¶ Because that whan thou goest to study in holy scripture thou shuldest do it with reuerence therfore for thy instruction louynge admonicion therto the Reuerende father in god Nicolas Bisshoppe of Salisbury hath prescrybed the this prayer folowynge taken out of the same O Lorde God almyghtye whiche longe agoo saydest by the mouthe of Iames thyn Apostle If any of you lacke wysdom let hym aske it of God whiche geueth it plenteously to all men and casteth no man in the tethe and it shal be geuen hym Heare my peticion for this thy promes sake Let my prayer ascende luckely in to thy syght lyke incense Let thy◠eare be attent vnto my depe desyre Geue me wysdome which is eue◠assistent about thy seate And put me not out from amonge 〈…〉 for I am thy seruaunt and y e sonne of thy handmayde ▪ 〈…〉 her I meane thy godly wysedome out of thyne holy heauens and from the trone of thy maiestye that she maye be with me and laboure with me y t I may knowe what is acceptable in thy syght Oh lerne me goodnes nurtoure and knowlege for I beleue thy commaundementes Thou art good and gracyous instructe me in thyne ordynaunces Let myne hertie besechynge ascende in to thy presence Geue me vnderstondynge accordynge to thy worde Oh geue me vnderstōdynge and I shall kepe thy lawe Yee I shall kepe it with all myne herte Shewe me thy wayes o Lorde teache me thy patthes Leade me in to thy trueth and lerne me for thou art the God of my helth And on the do I depende alway Heare now my voyce O Lorde with which I haue cryed vnto the. Haue mercy vpon me and gracyouslye heare me for Iesus Christes sake oure Lorde which lyueth and reygneth with the his father the holy goost worlde without ende Amen ¶ After the ende of any Chapter yf thou wylt thou mayest saye these verses folowynge LEade me o Lorde in thy waye and let me walke in thy trueth Oh let myne herte delyte in fearynge thy name Ordre my goynges after thy worde that no wyckednes reygne in me Kepe my steppes within thy patthes lest my fete turne in to any contrary waye Vnto the most victorious Prynce and oure most gracyous soueraigne Lorde kynge Henry the kynge of Englonde and of Fraunce lorde of Irlonde c. Defendour of the Fayth and vnder God the chefe and suppreme heade of the Church of Englonde ¶ The ryght iust administracyon of the lawes that God gaue vnto Moses and vnto Iosua the testimonye of faythfulnes that God gaue of Dauid the plenteous abundaunce of wysdome that God gaue vnto Salomon the lucky and prosperous age with the multiplicacyon of sede whiche God gaue vnto Abraham and Sara his wyfe be geuē vnto you most gracyous Prynce with your dearest iust wyfe and most vertuous Pryncesse Quene Anne Amen CAiphas beynge bysshope of that yeare lyke a blynde prophete not vnderstandyng what he sayd prophecied that it was better to put Christ vnto death then that all the people shulde perysshe he meanyng that Christ was an heretike a deceauer of the people a destroyer of the lawe and that it was better therfore to put Christ vnto death thā to suffre hym for to lyue and to deceaue the people c. where in very dede Christ was the true prophete the true Messias and the onely true Sauiour of the worlde sent of his heauenly father to suffre the moste cruell most shamefull and most necessary death for our redempcyon accordyng to y e meanynge of the prophecie truely vnderstonde Euen after the same maner y e blynde bysshoppe of Rome that blynde Baalam I saye not vnderstondynge what he dyd gaue vnto your grace this tytle Defendour of the fayth onely bycause your hyghnes suffred your bysshoppes to burne Gods worde the rote of fayth and to persecute the louers and mynisters of y e same where in very dede the blynde bysshoppe though he knewe not what he dyd prophecied that by the ryghteous admynistracyon and contynuall diligence of youre grace the fayth shulde so be defended that Gods worde the mother of Fayth with the frutes therof shulde haue his fre course thorowe out all Christendome but specyally in your realme Yf your hyghnesse now of your pryncely benignite wyll pardon me to compare these two bysshoppes I meane bysshoppe Caiphas and the bysshoppe of Rome theyr prophecies together I doute not but we shal fynde them agree lyke brethren though the one be a Iewe and the other a counterfayre Christian. Fyrst Caiphas prophecied that it was better to put Christ vnto death then that the people shulde perysshe The bysshoppe of Rome also not knowynge what he prophecied gaue youre grace this tytle Defendour of the fayth The trueth of both these prophecies is of the holy goost as was Baalams prophecie though they that spake thē knewe not what they sayd The trueth of Caiphas prophecie is that it was necessary for mans saluacyon that Christ by his death shulde ouercome death and redeme vs. And the trueth of oure Baalams prophecie is y t your grace in very dede shulde defende the Fayth Yee euen the true fayth of Christ no dreames no fables no heresie no papisticall inuencions but the vncorrupte fayth of Gods most holy worde which to set forth praysed be the goodnes of God and increace youre gracyous purpose your hyghnes with youre most honorable councell applyeth all his studye and endeuoure These two blynde bysshopes now agree in y e vnderstādyng of theyr prophecies for Caiphas taketh Christ for an heretike Oure Balaā taketh the worde of Christ for heresie Caiphas iudgeth it to be a good dede to put Christ vnto death that he shulde not deceaue the people Oure Balaam calleth defendynge of the fayth the suppressyng kepyng secrete and burnyng of the worde of fayth lest the lyght thereof shulde vtter his darknes lest his owne Decretales Decrees his owne lawes and constitucions his owne statutes and inuencions shulde come to none effecte lest his intollerable exactions and vsurpacions shulde lose theyr strengthe lest it shulde be knowen what a thefe and murtherer he is in the cause of Christ and how haynous a traytoure to God and man in defraudynge all Christen kynges prynces of theyr due obedience lest we youre graces subiectes shulde haue eyes in the worde of God at the last to spye out his crafty conueyaūce and iuglynges and lest men shulde se how sore he and his false Apostles haue deceaued all Christendome specyally youre noble realme of Englonde Thus your grace seyth how brotherly the Iewysh bysshoppe and oure Balaam agree together not onely in myter and outwarde appearaunce but as the one persecuted the Lorde Iesus in his owne persone so doth the other persecute his worde and resysteth his holy ordynaunce in the auctorite of his anoynted kynges For so moche nowe as the worde of God is the onely trueth that dryueth awaye all
admynistracion was nothyng tēporall but playne spiritual as he hym selfe affirmeth proueth in the fourth chapter of saynt Luke out of the prophete Esay where all bysshoppes and prestes maye se how farre theyr byndynge and lowsynge extendeth and where in theyr office consisteth namely in preachynge the Gospell c. wherfore most gracyous prynce there is no tonge I thynke that can fully expresse and declare the vntollerable iniuries which haue bene done vnto God to al prynces and to the comynalties of all christen realmes sence they which shulde be onely the ministers of Gods worde became lordes of the worlde and thrust y e true and iust prynces out of theyr rowmes whose herte wolde not pitie it yee euē with lamentacyon to remember but onely the vntollerable wronge done by that Antychrist of Rome vnto youre graces most noble predecessoure kynge Iohn̄ I passe ouer his pestilent pykynge of Peter pens out of youre realme his stealynge awaye of youre money for pardons benefices and bysshoprykes his disceauyng of youre subiectes soules with his deuelyshe doctrynes and sectes of his false religions his bloudsheddyng of so many of your graces people for bokes of the scripture ▪ whose herte wolde not be greued yee and that out of measure to call to remēbraūce how obstinate and disobedient how presumptuous stubburne that Antychrist made the bysshoppes of youre realme agaynst your graces noble predecessours in tymes past as it is manyfest in y e Cronicles I trust verely there be no suche now within youre realme ▪ Yf there be let them remembre these wordes of scripture Presumptuousnes goeth before destrucciō after a proude stomacke there foloweth a fall what is now the cause of all these vntollerable and nomore to be suffred abhominacions Truely euen the ignoraunce of the scripture of God For how had it els ben possyble that such blyndnes shulde haue come in to y e worlde had not y e lyghte of Gods worde bene extyncte How coulde men I saye haue bene so farre from the true seruyce of God and from the due obedience of theyr prynce had not the lawe of God bene clene shut vp depressed cast asyde and put out of remembraunce As it was afore the tyme of that noble kynge Iosias and as it hath bene also amonge vs vnto youre graces tyme by whose most ryghteous admynistracyon thorowe the mercyfull goodnes of God it is now founde agayne ✚ as it was in the dayes of that most vertuous kynge Iosias And praysed be the father the sonne and the holy goost worlde without ende which so excellently hath endewed youre Pryncely hert with such feruentnes to his honoure and to the welth of youre louyng subiectes that I maye ryghtuously by iust occasyons in youre persone cōpare youre hyghnes vnto that noble and gracyous kynge y t lanterne of lyghte amonge prynces that feruent protectour and defender of the lawes of God which cōmaunded straytly as youre grace doth that the lawe of God shulde be redde and taught vnto all y e people set the prestes to theyr office in the worde of god destroyed Idolatry and false ydols put downe all euell customes and abusyons set vp the true honoure of God applyed all his studye and endeuoure to the ryghtuous admynistracyon of the most vncorrupte lawe of God c. O what felicite was amonge y e people of Ierusalem in his dayes And what prosperous health both of soule body foloweth the lyke mynistracion in youre hyghnes we begynne now praysed be God to haue experience Foras false doctryne is the origenall cause of all euell plages and destruccyon so is y e true executynge of the lawe of God ād the preachyng of the same the mother of all godly prosperite The onely worde of god I saye is the cause of all felicite it bryngeth all goodnes with it it bryngeth lernynge it gēdreth vnderstondynge it causeth good workes it maketh chyldren of obedience breuely it teacheth all estates theyr office and duety Seynge then that the scripture of God teacheth vs euery thynge sufficiently both what we oughte to do and what we oughte to leaue vndone whome we are bounde to obey and whome we shulde not obeye therfore I saye it causeth all prosperite and setteth euery thyng in frame and where it is taught and knowen it lyghteneth all darkenesses cōforteth all sory hertes leaueth no poore man vnhelped suffreth nothynge amysse vnamended letteth no prynce be disobeyed permytteth no heresie to be preached but refourmeth all thinges amēdeth that is amysse and setteth euery thynge in order And why because it is geuen by the inspiracyon of God therfore is it euer bryngynge profyte and frute by teachynge by improuynge by amendynge and refourmyng all thē y t wyl receaue it to make them parfecte mete vnto all good workes Considerynge now most gracyous prynce the inestimable treasure frute prosperite euerlastynge that God geueth with his worde and trustynge in his infynite goodnes that he wolde brynge my symple and rude laboure herin to good effecte therfore as the holy goost moued other mē to do the cost herof so was I boldened in God to laboure in the same Agayne consyderynge youre Imperiall maiestye not onely to be my naturall soueraigne liege Lorde chefe heade of y e church of Englōde but also the true defender and maynteyner of Gods lawes I thought it my dutye and to belonge vnto my allegiaunce whan I had translated this Bible not onely to dedicate this translacyon vnto youre hyghnesse but wholy to commytte it vnto the same to the intent that yf any thynge therin be translated amysse for in many thynges we fayle euen whan we thynke so be sure it may stōde in youre graces handes to correcte it to amende it to improue it yee cleane to reiecte it yf youre godly wysdome shall thynke it necessary And as I do with all humblenes submitte myne vnderstondynge and my poore translacyon vnto y e spirite of trueth in your grace so make I this protestacyon hauyng God to recorde in my cōscience that I haue nether wrested nor altered so moch as one worde for the mayntenaūce of any maner of secte but haue with a cleare conscience purely faythfully translated this out of fyue sundry interpreters hauyng onely the manyfest trueth of the scripture before myne eyes Trustynge in the goodnes of God that it shal be vnto his worshippe quietnes and tranquilite vnto your hyghnes a perfecte stablyshment of all Gods ordynaunces within youre graces domynion a generall comforte to all Christen hertes and a continuall thankfulnesse both of olde and yonge vnto god and to youre grace for beynge oure Moses and for bringynge vs out of this olde Egypte from the cruell handes of our spirituall Pharao For where were the Iewes by ten thousande partes so moch bounde vnto Kynge Dauid for subduynge of greate Goliath and all theyr enemyes as we are to your grace for delyuerynge vs out of oure olde Babylonycall captiuyte For y t
can we discerne the thinges that are vpon earth and greate labo r haue we or we can fynde the thinges which are before oure eyes Who will then seke out the groūde of the thinges that are done in heauē Oh LORDE who cā haue knowlege of y e vnderstandinge and meaninge excepte thou geue wyszdome and sende thy holy goost frō aboue that the wayes of them which are vpon earth maye be refourmed y t men maye lerne y e thinges that are pleasaunt vnto the and be preserued thorow wyszdome The X. Chapter WYszdome preserued y e first mā whō God made a father of the worlde whā he was created alone brought him out of his offence toke him out of the moulde of y e earth gaue him power to rule all thinges Whan the vnrighteous wente awaye in his wrath from this wyszdome y e brotherheade perished thorow y e wrath of murthur Agayne whā y e water destroyed y e whole worlde wyszdome preserued the righteous thorow a poore tre wherof she was gouerner herself Morouer whā wickednes had gotten y e vpperhande so y t the nacions were puft vp with pryde she knewe y e righteous preserued him fautlesse vnto God and layed vp sure mercy for his children She preserued the righteous whan he fled from the vngodly y t perished what tyme as y e fyre fell downe vpon y e v. cities Like as yet this daye the vnfrutefull waist and smokinge lōde geueth testimony of their wickednesse yee the vnripe and vntymely frutes that growe vpon the trees And for a tokē of a remembraunce of the vnfaithfull soule there standeth a piler of salt For all soch as regarded not wyszdome gat not only this hurte that they knewe not the thinges which were good but also left behinde them vnto mē a memoriall of their foolishnes so y t in the thinges wherin they synned they coude not be hydd But as for soch as take hede vnto wyszdome she shal delyuer them from sorowe Whan the righteous fled because of his brothers wrath wyszdome led him the right waye shewed him y e kyngdome of God gaue him knowlege of holy thinges made him riche in his laboures and brought to passe the thinges that he wente aboute In y e disceatfulnes of soch as defrauded him she stode by him made him ryche She saued him from the enemies and defended him from y e disceauers She made him stronge in battayll and gaue him the victory y t he might knowe how that wyszdome is stronger then all thinges Whan the righteous was solde she forsoke him not but delyuered him frō synners She wente downe with him in to the dongeon and fayled him not in the bandes tyll she had brought him the cepter of y e realme and power agaynst those that oppressed him As for them that had accused him she declared them to be lyers brought him to perpetuall worshipe She delyuered the righteous people and fautlesse sede from the nacions that oppressed them She entred in to the soule of the seruaunt of God and stode by him in wonders and tokens agaynst the horrible kynge She gaue y e righteous the rewarde of their labours led them forth a maruelous waye on the daye tyme she was a shadowe vnto them and a light of starres in the night season She brought them thorow the reed see and caried them thorow the greate water She drowned their enemies in the see and brought them out of the depe So the righteous toke the spoyles of the vngodly and praysed thy holy name o LORDE and magnified thy victorious hād with one acorde For wyszdome openeth the mouth of y e domme maketh y e tonges of babes to speake The XI Chapter SHe ordred their workes in the hādes of the holy prophet so y t they wente thorow y e wyldernes y t was not inhabited pitched their tētes in y e waist deserte They stode agaynst their enemies were auenged of their aduersaries Whā they were thirstie they called vpō y e water was geuē them out of y e rok their thirst slockened out of y e harde stone For by y e thinges where thorow their enemies were punished were they helped in their nede For vnto the enemies thou gauest mās bloude in steade of lyuynge water And where as they had scarcenesse in y e rebuke whan the children were slayne thou gauest vnto thine awne a plenteous water vnloked for declaringe by the thyrst y t was at that tyme how thou woldest bringe thine awne vnto hono r slaye their aduersaries For whan they were tryed nourtured w t fatherly mercy they knowleged how the vngodly were iudged and punyshed thorow y e wrath of God These hast thou exorted as a father proued thē but vnto y e other thou hast bene a boysteous kynge layed hard to their charge condēned thē Whether they were absent or present their punyshmēt was alyke For their grefe was dubble namely mournynge and y e remēbraunce of thinges past But whā they perceaued y t their punishmētes dyd thē good they thought vpon the LORDE wondered at y e ende For at the last they helde moch of him of whō in y e out castinge they thought scorne as of an abiecte Neuerthelesse y e righteous dyd not so when they were thirstie but euenlike as y e thoughtes of y e foolish were so was also their wickednes Where as certayne mē now thorow erro r dyd worshipe dommeserpentes vayne beestes thou sendedst a multitude of domme beastes vpon them for a vengeaunce y t they might knowe that loke where withall a mā synneth by the same also shal he be punyshed For vnto thy allmighty hande that made the worlde of naught it was not vnpossible to sende amonge them an heape of Beeres or woode lyōs or cruell beastes of a straūge kynde soch as are vnknowne or spoute fyre or cast out a smokinge breth or shote horrible sparkes out of their eyes which might not only destroye them with hurtinge but also kyll them with their horrible sight Yee without these beestes might they haue bene slayne with one winde beynge persecuted of their awne workes and scatered abrode thorow the breth of thy power Neuertheles thou hast ordred all thinges in measure nōbre weight For thou hast euer had greate strēgth might who maye withstōde y e power of thine arme And why like as y e small thynge y t y e balaunce weyeth so is y e worlde before y e yee as a droppe of y e morninge dew that falleth downe vpon the earth Thou hast mercy vpon all for thou hast power of all thynges and makest the as though thou sawest not the sinnes of mē because they shulde amende For thou louest all the thinges that are and hatest none of thē whō thou hast made nether didest thou ordeyne or make eny thinge of
ANd they walked in the myddest of the flamme praysynge God and magnifienge y e LORDE Asarias stode vp and prayde on this maner Euen in the myddest of the fyre opened he his mouth saide Blessed be thou o LORDE God of o r fathers right worthy to be praysed and honoured is y t name of thine for euermore for thou art righteous in all y e thinges y t thou hast done to vs Yee faithfull are all y e workes y e wayes are right y e iudgmeÌ„tes true In all y e thinges y t thou hast brought vpon vs vpon the holy cite of o r fathers euen Ierusalem thou hast executed true iudgment Yee acordinge to right and equyte hast thou brought these thinges vpoÌ„ vs because of oure synnes For why we haue offended done wickedly departynge from the In all thinges haue we trespaced not obeyed thy coÌ„maundementes ner kepte theÌ„ nether done as thou hast bydden vs y t we might prospere Wherfore all y t thou hast brought vpon vs euery thinge y t thou hast done to vs thou hast done them in true iudgment As in delyueringe vs in to the hondes of oure enemies amoÌ„ge vngodly wicked abhominacions to an vnrighteous kinge yee y e most frowarde vpoÌ„ earth And now we maye not opeÌ„ o r mouthes we are become a shame reprofe vnto y e seruauntes to theÌ„ y t worshipe the. Yet for thy names sake we beseke the geue vs not vp for euer breake not thy couenaunt take not awaye thy mercy from vs for thy beloued Abrahams sake for thy seruaunt Isaacs sake for thy holy Israels sake to whom thou hast spoken promysed y t thou woldest multiply their sede as y e starres of heauen as the londe y t lieth vpon y e seâ— shore For we o LORDE are become lesse theÌ„ eny people be kepte vnder this daye in all the worlde because of oure synnes So ther now we haue nether prynce duke prophet burnt offerynge sacrifice oblacioÌ„ inceÌ„seâ—â—â— Sanctuary before the. Neuerthelesse in a contrite herte and an humble sprete let vs be receaued y t we maie opteyne thy mercy Like as in the burnt offerynge of rammes bullockes and like as in thousandes of fat lambes so let o r offrynge be in thy sight this daye y t it maye please y e for there is no coÌ„fucion vnto them y t put there trust in the. And now we folowe the with all o r herte we feare the seke thy face Put vs not to shame but deale w t vs after thy louynge kyndnesse acordinge to the multitude of thy mercies Delyuer vs by thy miracles o LORDE get thy name an honoure that all they which do thy seruauntes euell maye be confouÌ„ded Let them be ashamed thorow thy Allmightie power and let their strength be broken that they maye knowe how that thou only art the LORDE God hono r worthy thorow out all the worlde And the kynges seruaÌ„tes y t put them in ceassed not to make the ouen hote with wylde fyre drye strawe pitch fagottes so that the flamme wente out of the ouen vpon a xlix cubites yee it toke awaye brent vp those Caldees y t it gat holde vpon besyde the ouen But the angel of the LORDE came downe in to the ouen to Asarias and his felowes smote y e flamme of the fyre out of the ouen made the myddest of the ouen as it had bene a coole wynde blowinge so that the fyre nether touched them greued them ner dyd them hurte Then these thre as out of one mouth praysed honoured and blessed God in the fornace sayenge Blessed be thou o LORDE God of oure fathers for thou art prayse honoure worthy yee to be magnified for euermore Blessed be y e holy name of thy glory for it is worthy to be praysed and magnified in all worldes Blessed be thou in the holy temple of y e glory for aboue all thinges thou art to be praysed yee more then worthy to be magnified for euer Blessed be thou in the trone of y e kyngdome for aboue all thou art worthy to be wel spoken of to be more then magnified for euer Blessed be thou that lokest thorow the depe syttest vpon the Cherubyns for thou art worthy to be praysed aboue all to be magnified for euer Blessed be thou in y e firmament of heauen for thou art prayse and honoure worthy for euer O all ye workes of the LORDE speake good of y e LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye angels of the LORDE speake good of the LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye heaueÌ„s speake good of the LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O all ye waters that be aboue the firmameÌ„t speake good of the LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O all ye powers of the LORDE speake good of the LORDE prayse him set him vp for euer O ye SoÌ„ne Moone speake good of the LORDE prayse him set him vp for euer O ye starres of heaueÌ„ speake good of the LORDE prayse him set him vp for euer O ye schowers dew speake good of the LORDE prayse him set him vp for euer O all ye wyndes of God speake good of y e LORDE prayse him set him vp for euer O ye fyre heate speake good of y e LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye wynter and sommer speake good of the LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye dewes frostes speake good of the LORDE prayse him set him vp for euer O ye frost and colde speake good of the LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye yse and snowe speake good of the LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye nightes and dayes speake good of the LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye light and darcknesse speake good of the LORDE prayse him and set vp him for euer O ye lightenynges and cloudes speake good of the LORDE prayse him set him vp for euer O let the earth speake good of the LORDE yee lett it prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye mouÌ„taynes and hilles speake good of the LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O all ye grene thinges vpon the earth speake good of the LORDE prayse him set him vp for euer O ye welles speake good of the LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O ye sees and floudes speake good of the LORDE prayse him set him vp for euer O ye whalles and all that lyue in the waters speake good of the LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O all ye foules of the ayre speake good of the LORDE prayse him and set him vp for euer O all ye beastes catell speake good of
heauen and in earth Go ye youre waye therfore and teach all nacions and baptyse them in the name of the father and of the sonne and of the holy goost and teach them to kepe all thinges what soeuer I haue commaunded you And lo I am with you euery daye vnto the ende of the worlde The ende of the gospell of S. Mathew The gospell of S. Marke What S. Marke conteyneth Chap. I. The office of Ihon the baptist The baptyme of Christ his fastynge his preachinge and the callynge of Peter Andrew Iames and Ihon. Christ healeth the man with the vncleane sprete helpeth Peters mother in lawe and clenseth the leper Chap. II. He healeth the man of the palsye calleth Leui the customer eateth with open synners and excuseth his disciples Chap. III. He helpeth the man with the dryed hande choseth his apostles and casteth out the vncleane sprete which the Pharises ascrybe vnto the deuell The brother sister and mother of Christ. Chap. IIII. The parable of the sower Christ stilleth the tempest of the see which obeyeth him Chap. V. He delyuereth the possessed from the vncleane sprete the woman from the bloudye yssue and rayseth the captaynes doughter Chap. VI. Christ preacheth at home and is not regarded He sendeth out his disciples Ihon baptist is taken and headed Christ fedeth fyue thousande men with fyue loaues and two fiszhes He walketh vpon the see Chap. VII The Pharises are not cōtent that the disciples eate with vnwaszhen handes but Christ rebuketh thē selues for breakinge the commaundementes of God healeth the woman of Canaans daughter and maketh the domme to speake Chap. VIII He fedeth foure thousande mē with vij loaues reproueth the Pharises that are so desyrous of tokens warneth his disciples to bewarre of their leuen maketh a blynde man to see axeth his disciples what men holde of him reproueth Peter telleth his disciples of his passion and exorteth them to folowe him ▪ Chap. IX The transfiguracion of Christ which healeth the childe that was possessed of a domme sprete teacheth his disciples to be lowly and to auoyde occasions of euell Chap. X. Christ geueth his answere concernynge mariage and that it is harde for th◠rich to come in to heauē reproueth the disdayne of his disciples lerneth thē to be meke and restoreth blynde Barthimeus to his sight Chap. XI Christ rydeth in to Ierusalem dryueth the marchauntes out of the temple curseth the fyge tre and confoundeth the Pharises Chap. XII He rebuketh the synne and vnthankfulnesse of the Iewes with a goodly symilitude taketh thē in their owne disceatfull questions exorteth to bewarre of their doctryne and lyuynge and commendeth the good wyll of the poore wyddowe Chap. XIII He warneth his disciples to bewarre of false teachers and disceauers comforteh them agaynst the trouble for to come tellinge them of the horrible destruccion of Ierusalem of his commynge and ende of the worlde Chap. XIIII The Magdalene anoynteth Christ. They eate the easter lambe and the supper of the LORDE Christ is taken and brought in to Caiphas house Peter denyeth him Chap. XV. The crucifienge of Christ and how he was buried Chap. XVI The resurreccion of Christ which appeareth vnto Mary Magdalene and to his disciples whom he sendeth forth in to the worlde to preach the gospell and ascēdeth vp in to heauen himself The gospell of S. Marke The first Chapter THis is the begynnynge of the gospell of Iesus Christ the sonne of God as it is wryttē in the prophetes Beholde I sende my messaūger before thy face which shal prepare thy waye before the. The voyce of a cryer is in the wyldernes Prepare the waye of the LORDE make his pathes straight Ihon was in the wyldernes and baptysed and preached the baptyme of amendment for the remyssion of synnes And there wente out vnto him the whole londe of Iewry and they of Ierusalem and were all baptysed of him in Iordan and knowleged their synnes Ihon was clothed with Camels heer and with a lethron gerdell aboute his loynes and ate locustes and wylde hony and preached and sayde There commeth one after me which is stronger then I before whom I am not worthy to stoupe downe and to lowse vp y e lachet of his shue I baptyse you with water but he shal baptyse you with the holy goost And it happened at the same tyme that Iesus came out of Galile from Nazareth and was baptysed of Ihon in Iordan And as soone as he was come out of the water he sawe that the heauens opened and the goost as a doue cōmynge downe vpon him And there came a voyce from heauē Thou art my deare sonne in whom I delyte And immediatly the sprete droue him in to the wyldernes and he was in the wyldernes fourtye dayes and was tempted of Sathan and was with the wylde beestes And the angels mynistred vnto him But after that Ihon was taken Iesus came in to Galile and preached the gospell of the kyngdome of God and sayde the tyme is fulfylled and the kyngdome of God is at hande Amende youre selues and beleue the gospell So as he walked by the see of Galile he sawe Symon and Andrew his brother castinge their nettes in the see for they were fyszhers And Iesus sayde vnto thē Folowe me and I wil make you fyszhers of mē And immediatly they left their nettes and folowed him And when he was gone a lytle further from thence he sawe Iames the sonne of Zebede and Ihon his brother as they were in the shyppe mendynge their nettes And anone he called them And they left their father Zebede in the shyppe with the hyred seruauntes and folowed him And they wente in to Capernaum and immediatly vpon the Sabbathes he entred in to the synagoge and taught And they were astonnyed at his doctryne for he taught them as one hauynge power and not as the Scrybes And in their synagoge there was a man possessed with a foule sprete which cried and sayde Oh what haue we to do with the thou Iesus of Nazareth Art thou come to destroye us I knowe that thou art euen y t holy one of God And Iesus reproued him and sayde holde thy tonge and departe out of him And the foule sprete tare him and cried with a loude voyce and departed out of him And they were all astonnyed in so moch that they axed one another amonge thē selues sayde What is this What new lernynge is this For he cōmaundeth the foule spretes with power and they are obedient vnto him And immediatly the fame of him was noysed rounde aboute in the coastes and borders of Galile And forth with they wente out of the synagoge and came in to the house of Symō and Andrew w t Iames and Ihon. And Symons mother in lawe laye had the feuers and anone they tolde him of her And he came to her and set her vp and toke her by y e hande and the feuer
wash my fete Iesus answered him Yf I wash y e not thou shalt haue no parte with me Symon Peter sayde vnto him LORDE not the fete onely but the handes also and the heade Iesus sayde vnto him He that is waszheÌ„ nedeth not saue to washe y e fete but is cleane euery whytt And ye are cleane but not all For he knewe his betrayer therfore sayde he ye are not all cleane Now whan he had waszhen their fete and taken his clothes he sat him downe agayne and sayde vnto theÌ„ Wote ye what I haue done vnto you Ye call me master and LORDE and ye saye right therin for so I am Yf I then youre LORDE and master haue waszhen youre fete ye ought also to wash one anothers fete I haue geueÌ„ you an ensample that ye shulde do as I haue done vnto you Verely verely I saye vnto you the seruaunt is not greater then his lorde nether is the Apostell greater then he that sent him Yf ye knowe these thinges blessed are ye yf ye do them I speake not of you all I knowe whom I haue chosen but that the scripture might be fulfilled He y t eateth my bred hath lift vp his hele against me I tell it you now before it come that whan it is come to passe ye maye beleue that I am he Verely verely I saye vnto you He that receaueth whom so euer I sende receaueth me and he that receaueth me receaueth him that sent me Whan Iesus had thus sayde he was heuy in sprete and testified and sayde Verely verely I saye vnto you One amonge you shal betraye me Then the disciples loked one vpon another were in doute of whom he spake But there was one amoÌ„ge his disciples that leaned at the table on Iesus bosome whoÌ„ Iesus loued to him beckened Symon Peter that he shulde axe who it was of whom he spake For the same leaued vpoÌ„ Iesus brest and sayde vnto him LORDE who is it Iesus answered It is he vnto whom I dyppe the soppe geue it And he dypte in the soppe and gaue it vnto Iudas Iscarioth Symons sonne And after y e soppe the deuell entred in to him Then sayde Iesus vnto him That thou boest do quyckly But y e same wyst no man at the table for what intent he sayde it vnto him Some thought for so moch as Iudas had the bagge that Iesus had sayde vnto him Bye that is necessary for vs agaynst the feast Or that he shulde geue some thinge vnto the poore Whan he had receaued the soppe he wente out immediatly and it was night Whan he was gone forth Iesus sayde Now is the sonne of maÌ„ glorified and God is glorified in him Yf God be glorified in him theÌ„ shal god glorifie him also in hiÌ„self straight waye shal he glorifye him Deare childreÌ„ I am yet a litle whyle with you Ye shal seke me and as I sayde vnto y e Iewes whither I go thither can ye not come And now I saye vnto you A new coÌ„maundemeÌ„t geue I you that ye loue together as I haue loued you y t euen so ye loue one another By this shal euery man knowe that ye are my disciples yf ye haue loue one to another Symon Peter sayde vnto him LORDE whither goest thou Iesus answered him Whither I go thou canst not folowe me now but thou halt folowe me herafter Peter sayde vnto him LORDE why caÌ„not I folowe the â—ow I wil geue my life for y t sake Iesus answered him Wilt thou geue thy life for my sake Verely verely I saye vnto ye. The cock shal not crowe tyll thou haue denyed me thryse The XIIII Chapter ANd he sayde vnto his disciples Let not youre hert be afrayed Yf ye beleue on God theÌ„ beleue also on me In my fathers house are many dwellinges Yf it were not so I wolde haue tolde you I go to prepare the place for you And though I go to prepare the place for you yet wil I come agayne and receaue you vnto myself y t ye maye be where I am And whither I go ye knowe and the waye knowe ye also Thomas sayde vnto him LORDE we knowe not whither thou goest how can we knowe the waye Iesus sayde vnto him I am the waye and the trueth and the life Noman coÌ„meth to the father but by me Yf ye knewe me ye knewe my father also And froÌ„ heÌ„ce forth ye knowe hiÌ„ haue sene him Philippe sayde vnto him LORDE shewe vs the father and it sufficeth vs. Iesus sayde vnto him Thus longe am I with you and hast thou not knowne me Philippe he that seyth me seyth the father And how sayest thou then Shewe vs the father Beleuest thou not that I am in the father and that y e father is in me The wordes that I speake vnto you those speake not I of my self but the father that dwelleth in me he doth the workes Beleue me that I am in the father and that y e father is in me Or els beleue me at the leest for the workes sake Verely verely I saye vnto you He that beleueth on me shal do the workes that I do and shal do greater then these for I go to the father And what soeuer ye axe y e father in my name that wyl I do that the father maye be praysed in the sonne Yf ye axe eny thinge in my name I wyl do it Yf ye loue me kepe my commaundementes And I wyl praye the father and he shal geue you another comforter that he maye byde w t you for euer euen y e sprete of trueth whom y e worlde can not receaue for it seyth him not nether doth it knowe him but ye knowe him for he abydeth w t you shal be in you I wil not leaue you coÌ„fortles I come vnto you It is yet a litle whyle theÌ„ shal the worlde se me nomore but ye shal se me for I lyue and ye shal lyue also In y t daye shal ye knowe that I am in the father and ye in me and I in you He that hath my coÌ„maundementes and kepeth them the same is he that loueth me and he that loneth me shal be loued of my father I wyl loue him and wyl shewe myne owne self vnto him Iudas sayde vnto hiÌ„ not that Iscarioth LORDE What is the cause theÌ„ that thou wilt shewe thy self vnto vs and not vnto the worlde Iesus answered and sayde vnto him He that loueth me wyl kepe my worde and my father wyl loue him and we wyl come vnto him and wyll make oure dwellynge with him But he that loueth me not kepeth not my sayenges And the worde that ye heare is not myne but the fathers which hath sent me This haue I spoken vnto you whyle I was with you But that comforter euen y e holy goost whoÌ„ my father shal sende in
childe she thinketh nomore of the anguyshe for ioye that a man is borne in to the worlde And now haue ye sorowe also but I wil se you agayne and youre hert shal reioyse and you reioye shal noman take from you And in that daye shal ye axe me no question Verely verely I saye vnto you Yf ye axe y e father ought in my name he shal geue it you Hither to haue ye axed nothinge in my name Axe and ye shal receaue y t youre ioye maye be perfecte These thinges haue I spoken vnto you by prouerbes Neuertheles the tyme commeth that I shal speake nomore by prouerbes but I shal shewe you planely of my father In that daye shal ye axe in my name And I saye not vnto you that I wyl praye vnto the father for you for the father himself loueth you because ye haue loued me beleued that I am come out from God I wente out from the father and came into the worlde Agayne I leaue y e worlde and go to the father His disciples sayde vnto him Beholde now talkest thou planely and speakest no prouerbe Now are we sure y t thou knowest all thinges and nedest not that eny mā shulde axe the. Therfore beleue we that thou camest out from God Iesus answered them Now ye do beleue Beholde the houre draweth nye and is come allready that ye shal be scatred euery man in to his awne and shal leaue me alone and yet am I not alone for the father is with me These thinges haue I spoken vnto you that in me ye might haue peace In y e worlde haue ye trouble but be of good comforte I haue ouercome the worlde The XVII Chapter THese thinges spake Iesus and lift vp his eyes towarde heauen and sayde Father the houre is come that thou glorifye thy sonne that thy sonne also maye glorifye the. Like as thou hast geuen him power ouer all fleshe that he shulde geue euerlastinge life to as many as thou hast geuen him But this is the life euerlastinge that they knowe the that thou onely art the true God and whom thou hast sent Iesus Christ. I haue glorified y e vpō earth fynished y e worke y t thou gauest me to do And now glorifye me thou father by thine awne self with y e glory which I had or euer the worlde was I haue declared thy name vnto y e men whom thou gauest me from the worlde They were thine and thou gauest them vnto me and they haue kepte thy worde Now knowe they that all thinges what so euer thou hast geuen me are of the. For y e wordes which thou gauest me haue I geuē vnto them and they haue receaued them knowne of a trueth that I am come forth from the and haue beleued that thou hast sent me I praye for them and praye not for the worlde but for them whom thou hast geuen me for they are thine And all that is myne is thine and what thine is that is myne And I am glorifyed in them And now am I nomore in the worlde and they are in y e worlde and I come to the. Holy father kepe in thy name those whom thou hast geuē me that they maye be one like as we are Whyle I was with thē in the worlde I kepte them in thy name Those y t thou gauest me haue I kepte and none of them is lost but that lost childe that the scripture might be fulfylled But now come I vnto the and this I speake in the worlde that they maye haue my ioye perfecte in them I haue geuen them thy worde and the worlde hateth thē for they are not of the worlde euen as I also am not of the worlde I praye not that thou shuldest take them out of the worlde but that thou kepe thē frō euell They are not of the worlde as I also am not of the worlde Sanctifye them in thy trueth Thy worde is the trueth Like as thou hast sent me in to the worlde so haue I sent them in to the worlde and for their sakes I sanctifye my self that they also maye be sanctifyed in the trueth Neuertheles I praye not for them onely but also for those which thorow their worde shal beleue on me that they all maye be one like as thou father art in me and I in y e that they also maye be one in vs that the worlde maye beleue that thou hast sent me And the glory which thou gauest me haue I geuen them that they maye be one like as we are one I in thē and thou in me that they maye be perfecte in one and that the worlde maye knowe that thou hast sent me and hast loued them as thou hast loued me Father I wil that they whom thou hast geuen me be with me where I am y t they maye se my glory which thou hast geuē me for thou hast loued me or euer y e worlde was made Righteous father the worlde hath not knowne y t but I haue knowne y e and these haue knowne that thou hast sent me And I haue declared thy name vnto them wyl declare it y t the loue wherwith thou hast loued me maye be in thē I in them The XVIII Chapter WHan Iesus had thus spokē he wēte forth with his disciples ouer the broke Cedron where there was a gardē in to the which Iesus entred and his disciples But Iudas y t betrayed hī knewe the place also For Iesus resorted thither oft tymes w t his disciples Now whan Iudas had takē vnto him the cōpany mynisters of the hye prestes and Pharises he came thither with creshettes w t lanternes and with weapens Iesus now knowinge all y t shulde come vpon him wēte forth and sayde vnto thē Whom seke ye They answered him Iesus of Nazareth Iesus sayde vnto them I am he Iudas also which betrayed him stode with thē Now whan Iesus sayde vnto thē I am he they wēte bacwardes and fell to the grounde Then axed he thē agayne Whom seke ye They sayde Iesus of Nazareth Iesus answered I haue tolde you that I am he Yf ye seke me then let these go their waye That the worde might be fulfylled which he sayde Of them whō thou gauest me haue I not lost one Then had Symon Peter a swerde and drewe it out and smote the hye prestes seruaūt and cut of his right eare And y e seruaūtes name was Malchus Then sayde Iesus vnto Peter Put vp thy swerde in to the sheeth Shal I not drynke of y e cuppe which my father hath geuē me Then the company and the captayne the officers of the Iewes toke Iesus and bounde him led him awaye first vnto Annas that was fatherlawe vnto Caiphas which was hye prest y t same yeare It was Caiphas which gaue coūcell vnto y e Iewes that it were good
in this poynte also that I will not ouerthrowe the cite wherof thou hast spoken Haist the and saue thy self there for I can do nothinge tyll thou be come thither Therfore is the cite called Zoar. And the Sonne was vp vpon the earth whan Lot came in to Zoar. Then the LORDE caused brymstone and fyre to rayne downe from the LORDE out of heauen vpon Sodoma and Gomorra and ouerthrew those cities the whole region and all that dwelt in the cities and that that grew vpon the earth And his wife loked behynde her and was turned into a pillar of salt Abraham rose vp early in the mornynge and gat him vnto the place where he had stonde before the LORDE and turned his face towarde Sodoma and Gomorra and all y e londe of that countre and loked And beholde there rose vp a smoke from y e countre as it had bene y e smoke of a fornace For whan God destroyed y e cities of the region he thought vpon Abraham and conueyed Lot out of the cities which he ouerthrew wherin Lot dwelt And Lot departed out of Zoar and dwelt in the mountaynes with both his daughters for he was afrayed to tary at Zoar and so remayned he in a caue w t both his daughters Then sayde y e elder vnto the yonger Oure father is olde and there is not a man more vpon earth that can come in vnto vs after the maner of all the worlde Come therfore let vs geue oure father wyne to drynke and lye with him that we maye saue sede of oure father So they gaue their father wyne to drynke that same night And the elder doughter wente in and laye with hir father and he perceaued it not nether when she laye downe ner when she rose vp On the morow the elder sayde vnto the yonger Beholde yesternight laye I with my father let vs geue him wyne to drynke this night also that thou mayest go in and lye with him that we maye saue sede of oure father So they gaue their father wyne to drynke that night also And the yonger arose like wyse and laye with him he perceaued it not nether when she laye downe ner when she rose vp Thus were both the doughters of Lot with childe by their father And the elder bare a sonne and called him Moab of whom come y e Moabytes vnto this daye And y e yonger bare a sonne also and called him the sonne Ammi of whom come the children of Ammon vnto this daye The XX. Chapter AS for Abraham he departed thence in to the south countre and dwelt betwixte Cades and Sur and was a straunger at Gerar and sayde of Sara his wife She is my sister Then Abimelech the kinge of Gerar sent for her and caused her be fett awaye But God came to Abimelech by night in a dreame sayde vnto him Beholde thou art but a deed man for the womans sake which thou hast taken for she is a mans wife Neuertheles Abimelech had not yet touched her and sayde LORDE wilt thou sley a righteous people Sayde not he vnto me she is my sister Yee and sayde not she her self also he is my brother With a pure hert with innocent handes haue I done this And God sayde vnto him in a dreame I knowe that thou dyddest it w t a pure hert and therfore I kepte the that thou shuldest not synne agaynst me nether haue I suffred the to touch her Now therfore delyuer the man his wife ageyne for he is a prophet and let him pray for y e and thou shalt lyue But and yf thou delyuer her not ageyne be sure that thou shalt dye the death and all that is thine Then Abimelech rose vp by tymes in the mornynge and called all his seruauntes and tolde all these thinges in their eares and the men were sore afrayed and Abimelech called Abraham and sayde vnto him Wherfore hast thou done this vnto vs And what haue I offended y e that thou shuldest brynge on me and on my kyngdome so greate a synne Thou hast not dealt with vs as a man shulde deale And Abimelech saide morouer vnto Abraham What sawest thou y t thou hast done this thinge Abraham sayde I thought Peraduenture there is no feare of God in this place they shall sleye me for my wifes sake And of a trueth she is my sister for she is my fathers doughter but not my mothers doughter and is become my wife So whan God charged me to wādre out of my fathers house I sayde vnto her Shew this kyndnes vpon me that where so euer we come thou saye of me that I am thy brother Then toke Abimelech shepe and oxen seruauntes and maydens and gaue them vnto Abraham and delyuered him Sara his wife agayne and sayde Beholde my londe stondeth open before the dwell where it liketh the. And vnto Sara he sayde Beholde I haue geuen thy brother a thousande syluer pens lo he shal be vnto the a couerynge of the eyes for all that are with the and euery where and a sure excuse As for Abraham he prayed vnto God Then God healed Abimelech and his wyfe and his maydens so that they bare childrē For afore the LORDE had closed all the matrices of Abimelechs house because of Sara Abrahams wife The XXI Chapter THe LORDE also vysited Sara acordinge as he had promysed dealt with her euen as he had sayde And Sara was with childe and bare Abraham a sonne in his olde age euen in the tyme appoynted like as God had spoken vnto him afore And Abraham called his sonne which was borne vnto him whō Sara bare him Isaac and circumcided him the eight daye like as God commaunded him An hundreth yeare olde was Abrahā whan his sonne Isaac was borne vnto him And Sara sayde God hath prepared a ioye for me for who so euer heareth of it wyll reioyse with me She sayde morouer Who wolde haue saide vnto Abraham that Sara shulde geue children sucke and beare him a sonne in his olde age And the childe grew and was weened And Abraham made a greate feast in y e daye whan Isaac was weened And Sara sawe the sonne of Agar the Egipcian whom she had borne vnto Abraham that he was a mocker and sayde vnto Abraham Cast out this bonde mayden and hir sonne for this bonde maydēs sonne shall not be heyre w t my sonne Isaac This worde displeased Abraham sore because of his sonne Neuertheles God sayde vnto him let it not displease the because of the childe and the hand mayde What so euer Sara hath sayde vnto the folowe it for in Isaac shall the sede be called vnto the. As for the honde maydens sonne I wyll make a people of him also because he is of thy sede Then Abraham rose vp early in the mornynge and toke bred and a botell with water and put it vpon Agars shulders and gaue her the childe and sent her
The blessâ—nges promised vnto thy father and my fore elders go mightely after the desyre of the hyest in the worlde these shal light on Iosephs heade and on the toppe of his heade that was separate from his brethren Ben Iamin a rauyshinge wolfe In the mornynge shal he deuoure the praye but in the euenynge he shal deuyde the spoyle All these are the twolue trybes of Israel and this is it that their father spake vnto them whan he blessed them euery one with a sundrye blessynge And he commaunded them and sayde vnto them I shal be gathered vnto my people burye me with my fathers in y e caue which is in the felde of Ephron the Hethite in the dubble caue that lyeth ouer against Mamre in y e lande of CanaaÌ„ which AbrahaÌ„ bought with the felde of Ephron the Hethite for a possession to burye in There buryed they AbrahaÌ„ Sara his wife there buried they Isaac also Rebecca his wife their buried I Lea in the good of the felde of the caue therin which was bought of the Hethites And whan Iacob had ended this commaundement vnto his children he pluckte his fete together vpon the bed and died and was gathered vnto his people TheÌ„ fell Ioseph vpon his fathers face and wepte and kyssed him The L. Chapter ANd Ioseph coÌ„mauÌ„ded his seruauÌ„tes y e PhisiciaÌ„s to embawme his father And the Phisicians embawmed Israel tyll fourtye dayes were ended for so longe endured the dayes of embawminge the Egipcians bewayled him seuentye dayes Now whan the mournynge dayes were ended Ioseph spake vnto Pharaos housholde sayde Yf I haue founde fauo r in youre sight theÌ„ speake vnto Pharao and saie My father hath taken an ooth of me sayde Beholde I dye burye me in myne owne graue which I dygged for myself in the laÌ„de of Canaan Therfore wyl I now go vp and burye my father and come agayne Pharao saide Go thy waye vp and burye thy father acordinge as thou hast sworne vnto him So Ioseph weÌ„te vp to burye his father And there weÌ„te w t him all Pharaos seruauÌ„tes y t were the elders of his courte and all y e elders of the lande of Egipte all Iosephs housholde and his brethren and his fathers housholde Onely their children shepe oxen left they in y e laÌ„de of Gosen toke their iourney vp with him vpoÌ„ charettes and horses and the company was exceadinge greate Now whan these came to the playne of Atad y t lyeth beyonde Iordane they made there a very greate and bytter lamentacion he mourned for his father seueÌ„ dayes And whaÌ„ the people in the lande the Cananites sawe the mournynge in the playne of Atad they sayde The EgipciaÌ„s make there greate lameÌ„tacion Therfore is the place called The lamentacion of the Egipcians which lyeth beyonde Iordane And his children dyd as he had coÌ„maunded them and caried him to y e lande of Canaan and buried him in y e dubble caue that Abraham bought with the felde for a possession to bury in of Ephron y e Hethite ouer ageynst Mamre So Ioseph toke his iourney agayne in to Egipte with his brethren and with all those that wente vp with him to burye his father whan they had buried him But Iosephs brethreÌ„ were afrayed whaÌ„ their father was deed and sayde Ioseph might happly haue indignacion at vs and recompense vs all the euell that we dyd vnto him therfore let they saye vnto him Thy father commaunded before his death and sayde Thus shal ye saye vnto Ioseph O for geue thy brethren the offence and their synne that they dyd so euell vnto the. O forgeue now this trespace of vs the seruauntes of thy fathers God But Ioseph wepte whan they spake so vnto him And his brethren wente and fell downe before him and sayde Beholde here are we thy seruauntes Ioseph sayde vnto theÌ„ Feare ye not for I am vnder God Ye thought euell ouer me but God hath turned it vnto good to do as it is come to passe this daye for the sauynge of moch people Therfore be not ye now afrayed I wyl care for you and youre children And he comforted them and spake louyngly vnto them Thus dwelt Ioseph in Egipte with his fathers house and lyued an huÌ„dreth and ten yeare and sawe Ephrayms children vnto y e thirde generacion In like maner the children of Machir the sonne of Manasses begat children also vpon Iosephs lappe And Ioseph sayde vnto his brethren I dye and God wyl vyset you and brynge you out of this lande to the lande that he sware vnto Abraham Isaac and Iacob Therfore toke he an ooth of the childreÌ„ of Israel and sayde Whan God shal vyset you theÌ„ cary my bones froÌ„ hence So Ioseph dyed whaÌ„ he was an huÌ„dreth and ten yeare olde and they embawmed him layed him in a chest in Egipte The ende of the first boke of Moses called Genesis The seconde boke of Moses called Exodus What this boke conteyneth Chap. I. The childreÌ„ of Israel increase in Egipte The kynge commaundeth to slaye theÌ„ and to drowne them Chap. II. The byrth of Moses which is layed vpoÌ„ the water Pharaos doughter taketh him and bringeth him vp He slayeth one of the Egipcians and flyeth his waye in to Madian where he marieth The children of Israel crye vnto the LORDE Chap. III. God appeareth vnto Moses in the bush and sendeth him vnto the kynge and the people Chap. IIII. Moses is loth to go excuseth himself But the LORDE enfourmeth him maketh him stronge and comforteth him Moses taketh leue of his father in lawe to go vnto his people Chap. V. Moses and Aaron go vnto the kynge which oppresseth the people the more Chap. VI. God geueth Moses more instruccioÌ„ and sendeth him vnto the people The trybes are nombred Chap. VII Moses and Aaron go vnto the kynge and shewe tokens before him but the kynge waxeth hard harted Chap. VIII After many tokens Pharao graunteth to let the people go but assone as the plage ceaseth he is as vngodly as afore Chap. IX There commeth a death amoÌ„ge all the catell theÌ„ commeth the sores blaynes and the hayle Chap. X. The greshoppers and darcknes in Egipte Pharao forbyddeth Moses to come eny more in his sight Chap. XI The LORDE promiseth to brynge yet another plage vpon Egipte and coÌ„maundeth the Israelites to borowe Iewels of syluer and golde of the Egipcians Chap. XII The vse of the Easterlambe God slayeth all the firstborne Pharao dryueth all the people out of the lande Chap. XIII God commaundeth to sanctifie all the firstborne vnto him and carieth them towarde the lande of promyse not the next waye but thorow the wyldernes by a cloude in the daye tyme and a pyler of fyre in the night Chap. XIIII Pharao foloweth vpoÌ„ the people of God which delyuereth his owne carieth them thorow the reed see drowneth the enemies therin Chap. XV. Moses and the
God of Abraham for God is farre farre hyer exalted then the mightie lordes of the earth The XLVII A psalme of the children of Corah GReate is y e LORDE hyelie to be praysed in y e cite of o r God eueÌ„ vpoÌ„ his holy hill The hill of Sion is like a fayre plaÌ„te wherof all the londe reioyseth vpon the north syde lyeth the cite of the greate kinge God is well knowne in hir palaces y t he is the defence of the same For lo kynges are gathered and gone by together They marveled to se soch thinges they were astonâ—ied sodeÌ„ly cast downe Feare came there vpon theÌ„ sorowe as vpoÌ„ a woman in hir trauayle Thou shalt breake y e shippes of the see thorow the east wynde Like as we haue herde so se we in the cite of the LORDE of hoostes in the cite of o r God God vpholdeth the same for euer Sela. We wayte for thy louynge kyndnesse o God in the myddest of thy temple O God acordinge vnto thy name so is y e prayse vnto the worldes ende thy right hoÌ„de is full of rightuousnes Oh let the mouÌ„t Sion reioyse y e doughters of Iuda be glad because of thy iudgmeÌ„tes Walke aboute Sion go rounde aboute her and tell hir towres Marke well hir walles set vâ— hir houses that it maye be tolde them y t come after For this God is o r God for euer euer and he shal allwaie be o r gyde The XLVIII A psalme of the children of Corah O Heare this all ye people pondre it well all ye that dwell vpoÌ„ the earth Hye lowe riche poore one w t another My mouth shal speake of wyszdome and my hert shal muse of vnderstondinge I wil encline myne eare to the parable shewe my darcke speach vpon the harpe Wherfore shulde I feare the euell dayes wheÌ„ the wickednesse of my heles coÌ„paseth me rounde aboute They that put their trust in their good boost them selues in the multitude of their riches No man maye deliuer his brother ner make agrement for him vnto God For it costeth more to redeme their soules so that he must let that alone for euer Yee though he lyue loÌ„ge se not y e graue For it shal be sene y t soch wyse meÌ„ shal dye perishe together as well as the ignoraunt and foolish leaue their goodes for other Loke what is in their houses it coÌ„tinueth still their dwellinge places endure from one generacion to another are called after their owne names vpon the earth Neuerthelesse maÌ„ abydeth not in soch hono r but is coÌ„pared vnto y e brute beastes becoÌ„meth like vnto theÌ„ This waie of theirs is very foolishnesse yet their posterite prayse it w t their mouth Sela. They lye in the hell like shepe death shal gnawe vpon them the rightuous shal haue dominacion of them in the moâ—â—nynge by tymes their streÌ„gth shal consumâ— hell shal be their dwellinge But God shal deliuer my soule from the power of hell when he receaueth me Sela. O be not thou afrayed whan one is made riche thâ— glory of his hense increased For he 〈◊〉 cary nothingâ— awaye w t him when he dyeâ— nether shal his pompe folowe him 〈◊〉 he lyueth he is counted an happie 〈◊〉 so loÌ„ge as he is in prosperite meÌ„ speake good of him But wheÌ„ he foloweth his fathers generacion he shal neuer se light eny more When a man is in honoure and hath no vnderstoÌ„dinge he is compared vnto the brute beastes and becommeth like vnto them The XLIX A psalme of Asaph THe LORDE euen the mightie God hath spokeÌ„ called the worlde from the rysinge vp of the sonne vnto the goinge downe of the same Out of Sion â—peareth the glorious beutie of God Oure God shal come and not kepe sylence there goeth befoâ—â— him a consumynge fyre and a mightie tempest rounde aboute him He shal call the heauens from aboue and the earth that he maye iudge his people Gather my sayntes together vnto me those y t set more by the couenaunt then by eny offeringe And the heauens shal declare his rightuousnesse for God is iudge himself Sela. Heare o my people let me speake let me testifie amonge you o Israel I am God euen thy God I reproue the not because of thy sacrifice y e burnt offeringes are allwaye before me I wil take no bullockes out of thy house ner gotes out of thy foldes For all the beestes of the felde are myâ—e and thousandes of catell vpon the hilles I knowe all the foules vpon the mountaynes and the wilde beastes of the felde are in â—y sight Yf I be hongrie I wil not tell â—he for y e whole worlde is myne and all that â—herin is Thynkest thou that I wil eate â—he flesh of oxen or drynke the bloude of goaâ—es Offre vnto God prayse and thankesgeuynge and paye thy vowes vnto the most â—yest And call vpoÌ„ me in the tyme of trouâ—le so wil I heare the that thou shalt thanâ—e me But vnto the vngodly sayeth God Why doest thou preach my lawes and taâ—est my couenaunt in thy mouth Where â—s thou hatest to be refourmed and castest â—y wordes behynde the Yf thou seist a â—hefe thou runnest with him and art partaâ—er with the aduouterers Thou lettest yeâ—outh speake wickednesse thy tonge payneth disceate Thou syttest and speakest aâ—aynst thy brother yee and slaundrest thine â—wne mothers sonne This thou doest whyâ—e I holde my tonge and thinkest me to be eâ—eÌ„ soch one as thy self but I wil reproue the set my self agaynst the. O considre this 〈◊〉 that forget God lest I plucke you awaie 〈◊〉 there be none to delyuer you Who so â—â—reth me thaÌ„kes and prayse he honoureth me this is the waye wherby I wil shewe him the sauynge health of God The L. A psalme of Dauid HAue mercy vpon me o God after thy goodnes acordinge vnto thy greate mercies do awaye myne offences Wash me well fro my wickednesse clense me fro my synne For I knowlege my fautes and my synne is euer before me Agaynst the only agaynst the haue I synned and done euell in thy sight that thou mightest be iustified in thy saynges and shuldest ouer come when thou art iudged Beholde I was borne in wickednesse and in synne hath my mother conceaued me But lo thou hast a pleasure in the treuth â–ª and hast shewed me secrete wyszdome O reconcile me with Isope and I shal be clene wash thou me and I shal be whyter then snowe Oh let me heare of ioye and gladnesse that the bones which thou hast broken maye reioyse Turne thy face fro my synnes and put out all my myszdedes Make me a clene hert o God and renue a right sprete within me Cast me not awaie from thy presence and take not thy holy sprete fro me O geue me the comforte of thy helpe agayne and stablish me with thy fre sprete Then
dore For I will sende for my debites and my gyauÌ„tes sayeth the LORDE and in my wrath I will call for soch as tryumphe in my glory With that me thought I herde in the mouÌ„taynes a noyse like as it had bene of a greate people and a ruszshinge as though the kyngdomes of all nacions had come together And the LORDE of hoostes was the captayne of the whole armye As they had come not only out of farre countrees but also from the endes of the heaueÌ„s EueÌ„ the LORDE himself with the ministers of his wrath to destroye the whole loÌ„de Mourne therfore for the daye of the LORDE is at honde and commeth as a destroyer from y e allmighty Then shall all hondes be letten downe and all mens hertes shal melt awaie they shal stonde in feare carefulnesse and sorowe shal come vpoÌ„ them and they shal haue payne as a woman that traueleth with childe One shall euer be abaszshed of another their faces shal burne like y e flaÌ„me For lo the daye of the LORDE shall come terrible full of indignacion and wrath to make the londe waist and to root out the synne therof For the starres and planetes of heauen shal not geue their light the Sonne shal be quenched in the rysinge and the Mone shal not shyne with his light And I wil punysh the wickednesse of the worlde the synnes of the vngodly sayeth the LORDE The hye stomackes of the proude will I take awaye and will laye downe the boostinge of tyrauntes I will make a man dearer theÌ„ fyne golde and a man to be more worth theÌ„ a golden wedge of Ophir Morouer I will so shake the heaueÌ„ that the earth shall remo out of hir place Thus shall it go w t Babilon in the wrath of the LORDE of hoostes in y e daye of his fearfull indignacioÌ„ And Babilon shal be as an hunted or chased doo and as a flocke w t out a shepherde Euery maÌ„ shal turne to his owne people fle echone into his owne londe Who so is founde alone shal be shot thorow And who so gather together shal be destroyed w t the swerde Their children shal be slayne before their eyes their houses spoyled their wyues rauyshed For lo I shall bringe vp y e Medes agaynst theÌ„ which shal not regarde syluer nor be desyrous of golde Then shall yonge mens bowes be knapped asunder The Medes shal haue no pitie vpoÌ„ womeÌ„ w t childe their faces shall not spare y e childreÌ„ And BabiloÌ„ y t glory of kiÌ„gdomes and bewtie of the Caldees hono r shal be destroyed eueÌ„ as God destroyed Sodom Gomorra It shal neuer be more inhabited nether shal there be eny more dwellinge there from generacion to generacion The Arabians shall make no mo tentes there nether shall the shepardes make their foldes there eny more but wylde beastes shal lie there y e houses shal be full of greate Oules Estriches shal dwell there Apes shal daunse there The litle Oules shall crie in the palaces one after another DragoÌ„s shal be in the pleasauÌ„t perlours And as for Babilons tyme it is at honde hir dayes maye not be longe absent The XIIII Chapter BVt y e LORDE wil be mercyfull vnto Iacob wyll take vp Israel agayne set theÌ„ in their owne loÌ„de StrauÌ„gers shal clene vnto theÌ„ get theÌ„ to y e house of Iacob They shal take y e people cary theÌ„ home w t theÌ„ And y e house of Israel shal haue theÌ„ in possession for seruauÌ„tes maydeÌ„s in y e loÌ„de of y e LORDE They shal take those prisoners whose captyues they had bene afore rule those y t had oppressed theÌ„ When y e LORDE now shal bringe y e to rest froÌ„ y e trauayle feare harde bondage y t thou wast laden with all then shalt thou vse this mockage vpon y e kinge of Babilon saye How happeneth it y t y e oppressour leaueth of It y e golden tribute come to an ende Doutles the LORDE hath broken the staff of the vngodly the cepter of y e lordly Which wheÌ„ he is wroth smyteth y e people w t durable strokes in his woÌ„ders he persecuteth theÌ„ tameth theÌ„ coÌ„tinually And therfore y e whole worlde is now at rest and quyetnesse men synge for ioye Yee euen the Fyrre trees and Cedres of Libanus reioyse at thy fall sayenge Now y t thou art layde downe there come no mo vp to destroye vs. Hell also trembleth at thy commynge All mightie men and prynces of the earth steppe forth before the. All kynges of the earth stonde vp froÌ„ their seates that they maye all one after another synge and speake vnto the. Art thou wounded also as we art thou become like vnto vs Thy pompe and thy pryde is gone downe to hell Mothes shal be layde vnder the wormes shal be thy coueringe How art thou fallen from heauen o Lucifer thou faire morniÌ„ge childe hast thou gotten a fall euen to the grounde thou that not withstondinge dyddest subdue the people And yet thou thoughtest in thine harte I will clymme vp in to heauen and make my seate aboue the starres of God I wyll syt vpon the glorious mount toward the North I wyll clymme vp aboue the cloudes wil be like the highest of all Yet darre I laye y t thou shalt be brought downe to the depe of hell They that se the shal narowly loke vpoÌ„ the and thinke in them selues sayenge Is this the man that brought all londes in feare and made y e kingdomes afrayde Is this he that made the worlde in a maner waist and layde the cities to the grounde which let not his prisoners go home How happeneth it that the kynges of all people lie euery one at home in his owne palace with worshipe and thou art cast out of thy graue like a wilde braunch like as dead mens rayment that are shott thorow with the swerde as they that go downe to the stones of the depe as a dead coarse that is trâ—den vnder fete and art not buried w t them Euen because that thou hast waisted thy loÌ„de and destroyed thy people For the generacion of the wicked shal be without hono r for euer There shal a waye be sought to destroye their childreÌ„ for their fathers wickednes they shal not come vp agayne to possesse the londe and fyll the worlde ful of castels and townes I wil stonde vp agaynst them sayeth the LORDE of hoostes and root out y e name and generacion of Babilon saieth the LORDE wil geue it to the Otters and wil make water poddels of it And I wil swepe them out with the besome of destruccion sayeth the LORDE of hoostes The LORDE of hoostes hath sworne an ooth sayeÌ„ge It shal come to passe as I haue determined shal be fulfilled as I haue deuysed The Assirians shal be destroyed in my londe and vpon
Iosias kinge of Iuda that was in the first yeare of Nabuchodonosor kinge of Babilon Which sermone Ieremy the prophet made vnto all the people of Iuda to all y e Inhabitours of Ierusalē on this maner From the xiij yeare of Iosias the sonne of Amon kinge of Iuda vnto this present daye that is euen xxiij yeare the worde of the LORDE hath bene committed vnto me And so I haue spokē to you I haue rysen vp early I haue geuē you warnynge in season but ye wolde not heare me Though the LORDE hath sent his seruauntes all the prophetes vnto you in season Yet wolde ye not obeye ye wolde not encline yo r eares to heare He sayde turne agayne euery man from his euell waye from youre wicked ymaginacions so shal ye dwell for euer in the londe that the LORDE promised you youre fore fathers And go not after straunge goddes serue them not worshipe them not angre me not with the workes of youre hōdes then will not I punysh you Neuertheles ye wolde not heare me saieth the LORDE but haue defied me with the workes of youre hōdes to youre owne greate harme Wherfore thus saieth the LORDE of hoostes Because ye haue not herkened vnto my worde lo I will sende out call for all the people y t dwell in the north saieth the LORDE wil prepayre Nabuchodonosor the kinge of Babilon my seruaunt and wil bringe them vpon this londe and vpon all y t dwell therein vpon all the people that are aboute them and will vterly rote them out I will make of them a wildernesse a mockage and a continuall deserte Morouer I will take from them the voyce of gladnesse and solace the voyce of the brydegrome the bryde the voyce of the anoynted with the creszshettes this whole londe shal become a wildernes they shall serue the sayde people and the kinge of Babilon thre score yeares and ten When the lxx yeares are expyred I wil viset also the wickednesse of the kinge of Babylon his people saieth the LORDE yee the londe of the Caldees wil make it a perpetuall wildernes wil fulfil all my wordes vpon that londe which I haue deuysed agaynst it yee all that is written in this boke which Ieremy hath prophecied of all people so that they also shal be subdued vnto dyuerse nacions greate kynges for I wil recompense them acordinge to their dedes workes of their owne hondes For thus hath the LORDE God of Israel spoken vnto me Take this wyne cuppe of indignacion fro my honde that thou mayest cause all the people to whom I sende the for to drinke of it that when they haue dronkē thereof they maye be madd out of their wyttes when the swearde commeth that I wil sende amōge them Then toke I the cuppe from the LORDES honde made all the people drynke there of vnto whom the LORDE had sent me But first the cite of Ierusalem all the cities of Iuda their kinges prynces to make thē desolate waist despysed cursed acordinge as it is come to passe this daye Yee Pharao y e kinge of Egipte his seruauntes his prynces his people altogether one w t another and all kinges of the londe of Hus all kinges of the Philistynes londe Ascalon Gaza Accaron the remnaunt of Aszdod ▪ the Edomites the Moabites the Ammonites all the kinges of Tirus Sidon the kinges of the Iles that are beyonde the see Dedan Thema Buz the shauen Ismaelites all the kinges of Araby generally all the kinges that dwell in the deserte all the kinges of Simri all the kinges of Elam all y e kinges of the Meedes all kinges towarde the north whether they be farre or nye euery one with his neghbours Yee and all the kingdomes that are vpon the whole earth The kinge of Sesach sayde he shal drinke with them also And saye thou vnto them this is the commaundement of the LORDE of hoostes the God of Israel drinke and be droncken spewe and fall that ye neuer ryse and that thorow the swearde which I wil sende amonge you But yf they will not receaue the cuppe of thy honde and drinke it then tell them Thus doth the LORDE of hoostes threaten you drynke it ye shal and that shortly For lo I begynne to plage the cite that my name is geuen vnto thynke ye then that I will leaue you vnpunyshed Ye shall not go quyte For why I call for a swearde vpō all the inhabitours of the earth saieth the LORDE of hoostes Therfore tell them all these wordes and saye vnto them The LORDE shal crie from aboue and let his voyce be herde from his holy habitacion With a greate noyse shall he crie from his courte regall He shal geue a greate voyce like the grape gatherers and the sounde thereof shal be herde vnto the endes of the worlde For the LORDE hath a iudgment to geue vpon all people and will holde his courte of iustice with all flesh and punyshe the vngodly saieth the LORDE For thus sayeth y e LORDE of hoostes Beholde a miserable plage shall go from one people to another and a greate stormy water shal arise from all the endes of the earth And the same daye shall the LORDE himself slaye them from one ende of the earth to another There shall no mone be made for eny of them none gathered vp none buried but shall lie as dunge vpon the grounde Mourne o ye shepherdes crie sprinckle youre selues with aszshes o ye rammes of the flocke for the tyme of youre slaughter is fulfilled and ye shal fall like vessels connyngly made for pleasure The shepherdes shall haue no waye to fle and the rammes of the flocke shall not escape Then shal the shepherdes crie horribly and the rammes of the flocke shal mourne for the LORDE shal consume their pasture and their best feldes shal lie deed because of the horrible wrath of the LORDE They shall forsake their foldes like as a lyon For their londes shal be waist because of the wrath of the destroyer and because of his fearfull indignacion The XXVI Chapter IN the begynnynge of the reigne of Ioachim the sonne of Iosias kynge of Iuda came this worde from the LORDE sayenge Thus saieth the LORDE Stonde in the courte of the LORDE house and speake vnto all them which out of the cities of Iuda come to do worshippe in the LORDES house all the wordes y t I commaundethe to saye Loke that thou kepe not one worde backe yf perauenture they will herkē and turne euery man from his wicked waye that I maye also repente of the plage which I haue determed to brynge vpon them because of their wicked invencions And after this maner shalt thou speake vnto them Thus saieth the LORDE yf ye will not obeye me to walke in my lawes which I
hert hath takē to moch vpon it in this worlde and thou thinkest to comprehende the waye of the Hyest Then sayde I yee my lorde And he answered me and sayde I am sent to shewe the thre wayes and to sett forth thre symilitudes before the wherof yf thou canst declare me one I wil shewe the also the waye that thou desyrest to se and I shal shewe the from whēce the wicked hert commeth And I sayde tell on my LORDE Then sayde he vnto me Go thy waye weye me the weight of the fyre or measure me the blast of the wynde or call me agayne the daye that is past Then answered I and sayde What man borne is able to do that Why requyrest thou soch of me And he sayde vnto me Yf I shulde axe the how depe dwellinges are in the see Or how greate water springes are vpon y e firmamēt Or how greate water sprynges are in the begynnynge of the depe Or which are the out goinges of Paradise Peraduēture thou woldest saye vnto me I neuer wente downe yet in to y e depe ner hell nether dyd I euer clymme vp in to heauen Neuertheles now haue I axed the but onely of fyre and wynde and of the daye where thorow thou hast trauayled and from the which thou canst not be separated and yet canst thou geue me no answere of them He sayde morouer vnto me Thine owne thinges and soch as are growne vp with y e canst thou not knowe how shulde thy vessel then be able to cōprehende the waye of the Hyest and now outwardly in the corrupte worlde to vnderstōde the corrupcion y t is euydent in my sight Thē sayde I vnto him It were better that we were not at all thē that we shulde lyue in wickednesse and to suffre and not to knowe wherfore He answered me and sayde I wēte in a wod and the trees toke soch a deuyce and sayde Come let vs go and fight agaynst the see that it maye departe awaye before vs and that we maye make vs yet more woddes The floudes of the see also in lyke maner toke this deuyce and sayde Come let vs go vp and fight agaynst the trees of the wodd that we maye make oure londe the wyder The thought and deuyce of the wodd was but vayne and nothinge worth for the fyre came and consumed the wod The thought of the floudes of the see came likewyse to naught also for the sonde stode vp and stopped them Yf thou were iudge now betwyxte these two whom woldest thou iustifie or whom woldest thou cōdemne I answered and sayde Verely it is a foolish thought that they both haue deuysed For the grounde is geuen vnto the wod and the see also hath his place to beare his floudes Then answered he me sayde Thou hast geuen a right iudgment why iudgest thou not thy self also For like as the grounde is geuen vnto the wod and the see to his floudes euen so they that dwell vpon earth maye vnderstonde nothinge but that which is vpon earth and he that dwelleth aboue the heauens maye onely vnderstōde the thinges that are aboue the heauens Then answered I and sayde I beseke the O LORDE let me haue vnderstondinge for it was not my mynde to be curious of thy hye thinges but of soch as we daylie medle with all namely wherfore that Israelis blasphemed of the Heithen and for what cause the people whom thou euer hast loued is geuen ouer to be punyshed of vngodly naciōs and why the lawe of oure fathers is brought to naught and the wrytten couenauntes come to none effecte and we passe awaye out of the worlde as the greshopers and oure life is a very feare and we are not worthy to optayne mercy What wyl he do then vnto his name which is called vpon ouer vs Of these thinges haue I axed question Then answered he me and sayde The more thou searchest the more thou shalt maruel for the worlde hasteth fast to passe awaye and can not comprehende the thinges that are promysed for the righteous in tyme to come for this worlde is full of vnrighteousnes and weaknes But as concernynge the thinges wherof thou axest me I wyl tell the. The euell is sowne but the destruccion therof is not yet come Yf the euell now that is sowne be not turned vpsyde downe and yf the place where y e euell is sowne passe not awaye then can not the thinge come y t is sowne with y e good For the corne of euell sede hath bene sowne in the hert of man from the begynnynge and how moch vngodlynes hath he brought vp vnto this tyme and how moch shal he yet brynge forth vntyll he come in to the barne Pondre now by thyself whā y e corne of euell sede is cutt downe how greate a barne shal it fyll I answered and sayde How and whā shal these thinges come to passe Wherfore are o yeares few euell And he answered me sayēge Haist not thou to moch vpon the Hyest for thy haistynes to be aboue him is but in vayne thou makest to moch a doo Dyd not y e soules also of the righteous axe question of these thinges in their holynes sayenge How longe shal I hope of this fashion Whan commeth the frute of my barne and my rewarde And vpō this Ieremiel the archangel gaue them answere and sayde Euē whan the nombre of the sedes is fylled in you for he hath weyed the worlde in the balaunce in measure and nombre hath he measured the tyme and moueth it not vntyll the same measure be fulfylled Then answered I and sayde O LORDE LORDE now are we all full of synne and for oure sake peraduenture it is not that the barne of the righteous shall not be fylled because of the synnes of thē that dwell vpon earth So he answered me sayde Go y t waye to a woman with childe and axe her when she hath fulfilled hir ix monethes yf hir childeszbed maye kepe y e byrth eny lōger within her Thē sayde I No LORDE that can she not And he sayde vnto me In hell the secrete places of soules are like y e preuy chamber of a woman For like as a woman that trauayleth maketh haist whan the tyme necessite of the byrth is at hande Euē so doth she haist to delyuer it that is commytted vnto her Loke what thou desyrest to se it shal be shewed the from the begynnynge Then answered I and sayde Yf I haue founde fauoure in thy sight and yf it be possible and yf I be mete therfore shewe me then whether there be more to come thē is past or more past then is for to come What is past I knowe but what is for to come I knowe not And he saide vnto me Stonde vp vpō y e right syde and I shal expounde the symilitude vnto the. So I stode beholde an whote burnynge ouē wente ouer before me it happened y t whan the flamme was gone
starres the natures kindes of beastes the furiousnesse of beastes the power of y e wyndes the ymaginacions of meÌ„ the deuersities of yonge plantes the vertues of rootes all soch thinges as are secrete not loked for haue I lerned For the worckmaster of all thinges hath taught me wyszdome In hir is y e sprete of vnderstaÌ„dinge which is holy manifolde one onely sotyll curteous discrete quyck vndefyled playne swete louynge the thinge y t is good sharpe which forbyddeth not to do well geÌ„tle kynde stedfast sure fre hauynge all vertues circuÌ„specte in all thinges receauinge all spretes of vnderstaÌ„dinge beiÌ„ge cleane sharpe For wiszdome is neembler theÌ„ all neeÌ„ble thiÌ„ges she goeth thorow attayneth to all thiÌ„ges because of hir clennes For she is y e breth of y e power of God a pure cleane expressinge of y e clearnes of Allmightie God Therfore can no vndefyled thinge come in to her for she is y e bryghtnes of y e euerlastiÌ„ge light y e vndefiled myrro r of y e maiesty of God y e ymage of his goodnesse And for so moch as she is one she maie do all thinges beinge stedfast herself she renueth all amoÌ„ge y e people coÌ„veyeth she herself in to y e holy soules She maketh Gods frendes pâ—ophetes for God loueth no maÌ„ but him in whoÌ„ wyszdome dwelleth For she is more beutyfull then the Sonne and geueth more light then the starres and the daye is not to be coÌ„pared vnto her for vpoÌ„ y e daye coÌ„meth night But wickednesse can not ouer come wyszdome and foolishnes maye not be w t her The VIII Chapter WYszdome reacheth froÌ„ one ende to another mightely louiÌ„gly doth she ordre all thinges I haue loued her and laboured for her eueÌ„ fro my youth vp I dyd my diligeÌ„ce to mary my self w t her soch loue had I vnto hir beutye Who so hath y e coÌ„pany of God coÌ„meÌ„deth hir nobilyte yee the LORDE of all thinges himself loueth her For she is y e scolemastresse of y e nurto r of God y e choser out of his workes Yf a man wolde desyre riches in this life what is richer then wiszdome y e worketh all thiÌ„ges Thou wilt saye vnderstaÌ„dinge worketh What is it amoÌ„ge all thinges y t worketh more theÌ„ wyszdome Yf a man loue vertue righteousnes let him labo r for wyszdome for she hath greate vertues And why she teacheth sobernes prudence righteousnes streÌ„gh which are soch thinges as meÌ„ can haue nothinge more profitable in their life Yf a maÌ„ desyre moch knowlege she caÌ„ tell y e thinges y t are past discerne thinges for to come she knoweth y e sotilties of wordes caÌ„ expouÌ„de darcke senteÌ„ces She can tell of tokeÌ„s woÌ„derous thinges or euer they come to passe the endes of all tymes ages So I purposed after this maner I will take her vnto my coÌ„pany comoÌ„ louiÌ„gly w t her no doute she shal geue me good couÌ„cell speake coÌ„fortably vnto me in my carefulnes grefe For hir sake shal I be well and honestly taken amoÌ„ge the comoÌ„s lordes of y e councell Though I be yonge yet shal I haue sharpe vnderstandinge so y t I shal be maruelous in y e sight of greate meÌ„ y e faces of prynces shal woÌ„der at me WhaÌ„ I holde my toÌ„ge they shal byde my leysure whaÌ„ I speake they shal loke vpoÌ„ me yf I talke moch they shal laye their handes vpoÌ„ their mouth Morouer by the meanes of her I shal optayne immortalite and leaue behinde me an euerlastinge memoriall amoÌ„ge theÌ„ y t come after me I shal set y e people in ordre the nacions shal be subdued vnto me Horrible tyrauntes shal be afrayed whan they do but heare of me amonge the multitude I shal be counted good mightie in battayll WhaÌ„ I come home I shal fynde rest w t her for hir coÌ„pany hath no bytternes hir felashipe hath no tediousnesse but myrth ioye Now whan I coÌ„sidered these thinges by myself pondered them in my hert how y t to be ioyned vnto wyszdome is immortalite greate pleasure to haue hir frendshipe how y t in the workes of hir handes are infinite riches how that who so kepeth company w t her shal be wyse and that he which talketh with her shal come to honoure I wente aboute sekynge to gett her vnto me For I was a ladd of a rype wytt and had a good vnderstandinge But whan I grewe to more vnderstaÌ„dinge I came to an vndefyled body Neuertheles whan I perceaued that I coude not kepe myself chaist excepte God gaue it me y t was a poynte of wyszdome also to knowe whose gift it was I stepte vnto the LORDE and besought him and with my whole hert I sayde after this maner The IX Chapter O God of my fathers LORDE of mercies thou y t hast made all thiÌ„ges w t y i worde ordeyned maÌ„ thorow thy wyszdome y t he shulde haue dominioÌ„ ouer y e creature which thou hast made y t he shulde ordre y e worlde acordinge to equite righteousnes execute iudgmeÌ„t w t a true hert geue me wyszdome which is euer aboute y e seate put me not out froÌ„ amoÌ„ge y e children for I thy seruaunt sonne of y e handmayden am a feble personne of a shorte tyme and to yoÌ„ge to the vnderstandinge of iudgment and y e lawes And though a man be neuer so parfecte amonge the children of men yet yf thy wyszdome be not with him he shal be nothinge regarded But thou hast chosen me to be a kynge vnto y e people and the iudge of thy sonnes and daughters Thou hast coÌ„maunded me to buylde a temple vpon y e holy mount an aulter in the cite wherin thou dwellest a licknesse of thy holy tabernacle which thou hast prepared froÌ„ the beginnynge and thy wyszdome with y e which knoweth y e workes which also was w t y e whan thou maydest y e worlde knew what was acceptable in thy sight right in thy commaundementes O sende her out of thy holy heauens and from the trone of thy maiesty that she maye be with me laboure with me that I maye knowe what is acceptable in y e sight For she knoweth and vnderstandeth all thinges and she shal lede me soberly in my workes and preserue me in hir power So shal my workes be acceptable then shal I gouerne thy people righteously be worthy to syt in my fathers seate For what man is he that maye knowe the councell of God Or who can thinke what the will of God is For the thoughtes of mortall men are miserable oure forecastes are but vncertayne And why a mortall and corruptible body is heuy vnto the soule and the earthy mansion kepeth downe the vnderstandinge y t museth vpon many thinges Very hardly
God be angrie with vs a litle whyle for o r chasteninge reformacion yet shal he be at one agayne w t his seruauntes But thou O shamefull most abhominable personne Pryde not thy self thorow vayne hope in beynge so malicious vpon y e seruauntes of God for thou hast not yet escaped the iudgmēt of the God which is all mighty seyth all thinges My brethren y t haue suffred a litle payne are now vnder the couenaunt of euerlastinge life but thorow the iudgment of God thou shalt be punyshed righteously for thy pryde As for me like as my brethrē haue done I offre my soule my body for y e lawes of o fathers callinge vpon God y t he will soone be mercifull vnto o people yee w t payne punyshment to make the graunte y t he only is God In me now in my brethrē y e wrath of allmighty God is at an ende which righteously is fallē vpon all o people Then y e kynge beynge kyndled in anger was more cruell vpon him then vpon all y e other toke indignaciō y t he was so lighty regarded So this yonge mā dyed vndefiled put his trust stil in y e LORDE Last of all after y e sonnes was y e mother put to death also Let this now be ynough spoken concernynge y e offringes extreme cruelnesse The VIII Chapter THen Iudas Machabeus and they y t were w t him wēte pryuely in to y e townes called their kinsfolkes frendes together toke vnto them all soch as contynued yet in the faith lawe of y e Iewes and brought forth vj. M. men So they called vpon the LORDE y t he wolde haue an eye vnto his people which was troddē downe of euery mā to be gracious vnto y e tēple y t was defyled of the vngodly to haue cōpassion vpon y e destruccion of the cite which was shortly like to be laied waist to heare y e voyce of y e bloude y t cried vnto him to remēbre y e most vnrighteous deathes of yonge innocent children the blasphemies also done vnto his name to punysh thē Now whē Machabeus had gathered this multitude together he was to mightie for the Heithen for y e wrath of y e LORDE was turned in to mercy he fell vpon the townes cities vnawarres brent them toke the most cōmodious places slewe many of the enemies But specially he made soch chases by night in so moch that his manlynesse was spoken of euery were So when Philippe sawe that the man increased by litle and litle and that the matter prospered with him for the most parte he wrote vnto Ptolomy which was a captayne in Celosiria Phenices helpe him in y e kinges busynes Thē sent he Nicanor Patrocli a speciall frende of his in all y e haist gaue him of y e comon sorte of the Heithen no lesse then xx M. harnessed men to rote out y e whole generacion of the Iewes hauinge to helpe him one Gorgias a man of warre which in matters concernynge battayls had greate experience Nicanor ordened also the tribute which the Romaynes shulde haue had to be geuen vnto the kynge out of the captiuyte of the Iewes namely ij M. talentes And immediatly he sent to y e cities of y e see coost requyringe thē for to bye Iewes to be their seruauntes bonde men promisynge to sell them lxxx and ten for one talente but he considered not the wrath of allmighty God y t was to come vpon him When Iudas knewe of this he tolde the Iewes y t were w t him of Nicanors cōmynge Now were there some of them fearfull not trustinge vnto the rightuousnes of God and fled their waye But the other y t remayned came together besought the LORDE to delyuer thē frō y t wicked Nicanor which had solde thē or euer he came nye them and though he wolde not do it for their sakes yet for the couenaunt that he made w t their fathers because they called vpon his holy glorious name And so Machabeus called his men together namely aboute vi M. exortinge them not to agree vnto their enemies nether to be afrayed for y e multitude of their aduersaries cōmynge agaynst them vnrighteously but to fight manly consideringe y e reprofe that they had done to the holy place without cause how they had despysed and oppressed the cite yee and destroyed y e lawes of the fathers For they sayde he trust in their weapens and boldnesse but oure confidence is in the allmighty LORDE which in the twincklinge of an eye maye both destroye them that come agaynst vs and all the worlde He exorted them also to call to remēbraūce the helpe that God shewed vnto their fathers as whē there perished an C. lxxxvM of Sennacheribs people And of y e battaill y t they had in Babilō agaynst y e Galacians how y t all the Macedoniās y t came to helpe thē stode in feare how they beynge but only vj. M. slewe an C. xx M. thorow y e helpe y t was geuen them from heauen wherby they also had receaued many benefites Thorow these wordes y e mē toke good hertes vnto thē ready to dye for the lawe the coūtre So he set vpon euery cōpany a captayne one of his owne brethren Simon Ioseph and Ionathas geuynge ech one xv C. men He caused Eszdras also to reade the holy boke vnto them and to geue them a token of the helpe of God Then he himself beinge captaine in y e fore front of the battayll buckled with Nicanor And God was there helpe in so moch that they slewe aboue ix M. mē compelled y e more parte of Nicanors hoost to fle they were so wounded and feable Thus they toke the money from those that came to bye thē and folowed vpon them on euery syde But whē the tyme came vpon them they returned for it was the Sabbath and therfore they folowed nomore vpon them So they toke their weapens and spoyles kepte the Sabbath geuynge thankes vnto the LORDE which had delyuered them that daye and shewed them his mercy After the Sabbath they distributed the spoyles to the sicke to y e fatherlesse and to wyddowes and the residue had they them selues with theirs Whē this was done and they all had made a generall prayer they besought the mercifull LORDE to be at one with his seruauntes Of those also that were with Timotheus and Bachides which fought agaynst them they slewe xx M. wanne hye and stronge holdes and deuided moo spoyles euer geuynge an equall porcion vnto y e sicke to y e fatherles to wyddowes to aged persons And when they had diligently gathered their weapēs together they layed them all in convenient places the remnaunt of y e spoyles brought they to Ierusalem They slewe Philarches that wicked personne which was with Timotheus and had vexed many
ye be baptysed Neuertheles to syt vpon my right honde on my left is not myne to geue but vnto theÌ„ for whoÌ„ it is prepared of my father Whan the ten herde that they disdayned at the two brethren But Iesus called them vnto him and sayde Ye knowe that y e prynces of the worlde haue domynacion of the people and the greatest exercise power amonge theÌ„ It shal not be so amonge you But who so euer wyl be greate amonge you let him be youre mynister who soeuer wyl be chefe let him be youre seruaunt Euen as the sonne of man came not to be serued but to do seruyce and to geue his life to a redeÌ„pcion for many And when they departed from Iericho moch people folowed him and beholde two blyndemen sat by the waye syde And when they herde that Iesus passed by they cried sayde O LORDE thou sonne Dauid haue mercy vpon vs. But y e people rebuked theÌ„ that they shulde holde their peace Neuertheles they cried the more sayde O LORDE thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy vpon vs. And Iesus stode styll and called them and sayde What wil ye y t I shal do vnto you They sayde vnto him LORDE that oure eyes maye be opened And Iesus had compassion vpon them and touched their eyes immediatly their eies receaued sight And they folowed him The XXI Chapter NOw whan they drew nye vnto Ierusalem and were come to Bethphage vnto mount Oliuete Iesus sent two of his disciples and sayde vnto them Go in to the towne that lyeth before you anone ye shal fynde an Asse bounde and hiâ— foale with her lowse them and brynge theÌ„ vnto me And yf eny man saye ought vnto you saye ye the LORDE hath nede of theÌ„ And straight waye he wil let them go But all this was done that the thinge might be fulfylled which was spoken by the prophet sayenge Tell the doughter of Sion beholde thy kynge commeth vnto y e meke syttinge vpon an Asse and a foale of y e Asse vsed to the yocke The disciples wente and dyd as Iesus commaunded them and brought the Asse and the foale layed their clothes vpon them and set him theron But many of the people spred their garmentes in the waye other cut downe braunches from the trees and strawed them in the waye As for the people that wente before and that came after they cryed and sayde Hosianna vnto the sonne of Dauid Blessed be he that commeth in the name of the LORDE Hosianna in the height And whan he was come into Ierusalem all the cite was moued and sayde Who is this And the people sayde This is Iesus y e prophet of Nazareth out of Galile And Iesus wente in to the teÌ„ple of God and cast out all them that bought and solde in the teÌ„ple and ouerthrew the tables of the money chaungers and the seates of them that solde doues and sayde vnto them It is wrytteÌ„ My house shal be called y e house of prayer but ye haue made it a denne of murthurers The blynde also and y e lame came vnto him in the temple and he healed them But whan the hye prestes and the scrybes sawe the wonders that he dyd and the children crienge in the temple and sayengeâ— Hosianna vnto the sonne of Dauid they disdayned and sayde vnto him Hearest thou what these saye Iesus sayde vnto them Yee Haue ye neuer red Out of the mouth of very babes and sucklinges thou hast ordeyned prayse And he left them there and wente out of the cite vnto Bethania and there abode ouer night But in the mornynge as he returned in to the cite he huÌ„gred And in the waye he sawe a fygge tre and came vnto it and founde nothinge theron but leaues onely and sayde vnto it Neuer frute growe on the from hence forth And immediatly the fygge tre wythred awaye And whan his disciples sawe that they marueyled and sayde How is y e fygge tre wythred awaye so soone Iesus answered and sayde vnto them Verely I saye vnto you Yf ye haue faith doute not ye shal not onely do this with the fygge tre but yf ye shal saye vnto this mountayne Avoyde and cast thy self in to the see it shal be done And what soeuer ye axe in prayer yf ye beleue ye shal receaue it And when he was come in to the teÌ„ple the chefe prestes and the elders of the people came vnto him as he was teachinge sayde By what auctorite doest thou these thinges and who gaue the this auctorite Iesus answered and sayde vnto them I wil axe a worde of you also which yf ye tell me I in like wyse wyl tell you by what auctorite I do these thinges The baptime of IhoÌ„ wheÌ„ce was it from heaueÌ„ or of men Then thought they amoÌ„ge them selues and saide Yf we saye it was from heaueÌ„ then shal he saye vnto us Why dyd ye not then beleue him But yf we saye it was of men theÌ„ feare we the people For euery maÌ„ helde Ihon for a prophet And they answered Iesus sayde We can not tell Then sayde he vnto them Nether tell I you by what auctorite I do these thinges But what thinke ye A certayne man had two sonnes and came to the first and sayde Go thy waye my sonne worke to daye in my vynyarde He answered and sayde I wil not but afterwarde he repented and wente He came also vnto the secoÌ„de and sayde likewyse And he answered and saide I wil syr And weÌ„te not Whether of them twayne dyd the wil of the father They sayde vnto him the first Iesus sayde vnto theÌ„ Verely I saye vnto you The publicans and harlottes shal come in to the kyngdome of God before you For Ihon came vnto you and taught you y e right waye and ye beleued him not but the publicans harlottes beleued hiÌ„ As for you though ye sawe it yet were ye not moued with repeÌ„taunce that ye might afterwarde haue â—â—leued him Heare another parable There was a certayne houszholder which planted a vynyarde and hedged it rouÌ„de aboute and dygged a wyne presse in it and built a tower and let it out vnto huszbandmen and wente in to a straunge countre Now whaÌ„ the tyme of the frute drew neare he sent his seruauÌ„tes to the huszbandmen to receaue the frutes of it Then the huszbandmen caught his seruauntes one they bett another they kylled the thirde they stoned Agayne he sent other seruauntes moo then the first and they dyd vnto them in like maner At the last he sent his owne sonne vnto them and sayde they wyl stoÌ„de in awe of my sonne But wheÌ„ the huszbandmeÌ„ sawe the sonne they sayde amonge theÌ„selues This is the Heyre come let us kyl hym and take his inheritauÌ„ce vnto oure selues And they caught him and thrust him out of the vynyarde slew him Now wheÌ„
shall fall from heauen and the powers of heauen shal moue and then shal appeare the token of the sonne of man in heauē and then shal all the kynreds of the earth mourne and they shal se the sonne of man come in the cloudes of heauen with greate power and glory And he shal sende his angels with y e greate voyce of a trompe they shal gather together his chosen from the foure wyndes from one ende of the heauen to the other Lerne a symilitude of y e fygge tre When his braunche is yet tender and his leaues spronge ye knowe that Sommer is nye So likewyse ye whan ye se all thynges be ye sure that it is nye euen at the dores Verely I saye vnto you This generacion shal not passe tyll all these be fulfylled Heauen and earth shal perishe but my wordes shal not perishe Neuertheles of that daye houre knoweth no man no not the angels of heauen but my father onely Euen as it was in the tyme of Noe so shal the commynge of the sonne of man be also For as they were in the dayes before y e floude they ate they dronke they maried and were maried euen vnto the daye y t Noe entred in to the shippe and they regarded it not tyll the floude came and toke them all awaye So shal also the commynge of the sonne of man be Thē shal two be in the felde the one shal be receaued and the other shal be refused Two shal be gryndinge at the Myll the one shal be receaued and the other shal be refused Two in the bed the one shal be receaued and the other refused Watch therfore for ye knowe not what houre youre LORDE wil come But be sure of this that yf the good man of the house knewe what houre the thefe wolde come he wolde surely watch and not suffre his house to be broken vp Therfore be ye ready also for in the houre that ye thynke not shal the sonne of man come Who is now a faithfull and wyse seruaūt whom his lorde hath made ruler ouer his houszholde that he maye geue them meate in due season Blessed is y t seruaūt whom his lorde whan he cōmeth shal fynde so doynge Verely I saye vnto you he shal set him ouer all his goodes But and yf the euell seruaūt shal saye in his hert Tush it wil be longe or my lorde come and begynne to smyte his felowes yee and to eate and drynke with the dronken The same seruaūtes lorde shal come in a daye whā he loketh not for him and in an houre that he is not ware of and shal hew him in peces and geue him his rewarde with ypocrytes there shal be waylinge and gnaszhinge of teth The XXV Chapter THen shal the kyngdome of heauen be like vnto ten virgins which toke their lāpes and wente forth to mete the brydegome But fyue of them were foolish and fyue were wyse The foolish toke their lāpes neuertheles they toke none oyle with them But the wyse toke oyle in their vessels with their lampes Now whyle the brydegrome taried they slombred all and slepte But at mydnight there was a crye made Beholde the brydegrome commeth go youre waye out for to mete him Then all those virgins arose and prepared their lampes But the foolish sayde vnto the wyse geue vs of youre oyle for oure lāpes are gone out Then answered the wyse and sayde Not so lest there be not ynough for vs and you but go rather vnto them that sell and bye for youre selues And whyle they wente to bye the brydegrome came and they that were readye wente in with him vnto the mariage and the gate was shut vp At y e last came y e other virgins also and sayde LORDE LORDE opō vnto vs. But he answered and sayde Verely I saye vnto you I knowe you not Watch ye therfore for ye knowe nether the daye ner yet the houre whan y e sonne of man shal come Like wyse as a certayne mā ready to take his iourney in to a straunge countre called his seruaūtes and delyuered his goodes vnto thē And vnto one he gaue fyue talentes to another two and to another one vnto euery man after his abilyte and straight waye departed Then he that had receaued the fyue talentes wente and occupied with the same and wanne other fyue talentes Likewyse he y t receaued two talentes wāne other two also But he that receaued y e one wente and dygged a pyt in the earth and hyd his lordes money After a longe season the lorde of those seruauntes came and rekened with them Then came he that had receaued fyue talentes and brought other fyue talentes and sayde Syr thou delyuerdst vnto me fyue talentes Beholde with them haue I wonne fyue talētes mo Then sayde his lorde vnto hī wel thou good faithfull seruaunt thou hast bene faithfull ouer litle I wil set the ouer moch entre thou in to the ioye of thy lorde Thē came he also that had receaued two talentes and sayde Syr thou delyuerdst vnto me two talentes Beholde I haue wonne two other talētes with thē His lorde sayde vnto him Wel thou good and faithfull seruaūt thou hast bene faithfull ouer litle I wil set the ouer moch entre thou in to the ioye of thy lorde Then he that had receaued the one talēt came and sayde Syr I knew that thou artan hard man thou reapest where thou hast not sowen and gatherest where thou hast not strowed and so I was afrayed and wēte and hyd thy talent in the earth lo there thou hast thine owne But his lorde answered and sayde vnto him Thou euell and slouthfull seruaunt knewest thou that I reape where I sowed not and gather where I strawed not Thou shuldest therfore haue had my money to the chaungers and then at my commynge shulde I haue receaued myne owne with vauntage Therfore take the talent frō him and geue it vnto him that hath ten talentes For who so hath to him shal be geuen and he shal haue abundaunce But who so hath not frō him shal be takē awaye euen that he hath And cast the vnprofitable seruaunt in to vtter darcknes there shal be waylinge and gnaszhinge of teth But whan the sonne of man shal come in his glory and all holy angels with him then shal he syt vpon the seate of his glory And all people shal be gathered before him and he shal separate them one from another as a shepherde deuydeth the shepe from y e goates And he shal set y e shepe on his right honde and the goates on the lefte Then shal the kynge saye vnto them that shal be on his right honde Come hither ye blessed of my father inheret ye y e kingdome which is prepared for you from the begynnynge of the worlde For I was hongrie and ye gaue me meate I was thirstie and ye
And whosoeuer euer geueth you a cuppe of water to drynke in my name because ye belonge vnto Christ verely I saye vnto you he shal not lose his rewarde And who so offendeth one of these litle ones that beleue in me it were better for him that a mylstone were hāged aboute his neck and he cast in to the see Yf thy hāde offende the cut him of Better it is for the to entre in to life lame thē hauynge two hondes to go in to hell in to the euerlastinge fyre where their worme dyeth not and their fyre goeth not out Yf thy fote offende the cut him of Better it is for the to entre into life crepell thē hauynge two fete to be cast into hell in the fyre euerlastynge where their worme dyeth not and their fyre goeth not out Yf thine eye offende the cast him from the. Better it is for the to entre in to y e kyngdome of God with one eye then hauynge two eyes to be cast in to the fyre of hell where their worme dyeth not and their fyre goeth not out For euery mā must be salted w t fyre euery offerynge shal be seasoned w t salt The salt is good but yf y e salt be vnsauery wherwith all shal it be salted Haue salt in you peace amonge yo selues one with another The X. Chapter ANd he rose vp and came from thence in to the places of Iewry beyonde Iordan And the people wēte agayne vnto him by heapes and as his maner was he taught them agayne And the Pharises came vnto him and axed him yf it were laufull for a man to put awaye his wife and tempted him withall But he answered and sayde What hath Moses cōmaunded you They sayde Moses suffred to wryte a testimoniall of deuorcemēt and to put her awaye Iesus answered and sayde vnto them Because of y e hardnesse of yo hert dyd Moses wryte you this commaundement But from the first creacion God made thē man and woman For this cause shal a man leaue his father mother and cleue vnto his wife and they two shal be one flesh Now are they not twayne thē but one flesh Let not man therfore put asunder that which God hath coupled together And at home his disciples axed him agayne of y e same And he sayde vnto thē Whoso euer putteth awaye his wife marieth another breaketh wedlocke to her warde And yf a womā forsake hir huszbande be maried to another she cōmitteth aduoutrie And they brought childrē vnto him that he might touch them But the disciples reproued those that brought thē Neuertheles whan Iesus sawe it he was displeased and sayde vnto them Suffre the children to come vnto me and forbyd them not for of soch is the kyngdome of God Verely I saye vnto you Who so euer receaueth not the kyngdome of God as a childe he shal not entre therin And he toke them vp in his armes and layed his handes vpon them and blessed them And whan he was gone forth vpon the waye there came one runninge and kneled vnto him axed him Good Master what shal I do that I maye inheret euerlastinge life But Iesus saide vnto him Why callest thou me good There is no man good but God onely Thou knowest the commaundementes Thou shalt not breake wedlocke thou shalt not kyll thou shalt not steale thou shalt beare no false wytnesse thou shalt begyle no man Honoure thy father and mother But he answered and sayde vnto him Master all these haue I kepte fro my youth vp And Iesus behelde him and loued him sayde vnto him Thou wantest one thinge Go thy waye and sell all that thou hast and geue it vnto y e poore so shalt thou haue a treasure in heauen and come folowe me and take the crosse vpon ye. And he was disconforted at the sayenge wente awaye sory for he had greate possessions And Iesus loked aboute him and sayde vnto his disciples O how hardly shal the ryche come into y e kyngdome of God And the disciples were astonnyed at his wordes But Iesus answered agayne and sayde vnto them Deare children how harde is it for them that trust in riches to come in to the kyngdome of God It is easier for a Camell to go thorow the eye of a nedle then for a rich man to entre in to y e kyngdome of God Yet were they astonnyed y e more and sayde amonge thē selues Who can thē be saued But Iesus behelde them and sayde With men it is vnpossyble but not with God for with God all thinges are possyble Then sayde Peter vnto him Beholde we haue forsaken all and folowed the. Iesus answered sayde Verely I saye vnto you There is no man that forsaketh house or brethren or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or londes for my sake and the gospels that shal not receaue an hundreth folde now in this tyme houses and brethrē and sisters and mothers and children and londes with persecucions and in the worlde to come euerlastinge life But many that are the first shal be the last and the last the first They were in the waye goinge vp to Ierusalem and Iesus wente before them And they were astonnyed and folowed him and were afrayed And Iesus toke the twolue agayne and tolde them what shulde happē vnto him Beholde we go vp to Ierusalem and the sonne of man shal be delyuered vnto the hye prestes and scrybes and they shal condemne him to death and delyuer him vnto the Heythē And they shal mocke hī and scourge him and spyt vpon him and put him to death and on the thirde daye shal he ryse agayne Then wēte vnto him Iames and Ihon y e sonnes of Zebede and sayde Master We desyre that whatsoeuer we axe of the thou wilt do it for vs. He sayde vnto thē What desyre ye that I shal do to you They sayde vnto him Graunte vs that we maye syt one at thy right hande and one at thy left hande in thy glory But Iesus sayde vnto thē Ye wote not what ye axe Maye ye drynke the cuppe y t I shal drynke and be baptysed with the baptyme that I shal be baptysed withall They sayde vnto him Yee y t we maye Iesus sayde vnto them The cuppe that I drynke shal ye drynke in dede and be baptysed with the baptyme that I shall be baptysed withall Neuertheles to syt at my right hande and at my left is not myne to geue you but vnto them for whom it is prepared And whā the ten herde that they disdayned at Iames and Ihon. But Iesus called them and sayde vnto them Ye knowe that the prynces of y e worlde haue domynacion of the people and y e mightie exercise auctorite amonge them So shal it not be amonge you but who so euer wil be greate amōge you shal be youre mynister and who
syngle all thy body shal be full of light but yf thine eye be wicked then shal all thy body be full of darcknesse Take hede therfore that the light which is in the be not darcknesse Yf thy body now be light so that it haue no parte of darknesse then shal it be all full of light and shall light the euen as a cleare lightenynge But whyle he yet spake a certayne Pharise prayed him that he wolde dyne with him And he wente in and sat him downe at the table Whan the Pharise sawe that he marueyled that he waszhed not first before dyner But the LORDE sayde vnto him Now do ye Pharises make cleane the out syde of the cuppe and platter but youre inwarde partes are full of robbery and wickednesse Ye fooles is a thinge made cleane within because the outsyde is clensed Neuertheles geue almesse of that ye haue and beholde all is cleane vnto you But wo vnto you Pharises ye that tythe mynt and rewe and all maner herbes and passe ouer iudgmēt and y e loue of God These ought to haue bene done and not to leaue the other vndone Wo vnto you Pharises for ye loue to syt vppermost in the synagoges and to be saluted in the market Wo vnto you scrybes and Pharyses ye ypocrites for ye are like couered sepulcres where ouer men walke and are not awarre of them Then answered one of the scrybes and sayde vnto him Master with these wordes thou puttest vs to rebuke also But he saide And wo vnto you also ye scrybes for ye lade men with vntollerable burthens and ye youre selues touch them not with one of yo fyngers Wo vnto you for ye buylde the sepulcres of the prophetes but youre fathers put them to death Doutles ye beare wytnesse and consente vnto the dedes of yo fathers for they slewe them and ye buylde their sepulcres Therfore sayde the wyszdome of God I wil sende prophetes and Apostles vnto thē and some of them shal they put to death and persecute that the bloude of all the prophetes which hath bene shed sens the foundacion of the worlde was layed maye be requyred of this generacion from the bloude of Abell vnto y e bloude of Zachary which perished betwene the altare and y e temple Yee I saye vnto you it shal be requyred of this generacion Wo vnto you scrybes for ye haue receaued y e keye of knowlege Ye are not come in youre selues and haue forbydden them that wolde haue bene in Whan he spake thus vnto them the scrybes and Pharyses beganne to preasse sore vpon him and to stoppe his mouth with many questions and layed wayte for him and sought to hunte out some thinge out of his mouth that they might accuse him The XII Chapter THere were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people in so moch that they trode one another Then beganne he and sayde first vnto his disciples Bewarre of the leuen of the Pharises which is ypocrisye But there is nothinge hyd that shal not be discouered nether secrete that shal not be knowne Therfore what soeuer ye haue spokē in darknesse that same shal be herde in light and that ye haue spoken in to the eare in the chābers shal be preached vpon the house toppes But I saye vnto you my frendes Be not afrayed of them that kyll the body and after that haue no more that they can do But I wil shewe you whom ye shal feare Feare him which after he hath kylled hath power also to cast in to hell Yee I saye vnto you Feare him Are not fyue sparowes bought for two farthinges Yet is not one of them forgotten before God The very hayres of youre heade also are nombred euery one Feare not therfore for ye are better then many sparowes I saye vnto you Who so euer knowlegeth me before men him shal the sonne of mā also knowlege before the angels of God But he that denyeth me before men shal be denyed before the angels of God And who so euer speaketh a worde agaynst the sonne of man it shal be forgeuen him But who so blasphemeth the holy goost it shal not be forgeuen him Whan they brynge you in to their synagoges and to the rulers officers take ye no thought how or what ye shal answere or what ye shal speake for the holy goost shal teach you in the same houre what ye ought to saye But one of the people sayde vnto him Master byd my brother deuyde the enheritaunce with me Neuertheles he sayde vnto him Man who hath set me to be a iudge or heretage parter ouer you And he sayde vnto them Take hede and bewarre of couetousnesse for no man lyueth therof that he hath abundaunce of goodes And he tolde them a symilitude and sayde There was a riche man whose felde had brought forth frutes plenteously and he thought in himself and sayde What shal I do I haue nothinge wher into gather my frutes And he sayde This wil I do I wil breake downe my barnes buylde greater and therin wil I gather all myne increace my goodes wil saye vnto my soule Soule thou hast moch goodes layed vp in stoare for many yeares take now thine ease eate drinke and be mery But God sayde vnto him Thou foole this night shal they requyre thy soule from the and whose shal it be that thou hast prepared Thus goeth it with him y t gathereth treasure for himself and is not riche in God But he sayde vnto his disciples Therfore I saye vnto you Take ye no thought for youre life what ye shal eate nether for youre body what ye shal put on The life is more then meate and the body more then raymēt Consydre the rauens they nether sowe ner reape they haue also nether stoarehouse ner barne and yet God fedeth them But how moch better are ye then the foules Which of you though he toke thought therfore coulde put one cubyte vnto his stature Seinge then ye be not able to do that which is least why take ye thought for the other Considre the lilies vpō the felde how they growe they laboure not they spynne not But I saye vnto you that euen Salomen in all his royalte was not clothed like one of these Wherfore yf God so cloth the grasse y t is to daye in y e felde and tomorow shal be cast into the fornace how moch more shal he clothe you o ye of litle faith Axe not ye therfore what ye shal eate or what ye shal drynke and clymme not vp an hye The Heithen in the worlde seke after all soch thinges But seke ye the kyngdome of God and all these shal be mynistred vnto you Feare not thou litle flocke for it is youre fathers pleasure to geue you the kyngdome Sell that ye haue and geue almesse Make you bagges which waxe not olde euen a treasure that neuer fayleth in heauen
to the shippe and came to the other syde of y e see vnto Capernaū And it was darcke allready And Iesus was not come to thē And y e see arose thorow a greate wynde Now whan they had rowed vpō a fyue and twētie or thirtie furlonges they sawe Iesus goinge vpon the see and came nye to the shippe And they were afrayed But he sayde vnto them It is I be not afrayed Then wolde they haue receaued him in to y e shippe And immediatly y e shippe was at the londe whither they wente The nexte daye after the people which stode on the other syde of the see sawe that there was none other shippe there saue that one wherinto his disciples were entred and that Iesus wēte not in with his disciples in to the shippe but y t his disciples were gone awaie alone Howbeit there came other shippes from Tiberias nye vnto y e place where they had eatē the bred after y t the LORDE had geuen thankes Now whan the people sawe that Iesus was not there nether his disciples they toke shippe also and came to Capernaum and sought Iesus And whan they founde him on the other syde of the see they sayde vnto him Master whan camest thou hither Iesus answered thē sayde Verely verely I saye vnto you Ye seke me not because ye sawe y e tokēs but because ye ate of the loaues and were fylled Laboure not for the meate which perisheth but y t endureth vnto euerlastinge life which the sonne of mā shal geue you For him hath God the father sealed Thē sayde they vnto him What shal we do that we maye worke y e workes of God Iesus answered and sayde vnto thē This is the worke of God that ye beleue on him whom he hath sent Then sayde they vnto him What token doest thou thē that we maye se and beleue y e What workest thou Oure fathers ate Māna in the wyldernesse as it is wryttē He gaue thē bred frō heauen to eate Then sayde Iesus vnto thē Verely verely I saye vnto you Moses gaue you not bred from heauē but my father geueth you the true bred from heauen For this is that bred of God which commeth from heauen and geueth life vnto the worlde Thē sayde they vnto him Syr geue vs allwaye soch bred But Iesus sayde vnto thē I am y t bred of life He that cōmeth vnto me shal not hūger he that beleueth on me shal neuer thyrst But I haue sayde vnto you y t ye haue sene me and yet ye beleue not All that my father geueth me cōmeth vnto me and who so cōmeth vnto me him wyl not I cast out for I am come downe from heauē not to do myne awne wyll but the wyll of him that hath sent me This is y e will of the father which hath sent me that of all that he hath geuē me I shulde lose nothinge but shulde rayse it vp agayne at the last daye This is the wyl of him which hath sent me that who soeuer seyth the sonne and beleueth on him haue euerlastinge life and I shal rayse him vp at the last daye Thē murmured the Iewes therouer that he sayde I am y t bred which is come downe from heauē and they sayde Is not this Iesus Iosephs sonne whose father and mother we knowe How sayeth he then I am come downe from heauen Iesus answered and sayde vnto them Murmur not amonge youre selues No man can come vnto me excepte the father which hath sent me drawe him And I shal rayse him vp at the last daye It is wrytten in the prophetes They shal all be taught of God Who so euer now heareth it of the father and lerneth it commeth vnto me Not that eny man hath sene the father saue he which is of the father the same hath sene the father Verely verely I saye vnto you He that beleueth on me hath euerlastinge life I am that bred of life You re fathers ate Manna in the wyldernes and are deed This is that bred which commeth from heauen that who so eateth therof shulde not dye I am that lyuynge bred which came downe frō heauen Who so eateth of this bred shal lyue for euer And the bred that I wil geue is my flesh which I wil geue for y e life of the worlde Then stroue the Iewes amonge them selues and sayde How cā this folowe geue vs his flesh to eate Iesus sayde vnto thē Verely verely I saye vnto you Excepte ye eate y e flesh of y e sonne of man and drynke his bloude ye haue no life in you Who so eateth my flesh and drynketh my bloude hath euerlastinge life and I shal rayse him vp at the last daye For my flesh is y e very meate and my bloude is y e very drynke Who so eateth my flesh and drynketh my bloude abydeth in me and I in him As the lyuynge father hath sent me and I lyue for the fathers sake Euen so he that eateth me shal lyue for my sake This is y e bred which is come frō heauen Not as youre fathers ate Manna and are deed He that eateth of this bred shal lyue for euer These thinges sayde he in the synagoge whā he taught at Capernaum Many now of his disciples that herde this sayde This is an harde sayenge who maye abyde the hearynge of it But whan Iesus perceaued in hī self that his discipes murmured therat he sayde vnto them Doth this offende you What and yf ye shal se the sonne of man ascende vp thither where he was afore It is y e sprete that quyckeneth y e flesh profiteth nothinge The wordes that I speake are sprete and are life But there are some amōge you that beleue not For Iesus knewe well from the begynnynge which they were that beleued not and who shulde betraye him And he sayde Therfore haue I sayde vnto you No man can come vnto me excepte it be geuen him of my father From that tyme forth many of his disciples wente backe and walked nomore with him Then sayde Iesus vnto the twolue Wyll ye also go awaye Then answered Simon Peter LORDE Whither shal we go Thou hast the wordes of euerlastinge life and we haue beleued knowne that thou art Christ the sonne of the lyuynge God Iesus answered them Haue I not chosen you twolue and one of you is a deuell But he spake of Iudas Symon Iscarioth the same betrayed him afterwarde and was one of the twolue The VII Chapter AFter that wente Iesus aboute in Galile for he wolde not go aboute in Iewry because the Iewes sought to kyll him But the Iewes feast of Tabernacles was at hande Then sayde his brethren vnto him Get the hēce and go into Iewry that thy disciples also maye se thy workes that thou doest He that seketh to be openly knowne doth nothinge in secrete Yf thou do soch thinges thē shewe y i self before the
He put claye vpon myne eyes and I waszhed me now I se. Then sayde some of the pharises This man is not of God seynge he kepeth not y e Sabbath But the other sayde How can a synfull man do soch tokens And there was a stryfe amonge theÌ„ They sayde agayne vnto y e blynde What sayest thou of him that he hath opened thine eyes He sayde he is a prophet The Iewes beleued not hiÌ„ that he was blynde and had receaued his sight tyll they called the elders of him that had receaued his sight and they axed them and sayde Is this youre sonne whom ye saye was borne blynde How doth he now se then His elders answered them and sayde We knowe â–ª that this is oure sonne and that he was borne blynde But how he now seyeth we can not tell or who hath opened his eyes can we not tell He is olde ynough himself 〈◊〉 him let him speake for him self This sayde his elders because they feared the 〈…〉 Therfore sayde his elders He is olde ynough are him Then called they the maÌ„ agayne y t was blynde and sayde vnto him Geue God y e prayse we knowe that this man is a synner He answered sayde Whether he be a synner or no I can not tell one thinge am I sure off that I was blynde and now I se. TheÌ„ sayde they vnto him agayne What dyd he vnto the How opened he thine eyes He answered them I tolde you right now Herde ye it not What wil ye heare it agayne Will ye also be his disciples Then rayted they him and sayde Thou art his disciple We are sure that God spake w t Moses As for this felowe we know not wheÌ„ce he is The man answered and sayde vnto theÌ„ This is a maruelous thinge that ye wote not whence he is and he hath opened mine eyes For we knowe that God heareth not y e sinners but yf eny maÌ„ be a fearer of God and doth his will him heareth he Sens y e worlde beganne was it not herde that eny man opened the eyes of one that was borne blynde Yf this man were not of God he coulde haue done nothinge They answered and sayde vnto him Thou art alltogether borne in synne and teachest thou vs And they thrust him out Iesus herde y t they had thrust him out and whaÌ„ he had founde him he sayde vnto him Beleuest thou on the sonne of God He answered and sayde LORDE who is it y t I might beleue on him Iesus sayde vnto him Thou hast sene him and he it is that talketh with the. He sayde LORDE I beleue And he worshipped him And Iesus sayde I am come to iudgmeÌ„t in to this worlde that they which se not might se and that they which se might be made blynde And some of the Pharises y t were with him herde this and sayde vnto him Are we then blynde also Iesus sayde vnto theÌ„ Yf ye were blynde ye shulde haue no synne But now that ye saye we se therfore youre sonne remayneth The X. Chapter VErely verely I saye vnto you He y t entreth not in at the dore in to the shepefolde but clymmeth vp some other waye the same is a thefe a murthurer But he that goeth in at the dore is the shepherde of the shepe to him y e porter openeth and the shepe heare his voyce and he * calleth his awne shepe by name and ledeth them out And whan he 〈…〉 forth his â—wne shepe he 〈…〉 and the 〈…〉 is voyce As for a straunger they folowe him not but flye from him for they knowe not the voyce of straungers This prouerbe spake Iesus vnto them but they vnderstode not what it was that he sayde vnto them Then sayde Iesus vnto them agayne Verely verely I saye vnto you I am the dore of the shepe All they that are come before me are theues and murthures But y e shepe harkened not vnto them I am the dore Yf eny man entre in by me he shal be saued and shal go in and out and fynde pasture A thefe coÌ„meth not but for to steale kyll and destroye I am come y t they might haue life and haue it more abundauntly I am a good shepherde A good shepherde geueth his life for the shepe But an hyred seruaunt which is not the shepherde nether the shepe are his awne seyth y e wolfe coÌ„mynge and leaueth y e shepe and flyeth And the wolfe catcheth scatereth y e shepe But the hyred seruauÌ„t flyeth because he is an hyred seruaunte and careth not for the shepe I am a good sheperde and knowe myne and am knowne of myne EueÌ„ as my father knoweth me and I knowe y e father And I geue my life for my shepe And I haue yet other shepe which are not of this folde and those same must I brynge also and they shal heare my voyce and there shal be one flocke and one shepherde Therfore doth my father loue me because I leaue my life that I maye take it agayne NomaÌ„ taketh it fro me but I leaue it of myself I haue power to leaue it and haue power to take it agayne This commaundement haue I receaued of my father Then was there discension amoÌ„ge the Iewes for these sayenges Many of theÌ„ sayde He hath the deuell and is madd why heare ye him Other sayde These are not wordes of one that is possessed Can the deuell also open y e eyes of the blynde It was the dedicacion of the teÌ„ple at IerusaleÌ„ was wynter and Iesus walked in SalomoÌ„s porche TheÌ„ came y e Iewes rounde aboute hiÌ„ saide vnto hiÌ„ How loÌ„ge dost thou make vs doute Yf thou be Christ tell vs planely Iesus answered theÌ„ I tolde you ye beleue not The workes y t I do in my fathers name they beare wytnesse of me But ye beleue not because ye are not of my shepe as I sayde vnto you My shepe heare my voyce I knowe theÌ„ they folowe me And I geue theÌ„ euerlastinge life they shal neuer perishe and nomaÌ„ shal plucke theÌ„ out of my hande My father which gaue theÌ„ me is greater theÌ„ all noman is able to plucke them out of my fathers hande I and the father are one Then the Iewes toke vp stones agayne to stone him Iesus answered theÌ„ Many good workes haue I shewed you fro my father for which of theÌ„ stone ye me The Iewes answered hiÌ„ and sayde For the good worke sake we stone the not but for the blasphemy and because y t thou beynge a man makest thy self God Iesus answered theÌ„ Is it not wrytten in youre lawe I haue sayde Ye are Goddes Yf he call them Goddes vnto whom the worde of God came the scripture can not be brokeÌ„ saye ye theÌ„ vnto hiÌ„ whoÌ„ y e father hath sanctified sent in to y e worlde thou blasphemest God because I sayde I am y e sonne of God Yf
The XII Chapter SIxe dayes before Easter came Iesus vnto Bethanye where Lazarus was which was deed whom Iesus 〈◊〉 from the deed There they made him a supper and Martha serued But Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him Then toke Mary a pounde of oyntment of pure and costly Nardus and anoynted Iesus fete dryed his fete with hir heer The house was full of the sanoure of the oynment Then sayde one of his disciples Iudas Iscarioth Symons sonne which afterwarde betrayed him Why was not this oyntment solde for thre hundreth pens and geuen to the poore This sayde he not that he cared for the poore but because he was a thefe and had the bagge and bare that which was geuē Then sayde Iesus Let her alone this hath she kepte agaynst the daye of my buryenge For the poore haue ye allwaye with you but me haue ye not allwaye Then moch people of the Iewes had knowlege that he was there and they came not for Iesus sake onely but also y t they might se Lazarus whom he had raysed from the deed But y e hye prestes were aduysed to put Lazarus to death also because y t for his sake many of the Iewes wēte awaye and beleued on Iesus Vpon the nexte daye moch people which were come vnto the feast whan they herde that Iesus came towarde Ierusalem they toke braunches of palme trees and wēte out to mete him and cryed Hosianna Blessed be he that in the name of the LORDE commeth kynge of Israel Iesus gat a yonge Asse and rode theron As it is wryttē Feare not thou doughter of Sion beholde thy kynge cōmeth rydinge vpō an Asses foale Neuertheles his disciples vnderstode not these thinges at the first but whan Iesus was glorified then remēbred they that soch thinges were wryttē of him and that they had done soch thinges vnto him The people that was with him whan he called Lazarus out of y e graue and raysed him from the deed commended the acte Therfore the people met him because they herde that he had done soch a miracle But the pharises sayde amonge them selues Ye se that we preuayle nothinge beholde all y e worlde runneth after him There were certayne Grekes amonge thē that were come vp to Ierusalē to worshipe at the feast the same came vnto Philippe which was of Bethsaida out of Galile prayed him and sayde Syr we wolde fayne se Iesus Philippe came tolde Andrew And agayne Philippe and Andrew tolde Iesus Iesus answered thē and sayde The houre is come that the sonne of man must be glorified Verely verely I saye vnto you Excepte the wheatcorne fall in to the grounde and dye it bydeth alone But yf it dye it beyngeth forth moch frute He that loueth his life shal lose it and he that hateth his life in this worlde shal kepe it vnto life euerlastinge He that wyl serue me let him folowe me And where I am there shal my seruaunt be also and he that serueth me him shal my father honoure Now is my soule heuy and what shal I saye Father helpe me out of this houre But therfore am I come in to this houre Father glorifye thy name Then came there a voyce from heauen I haue glorified it and wyl glorifye it agayne Then sayde the people that stode by and herde It thondereth Other sayde An angell spake vnto him Iesus answered and sayde This voyce came not because of me but for youre sakes Now goeth the iudgment ouer the worlde Now shal the prynce of this worlde be thrust out And I whan I am life vp from the earth wyl drawe all vnto me But this he sayde to signifye what death he shulde dye Then answered him the people We haue herde in the lawe that Christ endureth for euer and how sayest thou then that the sonne of man must be lift vp Who is this sonne of man Then sayde Iesus vnto them The light is yet a litle whyle with you walke whyle ye haue the light that the darknesse fall not vpō you He that walketh in the darknesse woteth not whither he goeth Beleue ye on the light whyle ye haue it that ye maye be the children of light These thinges spake Iesus and departed awaye and hyd himself from them And though he had done soch tokens before thē yet beleued they not on him that the sayenge of Esay the prophet might be fulfylled which he spake LORDE who beleueth oure preachinge Or to whom is the arme of the LORDE opened Therfore coulde they not beleue for Esay saide agayne He hath blynded their eyes and hardened their hert that they shulde not se with the eyes ner vnderstonde with the hert shulde be conuerted and he shulde heale them This sayde Esay whan he sawe his glory and spake of him Neuertheles many of the chefe rulers beleued on him but because of the Pharises they wolde not be aknowne of it lest they shulde be excommunicate For they loued more the prayse with men then with God Iesus cryed and sayde He that beleueth on me beleueth not on me but on him that sent me And he that seyth me seyth him y t sent me I am come a light in to the worlde that whosoeuer beleueth on me shulde not byde in darknesse And he that heareth my wordes and beleueth not I iudge him not for I am not come to iudge the worlde but to saue the worlde He that refuseth me and receaueth not my wordes hath one allready that iudgeth him The worde that I haue spoken that shall iudge him at the last daye For I haue not spoken of myself but the father that sent me hath geuen me a commaundement what I shulde do and saye And I knowe that his commaundement is life euerlastinge Therfore loke what I speake that speake I euē so as the father hath sayde vnto me The XIII Chapter BEfore the feast of Easter whan Iesus knewe that his tyme was come that he shulde departe out of this worlde vnto y e father as he loued his which were in the worlde euen so loued he them vnto the ende And after supper whan the deuell had allready put into y e hert of Iudas Iscarioth Symons sonne to betraye him Iesus knowinge that the father had geuen all thinges in to his handes that he was come from God and wente vnto God he rose from supper and layed asyde his vpper garmentes and toke a towell and gyrde it aboute him Afterwarde poured he water in to a basen and beganne to wash the disciples fete and dryed them with the towell y t he was gyrded withall Then came he vnto Symon Peter and y e same sayde vnto him LORDE shalt thou washe my fete Iesus answered and sayde vnto him What I do thou knowest not now but thou shalt knowe it herafter Thē sayde Peter vnto him Thou shalt neuer
my name he shal teache you all thinges bringe all to youre remembraunce what soeuer I haue tolde you Peace I leaue vnto you my peace I geue you I geue not vnto you as the worlde geueth Let not yo hert be troubled nether let it be afrayed Ye haue herde that I sayde vnto you I go come agayne vnto you Yf ye loued me ye wolde reioyse because I saide I go to the father for y e father is greater theÌ„ I. And now haue I tolde you before it come that whan it is come to passe ye maye beleue Here after wyl not I talke moch with you For the prynce of this worlde coÌ„meth and hath nothinge in me But that the worlde maye knowe that I loue y e father And as the father hath coÌ„maunded me so do I. Aryse let vs go hence The XV. Chapter I Am a true vyne and my father is an huszbande man Euery braunch that bringeth not forth frute in me shal he cut of and euery one that bryngeth forth frute shal he pourge y t it maye bringe forth more frute Now are ye cleane because of the worde that I haue spokeÌ„ vnto you Byde ye in me and I in you Like as y e braunch can not brynge forth frute of it self excepte it byde in the vyne Euen so nether ye also excepte ye abyde in me I am the vyne ye are the braunches He that abydeth in me and I in him the same bryngeth forth moch frute for without me can ye do nothinge He that abydeth not in me is cast out as a vyne braunche and it wythereth and men gather it vp and cast it in to the fyre and it burneth Yf ye abyde in me and my wordes abyde in you ye shal axe what ye wyl it shal be done vnto you Herin is my father praysed that ye brynge forth moch frute and become my disciples Like as my father hath loued me eueÌ„ so haue I loued you CoÌ„tynue ye iÌ„ my loue Yf ye kepe my coÌ„maundementes ye shal coÌ„tynue in my loue like as I haue kepte my fathers coÌ„maundementes and coÌ„tynue in his loue These thinges haue I spoken vnto you that my ioye might remayne in you and y t youre ioye might be perfecte This is my coÌ„maundement that ye loue together as I haue loued you No man hath greater loue then to set his life for his frende Ye are my frendes yf ye do that I commaunde you Hence forth call I you not seruauntes for a seruaunt knoweth not what his lorde doeth But I haue sayde that ye are frendes For all that I haue herde of my father haue I shewed vnto you Ye haue not chosen me but I haue chosen you and ordeyned you that ye go and bringe forth frute and that youre frute contynne that what soeuer ye axe the father in my name he shulde geue it you This I commaunde you that ye loue one another Yf the worlde hate you then knowe that it hath hated me before you Yf ye were of the worlde the worlde wolde loue his owne Howbeit because ye are not of the worlde but I haue chosen you from the worlde therfore the worlde hateth you Remembre my worde that I sayde vnto you The seruaunt iâ— not greater then his lorde Yf they haue persecuted me they shal persecute you also Yf they haue kepte my worde they shal kepe yours also But all this shal they do vnto you for my names sake because they knowe not him y t sent me Yf I had not come spokeÌ„ vnto theÌ„ theÌ„ shulde they haue no synne But now haue they nothinge to cloake their synne â—ithall He y t hateth me hateth my father also Yf I had not done amoÌ„ge theÌ„ the workes which no other maÌ„ dyd they shulde haue no synne But now haue they sene it and yet haue they hated both me my father Neuertheles that the sayenge might be fulfilled which is wrytten in their lawe They haue hated me without a cause But whaÌ„ the comforter commeth whoÌ„ I shal sende you from the father eueÌ„ the sprete of trueth which proceadeth of the father he shal testifie of me and ye shal beare wytnesse also for ye haue bene with me from the begynnynge The XVI Chapter THese thinges haue I sayde vnto you that ye shulde not be offended They shal excomunicate you The tyme commeth that who soeuer putteth you to death shal thynke that he doth seruyce vnto God And soch thinges shal they do vnto you because they haue nether knowne y e father ner yet me But these thinges haue I sayde vnto you that whan the tyme coÌ„meth ye maye thynke theron that I tolde you But these thinges haue I not sayde vnto you from the begynnynge For I was with you But now I go vnto him that sent me none of you axeth me Whither goest thou but because I haue sayde these thinges vnto you youre hert is full of sorowe Neuertheles I tell you the trueth It is better for you y t I go awaye For yf I go not awaye that comforter commeth not vnto you but yf I departe I wil sende hiÌ„ vnto you And whan he commeth he shal rebuke the worlde of synne and of righteousnes of iudgment Of synne because they beleue not on me O frighteousnes because I go to the father and ye shal se me nomore Of iudgmeÌ„t because the prynce of this worlde is iudged allready I haue yet moch to saye vnto you but ye can not now beare it awaye howbeit whan he the sprete of trueth commeth he shal lede you in to all trueth For he shal not speake of himself but what soeuer he shal heare that shal he speake and he shall shewe you what is for to come He shal glorifye me for he shal receaue of myne and shal shewe vnto you All that the father hath is myne Therfore haue I sayde he shal receaue of myne and shewe vnto you After a litle whyle and ye shal not se me and agayne after a litle whyle and ye shal se me for I go to the father TheÌ„ saide some of his disciples amonge themselues What is this that he sayeth vnto vs After a litle whyle and ye shal not se me agayne after a litle whyle ye shal se me for I go to the father Then sayde they What is this that he sayeth After a litle whyle We can not tell what he sayeth Then perceaued Iesus that they wolde axe him and he sayde vnto them Ye enquyre of this amonge youre selues that I sayde After a litle whyle and ye shal not se me agayne after a litle whyle and ye shal se me Verely verely I saye vnto you Ye shal wepe and lamente but the worlde shal reioyse Ye shal be sory but youre sorowe shal be turned in to ioye A woman whan she trauayleth hath sorowe for hir houre is come But whan she is delyuered of the
agaynst And whā they had appoynted hī adaye there came many vnto hī in to his lodginge vnto whō he expoūded y e kyngdome of God preached vnto thē of Iesu out of y e lawe and out of the prophetes euē frō mornynge vntyll the euē And some beleued y e thinge y t he sayde but some beleued not But whā they agreed not amōge thē selues they departed whā Paul had spokē one worde Full well hath the holy goost spokē by y e prophet Esay vnto o fathers sayde Go vnto this people and saye With eares ye shal heare not vnderstōde with eyes shal ye se not perceaue For y e hert of this people is waxed grosse they heare hardly w t their eares their eyes haue they closed y t they shulde not once se w t their eyes heare w t their eares vnderstōde ī their hertes and be cōuerted y t I mighte heale thē Be it knowne therfore vnto you y t this saluaciō of God is sent vnto y e Heythē and they shal heare it And whā he sayde y t y e Iewes departed had a greate disputacion amonge thēselues But Paul abode two whole yeares in his owne hyred dwellinge receaued all thē y t came in vnto hī preachinge y e kyngdome of God and teachinge those thinges which concerne the LORDE Iesus with all boldnesse vnforbydden The ende of the Actes of the Apostles wrytten by S. Luke which was present at y e doynges of them The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Romaynes The Summe of this Epistle Chap. I. Paul declareth his loue towarde the Romaynes sheweth what the gospell is with the frute therof and rebuketh the beestlynesse of the flesh Chap. II. He rebuketh the Iewes which as touchinge synne are like the Heythē yee worse then they Chap. III. He sheweth what preferment the Iewes haue and that both the Iewes and Gētiles are vnder synne and are iustified only by the grace of God in Christ. Chap. IIII. He declareth by the exāple of Abrahā that faith iustifieth and not the lawe ner the workes therof Chap. V. The power of faith hope and loue ▪ and how death raigned frō Adā vnto Christ ▪ by whō only we haue forgeuenesse of synnes Chap. VI. For so moch as we be delyuered thorow christ from synne we must fashion oure selues to lyue as the seruauntes of God and not after oure awne lustes The vnlike rewarde of righteousnes and synne Chap. VII Christ hath delyuered vs from the lawe and death Paul sheweth what the flesh and outwarde man is and calleth it the lawe of the membres Chap. VIII The lawe of the sprete geueth life The sprete of God maketh vs Gods children and heyres with Christ. The abundaunt loue of God can not be separated Chap. IX Paul complayneth vpon the hard hertes of the Iewes that wolde not receaue Christ and how the Heythē are chosen in their steade Chap. X. The vnfaithfulnes of the Iewes Two maner of righteousnesses Chap. XI All the Iewes are not cast awaye therfore Paul warneth the Gentiles that be called not to be hye mynded ner to despyse the Iewes for the iudgmētes of God are depe and secrete Chap. XII The swete conuersacion loue and workes of soch as beleue in Christ. Chap. XIII The obedience of men vnto their rulers Loue fulfilleth the lawe It is now no tyme to folowe the workes of darknesse Chap. XIIII The weake ought not to be despysed No man shulde offende anothers conscience Agayne for outward thinges shulde no man condemne another Chap. XV. The infirmite and fraylnesse of the weake ought to be borne with all loue and kyndnesse after the ensample of Christ. Chap. XVI A chapter of salutacions He warneth them to bewarre of mens doctryne and commendeth vnto them certayne godly men that were louers and brethren in the trueth The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Romaynes The first Chapter PAVL the seruaunte of Iesus Christ called to be an Apostle put aparte to preach the Gospell of God which he promysed afore by his prophetes in y e holy scriptures off his sonne which was begottē of y e sede of Dauid after the flesh and mightely declared to be the sonne of God after the sprete which sanctifieth sence the tyme that he rose agayne from the deed namely Iesus Christ oure LORDE by whom we haue receaued grace and Apostelshippe amonge all Heythen to set vp the obedience of faith vnder his name of whom ye are a parte also which are called of Iesus Christ. To all you that be at Rome beloued of God and sayntes by callynge Grace be w t you and peace frō God oure father and the LORDE Iesus Christ. First I thanke my God thorow Iesus Christ for you all that youre faith is spoken of thorow out all the worlde For God is my witnesse whom I serue in my sprete in the Gospell of his sonne that without ceassynge I make mencion of you besekinge allwayes in my prayers that I mighte once haue a prosperous iourney by the will off God to come vnto you For I longe to se you that I mighte bestowe vpon you some spirituall gifte to strēgth you that is that I mighte be conforted with you thorow yo faith myne which we haue together But I wolde ye shulde knowe brethren how that I haue often tymes purposed to come vnto you but haue bene let hither to that I mighte do some good amonge you like as amonge other Gentyles I am detter both to the Grekes and to the vngrekes to the wyse and to the vnwyse Wherfore as moch as ī me is I am ready to preach the Gospell vnto you at Rome also For I am not ashamed of the Gospell of Christ for it is the power of God which saueth all that beleue theron the Iewe first also the Greke for in it y e righteousnes that is of value before God is opened which cōmeth out of faith ī to faith As it is wryttē The iust shal lyue by his faith For y e wrath of God is declared from heauen vpon all vngodlynes and vnrighteousnes of mē which witholde the trueth of God in vnrighteousnes because that it which maye be knowne of God is manifest with thē For God hath shewed it vnto thē that the inuisible thinges of God that is his euerlastinge power and Godheade mighte be sene whyle they are considered by the workes from the creacion of the worlde so that they are without excuse in as moch as they knewe that there is a God and haue not praysed him as God ner thanked him but became vayne in their ymaginacions and their foolish hert was blynded Whan they counted them selues wyse they became fooles and turned y e glory of the incorruptible God in to y e symilitude of y e ymage of a corruptible mā of byrdes of foure foted of crepinge
maye be detter vnto God because y t by y e dedes of the lawe no flesh maye be iustified in his sighte For by the lawe commeth but the knowlege of synne But now without addinge to of y e lawe is the righteousnes which avayleth before God declared hauynge witnesse of y e lawe and the prophetes but I speake of y e righteousnes before God which cōmeth by the faith on Iesus Christ vnto all and vpō all them that beleue For here is no difference For they are all synners and wāte the prayse that God shulde haue of thē but without deseruynge are they made righteous euē by his grace thorow the redempcion that is done by Christ Iesu whom God hath set forth for a Mercyseate thorow faith in his bloude to shewe the righteousnes which avayleth before him in that he forgeueth the synnes which were done before vnder the sufferaunce of God which he suffred that at this tyme he mighte shewe y e righteousnes which avayleth before him y t he onely mighte be righteous the righteous maker of him which is of the faith on Iesus Where is now then thy reioysinge It is excluded By what lawe By the lawe of workes Nay but by the lawe of faith We holde therfore that a man is iustified by faith without the workes of the lawe Or is God the God of the Iewes onely Is he not also the God of the Heythen Yes verely the God of the Heythen also for so moch as he is the God onely that iustifieth the circumcision which is of faith and the vncircūcision thorow faith Destroys we then the lawe thorow faith God forbyd But we mantayne the lawe The fourth Chapter WHat shal we saye thē that Abrahā o father as pertayninge to y e flesh dyd fynde This we saye Yf Abraham were made righteous thorow workes then hath he wherin to reioyse but not before God But what sayeth y e scripture Abrahā beleued God y t was counted vnto him for righteousnes Vnto hī y t goeth aboute w t workes is the rewarde not rekened of fauoure but of dutye Howbeit vnto him y t goeth not aboute with workes but beleueth on him y t iustifieth the vngodly is his faith counted for righteousnes Euen as Dauid sayeth also that blessednes is onely that mans vnto whō God counteth righteousnes without addinge to of workes where he sayeth Blessed are they whose vnrighteousnesses are forgeuen and whose synnes are couered Blessed is the man vnto whom the LORDE imputeth no synne Now this blessednes goeth it ouer the circūcision or ouer the vncircumcision We must nedes graunte y t Abrahās faith was coūted vnto hī for righteousnes How was it thē rekened vnto him In the circūcision or in the vncircumcision Doutles not in the circūcision but in the vncircumcision As for the tokē of circūcision he receaued it for a seale off the righteousnes off faith which he had yet in y e vncircūcision y t he shulde be a father of all thē y t beleue beinge in y e vncircūcisiō y t it might be coūted vnto thē also for righteousnes that he might be a father of circumcision not onely of thē that are of y e circumcision but of them also that walke in the fotesteppes of the faith which was in the vncircumcision of oure father Abraham For the promes that he shulde be y e heyre of the worlde was not made vnto Abraham or to his sede thorow the lawe but thorow the righteousnes of faith For yf they which are of the lawe be heyres thē is faith vayne and the promes of none effecte for so moch as the lawe causeth but wrath For where the lawe is not there is also no transgression Therfore was the promes made thorow fayth that it myght come off fauoure wherby the promesse myghte be made sure vnto all the sede not onely vnto him which is off the lawe but also vnto him that is of the faith of Abrahā which is the father of vs all As it is wrytten I haue made the a father of many Heythē before God whom thou hast beleued which quyckeneth the deed and calleth it which is not that it maye be And he beleued vpō hope where nothinge was to hope that he shulde be a father of many Heythen Acordinge as it was sayde vnto him Euen so shal thy sede be And he was not faynte in faith nether cōsidred his awne body which was deed allready whyle he was almost an hundreth yeare olde nether the deed wombe of Sara For he douted not in the promes of God thorow vnbeleue but was strōge in faith and gaue God the prayse was sure that loke what God promyseth he is able to make it good And therfore was it rekened vnto him for righteousnes But this is not wryttē onely for his sake y t it was counted vnto him but also for oure sakes vnto whō it shal be counted yf we beleue on him that raysed vp oure LORDE Iesus from the deed Which was geuen for oure synnes and raysed vp for oure righteousnesse sake The V. Chapter BEcause therfore that we are iustified by faith we haue peace with God thorow oure LORDE Iesus Christ by whō also we haue an intraunce in faith vnto this grace wherin we stonde reioyse in the hope of y e glorye for to come which God shal geue Not onely y t but we reioyse also ī troubles for so moch as we knowe y t trouble bryngeth paciēce paciēce bryngeth experiēce experiēce bryngeth hope As for hope is letteth vs not come to cōfusion because the loue of God is shed abrode in oure hertes by the holy goost which is geuen vnto vs. For whan we were yet weake acordinge to the tyme Christ dyed for vs vngodly Now dyeth there scace eny man for the righteous sake Peraduenture for a good man durst one dye Therfore doth God set forth his loue towarde vs in y t Christ dyed for vs whan we were yet synners Moch more then shal we be saued from wrath by him seynge we are now made righteous thorow his bloude For yf we were recōcyled vnto God by y e death of his sōne whā we were yet enemies moch more shal we be saued by him now y t we are reconcyled Not onely that but we reioyse also in God thorow oure LORDE Iesus Christ by whom we haue now receaued the attonement Wherfore as by one man synned entred in to the worlde and death by y e meanes off synne euen so wente death also ouer all men in so moch as they all haue synned For synne was in y e worlde vnto the lawe but where no lawe is there is not synne regarded Neuertheles death reigned from Adam vnto Moses euen ouer them also that synned not with like transgression as dyd Adam which is y e ymage of him y t was to come But it is not with the gifte as
there be amonge you debates envyenges wrathes stryuynges bacbytinges whysperinges swellinges vproures lest whan I come agayne God bringe me lowe amoÌ„ge you lest I be constrayned to bewayle many of theÌ„ y t haue synned before haue not repented ouer y e vnclennesse and whordome and wantonnes which they haue coÌ„mytted The XIII Chapter NOw come I the thirde tyme vnto you In the mouth of two or thre witnesses shal euery matter be stabliszhed I haue tolde you before tell you before as present y e seconde tyme wryte it now beynge absent vnto theÌ„ which in tyme passed haue synned to all other yf I come agayne I wil not spare seynge that ye seke experieÌ„ce of him which speaketh in me euen Christ which amonge you is not weake but is mightie amoÌ„ge you And though he was crucified in weaknes yet lyueth he in the power of God And though we are weake in him yet lyue we with him in the power of God amonge you Proue youre selues whether ye are in the faith exameÌ„ youre selues Or knowe ye not yo r selues y t Iesus Christ is in you Excepte ye be cast awayes But I trust ye knowe y t we are not cast awayes I desyre before God y t ye do no euell not y t we shulde seme comendable but y t ye shulde do y t which is good let vs be as cast awayes For we maye do nothinge agaynst y e trueth but for y e trueth We are glad whan we are weake ye stronge the same also we wyszhe for namely yo r perfectnesse Therfore wryte I these thinges beynge absent lest whaÌ„ I am present I shulde vse sharpnesse acordinge to the power which the LORDE hath geueÌ„ me to edifye and not to destroye Fynally brethren reioyse be parfecte coÌ„forte yo r selues be of one mynde be peaceable and the God of loue and peace shal be w t you Salute one another with an holykysse All the sayntes salute you The grace of oure LORDE Iesus Christ the loue of God and the fellishippe of y e holy goost be with you all Amen The seconde Epistle to the Corinthians Sent from Phillippos in Macedonia by Titus and Lucas The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Galathians The summe of this Epistle Chap. I. Paul rebuketh them because they were fallen awaye from the gospell sheweth his awne coÌ„uersion magnifieth his office and apostelshippe and declareth himself to be equall with the hye apostles Chap. II. He withstondeth Peter in the face and proueth that the lawe and circumcision are not necessary to saluacion Chap. III. He rebuketh the vnsted fastnesse of the Galathians shewinge the vnparfectnesse of the lawe and declareth neuerthelesse that it was not geuen for naught Chap. IIII. Paul sheweth that thorow Christ we be delyuered from the lawe and rebuketh the vnthankfulnesse of the Galathians Chap. V. He laboureth to drawe them awaye from circuÌ„cision sheweth them the barrayll betwixte the sprete and the flesh and the fâ—â—tes of them both Chap. VI. He erorteth them to brotherly loue and one to beare with another â–ª In the end â—he warneth them to bewarre of circuÌ„cision The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Galathians The first Chapter PAul an Apostle not of men nor by maÌ„ but by Iesus Christ by God the father which raysed him vp froÌ„ y e deed all the brethreÌ„ which are w t me Vnto the coÌ„gregacioÌ„s in Galacia Grace be with you and peace froÌ„ God the father and oure LORDE Iesus Christ which gaue him selfe for oure synnes that he mighte delyuer vs from this present euel worlde acordinge to the wyll of God oure father to whom be prayse for euer and euer Amen I maruell y t ye are so soone turned from him that called you in the grace of Christ vnto another Gospell which is nothinge els but that there besome which trouble you and intende to peruerte the Gospell of Christ. Neuertheles though we oure selues or an angell from heaueÌ„ preach vnto you eny other Gospel theÌ„ y t which we haue preached vnto you the same be acursed As we haue sayde afore so saye we now agayne Yf eny maÌ„ preach vnto you eny other thinge theÌ„ y t ye haue receaued y e same be acursed Preach I men now or God Or go I aboute to please men Yf I shulde yet please men I were not the seruaunt of Christ. But I certifye you brethren y t the Gospell which is preached of me is not of men For I nether receaued it ner lerned it of maÌ„ but by the reuelacion of Iesus Christ. For ye haue herde of my conuersacion afore tyme in the Ieweshippe how that beyoÌ„de measure I persecuted the coÌ„gregacion of God and spoyled it and preuayled in the Ieweshippe aboue many of my companyons in my nacion was a moch more feruent manteyner of the tradicions of the fathers But whan it pleased God which separated me fro my mothers wombe and called me by his grace for to declare his sonne in me that I shulde preach him thorow the Gospell amonge the Heythen immediatly I commened not of the matter with flesh and bloude nether came I to Ierusalem vnto them which were Apostles before me but wente my wayes in to Arabia and came agayne to Damascon Then after thre yeare I came to IerusaleÌ„ to se Peter and abode with him fyftene dayes As for the other Apostles I sawe none of them saue Iames the LORDES brother The thinges that I wryte vnto you beholde God knoweth I lye not After that wente I into the coastes of Syria and Celicia but of face I was vnknowne to y e Christen congregacions in Iewrye Neuertheles they had herde onely that He that persecuted vs in tyme passed preacheth now y e faith which some tyme he destroyed and they praysed God in me The II. Chapter· Then after fourtene yeares I wente vp agayne to IerusaleÌ„ with Barnabas and toke Titus with me also But I wente vp by reuelacion and commened with theÌ„ of y e Gospell which I preach amonge the HeytheÌ„ but specially with theÌ„ which were in reputacion lest I shulde runne or had runne in vayne But Titus which was also with me was not compelled to be circuÌ„cysed though he was a Greke and that because of certayne incommers beynge false brethreÌ„ which came in amoÌ„ge other to spye out oure libertye which we haue in Christ Iesus that they mighte brynge vs in to bondage To whom we gaue no rowme no not for the space of an houre as concernynge to be broughte in to subieccion y t the trueth of the Gospell mighte comtynue with you As for theÌ„ that semed to be greate what they were in tyme passed it maketh no matter to me For God loketh not on the outwarde appearaunce of men Neuertheles they which semed greate taught me nothinge but contrary wyse whan they sawe that the Gospell ouer the vncircumcision
forbyd that I shulde reioyse saue onely in the crosse of oure LORDE Iesus Christ wherby the worlde is crucified vnto me and I vnto the worlde For in Christ Iesu nether circūcision avayleth eny thinge ner vncircumcision but a new creature And as many as walke acordynge to this rule peace and mercy be vpon thē and vpon Israel of God From hence forth let no man put me to busynesse for I beare in my body the markes of the LORDE Iesu. Brethren the grace of oure LORDE Iesu Christ be with youre sprete Amen Vnto the Galathians sent from Rome The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Ephesians The summe of this Epistle Chap. I. The euerlastinge ordinaunce and eleccion of God in sauynge all men thorow Christ Iesus his sonne We are ordened vnto good workes The dominion of Christ. Chap. II. Paul sheweth them what maner of people they were before their conuersion and what they are now in Christ. Chap. III. He sheweth the cause of his presonment desyreth them not to faynte because of his trouble and prayeth God to make thē stedfast in his sprete Chap. IIII. He exhorteth them vnto mekenes longe sufferinge vnto loue and peace euery one to serue and edifie another with the gifte that God hath geuē him to bewarre of straunge doctrine to laye asyde the olde conuersacion of gredy lustes and to walke in a new life Chap. V. He exhorteth them vnto loue warneth them to bewarre of vnclennes cuvetounesse foolish talkynge and false doctryne to be circumspecte to avoyde dronkennesse to reioyse and to be thankfull towarde God to submytt thēselues one to another He teacheth how wemen shulde obeye their huszbōdes and how louyngly men ought to intreate their wyues Chap. VI. How children shulde behaue themselues towarde their fathers and mothers Likewyse fathers towarde their children Seruauntes towarde their masters Agayne masters towarde their seruaūtes An exhortacion to the spirituall battayll and what weapens christen men shulde fight withall The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Ephesians The first Chapter PAul an Apostle of Iesus Christ by the will of God To y e sayntes which are Ephesus to thē that beleue on Iesus Christ. Grace be with you and peace from God oure father frō the LORDE Iesus Christ. Blessed be God the father of oure LORDE Iesus Christ which hath blessed vs w t all maner of spirituall blessynge in heauenly thynges by Christ acordinge as he had chosen vs by him or euer the foundacion of the worlde was layed that we shulde be holy and without blame before him in loue ordeyned vs before to receaue vs as children thorow Iesus Christ acordinge to the pleasure of his will vnto the prayse of the glory of his grace wherby he hath made vs accepted in the Beloued in whom we haue redempcion thorow his bloude namely the forgeuenes of synnes acordynge to y e riches of his grace which he hath shed vpon vs abundauntly in all wyszdome and prudēce and hath opened vnto vs the mystery of his wil acordinge to his pleasure which he had purposed in himselfe y t it shulde be preached whā the tyme was fullcome that all thinges shulde be gathered together by Christ both the thinges which are in heauen and also the thinges that are vpon earth euen by him by whom also we are come to the inheritaunce we that were therto predestinate before acordinge to y e purpose of him which worketh all thinges after y e councell of his owne wyll that we mighte be to the prayse of his glory euen we that before beleued on Christ on whō also ye beleued after that ye herde the worde of trueth namely y e Gospell of youre saluacion wherin whan ye beleued ye were sealed with the holy sprete of promes which is the ernest of oure inheritaunce to oure redempcion that we mighte be his owne to the prayse off his glory Wherfore I also in so moch as I haue herde of the faith which ye haue in y e LORDE Iesu and of youre loue vnto all y e sayntes ceasse not to geue thankes for you and make mencion of you in my prayers that y e God of oure LORDE Iesus Christ the father of glory maye geue vnto you the sprete of wyszdome and open vnto you the knowlege of himselfe and lighten the eyes of youre vnderstondinge that ye maye knowe what is the hope of youre callynge and what the riches of his glorious enheritaunce is vpon the sayntes what is the exceadinge greatnesse of his power towarde vs which beleue acordinge to y e workynge of his mightie power which he wroughte in Christ whan he raysed him vp frō the deed and set him on his righte hāde ī heauēly thinges aboue all rule power and mighte and dominaciō and aboue all that maye be named not onely in this worlde but also in y e worlde to come And hath put all thinges vnder his fete and hath made him aboue all thinges the heade of the cōgregacion which is his body and the fulnesse of him that fylleth all in all The II. Chapter ANd quyckened you also whan ye were deed thorow trespaces and synnes in the which in tyme past ye walked acordinge to the course off this worlde and after the prynce that ruleth in the ayre namely after y e sprete which now worketh in the children of vnbeleue amonge whom we also had oure conuersacion in tyme past in the lustes of oure flesh and dyd the wyll of the flesh and of the mynde and were naturally the children of wrath euen as well as other But God which is riche in mercy thorow his greate loue wherwith he loued vs euē whā we were deed in synnes hath quyckened vs in Christ for by grace are ye saued and hath raysed vs vp with him and set vs with him in heauēly thinges thorow Christ Iesus y t in tymes to come he mighte shewe the exceadinge riches of his grace in kyndnesse to vs warde in Christ Iesu. For by grace are ye saued thorow faith and that not of youre selues For it is y e gifte of God not of workes lest eny mā shulde boast him selfe For we are his workmanshippe created in Christ Iesu vnto good workes to y t which God ordeyned vs before that we shulde walke in them Wherfore remēbre that ye which afore tyme were Gentyles after the flesh and were called vncircumcision of thē that are called circumcision after the flesh which circumcision is made with the hande that ye at the same tyme were without Christ and reputed aleauntes from the comen welth of Israel and were straungers from the Testamentes of promes therfore had ye no hope and were without God in this worlde But now ye that be in Christ Iesu and afore tyme were farre of are now made nye by the bloude of Christ. For he is o peace which of both hath made one and hath broken downe the
the father which without respecte of personnes iudgeth acordynge to euery mans worke se y t ye passe y e tyme of youre pilgremage in feare and knowe that ye were not redemed w t corruptible syluer and golde from youre vayne conuersacion which ye receaued by the tradicioÌ„s of the fathers but with the precious bloude of Christ as of an innoceÌ„t and vndefyled lambe which was ordeyned before the worlde was made but is declared in these last tymes for youre sakes which thorow him beleue on God that raysed him vp from the deed and hath geueÌ„ him the glory that ye might haue faith hope in God Euen ye which haue purifyed youre soules in obeyenge the trueth thorow the sprete for to loue brotherly without faynynge feruently one to loue another w t a pure hert as they that are borne a new not of corruptible sede but of vncorruptible eueÌ„ by the lyuynge worde of God which endureth for euer For all flesh is as grasse and all the glory of man is as the floure of grasse The grasse withereth the flâ—ure falleth awaye but the worde of the LORDE endureth for euer This is the worde that is preached amonge you The II. Chapter WHerfore laye asyde all maliciousnes and all gyle and ypocrisye and envye and all bacbytinge as new borne babes desyre that reasonable mylke which is without corrupcion that ye maye growe therin yf so be that ye haue taisted how frendly the LORDE is Vnto whom ye are come as to the lyuynge stone which is disalowed of men but chosen of God and precious And ye also as lyuynge stones are made a spirituall house and an holy presthode to offre vp spirituall sacrifices acceptable vnto God by Iesus Christ. Wherfore it is conteyned in the scripture Beholde I put in Sion an heade corner stone electe precious and he that beleueth on him shal 〈◊〉 be coÌ„founded Vnto you therfore which 〈…〉 he is precious but vnto them that 〈…〉 is y e same stone which the 〈…〉 made the heade stone in the 〈…〉 one to stomble at and a rock to be offended at namely in theÌ„ which stomble at y e worde and beleue not that wheron they were set But ye are that chosen generacion that kyngly presthode that holy nacion that peculier people y t ye shulde shewe the vertues of him which hath called you out of darknesse in to his maruelous lighte Euen you which in tyme past were not a people but now are the people of God which were not vnder mercy but now haue optayned mercy Dearly beloued I beseke you as straungers and pilgrems absteyne froÌ„ the fleshly lustes which fighte agaynst the soule and lede an honest conuersacion amonge the Heythen that they which bacbyte you as euell doers maye se youre good workes and prayse God in the daye of visitacion Submytte youre selues vnto all maner ordinaunce of men for the LORDES sake whether it be vnto the kynge as vnto y e chefe heade or vnto rulers as vnto them that are sent of him for the punyshment of euell doers but for the prayse of theÌ„ that do well For so is the will of God that ye with well doynge shulde put to sylence the ignoraunce of folishmen as fre and not as hauynge the libertye for a cloke of wickednes but eueÌ„ as the seruauntes of God Honoure all men Loue brotherly fellishippe Feare God Honoure the kynge Ye seruauÌ„tes obey youre masters with all feare not onely yf they be good and curteous but also though they be frowarde For that is grace yf a man for conscience towarde God endure grefe and suffre wronge For what prayse is it yf whaÌ„ ye be buffeted for yo r fautes ye take it paciently But yf whan ye do well ye suffre wronge and take it paciently that is grace with God For herevnto are ye called for so moch as Christ also suffred for vs leauynge vs an ensample that ye shulde folowe his fotesteppes which dyd no synne nether was there gyle founde in his mouth which whan he was reuyled reuyled not agayne whaÌ„ he suffred he threatened not but commyted the cause vnto him that iudgeth righteously which his owne selfe bare oure synnes in his body vpon the tre that we shulde be delyuered from synne shulde lyue vnto righteousnes by whose strypes ye were healed For ye were as shepe goinge astraye but now are ye turned vnto the shepherde and Biszhoppe of youre soules The III. Chapter LIkewyse let the wyues be in subieccion to their huszbandes that euen they which beleue not the worde maye without the worde be wonne by y e coÌ„uersacion of the wyues whan they beholde yo pure conuersacion in feare Whose apparell shal not be outwarde w t broyded heer hanginge on of golde or in puttynge on of gorgious araye but let y e inwarde maÌ„ of y e hert be vncorrupte w t a meke a quyete sprete which before God is moch set by For after this maner in the olde tyme dyd y e holy wemeÌ„ which trusted in God tyer theÌ„selues were obedient vnto their huszbaÌ„des Euen as Sara obeyed Abraham and called him lorde whose doughters ye are as loÌ„ge as ye do well not beynge afrayed for eny trouble Likewyse ye men dwell with them acordinge vnto knowlege geuynge hono vnto the wife as to the weaker vessel as vnto theÌ„ y t are heyres with you of the grace of life that youre prayers be not let But in conclusion be ye all of one mynde one suffre with another loue as brethren be pitefull be curteous RecoÌ„pence not euell for euell nether rebuke for rebuke but coÌ„trary wyse blesse and knowe that ye are called therto euen y t ye shulde be heyres of y e blessynge For who so listeth to lyue and wolde fayne se good dayes Let him refrayne his tonge from euell and his lippes y t they speake no gyle Let him eschue euell do good Let him seke peace and ensue it For y e eyes of the LORDE are ouer the righteous his eares are open vnto their prayers But y e face of the LORDE beholdeth theÌ„ y t do euell And who is it that can harme you yf ye folowe that which is good Not withstoÌ„dinge blessed are ye yf ye suffre for righteousnes sake Feare not ye their threatnynge nether be troubled but sanctifye the LORDE God in youre hertes Be ready allwayes to geue an answere to euery maÌ„ that axeth you a reason of the hope that is in you and that with mekenes feare hauynge a good conscience that they which bacbyte you as euell doers maye be ashamed that they haue falsely accused youre good coÌ„uersacion in Christ. For it is better yf the wyll of God be so that ye suffre for well doynge theÌ„ for euell doynge For as moch as
reserued vnto fyre agaynst the daye of iudgment and damnacion of vngodlymen Dearly beloued be not ignoraunt of this one thinge how that one daye is with the LORDE as a thousande yeare and a thousande yeare as one daye The LORDE is not slacke to fulfyll his promes as some mē counte slacknesse but is paciēt to vs warde and wyl not that eny mā shulde be lost but that euery man shulde amende himselfe Neuertheles the daye of the LORDE shal come euen as a these in the night in the which daye the heauens shal perishe with a greate noyse and the Elementes shal melte with heate and the earth and y e workes that are therin shal burne Yf all these thinges shal perishe what maner persons then ought ye to be in holy cōuersacion and godlynes lokynge for and hastynge vnto the commynge of the LORDE In the which the heauens shal perishe with fyre and the elementes shal melt with heate Neuertheles we loke for a new heauen and a new earth acordynge to his promes wherin dwelleth righteousnes Wherfore dearly beloued seynge that ye loke for soch thinges be diligent y t ye maye be founde before him in peace without spot and vndefyled and counte the long sufferynge of oure LORDE youre saluacion Euen as oure dearly beloued brother Paul acordinge to the wyszdome geuē vnto him wrote vnto you yee speakinge ther of allmost in all Epistles wherin are many thinges harde to be vnderstonde which they that are vnlerned and vnstable peruerte as they do the other scriptures also to their awne dānacion Ye therfore beloued seynge ye knowe it before hande bewarre lest ye also be plucte awaye thorow the erroure of y e wicked and fall from yo r owne sted fastnes But growe in grace and in the knowlege of oure LORDE and Sauioure Iesus Christ. To him be prayse now and for euer Amen The first Epistle of the Apostle and Euangelist S. Ihon. The summe of this epistle Chap. I. True wytnesse of the euerlastinge worde of God The bloude of Christ is the purgacion from synne No man is without synne Chap. II. Christ is oure aduocate Of true loue and how it is tryed Chap. III. The synguler loue of God to warde vs and how we agayne oughte to loue one another Chap. IIII. Difference of spretes and how the sprete of God maye be knowne from the sprete of erroure Of the loue of God and of oure neghbours Chap. V. To loue God is to kepe his commaundemētes Faith ouercommeth the worlde Euerlastinge life is in the sonne of God ▪ Of the synne vnto death The first Chapter THat which was from y e begynnynge which we haue herde which we haue sene with o r eyes which we haue loked vpon and o r handes haue handled of the worde of life and the life hath appeared and we haue sene and beare wytnes and shewe vnto you y e life that is euerlastinge which was with the father and hath apeared vnto vs. That which we haue sene herde declare we vnto you that ye also maye haue fellishippe with vs and that oure fellishippe maye be with the father and with his sonne Iesus Christ. And this wryte we vnto you that youre ioye maye be full And this is the tydinges which we haue herde of him declare vnto you that ▪ God is lighte and in him is no darknes at all Yf we saye that we haue fellishippe with him and yet walke in darknes we lye and do not the trueth But yf we walke in lighte euen as he is in lighte then haue we fellishippe together and the bloude of Iesus Christ his sonne clenseth vs from all synne Yf we saye that we haue no synne we disceaue oure selues and the trueth is not in vs. But yf we knowlege oure synnes he is faith full and iust to forgeue vs oure synnes to clense vs from all vnrighteousnes Yf we saye we haue not synned we make him a lyar and his worde is not in vs. The II. Chapter MY litle children these thinges wryte I vnto you that ye shulde not synne and yf eny man synne we haue an aduocate with the father euen Iesus Christ which is righteous and he it is that optayneth grace for oure synnes not for oure synnes onely but also for the synnes of all the worlde And hereby are we sure that we knowe him yf we kepe his cōmaundemētes He that sayeth I knowe him and kepeth not his cōmaundemētes is a lyar and the trueth is not in him But who so kepeth his worde in him is the loue of God perfecte in dede Hereby knowe we that we are in him He y t sayeth he abydeth in him oughte to walke euen as he walked Brethren I wryte no new commaundement vnto you but that olde commaundement which ye haue herde from the begynnynge The olde cōmaundement is the worde which ye haue herde from the begynnynge Agayne a new cōmaundemēt wryte I vnto you a thinge that is true in him also in you for the darknesse is past and the true lighte now shyneth He that sayeth he is in lighte and hateth his brother is yet in darknesse He y t loueth his brother abydeth in the lighte and there is none occasion of euell in him But he y t hateth his brother is in darknes and walketh in darknes and can not tell whither he goeth for y e darknes hath blynded his eyes Babes I wryte vnto you that yo r synnes are forgeuen you for his names sake I wryte vnto you fathers how that ye haue knowne him which is from y e begynnynge I wryte vnto you yonge mē how that ye haue euercome the wicked I wryte vnto you litle children how that ye haue knowne the father I haue wrytten vnto you fathers how that ye haue knowne him which is frō the begynnynge I haue wrytten vnto you yonge men how that ye are stronge and the worde of God abydeth in you and ye haue ouer come that wicked Se that ye loue not the worlde nether y e thinges that are in the worlde Yf eny man loue the worlde the loue of the father is not in him for all that is in the worlde namely the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the pryde of life is not of the father but of the worlde And the worlde passeth awaye and the lust therof But he that fulfylleth the wyll of God abydeth for euer Litle children it is the last houre and as ye haue herde that Antechrist shal come euen now are there many become Antechristes allready wherby we knowe that it is y e last houre They wente out frō vs but they were not of vs for yf they had bene of vs they wolde no doute haue contynued with vs. But * that they maye be knowne 〈◊〉 that they are not all of vs. But ye haue the anoyntinge of 〈…〉 holy ye knowe all thīges
I haue 〈…〉 vnto you as though ye knewe not y e trâ—eth but ye knowe it are sure y t no lye coÌ„meth of y e trueth Who is a lyar but he y t denyeth y e Iesus is Christ The same is y e Antichrist y t denyeth the father y e sonne Whosoeuer denyeth the sonne the same hath not the father Loke what ye haue herde now from y e begynnynge let the same abyde in you Yf y t which he herde from the begynnynge shal remayne in you then shal ye also abyde in y e sonne and in the father And this is the promes y t he hath promysed vs eueÌ„ eternall life This haue I wrytteÌ„ vnto you coÌ„cerninge theÌ„ that disceaue you And the anoyntinge which ye haue receaued of him dwelleth in you ye nede not y t eny maÌ„ teach you but as the anoyntinge teacheth you all thiÌ„ges euen so is it true is no lye And as it hath taughte you eueÌ„ so abide ye therin And now babes abyde in hiÌ„ y t whaÌ„ he shal appeare we maye be bolde not be made ashamed of him at his commynge Yf ye knowe y t he is righteous knowe also that he which doth righteousnes is borne of him The III. Chapter BEholde what loue the father hath shewed on vs y t we shulde be called the childreÌ„ of God Therfore y e worlde knoweth you not because it knoweth not him Dearly beloued we are now y e childreÌ„ of God and yet hath it not appeared what we shal be But we knowe y t when he shal appeare we shal be like him for we shal se him as he is And euery man y t hath this hope in him pourgeth him selfe euen as he is pure Who so euer coÌ„mytteth synne coÌ„mytteth vnrighteousnes also and synne is vnrighteousnes And ye knowe that he appeared to take awaye oure synnes and in him is no synne Who so euer abydeth in him synneth not who soeuer synneth hath not sene him nether knowne him Babes let no man disceaue you He that doeth righteousnes is righteous euen as he is righteous He that commytteth synne is of the deuell for the deuell synneth sence y e begynnynge For this purpose appeared the sonne of God to lowse the workes of the deuell * Who so euer is borne of God synneth not for his * sede remayneth in him he caÌ„ not synne because he is borne of God * By this are the children of God knowne the children of the deuell Who so euer doeth not righteousnes is not of God nether he 〈◊〉 loueth not his brother 〈◊〉 this is the tydinges which ye haue 〈◊〉 the begynnynge that ye shulde 〈◊〉 one another * not as Cain â–ª which was of the wicked and slewe his brother And wherfore slewe he him euen because his awne workes were euell and his brothers righteous Maruayle not my brethren though the worlde hate you We knowe y t we are traÌ„slated from death vnto life because we loue the brethren He that loueth not his brother abydeth in death Who soeuer hateth his brother is a mansleyer And ye knowe that a mansleyer hath not eternall life abydinge in him Hereby haue we perceaued loue that he gaue his life for vs and therfore ought we also to geue oure lyues for the brethreÌ„ But he y t hath this worldes good seyth his brother haue nede and shutteth vp his hert froÌ„ him how dwelleth the loue of God in him My litle children let vs not loue with worde nether with tonge but with y e dede and with the trueth Hereby knowe we that we are of the verite and can quyete oure hertes before him But yf oure hert condemne vs God is greater theÌ„ oure hert and knoweth all thinges Dearly beloued yf oure hert condemne vs not then haue we a fre boldnes to God warde And what so euer we axe we shal receaue it because we kepe his coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes and do those thinges which are pleasaunt in his sighte And this is his coÌ„maundement that we beleue on y e name of his sonne Iesus Christ and loue one another as he gaue commaundement And he that kepeth his commaundementes dwelleth in him and he in him And hereby knowe we that he abydeth in vs euen by the sprete which he hath geuen vs. The IIII. Chapter DEarly beleued beleue not ye euery sprete but proue the spretes whether they be of God For many false prophetes are gone out in to the worlde Hereby shal ye knowe the sprete of God Euery sprete which confesseth that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God And euery sprete which confesseth not that Iesus Christ is come in the flesh is not off God And this is that sprete of Antechrist off whom ye haue herde how that he shal come and euen now allready is he in the worlde Litle children ye are off God and haue ouer come them for greater is he that is in you then he that is in the worlde They are off the worlde therfore speake they off the worlde and the worlde herkeneth vnto them We are of God and he that knoweth God herkeneth vnto vs he that is not of God heareth vs not Hereby knowe we the sprete of trueth and y e sprete of erroure Dearly beloued let vs loue one another for loue commeth of God And euery one y t loueth is borne of God and knoweth God He that loueth not knoweth not God for God is loue By this appeared the loue of God to vs warde because that God sent his onely begotten sonne in to this worlde that we mighte lyue thorow him Herein is loue not that we loued God but that he loued vs and sent his sonne to make agremeÌ„t for oure synnes Dearly beloued yf God so loued vs we oughte also to loue one another No man hath sene God at eny tyme. Yf we loue one another God dwelleth in vs and his loue is perfecte in vs. Hereby knowe we that we dwell in him and he in vs because he hath geuen vs of his sprete And we haue sene testifye that the father sent the sonne to be the Sauioure of the worlde Who soeuer now confesseth y t Iesus is the sonne of God in him dwelleth God and he in God and we haue knowne and beleued the loue that God hath to vs. God is loue and he that dwelleth in loue dwelleth in God and God in him Here in is the loue perfecte with vs that we shulde haue a fre boldnesse in the daye of iudgment for as he is eueÌ„ so are we in this worlde Feare is not in loue but perfecte loue casteth out feare for feare hath paynefulnes He that feareth is not perfecte in loue Let vs loue him for he loued vs first Yf eny man saye I loue God yet hateth his brother he is a lyar For he that loueth not his brother whom he seyth how can he loue God whom he
by name The Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to the Hebrues The summe of this epistle Chap. I. How God dealt louyngly with theÌ„ of the olde tyme in sendynge them his prophetes but moch more mercy hath he shewed vs in that he sent vs his owne sonne Of the most excellent glory of Iesus Christ which in all thinges is like to his father Chap. II. He exhorteth vs to be obedient vnto the new lawe which Christ hath geuen vs and not to be offended at the infirmite and lowe degre of Christ why it was necessary that for oure sakes he shulde take soch an humble state vpon him that he might be like vnto his brethren Chap. III. He requyreth vs to be obedient vnto the worde of Christ which is more worthy then Moses The punyshment of soch as wyll nedes harden their hertes Chap. IIII. The Sabbath or rest of the Christen Punyshment of vnbeleuers The nature of the worde of God Chap. V. Christ is oure hye prest the seate of grace and more excellent then the hye prestes of the olde lawe Chap. VI. He goeth forth with the thiÌ„ge that he beganne in the latter ende of the fyfft chapter and exhorteth them not to faynt but to be stedfast and pacient for so moch as God is sure in his promesse Chap. VII He coÌ„pareth the presthode of Christ vnto Melchisedech but to be farre more excellent Chap. VIII The office of Christ is more worthy then the prestes office of the olde lawe which was vnperfecte and therfore abrogate Chap. IX The profit and worthynesse of the olde Testament and how farre the new excelleth it Chap. X. The olde lawe had no power to cleÌ„se awaye synne but Christ dyd it with offerynge vp his body once for all An exhortacion to receaue this goodnesse of God thaÌ„k fully with pacience and stedfast faith Chap. XI What faith is and a commeÌ„dacion of the same The stedfast beleue of the fathers in olde tyme. Chap. XII An exhortacion to be pacient and stedfast in trouble and aduersite vpon hope of euerlastinge rewarde A commeÌ„dacion of the new Testament aboue the olde Chap. XIII He exhorteth vs vnto loue to hospitalite to thinke vpon soch as be in aduersite to manteyne wedlocke to avoyde cuvetousnesse to make moch of theÌ„ that preach Gods worde to bewarre of straunge lernynge to be content to suffre rebuke with Christ to be thankfull vnto God and obedient vnto to oure heades The first Chapter GOD in tyme past dyuersly many wayes spake vnto y e fathers by prophetes but in these last dayes he hath spoken vnto vs by his sonne whom he hath made heyre of all thinges by whom also he made the worlde Which sonne beynge the brightnes of his glory the very ymage of his substaunce bearinge vp all thinges with the worde of his power hath in his owne personne pourged oure synnes and is set on the righte hande of the maiestie on hye beynge eueÌ„ as moch more excelleÌ„t theÌ„ y e angels as he hath optayned a more excelleÌ„t name then they For vnto which of the angels sayde he at eny tyme Thou art my sonne this daye haue I begotten the And agayne I will be his father he shal be my sonne And agayne whaÌ„ he bryngeth in the fyrst begotteÌ„ sonne in to the worlde he sayeth And all the angels of God shal worshippe him And of the angels he sayeth He maketh his angels spretes his mynisters flaÌ„mes of fyre But vnto y e sonne he sayeth God y e seate endureth for euer euer the cepter of y e kyngdome is a right cepter Thou hast loued righteousnes hated iniquyte wherfore God which is thy God hath anoynted the with the oyle of gladnesse aboue y e felowes And thou LORDE in y e begynnynge hast layed the foundacion of the earth and y e heaueÌ„s are the workes of thy handes they shal perishe but thou shalt endure they all shal waxe olde as doth a garmeÌ„t and as a vesture shalt thou chaunge them and they shal be chaunged But thou art y e same and thâ— yeares shal not fayle Vnto which of the angels sayde he at eny tyme * Syt thou on my righte haÌ„de tyll I make thyne enemies thy fote stole Are they not all mynistry 〈◊〉 spretes sent to mynister for 〈…〉 which shal be heyres of saluacion 〈…〉 The II. Chapter WHerfore we ought to geue the more hede vnto the thinges which we haue herde lest we periszhe For yf the worde which was spokeÌ„ by angels was stedfast and euery traÌ„sgression and dishobedience receaued a iust recompence of rewarde how shal we escape yf we despyse so greate a saluacion which after that it beganne to be preached by the LORDE himselfe was confirmed vpon vs by them that herde it God bearynge witnesse therto with tokens wonders and dyuerse powers and giftes of the holy goost acordinge to his awne wyll For vnto the angels hath he not subdued the worlde to come wherof we speake But one in a certayne place witnesseth sayeth What is man that thou art myndefull of him or the sonne of man that thou vysitest him After thou haddest for a litle season made him lower theÌ„ y e angels thou crownedst him with honoure and glory and hast set him aboue the workes of thy handes Thou hast put all thinges in subieccion vnder his fete In that he subdued all thinges vnto him he lefte nothinge that is not put vnder him Neuertheles now se we not all thinges yet subdued vnto him But him which for a litle season was made lesse then the angels we se that it is Iesus which is crowned with honoure and glory for the sufferynge of death that he by the grace of God shulde taist of death for all men For it became him for whom are all thinges and by whoÌ„ are all thinges after y t he had broughte many children vnto glory that he shulde make the LORDE of their saluacion perfecte thorow sufferynge for so moch as they all come of one both he that sanctifieth they which are sanctified For the which causes sake he is not ashamed to call them brethren sayenge I will declare thy name vnto my brethren and in the myddes of the coÌ„gregacion wil I prayse the. And agayne I wyl put my trust in him And agayne beholde here am I and my children which God hath geuen me For as moch then as the children haue flesh and bloude he also himselfe likewyse toke parte with them y t he thorow death mighte take awaye y e power of him which had lordshippe ouer death that is to saye y e deuell that he mighte delyuer theÌ„ which thorow feare of death were all their life tyme in 〈…〉 boÌ„dage For he in no place taketh on him 〈◊〉 â—ngels but y e sede of Abraham tabeth he on him Wherfore in all thinges it became him to be made like vnto
those beestes whose bloude is broughte in to the holy place by y e hye prest to pourge synne are brent without the tētes Therfore Iesus also to sanctifye y e people by his awne bloude suffred without y e gate Let vs go forth therfore out of the tentes and suffre rebuke with him for here haue we no contynuynge cite but we seke one to come Let vs therfore by him offre allwayes vnto God the sacrifice of prayse that is to saye the frute of those lippes which confesse his name To do good and to destribute forget not for w t soch sacrifices God is pleased Obey them that haue the ouersighte off you and submytte youre selues vnto them for they watch for youre soules euen as they that must geue accōptes therfore that they maye do it with ioye and not with grefe for that is an vnprofitable thinge for you Praye for vs. We haue confidence because we haue a good cōscience in all thinges and desyre to lyue honestly But I desyre you y e more abundauntly that ye so do y t I maye be restored vnto you the more quyckly The God of peace that broughte agayne frō the deed oure LORDE Iesus the greate shepherde of the shepe thorow the bloude of the euerlastinge Testament make you perfecte in all good workes to do his wyll workynge in you that which is pleasaunt in his sighte thorow Iesus Christ to whom be prayse for euer and euer Amen I beseke you brethren suffre the worde of exhortacion for I haue wrytten vnto you in few wordes Knowe o r brother Timotheus whom we haue sent from vs with whom yf he come shortly I wil se you Salute thē that haue the ouersighte of you and all y e sayntes The brethren of Italy salute you Grace be with you all Amen Sent from Italy by Timotheus The Epistle of S. Iames. The summe of this epistle Chap. I. He exhorteth to reioyse in trouble to be feruent in prayer with stedfast beleue to loke for all good thinges from aboue to forsake all vyce and thankfully to receaue the worde of God not onely hearynge it and speakynge of it but to do therafter in dede True religion or deuocion what it is Chap. II. He forbyddeth to haue eny respecte of personnes but to regarde the poore as wel as the ryche to be louynge and mercifull and not to boast of faith where no dedes are for it is but a deed faith where good workes folowe not Chap III. What good and euell commeth thorow the tonge The dutye of soch as be lerned The difference betwixte the wyszdome of the gospell and the wyszdome of the worlde Chap. IIII. Warre and fightinge commeth of volupteousnesse The frendishipe of the worlde is enemyte before God An exhortacion to flye slaunder and the vanite of this life Chap. V. He threateneth the wicked rych mē exhorteth vnto pacience to bewarre of swearynge one to knowlege his fautes to another one to praye for another and one to laboure to brynge another to the trueth The first Chapter IAmes the seruaunt of God and of the LORDE Iesus Christ sendeth gretinge to the xij trybes which are scatered here there My brethren counte it exceadynge ioye whē ye fall in to diuers temptacions for as moche as ye knowe how y t the tryinge of youre faith bringeth pacience and let pacience haue her parfect worke y t ye maye be parfecte and sounde lakinge nothinge Yf eny of you lacke wyszdome let him axe of God which geueth to all men indifferentlie and casteth no man in the teth and it shal be geuē him But let him axe in faith and wauer not For he that douteth is lyke the wawes of y e See tost of the wynde and caried w t violence Nether let y t man thinke that he shal receaue eny thīge of y e LORDE A wauerynge mynded mā ys vnstable in all his waies Let the brother of lowe degre reioyce in y t he is exalted and the rich in y t he is made lowe For euē as the flo r of y e grasse shal he vanyshe awaye The Sonne ryseth w t heat and the grasse wydereth his floure falleth awaye and the beautie of the fassion of it periszheth euen so shal the ryche man perisshe with his abundaunce Happy is the man that endureth in tēptacion for when he is tryed he shal receaue the crowne of life which the LORDE hath promised to them that loue him Let no man saye when he is tempted y t he is tempted of God For God tēpteth not vnto euell nether tēpteth he eny man But euery mā is tēpted drawne awaye entysed of his awne cōcupiscēce Thē whē lust hath conceaued she bringeth forth synne synne when it is fynished bringeth forth deeth Erre not my deare brethrē Euery good gifte euery parfait gift is from aboue and cōmeth downe from y e father of light with whom is no variablenes nether is he chaunged vnto darcknes Of his awne will begat he vs with the worde of life that we shulde be the fyrst frutes of his creatures Wherfore deare brethren let euery man beswifte to heare slowe to speake and slowe to wrath For the wrath of mā worketh not that which is righteous before God Wherfore laye aparte all fylthines all superfluite of maliciousnes receaue with meknes y e worde y t is grafted in you which is able to saue youre soules And se that ye be doers of y e worde not heares only deceauinge youre awne selues For yf eny heare the worde and do it not he is like vnto a mā that beholdeth his bodily face in a glasse For assone as he hath loked on him selfe he goeth his waye and forgetteth immediatly what his faszhion was But who so loketh in y e perfect lawe of libertie and continueth therin yf he be not a forgetfull hearer but a doar of the worke the same shal be happie in his dede Yf eny man amonge you seme deuoute refrayne not his tōge but deceaue his awne herte this mannes deuocion is in vayne Pure deuocion and vndefiled before God the father is this to visit the frendlesse and widdowes in their aduersite and to kepe him selfe vnspotted of the worlde The II. Chapter BRethren haue not the faith of oure LORDE Iesus Christ y e LORDE of glory in respecte of persons Yf ther come in to yo r cōpany a mā w t a goldē rynge and in goodly aparell ther come in also a poore man in vyle raymēt ye haue a respecte to him y t weareth the gaye clothinge saye vnto hī Sit thou here ī a good place saye vnto y e poore stonde thou there or sit here vnder my fote stole are ye not parciall in youre selues and haue iudged after euyll thoughtes Harken my deare beloued brethrē Hath not God chosen the poore of this worlde which are ryche in