He confesseth hym selfe to be Messias 29 The woman sheweth the citizens that Christe is come 32 Christes meate 39 The Samaritanes beleue Christe 45 Christe is receaued of the Galileans 50 He healeth y e rulers sonne 1 ASsoone as the Lord knew how the pharisees had heard that Iesus made and baptized mo disciples then Iohn 2 Though that Iesus hym selfe baptized not but his disciples 3 He left Iurie and departed agayne into Galilee 4 For it was so that he must needes go through Samaria 5 Then came he to a citie of Samaria which is called Sichar besydes the possession that Iacob gaue to his sonne Ioseph 6 And there was Iacobs well Iesus then beyng wery of his iourney sate thus on the well And it was about the sixt houre 7 And there came a woman of Samaria to drawe water Iesus sayth vnto her geue me drynke 8 For his disciples were gone away vnto the towne to bye meate 9 Then sayth the woman of Samaria vnto hym Howe is it that thou beyng a Iewe askest drynke of me which am a Samaritane For the Iewes meddle not with the Samaritanes 10 Iesus aunswered and sayde vnto her yf thou knewest the gyft of God who it is that sayeth to thee geue me drynke thou wouldest haue asked of hym and he woulde haue geuen thee water of lyfe 11 The woman sayth vnto hym Syr thou hast nothyng to drawe with and the well is deepe from whence then hast thou that water of lyfe 12 Art thou greater then our father Iacob which gaue vs the well and he hym selfe dranke therof and his chyldren and his cattell 13 Iesus aunswered and sayde vnto her Whosoeuer drynketh of this water shal thyrst agayne 14 But whosoeuer drynketh of the water that I shall geue hym shall neuer be more a thyrst but the water that I shall geue him shal be in him a well of water spryngyng vp into euerlastyng lyfe 15 The woman sayth vnto hym Syr geue me of that water that I thyrst not neither come hyther to drawe 16 Iesus sayth vnto her Go call thy husbande and come hyther 17 The woman aunswered and sayde vnto hym I haue no husbande Iesus sayde vnto her Thou hast well sayde I haue no husbande 18 For thou hast had fyue husbandes and he whom thou now hast is not thy husbande In that saydest thou truely 19 The woman sayth vnto hym Syr I perceaue that thou art a prophete 20 Our fathers worshipped in this mountayne and ye say that in Hierusalem is the place where men ought to worshippe 21 Iesus sayth vnto her woman beleue me the houre commeth when ye shall neither in this mountayne nor yet at Hierusalem worshippe the father 22 Ye worshippe ye wote not what We knowe what we worshippe For saluation commeth of the Iewes 23 But the houre commeth and nowe is when the true worshippers shall worshippe the father in spirite and in the trueth For such the father also requireth to worshippe hym 24 God is a spirite and they that worshippe hym ▪ must worshippe hym in spirite and in the trueth 25 The woman sayth vnto hym I wote that Messias shal come which is called Christe When he is come he wyll tell vs all thynges 26 Iesus sayth vnto her I that speake vnto thee am he 27 And immediatly came his disciples and marueyled that he talked with the woman Yet no man saide what seekest thou or why talkest thou with her 28 The woman then left her water pot and went her way into the citie sayth to the men 29 Come see a man which tolde me all thynges that euer I dyd Is not he Christe 30 Then they went out of the citie and came vnto hym 31 In the meane whyle his disciples prayed hym saying Maister eate 32 He sayde vnto them I haue meate to eate that ye wote not of 33 Therfore sayde the disciples among them selues Hath any man brought hym ought to eate 34 Iesus sayth vnto them my meate is to do the wyll of hym that sent me and to finishe his worke 35 Say not ye there are yet foure monethes and then commeth haruest Beholde I say vnto you lyft vp your eyes and loke on the regions for they are whyte alredy vnto haruest 36 And he that reapeth receaueth wages and gathereth fruite vnto lyfe eternall that both he that soweth he that reapeth myght reioyce together 37 And herein is the saying true that one soweth and another reapeth 38 I sent you to reape that wheron ye bestowed no labour Other men laboured and ye are entred into their labours 39 Many of the Samaritanes of that citie beleued on hym for the saying of the woman which testified that he tolde her all that euer she dyd 40 So when the Samaritanes were come vnto hym they besought hym that he would tary with them And he abode there two dayes 41 And many mo beleued because of his owne worde 42 And sayde vnto the woman Nowe we beleue not because of thy saying for we haue heard him our selues know that this is euen Christe the sauiour of the worlde ☜ 43 After two dayes he departed thence and went away into Galilee 44 For Iesus hym selfe testified that a prophete hath none honour in his owne countrey 45 Then assoone as he was come into Galilee the Galileans receaued hym when they had seene all the thynges that he dyd at Hierusalem at the day of the feast For they went also vnto the feast day 46 So Iesus came agayne into Cana of Galilee where he turned the water into wyne ☞ And there was a certayne ruler whose sonne was sicke at Capernaum 47 Assoone as the same hearde that Iesus was come out of Iurie into Galilee he went vnto hym and besought hym that he woulde come downe and heale his sonne For he was euen at the poynt of death 48 Then sayde Iesus vnto hym except ye see signes and wonders ye wyll not beleue 49 The ruler sayth vnto hym Syr come downe or euer that my sonne dye 50 Iesus sayth vnto hym Go thy way thy sonne lyueth The man beleued the worde that Iesus had spoken vnto hym and he went his way 51 And as he was nowe goyng downe the seruauntes met hym and tolde him saying thy sonne lyueth 52 Then enquired he of them the houre when he began to amende And they sayde vnto hym Yesterday at the seuenth houre the feuer left hym 53 So the father knewe that it was the same houre in the which Iesus sayde vnto hym thy sonne lyueth And he beleued and all his householde ☜ 54 This is agayne the seconde miracle that Iesus dyd when he was come out of Iurie into Galilee ¶ The .v. Chapter 5 Christe healed on the Sabboth the man that was sicke thirtie and eyght yeres 10 the pharisees accuse hym 1◠Christe aunswereth for hym selfe reproueth them 32 shewyng by the testimonie of his father 33 of Iohn
the lawe of God both day and night remember that he calleth him blessed whiche walketh in the way of the Lorde whiche wyll searche diligently his testimonies and wyll in their whole heart seeke the same Let not the couert suspitious insinuations of the aduersaries driue thee from the searche of the holy scripture either for the obscuritie whiche they say is in them or for the inscrutable hidden misteries they talke to be comprised in them or for the straungnes and homlynes of the phrases they woulde charge Gods booke with Christe exhorteth thee therefore the rather for the difficultie of the same to searche them diligently Saint Paul wylleth thee to haue thy senses exercised in them and not to be a chylde in thy senses but in malice Though many thinges may be difficult to thee to vnderstande impute it rather to thy dull hearing and reading then to thinke that the scriptures be insuperable to them which with diligent searching labour to discerne the euill from the good Only searche with an humble spirite aske in continuall prayer seeke with puritie of life knocke with perpetuall perseueraunce and crye to that good spirite of Christe the comforter and surely to euery suche asker it wyll be geuen such searchers must nedes finde to them it wylbe opened Christe him selfe wyll open the sense of the scriptures not to the proude or to the wyse of the worlde but to the lowly and contrite in heart for he hath the kay of Dauid who openeth and no man shutteth who shutteth and no man openeth For as this spirite is a bening and liberall spirite and wyll be easyly founde of them whiche wyll early in carefulnesse ryse to seeke hym and as he promiseth he wyll be the comforter from aboue to teache vs and to leade vs into all the wayes of trueth if that in humilitie we bowe vnto hym deniyng our owne naturall senses our carnall wittes and reasons so is he the spirite of puritie and cleannes and will receede from him whose conscience is subiect to filthynesse of lyfe Into suche a soule this heauenly wysdome wyll not enter for all peruerse cogitations wyll separate vs from God and then howe busyly soeuer we searche this holy table of the scripture yet wyll it then be a table to suche to their owne snare a trap a stumbling stocke and a recompence to them selfe VVe ought therefore to searche to finde out the trueth not to oppresse it we ought to seeke Christe not as Herode did vnder the pretence of worshipping hym to destroy hym or as the Pharisees searched the scriptures to disproue Christe and to discredite him and not to folowe him but to embrace the saluation whiche we may learne by them Nor yet is it inough so to acknowledge the scriptures as some of the Iewes dyd of the holyest of them who vsed suche diligence that they could number precisely not only euery verse but euery word and sillable how oft euery letter of the alphabete was repeated in the whole scriptures they had some of them suche reuerence to that booke that they woulde not suffer in a great heape of bookes any other to lay ouer them they woulde not suffer that booke to fall to the grounde as nye as they coulde they woulde costly bynde the bookes of holy scriptures and cause them to be exquisitely and ornately written VVhiche deuotion yet though it was not to be discommended yet was it not for that intent why Christe cōmended the scriptures nor they therof alowed before God For they did not call vpon God in a true fayth they were not charitable to their neighbours but in the middes of all this deuotion they did steale they were adulterers they were slaunderers and backbiters euen muche like many of our christian men and women nowe a dayes who glory much that they reade the scriptures that they searche them and loue them that they frequent the publique sermons in an outwarde shewe of all honestie and perfection yea they can pike out of the scriptures vertuous sentenses and godly preceptes to lay before other men And though these maner of men do not muche erre for such searching and studiyng yet they see not the scope and the principall state of the scriptures which is as Christe declareth it to finde Christe as their sauiour to cleaue to his saluation and merites to be brought to the lowe repentaunce of their liues and to amende them selfe to rayse vp their fayth to our sauiout Christe so to thinke of him as the scriptures do testifie of hym These be the principall causes why Christe did sende the Iewes to searche the scriptures for to this ende were they wrytten saith Saint Iohn Hec scripta sunt vt credatis vt credentes vitam habeatis eternam These were written to this intent that ye shoulde beleue and that through your beliefe ye shoulde haue euerlasting life And here good reader great cause we haue to extoll the wonderous wisdome of God and with great thankes to prayse his prouidence considering howe he hath preserued and renued from age to age by speciall miracle the incomparable treasure of his Churche For first he did inspire Moyses as Iohn Chrisostome doth testifie to wryte the stonie tables and kept him in the mountayne fourtie dayes to geue him his lawe after him he sent the prophetes but they suffred many thousande aduersities for battayles did folowe all were slayne all were destroyed bookes were brent vp He then inspired agayne another man to repayre these miraculous scriptures Esdras I meane who of their leauinges set them agayne together after that he prouided that the seuentie interpreters shoulde take them in hande at the last came Christe him selfe the Apostles did receaue them and spread them throughout all nations Christe wrought his miracles and wonders and what folowed after these great volumes the Apostles also did wryte as Saint Paul doth say These be wrytten to the instruction of vs that be come into the ende of the worlde and Christe doth say Ye therefore erre because ye knowe not the scriptures nor the power of God and Paul dyd say Let the worde of Christe be plentifull among you and agayne saith Dauid Oh howe sweete be thy wordes to my throte he saide not to my hearing but to my throte aboue the hony or the hony combe to my mouth Yea Moyses saith Thou shalt meditate in them euermore when thou risest when thou sittest downe when thou goest to sleepe continue in them he saith and a thousande places more And yet after so many testimonies thus spoken there be some persons that do not yet so much as knowe what the scriptures be wherevpon nothing is in good state amongest vs nothing worthyly is done amongest vs In this whiche pertayne to this lyfe we make very great haste but of spirituall goodes we haue no regarde Thus farre Iohn Chrisost It must nedes signifie some great thing to our vnderstanding that almightie God
vnto the tabernacle of the congregation whiche was without the hoast 8 And when Moyses went out vnto the tabernacle all the people rose vp and stode euery man at his tent doore and loked after Moyses vntill he was gone into the tabernacle 9 And assoone as Moyses was entred into the tabernacle the cloudie piller descended and stode at the doore of the tabernacle and he talked with Moyses 10 And all the people sawe the cloudie piller stand at the tabernacle doore and they rose vp and worshipped euery man in his tent doore 11 And the Lord spake vnto Moyses face to face as a man speaketh vnto his freende And he turned agayne into the hoast but the young man Iosuah his seruaunt the sonne of Nun departed not out of the tabernacle 12 And Moyses said vnto the Lord See thou sayest vnto me Leade this people foorth thou hast not shewed me whō thou wylt send with me And thou hast sayd moreouer I knowe thee by name thou hast also found grace in my sight 13 Nowe therfore if I haue founde fauour in thy sight then I pray thee shew me thy way that I may know thee and that I may finde grace in thy sight and consider also that this nation is thy people 14 And he said My presence shall go with thee and I wyll geue thee rest 15 He sayd vnto hym If thy presence go not with me cary vs not hence 16 For howe shall it be knowen here that I and thy people haue founde fauour in thy sight but in that thou goest with vs If thou goest with vs shall not I and thy people haue preeminence before all the people that are vpon the face of the earth 17 And the Lorde sayde vnto Moyses I wyll do this also that thou hast sayd for thou hast founde grace in my sight and I knowe thee by name 18 And he sayde I beseche thee shewe me thy glorie 19 Who aunswered I wyll make all my good go before thee I wyll call in the name of Iehouah before thee and wyl shewe mercy to whom I wyll shewe mercy and wyll haue compassion on whom I wyll haue compassion 20 And he said furthermore Thou mayest not see my face for there shall no man see me and lyue 21 And the Lorde sayd Beholde there is a place by me and thou shalt stande vpon a rocke 22 And whyle my glory goeth foorth I wyll put thee in a clyft of the rocke and will put my hand vpon thee while I passe by 23 And I wyll take away myne hande and thou shalt see my backe partes but my face shall not be seene The .xxxiiij. Chapter 1 God byddeth Moyses to prepare newe tables 6 The names of God 8 Moyses entreateth God to go with the people commendyng Gods mercy 11 God promiseth the lande of Chanaan 12 Company kepyng with the Gentiles and idolatrie is forbidden 17 goddes made of mettall 18 The solemnitie of sweete bread 19 Of the first borne 21 The Sabboth 22 The feast of Pentecoste and of tabernacles 26 The first fruites 28 The fast of Moyses The ten wordes 29 The face of Moyses horned 33 A vayle ouer the face of Moyses 1 ANd the Lord saide vnto Moyses hewe thee two tables of stone like vnto the first and I wyll wryte vpon these tables y e wordes that were in the first tables whiche thou brakest 2 And be redy in the morning and come vp early vnto the mount of Sinai and thou shalt stande there for me in the top of the mount 3 There shall no man come vp with thee neither let any man be seene thorowout al the mount neither let sheepe nor oxen feede before the hyll 4 And Moyses hewed two tables of stone like vnto the first and rose vp earlye in the mornyng and went vp vnto the mount Sinai as the Lorde had commaunded hym toke in his hande the two tables of stone 5 And the Lord descended in the cloude and stode with him there and he called vpon the name of the Lorde 6 And the Lorde passed by before hym and cryed Lorde Lorde God strong mercyfull and gracious long suffering and aboundaunt in goodnes trueth 7 And kepyng mercy in store for thousandes forgeuing wickednes vngodlynes and sinne and not leauing one innocent visiting the wickednes of the fathers vpon the chyldren and vpon the chyldrens chyldren euen vnto the third and fourth generation 8 And Moyses made haste and bowed hym selfe to the earth and worshipped 9 And sayd If I haue founde grace in thy sight O Lorde then let my Lorde I pray thee go in the middest of vs for it is a styfnecked people and thou shalt haue mercy vpon our wickednes and our sinne and shalt take vs for thine inheritaunce 10 And he said Beholde I make a couenaunt before all thy people I will do meruayles such as haue not ben done in all the worlde neither in all nations all the people amongest whiche thou art shall see the worke of the Lorde for it is a terrible thyng that I wyll do with thee 11 Kepe diligently those thinges that I commaunde thee this day Beholde I cast out before thee the Amorites Chanaanites Hethites Pherezites Heuites and Iebusites 12 Take heede to thy self lest thou make any compact with the inhabitours of the lande whyther thou goest lest they be cause of ruine amongest you 13 But ouerthrowe their aulters and breake their images and cut downe their groues 14 Thou shalt worship no straunge God for the Lorde is called ielous because he is a ielous God 15 Lest if thou make any agreement with the inhabitours of the lande and they go a whoring after their gods and do sacrifice vnto their gods they call thee and thou eate of theyr sacrifice 16 And thou take of their daughters vnto thy sonnes and their daughters go a whoryng after their gods and make thy sonnes go a whoryng after their gods also 17 Thou shalt make thee no gods of mettall 18 The feast of vnleauened bread shalt thou kepe Seuen daies thou shalt eate vnleauened bread as I commaunded thee in the tyme of the moneth Abib for in the moneth Abib thou camest out of Egypt 19 All that openeth the matrice is myne and al that breaketh the matrice amongest thy cattell if it be male whether it be oxe or sheepe 20 But the firstling of the asse thou shalt bye out with a lambe and if thou redeeme hym not thou shalt breake his necke All the first borne of thy sonnes thou shalt redeeme see that no man appeare before me emptie 21 Sixe dayes thou shalt worke and in the seuenth day thou shalt rest both from earyng and reapyng 22 Thou shalt obserue the feast of weekes with thy first fruites of wheate haruest and the feast of ingatheryng at the yeres ende 23 Thryse in a yere shall all your men chyldren appeare before the Lorde Iehouah God of Israel 24 For I
life geuen thee 6 O Lorde if thou suffer not thy seruaunt to intreate thee that thou mayest geue seede vnto our heart and buylde our vnderstanding that there maye come fruite of it wherby eche man may liue that is corrupt then who shall step foorth in the place of man 7 For thou art alone and we all one workemanship of thy handes like as thou hast sayde 8 For when the body is fashioned nowe in the mothers wombe and thou geuest the membres thy creature is preserued in fire and water and nine monethes doth thy worke suffer thy creature whiche is fashioned in her 9 But the thinges that kepeth and that is kept shall both be preserued and when the time commeth the wombe preserued deliuereth vp the thinges that grewe in it 10 For thou hast commaunded the partes of the body euen the breastes to geue milke vnto the fruite of the breastes 11 That the thing whiche is created and fashioned may be nourished for a time till thou disposest and ordrest it with thy mercy 12 And then thou bringest it vp with thy righteousnesse nurturest it in thy lawe and refourmest it with thy vnderstanding 13 Mortifiest it as thy creature and makest it liuing as thy worke 14 Seing then that thou destroyest him whiche with so great labours is created and fashioned thorowe thy commaundement thou couldest lightly ordayne also that the thing whiche is made might be preserued 15 Nowe therfore Lord I wyll speake for concerning all men in generall thou shalt rather prouide but touching thy people for whose sake I am sory 16 And thyne inheritaunce for whose cause I mourne and Israel for whom I am wofull and Iacob for whose sake I am greeued 17 Therfore begin I to pray before thee for my selfe and for them for I see the fauls of vs that dwell in the lande 18 But I haue hearde the swiftnesse of the iudge whiche is to come 19 Therefore heare my voyce and vnderstand my wordes and I shal speake before thee This is the beginning of the wordes of Esdras before he was taken vp 20 O Lord thou that dwellest in euerlastingnesse which beholdest from aboue thinges in the heauen and in the ayre 21 Whos 's throne is inestimable whose glory â—and maiestieâ— may not be comprehended before whom the hoastes of angels stande with tremblyng 22 Whos 's keping is turned in winde and fire whose worde is true whose sayinges are stedfast whose commaundement is strong whose ordinaunce is fearefull 23 Whose looke dryeth vp the deapthes whose wrath maketh the mountaynes to melt away and whose trueth beareth witnesse 24 O heare the prayer of thy seruaunt and marke with thyne eares the petition of thy creature 25 For whyle I liue I wyll speake and so long as I haue vnderstanding I wyll aunswere 26 O looke not vpon the sinnes of thy people rather then on them whiche serue thee in trueth 27 Haue no respect vnto the wicked stustiâ—s of the heathen but to the desire of those that kepe thy testimonies with afflictions 28 Thinke not vpon those that haue walked faynedly before thee but remember them which according to thy wyll haue knowen thy feare 29 Let it not be thy will to destroy them whiche haue had beastly maners but to looke vpon them that haue clearely taught thy lawe 30 Take thou no indignation at them whiche are worse then beastes but loue them that alway put their trust in thy righteousnesse and glory 31 For we and our fathers haue all the same sicknes and disease but because of vs sinners thou shalt be called merciful 32 For if thou hast mercy vpon vs thou shalt be called mercifull to vs that haue no workes of righteousnesse 33 For the righteous whiche haue layde vp many good workes together shall out of their deedes receaue rewarde 34 But what is man that thou shouldest take displeasure at hym Or what is this corruptible and mortall generation that thou shouldest be so rough towarde hâ—m 35 For of a trueth there is no maÌ„ among them that be borne but he hath dealt wickedly among the fayâ—hfull there is none which hath not done amisse 36 For in this O Lorde thy righteousnesse and thy goodnesse shal be praysed and declared if thou be mercifull vnto them whiche are not riche in good workes 37 Then aunswered he me and sayde Some things hast thou spoken aright according vnto thy wordes it shal be 38 For I wyll not veryly consider the workes of them whiche haue sinned before death before iudgement before destruction 39 But I wyll reioyce ouer the worke and thought of the righteous I wyll remember also the pilgrimage the saluation and the rewarde that they shall haue 40 Like as I haue spoken nowe so shall it come to passe 41 For as the husbandman soweth much seede vpon the grounde and planteth many trees and yet alway the thing that is sowne or planted is not all kept safe neither doth it all take roote Euen so is it of them that are sowen in the worlde they shall not all be saued 42 I aunswered then and sayde If I haue founde grace then let me speake 43 Like as the husbandmans seede perisheth if it come not vp and receaue not thy rayne in due season or if there come to much rayne vpon it and corrupt it 44 Euen so perisheth man also which is created with thy handes and is like vnto thyne owne image and to thy selfe for whose sake thou hast made all thinges and lykened hym vnto the husbandmans seede 45 Be not wroth with vs O Lorde but spare thy people and haue mercy vpon thyne owne inheritaunce for thou wylt be mercyfull vnto thy creature 46 Then aunswered he me and sayde Thinges present are for the present and thinges to come for such as be to come 47 For thou lackest yet much seing thou canst loue my creature aboue me but I haue oft tymes drawen nye vnto thee and vnto it but neuer to the vnrighteous 48 In this also thou art marueylous before the highest 49 In that thou hast humbled thy selfe as it becommeth thee and hast not iudged thy selfe worthy to be much glorified among the righteous 50 For many and great miseries remaine for them that in the latter tyme shall dwell in the worlde because they haue walked in great pride 51 But vnderstande thou for thy selfe and seeke out the glory for suche as be like thee 52 For vnto you is paradise opened the tree of life is planted the tyme to come is prepared plenteousnes is made redy the citie is buylded for you and rest is prepared yea perfect goodnes and wysdome 53 The roote of euyll is marked from you the weakenesse and moth is hid from you and into hell fleeth corruption in forgetfulnesse 54 Sorowes are vanished away and in the ende is shewed the treasure of immortalitie 55 And therfore aske thou no more questions concerning the multitude of them that perishe
elder beheaded of Herode Agrippa and Peter was caste in pryson and was deliuered by the angell of the Lorde This kyng also dyed in his seuenth yere iiii Fadus dearth xlvi xiii Paul and Barnabas after their preachyng returned vnto Antioch where they continued many dayes with the congregation v. ii Felix about this xlvii xiiii vi iii. time came into xlviii xv   Syria   About the begynnyng of this yere Paul and Barnabas toke their iourney through Phenitia and Samaria vnto Hierusalem to the sinode or counsell After that they returned vnto Antioche where they remayned a yere whyther commeth Peter whom Paul rebuketh Galath ii Then Paul goeth vnto Cilicia and Licaonia vii Tiberius Alex.  xlix xvi viii ii  l. xvii In these yeres were conuerted the countreys of Phrigia Galatia Misia Frō Troade he went by water into Macedonia and conuerted the cities namely Philippos Appolonia Amphipolis Thessalonia Athens ix iii.  li. xviii x. Cumanus Agrippa y e yonger lii xix Paul goeth by sea vnto Hierusalem from thence he commeth agayne vnto Antioche from Antioche he visiteth the congregations of him in time past constituted in Galacia and Phrigia xi Eelix ii liii xx xii ii iii. liiii xxi xiii iii. iiii lv xxii xiiii iiii v. lvi xxiii Paul ferieth ouer into Grecia From thence about Easter in his .xii. yere he goeth by sea into Syria not a strayght course because of the Iewes but firste vnto Phylippa a citie of Macedonia and commeth about Pentecost vnto Hierusalem there he is imprisoned of the Iewes set at libertie immediatly of Claudius Lisia tribunus and is sent vnto Cesarea to Felix is kept in custodie of Felix two yeres Nero v. vi lvii xxiiii Festus commeth about May into Iudea before whom he pleadeth his matter After that before Festus and Agrippa the kyng He is sent vnto Rome in Italie the seconde yere of Nero. ii Festus Portius vii lviii xxv iii. ii viii lix xxvi iiii iii. ix lx xxvii v. iiii x. lxi xxviii vi Albinus xi lxii xxix vii ii xii lxiii xxx viii iii. xiii lxiiii xxxi ix iiii xiiii lxv xxxii x. Florus xv lxvi xxxiii xi ii xvi lxvii xxiiii xii iii. xvii lxviii xxxv xiii iiii xviii lxix xxxvi xiiii Vaspasianus dux xix lxx xxxvii After that Saint Paul had preached the Gospell of Christe both in the east and west about xxxvii yeres he was in the last yere of Nero the Emperour beheaded at Rome with the sworde ¶ The Epistle of the Apostle Saint Paul to the Romanes ¶ The first Chapter 1 Paul sheweth by whom and to what purpose he is called 16 What the Gospell is 18 The vengeaunce of God vpon the wicked 20 The vse of the creatures 24 The ingratitude and punishement of the wicked 1 PAul the seruaunt of Iesus Christe called to be an Apostle seuered into the Gospel of God 2 Which he had promised afore by his prophetes in y e holy scriptures 3 Of his sonne which was made of the seede of Dauid after the fleshe 4 And hath ben declared to be the sonne of God with power after the spirite that sanctifieth by the resurrectiō from the dead of Iesus Christe our Lorde 5 * By whom we haue receaued grace and apostleship that obedience myght be geuen vnto the fayth in his name among all heathen 6 Among whom ye are also the called of Iesus Christe ☜ 7 To all that be in Rome beloued of God saintes by callyng grace to you and peace from God our father and the Lorde Iesus Christe 8 First verily I thanke my God through Iesus Christe for you all that your fayth is publisshed throughout all the worlde 9 For God is my witnesse whom I serue with my spirite in the Gospell of his sonne that without ceassyng I make mention of you 10 Praying alwayes in my prayers that by some meane at the last one tyme or other I myght take a prosperous iourney by the wyll of God to come vnto you 11 For I long to see you that I myght bestowe among you some spirituall gift that ye myght be stablisshed 12 That is that I might haue consolation together with you eche with others fayth yours and mine 13 I woulde that ye should knowe brethren howe that I haue oftentymes purposed to come vnto you and haue ben let hytherto that I myght haue some fruite also among you as among other of the gentiles 14 I am debter both to the grekes and to the barbarous both to the wyse and to the vnwise 15 So that as much as in me is I am redy to preache the Gospell to you that are at Rome also 16 For I am not ashamed of the Gospell of Christ because it is the power of God vnto saluation to all that beleue to the Iewe first and also to the Greke 17 For by it is the ryghteousnes of God opened frō fayth to fayth As it is written the iuste shall lyue by fayth 18 For the wrath of God appeareth from heauen against all vngodlynesse vnrighteousnes of men which withholde the trueth in vnrighteousnes 19 For that that may be knowen of God is manifest among them because God hath shewed it vnto them 20 For his inuisible thinges being vnderstanded by his workes through the creation of the worlde are seene that is both his eternall power and godhead So that they are without excuse 21 Because that when they knewe God they glorified hym not as God neither were thankefull but waxed full of vanities in their imaginations * and their foolishe heart was blynded 22 When they counted them selues wyse they became fooles 23 And turned the glorie of the immortall God vnto an image made not only after the similitude of a mortal man but also of birdes and foure footed beastes and of crepyng beastes 24 Wherefore God gaue them vp to vncleanenesse through the lustes of their owne heartes to defyle their owne bodies among them selues 25 Whiche chaunged his trueth for a lye and worshipped and serued the creature more then the creator which is to be praysed for euer Amen 26 Wherefore God gaue them vp vnto shamefull lustes * For euen their women dyd chaunge the naturall vse into that which is agaynst nature 27 And likewise also the men left the naturall vse of the woman and brent in their lustes one with another * and men with men wrought fylthynesse and receaued to them selues the rewarde of their errour as it was accordyng 28 And as they regarded not to knowe God euen so God deliuered them vp vnto a leude mynde that they should do those thinges which were not comely 29 Beyng full of all vnrighteousnes fornication craftynesse couetousnes maliciousnes full of enuie murther debate deceite euyll conditioned whysperers 30 Backbyters haters of God dispiteful proude boasters bryngers vp of euyll thinges disobedient to father mother 31 Without
with dogges in the mornyng Euenyng prayer “ roring (a) Such as contayne the prayses of God (b) To hope for nothyng but my graue “ Myne owne alone So is the sense of maÌ„ called for that it of all thynges on the earth is only heaueÌ„lye from heauen Or as it is takeÌ„ for his lyfe which is desolate and forsaken of all “ Hande (c) An Vnicorne is a cruel perilons beasts which can not be tamed (d) Rich men shall sacrifice vnto God and eate at the Lordes table (e) Although Christe was content to dye and was put to death yet the dead shall knowledge hym to be their redeemer (f) For his people (g) God hath done no lesse then they declare Mornyng prayer (a) In doyng not good but euyll for man hath his soule to do good (b) That is kâ—ngdomes impires and magistrates For in gates princes and magistrates were wont to sit in counsell and iudgement (a) Shall haue aboundaunce of good and of felicitie “ In good (b) The misteries of our redemption “ Enlarged (a) In mine innocence (b) It was not lawful for him to touche the aulter “ In a voyce of confession for to heare “ Of the tabernacle of thy glory (c) Destroy not (d) That is I am safe and sure through thy helpe Euenyng prayer That God is my light strength and lyfe (b) Gods beautifulnes is his promises lawes ceremonies sacrifices and sacramentes (c) Made with ioy with songes and blast of trumpettes “ Soule “ Rocke “ Lest peraduenture thou holdest thy peace from me and I become “ Confesse (a) Who toke Dauids part “ Of the saluation of his annoynted (a) That is thunder (b) Mightie in operation (c) For state In great thuÌ„ders hilles seeme to be shaken (d) It is a hill called also Heruton “ Cutteth out (e) Thunder with terrible lightning (f) As God was aucthour of Noes flud to punishe the wicked so wil he haue like aucthoritie styll (g) In geuing them peace prosperitie It is thought that Dauid deliuered from a greuous sicknes did make this psalme at the dedication of his house newe buylt at Hierusalem Morning prayer (a) To God in the temple whiche is a memoriall of his holynes or where he is remembred deuoutly (b) Although God hath punished me with sicknes for a short time yet I feele his good wyl towardes me all my life long “ Shall harbour (c) Thou hadst so established my regall dignitie with all felicitie “ Confesse (d) I in all my royaltie and dignitie “ Confesse (a) Calamities wherewith he was punished for his sinne (b) Which I haue to liue (c) Liberalitie “ VVorked (d) Reproche (e) Sauing me in y e midst of mine enemies no lesse then if I had ben in a holde without dauÌ„ger of them (f) Punishyng hym for his sinne () A doctrine not of reason but of God of his Church only Euenyng prayer (a) To cloke or excuse his sinne (b) Confessing not my faultes (c) The time of finding god is when sinne is confessed pardon asked (d) No calamitie perill or daunger shal hurt him “ Counsell (a) True and permanent (b) Of his bountifull liberalitie (c) All none excepted “ Falshood that is a horse deceaueth those that looke to be saued by him (d) In the time of dearth Abimeleck (a) Whose heartes be broken and who be desolate Morning prayer “ Pit of their net (a) I with all my wyt and strength (b) I prayed for them as I woulde for mâ—ne owne selfe (c) In their aduersitie “ Halting “ Impotent or lame (d) With their tongues “ My one only that is my life whiche only they seeke “ Aha aha (e) That we desired “ Aha to our soule “ Peace (a) Or truth (b) High mountaines (c) Preseruing them in this life making them nourishing them and defending them (d) Or precious “ Fatnesse (e) In this life and after this life Euening prayer (a) Teache the trueth and liue in the way of trueth “ Iudgment “ Only for to do euill (b) Of destruction and ruine “ That is most precious of lambes “ He passed away and â—o he was not â–ª (c) The posteritie () Gods wrath against sinne Morning prayer The name of a musition 1. Chro. 16. and 25. “ VVith a moosell “ Measure “ Aâ— vanitie 〈◊〉 man â—deth “ Gather (a) Thou punishedst me with sicknesse “ Pit of noyse that is a pit wher the running water made a great noyse (a) From God “ thoughtes (c) Redy 〈◊〉 do thy wyll (b) To vnderstande thy wyll “ Roule of the booke “ Intralles (d) Let their rewarde who woulde shame me be a desolation “ Aha aha Euenyng prayer “ In the euyll day “ Soul◠〈…〉 wherâ—s 〈◊〉 â—â—â—stâ—ed my 〈◊〉 in his 〈◊〉 “ A thyng 〈◊〉 “ Man of peace “ Perfection () To be song (a) For sorowe “ CoÌ„fession “ The saluations his countenaunce “ VVith a kyllyng in my bones myne enemies “ The saluations of my countenaunce “ The â—â—â—uatiâ—â—s of my countenaunce and my Lorde () To be song Mornyng prayer (a) Our fathers (b) Our fathers “ Smite (c) Or prouerbe (a) Ophir is thought to be the Ilande in the west coast of late founde by Christopher Columbo froÌ„ whence at this day is brought most fine golde “ Confesse Greatly Heâ—râ— â–ª “ A hygh sure holde to vs. (a) Straunge thynges or desolations “ A hygh sure holde to vs Euening prayer () To be song (a) To go agaynst Hierusalem “ Tharsis (b) The villages “ Iehuda â—ale sâ—ng Aswell 〈◊〉 â—hen 〈◊〉 Adam as the children as man (a) All their doinges be â—ked who dispayre of Gods goodnesse in adâ—ersitie (b) No riche man can scape death lyue he neuer so long before he dieth (c) Man be he neuer so braue or honourable for his riches endeth this lyfe as an asse or dogge and is quickly forgotten for all his riches tolitie landes buildinges “ Loue their mouth that is shewe them selues more fooles then their fathers in that they wyll not be warned by their fathers examples foolishnesse to take a better way of lyfe (d) At the day of resurrection “ The hand of hell “ He in lyfe blessed his soule (e) Lyue voluptuously in all kynde of pleasures of this worlde (f) Man lyke a beast seeth not that al his worthynesse true honour to be of God and not of hym selfe or of the worlde To be song of Asaph Mornyng prayer (a) Dissemble any more “ Myne or with me (b) I dissembled “ Bath thaba (a) Pronounced iust “ Or when thou iudgest (b) Induyng my heart with wisdome thorowe the holy ghost â–ª “ Broken (a) To the wicked and to the godly Euenyng prayer “ Stinke That loue me taking my part (b) Whiche they haue deuised for me “ The face 〈◊〉 modest 〈◊〉 Dauid fleeing to his enemies the Philiâ—ines when he was forced to