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
¶ 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
continued in a good life and holy conuersacion so that they were loued accepted both of God and men and of all the people of the londe The ende of the boke of Tobias The boke of Iudith What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. Of the noble cite Egbathanis Of Nabuchodonosor the kynge of the Assirians of his victory and power Chap. II. The vnsaciable desyre that Nabuchodonosor had to raigne of his hoost tyrānye Chap. III. Dyuerse kynges and prynces yelde themselues for feare The tyranny of Holofernes and pryde of the kynge Chap. IIII. The Iewes are afrayed and carefull for Ierusalem and the temple make their londe strōge prepare them selues to the battayll call vpon God and Eliachim the prest comforteth them Chap. V. Holofernes taketh indignacion at the children of Israel because they go aboute to defende them selues Achior beareth wytnesse to the trueth Chap. VI. Achior for tellynge the trueth is takē ▪ and delyuered vnto the people of the Iewes vnto whom he telleth all the matter which moueth the people to crye vpon God Chap. VII Holofernes layeth sege to Bethulia The children of Israel crye vpon God Holofernes taketh the water from them so that they in the cite haue greate thyrst and are vnpacient Osias comforteth them and appoynteth fyue dayes to the grace of God Chap. VIII Iudith reproueth the elders that set◠a tyme to the mercy of God she exorteth the people to amēdemēt to praier rehearseth the benefites of God and telleth them hir deuyce Chap. IX Iudith goeth in to hir oratory and prayeth feruently vnto God for the deliueraūce of hir people Chap. X. Iudith decketh herself of the best fashiō taketh hir maydē with her goeth forth by night in to Holofernes tent Chap. XI Iudith telleth Holofernes the cause of hir cōmynge which pleaseth him well Chap. XII Holofernes commaundeth to intreate hir well and geueth hir liberty to go in and out to hir prayer maketh a greate supper byddeth hir to it and is dronken Chap. XIII Iudith seketh oportunite prayeth vnto God for strēgth smyteth of the heade of drōken Holofernes and bryngeth it in to the cite where the people reioyse and prayse God Chap. XIIII Holofernes heade is stickte vp vpon the walles the children of Israel fall vpon their enemies which take their flight Achior cōmeth in to the nombre of the people of God Chap. XV. Holofernes hoost are out of their wyttes after his death the Israelites folowe vpō thē the other cities of Israel helpe them they wynne greate spoyles cōmēde Iudith Chap. XVI Iudith syngeth prayse vnto the LORDE The people come together vnto Ierusalē to geue thankes and prayse vnto the LORDE How Iudith made hir ende The first Chapter ARphaxat the kynge of the Medes subdued many people vnto his dominion buylded a noble strōge cite which he called Egbathanis The walles of it made he of fre stone foure squared seuētie cubites hye and thirtie cubites brode He made towres therevpon of an hundreth cubites hye But vpon the foure corners euery syde was twentie fote brode He made the portes in the heith like as the towres This kynge trusted in his mightie hoost in his glorious charettes So in y e twolft yeare of his raigne it happened that Nabuchodonosor y e kynge of the Assirians which raigned in the greate cite of Niniue fought agaynst Arphaxat and ouercame hī in y e greate felde called Ragau besyde Euphrates and Tigris and Iadason in the felde of Erioth the kinge of the Elikes Then was the kyngdome of Nabuchodonosor exalted and his hert was lift vp and he sent vnto all them that dwelt in Celicia in Damascus in Libanus and vnto the Heithen that dwelt in Carmel and Cedar and to soch as dwelt in Galile in the greate felde of Eszdrelō to all them that were in Samaria and beyonde the water of Iordane vnto Ierusalem and the whole londe of Iesse vnto the mountaynes of Ethiopia Vnto all these dyd Nabuchodonosor the kynge of y e Assirians sende messaungers But they all w t one consent wolde not agree vnto him and sent the messaungers agayne emptie and put thē awaye without honoure Then Nabuchodonosor the kynge toke indignaciō at all those londes and sware by his trone by his kyngdome that he wolde be auenged of all these countrees The II. Chapter IN the xiij yeare of kynge Nabuchodonosor vpon the xxij daye of y e first moneth it was deuysed in the courte of Nabuchodonosor y e kynge of the Assiriās that he wolde defende himself So he called vnto him all y e elders all his captaynes and men of warre and shewed them his secrete councell and tolde them that his purpose was to brynge the whole earth vnder his domynion Now whan they were all content with this sayenge Nabuchodonosor the kinge called Holofernes the chefe captayne of his warres and saide vnto him Go thy waye forth agaynst all the kyngdomes of the west and specially agaynst those that haue despysed my commaundement Thou shalt spare no realme all stronge cities shalt thou brynge in subieccion vnto me Then Holofernes called together all the captaynes rulers of all the power in Assiria and mustred the soudyers vnto the hoost like as the kynge commaunded him namely an hundreth and twētye thousande fightinge men vpon fote and twolue thousande archers vpon horsebacke All his ordinaunce sent he before with an innumerable multitude of camels so that the hoost was well prouyded for with oxen and small catell and y t without nombre He caused corne to be prepared out of all Syria for his hoost Moch golde and syluer also toke he out of the kynges house So he toke his iourney he and all his hoost with charettes horsmen and archers of whom there were so many that they couered the grounde of the lande like the greshoppers And whan he was gone past the borders of the Assirians he came towarde the greate mountaynes of Ange which lye vpon the left syde of Celicia and so he wente vp in to all their castels and wanne euery strōge holde As for y e welthy cite of Melothus he brake it downe spoyled all the childrē of Tharsis and the Ismaelites which laye towarde the wyldernes and vpon the south syde of y e londe of Chelon He wente ouer Euphrates also and came in to Mesopotamia and brake downe all the hye cities that were there from the broke of Mambre tyll a man come to the see and he toke the borders in from Celicia vnto the coastes of Iaphet towarde the south He caried awaye all the Madianites and spoyled all their goodes who so euer withstode him he slew them with the swerde After this he wente downe in to the felde of Damascus in the tyme of haruest and brent vp all the corne and all the trees and caused the vynes to be cutt downe And the feare of him fell vpon all them that dwelt in y e earth The III. Chapter
thus talkinge and reasonynge together Iesus himself drue nye and wente with them But their eyes were holden that they shulde not knowe hī And he sayde vnto them What maner of cōmunicacions are these that ye haue one to another as ye walke and are sad Then answered the one whose name was Cleophas and sayde vnto him Art thou onely a straunger at Ierusalē not knowinge what is come to passe there in these dayes And he sayde vnto thē What They sayde vnto him That of Iesus of Nazareth which was a prophet mightie in dede and worde before God and all y e people how oure hye prestes and rulers delyuered him to the condemnacion of death and crucified him But we hoped that he shulde haue delyuered Israel And besydes all this todaye is the thirde daye that this was done Yee certayne wemen also of oure company which were early at the Sepulcre and founde not his body came and tolde that they had sene a visiō of angels which sayde he was alyue And certayne of them that were with vs wente vnto the sepulcre and founde it euen so as y e wemē sayde but hī founde they not And he sayde vnto thē O ye fooles and slowe of hert to beleue all that the prophetes haue spokē Ought not Christ to haue suffred these thinges and to entre in to his glory And he beganne at Moses and at all the prophetes and expounded vnto them all the scriptures that were spoken of him And they drue nye vnto the towne which they wēte vnto and he made as though he wolde haue gone farther And they compelled him and sayde Abyde with vs for it draweth towardes night and the daye is farre passed And he wente in to tary with thē And it came to passe whan he sat at the table with thē he toke the bred gaue thankes brake it and gaue it them Then were their eyes opened and they knewe him And he vanyshed out of their sight And they sayde betwene thē selues Dyd not oure hert burne with in vs whan he talked with vs by the waye whyle he opened the scriptures vnto vs And they rose vp the same houre turned agayne to Ierusalem and founde y e eleuē gathered together and them that were with them which sayde The LORDE is rysen of a trueth and hath appeared vnto Symon And they tolde thē what had happened by y e waye and how they knewe him in breakynge of the bred But whyle they were talkynge therof Iesus himself stode in the myddes amonge thē and sayde Peace be with you But they were abashed and afrayed supposinge that they had sene a sprete And he saide vnto thē Why are ye abashed wherfore ryse there soch thoughtes in yo hertes Beholde my hādes my fete it is euen I my self Handle me and se for a sprete hath not flesh and bones as ye se me haue And whan he had thus spokē he shewed thē his hōdes and his fete But whyle they yet beleued not for ioye and wondred he sayde vnto them Haue ye eny thinge here to eate And they set before him a pece of a broyled fish and an hony combe And he toke it and ate it before thē And he sayde vnto them These are the wordes which I spake vnto you whyle I was yet with you For it must all be fulfilled that was wrytten of me in the lawe of Moses in the prophetes in the Psalmes Thē opened he their vnderstondinge that they might vnderstonde the scriptures and sayde vnto them Thus is it wryttē and thus it behoued Christ to suffre the thirde daye to ryse agayne frō the deed and to let repentaunce and remyssion of synnes be preached in his name amōge all nacions and to begynne at Ierusalē As for all these thinges ye are wytnesses of thē And beholde I wil sende vpon you the promes of my father but ye shal tary in the cite of Ierusalem tyll ye be endewed with power from aboue But he led them out vnto Bethany and lift vp his handes and blessed them And it came to passe whā he blessed them he departed from them and was caried vp in to heauen And they worshipped him and turned agayne to Ierusalem with greate ioye and were contynually in y e tēple geuynge prayse and thankes vnto God Amen The ende of the gospell of S. Luke The gospell of S. Ihon. What S. Ihons gospell conteyneth Chap. I. The euerlastinge byrth of the sonne of God and how he became man The testimony of Ihon and of his baptyme The callinge of Andrew Peter Philip and Nathanael Chap. II. Christ turneth the water vnto wyne at the mariage in Cana and dryueth the marchauntes out of the temple Chap. III. The swete talkinge of Christ with Nicodemus The doctryne baptyme of Ihō and what wytnesse he beareth of Christ. Chap. IIII. The louynge communicacion of Christ with the woman of Samaria by the welles syde How he commeth into Galile and healeth the rulers sonne Chap. V. He healeth the man that was sicke eight thirtie yeare The Iewes accuse him as a breaker of the Sabbath he answereth for himself and reproueth them Chap. VI. Iesus fedeth fyue thousande me◠with fyue barlye Loaues departeth awaye that they shulde not make him kynge goeth vpō the see and reproueth the fleshly hearers of his worde The carnall are offended at hī and forsake him Chap. VII Iesus commeth to Ierusalē at the feast teacheth the Iewes and reproueth thē The pharises the hye prestes hearinge that the people begynne to fauour Christ and to beleue in him sende out officers to take hī There are dyuerse opinions of him amōge the people The pharises rebuke the officers because they haue not taken him and chyde with Nicodemus for takinge his parte Chap. VIII A woman is taken in aduoutrie Christ delyuereth her The fredome of soch as folowe Christ whom they accuse to haue the deuel within him and go aboute to stone him Chap. IX Christ maketh the man to se that was borne blynde where thorow he getteth himself more displeasure amonge the Iewes and Pharises Chap. X. Christ is the true shepherde and the dore of the shepe Some saye Christ hath the deuell and is madd some saye he speaketh not the wordes of one that hath the deuell Because he telleth the trueth the Iewes take vp stones to cast at him call his preachinge blasphemy and go aboute to take him Chap. XI Christ rayseth Lazarus frō death The hye prestes the pharyses gather a councell and cast their heades together agaynst him therfore he getteth him out of the waye Chap. XII Mary anoynteth Christes fete Iudas murmureth Christ excuseth her rydeth in to Ierusalem and is louyngly receaued of the thankfull but vtterly despysed of the vngodly Chap. XIII Christ washeth the disciples fete telleth them of Iudas the traytour and commaundeth thē earnestly to loue one another Chap. XIIII He armeth his disciples with
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
that one man shulde dye for the people As for Symon Peter he and another disciple folowed Iesus The same disciple was knowne vnto the hye prest and wēte in with Iesus in to the hye prestes palace But Peter stode without at the dore Then y t other disciple which was knowne vnto the hye prest wente out and spake to the damsell y t kepte the dore and brought in Peter Then the damsell that kepte the dore sayde vnto Peter Art not thou also one of this mans disciples He sayde I am not The seruauntes officers stode and had made a fyre of coles for it was colde warmed thē selues Peter also stode with them and warmed him self The hye prest axed Iesus of his disciples and of his doctryne Iesus answered him I haue spoken openly before the worlde I haue euer taught in the synagoge and in the tēple whither all the Iewes resorted in secrete haue I spokē nothinge Why axest thou me Axe thē y t haue herde what I haue spoken vnto thē beholde they can tell what I haue sayde But whan he had thus spokē one of the officers that stode by smote Iesus on the face and sayde Answerest thou the hye prest so Iesus answered him Yf I haue euell spokē thē beare wytnesse of euell but yf I haue well spoken why smytest thou me And Annas sent him bounde vnto Caiphas y e hye prest Symō Peter stode and warmed him self Thē sayde they vnto him Art not thou one of his disciples He denyed and sayde I am not A seruaūt of the hye prestes a kynszmā of his whose eare Peter had smytten of sayde vnto him Dyd not I se the in the gardē with him Then Peter denyed agayne And immediatly the cock crew Then led they Iesus from Caiphas in to the comon hall And it was early in the mornynge And they them selues wēte not in to the comō hall lest they shulde be defyled but y t they might eate y e Pascall lambe Then wente Pilate out vnto thē and sayde What accusacion brynge ye agaynst this man They answered and sayde vnto him Yf he were not an euell doer we had not delyuered him vnto the. Then sayde Pilate vnto thē Take ye him and iudge him after yo lawe Then sayde y e Iewes vnto him It is not laufull for vs to put eny mā to death That y e worde of Iesus might be fulfilled which he spake whan he signified what death he shulde dye Then entred Pilate in to the comon hall agayne and called Iesus sayde vnto him Art thou the kynge of the Iewes Iesus answered Sayest thou that of thy self or haue other tolde it the of me Pilate answered Am I a Iewe Thy people and the hye prestes haue delyuered the vnto me What hast thou done Iesus answered My kyngdome is not of this worlde Yf my kyngdome were of this worlde my mynisters wolde fight therfore y t I shulde not be delyuered vnto the Iewes But now is my kyngdome not from hence Thē sayde Pilate vnto hī Art thou a kynge thē Iesus answered Thou sayest it for I am a kynge For this cause was I borne and came in to the worlde that I shulde testifye the trueth Who so euer is of the trueth heareth my voyce Pilate sayde vnto hī What is the trueth And whan he had sayde that he wēte out agayne to the Iewes and sayde vnto them I fynde no gyltinesse in him But ye haue a custome that I shulde geue one vnto you lowse at Easter Wyl ye now y t I lowse vnto you the kynge of y e Iewes Thē cryed they agayne alltogether and sayde Not him but Barrabas Yet was Barrabas a murthurer The XIX Chapter THen Pilate toke Iesus and scourged him And the soudyers platted a crowne of thornes and set it vpon his heade and put a purple garment vpon him and sayde Hayle kynge of the Iewes And they smote him on the face Then wente Pilate forth agayne and sayde vnto thē Beholde I brynge him forth vnto you y t ye maye knowe y t I fynde no faute in hī So Iesus wente out ware a crowne of thorne and a purple robe And he sayde vnto them Beholde the man Whan the hye prestes the mynisters sawe him they cryed sayde Crucifye crucifye Pilate saide vnto thē Take ye him and crucifye him for I fynde no giltynesse in him The Iewes answered him We haue a lawe after oure lawe he ought to dye because he made him self the sonne of God Whan Pilate herde that worde he was the more afrayed and wente agayne in to the comon hall and sayde vnto Iesus Whence art thou But Iesus gaue him no answere Thē sayde Pilate vnto him Speakest thou not vnto me Knowest thou not y t I haue power to crucifye y e haue power to lowse y e Iesus answered Thou shuldest haue no power vpō me yf it were not geuē the from aboue Therfore he that delyuered me vnto y e hath the more synne From that tyme forth Pilate sought meanes to lowse him But the Iewes cryed sayde Yf thou let him go thou art not the Emperours frēde For whosoeuer maketh himself kynge is agaynst the Emperoure Whan Pilate herde y t worde he brought Iesus forth sat hī downe vpō y e iugdmēt seate in the place which is called the Pauement but in the Hebrue Gabbatha It was the daye of preparinge of the Easter aboute the sixte houre And he sayde vnto the Iewes Beholde yo kynge But they cryed Awaye w t him awaye w t him crucifie him Pilate saide vnto thē Shal I crucifye yo kynge The hye prestes answered We haue no kynge but y e Empero Thē delyuered he him vnto them to be crucifyed They toke Iesus and led him awaye And he bare his crosse and wente out to the place called y e place of deed men skulles which in Hebrue is named Golgatha where they crucified him and two other with him on either syde one but Iesus in the myddes Pilate wrote a superscripcion and set vpon the crosse And there was wrytten Iesus of Nazareth kynge of the Iewes This superscripcion red many of the Iewes For y e place where Iesus was crucifyed was nye vnto the cite And it was wrytten in Hebrue Greke Latyn Then sayde the hye prestes of the Iewes vnto Pilate Wryte not kynge of the Iewes but y t he sayde I am kynge of the Iewes Pilate answered What I haue wrytten that haue I wrytten The sondyers whan they had crucifyed Iesus toke his garmentes and made foure partes to euery soudyer one patte and the cote also As for the cote it was vnsowed frō aboue wrought thorow and thorow Then sayde they one to another Let vs not deuyde it but cast lottes for it who shal haue it that the scripture might be fulfilled which sayeth They haue parted my garmentes amonge them and on
beestes Wherfore God likewyse gaue them vp vnto their hertes lustes in to vnclennes to defyle their awne bodies in them selues which turned the trueth of God vnto a lye worshipped and serued the creature more then the maker which is blessed for euer Amen Therfore God gaue theÌ„ vp vnto shamefull lustes For their wemen chaunged the naturall vse in to the vnnaturall likewyse y e meÌ„ also lefte the naturall vse of the woman and brent in their lustes one on another and man with man wrought fylthines and receaued in them selues the rewarde of their erroure as it was acordinge And as they regarded not to knowe God euen so God gaue theÌ„ vp in to a lewde mynde to do those thinges which were not comly beynge full of all vnrighteousnes whordome wickednes couetousnes maliciousnes full of enuye murthur strife disceate euell coÌ„dicioned whisperers backbyters despysers of God doers of wronge proude boosters bryngers vp of euell thinges disobedient to their Elders without vnderstondinge couenaunt breakers vnlouynge stubborne vnmercifull which men though they knowe the righteousnes of God that they which do soch are worthy of death yet not onely do the same but also haue pleasure in those that do theÌ„ The II. Chapter Therfore canst thou not excuse thy selfe O maÌ„ who soeuer thou be that iudgest for loke wherin thou iudgest another thou condemnest thy selfe in so moch as thou that iudgest doest euen the same For we are sure that the iudgment of God is acordinge to the trueth ouer them that do soch But thinkest thou this O thou man that iudgest them which do soch thinges and doest euen the very same thy selfe that thou shalt escape y t iudgmeÌ„t of God Or despysest thou the riches of his goodnesse pacience and loÌ„ge sufferinge Knowest thou not that y e louynge kyndnesse of God leadeth the to repentaunce But thou after thine harde and impenitent hert heapest vnto thy selfe a treasure of wrath agaynst the daye of wrath and of the openynge of the righteous iudgment of God which shal rewarde euery man acordinge to his dedes namely prayse honoure and vncorrupcion vnto them that with pacience in doinge good seke euerlastinge life But vnto them that are contencious not obedient vnto the trueth but obeye vnrighteousnes shal come indignacion and wrath trouble and anguysh vpoÌ„ all the soules of meÌ„ that do euell of the Iewe first and also of the Greke But vnto all theÌ„ that do good shal come prayse and honoure and peace vnto the Iewe first and also to the Greke For there is no respecte of personnes before God Who so euer haue synned without lawe shal perish also without lawe and whosoeuer haue synned in the lawe shal be iudged by the lawe For before God they are not righteous which heare y e lawe but they that do the lawe shal be iustified For yf the Gentyles which haue not the lawe do of nature the thinges conteyned in the lawe then they hauynge not the lawe are a lawe vnto them selues in that they shewe that the worke of y e lawe is wrytteÌ„ in their hertes whyle their conscience beareth witnesse vnto theÌ„ and also the thoughtes which accuse or excuse them amonge them selues in the daye whan God shal iudge the secretes of men by Iesus Christ acordinge to my Gospell But take hede thou art called a Iewe and trustest in the lawe makest thy boost of God and knowest his will for so moch as thou art enfourmed out of y e lawe thou prouest what is best to do and presumest to be a leader of the blynde a lighte of them y t are in darcknes an enformer of y e vnwyse a teacher of y e symple which hast the ensample of knowlege of the trueth in the lawe Now teachest thou other and teachest not thy selfe Thou preachest that a man shulde not steale and thou stealest Thou sayest that a man shulde not breake wedlocke and thou breakest wedlocke Thou abhorrest ymages and robbest God of his honoure Thou makest thy boost of the lawe and thorow breakynge of the lawe thou dishonorest God For thorow you is the name of God euell spoken of amonge the Gentyles * as it is wrytten The circuÌ„cision verely avayleth yf thou kepe the lawe but yf thou breake the lawe then is thy circumcision become vncircumcision Therfore yf the vncircumcision kepe the righte thinges conteyned in the lawe shal not his vncircumcision be counted for circumcision And so it that of nature is vncircumcision and fulfilleth the lawe shal iudge the which vnder the letter and circumcision traÌ„sgressest the lawe For he is not a Iew which is a Iewe outwaâ—de nether is that circuÌ„cision which is done outwardly in y e flesh But he is a Iewe which is hydd within And the circumcision of y e hert is the circumcision which is done in the sprete and not in the letter Whose prayse is not of men but of God The III. Chapter WHat furtheraunce then haue the Iewes Or what avauntageth circuÌ„cision Surely very moch First Vnto them was commytted what God spake But where as some of them dyd not beleue theron what then shulde their vnbeleue make the promes of God of none effecte God forbyd Let it rather be thus that God is true and all meÌ„ lyers As it is wrytten That thou mayest be iustified in thy sayenges and shuldest ouercome whaÌ„ thou art iudged But yf it be so that oure vnrighteousnes prayseth y e righteousnes of God what shal we saye Is God then vnrighteous that he is angrie therfore I speake thus after the maner off men God forbyd How mighte God theÌ„ iudge y e worlde For yf the trueth of God be thorow my lye the more excellent vnto his prayse why shulde I theÌ„ be iudged yet as a synner not rather to do thus as we are euell spoken of and as some reporte that we shulde saye Let vs do euell y t good maye come therof Whose daÌ„nacioÌ„ is inste What saye we then Are we better then they No in no wyse for we haue proued afore y t both the Iewes and Grekes are all vnder synne As it is wrytteÌ„ There is none righteous no not one There is none y t vnderstondeth there is none that seketh after God They are all gone out of the waye they are alltogether become vnprofitable there is none that doeth good no not one Their throte is an open sepulcre with their tunges they haue disceaued the poyson off Aspes is vnder their lippes Their mouth is full of cursynge and bytternesse Their fete are swifte to shed bloude Destruccion wrechidnes are in their wayes and y e waye of peace haue they not knowne There is no feare of God before their eyes But we knowe y t what soeuer the lawe sayeth it sayeth it vnto them which are vnder the lawe y t euery mouthe maye be stopped y t all the worlde
another I holde of Apollo are ye not thē fleshlye What is Paul What is ▪ Apollo Euē mynisters are they by whom ye are come to the beleue and the same acordinge as the LORDE hath geuen vnto euery man I haue planted Apollo hath watred but God hath geuen the increace So then nether is he that planteth eny thinge nether he that watreth but God which geueth the increace As for him that planteth and he that watreth y e one is as the other but yet shal euery one receaue his rewarde acordinge to his laboure For we are Gods labourers ye are Gods huszbandry ye are Gods buyldinge Acordinge to the grace of God which is geuen vnto me as a wyse buylder haue I layed the foundacion but another buyldeth theron Yet let euery man take hede how he buyldeth theron For other foūdacion can noman laye then that which is layed the which is Iesus Christ. But yf enyman buylde vpon this foundacion golde syluer precious stones tymber haye stobble euery mās worke shal be shewed For the daye of the LORDE shal declare it which shal be shewed with fyre and the fyre shal trye euery mās worke what it is Yf eny mans worke that he hath buylde theron abyde he shal receaue a rewarde Yf eny mans worke burne he shal suffre losse but he shal be saued himselfe neuertheles as thorow fyre Knowe ye not that ye are the temple of God and that the sprete of God dwelleth in you Yf eny man defyle the tēple of God him shal God destroye For the temple of God is holy which ye are Let no mā disceaue himselfe Yf eny man thinke himselfe wyse amōge you let him become a foole in this worlde that he maye be wyse For the wyszdome off this worlde is foolishnes with God For it is wrytten He compaseth the wyse in their craftynesse And agayne The LORDE knoweth the thoughtes of the wyse that they are vayne Therfore let no man reioyse in men For all is youres whether it be Paul or Apollo whether it be Cephas or ▪ the worlde whether it be life or death whether it be presente or for to come All is youres but ye are Christes and Christ is Gods The IIII. Chapter LEt euery man this wyse esteme vs euen for the mynisters of Christ and stewardes of the secretes of God Now is there no more requyred of the stewardes then that they be founde faithfull It is but a small thinge vnto me that I shulde be iudged of you or of mans daye nether iudge I myne awne selfe I knowe noughte by my selfe yet am I not therby iustified It is the LORDE that iudgeth me Therfore iudge ye nothinge before y e tyme vntyll the LORDE come which shal brynge it to lighte that is hyd in darknesse and opē the councels of y e hertes and thē shal euery one haue prayse of God These thinges brethren haue I described in myne awne preson in Apollos for youre sakes that ye mighte lerne by vs that noman counte hygher of him self then aboue is wrytten that one be not puft vp agaynst another for eny mans cause For who preferreth the What hast thou that thou hast not receaued Yf thou hast receaued it why makest thou thē thy boost as though thou haddest not receaued it Now ye are full now ye are made riche ye raigne without vs and wolde God ye dyd raigne that we might raigne with you Me thynketh that God hath set forth vs Apostles for the lowest off all euen as those that are appoynted vnto death For we are agasynge stocke vnto y e worlde and to the angels and vnto men We are fooles for Christes sake but ye are wyse in Christ We weake but ye strōge Ye honorable but we despysed Euen vnto this daye we hōger and thyrst and are naked and are boffetted with fystes and haue no certayne dwellinge place and laboure and worke with oure awne handes We are reuyled and yet we blesse we are persecuted and suffre it We are euell spoken of and we praye We are become as it were the very outswepinges of y e worlde yee the of scowringe of all men vnto this tyme. I wryte not this to shame you but as my deare childrē I warne you For though ye haue ten thousande instructours in Christ yet haue ye not many fathers For I haue begotten you in Christ Iesu thorow y e Gospell Wherfore I exhorte you be ye my folowers For this cause haue I sent vnto you Timotheus which is my deare sonne and faithfull in the LORDE that he maye put you in remembraunce of my wayes which are in Christ euē as I teach euery where in all congregacions Some are puft vp as though I wolde come nomore at you But I wil come to you shortly yf the LORDE wyl and wyl knowe not the wordes of thē that are puft vp but y e power For the kyngdome of God is not ī wordes but in power What wil ye Shal I come vnto you w t the rodd or with loue and the sprete of mekenesse The V. Chapter THere goeth a commen reporte that there is whordome amōge you and soch whordome as is not once named amōge the Heythen that one shulde haue his fathers wife And ye are puft vp and haue not rather sorowed that he which hath done this dede mighte be put frō amōge you For I verely as absent in body but present in sprete haue determyned allready as though I were present cōcernynge him that hath done this dede in y e name of oure LORDE Iesus Christ whā ye are gathered together with my sprete and with the power of oure LORDE Iesus Christ to delyuer him vnto Sathan for the destruccion of the flesh that the sprete maye be saued in the daye of the LORDE Iesus You re reioysinge is not good Knowe ye not that a litle leuen sowereth the whole lompe of dowe Pourge out therfore the olde leuen that ye maye be new dowe like as ye are swete bred For we also haue an Easter lambe which is Christ that is offred for vs. Wherfore let vs kepe Easter not in y e olde leuen ner in the leuen of maliciousnes and wickednes but in the swete bred of purenesse and of the trueth I wrote vnto you in the Epistle that ye shulde haue nothinge to do with whoremōgers that meant I not at all of the whoremongers of this worlde ether of the couetous or of extorcioners or of thē that worshippe ymages for then must ye nedes haue gone out of the worlde But now haue I wryttē vnto you y t ye shulde haue nothinge to do with them Namely yf there be eny man that is called a brother and is an whoremonger or couetous or a worshipper of ymages ether a raylar or a dronkarde or an extorcioner with soch shal ye not eate For what haue I to do to
was cōmytted vnto me as y e Gospell ouer y e circūcision was commytted vnto Peter For he y t was mightie with Peter to the Apostleshippe ouer the circumcision the same was mightie with me also amōge the Heythen they perceaued the grace that was geuen vnto me Iames and Cephas and Ihon which semed to be pilers gaue me and Barnabas y e righte handes and agreed with vs that we shulde preach amonge the Heythē and they amonge the Iewes onely that we shulde remēbre the poore which thinge also I was diligent to do But whā Peter was come to Antioche I withstode him in y e face for he was worthy to be blamed For afore there came certayne from Iames he ate with the Heythē But whā they were come he withdrue and separated himselfe fearinge thē which were of the circumcision And the other Iewes dyssembled with him likewyse in so moch y t Barnabas was brought in to their symulacion also But whan I sawe that they walked not right after y e trueth of the Gospell I sayde vnto Peter openly before all Yf thou beynge a Iewe lyuest after the maner of the Gentyles and not as do the Iewes why causest thou the Gentyles then to lyue as do the Iewes Though we be Iewes by nature and not synners of the Gentyles yet in so moch as we knowe that a man is not made righteous by the dedes off the lawe but by the faith on Iesus Christ we haue beleued also on Iesus Christ y t we might be made righteous by the faith of Christ and not by the dedes of the lawe because that by the dedes of the lawe no flesh shal be iustified Yf we then which seke to be made righteous by christ shulde be yet founde synners o r selues is not Christ then the mynister of synne God forbyd For yf I buylde agayne y t which I haue destroyed then make I my selfe a trespacer But I thorow the lawe am deed vnto the lawe that I might lyue vnto God I am crucified with Christ yet do I lyue neuerthelesse now not I but Christ lyueth in me For y e life which I now lyue in y e fleszhe I lyue in the faith of y e sonne of God which loued me and gaue himselfe for me I cast not awaye the grace of God For yf righteousnes come by the lawe then dyed Christ in vayne The III. Chapter O Ye folishe Galathiās who hath bewitched you that ye shulde not beleue the trueth To whō Iesus Christ was descrybed before the eyes and amonge you crucified This onely wolde I lerne of you Receaued ye the sprete by the dedes of the lawe or by the preachinge of the faith Are ye so vnwyse Ye beganne in the sprete wolde ye ende now thē in the flesh Haue ye suffred so moch in vayne Yf it be els in vayne He that geueth you the sprete and doth soch greate actes amōge you doth he it thorow the dedes of the lawe or by y e preachinge of the faith Euen as Abrahā beleued God and it was counted vnto him for righteousnes Thus ye knowe that they which are of faith are Abrahams children The scripture sawe afore hāde that God iustifieth the Heythen thorow faith Therfore shewed it glad tydinges afore vnto Abraham and sayde In the shal all the Heythen be blessed So then they which be of faith are blessed with faithfull Abraham For as many as go aboute with the workes of the lawe are vnder y e curse For it is wryttē Cursed be euery man which cōtynueth not in all thinges that are wryttē in the boke of the lawe to do them That no man is iustified by the lawe in the sighte of God it is euydēt For y t iust shal lyue by his faith The lawe is not of faith but the mā that doth y e same shal lyue therin But Christ hath delyuered vs from y e curse of the lawe whan he became a curse for vs. For it is wryttē Cursed is euery man that hangeth on tre y t the blessynge of Abraham mighte come on the Gentyles in Christ Iesu and y t we might so receaue y e promysed sprete thorow faith Brethren I wil speake after the maner of men Though it be but a mās Testamēt yet no man despyseth it or addeth eny thinge therto whan it is confirmed To Abraham and his sede were the promyses made He sayeth not In the sedes as in many but in thy sede as in one which is Christ. This Testament I saye which afore was confirmed to Christ warde is not disanulled that the promes shulde be made of none affecte by the lawe which was geuen beyonde foure hundreth thirtie yeares therafter For yf the enheritaunce be gotten by the lawe then is it not geuen by promes But God gaue it frely vnto Abraham by promes Wherfore thē serueth the lawe It was added because of trangression tyll the sede came to the which the promes was made And it was geuen of angels by the hande of the mediatoure A mediatour is not a mediatour of one onely but God is one Is the lawe then agaynst the promyses of God God forbyd Howbeit yf there had bene geuen a lawe which coulde haue geuē life thē no doute righteousnes shulde come of the lawe But y e scripture hath shut vp all vnder synne that y e promes shulde come by the faith on Iesus Christ geuē vnto thē that beleue Before faith came we were kepte and shut vp vnder the lawe vnto the faith which shulde afterwarde be declared Thus y e lawe was o r scolemaster vnto Christ that we might be made righteous by faith But now that faith is come we are nomore vnder the scolemaster For ye all are the children of God by the faith in Christ Iesu. For as many of you as are baptysed haue put on Christ. Here is nether Iewe ner Greke here is nether bōde ner fre here is nether man ner woman for ye are all one in Christ Iesu. Yf ye be Christes thē are ye Abrahās sede and heyres acordynge to the promes The IIII. Chapter BVt I saye As longe as the heyre is a childe there is no difference betwene him and a seruaunt though he be lorde of all y e goodes but he is vnder tuters and gouerners vntyll the tyme appoynted of the father Euen so we also whā we were children were in bondage vnder the outwarde tradicions But whan the tyme was fulfylled God sent his sonne borne of a womā and put vnder the lawe to redeme them which were vnder the lawe that we mighte receaue y e childshippe For so moch thē as ye are children God hath sent the sprete of his sonne in to oure hertes which cryeth Abba deare father Wherfore now thou art not a seruaunt but a sonne Yf thou be a sonne then art thou the heyre of God thorow Christ. Notwithstondinge
acordynge to his dedes of whom be thou ware also For he withstode oure wordes sore In my first answerynge no man assisted me but all forsoke me I praye God that it be not layed to their charges Notwitstondynge the LORDE stode by me streÌ„gthed me that by me the preachinge shulde be fulfylled to the vttemost and that all the HeytheÌ„ shulde heare And I was delyuered out of the mouth of the lyon And the LORDE shal delyuer me from all euell doynge and shal kepe me vnto his heauenly kyngdome To whom be prayse for euer and euer Amen Salute Prisca and Aquila and y e houszholde of Onesiphorus Erastus abode at Corinthum But Trophimus left I sicke at MiletuÌ„ Make spede to come before wynter Eubolus and Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brethren salute the. The LORDE Iesus Christ be with thy sprete Grace be with you Amen The seconde epistle vnto Timothy wrytten from Rome whaÌ„ Paul was presented the seconde tyme before the Emperoure Nero. The Epistle of of the Apostle S. Paul vnto Titus The summe of this epistle Chap. I. Paul exhorteth Titus to ordene prestes or biszhoppes in euery cite declareth what maner of men they ought to be that are chosen to that office and chargeth Titus to rebuke soch as withstonde the gospell Chap. II. He telleth him how he shal teach all degrees to behaue them selues Chap. III. Of obedience to soch as be in auctorite He warneth Titus to bewarre of foolish and vnprofitable questions The first Chapter PAUL the seruaunt of God and an Apostle off Iesus Christ to preach the faith off Gods electe and the knowlege of y e trueth which ledeth vnto god lynes vpon the hope of eternall life which God that can not lye hath promysed before the tymes of the worlde but at his tyme hath opened his worde thorow preachinge which is commytted vnto me acordinge to the commaundemeÌ„t of God oure Sauioure Vnto Titus my naturall sonne after y e comen faith Grace mercy and peace from God the father and froÌ„ the LORDE Iesu Christ oure Sauioure For this cause left I the in Creta that thou shuldest perfourme that which was lackynge and shuldest ordeyne Elders in euery cite as I appoynted ye. Yf eny be blamelesse the huszbande of one wife hauynge faithfull children which are not slaundred of ryote nether are dishobedient For a Bisshoppe must be blamelesse as the stewarde of God not wylfull not angrye not geuen vnto moch wyne no fyghter not gredye of filthye lucre but harbarous one that loueth goodnes sober mynded righteous holy temperate and soch one as cleueth vnto the true worde of doctryne that he maye be able to exhorte with wholsome lernynge to improue them that saye agaynst it For there are many dishobedient and talkers of vanite and disceauers of myndes namely they of the circuÌ„cision whose mouthes must be stopped which peruerte whole houses teachinge thinges which they oughte not because of filthye lucre One of them selues euen their awne prophet sayde The Cretayns are alwayes lyars euell beestes and slowe belies This witnesse is true Wherfore rebuke them sharply y t they maye be sounde in the faith and not to take hede vnto Iewes fables and commaundementes of men which turne them awaye from the trueth Vnto y e cleane are all thinges cleane but to the vncleane vnbeleuers there is nothinge cleane but both their mynde conscience is defyled They saye that they knowe God but with the dedes they denye him for so moch as they are abhominable and dishobedient and vnmete to all good workes The II. Chapter BVt speake thou that which becommeth wholsome learnynge That y e elder men be sober honest discrete sounde in the faith in loue in pacience And the elder wemen likewyse that they shewe them selues as it becommeth holynes that they be no false accusers not geuen to moch wyne that they teach honest thinges that they enfourme the yonge wemen to be sober mynded to loue their huszbandes to loue their childreÌ„ to be discrete chaste huszwyfly good obedient vnto their awne huszbandes that the worde of God be not euell spoken of Exhorte the yonge men likewyse that they be sober mynded Aboue all thinge shewe thy selfe an ensample off good workes with vncorrupte doctryne with honestye with the wholsome worde which can not be rebuked that he which withstoÌ„deth maye be ashamed hauynge nothinge in you that he maye disprayse Exhorte the seruauntes to be obedient vnto their masters to please in all thinges not answeringe agayne nether to be pykers but to shewe all good faithful◠〈…〉 in all thinges they maye do 〈…〉 to the doctryne off God oure 〈…〉 For the grace of God that bryngeth 〈…〉 vnto all men hath appeared and teacheth vs that we shulde denye vngodlynes and wordly lustes and that we shulde lyue discretly righteously and godly in this worlde lokynge for that blessed hope and appearynge of the glory of y e greate God and of oure Sauioure Iesu Christ which gaue him selfe for vs to redeme vs froÌ„ all vnrighteousnes and to pourge vs to be a peculiar people vnto himselfe to be feruently geuen vnto good workes These thinges speake and exhorte and rebuke with all earnest Se that no man despyse the. The III. Chapter WArne them that they submytte them selues vnto Prynces and to the hyer auctorite to obey the officers to be ready vnto all good workes that they speake euell of no man that they be no stryuers but soft shewynge all mekenes vnto all men For we oure selues also were in tymes past vnwyse dishobedient in erroure seruynge lustes and dyuerse maners of voluptuousnes lyuynge in maliciousnes and envye full of hate hatynge one another But after that y e kyndnesse and loue of God oure Sauioure to man warde appeared not for y e dedes of righteousnes which we wroughte but after his mercy he saued vs by the fountayne of the new byrth and renuynge of the holy goost which he shed on vs abundauntly thorow Iesus Christ oure Sauioure y t we beynge made righteous by his grace shulde be heyres of eternall life acordynge to hope This is a true sayeÌ„ge Of these thinges wolde I that thou shuldest speake earnestly that they which are become beleuers in God might be diligent to excell in good workes for these thinges are good and profitable vnto meÌ„ As for folish questions and genealogies and braulynges and stryuynges aboute y e lawe auoyde theÌ„ for they are vnprofitable and vayne A maÌ„ that is geuen vnto heresye after y e first and seconde monicion auoyde and knowe that he that is soch is peruerted synneth euen â—amned by his awne iudgment Whan I shal sende Artemas or Tichicus â—â—to y e make spede to come to me vnto Niâ—â—polis for I haue determyned there to â—â—ynter Brynge Zenas y e Scrybe and Apolâ—â—s on their iourney diligently