiscence For without the lawe sinne was dead 9 I once lyued without lawe But when the commaundement came sinne reuyued 10 And I was dead And the very same commaundemēt which was ordeyned vnto lyfe was founde to be vnto me an occasion of death 11 For sinne takyng occasion by the commaundement hath deceaued me and by the same slewe me 12 Wherfore * the lawe is holy and the commaundement holy iust and good 13 Was that then which was good made death vnto me God forbyd But sinne that sinne myght appeare by that which was good to worke death in me that sinne by y e commaundement myght be out of measure sinfull 14 For we knowe that the lawe is spirituall but I am carnall solde vnder sinne 15 For that which I do I alowe not For what I woulde that do I not but what I hate that do I. 16 If I do nowe that which I woulde not I consent vnto the lawe that it is good 17 Nowe then it is not I that do it but sinne that dwelleth in me 18 For I knowe that in me that is to say in my fleshe dwelleth no good thyng For to wyll is present with me but I fynde no meanes to perfourme that which is good 19 For the good that I woulde do I not But the euyll which I woulde not that do I. 20 And yf I do that I woulde not then is it not I that doth it but sinne that dwelleth in me 21 I fynde then by the lawe that when I woulde do good euyll is present with me 22 For I delite in the lawe of God after the inwarde man 23 But I see another lawe in my members rebellyng agaynst the lawe of my mynde and subduyng me vnto the lawe of sinne which is in my members 24 O wretched man that I am Who shall deliuer me from the body of this death 25 I thanke God through Iesus Christe our Lorde So then with the mynde I my selfe serue the lawe of God
but with the fleshe the lawe of sinne ⧠The .viij. Chapter 1 The assuraunce of the faythfull 6 The fruites of the holy ghost 3 The weakenesse of the lawe 17 Of hope 18 Of patience vnder the crosse 29 Of the foreknowledge of God 1 THere is then no dampnation to them which are in Christe Iesu which walke not after the fleshe but after the spirite 2 For the lawe of the spirite of lyfe through Iesus Christe hath made me * free from the lawe of sinne and death 3 * For what the lawe coulde not do in as much as it was weake through the fleshe God sendyng his owne sonne in the similitude of sinfull fleshe euen by sinne condempned sinne in the fleshe 4 That the ryghteousnesse of the lawe myght be fulfylled in vs which walke not after the fleshe but after the spirite 5 For they that are carnall are carnally mynded But they that are spirituall are spiritually mynded 6 To be carnally mynded is death But to be spiritually mynded is lyfe peace 7 Because that the fleshly mynde is enmitie agaynst God For it is not obedient to the lawe of God neither can be 8 So then they that are in the fleshe can not please God 9 But ye are not in the fleshe but in the spirite yf so be that the spirite of God dwell in you If any man haue not the spirite of Christe the same is none of his 10 And yf Christe be in you the body is dead because of sinne but the spirite is lyfe for ryghteousnesse sake 11 But yf y e spirite of hym that raysed vp Iesus from the dead dwell in you euen he that raised vp Christe from the dead shall also quicken your mortall bodyes because that his spirite dwelleth in you 12 ☞ Therfore brethren we are detters not to the fleshe to lyue after the fleshe 13 For if ye liue after y e fleshe ye shall dye But if ye through the spirite do mortifie the deedes of the body ye shall lyue 14 For as many as are lēd by the spirite of God they are the sonnes of God 15 For ye haue not receaued the spirite of bondage agayne to feare but ye haue receaued the spirite of adoption wherby we cry Abba father 16 The same spirite beareth witnesse to our spirite that we are y e sonnes of God 17 If we be sonnes then are we also heyres the heyres of God and ioynt-heyres with Christe So that we suffer together that we may be also glorified together 18 ☞ For I am certaynely perswaded that the afflictions of this tyme are not worthy of the glory which shal be shewed vpon vs. 19 * For the feruent desire of the creature abydeth lokyng whē the sonnes of God shall appeare 20 Because the creature is subiect to vanitie not wyllyng but for hym which hath subdued the same in hope 21 For the same creature shal be made free from the bondage of corruptiō into the glorious libertie of y e sonnes of God 22 For we knowe that euery creature groneth with vs also and trauayleth in payne euen vnto this tyme. 23 Not only they but we also which haue the first fruites of the spirite and we our selues mourne in our selues and wayte for the adoption euen the deliueraunce of our body ☜ 24 For we are saued by hope But hope that is seene is no hope For howe can a man hope for that which he seeth 25 But and yf we hope for that we see not thē do we with pacience abide for it 26 Lykewyse the spirite also helpeth our infirmities For we knowe not what to desire as we ought but y e spirite maketh great intercession for vs with gronynges which can not be expressed 27 And * he that searcheth the heartes * knoweth what is the meanyng of the spirite for he maketh intercession for the saintes accordyng to the pleasure of God ☜ 28 ☞ For we knowe y t all thinges worke for the best vnto them that loue God to them which also are called of purpose 29 For those which he knewe before he also dyd predestinate that they shoulde be lyke fashioned vnto the shape of his sonne that he myght be y e first begotten among many brethren 30 Moreouer whom he dyd predestinate thē also he called And whom he called them also he iustified And whom he iustified them he also glorified 31 What shall we then say to these thynges If God be on our syde who can be agaynst vs 32 Which spared not his owne sonne but gaue hym for vs all Howe shall he not with hym also geue vs all thynges 33 Who shall lay any thyng to the charge of Gods chosen It is God that iustifieth 34 Who is he that can condempne It is Christe which dyed yea rather which is raysed agayne which is also on the ryght hande of God and maketh intercession for vs. 35 Who shall seperate vs from the loue of God Shall tribulation or anguishe or persecution either hunger either nakednesse either peryll either sworde 36 As it is written For thy sake are we kylled all daye long and are counted as sheepe for the slaughter 37 Neuerthelesse in all these thinges we ouercome through hym that loued vs. 38 For I am sure that neither death neither lyfe neither angels nor rule neither power neither thynges present neither thynges to come 39 Neither heygth nor deapth neither any other creature shal be able to seperate vs from the loue of God which is in Christe Iesu our Lorde ☜ ¶ The .ix. Chapter 1 Paul declareth his feruent loue towardes his nation 11 he treateth of election and reprobation 24 Also of the callyng of the gentiles 30 and of the castyng of of the Iewes 1 I Say y e trueth in Christ I lye not my conscience also bearyng me witnesse by the holy ghost 2 That I haue great heauinesse continuall sorowe in my heart 3 For * I haue wisshed my selfe to be cursed from Christe for my brethren my kynsmen as pertaynyng to y e fleshe 4 Which are the Israelites To whom pertayneth the adoption and the glory the couenauntes * and the lawe that was geuen and the seruice of God and the promises 5 Of whom are the fathers of whom as concernyng the fleshe Christe came which is God in all thynges to be praysed for euer Amen 6 And it can not be that the worde of God shoulde take none effect For they are not all Israelites which are of Israel 7 Neither are they all chyldren that are the seede of Abraham But in Isaac shall thy seede be called 8 That is to say They which are the chyldren of the fleshe are not the chyldren of God But they which be the childrē of promise are counted the seede 9 For this is a worde of promise About this tyme wyll I come and Sara shall haue a sonne 10 Not only this but also Rebecca was with chylde by
together are Gods labourers ye are Gods husbandrie ye are God 's buyldyng 10 Accordyng to the grace of God geuen vnto me as a wise maister builder haue I layde the foundation and another buyldeth theron But let euery man take heede howe he buyldeth vpon 11 For other foundation can no man lay then that that is layde which is Iesus Christe 12 If any man buylde on this foundation golde syluer precious stones tymber haye or stubble 13 Euery mans worke shal appeare The day shall declare it because it shal be reuealed by the fire And the fire shall trie euery mans worke what it is 14 If any mans worke that he hath built vpon abyde he shall receaue a reward 15 If any mans worke burne he shall suffer losse but he shal be safe hym selfe neuertheles yet as it were through fire 16 ☞ Knowe ye not that ye are the temple of God and that the spirite of God dwelleth in you 17 If any man defyle the temple of God hym shall God destroy For the temple of God is holy which temple ye are 18 Let no man deceaue him selfe Yf any man among you seeme to be wise in this worlde let hym be a foole that he may be wyse 19 For the wisedome of this worlde is foolishnesse with God For it is writteÌ„ He compasseth the wise in their own craftynesse 20 And agayne The Lorde knoweth the thoughtes of the wyse that they be vayne 21 Therfore let no man reioyce in men For all thynges are yâ—urs 22 Whether it be Paul or Apollo or Cephas either the worlde either lyfe or death whether they be present thinges or thynges to come all are yours 23 And ye are Christes and Christe is Gods ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 1 After that he had described the office of a true apostle 3 seyng they dyd not acknowledge hym such one 4 he appealeth to gods iudgement 7 beatyng downe their glorie which hyndered them to prayse that which they dispraysed in hym 16 He sheweth what he requireth on their part and what they ought to loke for of hym at his returne 1 LEt a man so esteeme of vs as the ministers of Christe and disposers of the secretes of God 2 Furthermore it is required of the disposers that a man be founde faythfull 3 With me it is but a very small thyng that I shoulde be iudged of you either of mans iudgement No I iudge not mine owne selfe 4 For I knowe nothing by my selfe yet am I not thereby iustified but he that iudgeth me is the Lorde 5 Therefore iudge nothyng before the tyme vntyll the Lorde come who wyl lyghten thynges that are hyd in darkenesse open the counsels of the heartes and then shall euery man haue prayse of God ☜ 6 And these thynges brethren I haue figuratiuely applied vnto my selfe and to Apollos for your sakes that ye might learne by vs that no man conceaue in mynde aboue that whiche is written that one swell not agaynst another for any mans cause 7 For who seperateth thee And what hast thou that thou hast not receaued If thou haue receaued it why reioycest thou as though thou haddest not receaued it 8 Nowe ye are full nowe ye are made ryche ye raigne as kynges without vs and I woulde to God ye dyd raigne that we also myght raigne with you 9 For me thynketh that God hath set foorth vs whiche are the last apostles as it were men appoynted to death For we are made a gasyng stocke vnto the worlde and to the angels and to men 10 We are fooles for Christes sake but ye are wyse in Christe We are weake but ye are stronge Ye are honorable but we are despised 11 Euen vnto this time we both hunger and thirste and are naked and are buffeted and haue no certaine dwellyng place 12 And labour working with our owne handes We are reuyled and we blesse We are persecuted and suffer it 13 We are euyll spoken of and we praye we are made as the fylthynesse of the worlde the ofscowryng of all thynges vnto this day 14 I write not these thynges to shame you but as my beloued sonnes I warne you 15 For though ye haue ten thousande instructours in Christ yet haue ye not many fathers For in Christe Iesu I haue begotten you through the Gospell 16 Wherfore I desire you be ye folowers of me 17 For this cause haue I sent vnto you Timotheus whiche is my beloued sonne faythfull in the Lorde which shall put you in remembraunce of my wayes which be in Christe as I teache euery where in all Churches 18 Some swel as though I would come no more at you 19 But I wyll come to you shortly if the Lorde wyll wyll knowe not the wordes of theÌ„ which swell but the power 20 For the kyngdome of God is not in worde but in power 21 What wyl ye Shal I come vnto you with a rodde or in loue and in the spirite of mekenesse ⧠The .v. Chapter 1 He reproueth sharpely their negligence in punyshyng him that had committed incest 3 wyllyng them to excommunicate hym 7 to imbrace puritie 9 and flee wickednesse 1 THere goeth a common saying that there is fornication among you suche fornication as is not named among the gentiles that one shoulde haue his fathers wyfe 2 And ye swell and haue not rather sorowed that he that hath so done this deede myght be put from among you 3 For I veryly as absent in body but present in spirite haue determined alredie as though I were present concernyng hym that hath done this deede 4 In the name of our Lorde Iesus Christe when ye are gathered together and my spirite with the power of the Lorde Iesus Christe 5 To delyuer suche a one vnto Satan for the destruction of the flesshe that the spirite may be saued in the daye of the Lorde Iesus 6 Your reioycing is not good Knowe ye not that a litle leauen leaueneth the whole lumpe 7 ☞ Purge out therfore the olde leauen that ye maye be newe dowe as ye are vnleauened bread For Christe our Pasouer is offred vp for vs. 8 Therefore let vs kepe holy day not with old leauen neither with the leauen of maliciousnes and wickednesse but with the vnleauened bread of purenesse and trueth ☜ 9 I wrote vnto you in an epistle that ye should not companie with fornicatours 10 And I meant not at all with the fornicatours of this worlde or with the couetous or extortioners or with idolaters for then must ye needes haue gone out of the world 11 But nowe I haue written vnto you that ye companie not together if any that is called a brother be a fornicatour or couetous or a worshipper of idols or a rayler or a drunkarde or an extortioner with him that is such see that ye eate not 12 For what haue I to do to iudge them
that are without Do ye not iudge them that are within Them that are without God iudgeth Put away from among you that wicked person The .vi. Chapter 1 He rebuketh them for goyng to lawe together before the heathen 7 Christians ought rather to suffer 12 He reproueth the abusing of christian libertie 15 and sheweth that we ought to serue God purely both in body and in soule 1 DAre any of you hauing businesse with another be iudged vnder the vniust and not rather vnder y e saintes 2 Do ye not knowe that the saintes shall iudge the worlde If the worlde shal be iudged by you are ye vnworthy to iudge the smallest matters 3 Know ye not howe that we shal iudge the angels Howe much more thinges that parteyne to this lyfe 4 If then ye haue iudgement of thinges parteynyng to this lyfe set vp them to iudge whiche are least esteemed in the Churche 5 I speake it to your shame Is it so that there is not a wyse man among you no not one that can iudge betwene brother and brother 6 But one brother goeth to law with another and that vnder the vnbeleuers 7 Nowe therefore there is vtterly a fault among you because ye go to lawe one with another Why rather suffer ye not wrong why rather suffer ye not harme 8 Nay ye your selues do wrong and do harme and that to your brethren 9 Knowe ye not that the vnrighteous shall not inherite the kingdome of God Be not deceaued neither fornicatours nor idolatours nor adulterers nor weaklinges nor abusers of them selues with mankinde 10 Nor theeues nor couetous nor drunckardes nor cursed speakers nor pyllers shall inherite the kingdome of God 11 And such were some of you but ye are wasshed but ye are sanctified but ye are iustified in the name of the Lord Iesus and by the spirite of our God 12 All thinges are lawfull vnto me but al thinges are not profitable Al things are lawfull vnto me but I will not be brought vnder the power of any 13 Meates are ordeyned for the belly and the belly for meates but God shall destroy both it and them Nowe the body is not for fornication but for the Lorde and the Lorde for the body 14 And God both hath raysed vp the Lorde and also shall rayse vs vp by his power 15 ☞ Knowe ye not that your bodies are the members of Christe Shall I then take the members of Christe and make them the members of an harlot God forbyd 16 Know ye not that he whiche coupleth him selfe with an harlot is one body For two sayth he shal be one fleshe 17 But he that is ioyned vnto the Lord is one spirite 18 Flee fornication Euery synne that a man doeth is without the body but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his owne body 19 Knowe ye not that your body is the temple of the holy ghost whiche is in you whom ye haue of God and ye are not your owne 20 For ye are dearely bought therefore glorifie God in your body and in your spirite which are Gods The .vii. Chapter 1 The apostle aunswereth to certayne questions which the Corinthians desired to know 2 as of single lyfe 3 of the duetie of mariage 11 of discordes and discention in mariage 13 of mariage betweene the faythfull and vnfaythfull 18 of vncircumcising the circumcised 21 of seruitude 25 of virginitie 39 and seconde mariage 1 NOwe as concernyng the thinges wherof ye wrote vnto me ☞ it is good for a man not to touche a woman 2 Neuerthelesse to auoyde fornication let euery man haue his owne wyfe and let euery woman haue her owne husband 3 Let the husbande geue vnto the wyfe due beneuolence Lykewyse also the wyfe vnto the husbande 4 The wyfe hath not the power of her owne body but the husbande And likewyse also the husbande hath not the power of his owne body but the wife 5 Defraude you not the one the other except it be with both your consentes for a time that ye may geue your selues to fasting and prayer and afterward come together againe that Satan tempt you not for your incontinencie 6 This I say of fauour not of commaundement 7 For I woulde that all men were as I my selfe am but euery man hath his proper gift of God one after this maner another after that 8 I say therefore vnto them that be vnmaryed and wyddowes it is good for them if they abyde euen as I. 9 But if they can not abstayne let them marrie For it is better to marrie then to burne 10 Vnto the maryed commaunde not I but the Lord Let not the wyfe depart from the husbande 11 But and if she depart let her remayne vnmarried or be reconciled vnto her husbande againe And let not the husbande put away his wyfe 12 But to the remnaunt speake I not the Lorde If any brother haue a wife that beleueth not if she be content to dwell with him let him not put her away 13 And the woman which hath to her husbande an infidell and he consent to dwel with her let her not put him away 14 For the vnbeleuing husbande is sanctified by the wyfe and the vnbeleuyng wyfe is sanctified by the husbande els were your children vncleane but nowe are they holy 15 But if the vnbeleuing depart let hym depart A brother or a sister is not in subiection in such thinges But God hath called vs in peace 16 For howe knowest thou O woman whether thou shalt saue thy husbande or how knowest thou O man whether thou shalt saue thy wyfe 17 But as God hath distributed to euery man as the Lorde hath called euery one so let hym walke and so ordeyne I in all Churches 18 Is any man called beyng circumcised let him not adde vncircumcision Is any called vncircumcised let him not be circumcised 19 Circumcision is nothing and vncircumcision is nothing but the keping of the commaundementes of God 20 ☞ Let euery man abyde in the same calling wherin he was called 21 Art thou called a seruaunt care not for it Neuerthelesse if thou mayest be free vse it rather 22 For he that is called in the Lord being a seruaunt is the Lordes free man Lykewyse also he that is called beyng free is Christes seruaunt 23 Ye are dearely bought be not ye the seruauntes of men 24 Brethren let euery man wherin he is called therin abyde with God ☜ 25 Nowe concerning virgins I haue no commaundement of the Lord yet geue I counsell as one that hath obtayned mercy in the Lorde to be faythfull 26 I suppose therfore that it is good for the present necessitie for I say it is good for a man so to be 27 Art thou bounde vnto a wife seke not to be loosed Art thou loosed from a wyfe seke not a wyfe 28 But and if thou marrie a wyfe thou sinnest not and if a
our mortall flesshe 12 So then death worketh in vs but life in you ☜ 13 ☞ Seing then that we haue the same spirite of fayth accordyng as it is written I beleued and therefore haue I spoken We also beleue and therefore speake 14 For we knowe that he which raysed vp the Lorde Iesus shall rayse vp vs also by the meanes of Iesus and shall set vs with you 15 For all thynges do I for your sakes that the plenteous grace by thankes geuyng of many may redounde to the prayse of God 16 Wherefore we are not weryed But though our outwarde man perishe yet the inwarde man is renued day by day 17 For our exceedyng tribulation which is momentanie lyght prepareth an exceedyng and an eternall wayght of glorie vnto vs. 18 Whyle we loke not on the thynges whiche are seene but on the thynges which are not seene For the thynges which are seene are temporall but the things which are not seene are eternal ¶ The .v. Chapter 1 Paul proceedeth to declare the vtilitie that commeth by the crosse 4 howe we ought to prepare our selues vnto it 5 by whom 9 and for what ende 14 19 He setteth foorth the grace of Christ 20 and the office of ministers all the faithful 1 FOr we knowe that yf our earthly house of this tabernacle were destroyed we haue a building of God an habitation not made with handes but eternall in heauen 2 For therfore sygh we desiryng to be clothed with our house whiche is from heauen 3 So yet yf that we be founde clothed and not naked 4 For we that are in this tabernacle sigh being burdened because we would not be vnclothed but would be clothed vpō that mortalitie might be swalowed vp of lyfe 5 He that hath ordeyned vs for this thyng is God which hath also geuen vnto vs the earnest of the spirite 6 Therfore we are alway of good cheare and knowe that as long as we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lorde 7 For we walke by fayth not after outwarde appearaunce 8 Neuerthelesse we are of good comfort and had rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lorde 9 Wherfore whether we be at home or from home we endeuour our selues to be accepted vnto hym 10 For we must all appeare before the iudgement seate of Christe that euery man may receaue the workes of his bodie according to that he hath done whether it be good or bad 11 ☞ Seing then that we knowe the feare of the Lorde we fare fayre with men For we are knowen well enough vnto God I trust also that we are knowen in your consciences 12 For we prayse not our selues agayne vnto you but geue you an occasion to reioyce of vs that ye may haue somwhat agaynst them which reioyce in the face and not in the heart 13 For yf we be to feruent to God are we to feruent Or yf we kepe measure for your cause kepe we measure 14 For the loue of Christe constrayneth vs because we thus iudge that yf one dyed for all then were all dead 15 And he dyed for all that they which lyue shoulde not hencefoorth lyue vnto them selues but vnto hym which dyed for them and rose agayne ☜ 16 Wherefore hencefoorth knowe we no man after the flesshe Insomuche though we haue knowen Christe after the flesshe nowe yet hencefoorth knowe we hym so no more 17 Therfore yf any man be in Christe he is a newe creature Olde thynges are passed awaye beholde all thynges are become newe 18 And all thynges are of God whiche hath reconciled vs vnto hym selfe by Iesus Christe and hath geuen to vs the ministerie of reconciliation 19 For God was in Christe reconciling the worlde to hym selfe not imputyng their sinnes vnto them and hath committed to vs the preachyng of the atonement 20 Nowe then are we messengers in the rowme of Christe euen as though God dyd beseche you through vs. So praye we you in Christes steade that ye be reconciled vnto God 21 For he hath made him to be sinne for vs whiche knewe no sinne that we shoulde be made the ryghteousnesse of God in hym The .vj. Chapter 1 An exhortation to christian lyfe 11 and to beare him like affection as he doeth them Also to kepe them selues from pollution of idolatrie both in body and soule and to haue none acquayntaunce with the heathen 1 WE also as helpers exhorte you that ye receaue not the grace of God in vayne 2 For he saith I haue heard thee in a tyme accepted and in the day of saluation haue I suckoured thee Beholde nowe is that accepted tyme beholde nowe is that day of saluation 3 Let vs geue none occasion of euyll in any thyng that the ministerie be not blamed 4 But in all thynges let vs behaue our selues as y e ministers of God in much pacience in afflictions in necessities in anguisshes 5 In stripes in prisonmentes in strifes in labours 6 In watchynges in fastinges in purenesse in knowledge in long suffryng in kyndnesse in the holy ghost in loue vnfaigned 7 In the worde of trueth in the power of God by the armour of righteousnes of the ryght hande and on the lefte 8 By honour and dishonour by euyll report and good report as deceauers and yet true 9 As vnknowen and yet knowen as dying and beholde we lyue as chastened and not kylled 10 As sorowyng and yet alway merie as poore and yet make many riche as hauyng nothyng and yet possessyng all thynges ☜ 11 O ye Corinthians our mouth is open vnto you our heart is made large 12 Ye are in no strayte in vs but are in a straite in your owne bowels 13 I promise you lyke rewarde as vnto children Set your selues at large 14 ☞ And beare not ye a straunge yoke with the vnbeleuers For what felowship hath righteousnesse with vnrighteousnesse Or what communion hath lyght with darkenesse 15 Or what concorde hath Christe with belyall Eyther what part hath he that beleueth with an infidell 16 Or howe agreeth the temple of God with images For ye are the temple of the lyuing God as saide God I wyll dwell in them walke in them wyll be their God they shal be my people 17 Wherfore come out frō among them and seperate your selues from them saith the Lorde and touche none vncleane thyng and I wyll receaue you 18 And wyll be a father vnto you and ye shal be my sonnes and daughters saith the Lorde almightie ⧠The .vij. Chapter 1 He exhorteth them by the promise of God to kepe them selues pure 3.7 Assuryng them of his loue 8.13 and doeth not excuse his seueritie towarde them but reioyceth therof consideryng what profite came therby 10 Of two sortes of sorowe 1 SEyng that we haue these promises dearely beloued let vs
clense our selues from all fylthynesse of the flesshe spirite and growe vp to full holynesse in the feare of God 2 Vnderstande vs we haue wronged no man we haue corrupt no man we haue defrauded no man 3 I speake not this to condempne you for I haue shewed you before that ye are in our heartes to dye and lyue with you 4 I am very bolde ouer you I reioyce greatly in you I am fylled with comfort and am exceedyng ioyous in all our tribulation 5 For when we were come into Macedonia our flesshe had no rest but we were troubled on euery syde Outward was fyghtyng inward was feare 6 Neuerthelesse God that comforteth the humble comforted vs by the commyng of Titus 7 And not by his comming only but also by the consolatiō whiche we receaued of you when he tolde vs your desire your wepyng your feruent mynde towarde me so that I reioyced the more 8 For though I made you sorie with a letter I repent not though I dyd repent For I perceaue that the same epistle made you sorie though it were but for a season 9 I nowe reioyce not that ye were sorie but that ye so sorowed to repent for ye sorowed godly so that in nothyng ye were hurt by vs. 10 For godly sorowe causeth repentaunce vnto saluatiō not to be repented of but the sorowe of the world causeth death 11 For beholde this thing what carefulnesse this godly sorow that ye toke hath wrought in you yea what clearing of your selues yea what indignation yea what feare yea what vehemēt desire yea what zeale yea what punishment For in all thynges ye haue shewed your selues that ye were cleare in y t matter 12 Wherefore though I wrote vnto you I dyd it not for his cause that had done the hurt neither for his cause that was hurt but that your good minde to vswarde myght appeare among you in the syght of God 13 Therfore we are comforted because ye are comforted yea and exceedyngly the more ioyed we for the ioy that Titus had because his spirite was refreshed by you all 14 I am therefore not nowe ashamed though I boasted my selfe to hym of you For as all thinges which we spake vnto you are true euen so our boastyng that I made vnto Titus is made true 15 And his inwarde affection is more aboundaunt towarde you when he remembred the obedience of you all howe with feare and tremblyng ye receaued hym 16 I reioyce that I may be bolde in you in all thynges ¶ The .viij. Chapter 1 By the example of the Macedonians 9 and Christe he exhorteth them to continue in relieuyng the poore saintes commending their good beginning 23 After he commendeth Titus and his felowes vnto them 1 MOreouer we do you to wite brethren of the grace of God which was geuen in the Churches of Macedonia 2 Howe that y e aboundance of their reioycing is that they are tryed with muche tribulation And though they were exceedyng poore yet haue they geuen exceedyng rychlye and that in singlenesse 3 For to their powers I beare them recorde yea beyonde their powers they were wyllyng 4 And prayed vs with great instaunce that we woulde receaue this grace and societie of the ministerie to y e saintes 5 And this they dyd not as we loked for but gaue their owne selues first to the Lorde and after vnto vs by the wyll of God 6 So that we coulde not but desire Titus to accomplyshe y e same grace among you also euen as he had begun 7 Nowe therefore as ye are riche in all thinges in fayth in worde in knowledge in all feruentnesse and in loue which ye haue to vs euen so see that ye be plenteous in this grace also 8 This say I not by commaundement but because of y e feruentnesse of other alowing the vnfaynednes of your loue 9 For ye knowe the grace of our Lorde Iesus Christ that though he was rich yet for your sakes he became poore that ye through his pouertie might be made rich 10 And I geue councell hereto For this is expedient for you which haue begun not to do only but also to wil a yere ago 11 Nowe therfore perfourme the thyng which ye began to do that as ther was in you a redines to wyll euen so ye may performe y e dede of that which ye haue 12 For if there be first a wyllyng mynde it is accepted accordyng to that a man hath and not accordyng to that he hath not 13 Truly not that other be set at ease ye brought into combraunce 14 But that there be equalnesse nowe at this tyme and that your aboundaunce may succour their lacke and that their aboundaunce maye supplie your lacke that there may be equalitie 15 As it written He that had much had not the more aboundaunce and he that had litle had not the lesse 16 Thankes be vnto God which put the same good mynde for you in the heart of Titus 17 Because he accepted the exhortation yea rather he was so well wylling that of his owne accorde he came vnto you 18 We haue sent with hym that brother whose praise is in the Gospel through out all the Churches 19 And not that only but is also chosen of the Churches to be a felowe with vs in our iourney concernyng this grace that is ministred by vs vnto the glorie of the same Lorde and to stirre vp your redie mynde 20 For this we eschewe that any man shoulde rebuke vs in this plenteous distribution that is ministred by vs 21 And make prouisiō for honest thinges not only in the syght of the Lorde but also in the syght of men 22 We haue sent with them a brother of ours whom we haue oftentymes proued diligent in many thinges but nowe much more diligent for the great confidence whiche I haue in you 23 Partly for Titus sake which is my felowe helper concernyng you partly because of other which are our brethren and the messengers of the Churches and the glorie of Christe 24 Wherfore shewe ye vnto them y e profe of your loue of our reioycyng of you in the syght of the Churches ¶ The .ix. Chapter ◠The cause of Titus and his companions commyng to them 6 He exhorteth to geue almes chearefully 7 shewyng what fruites wyll come therof 1 OF the ministryng to the saintes it is but superfluous for me to write vnto you 2 For I knowe the redinesse of your mynde whereof I boast my selfe of you vnto them of Macedonia that Achaia was prepared a yere a go and your zeale hath prouoked many 3 Yet haue I sent the brethren lest our boastyng which I make of you should be in vayne in this behalfe that ye as I haue sayde may prepare yourselues 4 Lest yf they of Macedonia come with me and fynde you vnprepared we I wyll not say you shoulde be ashamed
deedes of the lawe but by the fayth of Iesus Christe And we haue beleued on Iesus Christ that we might be iustified by the fayth of Christe and not by the deedes of the lawe because by the deedes of the lawe no fleshe shal be iustified 17 If then whyle we seke to be made ryghteous by Christe we our selues are founde sinners is therfore Christe the minister of sinne God forbyd 18 For yf I builde agayne the thynges which I destroyed then make I my selfe a trespasser 19 For I through the lawe am dead to the lawe that I myght lyue vnto God I am crucified with Christe 20 Neuerthelesse I lyue yet nowe not I but Christe lyueth in me And y e lyfe which I nowe liue in the fleshe I lyue by the faith of the sonne of God which loued me and gaue hym selfe for me 21 I reiect not the grace of God ▪ For yf ryghteousnesse come of the lawe then Christe is dead in vayne ¶ The .iij. Chapter 1 He rebuketh them sharply 2 and proueth by dyuers reasons that iustification is by fayth 6 as appeareth by the example of Abraham 10.19.24 and by the office and the ende both of the lawe 11.25 and of fayth 1 O Foolishe Galathians who hath bewitched you that ye shoulde not obey y e trueth To whom Iesus Christe was described before the eyes among you crucified 2 This only woulde I learne of you whether ye receaued the spirite by the deedes of the lawe or by the hearyng of the fayth 3 Are ye such fooles that after ye haue begun in the spirite ye woulde nowe ende in the fleshe 4 Haue ye suffered so great thynges in vayne Yf it be yet in vayne 5 He therfore that ministreth to you the spirite and worketh miracles among you doth he it through the deedes of the lawe or by hearyng of the fayth 6 Euen as Abraham beleued God it was ascribed to hym for righteousnesse 7 Knowe ye therfore that they which are of fayth the same are the chyldren of Abraham 8 For the scripture seyng aforehande that God woulde iustifie the Heathen through fayth shewed beforehand glad tydynges vnto Abraham saying In thee shall all nations be blessed 9 So then they which be of fayth are blessed with the faythfull Abraham 10 For as many as are of the deedes of the lawe are vnder the curse For it is writtē Cursed is euery one that continueth not in all thinges which are written in the booke of the lawe to do them 11 But that no man is iustified by y e lawe in the sight of God it is euident For the iust shall lyue by fayth 12 And the lawe is not of fayth but the man that doth them shall lyue in them 13 Christe hath redeemed vs from the curse of the lawe beyng made a curse for vs. For it is written Cursed is euery one that hangeth on tree 14 That the blessyng of Abraham might come on the gentiles through Iesus Christe that we myght receaue the promise of the spirite through fayth 15 Brethren I speake after y e maner of men Though it be but a mans testamēt yet if it be alowed no man reiecteth it or addeth therto 16 ☞ To Abraham and his seede were the promises made He sayth not to the seedes as of many but to thy seede as of one which is Christe 17 This I say that the lawe which began afterwarde beyonde foure hundred and thirtie yeres doth not disanull the testament that was confirmed afore of God vnto Christewarde to make the promise of none effect 18 For yf the inheritaūce be of the lawe then not nowe of promise But God gaue it vnto Abraham by promise 19 Wherfore then serueth the lawe It was added because of transgressions tyl the seede came to whom the promise was made and it was ordayned by Angels in the hande of a mediatour 20 A mediatour is not a mediatour of one but God is one 21 Is the lawe then against the promise of God God forbyd For yf there had ben a lawe geuen which coulde haue geuen life then no doubt righteousnesse shoulde haue ben by the lawe 22 But the scripture hath concluded all vnder sinne that the promise by y e fayth of Iesus Christe shoulde be geuen vnto them that beleue ☜ 23 But before fayth came we were kept vnder the lawe and were shut vp vnto the fayth which shoulde afterwarde be reuealed 24 Wherfore the lawe was our scholemaister vnto Christe that we shoulde be iustified by fayth 25 But after that fayth is come we are no longer vnder a scholemaister 26 For ye are all the chyldren of God by fayth in Christe Iesu 27 For all ye that are baptized haue put on Christe 28 There is no Iewe neither Greke there is neither bonde nor free there is neither male nor female For ye are all * one in Christe Iesu 29 If ye be Christes then are ye Abrahams seede and heyres accordyng to the promise ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 2 He sheweth wherfore the ceremonies were ordayned which beyng shadowes must ende when Christe the trueth commeth 9 He moueth them by certayne exhortations 22 and confirmeth his argument with a strong example or allegorie 1 AND I say that the heyre as long as he is a chylde differeth nothyng from a seruaūt though he be Lorde of all 2 But is vnder tuters and gouernours vntyll the tyme appoynted of the father 3 Euen so we when we were chyldren were in bondage vnder y e rudimentes of the worlde 4 But when the fulnesse of the tyme was come God sent his sonne made of a woman and made vnder the lawe 5 To redeeme them that were vnder the lawe that we myght receaue the adoption of chyldren 6 Because ye are sonnes God hath sent the spirite of his sonne into your heartes crying Abba father 7 Wherfore thou art no more a seruaunt but a sonne If thou be a sonne thou art also an heire of God through Christ 8 Notwithstandyng when ye knewe not God ye dyd seruice vnto thē * which by nature are no Gods 9 But nowe after that ye haue knowen God yea rather are knowen of God howe turne ye agayne vnto the weake and beggarly rudimentes whervnto againe ye desire a freshe to be in bondage 10 Ye obserue dayes and monethes and tymes and yeres 11 I am in feare of you lest I haue bestowed on you labour in vayne 12 Brethren I besech you be as I am for I am as ye are Ye haue not iniured me at all 13 Ye knowe howe through infirmitie of the fleshe I preached the Gospell vnto you at the first 14 And my temptation which was in my fleshe ye dispised not neither abhorred but receaued me as an Angel of God euen as Christe Iesus 15 What is then your felicitie For I beare you recorde that yf it had ben possible ye
praying 4 Sence we hearde of your fayth in Christe Iesus and of the loue which is to all saintes 5 For the hopes sake which is layde vp for you in heauen of which hope ye hearde before in the worde of trueth of the Gospell 6 Which is come vnto you euen as it is into all the worlde is fruitfull as it is also in you from the day ye hearde of it and knewe the grace of God in trueth 7 As ye also learned of Epaphras our deare felowe seruaunt which is for you a faythfull minister of Christe 8 Who also declared vnto vs your loue in the spirite 9 ☞ For this cause we also sence y e day we hearde haue not ceassed to pray for you and to desire that ye myght be fulfylled with knowledge of his wyll in all wisdome spiritual vnderstandyng 10 That ye myght walke worthie of the Lorde in all pleasyng beyng fruitefull in all good workes and encreasyng in the knowledge of God 11 Strenthened with all might through his glorious power vnto all patience and long sufferyng with ioyfulnesse ☜ 12 Geuyng thankes vnto y e father which hath made vs meete to be partakers of the inheritaunce of the saintes in lyght 13 Who hath delyuered vs from the power of darcknesse and hath translated vs into the kingdome of his deare sonne 14 In whō we haue redemptiō through his blood the forgeuenesse of sinnes 15 Who is the image of the inuisible God the first borne of all creatures 16 For by him were all thinges created that are in heauē and that are in earth visible and inuisible whether they be maiestie or lordeshippe either rule or power All thynges were created by hym and for hym 17 And he is before all thynges and in hym all thynges consist 18 And he is the head of the body of the Churche he is the begynnyng the first borne of the dead that in all thynges he myght haue the preeminence 19 For it pleased the father that in hym shoulde all fulnesse dwell 20 And by hym to * reconcile all thynges vnto hym selfe to set at peace through the blood of his crosse by hym both the thynges in earth and thynges in heauen 21 And you which were sometyme straungers and enemies by cogitation in euyll workes hath he nowe yet reconciled 22 In the body of his fleshe through death to present you holye and vnblameable without fault in his syght 23 If ye continue grounded stablisshed in the fayth and be not moued away from the hope of the Gospell which ye haue hearde howe it is preached to euery creature which is vnder heauen wherof I Paul am made a minister 24 Nowe iowe I in my sufferynges for you and fulfyll that which is behynde of the passions of Christe in my fleshe for his bodyes sake which is y e Church 25 Wherof I am made a minister accordyng to the dispensation of God which is geuen to me to you warde to fulfyll the worde of God 26 The misterie hyd sence the worlde began and sence the begynnyng of generations but nowe is opened to his saintes 27 To whom God woulde make knowē what is the riches of the glorie of this misterie among the gentiles which is Christe in you the hope of glorie 28 Whom we preache warnyng euery man and teachyng euery man in all wisdome to present all men perfect in Christe Iesus 29 Wherunto I also labour striuyng according to his workyng which worketh in me mightylie ¶ The .ij. Chapter 1 Hauyng protected his good wyll towarde them 4 he admonisheth them not to turne backe from Christe 8 to the seruice of Angels or any other inuention or els ceremonies of the lawe 17 which haue finished their office and are ended in Christe 1 FOr I woulde that ye knew what great fight I haue for you and for them that are at Laodicea and for as many as haue not seene my face in the fleshe 2 That their heartes myght be comforted beyng knyt together in loue and in al riches of certaintie of vnderstanding to knowe the misterie of God and of the father and of Christe 3 In whom are hyd all the treasures of wisdome and knowledge 4 This I say lest any man shoulde begyle you with perswasion of wordes 5 For though I be absent in the fleshe yet am I with you in the spirite ioying and beholdyng your order and your stedfast fayth in Christe 6 As ye haue therfore receaued Christe Iesus the Lorde so walke ye in hym 7 Rooted and built in hym stablished in the fayth as ye haue ben taught aboundyng therin with thankes geuing 8 ☞ * Beware lest any man spoyle you through philosophie vayne deceipt after the tradition of men and after the rudimentes of the worlde and not after Christe 9 For in hym dwelleth all the fulnesse of the Godhead bodyly 10 And ye are complete in him which is the head of all principalitie and power 11 In whom also ye are circumcised with circumcisiō made without handes by puttyng of the body of sinnes of the fleshe in the circumcision of Christe 12 Buried with him in baptisme in whō ye are also risen agayne through y e fayth of the operation of God who hath raysed hym from the dead 13 * And ye beyng dead to sinne and to the vncircumcision of your fleshe hath he quickened with him forgeuyng all your trepasses ☜ 14 And puttyng out the hande writing of ordinaunces that was agaynst vs and that hath he taken out of the way fastenyng it to his crosse 15 Spoylyng all principalities powers hath made a shewe of them openly triumphyng ouer them in it 16 Let no man therfore iudge you in meate or in drinke or in part of an holy-day or of the newe moone or of the Sabboth dayes 17 Which are shadowes of thynges to come but the body is of Christe 18 Let no man begile you of victorie in the humblenesse and worshippyng of Angels intrudyng hym selfe into those thinges which he hath not seene causelesse puft vp with his fleshly mynde 19 And holdeth not the head wherof all the body by ioyntes bandes supported and knit together encreaseth with the encrease of God 20 Wherefore yf ye be dead with Christe from y e rudimentes of the world why as though lyuyng in the worlde are ye led with traditions 21 Touche not taste not handle not 22 Which all be in corruption in abusyng after the commaundementes and doctrines of men 23 Which thynges haue a shewe of wisdome in superstition humblenesse of mynde and in hurtyng of the body not in any honour to the satisfiyng of y e flesh ¶ The .iij. Chapter 1 He sheweth where we shoulde seke Christe 5 he exhorteth to mortification 10 to put of the olde man and to put on Christe 12 to the which he addeth exhortation both generall and
gaue him selfe a raunsome for all a testimonie in due tymes 7 Wherevnto I am ordeined a preacher and an apostle I tell the trueth in Christe and lye not a teacher of the gentiles in fayth and veritie ☜ 8 I wyll therefore that the men praye euerywhere lyftyng vp holy handes without wrath and reasonyng 9 Lykewyse also the women that they araye them selues in comely apparell with shamefastnesse and discrete behauiour not in brayded heere either golde or pearles or costly aray 10 But that becommeth women professyng godlynesse through good workes 11 Let the woman learne in scilence in all subiection 12 But I suffer not a woman to teache neither to vsurpe auctoritie ouer y e man but to be in scilence 13 For Adam was first fourmed then Eue. 14 And Adam was not deceaued but the woman beyng deceaued was in the transgression 15 Notwithstandyng through bearyng of chyldren she shal be saued yf they continue in fayth and loue and holynesse with modestie ¶ The .iij. Chapter 2 He declareth what is the office of ministers 11 and as touchyng their families 15 the dignitie of the Churche 16 the principall poynt of the heauenly doctrine 1 THis is a faithful saying Yf a man desire y e office of a bishop he desireth a good worke 2 A bishop therfore must be blamelesse the husband of one wyfe watchyng sober comely apparelled a louer of hospitalitie apt to teache 3 Not geuen to ouermuch wine no striker not greedy of fylthy lucre but gentle abhorryng fyghtyng abhorryng couetousnesse 4 One that ruleth well his owne house hauyng chyldren in subiection with all grauitie 5 For yf a man knowe not to rule his owne house howe shall he care for the Churche of God 6 Not a young scoler lest he beyng puffed vp fall into the condempnation of the deuyll 7 He must also haue a good report of thē which are without lest he fall into the rebuke and snare of the deuyll 8 Likewise must y e ministers be graue not double tongued not geuen to much wine neither greedy of fylthy lucre 9 Holdyng the misterie of the fayth in a pure conscience 10 And let them first be proued then let them minister beyng blamelesse 11 Euen so must their wyues be graue not euyll speakers sober faythfull in all thynges 12 Let the deacons be the husbandes of one wife and such as can rule their children well and their owne housholdes 13 For they that haue ministred well get them selues a good degree and great libertie in the fayth whiche is in Christe Iesus 14 These thynges write I vnto thee hopyng to come shortly vnto thee 15 But yf I tary long that thou mayest knowe howe thou oughtest to behaue thy selfe in the house of God whiche is the Church of the lyuyng God the pyller and grounde of trueth 16 And without doubt great is that misterie of godlynesse God was shewed in the flesshe was iustified in the spirite was scene among the angels was preached vnto the gentiles was beleued on in the worlde and was receaued vp in glorie ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 2 He teacheth hym what doctrine he ought to flee 6.8.11 and what to folowe 15 and wherin he ought to exercise hym selfe continually 1 NOwe the spirite speaketh euidently that in the latter tymes some shall depart from the fayth geuing heede vnto spirites of errour doctrines of deuyls 2 Which speake false in hypocrisie hauyng their conscience seared with an hotte iron 3 Forbidding to marrie commaunding to abstayne from meates whiche God hath created to be receaued with geuing thankes of them whiche beleue and knowe the trueth 4 For euery creature of God is good and nothyng to be refused yf it be receaued with thankes geuyng 5 For it is sanctified by the worde of God and prayer 6 Yf thou put the brethren in remembraunce of these thynges thou shalt be a good minister of Iesus Christ which hast ben norysshed vp in the wordes of fayth and of good doctrine which thou hast continually folowed 7 But cast away prophane old wiues fables Exercise thy selfe rather vnto godlynesse 8 For bodyly exercise profiteth litle but godlinesse is profitable vnto all thinges hauing promise of the lyfe that is nowe and of that which is to come 9 This is a sure saying by all meanes worthy to be receaued 10 For therfore we both labour and suffer rebuke because we haue hoped in the lyuyng God whiche is the sauiour of all men specially of those that beleue 11 These thynges commaunde teache 12 Let no man despise thy youth but be thou a paterne of the beleuers in worde in conuersation in loue in spirite in fayth in chastitie 13 Tyll I come geue attendaunce to readyng to exhortation to doctrine 14 Despise not the gyfte that is in thee which was geuen thee through prophesie with the laying on of handes by the auctoritie of the eldership 15 Haue a care of these thinges and geue thy selfe vnto them that it may be seene howe thou profitest in all thynges 16 Take heede vnto thy selfe and vnto doctrine and continue therein For in doying this thou shalt both saue thy selfe and them that heare thee ⧠The .v. Chapter 1 He teacheth hym howe he shall behaue hym selfe in rebukyng all degrees 3 an order concernyng wyddowes 17 The establyshyng of ministers 23 the gouernaunce of his body 24 and the iudgement of sinnes 1 REbuke not an elder but exhort him as a father the younger men as brethren 2 The elder women as mothers the younger as sisters in all chastitie 3 Honour wydowes whiche are wydowes in deede 4 But yf any wydowe haue chyldren or nephewes let them learne first to rule their owne houses godly and to recompence also their elder kynsefolkes for that is good and acceptable before God 5 And she that is a wydowe in deede and left alone hopeth in God and continueth in supplications and prayers nyght and day 6 But she that liueth in pleasure is dead beyng alyue 7 And these thynges commaunde that they may be blamelesse 8 But if any prouide not for his owne and specially for them of his housholde he hath denyed the fayth and is worse then an infidell 9 Let not a wydowe be chosen vnder three score yeres olde hauyng ben the wyfe of one man 10 And well reported of in good workes yf she haue brought vp chyldren yf she haue lodged straungers yf she haue wasshed the saintes feete yf she haue ministred vnto them that were in aduersitie yf she haue ben continually geuen to euery good worke 11 But the yonger wydowes refuse For whē they haue begun to waxe wanton agaynst Christe they wyll marrie 12 Hauyng dampnation because they haue cast away their first fayth 13 They learne to wander about from house to house idle yea not idle only but also tatlers and busybodies speakyng thynges which
spoken parteyneth vnto another tribe of which no man stoode at the aulter 14 For it is euident that our Lord sprong out of Iuda of which tribe spake Moyses nothyng concernyng priesthood 15 And it is yet a farre more euidēt thing yf after the similitude of Melchisedech there aryse another priest 16 Which is not made after the lawe of the carnall commaundement but after the power of the endlesse lyfe 17 For he testifieth that thou art a priest for euer after the order of Melchisedech 18 For there is truely a disanulling of the commaundement goyng before for the weakenesse and vnprofitablenesse therof 19 For the lawe made nothyng perfect but was the bryngyng in of a better hope by the whiche we drawe nygh vnto God 20 And in as much as that was not without an oth For those priestes were made without an oth 21 But this priest with an oth by hym that saide vnto him The Lord sware and wyll not repent thou art a priest for euer after the order of Melchisedech 22 By so much was Iesus made a suertie of a better testament 23 And among them many were made priestes because they were forbidden by death to endure 24 But this man because he endureth euer hath an vnchaungeable priesthood 25 Wherefore he is able also euer to saue them to the vttermost that come vnto God by hym seyng he euer lyueth to make intercession for them 26 For such an hye priest became vs whiche is holy harmelesse vndefyled seperate from sinners and made hygher then heauens 27 Whiche nedeth not dayly as those hie priestes to offer vp sacrifice first for his owne sinnes and then for the peoples for that dyd he once when he offered vp hym selfe 28 For the lawe maketh men hye priestes which haue infirmitie but the word of the oth which was after the lawe maketh the sonne whiche is perfecte for euermore ⧠The .viij. Chapter 6 He proueth the abolisshyng aswell of the Leuiticall priesthood as of the olde couenaunt by the spirituall and euerlastyng priesthood of Christe 8 and by the newe couenaunt 1 BVt of the thinges whiche we haue spoken this is y e summe We haue such an hye priest that sitteth on y e ryght hand of y e throne of the maiestie in the heauēs 2 A minister of holy thynges and of the true tabernacle which the Lord pight and not man 3 For euery hye priest is ordeyned to offer gyftes and sacrifices Wherefore it is of necessitie that this man haue somewhat also to offer 4 For he were not a priest yf he were on the earth seyng there are priestes that accordyng to the lawe offer gyftes 5 Who serue vnto the example and shadowe of heauenly thinges as Moyses was admonished of God when he was about to finishe the tabernacle For see saith he that thou make all thynges accordyng to the patterne shewed to thee in the mount 6 But nowe hath he obteyned a more excellent office by howe much also he is the mediatour of a better couenaunt whiche was confirmed in better promises 7 For yf that first couenaunt had ben founde fautlesse then shoulde no place haue ben sought for the seconde 8 For in rebukyng them he saith Beholde the dayes come saith the Lord and I wyll finishe vppon the house of Israel and vppon the house of Iuda a newe couenaunt 9 Not lyke that that I made with their fathers in the day when I toke them by the hande to leade them out of the lande of Egypt because they continued not in my couenaunt and I regarded them not saith the Lorde 10 For this is the couenaunt that I wyll make with the house of Israel after those dayes saith the Lord geuyng my lawes into their mynde and in their heart I wyl write them and I wyll be to them a God and they shal be to me a people 11 And they shall not teach euery man his neyghbour and euery man his brother saying knowe the Lorde for all shall knowe me from the litle of them to the great of them 12 For I wyll be mercyfull to their vnrighteousnes and their sinnes and their iniquities wyll I thynke vpon no more 13 In that he sayth a newe couenaunt he hath worne out the first For that which is worne out and waxed olde is redie to vanishe away The .ix. Chapter 1 Howe that the ceremonies and sacrifices of the lawe are abolisshed 11 by the eternitie and perfection of Christes sacrifice 1 THe first couenaunt then had verylye iustifiyng ordinaunces seruinges of God and worldlye holynesse 2 ☞ For there was a fore tabernacle made wherein was the lyght and the table and the shewe bread whiche is called holy 3 But after the seconde vayle was a tabernacle which is called holyest of al 4 Which had the golden senser and the arke of the couenaunt ouerlaide rounde about with golde wherin was the golden pot hauyng Manna and Aarons rodde that had budded and the tables of the couenaunt 5 And ouer it the Cherubins of glorie shadowyng the mercie seate Of which thynges we can not nowe speake particulerlie 6 When these thynges were thus ordeyned the priestes went alwayes into the first tabernacle accomplishyng the seruice of God 7 But into y e seconde went the hye priest alone once euery yere not without blood which he offered for hym selfe for the ignorauncies of the people 8 The holy ghost this signifiyng that the waye of holy thinges was not yet opened whyle as yet the first tabernacle was standyng 9 Whiche was a similitude for the tyme then presēt in which were offred giftes and sacrifices that coulde not make the worshipper perfect as parteining to the conscience 10 With only meates and drynkes and diuers wasshynges and iustifiynges of the flesshe which were layde vp vntyll the tyme of reformation 11 ☞ But Christe beyng come an hye priest of good thynges that shoulde be by a greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with handes that is to say not of this buyldyng 12 Neither by the blood of Goates and Calues but by his owne blood he entred in once into the holy place founde eternall redemption ☜ 13 For if the blood of Oxen of Goates and the asshes of a young Cowe sprinklyng the vncleane sanctifieth to the purifiyng of the flesshe 14 Howe much more the blood of Christe which through the eternall spirite offered hym selfe without spot to God shall purge your conscience frō dead workes to serue the lyuyng God 15 And for this cause is he the mediatour of the newe couenaunt that through death which was for the redemption of the transgressions that were vnder the first couenaunt they whiche are called myght receaue the promise of eternall inheritaunce ☜ 16 For where as is a testament there must also of necessitie be the death of him that maketh it 17 For a
ordeined by the word of God and that thynges whiche are seene were made of thynges * whiche were not seene 4 By fayth Abel offered vnto God a more excellent sacrifice then Cain by whiche he was witnessed to be ryghteous God testifiyng of his gyftes by which also he beyng dead yet speaketh 5 By fayth was Enoch translated that he shoulde not see death neither was he founde for God had taken hym away For afore he was taken away he was reported of to haue pleased God 6 But without fayth it is vnpossible to please hym For he that cōmeth to God must beleue that God is and that he is a rewarder of them that seeke him 7 By fayth Noe beyng warned of God of thinges not seene as yet moued with reuerence prepared the arke to the sauyng of his house through the whiche arke he condempned the worlde and became heire of the righteousnes which is by fayth 8 By fayth Abraham when he was called obeyed to go out into a place whiche he shoulde afterwarde receaue to inheritaunce and he went out not knowyng whyther he shoulde go 9 By fayth he remoued into the lande of promise as into a straunge countrey whē he had dwelt in tabernacles with Isaac and Iacob heires with hym of the same promise 10 For he loked for a citie hauyng a foundation whose buylder and maker is God 11 Through fayth also Sara her selfe receaued strength to conceaue seede and was delyuered of a chylde whē she was past age because she iudged hym faythfull which had promised 12 And therfore sprang there of one euen of one whiche was as good as dead so many in multitude as are the starres in the skye and as the sande the whiche is by the sea shore innumerable 13 These all dyed according to fayth not hauing receaued the promises but seing them a farre of and beleuyng and salutyng and confessyng that they were straungers and pilgrimes on the earth 14 For they that saye suche thynges declare that they seke a countrey 15 Also yf they had ben myndfull of that countrey from whence they came out they had leasure to haue returned 16 But nowe they desire a better that is a heauenly Wherefore God is not ashamed of them to be called their God for he hath prepared for them a citie 17 By fayth Abraham offered vp Isaac when he was proued and he that had receaued the promises offered vp his only begotten sonne 18 To whom it was saide that in Isaac shall thy seede be called 19 For he considered that God was able to rayse the dead vp agayne frō whence also he receaued hym in a similitude of the resurrection 20 By fayth did Isaac blesse Iacob and Esau concernyng thynges to come 21 By fayth Iacob when he was a dying blessed both the sonnes of Ioseph and worshypped towarde the toppe of his scepter 22 By fayth Ioseph when he dyed remembred the departyng of the chyldren of Israel and gaue commaundement of his bones 23 By fayth Moyses whē he was borne was hyd three monethes of his father and mother because they sawe he was a proper chylde neither feared they the kynges commaundement 24 By fayth Moyses when he was great refused to be called the sonne of Pharaos daughter 25 Chosyng rather to suffer aduersitie with the people of God then to enioye the pleasures of sinne for a season 26 Esteemyng the rebuke of Christ greater riches then the treasures of Egypt For he had respect vnto the recompence of the rewarde 27 By fayth he forsoke Egypt fearyng not the wrath of the kyng For he endured euen as though he had seene him which is inuisible 28 Through fayth he ordeyned the Passouer and the effusion of blood lest he that destroyed the first borne shoulde touche them 29 By fayth they passed through the redde sea as by drye lande which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned 30 By fayth the walles of Iericho fell downe after they were compassed about seuen dayes 31 By fayth the harlot Rahab perished not with them that were disobedient when she had receaued the spyes with peace 32 And what shall I more say for the tyme woulde fayle me to rehearse of Gedeon of Barac and of Sampson and of Iephte of Dauid also and Samuel and of the prophetes 33 ☞ Which through faith subdued kingdomes wrought righteousnesse obteyned the promises stopped the mouthes of the Lions 34 Quenched the violence of fyre escaped the edge of the sworde out of weakenesse were made strong waxed valiant in fyght turned to flyght the armies of the aliantes 35 The women receaued their dead raysed to lyfe agayne Other were racked not lokyng for deliueraunce that they might receaue a better resurrectiō 36 And others were tryed with mockynges and scourgynges Yea moreouer with bondes and prisonment 37 They were stoned were hewen asunder were tempted were slaine with sword wandred about in sheepskinnes and goates skinnes beyng destitute afflicted and tormented 38 Of whō the worlde was not worthie They wandred in wildernesse and in mountaynes and in dennes and caues of the earth 39 And these all through fayth obteyned good report and receaued not the promise 40 God prouidyng a better thyng for vs that they without vs shoulde not be made perfect ¶ The .xij Chapter 1 An exhortation to be patient and stedfast in trouble and aduersitie vpon hope of euerlastyng rewarde 25 A commendation of the newe Testament aboue the olde 1 WHerfore seyng that we are compassed with so great a cloude of witnesses lay away all that presseth downe the sinne that hangeth so fast on let vs run with patience vnto the battayle that is set before vs 2 Lokyng vnto Iesus the captayne and finissher of our fayth which for the ioy that was set before hym endured the crosse hauyng dispised the shame and is set downe on the ryght hande of the throne of God 3 Consider therfore hym that endured such speakyng agaynst hym of sinners lest you shoulde be weryed fayntyng in your myndes 4 Ye haue not yet resisted vnto blood stryuyng agaynst sinne 5 And ye haue forgotten the exhortatiō which speaketh vnto you as vnto chyldren My sonne despise not thou the chastenyng of the Lorde neither faynt when thou art rebuked of hym 6 For whom the Lord loueth he chasteneth and scourgeth euery sonne that he receaueth 7 If ye endure chastenyng God offereth him selfe as vnto sonnes For what sonne is he whom the father chasteneth not 8 But yf ye be without chastisment wherof all are partakers then are ye bastardes and not sonnes 9 Furthermore we haue had fathers of our fleshe which corrected vs and we gaue them reuerence Shall we not then much rather be in subiection vnto the father of spirites and lyue 10 For they veryly for a fewe dayes chastened vs after their owne pleasure
the king as hauyng the preeminence 14 Other vnto rulers as vnto them that are sent of hym for the punyshment of euyll doers but for the lande of them that do well 15 For so is the wyll of God that with well doyng ye may stoppe the mouthes of foolishe and ignoraunt men 16 As free and not as hauyng the libertie for a cloke of maliciousnes but euen as the seruauntes of God 17 Honour all men Loue brotherly felowship Feare God Honour the kyng 18 Seruauntes obey your maisters with all feare not only yf they be good curteous but also though they be frowarde 19 * For it is thanke worthy ☜ yf a man for cōscience toward god endure griefe and suffer wrong vndeserued 20 For what prayse is it yf when ye be buffeted for your faultes ye take it paciently But yf when ye do well ye suffer wrong take it paciently then is there thanke with God 21 For herevnto veryly were ye called for ☞ Christe also suffered for vs leauyng vs an ensample that ye should folowe his steppes 22 Which did no sinne neyther was there guyle founde in his mouth 23 Whiche when he was reuiled reuiled not agayne when he suffred he threatned not but committed the vengeaunce to him that iudgeth righteously 24 Which his owne selfe bare our sinnes in his body on the tree that we beyng deliuered from sinne shoulde liue vnto ryghteousnes By whose strypes ye were healed 25 For ye were as sheepe goyng astray but are nowe turned vnto the sheephearde and Byshop of your soules The .iij. Chapter 1 Howe wyues ought to order themselues towarde their husbandes 3 And in their apparell 7 The duetie of men towarde their wyues 8 He exhorteth all men to vnitie and loue 14 And paciently to suffer trouble by the example and benefite of Christe 1 LIkewise ye wyues be in subiectiō to your husbandes that euen they whiche obey not the word may without the word be wonne by the cōuersation of y e wiues 2 Whyle they beholde your chaste conuersation coupled with feare 3 Whose apparel shal not be outward with brayded heere hanging on of gold eyther in putting on of gorgeous apparel 4 But let the hid man whiche is in the heart be without all corruption so that the spirite be at rest and quiet whiche spirite is before god a thing much set by 5 For after this maner in the olde tyme dyd the holy women whiche trusted in God tyre them selues and were obedient vnto theyr husbandes 6 Euen as Sara obeyed Abraham and called hym Lorde whose daughters ye are as long as ye do well and are not afrayde for any terrour 7 Lykewyse ye husbandes dwell with them accordyng to knowledge geuyng honour vnto the wyfe as vnto the weaker vessell and as vnto them that are heires also of the grace of lyfe that your prayers be not hyndered 8 ☞ In conclusion be ye all of one minde of one heart loue as brethren be pitiful be curteous 9 Not rendryng euyl for euyll or rebuke for rebuke but contrarywyse blesse knowyng that ye are therevnto called euen that ye shoulde be heyres of the blessyng 10 For he that doeth long after lyfe and loueth to see good dayes let hym refrayne his tongue from euyll and his lippes that they speake no guyle 11 Let hym eschewe euyll and do good let hym seke peace and ensue it 12 For the eyes of the Lorde are ouer the ryghteous and his eares are open vnto their prayers Againe the face of the Lorde is ouer them that do euyll 13 Moreouer who is it that wyll harme you yf ye folowe that which is good 14 Yea happy are ye if any trouble happen vnto you for ryghteousnes sake Be not ye afrayde for any terrour of them neither be ye troubled 15 But sanctifie the Lorde God in your heartes ☜ Be redy alwayes to geue an aunswere to euery man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you 16 And that with mekenesse and feare hauyng a good conscience that where as they backebite you as euyll doers they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conuersation in Christe 17 For it is better yf the wyll of God be so that ye suffer for wel doyng then for euyll doyng 18 ☞ Forasmuch as Christe hath once suffered for sinnes the iust for the vniust to bryng vs to God and was kylled as parteynyng to the fleshe but was quickened in the spirite 19 In which spirite he also went preached vnto the spirites that were in pryson 20 Which sometime had ben disobedient when once the long sufferyng of God abode in y e dayes of Noe whyle the Arke was a preparyng wherein fewe that is to say eyght soules were saued in the water 21 To the which also the figure agreeth that nowe saueth vs euen baptisme not the puttyng away of the fylth of the fleshe but in that a good conscience maketh request to God by the resurrection of Iesus Christe 22 Which is on the ryght hande of God and is gone into heauen angels powers and myght subdued vnto hym ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 1 He exhorteth men to ceasse from sinne 2 to spende no more tyme in vice 7 to be sober and apt to pray 8 to loue eche other 12 to be pacient in trouble 15 to beware that no man suffer as an euyll doer 16 but as a christian man and so not to be ashamed 1 FOr as muche then as Christ hath suffered for vs in the fleshe arme ye your selues lykewise with the same mynde for he which suffereth in the fleshe ceasseth from sinne 2 That he hence forwarde shoulde lyue as much tyme as remayneth in y e fleshe not after the lustes of men but after the wyll of God 3 For it is sufficient for vs that we haue spent the tyme that is paste of the lyfe after the wyll of the gentiles walkyng in wantonnesse lustes in excesse of wynes in excesse of eatyng in excesse of drynkyng and abominable idolatrie 4 And it seemeth to them an inconuenient thyng that ye runne not also with them vnto the same excesse of riote and therefore speake they euyll of you 5 Whiche shall geue accomptes to hym that is redy to iudge quicke and dead 6 For vnto this purpose veryly was the Gospel peached also vnto y e dead that they shoulde be iudged lyke other men in the fleshe but should lyue before God in the spirite 7 The ende of all thynges is at hande 8 ☞ Be ye therefore sober and watche vnto prayer 8 But aboue all thynges haue feruent loue among your selues For loue shall couer the multitude of sinnes 9 Be ye harberous one to another without grudgyng 10 As euery man hath receaued the gyft euē so minister the same one to another as good ministers of the manifold grace of God 11 If any man speake let hym talke as the wordes
sinneth hath not seene him neither knowen hym 7 Babes let no man deceaue you He that doeth righteousnes is ryghteous euen as he is righteous 8 He that committeth sinne is of the deuyll for the deuyll sinneth sence the beginning For this purpose appeared the sonne of God to loose the workes of the deuyll 9 Whosoeuer is borne of God sinneth not for his seede remayneth in him and he can not sinne because he is borne of God 10 In this are y e children of God knowē and the chyldren of the deuyll Whosoeuer doth not ryghteousnesse is not of God neither he that loueth not his brother 11 For this is the tidynges that ye heard from the begynnyng that ye shoulde loue one another 12 Not as Cain which was of that wicked and slewe his brother And wherfore slewe he hym Because his owne workes were euyll and his brothers good 13 ☞ Maruayle not my brethren though the worlde hate you 14 We knowe that we are translated from death vnto lyfe because we loue the brethren * He that loueth not his brother abideth in death 15 Whosoeuer hateth his brother is a manslear And ye knowe that no manslear hath eternall life abidyng in hym 16 Hereby perceaue we loue because he layde downe his lyfe for vs we ought to lay downe our lyues for the brethren 17 But who so hath this 〈◊〉 good and seeth his brother haue neede and shutteth vp his compassion from hym◠howe dwelleth the loue of God in hym 18 My babes let vs not loue in worde neither in tongue but in deede and in veritie 19 Hereby we knowe that we are of the trueth and shall assure our heartes before hym 20 For yf our heart condempne vs God is greater then our heart and knoweth all thynges 21 Dearely beloued yf our heart condempne vs not then haue we boldnesse towarde God 22 And whatsoeuer we aske we receaue of hym because we kepe his commaundementes and do those thynges which are pleasyng in his syght 23 And this is his cōmaundement that we beleue on the name of his sonne Iesus Christe and loue one another as he gaue commaundement 24 And he that kepeth his commaundementes dwelleth in him and he in him and hereby we knowe that he abideth in vs euen by the spirite which he hath geuen vs. ¶ The .iiij. Chapter 1 Difference of spirites 2 howe the spirite of God may be knowen from the spirite of errour ◠of the loue of God and of our neyghbours 1 DEarly beloued beleue not euery spirite but proue the spirites whether they are of God or not for many false prophetes are gone out into the worlde 2 Hereby shall ye knowe the spirite of God Euery spirite that confesseth that Iesus Christe is come in the fleshe is of God 3 And euery spirite which confesseth not that Iesus Christe is come in the fleshe is not of God And this is that spirite of antichriste of whom ye haue hearde howe that he shoulde come and euen nowe alredy is he in the worlde 4 Litle chyldren ye are of God haue ouercome them for greater is he that is in you then he that is in the worlde 5 They are of the world therfore speake they of the worlde the world heareth them 6 We are of God He that knoweth God heareth vs he that is not of God heareth vs not Hereby knowe we the spirite of veritie and the spirite of errour 7 Dearely beloued let vs loue one another for loue commeth of God And euery one that loueth is borne of God and knoweth God 8 He that loueth not knoweth not God for ☞ God is loue 9 In this appeared the loue of God to vs warde because God sent his only begotten sonne into the worlde that we myght lyue through hym 10 Herein is loue not that we loued God but that he loued vs and sent his sonne to be the agreement for our sinnes 11 Dearely beloued yf God so loued vs we ought also to loue one another 12 No man hath seene God at any time If we loue one another God dwelleth in vs and his loue is perfect in vs. 13 Hereby knowe we that we dwell in hym he in vs because he hath geuen vs of his spirite 14 And we haue seene and do testifie that the father sent the sonne to be the sauiour of the worlde 15 Whosoeuer confesseth that Iesus is the sonne of God in him dwelleth God and he in God 16 And we haue knowen and beleued the loue that God hath to vs. God is loue and he that dwelleth in loue dwelleth in God and God in hym 17 Herein is the loue perfect in vs that we shoulde haue boldnesse in the day of iudgement For as he is euen so are we in this worlde 18 There is no feare in loue but perfect loue casteth out feare for feare hath paynefulnesse He that feareth is not perfect in loue 19 We loue hym for he loued vs first 20 If a man say I loue God yet hate his brother he is a lyer For how can he y t loueth not his brother whom he hath seene loue God whō he hath not seene 21 And this commaundement haue we of hym that he which loueth God shoulde loue his brother also ☜ The .v. Chapter 1. Of the fruites of fayth 14.20 The office aucthoritie diuinitie of Christe 21 agaynst images 1 WHosoeuer beleueth that Iesus is Christe is borne of God And euerie one that loueth him which begat loueth hym also which is begotten H. L. of hym 2 By this we knowe that we loue the chyldren of God when we loue God and kepe his commaundementes 3 For this is the loue of God that we kepe his commaundementes and his commaundementes are not greeuous 4 ☞ For all that is borne of God ouercommeth the worlde And this is the victorie that ouercommeth y e worlde euen our fayth 5 Who is it that ouercommeth y e worlde but he which beleueth that Iesus is the sonne of God 6 This Iesus Christe is he that came by water and blood not by water only but by water and blood And it is the spirite that beareth witnesse because the spirite is trueth 7 For there are three which beare recorde in heauen the father the worde and the holy ghost and these three are one 8 And there are three which beare recorde in earth the spirite and water and blood and these three agree in one 9 If we receaue the witnesse of men the witnesse of God is greater For this is the witnesse of God that is greater which he testified of his sonne 10 He that beleueth on the sonne of God hath the witnesse in hym selfe ☞ He that beleueth not God hath made hym a lyer because he beleued not the recorde that God gaue of his sonne 11 And this is the recorde how that God hath geuen vnto vs eternall lyfe and this lyfe is in his sonne
their tounges to be in silence Because Bâ—ldâ—d and Sopâ—aâ— did so much blame him he here yelded accoÌ„pt of his lyfe past Iustice is to deliuer the poore and iudgement is to punishe the wicked these two are in deede a kingly vesture garment (h) That is the tyrannie That 〈…〉 dâ—d 〈…〉 these plagues k That is I â—â—ue â—ll things plentifully that appertayne to my necessaries l By the deâ—we is signified happy prosperous estate by the corne is ment his childreÌ„ as though he would say my posteritie also shal be infeâ—â—citie Or haruest Or renued â–ª (m) Here is shewed of what excellencie an vpright and verttuous life is (a) Before is declared how greatly God doth blesse the godly here is shewed how heaâ—â—y a crosse be layeth on them to proue them (b) They now despise me whiche with al their powre when I was in prosperitie â—â—â—ld nothing 〈◊〉 â—e 〈◊〉 was so wâ—ake c Here Iob declareth â—hat aâ—iectâ—s they were that nowe reuâ—led him and sheweth that they are wicked lyke vnto their fathers which died yeâ— they â—â—â—e to age (d) Shewing hereby their basenes and their pouertie beyng such outcastes yet now they scorne Iob which is a great griefe to be mocked of such (e) what great griefe is this that Iob beyng once in hygh auctoritie now to be in miserie and mocked of such vile villayns (f) That is seyng me now in miserie not able to correct them they â—est and scorne at me without measure as vnbridelâ—â— in their â—stetiâ—ns g The right hande declareth 〈◊〉 and the left hand afflictâ— and miserie so 〈◊〉 I comâ—â—neth by the young mâ—n that â—se 〈…〉 That is tâ—ey eueâ—â—hâ—ewe all my doinges without helpe of any otheâ— i That is most swiftly (k) It is the maker among the Hebrues to haue their garmentes â—owed round in euery part sauing a hoâ—e only in the highest of it to put foorth the necke (l) Iob sayth not this as blaming God but greeuous aâ—â—liction moued aâ—â—ection That is thou didst seâ— me in hâ—e auctoritie and â—â—denly thou patteit me â—â—wne Meaning death that shoulde bring him to the graue He that is once dead can no more be hurt (p) In steede of comfort they gaue me mockes (q) My talke was so lamentable and my crying so great that I might well be called a companion of dragons and Estriches (r) with the heate of my sore troubles (a) In this chapter Iob declareth his vpright liuiÌ„g not to bost against God but to refel the false sâ—aunder of his aduersaries The fleshe was obedient to the spirite neither was he led with carnall desire Iob here sheweth that the feare of God did driue him froÌ„ wickednesse (d) Meaning that before men he was giltlesse in obseruing all the preceptes of the seconde table “ Or plants (e) Let her be a bonde slaue to an other man “ Or bowe downe vpon her (f) Though mans punishmeÌ„t for adultrie be omitted yet gods plague will neuer rest to consume and roote it out (g) That is if I in lawe haue reiected the complaint of my seruauÌ„t what shoulde I do when God calleth me to lawe (h) Iob expresseth the cause why he dyd pitie his seruaunts for that they had one creator both made of the same substaunce 〈…〉 â—â—dowes (k) By the thing vp of the â—unne and goâ—ng downe of 〈◊〉 moone he meaneth the prosperitie and â—â—â—icitie that he was in l That is dâ—d I euer â—ommend the workes of 〈◊〉 owne hande That is I did not feare to do iustice â–ª either be geuing 〈◊〉 to y e multitude or to get thâ— fauour of my friendes and kinred Meaning that he did not holde his peace or kepe at home in the iust suite or cause 〈◊〉 That is I will carie the booke not the aduersarie shal make 〈◊〉 my shoulder and wyll aâ—cept it for 〈◊〉 great gift meaning he would coÌ„fesse his fault if he had offended (p) That is with great reuerence That is iâ— the hâ—â—eling that hath laboured in the land haue â—en deâ—aunded oâ— his wages by me (r) That is yâ— I haue by violence compelled my land to be cared and not geuen foode to the labourers The Hebrâ—es reade 〈…〉 〈…〉 “ Or Eâ—â— dayes shall speake Or The multitude of yeres shall “ Or iudgement (c) To proue Iob plagued for his oâ—â—ences And as though therefore it had ben wysdome for them to holde their peace “ Or wordâ— (e) That is I shoulde breake in the middes if I shoulde not speake my mynde is so hot within me (f) I will say trueth â–ª all thinges layd apart (g) The Hebrue word is to alter the name calling a rude man learned or a wicked man iust There is cause wâ—y ye shoulde despise me although I be young for I am as you are made by goâ—s spirite created of the earth and receaue lyfe of hym (b) Iob before desired to pleade his cause before god without feare therfore sayth Elihu I am here in gods steede whom thou nedest not to â—eâ—â—e â–ª for I aâ— made of the matter that thou art I haue â—earde the boâ—st of thy righteous life that thou art innocent and iust therfore wil I not proue thee wicked of thy former life by thy 〈◊〉 (d) God speaketh two maner of wayes vnto men either by sleepe or by his rod of sicknesse and other plagues For to beate downe the pride of man God sendeth his plagues Thâ—t is 〈…〉 decayeth life can take 〈◊〉 sustenaunce Here speâ—keth â—e of â—econd â—econd way wherby God speaketh to man by afflictions “ Or To the buriers (h) If there be a messenger seene to declare gods wil truely and shewe his benefites one of a thousand man regardeth the same then will God haue mercie i The health of the body is the blessing of God He 〈…〉 the comfort of the hoâ—â—â—ost But it prouoked gâ—ds wrath vpon me (m) That is my soule shall appeare cleare in the land of the liuing (n) That is to shewe thy selfe iust and not wicked (a) Here Elihu proueth that God can not be vniust because he is the iudge of the world the gouernour and creator of all (b) Let vs sâ—an the cause by reasoning in orâ—er oâ—â—ustice (c) That is he hath not 〈◊〉 with me â—â—cording to the â—quitie of 〈◊〉 cause d That is 〈◊〉 his scotishâ—â— beareth 〈◊〉 the scornefull â—â—profes of the â—oâ—kers (c) As thougâ— Elihu would say is it meete that the vniust and wicked shal be rulers or â—â—nocentes commit wickednesse or inferiors to controll princes or subiectes to resist the king how much lesse theÌ„ oughtest thou to do so to God the king of aâ— kinges f That sodainely 〈◊〉 â—ore they 〈◊〉 aware of it For 〈◊〉 â—s frayle naturâ— cannot 〈◊〉 to Gods 〈◊〉 searcheable secrets and therefore 〈◊〉 leaue theÌ„ with all humilitie God câ—â—lteth one 〈◊〉 humbleth an other as the foure Monarches of the worlde for example that is of the Assyrians of the Persians â–ª of the Grecians
Exod. 32. b. () Or dyd commit fornication Nu. xiiii c. Num. xxi b Nu. xiiii c. Num. xxi b (c) Howe God wyll plague vs yf we be subiect to the lyke vices Num. xiiii c i Cor. i. b. i Thess v. d. ii Pet. ii d. Num. xiiii c i Cor. i. b. i Thess v. d. ii Pet. ii d. i Cor. viii a. (d) which is to assemble in that companie where idols are called vpon Eccle. 37. d. i Cor. xiii b. () Or in the market of victuals Psal 24. a. i Cor. viii b. (e) We must take heede y t through our abuse our libertie be not condempned i Tim. iiii a. Coloss iii. c. 1 Cor. ix â— Gen. ii d. Ephe. v. c. Deu. xxii a. Gen. i. d. (a) Something to couer her head in signe of subiection Mat. xviii a () Or tryed Math. 2â— e. Mar. xiiii b Luk. xxii b. i Peter ii b. Actes i. b i Peter ii b. Actes i. b By perâ—â—â—tyng the true and pure vse of yeâ—ame (c) But as though these holy misteries of the Lordes body blood were common meates so without reuerence he commeth vnto them i Iebu ii c. (a) By Satans suggestioÌ„ Mark ix f. Rom. xii a. Ephe. iiii b. (b) Meaning the declaration of Gods misteries 1 â—ohn iiii b. Rom. xii a. Ephâ— iiii b. Esai lv a. (c) Whose vse seemeth to be more vile (d) We are more carefull to couer them Math. x. a. Luk xi a. Ephe. iiii c. (a) If the Angels had tongues and I had the vse therof and did not bestowe theÌ„ to profite my neyghbour it were nothyng but vaine babblyng ☞ Luk. xvii a. Luk. xvii a. i Cor. x e. Philip. ii a. (b) The misteries of God (a) Vnderstandeth hym Rom. xii b. Num. xi g. * Tongue iâ— this place and such lyke signifieth not y e instrument y t we speake with but proprietie of some language that the hearer vnderstandeth not without an interpreter Your wordes shal be lâ—â—t for ye shal neither glorifie God therby nor profite man (c) Or geue thankes by singyng Esai 28. c. i Iohn iiii a. () That is â–ª the doctrine y t they do bring as beyng put in mynde by the spirite of God Rom. xv g. i Tim. ii b. Gen. iii. c. 1 Cor. xi a. (a) He sheweth that nothyng ought to be taught whiche we haue not learned by Gods worde Mat. 28 b. Iohn xx a. Luk. 24. b. Actes iii. a. Gala. ii c. (b) For yf Christe be swalowed vp of death there remayneth no hope of lyfe any more Colos i. c. (c) As by the offering of the first fruite the whole fruite is sanctified so by Christe which is the first that is raysed all haue assuraunce of the resurrection (d) To wyt â–ª the faythfull Psal cx a. Math. 22. d. Habre i. c. Psal viii b. Hebre. ii d. (c) That is hauyng regarde to this present lyfe and not to Gods glorie and to lyfe euerlastyng 〈◊〉 xâ—i d. Or one maner of fâ—she (f) Euen as the sunne and the moone beyng of one substaunce differ in dignitie so in the resurrection our bodies shal haue more excellent qualities then thei haue now () for what is more vyle to loke vnto then the dead â—arkasse Gene. ii b. 1. Thes iiii d. Phâ—l iii. d. Esai xxv c. Osee xiii c â–ª (g) Sinne firste brought in death and geueth it power ouer vs the strength of sinne is y e law because it doth reueale y e iudgment of God agaynst vs or els the chiefe cause of our destruction is in our selues i. Ioh. v. a. (h) The hope of resurrectioÌ„ causeth â–ª the faithful to surmount all difficulties â–ª Actes xi d. Rom. xv f. ii Cor. viii a Actes xi d. ii Cor. i. c. i. Cor. xv c. Act. xix d. Act. xviii c. i. Cor. i. b. (a) Lest Satan steale vpoÌ„ you at vnwares i. Corint i. c. b (c) The grief thâ—t I toke for your absence was greatly aswaged by their presence Rom. xvâ—â— * A worde wherwith the accursed or vile person in the extremest degree is signified Roman i. a. i. Corin. i. a. Galat. i. a. Ephesi â— a. i. Peter i. a. Coloss i c. (a) Whiche I suffer for Christe or which Christ suffreth in me Act xix f. i Reg. ii d. Deut. viii d. ii Cor. iiii c. (b) Vsyng that wisdome whiche God gaue me from heauen i. Thess ii e. (c) Because we haue won you to Christ (d) whiche shall abolyshe all worldly glorie i. Cor. xvi a (e) Nowe to affirme one thyng then to denie it whiche is a signe of inconstancie (f) He taketh God to wytnesse that he preacheth the crueth Rom. viii a. Ephes iiii â— i. Pet. v. a. (a) Whiche was geuen tâ— Satan but nowe doeth repent i. Cor. v. b. (b) That is truely from myne hearte euen as in the presence of Christe (c) In working myghtyly by vs he maketh vs partakers of his victorie triumphe Luk· ii c. Exo. xxiiii d Deut. v. d. Ier. xxxi a. Exo. xxiiii d Deut. v. d. Ier. xxxi a. Philip. ii b. i. Cor. iiii b. (a) Meaning the spirituall doctrine whiche is in our heartes (b) After that God had spoken with him and geueÌ„ hym the lawe Exo. xxiiii d (d) Moyses shewed y e law as it was couered with shadowes so that y e Iewes eyes were not lyghtened but blynded and so coulde not come to christ who was the ende therof Agayne the Gospel setteth foorth the glorie of God clearely not coueryng our eyes but dryuyng y e darknes away froÌ„ them Iohn iiii â— (d) In christ who is God manifest in y e fleshe we see God y e father â–ª as in a moste cleare glâ—sse Iohn xii e. (a) To wyt Satan Luk. viii f. Iohn xii f. Gene. i. a. ii Pet. i. d. ii Cor. v. a. Galath vi d Rom. viii c. Psal cxvi b â–ª i. Cor. i. a. Psal xxx b Rom. viii d. (b) which is so called in respect of the euerlastynge lyfe (a) after this body shal be dissolued it shal be made incorruptible immortall Rom. viii d i Pet. i. c. Apoc. iii. d. Rom. viii c. ii Cor. â— d Mat. xxv c. Rom. xiiii c (b) By imbracyng the same fayth whiche we preach to others (c) the greke soâ—deth thus â–ª Whether we be out of wyt to God we be out of wyt Whether we be wise to you we be wise i. Thess â—â— (d) according to the estimation of y e flesh but as he is guyded by the spirite of god Esai xliii c. Apoc. xxi â— Rom. iii. d. Coloss i. c. Esai xliii c. Apoc. xxi â— Rom. iii. d. Coloss i. c. Coloss ii c. Esaias liii b. Rom. viii â— Esai xlix c. (a) To wyte gods free mercie wherein he hath powred foorth his infinite loue i. Cor. iiii a. (b) signifiyng his most vehement affectioÌ„ (c) Shewe lyke affection towardes me Deut. vii a. Math. viii d i. Cor. iii. b. Exod. xix g Leut. xix â— Esaias lii â— () That
Cor. i. a. Ephe. i. a. Iob. xxiii b. Sâ—pi ii a. Iames. i. a. Rom. v. a. Iohn x. g. Actes x. g. Esai ix a. Daniel ii g. Agge ii b. Actes ii a. Luk. xii c. Ephe. vi c. Mat. xvi d. Psal xviii â— Rom ii b. Hebâ—e ix â— i Iohn i. b Apoca â— b. (c) Wheâ— Christ appeared vnto the worlde and when the Gospel was preached Philip. â—â— Esai xl b. Eccle. xiiii b Iacob i. b. Mat xviii a Exod. xix a Deut. vii â— â—â—th v. e. 〈…〉 d. Math. v. b. Rom. xiii a. Tâ—tus iii. a. Rom. xii c. Ephe. vi a. Coloss iii. d. i. Tim. vi a. Titus ii b. Math. v. a. Iohn xiii b. Ephe. v. a. Math. viii c. Esai liii b. Ephe. v. c. Coloss iii. c. () meke (a) God hath made vs wheÌ„ we were his enimes heires of his kyngdome shall not we forgeue our brethren a small â—ault Psal 34. c. (b) To take vengeaunce on hym Math. v. b. Esai viii c. Math. x. d. i. Pet. 〈…〉 Tituâ—â—â— i. Pet. ii b Math. v. a. Rom. v a. Gene. vi a. Gene. vii â— Rom. vi a. Heb. i. b. ii b Rom i. d. Ephe. iiii d. (a) Although the wicked thynke this Gospel newe and vexe you that imbrace it yet hath it ben preached to theÌ„ of tyme past whiche now are deade to the intent y t they myght haue ben condempned of dead to sinne in the flesshe also myght haue lyued to God in the spirite â–ª which two are the effect of the Gospell Prou. xi d. (a) By elders he vnderstandeth all them which preach teach or minister in the Church Actes xxi f ii Cor. i. e. i. Tim. iiii b. Titus ii d. ii Tim. i. c. ii Cor. i. e. i. Tim. iiii b. Titus ii d. ii Tim. i. c. i Cor. ix d. ii Tim. iiii b Math. vi d. Luk. xii c. Iohn i. b. Iacob iiii b. i. Pet. i. a. (a) The sum of our saluation and religioÌ„ is to be ledde by Christe to y e father who calleth vs in the sonne Iohn i c. Coloss ii b. i. Cor. viii a. (b) 〈…〉 be sure in it self forasmuch as god cannot chaunge yet we must confirme it in our selues by the fruites of the spirite knowyng that the purpose of god electeth â–ª calleth sanctifieth and iustifieth vs. ii Cor. v. â— Iohn xxi d i. Iohn i. a. Mat. xvii d. Mark i. b Luk. iii. d. Acteâ— xx â— i. Tâ—m iii. a. ii Tim. iii. a. i Pet. iii. a. Iudâ— i. â— (a) That is euidently sene in the Pope his priestes which by lyes and flatteries sell mens soules so that it is certayne y t he is not the successour of SimoÌ„ Peter but of Simon Magus Genes vii a. Gene. xii d. Iob. xv b. i. Cor. x. c. (b) For in your holy feastes they syt as members of the church where as in deede they be but spottes so deceaue you reade Luk. 1â— Num. xxii b Iudic. i. d. Iohn viii d. Rom. vi c. Hebr. vi a. and .x. c. Math. xii d. Pâ—o xv â— Actes xx f. ii Pet. ii a. Iudi. i. e. i. Tim. iiii e. ii Tim. ii a. (a) He meaneth theÌ„ whiche had once professed christian religion but became afterward contemners and mockers as Epicurians Atheistes Iohn xiiii b Esaâ—s â—i b. Psal xâ— a. i Cor. vii c. Math 14 d. i. Thess v. a Apoc iii â— Apoc. xx â— Mat. xvii a. (a) The effect of y e Gospell is that we all beyng ioyned together in Christ by faith shuld be the sonnes of God (b) That is Christe with vs and we with our selues 3. Reg. viii e. ii Par. vi g. Ioh. xiii c. Psal 32. d. Luk. xv d. (a) That is by fayth and so obey hym for knowlege can not be without obedience Iohn xiii d. Leuit. xix d Ioh. xvii b. Actes xx f. (b) the grace of the holy ghost Esaâ—â—iiii d. (c) Christ coÌ„municateth hym selfe vnto you teacheth you by the holy ghost and his ministers d By this name â–ª â—e meâ—neth y e wholâ— Churche of Christe in generall â–ª â—uk xx ◠〈◊〉 â— b Geâ—e 〈…〉 Iohn 〈…〉 (a) This loue is the speciall fruite of our fayth and a certayne signe of our regeneration Math. vâ—â— Iohn xv b. Iacob i. a. i Iohn v. c. Ioh. xiii d. Math. vii c. â— Deut. xiâ—i a. Ma. xxiiii a. Mar. xiii a. Luk. xxi d. (a) Who beyng very god came from his father toke vpon hym our fleshe He that confesseth oâ— preacheth this truely â–ª hath the spirite of God els not Iohn xiii d i Thess i. b. Iohn iii. c. Rom. v. b. Exod â— d. 〈◊〉 v. â— Iohn xiii c. Math. xii d. i Cor. xv g. (a) The water blood that came out of his syde declare that we haue our sinnes washed by hym â–ª and he hath made ful satisfaction for the same (b) Whiche testifieth to our heartes that we be the childreÌ„ of god Mat. vii a. Mark xi d. Luk. xi b. Iohn xiiii â— (a) According to godlynesse and not with any worldly affections (b) We can not receaue the grace of God except we haue the true knowledge of hym of the whiche knowledge loue proceadeth (c) According to Gods worde Iohn xiiii c i. Iohn v. a. (a) That is in godly conuersation as they whiche haue both the knowledge and feare of God (a) Agaynst assaultes of Satan and heretiques Gen. xix f. Gen. iiii b. Num. xvi f. Gen. iiii b. Num. xvi f. Apoc. i. â— Esai iii â— Actes xx f. â— Timâ— iiii a â— Tim iii. a. â— Peter ii a. (a) Of things which were hyd before (b) Christe receaued this reuelation out of his fathers bosome as his owne doctrine but it was hid in respect of vs so that Christe as Lorde God reuealed it to Iohn his seruaunt by the ministerie of his Angel to the edification of his Church Math 24. c. Dani. vii d. Mat. xvii a. Esai xliiii b Rom. vi b. Gene. â—â— b. (a) The eternall diuinitie of Iesus Christe is here moste playnely declared with his manhood and victorie ouer death to aâ—re his 〈…〉 shall not 〈◊〉 â—uercome â—y death (b) In spiritual treasures (c) The word of God is the sworde with two edges Nu. xxxi c. 3. Reg. xvi g iiii Reg. x. d Ier. xxvii b. Psal ii b. i Thess v. a. ii Pet. iii. c. Esai xxii f Iob. xii c. ii Cor. v. a. Prou. ii b. Heb. xii b. Esai vi b. Esa â–ª xxvii â— Iob. xxii b. Ose â— b. Luk. â—xâ— â— Esaias ii d. Osee x. e. Luk. xxiii d Ezech. ii c. Ezech. iii. c. Gene ix b. Math. 26 c. Act. xiiii c Esai xxi c. Ieremi li. a. Ioel. iii. e. â—sai xxi c. Iere. li. a. Math. â—â— d. ii Peter iii â— i Thess â—â— i Tim. vi â— Esa xlvii d. Ierem. li. a Ierem. li. b. Ierem 〈…〉 () That is prayse ye god because y e antichrist and all wickednes is taken out of the worlde Mâ— xxâ— a. 〈…〉 Esai liii b. Esaias â— Esai xlv c. ii Pet. iii. a. Esai xxv d. Esai lx â— Esai lx c Esaias lx d. Apoc. i. a Apoc. xi b. Esai xliiii b Apoc. i. b. Esai lv a. Iohn vii f. Deut. iiii a. Pro. xxx a.