boke of Ruth iiii xxii i. Regum The fyrst boke of the kynges xxxi xxiiii ii Regum The seconde boke of the kynges xxiiii xxxvii iii. Regum The thyrde boke of the kynges xxii xlviii iiii ReguÌ„ The fourth boke of the kynges xxv lxi i. Paralip The fyrst of the Cronycles xxix lxxiii ii Paralip The seconde of the Cronycles xxxvi lxxxv i. Esdras The fyrst boke of Esdras x xcix ii Esdras The seconde boke of Esdras xiii ciii i. Esther The fyrst boke of Esther x cix Iob The boke of Iob xlii cxii The bokes of the thyrde parte Chapters â—eaâ—e PsalteriuÌ„ The psalter cl ll Prouerbia The prouerbes of Salomon xxxi xxviii Ecclesiast The boke of the preacher xii xxxviiâ— Cantica Cantirorum The ballet of ballettes viiâ— â—l Esaye The prophecy of Esaye lxvi xlii Ieremy The prophecy of Ieremy lii lxxii Trent The lamentacyous of Ieremy v lxxxvi Ezechiel The prophecy of Ezechiel lxviii lxxxviii Daniel The prophecy of Daniel xii cviii Oseas The prophecy of Oseas xiiii cxv Ioel The prophecy of Ioel. iii cxviii Amos The prophecy of Amos. ix cxix Abdye The prophecy of Abdye i cxxi Ionas The prophecy of Ionas iiii cxxii Micheas The prophecy of Micheas vii cxxiii Nahum The prophecy of Nahum iii cxxiiii Abacucke The prophecy of Abacucke iii cxxv Sophony The prophecy of Sophony iii cxxvi Aggeus The prophecy of Aggeus ii cxxix Zachatias The prophecy of Zachary xiiii cxxix Malachy The prophecy of Malachy iii cxxxiii The bokes of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Leafe iii. Esdras The thyrde boke of Esdras ix ii iiii Esdras The fourth boke of Esdras xvi viii Tobias The boke of Tobias xiiii xix Iudith The boke of Iudith xvi xxiii ii Hester Certayne chapters of Hester vi xxviii SapteÌ„cia The boke of wysdome xix xxix Ecclesiasti The boke of Iesus Syrac li xxxvi Baruch The prophet Baruch vi liiii The songe Of the. iii. chyldren in the Ouen i lvii The story Of Susanna i lviii The story Of Bell. i lviii The prayer of Manasses i lix The fyrst boke of the Machabees xvi lx The seconde boke of the Machabees xv lxxii â— All the 〈◊〉 of the newe 〈◊〉 are conteyned in tytle therof ¶ 〈…〉 and tokens that we haue set in the Byble FIrst where as often tymes ye shall fynde a Romayne letter in the texte it sygaifieth that so moche as is in the Romayne letter doth abounde and is more in the comon translacyon in Latyn then is founde eyther in the Hebrue or in the Greke whiche wordes and sentences we haue added not onely to manifest the same vnto you but also to satisfye and content those that here before tyme hath myssed soche sentences in the Bybles and newe Testamentes before set for the. More ouer where as ye fynde this sygne â— it betekeneth a diucrsyte and difference of readyng bytwene the Hebrues and the Chaldees in the same place which diuersites of readyng we were purposed to haue set forth particulerly vnto you But for so moche as they are very long and tedious and this volume is very great houge alredye we haue therfore at this tyme lefte them out trustynge hereafter to set them forth in some lytell volume by them selues We haue also as ye maye se added many handes both in the mergent of this volume also in the texte vpon the whiche we purposed to haue made in the ende of the Byble in a table by them selues certayne godly annotacions but for so moche as yet there hath not bene sufficient tyme ministred to the kynges most honourable counsell for the ouersyght and correccyon of the sayde annotacyons we wyll therfore omyt them tyll theyr more connentente leasure Doyng now nomore but beseke the most gentle reader that wheÌ„ thou comest at soche a place where the hande doth stande or any other where in the Byble thou canst not attayne to the meanynge true knowledge of that sentence then do not rashly presume to make any priuâ—te interpretacion therof but submyt thy selfe to the iudgement of those that are godly learned in Christ Iesus To the whiche Christ Iesu be honour and prayse for euer Amen ¶ The fyrste Booke of Moses called in the hebrue Bereschith and in the latyn Genesis ¶ The creacyon of the worlde ¶ By the worde all thynges be create of God of mans creacion rule and sustenaunce CAPITVLO I. IN the begynnynge God created heuen and earth The earth was voyde â–ª emptye and darkenesse was vpon the face of the depe and the spiryte of God moued vpon the face of the waters And God sayde Let there be made lyght and there was lyght made And god saw the lyght that it was good And God made a diuision bytwene the lyght and darkenesse And God called the lyght daye the darkenesse called he nyght And the euenynge and the mornyng was made one daye And God sayd Let there be a firmament in the myddes of the waters and let it make a diuision bytwene waters and waters And god made the firmament and set a diuisyon bytwene waters whiche were vnder the firmament and bytwene the waters that were aboue the firmament And it was so done And god called the firmament Heuen The euenyng also and the mornyng was made the second day And god sayd Let the waters vnder heuen be gathered togyther in to one place that the drye lande maye be sene And so it came to passe And god called the drye lande earth and the gatherynge togyther of waters called he the sees And god saw that it was good And god sayd Let the earth brynge forth grene herbe which may engendre seede and fruytful tree yeldyng fruyte after his kynd whose seede may be in itselfe vpon the earth And so it was done And the earth brought forth grene herbe makynge seede after his kynde the tree yeldyng fruyte whose seede was in it selfe after his kynd And God sawe that it was good The euenyng also and the mornyng was made the thyrde day And god sayd let there be made lyghtes in the firmament of heuen let them make a dyfference bytwene the day the night let them be for sygnes for appoynted seasons dayes and yeres And let them be for lyghtes in the firmament of heuen that they maye gyue lyght vpon the earth And so it was done And god made two great lyghtes A greater lyght to rule the day a lesse lyght to rule the nyght And he made Sterres also And God set them in the firmament heuen that they myght gyue lyght vpon the earth â–ª and that they myght rule the daye the nyght and to make a difference bytwene the lyght and the darkenesse And God sawe that it was good The euenynge also and the mornynge was made the fourth daye And God sayde Let the waters brynge forth mouynge creature that hath lyfe and foule that maye flee vpoÌ„ the earth in the face of the firmament of heuen And god created great
father and folowed hym ⊢ ✚ And Iesus went aboute all Galile teachynge in theyr synagoges and preachynge the Gospell of the kyngdom healynge al maner of sycknesse and all maner of dysease amonge the people And his fame spred abrode thorowout all Siria And they brought vnto him all sycke people that were taken with dyuers dyseases and grypynges and them that were possessed with deuyls and those whiche were lunatyke and those that had the palsey and he healed them And there folowed hym great multitudes of people from Galile ⊢ from the ten cityes from Ierusalem and from Iury and from the regyons that lye beyond Iordane ¶ In this Chapyter and in the nexte folowyng in conteyned the most excellent and louyng sermon of Chryst in the mouÌ„e whiche Sermon is the very heye that openeth the vnderstandynge in to the lawe In this â—yâ—th Chupiter specially he preacheth of the viii bearitudes or blessynges of manslaughter wrath and anger of aduoutrey of 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 ferynge wronge and of loue euen towarde â— mans enemyes CAPI V. WHen he sawe the people he went vp in to a mountayne and when he was see his discyples came to hym and after that he had opened his mouth he taught them sayenge Blessed are the poore in spiryte for theyrs is the kyngdome of heuen Blessed are they that mourne for they shall receyue comforte Blessed are the meke for they shall receyue the inherytaunce of the earth Blessed are they whiche hunger and thyrst after ryghtwysenesse for they shall be satisfyed Blessed are the mercyfull for they shall obteyne mercy Blessed are the pure in herte for they shall se God Blessed are the peace makers for they shall be called the chyldren of God Blessed are they whiche suffer persecucyon for ryghtwysenesse sake for theyrs is the kyngdome of heuen Blessed are ye when men reuyle you and pesecuteÌ„ you and shal falsely saye al maner of euyll sayenges agaynst you for my sake Reioyse and be glad for great is your rewarde in heuen ⊢ For so persecuted they the prophettes whiche were before you ✚ Ye are the salte of the earth But yf the salte haue lost the saltnesse what shal be seasoned therwith It is thence forth good for nothynge but to be cast out and to be troden downe of men Ye are the lyght of the world A citye that is set on an hyll can not be hyd neyther do men lyght a candell and put it vnder a busshell but on a candelstycke and it gyueth lyght vnto al that are in the house Let youre lyght so shyne before men that they maye se your good workes and glorify your father whiche is in heuen ⊢ ✚ Thynke not that I am come to destroye the law or the prophettes no I am not come to destroye but to fulfyll For truely I say vnto you tyll heuen and earth passe one iote or one tytle of the lawe shall not scape tyll all be fulfylled Whosoeuer therfore breaketh one of these least coÌ„maundementes teacheth men so he shall be called the leaste in the kyngdome of heuen But whosoeuer doeth teacheth the same shal be called great in the kyngdome of heuen ⊢ ✚ For I saye vnto you excepte your ryghteousnes excede the ryghteousnes of the Scrybes pharises ye can not enter in to the kyngdom of heuen Ye haue herde that it was sayde vnto them of the olde tyme Thou shalt not kyll whosoeuer kylleth shall be in daunger of iudgement But I saye vnto you that whosoeuer is angrye with his brother vnaduysedly shall be in daunger of iudgement And whosoeuer sayth vnto his brother ☞ Racha shal be in daunger of a couÌ„sayle But whosoeuer sayeth thou foole shall be in daunger of hell fyre Therfore yf thou offerest thy gyfte at the aulter there remeÌ„brest that thy brother hath ought agaynst the leaue there thyne offerynge before the aulter and go thy waye fyrst and be reconcyled to thy brother and then come and offer thy gyfte ⊢ ✚ Agre with thyne aduersary quycklye whyles thou arte in the waye with hym leest at anye tyme the aduersarye delyuer the to the iudge the iudge delyuer the to the mynyster then thou be cast into pryson Uerely I saye vnto the thou shalte not come out thence tyll thou haue payed the vttermooste farthynge Ye haue herde that it was sayd to them of olde tyme. Thou shalt not coÌ„myt aduoutrye But I say vnto you that whosoeuer loketh on another mans wyfe to luste after her hath coÌ„mytted aduoutrye with her all redy in his herte Yf thy ryght eye hynder the ☞ plucke hym out cast hym from the. For better it is vnto the that one of thy members perysshe then that thy hole body shulde be cast in to hell And yf thy ryght hande hynder the cut hym of and caste hym from the. For better it is vnto the that one of thy members perysshe then that all thy body shulde be cast in to hell ⊢ It is sayde whosoeuer putteth awaye his wyfe let hym gyue her a letter of the deuorcement But I say vnto you that who soeuer dothe put awaye his wyfe excepte it be for forninacyon causeth her to breake matrymony And whosoeuer maryeth her that is deuorsed coÌ„mytteth aduoutrye Agayne ye haue herde howe it was sayde to them of olde tyme Thou shalte not forsweare thy selfe but shalte perfourme vnto the Lorde those thynges that thou swearest But I saye vnto you sweare not at all neyther by heuen for it is goddê seate nor by the earth for it is his fote stole neyther by Ierusalem for it is the citye of the great kynge neyther shalt thou sweare by thy heade bycause thou canst not make one heere whyte or blacke But your coÌ„municacion shal be yea yea nay nay For what soeuer is added more then these it coÌ„meth of euyll Ye haue herde that it is sayde an eye for an eye and a toth for a toth But I saye vnto you that ye ☞ resyst not euyll But who soeuer gyueth the a blow on the ryght cheke turne to hym the other also And yf any man wyll sue the at the lawe and take a waye thy cote let hym haue thy cloke also And whosoeuer wyll compell the to go a myle go with him twayne Gyue to him that asketh the and from hym that wolde borow turne not thou awaye ✚ Ye haue herde that it is sayde Thou shalt loue thyne neyghbour and hate thyne enemye But I say vnto you loue your enemyes Blesse them that curse you do good to them that hate you Praye for them whiche hurte you and persecute you that ye maye be the Chyldren of your father whiche is in heuen for he maketh his sonne to aryse on the euyll and on the good and sendeth rayne on the iust and vniuste For yf we loue them whiche loue you what rewarde haue
Dauid was So was there dissencyon amonge the people bycause of hym And some of them wolde haue taken hym but no man layde handê on hym TheÌ„ came the minysters to the hygh Preestes and pharyses And they sayde vnto them why haue ye not brought hym The minysters answered neuer man spake as this man doeth Then answered them the Pharyses are ye also disceyued Doeth any of the rulers or of the pharyses byleue on him But this comon people whiche knowe not the lawe are cursed Nicodemus sayeth vnto them he that came to Iesus by nyght was one of them Doth our law iudge any man before it heare hym and knowe what he hath done They answered and sayde vnto hym arte thou also of Galile Search loke For out of Galile aryseth no Prophette And euery man went vnto his owne house ⊢ ¶ A woman is taken in aduoutrye Chryst delyuereth her The fredom of suche as folowe Chryst whom they accuse to haue the deuyll within hym and go aboute to stone hym CAPI VIII ✚ IEsus went vnto mounte Olyuete and early in the mornynge he came agayne in to the temple and all the people came vn to hym and he sat downe and taught them And the Scrybes and Pharises brought vn to him a woman taken in aduoutrye when they had set her in the myddes they saye vnto hym Mayster this woman was taken in aduoutrye euen as the dede was a doynge Moses in the lawe commaunded vs that soch shulde be stoned But what sayest thou This they sayde to tempte hym that they myght accuse hym But Iesus stouped down with his fynger wrote on the ground So when they contynued askyng hym he lyfte hym selfe vp and sayde vnto them let hym that is among you without syn cast the fyrst stone at her And agayne he stouped downe and wrote on the grounde And as soone as they herde this they went out one by one begynnyng at the eldest And Iesus was lefte alone and the woman standynge in the myddes When Iesus had lyfte vp hym selfe saw no man but the woman he sayd vnto her woman where are those thyne accusers Hath no man condemned the She sayde No man Lorde And Iesus sayde Neyther do I condempnethe Go and synne no more ⊢ ✚ Then spake Iesus agayne vnto them sayenge I am the lyght of the worlde He that foloweth me doth not walke in darknes but shall haue the lyght of lyfe The Pharyses therfore sayde vnto hym thou bearest recorde of thy selfe thy recorde is not true Iesus answered and sayde vnto them though I beare recorde of my selfe yet my recorde is true for I knowe whence I came whyther I go But ye can not tell whence I come and whyther I go Ye iudge after the fleshe ☞ I iudge no man And yf I iudge my iudgemet is true For I am not alone but I and the father that sent me It is also wrytteÌ„ in your lawe that the testimony of two men is true I am one that beareth wytnesse of my selfe and the father that sent me beareth wytnes of me Then sayde they vnto hym where is thy father Iesus answered ye neyther know me nor yet my father Yf ye had knowen me ye shuld haue knowen my father also These wordes spake Iesus in the treasurye as he taught in the temple no man layde handes on hym for his houre was not yet come ⊢ Then sayde Iesus agayne vnto them ✚ I go my way and ye shall seke me shal dye in your synnes Whyther I go thyther can ye not come Then sayde the Iues wyll he kyll hym selfe bycause he sayeth whyther I go thyther can ye not come And he sayde vnto them ye are from beneath I am from aboue Ye are of this world I am not of this worlde I sayde therfore vnto you that ye shall dye in your synnes For yf ye byleue not that I am he ye shall dye in your synnes Then sayd they vnto hym who arte thou And Iesus sayeth vnto them Euen the very same thynge that I speake vnto you I haue many thynges to saye and to iudge of you Yea and he that sent me is true And I speake in the worlde those thynges which I haue herde of him Howbeit they vnderstode not that he spake of his father Then sayde Iesus vnto them when ye haue lyfte vp an hygh the sonne of man then shall ye knowe that I am be and that I do nothyng of my selfe but as my father hath taught me euen so I speake these thynges and he that sent me is with me The father hath not lefte me alone for I do alwayes those thynges that please hym ⊢ As he spake these wordes many byleued on hym ✚ Then sayde Iesus to those Iues whiche byleued on him Yf ye continue in my worde then are ye my verye disciples and ye shall knowe the trueth and the trueth shall make you free They answered hym We be Abrahams seede were neuer bonde to any man howe sayest thou then ye shal be made free Iesus answered them verely verely I saye vnto you that who soeuer coÌ„mytteth synne is the seruaunt of synne And the seruaunt abydeth not in the house for euer But the sonne abydeth euer Yf the sonne therfore shall make you free then are ye free in dede I knowe that ye are Abrahams seede but ye seke meanes to kyll me bycause my worde hath no place in you I speake that whiche I haue seene with my father and ye do that whiche ye haue seene with your father They answered and sayde vnto hym Abraham is our father Iesus sayeth vnto them Yf ye were Abrahams chyldren ye wolde do the dedes of Abraham But nowe ye go aboute to kyll me a man that hath tolde you the trueth whiche I haue herde of God this dyd not Abraham Ye do the dedes of your father Then sayde they to hym we were not borne of fornicacioÌ„ We haue one father euen god Iesus sayde vnto them Yf God were youre father truely ye wolde loue me For I proceded forth and came from god Neyther came I of my selfe but he sent me Why do ye not knowe my speche Euen bycause ye can not abyde the hearynge of my worde Ye are of youre father the deuyll and the lustes of your father wyll ye serue He was a murtherer from the begynnynge abode not in the trueth bycause theyr is no trueth in hym When he speaketh a lye he speaketh of his owne For he is a lyer and the father of the same thynge And bycause I tell you the trueth therfore ye byleue me not ✚ Whiche of you rebuketh me of synne Yf I say the trueth why do ye not bileue me He that is of God heareth goddes wordes Ye therfore heare them not bycause ye are not of God Then answered the Iues and sayd vnto hym Saye we not well that thou arte a Samaritane and haste the
hath sent forth his owne shepe he goeth before them and the shepe folowe hym for they knowe his voyce A straunger wyll they not folowe but wyl fley from him for they knowe not the voyce of straungers This prouerbe spake Iesus vnto them But they vnderstode not what thyngê they were whiche he spake vnto them Then sayd Iesus vnto them agayne Uerely verely I saye vnto you I am the dore of the shepe All euen as many as came before me are theues and murtherers but the shepe dyd not heare them I am the dore by me yf any man enter in he shall be safe and shall go in and out fynde pasture A thefe coÌ„meth not but for to steale kyll to destroy I am come that they might haue lyfe that they myght haue it more aboundantly ⊢ ✚ I am the good shepheerde ☞ A good shepheerde gyueth his lyfe for the shepe An hyred seruaunt and he whiche is not the shepherd nether the shepe are his owne seeth the wolfe coÌ„myng leaueth the shepe and fleeth and the wolfe catcheth and scattereth the shepe The hyred seruaunt fleeth bycause he is an hyred seruaunt and careth not for the shepe I am the good shepheerde and knowe my shepe and am knowen of myne As my father knoweth me euen so knowe I also my father And I gyue my lyfe for the shepe other shepe I haue which are not of this folde Them also I must bryng they shall heare my voyce ☞ and there shal be one folde one shepheerd ⊢ Therfore doth my father loue me bycause I put my lyfe from me that I myght take it agayn No man taketh it froÌ„ me but I put it away of my selfe I haue power to put it froÌ„me I haue power to take it agayne This coÌ„mauÌ„dement haue I receyued of my father There was a dyssencyon therfore agayne amonge the Iues for these sayengê and many of them sayde He hath the deuyll and is mad why heare ye hym Other sayde these are not the wordê of hym that hath the deuyl Can the deuyl open the eyes of the blynde ✚ And it was at Ierusalem the feaste of the ☞ dedicacion and it was wynter Iesus walked in the temple euen in Salomons porche Then came the Iues rounde aboute hym and sayd vnto hym Howe long doest thou make vs doute Yf thou be Christ tel vs playnly Iesus answered them I told you and ye byleue not The workes that I do in my fathers name they beare wytnesse of me But ye byleue not bycause ye are not of my shepe As I sayde vnto you my shepe heare my voyce and I know them and they folowe me and I gyue vnto them eternall lyfe and they shall neuer perysshe neyther shall any man plucke them out of my hande My father which gaue them me is greater then all and no man is able to take them out of my fathers hande I my father are one Then the Iues agayne toke vp stones to stone hym withall Iesus answered them many good workes haue I shewed you from my father for which of them do ye stone me The Iues answered hym sayenge For thy good workes sake we stone the not but for thy blasphemy and bycause that thou beyng a man makest thy selfe god Iesus answered them Is it not wrytten in your law I sayd yeare goddes Yf he called them goddes vn to whom the worde of God was spoken and the scripture can not be broken concernynge hym whom the father hath sanctified sent in to the worlde do ye say that I blaspheme bycause I sayd I am the sonne of God Yf I do not the workes of my father byleue me not But yf I do and yf ye byleue not me byleue the workes that ye maye knowe byleue that the father is in me I in hym ⊢ Agayne they went aboute to take hym he escaped out of theyr hande went awaye agayne beyond IordaÌ„ into the place where IohnÌ„ before had baptised there he abode And many resorted vnto hym sayde IohnÌ„ dyd no myracle but all thynges that IohnÌ„ spake of this man were true And many byleued on hym there ¶ Chryst reyseth Lazarus from death The hygh preestes Pharises gather a counsell agaynst hym He getteth hym out of the waye CAPI XI ✚ A Certayne man was sycke named Lazarus of Bethania the towne of Mary her syster Martha It was that Mary whiche anoynted Iesus with oyntment wyped his fete with her heere whose brother Lazarus was sycke Therfore his systers sent vnto hym sayenge Lorde beholde he whom y â— louest is sycke When Iesus herde that he sayd this infirmite is not vnto death but for the prayse of God that the son of god myght be praysed by the reason of it Iesus loued Martha and her syster and Lazarus When he had herde therfore that he was sycke he abode two dayes styll in the same place where he was Then after that sayde he to his disciples let vs go in to Iuery agayne His disciples sayde vnto hym Mayster the Iues lately sought to stone the and wylte thou go thyther agayne Iesus answered are there not twelue houres of the daye Yf a man walke in the daye he stombleth not bycause he sâ—â—th the lyght of this worlde But yf a man walke in the nyght he stombleth bycause there is no lyghte in hym This sayde he and after that he sayde vnto them Oure frende Lazarus slepeth but I go to wake hym oute of slepe Then sayde his disciples Lorde yf he slepe he shall do well ynough How beit Iesus spake of his death but they thought that he had spoken of the natural slepe TheÌ„ sayd Iesus vnto them playnly Lazarus is deade and I am glad for youre sakes that I was not there bycause ye maye byleue Neuerthelesse let vs go vnto hym Then sayde Thomas whiche is called Didimus vnto the disciples let vs also go that we maye dye with hym Then went Iesus and founde that he had lyne in his graue foure dayes alredy Bethanye was nygh vnto Ierusalem aboute fyftene furlonges of and many of the Iues came to Martha and Mary to comforte them ouer theyr brother Martha as soone as she herde that Iesus was comynge went and met hym but Mary sat styll in the house ✚ Then sayd Martha vnto Iesus Lorde yf thou haddest bene here my brother had not dyed neuerthelesse nowe I knowe that what soeuer thou askest of God God wyll gyue it the. Iesus sayeth vnto her Thy brother shal ryse agayne Martha sayeth vnto hym I knowe that he shall ryse agayne in the resurreccyon at the last day Iesus sayeth vnto her I am the resurreccyon and the life He that byleueth on me yea though he were deade yet shall he lyue And ☞ who soeuer lyueth and byleueth on me shall neuer dye Byleuest thou this She sayde vnto
let hym folowe me where I am there shal also my minister be Yf any man minister vnto me hym wyll my father honoure ⊢ Nowe is my soule troubled and what shal I saye Father delyuer me from this houre but therfore came I vnto this houre Father glorifie thy name Then came there a voyce from heuen sayeng I haue both glorified it and wyll glorifie it agayne The people therfore that stode by and herde it sayde that it thundred Other sayd an angel spake to him Iesus answered and sayde this voyce came not bycause of me but for your sakes ✚ Nowe is the iudgement of this worlde nowe shall the prynce of this worlde be cast out And I yf I were lyfte vp from the earth wyll drawe all men vnto me This he sayde signifienge what death he shulde dye The people answered hym We haue herde out of the lawe that Chryst abydeth euer howe sayest thou the son of man must be lyfte vp Who is that son of man Then Iesus sayde vnto them yet a lytel whyle is the lyght with you Walke whyle ye haue lygh leest the darkenes come on you He that walketh also in the darke woteth not whyther he goeth Whyle ye haue lyght byleue on the lyght that ye may be the chyldren of the lyght ⊢ These thynges spake Iesus and departed hyd hym selfe from them But though he had done so many myracles before them yet byleued not they on hym that the sayeng of Esaias the Prophet myghte be fulfylled whiche he spake Lorde who shall byleue our sayeng And to whom is the arme of the Lorde declared Therfore coulde they not by leue bycause that Esaias sayeth agayn he hath blynded theyr eyes and hardened theyr herte that they shulde not se with theyr eyes lest they shuld vnderstand with theyr herte and shulde be conuerted and I shulde heale them Soche thynges sayde Esaias when he sawe his glory and spake of hym Neuerthelesse among the cheyfe rulers also many byleued on hym But bycause of the Pharises they wolde not be a knowen of it lest they shulde be excoÌ„municate For they loued the prayse of men more then the prayse of God Iesus cryed and sayde He that byleueth on me byleueth not on me but on hym that sent me And he that seeth me seeth hym that sent me ✚ I am come a lyght in to the world that who soeuer byleueth on me shulde not abyde in darknes And yf any man heare my wordes and byleue not I iudge hym not For I came not to iudge the worlde but to saue the worlde He that refuseth me and receyueth not my words hath one that iudgeth hym The worde that I haue spoke the same shall iudge hym in the last daye For I haue not spoken of my selfe but the father whiche sent me he gaue me a coÌ„maundement what I shulde say and what I shulde speake And I knowe that ☞ his coÌ„maundement is lyfe euerlastyng What soeuer I speake therfore euen as the father bad me so I speake ⊢ ¶ Chryst was sheth the disciples feete telleth them of Iudas the traytoure and commaundeth them carâ—estly to loue one an other CAPI XIII ✚ BEfore the feast of Easter when Iesus knewe that his houre was come that he shulde departe out of this worlde vnto the father When he loued his which were in the worlde vnto the ende he loued them And when supper was ended after that the deuyll had put in the herte of Iudas Israrioth Symons sonne to betraye hym Iesus knowyng that the father had gyuen al thynges into his handes and that he was come from God and wente to God he arose from supper and layde asyde his vpper garmentes and when he had taken a towell he gyrded hym selfe After that he powred water into a basyn began to wasshe the disciples feete and to wype them with the towell wherwith he was gyrded Then came he to Symon Peter And Peter sayde vnto hym Lorde doest thou wasshe my fete Iesus answered and sayd vnto hym What I do thou wotest not nowe but thou shalte knowe here after Peter sayeth vnto hym thou shalte neuer wasshe my fete Iesus answered hym yf I wasshe the not thou hast no part with me Symon Peter sayeth vnto hym Lorde not my fete only but also the handes the head Iesus sayeth to hym he that is wasshed nedeth not saue to washe his feete but is clene euery whyt And ye are clene but not al. For he knew who it was that shulde betray hym Therfore sayde he ye are not all cleane So after he had wasshed theyr fete and receyued his clothes and was set downe he sayd vnto them agayne wote ye what I haue done to you Ye call me mayster and Lorde ye saye well for so am I. If I then your Lorde and mayster haue washed your fete ye also ought to wasshe one an others feete For I haue gyuen you an ensample that ye shulde do as I haue done to you ⊢ Uerely verely I say vnto you the seruaunt is not greater then his mayster neyther the messenger greater then he that sent hym If ye vnderstande these thynges happy are ye yf ye do them I speake not of you all I knowe whom I haue chosen But that the scripture maye be fulfylled He that eateth bread with me hath lyfte vp his hele agaynst me Nowe tell I you before it come that wheÌ„ it is come to passe ye myght by leue that I am he Uerely verely I say vnto you he that receyueth whom soeuer I sende receyueth me And he that receyueth me receyueth hym that sent me When Iesus had thus sayd he was troubled in the spirite and testified and sayd Uerely verely I say vnto you that one of you shall betray me Then the disciples loked one on an other doutynge of whom he spake There was one of Iesus disciples which leaned on hym euen he whom Iesus loued To hym beckned Symon Peter therfore that he shulde aske who it was of whom he spake He then when he leaned on Iesus brest sayd vnto hym Lorde who is it Iesus answered Hett is to whom I gyue a soppe And he wet the breade and gaue it to Iudas Iscarioth Symons sonne And after the soppe ☞ Satan entred into hym Then sayde Iesus vnto hym that thou doest do quyckly That wyst no man at the table for what entent he spake vnto hym Some of them thought bycause ☞ Iudas had the bagge that Iesus had sayd vnto him Bye those thynges that we haue nede of agaynst the feast or that be shulde gyue some thynge to the poore As soone then as he had receyued the soppe he went immediatly oute it was nyght Therfore when he was gone out Iesus sayd Nowe is the sonne of man glorified and god is glorified by him If god be glorified by hym God shall also glorifie hym by hym selfe and
be many y e peryshe because they despyse y â— lawe of God that is set before them For God hath geuen strayte coÌ„maundement to such as come that they knowe what they do and howe they shulde lyue and yf they kept this they shuld not be punyshed Neuerthelesse they were not obedieÌ„t vnto hym but spake agaynste hym ymagyned vayne thynges and purposed to synne and sayd moreouer that there was no God and that God regarded it not Hys wayes haue they not knowen his lawe haue they despysed and denyed hys promyses in his statutes ordynaunces haue they not bene fayth full and stedfaste and haue not perfourmed hys workes And therfore Esdras vnto the full plenty and to the emptye emptynesse Beholde the tyme shal come that these tokens which I haue tolde the shall come to passe and the bryde shall appeare and the earth that now passeth awaye shal be shewed and whosoeuer is delyuered froÌ„ the forsayde euyls shal se my wonders For my sonne Iesus shal be opeÌ„ly declared with those that be with him and they that remayne shal be mery in foure hundreth yeares After these same yeares shall my sonne Christ dye and al men that haue lyfe and y â— world shal be turned into the olde sylence seuen dayes lyke as in the fore iudgementes so that no maÌ„ shal remayne And after seuen dayes the world that yet a waked not shal be raysed vp and shal dye corrupte And the earth shall restore those that haue slept iÌ„â—er and so shal the dust those that dwel in sileÌ„ce and the secrete places shal deliuer those that be commytted vnto theÌ„ And the most hyest shal be openly declared vpoÌ„ the seate of iudgement and all mysery shall vanysh away and long suffryng shal be gathered together But the iudgement shal coÌ„tinue the trueth shall remayne and fayth shal waxe stronge the worcke shall folowe the rewarde shall be shewed the ryghtuousnes shall watch the vnryghtuousnesses shall beare no rule Then sayde I Abraham prayed fyrste for the Sodomites Moses for y â— fathers that sinned in the wyldernes he that came after him for Israel in the tyme of Achas Samuel and Dauid for the destruccyon and Salomon for them that came into the Saynctuary and Helias for those that receyued rayne for the deade that he myght lyue Ezechias for the people in the time of Seâ—â—acherib diuerse other in lyke maner whiche haue prayed for many EueÌ„ so now seyng the corrupte is growen vp and wyckednes increased and the â—ygâ—teous haue prayed for y â— vngodly wherfore shall it not be so nowe also He answered me and sayd Thys presente world is not the ende there remaineth much honour in it therefore haue they prayed for the weake But the daye of dome shal be the ende of this tyme the beginnyng of the immortalite for to come wherin all corrupcion vanished al volupteousnes is loused al misbeleue taken away ryghtuousnesse growne the veryte spronge vp Then shall no man be able to saue hym that is destroyed nor to oppresse him that hath gotten the vyctorye I answered then and sayd This is my first and last sayinge that it had bene better not to haue geueÌ„ the earth vnto AdaÌ„ or els wheÌ„ it was geuen him to kepe hym that he shuld not sinne For what profite is it for meÌ„ nowe in this present tyme to lyue in heuinesse and after death to loke for punyshment O thou Adam what hast thou done For thoughe it was thou that sinned thou art not fallen alone but we all that come of the. For what profyte is it vnto vs yf there be promysed vs an immortall tyme where as we medle wyth deadly worckes and that there is promysed vs an euerlasting hope where as our selues are euyll vayne and that there are layed vp for vs dwellynges of health fredome where as we haue lyued euyll that the worshyppe of the hiest is kept to defende them whiche haue led a paciente lyfe where as we haue walked in the most wycked waies of all And that there shal be shewed a paradyse whose frute endureth for euer wherin is fredome and medycyne where as we shall not go in for we haue walcked in vnpleasauÌ„t places And that the faces of them whiche haue absteyned shal shyne aboue the starres where as our faces shall be blacke and darcke For whyle we lyued dyd vnryghtuously we consydered not y â— we shulde suffre therfore after death Then answered he me and sayde Thys is the consyderacyon and thought of the battayle whiche man hathe vpon earth that yf he be ouer come he shall suffre as thou haste sayde But yf he get the vyctorye he shall receyue the thynge that I saye For thys is the lyfe wherof Moyses spake vnto the people whyle he lyued sayng Chose the lyfe that thou mayst liue Neuerthelesse they beleued hym not neither the Prophetes after hym No nor me whiche haue spoken vnto them that heuynes shulde not reach vnto them to theyr destruccyon lyke as ioye is for to come ouer those that haue suffered them selues to be enfourmed in saluacyon I aunswered then and sayde I knowe Lorde that the hyest is mercyfull in that he hath mercy vpon them which are not yet in the worlde and vpon those also that walcke in his lawe and that he is pacient and loÌ„g sufferynge towarde those that haue synned in theyr worckes and that he is lyberall to geue where as it requyreth and that he is of great mercy for he multiplied his louing kyndnesses towarde those y â— are present and that are paste and to them whiche are for to come For yf he multiplye not hys mercyes the worlde shall not be made lyuynge with those y â— dwel therin He geueth also for yf he gaue not of his goodnes that they whiche haue done euyll myght beÌ„ eased from theyr wyckednes the ten thousande parte of men shuld not be made lyuyng And yf the iudge forgaue not those that be healed with hys worde if he wolde destroye the multytude that stryueth there shulde be very fewe lefte in an innumerable multitude ¶ Esdras prayeth God rather to loue vpon his owne mercye then on the synnes of the people CAPI VIII ANd he answered me sayeng The most Hyest made this worlde for many but the worlde to come for fewe I wyll tell the a symylitude Esdras As when thou askeste the earth it shall say vnto the that it geueth muche moulde where of earthen vessels are made but lytle of it y e golde coÌ„meth of Euen so is it w t the worke of thys worlde There be many created but fewe shall be saued Then answered I and sayde TheÌ„ swalo we vp the witte thou soule and deuoure the vnderstandynge for thou art agreed to herken and to geue eare and wyllyng to prophecy for thou hast no longer space geuen the but onely to lyue O Lord wylte thou not
his youth and the tymes begynne to waxe olde For the tyme is deuided into twelue partes and ten partes of it are gone all redye and halfe of the tenth parte yet remayneth there y t which is after the half of the tenth parte Therfore prepayre and ordre thy house and refourme thy people comforte suche of them as be in trouble and tel nowe of the destruccion let go from the mortall thoughtes cast awaye the burthens of man put of the weake nature laye vp in some places the thoughtes that are most heuy vnto the and haste the to flyt from these tymes for suche euyl and wyckednesse as thou hast now sene happen shal they do yet muche worsse For the weaker that the worlde and the tyme is the more shal synne and wyckednes increase in them that dwel vpon earth For the truth is fled farre away lesyng is harde at haÌ„de For nowe hasteth the vysion to come that thou hast sene Then answered I before the sayde Beholde Lorde I wyl go as y â— hast coÌ„maunded me refourme the people which are present But they y â— shall be borne afterwarde who wylexhorte or rebuke theÌ„ Thus the worlde is set in darknes they that owel therin are w t out lyght for thy lawe is kyndled because no man knoweth the thynges that are done of the or y â— shall be done If I haue founde grace before the seÌ„de the holy ghost into me I shall wryte al that hath bene done in the world seus the begynnyng which was wryt ten in thy lawe that meÌ„ may fynde the path and that they whiche wyll lyue in the latter dayes may lyue And he answered me sayeng Go thy way gather the people together say vnto them that they seke the not for fourtye dayes but loke thou gather the many boxe trees and take with the Sarea Dabria Selemia Ecanus and Asiel these fyue which are redy to wrytte swyftely and come hyther and I shall lyght a candle of vnderstandynge in thyne herte whiche shall not be put out tyl the thinges be perfourmed which thou shalt beginne to wryt And then shalt thou declare some thynges openly vnto the perfecte and some thynges shalt thou shewe secretly vnto the wyse Tomorowe this houre shalte thou begynne to wryte Then went I forth as he commaunded me and gathered al the people together and sayde Heare these wordes O Israell Oure fathers at the begynnynge were straungers in Egygte from whence they were deliuered and receyued the lawe of lyfe whiche they kepte not whiche ye also haue transgressed after them Then was thys lande and the lande of Syon parted amonge you by lot to possesse But your fathers and ye your selues also haue done vnryghtuousnes and haue not kepte the wayes whiche the Hyest commaunded you And for so muche as he is a rightuous iudge he toke from you in time the thyng that he had geuen you And nowe are ye here and your brethren amonge you Therfore yf so be that ye wyll subdue youre owne vnderstandynge and refourme youre herte ye shal be kepte alyue and after death shall ye optayne mercy For after death shal the iudgemente come when we shall lyue agayne and then shal the names of the ryghtuous be manifest the worckes of the vngodly shal be declared Let no man therfore come now vnto me nor aske any question at me these fourtye dayes So I toke the fyue men as he commauÌ„ded me and we wente into the felde and remayned there The nexte day a voyce called me sayinge Esdras open thy mouth and drynke that I geue the. Then opened I my mouth beholde he reached me a ful cuppe which was ful as it were w t water but y â— couâ—er of it was lyke fyre And I toke it and drancke And when I had droncke it my herte had vnderstandyng wysdome grew in my brest for my sprete was kepte in remeÌ„braunce and my mouth was opened shut nomore The hyest gaue vnderstandyng vn to the fyue men that they wrote the hye thinges of the nyght which they vnderstode not But in the nyght they dyd eate breade as for me I spake in the day and helde my tong by nyght In. xl dayes they wrote two hundreth and foure bokes And it happened when the fourtye dayes were fulfilled that the Hyest spake sayinge The fyrste that thou hast wrytten speake openly the worthy vnworthy maye rede it But kepe the. lxx last that thou mayst shew it onely to suche as be wyse among thy people For in them is the sprynge of vnderstandynge the fountayne of wysdome and the streame of knowledge And I dyd so ¶ The punyshment that euyl people shal haue which God commaundeth Esdras to shewe vnto them CAPI XV. BEholde speake thou in the eares of my people y â— wordes of prophecy whiche I wyll put in thy mouth saieth the Lorde and cause theÌ„ to be wryten in a letter for it is the trueth Feare not the ymaginacioÌ„s agaynst the. Let not the vnfaithfulnes of theÌ„ trouble the that speake against the. For all the vn faythful shall dye in their vnfaythfulnes Beholde sayeth the Lorde I wyl bryng plages vpon the worlde the swearde hongre death and destruccion for wyckednes hath the vpper hande in all the earthe and theyr shamefull workes are fulfylled Therfore sayeth the Lorde I wyll holde my tonge nomore vnto theyr wyckednesse whiche they do so vngodly nether wyl I suffre theÌ„ in the thinges that they deale wyth all so wyckedly Beholde the innocente bloude of the troubled crieth vnto me and y â— soules of the rightuous complayne continually and therfore sayeth the Lorde I wyl surely auenge receyue vnto me all the innocent bloude from amonge them Beholde my people is led as a flocke of shepe to be slayne I wyll not suffre them nowe to dwell in Egypte but wyll brynge theÌ„ out with a myghtye haÌ„de and a stretched out arme and smyte it with plages as afore and wyll destroye all the lande of it Egypte shall mourne and the foundacions of it shal be smytten with the plage and punyshment that God shall brynge vpon it They that tyll the groundâ— shal mourne for theyr sedes shall be destroyed thorow the blastynge and hayle and an horryble starre Wo worth the worlde and them that dwell therin for the swearde and theyr destrucyon draweth nye and one people shall stande vp to fyght agaynst another swerdes in their haÌ„des For men shal be vnstedfast and some shal do vyolence vnto other they shal not regarde theyr kyng and prynces the wayes of theyr doinges and haÌ„dlinges in theyr power A man shall besyre to go into the cyte shal not be able For because of theyr pryde the cyties shal be brought in feate the houses shall shake and men shall be afrayed A man shall haue no pytie vpon hys neyghboure but one shall prouoke another vnto batayle to spoyle theyr goodes because of the
mother flee in to Egypt and be thou there tyll I brynge the worde For it wyll come to passe that Herode shal seke the chylde to destroye hym So when he awoke he toke the chylde and his mother by nyght and departed in to Egypte and was there vnto the death of Herode that it might be fulfylled whiche was spoken of the lorde by the Prophet sayeng out of Egypt haue I called my sonne Then Herode when he sawe that he was mocked of the wyse men he was excedynge wroth and sent forth men of warre and slue all the chyldren that were in Bethleem and in all the coostes as many as were two yere olde or vnder accordynge to the tyme which he had diligently knowen out of the wyse men Then was fulfylled that whiche was spoken by the Prophet Ieremy where as he sayde in Rama was there a voyce herde lamentacyon wepynge and great mournynge Rachell wepynge for her chyldren and wolde not be conforted ☞ bycause they were not ⊢ But when Herode was deade behold ✚ an angell of the Lorde appeared in a slepe to Ioseph in Egypte sayenge aryse and take the chylde and his mother and go in to the lande of Israell For they are deade which sought the chyldes lyfe And he arose toke the chyld and his mother and came in to the lande of Israel But when he herde that Archelaus dyd reygne in Iury in the rowme of his father Herode he was afrayde to go thyther Notwithstandynge after he was warned of god in a slepe he turned asyde into the partyes of Galile and went and dwelte in a citye which is called Nazareth that it myght be fulfylled whiche was spoken by the Prophettes he shall be called a Nazarite ⊢ ¶ The Baptym preachynge and offyce of Iohn̄ and how Chryst was baptysed of hym in Iordane CAPI III. ✚ IN those dayes came Iohn̄ the Baptyst preachyng in the wylnernesse of Iury and sayenge ☞ Repente of the lyfe that is past for the kyngdome of heuen is at hande For this is he of whome the prophet Esay spake whiche sayeth The voyce of a cryer in the wyldernesse prepare ye the waye of the Lorde and make his pathes streyght This Iohn̄ had his garment of camels heer And a gyrdell of a skyn aboute his loynes His meate was locustes and wylde hony Then went out to hym Ierusalem all Iury and all the regyon rounde aboute Iordane and were baptysed of hym in Iordan confessyng theyr synnes ⊢ ✚ But when he sawe many of the Pharises and Saduces come to his baptyme he sayde vnto them O generacyon of vypers who hath taught you to flee from the vengeaunce to come Bryng forth therfore the frutes that be longe to repentaunce And be not of soch mynde that ye wold say within yourselues we haue Abraham to our father For I saye vnto you that God is able to brynge to passe that of these stones there shal ryse vp chyldren vnto Abraham Euen nowe is the are also put vnto the rote of the trees so that euery tree whiche bryngeth not forth good fruyte is hewen downe and cast into the fyre I baptise you in water vnto repentaūce but he that shall come after me is myghtyer then I whose shoes I am not worthy to beare He shall Baptyse you with the holy gooste and with fyre Whose fan is in his hand and he wyll pourge his floore and gather his wheat in to the barne but wyl burne the chaffe with vnquencheable fyre ⊢ ✚ Then cometh Iesus from Galile to Iordane vnto Iohn̄ to be Baptysed of hym But Iohn̄ forbad hym saynge I haue nede to be baptised of the and comest thou to me Iesus answered and sayde vnto hym Let it be so nowe For thus it becometh vs to fulfyll all ryghtewysenesse Then he suffered him And Iesus when he was baptised came streyght waye out of the water And lo heuen was open vnto him and he sawe the spiryte of god descendynge lyke a doue lyghtynge vpon hym And lo there came a voyce from heuen sayenge This is my beloued sonne in whome I am well pleased ▪ ⊢ ¶ Chryst fasteth and so tempted he calleth Peter Androwe Iames and Iohn̄ and healeth all the sycke CAPI IIII. ✚ THen was Iesus led awaye of the spiryte in to wyldernesse to be tempted of the deuyll And when he had fasted xl dayes and. xl nyghtes he was at the last an hūgred And when the tempter came to him he sayde yf thou be the son of god cōmaund that these stones be made bread But he answered sayd it is wrytten Man shall not lyue by breade only but by euery worde that procedeth out of the mouth of god Then the deuyl taketh hym vp in to the holy citye and setteth hym on a pynacle of the temple and sayeth vnto hym yf thou be the sonne God cast thy selfe downe headlyng For it is wrytten He shall gyue his Angels charge ouer the and with theyr handes they shall holde the vp leest at any tyme thou dasshe thy fote agaynst a stone And Iesus sayde to hym it is wrytten agayne Thou shalte not tempt the Lorde thy God Agayne the deuyll taketh hym vp in to an excedyng hygh moūtayne sheweth him all the kyngdomes of the worlde the glory of them sayeth vnto hym all these wyll I gyue the yf thou wylt fall downe worshyp me Then sayeth Iesus vnto hym Auoyde Satan For it is wryten Thou shalte worshyp the lorde thy god him only shalt thou serue Then the deuyl leaueth hym behold the angels came minystred vnto hym ⊢ ✚ When Iesus had herde that Iohn was taken he departed in to Galile and lefte Nazareth and went and dwelte in Capernaum whiche is a citye vpon the see coost in the borders of Zabulon Neptalim that it myght be fulfylled whiche was spoken by Esay the prophet sayenge The lande of Zabulon Nephtalim by the waye of the see beyonde Iordane Galile of the Gentyls the people whiche sat in darkenesse and in the shadowe of death sawe great lyght to them whiche sat in the regyon and shadow of death is the lyght spronge vp From that tyme Iesus began to preache and to saye repent for the kyngdome of heuen is at hande ⊢ ✚ As Iesus walked by the see of Galilee he sawe two brethren Simon whiche was called Peter Andrewe his brother castyng a net in to the see for they were fysshers and he sayeth vnto them folowe me and I wyll make you †to become fysshers of men And they streyght waye lefte the nettes and folowed hym And when he was gone forth from thence he sawe other two brethren Iames the son of Zebede Iohn̄ his brother in the shyp with Zebede theyr father mendynge theyr nettes and he called them And they immediatly lette the shyp and theyr
forth his hande towarde his disciples and sayde beholde my mother and my brethren For whosoeuer doth the wyll of my father which is in heuen the same is my brother syster and mother ⊢ ¶ The parable of the â—ede of the tares of the mustarde â—ede of the leuen of the treasure hyd in the felde of the pearles and of the net CAPI XIII THe same daye wente Iesus oute of the house and sat by the see syde moche peple were gathered togither vnto him so greatly that he went and sat in a shyp and all the peple stode on the shore And he spake many thyngê to them by similitudes saynge Beholde the sower went forthe to sowe And when he sowed some scedes fell by the wayes syde and the foules came deuoured them vp Some fell vpon stony places where they had not moche earth and anone they sprang vp bicause they had no depenes of earth and when the sonne was vp they caught heate bicause they had no rote they wythered away Agayne some fell amonge thornes and the thornes sprange vp and chooked them But some fell in to good grounde and broughte forth fruyte some an huÌ„dred folde some siâ—ty folde some thirtye folde Who soeuer hathe eares to heare let hym heare And the disciples came sayd vnto hym Why speakest thou to them by parables He answered and sayd vnto them it is gyuen vnto you to knowe the secretes of the kyngdome of heuen but to them it is not gyuen For who soeuer hath to hym shal be gyueÌ„ and he shal haue aboundaunce But who soeuer hath not from hym shall be taken away eueÌ„ that also which he hath Therfore speake I to them by similitudes for they seynge se not and hearynge they heare not neyther do they vnderstande And in them is fulfylled the prophecye of Esasas â–ª which sayth with the eares ye shall heare and shall not vnderstande seynge ye shall se and shall not perceyue For these peples hertê is wared grosse and theyr eares are dull of hearynge theyr eyes haue they closed leest at any tyme they shulde se with theyr eyes heare with theyr cares and shulde vnderstande with theyr herte and be conuerted that I also myght heale them But blessed are youre eyes for they se your eares for they heare Uerely I saye vnto you that many prophettes and ryghteous men haue desyred to se those thynges whiche ye se and haue not sene them and to heare those thynges whiche ye heare haue not herde them Heare ye therfore the similitude of the sower WheÌ„ one heareth the worde of the kyngdom vnderstandeth it not then cometh the euyll man and taketh awaye that which was soweÌ„ in his hert this is he which was sowen by the waye syde But he that receyued the seede whiche was cast in to stonye places the same is he that heareth the worde and anone with ioy receyueth it yet hath he no rote in hym selfe but dureth for a season for when tribulacyon or persecucyon happeneth bycause of the worde by by he falleth He also that receyued seede in to the thornes is he that heareth the worde and the care of this worlde and the deceytefulnes of ryches choke vp the worde so is he made vnfruytful But he that receyueth sede in to the good grounde is he that heareth the worde vnderstandeth it which also beareth fruyte and bryngeth forth some an hundred folde some syxtye folde some thyrtye folde An other similitude put he forth vnto them sayenge ✚ The kyngdom of heuen is lykened vnto a man whiche sowed good seede in his felde But whyle men slepte his enemy came and sowed tares amonge the wheate and went his way But when the blade was spronge vp and had brought forthe fruyte then appeared the tares also So the seruauÌ„tes of the housholder came and sayde vnto hym Syr dydest not thou sow good seede in thy felde from whence then hath it tares He sayd vnto them the enuyous man hath done this The seruauntes sayde vnto hym wylte thou then that we go and wede them vp but he sayde nay lest whyle ye gather vp the tares ye plucke vp also the wheate with them let bothe growe togyther vntyll the haruest and in tyme of haruest I wyll saye vnto the reapers gather ye fyrst the tares and bynde them togyther in sheaues to be burnt but gather the wheate in to my barne ⊢ ✚ An other parable put he forth vnto them sayenge The kyngdome of heuen is lyke vnto a grayne of mustarde seede which a maÌ„ toke and sowed in his felde which is the least of all seedes But when it is growen it is the greatest amonge herbes and is a tree so that the byrdes of the ayre come and make theyr nestes in the braunches therof An other similitute spake he vnto them The kyngdome of heuen is lyke vnto leueÌ„ whiche a woman taketh and hydeth in thre peckes of meele tyl all be leuened All these thynges spake Iesus vnto the people by similitudes and without a parable spake he nothyng vnto them that it myght be fulfylled whiche was spoken by the prophet that sayth I wyll open my mouth in parables I wyl speake forth thynges which haue bene kepte secrete frome the begynnynge of the worlde ⊢ When the people were sent away then came Iesus in to the house ✚ And his disciples came vnto hym sayenge declare vn to vs the parable of the tares of the felde He answered sayd vnto them He that soweth the good seed is the sonne of man The felde is the worlde And the chyldren of the kyngdome they are the good seed the tares are the children of the wicked the enemy that soweth them is the deuyll The haruest is the ende of the worlde the reapers be the angels EueÌ„ as the tares therfore are gathered burnt in the fyre so shal it be in the ende of this world The sonne of man shall sende forthe his angels they shall gather out of his kyngdome all thynges that offende them which do iniquite shall cast them in to a fournace of fyre There shall be waylyng gnasshyng of teeth Then shal the righteous shyne as the son in the kyngdom of theyr father Who so euer hath eares to heare let hym heare ⊢ ✚ Agayne the kyngdome of heuen is lyke vnto treasure hyd in the felde the whiche a man hath founde and hyd and for ioy therof goeth selleth al that he hath and byeth the felde Agayne the kyngdom of heuen is lyke vnto a merchaunt man sekyng goodly pearles which wheÌ„ he fouÌ„de one precious pearle went solde all that he had and bought it Agayne the kyngdom of heuen is lyke vnto a net that was cast into the see gathered of all kynde †offysshes which when it was ful meÌ„ drewe to land sat downe gathered the good in to vessels but
Blynde Barthimeus the son of Thimeus sat by the hygh wayes syde beggynge And when he herde that it was Iesus of Nazareth he began to crye and to saye Iesus thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy on me And many rebuked hym that he shulde holde his peace But he cryed the more a greate deale thou sonne of Dauid haue mercy on me And Iesus stode styll and commaunded hym to be called And they called the blynde sayenge vnto hym Be of good comforte Aryse he calleth the. And he threwe awaye his cloke and arose and came to Iesus And Iesus answered and sayde vnto hym What wylte thou that I do vnto the The blynde sayde vnto hym Mayster that I myght se. Iesus sayde vnto hym Go thy way thy fayth hath saued the. And immediatly he receyued his syght and folowed Iesus in the waye ¶ Christ rydeth to Ierusalem The fygge tree dryeth vp The dyers and sellers are cast out of the temple â–ª The Pharised questyon with Chryst. CAPI XI ANd wheÌ„ they came nygh to Ierusalem vnto Bethphage and Bethanie besydes mount Olyuete he sendeth forthe two of his disciples and sayeth vnto them Go youre waye in to the towne that is ouer agaynst you And as soone as ye be entred in to it ye shall fynde a colte bounde whereon neuer man sat lose hym and brynge hym hyther And yf any man saye vnto you why do ye so Saye ye that the Lorde hath nede of hym and streyght waye he wyll sende hym hither And they went theyr way and founde the colte tyed by the dore without in a place where two wayes met and they losed hym And dyuers of them that stode there sayde vnto them What do ye losynge the colte And they sayd vnto them euen as Iesus had coÌ„maunded And they let them go And they brought the colte to Iesus and cast theyr garmentes on hym and he sat vpon hym And many spred theyr garmentes in the waye Other cut downe braunches of theÌ„ trees and strawed them in the way And they that went before they that folowed cryed sayenge Hosanna Blessed is he that commeth in the name of the Lorde Blessed be the kyngdome that cometh in the name of hym that is Lorde of our father Dauid Hosanna in the highest And the Lorde entred in to Ierusalem and in to the temple And when he had loked rounde aboute vpon all thynges and nowe the euentyde was come he wente oute vnto Bethany with the twelue And on the morowe when they were come oute frome Bethany he hungred And when he had spyed a Fygge tree a farre of hauynge leaues he came to se yf he myghte fynde any thynge theron And when he came to it he sounde nothynge but leaues For the tyme of Fygges was not yet And Iesus answered and sayde vnto the Fygge tree Neuer man care fruyte of the hereafter whyle the worlde standeth And his disciples herde it â–ª And they came to Ierusalem And Hesus went in to the temple and began to caste oute them that solde and bought in the temple and ouerthrewe the tables of the money chaungers and the stoles of them that solde doues and wolde not suffre that any man shulde cary a vessell thorowe the temple And he taught sayenge vnto them Is it not wrytten My house shall be called the house of prayer vnto all nacyons But ye haue made it a den of theues And the Scribes and hygh Preestes herde it and sought howe to destroye hym For they feared hym bycause all the people meruayled at his doctryne And when euen was come Iesus wente out of the citye And in the mornynge as they passed by they sawe the Fygge tree dryed vp by the â—oâ—es And Peter remembred and sayde vnto hym Mayster beholde the Fygge tree which thou cursedst is wethered away And Iesus answered and sayde vnto them haue confidence in God ✚ Uerelye I saye vnto you that whosoeuer shall saye vnto this mountayne Remoue cast thy selfe in to the see and shall not doute in his herte but shall byleue that those thynges whiche be sayeth shall come to passe what soeuer he sayeth he shall haue Therfore I say vnto you what thynges soeuer ye desyre when ye pray byleue that ye receyue them and ye shall haue them And when ye stande pray forgyue yf ye haue ought agaynst any maÌ„ that your father also whiche is in heuen maye forgyue you youre trespasses And they came agayne to Ierusalem And as he walked in the temple there came vnto hym the hygh Preestes and the Scribes and the elders and saye vnto hym by what auctorite doest thou these thynges and who gaue the this auctorite to do these thynges Iesus answered and sayde vnto them I wyl also aske of you a certayne thyng and answere ye me and I wyll tell you by what auctoryte I do these thynges The baptyme of Iohsi whyther was it from heuen or of men Answere me And they thought in them selues sayenge yf we say froÌ„ heuen he wyll say why then dyd ye not byleue hym But yf they had sayd of men they feared the people For all meÌ„ counted IohnÌ„ that he was a very Prophet And they answered and sayde vnto Iesu We can not tell And Iesus answered and sayde vnto them neyther wyll I tel you by what auctorite I do these thynges ⊢ ¶ The vyneyarde is let out Gyue to Cesar that belongeth to â–ª Cesar of the Saduces of the doctoure of lawe ypocrites must be eschued the offerynge of the poore wydowe CAPI XII ANd he began to speake vnto them by parables A certayne man planted a vyneyarde and compassed it aboute w t an hedge and ordeyned a wyne presse buylt a toure and let it out to hyre vnto husbande men and went in to a straunge countrey And when the tyme was come he sent to the husbande men a seruaunt that he myght receyue of the husbandmen of the fruyte of the vyneyarde And they caught hym bet hym sent hym away agayne emptye And more ouer he sent vnto them an other seruaunte and at hym they caste stones and brake his heade and sent hym away agayne al to reuyled And agayne he sent an other and hym they kylled and many other beatynge some and kyllynge some And so when he had yet but one byloued sonne he sent him also at the last vnto them sayenge they wyll feare my sonne But the husbande men sayde amongest them selues this is the heyre come let vs kyll hym the enheritaunce shall be oures And they toke hym and kylled hym and cast hym out of the vyneyarde What shall therfore the Lorde of the vyneyarde do He shal come and destroy the husbande men and let out the vyneyarde vnto other Haue ye not red this scripture The stone whiche the buylders dyd refuse is become the cheyfe stone of the corner this is the Lordes doynge and it is meruaylous in our eyes They wente
ended he afterwarde hungred And the deuyll sayde vnto hym yf thou be the sonne of god coÌ„maunde this stone that it be bread And Iesus answered hym sayenge It is wrytten man shall not lyue by breade only but by euery worde of God And the deuyll toke hym in to an hygh mouÌ„tayne shewed hym all the kyngdoms of the worlde euen in the twyncklynge of an eye And the deuyll sayde vnto hym all this power wyll I gyue the euery whyt and the glorye of them for they are delyuered vnto me and to whom soeuer I wyll I gyue it yf thou therfore wylt fall downe before me and worshyp me they shall be all thyne Iesus answered and sayde vnto hym hence from me Satan For it is wrytten Thou shalte worshyp the lorde thy god hym onely shalt thou serue And he caryed hym to Ierusalem set him on a pynacle of the temple and sayde vnto hym Yf thou be the son of God cast thy selfe downe froÌ„ hence For it is wrytten He shall gyue his angels charge ouer the to kepe the in theyr handes they shall beare the vp that thou dasshe not thy foote agaynst a stoone And Iesus answered and sayde vnto hym it is sayde Thou shalt not tempte the Lorde thy god And as soone as all the temtacyon was ended the deuyll departed from hym for a season ✚ And Iesus returned by the power of the spiryte in to Galile there went a fame of hym thorowe out all the regyon And he taught in theyr synagoges and was coÌ„mended of all men And he came to Nazareth where he was nursed and as is custom was he went in to the synagoge on the Sabboth daye and stode vp for to rede And there was delyueted vnto hym the boke of the Prophet Esaias And when he had opened the boke he founde the place where it was wrytten The spiryte of the lorde vpon me bycause he hath anoynted me to preache the Gospell to the poore he hath sent me to heale the broken harted to preach the delyucraunce to the captyue and syght to the blynde frely to set at liberte them that are brosed and to preach the acceptable yere of the Lorde And he closed the boke gaue it agayne to the minyster and sat downe And the eyes of all them that were in the synagoge were fastened on hym And he began to saye vnto them This daye is this scrypture fulfylled in your eares And all bare hym wytnes wondered at the gracyous wordes whiche proceded out of his mouth ⊢ and they sayd Is not this Iosephs sonne And he sayd vnto them Ye wyll vtterly saye vnto me this prouerbe Phisician heale thy selfe ✚ What soeuer we haue herde done in Capernaum do the same here likewyse in thyne owne countrey And he sayde verely I saye vnto you No Prophet is accepted in his owne countrey But I tell you of a trueth many wydowes were in Israell in the dayes of Elias when heuen was shutte thre yeares and syxe monethes when greate famysshment was through out all the lande and vnto none of them was Elias sent saue into Sarepta vesydes Sidon vnto a woman that was a wydowe And many lepers were in Israell in the tyme of Eliseus the Prophet and noone of them was clensed sauynge Naaman the Siryan And all they in the synagoge when they herde these thynges were fylled with wrath and rose vp and thrust hym out of the citye and led hym euen vnto the edge of the hyll wheron theyr citye was buylte that they myght cast hym downe headlynge But he departed and went his waye euen thorow the myddes of them ⊢ ✚ and came downe to Capernaum a Citye of Galile and there taught them on the Sabboth dayes And they were astonyed at his doctryne for his preachynge was with power And in the synagoge there was a man whiche had an vncleane spiryte of a deuyll cryed with a loude voyce sayenge Let me alone what hast thou to do with vs thou Iesus of Nazareth Arte thou come to destroye vs I know the what thou arte euen the holy of God And Iesus rebuked hym sayeng holde thy peace and come out of hym And when the deuyll had throwen him in the myddes he came out of hym and hurte hym not And feare came on them all and they spake amonge them selues sayenge what maner a thyng is this For with auctorite and power he coÌ„maundeth the foule spirytes and they come out And the fame of hym was spred abrode through out euery place of the countrey rounde aboute ⊢ ✚ And when he was rysen vp and come out of the synagoge he entred in to Simons house And Simons mother in lawe was taken with a greate feuer and they made intercession to hym for her And he stode ouer her and rebuked the feuer and the feuer lefte her And immedyatly she arose and mynystred vnto hym When the sonne was downe all they that had sycke taken w t dyuers dyseases brought them vnto hym and he layde his handes on euery one of them and healed them And deuyls also came out of many cryenge and sayenge thou arte Chryst the sonne of God And he rebuked them and suffered them not to speake for they knewe that he was Chryst As soone as it was daye he departed went in to a desert place the people sought him and came to hym kepte hym that he shulde not departe froÌ„ them And he sayd vnto them I must preach the kyngdom of god to other cityes also ⊢ for therfore am I sent And he preached in the synagoges of Galile ¶ Chryst preacheth in the shyppe The disciples forsake all and folowe hym He cleuseth the Leper healeth the man of the palsye calleth mathew the customer and eateth with open synners CAPI V. ✚ IT came to passe that when the peple preased vpon hym to heare the worde of God he stode by the lake of Genezareth and sawe two shyppes stande by the lake syde but the fysshermen were gone out of them and were wasshyng theyr nettes And he entred into one of the shyppes whiche perteyned to Simon and prayed him that he wold thrust out a lytle from the lande And he sat downe and taught the people out of the shyp When he had lefte speakynge he sayde vnto Simon Launche out in to the depe and let slyppe your nettes to make a draught And Simon answered sayde vnto hym Mayster we haue laboured all nyght and haue taken nothynge Neuerthelesse at thy coÌ„maundement I wyll lose forth the neâ—te And when they had this done they inclosed a greate multytude of fysshes But theyr net brake and they beckened to theyr felowes whiche were in the other shyp that they shulde come and helpe them And they came fylled both the shyppes that they soncke agayne When SimoÌ„ Peter saw this he fel downe at Iesus knees sayenge Lorde go from me for I am a synfull
of the vyneyearde and kylled hym What shall the Lorde of the vyneyard therfore do vnto them He shal come and destroye these husbande men and shall let out his vineyarde to other WheÌ„ they herde this they sayd God forbyd And he behelde them and sayde what is this then that is wrytten The stoone that the buylders refused the same is become the head of the corner Who soeuer doth stomble vpon that stone shall be broken but on whomsoeuer it falleth it wyll grynde hym to powder And the hygh preestê and the Scribes the same houre went about to laye handes on hym and they feared the people For they perceyued that he had spoken this similitude agaynst them And they watched him sent forth spies whiche shulde fayne them selues ryghteous men to take hym in his wordes and to delyuer hym vnto the power and auctorite of the debite And they asked him sayeng May ster we knowe that thou sayest and teachest ryght neyther consyderest thou the outward appearaunce of any man but teachest the waye of God truely Is it lawfull for vs to giue tribute vnto Cesar or no He perceyued theyr craftynesse and sayd vnto them why tempte ye me Shewe me a peny Whose ymage and superscrypcyon hath it They answered and sayd Cesars And he sayd vnto them gyue then vnto Cesar the thynges which belonge vnto Cesar and to God the thynges that pertayne vnto God And they coulde not reproue his sayenge before the people and they meruayled at his answere and helde theyr peace Then came to hym certayne of the Saduces whiche denye that there is any resurrection And they asked hym sayenge Mayster Moses wrote vnto vs yf any mannes brother dye hauynge a wyfe and he dye without chyldren that then his brother shulde take his wyfe and rayse vp seede vnto his brother There were therfore seuen brethren and the fyrst toke a wyfe dyed without chyldren And the seconde toke her and he dyed chyldelesse And the thyrde toke her and in lykewyse the residue of the seuen and lefte no chyldren behynde them and dyed Laste of all the woman dyed also Nowe in the resurrectioÌ„ whose wyfe of them shall she be For seuen had her to wyfe Iesus answered and sayde vnto them The chyldren of this worlde marry wyues and are marryed but they whiche shall be counted worthy of that worlde and the resurrection from the dead do not marry wyues neyther are marryed nor yet can dye any more For they are equall vnto the angels are the sonnes of God in as moch as they are chyldren of the resurrection And that the dead shall ryse agayne Moses also sheweth besydes the bushe when he calleth the lorde the god of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Iacob For he is not a God of deade but of lyuynge For all lyue vnto hym Then certayne of the Pharises answered and sayde Mayster thou hast well sayd And after that durste they not aske hym any question at all And he sayde vnto them Howe say they that Chryst is Dauids son And Dauid hym selfe sayeth in the booke of the Psalmes The Lorde sayde vnto my lorde syt thou on my ryght hand tyl I make thyne enemyes thy fote stole Dauid therfore calleth hym lorde howe is he then his son Then in the audience of all the peple he sayd vnto his disciples beware of the Scrybes whiche wyll go in longe clothynge and loue gretynges in the markettes and the hyghest seates in the synagoges and the cheyfe rowmes at feastes whiche deuoure wydowes houses faynynge longe prayers the same shall receyue greater damnacyon ¶ Chryst coÌ„mendeth the poore wydowe telleth of the destruccyon of Ierusalem Of false teachers of the tokens and troubles for to come of the ende of the worlde and of his owne comynge CAPI XXI AS he behelde he sawe the ryche men whiche cast in theyr offerynges into the treasury He sawe also a certayne poore wydowe whiche cast in thyther two mytes And he sayde of a trueth I saye vnto you that this poore wydowe hath put in more then they all For they al haue of theyr superfluyte added vnto the offeryngê of God but she of her penurye hath caste in all the substaunce that she had And vnto some that spake of the temple howe it was garnysshed with goodly stones and Iewels he sayd The dayes wyl come in the whiche of these thynges whiche ye se there shal not be left one stone vpon an other that shall not be throwen downe And they asked hym sayenge Mayster when shall these thynges be and what sygne wyll there be when sothe thynges shall come to passe And he sayde take hede that ye be not deceyued For many shal come in my name and saye that they are Chryst and the tyme draweth nere Folowe ye not them therfore But when ye heare of warres and sedicions be not afrayde For these thynges must fyrst come to passe but the ende foloweth not by and by Then sayde he vnto them Nacion shall ryse agaynst nacion and kyngdome agaynst kyngdome and great earthquakes shall be in all places and hunger and pestylence and fearful thynges And great sygnes shall there be from heuen But before all these they shall lay handes on you and persecute you delyuerynge you vp to the Synagoges and into prysons and shall brynge you vnto kynges and rulers for my names sake And this shal chauÌ„ce you for a testimoniall Be at a sure poynte therfore in youre hertes not to study before what ye shall answere for I wyl gyue you a mouth and wysdome where agaynst al your aduersaries shall not be able to speake nor resyst Moreouer ye shall be betrayed of your fathers and mothers and brethren and kynsfolke and frendes and some of you shal they put to death And hated shall ye be of al men for my names sake and there shall not one heere of your heade perysshe ☞ Possesse ye your soule by pacience And when ye se Ierusalem beseyged with an hoost then be sure that the desolacion of the same is nygh TheÌ„ let them which are in Iurye flee to the mountaynes And let them whiche are in the myddes of it departe out And let not them that are in other couÌ„treys enter therin For these be the dayes of vengeaunce that all thynges whiche are wrytten may be fulfylled But wo vnto them that be with chylde and to them that gyue sucke in those dayes for there shall be greate trouble in the lande and wrathe ouer all this people And they shall fall thorowe the edge of the swerde and shall be led awaye captyue in to al nacions And Ierusalem shal be troden downe of the Gentyls vntyll the tyme of the gentyls be fulfylled ✚ And there shall be sygnes in the Son and in the Moone and in the sterres and in the earth the people shall be at theyr wyttes ende
came after me went before me for he was before me And of his fulnes haue al we receyued euen ☞ grace for grace For the lawe was gyueÌ„ by Moses but grace and trueth came by Iesus Chryst. ☞ No man hath sene God at any tyme. The onely begotten sonne which is in the bosome of the father he hath declared hym ⊢ ✚ And this is the recorde of IohnÌ„ when the Iues sent preestes and Leuites from Ierusalem to aske hym what arte thou And he confessed and denyed not and sayd playnly I am not Chryst. And they asked hym what then Arte thou Elias And he sayeth ☞ I am not Arte thou that Prophet And he answered no. TheÌ„ sayd they vnto hym what arte thou that we maye gyue an answere to them that sent vs. What sayest thou of thy selfe He sayd I am the voyce of a cryer in the wyldernes make streyght the way of the Lorde as sayd the prophet Esaias And they whiche were sent were of the Pharises And they asked hym and sayd vnto hym Why baptisest thou then yf thou be not Chryst nor Elias neyther that Prophet IohnÌ„ answered them sayenge I baptyse with water but there standeth one amonge you whoÌ„ ye knowe not he it is which though he came after me was before me whose shoo latchet I am not worthy to vnlose These thynges were done in Bethabara beyonde Iordan where IohnÌ„ dyd baptyse ⊢ ✚ The nexte day IohnÌ„ seeth Iesus commynge vnto hym and sayeth beholde the lambe of God whiche taketh away the synne of the worlde This is he of whom I sayde After me cometh a man whiche went before me for he was before me and I knewe hym not but that he shulde be declared to Israel therfore am I come baptysyng with water And IohnÌ„ bare recorde sayenge I sawe the spirite descende from heuen lyke vnto a doue and abode vpon hym and I knew him not But he that sent me to baptyse in water the same sayde vnto me vpon whome thou shalte se the spirite descende and tary styl on hym the same is he which baptyseth with the holy goost And I sawe bare recorde that he is the sonne of god ⊢ The nexte day after IohnÌ„ stode agayne and two of his disciples And he behelde Iesus as he walked by and sayeth beholde the lambe of God And the two disciples herde hym speake they folowed Iesus And Iesus turned aboute sawe them folowe hym and sayeth vnto them what seke ye They sayde vnto hym Rabbi whiche is to saye yf one interprete it Mayster where dwellest thou He sayeth vnto them Come and se. They came and sawe where he dwelte and abode with hym that daye For it was aboute the tenth houre One of the two which herde IohnÌ„ speake and folowed hym was Andrewe Symon Peters brother The same founde his brother Symon fyrst and sayeth vnto hym we haue founde Messias whiche is by interpretacyon anoynted and brought hym to Iesus And Iesus behelde hym and sayde thou arte Symon the sonne of Ionas thou shalte be called Cephas whiche is by interpretacyon a stone The day folowynge Iesus wolde go into Galile and founde Philip and sayeth vnto hym folowe me Philip was of Bethsaida the citye of Andrewe Peter Philip founde Nathanael and sayeth vnto hym We haue founde hym of whom Moses in the lawe and the Prophettes dyd wryte Iesus the sonne of Ioseph of Nazareth And Nathanaell sayde vnto hym Can there any good thyng come out of Nazareth Philip sayeth vnto hym Come and se. Iesus sawe Nathanaell comynge to hym and sayeth of hym Beholde a ryght Israelyte in whome is no gyle Nathanaell sayeth vnto hym whence knowest thou me Iesus answered and sayd vnto hym Before that Philip called the when thou wast vnder the fygge tree I sawe the. Nathanael answered and sayd vnto hym Rabbi thou art euen the very sonne of god thou arte the kynge of Israel Iesus answered and sayd vnto hym Bycause I sayde vnto the I sawe the vnder the fygge tree thou byleuest Thou shalte se greater thyngê then these And he sayeth vnto hym Uerely verely I say vnto you hereafter shall ye se heuen open and the angels of God ascendynge and descendyng ouer the sonne of man ¶ Chryst turneth the water in to wyne and dryueth the byers and sellers out of the temple CAPI II. ✚ ANd the thyrd day was there a mariage in Cana a citye of Galile and the mother of Iesus was there And Iesus was called and his disciples vnto the maryage And when the wyne fayled the mother of Iesus sayth vnto him they haue no wyne Iesus sayth vnto her woman what haue I to do with the myne houre is not yet come His mother sayeth vnto the ministers what soeuer he sayeth vnto you do it And there were standyng there vi waterpotâ—es of stone after the maner of the purifieng of the Iues conteynynge two or thre fyrkyns a pece Iesus sayeth vnto them fyll the water pottes with water And they fylled them vp to the brym And he sayeth vnto them drawe out nowe and beare vnto the gouernoure of the feaste And they bare it When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was turned vnto wyne and knew not whence it was But the ministers whiche drue the water knew He calleth the brydegrome sayth vn to hym Euery maÌ„ at the begynnyng doth set forth good wyne ☞ when men be dronke then that which is worse But thou hast kept the good wyne vntyll nowe This begynnyng of myracles dyd Iesus in Cana of Galile and shewed his glory and his disciples byleued on hym ⊢ After this he went downe to Capernaum he his mother and his brethren and his disciples and there contynued not many dayes ✚ And the Iues easter was euen at hande and Iesus went vp to Ierusalem and found syttynge in the temple those that solde oxen shepe and doues chaungers of money And when he had made as it were a scourge of small coordes he droue them all out of the temple with the shepe and oxen and powred out the chaungers of money and ouerthrew the tables and sayd vnto them that solde doues Haue these thyngê hence and make not my fathers house an house of marchaundyse And his disciples remeÌ„bred it that is wryten the zele of thyne house hath euen eaten me Then answered the Iues and sayd vnto hym what token shewest thou vnto vs seynge that thou doest these thynges Iesus answered and sayd vnto them destroy this temple and in thre dayes I wyll teare it vp Then sayde the Iues. xlvi yeres was this temple a buyldyng and wylt thou reare it vp in thre dayes But he spake of the temple of his body As soone therfore as he was rysen from death agayne his disciples remembred that he thus had sayd And they byleued the scripture and the wordes whiche Iesus had sayde When he was in
bloode is drynke in dede He that eateth my flesshe and drynketh my bloode dwelleth in me and I in hym As the liuyng father hath sent me and I lyue for the father Euen so he that eateth me shall lyue by the meanes of me This is that bread whiche came downe froÌ„ heuen not as your fathers dyd eate Man na are deade He that eateth of this bread shall lyue euer ⊢ These thynges sayde he in the synagoge as he taught in Capernaum Many therfore of his discyples when they had herde this sayd this is an harde sayeng who can abyde the hearyng of it Iesus knewe in hym selfe that his disciples murmured at it he sayde vnto them Doth this offende you What and yf ye shall se the son of man ascende vp thyther where he was before It is the spiryte that quyckeneth the flesshe profyteth nothynge The wordes that I speake vnto you are spiryte and lyfe But there are some of you that bileue not For Iesus knew from the begynnyng whiche they were that byleued not and who shulde betraye hym And he sayde therfore sayd I vnto you that no man can come vnto me except it were gyuen vnto hym of my father From that tyme many of his disciples went backe and forsoke hym and walked no more with hym Then sayde Iesus to the twelue wyll ye also go awaye Then Simon Peter answered hym Lorde to whome shal we go Thou haste the wordes of eternall lyfe and we byleue and are sure that thou arte Chryst the sonne of the lyuynge god Iesus answereth them Haue not I chosen you twelue one of you is a deuyll He spake of Iudas Iscariot the sonne of Simon For he it was that shulde betraye hym beynge one of the twelue ¶ Iesus cometh to Ierusalem at the least teacheth the Iues and reproueth them There are dyuerse opinyons of hym amonge the people The Pharyses rebuke the offycers bycause they haue not brought hym chyde with Nicodemus for takynge his parte CAPI VII AFter these thynges Iesus went about in Galile for he wolde not go aboute in Iurye bycause that the Iues sought to kyll hym The Iues feast of tabernacles was at hande His brethren therfore sayde vnto hym get the hence and go in to Iury that thy discyples also maye se thy workes that thou doest For there is no man that doeth any thynge in secret and he hym selfe seketh to be knowen openly Yf thou do soch thynges shewe thy selfe to the worlde For his brethren byleued not in hym Then Iesus sayde vnto them My tyme is not yet come but your tyme is alwaye redy The worlde can not hate you But me it hateth bycause I â—â—stifye of it that the workes therof are euyl Go ye vp vnto this feast I wyll not go vp yet vnto this feast for my tyme is not yet full come When he had sayd these wordes vnto them he abode styl in Ga lile But as soone as his brethren were come then went he also vp vnto the feast not open ly but as it were preuely Then sought hym the Iues at the feast and sayde where is he And moth murmurynge was there of hym among the people For some sayde He is good other sayde naye but he deceyueth the people Howbeit no man spake openly of hym for feare of the Iues. ⊢ ✚ Nowe when halfe of the feast was done Iesus went vp in to the temple and taught And the Iues meruayled sayenge Howe knoweth he the scryptures seyng that he neuer lerned Iesus answered them and sayd My doctryne is not myne but his that sent me Yf any man wyll be obedyent vnto his wyll he shall know of the doctryne whyther it be of God or whyther I speake of my selfe He that speaketh of hym selfe seketh his owne prayse But he that seketh his prayse that sent hym the same is true and no vnryghtwysenesse is in hym Dyd not Moses gyue you a lawe and yet none of you kepeth the lawe Why go ye about to kyll me The people answered and sayd thou hast the deuyll who goeth aboute to kyll the Iesus answered and sayde vnto them I haue done one worke and ye all meruayle Moses therfore gaue vnto you the circumsicion not bycause it is of Moses but of the fathers And yet ye on the Sabboth daye circumcise a man Yf a man on the Sabboth daye receyue circumsicion without breakyng of the lawe of Moses disdayne ye at me bycause I haue made a man euery whyt hole on the Sabboth daye Iudge not after the vtter appearaunce but Iudge with a ryghteous iuogement Then sayde some of them of Ierusalem is not this he whom they go aboute to kyll But â—o he spea keth boldly and they saye nothynge to hym Do the rulers knowe in dede that this is very Chryst Howbeit we knowe this man whence he is but when Chryste cometh no man knoweth whence he is Then cryed Iesus in the temple as he taught sayeng ye both knowe me whence I am ye knowe And I am not come of my selfe but he that sente me is true whome ye knowe not But I knowe hym †And yf I saye that I knovv him not I shal be a lyer lyke vnto you but I knovv hym for I am of hym and he hath sent me Then they sought to take hym but no man layde handes on hym bycause his houre was not yet come Many of the people byleued on hym ⊢ and sayd when Chryst cometh wyl he do mo myracles then these that this man hath doone The Pharyses herde that the people murmured soche thynges concernynge hym ✚ And the Pharises and hygh Preestes sent ministers to take hym Then sayd Iesus vnto them Yet am I a lytell whyle with you and then go I vnto hym that sent me Ye shall seke me shall not fynde me and where I am thyther can ye not come Then sayde the Iues among them selues whyther wyll he go that we shall not fynde hym wyll he go amonge the Gentyls whiche are scattered abrode and teache the gentyls What maner of sayenge is this that he sayde ye shall seke me and shal not fynde me where I am thyther can ye not come In the last day that great day of the feast Iesus stode and cryed saynge yf any man chyrst let hym come vnto me and drynke He that byleueth on me as sayeth the scrypture out of his belly shal flowe ryuers of water of lyfe But this spake he of the spiryte whiche they that byleue on hym shulde receyue ⊢ For the holy goost was not yet there bicause Iesus was not yet glorifyed ✚ Many of the peple therfore when they herde this sayenge sayde of a trueth this is a prophet but other sayd this is Chryst But some sayd shall Chryst come out of Galyle Sayeth not the scrypture that Chryst shall come of the seede of Dauid and out of the towne of Bethleem where
deuyll Iesus answered I haue not the deuyll but I honour my father and ye haue dishonoured me I seke not myne owne prayse there is one that seketh and iudgeth Uerely verely I saye vnto you yf a man kepe my sayenge he shall neuer se death Then sayd the Iues vnto hym Nowe know we that thou haste the deuyll Abraham is deade and the Prophettes and thou sayest yf a man kepe my sayenge he shal neuer tast of death Arte thou greater then oure father Abraham which is dead and the prophettes are dead Whome makest thou thy selfe Iesus answered Yf I honoure my selfe myne honoure is nothynge It is my father that honoureth me whiche ye saye is youre God and yet ye haue not knowen hym but I knowe hym And yf I saye I knowe hym not I shall be a lyer lyke vnto you But I knowe hym and kepe his sayenge Youre father Abraham was glad to se my daye and he sawe it retoysed Then sayde the Iues vnto hym thou arte not yet l. yeare olde and haste thou sene Abraham Iesus sayde vnto them Uerely verely I saye vnto you ere Abraham was borne I am Then tooke they vp stoones to caste at hym But Iesus hyd hym selfe and went out of the temple ⊢ ¶ Chryst maketh the man to se that was borne blynde CAPI IX ✚ ANd as Iesus passed by he sawe a man whiche was blynde from his byrth And his disciples asked hym sayenge Mayster who dyd synne this man or his father and mother that he was borne blynd Iesus answered Neyther hath this man synned nor yet his father and mother but that the workes of God shulde be shewed in hym I must worke the workes of hym that sent me whyle it is daye The nyght cōmeth whē no man can worke As longe as I am in the worlde I am the lyght of the worlde As soone as he had thus spoken he spatte on the grounde and made claye of the spytle rubbed the claye on the eyes of the blynde and sayde vnto hym Go wasshe the in the poole of Syloe whiche by interpretacyō is as moche to saye as sent He went his way therfore and wasshed and came agayne seynge So the neyghbours and they that had sene hym before howe that he was a begger sayde is not this he that sat and begged Some sayde this is he Agayne other saybe †No but he is lyke hym He hym selfe sayde I am euen he Therfore sayde they vnto hym Howe are thyne eyes opened He answered and sayde The man that is called Iesus made claye and anoynted myne eyes and sayde vnto me Go to the pole Silot and wasshe And when I went and wasshed I receyued my syght Then sayde they vnto hym where is he He sayde I can not tell They brought to the Pharises him that a lytel before was blynd and it was the Sabboth day when Iesus made the claye and opened his eyes Then agayne the pharises also asked hym how he had receyued his syght He sayd vnto them he put claye vpon myne eyes and I wasshed and do se. Therfore sayde some of the Pharyses this man is not of God bycause he kepeth not the Sabboth daye Other sayde howe can a man that is a synner do soche myracles And there was a stryfe monge them They spake vnto the blynde man agayne what sayest thou of hym bycause he hath opened thyne eyes He sayde He is a Prophet But the Iues dyd not byleue of the man howe that he had ben blynde and receyued his syght vntyll they called the father and mother of hym that had receyued his syght And they asked them sayenge Is this your sonne whome ye saye was borne blynde Howe doth he nowe se then His father and mother answered them and sayde we knowe that this is our sonne and that he was borne blynde but by what meanes he nowe seeth we can not tell or who hath opened his eyes can we not tell He is olde ynough aske hym let hym answeare for hym selfe Soche wordes spake his father and mother bycause they feared the Iues. For the Iues had conspyred alredye that yf any man dyd cōfesse that he was Chryst he shulde be excommunicate out of the Sinagoge Therfore sayde his father and mother he is olde ynough aske hym Then agayne called they the man that was blynde and sayde vnto hym Gyue God the prayse we knowe that this man is a synner He answered therfore and sayde Whyther he be a syn̄er or no I can not tell One thyng I am sure of that where I was blynde nowe I se. Then sayde they to hym agayne What dyd he to the Howe opened he thyne eyes He answered them agayne I tolde you ere whyle and ye dyd not heare Wherfore wolde ye heare it agayne Wyl ye also be his disciples Then rated they him and sayde Be thou his disciple We are Moses disciples We are sure that God spake vnto Moses As for this felowe we knowe not from whence he is The man answered and sayde vnto them this is a merueylous thynge that ye wote not from whence he is and yet he hath opened myne eyes For we be sure that ☞ God heareth not synners But yf any man be a worshypper of God obedient vnto his wyll hym heareth he Synce the worlde began was it not herde that any man opened the eyes of one that was borne blynde Yf this man were not of GOD he coulde haue done nothyng They answered and sayde vnto hym thou arte all togyther borne in synne and dost thou teache vs And they caste hym out Iesus herde that they had excommunicate hym and when he had founde hym he sayde vnto hym doest thou bileue on the son of God He answered and sayde Who is it Lorde that I myght byleue on hym And Iesus sayde vnto hym Thou haste sene hym and he it is that talketh with the. And he sayde Lorde I byleue and worshypped hym ⊢ And Iesus sayde vnto hym ☞ I am come vnto iudgement in to this worlde that they whiche se not myght se and they which se myght be made blynde And some of the Pharises whiche were with hym herde these wordes and sayde vnto hym are we blynde also Iesus sayde vnto them ☞ Yf ye were blynde ye shulde haue no synne But nowe ye snye we se therfore youre synne remayneth ¶ Chryst is the true shepheerde and the dore of the sheper he telleth the trueth therfore the Iues take vp slone◠to cast at hym and call his preachynge blasphemye and go aboute to take hym CAPI X. ✚ VErely verely I say vnto you he that entreth not in bye the dore into the shepefolde but climmeth vp some other way the same is a thefe and a robber But he that entreth in bye the dore is the shepheerde of the shepe to hym the porter openeth and the shepe heare his voyce and he calleth his owne shepe bye name and leadeth them out And when he
you Ye haue not chosen me but I haue chosen you and ordeyned you to go bryng forth fruyte that your fruyte shulde remayne that what soeuer ye aske of the father in my name he may gyue it you ⊢ ✚ This commaunde I you that ye loue togyther If the worlde hate you ye knowe that he hated me before he hated you If ye were of the worlde the worlde wolde loue his owne Howbeit bycause ye are not of the worlde but I haue chosen you oute of the worlde Therfore the worlde hateth you Remember the worde that I sayde vnto you the seruaunt is not greater then the lorde If they haue persecuted me they wyll also persecute you If they haue kepte my sayeng they wyl kepe youres also But all these thynges wyll they do vnto you for my names sake bycause they haue not knowen hym that sent me If I had not come and spoken vnto them they shuld haue had no synne but nowe haue they nothynge to cloke theyr synne withall He that hateth me hateth my father also Yf I had not done amonge them the workes whiche none other man dyd they shuld haue had no synne But nowe haue they both sene hated not onely me but also my father But this happeneth that the sayenge myght be fulfylled that is wrytten in theyr lawe they hated me without a cause ⊢ ✚ But when the conforter is come whom I wyll sende vnto you from the father euen the spirite of trueth whiche procedeth of the father he shall testifie of me And ☞ ye shal beare wytnesse also bycause ye haue bene with me from the begynnynge CAPI XVI ¶ Consolacyon agaynst trouble Prayers are herde thorowe Chryst. THese thynges haue I sayde vnto you bycause ye shulde not be offended They shall excommunicate you yea the tyme shall come that who soeuer kylleth you wyll thynke that he doeth God seruyce And suche thynges wyll they do vnto you bycause they haue not knowen the father neyther yet me But these thynges haue I tolde you that when the tyme is come ye may remember them that I tolde you ⊢ These thynges sayd I not vnto you at the beginnyng bycause I was present with you ✚ But nowe I go my waye to hym that sent me and none of you asketh me whyther I go But bycause I haue sayde suche thynges vnto you your hertes are full of sorowe Neuerthelesse I tell you the trueth it is expedient for you that I go awaye For yf I go not awaye that comforter wyll not come vnto you But yf I departe I wyl sende hym vnto you And when he is come he wyll rebuke the worlde of synne of ryghteousnes and of iudgement Of synne bycause they byleue not on me Of ryghteousnesse bycause I go to my father and ye shal se me no more Of iudgement bycause the prynce of this worlde is iudged alredy I haue yet many thynges to saye vnto you but ye can not beare them awaye nowe Howbeit when he is come whiche is the spirite of trueth he wyl leade you in to al trueth He shall not speake of hym selfe but what so euer he shall heare that shall he speake and he wyll shewe you thynges to come He shall glorifie me for he shall receyue of myne and shall shewe vnto you All thynges that the father hath are myne Therfore sayd I vnto you that he shall take of myne and shewe vnto you ⊢ ✚ After a whyle ye shall not se me and agayne after a whyle ye shall se me For I go to the father Then sayde some of his disciples bytwene themselues What is this that he sayth vnto vs after a whyle ye shal not se me and agayne after a whyle ye shall se me and that I go to the father They sayd therfore what is this that he sayth after a whyle we can not tell what he sayeth Iesus perceyued that they wolde aske him and sayde vnto them Ye enquyre of this bytwene your selues bycause I sayde after a whyle ye shall not se me and agayne after a whyle ye shall se me Uerely verely I say vnto you ye shall wepe lament but contrary wyse the worlde shall reioyse Ye shall sorow but your sorowe shall be turned to ioye A woman when she trauayleth hath sorowe bycause her houre is come but as soone as she is delyuered of the chyld she remembreth no more the anguysshe for ioy that a man is borne in to the worlde And ye nowe therfore haue sorowe but I wyll se you agayne and your hertes shall reioyse and your ioye shall no man take from you ⊢ And in that day shal ye aske me no questyon ✚ Uerely verely I say vnto you What soeuer ye shall aske the father in my name he wyll gyue it you Hytherto haue ye asked nothynge in my name Aske and ye shall receyue that your ioy may be full These thynges haue I spoken vnto you by prouerbes The tyme wyll come when I shall no more speake to you by prouerbes But I shall shewe you playnly from my father At that day shall ye aske in my name And I say not to you that I wyll speake vnto my father for you For the father hymselfe loueth you bycause ye haue loued me and haue byleued that I came out frō god I went out from the father and came in to the worlde Agayne I leaue the worlde and go to the father His disciple sayde vnto hym lo nowe talkest thou playnly and speakest no prouerbe Nowe are we sure that thou knowest all thynges and nedest not that any man shulde aske the any questyon Therfore byleue we that thou camest from God ⊢ Iesus answered them Nowe ye do byleue Beholde the houre draweth nyghe and is alredy come that ye shall be scattered euery man to his owne and shall leaue me alone And yet am I not alone For the father is with me These wordes haue I spoken vnto you that in me ye myghte haue peace For in the worlde shall ye haue tribulacyon but be of good cheare I haue ouercome the worlde ¶ The moost harty and louynge prayer of Chryst vnto his father for all suche as receyue the trueth CAPI XVII ✚ THese wordes spake Iesus and lyfte vp his eyes to heuen and sayd father the houre is come glorifie thy sonne that thy sonne also maye glorifie the as thou hast gyuen hym power ouer all flesshe that he shulde gyue eternal lyfe to as many as thou hast gyuen hym This is lyfe eternall that they myght knowe the the onely true God and Iesus Chryst whom thou hast sent I haue glorified the on the earth I haue finisshed the worke whiche thou gauest me to do And nowe glorifie thou me O father with thyne owne selfe with the glorye which I had with the or the worlde was I haue declared thy name vnto the men which thou gauest me oute of the
worlde Thyne they were and thou gauest them me they haue kepte thy worde Nowe they haue knowen that all the thynges what soeuer thou haste gyuen me are of the. For I haue gyuen vnto them the wordes whiche thou gauest me and they haue receyued them haue knowen surely that I came out froÌ„ the and they haue byleued that thou dydest sende me I praye for them ☞ I pray not for the worlde but for them whiche thou hast gyuen me for they are thyne And all myne are thyne and thyne are myne and I am glorified in them And nowe am I not in the worlde and they are in the worlde and I come to the. ⊢ ✚ Holy father kepe thorowe thyne owne name them whiche thou hast gyuen me that they also maye be one as we are Whyle I was with them in the worlde I kepte them in thy name Those that thou gauest me I haue kepte and none of them is lost but that lost thâ—lde that the scripture myght be fulfylled Nowe come I to the and these wordes speake I in the worlde that they myght haue my ioye full in them I haue gyuen them thy worde and the worlde hath hated them bycause they are not of the worlde euen as I also am not of the worlde I desyre not that thou shuldest take them out of the world but that thou kepe them from euyll They are not of the worlde as I also am not of the worlde Sanctifie them thorowe thy trueth Thy worde is the trueth As thou dyddest sende me in to the worlde euen so haue I also sent them in to the world and for theyr sakes sanctifie I my selfe that they also myght be sanctified thorowe the trueth Neuerthelesse I praye not for them alone but for them also whiche shal byleue on me thorowe theyr preachynge that they all maye be one as thou father arte in me and I in the and that they also maye be one in vs that the worlde maye byleue that thou hast sent me And the glory whiche thou gauest me I haue gyuen them that they maye be one as we also are one I in them and thou in me that they may be made perfyte in one and that the worlde maye knowe that thou hast sent me and hast loued them as thou hast loued me Father I wyll that they whiche thou hast gyuen me be with me where I am that they may se my glory which thou hast gyuen me For thou louedst me before the makynge of the worlde O ryghteous father the worlde also hathe not knowen the But I haue knowen the these haue knowen that thou hast sent me And I haue declared vnto them by name and wyll declare it that the loue wherwith thou hast loued me maye be in them and I in them ⊢ ¶ Chryst is betrayed The wordes of his mouth smyte the offycers to the grounde Peter smyteth of Malchus care Iesus is brought before Anna Cayphas and Pylate CAPI XVIII WHen Iesus had spoken these wordes he went forth with his disciples ouer the broke Cedron where was a garden in to the whiche he entred and his disciples Iudas also whiche bytrayed hym knewe the place for Iesus ofte tymes resorted thyther with his disciples Iudas then after he had receyued a bande of men and ministers of the hygh preestes and pharises came thyther with lanterus and fyrebrandes weapons And Iesus knowyng al thynges that shulde come on hym went forth sayde vnto them whom seke ye They answered hym Iesus of Nazareth Iesus sayeth vnto them I am he Iudas also whiche betrayed hym stode with them As soone then as he had sayde vnto them I am he they went bakwarde and fell to the grounde TheÌ„ asked he them agayne whom seke ye They sayd Iesus of nazareth Iesus answered I haue tolde you that I am he If ye seke me therfore let these go theyr way that the sayenge myght be fulfylled whiche he spake of them whiche thou gauest me haue I not lost one Then Symon Peter hauynge a swerde drewe it and smote the hygh Preestes seruaunt and cut of his ryght eare The seruauntes name was Malchus Therfore sayeth Iesus vnto Peter Put vp thy swerde in to the sheathe shall I not drynke of the cup whiche my father hath gyuen me Then the company and the captayne and ministers of the Iues toke Iesus bounde hym and led hym away to Anna fyrst for he was father in lawe vnto Cayphas whiche was the hygh preest that same yere Cayphas was he whiche gaue counsell to the Iues that it was expedient that one man shulde dye for the people And Symon Peter folowed Iesus and so dyd an other dyscyple that dyscyple was knowen vnto the hygh Preest and wente in with Iesus into the palace of the high preest But Peter stode at the dore without Then wente out that other dyscyple whiche was knowen vnto the hygh Preest and spake to the damsell that kepte the dore and brought in Peter Then sayde the damsell that kepte the dore vnto Peter Arte not thou also one of this mannes disciples He sayd I am not The seruauntes the ministers stode there whiche had made a fyre of coles for it was colde and they warmed them selues Peter also stode amonge them and warmed hym The hygh Preest then asked Iesus of his disciples and of his doctrine Iesus answered hym I spake openly in the worlde I euer taught in the Synagoge â–ª and in the temple whyther all the Iues resorte and in secrete haue I sayd nothyng Why askest thou me Aske them which herde me what I haue sayde vnto them Beholde they can tel what I sayd When he had thus spoken one of the ministers whiche stode by smote Iesus on the face sayenge answerest thou the hygh Preest for Iesus answered hym If I haue euyll spoken beare wytnesse of the euyll But yf I haue well spoken ☞ why smytest thou me And Annas sent hym bounde vnto Cayphas the hygh Preest Symon Peter stode and warmed hym selfe Then sayd they vnto hym art not thou also one of his disciples He denyed it and sayd I am not One of the seruauntes of the hygh Preestes his cosyn whose eare Peter smote of sayde vnto hym Dyd not I se the in the garden with hym Peter therfore denyed agayne immediatly the cocke crewe Then led they Iesus from Cayphas in to the hall of iugement It was in the mornyng and they them selues went not in to the iudgement hall ☞ lest they shulde be defyled but that they myght eate Passeouer Pylate then wente out vnto them and sayde What accusacyon brynge ye agaynst this man They answered and sayde vnto hym If he were not an euyldoer we wolde not haue delyuered hym vnto the. Then sayde Pylate vnto them Take ye hym and iudge hym after your owne lawe The Iues therfore sayd vnto hym It is not lawfull for vs to put any man to death ☞
That the wordes of Iesus myght be fulfylled whiche he spake sygnyfyenge what death he shulde dye Then Pylate entred into the iudgement hall agayne and called Iesus and sayde vnto hym Arte thou the kynge of the Iues Iesus answered sayest thou that of thy selfe or dyd other tell it the of me Pilate answered Am I a Iue Thyne owne nacyon and hygh Preestes haue delyuered the vnto me What haste thou done Iesus answered my kyngdom is not of this worlde If my kyngdom were of this worlde then wolde my ministers surely fyght that I shulde not be delyuered to the Iues but nowe is my kyngdome not from hence Pylate therfore sayde vnto hym Arte thou a kynge then Iesus answered Thou sayest that I am a kynge For this cause was I borne and for this cause came I in to the worlde that I shulde beare wytnesse vnto the trueth And al that are of the trueth heare my voyce Pylate sayde vnto hym What thynge is trueth And when he had sayde this he wente oute agayne vnto the Iues and sayeth vnto them I fynde in hym no cause at all Ye haue a custome that I shulde delyuer you one loose at Easter Wyll ye that I loose vnto you the kynge of the Iues Then cryed they all agayne sayenge Not hym but Barrabas the same Barrabas was a murtherer ¶ Chryste is crucifyed ▪ He cōmitteth his mother vnto Iohn̄ dyeth and is turyed CAPI XIX THen Pilate toke Iesus therfore and scourged hym And the souldyers wounde a crowne of thornes and put it on his heade And they dyd on hym a purple garment †and came vnto hym and sayde Hayle kynge of the Iues they smote hym on the face Pylate went forth agayne and sayde vnto them behold I bryng hym forth to you that ye maye knowe that I fynde no faute in hym Then came Iesus forth wearynge a crowne of thorne and a robe of purple And he sayeth vnto them beholde the man When the hygh Preestes therfore minysters sawe hym they cryed sayenge crucifye him crucifye hym Pilate sayeth vnto them Take ye hym and crucifye hym for I fynde no cause in hym The Iues answered hym We haue a lawe and by our lawe he ought to dye bycause he made hym selfe the sonne of God When Pylate herde that sayenge he was the more afrayde and wente agayne in to the Iudgement hall and sayeth vnto ▪ Iesus whence arte thou But Iesus gaue hym none answere Then sayde Pilate vnto him Speakest thou not vnto me Knowest thou not that I haue power to crucifye the and haue power to loose the Iesus answered Thou couldest haue no power at all agaynst me excepte it were gyuen the from aboue Therfore he that deliuered me vnto the hath the more syn And frō thence forth sought Pilate meanes to loose hym but the Iues cryed sayenge yf thou let hym go thou arte not Cesars frende For whosoeuer maketh hym selfe a kynge is agaynst Cesar. When Pilate herde that sayeng he brought Iesus forth and sat downe to gyue sentence in a place that is called the pauement but in the Hebrue tongue Gabbatha It was the preparynge daye of the Easter aboute the syxte houre And he sayeth vnto the Iues be holde your kynge They cryed awaye with hym awaye with hym crucifye hym Pilate sayeth vnto them shal I crucify your kyng The hyghe Preestes answered we haue no kynge but Cesar Then deliuered he hym vnto them to be crucifyed And they toke Iesus and led hym away And he bare his crosse and went forth in to a place which is called the place of dead mens sculles But in Hebrue Golgotha where they crucifyed hym and two other with hym on eyther syde one and Iesus in the myddes And Pilate wrote a tytle and put it on the crosse The wrytynge was Iesus of Nazareth kynge of the Iues. This tytle red many of the Iues. For the place where Iesus was crucifyed was nygh to the citye And it was wrytten in Hebrue and Greke and Latyn Then sayde the hyghe Preestes of the Iues to Pilate wryte not kynge of the Iues but that he sayde I am kynge of the Iues. Pilate answered what I haue wrytten that haue I wrytten The souldyers when they had crucifyed Iesus toke his garmentes and made foure partes to euery souldyer a parte and also his cote The cote was without seame wrought vpon throughout They sayde therfore amonge them selues Let vs not deuyde it but cast lottes for it who shall haue it That the scrypture myght be fulfylled sayenge They parted my rayment amonge them and for my coote dyd they cast lottes And the souldyers dyd soch thynges in dede There stode by the crosse of Iesus his mother and his mothers syster Mary the wyfe of Cleophas and Mary Magdalene When Iesus therfore sawe his mother and the discyple standyng whome he loued he sayeth vnto his mother woman beholde thy sonne Then sayde he to the discyple beholde thy mother And frō that houre the discyple toke her for his owne After these thynges Iesus knowyng that all thynges were nowe performed that the scrypture myght be fulfylled he sayeth I thyrst So there stode a vessell by full of byneger Therfore they fylled a sponge with vyneger and wounde it aboute with yscope and put it to his mouth As soone as Iesus then receyued of the vyneger he sayde It is finyshed and bowed his heade and gaue vp the gooste The Iues therfore bycause it was the preparyng of the Sabboth that the bodyes shulde not remayne vpon the crosse on the Sabboth daye for that Sabboth day was an hyghe daye besought Pilate ▪ that theyr legges myght be broken and that they myght be taken downe Then came the souldyers and brake the legges of the fyrst and of the other which was crucifyed with hym But when they came to Iesus and sawe that he was deade alredy they brake not his legges but one of the souldyers with a speare thrust hym in to the syde and forthwith came there out blood and water And he that sawe it bare recorde and his recorde is true And he knoweth that he sayeth true that ye myght byleue also For these thynges were done that the scrypture shuld be fulfylled Ye shall not breake a bone of hym And agayne an other scrypture sayeth they shall loke on hym whom they pearsed After this Ioseph of Aramathia whiche was a disciple of Iesus but secretly for feare of the Iues besought Pilate that he myght take downe the body of Iesus And Pilate gaue hym licence †He came therfore and toke the body of Iesus And there came also Nicodemus whiche at the begynnyng came to Iesus by nyght and brought of myre and aloes myngled togyther about an hundred pounde weyght Then toke they the body of Iesus and wounde it in lynnen clothes with the odours as the maner of the Iues is to burye And in the place
thou knowest that I loue the. He sayde vnto hym feede my shepe He sayde vnto hym the thyrd tyme Symon Ioanna louest thou me Peter was sory bycause he sayde vnto hym the thyrde tyme louest thou me he sayde vnto hym Lorde thou knowest all thynges thou knowest that I loue the. Iesus sayeth vnto hym feede my shepe Uerely verely I saye vnto the when thou waste yonge thou gyrdedst thy selfe and walkedst whyther thou woldest but when thou arte olde thou shalte stretche forth thyne handes and an other shall gyrde the leade the whyther thou woldest not That spake he signifyenge by what death he shulde glorify God And when he had spoken this he sayeth vnto hym ✚ Folowe me Peter turned aboute and sawe the disciple whome Iesus loued folowynge whiche also leaned on his brest at supper and sayde Lorde whiche is he that betrayeth the When Peter therfore sawe hym he sayeth to Iesus Lorde what shall we heare do Iesus sayeth vnto hym Yf I wyll haue hym to tary tyll I come what is that to the folowe thou me Then wente this sayenge abrode among the brethren that that discyple shulde not dye Yet Iesus sayde not to hym he shall not dye but yf I wyll that he tary tyl I come what is that to the The same discyple is he whiche testifyeth of these thynges and wrote these thynges And we knowe that his testimony is true ⊢ There are also many other thynges whiche Iesus dyd the whiche yf they shulde be wrytten euery one I suppose the worlde coulde not conteyne the bookes that shulde be wrytten ¶ Here endeth the Gospell of Saynt IohnÌ„ ⧠The Actes of the Apostles ¶ The asceâ—syon of Chryst. Mathias is chosen in the steade of Iudas CAPI Primo ✚ IN the former treatyse deare Theophylus we haue spoken of all that Iesus began to do and teach vntyll the daye in whiche he was taken vp after that he through the holy goost had gyuen coÌ„mauÌ„de mentes vnto the Apostles whom he had chosen to whom also he shewed hym selfe alyue after his passion and that by many tokens appearynge vnto them fourtye dayes and speakynge of the kyngdome of god and gathered them togyther and commaunded them that they shulde not departe from Ierusalem but to wayte for the promesse of the father wherof sayeth he ye haue herde of me For IohnÌ„ truely baptysed with water but ye shall be baptysed with the holy gooste after these fewe dayes When they therfore were come togyther they asked of hym sayenge Lodre wylte thou at this tyme restore agayne the kyngdome to Israell And he sayde vnto them It is not for you to know the tymes or the seasons whiche the father hath put in his owne power but ye shall re ceyue power after that the holy goost is come vpon you And ye shall be wytnesses vnto me not onely in Ierusalem but also in all Iurye and in Samary and euen vnto the worldes ende And when he had spoken these thynges whyle they behelde he was taken vp an hygh and a cloude receyued hym vp out of theyr syght And whyle they loked stedfastlye vp towarde heuen as he went beholde two men stode by them in whyte apparell which also sayd ye men of Galile why stand ye gasynge vp in to heuen This same Iesus whiche is taken vp from you in to heuen shall so come euen as ye haue sene hym go in to heuen ⊢ Then returned they vnto Ierusalem from the mounte that is called Olyuete whiche is from Ierusalem a Sabboth dayes iourney And when they were come in they went vp into a parler where abode both Peter and Iames and IohnÌ„ and Andrewe Philip and Thomas Barthelmew and Mathew Iames the sonne of Alpheus and Simon Zelotes and Iudas the brother of Iames. These all contynued with one accorde in prayer and supplicacyon with the women Mary the mother of Iesu with his brethren ✚ And in those dayes Peter stode vp in the myddes of the discyples and sayde the nombre of names that were togyther were aboute an hundred and twentye Ye men and brethren this scrypture must nedes haue ben fulfylled whiche the holy goost through the mouth of Dauid spake before of Iudas whiche was gyde to them that toke Iesus For he was nombred with vs and had obteyned felowshyp in this ministracion And the same hath now possessed a plat of ground with the rewarde of iniquite and when he was hanged he brast a sondre in the myddes and all his bowels gusshed out And it is knowen vnto all the inhabiters of Ierusalem in so moche that the same felde is called in theyr mother tongue Acheldama that is to saye the bloode felde For it is wrytten in the booke of Psalmes his habitacyon be voyde and no man be dwellynge therin and his Bysshoprycke let an other take Wherfore of these men whiche haue companyed with vs all the tyme that the Lorde Iesus had all his conuersacyon amonge vs begynnynge at the baptyme of IohnÌ„ vnto that same daye that he was taken vp from vs muste one be ordeyned to be a wytnesse with vs of his resurrectioÌ„ And they appoynted two Ioseph whiche is called Barsabas whose syr name was Iustus and Mathias And when they prayed they sayd thou lorde whiche knowest the hertes of all men shew whyther of these two thou hast chosen that he may take the rowme of this ministracion and Apostleshyppe from whiche Iudas by transgressyon fell that he myght go to his owne place And they gaue forth theyr lottes and the lot fel on Mathias and he was couÌ„ted with the eleuen Apostles ⊢ CAPI II. ✚ ¶ The comynge of the holy goost The sermon of Peter before the congregacyon at Ierusalem and the encrease of the faythfull WHen the fyftye dayes were come to an ende they were all with one accorde to gyther in one place And sodeynly there came a sounde from heuen as it had ben the commynge of a myghtye wynde and it fylled al the house where they sat And there appeared vnto them clouen tongues lyke as they had ben of fyre and it sat vpon eche one of them and they were al fylled with the holy goost began to speake with other tongues euen as the same spiryte gaue them vtteraunce There were dwellynge at Ierusalme Iues deuoute men out of euery nacyon of them that are vnder heuen When this was noysed aboute the multitude came togither and were astonyed bicause that euery man herde them speake with his owne language They wondred all and meruayled sayenge among them selues beholde are not all these whiche speake of Galile And howe heare we euery man his owne tongue wherin we were borne Parthians and Medes and Elamytes and the inhabiters of Mesopotamia and of Iurye and of Capadocia of Ponthus and Asia Phrygia and Phamphilia of Egypt and of the partyes of Libia whiche is besyde Syren and
man sounde whom ye se and knowe And the fayth which is by hym hath gyuen to hym this health in the presence of you all And nowe brethren I wote that through Ignoraunce ye dyd it as dyd also your rulers But god which before had shewed by the mouth of al his prophetê howe that Chryste shulde suffer hath thus wyse fulfylled Let it repent you therfore and conuerte that your synÌ„es maye be done away ✚ when the tyme of refresshynge coÌ„meth whiche we shall haue of the presence of the Lorde and when god shall sende hym which before was preached vnto you that is to wytte Iesus Chryst whiche must receyue heuen vntyl the tyme that all thynges whiche god hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy Prophettes synce the worlde began be restored agayne Moses truly sayde vnto the fathers a Prophet shall the Lorde your God rayse vp vnto you euen of youre brethren lyke vnto me hym shall ye heare in all thynges whatsoeuer he shall saye vnto you For the tyme wyll come that euery soule whiche wyll not heare that same Prophet shall be destroyed from amonge the people All the Prophettes also from Samuell and thence forth as many as haue spoken haue in lykewyse tolde of these dayes Ye are the chyldren of the prophettes and of the couenaunt whiche God made vnto oure fathers sayenge to Abraham Euen in thy seed shal all the kynreds of the earth be blessed Fyrst when God had reysed vp his sonne Iesus vnto you he sente hym to blesse you that euerye one of you shulde turne from his wyckednesse ⊢ ¶ The Apostles are taken and brought before the counsell They are forbyden to preache but they turne them to prayer and are more obedyent vnto god then vnto men CAPI IIII. AS they spake vnto the peple the Preestes and the rulers of the temple and the Sadduces came vpon them takynge it greuously that they taught the people and preached in Iesus the resurrection froÌ„ death And they layde handes on them and put them in holde vntyll the nexte daye for it was nowe euentyde Howbeit many of them which herde the wordes byleued and the nombre of the men was aboute fyue M. And it chaunsed on the morowe that theyr rulers and elders and Scrybes and Annas the cheyfe Preest and Cayphas IohnÌ„ and Alexander and as many as were of the kyured of the hygh Preestes gathered togyther at IerusaleÌ„ And when they had set them before them they asked by what power or in what name haue ye done this ✚ Then Peter full of the holy gooft sayd vnto them ye rulers of the peple and elders of Israell yf we this day be examined of the good dede that we haue done to the sycke maÌ„ by what meanes he is made hole be it knowen vnto you all and to all the people of Israell that by the name of Iesus Chryst of Nazareth whome ye crucifyed whome God reysed agayne from death euen by hym doth this man stande here present before you hole This is the stone whiche was cast asyde of you buylders which is become the cheyfe of the corner Neyther is there saluacyon in any other For amonge men vnder heuen there is gyuen none other name wherin we must be saued ⊢ When they sawe the boldnes of Peter and Iohn and vnderstode that they were vnlerned and laye men they meruayled and they knewe them that they had bene with Iesu and beholdynge also the man whiche was healed standynge with them they coulde not saye agaynst it but coÌ„maunded them to go a syde out of the counsell and counselled amonge them selues sayenge what shall we do to these men For a manyfest sygne is done by them and is openly knowen to all them that dwell in Ierusalem and we can not denye it But that it be noysed no further amonge the people let vs threaten charge them that they speake hence forth to no man in this name And they called them and coÌ„maunded them that in no wyse they shulde speake nor teache in the name of Iesu. But Peter and IohnÌ„ answered and sayde vnto them whyther it be ryght in the syght of god to herken vnto you more then to God iudge ye For we can not but speake that whiche we haue sene and herde So threatened they them and let them go and founde nothynge howe to punysshe them bycause of the people For all men praysed God bycause of that whiche was done for the man was aboue fourtye yere olde on whome this myracle of healyng was shewed Assone as they were let go they came to theyr felowes shewed all that the hygh Preestes and elders had sayde And when they herde that they lyfte vp theyr voyces to God with one accorde and sayde lorde thou arte god which hast made heuen earth the see all that in them is which †in the holy goost by the mouth of thy seruaunt Dauid †our father hast sayd Why dyd the hethen rage and the people ymagen vayne thynges The kynges of the earth stode vp and the rulers came togither agaynst the Lorde and agaynste his anoynted For of a trueth agayust thy holye chylde Iesus whome thou hast anoynted both He rode and also Poncius Pilate with the Gentyls and the people of Israel gathered them selues togyther †in this citye for to doo whatsoeuer thy hande and thy counsayle determyned before to be done And nowe lorde beholde theyr threatenynges and graunt vn to thy seruauntes that with all confydence they maye speake thy worde So that thou stretche forth thyne hande that healyng and sygnes and wonders be done by the name of thy holy chylde Iesus And as soone as they had prayed the place moued where they were assembled togyther and they were all fylled with the holy goost and they spake the worde of God boldly ✚ And the multitude of them that byleued were of one herte and of one soule Neyther sayde anye of them that ought of the thyngê which he possessed was his owne but they had all thynges comon And with greate power gaue the Apostles wytnesse of the resurrection of the lorde Iesu. And great grace was with them all Neyther was there any amonge them that lacked For as many as were possessers of landes or houses solde them and brought the pryce of the thynges that were solde and layde it downe at the Apostles fete And distribueyon was made vnto euery man accordyng as he had nede ⊢ And Ioses whiche was also called of the Apostles Barnabas that is to saye the son of consolacy on beynge a Leuyte and of the countrey of Cipers when he had lande solde it layd the pryer downe at the apostles fete ¶ The desemblynge of Ananias and Saphirs is punysshed miracles are done by the Apostles which are taken but the angell of god bryngeth them oute of pryson They are brought before the counsell The sentence of Gamaliell The Apostles are
that thys saluacyon of God is sente to the gentyls and they shall heare it And when he had sayde these wordes the Iewes departed from him and had great despycyons among them selues And Paule dwelt two yeares full in hys lodginge and receaued all that came in vnto him preachyng the kigdome of God teachynge those thynges whiche concerne the Lorde Iesus with all confydence no man forbydding him ¶ Here endeth the Actes of the Apostles ⧠The Epistle of the Apostle Saynt Paule to the Romaynes ¶ Paule declareth hys loue towarde the Romaynes sheweth what the Gospell is with the frute therof and rebu keth the â—â—astlynce of the Heathen CAPI I. ✚ PAule the seruaunt of Iesus Christe called to the offyce of an apostle put a part for y â— Gospell of God whiche he had promysed afore by hys prophetes in the holy scriptutures of his sonne which was borne âšœ vnto hym of the seed of Dauid after the flesh and hathe bene declared to be the sonne of God with power after the sprere that sanctyfyeth sence the tyme that Iesus Chryste oure Lorde rose agayne from deeth by whom we haue receaued grace and Apostle shyp that obedience myght be geuen vnto the fayth in his name amonge all Heathen of whose nombre you be that are called of Iesu Chryste ⊢ To all you that be at Rome beloued of God and called sayntes Grace be with you and peace from God oure father and from the Lorde Iesus Chryste Fyrst verely I thanke my God thorowe Iesus Chryste for you all that youre fayth is spoken of in all the worlde For God is my wytnes whom I serue with my sprete in the Gospell of hys sonne that with out ceasynge I make mencyon of you alwayes in my prayers besechynge that by some meane at the last out tyme or other a prosperous iorney by the wyll of God myght fortune me to come vnto you For I longe to se you that I myght bestowe amoÌ„ge you some spyritual gyfte to strength you withall that is that I myght haue consolacyon together with you through the coÌ„men faith whiche bothe ye and I haue I wolde that ye shulde knowe brethren howe that I haue often tymes purposed to come vnto you but haue bene let hytherto to haue some frute also amonge you as amonge other of the Gentyls I am detter both to the Grekes and to the vngrekes to learned and to the vnlearned So that as much as in me is I am redy to preache the Gospell to you that are at Rome also For I am not asshamed of the gospell of Christ because it is the power of God vnto saluacyon to euery one that beleueth to the Iewe fryst and also to the gentyle For by it is the ryghtewesnes of God opened ☞ froÌ„ fayth to fayth As it is wrytten the iust shal lyue by fayth For y â— wrath of God apeareth from heauen agaynste all vngodlynes and vnryghtewesnes of men whiche withholde the trueth in vnryghtewesnes seynge that it whiche may be knowen of God is manifest amonge them For God hath shewed it vnto theÌ„ Yee his inuisyble thinges that is to saye his eternall power and godhed are sene for as much as they are vnderstande by the workes from the creacyon of the worlde So that they are without excuse because that when they knewe God they glorified him not as God nether were thankfull but wexed full of vanities in theyr ymagynacyons and theyr folysh herte was blynded When they counted them selues wyse they became fooles and turned the glory of the immortal God vnto an ymage made not onely after the similitude of a mortal man but also of byrdes and foure foted beastes of crepynge beastes Wherfore God gaue them vp vnto theyr hertes iustes to vnclennes to defyle theyr owne bodies among theÌ„ selues which turned his trueth vnto a lye worshypped and serued the thinges that be made more then hym that made them which is blessed for euer Amen Wherfore God gaue them vp vnto shamfull lustes For euen theyr wemen dyd chaunge the naturall vse in to that whiche is agaynste nature And lyke wyse also the men left the natural vse of the woman and brent in theyr lustes one with another meÌ„ with men wrought filthynes and receaued to them selues the rewarde of theyr erroure as it was accordynge â–ª And as they regarded not to knowe God euen so God delyuered them vp vnto a lewde mynde that they shuld do those thinges whiche were not comly beinge ful of al vnrightteousnesse fornicacion wyckednes coueteousnes malycyousnes full of enuye murther debate disseyÌ„te euyll coÌ„dicyoned whysperers backbyters haters of God doers of wronge proude boasters bringers vp of euyll thynges disobedyent to father and mother without vnderstandynge couenaunte breakers vnlouynge trace breakers vnmerciful Which men though they knewe the ryghtewesnes of God âšœ consydred nat howe that they which coÌ„myt suche thynges are worthy of deeth not only âšœ they that do the same but also âšœ they whyche haue pleasure in them that do them ¶ He rebuketh the Iewes whiche as touchynge synne are lyke the Heathen CAPI II. THerfore art thou inexcusable O man whosoeuer thou be that ☞ iudgest For in that same wherin thou iudgest another thou condemnest thy selfe For thou that iudgest doest euen the same selfe thynges But we are sure that the iudgement of God is accordynge to trueth agaynst theÌ„ which coÌ„myt luch thynges Thynkest thou this O thou man that iudgest them which do suche thynges and doest euen the very same thy selfe that thou shalt escape the iudgement of God Ether despysest thou the ryches of his goodnes and pacyence long sufferaunce not knowynge that the kyndnes of God leadeth the to repentaunce But thou after thy stubburnesse and herte that cannot repente heapest vnto thy selfe wrath against the daye of vengeaunce when shal be opened the ryghtewes iudgement of God whiche wyll rewarde euery man ☞ accordynge to his dedes that is to saye prayse honoure and immortalyte to them whiche contynue in good doyng and seke immortalyte But vnto them that are rebelles and that do not obeye the trueth but folowe vnryghteousnes shall come indignacyon and wrath trybulacyon and anguyshe vpon the soule of euery man that do the euyll of the Iew fyrst and also of the Gentyle To euery man that do the good shall come prayse and honoure and peace to the Iewe fyrst and also to the Gentyll For there is no respecte of parsonnes with God For whosoeuer hath synned without lawe shall also peryshe without lawe And as many as haue synned in the lawe shal be iudged by the law For in the syght of God they are not ryghteous whiche heare the lawe But the doers of the lawe shal be iustifyed For whaÌ„ the Gentyls which haue not the lawe ☞ do of nature the thynges contayned in the lawe then they hauynge not the lawe are a
the circumsised but vnto them also that walke in the steppes of the fayth that was in our father Abraham before the tyme of circumcisyon For the promes that he shuld be the heyre of the worlde happened not to Abraham or to his seed thorowe the lawe but thorow the ryghtewesnes of fayth For yf they which are of the law be heyres theÌ„ is fayth but vayne and the promes of none effecte Because the lawe causeth wrath For where no lawe is there is no transgressyon Therfore by fayth is the inheritaunce geuen that it myght come of fauoure that the promes myght be sure ☞ to all the seed Nor to theÌ„ onely whiche are of the lawe but to them also whiche are of the fayth of Abraham which is y â— father of vs al â–ª As it is wrytten I haue made the a father of many nacyoÌ„s euen before God whom he beleued whiche restored the deed vnto lyfe calleth those thynges which be not as though they were Whiche Abraham contrary to hope beleued in hope that he shulde be the father of many nacyons accordyng to that which was spoken ‡ euen so shall thy sede be âšœ as the starres of heauen and the sande of the see And he faynted not in the fayth nor yet consydered his owne bodye whiche was nowe deed euen when he was almoste an hundred yeare olde nether yet that Sata was paste chyldeberynge He stackered not at the promes of God thorow vnbelefe but became stronge in fayth and gaue God the prayse beynge full certyfyed that he which had promysed was able also to make it good And therfore was it reckened to hym for ryghtewesnes Neuertheles it is not wrytten for hym onely that it was reckened to him for ryghtewesnes but also for vs to whom it shal be couÌ„ted for ryghtewesnes so y â— we beleue on him that rayseth vp Iesus our Lorde from deeth whiche was delyuered for oure synnes and rose agayne for to iustifye vs. ¶ The power of fayth hope and loue and howe death raygned from Adam vnto Chryst by whom onely we haue forgeuenesse of synnes CAPI V. BEcause therfore that we are iustyfyed by fayth we are at peace with God thorowe oure Lorde Iesus Christ by whom also it chaunsed vnto vs to be brought in thorowe fayth vnto this grace wherin we stande and ☞ reioyce in hope of the glory âšœ of the chyldren of God Not that onely but also we reioyce in tribulacyons knowynge that tribulacyon bringeth pacieÌ„ce bryngeth experience experience bryngeth hope And hope maketh not ashamed for the loue of God is shed abrode in oure hertes by the holy goost whiche is geuen vnto vs. For wheÌ„ we were yet weake accordynge to the tyme Christe dyed for vs whiche were vngodly Yet scace wyll any man dye for a ryghtewis man ParaueÌ„ture for a good man durste a man dye ✚ But God setteth out his loue towarde vs seyng that whyle we were yet synners âšœ according to the tyme Christ dyed for vs. Much more theÌ„ now seyng we are iustifyed by hê blode shall we be saued froÌ„ wrath thorowe hym For yf when we were enemyes we were reconcyled to God by the deeth of his sonne moche more seynge we are reconcyled we shal be preserued by his lyfe Not only this but we also ioye in God by the meanes of our Lorde Iesus Chryst by whom we haue nowe optayned the attonment Wherfore as by one man synne entred into the worlde and deeth by the meanes of synne Euen so deeth also wente ouer all men in so muche as all men synned For euen vnto the lawe was sinne in the worlde but synne is not imputed whan there is no lawe neuerthelesse deeth raygned from Adam to Moyses euen ouer them also that had not synned with lyke transgressyon as dyd Adam which ☞ beareth the similitude of hym that was to come But the gyfte is not lyke as the synne For yf thorowe the synne of one many be deed much more plenteous vpon many was the grace of God and gyfte by grace ☞ which was geuen by one man Iesus Christ. And the gyfte is not ouer one synne as deeth came thorowe one synne of one that synned For damnacyon came of oue synne vnto condemnacyon but the gyfte came to iustify froÌ„ many sinnes For yf by the synne of one deeth raygned by the meanes of one much more they whiche receaue aboundaÌ„ce of grace and of the gyfte of ryghtewesnes shal raygne in lyfe by y â— meanes of one that is to saye Iesus Christe ✚ Lyke wyse then as by the synne of one there sprange vp euell on all men to condemnacyon euen so by the ryghteousnes of one spryngeth good vpon all men to the ryghteousnes of lyfe For as by one mannes dysobedience many became synners so by the obedience of one shal many be made ryghteous But the lawe in the meane tyme entred in that synne shulde encreace Neuerthelater where aboundaunce of synne was there was more plenteousnes of of grace That as synne had raygned vnto deeth euen so myght grace raygne thorowe ryghtewesnes vnto eternal lyfe by the help of Iesu Chryste ⊢ ¶ For so muche as we be delyuered thorowe Christe from synne we muste fassy on our selues to lyue as the seruaâ—tes of God not after our owne iustes The vnlykely rewarde of ryghteousnesse and synne CAPI VI. WHat shall we saye then shall we contynue in sinne that there maye be aboundaunce of grace God forbyd Howe shall we that are deed as touchynge synne lyue any longer therin ✚ Knowe ye not that all we whiche are baptysed into Iesu Chryste are baptysed to dye with hym We are buryed then wyth him by baptime for to dye that lykewyse as Chryst was raysed vp from death by the glorye of the father euen so we also shuld walke in a newe lyfe For yf we be graft in death lyke vnto hym euen so shal we be partakers of the resurreccyon knowynge this that our olde man is crucyfyed with hym also that the bodye of synne myght vtterly be destroyed that hence forth we shulde not be seruauntes vnto synne For he that is deade is iustyfyed from synne Wherfore yf we be deade w t Christ we beleue that we shall also lyue with hym knowyng that Chryste beynge raysed from death dyeth no more Death hath no more power ouer hym For as touchynge that he dyed he dyed concernynge synne once And as touchynge that he lyueth he lyueth vnto God Lykewyse consydre ye also that ye are deade as touchynge synne but are alyue vnto God thorowe Iesus Christe our Lord. ⊢ Let not synne raygne therfore in youre mortall bodye that ye shulde therunto obey by the lustes of it Neyther geue ye your membres as instrumeÌ„tes of vnryghtuousnes vnto synne but gyue ouer your selues vnto God as they that of deade are alyue And geue ouer your members as instrumentes of ryghtuousnes vnto God Let not synne haue
Gospell preachyng of Iesus Christe in vtterynge of the mystery whiche was kepte secrete sence the worlde beganne but nowe is opened by the Scryptures of the Prophetes at the commaundemeÌ„t of the euerlasting God to stere vp obedience to the fayth publyshed amonge all nacions To the same God whiche alone is wyse be âšœ honoure and prayse thorow Iesus Christ for euer AMEN ¶ To the Romaynes ¶ This Epystle was sent from Corinthum by Phebe she that was the minyster vnto the Congregacyon at Cenchrea ⧠The first Epistle of Saynct Paul the Apostle to the Corynthians ¶ He commendeth the Lorynthians exhorteth them to be of one mynde and rebuketh the veuision that was amoge them Wordly wysdome is folishnes before God yâ—â— there to no wysdom but in the despysed crosse of God CAPI I. PAul called an Apostle of Iesus Chryste thorowe the wyl of God and brother Softenes Unto the congregacyon of God whiche is at Corynthum To them that are sanctified by Christ Iesu called saynctes wyth all that call on the name of oure Lorde Iesus Christ in euery place ether of theyrs or of oures Grace be vnto you and peace from God our father and from the lord Iesus Christ ✚ I thanke my God alwayes on youre behalf for the grace of god which is geuen you by Iesus Christ that in all thinges ye are made ryche by hym in all vtteraunce and in al knowledge by the which thinges the testimony of Iesus Christ was confermed in you so that ye are behynde in no gyft waytynge for the appearynge of oure Lord Iesus Christ which sha also streÌ„gth you vnto the ende that ye maye be blamelesse in the day âšœ of the commynge of oure Lord Iesus Christ. ⊢ God is faythfull by whom ye are called vnto the fellishyppe of his sonne Iesus Christ oure Lord. I besech you brethren by the name of our Lorde Iesus Chryst that ye all speake one thing and that there be no discencion among you but that ye maye be a whole body of one mynde and of one meanynge For it is shewed vnto me my brethren of you by them whiche are of the house of Cloe that there is stryfe amonge you I speake of the same that euery one of you sayeth I holde of Paul I holde of Apollo I hold of Gephas I holde of Christ. Is Christ deuided Was Paul crucified for you ether were ye baptysed in the name of Paule I thancke God that I baptysed none of you but Crispus and Gaius lest any shulde saye that I had baptised in myne owne name I baptised also the house of Stephana Forthermore know I not whether I baptised any man of you or no. For Christ sent me not to baptyse but to preach the Gospel not with wysdome of wordes lest the crosse of Christ shulde haue bene made of none effecte For the preachynge of the crosse is to them that perisshe foolishnes but vnto vs which are saued it is the power of god For it is written I wyl destroy the wysdom of the wyse and wyl cast away the vnderstandynge of the prudent Where is the wyse Where is the scrybe Where is the dysputer of thys worlde Hath not God made the wysdome of thys worlde folishnes For after that the worlde thorowe wysdome knewe not god in the wysdome of god it pleased God thorowe folishnes of preachyng to saue them that beleue For the Iewes requyre a sygne and the Grekes seke after wisdome But we preache Christe crucified vnto the Iewes an occasyon of fallynge and vnto the Grekes folisshnes but vnto them whiche are called both of the Iewes Grekes we preach Christe the power of god and the wysdome of god For the folyshnes of god is wyser then men and the weakenes of god is stronger then men Brethren ye se your calling how that not many wise men after the flesshe not many myghtye not many of hye degre are called But God hath chosen the folish thinges of the world to coÌ„founde the wyse And god hath chosen the weake thynges of the worlde to confounde thynges whiche are myghtye And vyle thinges of the worlde thynges whiare despised hath God chosen yee and thinges of no reputacion for to briÌ„ge to â—ought thynges of reputacyon that no flessh shuld reioyce in hys presence And of him are ye in Christ Iesu which of god is made vnto vs wysdome and rightwesnes and sancrifyinge and redempcyon That accordynge as it is wrytten he which reioyseth shulde reioyce in the Lorde ¶ It is not cloquence and gloryous paynted wordes of wordly wysdome that can edyfye and conuerte soules vnto Christ but the playne wordes of the scrypturâ— for they make mencyon of him and hys crosse CAPI II. ANd I brethren when I came to you came not in gloriousnes of wordes or wisdome shewyng vnto you the testimony of god Neyther shewed I my selfe that I knewe any thynge among you saue Iesus Christ euen the same that was crucyfyed And I was amonge you in weaknes and in feare and in muche tremblyng And my wordes and my preachyng was not wyth entysyng wordes of mannes wysdome but in shewynge of the spyryte of power that your sayth shuld not stande in the wisdome of men but in the power of God â—â— brother but one brother goeth to lawe with onother and that vnder the vnbeleuers Now therfore there is vtterly a faut amoÌ„g you because ye go to lawe one w t another Why rather suffer ye not wronge why rather suffre ye not your selues to haue harme naye ye youre selues do wronge robbe that the brethren Do ye not knowe howe y â— y â— vnrighteous shal not inheret y â— kingdom of God Be not deceaued For nether fornicatours nether worshippers of Images nether aduoutrers nether weaklinges nether abusers of theÌ„ selues wyth mankynde nether theues nether couerouse nether droÌ„ kardes nether cursed speakers nether pillers shal inheret the kingdome of god And such were some of you but ye are wasshed but ye are sanctifyed but ye are iustified by the name of the Lorde Iesus and by the spryâ—e of oure God I maye do al thynges but all thinges are not profytable I maye do all thynges but I wyl be brought vnder no mans power Meates are ordeyned for the belly and the belly for meates but god shal destroy both it and theÌ„ Let not the body be applied vnto fâ—rnicacyon but vnto the Lorde the Lorde vnto the body god hath raised vp the lord and shall rayse vs vp by his power ✚ Ether knowe ye nor y â— youre bodyes are y â— meÌ„bers of Christ shal I now take the members of Christ and make them the meÌ„bers of an harlot God forbyd Do ye not knowe that he which coupleth him selfe w t an harlot is become one body For two sayeth he shal be one flesshe But he that is ioyned vnto the Lorde is one sprete Fle fornicacion Euery sinne y â— a maÌ„ doth is without
reporte our selues to euery maÌ„nes conscieÌ„ce in the syght of God ✚ If our Gospel be yet hyd it is hyd amonge them that are lost in whom the God of this worlde hath blynded the myndes of them whiche beleue not lest the lyght of the Gospell of the glorye of Christ whiche is the ymage of God shulde shyne vnto them ✚ For we preach not our selues but Christ Iesus to be the Lorde our selues your seruauÌ„tes for Iesus sake For it is God that coÌ„maunded the lyght to shyne out of darcknes which hath shyned in oure hertes for to giue the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Iesus Christ. But we haue this treasure in erthen vessels that the excellency of the power myght be Gods not ours We are troubled on euery syde yet are we not without shyfte We are in pouerty but not vtterly without somwhat We suffre persecucion but are not for saken therin We are cast downe neuertheles we perysh not We alwayes bere about in the bodye the dying of the Lorde Iesus that the lyfe of Iesu myght also appeare in our bodye For we whiche lyue are alwayes delyuered vnto deth for Iesus sake that the life also of Iesu myght appeare in our mortall fleshe So then death worcketh in vs but life in you ⊢ ✚ But seyng that we haue the same spirite of fayth according as it is wrytten I beleued therfore haue I spoken We also beleue therfore speake For we knowe that he whiche raysed vp the Lorde Iesus shall rayse vp vs also by the meanes of Iesus shal set vs with you For al thinges do I for your sakes that the plentuous grace by thanckes gyuen of many maye redâ—uÌ„de to the praise of God Wherfore we are not weryed But though our vtwarde man peryshe yet the in warde man is renued daye by daye For oure trybulacyon which is momentany and lyght prepareth an excedynge and an eternall wayght of glorye vnto vs whyle we loke not on the thynges whyche are sene but on the thynges whyche are not sene For the thynges whyche are sene are temporall but thynges whiche are not sene are eternall ⊢ CAPI V. ¶ The rewarde for suffrynge trouble FOr we knowe that yf our earthy mancion of this dwelling were destroyed we haue a byldyng of God an habytacyon not made with handes but eternall in heauen For therfore syghe we desyrynge to be clothed with our mansyon whiche is from heauen so yet yf that we be founde clothed and not naked For we that are in this tabernacle syghe and are greued because we wolde not be vnclothed but wold be clothed vpoÌ„ that mortalite might be swalowed vp of life He that hath ordeyned vs for this thyng is God which very same hath gyuen vnto vs the ernest of the spirite Therfore we are alwaye of good cheare and knowe that as long as we are at home in the body we are absent from god For we walcke in fayth not after outwarde appearauÌ„ce Neuertheles we are of good comfort and had leuer to be absent from the bodye to be preseÌ„t with God Whefore whether we be at home or from home we endeuour our selues to please hym For we must all appere before the iudgement seate of Chryste that euery man may receyue the worckes of his bodye accordynge to that he hath done whether it be good or bad ✚ Seyng then that we knowe howe the Lorde is to be feared We fare fayre wyth men For we are knowen well ynough vnto god I trust also that we are knoweÌ„ in your consciences For we prayse not our selues agayne vnto you but gyue you an occasyon to reioyce of vs that ye may haue some what agaynst theÌ„ which reioyce in the face and not in the herte For yf we be to feruent to god are we to feruent Or yf we kepe measure for your cause kepe we measure For y â— loue of Christ coÌ„strayneth vs bycause we thus iudge that yf one dyed for all then were all deade he dyed for all that they whych lyue shuld not hence forth lyue vnto them selues but vnto him whych dyed for them rose agayne ⊢ Wherfore hence forth knowe we no maÌ„ after the flesshe In so muche though we haue knowen Christ after the fleshe now yet heÌ„â—e forth know we him so no more Therfore yf any man be in Christ he is a newe creature Olde thynges are passed awaye beholde al thynges are become newe Neuertheles al thiÌ„ges are of God which hath reconcyled vs vnto hym self by Iesus Christ and hath gyuen to vs the offyce to preache the attonement For God was in Christ made agrement betwene the worlde and him self imputed not their synnes vnto them and hath commytted to vs the preachyng of the attonement Nowe then are we messengers in the rowme of Christ eueÌ„ as though God dyd beseche you thorowe vs. So praye we you in Christes stede that ye be reconcyled vnto God for he made him to ☞ be synne for vs whiche knewe no synne that we by his meanes shulde be that ryghtuousnesse whiche before God is alowed ¶ An exhortacyon to receyue the word of God with thankefulnesse and amendement of lyfe The dyligence of Paule in the Gospell and howe he warneth them to exchewe the company of the Heythen CAPI VI. WE also as helpers exhort you that ye receyue not the grace of god in vayne For he sayeth I haue herde the in a tyme accepted and in the day of saluacion haue I suckered the. Beholde nowe is that accepted tyme beholde nowe is the day of saluacyon Let vs gyue no occasyon of euyl that in our offyce be founde no faute but in al thinges let vs behaue our selues as the ministers of God In much pacieÌ„ce in affliccyons in necessyties in anguyshes in strypes in presonmeÌ„tes in strytes in laboures in watchiÌ„ges in fastinges in purenes in knowledge in loÌ„ge suffryng in kyndnes in the holy Ghoste in loue vnfaynedly in the word of truth in the power of God by the armour of ryghtuousnes of the ryght hande on the lefte be honoure and dishonour by euyl report good reporte as disceyuers and yet true as vnknowen and yet knoweÌ„ as dying behold we lyue as chastned not killed as sorowing yet alway mery as pore and yet make many ryche as hauyng nothyng yet possessyng al thynges O ye Corinthians our mouth is opeÌ„ vnto you Our hert is made large ye are in no strayte in vs but are in a strayte in youre owne bowels I promyse vnto you lyke reward as vnto chyldren Set your selues at large ✚ beare not ye the yocke with the vnbeleuers For what fellyshyp hath ryghtuousnes with vnryghtuousnes Or what company hath lyght wyth dackenesse Or what concorde hath Christe wyth Beliall Eyther what parte hath he that beleueth with an infydell Or howe
to wrytre vnto you for I knowe the redynes of youre mynde wherof I boast my selfe vnto them of Macedonia that Achaia was prepared a yere ago your ensaÌ„ple hath prouoked many Neuerthelesse yet haue I sent these brethren lest oure boastyng whiche I make of you shulde be in vayne in this behalfe that ye as I haue sayde maye prepare your selues lest peraduenture yf they of Macedonia come wyth me and fynde you vnprepared we I will not saye ye shulde be ashamed in this matter of boasting Wherfore I thought it necessary to exhorte the brethren to come before hande vnto you and to prepare your good blessynge promysed afore that it myghte be ready so that it be a blessinge and not a defraudyng ✚ This yet I saye he whiche soweth lytell shall reepe lytell and he that soweth plenteously shal reepe plenteously And leteuery man do accordynge as he hath purposed in hys herte not groudgyngly or of necessyte For God loueth a chearfull geuer God is able to make you ryche in all grace that ye in all thynges hauing sufficient vnto the vtmoste maye be ryche vnto all manner of good worcke as it is wrytten He hathe sparsed abroade and hathe geuen to the poore his rightewesnes remayneth for euer He that mynystreth seed vnto the sower mynyster breed also for fode and multyplye your seed and increace the frutes of youre ryghtwesnes ⊢ that on all partes ye maye be made ryche ☞ into all synglenes which causeth thorowe vs that thankes are geuen vnto God For the office of this mistracyon not onely supplyeth the nede of the saynctes but also is aboundaunt here in that for thys laudable ministryng thankes myght be geuen to God of many which prayse God for the obedience of youre consenting to the Gospel of Christ and for youre singlenes in distrybutynge to them and to all men and in theyr prayers for you whiche longe after you for the aboundaunte grace of God in you Thanckes be vnto God for hys vnspekeable gyâ—ce ¶ He â—ouâ—h hath the false Apostles and defendeth his auctoryte and callynge CAPI X. I Paule my selfe beseche you by the mekenes and softnes of Christ which when I am present among you am of no reputacion but am bolde towarde you beyng absent I besech you that I nede not to be bold when I am presente wyth that same confydence where wyth I am supposed to haue bene bolde agaynste some whiche repute vs as though we walcked carnally For though we walke in the flesshe yet we do not warre fleshly For the weapens of our warrefare are not carnal thinges but things mighty in God to cast downe stronge holdes wherwith we ouerthrow councels and euery hye thynge that exalteth it selfe agaynste the knowledge of God and brynge into capty-uyte all ymagynacyon to the obedyence of Chryste and are ready to take vengeaunce on al disobedyence when your obedience is fulfilled Loke ye on thinges after the vtter apperaunce If any man trust in him selfe that he is Christes let him consydre this againe of hiÌ„ selfe that as he is Chrystes euen so are we Christes For though I boast my selfe more of our auctorite whiche the Lorde hath geuen vs to edyfye and not to destroye you it shal not be to my shame lest I shuld seme as though I weÌ„t about to make you afraid wyth letters For the epystles sayth he are sore and stronge but his bodyly presence is weake and hys speache rude Let him that is such thyncke on this wise that as we are in wordes by letters when we are absent suche are we in dedes when we are present For we cannot fynde in oure hertes to make oure selues of the nombre of them or to compare oure selues to them whyche prayse them selues Neuerthelesse whyle they measure them selues wyth them selues and compare them selues with them selues they vnderstande nought But we wyll not reioyce aboue measure but according to the measure of the rule which God hath distributed vnto vs a measure to reache euen vnto you For we stretche not out our selues beyonde measure as though we reached not vnto you For euen to you also haue we come with the gospell of Chryste and we boast not our selues out of measure in other mens labours Yee and we hope it wyl come to passe that when youre faythe is increased among you we shal be magnyfyed accordynge to oure measure more largely and that I shall preache the Gospell in those regyons whyche are beyonde you and not to boaste of those thynges whyche by onother mans measure are prepared already But let him that reioyseth reioyse in the Lorde For he that praiseth hym selfe is not alowed but he whome the Lorde prayseth ¶ Paul vnder sufferaunce cominendeth him selfe and defendeth his auctoryte agaynst the false prophetes CAPI XI WOlde to God ye coulde haue suffred me a lytell in my folyshnes yee ye do also forbeare me For I am gelous ouer you with godly gelousy For I haue coupled you to one man to make you a chast vyrgyn to Christe But I feare leste it come to passe that as the serpente begyled Eue thorowe hys suâ—teltye euen ⧠The Epistle of Sayncte Paul the Apostle vnto the Galathyans ¶ Paule rebuketh them because they were fallen awaye from the Gospel sheweth his owne conuersion magnifyeth hys offyce and Apostelshippe and declareth hym selfe to be equall with the hye Apostles CAPI I. PAule an Apostle not of men neither by man but by Iesus Chryste and by God the father whiche raised him vp from deathe and all the brethren which are with me Unto the congregacyons of Galacia Grace be wyth you and peace from God the father and from oure Lorde Iesus Chryste whyche gaue hym selfe for oure sinnes to delyuer vs from this present euyll worlde accordinge to the wyll of God oure father to whome be praise for euer and euer AMEN I maruayle that ye are so sone turned from Christ which called you by grace vnto another Gospell which is nothynge els but that there be some whiche trouble you and intende to peruerte the Gospell of Chryste Neuerthelesse though we oure selues or an angell from heauen preache any other Gospell vnto you then that whiche we haue preached vnto you let hym be acursed As we sayde before so saye I nowe agayne yf any man preache any other gospell vnto you then that ye haue receaued let him be accursed Do I nowe speake vnto men or vnto God Other go I aboute to please men For yf I had hytherto studied to please men I were not the seruaunt of Chryst. ✚ I certifye you brethren that the Gospel which was preached of me was not after the maner of men For I neyther receaued it nor lerned it of man but by the reuelacion of Iesus Chryste For ye haue heard of my conuersacyon in tyme paste in the Iewes waye howe that beyonde measure I persecuted the congregacion of god and spoyled it and preuayled in the Iewes way
confermed afore of God vnto Chryste warde to make the promes of none effecte For yf the inheritaunce come of the lawe it commeth not nowe of promes But God gaue it vnto Abraham by promes Wherfore theÌ„ serueth y â— law The lawe was added because of traÌ„sgressioÌ„ tyl y â— seed came to whom the promes was made it was ordeyned by Angels in the hande of a mediator A mediator is not a mediator of one But God is one Is the lawe then agaynst the promes of God God forbyd For yf there had bene a lawe geuen whiche coulde haue geuen lyfe then no doute ryghtewesnes shulde come by the lawe But the scrypture ⧠The epystle of Saynt Paul the apostle vnto the Ephesyans ¶ The euerlastynge ordynaunce and eleccyon of God in sauynge all men thorowe Chryste Iesus his sonne we are ordened vnto good workes The dominion of Chryste CAPI I. PAul an apostle of Iesus Chryst by the wyl of God To the Saynctes whiche are at Ephesus and to them whiche beleue on Iesus Chryste Grace be with you peace from God oure father and from the Lorde Iesu Chryste Blessed be God the father of oure Lorde Iesus Chryst whiche hath blessed vs with all maner of spirituall blessynge in heuenly thynges by Chryste accordynge as he had chosen vs in him before the foundacions of the worlde were layde that we shuld be holy and without blame before him thorowe loue which ordeyned vs before thorow Iesus Christ to be heyres vnto him selfe ' accordynge to the good pleasure of hys wyll to the prayse of the glorye of his grace where with he hath made vs accepted thorow the beloued By whom we haue redempcyon thorowe his bloude euen the forgeuenes of synnes accordynge to the ryches of hys grace wher of he hathe ministred vnto vs aboundantly in all wysdome and prudence And hathe opened vnto vs the mystery of hys wyll accordynge to hys good pleasure whiche he had purposed in hym selfe to haue it declared when the tyme was ful come that he myght set vp all thynges perfectly by Chryste bothe the thynges whiche are in heuen and the thynges which are in earth euen by hym by whom we are made heyres and were therto predestinate accordynge to the purpose of hym by whose power al thinges are wrought accordynge to the purpose of hys owne wyll that we whiche before beleued in Christ shulde be vnto the prayse of his glorye In whom also ye beleue for asmuche as we haue harde the worde of trueth euen the Gospel of your saluacyon wherin when ye had beleued ye were sealed with the holy spirit of promes which is the earnest of our in herytauÌ„ce for the recoueringe of the purchased possessioÌ„ vnto y â— prayse of his glory Wherfore I also after that I hearde of the fayth which ye haue in the Lorde Iesu and loue vnto all the Saynctes cease not to geue thanckes for you makynge mencyon of you in my prayers that the God of oure Lorde Iesus Christ the father of glory may geue vnto you the spyryte of wysdome and of reuelacion by the knowledge of him selfe and lyghten the eyes of youre myndes that ye maye knowe what the hope is where vnto he hathe called you and howe ryche the glory is of his inherytaunce vpon the sainctes what is y â— exceding greatnes of his power to vs warde which beleue according to the workyng of that his myghty power whiche he wrought in Christe when he raysed him from the deed and set hym on hys ryght hande in heauenly thynges aboue all rule and power and myght and domynyon and aboue euery name that is named not in this worlde onely but also in the worlde to come and hathe put al thynges vnder his fete and hathe made hym aboue all thynges the heed of the congregacyon whiche is hys body and the fulnes of hym that fylleth all in all ¶ Paul sheweth them what maner of people they were before theyr conuersyon and what they are nowe in Chryste CAPI II. AND you hathe he quyckened where as ye were deed in â—reaspasses synnes in the whiche in tyme passed ye walked according to the course of this worlde euen after the gouerner that ruleth in the ayer the spirit that nowe worketh in the chyldren of vnbelefe amonge whom we al had oure conuersacyon also in tyme past in the lustes of oure flesshe and fulfylled the lustes of oure flesshe and fulfylled the wyll of the flesshe and of the mynde and ☞ were by nature the chyldren of wrath euen as well as other But God which is rych in mercy for his great loue wherwith he loued vs euen wheÌ„ we were deed by synnes quickened vs together in Chryst by garce are ye saued and raysed vs vp together with hym and made vs sytte together with him amonge them of heauen in Christe Iesu. That in tyme to come he myght shewe y â— exceadynge ryches of hys grace in kyndnes to vs warde thorow Chryst Iesu. For by grace are ye made safe thorowe fayth that not of youre selues It is the gyfte of God and coÌ„meth not of workes lest any maÌ„ shuld boast him selfe For we are his worckmanshyppe created in Christ Iesu vnto good workes whych god ordayned that we shulde walke in them Wherfore remeÌ„bre that ye beyng in tyme passed Gentyls in the flesshe were called vncircumcysyon from that whiche is called circumcision in the flesshe whiche circumcisyon is made by handes Remembre I say that at that tyme ye were without Christe beyng alâ—aÌ„tes froÌ„ the coÌ„meÌ„ welth of Israel straungers froÌ„ the testamentes of the promes and had no hope were without God in this worlde But nowe by the meanes of Christ Iesu ye whiche somtyme were farre of are made nye by the bloude of Christ. For he is our peace whiche hath made of both one and hathe broken downe the wall that was a stoppe bitwene vs and hath also put awaye thorowe hys flesshe ☞ the cause of hatred euen the lawe of commaundemeÌ„tes coÌ„tayned in the law wrytten for to make of â—wane one newe man in hym selfe so makyng peace and to reconcile both vnto God in one body thorow the crosse slew hatred thereby and came preached peace to you whiche were a farre of to them that were nyâ— For thorow hiÌ„ we both haue an entrauÌ„ce in one spirite vnto the father ✚ Nowe therfore ye are not straungers foreners but cytesyns with the sayntes and of the housholde of God and are bylt vpon the foundacion of the Apostles and Prophetes Iesus Christ him selfe beynge the head corner stone in whom what buyldyng soeuer is coupled togyther it groweth vnto an holy temple in the Lorde in whom ye also are buylt togyther to be an habitacion of God thorow the âšœ holy ghost ⊢ ¶ He sheweth the cause of hys presonmente desyreth them not to saynte because of his
warnynge to reproue the ydole and yf they wyll not laboure with theyr handes that they shall not eate CAPI III. FVR thermore brethren praye ye for vs that the worde of God maye haue passage and be glorifyed as it is also with you and that we maye be delyuered from vnreasonable and frowarde men For all men haue not fayth but the Lorde is faythfull whiche shal stably she you and preserue you from euell We haue confydence thorowe the Lorde to you warde that ye both do and wyll do the thynges whiche we commaunde you And the Lorde gyde your hertes to the lofte of God and pacyence of Chryst. ⊢ ✚ We requyre you brethren by the name of our Lorde Iesu Christ that ye wtdrawe your selues from euery brother y â— behaueth hym selfe inordinatly and not after the instytucyon whiche he receaued of vs. For ye your selues knowe howe ye ought to folow vs. For we behaued not oure selues mordinatly amonge you Nether toke we breed of any man for naught but wrought with laboure and sweate nyght and daye because we wolde not be chargeable to any of you not but that we had auctoryte but to make our selues an ensample vnto you to folowe vs. For when we were with you this we warned you of that yf any wolde not worke the same shulde not eate For we haue hearde saye that there are some which walke amonge you inordinatly workynge not at all but beynge busy bodyes Them that are suche we commaunde and exhorte by our Lorde Iesu Christ that they worke with quietnes and eate theyr owne breade Brethren be notye weery in well doynge ⊢ If any man obey not oure sayinge sende vs worde of him by a letter and haue no companye with hym that he may be a shamed And count him not as an enemy but warne hym as a brother The very Lorde of peace geue you peace alwayes by all meanes The Lorde be with you al. The salutacyoÌ„ of me Paul w t myne owne haÌ„de This is the tokeÌ„ in all Epystles So I wryte The grace of oure Lorde Iesus Christ be with you all Amen Sent from Athens ⧠The fyrst Epistle of Saynt Paul vn to Timothe ¶ He exhorteth Timothe to wayte vpon his office namely to se that nothynge be taught but Gods worde He sheweth also wherfore the lawe is good and relleth that Christ Iesus came in to the worlde to saue synners CAPI I. PAul an Apostle of Iesus Chryste by the coÌ„myssyon of God oure sauyoure Lorde Iesus Christe whiche is oure hope Unto Tymothehys naturall sonne in the fayth Grace mercy and peace from God our father and from the Lorde Iesus Chryste our Lorde As I besought the to abyde styll at Ephesus when I departed into Macedonia euen so do that thou commaunde some that they folowe no strauÌ„ge doctrine nether geue hede to fables and endles genealogies whiche brede doutes more then Godlye edifyinge which is by fayth for the ende of y â— coÌ„maundemeÌ„t is louâ— out of a pure herte of a good conscience of fayth vnfayned from the which thynges because some haue erred they are turned vnto vaine iangelynge because they wold be doctours of the lawe and yet vnderstande not what they speake nether wherof they affyrme ✚ We knowe that the lawe is good yf a maÌ„ vse it lawfully knowyng thys howe that the lawe is not geueÌ„ vnto aryghteous man but vnto the vnryghteous and disobe dyent to the vngodly and to synners to vnholy and vncleane to murtherers of fathers and murtherers of mothers to manslears to whormongers to them that defyle theÌ„ selues with mankynde to mensteâ—lers to lyares to pertured and yf there be any other thynge that is coÌ„trary to the holsome doctrine accorynge to the Gospell of the glory of the blessed God whiche Gospel is commytted vnto me And I thanke Christ Iesus oure Lorde which hath made me stronge for he counted me true put me in offyce where as before I was a blasphemar a persecuter and a Tyraunt But I obtayned mercy because I dyd it ignorauntly thorowe vnbelefe Neuerthelesse the grace of our Lorde was exceadinge aboundaunt with fayth and loue whiche is by Chryste Iesu. ⊢ ✚ This is a true saying and by all meanes worthy to be receaued of vs y â— Christ Iesus came into the worlde to saue synners of whom I am chefe Not withstandynge for this cause optained I mercy that Iesus Christ shuld fyrst shewe on me all longe pacience to declare an ensample vnto them whiche shulde beleue on hym vnto eternall lyfe So then vnto God kyng euerlastyng immortall inuisyble wyse only be honour and prayse for euer and euer Amen Thys coÌ„maundement commyt I vnto the sonne Timotheus ☞ accordynge to the prophesyes whiche in tyme paste were prophesyed of the that y â— in them shuldest fyght a good fyght hauynge fayth and good conscyence whiche some haue put awaye from them and as consernynge fayth haue made shypwracke Of whose nombre is Hymeneus and Alexander whom I haue delyuered vnto Sathan that they maye lerne not to blaspheme CAPI II. ¶ He exhorteth to praye for all men He wyll not haue we men to be ouer costly apparelled nor to teache in the coÌ„gregacyon but to be in sylence and is obeye theyr husbandes I ✚ Exhorte therfore that aboue all thynges prayers supplicacions intercessyoÌ„s and geuenge of thankes be had for all men for kynges for all that are in auctoryte that we maye lyue a quiet a peasable lyfe with all Godlynes and honestye For that is good accepted in the syght of God oure sauyour whiche ☞ wyll haue all men to be saued and to come vnto the knowledge of the trueth For ther is one God and one mediator betwene God and man euen the man Christ Iesus whiche gaue him selfe a raunsome for all men that it shulde be testifyed at his tyme where vnto I am ordayned a preacher an Apostle I tel the trueth in Christ and lye not beyenge the teacher of the gentyles with fayth and verytie ⊢ I wyl therfore that the men praye euery where â—yttynge vp pure handes without wrath or dowâ—ynge Lykewyse also the wemen that they aâ—aye them selues in comly apparell with shamfastnes and discrete behaueour not w t broyded heare ether golde or pearles or costly araye but as becoÌ„meth wemen that protesse godiynesse thorowe good workes Let the woman learne in in sylence with all subieceyon I suffre not a woman to teach neyther to vsurpe auctoryte ouer the man but to be in sylence For Adam was fyrst fourmed and then Eue. Adam also was not deceaued but the woman was deceaued and was subdued to the transgressyon Notwithstandynge thorowe bearynge of chyldren she shal be saued yf they contynue in fayth and loue and holynes with discrecyon ¶ What maner of man a bysshoppe or prest ought to be The
heaueÌ„ Where as he sayth yet once more it sygnifyeth the remouynge awaye of those thynges which are shaken as of thynges whych haue ended their course that the thinges which are not shaken maye remayne Wherfore yf we receaue the kyngdome which is not moued we haue grace wherby we maye so serue God and that we maye please hym wyth reuerence godly feare For oure God is a consumynge fyre ¶ He exhorteth vs vnto loue to hospitalite to thinke vpon suche as be in aduersyte to mayntayne wedlocke to auoyde coueteousnesse to make muche of them that preache Gods worde to beware of straunge learnynge to be coâ—â—tenâ—â— to luster rebuke with Chryste to be thankfull vnto God and pâ—ebyâ—â—t vnto suche as â—e 〈◊〉 auctoryte CAPI XIII LET brotherly loue contynue Be not forgetful to lodge straungers For ther by haue dyuers meÌ„ lodged angels vnwares Remember theÌ„ that are in bondes euen as though ye were bounde w t them youre selues Be myndefull of them whiche are in aduersyte as ye whiche are yet in the bodye Wedlocke is to be had in honoure amonge all meÌ„ and the bed vndefyled As for whore kepers aduoutrers God shal iudge them Let youre conuersacyon be without coueteousnes be contente with suche thynges as ye haue all ready For he hath sayde I wyll not fayle the nether forsake the so that we may boldly saye the Lorde is my helper and I wyll not feare what man may do vnto me RemeÌ„ber them which haue the ouersyght of you which haue spoken vnto you y e worde of God Whose fayth se y e ye folow consyder the ende of theyr conuersacion Iesus Christ yesterdaye and to daye and the same contenueth for euer ⊢ ✚ Be not caryed aboute with diuers straunge learnyng For it is a good thynge that the herte be stablysshed with grace not with meates whiche haue not proffeted them that haue had theyr pastyme in theÌ„ We haue an aulter wherof they maye not eate whiche serue in the tabernacle For the bodyes of those beastes whose bloud is brought into y e holy place by the hye preste to pourge synne are burnt w t out the teÌ„tes Therfore Iesus also to saÌ„ctifye the people with his owne bloude suffered without the gate Let vs go forth therfore vnto hym out of the tentes and suffer rebuke with hym For here haue we no contynuynge cytie but we seke one to come By hym therfore do we offer sacrifyce of laude alwayes to God that is to saye the frute of those lyppes whiche confesse hys name To do good and to distribute forget not for with suche sacrifyces God is pleased ⊢ ✚ Obeye theÌ„ that haue the ouersight of you submyt your selues vnto them for they watch for your soules eueÌ„ as they that must geue a coÌ„ptes that they may do it with ioye and not with grefe For that is an vnproffytable thynge for you Praye for vs. For we truste we haue a good conscience amonge all men and desyre to lyue honestly But I desyre you the more that ye so do that I maye be restored to you the sooner The God of peace that brought agayne froÌ„ deeth our Lorde Iesus the great shepperde of the shepe thorowe the bloude of the euerlastynge testament make you parfecte in all good workes to do his wyl brynge to passe that the thinge which ye do may be pleasauÌ„t in his syght thorow Iesus Christ. To whoÌ„ be prayse for euer whyle the worlde endureth Amen ⊢ I beseche you brethren suffer the worde of exhortacyon for we haue wrytten vnto you 〈◊〉 feawe wordes Ye knowe oure brother Timothe that he is at lybertye with whom yf he come shortly I wyll se you Salute theÌ„ that haue the ouersyght of you and all the sayntes They of Italy salute you Grace be with you all Amen ¶ Sent from Italy by Timotheus ⧠The Epistel of Saynct Iames. ¶ He exhorteth to reioyce â–ª in trouble and thankfully to receaue the worde of God true religion or deuocioÌ„ what it is CAPI I. IAmes the seruaunt of God and of the Lorde Iesus Christ sendeth gretynge to the twelue trybes which are scatered abroade ✚ My brethren countie for an excedyng ioye wheÌ„ ye fall into dyuers temp tacyons knowinge this that the trying of youre fayth gendreth pacyence let pacieÌ„ce haue her parfect worke that ye may be perfecte and sounde lackynge nothynge If any of you lacke wysdome let hym aske of him that geueth it euen God which geueth to all men indifferently and castech no maÌ„ in the teeth and it shal be geuen hym But let hym aske in fayth and wauer not For he that douteth is lyke a waue of the see whych is tost of the wyndes and caryed with violence Nether let that man thinke that he shall receaue any thing of the Lorde A waueryng mynded man is vnstable in al his wayes Let the brother which is of lowe degre reioyce whan he is exalted Agayne let hym that is rych reioyce whaÌ„ he is made lowe For euen as the flower of the grasse shall he passe awaye For the sonne ryseth with heat and the grasse wydereth and his flowre falleth awaye and the beautye of the fassyon of it peryssheth euen so shall the ryche man perysshe with his wayes Happy is the man that endureth tempta cyon for when he is tryed he shall receaue the crowne of lyfe whiche the Lorde hathe promysed to them that loue hym ⊢ Let no man saye when he is tempted that he is tempted of God For God cannot tempte vnto euell because he tempteth no man But euery man is tempted whan he is drawne awaye and entysed of his owne concupiscence Then when iust hath conceaued she bryngeth forth synne synne when it is synysshed bryngeth forth deeth Do not erre my deare brethreÌ„ ✚ Euery good gyfte and euery parfayt gyft is from aboue and coÌ„meth downe from the father of lyghtes with whom is no variabienes nether is he chaunged vnto darcknes Of his owne wyll begat he vs with the worde of trueth that we shulde be the fyrst frutes of his creatures Wherfore deare brethren let euery maÌ„ be swyfte to heare slowe to speake slowe to wrath For the wrath of man worketh not that which is ryghteous before God Wherfore laye a parte all fylthynes superstuyte of malicyousnes receaue with mekenes the worde that is graffed in you whiche is able to saue youre soules ⊢ ✚ And se that ye be doaers of the worde and not hearets onely deceauynge youre owneselues For yf any maÌ„ heare y â— worde and declareth not the same by hys workes he is lyke vnto a maÌ„ beholoyng his bodely face in a glasse For assone as he hath loked on himselfe he goeth his waye forgetteth immediatly what his fassyon was But whoso loketh in y â— parfayt lawe of libertye and continueth therin yf he be not a forgetful hearer but
froÌ„ vs but they were not of vs. For yt they had bene of vs they wolde no dout haue coÌ„tynued w t vs. But that it myght appeare that they were not of vs. Neuertheles ye haue an oyntmeÌ„t of hiÌ„ y â— is holy ye know all thynges ✚ I haue not writteÌ„ vnto you as though ye knew not the truth but as though ye knew it know also y â— no lye coÌ„meth of truth Who is a lier but he that denieth that Iesus is Christe the same is Antechriste that denyeth the father the sonne Whosoeuer denieth the soÌ„ne the same hath not the father âšœ he that knowlegeth the sonne hath the father also Let therfore abyde in you that same whyche ye hearde from the begynnyng If that whych ye heard from the begynnyng shal remayne in you ye also shal contynue in the Sonne and in the Father And this is the promes that he hath promysed vs euen eternall lyfe ⊢ These thinges haue I wrytten vnto you concernyng them that disceiue you And the anoyntyng whych ye haue receyued of hym dwelleth in you And ye nede not that any man teache you but as the anointyng teacheth you of al thinges and is true no lye as it hath taught you euen so byde therin And now babes abyde in him that when he shal appere we may be bolde not be made ashamed of hym at his commynge If ye knowe that he his ryghtuous know also y t euery one whych doth ryghtuousnes is borne of hym ¶ The synguler loue of God towards vs and howe we agayne ought to loue one another CAPI III. BEhold what loue the father hath shewed on vs that we shuld be called at d be in dede the soÌ„nes of God For this cause y e world knoweth you not bycause it knoweth not hiÌ„ Derely beloued no we are we the soÌ„nes of God yet it doth not appere what we shal be But we know that when it shall appere we shal be lyke him For we shal se hi as he is And euery maÌ„ that hath thys hope in him pourgeth himself euen as he also is pure Whosoeuer commytteth synne commytteth vnryghtuousnes also and synne is vurightuousnes And ye knowe that he appered to take awaye our synnes and in him is no synne As many as byde in hym synne not whosoeuer synneth hath not sene hym neyther knowen hym Babes let no man deceyue you He that both ryghtuousnes is ryghtuous euen as he is ryghtuous He that committeth sinne is of the deuyll for the deuyll synneth sence the begynnyng For this purpose appeared the sonne of God to lowse the workes of the deuyll Whosoeuer is borne of God synneth not for his sede remayneth in hym he can not sine because he is borne of god In this are the chyldren of god knowen the chyldren of the deuyl Whosoeuer doth not righteousnes is not of god nether he that loueth not his brother For thys is the tydynges that ye hearde from the begynnyng that ye shuld loue one another not as Cayn whych was that wis ked slew his brother And wherfore ile we he him Because his owne workê were euyl his brothers good ✚ Maruayle not my brethreÌ„ though y e world hate you We know that we are translated from death vnto life because we loue the brethreÌ„ He that loueth not his brother abydeth in death Whosoeuer hateth his brother is a man 〈◊〉 And ye knowe that no man â—â—aâ— hath eternal lyfe abydyng in him Hereby perceyue we loue bicause he gaue his lyfe for vs and we ought to gyue out liues for the brethren But whoso hath thys worldes good and seyth hys brother haue nede and shutteth vp his compassyon from him howe dwelleth the loue of God in him My babes let vs not loue in worde neither in tong but in dede and in verite ⊢ Hereby we know that we are of the verite and can quyet our hertes before him For yf our hert condeÌ„pne vs â–ª God is greater then our hert knoweth all thinges Derely beloued yf our herte condempne vs not then haue we trust to God warde and what soeuer we aske we receyue of him bycause we kepe his coÌ„maundementes do those thinges which are pleasyng in his syght And this is his commaundement that we beleue on the name of hys sonne Iesus christ loue one another as he gaue coÌ„mauÌ„dement And he that kepeth his coÌ„maundementes dwelleth in him he in him hereby we know that he abideth in vs eueÌ„ by the spirit which he hath geuen vs. ¶ Difference of spirites and howe the spirite of God may be knowen from the spirit of errour Of the loue of god and of our neyghboures CAPI IIII. DEarely beloued ‡ belue not euery spycyt but proue the spirrites whether they are of God or not for many false Prophetes are gone out into the worlde Hereby shall ye knowe the spirite of God Euery spirite that confesseth that Iesus Chryst is come in the flesshe is of God And euery spirit which coufesseth not that Iesus Chryste is come in the fleshe is not of God And this is that spirit of Antichrist of whoÌ„ ye haue herd how that the shulde come euen now al redy is he in the worlde Lyttel chyldren ye are of God and haue ouercome them for greater is he that is in you then he that is in the worlde They are of the worlde therfore speake they of the worlde and the worlde heareth them We are of God He that knoweth God heareth vs he y â— is not of god hereth vs not Hereby knowe we the spirite of verite the spiryte of errour Derely beloued let vs loue one another for loue coÌ„meth of God And euery one that loueth is borne of God and knoweth God He that loueth not knoweth not God for ✚ God is loue In thys appered the loue of God to vs ward because that god sent his onely begotteÌ„ sonne into the world that we might liue thorow him Herein is loue not y â— we loued God but that he loued vs sente his sonne to make agrement for our sinnes Derely beloued yf God so loued vs we ought also to loue one another No man hath sene God at any tyme. If we loue one another god dwelleth in vs and his loue is perfect in vs. Hereby knowe we y â— we dwell in him and he is in vs because he hath giueÌ„ vs of his spiryte And we haue sene and do testyfie that the father sente the sonne to be the sauiour of the world Whosoeuer confesseth that Iesus is the soÌ„ne of god in hiÌ„ dwelleth God he in God And we haue knoweÌ„ beleued the loue that God hath to vs. God is loue he that dwelleth in loue dwelleth in God and god in hym Herein is the loue ê‘fect in vs that we shuld haue trust in the day of iudgement For as he is euen so are we in this
thrusteth them oute of the congregacyon Beloued folowe not that which is euyll but that which is good He that doeth well is of God but he that doeth euyll seyth not God Demetrius hathe good reporte of all men and of the trueth it selfe yee and we our selues also beare recorde and yeknowe that oure recorde is true I had many thynges to wryte but I wyl not with inke and penne wryte vnto the. I trust I shal shortly se the and we shal speake mouthe to mouthe Peace be vnto the. The louers salute the. Grete the louers by name ¶ He rebuketh such as beyng blynded with theyr owne â—ustâ—â— â–ª resyst the trueth and that we may knowe theâ— the better he sayeth they be suche as synne beastly agaynste nature and despise rulers c. He exhorteth vs to edyfy one another to praye in the holy gooste to contynue in loue to loke for the commynge of the Lorde and one to helpe another out of the fyre ⧠The epystle of Saynte Iude. IUdas the seruaunt of Iesus Christ the brother of Iames To them which are called and sanctified in god the father and preserued in Iesu Chryste Mercy vnto you and peace and loue be multyplyed Beloued when I gaue all dylygence to wryte vnto you of the commen saluacyon it was nedefull for me to wryte vnto you to exhorte you that ye shulde contynually laboure in the faythe whiche was once geuen vnto the sayntes For there are certayne vngodly men craftely crept in of which it was written afore tyme vnto suche iudgement They turne the grace of our god vnto wantannes and denye God whiche is the onely Lorde and our Lorde Iesus Christ. My mynde is therfore to put you in remembraunce for as much as ye once knowe this howe that the Lorde after that he had delyuered the people out of Egypt destroied them whyche afterwarde beleued not The angels also which kept not their first estate but lefte theyr owne habytacyon he hath reserued in euerlastynge chaynes vnder darkenes vnto the iudgement of the great day euen as Sodom and Gomor and the cytyes aboute them whiche in lyke maner defyled them selues with fornicacyon and folowed ☞ straunge flesshe are set forthe for an ensample and suffre the payne of eternall fyre Lykewyse these beynge disceaued by dreames defyle the flesshe despise rulers and speake euyll of them that are in auctoryte Yet Michaell the archangell when he stroue agaynste the deuyll and dysputed about the body of Moses durst not geue ray lynge sentence but sayde the Lorde rebuke the. But these speake euyll of those thynges whiche they knowe not and what thynges they know naturally as beastes which are without reason in tho thinges they corrupte themselues Wo be vnto them for they haue folowed the waye of Cayn and are vtterly geuen to the errouce of Balan * for lukers sake ‡ and perisshe in the treason of Core These are spottes which of your kindnes feast together withoute feare fedinge themselues Cloudes they are without water caryed about of wides trees without frute at gatherynge tyme twyse deed and plucked vp by the rotes They are the ragynge waues of the see fomynge out theyr owne shame They are wandrynge starres to whome is reserued the myste of darckenes for euer Enoch the seuenth from Adam prophesyed before of such sayinge Beholde the Lorde shall come with thousandes of saynctes to geue iudgement against al men and to rebuke al that are vngodly among them of all theyr vngodly dedes which they haue vngodly commytted and of all theyr cruell speakynges whiche vngodly synners haue spoken agaynst hym These are murmurers complayners walkynge after theyr owne lustes whose mouthes speake proude thynges They haue men in greate reuerence because of auauntage But ye beloued remember the wordes whyche were spoken before of the Apostels of oure Lorde Iesus Christ howe that they tolde you that there shulde be begylers in the last tyme whyche shulde walcke after theyr owne vngodly lustes These are makers of sectes fleshlye hauynge no spyryte But ye deâ—lye beloued edyfye youre selues in youre mosâ—e holy faythe prayinge in the holy goost and kepe youre selues in the loue of God lokynge for the mercy of oure Lorde Iesus Chryste vnto eternall lyfe And haue compassion of some separatynge them and other saue wyth feare pullynge them out of the fyre âšœ and haue compassyon on the other and hate the fylthy vesture of the flesshe Unto him that is able to kepe you fre from sinne and to present you fautlesse before the presence of his glorye with ioye âšœ at the commynge of our Lorde Iesu Christ to god our sauyoure thorowe Iesus chryst our Lorde which onely is wyse be glorye maieste domynion power âšœ before al worldes nowe and euer Amen ⧠The Reuelacyon of Saynte Ihon the dyuyne ¶ Happy are they that heare the worde of God and kepe it He wryteth to the seuen congregacyons in Asiâ— â—reâ—h seuen candelstyckes and in the myddes of them one lyke vnto the 〈◊〉 of man CAPI I. THe Reuelacyon of Iesus Christ which God gaue vnto him for to shewe vnto hys seruauntes thynges whiche muste shortely come to passe ✚ And whan he had sente he shewed by hys angell vnto hys seruauÌ„t Ihon which vare recorde of the worde of God and of the testymonye of Iesus Chryst and of all thynges that he sawe Happye is he that readeth and they that heare the wordes of the prophesye and kepe those thynges which are wrytten therin For the tyme is at hande Iohn to the seuen congregacions in Asia Grace be vnto you and peace froÌ„ him which is and which was and whiche is to come from the seuen spirites which are before his trone from Iesu Christ which is a faythfull wytnes and fyrst begotten of the deed and lorde ouer the kinges of the earth Unto him that loued vs wesshed vs from oure synnes in his owne bloude ⊢ and made vs Kynges and Prestes vnto God hys father be glory and dominion for euermore Amen Beholde he coÌ„meth with cloudes al eyes shall se him they also which pearsed hym And all kynredes of the earth shal wayle âšœ ouer hym Euen so Amen I am Alpha and Omega the begynnynge and the endynge sayeth the Lorde almyghty whyche is and which was and which is to come I Iohn youre brother and companion in tribulacyon and in the kyngdome pacieÌ„ce in Iesu Chryst was in the yle that is called Pathmos for the worde of God and for the wytnessing of Iesu Christ I was in the spirite on a sonday herde behynde me a great voyce as it had bene of a trompe sayinge I am Alpha and Omega the fyrste and laste That thou seyst wryte in a boke and sende it vnto the seuen coÌ„gregacions which are in Asia vnto Ephesus vnto Smiâ—na and vnto Pergamos and vnto Thiatira and vnto Sardis and vnto Philadelphia and vnto Laodieia And I turned backe to se the voyce that spake