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
but of thy people for whose sake I am sory and of thy inheritaunce for whose cause I mourne and of Israel for whom I am wofull and for Iacob for whose sake I am greued therfore begynne I to praye before the for my self and for them for I se the fall of vs euen of vs that dwell vpon earth But I haue herde the swiftnes of the iudge which is to come therfore heare my voyce and vnderstōde my wordes and I shal speake before the. This is the begynnynge of the wordes of Eszdras before he was receaued O LORDE thou that dwellest in euerlastyngnesse whose eyes are lift vp in the ayre whose stole is exceadinge hye whose glory and maiesty maye not be comprehēded before whom the hoostes of heauen stonde with tremblinge whose kepinge is turned in winde and fyre whose worde is true whose talkynge is stedfast whose commaundement is stronge whose ordynaunce is fearfull whose loke dryeth vp the depthes whose wrath maketh the mountaynes to melt awaye whose trueth beareth wytnes O heare y e prayer of thy seruaunt and marck with thine eares the peticion of thy creature For whyle I lyue I wil speake and so lōge as I haue vnderstondinge I will answere O loke not vpō the synnes of thy people which serue y t in the trueth Haue no respecte vnto the wicked studies of the Heithen but to the desyre of those that kepe thy testimonies with sorowes Thinke not vpon those that haue walked faynedly before the but vpon them which with wyll haue knowne thy feare Let it not be thy wyll to destroye them which haue had beastly maners but to loke vpon them that haue clearly taught thy lawe Take thou no indignacion at them which are worse then beastes but loue them that allwaye put their trust in y e righteousnes and glory for we and oure fathers haue all the same sicknes and disease but because of oure synnes thou shalt be called mercifull For yf thou hast mercy vpon vs thou shalt be called mercifull where as we haue no workes of righteousnes for y e righteous which haue layed vp many good workes together shall out of their dedes receaue rewarde For what is man that thou shuldest take displeasure at him Or what is the corruptible mortall generacion that thou shuldest be so rough towarde him For of a trueth there is no man amonge them that be borne but he hath dealt wickedly and amonge the faithfull there is none which hath not done amysse For in this O LORDE thy righteousnes thy goodnes shal be praysed and declared yf thou be mercifull vnto them which are not rych in good workes Then answered he me and sayde Some thinges hast thou spoken a right and acordinge vnto thy wordes it shal be For I wil not verely cōsidre the worke of them which haue synned before death before the iudgment before destrucciō but I wyll reioyse ouer the worke and thought of y e righteous I wil remembre also the pilgramege the holymakynge and the rewarde Like as I haue spoken now so shall it come to passe For as the huszbād man soweth moch sede vpon the grounde and planteth many trees and yet allwaye the thinge that is sowne or plāted is not all kepte safe nether doth it all take rote Euen so is it of them that are sowne in the worlde they shal not all be preserued I answered then sayde Yf I haue founde grace then let me speake Like as the husbāde mans sede perisheth yf it receaue not rayne in due season or yf there come to moch rayne vpon it Euen so perisheth man also which is created with thy handes and is like vnto thine owne ymage and to thy self for whose sake thou hast made all thinges and lickened him vnto the huszbande mans sede Be not wroth at vs O LORDE but spare thy people and haue mercy vpon thine owne inheritaunce O be mercifull vnto thy creature Then answered he me and sayde Thinges present are for the present and thinges to come for soch as be to come For thou wātest yet moch seynge thou mayest loue my creature aboue me I haue oft times drawne nye vnto the but neuer to the vnrighteous In this also thou art maruelous before the Hyest in that thou hast humbled thy self as it becommeth the and hast not regarded thine owne self y t thou art had in soch honoure amonge the righteous Therfore shal greate wrechidnes and mysery come vpon them that in the latter tyme shal dwell in y e worlde for they haue walked in greate pryde But vnderstonde thou for thy self and seke out glory for soch as be like the for vnto you is paradyse opened the tre of life is plāted the tyme to come is prepared plenteousnes made ready a cite is builded for you and a rest is prepared yee perfecte goodnes and wyszdome The rote of euell is marked from you the weaknes and moth is hyd from you in to hell flyeth corrupcion in forgetfulnes Sorowes are vanyshed awaye and in the ende is shewed the treasure of immortalite And therfore axe thou no more questions cōcernynge the multitude of them that perishe For they haue taken libertie despysed the Hyest thought scorne of his lawe and forsaken his wayes Morouer they haue troden downe his righteous and sayde in their hert that there is no God yee and that wittingly for they dye For like as the thinge that I haue spoken of is made ready for you Euē so is thyrst and payne prepared for them For it was not his wil that man shulde come to naught but they which be created haue defyled the name of him that made them and are vn than full vnto him which prepared life for them And therfore is my iudgment now at hande These thinges haue I not shewed vnto all men but vnto few namely vnto the and to soch as be like the. Then answered I and sayde Beholde O LORDE now hast thou shewed me the multitude of the tokens which thou wilt begynne to do at the last but at what tyme and whan thou hast not shewed me The IX Chapter HE answered me then and saide Measure thou the tyme diligenly in it self whan thou seist that one parte of the tokens come to passe which I haue tolde y e before so shalt thou vnderstonde that it is the very same tyme wherin the Hyest wil begynne to vysit the worlde which he made And whā there shal be sene earthquake and vproure of the people in the worlde then shalt thou well vnderstonde that the most hyest spake of those thinges from the dayes that were before the euen from the begynnynge For like as all that is made in the worlde hath a begynnynge and ende and the ende is manyfest Euen so the tymes also of the Hyest haue playne begynnynges in wonders and signes and the ende in workynge and in tokens And euery one that shal be saued and shall be able to escape by his workes by faith wherin
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