MOreouer brethren I wolde not that ye shulde be ignorant that all our fathers were vnder * the cloude ād al passed through the * sea 2 And were all * baptized vnto Moses in the cloude and in the sea 3 And did all eat the same spiritual meat 4 * And did al drinke the same spiritual drinke for they dranke of the spirituall Rocke that followed them and the Rocke was Christ. 5 But with many of them GOD was not pleased for they were * ouerthrowen in the wildernes 6 Now these are ensamples to vs to the intent that we shulde not lust after euil things * as they also lusted 7 Nether be ye idolaters as were some of thē as it is written * The people sate downe to eat and drinke and rose vp to playe 8 Nether let vs commit fornication as some of them committed fornication and fel in one * daye thre and twentie thousand 9 Nether let vs tempt Christ as some of them also tempted him and were * destroyed of serpents 10 Nether murmure ye as some of them * also murmured and were destroyed of the destroyer 11 Nowe all these thyngs came vnto them for ensamples and were written to admonishe vs vpon whome the ends of the worlde are come 12 Wherefore let hym that thinketh he standeth take hede lest he fall 13 There hathe no tentation taken you but suche as 〈◊〉 to man and GOD is faithfull whiche will not suffer you to be tempted aboue that you be able but wyll euen giue the yssue with the tentation that ye may be able to be are it 14 Wherefore my beloued flee frome idolatrie 15 I speake as vnto them whiche haue vnderstanding iudge yewhat I say 16 The cuppe of blessing whiche we blesse is it not the communion of the bloode of Christ The bread whiche we breake is it not the communion of the bodie of Christ 17 For we that are many are one bread and one bodie because we all are partakers of one bread 18 Beholde Israel whiche is after the fleshe are not they whiche eat of the sacrifices par takers of the altar 19 What say I then that the idole is anything or that that whiche is sacrificed to idoles is anything 20 Nay but that these thyngs whyche the Gentiles sacrifice they sacrifice to deuils ād not vnto God and I wolde not that ye shuld haue felowshippe with the deuils 21 Ye can not drinke the cup of the LORD and the cup of the deuils Ye can not be partakers of the Lordes table and of the table of deuils 22 Do we prouoke the Lord to anger are we stronger then he 23 * All things are lawfull for me but althings are not expedient all things are lawfull for me but all things edifie not 24 Let no man seke his owne but euerie man anothers wealth 25 Whatsoeuer is solde in the shambles eat ye and aske no question for conscience sake 26 * For the earth is the Lords and all that there in is 27 If any of them whiche beleue not call you to a feast and if ye wil go whatsoeuer is set before you eat asking no question for conscience sake 28 But if any man saye vnto you This is sacrificed vnto idoles eat it not because of hym that shewed it and for the conscience for the earth is the LORDS and all that therein is 29 And the conscience I say not thine but of that other for why shulde my libertie be condemned of another mans conscience 30 For if I through Gods benefite be partaker why am I euil spokē of for that where fore I giue thankes 31 * Whether therefore ye eat or drinke or whatsoeuer ye do do all to the glorie of God 32 Giue none offence nether to the Iewes nor to the Grecians nor to the Church of God 33 Euen as please all men in all things not seking mine owne profite but the profite of many that they might be saued CHAP. XI He rebuketh the abuses which were crept into their Church 4 As touching prayer prophecying 18 And ministring the Lords Supper 23 Bringing them againe to the first institution thereof 1 BE* ye the followers of me euen as I am of Christ. 2 Now brethren I commend you that ye remembre all my things and kepe the ordinā ces as I deliuered them to you 3 But I wil that ye knowe that Christ is the * head of euerie man and the man is the womans head and God is Christs head 4 Euerie man praying or prophecying hauing anything on his head dishonoreth his head 5 But euerie woman that prayeth or prophecieth bareheaded dishonoreth her head for it is euen one very thing as thogh she were shauen 6 Therefore if the woman be not couered let her also be shorne and if it be shame for a woman to be shorne or shauen let her be couered 7 For a man ought not to couer his head for asmuche as he is the * image and glorie of God but the woman is the glorie of the mā 8 For the man is not of the woman but the woman of the man 9 * For the man was not created for the womās sake but the woman for the mans sake 10 Therefore ought the womā to haue power on her head because of the Angels 11 Neuertheles nether is the man without the woman nether the woman without the man in the Lord. 12 For as the woman is of the man so is the man also by the woman but all things are of God 13 Iudge in your selues is it comelie that a woman praye vnto God vncouered 14 Doeth not nature it self teache you that if a man haue long heere it is a shame vnto him 15 But if a woman haue long heere it is a praise vnto her for her heere is giuen her for a couering 16 But if any man luste to be contentious we haue no such custome nether the Churches of God 17 ¶ Now in this that I declare I praise you not that ye come together not with profit but with hurt 18 For first of all when ye come together in the Church I heare that there are dissensions among you and I beleue it to be true in some parte 19 For there must be heresies euen among you that they which are approued among you might be knowen 20 When ye come together therefore into one place this is not to eat the Lords Supper 21 For euerie man when they shulde eat taketh his owne supper afore and one is hungrie and another is drunken 22 Haue ye not houses to eat to drinke in dispise ye the Church of God and shame thē that haue not what shal I say to you shal I praise you in
to Christ. p That is kepeth a straict dyet ād refrayneth from suche thyngs as might distenpre his bodie q Or olde man whiche rebelleth against the Spirit r Lest he shulde be reproued of men when they shulde se hym do contrarie or contemne that thing whiche he taught others to do Exod. 13 21. Nomb. 9. 〈◊〉 Exod. 〈◊〉 22. Exod. 16. 15. a Moses beyng their guide or minister or as some read they were baptized vnto Moses Law others by Moses Exod. 17. 6. b That is Manna whiche was the out warde signe or Sacrament of the Spirituall grace c They are the same meate that we do because the substance of theirs and 〈◊〉 Sacramentes is al one Nomb 20. 10. d That is signified Christ as all Sacraments do Nom. 26. 65. Nom 11. 4. and 26. 64. Psal. 106. 14. e Because hereby occasion was taken to forget God and cōmit idolatrie therefore these indifferent things are counted idolatrie f Moses readeth foureād Wentie thousand which declareth an infi nite nomber g Who was their leader and was called the Angel of God Exod. 32. 6. Nom. 25. 9. Nom. 21 6. Psal 106. 14. h Meaning ether the good or 〈◊〉 Angel whose mi nisterie God vseth to execute his iudgement to the 〈◊〉 destruction of the wicked i How God will plague vs if we be subiect to the like vices k Or later daies of Christs commyng l He that led you into this tentation which commeth vnto you ether in prosperi tie or aduersitie or for your sinnes past wil turne it to 〈◊〉 commoditie and deliuer you Nom. 14. 37. “ Or thankes giuyng m Or prepare to this holye vse with praise and thankes giuen n The 〈◊〉 badge of our 〈◊〉 and incorporatiō with Christ o If we that are manye in nomber are but one bodie in effecte ioyned with our head Christ as many cornes make but one loafe let vs reno unce idolatrie which doeth sepa rate our vnitie p VVhiche is gouerned accordīg to the ceremonies of the Law q VVhich is to as semble in that companie where idoles are called vpon r For in those days they were accustomed to sel 〈◊〉 of the fles he of beastes sacrificed in the shambles and turned the money to the 〈◊〉 profit * Psal. 24. 1. s Or doute 〈◊〉 Chap. 6. 13. Eccl. 37. 35. t VVe must take hede that through our abuse our libertie be not con demned u If by the benefi te of God I may eat any kinde of meat why shuld I by any defaut cause this benefi te to be euil spoken of Colos. 3. 17. x That is the infirme y VVhich are indifferent 2. Thes. 3. 9. “ Or in all thing remembreme Ephe. 5. 23. a This is referred to cōmune prayer ād preaching for althogh one spea ke yet the action is commune so that the whole Church may be said to praye or preache “ 〈◊〉 preaching b This tradition was obserued according to the time and place that all things might be done in comelines and to edification Gen. 1. 26. 5 1. 9 6. c Read chap. 14. 34. “ Or powlled d The image of Gods glorie in whome his maie stie and power shine concerning his autoritie e Or receiueth her glorie in cōmēdation of mā and therefore is subiect Col. 3. 3. 10. Gen. 2. 22. f Some thing to couer her head in signe of subie ction g To whom thei also shewe their dissolution and not onely to Christ. h Who is 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 of their mutual con iunction i For as God made the womā of mā so now is man multiphedby the woman k As women vse to weare l For God hathe giuen to woman longer 〈◊〉 thē vnto man to the end she shulde 〈◊〉 it vp about her head whereby she declareth that she must couer her head m Not that all were so but the moste parte n Gods Church is not onely subiect to discension as touching 〈◊〉 and maners but also to 〈◊〉 as touching doctrine o Who ought one ly to beare autoritie in the Church Mat. 26. 26. mar 14. 22. 〈◊〉 22. 19. p Signifying the maner of his death when his bodie shulde as it were be torne and broken with most grieuous torments albeit not as the thies of the thieues were the which thing the breaking of the bread as a figure doeth moste liuely represent q By peruerting the true ād pure vse of the same 2. Cor. 13. 1. r But as thogh these holie 〈◊〉 of the Lords bodie and blood were commune 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 without reuerence he cōmeth vnto thē s Or dye Let thē loke to thē selues which ether adde or take away frō the Lords institu tion a The Corinthiā hauing notable gifts semed to ha ue forgotten of whome and for what end they had receiued thē Mar. 9. 〈◊〉 b VVhich colde not heare your prayers c By Satans suggestion d As no mā that hathe the Spirit of God can blaspheme Christ worship idoles so none can acknowledge christ for Lord ād God withoutthe same Spirit Iohn 13. 12. C ap 8. 6. Phil 2. 10. e To wit the Church which is the whole body f That is the vnderstanding of the Scriptures g To do onely miracles by h To worke by miracles against Satan hypocrices as was done against Ananias Elymas c. i Meaning the de claration of Gods mysteries k To trie bothe the doctrine and the persones Rom. 2. 3. Ephes. 4. 8. l That we might be one bodie with Christ and the whole Church one Christ of the which 〈◊〉 Baptisme the 〈◊〉 Supper are effectual signes for by baptisme we are regenerat into one Spirit and by the Lords Supper we are in corporat into 〈◊〉 bodie to be gouerned by the same Spirit m And therefore whatsoeuer the diuersitie is yet the profite ought to be commune and serue to the 〈◊〉 of the Church n VVhose vse semeth to be more vile o VVe are more careful to couer them p Euerie one in his office for the preseruacion of the bodie q For all Churches dispersed throughout the worlde are diuers membres of one bodie “ Or euerie one for his parte Ephes. 4. 11. r As Deacons s As Elders Chap. XIII “ Or do you then desire the best giftes Mat. 17. 20. Luk. 17. 6. a If the Angels had tongues I had the vse there of did not bestowe them to profite my neigh bour it were nothing but vaine babling b Faith is here ta ken for the 〈◊〉 of doing miracles which the wicked may ha ue as Mat. 7. 22. and also for that faith called histo rical which beleueth the mightie power of Christ but can not apprehend Gods mercie through him ād this deuils haue I am 2. 19 there fore is separate frō charitie but the faith that iustifieth in effect can not as 1. Iohn 2. 9. c Not that it suffreth it self to be abused but iudgeth others by all loue and humanitie d VVhich may
woman 1 THre things reioyce me and by them am I beautified before God men * the vni tie of brethren the loue of neighbours a mā and wife that agre together 2 ¶ Thre sortes of men my soule hateth and I vtterly abhorre the life of them a poore mā that is proude a riche man that is alier and an olde adulterer that doteth 3 ¶ If thou hast gathered nothing in thy youth what canst thou finde in thine age 4 ¶ Oh how pleasant a thing is it whē graie hea ded men minister iudgement and when the elders can giue good 〈◊〉 5 Oh how comelie a thing is wisdome vnto aged men vnderstanding and prudencie to men of honour 6 The crowne of olde mē is to haue muche ex perience and the feare of God is their glorie 7 ¶ There be nine things which I haue iudged in mine heart to be happie and the tēth wil I pronounce with my tongue a man that while he liueth hathe ioye of his children seeth the fall of his enemies 8 ¶ Wel is him that dwelleth with a wife of vn derstanding * and that hathe not fallen with his tongue and that hathe not serued suche as are vn worthie of him 9 Wel is him that findeth prudencie and he that 〈◊〉 speake in the eares of them that wil heare 10 ¶ Oh how great is he that findeth wisdome yet is there none aboue him that feareth the Lord. 11 The feare of the Lord passeth all things in 〈◊〉 12 Blessed is the man vnto whome it is granted to haue the feare of God Vnto whome shal he be likened that hathe atteined it 13 The feare of the Lord is the beginning of his loue and faith is the beginning to be ioyned vnto him 14 ¶ The greatest heauines is the heauines of the heart and the greatest malice is the malice of a woman 15 Giue me any plague saue onely the plague of the heart and any malice saue the malice of a woman 16 Or any 〈◊〉 saue the assalt of them that hate or any vengeance saue the vengeance of the enemie 17 There is not a more wicked head then the head of the serpent and there is no wrath aboue the wrath of an enemie 18 * I had rather dwell with a lion and dragon then to kepe house with a wicked wife 19 The wickednes of a woman changeth her face and maketh her countenance blacke as a sacke 20 Her housband is sitting among his neighbours because of her he sigheth sore or he beware 21 All wickednes is but litle to the wickednes of a woman let the porcion of the sinner fall vpon her 22 As the climing vp of a sandie way is to the fete of the aged so is a wife ful of wordes to a quiet man 23 * Stumble not at the beautie of a woman and desire her not for thy pleasure 24 If a woman nourish housband she is angrie and impudent and ful of reproche 25 A wicked wife maketh a sorie heart an heauie countenance and a wounded minde wea ke hands and feble knees and can not comfort her husband in heauines 26 Of the * woman came the beginning of sinne and thorow her we all dye 27 Giue the water no passage no not alitle nether giue a wicked woman libertie to go out 28 If she walke not in thine obedience she shal confound thee in the sight of thine ene mies Cut her of then from thy flesh Giue her and forsake her CHAP. XXVI 1 The praise of a good womā 5 Of the feare of thre things and of the fourth 6 Of the ielous and drunken woman 28 Of two things that cause sorow and of the thirde whi che moueth wrath 1 BLessed is the man that hathe a verteous wife for the nomber of his yeres shal be double 2 An honest woman reioyceth her housband she shal fill the yeres of his life with peace 3 A verteous woman is a good portion which shal be giuē for a gift vnto suche as feare the Lord. 4 Whether a man be riche or poore he hathe a good heart toward the Lord they shal at all times haue a chereful countenance 5 ¶ There be threthings that mine heart feareth my face is afraied of the fourth treason in a citie the assemblie of the people false accusation all these are heauier then death 6 ¶ But the sorow and grief of the heart is a woman that is ielous ouer another and she that communeth with all is a scourage of the tongue 7 An euil wife is as a yoke of oxen that drawe diuerse waies he that hathe her is as thogh he helde a scorpion 8 A drunken woman and suche as can not be tamed is a great plague for she can not couer her owne shame 9 The whordome of a woman may be knowē in the pride of her eyes and eyelid des 10 ¶ * If thy daughter be not shamefast holde her straitly lest she abuse her self thoro we ouer muche libertie 11 Take hede of her that hathe an vnshamefast eye and marueile not if she trespace against thee 12 As one that goeth by the way and is thirstie so shal she open her mouth and drinke of euerie next water by euerie hedge shal she sitte downe and open her quiuer against eue rie arowe 13 The grace of a wife reioyceth her housbād and fedeth his bones with her vnderstanding 14 A peaceable woman and of a good heart is a gift of the Lord and there is nothing so mn che worthe as a woman wel instructed 15 A shamefast and faithful woman is a double grace there is no weight to be compared vnto her continent minde 16 As the sunne when it ariseth in the high places of the LORDE so is the beautie of a good wife the ornament of her house 17 As the clere lyght is vpon the holie candlesticke so is the beautie of the face in a ripe age 18 As the golden pillers are vpon the sockettes of siluer so are faire fete with a constant minde 19 Perpetual are the fundacions that be laide vpō a strong rocke so are the cōmandemēts of God in the heart of an holie woman 20 My sonne kepe the strēgth of thine age sta ble and giue not thy strength to strangers 21 When thou hast gottē a fruteful possession through al the fields so we it with thine own sede trusting in thy nobilitie 22 So thy stocke that shalliue after thee shall grow trusting in the great liberalitie of their nobilitie 23 An harlot is compared to a sowe but the wife that is maried is counted as a towreagainst death to her housband 24 A wicked woman is giuen as a rewarde to a wicked man but a godlie woman is giuen to him that feareth the Lord. 25 A shameles woman contemneth shame but a shame fast woman wil reuerence her housband 26 A shameles womā is cōpared to a dog but she that is
he had spoken these things while they behelde he was taken vp for a cloude toke him vp out of their sight 10 And while thei loked stedfastly towarde heauē as he went beholde two men stode by them in white apparel 11 Which also said Ye men of Galile why stād ye gasing into heauen This Iesus which is taken vp frō you into heauen shal so come as ye haue sene him go into heauen 12 ¶ Then returned they vnto Ierusalem from the mount that is called the mount of oliues which is nere to Ierusalem conteining a Sabbath dayes iourney 13 And when thei were come in they went vp into an vpper chamber where abode bothe Peter and Iames and Iohn and Andrewe Phi lippe Thomas Bartlemewe Matthewe Iames the sonne of Alpheus and Simon zelotes and Iudas Iames brother 14 These all continued with one accorde in prayer and supplicatiō with the womē and Marie the mother of Iesus and with his brethren 15 ¶ And in those dayes Peter stode vp in the middes of the disciples and said now the nō ber of names that were in one place were about an hundreth and twentie 16 Ye men and brethrē this Scripture must nedes haue bene fulfilled which the * holie Gost by the mouth of Dauid spake before of Iudas which was* guide to thē that toke Iesus 17 For he was nombred with vs and had obtei ned feloship in this ministration 18 He therefore hathe purchased a field with the rewarde of iniquitie and when he* had throwen downe him selfe head lōgs he brast a sondre in the middes and all his bowels gushed out 19 And it is knowen vnto all the inhabitans of Ierusalem in so muche that that field is called in their owne langage Aceldama that is The field of blood 20 For it is written in the boke of Psalmes * Let his habitacion be voyde and let no mādwell therein * also Let another take his charge 21 Wherefore of these men which haue cōpa nied with vs all the time that the Lord Iesus was conuersant among vs 22 Beginning from the Baptisme of Iohn vnto the day that he was taken vp from vs muste one of them be made a witnes with vs of his resurrection 23 And they presented two Ioseph called Barsabas whose surname was Iustus and Matthias 24 And they prayed saying Thou Lord which knowest the hearts of all men shewe whether of these two thou hast chosen 25 That he may take the roume of this ministration and Apostleship from which Iudas hathe gone astray to go to his owne place 26 Then they gaue forthe their lottes and the lot fel on Matthias he was by a cōmune consent counted with the Eleuen Apostles CHAP. II. 3 The Apóstles hauing receiued the holie Gost make their hearers astonished 14 When Peter had stopped the mouthes of the mockers he 〈◊〉 by thy visible graces of the holie Spirit that Christ is come 41 He baptizeth a great nomber that were conuerted 42 The godlie exer cise charitie and diuers vertues of the faithful 1 ANd when the day of Pentecoste was come they were all with one accorde in one place 2 And* suddenly there came a sounde frō heauen as of a russhing and mightie winde it filled all the house where they sate 3 And there appeared vnto them clouen tongues like fyre and it sate vpon eche of them 4 And they were all silled with the holie Gost and began to speake with other tongues as the Spirit gaue them vtterance 5 And there were dwelling at Ierusalem Iewes men that feared God of 〈◊〉 nation vnder heauen 6 Now when this was noised the multitude came together and were astonied because that euerie man heard them spake his owne langage 7 And they wondred all and marueiled saying 〈◊〉 them selues Beholde are not all these which speake of Galile 8 How then heare we euerie man our owne langage wherein we were borne 9 Parthians and Medes and Elamites and the inhabitans of Mesopotamia and of Iudea and of Cappadocia of Pontus and Asia 10 And of Phrygia and Pamphilia of Egypt of the parties of Lybia which is beside Cyrene and strangers of Rome and Iewes and proselytes 11 Cretes and Arabians we heard thē speake in our owne tōgues the wonderful workes of God 12 They were all then amased and douted saying one to another What may this be 13 And others mocked and said They are ful of newe wine 14 ¶ But Peter standing with the Eleuen lift vp his voice and said vnto them Ye men of Iudea and ye all that inhabit Ierusalem be this knowen vnto you and hearken vnto my wordes 15 For these are not drōkē as ye suppose since it is but the thirde houre of the day 16 But this is that which was spoken by the Prophet * Ioel 17 And it shal be in the last dayes saith God I wil powre out of my Spirit vpon all flesh and your sonnes your daughters shal prophecie and your yong men shal se visions your olde men shal dreame dreames 18 And on my seruāts on mine handemaides I wil powre out of my Spirit in those dayes and they shal prophecie 19 And I wil shewe wonders in heauen aboue and tokens in the earth beneth blood and fyre and the vapour of smoke 20 * The sunne shal be turned into darkenes and the moone into blood before that great and notable day of the Lord come 21 And it shal be * that whosoeuer shal call on the Name of the Lord shal be saued 22 Ye mē of Israel heare these wordes IESVS of Nazaret a man approued of God among you with great workes and wondres and signes which God did by him in the middes of you as ye your selues also knowe 23 Him I say haue ye taken by the hands of the wicked being deliuered by the determinate counsel and fore knowledge of God and haue crucified and slaine 24 Whome God hathe 〈◊〉 vp and losed the sorowes of death because it was vnpossible that he shulde be holden of it 25 For Dauid saith concerning him * I beheld the Lord alwayes before me for he is at my right hand that I shulde not be 〈◊〉 26 Therefore did mine heart reioyce and my tongue was glad and moreouer also my flesh shalrest in hope 27 Because thou wilt not leaue my soule in graue nether wilt suffer thine holie one to se corruption 28 Thou hast shewed me the wayes of lyfe and shalt make me ful ofioye with thy coun tenance 29 Men ād brethren I may boldely speake vn to you of the Patriarke Dauid * that he is bothe dead and buryed ād his sepulchre remaineth with vs vnto this day
away childish things 12 For now we se through a glasse darkely but thē shal we se face to face Now I know in parte but then shall knowe euen as I am knowen 13 And now abideth faith hope and loue euen these thre but the chiefest of these is loue CHAP. XIIII 1 He exhorteth to loue commendeth the gif of tongues other spiritual gifts 5. But chiefly prophecying 34. He commaundeth women to kepe silence in the Church 40. And sheweth what good ordre ought to be obserued in the Church 1 FOllowe after loue and couet spiritual gifts and rather that ye maye prophecie 2 For he that speaketh a strāge tongue speaketh not vnto men but vnto God for no mā heareth him howbeit in the spirit he speaketh secret things 3 But he that prophecieth speaketh vnto mē to edifying and to exhortacion and to comfort 4 He that speaketh strange language edifieth him self but he that prophecieth edifieth the Church 5 I wolde that ye all spake strāge languages but rather that ye prophecied for greater is he that prophecieth then he that speaketh diuers tongues except he expounde it that the Church may receiue edification 6 And now brethren if I come vnto you spea king diuers tōgues what shal I profite you except I speake to you ether by reuelation or by knowledge or by propheciyng or by doctrine 7 Moreouer things without life which giue a sounde whether it be a pipe or an harpe except they make a distinctiō in the sounds how shal it be kenowen what is piped or harped 8 And also if the trumpet giue an vncerteine sounde who shal prepare him self to battel 9 So likewise you by the tongue except ye vtterwordes that haue signification how shal it be vnderstand what is spoken for ye shal speake in the ayre 10 There are so manie kindes of voyces as it cometh to passe in the worlde and none of them is domme 11 except I konowe then the power of the voyce I shal be vnto him that speaketh a barbarian and he that speaketh shal be a bar barian vnto me 12 Euen so for asmuche as ye couet spiritual gifts seke that ye maye excel vnto the edifying of the Church 13 Wherefore let him that speaketh a strāge tongue praie that he may interpret 14 For if I pray in a strange tongue my spirit praieth but mine vnderstanding is without frute 15 What is it then I wil praye with the spirit but I wil pray with the vnderstanding also I wil sing with the spirit but I wil sing with the vnderstanding also 16 Els when thou blessest with the spirit how shal he that occupieth the roume of the vnlearned say Amen at thy giuing of thankes seing he knoweth not what thou 〈◊〉 17 For thou velery giuest thankes wel but the other is not edified 18 I thanke my God I speake languages more then ye all 19 Yet had I rather in the Church to speake fiue wordes mine vnderstāding that I might also instruct others then ten thousand wordes in a strange tongue 20 Brethren be not* children in vnderstāding but as concerning maliciousnes be children but in vnderstanding be of a ripe age 21 In the Law it is written * By men of other tongues by other languages wil I speake vnto this people yet so shal they not heare me faith the Lord. 22 Wherefore strange tongues are for a signe not to them that beleue but to them that beleue not but prophecying serueth not for them that beleue not but for them which beleue 23 If therefore when the whole Church is come together in one all speake strange tongues there come in they that are vnlearned or they which beleue not wil they not say that ye are out of your wittes 14 But if all prophecie and there come in one that beleueth not or one vnlearned he is rebuked of all men and is iudged of all 15 And so are the secretes of his heart made manifest so he wil fall downe on his face and worship God and say plainely that God is in you in dede 26 What is to be done then brethren when ye come together according as euerie one of you hathe a psalme or hathe doctrine or hathe a tongue or hathe reuelaciō or hathe interpretacion let all things be done vnto edifying 27 If anie man speake a strange tongue let it be by two or at the most by thre and that by course and let one interpret 28 But if there be no interpreter let him kepe silence in the Church Which speaketh lan guages and let him speake to him self and to God 29 Let the Prophetes speake two or thre and let the other iudge 30 And if anie thing be reueiled to another that sitteth by let the first holde his peace 31 For ye may all prophecie one by one that all may learne and all may haue comfort 32 And the spirits of the Prophetes are subiect to the Prophetes 33 For God is not the autor of confusion but of peace as we se in all the Churches of the Saintes 34 * Let your women kepe silence in the Churche for it is not permitteth vnto them to speake but they ought to be subiect as also * the Law saith 35 And if thei will earne anie thing let them aske their housbands at home for it is a shame for women to speake in the Churche 36 Came the worde of God out from you ether came it vnto you onely 37 If anie mā thinke him self to be a Prophet or spirituall let him acknowledge that the things that I write vnto you are the commandements of the Lord. 38 And if anie man be ignorant let hym be ignorant 39 Wherefore bretherē couet to prophecie and forbid not to speake languages 40 Let all things be done honestly by order CHAP. XV. He proueth the 〈◊〉 surrection of the dead 3 And first that Christe is risen 22 Then that we shall 〈◊〉 52 And the maner how 1 MOreouer bretherē I declare vnto you the Gospel which I preached vnto you whiche ye haue also receiued and wherein ye continue 2 And whereby ye are saued if ye kepe in memorie after what maner I preached it vnto you except ye haue beleued in vaine 3 For first of all I deliuered vnto you that whiche I receiued howe that Christ dyed for our sinnes according to the Scriptures 4 And that he was buryed and that he arose the third day according the Scriptures 5 And that was sene of Cephas then of the twelue 6 After that he was sene of mo then siue hundreth brethren at once whereof many remaine vnto this present and some also are a slepe 7 After that he was sene of Iames then of all the Apostles 8 And
c Meaning the wonders and mi racles d Héres by turnyng the 〈◊〉 backward is 〈◊〉 as Iosh 24. 30. e 〈◊〉 is al maner of idoles f These were idoles which had the forme of an eweor shepe among the Sidonians Psal. 44. 〈◊〉 Isa. 50. 1. g In all their enterprises h The vengeance “ Or Magistrates †Ebr. saued i Meaning from the true religion †Ebr. repented k Seing their crueltie Chap. 3. 〈◊〉 †Ebr. corrupte them selues l As the 〈◊〉 Iebusites Amorites c. m So that bothe outwarde enemies and false Prophets are but a tryal to proue our 〈◊〉 Deut. 13. 3. a Which were acheued by the handof God and not by the power of man b For thei trusted in God and hefought for thē c Contrary to Gods commandement d Trees or woods erected for idolatrie Or Mesoporamia e He was stirred vp by the Spirit of the Lord. “ Or Syria f That is 32. vnder Ioshua 8. vnder Othnièl g So that the ene mies of Gods people haue no power ouer thē but by Gods appointement “ Or 〈◊〉 “ Or 〈◊〉 handed “ Or caused a dagger to be ma de h Or as some read from the places of idoles i Til all be depar ted “ Or 〈◊〉 †Ebr. he couereth 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 “ Or caused the trumpet to be blowen Nomb. 20. 2. “ Or strong and big bodied †Ebr. humbled k Meaning the Israelites l So that it is not the nomber not the meanes that God regardeth when he wil get the victorie †Ebr. added or 〈◊〉 to do euil a There was an 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 who 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 killed and 〈◊〉 his 〈◊〉 Hazor Iosh 〈◊〉 13. b That is in a wood or strong place c By the Spirit of prophecie resoluing of controuersies and de claring the wil of God d And reueiled vnto me by the Spirit 〈◊〉 prophe 〈◊〉 “ 〈◊〉 valiey 〈◊〉 83. 10. e 〈◊〉 his owne weakenes and his enemies power he desireth the Prophetesse to go with himto 〈◊〉 him of Gods wil 〈◊〉 time to time “ Or he led after him 10000. men “ Or posteritie Nomb 10. 20. 〈◊〉 from kain f Meanin g that he 〈◊〉 a great parte of that countrey g She stil encou rageth him to this entreprise by assuring him of Gods 〈◊〉 and aide Psal. 83. 10. h Whose 〈◊〉 were strangers but 〈◊〉 the true God and therefo re were ioyned with 〈◊〉 “ Or 〈◊〉 Chap. 5. 〈◊〉 i To wit Siserá k That is the pin ne or stake whereby it was faste ned to the 〈◊〉 l So he sawe the a womā had the honour as Debo ráh prophecied †Ebr. 〈◊〉 and was strong a To 〈◊〉 the two tribes of zebulun and Naph 〈◊〉 Deut. 4. 11. Deut. 2. 1. Psal. 97. 5. Exod. 19. 18. Chap. 3 〈◊〉 Chap. 4. 18. b Forfeare of the enemies c Miraculously 〈◊〉 vp of God to 〈◊〉 deliuer them d They had no heart to resist their enemies e Ye gouerners f As in dāger of your enemies g For now you may drawe water without feare of your enemies h To wit them that kept thy people in captiuitie i Ioshua first fought against Amalék Saul destroyed him k Euen the learned did helpe to fight l Euē the whole 〈◊〉 m They merueiled that they came not ouer Iordén to helpe them n She reproueth althē that came not to helpe their brethren in their 〈◊〉 o Ether by beating of thesea or by mining p They wanne nothing but lost 〈◊〉 q As a besome doeth thesil the of the house r It was a 〈◊〉 nere Tabor where they 〈◊〉 s Some read churned milke in a great cup. †Ebr. destroyed “ Or fere t That is she com 〈◊〉 her selfe u Because he was chief of the armie x Shal growe daily more and more in Gods fa 〈◊〉 a For feare of the Midianites thei fled into the 〈◊〉 of themo 〈◊〉 “ Or of kedém b Euen almost the whole countrey c This is the end of Gods punishe ments to call his to repentance that they may seke for helpe of him 2. king 17. 39. Iere. 10. 2. “ Or to prepare his flight d This came not of distrust but of weakenes of faith which is in the moste perfect for no man in this life can haue aperfect faith but the children of God haue a true faith whereby they be iustified e That is Christ appearing 〈◊〉 visible forme f Whiche I haue giuen thee “ Or familie g So that we se how the 〈◊〉 is enemie vnto Gods vocation whiche can not be persuaded without signes h Of Epháh read Exod 16. 36. i By the power of God 〈◊〉 as in the 〈◊〉 of Helias 1. king 18. 38. 〈◊〉 33 20. 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 22. “ Or the Lord 〈◊〉 peace k That is as the Chalde text 〈◊〉 fed 〈◊〉 yeres l Which growed aboue Baals altar m Meaning the fat bul which was kept to be offredvnto 〈◊〉 n Thus we 〈◊〉 to iust 〈◊〉 them that are zelous of Gods cause though all the multitude be against vs. †Ebr. clad 〈◊〉 Nomb. 10. 3. o The familie of Abiézer whereof he was Chap 3. 27. p This 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 not of infidelitie but that he might be confirmed in his vocation Gen. 18. 32. q Whereby he was assured that it was a miracle of God Chap. 8. 38. “ Ebr. Enharod “ Ebr. Hammoréb a God wil not that anie creature depriue him of his glorie Deut. 20. 5. 1. Mac. 〈◊〉 56. b I wil giue thee a proose to knowe thē that shal go with thee c 〈◊〉 thē departe as 〈◊〉 for this enterprise d That is the one and thirtie thou sand and 700 †Ebr. in their hands Or incouraged e Thus the Lord by diuers meanes doth strengthen him that he faint not in so great an enterprise Chap. 6. 〈◊〉 f Some read 〈◊〉 trembling 〈◊〉 of barley 〈◊〉 meaning that one of no repura cion shulde make their great ar mie to tremble g Or gaue God thankes as it is in the Chalde text “ Or 〈◊〉 brands h These weake meanes God vsed to signifie that the 〈◊〉 victorie came of him i That is the victorie shal be the Lords Gideōs his seruant k Shal destroy the enemies “ Or broke their 〈◊〉 Isa. 9 4. l The Lord 〈◊〉 sed the Midianites to kil one another m Meaning the passages or the foordes that thei shulde not escape Psal. 83. 12. Isa. 10. 26. n These places had their names of the actes that were done there a They began to 〈◊〉 because he had the glorie of the victorie b Which haue 〈◊〉 two prin ces Oréb and zeéb c This Iast act of the whole tribe is more famous then the whole enterprise of one man of one fami lie d Or some 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 †Ebr. that are at my fete e Because 〈◊〉 hast 〈◊〉 an handful 〈◊〉 thou to haue ouercome the whole †〈◊〉 beat in pieces f 〈◊〉 gotten 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 g A 〈◊〉