on the sonne hath euerlastinge life he that beleueth not the sonne shal not se the life but y e wrath of God abydeth vpon him The IIII. Chapter NOw whan Iesus had knowlege y t it was come to the eares of the Pharises that Iesus made and baptised mo disciples thē Ihon howbeit Iesus himself baptysed not but his disciples he left the londe of Iewry and departed agayne in to Galile But he must nedes go thorow Samaria Then came he in to a cite of Samaria called Sichar nye vnto y e pece of lōde y t Iacob gaue vnto Ioseph his sonne And there was Iacobs well Now whan Iesus was weerye of his iourney he satt hī downe so vpō the well And it was aboute the sixte houre Then came there a woman of Samaria to drawe water Iesus sayde vnto her Geue me drynke For his disciples were gone their waye in to y e cite to bye meate So the woman of Samaria sayde vnto him How is it that thou axest drynke of me seynge thou art a Iewe and I a woman of Samaria For the Iewes medle not with the Samaritans Iesus answered and sayde vnto her Yf thou knewest the gift of God and who it is that sayeth vnto the geue me drynke thou woldest axe of him and he wolde geue the the water of life The woman sayde vnto him Syr thou hast nothinge to drawe withall and the well is depe from whence hast thou then that water of life Art thou greater then oure father Iacob which gaue vs this well And he himself dranke therof and his children and his catell Iesus answered and sayde vnto her Who so euer drynketh of this water shal thyrst agayne But whosoeuer shal drynke of the water that I shal geue him shal neuer be more a thyrst but the water that I shal geue him shal be in him a well of water which spryngeth vp in to euerlastinge life The woman sayde vnto him Syr geue me that same water that I thyrst not nether nede to come hither to drawe Iesus sayde vnto her Go call they huszbande and come hither The woman answered and sayde vnto him I haue no huszbande Iesus sayde vnto her Thou hast sayde well I haue no huszbande for thou hast had fyue huszbandes and he whom thou hast now is not thine huszbande there saydest thou right The womā sayde vnto him Syr I se that thou art a prophet Oure father 's worshipped vpon this mountayne and ye saye that at Ierusalem is the place where men ought to worshippe Iesus sayde vnto her Woman beleue me the tyme commeth that ye shal nether vpon this mountayne ner at Ierusalem worshippe the father Ye wote not what ye worshippe but we knowe what we worshippe for Saluacion commeth of the Iewes But the tyme commeth and is now allready that the true worshippers shal worshippe the father in sprete and in the trueth For the father wil haue soch so to worshippe him God is a sprete and they that worshippe him must worshippe in sprete and in the trueth The womā sayde vnto him I wote that Messias shal come which is called Christ. Whan he commeth he shal tell vs all thinges Iesus sayde vnto her I that speake vnto the am he And in the meane season came his disciples and they marueyled that he talked with the woman Yet sayde no man What axest thou or what talkest thou with her Then the woman let hir pot stonde and wente in to the cite and sayde vnto the people Come se a man which hath tolde me all that euer ▪ I dyd Is not he Christ Then wente they out of the cite and came vnto him In the meane whyle his disciples prayed him and sayde Master eate But he sayde vnto them I haue meate to eate that ye knowe not of Then sayde the disciples amōge them selues Hath eny man brought him meate Iesus sayde vnto thē My meate is this that I do the wyll of him that sent me and to fynish his worke Saye not ye youre selues There are yet foure monethes and then commeth the haruest Beholde I saye vnto you lift vp youre eyes and loke vpon the felde for it is whyte allready vnto the haruest And he that reapeth receaueth rewarde and gathereth frute to euerlastinge life that both he that soweth and he that reapeth maye reioyse together For herin is the prouerbe true One soweth another reapeth I haue sent you to reape that wheron ye bestowed no laboure Other haue laboured and ye are come in to their laboures Many Samaritans of the same cite beleued on him for the sayenge of the woman which testified He hath tolde me all that euer I dyd Now whan the Samaritans came to him they besought him that he wolde tary with them And he abode there two dayes and many mo beleued because of his worde and sayde vnto the woman We beleue now hence forth not because of thy sayenge we haue herde him oureselues and knowe that this of a trueth is Christ the Sauioure of the worlde After two dayes he departed thence and wente in to Galile For Iesus himself testified that a prophet is nothinge set by at home Now whā he came in to Galile the Galileās receaued him which had sene all that he dyd at Ierusalem in the feast for they also were come thither in the feast And Iesus came agayne vnto Cana in Galile where he turned the water vnto wyne And there was a certayne ruler whose sonne laye sicke at Capernaum This herde that Iesus came out of Iewry in to Galile and wente vnto him and besought him that he wolde come downe and helpe his sonne for he laye deed sicke And Iesus sayde vnto him Excepte ye se tokens and wonders ye beleue not The ruler sayde vnto him Come downe Syr or euer my childe dye Iesus sayde vnto him Go thy waye thy sonne lyueth The man beleued the worde that Iesus sayde vnto him and wente his waye And as he was goinge downe his seruauntes mett him and tolde him and sayde Thy childe lyueth Then enquyred he of them the houre wherin he beganne to amende And they sayde vnto him Yesterdaye aboute the seuēth houre the feuer left him Then the father perceaued that it was aboute the same houre wherin Iesus sayde vnto him Thy sonne lyueth And he beleued with his whole house This is now the seconde token that Iesus dyd whan he came from Iewry in to Galile The V. Chapter AFterwarde there was a feast of the Iewes and Iesus wente vp to Ierusalem There is at Ierusalem by the slaughter house a pole which in Hebrue is called Bethseda hath fyue porches wherin laye many sicke blynde lame wythred which wayted whan the water shulde moue For the angell wente downe at his tyme in to the pole and stered the water Who so euer now wente downe first after that the water was stered y e same was made whole what soeuer disease he had And
wash my fete Iesus answered him Yf I wash y e not thou shalt haue no parte with me Symon Peter sayde vnto him LORDE not the fete onely but the handes also and the heade Iesus sayde vnto him He that is waszheÌ„ nedeth not saue to washe y e fete but is cleane euery whytt And ye are cleane but not all For he knewe his betrayer therfore sayde he ye are not all cleane Now whan he had waszhen their fete and taken his clothes he sat him downe agayne and sayde vnto theÌ„ Wote ye what I haue done vnto you Ye call me master and LORDE and ye saye right therin for so I am Yf I then youre LORDE and master haue waszhen youre fete ye ought also to wash one anothers fete I haue geueÌ„ you an ensample that ye shulde do as I haue done vnto you Verely verely I saye vnto you the seruaunt is not greater then his lorde nether is the Apostell greater then he that sent him Yf ye knowe these thinges blessed are ye yf ye do them I speake not of you all I knowe whom I haue chosen but that the scripture might be fulfilled He y t eateth my bred hath lift vp his hele against me I tell it you now before it come that whan it is come to passe ye maye beleue that I am he Verely verely I saye vnto you He that receaueth whom so euer I sende receaueth me and he that receaueth me receaueth him that sent me Whan Iesus had thus sayde he was heuy in sprete and testified and sayde Verely verely I saye vnto you One amonge you shal betraye me Then the disciples loked one vpon another were in doute of whom he spake But there was one amoÌ„ge his disciples that leaned at the table on Iesus bosome whoÌ„ Iesus loued to him beckened Symon Peter that he shulde axe who it was of whom he spake For the same leaued vpoÌ„ Iesus brest and sayde vnto him LORDE who is it Iesus answered It is he vnto whom I dyppe the soppe geue it And he dypte in the soppe and gaue it vnto Iudas Iscarioth Symons sonne And after y e soppe the deuell entred in to him Then sayde Iesus vnto him That thou boest do quyckly But y e same wyst no man at the table for what intent he sayde it vnto him Some thought for so moch as Iudas had the bagge that Iesus had sayde vnto him Bye that is necessary for vs agaynst the feast Or that he shulde geue some thinge vnto the poore Whan he had receaued the soppe he wente out immediatly and it was night Whan he was gone forth Iesus sayde Now is the sonne of maÌ„ glorified and God is glorified in him Yf God be glorified in him theÌ„ shal god glorifie him also in hiÌ„self straight waye shal he glorifye him Deare childreÌ„ I am yet a litle whyle with you Ye shal seke me and as I sayde vnto y e Iewes whither I go thither can ye not come And now I saye vnto you A new coÌ„maundemeÌ„t geue I you that ye loue together as I haue loued you y t euen so ye loue one another By this shal euery man knowe that ye are my disciples yf ye haue loue one to another Symon Peter sayde vnto him LORDE whither goest thou Iesus answered him Whither I go thou canst not folowe me now but thou halt folowe me herafter Peter sayde vnto him LORDE why caÌ„not I folowe the â—ow I wil geue my life for y t sake Iesus answered him Wilt thou geue thy life for my sake Verely verely I saye vnto ye. The cock shal not crowe tyll thou haue denyed me thryse The XIIII Chapter ANd he sayde vnto his disciples Let not youre hert be afrayed Yf ye beleue on God theÌ„ beleue also on me In my fathers house are many dwellinges Yf it were not so I wolde haue tolde you I go to prepare the place for you And though I go to prepare the place for you yet wil I come agayne and receaue you vnto myself y t ye maye be where I am And whither I go ye knowe and the waye knowe ye also Thomas sayde vnto him LORDE we knowe not whither thou goest how can we knowe the waye Iesus sayde vnto him I am the waye and the trueth and the life Noman coÌ„meth to the father but by me Yf ye knewe me ye knewe my father also And froÌ„ heÌ„ce forth ye knowe hiÌ„ haue sene him Philippe sayde vnto him LORDE shewe vs the father and it sufficeth vs. Iesus sayde vnto him Thus longe am I with you and hast thou not knowne me Philippe he that seyth me seyth the father And how sayest thou then Shewe vs the father Beleuest thou not that I am in the father and that y e father is in me The wordes that I speake vnto you those speake not I of my self but the father that dwelleth in me he doth the workes Beleue me that I am in the father and that y e father is in me Or els beleue me at the leest for the workes sake Verely verely I saye vnto you He that beleueth on me shal do the workes that I do and shal do greater then these for I go to the father And what soeuer ye axe y e father in my name that wyl I do that the father maye be praysed in the sonne Yf ye axe eny thinge in my name I wyl do it Yf ye loue me kepe my commaundementes And I wyl praye the father and he shal geue you another comforter that he maye byde w t you for euer euen y e sprete of trueth whom y e worlde can not receaue for it seyth him not nether doth it knowe him but ye knowe him for he abydeth w t you shal be in you I wil not leaue you coÌ„fortles I come vnto you It is yet a litle whyle theÌ„ shal the worlde se me nomore but ye shal se me for I lyue and ye shal lyue also In y t daye shal ye knowe that I am in the father and ye in me and I in you He that hath my coÌ„maundementes and kepeth them the same is he that loueth me and he that loneth me shal be loued of my father I wyl loue him and wyl shewe myne owne self vnto him Iudas sayde vnto hiÌ„ not that Iscarioth LORDE What is the cause theÌ„ that thou wilt shewe thy self vnto vs and not vnto the worlde Iesus answered and sayde vnto him He that loueth me wyl kepe my worde and my father wyl loue him and we wyl come vnto him and wyll make oure dwellynge with him But he that loueth me not kepeth not my sayenges And the worde that ye heare is not myne but the fathers which hath sent me This haue I spoken vnto you whyle I was with you But that comforter euen y e holy goost whoÌ„ my father shal sende in
my name he shal teache you all thinges bringe all to youre remembraunce what soeuer I haue tolde you Peace I leaue vnto you my peace I geue you I geue not vnto you as the worlde geueth Let not yo hert be troubled nether let it be afrayed Ye haue herde that I sayde vnto you I go come agayne vnto you Yf ye loued me ye wolde reioyse because I saide I go to the father for y e father is greater theÌ„ I. And now haue I tolde you before it come that whan it is come to passe ye maye beleue Here after wyl not I talke moch with you For the prynce of this worlde coÌ„meth and hath nothinge in me But that the worlde maye knowe that I loue y e father And as the father hath coÌ„maunded me so do I. Aryse let vs go hence The XV. Chapter I Am a true vyne and my father is an huszbande man Euery braunch that bringeth not forth frute in me shal he cut of and euery one that bryngeth forth frute shal he pourge y t it maye bringe forth more frute Now are ye cleane because of the worde that I haue spokeÌ„ vnto you Byde ye in me and I in you Like as y e braunch can not brynge forth frute of it self excepte it byde in the vyne Euen so nether ye also excepte ye abyde in me I am the vyne ye are the braunches He that abydeth in me and I in him the same bryngeth forth moch frute for without me can ye do nothinge He that abydeth not in me is cast out as a vyne braunche and it wythereth and men gather it vp and cast it in to the fyre and it burneth Yf ye abyde in me and my wordes abyde in you ye shal axe what ye wyl it shal be done vnto you Herin is my father praysed that ye brynge forth moch frute and become my disciples Like as my father hath loued me eueÌ„ so haue I loued you CoÌ„tynue ye iÌ„ my loue Yf ye kepe my coÌ„maundementes ye shal coÌ„tynue in my loue like as I haue kepte my fathers coÌ„maundementes and coÌ„tynue in his loue These thinges haue I spoken vnto you that my ioye might remayne in you and y t youre ioye might be perfecte This is my coÌ„maundement that ye loue together as I haue loued you No man hath greater loue then to set his life for his frende Ye are my frendes yf ye do that I commaunde you Hence forth call I you not seruauntes for a seruaunt knoweth not what his lorde doeth But I haue sayde that ye are frendes For all that I haue herde of my father haue I shewed vnto you Ye haue not chosen me but I haue chosen you and ordeyned you that ye go and bringe forth frute and that youre frute contynne that what soeuer ye axe the father in my name he shulde geue it you This I commaunde you that ye loue one another Yf the worlde hate you then knowe that it hath hated me before you Yf ye were of the worlde the worlde wolde loue his owne Howbeit because ye are not of the worlde but I haue chosen you from the worlde therfore the worlde hateth you Remembre my worde that I sayde vnto you The seruaunt iâ— not greater then his lorde Yf they haue persecuted me they shal persecute you also Yf they haue kepte my worde they shal kepe yours also But all this shal they do vnto you for my names sake because they knowe not him y t sent me Yf I had not come spokeÌ„ vnto theÌ„ theÌ„ shulde they haue no synne But now haue they nothinge to cloake their synne â—ithall He y t hateth me hateth my father also Yf I had not done amoÌ„ge theÌ„ the workes which no other maÌ„ dyd they shulde haue no synne But now haue they sene it and yet haue they hated both me my father Neuertheles that the sayenge might be fulfilled which is wrytten in their lawe They haue hated me without a cause But whaÌ„ the comforter commeth whoÌ„ I shal sende you from the father eueÌ„ the sprete of trueth which proceadeth of the father he shal testifie of me and ye shal beare wytnesse also for ye haue bene with me from the begynnynge The XVI Chapter THese thinges haue I sayde vnto you that ye shulde not be offended They shal excomunicate you The tyme commeth that who soeuer putteth you to death shal thynke that he doth seruyce vnto God And soch thinges shal they do vnto you because they haue nether knowne y e father ner yet me But these thinges haue I sayde vnto you that whan the tyme coÌ„meth ye maye thynke theron that I tolde you But these thinges haue I not sayde vnto you from the begynnynge For I was with you But now I go vnto him that sent me none of you axeth me Whither goest thou but because I haue sayde these thinges vnto you youre hert is full of sorowe Neuertheles I tell you the trueth It is better for you y t I go awaye For yf I go not awaye that comforter commeth not vnto you but yf I departe I wil sende hiÌ„ vnto you And whan he commeth he shal rebuke the worlde of synne and of righteousnes of iudgment Of synne because they beleue not on me O frighteousnes because I go to the father and ye shal se me nomore Of iudgmeÌ„t because the prynce of this worlde is iudged allready I haue yet moch to saye vnto you but ye can not now beare it awaye howbeit whan he the sprete of trueth commeth he shal lede you in to all trueth For he shal not speake of himself but what soeuer he shal heare that shal he speake and he shall shewe you what is for to come He shal glorifye me for he shal receaue of myne and shal shewe vnto you All that the father hath is myne Therfore haue I sayde he shal receaue of myne and shewe vnto you After a litle whyle and ye shal not se me and agayne after a litle whyle and ye shal se me for I go to the father TheÌ„ saide some of his disciples amonge themselues What is this that he sayeth vnto vs After a litle whyle and ye shal not se me agayne after a litle whyle ye shal se me for I go to the father Then sayde they What is this that he sayeth After a litle whyle We can not tell what he sayeth Then perceaued Iesus that they wolde axe him and he sayde vnto them Ye enquyre of this amonge youre selues that I sayde After a litle whyle and ye shal not se me agayne after a litle whyle and ye shal se me Verely verely I saye vnto you Ye shal wepe and lamente but the worlde shal reioyse Ye shal be sory but youre sorowe shal be turned in to ioye A woman whan she trauayleth hath sorowe for hir houre is come But whan she is delyuered of the
¶ Because that whan thou goest to study in holy scripture thou shuldest do it with reuerence therfore for thy instruction louynge admonicion therto the Reuerende father in god Nicolas Bisshoppe of Salisbury hath prescrybed the this prayer folowynge taken out of the same O Lorde God almyghtye whiche longe agoo saydest by the mouthe of Iames thyn Apostle If any of you lacke wysdom let hym aske it of God whiche geueth it plenteously to all men and casteth no man in the tethe and it shal be geuen hym Heare my peticion for this thy promes sake Let my prayer ascende luckely in to thy syght lyke incense Let thy◠eare be attent vnto my depe desyre Geue me wysdome which is eue◠assistent about thy seate And put me not out from amonge 〈…〉 for I am thy seruaunt and y e sonne of thy handmayde ▪ 〈…〉 her I meane thy godly wysedome out of thyne holy heauens and from the trone of thy maiestye that she maye be with me and laboure with me y t I may knowe what is acceptable in thy syght Oh lerne me goodnes nurtoure and knowlege for I beleue thy commaundementes Thou art good and gracyous instructe me in thyne ordynaunces Let myne hertie besechynge ascende in to thy presence Geue me vnderstondynge accordynge to thy worde Oh geue me vnderstōdynge and I shall kepe thy lawe Yee I shall kepe it with all myne herte Shewe me thy wayes o Lorde teache me thy patthes Leade me in to thy trueth and lerne me for thou art the God of my helth And on the do I depende alway Heare now my voyce O Lorde with which I haue cryed vnto the. Haue mercy vpon me and gracyouslye heare me for Iesus Christes sake oure Lorde which lyueth and reygneth with the his father the holy goost worlde without ende Amen ¶ After the ende of any Chapter yf thou wylt thou mayest saye these verses folowynge LEade me o Lorde in thy waye and let me walke in thy trueth Oh let myne herte delyte in fearynge thy name Ordre my goynges after thy worde that no wyckednes reygne in me Kepe my steppes within thy patthes lest my fete turne in to any contrary waye Vnto the most victorious Prynce and oure most gracyous soueraigne Lorde kynge Henry the kynge of Englonde and of Fraunce lorde of Irlonde c. Defendour of the Fayth and vnder God the chefe and suppreme heade of the Church of Englonde ¶ The ryght iust administracyon of the lawes that God gaue vnto Moses and vnto Iosua the testimonye of faythfulnes that God gaue of Dauid the plenteous abundaunce of wysdome that God gaue vnto Salomon the lucky and prosperous age with the multiplicacyon of sede whiche God gaue vnto Abraham and Sara his wyfe be geuē vnto you most gracyous Prynce with your dearest iust wyfe and most vertuous Pryncesse Quene Anne Amen CAiphas beynge bysshope of that yeare lyke a blynde prophete not vnderstandyng what he sayd prophecied that it was better to put Christ vnto death then that all the people shulde perysshe he meanyng that Christ was an heretike a deceauer of the people a destroyer of the lawe and that it was better therfore to put Christ vnto death thā to suffre hym for to lyue and to deceaue the people c. where in very dede Christ was the true prophete the true Messias and the onely true Sauiour of the worlde sent of his heauenly father to suffre the moste cruell most shamefull and most necessary death for our redempcyon accordyng to y e meanynge of the prophecie truely vnderstonde Euen after the same maner y e blynde bysshoppe of Rome that blynde Baalam I saye not vnderstondynge what he dyd gaue vnto your grace this tytle Defendour of the fayth onely bycause your hyghnes suffred your bysshoppes to burne Gods worde the rote of fayth and to persecute the louers and mynisters of y e same where in very dede the blynde bysshoppe though he knewe not what he dyd prophecied that by the ryghteous admynistracyon and contynuall diligence of youre grace the fayth shulde so be defended that Gods worde the mother of Fayth with the frutes therof shulde haue his fre course thorowe out all Christendome but specyally in your realme Yf your hyghnesse now of your pryncely benignite wyll pardon me to compare these two bysshoppes I meane bysshoppe Caiphas and the bysshoppe of Rome theyr prophecies together I doute not but we shal fynde them agree lyke brethren though the one be a Iewe and the other a counterfayre Christian. Fyrst Caiphas prophecied that it was better to put Christ vnto death then that the people shulde perysshe The bysshoppe of Rome also not knowynge what he prophecied gaue youre grace this tytle Defendour of the fayth The trueth of both these prophecies is of the holy goost as was Baalams prophecie though they that spake thē knewe not what they sayd The trueth of Caiphas prophecie is that it was necessary for mans saluacyon that Christ by his death shulde ouercome death and redeme vs. And the trueth of oure Baalams prophecie is y t your grace in very dede shulde defende the Fayth Yee euen the true fayth of Christ no dreames no fables no heresie no papisticall inuencions but the vncorrupte fayth of Gods most holy worde which to set forth praysed be the goodnes of God and increace youre gracyous purpose your hyghnes with youre most honorable councell applyeth all his studye and endeuoure These two blynde bysshopes now agree in y e vnderstādyng of theyr prophecies for Caiphas taketh Christ for an heretike Oure Balaā taketh the worde of Christ for heresie Caiphas iudgeth it to be a good dede to put Christ vnto death that he shulde not deceaue the people Oure Balaam calleth defendynge of the fayth the suppressyng kepyng secrete and burnyng of the worde of fayth lest the lyght thereof shulde vtter his darknes lest his owne Decretales Decrees his owne lawes and constitucions his owne statutes and inuencions shulde come to none effecte lest his intollerable exactions and vsurpacions shulde lose theyr strengthe lest it shulde be knowen what a thefe and murtherer he is in the cause of Christ and how haynous a traytoure to God and man in defraudynge all Christen kynges prynces of theyr due obedience lest we youre graces subiectes shulde haue eyes in the worde of God at the last to spye out his crafty conueyaūce and iuglynges and lest men shulde se how sore he and his false Apostles haue deceaued all Christendome specyally youre noble realme of Englonde Thus your grace seyth how brotherly the Iewysh bysshoppe and oure Balaam agree together not onely in myter and outwarde appearaunce but as the one persecuted the Lorde Iesus in his owne persone so doth the other persecute his worde and resysteth his holy ordynaunce in the auctorite of his anoynted kynges For so moche nowe as the worde of God is the onely trueth that dryueth awaye all
the egges thou shalt not take the dame with the yonge but shalt let the dame flye and take the yonge that thou mayest prospere and lyue longe Whan thou buyldest a new house make a battelment aboute thy rofe that thou lade not bloude vpon thine house yf eny man fall therof Thou shalt not sowe thy vynyarde with dyuerse sedes that thou halowe not to the full offerynge the sede which thou hast sowne with the increase of the vynyarde Thou shalt not plowe with an oxe and an Asse together at one tyme. Thou shalt not weere a garmeÌ„t y t is mixte with wollen and lynnen together Thou shalt make gardes vpon the foure quarters of thy garment wherwith thou couerest thy selfe Yf a man take a wife and hate her whan he hath lyen with her and layeth eny shamefull thinge vnto hir charge and bryngeth vp an euell name vpon her and sayeth I toke this wife whan I came to her I founde her not a mayde Then shall the father and mother of the damsell take her and brynge forth the tokens of the damsels virginite before the Elders of the cite euen vnto the gate And y e damsels father shal saie vnto y e Elders I gaue this man my doughter to wyfe Now hateth he her and layeth a shamefull thinge to hir charge and sayeth I founde not thy doughter a mayde And lo these are the tokens of my doughters virginite And they shal sprede out the clothe before the Elders of the cite So shal the Elders of the cite take that man and chastice him and put a pennaunce vpon him of an hundreth Sycles of syluer and geue the same vnto the father of the damsell because he hath brougte vp an euell name of a mayde in Israel and he shall haue her to wyfe so y t he maye not forsake her all his life longe But yf it be of a trueth that the damsell is not founde a virgin theÌ„ shal she be brought forth vnto the dore of hir fathers house and the meÌ„ of the cite shal stone her to death be cause she hath wrought foly in Israel and played the whore in hir fathers house And so shalt thou put awaye the euell from the. Yf a man be founde lienge with a womaÌ„ that hath a maried huszbande they shal dye both the man the womaÌ„ that he hath lien withall And so shalt thou put awaye euell from Israel Yf a mayde be handfested to eny man another man getteth her in the cite lyeth with her ye shal brynge them both out vnto the gate of the cite and stone them both y t they dye The damsell because she cryed not beynge in the cite The man because he hath brought his neghbours wife to shame And thou shalt put awaye the euell from the. But yf a man get an handfested damsell vpon the felde and take her and lye w t her then the man that laye with her shal dye alone and vnto the damsell thou shalt do nothinge for she hath done no synne worthy of death It is like as yf a man rose against his neghboure and slewe him euen so is this also For he founde her in the felde and the handfested damsell cryed and there was no man to helpe her Yf a man fynde a mayde that is not haÌ„d fested and take her and lye with her and be founde then shal he that laye with her geue hir father fyfâ—ie Sycles of syluer and shall haue her to wyfe because he hath shamed her he maye not forsake her all his life loÌ„ge NomaÌ„ shal take his fathers wife ner vncouer his fathers couerynge The XXIII Chapter THere shal none that hath his stones broken or y t is gelded come in to the coÌ„gregacion of the LORDE There shal no whores childe also come in to the coÌ„gregacion of y e LORDE no not after y e tenth generacioÌ„ but shal neuer come in to y e coÌ„gregacioÌ„ of y e LORDE The Ammonites Moabites shal not come in to y e coÌ„gregacioÌ„ of y e LORDE no not after y e tenth generacion but shall neuer come in because they met you not w t bred water in y e waye whaÌ„ ye came out of Egipte And besides y t they hiâ—ed agaynst you BalaaÌ„ y e sonne of Beor y e interpreter out of Mesopotamia to curse ye. But y e LORDE y e God wolde not heare Balaam and turned the curse to a blessynge vnto the because the LORDE y e God loued the. Thou shalt wysh him nether prosperite ner health all thy life longe for euer Thou shalt not abhorre an Edomite for he is thy brother An Egipcian shalt thou not abhorre for thou wast a straunger in his londe The children whom they beget in the thirde generacion shal come in to the congregacion of y e LORDE WhaÌ„ thou goest out to fighte agaynst thine enemies kepe the from all wickednesse Yf there be eny man amonge you which is vncleane so that eny thinge is chaunced to him by nighte the same shal go out of y e hoost vntyll he haue bathed himselfe with water before euen and whan the Sonne is gone downe he shall come in to the hoost agayne And without the hoost thou shalt haue place to resorte vnto for necessyte thou shalt haue a shouell vnder the gyrdle and whan thou wilt set y e downe without thou shalt dygge therwith and whan thou hast done thine easement thou shalt couer that which is departed from the. For the LORDE thy God walketh in thine hooste to delyuer the and to geue thine enemies before the. Therfore shall thy hooste be holy that he se no vncleane thinge in the and so turne himselfe from the. Thou shalt not delyuer vnto his master the seruaunt which is escaped froÌ„ him vnto the. He shall dwell with the in the place that he choseth within eny of thy gates for his wealth and thou shalt not vexe him There shal be no whore amonge y e doughters of Israel nether whorekeper amonge the sonnes of Israel Thou shalt not bringe y e hyre of an whoore ner the price of a dogg in to the house of the LORDE y e God for eny maner of vowe for they both are abhominacion vnto the LORDE thy God Thou shalt occupye no vsury vnto y e brother nether with money ner with fode ner with eny maner thinge that vsury maye be vsed withall Vnto a strauÌ„ger thou maiest lende vpoÌ„ vsury but not vnto thy brother y t the LORDE thy God maye blesse the in all y t thou takest in haÌ„de in the loÌ„de whither thou commest in to possesse it Whan thou makest a vowe vnto y e LORDE y e God to shalt not be slacke to perfourme it for the LORDE thy God shal requyre it of the and it shal be synne vnto the. Yf thou leaue vowinge then is it no synne vnto the. But that which is proceaded out of y e lyppes
hath shewed his mercy vnto vs. It is good to hyde the Kynges secrete but to shew and to prayse y e workes of God it is an honorable thinge Prayer is good with fastinge and to geue allmes is better then to hoorde vp treasures of golde For allmes delyuereth from death clenseth synne and causeth to fynde euerlastinge life But they that do synne and vnrighteousnes are y e enemies of their owne soules Wherfore I tell you the trueth and wyll hyde nothinge from you Whan thou praydest with teares and burydest the deed and leftest thy dyner and hyddest the deed in thy house vpon the daye tyme that thou mightest burye them in the night I offred thy prayer before the LORDE And because thou wast accepte and beloued of God it was necessary that tentacion shulde trye the. And now hath the LORDE sent me to heale the and to delyuer Sara y e sonnes wife from the euell sprete For I am Raphael an angell one of the seuen that stonde before God Whā they herde this they were sore afrayed and trembled and fell downe vpon their faces vnto the grounde Then sayde the angell Peace be with you feare not Where as I haue bene w t you it is the will of God geue prayse and thankes vnto him You thought that I dyd eate and drinke with you but I vse meate that is invisible and drynke that can not be sene of men Now therfore is y e tyme that I must turne agayne vnto him that sent me but be ye thankfull vnto God and tell out all his wonderous workes And whan he had spoken these wordes he was taken awaye out of their sight so y t they sawe him nomore Then fell they downe flat vpon their faces by the space of thre houres and praysed God and whan they rose vp they tolde all his wōderous workes Then XIII Chapter THen olde Tobias opened his mouth and praysed the LORDE and sayde Greate art thou o LORDE for euermore and thy kyngdome worlde without ende for thou scourgest and healest thou ledest vnto hell and bryngest out agayne and there is none y t maye escape thy hande O geue thankes vnto y e LORDE ye children of Israel and prayse him in the sight of the Heithē For amonge the Heithen which knowe him not hath he scatred you to the intēt that ye shulde shew forth his maruelous workes cause them for to knowe that there is none other God allmightie but he He hath chastened vs for oure myszdedes and for his owne mercy sake shal he saue vs. Considre then how he hath dealt w t you prayse him with feare and drede and magnifie the euerlastinge kynge in yo r workes I wil prayse him euen in the londe of my captiuyte for he hath shewed his maiesty vnto a synfull people Turne you therfore O ye synners and do righteousnes before God and be ye sure that he wyl shew his mercy vpon you As for me my soule we wil reioyse in God O prayse the LORDE all ye his chosen holde the dayes of gladnesse and be thankfull vnto him O Ierusalem thou cite of God the LORDE hath punyshed the for the workes of thine owne handes O prayse the LORDE in thy good thinges geue thankes to the euerlastinge God that he maye builde vp his tabernacle agayne in y e that he maye call agayne vnto the all soch as be in captiuyte and that thou mayest haue ioye for euermore With a fayre light shalt thou shyne all y e endes of y e worlde shal honoure the. The people shal come vnto the from farre they shal bringe giftes and worshipe y e LORDE in the and thy londe shal they haue for a Sanctuary for they shal call vpon the greate name in the. Cursed shal they be that despyse the all they that blaspheme the shal be condēpned but blessed shal they be y t buylde the vp As for the thou shalt reioyse in y i childrē for they all shal be blessed and gathered together vnto the LORDE Blessed are they all y t loue y e and be glad of thy peace Prayse thou the LORDE o my soule for the LORDE oure God hath delyuered his cite Ierusalem from all hir troubles I wil counte my self happie yf my sede remayne to se y e clearnes of Ierusalē The gates of Ierusalem shal be buylded with Saphyre and Smaragde and all the cōpase of hir walles with precious stones All hir stretes shal be paued w t whyte Marblestone and in all hir stretes shal Alleluya be sunge Praysed be y e LORDE which hath exalted her y t his kyngdome maye be vpon her for euermore Amen And so Tobias made an ende of his talkynge The XIIII Chapter ANd after that Tobias had gottē his sight agayne he lyued two and xl yeares sawe his childers children Now whan he was an hundreth and two yeare olde he dyed was buried honorably in Niniue For whan he was sixe and fiftie yeares of age he lost the sight of his eyes and whā he was thre score yeare olde he gat his sight agayne The residue of his life led he in ioye and increased well in the feare of God departed in peace But in y e houre of his death he called vnto him his sonne Tobias seuen yonge springaldes his sonnes children and sayde vnto them The destruccion of Niniue is at hande for the worde of the LORDE can not fayle and oure brethren that are scatred out of the londe of Israel shal come thither agayne And the whole londe of it that hath bene waist shal be fylled and the house of God that was brent in it shal be buylded againe all soch as feare God shall returne thither the Heithen also shal forsake their Idols come to Ierusalem and dwell there and all the kynges of the earth shal be glad of her and worshipe the LORDE God of Israel And therfore my children heare youre father Serue the LORDE in faithfulnes seke after his will and do the thinge that pleaseth him Commaunde youre children y t they do right geue allmes be myndefull of God and euer to be thankfull vnto him in trueth and with all their power Heare me therfore my childrē and abyde not here but in what daye so euer ye haue buried youre mother besyde me gett you from hence For I se that the wickednes of it shal brynge it to destruccion and ende After y e death of his mother Tobias departed awaye from Niniue with his wife and children and with his childers children came agayne to his father and mother in lawe and founde them whole and in a good age and toke the care of thē And he closed their eyes and was heyre vnto all Raguels goodes and sawe the fifth generacion and childers childrē And whan he was xcix yeare of age he dyed in the feare of the LORDE and his kynsfolkes buried him And all his posterite
whole hert and mouth geue thankes vnto his name The XL. Chapter A Greate trauayle is created for all meÌ„ and an heuy yock vpon all mens children from the daye that they go out of their mothers wombe tyll they be buried in the earth the mother of all thinges namely their thoughtes and ymaginacions feare of the hert councell meditacions longinge and desyre the daye of death from the hyest that sytteth vpon the glorious seate vnto the lowest and most symple vpon the earth from him that is gorgiously arayed and weereth a crowne vntyll him that is but homely and symple clothed There is nothinge but wrath zele fearfulnes vnquietnes and feare of death rigorous anger and stryfe And in the night whan one shulde rest and slepe vpon his bedd the slepe chaungeth his vnderstandinge and knowlege A litle as nothinge is his rest in y e slepe as well as in the daye of laboure He feareth and is disquyted in the vision of his hert as one that renneth out of a battayll and in the tyme of health he awaketh and marueleth that the feare was nothinge Soch thinges happen vnto all flesh both man and best but seuenfolde to the vngodly Morouer death bloudsheddinge strife swerde oppression honger destruccion and punyshment these thinges are all created agaynst the vngodly and for their sakes came the floude also All that is of the earth shal turne to earth agayne and all waters ebb agayne in to the see All brybes and vnrighteousnes shal be put awaye but faithfulnes and trueth shal endure for euer The substauÌ„unce and goodes of y e vngodly shal be dried vp and syncke awaye as a water floude and they shall make a sounde like a greate thonder in the rayne Like as the righteous reioyseth whan he openeth his hande so shall the traÌ„sgessours be faynte whan their goodes vanysh and consume awaye The children of the vngodly shal not optayne many braunches and y e vncleane rotes vpoÌ„ the hye rockes shal be roted out before the gras by the water syde vpon the ryuer bankes Frendlynes and liberalite in the increase and blessynge of God is like a paradise garden of pleasure soch mercy also kindnes endureth for euer To labo to be content with that a man hath is a swete pleasaunt life that is to fynde a treasure aboue all treasures To beget children and to repayre the cite maketh a perpetuall name but an honest woman is more worth theÌ„ they both Wyne and mynstrals ye reioyse the hert but the loue of wyszdome is aboue them both Pypinge and harpinge make a swete noyse but a frendly tonge goeth beyonde them both Thine eye desyreth fauoure and bewtie but a grene sede tyme rather theÌ„ they both A frende and companyon come together at oportunyte but aboue them both is a wife that agreeth with hir huszbande One brother helpeth another in the tyme of trouble but allmes shal deliuer more then they both Golde and syluer fasten the fete but a good councell is more pleasaunt then they both Temporall substaunce and strength lift vp the mynde but the feare of the LORDE more then they both The feare of the LORDE wanteth nothinge and nedeth no helpe The feare of y e LORDE is as a pleasaunt gardeÌ„ of blessynge and nothinge so bewtyfull as it is My sonne lede not a beggers life for better it were to dye theÌ„ to begg Who so loketh to another mans table taketh no thought for his owne lyuynge how to vpholde his life for he fedeth himself with other mens meate But a wyse and well nurtoured man wyll bewarre therof Beggynge is swete in the mouth of the vnshamefast but in his bely there burneth a fyre The XLI Chapter O Death how bytter is the remembraunce of the to a man that seketh rest and comforte in his substaunce and riches vnto the man that hath nothinge to vexe him and that hath prosperite in all thinges yee vnto him that yet is able to receaue meate O death how acceptable and good is thy iudgment vnto the nedefull and vnto him whose strength fayleth that is now in his last age and that in all thinges is full of care and fearfulnes vnto him also that is in dispayre and hath no hope ner pacience Be not thou afrayed of death remembre them y t haue bene before the and y t come after y e this is the iudgmeÌ„t of y e LORDE ouer all flesh And why woldest hou be agaiÌ„st this pleasure of y e Hiest â–ª Whether it be ten an hundreth or a thousande yeares death axeth not how longe one haue lyued The children of the vngodly are abhominable children and so are they that kepe company with the vngodly The inheretaunce of vngodly children shall come to naught and their posterite shal haue perpetuall shame and confucion The children complayne of an vngodly father and why for his sake they are rebuked and despysed Wo be vnto you O ye vngodly which haue forsakeÌ„ the lawe of y e hyest God Yf ye be borne ye shal be borne to cursynge yf ye dye y e curse shal be youre porcion All that is of y e earth shal turne to earth agayne so go the vngodly also out of y e curse in to destruccion The sorow of men is in their body but y e name of the vngodly shal be put out for it is nothinge worth Laboure to get the a good name for that shall contynue suâ—er by the then a thousande greate treasures of golde A good life hath a noÌ„bre of dayes but a good name endureth euer My children kepe wyszdome in peace for wiszdome that is hyd and a treasure that is not sene what profit is in theÌ„ both A man that hydeth his foolishnes is better then a man that hydeth his wyszdome Therfore be ye turned at my wordes for it is not good in all thinges and allwaie to be ashamed True faith must proue and measure it Be ashamed of whordome before father and mother Be ashamed of lesynge before the prynce and men of auctorite Of synne before the iudge and ruler Of offence before the congregacion and people Of vnrighteousnes before a companyon and freÌ„de Of theft before y e neghbours As for the trueth of God and his couenaunt be not ashamed therof Be ashamed to lye with thyne elbowes vpon the bred Be ashamed to loke vpoÌ„ harlottes Be ashamed to turne awaye thy face from thy frende Be ashamed to take not to geue Be ashamed also to loke vpon anothers mans wyfe and to make many tryflinge wordes with hir mayden or to stonde by hir bedsyde Be ashamed to vpbrade thy freÌ„de and whan thou geuest eny thinge cast him not in the teth withall The XLII Chapter EEhearse not a thinge twyse and disclose not the wordes that thou hast herde in secrete Be shamefast well manered in dede so shall euery man fauoure the. Of these thinges be not
consolacion agaynst trouble for to come taketh frō thē the heuynesse that they had because of his departinge and promiseth them the holy goost the spirite of comforte Chap. XV. The true vyne the huszbandman the braunches A doctryne of loue and a swete comforte agaynst persecucion Chap. XVI Cōsolacion agaynst trouble Prayers are herde thorow Christ. Chap. XVII The most hartely louinge prayer of Christ vnto his father for all soch as receaue the trueth and be his awne Chap. XVIII Christ is betrayed The wordes of his mouth smyte the officers to the grounde Peter smyteth of Malchus eare Iesus is brought before Anna Caiphas and Pilate Chap. XIX Christ is crucified He commendeth his mother vnto Ihon sheddeth his bloude and is buried Chap. XX. The resurreccion of Christ which appeareth to Mary Magdalene and to all his disciples to their greate comforte Chap. XXI He appeareth to his disciples agayne by the see of Tyberias and commaundeth peter earnestly to fede his shepe The gospell of S. Ihon. The first Chapter IN the begynnynge was the worde and the worde was with God and God was y e worde The same was in the begynnynge w t God All thinges were made by the same and without the same was made nothinge that was made In him was the life and the life was the light of men and the light shyneth in the darknesse and the darknesse comprehended it not There was sent from God a man whose name was Ihon. The same came for a witnesse to beare wytnesse of y e light that thorow him they all might beleue He was not that light but that he might beare witnesse of y e light That was the true light which lighteth all men that come in to this worlde He was in the worlde the worlde was made by him and y e worlde knewe him not He came in to his awne and his awne receaued him not But as many as receaued him to them gaue he power to be the children of God euen soch as beleue in his name Which are not borne of bloude ner of the wyl of the flesh ner of the wyl of man but of God And the worde became flesh and dwelt amonge vs and we sawe his glory a glory as of the onely begottē sonne of the father full of grace and trueth Ihon bare wytnesse of him cryed and sayde It was this of whom I spake After me shal he come that was before me For he was or euer I and of his fulnesse haue all we receaued grace for grace For the lawe was geuen by Moses grace and trueth came by Iesus Christ. No man hath sene God at eny tyme. The onely begottē sonne which is in the bosome of the father he hath declared the same vnto vs. And this is the recorde of Ihon whan the Iewes sent prestes and Leuites frō Ierusalem to axe him Who art thou And he confessed and denyed not And he confessed and sayde I am not Christ. And they axed him What thē Art thou Elias He sayde I am not Art thou the Prophet And he answered No. Then sayde they vnto him What art thou thē y t we maye geue answere vnto thē that sent vs What sayest thou of y e self He sayde I am y e voyce of a cryer in the wyldernesse Make straight y e waye of the LORDE As y e prophet Esay sayde And they that were sent were of y e Pharises And they axed him sayde vnto him Why baptysest thou then yf thou be not Christ ner Elias ner a prophet Ihon answered them and sayde I baptyse with water but there is one come in amonge you whom ye knowe not It is he that cōmeth after me which was before me whose shue lachet I am not worthy to vnlowse This was done at Bethabara beyonde Iordane where Ihon dyd baptyse The nexte daye after Ihon sawe Iesus commynge vnto him and sayde Beholde the lābe of God which taketh awaye the synne of the worlde This is he of whom I sayde vnto you After me commeth a man which was before me For he was or euer I and I knewe him not but that he shulde be declared in Israel therfore am I come to baptyse with water And Ihon bare recorde sayde I sawe the sprete descende from heauen like vnto a doue and abode vpon him I knewe him not But he that sent me to baptyse with water y e same sayde vnto me Vpon whom thou shalt se the sprete descende and tary styll on him the same is he that baptyseth with the holy goost And I sawe it and bare recorde that this is the sonne of God The nexte daye after Ihon stode agayne and two of his disciples And whā he sawe Iesus walkynge he sayde Beholde the lābe of God And two of his disciples herde him speake and folowed Iesus And Iesus turned him aboute and sawe them folowinge and sayde vnto thē What seke ye They sayde vnto him Rabbi which is to saye by interpretacion Master Where art thou at lodginge He sayde vnto them Come and se it They came and sawe it abode with him the same daye It was aboute the tenth houre One of the two which herde Ihon speake and folowed Iesus was Andrew the brother of Symon Peter the same founde first his brother Symon and sayde vnto him We haue founde Messias which is by interpretacion y e Anoynted and brought him to Iesus Whan Iesus behelde him he sayde Thou art Symon the sonne of Ionas thou shalt be called Cephas which is by interpretacion a stone The nexte daye after wolde Iesus go agayne in to Galile and founde Philippe and sayde vnto him Folowe me Philippe was of Bethsaida the cite of Andrew and Peter Philippe founde Nathanael and sayde vnto him We haue founde him of whō Moses in the lawe and y e prophetes haue wrytten euen Iesus the sonne of Ioseph of Nazareth And Nathanaell sayde vnto him What good can come out of Nazareth Philippe sayde vnto him Come and se. Iesus sawe Nathanael cōmynge to him and sayde of him Beholde a righte Israelite in whom is no gyle Nathanael sayde vnto him From whence knowest thou me Iesus answered and sayde vnto him Before y t Philippe called the whan thou wast vnder the fygge tre I sawe the. Nathanaell answered and sayde vnto hī Rabbi thou art y e sonne of God thou art y e kynge of Israel Iesus answered sayde vnto him Because I sayde vnto the that I sawe the vnder the fygge tre thou beleuest thou shalt se yet greater thinges thē these And he sayde vnto him Verely verely I saye vnto you Frō this tyme forth shal ye se the heauen open and the angels of God goinge vp downe ouer the sonne of man The II. Chapter ANd vpon the thirde daye there was a mariage at Cana in Galile and the mother of Iesus was there Iesus also and
there was a man which had lyen sicke eight and thirtie yeares Whan Iesus sawe him lye knewe that he had lyen so longe he saide vnto him Wilt thou be made whole The sicke answered him Syr I haue no man whan the water is moued to put me in to the pole And whan I come another steppeth downe in before me Iesus sayde vnto him Aryse take vp thy bed and go thy waye And immediatly the man was made whole and toke vp his bed and wente his waye But vpon the same daye it was the Sabbath Then sayde the Iewes vnto him that was made whole To daye is y e Sabbath it is not laufull for the to cary the bed He answered them He that made me whole sayde vnto me Take vp thy bed and go y e waye Then axed they him What man is that which sayde vnto the Take vp thy bed and go y e waye But he that was healed wyst not who he was for Iesus had gottē him self awaye because there was moch people Afterwarde founde Iesus him in the tēple and sayde vnto him Beholde thou art made whole synne nomore lest a worse thinge happen vnto the. The mā departed and tolde the Iewes that it was Iesus which had made hī whole Therfore dyd y e Iewes persecute Iesus and sought to slaye him because he had done this vpō y e Sabbath But Iesus answered them My father worketh hither to and I worke also Therfore sought the Iewes the more to slaye hī because he brake not onely y e Sabbath but saide also that God was his father and made him self equall with God Thē answered Iesus and sayde vnto them Verely verely I saye vnto you The sonne can do nothinge of himself but that he seyth the father do For what soeuer he doeth that doeth y e sonne also The father loueth the sonne sheweth him all that he doth and wyll shewe him yet greater workes so that ye shal marueyle For as the father rayseth vp the deed and maketh them lyue euē so the sonne also maketh lyuynge whom he wyll For the father iudgeth no man but hath geuen all iudgmēt vnto the sonne that they all might honoure the sonne euen as they honoure y e father Who so honoureth not the sonne the same honoureth not the father which hath sent him Verely verely I saye vnto you Who so heareth my worde and beleueth him that sent me hath euerlastinge life and cōmeth not in to damnacion but is passed thorow from death vnto life Verely verely I saye vnto you The houre cōmeth is now allready y t the deed shal heare y e voyce of y e sonne of God and they that heare it shal lyue For as the father hath life in him self so likewyse hath he geuen vnto the sonne to haue life in him self hath geuē hī power also to execute iudgmēt because he is the sonne of mā Maruayle not ye at this for y e houre cōmeth in y e which all that are in y e graues shal heare his voyce and shal go forth they that haue done good vnto the resurreccion of life but they that haue done euell vnto the resurreccion of damnacion I can do nothinge of myself As I heare so I iudge my iudgmēt is iust For I seke not myne owne wyll but the wyll of the father which hath sent me Yf I beare wytnesse of my self my wytnesse is not true There is another that beareth wytnesse of me and I am sure that the wytnesse which he beareth of me is true Ye sent vnto Ihon and he bare wytnes of the trueth As for me I take no recorde of mā but these thinges I saye that ye might be saued He was a burnynge and shyninge light but ye wolde haue reioysed a litle whyle in his light Neuertheles I haue a greater wytnesse then the wytnesse of Ihon. For the workes which the father hath geuē me to fynish the same workes which I do beare wytnesse of me that the father hath sent me And y e father him self which hath sent me beareth wytnesse of me Ye haue nether herde his voyce at eny tyme ner sene his shappe and his worde haue ye not abydinge in you for ye beleue not him whom he hath sent Searche the scripture for ye thinke ye haue euerlastinge life therin and the same is it that testifyeth of me and ye wil not come vnto me that ye might haue life I receaue not prayse of men But I knowe you that ye haue not the loue of God in you I am come in my fathers name and ye receaue me not Yf another shal come in his awne name him wil ye receaue How can ye beleue which receaue prayse one of another and seke not the prayse that is of God onely Ye shall not thynke that I wyll accuse you before y e father there is one y t accuseth you euen Moses in whō ye trust Yf ye beleued Moses ye shulde beleue me also For he hath wryttē of me But yf ye beleue not his wrytinges how shal ye beleue my wordes The VI. Chapter AFter this wente Iesus ouer the see vnto the cite Tiberias in Galilee And moch people folowed him because they sawe the tokens that he dyd vpon thē which were diseased But Iesus wēte vp in to a mountayne and there he sat with his disciples And Easter y e feast of the Iewes was nye Then Iesus lift vp his eyes and sawe y t there came moch people vnto him and he sayde vnto Philippe Whence shal we bye bred y t these maye eate But this he sayde to proue him for he himself knewe what he wolde do Philippe answered him Two hundreth peny worth of bred is not ynough amonge thē y t euery one maye take a litle Thē sayde vnto hī one of his disciples Andrew y e brother of Symō Peter There is a lad here y t hath fyue barlye loaues and two fishes but what is that amōge so many Iesus sayde Make the people syt downe There was moch grasse in the place Then they sat thē downe aboute a fyue thousande men Iesus toke the loaues thanked and gaue them to the disciples the disciples gaue to them that were set downe Likewyse also of the fishes as moch as they wolde Whan they were fylled he sayde vnto his disciples Gather vp the broken meate that remayneth that nothinge be lost Thē they gathered and fylled twolue baskettes with the brokē meate that remayned of the fyue barlye loaues vnto them which had eaten Now whan the men sawe the token y t Iesus dyd they saide This is of a trueth the Prophet y t shulde come in to the worlde Whan Iesus now perceaued that they wolde come and take him vp to make him kynge he gat him awaye agayne in to a mountayne himself alone At euen wente his disciples downe to y e see and entred in
I and the father that hath sent me It is wrytten also in youre lawe that the testimony of two men is true I am one that beare wytnesse of my self And the father that sent me beareth wytnes of me also Then sayde they vnto him Where is thy father Iesus answered Ye nether knowe me ner yet my father Yf ye knewe me ye shulde knowe my father also These wordes spake Iesus vpon the Gods chest as he taught in the tēple And noman toke him for his houre was not yet come Then sayde Iesus agayne vnto them I go my waye and ye shal seke me and shal dye in youre synnes whither I go thither can not ye come Then sayde y e Iewes Wyl he kyll him self then that he sayeth whither I go thither can not ye come And he sayde vnto them Ye are from beneth I am from aboue Ye are of this worlde I am not of this worlde Therfore haue I sayde vnto you that ye shal dye in youre synnes For yf ye beleue not that I am he ye shal dye in youre synnes Then sayde they vnto him Who art thou then And Iesus sayde vnto thē Euē the very same thinge that I saye vnto you I haue many thinges to saye and to iudge of you But he that sent me is true and loke what I haue herde of him that speake I before the worlde Howbeit they vnderstode not that he spake of the father Then sayde Iesus vnto them Whan ye haue lift vp an hye the sonne of man then shal ye knowe that I am he and that I do nothinge of my self but as my father hath taught me euen so I speake And he that sent me is with me The father leaueth me not alone for I do alwaie that pleaseth him Whan he thus spake many beleued on him Then sayde Iesus vnto the Iewes that beleued on him Yf ye contynue in my worde then are ye my very disciples and ye shall knowe the trueth and the trueth shal make you fre Then answered they him We are Abrahams sede we were neuer bonde to eny man how sayest thou then Ye shal be fre Iesus answered them and sayde Verely verely I saye vnto you Who so euer doth synne is the seruaunt of synne As for the seruaunt he abydeth not in the house for euer but the sonne abydeth euer Yf the sonne therfore make you fre then are ye fre in dede I knowe that ye are Abrahams sede but ye seke to kyll me For my worde taketh not amonge you I speake that I haue sene of my father ye do that ye haue sene of youre father They answered and sayde vnto him Abraham is oure father Iesus sayde vnto them Yf ye were Abrahams children ye wolde do the dedes of Abraham But now ye go aboute to kyll me a man that haue tolde you the trueth which I haue herde of God this dyd not Abraham Ye do the dedes of youre father Then sayde they vnto him We are not borne of fornicacion we haue one father euen God Iesus sayde vnto them Yf God were youre father then wolde ye loue me For I am proceaded forth and come from God For I am not come of my self but he hath sent me Why knowe ye not thē my speach Euē because ye can not abyde the hearinge of my worde Ye are of the father the deuell and after the lustes of youre father wyl ye do The same was a murthurer from the begynnynge and abode not in the trueth for the trueth is not in him Whan he speaketh a lye then speaketh he of his awne for he is a lyar and a father of the same But because I saye the trueth ye beleue me not Which of you can rebuke me of one synne Yf I saye the trueth why do ye not beleue me He that is of God heareth Gods worde Therfore heare ye not because ye are not of God Then answered the Iewes and sayde vnto him Saye we not right that thou art a Samaritane and hast the deuell Iesus answered I haue no deuell but I honoure my father and ye haue dishonoured me I seke not myne awne prayse but there is one that seketh it and iudgeth Verely verely I saye vnto you Yf eny man kepe my worde he shal neuer se death Then sayde the Iewes vnto him Now knowe me that thou hast the deuell Abraham is deed and the prophetes and thou sayest Yf eny mā kepe my worde he shal neuer taist of death Art thou greater then oure father Abraham which is deed and the prophetes are deed Whō makest thou thy self Iesus answered Yf I prayse my self then is my prayse nothinge But it is my father that prayseth me which ye saye is youre God and ye knowe hī not but I knowe him And yf I shulde saye I knowe him not ▪ I shulde be a lyar like vnto you But I knowe him and kepe his worde Abraham youre father was glad that he shulde se my daye And he sawe it and reioysed Then sayde the Iewes vnto him Thou art not yet fiftie yeare olde and hast thou sene Abraham Iesus sayde vnto thē Verely verely I saye vnto you Or euer Abraham was I am Then toke they vp stones to cast at him But Iesus hyd himself and wente out of the temple The IX Chapter ANd Iesus passed by and sawe a man that was borne blynde And his disciples axed him sayde Master Who hath synned this or his elders that he was borne blynde Iesus answered Nether hath this synned ner his elders but that y e workes of God shulde be shewed on him I must worke the workes of him that hath sent me whyle it is daye The night commeth whan no man can worke As longe as I am in the worlde I am the light of the worlde Whan he had thus sayde he spat on the grounde and made claye of the spetle and rubbed the claye on the eyes of the blynde and sayde vnto him Go thy waye to the pole of Syloha which is interpretated sent and wash the. Then wēte he his waye and waszhed him and came seynge The neghbours and they that had sene him before that he was a begger sayde Is not this he that sat and begged Some sayde It is he Other sayde he is like him But he himself sayde I am euen he Then sayde they vnto him How are thine eyes opened He answered and sayde The mā that is called Iesus made claye and anoynted myne eyes and sayde Go thy waye to the pole of Siloha and wash the. I wente my waye washed me and receaued my sight Then sayde they vnto him Where is he He sayde I can not tell Then brought they vnto the pharises him that a litle before was blynde It was the Sabbath whan Iesus made the claye and opened his eyes Then agayne the Pharises also axed him how he had receaued his sight He sayde vnto thē
same for he is the minister off God for thy wealth But yff thou do euell then feare for he beareth not the swerde for naughte For he is the mynister of God a taker of vengeaunce to punyshe him that doth euell Wherfore ye must nedes obeye not onely for punyshmēt but also because of conscience For this cause must ye geue trybute also For they are Gods mynisters which māteyne y e same defence Geue to euery man therfore his dutye tribute to whom tribute belongeth custome to whom custome is due feare to whom feare belongeth honoure to whom honoure pertayneth Owe nothinge to eny man but to loue one another For he that loueth another hath fulfylled the lawe For where it is sayde Thou shalt not breake wedlocke thou shalt not kyll thou shalt not steale thou shalt not beare false witnesse thou shalt not lust and yf there be eny other commaundement it is comprehēded in this worde Thou shalt loue thy neghboure as thy selfe Loue doth his neghboure no euell Therfore is loue y e fulfillynge of the lawe And for so moch as we know this namely the tyme that the houre is now for vs to ryse from slepe For now is oure saluacion nearer then whan we beleued the nighte is past but the daye is come nye Let vs therfore cast awaye y e workes of darknesse and put on the armoure of lighte Let vs walke honestly as in the daye not in excesse off eatinge and in dronkennesse not in chamburynge and wantonnesse not in stryfe and enuyenge but put ye on the LORDE Iesus Christ and make not prouysion for y e flesh to fulfill the lustes of it The XIIII Chapter HIm that is weake in the faith receaue vnto you and trouble not the consciences One beleueth that he maye eate all thinge but he that is weake eateth herbes Let not him that eateth despyse him that eateth not and let not him which eateth not iudge him that eateth for God hath receaued him Who art thou that iudgest another mans seruaūt He stondeth or falleth vnto his LORDE Yee he maye well stōde for God is able to make hī stōde Some man putteth differēce betwene daye daye but another man counteth all dayes alyke Let euery man be sure of his meanynge He that putteth difference in the daye doth it vnto the LORDE he that putteth no differēce in the daye doth it vnto y e LORDE also He y t eateth eateth vnto the LORDE for he geueth God thākes and he that eateth not eateth not vnto y e LORDE and geueth God thankes For none of vs lyueth to him selfe and none dyeth to him selfe Yf we lyue we lyue vnto the LORDE Yf we dye we dye vnto the LORDE Therfore whether we lyue or dye we are the LORDES For therto dyed Christ and rose agayne and reuyued that he mighte be LORDE both of deed and quycke But why iudgest thou y e brother Or thou other why despysest thou y e brother We shal all be broughte before y e iudgmēt seate of Christ. For it is wryttē As truly as I lyue sayeth the LORDE all knees shal bowe vnto me all tūges shal knowlege vnto God Thus shal euery one of vs geue acomptes for himselfe vnto God Let vs not therfore iudge one another eny more But iudge this rather y t nomā put a stomblinge blocke or an occasion to fall in his brothers waye I knowe am full certified in y e LORDE Iesu y t there is nothinge cōmen of it selfe but vnto him y t iudgeth it to be cōmen to him is it cōmen But yf y e brother be greued ouer y e meate thē walkest thou not now after charite Destroye not w t thy meate him for whom Christ dyed Se therfore that youre treasure be not euell spokē of For the kyngdome of God is not meate and drynke but righteousnes peace and ioye in the holy goost He that in these thinges serueth Christ pleaseth God is cōmended of mē Let vs therfore folowe those thinges which make for peace thinges wherwith one maye edifye another Destroye not y e worke of God for eny meates sake All thinges truly are cleane but it is euell for y t mā which eateth w t hurte of his cōscience It is moch better y t thou eate no flesh and drynke no wyne nor eny thinge wherby thy brother stombleth or falleth or is made weake Hast thou faith haue it with y e selfe before God happye is he that cōdemneth not him selfe in y t thinge which he aloweth But he that maketh conscience of it and yet eateth is dampned because he doth it not of faith For what so euer is not of faith that same is synne The XV. Chapter WE that are stronge ought to beare y e fraylnesse of them which are weake and not to stonde in oure awne consaytes Let euery one of vs ordre himselfe so that he please his neghboure vnto his welth and edifienge For Christ pleased not himselfe but as it is wrytten The rebukes of them which rebuked the are fallen vpon me What so euer thinges are wryttē afore tyme are wrytten for oure learnynge that we thorow pacience and comforte off the scriptures might haue hope The God of pacience and consolacion graunte you to be like mynded one towarde another acordinge vnto Iesu Christ that ye beynge of one mynde maye w t one mouth prayse God the father of oure LORDE Iesu Christ. Wherfore receaue ye one another as Christ hath receaued you to the prayse off God But I saye that Christ Iesus was a mynister of the circumcision for the trueth of God to cōfirme the promyses made vnto the fathers and that the Heythen mighte prayse God because of mercy as it is wrytten For this cause wyl I prayse the amōge the Gētyles and synge vnto thy name And agayne he sayeth Reioyse ye Heythen with his people And agayne Prayse the LORDE all ye Gentiles and laude him all ye naciōs And agayne Esay sayeth There shal be the rote of Iesse and he that shal ryse to rule the Gentyles in him shal the Gentyles trust The God off hope fyll you w t all ioye and peace in beleuynge y t ye maye be plenteous in hope thorow y e power of the holy goost I my selfe am full certified of you my brethren that ye youre selues are full of goodnes fylled with all knowlege so that ye are able to exhorte one another Neuertheles brethrē I haue somwhat more boldly wrytten vnto you as one that putteth you in remembraunce for the grace that is geuē me of God ▪ that I shulde be a mynister of Iesu Christ amonge the Heythen to declare the gospell of God that the Heythen mighte be an acceptable offerynge vnto God sanctified by the holy goost Therfore maye I boost myselfe thorow Iesu Christ that I medle with thinges perteyninge vnto God For I durst not speake
and brother Timotheus To y e sayntes which are at Colossa and brethren that beleue in Christ. Grace be with you and peace from God oure father froÌ„ the LORDE Iesus Christ. We geue thankes vnto God and the father of oure LORDE Iesus Christ prayenge allwayes for you sence we herde of youre faith in Christ Iesu and of youre loue to all sayntes for y e hopes sake which is layed vp in stoare for you in heauen of the which ye haue herde before by the worde of trueth in the Gospell which is come vnto you eueÌ„ as it is in to all the worlde and is frutefull as it is in you sence y e daye y t ye herde and knewe the grace of God in y e trueth as ye learned of Epaphras oure deare felowe seruaunt which is a faithfull mynister of Christ for you which also declared vnto vs youre loue in the sprete For this cause we also sence the daye y t we herde of it ceasse not to praye for you desyre that ye mighte be fulfylled with the knowlege of his will in all wyszdome and spirituall vnderstondinge that ye mighte walke worthy off the LORDE to please him in all thinges and to be frutefull in all good workes and growe in the knowlege of God to be strengthed w t all power acordinge to the mighte of his glory to all pacience and longsufferynge with ioyfulnes and geue thankes vnto the father which hath made vs mete for the enheritaunce of sayntes in lighte Which hath delyuered vs froÌ„ the power of darknesse translated vs in to the kyngdome of his deare sonne in whom we haue redempcion thorow his bloude namely the forgeuenes of synnes Which is the ymage of the inuisyble God first begotteÌ„ before all creatures For by him were all thinges created that are in heauen and earth thinges vysible and thinges inuysible whether they be maiesties or lordshippes ether rules or powers All thinges are created by him and in him and he is before all thinges and in him all thinges haue their beynge And he is the heade of the body namely of the coÌ„gregacion he is the begynnynge and first begotten from the deed that in all thinges he mighte haue the preemynence For it pleased the father that in him shulde dwell all fulnesse and that by him all thinges shulde be reconciled vnto himselfe whether they be thinges vpon earth or in heauen that thorow the bloude on his crosse he mighte make peace euen thorow his owne selfe And you which were in tymes past straungers and enemies because youre myndes were set in euell workes hath he now reconcyled in the body of his flesh thorow death to make you holy and vnblameable with out faute in his awne sighte yf ye contynue grounded and stablished in the faith and be not moued awaye from y e hope of the Gospell wherof ye haue herde which is preached amonge all creatures y t are vnder heauen wherof I Paul am made a mynister Now ioye I in my sufferynges which I suffre for you and fulfill that which is behynde of the passions of Christ in my flesh for his bodyes sake which is the congregacion wherof I am made a mynister acordinge to y e Godly office of preachinge which is geuen vnto me amonge you that I shulde richely preach the worde of God namely that mystery which hath bene hyd sence the worlde beganne and sence the begynnynge of tymes but now is opened vnto his sayntes to whom God wolde make knowne the glorious riches of this mistery amoÌ„ge y e Heythen which riches is Christ in you eueÌ„ he that is the hope of glory whoÌ„ we preach and warne all men and teach all men in all wyszdome to make euery man parfecte in Christ Iesu Wherin I also laboure and stryue acordinge to the workynge of him which worketh mightely in me The II. Chapter I Wolde ye knewe what fightinge I haue for youre sakes and for them of Laodicea and for as many as haue not sene my personne in the flesh that their hertes mighte be comforted and knytt together in loue to all riches of full vnderstoÌ„dinge which is in the knowlege of the mystery of God the father and of Christ in whom are hyd aâ—l the treasures of wyszdome and knowlege This I saye lest eny man shulde begyle you with entysinge wordes For though I be absent in the flesh yet am I present with you in the sprete ioyenge and beholdinge youre order and the stedfastnes of youre faith in Christ. As ye haue therfore receaued Christ Iesu the LORDE euen so walke in him and be roted buylded in him and be stedfast in faith as ye haue learned be plenteous in the same in geuynge thankes Bewarre lest eny maÌ„ spoyle you thorow philosophy and disceatfull vanite after the tradicions of men and after the ordinauÌ„ces of the worlde and not after Christ. For in him dwelleth all the fulnes of the Godheade bodely and ye are complete in him which is the heade of all rule and power in whom also ye are circumcysed with circumcision without handes by puttynge of the synfull body of the flesh namely with the circumcysion of Christ in that ye are buried with him thorow baptyme in whom ye are also rysen agayne thorow faith that is wrought by the operacion of God which raysed him vp from the deed And with him he quyckened you whan ye were deed in synnes and in the vncircumcision of youre flesh and hath forgeuen vs all synnes and put out the handwrytinge that was agaynst vs coÌ„tayned in the lawe wrytten and that hath he taken out of the waye and fastened it to the crosse And hath spoyled rule and power and hath made a shewe of them openly and triumphed ouer them in his awne persone Let no man therfore trouble youre consciences aboute meate or drynke or for a pece of an holy daye as the holy daye of y e newe Mone or of the Sabbath dayes which are the shadowe of the thinges that were for to come but the body selfe is in Christ. Let no man make you shote at a wronge mark which after his owne chosynge walketh in humblenes and spiritualtye of angels thinges which he neuer sawe and is vayne and puft vp in his owne fleshly mynde and holdeth not himselfe to the heade wherof the whole body by ioyntes and couples receaueth norishment and is knyt together and so groweth to the greatnes that commeth of God Wherfore yf ye be deed with Christ from the ordinaunces of the worlde why are ye holden theÌ„ with soch tradicions as though ye lyued after the worlde As whan they saye Touch not this taist not that handle not that All these thinges do hurte vnto men because of the abuse of them which abuse commeth onely of the commaundementes and doctrynes of men which thinges haue
seyth not And this coÌ„maundement haue we of him that he which loueth God shulde loue his brother also The V. Chapter WHo so euer beleueth that Iesus is Christ is borne of God And who soeuer loueth him that begat loueth him also which was begotten of him By this we knowe that we loue Gods children whan we loue God and kepe his commaundementes For this is the loue of God that we kepe his commaundementes and his commaundemeÌ„tes are not greuous For all that is borne of God ouer commeth the worlde and this is the victory that ouercommeth the worlde eueÌ„ oure faith Who is it y t ouercommeth the worlde but he which beleueth that Iesus is the sonne of God This is he that coÌ„meth with water and bloude euen Iesus Christ not with water onely but with water and bloude And it is the sprete that beareth wytnes for the sprete is the trueth For there are thre which beare recorde in heauen the father the worde and the holy goost these thre are one And there are thre which beare recorde in earth the sprete water and bloude and these thre are one Yf we receaue the witnesse of men the witnesse of God is greater for this is the wytnesse of God which he testifyed of his sonne He that beleueth on y e sonne of God hath the wytnes in him selfe He that beleueth not God hath made him a lyar And this is that recorde euen y t God hath geueÌ„ vs euerlastinge life And this life is in his sonne He that hath the sonne of God hath life He that hath not the sonne of God hath not life These thinges haue I wrytteÌ„ vnto you which beleue on the name of the sonne of God that ye maye knowe how that ye haue eternall life and that ye maye beleue on y e name of the sonne of God And this is the fre boldnesse which we haue towarde him that yf we axe eny thinge acordinge to his wyll he heareth vs. And yf we knowe that he heareth vs what so euer we axe then are we sure that we haue y e peticions which we haue desyred of him Yf eny man se his brother synne a synne not vnto death let him axe and he shal geue him life for theÌ„ y t synne not vnto death There is a synne vnto death for the which saye I not that a man shulde praye All vnrighteousnes is synne and there is synne not vnto death We knowe that whosoeuer is borne off God synneth not but he that is begotteÌ„ of God kepeth himselfe y t wicked toucheth him not We knowe that we are of God the worlde is set alltogether on wickednes But we knowe that the sonne of God is come and hath geuen vs a mynde to knowe him which is true and we are in him y t is true in his sonne Iesu Christ. This is the true God and euer lastinge life Babes kepe youre selues from ymage The seconde Epistle of S. Ihon. The summe of this epistle He wryteth vnto a certayne lady reioyseth that her children walke in the trueth exhorteth theÌ„ vnto loue warneth them to bewarre of soch disceauers as denye that Iesus Christ came in the flesh prayeth them to contynue in the doctryne of Christ and to haue nothinge to do with them that bringe not this lernynge THE Elder To y e electe lady and hir childreÌ„ whom I loue in the trueth not I onely but all they also that haue knowne the trueth for the truthes sake which dwelleth in vs and shal be with vs for euer Grace mercy and peace be with you froÌ„ the LORDE Iesus Christ y e sonne of the father in the trueth and in loue I am greatly reioysed that I haue founde amonge thy children them that walke in y e trueth as we haue receaued a commaundement of the father And now lady I beseke the not as though I wrote a new commaundement vnto the but the same which we haue had from the begynnynge that we loue one another And this is the loue that we walke after his commaundementes This is the commaundement as ye haue herde froÌ„ the begynnynge that we shulde walke therin For many disceauers are come in to the worlde which confesse not y t Iesus Christ is come in the flesh this is a disceauer and an Antechrist Take hede to youre selues that we lose not that which we haue wrought but that we maye receaue a full rewarde Who so euer transgresseth and abydeth not in the doctryne of Christ hath not God he that abydeth in y e doctryne of Christ hath both the father and the sonne Yf eny man come vnto you and brynge not this doctryne receaue him not in to the house nether salute him for he that saluteth him is partaker of his euell dedes I had 〈◊〉 any thinges to wryte vnto you neuertheâ—â—â—â— I wolde not wryte w t papyre and ynke 〈…〉 to come vnto you and to 〈…〉 mouth that oure ioye 〈…〉 â—hildren of thy electe sister The thirde Epistle of S. Ihon. The summe of this epistle He is glad of Gaius that he walketh in the trueth exhorteth him to be louynge vnto the poore christen in their persecucion sheweth the vnkynde dealynge of Diotrephes and the good reporte of Demetrius THE Elder To the beloued Gaius whom I loue in the trueth My beloued I wysshe in all thinges that thou prospere and fare well euen as thy soule prospereth I reioysed greatly whan the brethren came and testified of the trueth that is in y e how thou walkest in the trueth I haue no greater ioye theÌ„ to heare that my childreÌ„ walke in the trueth My beloued thou doest faithfully what so euer thou doest to the brethren and to strauÌ„gers which haue borne witnesse of thy loue before the congregacion and thou hast done well that thou dyddest brynge them forwarde on their iourney worthely before God For because of his names sake they wente forth and toke nothinge of the Heythen We therfore oughte to receaue soch that we mighte be helpers vnto the trueth I wrote to the congregacion but Diotriphes which loueth to haue the preemynence amonge them receaued vs not Wherfore yf I come I wil declare his dedes which he doeth ieastinge vpoÌ„ vs with malicious wordes nether is he therwith coÌ„tent Not onely he himselfe receaueth not the brethreÌ„ but also he forbyddeth them that wolde and thrusteth them out of the congregacion My beloued folowe not y t which is euell but that which is good He that doeth well is of God but he that doeth euell seyth not God Demetrius hath good reporte of all men and of the trueth yee and we oure selues also beare recorde and ye knowe that oure recorde is true I had many thinges to wryte but I wolde not with ynke and pen wryte vnto the. But I trust shortly to se the and so wyl we speake together mouth to mouth Peace be with the. The louers salute the. Grete the louers
hath solde vs spent vp o r wages Therfore hath God withdrawē o r fathers riches from him vnto vs oure children What so euer now God hath sayde vnto the that do So Iacob gat vp and set his children and wyues vpon Camels and caried awaye all his catell and all his substaunce that he had gotten at Mesopotamia y t he might come vnto Isaac his father in the lande of Canaan Labā was gone to clyppe his flocke and Rachel stale hir fathers ymages Thus dyd Iacob steale awaie y e hert of Laban y e Syrian in y t he tolde him not that he fled So he fled all that was his gat vp and passed ouer the water wente straight towarde the mount Gilead Vpon the thirde daye it was tolde Laban that Iacob fled And he toke his brethrē vnto him and folowed after him seuen dayes iourney and ouertoke him vpon the mount Gilead But God came vnto Laban the Syrian in a dreame by night sayde vnto him Bewarre that thou speake nothinge to Iacob but good And Labā drew nye vnto Iacob As for Iacob he had pytched his tente vpon the mount And Laban with his brethrē pytched his tent also vpon the same mount Gilead Then sayde Laban vnto Iacob What hast thou done that thou hast stollen awaie my hert and caried awaye my doughters as though they had bene taken captyue w t y e swerde Wherfore keptest thou that secrete that thou woldest flye and hast stollen awaye fro me and toldest me not that I might haue brought the on the waye with myrth with synginge with tabrettes and harpes and hast not suffred me to kysse my children and doughters Thou hast done foolishly and so moch might I haue made that I coude haue done you euell but youre fathers God saide yesterdaye vnto me Bewarre that thou speake nothinge vnto Iacob but good And for so moch then as thou woldest nedes departe and longedest sore after y e fathers house why hast thou stollen away my goddes Iacob answered and sayde vnto Laban I was afrayed that thou shuldest haue taken away thy doughters fro me but loke by whom thou fyndest thy goddes let the same dye here before oure brethren Seke that thine is by me and take it awaye But he knew not that Rachel had stollen them Then wente Laban in to Iacobs tent and in to Leas tent and in to both the maydens tētes and founde nothinge and out of Leas tente he wente in to Rachels tent Then toke Rachel the ymages and layed them vnder the Camels strawe and sat downe vpon them But Laban searched the whole tent and founde nothinge Then sayde she vnto hir father Be not angrie my lorde that I can not ryse vp vnto the for it goeth w t me after the maner of wemen So he sought and founde not the ymages And Iacob was wroth and chode with Laban answered sayde vnto him What haue I trespased or offended y t thou art so whote vpon me Thou hast searched all my housholde stuff what hast thou founde of thy housholde stuff Laye it here before my brethren thyne y t they maye iudge betwene vs both Twentye yeare haue I bene w t the thy shepe goates haue not bene vnfrutefull the rammes of thy flocke haue I not eaten Loke what was torne of beastes I brought it not vnto y t I was fayne to paie it my self thou requyredest it of my hand◠whether it were stollen fro me by daye or by night On the daye tyme the heate cōsumed me and the frost on the night and my slepe departed fro myne eyes Thus haue I serued twentye yeare in thy house fourtene yeares for thy doughters sixe for thy flocke and ten tymes hast thou chaunged my rewarde yf the God of my father the God of Abraham and the feare of Isaac had not bene on my syde thou haddest latten me go awaye emptye But God hath loked vpon myne aduersite and laboure and rebuked the yesterdaye Laban answered and sayde The doughters are my doughters the children are my childrē and the flockes are my flockes all that thou seist is myne What can I do this daye vnto these my doughters or to their children whom they haue borne Now therfore come on let vs make a couenaunt I thou which maye be a wytnesse betwene me and the. Then toke Iacob a stone set it vp for a piler or markstone and sayde vnto his brethren Gather stones And they toke the stones and made an heape ate vpon the same heape And Labā called it Iegar Sahadutha but Iacob called it Gilead either of them after the properte of his language Then sayde Laban This heape be wytnesse betwene me and the this daye therfore is it called Gilead and a testimony for he sayde The LORDE loke betwene me and y e whan we are departed y e one from y e other yf thou vexe my doughters or take other wyues vnto them There is no mā with vs but lo God is the wytnesse betwene me and the. And Laban sayde morouer vnto Iacob Beholde this is the heape and this is the marckstone that I haue set vp betwixte me and the the same heape be wytnesse and the same marckstone also be wytnesse yf I passe ouer vnto the or yf thou passe ouer this heape marckstone vnto me to do eny harme The God of Abraham and the God of Nahor and the God of their fathers be iudge betwene vs. And Iacob sware vnto him by the feare of his father Isaac And Iacob offred an offerynge vpon the mount and called his brethrē to eate bred And whan they had eaten they taried vpon the mount all night But vpon the morow Laban rose vp early kyssed his childrē doughters blessed thē departed and came agayne vnto his place As for Iacob he wente on his iourney the angels of God met him And whan he sawe them he sayde It is Gods hoost called the same place Mahanaim The XXXII Chapter IAcob sent messaungers before him to his brother Esau in to the lande of Seir of the felde of Edom commaunded thē sayde Saye thus vnto my lorde Esau Thy seruaunt Iacob sendeth y e this worde I haue bene out w t Laban haue bene hither to amonge straungers haue oxen Asses shepe seruauntes maydēs haue sent forth to shewe it the my lorde y t I might fynde fauoure in thy sight The messaungers came agayne vnto Iacob and sayde We came vnto thy brother Esau he commeth forth also agaynst the with foure hundreth men Then was Iacob sore afrayed and wyst not what waye to turne himself deuyded the people that was with him and the shepe and the oxen the Camels in to two droues sayde Yf Esau come vpon the one droue and smyte it the other shal escape Iacob sayde morouer O God of my father Abrahā God of my father Isaac LORDE thou that saydest
vnto me Departe agayne to thine owne londe and to thy kynred and I wyl do the good I am to litle for all the mercies and all the trueth that thou hast shewed vnto thy seruaunt for I had no more but this staff whan I wente ouer this Iordan and now am I become two droues delyuer me from y e hande of my brother froÌ„ the haÌ„de of Esau for I am afrayed of him lest he come and smyte me the mother with the children Thou saydest I wyll do the good and wyll make thy sede as the sonde of y e see which can not be nombred for multitude And there he taried that night and toke of soch as came to hande a present vnto his brother Esau two huÌ„dreth she goates twentye he goates two hundreth shepe twentye rammes and thirtie mylck camels w t their foales fourtye kyne ten bullockes twentye she Asses with ten foales and put them in the handes of his seruauntes euery flock by them selues sayde vnto them Go ye forth before me put a space betwixte one flocke after the other and commaunded the first and sayde When my brother Esau meteth the and axeth the Whose art thou whyther goest thou and whose are these that thou dryuest before the Thou shalt saye They be thy seruaunt Iacobs which sendeth a present vnto his lorde Esau and commeth behynde vs him self Thus commaunded he the seconde also and the thirde and all them that folowed the flockes and sayde Like as I haue tolde you so speake ye vnto Esau whan ye mete him and saye vnto him also Beholde y t seruauÌ„t Iacob is behynde vs. For he thought I wyll reconcyle him with the present that goeth before me after warde wyll I se him my self peraduenture he shall receaue me to grace So the present wente before him but he taried in the tente the same night and rose vp in y e night and toke his two wyues and the two maydens and his eleuen sonnes and wente vnto the foorde of Iacob toke them and caried them ouer the water so that all that he had came ouer and taried him self alone on this syde Then wrestled there a man with him vntyll the breake of y e daye And whan he sawe y t he might not ouercome him he touched the senowe of his thye and y e senowe of his thye shrancke in wrestlinge with him And he sayde Let me go for y e daye breaketh on But he answered I will not let y t go excepte thou blesse me He sayde What is thy name He answered Iacob He sayde Thou shalt nomore be called Iacob but Israel for thou hast stryuen with God and with men and hast preuayled And Iacob axed him sayde Tell me what is y e name But he sayde Why axest thou what my name is And he blessed him there And Iacob called the place Peniel for I haue sene God face to face my soule is recouered And as he came ouer froÌ„ Peniel y e Sonne rose vpoÌ„ him he halted vpon his thye Therfore eate the children of Israel no vane vpon the senow of y e thye vnto this daye because y e vane vpon the senow of Iacobs thye was touched The XXXIII Chapter IAcob lift vp his eyes sawe his brother Esau coÌ„mynge with foure hundreth men and he deuyded his children vnto Lea vnto Rachel and to both the maydeÌ„s and set the maydens with their children before and Lea with hir childreÌ„ after and Rachel with Ioseph hynder most And he wente before them and bowed him self to the grounde seuen tymes tyll he came to his brother But Esau ranne to mete him and enbraced him and fell aboute his neck kyssed him and wepte and lift vp his eyes and sawe the wyues with the children and sayde What are these with the He answered They are the children which God hath geuen vnto thy seruaunt And the maydens came forth with their children and dyd their obeysaunce vnto him Lea came forth also with hir childreÌ„ and kneled vnto him Afterwarde came Ioseph and Rachel forth and kneled vnto him like wyse And he sayde What meanest thou w t all the droue that I met He answered that I might fynde grace in the sight of my lorde Esau sayde I haue ynough my brother kepe that thou hast Iacob answered Oh nay but yf I haue founde grace in y e sight receaue my present of my hande for I sawe thy face as though I had sene the face of God and be at one with me Take this present in good worth that I haue brought y e for God hath geuen it me I haue ynough of all thinges So he compelled him to take it And he sayde Let vs go on and take oure iourney I wyll go in thy company But he sayde vnto him My lorde thou knowest that I haue tender children by me and small and greate catell also which are yet but yonge yf they shulde be dryueÌ„ ouer in one daye the whole flocke wolde dye Let my lorde go on before his seruauÌ„t I wyll dryue after fayre and softly there after as the catell the children can go tyll I come to my lorde in Seir. Esau sayde Yet wil I leaue some of my people with the. He answered What nede is it Let me but onely fynde grace in the sight of my lorde So Esau departed againe the same daye towarde Seir and Iacob toke his iourney towarde Sucoth and buylded him an house and made teÌ„tes for his catell Therfore is the place called Sucoth Afterwarde came Iacob peaceably vnto the cite of Sichem which lyeth in y e lande of Canaan after that he was come agayne out of Mesopotamia and pitched before the cite and bought a pece of londe of the children of Hemor y e father of Sichem for an hundreth pens There pitched he his tent and there he set vp an altare and called vpon the name of the mightie God of Israel The XXXIIII Chapter DIna y e doughter of Lea which she bare vnto Iacob wente out to beholde the doughters of the londe Whan Sichem the sonne of Hemor the Henite which was lorde of the loÌ„de sawe her he toke her and laye with her and forced her and his hert hanged vpon her and he loued y e damsell and talked louyngly with her and spake to his father Hemor Get me this mayden to wife And Iacob vnderstode that Dina his doughter was defyled and his sonnes were with the catell in the felde and Iacob helde his tonge tyll they came Then Hemor the father of Sichem wente forth vnto Iacob to comen with him In the meane season came Iacobs sonnes from y e felde And whan they herde it it greued the men and they were very wroth that he had wrought foly in Israel and lyen with Iacobs doughter for so was not the vse to do Then comened Hemor with theÌ„ and sayde My sonne Sichems hert longeth for youre doughter O geâ—e hir him to