ready to be offered and the time of my departure is at hand 7 I have fought a good fight I have finished my course I have kept the faith 8 Henceforth there is faid up for me a crown of righteousness which the Lord the righteous Judge shall give me at that day and not to me onely but unto all them also that love his appearing 9 Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me 10 For Demas hath forsaken me having loved this present world and is departed unto Thessalonica Crescens to Galatia Titus unto Dalmatia 11 Onely Luke is with me Take Mark and bring him with thee for he is profitable to me for the ministery 12 And Tychicus have I sent to Ephesus 13 The cloke that I left at Troas with Carpus when thou comest bring with thee and the books but especially the parchments 14 Alexander the copper-smith did me much evil the Lord reward him according to his works 15 Of whom be thou ware also for he hath greatly withstood ‖ Or our preachingâ— our words 16 At my first answer no man stood with me but all men forsook me I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge 17 Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me and strengthned me that by me the preaching might be fully known and that all the Gentiles might hear and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion 18 And the Lord shall deliver me from every evil work and will preserve me unto his heavenly kingdom to whom be glory for ever and ever Amen 19 Salute Prisca and Aquila and the houshold of Onesiphorus 20 Erastus abode at Corinth but Trophimus have I left at Miletum sick 21 Do thy diligence to come before winter Eubulus greeteth thee and Pudens and Linus and Claudia and all the brethren 22 The Lord Jesus Christ be with thy spirit Grace be with you Amen ¶ The second epistle unto Timotheus ordained the first bishop of the church of the Ephesians was written from Rome when Paul was brought before Nero the second time ¶ The epistle of PAVL to TITUS CHAP. 1. 1 For what end Titus was left in Crete 6 How they that are to be chosen ministers ought to be qualified 11 The mouths of evil teachers to be stopped 12 and what manner of men they be PAUL a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ according to the faith of Gods elect and the acknowledging of the truth which is after godliness 2 ‖ Or For. In hope of eternal life which God that cannot lie promised * 2 Tim. 1.9 2 Pet. 1 20. before the world began 3 But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour 4 To Titus mine own son after the common faith Grace mercy and peace from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ our Saviour 5 For this cause left I thee in Crete that thou shouldest set in order the things that are ‖ Or left undone wanting and ordain elders in every city as I had appointed thee 6 * 1 Tim. 3.2 c. If any be blameless the husband of one wife having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly 7 For a bishop must be blameless as the steward of God not self-willed not soon angry not given to wine no striker not given to filthy lucre 8 But a lover of hospitality a lover of ‖ Or good things good men sober just holy temperate 9 Holding fast the faithful word ‖ Or in teaching as he hath been taught that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gain-sayers 10 For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers especially they of the circumcision 11 Whose mouths must be stopped who subvert whole houses teaching things which they ought not for filthy lucres sake 12 One of themselves even a prophet of their own said The Cretians are alway liars evil beasts slow bellies 13 This witness is true wherefore rebuke them sharply that they may be sound in the faith 14 * 1 Tim. 1.4 Not giving heed to Jewish fables and commandments of men that turn from the truth 15 * Rom. 14.20 Unto the pure all things are pure but unto them that are defiled and unbeleeving is nothing pure but even their minde and conscience is defiled 16 They profess that they know God but in works they deny him being abominable and disobedient and unto every good work ‖ Or void of judgment reprobate CHAP. II. 1 Directions given unto Titus both for his doctrine and life 9 Of the duty of servants and in general of all christians BUt speak thou the things which become sound doctrine 2 That the aged men be ‖ Or vigilant sober grave temperate sound in faith in charity in patience 3 The aged women likewise that they be in behaviour as becometh ‖ Or holy women holiness not ‖ Or makâ—-bates false accusers not given to much wine teachers of good things 4 That they may teach the young women to be ‖ Or wise sober to love their husbands to love their children 5 To be discreet chaste keepers at home good * Eph. 5.23 obedient to their own husbands that the word of God be not blasphemed 6 Young men likewise exhort to be ‖ Or discreet sober-minded 7 In all things shewing thy self a pattern of good works in doctrine shewing uncorruptness gravity sincerity 8 Sound speech that cannot be condemned that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed having no evil thing to say of you 9 Exhort * Eph. 6.5 Col. 3.22 1 Pet. 2.18 servants to be obedient unto their own masters and to please them well in all things not ‖ Or gain-saying answering again 10 Not purloining but shewing all good fidelity that they may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things 11 For the grace of God ‖ Or that bringeth salvation to all men hath appeared that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men 12 Teaching us that denying ungodliness and wordly lusts we should live soberly righteously and godly in this present world 13 * 1 Cor. 1.7 Phil. 3.20 Looking for that blessed hope and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ 14 Who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purifie unto himself a peculiar people zealous of good works 15 These things speak and exhort and rebuke with all authority Let no man despise thee CHAP. III. 1 Titus it yet further directed by Paul both concerning the things he should teach and not teach 10 He is willed also to reject obstinate hereticks 12 which done he appointeth him both time and place wherein he should come unto him and so concludeth PUt them in minde * Rom. 13.1 1 Pet. 2.13 to be subject to principalities and powers to obey
Prou. 9.1 THE HOLY BIBLE Containing the old TESTAMENT and the New Newly translated out of the Original Tongues And with the former Translations diligently Compared and revised by his Majesties speciall command Appointed to be read in Churches Cambridge Printed by John Field̄ Printer to the Vniversitiē 1668 ALMA MATER CANTABRIGIA HINC LUCEM ET POCULA SACRA Iohn Chantry sculpsit To the most High and Mighty Prince JAMES by the grace of God King of Great Britain France and Ireland Defender of the Faith c. The Translatours of the Bible wish Grace Mercy and Peace through Jesus Christ our Lord. GReat and manifold were the blessings most dread Sovereign which Almighty God the Father of all mercies bestowed upon us the people of England when first he sent Your Majesties Royal Person to rule and reign over us For whereas it was the expectation of many who wished not well unto our Sion that upon the setting of that bright Occidental Star Qu. Elizabeth of most happy memory some thick and palpable clouds of darkness would so have overshadowed this land that men should have been in doubt which way they were to walk and that it should hardly be known who was to direct the unsettled State the appearance of Your Majesty as of the Sun in his strength instantly dispelled those supposed and surmised mists and gave unto all that were well affected exceeding cause of comfort especially when we beheld the Government established in Your Highness and Your hopeful Seed by an undoubted Title and this also accompanted with peace and tranquility at home and abroad But amongst all our joys there was no one that more filled our hearts then the blessed continuance of the Preaching of Gods sacred Word amongst us which is that inestimable treasure which excelleth all the riches of the earth because the fruit thereof extendeth it self not onely to the time spent in this transitory world but directeth and disposeth men unto that eternal happiness which is above in heaven Then not to suffer this to fall to the ground but rather to take it up and to continue it in that state wherein the famous Predecessour of Your Highness did leave it nay to go forward with the confidence and resolution of a man in maintaining the truth of Christ and propagating it far and near is that which hath so bound and firmly knit the hearts of all Your Majesties loyal and religious people unto You that Your very name is precious among them their eye doth behold You with comfort and they bless You in their hearts as that sanctified Person who under God is the immediate Authour of their true happiness And this their contentment doth not diminish or decay but every day increaseth and taketh strength when they observe that the zeal of Your Majesty toward the house of God doth not flack or go backward but is more and more kindled manifesting it self abroad in the furthest parts of Christendom by writing in defence of the Truth which hath given such a blow unto that man of sin as will not be healed and every day at home by religious and learned discourse by frequenting the house of God by hearing the Word preached by cherishing the Teachers thereof by caring for the Church as a most tender and loving nursing Father There are infinite Arguments of this right Christian and religious affection in Your Majesty but none is more forcible to declare it to others then the vehement and perpetuated desire of the accomplishing and publishing of this work which now with all humility we present unto Your Majesty For when Your Highness had once out of deep judgement apprehended how convenient it was that out of the original sacred Tongues together with comparing of the Labours both in our own and other foreign Languages of many worthy men who went before us there should be one more exact Translation of the holy Scriptures into the English tongue Your Majesty did never desist to urge and to excite those to whom it was commended that the Work might be hastned and that the business might be expedited in so decent a manner as a matter of such importance might justly require And now at last by the mercy of God and the continuance of our Labours it being brought unto such a conclusion as that we have great hope the Church of England shall reap good fruit thereby we hold it our duty to offer it to Your Majesty not onely as to our King and Sovereign but as to the principal Mover and Authour of the Work Humbly craving of Your most sacred Majesty that since things of this quality have ever been subject to the censures of ill-meaning and discontented persons it may receive approbation and patronage from so learned and judicious a Prince as Your Highness is whose allowance and acceptance of our Labors shall more honour and encourage us then all the calumniations and hard interpretations of other men shall dismay us So that if on the one side we shall be traduced by Popish persons at home or abroad who therefore will malign us because we are poor instruments to make Gods holy Truth to be yet more and more known unto the people whom they desire still to keep in ignorance and darkness or if on the other side we shall be maligned by self-conceited brethren who run their own ways and give liking unto nothing but what is framed by themselves and hammered on their anvile we may rest secure supported within by the truth and innocency of a good conscience having walked the ways of simplicity and integrity as before the Lord And sustained without by the powerfull protection of Your Majesties Grace and Favour which will ever give countenance to honest and Christian endeavours against bitter censures and uncharitable imputations The Lord of heaven and earth bless Your Majesty with many and happy days that as his heavenly hand hath enriched Your Highness with many singular and extraordinary graces so You may be the wonder of the world in this latter age for happiness and true felicity to the honour of that great God and the good of his Church through Jesus Christ our Lord and onely Saviour The Names and Order of all the Books of the Old and New Testament with the number of their Chapters GEnesis hath chapters 50 Exodus 40 Leviticus 27 Numbers 36 Deuteronomie 34 Joshua 24 Judges 21 Ruth 4 I. Samuel 31 II. Samuel 24 I. Kings 22 II. Kings 25 I. Chronicles 29 II. Chronicles 36 Ezra 10 Nehemiah 13 Esther 10 Job 42 Psalms 150 Proverbs 31 Ecclesiastes 12 The Song of Solomon 8 Isaiah 66 Jeremiah 52 Lamentations 5 Ezekiel 48 Daniel 12 Hosea 14 Joel 3 Amos 9 Obadiah 1 Jonah 4 Micah 7 Nahum 3 Habakkuk 3 Zephaniah 3 Haggai 2 Zechariah 14 Malachi 4 The Books called Apocrypha I. ESdras hath chapters 9 II. Esdras 16 Tobit 14 Judith 16 The rest of Esther 6 Wisdom of Solomon 19 Ecclesiasticus 51 Baruch with the Epistle of Jeremiah 6
three days I will speak other things unto thee and declare unto thee mighty and wondrous things 57 Then went I forth into the field giving praise and thanks greatly unto the most High because of his wonders which he did in time 58 And because he governeth the same and such things as fall in their seasons and there I sat three days CHAP. XIV 1 A voice out of a bush â—aâ—eth Esdras 10 and telleth him that the world waxeth old 22 He desireth because the law was burnt to write all aâ—ain 24 and is bid to get swift writers 39 He and they are filled with understanding 45 But he is charged not to publish all that is written ANd it came to pass upon the third day I sat under an oak and behold there came a voice out of a bush over against me and said Esdras Esdras 2 And I said Here am I Lord and I stood up upon my feet 3 Then said he unto me * Exed 3.2 8. In the bush I did manifestly reveal my self unto Moses and talked with him when my people served in Egypt 4 And I sent him and led my people out of Egypt and brought him up to the mount of Sinai where I held him by me a long season 5 And told him many wondrous things and shewed him the secrets of the times and the end and commanded him saying 6 These words shalt thou declare and these shalt thou hide 7 And now I say unto thee 8 That thou lay up in thy heart the signs that I have shewed and the dreams that thou hast seen and the interpretations which thou hast heard 9 For thou shalt be taken away from all and from henceforth thou shalt remain with my son and with such as be like thee until the times be ended 10 For the world hath lost his youth and the times begin to was old 11 For the world is divided into twelve parts and the ten parts of it are gone already and half of a tenth part 12 And there remaineth that which is after the half of the tenth part 13 Now therefore set thine house in order and reprove thy people comfort such of them as be in trouble and 〈◊〉 renounce corruption 14 Let go from thee mortal thoughts cast away the burdens of man put off now the weak nature 15 And set aside the thoughts that are most heavy unto thee and haste thee to flee from there times 16 For * Matth. 4.7 yet greater evils then those which thou hast seen happen shall be done hereafter 17 For look how much the world shall be weaker through age so much the more shall evils increase upon them that dwell therein 18 For the truth is fled far away and leasing is hard at hand for now hasteth the vision to come which thou hast seen 19 Then answered I before thee and said 20 Behold Lord I will go as thou hast commanded me and reprove the people which are present but they that shall be born afterward who shall admonish them thus the world is set in darkness and they that dwell therein are without light 21 For thy law is hurnt therefore no man knoweth the things that are done of thee or the works that shall begin 22 But if I have found grace before thee send the holy Ghost into me and I shall write all that hath been done in the world since the beginning which were written in thy law that men may finde thy path and that they which will live in the latter days may live 23 And he answered me saying Go thy way gather the people together and say unto them that they seek thee not for fourty days 24 But look thou prepare thee many ‖ Or â—â—tâ—â—â—es to write on Seever 44. box trees and take with thee Sarea Dabria Selemia ‖ Or 〈◊〉 Ecanus and Asiel these five which are ready to write swiftly 25 And come hither and I shall light a candle of understanding in thine heart which shall not be put out till the things be performed which thou shalt begin to write 26 And when thou hast done some things shalt thou publish and some things shalt thou shew secretly to the wise to morrow this hour shalt thou begin to write 27 Then went I forth as he commanded and gathered all the people together and said 28 Hear these words O Israel 29 * Gen. 47.4 Our fathers at the beginning were strangers in Egypt from whence they were delivered 30 * Act. 7.53 And received the law of life which they kept not which ye also have transgressed after them 31 Then was the land even the land of Sion parted among you by lot but your fathers and ye your selves have done unrighteousness and have not kept the ways which the Highest commanded you 32 And for as much as he is a righteous judge he took from you in time the thing that he had given you 33 And now are you here and your brethren amongst you 34 Therefore if so be that you will subdue your own understanding and reform your hearts ye shall be kept alive and after death ye shall obtain mercy 35 For after death shall the judgement come when we shall live again and then shall the names of the righteous be manifest and the works of the ungodly shall be declared 36 Let no man therefore come unto me now nor seek after me these fourty days 37 So I took the five men as he commanded me and we went into the field and remained there 38 And the next day behold a voice called me saying Esdras * Ezek. 3.2 open thy mouth and drink that I give thee to drink 39 Then opened I my mouth and behold he reached me a full cup which was full as it were with water but the colour of it was like fire 40 And I took it and drank and when I had drunk of it my heart uttered understanding and wisdom grew in my breast for my spirit strengthned my memory 41 And my mouth was opened and shut no more 42 The Highest gave understanding unto the five men and they wrote the wonderful visions of the night that were told which they knew not and they sat fourty days and they wrote in the day and at night they are bread 43 As for me I spake in the day and I held not my tongue by night 44 In fourty days they wrote ‖ Or 〈◊〉 hundred and four two hundred and four books 45 And it came to pass when the fourty days were fulfilled that the Highest spake saying The first that thou hast written publish openly that the worthy and unworthy may read it 46 But keep the seventy last that thou mayest deliver them onely to such as be wise among the people 47 For in them is the spring of understanding the fountain of wisdom and ‖ Or the 〈◊〉 of knowledge the stream of knowledge 48 And I did so CHAP. XV. 1 This prophesie is certain 5 God will take vengeance
to help and for a good journey he asketh of that which cannot set a foot forward 19 And for gaining and getting and for good success of his hands asketh ability to do of him that is most â—â—â—le to do any thing CHAP. XIV 1 Though men do not pray to their ships 5 yet are they saved rather by them then by their idols 8 Idols are accursed and so are the makers of them 14 The beginning of idolatry 23 and the effects thereof 30 God will punish them that swear falsly by their idols AGain one preparing himself to sail and about to pass through the raging waves calleth upon a piece of wood more rotten then the ‖ Or ship vessel that carrieth him 2 For verily desire of gain devised ‖ Or vessel or ship that and the workman built it by his skill 3 But thy providence O Father governeth it for thou hast * Ex. 14.22 made a way in the sea and a safe path in the waves 4 Shewing that thou canst save from all danger yea though a man went to sea without art 5 Nevertheless thou wouldest not that the works of thy wisdom should be idle and therefore do men commit their lives to a small piece of wood and passing the rough sea in a weak vessel are saved 6 * Gen. 6.4 7.10 For in the old time also when the proud giants perished the hope of the world governed by thy hand escaped in a weak vessel and left to all ages a seed of generation 7 For blessed is the wood whereby righteousness cometh 8 But * Ps 115.8 Baruc. 6.4 that which is made with hands is cursed as well it as he that made it he because he made it and it because being corruptible it was called god 9 * Psal 5.5 For the ungodly and his ungodliness are both alike hateful unto God 10 For that which is made shall be punished together with him that made it 11 Therefore even ‖ Or to or by upon the idols of the Gentiles shall there be a visitation because in the creature of God they are become an abomination and * Jer. 10.8 Habak 2.18 †Gr. scandals stumbling-blocks to the souls of men and a ‖ Or trap snare to the feet of the unwise 12 For the devising of idols was the beginning of spiritual fornication and the invention of them the corruption of life 13 For neither were they from the beginning neither shall they be for ever 14 For by the vain glory of men they entred into the world and therefore shall they come shortly to an end 15 For a father afflicted with untimely mourning when he hath made an image of his childe soon taken away now honoured him as a god which was then a dead man and delivered to those that were under him ceremonies and sacrifices 16 Thus †Gr. in time in process of time an ungodly custom grown strong was kept as a saw and graven images were worshipped by the commandments of ‖ Or tyrants kings 17 Whom men could not honour ‖ Or in sight in presence because they dwelt far off they took the counterfeit of his visage from far and made an express image of a king whom they honoured to the end that by this their forwardness they might flatter him that was absent as if he were present 18 Also the singular diligence of the artificer did help to set forward the ignorant to more superstition 19 For he peradventure willing to please one in authority forced all his skill to make the resemblance †Gr. to the better of the best fashion 20 And so the multitude allured by the grace of the work took him now for a god which a little before was but honoured as a man 21 And this was an occasion to deceive the world for men serving either calamity or tyranny did ascribe unto stones and stocks the incommunicable ‖ Or of God name 22 Moreover this was not enough for them that they erred in the knowledge of God but whereas they lived in the great war of ignorance those so great plagues called they peace 23 For whilest they * Deut. 18.10 Jer. 7.9 19.4 slew their children in sacrifices or used secret ceremonies or made revellings of strange rites 24 They kept neither lives nor marriages any longer undefiled but either one slew another traiterously or grieved him by adultery 25 So that there reigned in all men ‖ Or â—onfusedly without exception bloud man-slaughter their and dissimulation corruption unfaithfulness tumults perjury 26 Disquieting of good men forgetfulness of good turns defiling of souls changing of ‖ Or six kinde disorder in marriages adultery and shameless uncleanness 27 For the worshipping of idols †Gr nanuless not to be named is the beginning the cause and the end of all evil 28 For either they are mad when they be merry or prophesie lies or live unjustly or else lightly forswear themselves 29 For insomuch as their trust is in idols which have no life though they swear falsly yet they look not to be hurt 30 Howbeit for both causes shall they be justly punished both because they thought not well of God ‖ Or devoted giving heed unto idols and also unjustly swore in deceit despising holiness 31 For it is not the power of them by whom they swear but it is the just vengeance of sinners that punisheth always the offence of the ungodly CHAP. XV. 1 We do acknowledge the true God 7 The folly of idol-makers 14 and of the enemies of Gods people 15 because besides the idols of the Gentiles 18 they worshipped vile beasts BUt thou O God art gracious and true long-suffering and in mercy ordering all things 2 For if we sin we are thine knowing thy power but we will not sin knowing that we are counted thine 3 For to know thee is perfect righteousness yea to know thy power is the root of immortality 4 For neither did the mischievous invention of men deceive us nor an image spotted with divers colours the painters fruitless labour 5 The sight whereof ‖ Or turnetha reproach to the foolish enticeth fools to lust after it and so they desire the form of a dead image that hath no breath 6 Both they that make them they that desire them and they that worship them are lovers of evil things and are worthy to have such things to trust upon 7 For the * Rom. 9.21 potter tempering soft earth fashioneth every vessel with much labour for our service yea of the same clay he maketh both the vessels that serve for clean uses and likewise also all such as serve to the contrary but what is the use of either sort the potter himself is the judge 8 And employing his labours lewdly he maketh a vain god of the same clay even he which a little before was made of earth himself and within a little while after returneth to the
kill the prisoners lest any of them should swim out and escape 43 But the centurion willing to save Paul kept them from their purpose and commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea and get to land 44 And the rest some on boards and some on broken pieces of the ship And so it came to pass that they escaped all safe to land CHAP. XXVIII 1 Paul after his shipwrack is kindly entertained of the Barbarians 3 The viper on his hand hurteth him not 8 He healeth many diseases in the island 11 They depart towards Rome 17 He declareth to the Jews the cause of his coming 24 After his preaching some were perswaded and some beleeved not 30 Yet he preacheth there two years ANd when they were escaped then they knew that the island was called Melita 2 And the barbarous people shewed us no little kindness for they kindled a fire and received us every one because of the present rain and because of the cold 3 And when Paul had gathered a bundle of sticks and laid them on the fire there came a viper out of the heat and fastned on his hand 4 And when the Barbarians law the venemous beast hang on his hand they said among themselves No doubt this man is a murderer whom though he hath escaped the sea yet vengeance suffereth not to live 5 And he shook off the beast into the fire and felt no harm 6 Howbeit they looked when he should have swoln or faln down dead suddenly but after they had looked a great while and saw no harm come to him they changed their minds and said that he was a God 7 In the same quarters were possessions of the chief man of the island whose name was Publius who received us and lodged us three days courteously 8 And it came to pass that the father of Publius lay sick of a fever and of a bloudy flux to whom Paul entred in and prayed and laid his hands on him and healed him 9 So when this was done others also which had diseases in the island came and were healed 10 Who also honoured us with many honours and when we departed they laded us with such things as were necessary 11 And after three moneths we departed in a ship of Alexandria which had wintred in the isle whose signe was Castor and Pollux 12 And landing at Syracuse we tarried there three days 13 And from thence we set a compass and came to Rhegium and after one day the south-wind blew and we came the next day to Puteoâ—â— 14 Where we found brethren and were desired to tarry with them seven days and so we went toward Rome 15 And from thence when the brethren heard of us they came to meet us as far as Appii-forum and the Three taverns whom when Paul saw he thanked God and took courage 16 And when we came to Rome the centurion delivered the prisoners to the captain of the guard but Paul was suffered to dwell by himself with a souldier that kept him 17 And it came to pass that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together And when they were come together he said unto them Men and brethren though I have committed nothing against the people or customs of our fathers yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans 18 Who when they had examined me would have let me go because there was no cause of death in me 19 But when the Jews spake against it I was constrained to appeal unto Cesar not that I had ought to accuse my nation of 20 For this cause therefore have I called for you to see you and to speak with you because that for the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain 21 And they said unto him We neither received letters out of Judea concerning thee neither any of the brethren that came shewed or spake any harm of thee 22 But we desire to hear of thee what thou thinkest for as concerning this sect we know that every where it is spoken against 23 And when they had appointed him a day there came many to him into his lodging to whom he expounded and testified the kingdom of God perswading them concerning Jesus both out of the law of Moses and out of the prophets from morning till evening 24 And some beleeved the things which were spoken and some beleeved not 25 And when they agreed not among themselves they departed after that Paul had spoken one word Well spake the holy Ghost by Esaias the prophet unto our fathers 26 Saying * Isa 6.9 Mat. 13.14 Mar. 4.12 Luk. 8.10 Joh. 12.40 Rom. 11.8 Go unto this people and say Hearing ye shall hear and shall not understand and seeing ye shall see and not perceive 27 For the heart of this people is waxed gross and their ears are dull of hearing and their eyes have they closed lest they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and should be converted and I should heal them 28 Be it known therefore unto you that the salvation of God is sent unto the Gentiles and that they will hear it 29 And when he had said these words the Jews departed and had great reasoning among themselves 30 And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house and received all that came in unto him 31 Preaching the kingdom of God and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ with all confidence no man forbidding him ¶ The epistle of PAUL the Apostle to the ROMANS CHAP. I. 1 Paul commendeth his calling to the Romans 9 and his desire to come to them 16 What his gospel is and the righteousness which it sheweth 18 God is angry with all manner of sin 21 What were the sins of the Gentiles PAul a servant of Jesus Christ called to be an apostle * Act. 13.2 separated unto the gospel of God 2 Which he had promised afore by his prophets in the holy scriptures 3 Concerning his Son Jesus Christ our Lord which was made of the seed of David according to the flesh 4 And †Or. determined declared to be the Son of God with power according to the spirit of holiness by the resurrection from the dead 5 By whom we have received grace and apostleship ‖ Or to the obedience of faith for obedience to the faith among all nations for his name 6 Among whom are ye also the called of Jesus Christ 7 To all that be in Rome beloved of God called to be saints Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ 8 First I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world 9 For God is my witness whom I serve ‖ Or in my spirit with my spirit in the Gospel of his Son that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers
them that are such 19 The churches of Asia salute you Aquila and Priscilla salute you much in the Lord with the church that is in their house 20 All the brethren greet you * Rom 16.16 Greet ye one another with an holy kiss 21 The salutation of me Paul with mine own hand 22 If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ let him be anathema Maran-atha 23 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you 24 My love be with you all in Christ Jesus Amen ¶ The first epistle to the Corinthians was written from Philippi by Stephanas and Fortunatus and Achaicus and Timotheus ¶ The second epistle of PAUL the Apostle to the CORINTHIANS CHAP. I. 3 The apostle encourageth them against troubles by the comforts and deliverances which God had given him as in all his afflictions 8 so partroularly in his late danger in Asia 12 and calling both his own conscience and theirs to witness of his sincere manner of preaching the immutable truth of the gospel 15 he excuseth his not coming to them as proceeding not of liâ—btness but of his lenity towards them PAul an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God and Timothy our brother unto the church of God which is at Corinth with all the saints which are in all Achaia 2 Grace be to you and peace from God our Father and from the Lord Jesus Christ 3 * Eph. 2.3 1 Pet. 1.3 Blessed be God even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort 4 Who comforteth us in all our tribulation that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble by the comfort wherewith we our selves are comforted of God 5 For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ 6 And whether we be afflicted it is for your consolation and salvation which ‖ Or is wrought is effectual in the enduring of the same sufferings which we also suffer or whether we be comforted it is for your consolation and salvation 7 And our hope of you is stedfast knowing that as you are partakers of the sufferings so shall ye be also of the consolation 8 For we would not brethren have you ignorant of our trouble which came to us in Asia that we were pressed out of measure above strength insomuch that we despaired even of life 9 But we had the ‖ Or answer sentence of death in our selves that we should not trust in our selves but in God which raiseth the dead 10 Who delivered us from so great a death and doth deliver in whom we trust that he will yet deliver us 11 You also * Rom. 15.30 helping together by prayer for us that for the gift bestowed upon us by the means of many persons thanks may be given by many on our behalf 12 For our rejoycing is this the testimony of our conscience that in simplicity and godly sincerity not with fleshly wisdom but by the grace of God we have had our conversation in the world and more abundantly to you-wards 13 For we write none other things unto you then what you read or acknowledge and I trust you shall acknowledge even to the end 14 As also you have acknowledged us in part that we are your rejoycing even as ye also are ours in the day of the Lord Jesus 15 And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before that you might have a second ‖ Or. grote benefit 16 And to pass by you into Macedonia and to come again out of Macedonia unto you of you to be brought on my way toward Judea 17 When I therefore was thus minded did I use lightness or the things that I purpose do I purpose according to the flesh that with me there should be yea yea and nay nay 18 But as God is true our ‖ Or preaching word toward you was not yea and nay 19 For the Son of God Jesus Christ who was preached among you by us even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus was not yea and nay but in him was yea 20 For all the promises of God in him are yea and in him amen unto the glory of God by us 21 Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ and hath anointed us is God 22 Who hath also sealed us and given the earnest of the Spirit in our hearts 23 Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth 24 Not for that we have dominion over your faith but are helpers of your joy for by faâ—th ye stand CHAP. II. 1 Having shewed the reason why he came not to them 6 he requireth them to forgive and to comfort that excommunicated person 10 even as himself also upon his true repentance had forgiven him 12 declaring withal why he departed from Troas to Macedonia 14 and the happy success which God gave to his preaching in all places BUt I determined this with myself that I would not come again to you in heaviness 2 For if I make you sorry who is he then that maketh me glad but the same which is made sorry by me 3 And I wrote this same unto you lest when I came I should have sorrow from them of whom I ought to rejoyce having confidence in you all that my joy is the joy of you all 4 For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears not that you should be grieved but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you 5 But if any have caused grief he hath not grieved me but in part that I may not overcharge you all 6 Sufficient to such a man is this ‖ Or câ—nsure punishment which was inflicted of many 7 So that contrariwise ye ought rather to forgive him and comfort him lest perhaps such a one should be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow 8 Wherefore I beseech you that ye would confirm your love towards him 9 For to this end also did I write that I might know the proof of you whether ye be obedient in all things 10 To whom ye forgive any thing I forgive also for if I forgave any thing to whom I forgave it for your sakes forgave I it ‖ Or in the sight person of Christ 11 Lest Satan should get an advantage of us for we are not ignorant of his devices 12 Furthermore when I came to Troas to preach Christs gospel and a door was opened unto me of the Lord 13 I had no rest in my spirit because I found not Titus my brother but taking my leave of them I went from thence into Macedonia 14 Now thanks be unto God which always causeth us to triumph in Christ and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place 15 For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ in them that are saved and in
honest though we be as reprobates 8 For we can do nothing against the truth but for the truth 9 For we are glad when we are weak and ye are strong and this also we wish even your perfection 10 Therefore I write these things being absent lest being present I should use sharpness according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification and not to destruction 11 Finally brethren farewel Be perfect be of good comfort be of one minde live in peace and the God of love and peace shall be with you 12 * Rom. 16.16 Greet one another with an holy kiss 13 All the saints salute you 14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the communion of the holy Ghost be with you all Amen ¶ The second epistle to the Corinthians was written from Philippi a city of Macedonia by Titus and Lucas ¶ The epistle of PAUL the Apostle to the GALATIANS CHAP. I. 6 He wondreth that they have so soon lest him and the gospel 8 and accurseth those that preath any other gospel then he did 11 He learned the gospel not of men but of God 13 and sheweth what he was before his calling 17 and what he did presently after it PAul an apostle not of men neither by man but by Jesus Christ and God the Father who raised him from the dead 2 And all the brethren which are with me unto the churches of Galatia 3 Grace be to you and peace from God the Father and from our Lord Jesus Christ 4 Who gave himself for our sins that he might deliver us from this present evil world according to the will of God and our Father 5 To whom be glory for ever and ever Amen 6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel 7 Which is not another but there be some that trouble you and would pervert the gospel of Christ 8 But though we or an angel from heaven preach any other gospel unto you then that which we have preached unto you let him be accursed 9 As we said before so say I now again If any man preach any other gospel unto you then that ye have received let him be accursed 10 For do I now perswade men or God or do I seek to please men for if I yet pleased men I should not be the servant of Christ 11 But I certifie you brethren that the gospel which was preached of me is not after man 12 For I neither received it of man neither was I taught it but by the revelation of Jesus Christ 13 For ye have heard of my conversation in time past in the Jews religion how that * Act. 9.1 beyond measure I persecuted the church of God and wasted it 14 And profited in the Jews religion above many my †Gr. equals in years equals in mine own nation being more exceedingly zealous of the traditions of my fathers 15 But when it pleased God who separated me from my mothers womb and called me by his grace 16 To reveal his Son in me that * Eph. 3 8. I might preach him among the heathen immediately I conferred not with flesh and bloud 17 Neither went I up to Jerusalem to them which were apostles before me but I went into Arabia and returned again unto Damascus 18 Then after three years I ‖ Or returned went up to Jerusalem to see Peter and abode with him fifteen days 19 But other of the apostles saw I none save James the Lords brother 20 Now the things which I write unto you behold before God I lie not 21 Afterwards I came into the regions of Syria and Cilicia 22 And was unknown by face unto the churches of Judea which were in Christ 23 But they had heard onely That he which persecuted us in times past now preacheth the faith which once he destroyed 24 And they glorified God in me CHAP. II. 1 He sheweth when he went up again to Jerusalem and for what pur-purpose and that Titus was not circumcised 11 and that he resisted Peter and told him the reason 14 why he and other being Jews do beleeve in Christ to be justified by faith and not by works 20 and that they live not in sin who are so justified THen fourteen years after I went up again to Jerusalem with Barnabas and took Titus with me alse 2 And I went up by revelation and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles but ‖ Or severally privately to them which were of reputation lest by any means I should run or had run in vain 3 But neither Titus who was with me being a Greek was compelled to be circumcised 4 And that because of false brethren unawares brought in who came in privily to spie out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus that they might bring us into bondage 5 To whom we gave place by subjection no not for an hour that the truth of the gospel might continue with you 6 But of these who seemed to be somewhat whatsoever they were it maketh no matter to me * Rom 2.12 God accepteth no mans person for they who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me 7 But contrariwise when they saw that the gospel of the uncircumcision was committed unto me as the gospel of the circumcision was unto Peter 8 For he that wrought effectually in Peter to the apostleship of the circumcision the same was mighty in me towards the Gentiles 9 And when James Cephas and John who seemed to be pillars perceived the grace that was given unto me they gave to me and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship that we should go unto the heathen and they unto the circumcision 10 Onely they would that we should remember the poor the same which I also was forward to do 11 But when Peter was come to Antioch I withstood him to the face because he was to be blamed 12 For before that certain came from James he did eat with the Gentiles but when they were come he withdrew and separated himself fearing them which were of the circumcision 13 And the other Jews dissembled likewise with him insomuch that Barnabas also was carried away with their dissimulation 14 But when I saw that they walked not uprightly according to the truth of the gospel I said unto Peter before them all If thou being a Jew livest after the manner of Gentiles and not as do the Jews why compellest thou the Gentiles to live as do the Jews 15 We who are Jews by nature and not sinners of the Gentiles 16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law but by the faith of Jesus Christ even we have believed in Jesus Christ that we might be justified by the faith of Christ and not by the works of the law for * Rom. 3.20 by the works of the law shall no flesh be
Spirit unto the Father 19 Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners but fellow-citizens with the saints and of the houshold of God 20 And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone 21 In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy temple in the Lord 22 In whom you also are builded together for an habitation of God through the Spirit CHAP. III. 5 The hidden mystery 6 that the Gentiles should be saved 3 was made known to Paul by revelation 8 and to him was that grace given that 〈◊〉 he should preach it 13 He desireth them not to faint for his tribulation 14 and prayeth 19 that they may perceive the great love of Christ toward them FOr this cause I Paul the prisoner of Jesus Christ for you Gentiles 2 If ye have heard of the dispensation of the grace of God which is given me to you-ward 3 How that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery as I wrote ‖ Or a little before afore in few words 4 Whereby when ye read ye may understand my knowledge in the mystery of Christ 5 Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men as it is now revealed unto his holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit 6 That the Gentiles should be fellow-heirs and of the same body and partakers of his promise in Christ by the gospel 7 Whereof I was made a minister according to the gift of the grace of God given unto me by the effectual working of his power 8 Unto me who am less then the least of all saints is this grace given that * Gal. 1.16 I should preach among the Gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ 9 And to make all men see what is the fellowship of the mystery which from the beginning of the world hath been hid in God who created all things by Jesus Christ 10 To the intent that now unto the principalities and powers in heavenly places might be known by the church the manifold wisdom of God 11 According to the eternal purpose which he purposed in Christ Jesus our Lord. 12 In whom we have boldness and access with confidence by the faith of him 13 Wherefore I desire that ye faint not at my tribulations for you which is your glory 14 For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ 15 Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named 16 That he would grant you according to the riches of his glory to be strengthned with might by his Spirit in the inner man 17 That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith that ye being rooted and grounded in love 18 May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth and length and depth and height 19 And to know the love of Christ which passeth knowledge that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God 20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think according to the power that worketh in us 21 Unto him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages world without end Amen CHAP. IV. 1 He exhorteth to unity 7 and declareth that God therefore giveth divers 11 gifts unto men that his church might be 13 edified and 16 grown up in Christ 18 He calleth them from the impurity of the Gentiles 24 to put on the new man 25 to cast off lying and 29 corrupt communication I Therefore the prisoner ‖ Or in the Lord. of the Lord beseech you that ye * Phil. 1.27 Col. 1.10 1 Thes 2.12 walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called 2 With all lowliness and meekness with long-suffering forbearing one another in love 3 Endeavouring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace 4 There is one body and one Spirit even as ye are called in one hope of your calling 5 One Lord one faith one baptism 6 * Mal. 2.10 One God and Father of all who is above all and through all and in you all 7 But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ 8 Wherefore he saith * Psal 68.18 When he ascended up on high he led ‖ Or a multitude of captives captivity captive and gave gifts unto men 9 Now that he ascended what is it but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth 10 He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens that he might ‖ Or fulfil fill all things 11 * 1 Cor. 12.28 And he gave some apostles and some prophets and some evangelists and some pastours and teachers 12 For the perfecting of the saints for the work of the ministery for the edifying of the body of Christ 13 Till we all come ‖ Or into the unity in the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God unto a perfect man unto the measure of the ‖ Or. age stature of the fulness of Christ 14 That we henceforth be no more children tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine by the sleight of men and cunning craftiness whereby they lie in wait to deceive 15 But * Zec. 8.15 ‖ Or being sincere speaking the truth in love may grow up into him in all things which is the head even Christ 16 * Col. 2.19 From whom the whole body fitly joyned together and compacted by that which every joynt supplieth according to the effectual working in the measure of every part maketh increase in the body unto the edifying of it self in love 17 This I say therefore and testifie in the Lord that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk in the vanity of their minde 18 Having the understanding darkned being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them because of the * Rom. 1.21 ‖ Or hardness blindness of their heart 19 Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness to work all uncleanness with greediness 20 But ye have not so learned Christ 21 If so be that ye have heard him and have been taught by him as the truth is in Jesus 22 That ye * Col. 3. ◠put off concerning the former conversation the old man which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts 23 And * Rom. 1◠2 be renewed in the spirit of your minde 24 And that ye put on the new man which after God is created in righteousness and ‖ Or holiness of truth true holiness 25 Wherefore putting away lying * Zec. 8.16 speak every man truth with his neighbour for we are members one of another 26 * Ps 4.4 Be ye angry and sin not let not the sun go down upon your wrath 27 * Jam. 4.7 Neither give
Christ 6 Now we command you brethren in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ that ye withdraw your selves from every brother that walketh disorderly and not after the tradition which he received of us 7 For your selves know how ye ought to follow us for we behaved not our selves disorderly among you 8 Neither did we eat any mans bread for nought but wrought with labour and travel night and day that we might not be chargeable to any of you 9 Not because we have not power but to make our selves an ensample unto you to follow us 10 For even when we were with you this we commanded you that if any would not work neither should he eat 11 For we hear that there are some which walk among you disorderly working not at all but are busie-bodies 12 Now them that are such we command and exhort by our Lord Jesus Christ that with quietness they work and eat their own bread 13 But ye brethren * Gal. 6.9 ‖ Or faint not be not weary in well-doing 14 And if any man obey not our word ‖ Or signifie tha◠man by an epistle by this epistle note that man and have no company with him that he may be ashamed 15 Yet count him not as an enemy but admonish him as a brother 16 Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means The Lord be with you all 17 The salutation of Paul with mine own hand which is the token in every epistle so I write 18 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you all Amen ¶ The second epistle to the Thessalonians was written from Athens ¶ The first epistle of PAUL the Apostle to TIMOTHY CHAP. I. 1 Timothy is put in minde of the charge which was given unto him by Paul at his going to Macedonia 5 Of the right use and end of the law 11 Of S. Pauls calling to be an apostle 20 and of Hymeneus and Alexander PAul an apostle of Jesus Christ by the commandment of God our Saviour and Lord Jesus Christ which is our hope 2 Unto Timothy my own son in the faith Grace mercy and peace from God our Father and Jesus Christ our Lord. 3 As I besought thee to abide still at Ephesus when I went into Macedonia that thou mightest charge some that they teach no other doctrine 4 * Chap. 4.7 and 6.4 2 Tim. 2.23 Tit. 1.14 and 3.9 Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies which minister questions rather then godly edifying which is in faith so do 5 Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart and of a good conscience and of faith unfeigned 6 From which some ‖ Or not ayming it having swerved have turned aside unto vain jangling 7 Desiring to be teachers of the law understanding neither what they say nor whereof they affirm 8 But we know that the law is good if a man use it lawfully 9 Knowing this that the law is not made for a righteous man but for the lawless and disobedient for the ungodly and for sinners for unholy and profane for murderers of fathers and murderers of mothers for manslayers 10 For whoremongers for them that defile themselves with mankind for men-stealers for liars for perjured persons and if there be any other thing that is contrary to sound doctrine 11 According to the glorious gospel of the blessed God which was committed to my trust 12 And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who hath enabled me for that he counted me faithful putting me into the ministery 13 Who was before a blasphemer and a persecutor and injurious But I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly in unbelief 14 And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus 15 This is a faithful saying and worthy of all acceptation that * Matth. 9.13 Mark 2.17 Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners of whom I am chief 16 Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all long-suffering for a pattern to them which should hereafter beleeve on him to life everlasting 17 Now unto the King eternal immortal invisible the onely wise God be honour and glory for ever and ever Amen 18 This charge I commit unto thee son Timothy according to the prophesies which went before on thee that thou by them mightest war a good warfare 19 Holding faith and a good conscience which some having put away concerning faith have made shipwrack 20 Of whom is Hymeneus and Alexander whom I have * 1 Cor. 5.5 delivered unto Satan that they may learn not to blaspheme CHAP. II. 1 That it is meet to pray and give thanks for all men and the reason why 9 How women should be attired 12 They are not permitted to teach 15 They shall be saved notwithstanding the testimonies of Gods wrath in child-birth if they continue in faith I ‖ Or desire Exhort therefore that first of all supplications prayers intercessions and giving of thanks be made for all men 2 For kings and for all that are in ‖ Or eminent place authority that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour 4 Who will have all men to be saved and to come unto the knowledge of the truth 5 For there is one God and one mediatour between God and men the man Christ Jesus 6 Who gave himself a ransom for all ‖ Or a testimony to be testified in due time 7 * 2 Tim. 1.11 Whereunto I am ordained a preacher and an apostle I speak the truth in Christ and lie not a teacher of the Gentiles in faith verity 8 I will therefore that men pray every where lifting up holy hands without wrath and doubting 9 In like manner also that * 1 Pet. 3.3 women adorn themselves in modest apparel with shamefacedness and sobriety not with ‖ Or plaited broidered hair or gold or pearls or costly aray 10 But which becometh women professing godliness with good works 11 Let the woman learn in silence with all subjection 12 But * 1 Cor 14 34. I suffer not a woman to teach nor to usurp authority over the man but to be in silence 13 For Adam was first formed then Eve 14 And Adam was not deceived but the woman being deceived was in the transgression 15 Notwithstanding she shall be saved in child-bearing if they continue in faith and charity and holiness with sobriety CHAP. III. 1 How bishops and deacons and their wives should be qualified 14 and to what end S. Paul wrote to Timothy of these things 15 Of the church and the blessed truth therein taught and professed THis is a true saying If a man desire the office of a bishop he desireth a good work 2 * Tit. 1 6◠c. A bishop then must
of other mens sins keep thy self pure 23 Drink no longer water but use a little wine for thy stomachs sake and thine often infirmities 24 Some mens sins are open before-hand going before to judgement and some men they follow after 25 Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand and they that are otherwise cannot be hid CHAP. VI. 1 Of the duty of servants 3 Not to have fellowship with new-fangled teachers 6 Godliness is great gain and love of money the root of all evil 11 What Timothy is to flee and what to follow 17 and whereof to admonish the rich 20 To keep the purity of true doctrine and to avoid profane janglings LEt as many servants as are under the yoke count their own masters worthy of all honour that the name of God and his doctrine be not blasphemed 2 And they that have beleeving masters let them not despise them because they are brethren but rather do them service because they are ‖ Or beleeving faithful and beloved partakers of the benefit These things teach and exhort 3 If any man teach otherwise and consent not to wholesom words even the words of our Lord Jesus Christ and to the doctrine which is according to godliness 4 He is ‖ Or a fool proud knowing nothing but if doting about questions strifes of words whereof cometh envy strife railings evil surmisings 5 ‖ Or sick Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds and destitute of the truth supposing that gain is godliness from such withdraw thy self 6 But godliness with contentment is great gain 7 For we brought nothing into this world and it is certain we can carry nothing out 8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content 9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare and into many foolish and hurtful lusts which drown men in destruction and perdition 10 For the love of money is the root of all evil which while some coveted after they have ‖ Or been seduced erred from the faith and pierced themselves through with many sorrows 11 But thou O man of God flee these things and follow after righteousness godliness faith love patience meekness 12 Fight the good fight of faith lay hold on eternal life whereunto thou art also called and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses 13 I give thee charge in the sight of God who quickneth all things and before Christ Jesus who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good ‖ Or profession confession 14 That thou keep this commandment without spot unrebukeable until the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ 15 Which in his times he shall shew who is the blessed and onely Potentate * Rev. 1â— 4 19.16 the King of kings and Lord of lords 16 Who onely hath immortality dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto * John 1.18 1 John 4 12. whom no man hath seen nor can see to whom be honour and power everlasting Amen 17 Charge them that are rich in this world that they be not high-minded nor trust in †Gr. uncertainty of riches uncertain riches but in the living God who giveth us richly all things to enjoy 18 That they do good that they be rich in good works ready to distribute ‖ Or sociable willing to communicate 19 * Matth. 6.20 Luke 12.32 Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come that they may lay hold on eternal life 20 O Timothy keep that which is committed to thy trust avoiding profane and vain babblings and oppositions of science falsly so called 21 Which some professing have erred concerning the faith Grace be with thee Amen ¶ The first to Timothy was written from Laodicea which is the chiefest city of Phrygia Pacaâ—iana ¶ The second epistle of PAUL the Apostle to TIMOTHY CHAP. I. Pauls love to Timothy and the unfeigned faith which was in Timothy himself his mother and grandmother 6 He is exhorted to stir up the gift of God which was in him 8 to be stedfast and patient in persecution 13 and to persist in the form and truth of that doctrine which he had learned of him 15 Phygellus and Hermogenes and such like are noted and Onesiphorus is highly commended PAul an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus 2 To Timothy my dearly beloved sonâ— Grace mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. 3 I thank God whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day 4 Greatly dearing to see thee being mindful of thy tears that I may be filled with joy 5 When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois and thy mother Eunice and I am perswaded that in thee also 6 Wherefore I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God which is in thee by the putting on of my hands 7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear but of power and of love and of a sound minde 8 Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord nor of me his prisoner but he thou partaker of the afflictions of the gospel according to the power of God 9 Who hath saved us and called us with an holy calling * Tit. 3.3 not according to our works but according to his own purpose and grace which was given us in Christ Jesus * Eph. 1.4 Tit. 1.2 before the world began 10 But is now made manifest by the appearing of our Saviour Jesus Christ who hath abolished death and hath brought life and immortality to light through the gospel 11 * 1 Tim. 2.7 Whereunto I am appointed a preacher and an apostle and a teacher of the Gentiles 12 For the which cause I also suffer these things nevertheless I am not ashamed for I know whom I have ‖ Or trusted beleeved and I am perswaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day 13 Hold fast the form of sound words which thou hast heard of me in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus 14 That good thing which was committed unto thee keep by the holy Ghost which dwelleth in us 15 This thou knowest that all they which are in Asia be turned away from me of whom are Phygellus and Hermogenes 16 The Lord give mercy unto the house of Onesiphorus for he oft refreshed me and was not ashamed of my chain 17 But when he was in Rome he sought me out very diligently and found me 18 The Lord grant unto him that he may finde mercy of the Lord in that day And in how many things he ministred unto me at Ephesus thou knowest very well CHAP. II. 1 He is exhorted again to constaney and