The Newe Testament dylygently corrected and compared with the Greke by Willyam Tindale, and fynesshed in the yere of our Lorde God A.M.D. & xxxiiij. in the moneth of Nouember.

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WILLIAM TINDALL

¶ The newe Teſtament / dylygently corrected and compared with the Greke by Willyam Tindale: and fyneſſhed in the yere of oure Lorde God. A .M. D. &. xxxiiij. in the moneth of Nouember.

¶ W. T. vnto the Reader.

HEre thou haſt (mooſt deare reader) the new Teſtamēt or covenaunt made wyth vs of God in Chriſtes bloude. Which I have looked over agayne (now at the laſt) with all dylygence / and compared it vnto the Greke / and have weded oute of it many fautes / which lacke of helpe at the begynninge and overſyght / dyd ſowe therin. If ought ſeme chaunged / or not all to gether agreynge with the Greke / let the fynder of ye faute conſider the Hebrue Phraſe or maner of ſpeche lefte in the Greke wordes. Whoſe preterperfectence and preſenttence is ofte both one / and the futuretence is the optative mode alſo / and the future tence is ofte the imperatyve mode in the actyve voyce / and in the paſſyve ever. Lykewyſe perſon for perſon / nombre for nombre / and an interroga • ion for a cō dicionall / and ſoche lyke is with the Hebrues a comen vſage.

I have alſo in manye places ſet lyght in the mergent / to vnderſtonde the text by. If anye man fynde fautes ether with the trāſlacion or ought beſyde (which is eaſyer for manye to do / then ſo well to have tranſlated it them ſelves of their awne pregnant wyttes / at the begynnynge withoute foren ſample) to the ſame it ſhalbe lawfull to trāſlate it them ſelves and to put what they luſt therto. If I ſhall perceave ether by my ſelfe or by the informacion of other / that ought be eſcaped me / or myght be more playnlye tranſlated / I will ſhortlye after / cauſe it to be mended. Howbe it in manye places / me thynketh it better to put a declaracyon in the margent / then to run in to farre from the text. And in manye places / where the text ſemeth at the fyrſt choppe harde to be vnderſtonde / yet ye circūſtāces before and after / and offē readinge together / maketh it playne ynough. & ce.

Moreover / becauſe the kyngedome of heaven / which is the ſcripture & worde of God / maye be ſo locked vp / that he which readeth or heareth it / cannot vnderſtonde it: as Chriſt teſtifieth how that the Scribes and Phariſes had ſo ſhut it vp. Mat. xxiii. and had taken awaye the keye of knowledge. Luke. xi. that their Iewes which thought them ſelves with in / were yet ſo locked out / and are to this daye that they can vnderſtonde no ſentence of the ſcripture vnto their ſalvacion / though they can reherſe the textes every where & diſpute therof as ſottelye as ye popyſhe doctoures of dunces darcke learninge / which with their ſophiſtrye / ſarved vs / as ye Phariſes dyd the Iewes. Therfore (that I myght be founde faythfull to my father & lorde in diſtributinge vnto my brethrē & felowes of one fayth / their due & neceſſarye fode: ſo dreſſinge it & ceaſoninge it / that the weake ſtomackes maye receave it alſo / and be ye better for it) I thought it my dutye (moſt deare reader) to warne the before / & to ſhew the the right waye in / & to geve the ye true keye to opē it withall / & to arme the agaynſt falſe Prophetes & malicious ypocrytes / whoſe perpetuall ſtodye is to leven the ſcripture with gloſes / and there to locke it vp where it ſhuld ſave thy ſoule / and to make vs ſhote at a wronge marke / to put oure truſt in thoſe thinges that proffit their belyes onlye and ſlee oure ſoules.

The ryght 〈…〉 the onlye waye to vnderſtonde the ſcripture vnto oure ſalvacion / is / that we erneſtlye & aboue all thinge / ſerche for the profeſſion of oure baptyme or covenaū tesThe ryght waye into the ſcripture. made betwene God & vs. As for an enſample: Chriſt ſayth Mat. v. Happie are the mercifull / for they ſhall obtayne mercie. Loo / Here God hath made a covenaūt with vs / to be mercifull vnto vs / yf we wilbe mercifull one to another: ſo that the man which ſheweth mercie vnto his neyboure / maye be bolde to truſt in God for mercie at all nedes. And contrarye wyſe / indgemēt without mercie / ſhalbe to him that ſheweth not mercye. Iaco. ii. So now / yf he yt ſheweth no mercie / truſt in God for mercie / his fayth is carnall & worldlye / & but vayne preſumpciō. For God hath promyſed mercie onlye to ye mercifull. And therfore the mercileſſe have no Godes worde yt they ſhall have mercie: but contrarye wyſe / yt they ſhall have iudgemēt without mercie. And Mat. vi. If ye ſhall forgeve men their fautes / youre hevē ly father ſhall forgeve you: but & yf ye ſhall not forgeve mē their fautes / no more ſhall youre father forgeve you youre fautes. Here alſo by ye vertue & ſtrēght of this covenaūt wher with God of his mercie hath boūde him ſelfe to vs vnworthie / maye he yt forgeveth his neyboure / be bolde when he returneth & amēdeth to beleve & truſt in god for remiſſion of whatſoever he hath done amyſſe. And cōtrarye wyſe / he that will not forgeve / cannot but diſpeare of forgevenes in the ende / and feare iudgement without mercie.

The generall covenaūt wherin all other are cōprehended & included / is this. If we meke oure ſelves to god / to kepe all his lawes / after the enſample of Chriſt: then God hath bounde him ſelfe vnto vs to kepe and make good all the mercies promyſed in Chriſt / thorow out all the ſcripture.

All the whole lawe which was gevē to vtter oure corrupt nature / is cōprehended in theLawe. ten commaundements. And ye ten commaundementes are comprehended in theſe two: love God and thy neyboure. And he that loveth his neyboure in God and Chriſt / fulfilleth theſe two / & conſequentlye the ten / & finally all the other. Now if we love oure neyboures in God & Chriſt: that is to wete / if we be lovinge / kynde & mercifull to them / becauſe God hath created them vnto his lyknes / & Chriſt hath redemed them & bought them wt his bloude / then maye we be bolde to truſt in God thorow Chriſt & his deſervinge / for all mercie. For God hath promyſed and bounde him ſelfe to vs: to ſhew vs all mercie / & to be a father almighty to vs / ſo that we ſhall not nede to feare the power of all oure adverſaryes.

Now yf anye man that ſubmitteth not him ſelfe to kepe the cōmaundemētes / do thinke yt he hath anye fayth in God: the ſame mānes fayth is vayne / worldlye / damnable / develiſhe & playne preſumpcion as it is above ſayde / & is no fayth that can iuſtifie or be accepted before God. And that is it that Iames meaneth in his Piſtle. For how can a man beleve ſayth Paul without a preacher. Ro. x. Now reade all the ſcripture and ſe where God ſent anye to preache mercye to anye / ſave vnto thē onlye that repēt & turne to god with all their hartes / to kepe his commaundementes. Vnto the diſobedient that will not turne / is threatened wrath / vengeaunce and damnacion / accordinge to all the terrible curſes and fearfull enſamples of the Byble.

Fayth now in God the father thorow oure Lorde Ieſus Chriſt / accordinge to ye covenaū tes & apoyntemēt made betwene God & vs / is oure ſalvaciō. Wherfore I have ever noted ye covenaūtes in ye mergētes / & alſo ye promiſes. Moreover where thou findeſt a promyſe & no covenaunt expreſſed therewith / there muſt thou vnderſtonde a covenaūt. For all the promyſes of ye mercie & grace yt Chriſt hath purchaſed for vs / are made vpon ye condicion yt we kepe ye lawe. As for an enſample: whē the ſcripture ſayth. Mat. xii. Axe & it ſhalbe geven you: ſeke & ye ſhall fynde: knocke & it ſhalbe opened vnto you. It is to be vnderſtonde / if that whē thy neyboure axeth / ſeketh or knocketh to ye / thou then ſhew him the ſame mercie which thou deſyreſt of god / then hath god boūde him ſelfe to helpe ye agayne / & elſe not.

Alſo ye ſe that two things are requyred to begin a Chriſten man. The fyrſt is a ſtedfaſt fayth & truſt in almightie God / to obtayne all the mercie that he hath promyſed vs / thorow the deſervinge & merites of Chriſtes bloude onlye / withoute all reſpect to oure awne workes. And the other is / that we forſake evell & turne to God / to kepe his lawes & to fyght agaynſt oure ſelves and oure corrupte nature perpetuallye / that we maye do the will of god every daye better and better.

This have I ſayde (moſt deare reader) to warne the / leaſt thou ſhuldeſt be deceaved / & ſhuldeſt not onlye reade the ſcriptures in vayne & to no proffit / but alſo vnto thy greater dā nacion. For the nature of Gods worde is / yt What the nature of gods worde is whoſoever reade it or heare it reaſoned & diſputed before him / it will begynne ymmediatlye to make him every daye better & better / till he be growē into a perfect mā in the knowledge of Chriſt and love of the lawe of God: or alſe make him worſe & worſe / till he be hardened that he openly reſiſt the ſprite of God / & then blaſpheme / after the enſample of Pharao / Cora / Abiron / Balam / Iudas / Symon Magus and ſoche other.

This to be even ſo / the wordes of Chriſt Ioh. iii. do well confyrme. This is condemnaciō (ſayth he) the lyght is come into ye worlde / but ye men loved darcknes more then light for their dedes were evell. Beholde / when the light of Godes worde cometh to a mā / whether he reade it or here it preached & teſtified / & he yet have no love thereto / to faſſion his lyfe therafter / but cōſēteth ſtill vnto his olde dedes of ignoraūce: then beginneth his iuſt dā nacion ymmediatlye / & he is henceforth without excuſe: in that he refuſed mercie offered him. For God offereth him mercie vpon the condyciō that he will mende his livinge: but he will not come vnder the covenaūt. And frō that houre forwarde he waxeth worſſe & worſſe / God takinge his ſprite of mercye and grace from him for his vnthankfulnes ſake.

And Paul wryteth. Ro. i. that the hethē becauſe when they knew god / they had no luſt to honoure him with godly lyvinge / therfore god powred his wrath vpon them & toke his ſpirite frō thē & gave them vp vnto their hertes luſtes to ſerve ſinne / frō iniquite to imquitie tyll they were thorow herdened and paſt repentaunce.

And Pharao / becauſe when the worde of god was in his contre and gods people ſcattered thorow out all his land / and yet nether loved them or it: therfore god gave him vp / and in takynge his ſpirite of grace from him ſo hardened his herte with covetouſnes / that afterward no myracle coulde convert him.

Here to pertayneth the parable of the talentes. Mat. xxv. The Lorde cōmaundeth ye talent to be takē awaye from the evell & ſlouthfull ſervaunt & to binde him hand & fote & to caſt him into vtter darcknes / & to geve the talent vnto him that had ten / ſayenge: to all yt have / moare ſhalbe gevē. But frō him yt hath not / that he hath ſhalbe takē from him. That is to ſaye / he that hath a good harte toward ye worde of God / & a ſet purpoſe to faſſiō his dedes thereafter & to garniſhe it with Godly lyvinge & to teſtifie it to other / the ſame ſhall increaſe more & more dayly in ye grace of Chriſt. But he that loveth it not / to lyve therafter & to edifie other / the ſame ſhall looſe the grace of true knowledge & be blinded agayne and every daye ware worſſe and worſſe and blinder & blinder / till he be an vtter enemye of the worde of God / & his harte ſo hardened / that it ſhalbe impoſſible to convert him.

And Luk. xii. The ſervaunt that knoweth his maſters will & prepareth not him ſelfe / ſhalbe beatē with many ſtripes: that is / ſhall have greater damnacion. And Matt. vii. all that here the worde of God & do not therafter bylde on ſande: that is / as the foundaciō layed on ſande cānot reſiſt violence of water / but is vnderminded & over throwen / even ſo ye fayth of them that have no luſt ner love to ye lawe of god buylde vpon the ſande of their awne ymaginacions / and not on the rocke of godes worde accordinge to his covenaūtes / turneth to deſperacion in tyme of tribulacion & when god cometh to iudge.

And the vyneyarde Matt. xxi. planted and hyred oute to the huſbandmē yt wolde not rē der to the Lorde / of the frute in due tyme / and therfore was takē from them and hyred oute to other / doth confirme the ſame. For Chriſt ſayth to the Iewes / ye kyngdome of hevē ſhalbe taken frō you & gevē to a nacion that will bring forth the frutes therof as it is come to paſſe. For the Iewes haue loſt the ſpirituall knowledge of god & of his cōmaundementes and alſo of all the ſcripture / ſo yt they can vnderſtōde nothynge godlye. And ye dore is ſo locked vp that all their knockynge is in vayne / though manye of them take great payne for godes ſake. And luke. xiii. the fygge tree that beareth no frute is cōmaūded to be plucked vp

And finally / hereto pertayneth with infinite other / the terrible parable of the vncleane ſpirite (Luke. xi.) which after he is caſt oute / when he cometh & fyndeth his houſe ſwepte and garnyſſhed / taketh to him ſeuen worſſe then him ſelfe / and cometh and entreth in & dwelleth there / & ſo is the ende of ye man worſe then the begynnynge. The Iewes / they had clenſed thē ſelves wt gode worde / frō all outward ydolatrye & worſhippinge of ydole. But their hertes remayned ſtill faythleſſe to godwarde and towarde his mercie and truthe and therfore without loue alſo and luſt to his lawe & to their neyboures for his ſake / & thorow falſe truſt in their awne worke) to which hereſie / the childe of perdicion / the wycked byſſhope of Rome wt his lawyers hath brought vs chriſten) were more abhominable ydolaters then before / and become ten tymes worſe in the ende then at the begynnynge. For the fyrſt ydolatre was ſone ſpyed and eaſie to be rebuked of ye prophetes by the ſcripture. But the later is more ſotle to begyle withall / and an hundred tymes of more dyfficul •• to be weded oute of mennes hertes.

This alſo is a concluſion / nothynge more certayne / or more proued by ye teſtimonye & enſamples of ye ſcripture: yt if anye yt fauoureth the worde of God / be ſo weke yt he cānot chaſt his fleſhe / him will ye lorde chaſtice & ſcourge euery daye ſharper & ſharper / wt trybulacyon & myſfortune / yt nothynge ſhall proſpere wt him but all ſhall go agaynſt him / whatſoeuer he taketh in hande / & ſhall vyſet him wt pouertie / with ſyckneſſes & deſeaſes / & ſhall plage him with plage vpon plage / eche more lothſome / terryble and fearfull then other / tyll he be at vtter defyaunce with his fleſhe.

Let vs therfore yt have now at this tyme oure eyes opened agayne thorow ye tēder mercie of God / kepe a meane. Let vs ſo put oure truſt in ye mercy of god thorow chriſt / yt we knowe it oure dutie to kepe ye lawe of God & to loue oure neyboures for their fathers ſake which created thē & for their lordes ſake which redemed thē & bought thē ſo derely wt his bloude Let vs walke in ye feare of God / & have oure eyes opē vnto both partes of Godes couenaū tes / certified that none ſhalbe partaker of the mercie / ſaue he that will fyght agynſt ye fleſſhe / to kepe ye lawe. And let vs arme oure ſelues wt this remēbraūce / that as chriſtes workes iuſtifie frō ſynne & ſet vs in ye fauoure of god / ſo oure awne dedes thorow workynge of ye ſpirite of God / helpe vs to cōtynew in ye fauoure & ye grace / into which chriſt hath brought vs / & that we cā no lenger cōtynew in fauoure & grace thē oure herte are to kepe the lawe.

Furthermore cōcernynge ye lawe of God / this is a generall cōcluſiō / yt ye whole lawe • whether they be ceremonies / ſacrifices / ye or ſacramētꝭ ether / or preceptꝭ of equitie betwene man & mā thorowout all degrees of ye worlde / all were geuē for oure proffyt & neceſſyte onlye / & not for anye nede yt God hath of oure kepynge thē / or yt his ioye is encreaſed therby or yt ye dede / for ye dede it ſelfe doth pleaſe him That is all yt God requyreth of vs when we be at one wt him & do put oure truſt in him &Loue is the fullinge of the lawe loue him / is yt we loue euery mā his neyboure to pitie him & to have cōpaſſyon on him in all his nedꝭ & to be mercifull vnto him. This to be euen ſo / chriſt teſtifieth. Mat. vii. ſayenge: this is ye lawe & ye prophets. That is / to do as thou woldeſt be done to (accordynge I meane to ye doctryne of ye ſcripture) & not to do that thou woldeſt not haue done to the / is all that the lawe requyreth & the Prophetꝭ. And Paule to the Roma. xiii. affyrmeth alſo the loue is the fullfyllinge of ye lawe / & that he which loueth / doth of his awne accorde all that the lawe requyreth. And .i. Timo. i. Paul ſayth yt ye loue of a pure hert & good cōſcience & fayth vnfayned is ye ende & fullfillynge of ye lawe. For fayth vnfayned in chriſts bloude cauſeth to loue for chriſtes ſake. Which loue is ye pure loue onlye & ye onlye cauſe of a good cōſcience. For then is ye cōſcyence pure / when ye eye loketh to chriſt in all hir dedꝭ / to do them for his ſake & not for hir awne ſynguler aduauntage or anye other wycked purpoſe. And Ihō both in his goſpell & alſo piſtles / ſpeketh neuer of anie other lawe thē to loue one another purely / affyrmynge yt we haue God him ſelfe dwellynge in vs and all that God deſyreth / if we loue one the other.

Seinge then that fayth to God & loue & mercifullnes to oure neyboures / is all that ye lawe requyreth / therfore of neceſſite the lawe muſt be vnderſtōde & interprete by thē. So yt all inferiour lawꝭ are to be kept & obſerued as longe as they be ſeruaūtꝭ to fayth & loue: and then to be broken ymedyatlye / if thorow anye occaſyon / they hurte ether ye fayth which we ſhuld have to godward in the confidence of chriſtes bloude or the loue which we owe to oure neyboures for Chriſtes ſake.

And therfore when ye blynde phariſes murmured & grudged at him & his deſciples / that they brake ye ſaboth daye & tradycions of the elders / & that he him ſelfe dyd eate wt publicās & ſynners / he anſwereth. Mat. ix. allegynge Eſaias ye prophet: go rather & learne what this meaneth / I requyer mercie & not ſacrifyce. And Mat. xii. Oh yt ye wyſt what this meaneth / I requyer mercie & not ſacrifice. For onlye loue & mercifullnes vnderſtōdeth ye lawe / & elſe nothinge. And he that hath not yt writtē in his harte / ſhall neuer vnderſtōde ye lawe / no: though all ye āgells of heuē wēt aboute to teache him. And he that hath that grauē in his harte / ſhall not only vnderſtōde ye lawe but alſo ſhall do of his awne inclinacion all that is required of ye lawe / though neuer laweLoue onlye vnderſtondeth ye law. had beē gevē: as all mothers do of thē ſelves without lawe vnto their childrē / all that can be reqvyred by anye lawe / loue ouercomynge all payne / greffe / tedyouſneſſe or lothſomnes: & euē ſo no doute if we had cōtynewed in oure fyrſt ſtate of innocēcie / we ſhuld euer haue fullfilled ye lawe / without cōpulſiō of ye lawe

And becauſe the lawe (which is a doctryne thorow teachynge euery mā his dutye / doth vtter oure corrupt nature) is ſufficiētly deſcribed by Moſes / therfore is lytle mēcion made therof in the new teſtamēt / ſave of love only wherin all ye lawe is included / as ſeldome mē cion is made of ye new teſtamēt in the olde lawe / ſave here & there are promyſes made vnto them / yt Chriſt ſhuld come & bleſſe thē & delyuer thē / & yt the goſpell & new teſtamēt ſhuld be preached and publyſſhed vnto all nacions.

The goſpell is glad tydynges of mercie &Goſpell. grace & yt oure corrupt nature ſhalbe healed agayne for chriſtes ſake & for ye merites of his deſeruingꝭ onlye: Yet on yt condiciō yt we will turne to God / to lerne to kepe his lawes ſpiritually / yt is to ſaye / of loue for his ſake / & wyll alſo ſoffre the curynge of oure infirmyties.

The new teſtamēt is as moche to ſaye as aNew teſtament. new couenaūt. The olde teſtamēt is an olde tēporall couenaūt made betwene God & ye carnall childrē of Abraham / Iſaac & Iacob other wiſe called Iſrael / vpō ye dedes & ye obſeruynge of a tēporall lawe. Where ye rewarde of ye kepynge is tēporall lyfe & proſperyte in ye lande of Chanaan / & ye breakynge is rewarded wt tēporall deeth & punyſhmēt. But ye new teſtament is an euerlaſtynge couenaūt made vnto the childrē of God thorow fayth in chriſt / vpō the deſervynge of chriſt. Where eternall lyfe is promyſed to all that beleve / & death to all that are vnbeleuynge. My dedꝭ if I kepe the lawe are rewarded wt the tēporall promyſe of this lyfe. But if I beleue in chriſt / chriſtes dedes haue purchaſed for me the eternall promyſe of the euerlaſtynge lyfe. If I commyt nothynge worthye of deeth / I deſerue to my rewarde that no mā kyll me: if I hurte no mā I am worthye that no mā hurte me. If I helpe my neyboure / I am worthie that he helpe me agayne. &c. So that wt outward dedes wt which I ſerue other mē / I deſerue that other men do lyke to me in this worlde: & they extē de no further. But chriſtꝭ dedꝭ extende to lyfe euerlaſtynge vnto all that beleue &ce. This be ſoffyciēt in this place cōcernynge ye lawe & the goſpell / new teſtamēt and olde: ſo that as there is but one God / one chriſt / one fayth & one baptime / euē ſo thou vnderſtōde that there is but one goſpell / though manye wryte it & manye preache it. For all preache the ſame Chriſt & brynge the ſame glad tydynges. And therto paules piſtles wt ye goſpell of Iohn & his fyrſt epiſtle & the fyrſt epiſtle of ſaynt peter / are moſt pure goſpell & mooſt playnlye & rychlye deſcribed the glorye of the grace of chriſt: Yf ye requyer more of the lawe / ſeke in the prologe to the romayns and in other places where it is ſofficientlye intreated of.

¶ Repentaunce.

COncernynge this worde repētaunce or (as they vſed) penaūce / ye hebrue hath in ye olde teſtamēt generally (Sob) turne or be cōuerted. For which ye trāſlacion that we take for ſaynt Ieromes hath moſt parte (cōuerti) to turne or be cōuerted / & ſome tyme yet (agere penitenciā) And ye greke in the new teſtamēt hath perpetually (Metanoeo) to turne in the heart & mynde / & to come to ye ryght knowledge / & to a mannes ryght wyt agayne. For which (Metanoeo) S. Ieromes trāſlaciō hath: ſometyme (ago penetēciā) I do repēt: ſometyme (peniteo) I repēt: ſomtyme (penitror) I am repētaunt: ſomtyme (habeo penitenciā) I have repētaunce: ſome tyme (penitet me) it repēteth me. And Eraſmus vſeth moche this worde (reſipiſco) I come to my ſelfe or to my ryght mynde agayne. And the verye ſens and ſignificaciō both of the hebrue & alſo of ye greke worde / is / to be cōuerted & to tourne to God with all the hert / to knowe his will & to lyue accordynge to his lawes / & to be cured of oure corrupt nature wt the oyle of his ſpirite & wyne of obedyēce to his doctryne. Which cōuerſion or turnynge if it be vnfayned / theſe foure do accompanye it & are included therin: Confeſſion / not in the preſtes eare / for that is but mānes invēcion / but to God in ye hert & before all the cōgregacion of God / how yt we be ſynners & ſynfull / & yt oure hole nature is corrupt & inclyned to ſynne & all vnryghteouſnes / and therfore euell / wycked & damnable / & his lawe holy & Iuſt / by which oure ſynfull nature is rebuked: & alſo to oure neyboures / if we have offended anye perſon perticularlye. Then contricion / ſorowfullnes that we be ſoche / damnable ſynners / & not onlye have ſynned but are holye inclyned to ſyne ſtill. Thirdlye fayth (of which oure olde doctoure have made no mēcion at all in ye deſcripciō of their penaūce) yt God for chriſte ſake doth forgeue vs & receave vs to mercie / & is at one wt vs & will heale oure corrupte nature. And fourthlye ſatiſfaciō or amendꝭ makynge / not to god wt holye workes / but to my neyboure whome I haue hurt / & the congregaciō of God whome I have offended (yf anye open cryme be foūde in me) & ſubmyttynge of a mās ſelfe vnto ye congregacion or church of chriſt / & to ye offycers of the ſame / to have his lyfe corrected & governed hence forth of thē / accordynge to the true doctryne of ye church of chriſt. And note this: that as ſatiſfaction or amendeſ makynge is counted ryghteouſnes before ye worlde & a purgynge of the ſynne: ſo yt the worlde when I haue made a full amendꝭ / hath no further to cō playne. Even ſo fayth in chriſtes bloude is counted ryghteouſnes and a purgynge of all ſinne before God.

Morouer / he yt ſynneth agaynſt his brother ſynneth alſo agaynſt his father allmyghtie God. And as ye ſynne cōmytted agaynſt his brother / is pourged before ye world wt makynge amendꝭ or axynge forgeuenes / euen ſo is ye ſynne commytted agaynſt God / pourged thorow fayth in chriſtes bloude onlye. For chriſt ſayth. Io. viii. except ye beleue that I am he / ye ſhall dye in youre ſynnes. That is to ſaye / if ye thīke yt there is anye other ſacrifice or ſatiſfacciō to godwarde / then me / ye remayne euer in ſynne before God / how ſoeuer ryghteous ye apere before ye world. Wherfore now / whether ye call this Metonoia / repentaunce / cōuerſyon or turnynge agayne to God / ether amendynge &ce. or whether ye ſaye repēt / be cōuerted / tourne to god / amende youre lyuynge or what ye luſt / I am content ſo ye vnderſtonde what is meant therby / as I have now declared.

¶ Elders.

IN the olde teſtamēt ye tēporall heedes & rulers of ye Iues which had ye gouernaunce ouer ye laye or cōmen people are called elders / as ye maye ſe in ye foure euangelyſtes. Oute of which cuſtome paule in his epiſtle & alſo peter / call ye prelates & ſpirituall gouerners which are byſſhopes & preſtes / elders. Now whether ye call them elders or preſtes / it is to me all one: ſo yt ye vnderſtonde yt they be offycers & ſeruaūtes of the worde of God / vnto the which all men both hie & lowe that will not rebell agaynſt Chriſt / muſt obeye as longe as they preache & rule trulye & no lenger.

¶ A prologe into the .iiii. Euangelyſtes ſhewynge what they were & their auctoryte. And fyrſt of S. Mathew.

AS towchynge ye euāgelyſtes: ye ſe in ye new teſtament clearly what they were Fyrſt mathew (as ye reade Mat ix. Mar. ii. Luke. v) was one of chriſte apoſtles / and was with chriſt all the tyme of his preachynge / and ſawe and heard his awne ſelfe almoſt all that he wrote.

¶ Marke

OF Marke reade (actes xii) how peter (after he was looſed oute of pryſon by the angell) came to Markꝭ mothers houſe / where manye of ye deſciples were prayenge for his delyueraūce. And paul & Barnabas toke him wt thē frō Ieruſalem & brought him to Antioche / actꝭ .xii. And actꝭ .xiii. paul & Barnabas toke Marke wt them when they were ſent oute to preache: from whome he alſo departed / as it apereth in the ſayde chapter / & returned to Ieruſalem agayne. And actꝭ. xv paul & Barnabas were at varyaunce aboute him / paul not wyllynge to take him wt them / becauſe he forſoke thē in their fyrſt Iorneye. Notwtſtondynge yet / when paul wrote ye epiſtle to ye colloſſyās / Marke was wt him / as he ſayth in the fourth chapter: of whome Paul alſo teſtifieth / both yt he was Barnabas ſiſters ſonne and alſo his felowe worker in the kyngedome of God. And .ii. Timothe. iiii paul cōmaundeth Timothe to brynge Marke wt him / affirmynge yt he was nedefull to him / to myniſter to him. Finallye / he was alſo wt peter when he wrote his fyrſt epiſtle / & ſo famylier yt peter calleth him his ſonne. Wherof ye ſe / of whome he learned his goſpell / euen of the verye apoſtles / with whome he had his cōtynuall converſacion / & alſo of what auctoryte his wrytynge is / and how worthie of credence.

¶ Luke.

LUcas was Pauls companyon / at the leaſt waye frō ye .xvi. of the actꝭ forth & with him in all his trybulacyō. And he wēt with paule at his laſt goynge vp to Ieruſalem. And frō thence he folowed paul to Ceſarea / where he laye two yere in pryſon And frō Ceſarea he went with paul to Rome where he laye two other yer • s in pryſon. And he was with Paul when he wrote to ye colloſſyōs / as he teſtifieth in ye fourth chapter ſayenge: the beloued Lucas the phiſiciō ſaluteth you. And he was wt paul whē he wrote ye ſecōde piſtle to Timothe / as he ſayth ī ye fourth chapter ſayenge: Onlye Lucas is with me. Wherby ye ſe ye auctorite of the man and of what credēce & reuerēce his wrytinge is worthie of / & therto of whome he learned ye ſtorye of his goſpell / as he him ſelfe ſayth / how yt he learned it & ſearched it oute with all dylygence of them yt ſawe it and were alſo parttakers at the doynge. And as for the actes of ye apoſtles / he him ſelfe was at the doynge of thē (at the leaſt) of the mooſt parte / & had his parte therin / and therfore wrote of his awne experyence.

¶ Iohn.

IOhn / what he was / is manyfeſt by the thre fyrſt euāgeliſtꝭ. Fyrſt chriſtes apoſtle / & yt one of ye chefe. Thē chriſtes nye kinſmā / & for his ſynguler innocēcie & ſoftenes / ſingulerlye beloued & of ſynguler famyliarite with chriſt / & euer one of ye thre wytneſſes of mooſt ſecret thynges. The cauſe of his wrytynge was certayne hereſyes that aroſe in his tyme / & namelye two / of which one denyed chriſt to be verye man & to be come in ye verie fleſhe & nature of man. Agaynſt which two hereſyes he wrote both his goſpell & alſo his fyrſt epiſtle / & in ye begynnynge of his goſpell ſayth yt the worde or thynge was at ye begynnynge / & was wt God / & was alſo verye God and yt all thynges was created & made by yt / and yt it was alſo made fleſhe: yt is to ſaye / became verie mā. And he dwelt amōge vs (ſayth he) & we ſawe his glorye.

And in ye begynnynge of his piſtle / he ſaith we ſhew you of ye thynge yt was frō the begynnynge / which alſo we heard / ſawe wt oure eyes & oure handes hādeled. And agayne we ſhew you euerlaſtynge lyfe / that was with ye father and apered to vs / & we heard and ſawe. & ce. In that he ſayth that it was from the begynnynge / and that it was eternall lyfe / and that it was with God / he affirmeth him to be verie God. And that he ſayth / we hearde / ſawe and fealte / he wytneſſeth that he was verie man alſo. Ihon alſo wrote laſt / and therfore touched not the ſtorie that the other had compiled. But wryteth moſt of the fayth and promyſes / & of the ſermones of Chriſt. This be ſofficient concerninge the .iiii. Euangeliſtes and their auctoritie and worthynes to be beleued.

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¶ A warninge to ye reader if ought be ſcaped thorow necligence of the prynter / as this text is yt foloweth / which if thou fynde anye more ſoche: cōpare ye englyſhe to ye other bookes that are all readye prynted / & ſo ſhalt thou perceaue the truthe of the yngliſh.

In the xxiii. chapter of Mathew & in the xxxiii leffe on the ſeconde ſyde and laſt lyne / reade the ſentence thus. Thou blynde phariſaye / clenſe fyrſt the ynneſyde of the cup and platter / that the outſyde of them maye be clene alſo.

Willyam Tindale / yet once more to the chriſten reader.

THou ſhalt vnderſtonde mooſt dere reader / when I had taken in hāde to looke ouer the new teſtament agayne & to cōpare it with ye greke / and to mende whatſoeuer I coulde fynde amyſſe & had almoſt fyneſſhed ye laboure: George Ioye ſecretly toke in hand to correct it alſo by what occaſyon his conſcyence knoweth: & preuēted me / in ſo moche / yt his correccyō was prynted in great nombre / yer myne begāne. When it was ſpyed and worde brought me: though it ſemed to dyuers other yt George Ioye had not vſed ye offyce of an honeſt mā / ſeinge he knew yt I was in correctynge it myſelfe: nether dyd walke after ye rules of yt loue & ſoftenes which chriſt / & his deſciples teache vs / how yt we ſhuld do nothynge of ſtryfe to moue debate / or of vayne glorie or of couetouſnes. Yet I toke ye thīge in worth as I have done dyuers other in tyme paſt / as one that have moare experyēce of ye nature & dyſpoſiciō of yt mānes cōplexion / & ſuppoſed that a lytle ſpyſe of couetouſnes & vayne glorie (two blynde gydes) had bene ye onlye cauſe yt moued him ſo to do / aboute which thynges I ſtryue with no man: & ſo folowed after & corrected forth & cauſed this to be prynted / without ſurmyſe or lokynge on his correctyon.

But when the pryntynge of myne was almoſt fyneſſhed / one brought me a copie & ſhewed me ſo manye places / in ſoche wyſe altered that I was aſtonyed & wondered not a lytle what furye had dryuē him to make ſoche chaunge & to call it a diligent correctiō. For thorow oute Mat. Mark & Luke perpetually: and ofte in the actees / & ſometyme in Iohn & alſo in the hebrues / where he fyndeth this worde Reſurrecciō / he chaungeth it into ye lyfe after this lyfe / or verie lyfe / and ſoche lyke / as one that abhorred the name of the reſurreccion.

If that chaunge / to turne reſurreccion into lyfe after this lyfe / be a dylygent correccion / then muſt my tranſlaciō be fautie in thoſe places / & ſaynt Ieromes / and all ye tranſlatours that euer I heard of in what tonge ſo euer it be / frō ye apoſtles vnto this his dylygēt correccyō (as he calleth it) which whither it be ſo or no / I permyt it to other mennes iudgemētes.

But of this I chalenge George Ioye / that he dyd not put his awne name therto and call it rather his awne tranſlacion: & that he playeth boo pepe / & ī ſome of his bookes putteth in his name & tytle / and in ſome kepeth it oute It is lawfull for who will / to tranſlate and ſhew his mynde / though a thouſand had trāſlated before him. But it is not lawfull (thynketh me) ner yet expedyēt for the edifienge of the vnitie of the fayth of chriſt / that whoſoeuer will / ſhall by his awne auctorite / take another mannes tranſlacion & put oute & in and chaunge at pleaſure / & call it a correccion.

Moreover / ye ſhall vnderſtōde that George Ioye hath had of a longe tyme marvelouſe ymaginaciōs aboute this worde reſurrecciō / yt it ſhuld be taken for the ſtate of the ſoules after their departinge frō their bodyes / & hath alſo (though he hath been reaſoned with therof & deſyred to ceaſe) yet ſowen his doctryne by ſecret lettres on that ſyde the ſee / & cauſed great diviſion amōge ye brethrē. In ſo moche that Iohn Fryth beynge in preſon in the toure of Londō / a lytle before his death / wrote yt we ſhuld warne him & deſyer him to ceaſe / & wolde have then wrytten agaynſt him / had I not withſtonde him. Therto I have been ſence informed yt no ſmall nōber thorow his curioſite / vtterly denye the reſurreccion of ye fleſſhe & bodye / affirminge yt the ſoule whē ſhe is departed / is the ſpirituall bodye of the reſurreccion / & other reſurreccion ſhall there none be. And I have talked with ſome of them myſelfe / ſo doted in that folye / that it were as good perſwade a poſt / as to plucke that madnes oute of their braynes. And of this all is George Ioyes vnquyet curioſite ye hole occaſion / whether he be of the ſayde facciō alſo / or not / to that let him anſwer him ſelfe.

If George Ioye wyll ſaye (as I wot well he will) that his chaunge / is the ſence & meaninge of thoſe ſcriptures. I anſwer it is ſoner ſayde then proved: howbeit let other mē iudge. But though it were ye verie meaninge of the ſcripture: yet if it were lawfull after his enſample to every man to playe boo pepe with the tranſlacions that are before him / & to put oute ye wordes of ye text at his pleaſure & to put in every where his meaninge: or what he thought the meaninge were / that were the next waye to ſtablyſhe all hereſyes and to deſtroye the grounde wherewith we ſhuld improve them. As for an enſample / whē Chriſt ſayth Io. v. The tyme ſhall come in ye which all that are in the graves ſhall heare his voyce & ſhall come forth: they that have done good vnto reſurreccion of lyfe / or with the reſurreccion of lyfe / & they have done evell / vnto ye reccion or with the reſurreccion of damnaciō. George Ioyes correccion is / they that have done good ſhall come forth into the verie lyfe / & they that have done evell into the life of damnaciō / thruſtinge cleane oute this worde reſurrecciō. Now by ye ſame auctorite / & wt as good reaſon ſhall another come & ſaye of the reſt of ye text / they yt are in ye ſepulchres / ſhall heare his voyce / that ye ſence is / the ſoules of thē that are in the ſepulchres ſhall heare his voyce / & ſo put in his diligent correccion & mocke oute ye text / that it ſhall not make for ye reſurrecciō of the fleſſhe / which thinge alſo George Ioyes correcciō doth manyfeſtlye affirme. If the text be lefte vncorrupt / it will pourge hir ſelfe of all maner falſe gloſes / how ſotle ſoever they be fayned / as a ſethinge pot caſteth vp hir ſcome. But yf the falſe gloſe be made the text / diligentlye overſene & correct / wherewith then ſhall we correcte falſe doctrine & defende Chriſtes flocke from falſe opinions / & frō ye wycked hereſyes of raveninge of wolves? In my mynde therfore a lytle vnfayned love after the rules of Chriſt / is worth moche hie learninge / & ſingle & ſleyght vnderſtondinge that edifieth in vnitie / is moche better then ſotle curioſite / & mekenes better then bolde arrogancye and ſtondinge over moche in a mannes awne conſayte.

Wherfore / concernynge the reſurreccion / I proteſt before god and oure ſavioure Ieſus Chriſt / and before the vniverſall congregacion that beleveth in him / that I beleve accordynge to the open and manyfeſt ſcriptures & catholyck fayth / that Chriſt is ryſen agayne in ye fleſſhe which he receaved of his mother ye bleſſed virgin marie / & bodye wherin he dyed. And yt we ſhall all both good and bad ryſe both fleſſhe & bodye / & apere together before the iudgement ſeat of chriſt / to receave every man accordynge to his dedes. And that the bodyes of all that beleve & contynew in the true fayth of chriſt / ſhalbe endewed wt lyke immortalyte and glorie as is ye bodye of chriſt

And I proteſt before God and oure ſavioure Chriſt & all that beleve in him / that I holde of ye ſoules that are departed as moche as maye be proved by manifeſt & opē ſcripture / & thinke the ſoules departed in the fayth of Chriſt & love of the lawe of God / to be in no worſe caſe then ye ſoule of Chriſt was / frō ye tyme yt he delivered his ſprite into the handes of his father / vntyll the reſurreccion of his bodye in glorie & immortalite. Neverthelater / I cōfeſſe openly / yt I am not perſuaded yt they be all readie in the full glorie that Chriſt is in / or the elect angels of god are in. Nether is it anye article of my fayth: for if it ſo were / I ſe not but then the preachinge of the reſurrecciō of the fleſſhe were a thinge in vayne. Notwithſtondinge yet I am readie to beleve it / if it maye be proved with open ſcripture. And I have deſyred George Ioye to take opē textes that ſeme to make for yt purpoſe / as this is. To daye thou ſhalt be with me in Paradiſe / to make therof what he coulde / and to let his dreames aboute this worde reſurreccion goo. For I receave not in ye ſcripture yt pryvat interpretaciō of any mānes brayne / without opē teſtimony of eny ſcriptures agreinge thereto.

Moreover I take God (which alone ſeeth ye heart) to recorde to my conſcience / beſechinge him yt my parte be not in ye bloude of Chriſt / if I wrote of all yt I have wryttē thorow oute all my boke / ought of an evell purpoſe / of envie or malice to anye mā / or to ſtere vp any falſe doctrine or opinion in the churche of Chriſt / or to be auctor of anye ſecte / or to drawe diſciples after me / or that I wolde be eſtemed or had in pryce above the leaſt chylde yt is borne / ſave onlye of pitie & cōpaſſion I had & yet have on the blindnes of my brethrē / & to bringe them vnto the knowledge of Chriſt / & to make every one of them / if it were poſſible as perfect as an angell of heavē / & to wede oute all yt is not planted of oure hevenly father / & to bringe doune all that lyfteth vp it ſelfe agaynſt the knowledge of the ſalvacion that is in ye bloude of Chriſt. Alſo / my parte be not in Chriſt / if myne heart be not to folowe & lyve accordinge as I teache / and alſo if myne heart wepe not nyght & daye for myne awne ſynne & other mennes indifferētlye / beſechinge God to cōvert vs all / & to take his wrath from vs / & to be mercifull as well to all other men / as to myne awne ſoule / caringe for the welth of the realme I was borne in / for the kinge and all that are therof / as a tender hearted mother wolde do for hir only ſonne.

As concerninge all I have tranſlated or other wiſe written / I beſeche all men to reade it for that purpoſe I wrote it: even to bringe them to the knowledge of the ſcripture. And as farre as the ſcripture approveth it / ſo farre to alowe it / & if in anye place the worde of god dyſalow it / there to refuſe it / as I do before oure ſavyour Chriſt & his congregacion. And where they fynde fautes / let them ſhew it me / if they be nye / or wryte to me / if they be farre of: or wryte opēly agaynſt it & improve it / & I promyſe them / if I ſhall perceave that there reaſons conclude I will confeſſe myne ignoraunce openly.

Wherfore I beſeche George Ioye / ye & all other to / for to tranſlate ye ſcripture for them ſelves / whether oute of Greke / Latyn: or Hebrue. Or (if they wyll nedes) as ye foxe when he hath pyſſed in ye grayes hole chalengeth it for his awne / ſo let them take my tranſlacions & laboures / & chaunge & alter / & correcte & corrupte at their pleaſures / and call it their awne tranſlaciōs / & put to their awne names / & not to playe boo pepe after George Ioyes maner. Which whether he have done faythfully & truly / with ſuche reverence & feare as becōmeth the worde of God / & with ſoche love and mekenes & affeccion to vnite and circū ſpexcion that the vngodlye have none occaſion to rayle on the verite / as becōmeth ye ſervauntes of Chriſt / I referre it to the iudgemē tes of them that knowe and love the trouth. For this I proteſt / that I provoke not Ioye ner any other man (but am prouoked / & that after the ſpytfulleſt maner of provokynge) to do ſore agaynſt my will and with ſorow of harte that I now do. But I nether can ner will ſoffre of anye man / that he ſhall goo take my tranſlacion and correct it without name / & make ſoche chaungynge as I my ſelfe durſt not do / as I hope to have my parte in Chriſt / though the hole worlde ſhuld be gevē me for my laboure.

Finally that new Teſtamēt thus dyligētly corrected / beſyde this ſo ofte puttinge oute this worde reſurreccion / and I wote not what other chaūge / for I have not yet reede it over / hath in the ende before the Table of the Epiſtles and Goſpelles this tytle: (Here endeth the new Teſtament dylygentlye ouerſene and correct and printed now agayne at Andwarp / by me wydow of Chriſtophell of Endhouen. In the yere of oure Lorde. A .M. D. xxxiiii. in Auguſt.) Which tytle (reader) I have here put in becauſe by this thou ſhalt knowe the booke the better. Vale. ☞ ▪ ☞ ❧

¶ The newe Teſtament.

¶ Imprinted at Anwerp by Marten Emperowr. Anno .M. D. xxxiiij.

¶ The bokes conteyned in the newe Teſtament. i. The Goſpell of S. Mathew. ii. The Goſpell of S. Marke. iii. The Goſpell of S. Luke. iiii. The Goſpell of S. Ihon. v. The Actes of the Apoſtles / writtē by S. Luke vi. The Piſtle of S. Paul to the Romayns. vii. The fyrſt piſtle of S. Paul to ye Corinthiās. viii. The ſecōd piſtle of S. Paul to ye Corinthiās ix. The piſtle of S. Paul to the Galathians. x. The piſtle of S. Paul to the Epheſians. xi. The piſtle of S. Paul to the Philippians. xii. The piſtle of S. Paul to the Coloſſians. xiii. The fyrſt piſtle of S. Paul to ye Teſſaloniās xiiii. The ſecōd piſtle of S. Paul to ye Teſſaloniās xv. The fyrſt piſtle of S. Paul to Timothe. xvi. The ſecond piſtle of S. Paul to Timothe. xvii. The piſtle of S. Paul to Titus. xviii The piſtle of S. Paul to Philemon. xix. The fyrſt piſtle of S. Peter. xx. The ſecond piſtle of S. Peter. xxi. The fyrſt piſtle of S. Ihon. xxii The ſecond piſtle of S. Ihon. xxiii The thyrd piſtle of S. Ihon. The piſtle vnto the Hebrues. The piſtle of S. Iames. The piſtle of S. Iude. The reuelacion of S. Ihon.

The Goſpell of S. Mathew.

¶ The firſt Chapter.

THis is the boke of the generacion of Ieſus Chriſt the ſonne of Dauid / the ſonne alſo of Abraham.Dauid and Abraham are firſt reherſed: becauſe that Chriſt was ſpecially promiſed vnto thē, to be of their ſeede

Abraham begat Iſaac: Iſaac begat Iacob: Iacob begat Iudas and his brethren: Iudas begat Phares andGeneſis. xxviij. g. zaram of Thamar: Phares begat Heſrom: Heſrom begat Aram:i. Parali. ij. a. Rut. iiij. d Aram begat Aminadab: Aminadab begat Naaſſon: Naaſſon begat Salmon: Salmon begat Boos of Rahab: Boos begat Obed of Ruth: Obed begat Ieſſe: Ieſſe begat Dauid the kynge: Dauid the kynge begat Salomon / of herij. Regū xij. f. j. Parali. iij. v. that was the wyfe of Dry: Salomon begat Roboam: Roboam begat Abia: Abia begat Aſa: Aſa begat Ioſaphat: Ioſaphat begat Ioram: Ioram begat Oſias: Oſias begat Ioatham: Ioatham begat Achas: Achas begat Ezechias: Ezechias begat Manaſſes: Manaſſes begat Amon: Amon begat Ioſias:

Ioſias begat Iechonias & his brethren abouteij. Paral. xxx vj. j. Parali. iij. c. ye tyme they were caryed awaye to Babylon.

And after they were brought to Babylon / Iechonias begat Salathiel: Salathiel begat zorobabel: zorobabel begat Abiud: Abiud begat Eliachim: Eliachim begat Azor: Azor begat Sadoc: Sadoc begat Achin: Achin begat Eliud: Eliud begat Eleaſar: Eleaſar begat Matthan: Matthan begat Iacob:

Iacob begat Ioſph the huſbande of Mary / of which was boren that Ieſus / that is called Chriſt. ⊢

All the generacions from Abraham to David are fowretene generaciōs. And frō David vnto the captivite of Babylon / are fowretene generacions. And from the captivite of Babylon vnto Chriſt / are alſo fowrtene generaciōs.

✚ The byrthe of Ieſus Chriſt was on thys wyſe. When hys mother Mary was betrouthed to Ioſeph / before they came to dwell togedder / ſhe was foūde with chylde by ye holy gooſt. Thē Ioſeph her huſbande beinge a perfect mā & loth to make an enſample of hir / wasEnſample that is to ſaye, to bringe hir oute to punyſhemēt for the enſample of other. A promiſe. Eſaie vij. c. mynded to put her awaye ſecretely. ✚ Whill he thus thought / behold ye angell of ye Lorde appered vnto him in a dreame / ſaynge: Ioſeph ye ſonne of David / feare not to take vnto ye / Mary thy wyfe. For that which is cōceaved in her is of the holy gooſt. She ſhall brynge forthe a ſonne / & thou ſhalt call his name Ieſus. For he ſhall ſave his peple from their ſynnes. ⊢

All this was done to fulfill yt which was ſpoken of the Lorde by the Prophet / ſaynge: Beholde a mayde ſhall be with chylde / & ſhall brynge forthe a ſonne / and they ſhall call his name Emanuel / which is by interpretacion / Emanuel God with vs. ⊢

And Ioſeph aſſone as he awoke out of ſlepe / did as the angell of the Lorde bade hym / & toke hys wyfe vnto hym / and knewe her notIeſus / yt is a ſauyoure. tyll ſhe had brought forth hir fyrſt ſonne / & called hys name Ieſus.

¶ The .ii. Chapter. ✚

VVhen Ieſus was borne at Bethleem in Iury / in the tyme of Herode the kynge. Beholde / there came wyſe mē from the eeſt to Ieruſalem ſaynge: Where is he yt is borne kynge of ye Iues? We have ſene his ſtarre in ye eeſt / & are come to worſhip him.

When Herode ye kynge had herde thys / he was troubled / and all Ieruſalem with hym / and he gathered all ye chefe Preſtes and Scribes of the people / and axed of them where Chriſt ſhulde be borne. And they ſayde vnto hym: at Bethleē in Iury. For thus it is written by the Prophet. Miche. v.And thou Bethleem in the londe of Iury / art not the leeſt concernynge the Princes of Iuda. Ioā. vij. fFor out of the ſhall come the captayne / that ſhall govern my people Iſrahel.

Then Herod prevely called the wyſe men / and dyligētly enquyred of them / ye tyme of the ſtarre that appered / and ſent thē to Bethleem ſaynge: Goo and ſearche dyligētly for ye chylde. And when ye have founde hym / bringe me worde / yt I maye come & worſhippe hym alſo.

When they had heard the kynge / they departed: and lo the ſtarre which they ſawe in ye eeſte / went before them / tyll it came and ſtode over the place where the chylde was. When they ſawe the ſtarre / they were marvelouſly glad: and went into the houſe / and found the chylde with Mary hys mother / and kneled doune and worſhipped hym / & opened their treaſures / and offred vnto hym gyftes / gold / frāckynſence and myrre. And after they were warned of God in a dreame / that they ſhuld not go ageyne to Herod / they retourned into their awne countre another waye. ⊢

When they were departed: beholde the angell of the Lorde appered to Ioſeph in dreame ſayinge: aryſe / and take the chylde and his mother / and flye into Egypte / & abyde there tyll I brynge the worde. For Herod wyll ſeke the chylde to deſtroye hym. Thē he aroſe / and toke the chylde and his mother by night / and departed into Egypte / and was there vnto ye deeth of Herod / to fulfill that which was ſpoken of the Lorde / by ye Prophet which ſayeth / Ozee vij. a. out of Egypte haue I called my ſonne.

Then Herod perceavynge yt he was moocked of the wyſe men / was excedynge wroth / and ſent forth and ſlue all the chyldren that were in Bethleem / and in all the coſtes there of / as many as were two yere olde and vnder / accordynge to the tyme which he had diligētly ſearched oute of the wyſe men.

Then was fulfilled yt which was ſpoken by the Prophet Ieremy ſayinge:Ieremie xxxj. c. On the hilles was a voyce herde / mornynge / wepynge / and greate lamentacion: Rachel wepynge for her chyldren / and wolde not be conforted / becauſe they were not.Were not: that is, be cauſe they appered no where. ⊢

✚ When Herode was deed: beholde / an angell of ye Lorde appered in a dreame to Ioſeph in Egypte ſayinge: ariſe & take ye chylde & his mother / & go into ye londe of Iſrael. For they are deed which ſought ye chyldes life. Thē he aroſe vp / & toke ye chylde & his mother / & cam into the londe of Iſrahel. But whē he hearde yt Archelaus did raygne in Iury / in ye roume of his father Herode / he was afrayde to goo thither. Not withſtondynge after he was warned of god in a dreame / he turned a ſyde into ye parties of Galile / & wēt & dwelt in a cite called Nazareth / to fulfill yt which was ſpoken by ye Prophetes:Iudic. xiij Eſaie. xj he ſhalbe called a Nazarite ⊢

¶ The .iii. Chapter. ✚

IN thoſe dayes Ihon the Baptyſt came Mark. j. a. Luk. iij. a. eſai. xxj. c Eſa. xxj c. & .xlv. c. zacha. j. a Eſa .xl. a Ioan. j. c. and preached in the wildernes of Iury / ſaynge: Repēt / the kyngdome of heuē is at honde. This is he of whom it is ſpoken by the Prophet Eſay / which ſayeth: The voyce of a cryer in wyldernes / prepare the Lordes waye / and make hys pathes ſtrayght.

This Ihō had hys garmēt of camels heer and a gerdell of a ſkynne aboute his loynes.Mark. j. a Hys meate was locuſtes & wylde hony. Thē went oute to hym. Ieruſalem / and all Iury / & all ye regiō roūde aboute Iordā / & were baptiſed of him in Iordā / cōfeſſynge their ſynnes ⊢

✚ When he ſawe many of ye Phariſes & of ye Saduces come to hys baptim / he ſayde vnto thē: O generaciō of vipers / who hath taughtLuk. iij. b you to fle frō the vengeaūce to come? Brynge forth therfore the frutes belongynge to repentaūce. And ſe that ye ons thynke not to ſaye in your ſelues / we haue Abraham to oure father. For I ſaye vnto you / that God is able of theſe ſtones to rayſe vp chyldern vnto Abrahā. Euē nowe is ye axe put vnto ye rote of ye trees: ſoo that every tree which bringeth not forthe goode frute / is hewē doune & caſt into ye fyre.

I baptiſe you in water in tokē of repentaū ce:Mark. j. b Luk. iij. c Ioan. j. d but he yt cometh after me / is myghtier then I / whoſe ſhues I am not worthy to beare. He ſhall baptiſe you with ye holy goſt & with fyre: which hath alſo his fan in his hōd / & will pourge his floure / & gadre ye wheet into his garner / Luk. iij. d & will burne ye chaffe with vnquēcheable fyre ⊢

✚ Then cam Ieſus from Galile to Iordan / vnto Ihon / to be baptiſed of hym. But IhonMark. j. b Luk. iij. d forbade hym / ſaynge: I ought to be baptyſed of the: and cōmeſt thou to me? Ieſus anſwered & ſayd to hym: Let it be ſo now. For thus it becommeth vs to fulfyll all rightweſnes.All ryghteouſnes: that is to do all the ordynaū ces of God for ſoche purpoſe as god ordayned them for. Then he ſuffred hym. And Ieſus aſſone as he was baptiſed / came ſtrayght out of ye water. And lo heuē was opē over hym: & Ihon ſawe the ſpirite of God deſcende lyke a doue / and lyght vpon hym. And lo there came a voyce from heven ſayng: Thys ys that my beloved ſonne in whom is my delyte. ⊢

¶ The .iiii. Chapter. ✚

THen was Ieſus ledd awaye of ye ſpirite into wildernes / to be tempted of ye devyll. And when he had faſted fourtyeMark .i. b Lu. iiij. a dayes and fourtye nightes / he was afterward an hungred. Then came to hym the tempter / and ſayde: yf thou be the ſonne of God / commaunde that theſe ſtones be made breed. He anſwered and ſayde: yt is wrytten / man ſhall not lyve by brede onlye / but by every worde yt proceadeth out of the mouth of God.Dutero. viij. a.

Then the devyll tooke hym vp into ye holy cite / and ſet hym on a pynacle of the tēple / and ſayd vnto hym: yf thou be the ſonne of God / caſt thy ſylfe doune. For it is wryttē / he ſhallPſal. xc. c geve his angels charge over the / and with their handes they ſhall holde ye vp / that thou daſhe not thy fote agaynſt a ſtone. And Ieſus ſayde to hym / it ys wrytten alſo: ThouDut. vj. c ſhalt not tempte thy Lorde God.

The devyll toke hym vp agayne and ledde hym in to an excedynge hye mountayne / and ſhewed hym all the kyngdomes of ye worlde / & all ye glorie of them / & ſayde to hym: all theſe will I geue ye / if thou wilt faull doune & worſhip me.Dut. vj. c. & .x. d. Then ſayde Ieſus vnto hym. Avoyd Satan. For it is writtē / thou ſhalt worſhyp ye Lorde thy God / & hym only ſhalt thou ſerve.

Then the dyvell left hym / and beholde / the angels came and miniſtred vnto hym. ⊢

✚ When Ieſus had hearde yt Ihon wasMar. j. b. Lu. iiij. c. Ioā. iiij. f Mark. j. c Lu. iiij. c. Eſa. ix. a taken / he departed into Galile and left Nazareth / & went & dwelte in Capernaum / which is a cite apon the ſee / in ye cooſtes of zabulon and Neptalim / to fulfill that whiche was ſpoken by Eſay the Prophet / ſayinge: The londe of zabulon & Neptalim / the waye of the ſee beyonde Iordan / Galile of the Gentyls / ye people which ſat in darknes / ſawe greate lyght / and to them which ſate in the region and ſhadowe of deeth / lyght is begone to ſhyne.

From yt tyme Ieſus begāne to preache / & to ſaye: repēt / for ye kīgdome of hevē is at hōde ⊢

✚ As Ieſus walked by the ſee of Galile / heMark. j. a Luk. v. a. ſawe two brethren: Simon which was called Peter / and Andrew his brother / caſtynge aPeter & Andrew. neet into the ſee / for they were fiſſhers / and he ſayde vnto them / folowe me / and I will make you fiſſhers of men. And they ſtrayght waye lefte their nettes / and folowed hym.

And he went forthe from thence / and ſawe other twoo brethren / Iames the ſonne of zebede / andIames Ihon. Ihon his brother / in the ſhippe with zebede their father / mendynge their nettes / & called them. And they with out taryinge lefte the ſhyp & their father and folowed hym. ⊢

✚ And Ieſus went aboute all Galile / teachyng in their ſynagoges / and preachynge ye goſpell of the kyngdome / and healed all maner of ſicknes / & all maner dyſeaſes amōge ye people. And his fame ſpreed abroode through oute all Siria. And they brought vnto hym all ſicke people that were taken with divers diſeaſes & gripinge / & them yt were poſſeſſed with devils / & thoſe which were lunatyke / and thoſe that had the palſie: & he healed thē. And ther folowed hym a greate nombre of people / from Galile / ✚ and from the ten cyties / and from Ieruſalem / and from Iury / and from ye regions that lye beyonde Iordan.

¶ The .v. Chapter. ✚

VVhen he ſawe the people / he went vp into a mountayne / and when he was ſet / his diſciples came to hym / and he opened hys mouthe / and taught them ſayinge: Bleſſed are the povre in ſprete: for theirsLuk. vj. d is the kyngdome of heven. Bleſſed are they that morne: for they ſhalbe conforted. Bleſſed are the meke: for they ſhall inheret the erth. Bleſſed are they which honger and thurſt forCouenaū tes. righteweſnes: for they ſhalbe filled. Bleſſed are ye mercifull: for they ſhall obteyne mercy. Bleſſed are the pure in herte: for they ſhall ſe God. Bleſſed are the peacemakers: for they ſhalbe called the chyldren of God. Bleſſedi. Pe. iiij. c are they which ſuffre perſecuciō for rightweſnes ſake: for theirs ys the kyngdome of heuen. Bleſſed are ye when men reuyle you / and perſecute you / and ſhall falſly ſay all manner of yvell ſaynges agaynſt you for my ſake. Reioyce & be glad / for greate is youre rewarde in heven. ⊢ For ſo perſecuted they ye Prophetes which were before youre dayes.

✚ ye are ye ſalt of the erthe:Salt. Mar. ix. • Luk. xiiij a. but and yf ye ſalt have loſt hir ſaltnes / what can be ſalted ther with? It is thence forthe good for nothynge / but to be caſt oute / and to be troadē vnder fote of men. ye are ye light of the worlde.Light. Mar. iiij. c Lu. viij. c and .xj. c. A cite yt is ſet on an hill / cannot be hid / nether do men lyght a cādell and put it vnder a buſſhell / but on a candelſtick / and it lighteth all that are in the houſe. Let youre light ſo ſhyne before men / yt they maye ſe youre good workes / and glorify youre father which is in heven.

✚ Thinke not yt I am come to deſtroye the lawe / or the Prophets: no I am nott come to deſtroye them / but to fulfyll them. For truely I ſaye vnto you / till heven and erth periſſhe / Lu. xvj. d one iott or one tytle of the lawe ſhall not ſcape / tyll all be fulfilled.

Whoſoever breaketh one of theſe leſt commaundmentes / and teacheth men ſo / he ſhalbeIaco. ij. d called the leeſt in the kyngdome of hevē. But whoſoever obſerueth & teacheth / ye ſame shalbe called greate in the kyngdome of heven. ⊢

✚ For I ſaye vnto you / except youre righteweſnes excede / the righeteweſnes of ye Scribes and Phariſes / ye cānot entre into ye kyngdome of heven. ⊢

ye have herde howe it was ſayd vnto thē ofExo. xx c. & Dut. v. b. ye olde tyme: Thou ſhalt not kyll. For whoſoever kylleth / ſhall be in daunger of iudgemēt. But I ſay vnto you / whoſoever is angre with hys brother / ſhalbe in daunger of iudgement. Whoſoeuer ſayeth vnto his brother Racha / Racha ſhalbe in daūger of a coūſell. But whoſoeuer ſayeth thou fole / ſhalbe in daūger of hell fyre.Hell.

Therfore whē thou offreſt thy gifte at theReconcylynge. altare / and their remembreſt that thy brother hath ought agaynſt the: leue there thyne offrynge before the altre / and go thy waye firſt and be reconcyled to thy brother / and then come and offre thy gyfte. ⊢

✚ Agre with thyne adverſary quicklye / whylesLu. xij. • thou arte in ye waye with hym / leſt that adverſary deliver ye to ye iudge / & ye iudge delivre ye to ye miniſter / & thē thou be caſt into preſon. I ſay vnto ye verely: thou ſhalt not come out thēce till thou have payed ye vtmoſt farthīge.

Advoutre.ye haue hearde howe it was ſayde to thē ofExode .xx. c Eccleſi. xij. d. olde tyme: Thou ſhalt not cōmitt advoutrie. But I ſay vnto you / that whoſoeuer looketh on a wyfe / luſtynge after her / hathe cōmitted advoutrie with hir alredy in his hert.Mar. ix. g

Ryght eye.Wherfore yf thy right eye offende ye / plucke hym out / and caſte him from the. Better it is for the yt one of thy membres periſſhe / then that thy hole bodye ſhuld be caſt into hell. AlſoRyght hande. if thy right honde offend ye / cut hym of and caſte hym from the. Better yt ys that one of thy membres periſſhe / then that all thy body ſhulde be caſte in to hell. ⊢

Deuorcement.It ys ſayd / whoſoever put awaye his wyfe / let hym geve her a teſtymonyall alſo of the devorcement.Mar. x. b Lu. xvj. d i. Corin. vij. b. But I ſay vnto you: whoſoever put awaye his wyfe (except it be for fornicacion) cauſeth her to breake matrymony. And whoſoever maryeth her that is devorſed / breaketh wedlocke.

Agayne ye haue hearde how it was ſayd to Leuiti. xix. c. Exo. xx b. Du. v. b. Iac. v. c thē of olde tyme / thou ſhalt not forſwere thy ſelfe / but ſhalt performe thyne othe to God. But I ſaye vnto you / ſwere not at all: nether by heuē / for it ys Goddes ſeate: nor yet by the erth / for it is his fote ſtole: nether by Ieruſalem / forSwere. it ys ye cyte of ye greate kynge: nether ſhalt thou ſweare by thy heed / becauſe thou canſt not make one white heer / or blacke: But your cōmunicacion ſhalbe / ye / ye: nay / nay. For what ſoeuer is more then yt / cōmeth of yvell.

ye have hearde how it ys ſayd / an eye forExodi. xxj. c. Dutero. xix. c. Leuiti. xxiiij. c Luk. vj. c an eye: a tothe for a tothe. But I ſaye to you / that ye reſiſt not wrōge. But whoſoever geve the a blowe on thy right cheke / tourne to him the other.Ryght cheke. And yf eny man will ſue the at the lawe / and take awaye thy coote / let hym have thy cloocke alſo. And whoſoever wyll cōpell the to goo a myle / goo wyth him twayne. Geve to him that axeth / and frō him that wolde borowe tourne not awaye.

✚ ye have hearde how it is ſayde: thou ſhalt love thyne neghbour / and hate thine enimy. But I ſaye vnto you / love youre enimies.Leui. xix d. Leui. vj. d Bleſſe thē that courſſe you. Do good to them that hate you. Praye for them which doo you wronge and perſecute you / that ye maye be y• chyldern of youre father that is in heauen: for he maketh his ſunne to aryſe on ye yvell / and on the good / and ſendeth his reyn on the iuſte and vniuſte. For yf ye love them / which loveLu. vj. f. you: what rewarde ſhall ye have? Doo not the Publicans euen ſo?Publicans. And yf ye be frendly to youre brethren onlye: what ſinguler thynge doo ye? Do not the Publicans lyke wyſe? ye ſhall therfore be perfecte / evē as youre father which is in heauen / is perfecte.

¶ The .vi. Chapter.

Almoſe.TAke hede to youre almes. That ye geve it not in the ſyght of men / to the intent that ye wolde be ſene of them. Or els ye get no rewarde of youre father which is in hevē. Trōpet.Whē ſoever therfore thou geveſt thine almes / thou ſhalt not make a trōpet to be blowē before the / as ye ypocrites do in the ſynagogis and in the ſtretis / for to be preyſed of men. Verely I ſay vnto you / they have their rewarde. But whē thou doeſt thine almes / let not thy lyfte hād knowe / what thy righte hād doth / yt thine almes may be ſecret: & thy father which ſeith in ſecret / ſhall rewarde ye opēly ⊢

PrayerAnd when thou prayeſt / thou ſhalt not be as ye ypocrytꝭ are. For they love to ſtond and praye in the ſynagogꝭ / and in the corners of ye ſtretꝭ / becauſe they wolde be ſene of men. Verely I ſaye vnto you / they haue their rewarde. But when thou prayeſt / entre into thy chamber / and ſhut thy dore to the / and praye to thy father which ys in ſecrete: & thy father which ſeith in ſecret / ſhall rewarde the openly.

Bablynge.And whē ye praye / bable not moche / as the hethē do: for they thincke that they ſhalbe herde / for their moche bablyngꝭ ſake. Be ye not lyke them therfore. For youre father knoweth wherof ye haue neade / before ye axe of him. After thys maner therfore praye ye.Luk. xj. a

The Paternoſter.O oure father which arte in hevē / halowed be thy name. Let thy kyngdome come. Thy wyll be fulfilled / as well in erth / as it ys in heven. Geve vs this daye oure dayly breede. And forgeve vs oure treaſpaſes / evē as we forgeve oure treſpacers. And leade vs not into tēptacion:Mar. xj. c but delyver vs frō evell. For thyne is ye Eccleſi. xxviij. Couenaunt. kyngedome and ye power / & ye glorye for ever. Amen. For and yf ye ſhall forgeve other men their treaſpaſes / youre hevenly father ſhall alſo forgeve you. But and ye wyll not forgeve men their treſpaſes / nomore ſhall youre father forgeve youre treaſpaſes.

✚ Moreoure when ye faſte / be not ſad as ye ypocrytꝭ are. For they diſfigure their faces / that they myght beſene of mē how they faſte. Verely I ſay vnto you / they have their rewarde. But thou / whē thou faſteſt / annoynte thyneFaſtinge heed / and waſhe thy face / that it appere not vnto men howe that thou faſteſt: but vnto thy father which is in ſecrete: & thy father which ſeeth in ſecret / ſhall rewarde the openly.Lu. xij. d

Se that ye gaddre you not treaſure vpon ye Lu. xij. d erth / where ruſt & mothes corrupte / & where theves breake through and ſteale. But gaddre ye treaſure to geder in hevē / where nether ruſtTreaſure nor mothes corrupte / & where theves nether breake vp nor yet ſteale. For where ſoever youre treaſure ys / there will youre hertes be alſo ⊢

The light of the body is thyne eye. WherforeLu. xj. c. if thyne eye be ſyngle / all thy body ſhalbe full of light. Darcknes.But and if thyne eye be wycked then all thy body ſhalbe full of derckenes. Wherfore yf the light that is in the / be darckenes: how greate is that darckenes.

✚ Two maſters. Lu. xvj. cNo mā can ſerve two maſters. For ether he ſhall hate the one & love the other: or els he ſhall lene to ye one & deſpiſe ye other: ye can not ſerve God & mammon. Therfore I ſaye vnto Luk. xij. c you / be not carefull for your lyfe / what ye ſhall eate / or what ye ſhall drincke / nor yet for youre body / what ye ſhall put on. ys not ye lyfe more worth then meat▪ / & the body more of value then rayment? Beholde the foules of ye Foules. ayer: for they ſowe not / nether reepe / nor yet cary in to ye barnes: & yet youre hevēly father fedeth thē. Are ye not moche better thē they?

Which of you (though he toke thought therfore) coulde put one cubit vnto his ſtature? And why care ye then for raymēt? Lilies.Conſidre ye lylies of ye felde / how they growe. They labour not nether ſpynne. And yet for all yt I ſaye vnto you / yt euē Salomon in all his royalte was not arayed lyke vnto one of theſe. Wherfore yf God ſo clothe the graſſe / which ys to daye in the felde / & to morowe ſhalbe caſte in to the fournace: ſhall he not moche more do the ſame vnto you / o ye of lytle fayth?

Therfore take no thought ſayinge: what ſhall we eate / or what ſhall we drincke / or wher wt ſhall we be clothed? After all theſe thyngꝭ ſeke the gētyls. For youre hevēly father knoweth that ye have neade of all theſe thyngꝭ. kingdome of heavenBut rather ſeke yefyrſt the kyngdome of heuen & the rightwiſnes therof / and all theſe thynges ſhalbe miniſtred vnto you. ⊢

Care not then for the morow / but let ye morow care for it ſelfe: for the daye preſent hath ever ynough of his awne trouble.

¶ The .vii. Chapter.

Iudge not. Lu. vj. f.IUdge not / that ye be not iudged. For as ye iudge ſo ſhall ye be iudged. And wt what meſure ye mete / wt the ſame ſhall it be meſured to you agayne. Why ſeiſt thou a moote in thy brothers eye / & perceaveſt not the beame yt ys yn thyne awne eye. Or why ſayeſt thou to thy brother: ſuffre me to plucke oute the moote oute of thyne eye / & behold a beame is in thyne awne eye. ypocryte / fyrſt caſt oute the beame oute of thyne awne eye / and then ſhalte thou ſe clearly to plucke oute the moote out of thy brothers eye.

Dogges & ſwyne.Geve not that which is holy / to doggꝭ / nether caſt ye youre pearles before ſwyne / leſt they treade them vnder their fete / and ye other tourne agayne and all to rent you.

Axe & it ſhalbe geven you. Seke & ye ſhall Couenauntes. Luk. xj. b fynd. knocke and it ſhalbe opened vnto you. For who ſoever axeth receaveth & he yt ſeketh fyndeth / and to hym that knocketh / it ſhalbe opened. Ys there eny man amōge you which if his ſonne axed hym bread / wolde offer him a ſtone? Or if he axed fyſſhe / wolde he proffer hym a ſerpēt? yf ye then which are evyll / cane geve to youre chyldren good gyftes: how moche moore ſhall youre father which is in hevē / geve good thynges to them yt axe hym?

Law and Prophetes. Luk. vj. Luk. xij. aTherfore whatſoever ye wolde that men ſhulde do to you / even ſo do ye to them. This ys the lawe and the Prophettes.

Strayte gate. Narow waye.Enter in at the ſtrayte gate: for wyde is ye gate / and broade is the waye that leadeth to deſtruccion: and many ther be which goo yn therat. But ſtrayte is the gate / & narowe ys the waye which leadeth vnto lyfe: and feawe there be that fynde it.

✚ Falſe prophetes. Luk. vj. f.Beware of falſe Prophetes / which come to you in ſhepes clothinge / but inwardly they are ravenynge wolves. Ye ſhall knowe them by their frutes. Do men gaddre grapes of thornes? or figges of bryres? Euen ſoo every good tree bryngeth forthe good frute. But a corrupte tree / bryngethe forthe evyll frute. A good tree cānot brynge forthe bad frute: nor yet a bad tree can bringe forthe good frute. Every tree that bryngethe not forthe good frute / ſhalbe hewē doune / & caſt into the fyre. Wherfore by their frutes ye ſhall knowe thē.

Not all they that ſaye vnto me / Maſter: Maſter. Luk. xiij. e. f.Maſter / Maſter / ſhall enter in to the kyngdome of heven: but he that dothe my fathers will which ys in heven ✚. Many will ſaye to me in that daye / Maſter / maſter / have we not in thy name propheſied? And in thy name have caſte oute devyls? And in thy name have done many miracles? And then will I knowlege vnto them / that I never knewe them. DepartePſal. vj. from me / ye workers of iniquite.

Who ſoever heareth of me theſe ſayingesTo builde on the rocke / what it is and doethe the ſame / I wyll lyken hym vnto a wyſe man which bylt hys houſſe on a rocke: & aboundance of rayne deſcended / & the fluddes came / & the wyndes blewe and bet vpon that ſame houſſe / and it fell not / becauſe it was grounded on the rocke. And whoſoever heareth of me theſe ſayinges & doth thē not / ſhalbe lykened vnto a folyſh man which biltTo builde on ſande. hys houſſe apō the ſonde: & abundaūce of rayne deſcended / & the fluddes came / and ye wyndes blewe and beet vpon that houſſe / and it fell / and great was the fall of it.

And it came to paſſe / that when Ieſus hadMark .j. c. Luk. iiij. e ended theſe ſaynges / the people were aſtonnyed at hys doctryne. For he taught them as one havynge power / and not as the Scribes.

¶ The .viii. Chapter. ✚

VVhen he was come downe from the Mark .j. d. Luk. v. c. moūtayne / moch people folowed him. A leper.And lo / ther came a lepre and worſheped him ſayinge: Maſter / if thou wylt / thou canſt make me clene. And Ieſus put forthe hys hond and touched hym / ſayinge: I wyll / be thou clene / & immediatly hys leproſie was clenſed. And Ieſus ſayde vnto him. Se thou tell no man / but go and ſhewe thy ſelfe to the preſte / & offer the gyfte that Moſes cōmaunded / in witnes to them.Leui. xiiij

✚ When Ieſus was entred into Capernaū Lu. vij. a. Centuriō ther came vnto him a certayne Centurion / & beſought hym ſayinge: Maſter my ſeruaunt lyeth ſicke at home of ye palſye / & ys greuouſly payned. And Ieſus ſayd vnto hym: I will come & heale him. The Centuriō anſwered & ſayde: Syr I am not worthy yt thou ſhuldeſt come vnder my rofe / but ſpeake ye worde only & my ſervaūt ſhalbe healed. For I alſo my ſelfe am a man vndre power / & have ſowdiers vndre me / & I ſaye to one / go / & he goeth / & to anothre come / & he cometh: & to my ſeruaūt / do this / & he doeth it. When Ieſus hearde yt / he marveled & ſayd to them yt folowed hym. Verely I ſay vnto you / I have not foūde ſo great fayth: no / not in Iſrael. I ſay therfore vnto you that many ſhall come frō the eeſt & weeſt / and ſhall reſt wt Abraham / Iſaac & Iacob in the kingdome of hevē: Vtter darcknes& the chyldren of ye kyngdome ſhalbe caſt out in to vtter darcknes: there ſhalbe wepinge & gnaſſhing of tethe. Thē Ieſus ſayd vnto ye Centurion / go thy waye / and as thou beleveſt ſo be it vnto the. And his ſervaunt was healed the ſelfe houre. ⊢

Mark .j. c. Luk. iiii. • Peters motherꝭ ſawe.And then Ieſus went to Peters houſſe / and ſawe hys wyves mother lyinge ſicke of a fevre / and touched her hande / and the fevre left hir: and ſhe aroſe / and miniſtred vnto them.

When the euē was come / they brought vnto him many yt were poſſeſſed with devyllis.Mark .j. d. And he caſt out ye ſpirites with a worde / and healed all yt were ſicke / to fulfill yt which was ſpokē by Eſayas ye Prophet ſayinge. He toke on him oure infirmities / & bare oure ſickneſes

Whē Ieſus ſawe moche people about him / Luk. ix. • he cōmaunded to go over ye water. And ther came a ſcribe & ſayd vnto hym: maſter / I wyll folowe ye whyther ſo ever thou goeſt. And Ieſus ſayd vnto him: Foxes & byrdes.the foxes have holes / and the bryddꝭ of the ayer have neſtes / but ye ſonne of the man hath not wherō to reſt his heede. A nothre yt was one of hys diſciples ſayd vnto hym: maſter / Burye.ſuffre me fyrſt / to go & burye my father. But Ieſus ſayd vnto him: folowe me / and let the deed burie their deed.

✚ And he entred in to a ſhyppe / & his diſciplesMar. iiij. d. Luke .viij. d. folowed him. And beholde there aroſe a a greate tēpeſt in ye ſee / in ſo moche yt the ſhippe was covered wt waves / & he was a ſlepe.Ieſus ſlepeth in ye ſhippe. And his diſciples came vn to him / & awoke hym ſayinge: maſter ſave vs / we periſhe. And he ſayd vnto them: why are ye fearfull / o ye of lytell faithe? Then he aroſe & rebuked ye wyndes & the ſee / & ther folowed a greate calme. And the men marveyled & ſayd: what man is this / that bothe wyndes and ſee obey hym? ⊢

And when he was come to ye other ſyde / in Ma.. v. a Lu. viij. d to ye coūtre of ye GergeſitesGergeſites. / ther met him two poſſeſſed of devylles / which came out of the graves / & were out of meaſure fearce / ſo yt no mā myght go by that waye. And behold they cryed out ſayinge: O Ieſu the ſonne of God / what have we to do with the? Art thou come hyther to tormēt vs before the tyme be come? And ther was a good waye of frō them a greate heerd of ſwyne fedinge. Then ye devylꝭ beſought him ſayinge: if thou caſt vs out / ſuffre vs to go oure waye in to the heerd of ſwyne. And he ſayd vnto thē: go youre wayes. Then wēt they out / & departed into ye heerd of ſwyne And beholde ye whoale heerd of ſwyne was caryed wt violence hedlinge in to the ſee / & periſſhed in ye water. Then ye heerdmē fleed & wēt their ways in to ye cyte / & tolde every thinge / & what had fortuned vnto the poſſeſſed of the devyls. And beholde all the cyte came out & met Ieſus. And when they ſawe hym / they beſought hym to departe oute of their coſte.

¶ The .ix. Chapter. ✚

THen he entred in to a ſhippe and paſſed Mar. ij. a Lu. v. d Palſeye. over & came in to his awne cite. And lo / they brought to him a mā ſicke of ye palſie / lyinge in his bed. And when Ieſus ſawe ye faith of thē / he ſayd to the ſicke of ye palſie: ſonne be of good chere / thy ſinnes be forgevē the. And beholde certeyne of ye ſcribes ſayd in thē ſelves / this mā blaſphemeth. And whē Ieſus ſawe their thoughtes / he ſayd: wherfore thinke ye evill in youre herte? Whether ys eſyer to ſaye / thy ſynnes be forgeven ye / or to ſaye: ariſe & walke? This myracle ſhalbe a ſigne to you, that I have power to forgeve ſynnes.That ye maye knowe that ye ſonne of mā hath power to forgeve ſinnes in erth / then ſayd he vnto ye ſicke of ye palſye: ariſe / take vp thy beed / & go home to thine houſſe. And he aroſe & departed to his awne houſſe. And when ye people ſawe it / they marveyled & glorified god which had gevē ſuche power to mē. ⊢

✚ And as Ieſus paſſed forth frō thence / he Mar. ij. b Luk. v. f. ſawe a mā ſyt a receyuinge of cuſtome / named Mathew / and ſayd to him: folowe me. And heMathew aroſe & folowed him. And it came to paſſe as he ſat at meate in the houſſe: beholde many publicans and ſynners came and ſate downe alſo with Ieſus and hys diſciples.

When the Phariſes ſawe that / they ſayd to hys diſciples: Publicās eate with Ieſus.why eateth youre maſter wt publicans and ſynners? When Ieſus herde that / he ſayde vnto them: The whole neade not the phiſicion / but they that are ſicke. Goo and learne / what that meaneth: Mercie & not ſacrifice. Oze. vi. cI have pleaſure in mercy / and not in offerynge. For I am not come to call the rightewes / but the ſynners to repentaunce. ⊢

✚ Then came ye diſciples of Ihon to hymIhons diſciples faſt. ſayinge: why do we & the Phariſes faſt ofte: but thy diſciples faſt not? And Ieſus ſayde vnto them: Can ye weddynge chyldren morne as longe as ye bridegrome is wt them? The tyme will come whē the bridegrome ſhalbe takē frō them / & then ſhall they faſte. New and olde agre not.Noo man peceth and olde garment with a pece of newe cloothe. For then taketh he awaye ye pece agayne from the garmēt / & the rent ys made greater. Nether do men put newe wyne into olde veſſels / for then the veſſels breake / & the wyne runneth oute / and the veſſels peryſſhe. But they powre newe wyne into newe veſſels / and ſo are both ſaved togeder. ⊢

✚ The rulers daugter. Mar. v. b Lu. viij. f. Whyls he thus ſpake vnto thē / beholde ther came a certayne ruler / & worſhipped him ſayinge: my doghter is euen now deceaſed / but come & lay thy honde on her / & ſhe ſhall live. And Ieſus aroſe and folowed hym with hys diſciples. Bloudyſſue.And beholde / a woman which was diſeaſed wt an yſſue of bloude .xii. yeres / came behynde hym & toched ye hem of hys veſture. For ſhe ſayd in her ſilfe: yf I maye toche but even his veſture only / I ſhalbe ſafe. Then Ieſus tourned him about / & behelde her ſayinge: Doughter be of good conforte / thy faith hath made the ſafe. And ſhe was made whole even that ſame houre.

And when Ieſus came into ye rulers houſſe / & ſawe the minſtrels and the people raginge / he ſayde vnto them: Get you hence / for ye mayde is not deed / but ſlepeth. And they laughed hym to ſcorne. Aſſone as ye people were put forthe / he went in and toke her by ye hond / and the mayde aroſe. And this was noyſed through out all that lande.

And as Ieſus departed thence / two blynde men folowed hym crying and ſaying: O thou ſonne of David / have mercy on vs. Two blinde are cured.And when he was come to houſſe / the blynd came to hym And Ieſus ſayde vnto them: Beleve ye that I am able to do thys? And they ſayde vnto hym: ye Lorde. Then touched he their eyes / ſaying: acordynge to youre faythe / be it vnto you. And their eyes were opened. And Ieſus charged thē ſaying: Se yt no man knowe of it. But they aſſone as they were departed / ſpreed abroade his name through oute all the londe.

As they went out / beholde / they brought to hym a dome mā poſſeſſed af a devyll. And asmar. vij. c Lu. xj. b. ſone as the devyll was caſt oute / Domme.the domme ſpake: And the people merveled / ſayinge: it was never ſo ſene in Iſrael. But the Phariſes ſayde: he caſteth oute devyls / by the power of the chefe devyll.Chefe deuell.

And Ieſus went about all cities & tounes / teachynge in their ſynagogꝭ & preachyng the glad tidinges of ye kyngdome / & healinge all maner ſicknes & deſeaſe amōge ye people. But when he ſawe the people / he had cōpaſſion on thē / becauſe they were pyned awaye / & ſcattered abroade / evē as ſhepe havīge no ſhepherd.

Then ſayde he to hys diſciples: Harveſt is great.the herveſt is greate / but the laborers are feawe. Wherfore praye the Lorde of the harveſt / to ſende forthe laborers into hys harveſt.

¶ The .x. Chapter.

ANd he called his .xii. diſciples vnto Mar. iij. b Lu. vj. b. hym / & gave them power over vnclene ſprites / to caſt them oute / & to heale all maner of ſickneſſes / & all maner of deſeaſes.

The names of the xii. Apoſtles are theſe. The fyrſt / Simon called alſo Peter: and Andrew his brother. Iames the ſonne of zebede / aud Ihon his brother. Philip & Bartlemew. Thomas and Mathew the Publican. Iames the ſonne of Alphe / and Lebbeus otherwyſe called Taddeus. Simon of Cane / and Iudas Iſcarioth / which alſo betrayed hym.

The Apoſtles are ſent.Theſe. xii. ſent Ieſus / & cōmaunded themLu. ix. a. ſayinge: Go not in to ye wayes yt leade to the gentyls / & in to ye cities of ye Samaritans enter ye not. But go rather to ye loſt ſhepe of the houſſe of Iſrael. Go & preach ſayinge: ye the kyngdome of hevē is at hande. Heale the ſicke / clenſe the lepers / rayſe the deed / caſte oute the devils. Frely ye have receved / frely geve agayne. Poſſes not golde / nor ſilver / nor braſſſe yn youre gerdels / nor yet ſcrip towardes your iorney: nether two cotes / nether ſhues / nor yet a ſtaffe. For the workmā is worthy to have his meate. In to whatſoever cite or touneLu. p. c. ye ſhall come / enquyre who ys worthy yn it / and there abyde till ye goo thence.

And whē ye come in to an houſſe ſalute ye ſame. And yf the houſſe be worthy / youre peace ſhall come apon it. But yf it be not worthy / youre peace ſhall retourne to you agayne.

And whoſoever ſhall not receave you / nor will heare youre preachynge: Duſt.when ye departe oute of yt houſſe or that cite / ſhake of the duſte of youre fete. Truly I ſay vnto you: it ſhalbe eaſier for the londe of zodoma & Gomorra in the daye of iudgement / then for that cite.

Shepe amonge wolves. Wiſe as ſerpētes. Innocēt as dovesBeholde I ſende you forthe as ſhepe amō ge wolves. Be ye therfore wyſe as ſerpētes / & innocent as doves. Beware of men / for they ſhall deliver you vp to ye couſels / & ſhall ſcourge you in their ſynagoges. And ye ſhall be brought to the heed rulers and kynges for my ſake / in witnes to them and to the gentyls.

But when they delyver you vp / take no thought how or what ye ſhall ſspeake / for yt ſhalbe gevē you / evē in that ſame houre / what ye ſhall ſaye. The ſpirite ſpeaketh in vs.For it is not ye that ſpeke / but ye ſprite of your father which ſpeaketh in you.

The brother ſhall betraye the brother toIohan. v deeth / & the father the ſonne. And the chyldrē ſhall aryſe agaynſte their fathers & mothers / & ſhall put them to deethe: & ye ſhall be hated of all mē for my name. But he that endureth to the ende / ſhalbe ſaved.

When they perſecute you in one cite / flye in to another. I tell you for a treuth / ye ſhall not fynyſſhe all yt cities of Iſrael tyll ye ſonne of man be come. DiſcipleThe diſciple ys not above hys maſter: nor yet ye ſervaūt above his lorde. It is ynough for the diſciple to be as hys maſter ys / & that the ſervaunt be as his lorde ys. yf they have called the lorde of the houſſe beelzebub: how moche more ſhall they call them of his houſholde ſo? Feare thē not therfore.

There is no thinge ſo cloſe / that ſhall notMar. iiij. c Lu. viij. c and .xij. a be openned / and no thinge ſo hyd / that ſhall not be knowen.

What I tell you in dercknes / that ſpeake ye in lyght. And what ye heare in the eare / that preache ye on the houſſe toppes.

Feare.And feare ye not them which kyll the body / and be not able to kyll the ſoule. But rather feare hym / which is able to deſtroye bothe ſoule and body into hell. Sparowes.Are not two ſparowes ſolde for a farthinge? And none of them dothe lyght on the grounde / with out youre father. And now are all the heeris of youre heedis numbred. Feare ye not therfore: ye are of more value then many ſparowes.

Confeſſe Marke, viij. d. Luk. ix. c and .xij. bWho ſoever therfore ſhall knowledge me before men / hym will I knowledge alſo before my father which is in heuen. Denye.But whoſo ever ſhall denye me before men / hym will I alſo denye before my father which is in heven.

Thynke not / that I am come to ſende peace into the erth. Lu. xij. f. A ſweerde. I came not to ſend peace / but a ſwearde. For I am come to ſet a man at varyaunce ageynſt hys father / and the doughter ageynſt hyr mother / and the doughterlawe ageynſt her motherlawe: And a mannes fooes ſhalbe they of hys owne houſholde.Michee .vij. c Worthie of Chriſt who. Lu. xiiij. f Croſſe.

He that lovith hys father / or mother more then me / is not mete for me. And he that loveth his ſonne / or doughter more then me / is not mete for me. And he yt taketh not his croſſe & foloweth me / ys not mete for me. He that fyndeth hys lyfe / ſhall loſe it: and he that loſith hys lyfe for my ſake / ſhall fynde it.Lu. xiiij. f

Receaue. Io. xij. c.He that receavith you / receavith me: and he that receavith me / receavith him that ſent me. He that receavith a prophet in ye name of a prophet / ſhall receave a prophetes rewarde. Couenanus. Mar. ix. f And he that receavith a righteous man in the name of a righteous man / ſhall receave the rewarde of a righteous man. And whoſoever ſhall geve vnto one of theſe lytle ones to drincke / a cuppe of colde water only / in the name of a diſciple: I tel you of a trueth / he ſhall not loſe his rewarde.

The .xi. Chapter.

ANd it came to paſſe when Ieſus had made an ende of cōmaundinge his .xii. diſciples / that he departed thence / to teache and to preache in their cities.

✚ Lu. vij. c. Iohn ſendeth to Chriſt.When Ihon beinge in preſon hearde ye workes of Chriſt / he ſent two of his diſciples and ſayde vnto him. Arte thou he that ſhall come: or ſhall we loke for another. Ieſus anſwered and ſayde vnto them. Go and ſhewe Ihon what ye have hearde & ſene. The blynd ſe / the halt goo / the lepers are clenſed: the deef heare / the ded ryſe ageyne / and the glad tidinges is preached to the povre. And happy is he that is not offended by me.

And as they departed Ieſus begane to ſpeake vnto the people of Ihon. What for to ſe wēt ye out in to the wyldernes? wēt ye out to ſe a rede ſhakē with ye wynde? other what wēt ye out for to ſe? A man clothed in ſoofte raymēt? Beholde they yt weare ſoofte clothīg / are in kynges howſes. But what wēt ye oute for to ſe? A prophete? Ye I ſaye to you / & more thē a prophete. For this is he of whō it is wryttē.Mal. iij. a Beholde / I ſende my meſſenger before thy face / which ſhall prepare thy waye before ye ⊢

✚ Verely I ſaye vnto you / amonge ye chyldren of wemen aroſe there not a gretter then Ihon the baptiſt. Notwithſtondinge he that ys leſſe in the kyngdome of heven / ys gretter then he.Chriſt whiche vmbled hym ſelfe to the croſſe was leſſe. &c. Lu. xvj. d From the tyme of Ihon Baptiſt hytherto / ye kyngdome of hevē ſuffreth violence / & they that go to it with violence pluck it vn to them. For all the prophetꝭ & the lawe propheſyed vnto to the tyme of Ihon. Alſo yf ye wyll receave it / this is Helyas which ſhuld come.Malachie iiij. b He yt hathe eares to heare let him heare. ⊢

But wher vnto ſhall I lyken this generacion?Lu. vij. b. It ys lyke vnto chyldrē which ſyt in the market & call vnto their felowes / & ſaye: we have pyped vnto you / & ye have not daunſed? We have morned vnto you / & ye have not ſorowed. For Ihon came nether eatinge nor drinkinge / and they ſaye / he hath the devyll. The ſonne of man came eatinge and drinkinge / & they ſaye / beholde a glutton & drynker of wyne / & a frend vnto publicās & ſynners. Wiſdome. Lu. x. c.Neverthelater wyſdome ys iuſtified of hir children.

✚ Then begā he to vpbrayd the cities / in which moſt of his miracles were done / becauſe they mēded not. Choraſin Bethzaida. Sidō. Tire. CapernaumWo be to ye Choraſin. Wo be to ye Betzaida: for if the miracles which were ſhewd in you / had bene done in Tyre & Sidon / they had repented longe agone in ſackcloth & aſſhes. Nevertheleſſe I ſay to you: it ſhall be eſier for Tyre & Sidon at the day of iudgemēt / then for you. And thou Capernaū which art lift vp vnto hevē / ſhalt be brought doune to hell. For if the miracles which have bene done in the / had bene ſhewed in zodom: they had remayned to this daye. Nevertheleſſe I ſaye vnto you: it ſhalbe eaſiar for ye londe of zodō in the daye of iudgemēt / thē for ye. ⊢

✚ Lu. x. c.At yt tyme Ieſus anſwered & ſayd: I prayſe ye o father lorde of hevē & erth / becauſe thou haſt hid theſe thingꝭ frō the wyſe & prudēt / & haſt opened thē vnto babes:The wiſe knew not. Babes knewe. evē ſo father / for ſo it pleaſed ye. All thingꝭ are gevē vnto me of my father. And nomā knoweth ye ſonne but ye father: nether knoweth eny mā ye father / ſave ye ſonne / & he to whome ye ſonne will opē him.God is not knowē as a father, but thorow chriſt

Come vnto me all ye that laboure & are laden / & I wyll eaſe you. Take my yoke on you & lerne of me / for I am meke & lowly in herte: and ye ſhall fynd reſt vnto youre ſoules. For my yoke is eaſy / and my burden is light. ⊢ yocke.

¶ The .xii. Chapter. ✚

Corne.IN that tyme went Ieſus on the Sabot dayes thorow the corne & his diſciples were an hōgred / & begane to plucke the eares of coorne / and to eate. When ye phariſes ſawe that / they ſayde vnto him: Beholde / thy diſciples do that which is not lawfull to do apon ye ſaboth daye. He ſayde vnto thē: Saboth.Haue ye not reed what David did / whē he was anhon̄gered / & they alſo which were with him? How he entred into the houſſe of God / & ate ye halowed lovesi. Regum xxj. b. Haloved loues. / which were not lawfull / for him to eate / nether for thē which were wt him but only for ye preſtes. Or have ye not reed in ye lawe / how that ye preſtes in ye temple breake the ſaboth daye / & yet are blamleſſe? But I ſaye vnto you: that here is one greater then ye tēple. Wherfore yf ye had wiſt what this ſayinge meneth: Mercie & not ſacrifice.I require mercy & not ſacrifice: ye wold never have condēned innocētes. For ye ſonne of man is lord even of ye ſaboth daye.

mar. iii. a Luk. vi. bAnd he departed thence / & went into their ſynagoge: Wetherde hande & beholde ther was a man / whiche had his hande dryed vp. And they axed him ſayinge: ys it lawfull to heale apon ye ſaboth dayes? becauſe they myght acuſe him. And he ſayde vnto thē:Saboth whiche of you wolde it be / yf he had a ſhepe fallen into a pitte on ye ſaboth daye / that wolde not take him & lyft him out? And how moche is a man better thē a ſhepe? Wherfore it is lefull to do a good dede on the ſaboth dayes. Then ſayde he to ye mā: ſtretch forth thy hād. And he ſtretched it forthe. And it was made whole agayne lyke vnto ye other.

✚ Then ye Pharyſes wēt out / & helde a coū ſell agaynſt hym / how they myght deſtroye hym. When Ieſus knewe yt / he departed thē ce / & moche people folowed him / and he healed thē all / & charged thē / that they ſhuld not make him knowē: to fulfyll that which was ſpoden by Eſay ye Prophet / which ſayeth. Eſaie xij. a.Beholde my chylde / whō I have choſen / my beloved / in whō my ſoule deliteth. I wyll put my ſprete on hym / & he ſhall ſhewe iudgemēt to ye gentyls. He ſhall not ſtryve / he ſhall not crye / nether ſhall eny man heare his voyce in ye ſtreetes / a broſed rede ſhall he not breacke / & flaxe that begynneth to burne / he ſhall not quēche / tyll he ſende forth iudgement vnto victory / & in hys name ſhall the gentyls truſte. ⊢

Mar. iij. • Lu. vj. b. Blynde and domeThen was brought to hym / one poſſeſſed with a devyll which was both blynde & domme: & he healed hym / inſomoch that he which was blynd and domme / both ſpake and ſawe. And all the people were amaſed / & ſayde: Ys not this that ſonne of David? But when the Phariſes hearde that / they ſayde: This felow dryveth ye devyls no nother wyſe oute but byBelzebub. the helpe of Belzebub ye chefe of the devyls.

But Ieſus knewe their thoughtes / & ſayde to thē. Every kingdome devided wt in it ſylfe / ſhalbe brought to naught. Nether ſhall eny cite or houſholde devyded agēſt it ſylfe / cōtynue. So if ſatā caſt out ſatā / thē is he devyded agenſt him ſylfe. How ſhall then his kyngdome endure? Alſo if I by ye helpe of Belzebub caſt oute devyls: by whoſe helpe do youre chyldren caſt them out? Therfore they ſhalbe youre iudges. But if I caſt out the devyls by the ſprite of God: then is the kyngdome of god come on you?

Ether how can a mā enter into a ſtrōge mā nes houſſe / and violently take awaye his goodes: excepte he fyrſt binde ye ſtrōge man / & thē ſpoyle his houſſe? ✚ He that is not wt me / is agaynſt me. And he yt gaddereth not wt me / ſcattereth abrode. Mar. iij. d Lu. xij. b Blaſphemy. Wherfore I ſay vnto you / all maner of ſynne & blaſphemy ſhalbe forgeven vnto men: but the blaſphemy of ye ſprite / ſhall not be forgeven vnto men. And whoſo ever ſpeaketh a worde agaynſt the ſonne of man / it ſhalbe forgeven him. But whoſoever ſpeaketh agaynſt the holy gooſt / it ſhall not be forgeven hym: no / nether in this worlde / nether in the worlde to come.

Luk. vj. bEther make ye tree good / & his frute good alſo: or els make ye tree evyll / & his frute evyll alſo. As the frute is / ſoche is the tree.For ye tree is knowē by his frute. O generaciō of viperes / how can ye ſaye well whē ye youre ſelves are evyll? For of ye aboundāce of the hert / ye mouthe ſpeaketh. A good mā oute of ye good treaſure of his hert / bringeth forth good thynges. And an evyll man out of his evyll treaſure / bringeth forth evyll thinges. Ydell worde.But I ſay vnto you / that of every ydell worde that men ſhall have ſpoken: they ſhall geve acountes at the daye of iudgement. For by thy wordes thou ſhalt be iuſtifyed: & by thy wordes thou ſhalt be condemned. ⊢

✚ Then anſwered certeyne of the ſcribes &Lu. xj. b. of the Phariſes ſayinge: Signe.Maſter / we wolde fayne ſe a ſygne of ye. He anſwered & ſayde to thē: The evyll & advoutrous generaciō ſeketh a ſigne / but ther ſhall no ſigne be gevē to thē / Iona. ij. a Signe of Ionas. ſaue the ſigne of the Prophete Ionas. For as Ionas was thre dayes & thre nyghtes in the whales belly: ſoo ſhall ye ſonne of man be thre dayes & thre nyghtes in ye hert of ye erth. Ninivite Ionas iij. b.The men of Ninivie ſhall riſe at the daye of iugdement with this nacion / & condemne them: for they amended at ye preachinge of Ionas. And beholde / a greater then Ionas is here. Quene of the ſouthe .iii. Regū x. a. ij. parali. ix. a.The quene of ye ſouth ſhall ryſe at ye daye of iudgement with this generacion / & ſhall condemne thē: for ſhe came frō the vtmoſt parties of the worlde to heare the wyſdome of Salomon. And beholde a greater then Salomō is here.

The vncleane ſpirite commeth agayne.When the vnclene ſprite is gone out of a man / he walketh throughout dry places / ſeking reeſt & fyndeth none. Then he ſayeth: I will retourne ageyne into my houſſe / frō whē ce I came oute. And when he is come / he fyndeth the houſſe empty & ſwepte & garniſſhed. Then he goeth his waye / & taketh vnto him ſeven other ſpretes worſſe then him ſilfe / & ſo entre they in and dwell there. And the ende of that man is worſſe then the beginning. Even ſo ſhall it be with this evell nacion.

Mar. iij. • Lu. viij. c Mother and brethern.Whill he yet talked to the people: beholde his mother and his brethren ſtode without / deſyringe to ſpeake with him. Then one ſayde vnto hym: beholde thy mother and thy brethrē ſtonde without / deſiringe to ſpeke wt the.

He anſwered & ſayd to him that tolde hym: Who is my mother? or who are my brethren? And he ſtretched forth his hond over his diſciples and ſayd: behold my mother and my brethren. For whoſoever dothe my fathers will which is in hevē / the ſame is my brother / ſuſter & mother. ⊢

¶ The .xiii. Chapter.

Mar. iij. a Lu. viij. aTHe ſame daye wēt Ieſus out of ye houſe / & ſat by the ſee ſyde / & moch people reſorted vnto him / ſo gretly yt he wēt & ſat in a ſhippe / & all the people ſtode on ye ſhoore. And he ſpake many thynges to thē in ſimilitudes / ſayinge: A ſower.Beholde / ye ſower wēt forth to ſowe. And as he ſowed / ſome fell by ye wayes ſyde / & the fowlle came & devoured it vp. Some fell apō ſtony groūde where it had not moche erth / & a nōne it ſprōge vp / becauſe it had no depth of erth: & when ye ſunne was vp / it cauht heet / & for lake of rotynge wyddred awaye. Some fell amōge thornes / & the thornes ſprōge vp & chooked it. Parte fell in good groūd / & brought forth good frute: ſome an hū dred fold / ſome ſixtie fold / ſome thyrty folde. Whoſoever hath eares to heare let him heare.

And the diſciples came and ſayde to him: Why ſpeakeſt thou to thē in parables? He anſwered & ſayde vnto them: it is gevē vnto you to knowe ye ſecretꝭ of the kyngdome of hevē / but to thē it is not gevē A couenaunt to thē that loue the worde of god to forther it, that they ſhall encracee therin, ād another that they that loue it not, ſhall loſe it agayne, and waxe blynde. For whoſoever hath to him ſhall be geven: and he ſhall have aboundance. But whoſoever hath not: frō hym ſhal be takyn a waye even that he hath. Therfore ſpeake I to them in ſimilitudes: for though they ſe / they ſe not: & hearinge they heare not: nether vnderſtonde. And in thē is fulfilled ye Propheſie of Eſayas / which propheſie ſayth: with the eares ye ſhall heare and ſhall not vnderſtonde / and with the eyes ye ſhall ſe / and ſhall not perceave. Eſa. vi. e Mar. iiii. b. Lu. viij b. Io. xii. f. Actuū xxviij. Ro. xj. b.For this peoples hertes are wexed groſſe / & their eares were dull of herynge / & their eyes have they cloſed / leſt they ſhuld ſe with their eyes / & heare with their eares / & ſhuld vnderſtonde with their hertꝭ / & ſhuld tourne / that I myght heale them.

Luk. x. d.But bleſſed are youre eyes / for they ſe: & youre eares / for they heare. Verely I ſay vnto you / that many Prophetꝭ & perfaicte mē have deſired to ſe tho thingꝭ which ye ſe / & have not ſene thē: & to heare tho thingꝭ which ye heare / & have not herde thē. Mar. iiij. b. Luke viij. b. The ſower is expowndedHeare ye therfore ye ſimilitude of the ſower. Whoſoever heareth the worde of ye kingdome / & vnderſtondeth it not / ther cometh the evyll mā & catcheth awaye yt which was ſowne in his hert. And this is he which was ſowne by the waye ſyde. But he yt was ſowne in ye ſtony groūde / is he which heareth the worde of God / & anōne wt ioye receaveth it / yet hath he no rotte in him ſelfe / & therfore dureth but a ſeaſon: for aſſone as tribulacion or perſecucion aryſeth becauſe of the worde / by & by he falleth. He yt was ſowne amōge thornes / is he yt heareth ye worde of God: but the care of this worlde / & the diſſaytfulnes of ryches choke ye worde / & ſo is he made vnfrutfull. He which is ſowne in ye good grounde / is he yt heareth ye worde & vnderſtōdeth it / which alſo bereth frute & bringeth forth / ſome an .C. folde / ſome ſixtie folde / & ſome .xxx. folde.

Another ſimilitude put he forth vnto thē ſayinge: ✚ Tares.The kyngdome of hevē is lyke vnto a man which ſowed good ſeed in his felde. But whyll men ſlepte / ther came his foo & ſowed tares amōge ye wheate / & wēt his waye. When ye blade was ſprōge vp & had brought forth frute / thē appered ye tares alſo. The ſervaunte came to the houſholder / & ſayde vnto him: Syr ſowedeſt not thou good ſeed in thy cloſſe / frō whēce thē hath it tares? He ſayde to thē / the envious mā hath done this. Then ye ſervaunte ſayde vnto him: wilt thou then yt we go & gader them? But he ſayde / nay / leſt whill ye go aboute to wede out ye tares / ye plucke vppe alſo wt them ye wheate by ye rotte: let bothe growe to gether tyll harveſt come / & in tyme of harveſt / I wyll ſaye to the repers / gather ye fyrſt ye tares / & bind thē in ſheves to be brēt: but gather the wheete into my barne. ⊢

✚ Mar. iiij. d. Luke xiij. d. Muſtard ſeed.Another parable he put forthe vnto thē ſayinge. The kyngdome of hevē is lyke vnto a grayne of muſtard ſeed / which a mā taketh & ſoweth in his felde / which is ye leeſt of all ſeedes. But when it is groune / it is the greateſt amōge yerbes / & it is a tree: ſo yt the bryddes of the ayer come & bylde in the braūches of it.

Lu. xiij. c Leven.Another ſimilitude ſayde he to them. The kyngdome of heven is lyke vnto levē which a woman taketh and hydeth in .iii. peckes of meele / tyll all be levended.

Mark .iiij. d.All theſe thyngꝭ ſpake Ieſus vnto the people by ſimilitudes / & with oute ſimilitudes ſpake he nothinge to them / to fulfyll that which was ſpokē by the Prophet ſayinge: Pſalm .lxxvij. • I wyll opē my mouth in ſimilitudꝭ / and wyll ſpeake forth thinges which have bene kepte ſecrete from the begynninge of the worlde. ⊢

✚ Then ſent Ieſus ye people awaye / & came to houſſe. And his diſciples came vnto him / ſayinge: declare vnto vs the ſimilitude of the tares of the felde. Tares are expownded.Then anſwered he & ſayde to them. He that ſoweth the good ſeed / is the ſonne of man. And ye felde is the worlde. And the chyldrē of the kingdome / they are ye good ſeed. And the tares are the chyldren of ye wicked. And the enemye that ſoweth thē / is ye devell.Apocaly. xiiij. c. The harveſt is ye end of the worlde. And the repers be ye angels. For evē as the tares are gaddred & brēt in ye fyre: ſo ſhall it be in ye ende of this worlde. The ſonne of man ſhall ſend forth his angels / & they ſhall gather out of his kyngdome all thingꝭ that offende / and them which do iniquite / and ſhall caſt them into a furnes of fyre. There ſhalbe waylynge and gnaſſhing of teth: Then ſhall the iuſte men ſhyne as bryght as the ſunne in ye kyngdome of their father.Sapien. iiij. b. Whoſoever hath eares to heare / let him heare. ⊢

✚ Treaſure.Agayne ye kyngdome of hevē is lyke vnto treaſure hidde in the felde / ye which a man fyndeth & hideth: and for ioy therof goeth & ſelleth all that he hath / & byeth that felde.

Pearles.Agayne ye kyngdome of hevē is lyke vnto a marchaunt that ſeketh good pearles / which when he had founde one precious pearle / wēt and ſolde all that he had / and bought it.

Nette.Agayne the kyngdome of hevē is lyke vnto a neet caſt into ye ſee / yt gadereth of all kynde of fyſſhes: which whē it is full / men drawe to londe / & ſitte & gadre the good in to veſſels / & caſt the bad awaye. So ſhall it be at the ende of the worlde. The angels ſhall come oute / & ſever the bad from the good / & ſhall caſt them in to a furnes of fyre: there ſhalbe waylinge and gnaſſhynge of teth.

Ieſus ſayde vnto them: vnderſtonde ye all theſe thyngꝭ? They ſayde / ye Lorde. New and olde.Thē ſayde he vnto them: Therfore every ſcribe which is taught vnto the kyngdome of hevē / is lyke an houſholder / which bryngeth forth / out of hys treaſure / thyngꝭ bothe new and olde. ⊢

Mar. vj. a Luk. iiij. c Ioh. iiij. cAnd it came to paſſe when Ieſus had finiſſhed theſe ſimilitudꝭ / yt he departed thēce / & came in to his awne coūtre / & taught them in their ſynagogꝭ / in ſo moche yt they were aſtonyedIoh. vj. e. Carpēter & ſayde: whēce cometh all this wyſdome & power vnto him? Is not this the carpēters ſonne? Is not his mother called Mary? & his brethrē be called Iames & Ioſes & Simō & Iudas? And are not his ſuſters all here wt vs? Whēce hath he all theſe thyngꝭ. And they were offended by him. PropheteThē Ieſus ſayd to thē a Prophet is not wt out honoure / ſave in hys awne countre / & amōge his awne kynne. And he dyd not many miracles there / for there vnbelefes ſake.

¶¶ The .xiiii. Chapter.

Ma. vj. b. Lu. ix. a.AT that tyme Herod the tetrarcha hearde of the fame of Ieſu / and ſayde vnto his ſervaūtes: This is Ihon ye baptiſt. He is riſen agayne from deeth / & therfore are ſoche myracles wrought by him. Iohn baptiſt is priſoned. Ma. vj. b. Lu. iij. d.For Herod had taken Ihon and bounde him and put him in preſon for Herodias ſake / his brother Philips wyfe. For Ihon ſayde vnto him: Yt is not lawfull for the to have her. And when he wold have put him to deeth / he feared the people / becauſe they counted him as a prophet.

But when Herodꝭ birth daye was come / the doughter of Herodias daunſed before them / & pleaſed Herod. Wherfore he promiſed wt an oth / that he wolde geve hir what ſoever ſhe wolde axe. And ſhe beinge informed of her mother before / ſayde: geve me here Ihon baptiſtꝭ heed in a platter. And ye kynge ſorowed. Nevertheleſſe for his othes ſake / and for their ſakis which ſate alſo at ye table / he cōmaunded yt to be geven hir: Iohan baptiſt is beheddedand ſent & beheeded Ihon in the preſon / and his heed was brought in a platter & geven to the damſell / & ſhe brought it to her mother. And his diſciples came & toke vp his body / & buryed it: and went and tolde Ieſus.

When Ieſus hearde that / he departed thence by ſhippe in to a deſert place out of ye waye. Lu. ix. b. Mar. vj. d Io. vj. a▪ And when the people had hearde ther of / they folowed him a fote out of their cities. And Ieſus went forth & ſawe moche people / & his herte did melte vpon them / and he healed of them thoſe that were ſicke. When even was come / his diſciples came to him ſayinge. This is a deſerte place / & the daye is ſpent: let the people departe / yt they maye go in to ye tounes / & bye them vytayllis. But Ieſus ſayde vnto them. They have no neade to go awaye. Geve ye thē to eate. Fiue loves & two fyſſhes.Then ſayde they vnto him: we have here but .v. loves & two fyſſhes. And he ſayde: bringe thē hyther to me. And he cōmaunded ye people to ſyt downe on ye graſſe: & toke ye .v. loves / & the .ii. fyſſhes & loked vp to heven & bleſſed / & brake and gave the loves to his diſciples / & the diſciples gave them to ye people. And they dyd all eate / and were ſuffiſed. And they gadered vp of ye gobbetꝭ that remayned xii. baſketꝭ full. And they yt ate / were in nōbre about .v. M. men / beſyde wemen & chyldren.

Mar. vj. f Ioh. vj. bAnd ſtrayght waye Ieſus made his diſciples enter into a ſhippe / and to goo over before him / whill he ſent ye people awaye. And aſſone as he had ſent the people awaye / he went vp into a moūtayne alone to praye. And when nyght was come / he was there him ſilf alone. And the ſhippe was now in the middes of the ſee / and was tooſt with waves / for it was a cō trary wynde. Ieſus walked on ye ſea.In the fourthe watche of ye night Ieſus came vnto them walkynge on the ſee. And when his diſciples ſawe him walkynge on the ſee / they were troubled / ſayinge: it is ſome ſpirite / & cryed out for feare. And ſtreyght waye Ieſus ſpake vnto them ſayinge: be of god cheare / it is I / be not a frayed.

Peter walketh on the water.Peter anſwered him / & ſayde: maſter / if thou be he / bid me come vnto the on the water. And he ſayde / come. And when Peter was come doune out of ye ſhippe / he walked on ye water / to go to Ieſus. But when he ſawe a myghty wynde / he was afrayed. And as he beganne to ſynke / he cryed ſayinge: maſter ſave me. And immediatly Ieſus ſtretched forth his hō de / & caught him / & ſayde to him: O thou of lytell faith / wherfore diddeſt thou dout? And aſſone as they were come in to ye ſhippe / ye wynde ceaſſed. Then they that were in the ſhippe / came and worſhipped him / ſayinge: of a truth thou arte ye ſonne of God. Mar. vj. g Genazareth.And when they were come over / they went in to ye londe of Genazareth. And when ye men of yt place had knowledge of him / they ſent out in to all yt countre rounde about / & brought vnto him all that were ſicke / & beſought him / that they myght touche the hemme of his veſture only.hemme. And as many as touched it were made ſafe.

¶ The .xv. Chapter. ✚

Ma. vij. a THen came to Ieſus ſcribes & phariſes from Ieruſalem / ſayinge: Tradiciones. Exodi. xx. e. Dut. v. • ephe. vj. • exo. xxj • leu. xx. • pro. xx. cwhy do thy diſciples tranſgreſſe the tradiciōs of ye elders? for they weſſhe not their hondꝭ / when they eate breed. He anſwered / and ſayde vnto them: why do ye alſo tranſgreſſe ye cōmaundment of God / thorowe youre tradicions? For God cōmaunded / ſayinge: honoure thy father & mother / & he that curſſeth father or mother / ſhall ſuffer deeth. But ye ſaye / every mā ſhall ſaye to his father or mother: That which thou deſyreſt of me to helpe ye with: is geven God: & ſo ſhall he not honoure his father or his mother. And thus haue ye made / yt the cōmaundment of God is with out effecte / through youre tradiciōs. Ypocritꝭ well propheſyed of you Eſaie .xxix. d. Eſay ſayinge: This people draweth nye vnto me with their mouthes / and honoureth me with their lippes / howbe it their hertes are farre from me: but in vayne they worſhippe me teachinge doctrines / whiche are nothing butMennes • receptes. ma. vij. c mens precepts.

And he called the people vnto him / & ſayde to them: heare and vnderſtande. What defileth a man.That which goeth in to the mouth / defyleth not ye man: but that which commeth out of the mouth / defyleth the man.

Then came his diſciples / and ſayde vnto him. Perceaveſt thou not / how that the phariſes are offended in hearinge thys ſayinge? He anſwered / & ſayde: Plantes. Lu. vj. f.all plantes which my hevē ly father hath not planted / ſhalbe plucked vp by the rotes. Let them alone / they be the blynde leaders of the blynde. If the blynde leede the blynde / boothe ſhall fall in to the dyche.Blynde leaders. mar. vij. c

Then anſwered Peter & ſayd to him: declare vnto vs this parable. Then ſayde Ieſus: are ye yet with oute vnderſtondinge? perceaye ye not / that what ſoever goeth in at the mouth / deſcendeth doune in to the bely / & is caſt out in to the draught? With what a mā is defiled.But thoſe thingis which procede out of the mouth / come from the herte / and they defyle the man. For out of the herte come evyll thoughtis / murder / breakyng of wedlocke / whordō / theefte / falce witneſ berynge / blaſphemye. Theſe are the thingis which defyle a man. But to eate with vnweſſhen hondes / defyleth not a man. ⊢

✚ Mar. vij c The woman of CananyeAnd Ieſus went thence / & departed in to the coſtis of Tyre and Sidon. And beholde a woman which was a Cananite came out of ye ſame ceoſtis / & cryed vnto him / ſayinge: have mercy on me Lorde the ſonne of David / my doughter is pytiouſly vexed with a devyll. And he gave her never a worde to anſwer. Then came to him his diſciples / & beſought him ſayinge: ſende her awaye / for ſhe foloweth vs cryinge. He anſwered / and ſayde: I am not ſent / but vnto ye looſt ſhepe of ye houſſe of Iſrael. Then ſhe came & worſhipped him / ſayinge: maſter helpe me. He anſwered & ſayde: it is not good / to take the chyldrens breed / & to caſt it to whelpes. She anſwered and ſayde: truthe Lorde: nevertheleſſe the whelpes eate of the crōmes / which fall from their maſters table. Then Ieſus anſwered and ſayde vnto her. O woman greate is thy faith / be it to the / even as thou deſyreſt. And her doughter was made whole even at that ſame houre. ⊢

ma. vij. • Then Ieſus went awaye from thence & came nye vnto the ſee of Galile / and went vp in to a mountayne and ſat doune there. And moche people came vnto him / havinge with thē / halt / blynde / domme / maymed / and other many: and caſt them doune at Ieſus fete. And he healed them / in ſo moche that the people wondred / to ſe the dōme ſpeake / the maymed whole the halt to go / and ye blynde to ſe. And they glorified the God of Iſrael.

Then Ieſus called his diſciples to him / & ſayde: I have compaſſion on ye people / becauſeMarc. viij. a. Seven loves. they have cōtynued with me now. iii. dayes / & have nought to eate: & I wyll not let them departe faſtinge / leſte they periſſhe in ye waye. And his diſciples ſayd vnto him: whēce ſhuld we get ſo moche breed in ye wildernes / as ſhuld ſuffiſe ſo greate a muſtitude? And Ieſus ſayde vnto them: how many loves have ye? And they ſayde: ſeven / and a feawe litle fyſſhes. And he cōmaunded ye people to ſyt doune on ye grounde: & toke the ſeven loves / & the fyſſhes / & gave thankes / and brake them / and gave to his diſciples / & the diſciples gave them to the people. And they dyd all eate & were ſuffiſed. And they toke vp of the brokē meate that was lefte .vii. baſkete full. And yet they that ate were .iiii. M. men / beſyde wemen & chyldren. And he ſent awaye the people / and toke ſhippe and came into the parties of Magdala.

¶ The .xvi. Chapter.

Mar. viij b. Luk. xii. • .THen came the phariſes & ſaduces / & did tempte him / deſyringe him to ſhewe them ſome ſigne from hevē. He anſwered & ſayde vnto thē. At even ye ſaye / we ſhall have fayre wedder / & yt becauſe ye ſkye is reed: & in the morninge ye ſaye / to daye ſhalbe foule wedder / and that becauſe the ſkye is cloudy & reed. O ye ypocrites / ye can diſcerne ye faſſion of the ſkye: & can ye not diſcerne ye ſignes of the tymes? The frowarde nacion & advoutrous ſeketh a ſigne / Signe of Ionas. Iona. ij. a Marke viij. b.and there ſhall non other ſigne be geven vnto them / but the ſigne of the prophet Ionas. So lefte he them & departed.

And when his diſciples were come to the other ſide of the water / they had forgottē to take breed with thē. Lu. xij. a Leven.Then Ieſus ſayd vnto them: Take hede and beware of the levē of ye Phariſes & of ye Saduces. And they thought in them ſelves ſayinge: becauſe we have brought no breed with vs. When Ieſus vnderſtode that / he ſayd vnto thē. O ye of lytell faith / why are youre mindes cumbred becauſe ye have brought no breed? Do ye not yet perceave / nether remēber thoſe .v. loves when there were .v. M. men / & how many baſkettꝭ toke ye vp? Nether the .vii. lones / when there were .iiiii. M. & how many baſkettes toke ye vp? Why pereeave ye not then / yt I ſpake not vnto you of breed / whē I ſayde / beware of the leven of the Phariſes & of the Saduces? Thē vnderſtode they / how that he bad not them beware of the leven of breed: but of the doctrine of the Phariſes / and of the Saduces.

✚ Marke viij. c. Lu. ix. c.When Ieſus cam in to the coſte of the cite which is called Ceſarea Philippi / he axed his diſciples ſayinge: whom do men ſaye yt I the ſonne of mā am? They ſaide / ſome ſaye yt thou arte Ihon Baptiſt / ſome Helias / ſome Ieremias / or one of ye prophetꝭ. He ſayde vnto thē: but whō ſaye ye yt I am? Simō Peter anſwered & ſayde: Thou arte Chriſt ye ſonne of the lyvinge God. keyes. Blinde & lowſe.And Ieſus anſwered & ſayde to him: happy arte thou Simon the ſonne of Ionas / for fleſhe & bloud hath not opened vnto the yt / but my father which is in hevē. And I ſaye alſo vnto the / yt thou arte Peter: and apon this rocke I wyll bylde my congregacion. And the gates of hell ſhall not prevayle ageynſt it. And I wyll geve vnto the / the keyes of the kyngdom of heven: and what ſoever thou byndeſt vpon erth / ſhall be bounde in heven: and what ſoever thou lowſeſt on erthe / ſhalbe lowſed in heven. ⊢

Then he charged his diſciples / yt they ſhulde tell no man / yt he was Ieſus Chriſt. From yt tyme forth / Ieſus began to ſhewe vnto his diſciples / how yt he muſt go vnto Ieruſalem / & ſuffer Whē ought is ſayde or done, that ſhuld moue to pryde: he daſſheth thē in the tethe with his deathe & paſſion. many thingꝭ of ye Elders / & of ye hye preſtes / & of the ſcribes / & muſt be killed / & ryſe agayne ye thirde daye. But Peter toke him a ſyde / & began to rebuke him ſayinge: maſter faver thy ſylfe this ſhall not come vnto the. Then tourned he aboute / & ſayde vnto Peter: come after me SatanPeter is Satan. / thou offendeſt me / becauſe thou ſauoureſt not godly thingꝭ / but wordly thingꝭ

Ieſus then ſayde to his diſciples. If eny man wyll folowe me / leet him forſake him ſylfeChriſtes diſciples / and take vp his croſſe and folowe me. For who ſoever wyll ſave his lyfe / ſhall looſe it. And whoſoever ſhall looſe his lyfe for my ſakeMarc. viij. d. Lu. ix. g. Io. xij. / ſhall fynde it. What ſhall it proffet a man / though he ſhulde wynne all the whoole worlde: yf he looſe his owne ſoule? Or els what ſhall a man geve to redeme his ſoule agayne with all? Iudgement.For the ſonne of man ſhall come in the glory of his father / wt his angels: & then ſhall he rewarde every man accordinge to his dedes.Dedes. Rom. j. a. Mar. ix. a Lu. ix. c. Verely I ſaye vnto you / ſome ther be amonge them that here ſtonde / which ſhall not taſte of deeth / tyll they ſhall have ſene the ſonne of man come in his kyngdomen.

¶ The .xvii. Chapter. ✚

Mar. ix. a Lu. ix. d. TranſfiguracionANd after .vi. dayes Ieſus toke Peter & Iames & Ihon his brother / & brought them vp into an hye mountayne out of the waye / and was tranſfygured before them: and his face did ſhyne as the ſunne / & his clothes were as whyte as the light. And beholde ther appered vnto thē / Moſes & Helyas / talkinge with him. Then anſwered Peter / & ſayde to Ieſus: maſter here is good beinge for vs. If thou wylt / leet vs make here .iii. tabernacles / one for the / & one for Moſes / and one for Helyas. Whyll he yet ſpake / beholde a bright cloude ſhadowed them. And beholde there came a voyce out of ye cloude ſayinge: ij. Pet. j. d Heare him.this is my deare ſonne / in whom I delite / heare him. And when the diſciples hearde that / they fell on their faces / and were ſoore afrayed. And Ieſus came and touched them / and ſayde: aryſe and be not afrayed. And when they looked vp / they ſaw no man / ſaue Ieſus onely.

Mar. ix. b After the hie viſiō / he putteth thē in mynde of his deethAnd as they came doune from the mountayne / Ieſus charged them ſayinge: ſe yt ye ſhewe the viſion to no man / vn tyll the ſonne of man be ryſen ageyne from deeth. ⊢ And his diſciples axed of him / ſayinge: Why then ſaye the ſcribes / yt Helyas muſte fyrſt come: malach. iiij. b. Iohan baptiſt is Helyas.Ieſus anſwered / & ſayd vnto them: Helyas ſhall fyrſt come / and reſtore all thingꝭ. And I ſaye vnto you yt Helyas is come alredy / and they knewe him not: but have done vnto him what ſoever they luſted. In lyke wyſe ſhall alſo the ſonne of man ſuffre of thē. Then ye diſciples perceuved that he ſpake vnto them of Ihon baptiſt.

Mar. ix. c Lu. ix. c.And when they were come to ye people / ther cam to him a certayne man / & kneled doune to him / & ſayde: Maſter have mercy on my ſonne for he is franticke: & is ſore vexed. And oft tymes he falleth into the fyre / & oft into ye water▪ And I brought him to thy diſciples / & they coulde not heale him. Ieſus anſwered & ſayde: O generacion faythles & croked: how longe ſhall I be with you? how longe ſhall I ſuffre you? bring him hidder to me. And Ieſus rebuked the devyll / and he cā out of him. And ye child was healed even yt ſame houre ⊢

lu. xvij. dThen came the diſciples to Ieſus ſecretly & ſayde: Why could not we caſt him out? Ieſus ſayd vnto thē: VnbelefeBecauſe of youre vnbelefe For I ſaye veryly vnto you: yf ye had faythe as a grayne of muſterd ſeed / ye ſhuld ſaye vnto this moūtayne / remove hence to yonder place / & he ſhuld remove: nether ſhuld eny thinge be vnpoſſible for you to do. Prayer & faſtynge.How be it this kynde goeth not oute / but by prayer and faſtinge.

As they paſſed the tyme in Galile / Ieſus ſayde vnto them: Mar. ix. e Luk. ix. e. Paſſion.the ſonne of man ſhalbe betrayed into the hondes of men / and they ſhall kill him / and the thyrd daye he ſhall ryſe agayne. And they ſorowed greatly.

✚ And when they were come to Capernaū / they yt were wont to gadre poll money / came to Peter & ſayde: Doth youre maſter paye tribute? He ſayd: ye. And when he was come into the houſe / Ieſus ſpake fyrſt to him / ſaying What thinkeſt thou Simon? Tribute.of whome do ye kyngꝭ of the erth take tribute or poll money? of their chyldren / or of ſtraungers? Peter ſayde vnto him: of ſtraungers. Then ſayd Ieſus vnto him agayne: Then are the chyldren fre. Nevertheleſſe / leſt we ſhuld offende thē: goo to ye ſee & caſt in thyne angle / & take the fyſſhe yt fyrſt cometh vp: & when thou haſt opened his mouthe / thou ſhalt fynde a pece of twentie pence: yt take & paye for me and the. ⊢

¶ The .xviii. Chapter. ✚

Mar. ix. • Lu. ix. f. Greateſt▪ THe ſame tyme the diſciples came vnto Ieſus ſaying: who is ye greateſt in the kyngdome of hevē? Ieſus called a chylde vnto him / & ſet him in the middes of them: & ſayd. Verely I ſay vnto you: except ye tourne / & become as chyldren / ye cannot enter into the kyngdom of heven. Whoſoever therfore humble him ſylfe as this chylde / the ſame is the greateſt in ye kyngdome of hevē. And who ſoever receaveth ſuche a chylde in my name / receaveth me. Mar. ix. f lu. xvij. aBut whoſoever offende one of theſe lytel ons / which beleve in me: it were better for him / that a milſtone were hanged aboute his necke / and that he were drouned in the depth of the ſee. Wo be vnto the world becauſe of offences. How be it / it cannot be avoided but yt offences ſhalbe geven. Nevertheleſſe woo be to ye man / by whō the offence cōmeth.

mar. ix. • Wherfore yf thy honde or thy fote offende the / cut him of and caſt him from the. It ys better for the to enter into lyfe halt or maymed / rather then thou ſhuldeſt havinge two hondes or two fete / be caſt into everlaſting fyre. And yf alſo thyne eye offende the / plucke him oute and caſte him from the. It is better for the to enter into lyfe with one eye / then havyng two eyes to be caſt into hell fyre.

Se that ye deſpiſe not one of theſe litel ons. For I ſaye vnto you / yt in heven their angels alwayes behold the face of my father / which is in heven. ⊢ Ye and the ſonne of man is come to ſaue that which is loſt. Hundred ſhepe. Lu. xix. b Lu. xv. aHow thinke ye? Yf a man have an hondred ſhepe / and one of them be gone aſtray / dothe he not leve nynty and nyne in ye moūtains / and go and ſeke that one which is gone aſtray? If it happen that he fynd him / veryly I ſay vnto you: he reioyſeth more of that ſhepe / then of the nynty & nyne which went not aſtray. Even ſo it is not the wyll of youre father in heven / that one of theſe lytel ons ſhulde periſhe.

✚ Moreover yf thy brother treaſpace agenſt the. Go and tell him his faute betwene him & the alone. How mē bynde & lowſe. lu. xvii. a Leui. xix Eccl. xix Iaco. v. d. ij. Corin. xiij. Heb. x. c. Io. viij. c. Yf he heare the / thou haſt wone thy brother: But yf he heare the not / then take yet with the one or two / that in the mouth of two or thre witneſſes / all thinges maye be ſtabliſſhed. If he heare not them / tell it vnto the congregacion. If he heare not ye congregacion / take him as an hethen man / & as a publican. Verely I ſay vnto you / what ſoever ye bynde on erth / ſhalbe bounde in heven. And what ſoever ye lowſe on erth / ſhalbe lowſed in heven.

Io. xx. g In the myddes.Agayn I ſay vnto you / that yf two of you ſhall agre in erth apon eny maner thynge / what ſoever they ſhall deſyre: it ſhalbe geven them of my father which is in heven. For where two or thre are gathered togedder in my name / there am I in the myddes of them.

lu. xvij. a Seven tymes.Then came Peter to him / and ſayde: maſter howe ofte ſhall I forgeve my brother / yf he ſynne agaynſt me / ſeven tymes? Ieſus ſayd vnto him: I ſaye not vnto the ſeven tymes: but ſeventy tymes ſeven tymes. ⊢ ✚ Therfore is ye kingdome of heven lykened vnto a certayne kynge / which wolde take acountis of his ſervauntis. And when he had begone to recken / one was broughte vnto him / whiche ought him ten thouſande talentis: whome becauſe he had nought to paye his maſter commaunded him to be ſolde / and his wyfe / & his chyldren / and all that he had / and payment to be made. The ſervaunt fell doune & beſought him ſayinge: Sir / geve me reſpyte / and I wyll paye it every whit. Then had the Lorde pytie on that ſervaunt / and lowſed him / and forgave him the det.

And ye ſayde ſervaūt wēt oute & founde one Covenaunt to ye vnmerſifull. of his felowes / which ought him an hundred pence / and leyed hondes on him / and toke him by the throote / ſayinge: paye me yt thou oweſt. And his felowe fell doune and beſought him ſayinge: have pacience with me / and I wyll paye the all. And he wolde not / but went & caſt him into preſon / tyll he ſhulde paye the det. When his other felowes ſawe what was done / they were very ſory / & came and tolde vnto their lorde all yt had happened. Then his lorde called him / & ſayde vnto him. O evyll ſervaūt I forgave the all that det / becauſe thou prayedſt me: was it not mete alſo yt thou ſhuldeſt have had cōpaſſion on thy felow / even as I had pitie on ye? And his lorde was wrooth / & delyuered him to the iaylers / tyll he ſhuld paye all that was due to him. So lykewyſe ſhall my hevenly father do vnto you / except ye forgeve with youre herte / eache one to his brother their treaſpaſes. ⊢

¶ The .xix. Cha

Mar. x. aANd it came to paſſe / when Ieſus had fyniſſhed thoſe ſayinges / he gat him from Galile / and came into the cooſtes of Iewry beyonde Iordan / and moche people folowed him / and he healed them theare.

Then came vnto him the phariſes temtinge him / and ſayinge to him: Devorce.Ys it lawfull for a man to put a waye his wyfe for all maner of cauſes? He anſwered and ſayd vnto them: have ye not redde / Gen. i. d.how that he which made man at the beginninge / made them man and woman and ſayde: for this thinge / ſhall a mā leve father and mother and cleve vnto his wyfe / & they▪ twayne ſhalbe one fleſſhe.Gen. ij. d. Ephe. v. f. cor. vj. d Wherfore now are they not twayne / but one fleſſhe. Let not man therfore put a ſunder / that which God hath cuppled to gedder.

Thē ſayde they to him: why did Moſes cō maunde to geve a teſtimoniall of divorſemēt & to put hyr awaye? He ſayde vnto them: Moſes becauſe of the hardnes of youre hertes ſuffred you to put awaye youre wyfes: But from ye beginnynge it was not ſo. I ſaye therforeMar. ix. • Lu. xvj. d j. co. vij. d vnto you / whoſoever putteth awaye his wyfe (except it be for fornicacion) & maryeth another / breaketh wedlocke. And whoſoever maryeth her which is divorſed / doeth commyt advoutry.

Then ſayde his diſciples to him: yf the mater be ſo betwene man and wyfe / then is it not good to mary. He ſayde vnto them: all mē can not awaye with that ſayinge ſave they to whom it is gevē. Chaſt.Ther are chaſte / which were ſo borne out of their mothers belly. And ther are chaſte / which be made of men. And ther be chaſte / which have made them ſelves chaſte for the kyngdome of hevēs ſake. He that can take it / let him take it.

Mar. x. • Luk. xviij. c. Chyldrē.Then were brought to him yonge chyldrē / that he ſhuld put his honde on them & praye And the diſciples rebuked them. But Ieſus ſayde: ſuffre the chyldren and forbid them not to come to me:Mar. x. b Luk. xviij. d. for of ſuche is the kyngdome of heven. And when he had put his hondes on them he departed thence.

And beholde one came & ſayde vnto him: good maſter / what good thinge ſhall I do / that I maye have eternall lyfe? He ſayde vnto him: why calleſt thou me good? there is none good but one / & that is God. Cōmaundemētes.But yf thou wylt entre in to lyfe / kepe the commaundementes. The other ſayde to him / Which? And Ieſus ſayde: breake no wedloke / kill not / ſteale not: beare not falce witnes: honoure father & mother: and love thyne neighbour as thy ſylfe. And the younge man ſayde vnto him: I have obſerved all theſe thingis from my youth / what lacke I yet? And Ieſus ſayde vnto him yf thou wylt be perfecte / goo & ſell that thou haſt / & geve it to the povre / & thou ſhalt have treaſure in heven / & come & folowe me. When ye younge mā hearde yt ſayinge / he wēt awaye mourninge. For he had greate poſſeſſions.

Then Ieſus ſayde vnto his diſciples: Verely I ſaye vnto you: yt is harde for a ryche mā to enter into ye kyngdome of heaven. CamellAnd moreover I ſaye vnto you: it is eaſier for a camell to go through the eye of a nedle / then for a ryche man to enter into the kyngdome of God. When his diſciples hearde that / they were excedingly amaſed / ſayinge: who then can be-ſaved? Ieſus behelde thē / & ſayde vnto them: with men this is vnpoſſible / but with God all thinges are poſſible.

✚ Then anſwered Peter / and ſayde to him: Beholde / we have forſaken all & folowed the / what ſhall we have? Ieſus ſayde vnto them: verely I ſaye to you: when the ſonne of man ſhall ſyt in ye ſeate of his maieſte / ye which foloweCovenaunt. me in ye ſeconde generacion ſhall ſyt alſo vpon .xii. ſeatꝭ / & iudge ye .xii. tribꝭ of Iſrael. And whoſoever forſaketh houſſes / or brethren / or ſyſters / other father / or mother / or wyfe / or chyldren / or landes / for my names ſake / An hundred folde. ye ſame ſhall receave an hundred folde / & ſhall inheret everlaſtynge lyfe. ⊢ Many that are fyrſte ſhalbe laſte / & the laſte ſhalbe fyrſte.

¶ The .xx. Chapter.

Mar. x. d Lu. xiij. d Vyneyarde.FOr the kyngdome of heven ys lyke vnto an houſſholder / which went out erly in the morninge to hyre labourers into hys vyneyarde. And he agreed wt the labourers for a peny a daye / & ſent them into his vyneyarde. And he went out about the thyrde houre / & ſawe other ſtonding ydell in the market place / and ſayd vnto them / go ye alſo into my vyneyarde: & whatſoever is right / I will geve you. And they went there waye. Agayne he wēt out about the The Iewes reken one, whē the ſonne is vp an houre. ſixte & nynthe houre / and dyd lyke wyſe. And he went out aboute the eleventhe houre and founde other ſtondynge ydell / & ſayde vnto them: Why ſtonde ye here all the daye ydell? They ſayde vnto hym: becauſe noman hath hyred vs. He ſayde to them: goo ye alſoo into my vyneyarde / and what ſo ever is right / that ſhall ye receave.

When even was come / the lorde of the vyneyarde ſayde vnto hys ſteward: call the labourers / and geve them their hyre / beginnyng at ye laſte / tyll thou come to ye fyrſte. And they whiche were hyred aboute the eleventhe houre / came & receaved every man a peny. Then came ye fyrſt / ſuppoſyng yt they ſhuld receave moare: & they like wyſe receaved every man a peny. And when they had receaved it / they murmured agaynſt the good man of the houſſe ſaying: Theſe laſte have wrought but one houre / & thou haſt made them equall vnto vs which have born ye burthē & heet of the daye.

He anſwered to one of thē ſayinge: frende I do the no wronge: dyddeſt thou not agre wt me for a pēny? Take that which is thy duty / and go thy waye. I will geve vnto this laſt / as moche as to the. Ys it not lawfull for me to do as me liſteth with myne awne? Ys thyne eye evyll becauſe I am good? Soo the laſte ſhalbe fyrſte / and the fyrſte ſhalbe laſte. Laſt ſhalbe fyrſt. Manye called.For many are called and feawe be choſen. ⊢

✚ Mar. x. d Lu. xiij. f Mar. x. e. Luke. xviij. e. Paſſion.And Ieſus aſcended to Ieruſalem / & toke the .xii. diſciples a parte in the waye / & ſayde to thē. Beholde we goo vp to Ieruſalem / & the ſonne of mā ſhalbe betrayed vnto ye chefe preſtes / & vnto the ſcribes / & they ſhall condē ne him to deeth / and ſhall delyvre him to the gētils / to be mocked / to be ſcourged / and to be crucified: & ye thyrd daye he ſhall ryſe agayne.

✚ Mar. x. e. Mother of zebedes chyldren.Then came to hym the mother of zebedes chyldren with her ſonnes / worſhippynge him / and deſyringe a certayne thinge of him. And he ſayd vnto her: what wilt thou have? She ſayde vnto him: Gravnte that theſe my two ſonnes may ſit / ye one on thy right hond / & the other on ye lifte hond in thy kyngdome.

Ieſus anſwered & ſayd: Ye wot not what ye axe. Are ye able to drynke of the cuppe yt I ſhall drynke of / & to be baptiſed wt the baptyme that I ſhalbe baptiſed with? They anſwered to him / that we are. And he ſayd vnto thē: Ye ſhall drinke of my cvp / and ſhalbe baptiſed with the baptyme that I ſhalbe baptiſed with. But to ſyt on my ryght hond & on my lyft hond / is not myne to geve: but to them for whom it is prepared of my father. ⊢

And when the ten hearde this / they diſdayned at ye two brethrē: Mar. x. g Lu. xx. c. Greate.But Ieſus called them vnto him & ſayde: Ye knowe yt the lordes of the gentyls have dominaciō over them. And they that are great / exerciſe power over thē. It ſhall not be ſo amōge you. But whoſoever wyll be greate amōge you / let him be youre miniſter: & whoſoever wilbe chefe / let him be youre ſervaūt / evē as the ſonne of man came / not to be miniſtred vnto / but to miniſter / & to geve his lyfe for the redempcion of many. ⊢

Hiericho Mar. x. • Luke .xviij. c. Two blindeAnd as they departed frō Hierico / moche people folowed him. And beholde two blinde men ſittinge by ye way ſyde / whē they hearde Ieſus paſſe by / cryed ſayinge: Thou Lorde ye ſonne of David have mercy on vs. And ye people rebuked them / be cauſe they ſhulde holde their peace. But they cryed ye moare / ſayinge: have mercy on vs thou Lorde which arte ye ſonne of David. Then Ieſus ſtode ſtyll / & called thē / & ſayde: what will ye that I ſhulde do to you: They ſayd to him: Lorde that oure eyes maye be opened. Ieſus had cōpaſſion on thē / & touched their eyes. And immediatly their eyes receaved ſyght. And they folowed him.

¶ The .xxi. Chapter. ✚

Bethphage. Mar. xj. a Luk. xix▪ VVhen they drewe neye vnto Ieruſalem / & were come to Betphage / vnto mounte olivete: then ſent Ieſus two of his diſciples / ſaiynge to thē. Go in to the toune that lyeth over agaynſte you / An aſſe & a colte. & anōne ye ſhall fynde an aſſe bounde / & her colte with her: loſe them & bringe them vnto me. And if eny man ſaye ought vnto you / ſaye ye yt the lorde hath neade of them: and ſtreyght waye he will let them go. All this was done / to fulfyll that which was ſpoken by the Prophet / Eſa. lxij. • . zach. ix b. Iohn xij. b ſayinge: Tell ye the doughter of Sion: beholde thy kynge cometh vnto the meke / & ſittinge vpon an aſſe & a colte / the fole of an aſſe vſed to the yooke. The diſciples went & dyd as Ieſus cōmaunded them / & brought ye aſſe and the colte / and put on them their clothes / and ſet him theron. And many of the people ſpreed their garmente in ye waye. Other cut doune braunches frō the trees / and ſtrawed them in the waye. Moreover the people that went before / & they alſo that came after / cryed ſayinge:Hoſanna Pſalm .ixvij. d Hoſanna to ye ſonne of David. Bleſſed be he that cometh in the name of the Lorde / Hoſanna in the hyeſt. ⊢

Mar. xj. b Lu. xix. gAnd when he was come in to Ieruſalem / all the cyte was moved ſayinge: who is this? And the people ſayde: this is Ieſus the Prophet of Nazareth a cyte of Galile. Byers & ſellers.And Ieſus went in to the temple of God / and caſt out all them that ſoulde and bought in the temple / & overthrew the tables of the mony chaūgers / & the ſeates of them that ſolde doves / & ſayde to them: Eſa. lvj. c Hie. vij. bIt is wrytten / my houſſe ſhalbe called the houſſe of prayer. But ye have made it a denne of theves. And the blinde & the halt came to him in ye tēple / & he healed thē.

When the chefe preſte & ſcribes ſawe the marveylles that he dyd / & the chyldren cryinge in the tēple & ſayinge / Hoſanna to the ſonne of David / they diſdayned / and ſayde vnto him: heareſt thou what theſe ſaye? Ieſus ſayde vnto them yee: have ye never reddePſalm .viij. b. Mar. xj. b / of the mouth of babes & ſuckelingꝭ thou haſte ordeyned prayſe? And he lefte thē / & wēt out of ye cite vnto Bethanie / & had his abydīge there. ⊢

Fygge tree. Mar. xj. cIn the mornynge as he returned in to the cyte ageyne / he hungred / & ſpyed a fygge trre in the waye / & came to it / and founde nothinge ther on / but leves only / & ſayd to it / never frute growe on the hence forwarde. And anō the fygge tree wyddered awaye. And when his diſciples ſawe that / they marveled ſayinge: Howe ſone is the fygge tree wyddered awaye? Ieſus anſwered / and ſayde vnto thē: Verely I ſaye vnto you / yf ye ſhall have faith and ſhall not dout / ye ſhall not only do that which I have done to the fygge tree: but alſo yf ye ſhall ſaye vnto this moūtayne / take thy ſilfe awaye / and caſt thy ſilfe into the ſee / it ſhalbe done. And whatſoever ye ſhall axe in prayer (if ye beleve) ye ſhall receave it.

✚ Mar. xj. d Lu. xx. aAnd when he was come in to the tēple / the chefe preſtes and the elders of the people came vnto him as he was teachinge / & ſayde: by what auctorite doeſt thou theſe thingꝭ? & who gave the this power? Ieſus anſwered / and ſayde vnto them: I alſo will axe of you a certayne queſtion / which if ye aſſoyle me / I in lyke wyſe wyll tell you by what auctorite I do theſe thingꝭ. Baptime of Iohn whence.The baptime of Iohn: whence was it? frō hevē or of men? Then they reaſoned amōge them ſelves ſayinge: yf we ſhall ſaye frō heven / he will ſaye vnto vs: why dyd ye not then beleve hym? But and if we ſhall ſaye of men / then feare we the people. For all men helde Iohn as a Prophet. And they anſwered Ieſus and ſayde: we cannot tell. And he lyke wyſe ſayd vnto them: nether tell I you by what auctorite I do theſe thinges. ⊢

What ſaye ye to this? ✚ Two ſonnes.A certayne man had two ſonnes / & came to ye elder & ſayde: ſonne go & worke to daye in my vineyarde. He anſwered & ſayde / I will not: but afterwarde repented & went. Then came he to the ſecond / & ſayde lyke wyſe. And he anſwered and ſayde: I will ſyr: yet wēt not. Whether of thē twayne dyd the will of the father? And they ſayde vnto hym: the fyrſt. Ieſus ſayde vnto thē: verely I ſaye vnto you / Publicans. Harlotesthat the publicans & the harlotes ſhall come into ye kyngdome of God before you. For Iohn came vnto you in the waye of righteweſnes / and ye beleved hym not. But the publicans and the harlotes beleved him. And yet ye (though ye ſawe it) were not yet moved with repentaunce / that ye myght afterwarde have beleved hym. ⊢

✚ Mat. xij. a. Lu. xx b. Eſa. v. a. hie. ij. d Vyneyarde that is let oute hyer.Herken another ſimilitude. Ther was a certayne houſholder / which planted a vineyarde / & hedged it roūde about / & made a wynpreſſe in it / & bilt a tower / & let it out to huſbandmen / & wēt in to a ſtraunge coūtre. And when the tyme of the frute drewe neare / he ſent his ſervauntꝭ to the huſbandmē / to receave the frutꝭ of it. And ye huſbandmē caught his ſervauntꝭ & bet one / kylled another / and ſtoned another. Agayne he ſent other ſervantꝭ / moo then the fyrſt: & they ſerved them lyke wyſe. But laſt of all / he ſent vnto thē his awne ſonne ſayinge: they will feare my ſonne. But when the huſbandmen ſawe the ſonne / they ſayde amōge thē ſelves: This is the heyre: come / let vs kyll him / & let vs take his inheritaunce to oure ſelves. And they caught him & thruſt him out of the vineyarde / & ſlewe him. When the lorde of the vyneyarde commeth / what will he do wt thoſe huſbandmē? They ſayde vnto him: he will cruellye deſtroye thoſe evyll perſons / & wyll let out his vyneyarde vnto other huſbandmen / which ſhall delyver him the frute at tymes convenient.

Pſalm. • xvij. d Act. iiij. b j. Pe. ij. a Ro. ix. a.Ieſus ſayde vnto thē: dyd ye never redde in the ſcripture? The ſtone which ye bylders refuſed / ye ſame is ſet in ye principall parte of ye corner: this was the lordes doinge / & yt is mervelous in oure eyes. Therfore ſaye I vnto you / the kyngdome of God ſhalbe takē from you / & ſhalbe gevē to the gētyls / which ſhall brynge forth the frutes of it. Eſaie. lxxvijj. dAnd whoſoever ſhall fall on this ſtone / he ſhalbe broken / but on whoſoever it ſhall fall vpon / it will grynde him to powder. And when the chefe preſtꝭ & Phariſes hearde theſe ſimilitudes / they perceaved yt he ſpake of thē. And they wēt about to laye hondꝭ on him / but they feared ye people / becauſe they tooke him as a Prophet. ⊢

¶ The .xxii. Chapter. ⊢

Luke • xiiij. d. Apocaly. xix. b.ANd Ieſus anſwered and ſpake vnto them agayne / in ſimilitudes ſayinge. ✚ The kingdome of hevē is lyke vnto a certayne kynge / Mariagewhich maryed his ſonne / & ſent forth his ſervantꝭ / to call them that were byd to the weddinge / & they wolde not come. Ageyne he ſent forth other ſervauntꝭ / ſayinge: Cell them which are bydden: beholde I have prepared my dynner / myne oxen and my fatlinges are kylled / and all thinges are redy / come vnto the mariage. But they made light of it / and went their wayes: one to his ferme place / another about his marchaundiſe / the remnaunt toke his ſeruantes and intreated them vngodly & ſlewe them. When the kinge hearde that / he was wroth / and ſend forth his warryers and diſtroyed thoſe murtherers / and brent vp their cyte.

Then ſayde he to his ſervauntes: the weddinge was prepared. But they which were bydden / were not worthy. Go ye therfore out in to ye hye wayes / & as many as ye finde / byd them to the mariage. The ſeruauntꝭ wēt out in to the hie wayes / & gaddered to gedder as many as they coulde fynde / both good & bad / and ye weddinge was furnyſſhed with geſtꝭ.Wedynge garment. Then the kynge came in / to viſet the geſtꝭ / & ſpyed there a mā which had not on a weddinge garment / and ſayde vnto him: frende / how fortuned it that thou cameſt in hither & haſt not on a weddyng garment? And he was evē ſpechleſſe. Then ſayde the kynge to his miniſters: take and bynde hym hand and fote / and caſte hym into vtter darcknes / there ſhalbe wepinge & gnaſſhinge of teth. Manye are calledFor many are called and feawe be choſen. ⊢

✚ Marke xij. • . & Lu. xx. • Then wēt the Phariſes & toke counſell how they might tāgle him in his wordꝭ. And they ſent vnto him their diſciples with Herodes ſervauntes ſayinge: Maſter / we knowe yt thou are true / & teacheſt the waye of god trulie / nether careſt for eny man / for thou conſydreſt not mēnes eſtate. Tribute to CeſarTell vs therfore: how thynkeſt thou? Is it lawfull to geve tribute vnto Ceſar or not? Ieſus perceaved their wikednes / and ſayde: Why tempte ye me ye ypocrites? Let me ſe ye tribute money. And they toke hym A penie is ever taken for that the Iewes call a ſicle, and is worth x. pence ſterling. a peny. And he ſayde vnto them: whoſe is this ymage and ſuperſcripcion? They ſayde vnto him: Ceſars. Then ſayde he vnto them. Geve therfore to Ceſar / that which is Ceſars: & geve vnto god / that which is goddes. ⊢ When they hearde that / they marveled / and lefte hym & went there waye.

Mar. xij. Lu. xx. d Actuum xxiiij. Du. xxv SaducesThe ſame daye the Saduces came to him (which ſaye that there is no reſurreccion) & axed him ſayinge: Maſter / Moſes bade / yf a man dye havinge no chyldrē / that the brother mary his wyfe / & reyſe vp ſeed vnto his brother. Ther were wt vs ſeven brethrē / & the fyrſte maried & deceaſed wt oute yſſue / & lefte his wyfe vnto his brother. Lyke wiſe the ſeconde and ye thryd / vnto the ſevēthe. Laſte of all the woman dyed alſo. Now in the reſurreccion / whoſe wyfe ſhall ſhe be of the ſeven? For all had her. Ieſus anſwered and ſayde vnto thē: ye are deceaved / & vnderſtonde not the ſcriptures / nor yet the power of God. For in the reſurreccion they nether mary nor are maryed: but are as the angels of God in heven.

Reſurreccion.As touchynge the reſurreccion of the deed: have ye not redde what is ſayde vnto you of God / which ſayeth:Ex. iij. b I am Abrahams God / & Yſaacks God / & the God of Iacob? God is not the God of the deed: but of the lyvinge. And when the people hearde that / they were aſtonyed at his doctrine.

✚ Marke xij.c. Luke .xij. eWhen the Phariſes had hearde / how yt he had put the Saduces to ſilence. / they drewe to gedder / & one of them which was a doctoure of lawe / axed a queſtion tēptinge him & ſayinge: Maſter which is ye chefe cōmaundment in the lawe? Ieſus ſayde vnto him: Du. vi. a Chefe cō maundement.love the Lorde thy God wt all thine herte / with all thy ſoule / & with all thy mynde. This is the fyrſt & the chefe cōmaundement. And ther is another lyke vnto this. Love thyne neghbour as thy ſelfe. In theſe two commaundemētes hange all the lawe and the Prophetes.

Marke xij. d. Luke .xx. d.Whyll the Phariſes were gaddered togeder / Ieſus axed thē ſayinge: what thinke ye of Chriſt? Whoſe ſonne is he? They ſayde vnto him: the ſonne of David. Davids ſonne. Pſalm. cx. a. He ſayde vnto thē: How then doeth David in ſpirite / call him Lorde ſayinge? The Lorde ſayde to my Lorde / ſyt on my right honde: tyll I make thyne enemyes thy fote ſtole. Yf David call him Lorde: how is he then his ſonne? And none coulde anſwere him ageyne one worde: nether durſte eny from that daye forth / axe him eny moo queſtions. ⊢

¶ The .xxiii. Chapter. ✚

THen ſpake Ieſus to the people / & to his diſciples ſayinge. The Scribes & the Phariſes ſit in Moſes ſeate is Moſes doctryne, as Chriſtes ſeate is Chriſtes doctrine. Heavie burthen. Lu. xj. g. Philateries. Cheſe ſeates. Gretynges. Rabi. Moſes ſeate. All therfore what ſoever they byd you obſerve / that obſerve and do: but after their workes do not: For they ſaye / & do not. Ye & they bynde hevy burthēs & grevous to be borne / & ley thē on mēnes ſhulders: but they them ſylfes will not heave at them with one of their fyngers. All their workes they do / for to be ſene of mē. They ſet abroade their philateries / and make large borders on there garmētes / & love to ſit vppermooſte at feaſtes / and to have the chefe ſeates in the ſynagoges / and gretinges in the marketes / and to be called of men Rabi.

But ye ſhall not ſuffre youre ſelves to be called Rabi. For one is youre maſter / that is to wyt Chriſt / & all ye are brethrē. And call no man youre father vpon the erth / for there is but one youre father / & he is in heven. Be not called maſters / for there is but one youre maſter / and he is Chriſt. Greate.He that is greateſt amō ge you / ſhalbe youre ſeruaunte. Exalte.But whoſoever exalteth him ſilfe / ſhalbe brought lowe. And he yt hūbleth him ſilfe / ſhalbe exalted. ⊢

The kingedome is ſhut.Wo be vnto you Scribes & Phariſes / ypocrites / for ye ſhutte vp the kyngdome of hevē before men: ye youre ſelves goo not in / nether ſuffre ye them that come / to enter in.

Wedowes howſes.Wo be vnto you Scribes & Phariſes ypocrites: ye devoure widdowes houſes / & that vnder a coloure of praying longe prayers: wherfore ye ſhall receave greater damnacion.

Wo be vnto you Scribes & Phariſes ypocrites / which compaſſe ſee & londe / to bringe one in to youre belefe: & when he ys brought / ye make him two folde more the chylde of hell / then ye youre ſelves are.

Temple.Wo be vnto you blynd gides / which ſaye whoſoever ſweare by the tēple / it is no thinge: but whoſoever ſweare by the golde of the temple / he offendeth. Ye foles & blinde punctel whether is greater / the golde / or the tēple that ſanctifieth ye golde. Alter.And whoſoever ſweareth by the aulter it is nothinge: but whoſoever ſweareth by ye offeringe yt lyeth on ye aultre / offendeth. Ye foles & blinde: whether is greater ye offeringe / or ye aultre which ſanctifieth ye offeringe? Whoſoever therfore ſweareth by y• aultre / ſweareth by it / & by all yt there on is. And whoſoever ſweareth by the tēple / ſweareth by it / & by hym yt dwelleth therin. And he that ſweareth by hevē / ſwereth by the ſeate of God & by hym that ſytteth ther on.

Mynt Anys. Luk. xj. fWo be to you Scribes & Phariſes ypocrites / which tythe mynt annyſe & cōmen / & leave the waygthtyer mattres of ye lawe vndone: iudgemēt / mercy / & fayth. Theſe ought ye to have done / & not to have left the othre vndone. Iudgement and mercye. Blynde gydes.Ye blinde gydes which ſtrayne out a gnat and ſwalowe a cammyll.

Ynne ſyde.Wo be to you ſcribes & phariſes ypocrites / which make clene ye vtter ſyde of the cuppe / & of the platter: but within they are full of brybery & exceſſe. Thou blinde Phariſe / clenſe fyrſt / the out ſyde of the cup and platter / that the ynneſide of them maye be clene alſo.

Paynted ſepulchres.Wo be to you Scribꝭ & Phariſes ypocritꝭ / for ye are lyke vnto paynted tombes which appere beautyfull outwarde: but are wt in full of deed bones & of all fylthynes. So are ye / for outwarde ye appere righteous vnto mē / when within / ye are full of ypocriſie and iniquite.

Ye buylde the tō bes.Wo be vnto you Scribes & Phariſes ypocrites: ye bylde the tombes of the Prophetes / & garniſſhe the ſepulchres of the righteous / & ſaye: yf we had bene in the dayes of oure fathers / we wolde not have bene parteners with them in the bloud of the Prophetes. So then ye be witneſſes vnto youre ſelfes / that ye are the chyldren of them which killed the prophetes. Fulfill ye lyke wyſe the meaſure of youre fathers. Yee ſerpentes and generacion of vipers / how ſhuld ye ſcape ye dāpnaciō of hell?

✚ Wherfore / beholde I ſende vnto you / prophetꝭ / wyſe men & ſcribes / & of thē ye ſhall kyll & crucifie: & of thē ye ſhall ſcourge in youre ſynagoges / & perſecute from cyte to cyte / that vpon you maye come all the righteous bloude that was ſheed vpon the erth / frō the bloud of righteous Abell / vnto ye bloud of zachariasij. Paral. xxiiij. f. the ſonne of Barachias / whō ye ſlewe betwene the tēple & ye altre. Innocēt bloude. Verely I ſay vnto you / all theſe thinges ſhall light vpon this generacion. Hieruſalem / Hieruſalem which kylleſt prophetes / & ſtoneſt thē which are ſent to the: how often wolde I have gaderedLu. xiij. g. iiij. Gdre. i. e. thy chyldren to gether / as the henne gadreth her chickēs vnder her winge / but ye wolde not: Beholde youre habitaciō ſhalbe lefte vnto you deſolate. For I ſaye to you / ye ſhall not ſe me hēce forthe / tyll that ye ſaye: bleſſed is he that cōmeth in the name of ye Lorde. ⊢

¶ The .xxiiii. Chapter.

Marke .xiij. a. Destruccion of the tēpleANd Ieſus went out & departed frō the tēple: & his diſciples came to hym / for to ſhewe him the byldinge of the tēple. Ieſus ſayde vnto thē: ſe ye not all these thinges? Verely I ſaye vnto you: ther ſhall not be here lefte one ſtone vpon another / that ſhall not be caſt doune.

Luke .xix. g.And as he ſat vpon the moūt Olivete / his diſciples came vnto hym ſecretely ſayinge. Tell vs when theſe thinges ſhalbe? & what ſigne ſhalbe of thy cōmynge / & of the ende of the worlde? And Ieſus anſwered / and ſayde vnto them:Eph. v. b. colo. ij. d Antechriſt. take hede that no mā deceave you. For many ſhall come in my name ſayinge: I am Chriſt / and ſhall deceave many.

Ye ſhall heare of warres / & of the fame of warrꝭ: but ſe yt ye be not troubled. For all theſe thinges muſt come to paſſe / but the ende is not yet. For naciō ſhall ryſe ageynſte naciō / & realme ageynſte realme: & ther ſhalbe peſtilence / honger and erth quakes in all quarters. All theſe are the beginninge of ſorowes.

Io. xv. c. & .xvj. a.Then ſhall they put you to trouble / & ſhall kyll you: & ye ſhalbe hated of all nacions for my names ſake. And then ſhall many be offended / and ſhall betraye one another / and ſhall hate one the other. Falſe propheteAnd many falce Prophetes ſhall aryſe / and ſhall deceave many. And becauſe iniquite ſhall have the vpper hande / the love of many ſhall abate. But he that endureth to the ende / the ſame ſhalbe ſafe. And this glad tidingees of the kyngdome ſhalbe preached in all the worlde / for a witnes vnto all nacions: and then ſhall the ende come.

When ye therfore ſhall ſe ye abhominaciō that betokeneth deſolacion / ſpoken of by DaniellDani. ix. the Prophet / ſtonde in ye holy place: let him that redeth it / vnderſtonde it. Then let them which be in Iury / flye into the moūtaynes. And let him which is on ye houſſe toppe / not come downe to fet eny thinge out of his houſſe. Nether let him which is in ye felde / returne backe to fetche his clothes. Wo be in thoſe dayes to thē that are wt chylde / & to thē yt geve ſucke. WynterBut praye yt youre flight be not in ye winter / nether on ye ſaboth daye. For then ſhalbe greate tribulaciō / ſuche as was not frō the beginninge of the worlde to this tyme / ner ſhalbe. Ye & except thoſe dayes ſhuld be ſhortened / there ſhuld no fleſhe be ſaved: but for ye choſens ſake / thoſe dayes ſhalbe ſhortened.Electe.

Mar. xiij Luke .xviij. e.Then yf eny mā ſhall ſaye vnto you: lo / here is Chriſt / or there is Chriſt: beleve it not. For there ſhall ariſe falſe chriſtes / & falſe prophetꝭ / & ſhall do great myracles & wondres. In ſo moche yt if it were poſſible / ye verie electe ſhuld be deceaved. Take hede / I have tolde you before. Wherfore if they ſhall ſaye vnto you: beholde he is in ye deſert / go not forth: beholde he is in ye ſecret places / beleve not. For as ye lightninge cometh out of ye eeſt & ſhyneth vnto the weeſt: ſo ſhall the cōmynge of the ſonne of mā be. For whereſoever a deed karkas is / evē thyther will the egles reſorte.

Mar. xiij c. Lu. xxj e. Ezech. xxxij. b. Eſa. xiij Iohe. iij. cImmediatly after the tribulaciōs of thoſe dayes / ſhall the ſunne be derkened: & ye mone ſhall not geve hir light / & the ſtarrꝭ ſhall fall from hevē / & the powers of hevē ſhall move. And then ſhall appere the ſygne of the ſonne of man in heven. And then ſhall all the kynreddes of the erth morne / & they ſhall ſe the ſonne of man come in the cloudes of heven with power & greate glorie. And he ſhall ſende his angeles with the greate voyce of a trō pe / and they ſhall gader to gether his choſen / from the fower wyndes / and from the one ende of the worlde to the other.

Fygge tree. Mar. xiij Luk. xij.Learne a ſimilitude of the fygge tree: when his braunches are yet tender & his leves ſprō ge / ye knowe that ſommer is nye. So lyke wyſe ye / when ye ſee all theſe thynges / be ye ſure that it is neare / even at the dores. Verely I ſaye vnto you / that this generacion ſhall not paſſe tyll all theſe be fulfilled. Heven & erth ſhall periſſhe: but my wordes ſhall abyde. But of that daye and houre knowith no man / no not ye angels of hevē / but my father only.

Geneſis vij. b. Noe.As the tyme of Noe was / ſo lyke wyſe ſhall the cōminge of ye ſonne of man be. For as in ye dayes before ye floud: they dyd eate & drynke / mary & were maried / evē vnto ye daye that Noe entred in to the ſhyppe / & knewe of nothynge / tyll the floude came & toke them all awaye. So ſhall alſo the commynge of the ſonne of man be. lu. xvij. gThen two ſhalbe in the feldes / the one ſhalbe receaved / & the other ſhalbe refuſed / two ſhalbe gryndinge at ye myll: ye one ſhalbe receaved / & ye other ſhalbe refuſed.

Marc .xiij. e. Wake / Luk. xiij. e.Wake therfore / becauſe ye knowe not what houre youre maſter wyll come. Of this be ſure / that yf the good man of the houſſe knewe what houre the thefe wolde come: he wolde ſuerly watche / and not ſuffre his houſſe to be brokē vppe. Therfore be ye alſo redy / for in ye houre ye thinke he wolde not: wyll the ſonne of mā come. Faithful ſervaunt.If there be any faithfull ſervaūt and wyſe / whome his maſter hath made ruler over his houſholde to geve thē meate in ſeaſon cōvenient: happy is that ſervaunt whom his maſter (when he cometh) ſhall finde ſo doinge. Verely I ſaye vnto you / he ſhall make him ruler over all his goodes. Evell ſervaūt.But & yf that evill ſervaūt ſhall ſaye in his herte / my maſter wyll defer his cōmynge / & beginne to ſmyte his felowes / ye and to eate and to drinke with the dronkē: that ſervauntꝭ maſter wyll come in a daye when he loketh not for him / & in an houre yt he is not ware of / & wyll devyde him / and geve him his rewarde with ypocrites. There ſhalbe wepinge & gnaſſhinge of tethe.

¶ The .xxv. Chapter.

Virgens.THen ye kyngdome of heven ſhalbe lykened vnto .x. virgins / which toke their lampes / & wēt to mete the brydgrome: fyve of them were folyſſhe / & fyve were wyſe. The folyſſhe toke their lampes / but toke none oyle wt thē. But ye wyſe tooke oyle wt thē in their veſſelles wt their lampes alſo. Whill the brydgrome taryed / all ſlombred & ſlepte. And even at mydnyght / there was a crye made: beholde / the brydgrome cometh / goo out againſt him. Then all thoſe virgins aroſe / & prepared their lampes. And ye folyſſhe ſayde to ye wyſe: geve vs of youre oyle / for oure lampes goo out? but ye wyſe anſwered ſayinge. Not ſo / leſt ther be not ynough for vs & you: but goo rather to them yt ſell / & by for youre ſelves. And whill they went to bye / ye brydgrome came: & they yt were redy / went in with him to ye weddinge / & the gate was ſhett vp: Afterwarde came alſo ye other virgins ſayinge: maſter maſter / open to vs. But he anſwered & ſayde: verely I ſaye vnto you: I knowe not you. WatcheWatche there fore: for ye knowe netherLuce .xix. b the daye nor yet the houre▪ when the ſonne of man ſhall come.

✚ Lykwyſe as a certeyne mā redy to take his iorney to a ſtraunge coūtre / called his ſervaū tes & delivered to them his gooddꝭ. TalentꝭAnd vnto one he gave .v. talentꝭ / to another .ii. and to another one: to every man after his abilite / and ſtreyght waye departed. Then he that had receaved the fyve talentes / went and beſtowed them / and wanne other fyve talentꝭ. Lykwyſe he that receaved .ii. gayned other .ii. But he yt receaved ye one / went & digged a pit in the erth & hyd his maſters money. After a longe ſeaſon ye lorde of thoſe ſervauntꝭ came & rekened with thē. Then came he yt had receaved fyve talentꝭ / & brought other fyve talentes ſayinge: maſter / thou deliveredſt vnto me fyve talentꝭ: beholde I have gayned wt thē fyve talentꝭ moo. Thē his maſter ſayde vnto him: well good ſervaūt & faithfull. Thou haſt bene faithfull in lytell / I will make the ruler over moche: entre in into thy maſters ioye. Alſo he that receaved .ii. talentꝭ / came & ſayde: maſter / thou deliveredeſt vnto me .ii. talentes: beholde / I have wone .ii. other talentes with them. And his maſter ſayde vnto him / well good ſervaunt & faithfull. Thou haſt bene faithfull in lytell / I wyll make the ruler over moche: go in into thy maſters ioye. ⊢

Then he which had receaved ye one talent / came / & ſayd: maſter / I conſidered yt thou waſt an harde man / which repeſt where thou ſowedſt not / & gaddereſt where thou ſtrawedſt not / & was therfore afrayde / & went & hyd thy talent in ye erth: Beholde / thou haſt thyn awne. His maſter anſwered and ſayde vnto him: thou evyll ſervaūt & ſlewthfull / thou kneweſt yt I repe where I ſowed not / & gaddre where I ſtrawed not: thou oughteſt therfore to have had my money to ye chaūgers / & then at my cō mynge ſhulde I have receaved myne awne with vauntage. Take therfore the talent from him / & geve it vnto him which hath .x. talentꝭ Couenaunt. Mar. iiij. c. Lu. viij c. & xix. dFor vnto every man that hath ſhalbe geven / and he ſhall have aboundance: and from him that hath not / ſhalbe taken awaye / even that he hath. And caſt yt vnprofitable ſervaunt into vtter dercknes: there ſhalbe wepynge and gnaſſhinge of teeth.

✚ The iudgement. Shepe. Gootes.When the ſonne of mā cometh in his glorie / & all the holy angels wt him / then ſhall he ſyt vpon the ſeate of his glorie / & before him ſhalbe Gaddred all nacions. And he ſhall ſeperate thē one from a nother / as a ſhepherde deuideth the ſhepe from the gootes. And he ſhall ſet the ſhepe on his right honde / & the gotes on the lyfte. Then ſhall the kynge ſaye to them on his right honde: Come ye bleſſed chyldren of my father / inheret ye the kyngdō prepared for you from the beginninge of the worlde. Eſaie. lviij. b. Ezech. xviij. b. For I was anhongred / and ye gave me meate. I thurſted / and ye gave me drinke. I was herbourleſſe / and ye lodged me. I was naked & ye clothed me. I was ſicke & ye viſited me. I was in preſon and ye came vnto me. Then ſhall ye righteous anſwere him ſayingeEccleſi. vij. d. maſter / whē ſawe we ye anhongred / & feed the? or athurſt / & gave ye drinke? when ſawe we ye herbourleſſe / & lodged the? or naked & clothed the? or when ſawe we the ſicke or in preſon / & came vnto the? And ye kynge ſhall anſwere & ſaye vnto them: verely I ſaye vnto you: in as moche as ye have done it vnto one of ye leeſtCovenaunt. of theſe my brethren / ye have done it to me.

Pſal. vj. c Lu. xiij. fThen ſhall the kynge ſaye vnto them that ſhalbe on the lyfte hande: departe from me ye courſed / into everlaſtinge fire / which is prepared for the devyll and his angels. For I was an hungred / and ye gave me no meate. I thurſted / and ye gave me no drinke. I was herbourleſſe / and ye lodged me not. I was naked / and ye clothed me not. I was ſicke and in preſon / and ye viſited me not.

Then ſhall they alſo anſwere him ſayinge: maſter when ſawe we the an hungred / or athurſt / or herbourleſſe / or naked / or ſicke / or in preſon / and did not miniſtre vnto the? Then ſhall he anſwere thē and ſaye: Verely I ſayeCovenaunt. vnto you / in as moche as ye did it not to one of ye leeſt of theſe / ye did it not to me. And theſe ſhall go into everlaſtinge payne: Ioan. v. c And the righteous into lyfe eternall. ⊢

¶ The .xxvi. Chapter.

The paſſion. Mar. xiiij a. Luk. xxij. a.ANd it came to paſſe / when Ieſus had fyniſſhed all theſe ſayinges / he ſayd vnto his diſciples: ✚ Ye knowe that after ii. dayes ſhalbe eſter / & the ſonne of man ſhalbe delyvered to be crucified.

Then aſſembled togedder the chefe preſtes and the ſcribes and the elders of the people to the palice of the hye preſte / called Cayphas / Cayphas and heelde a counſell / how they mygt take Ieſus by ſuttelte and kyll him. But they ſayd / not on the holy daye / leſt eny vproure aryſe amonge the people.

Io. xij. a. Marc. xiiij. a. He is annoynted.When Ieſus was in Bethany / in the houſe of Symon the leper / ther came vnto him a woman / which had an alablaſter boxe of precious oyntment / and powred it on his heed / as he ſate at the bourde. When his diſciples ſawe that / they had indignacion ſayinge: what neded this waſt? This oyntmēt myght have bene well ſolde / & geven to the povre. When Ieſus vnderſtod that / he ſayde vnto thē: why trouble ye the woman? She hath wrought a good worke apon me. For ye ſhall have poore folcke alwayes with you: but me ſhall ye not have all wayes. And in yt ſhe caſted this oyntment on my bodye / ſhe dyd it to burye me wt all. Verely I ſaye vnto you / whereſoever this goſpell ſhalbe preached throughoute all the worlde / there ſhall alſo this that ſhe hath done / be tolde for a memoriall of her.

He is ſolde. Marci. xiiij. b. Lu. xxii. a.Then one of the twelve called Iudas Iſcarioth / went vnto the chefe preſtes / and ſayd: what will ye geve me / and I will deliver him vnto you? And they apoynted vnto him thirty peces of ſylver. And from that tyme he ſought oportunite to betraye him.

Marci. xiiij. b. Lu. xxii. a.The fyrſt daye of ſwete breed ye diſciples cam to Ieſus ſayinge vnto him: where wylt thou that we prepare for ye to eate ye paſchall lambe? And he ſayd: Go into the cite / vnto ſoche a man / and ſaye to him: the maſter ſayeth / my tyme is at hande / I will kepe myne eſter at thy houſſe with my deſciples. And the diſciples did as Ieſus had apoynted them / and made redy the eſter lambe.

Mar. xiiij lu. xxij. b Io. xiij. bWhen the even was come / he ſate doune wt the .xii. And as they dyd eate / he ſayde: Verely I ſaye vnto you / that one of you ſhall betraye me. And they were excedinge ſorowfull / & beganne every one of thē to ſaye vnto him: is it I maſter? He anſwered & ſayde: he yt deppeth his honde wt me in ye diſſhe / the ſame ſhall betraye me. The ſonne of mā goeth as it is written of him:Pſa. x • . c but wo be to yt mā / by whom ye ſonne of man ſhalbe betrayed. It had bene good for that man / yf he had never bene borne.

The inſtitucion of the ſacrament. j. cor. xj. c Lu. xxij.Then Iudas wich betrayed him / anſwered and ſayde: is it I maſter? He ſayde vnto him: thou haſt ſayde. As they dyd eate / Ieſus toke breed & gave thankes / brake it / & gave it to the diſciples / & ſayde: Take / eate / this is my body. And he toke the cup / and thanked / and gave it them / ſayinge: drinke of it every one. For this is my bloude of the new teſtament / that ſhalbe ſhedde for many / for the remiſſion of ſynnes. I ſaye vnto you: I will not drinke hence forth of this frute of the vyne tree / vntyll that daye / when I ſhall drinke it new with you in my fathers kyngdome.

Mar. xiiij c. Luk. xxij. b. Io. xviij. a. zacha. xiij. c. mar. xiiij c. &. xv ••• And when they had ſayde grace / they went out into mounte olyvete. Then ſayd Ieſus vnto them: all ye ſhallbe offended by me this night. For it is wrytten. I will ſmyte ye ſhepeherde / & the ſhepe of ye flocke ſhalbe ſcattered abroode. But after I am ryſen ageyne / I will goo before you into Galile. Peter anſwered / & ſayde vnto him: though all men ſhulde be offended by ye / yet wolde I never be offended. Ieſus ſayde vnto him. Mar. xiiij c. lu. xxij b. Ioan. xiij. d.Verely I ſaye vnto ye / that this ſame night before the cocke crowe thou ſhalt denye me thryſe. Peter ſayde vnto him: Yf I ſhulde dye with ye / yet wolde I not denye ye. Lyke wyſe alſo ſayde all ye diſciples.

Mar. xiii • d. Luk. xxij. d.Then went Ieſus with them into a place which is called Gethſemane / and ſayde vnto the diſciples / ſyt ye here / whyll I go & praye yonder. And he toke with him Peter and the two ſonnes of zebede / & began to wexe ſorowfull and to be in an agonye. Then ſayd Ieſus vnto them: my ſoule is hevy even vnto the deeth. Tary ye here & watche wt me. And he went a lytell aparte / and fell flat on his face / and prayed ſayinge: O my father / yf it be poſſible / let this cuppe paſſe from me: nevertheleſſe / not as I wyll / but as thou wylt. And heHe armeth him ſelfe agaynſt the paſſion. came vnto the diſciples / and founde them aſlepe / and ſayde to Peter: what / coulde ye not watche with me one houre: watche & praye / that ye fall not into temptacion. The ſpirite is willynge / but the fleſſhe is weake.

He went awaye once moare / & prayed / ſayinge: O my father / yf this cuppe can not paſſe away from me / but yt I drinke of it / thy wyll be fulfylled. And he came / & founde thē aſlepe agayne. For their eyes were hevy. And he lefte them & went agayne and prayed ye thrid tyme ſayinge ye ſame wordes. Then came he to his diſciples & ſayd vnto them: Slepe hence forth & take youre reeſt. Take hede the houre is at honde / & ye ſonne of man ſhalbe betrayed into ye hondes of ſynners. Ryſe / let vs be goinge: beholde / he is at honde yt ſhall betraye me. Marc. xiiij. c. lu. xxij. e Iohan. xviij. a.Whyll he yet ſpake: lo / Iudas one of ye xii. came & wt him a greate multitude wt ſweardes & ſtaves / ſent from the chefe preſtes & elders of the people. And he that betrayed him / had geven thē a token / ſayinge: whoſoever I kyſſe / yt ſame is he / ley hondꝭ on him. And forth wt all he came to Ieſus / & ſayde: hayle maſter / and kyſſed him.He is betrayed. And Ieſus ſayde vnto him: frende / wherfore arte thou come? Then came they and layed hondes on Ieſus & toke him.

And beholde / one of them which were with Ieſus / ſtretched oute his honde and drue his ſwearde / and ſtroke a ſervaunt of the hye preſte / and ſmote of his eare. Then ſayde Ieſus vnto him: put vp thy ſwearde into his ſheathe. Gen. ix. • apo. xiij. cFor all that ley hond on ye ſwearde / ſhall periſſhe with ye ſwearde. Ether thinkeſt thou that I cannot now praye to my father / & he ſhall geve me moo then .xii. legions of angelles?Eſaie. liiij. c. But how then ſhuld the ſcriptures be fulfylled: for ſo muſt it be.

The ſame tyme ſayd Ieſus to the multitude:ye be come out as it were vnto a thefe / with ſweardes & ſtaves for to take me. I ſate daylie teachinge in the temple amōge you and ye toke me not. thre. iiij. dAll this was done that the ſcriptures of the Prophetes myght be fulfilled. Mar. .xiiij. f. lu. xxij. f Io. viij. c He is taken.Then all the diſciples forſoke him and fleed. And they toke Ieſus and leed him to Cayphas the hye preeſte / where the Scribes and the Elders where aſſembled. And Peter folowed him a farre of / vnto the hye preſtes place: and went in / and ſate with the ſervauntes / to ſe the ende.

He is falſelye accuſed.The chefe preſtes and the elders / and all the counſell / ſought falſe witnes agenſte Ieſus / for to put him to deeth / but founde none: in ſomoche that when many falſe witneſſes cam / yet founde they none. At the laſt came two falſe witneſſes and ſayd: Io. ij. d.This felowe ſayde: I can diſtroye the temple of God / and bylde it agayne in .iii. dayes.

And the chefe preſte aroſe / & ſayde to him: anſwereſt thou nothinge? How is it yt theſe beare witnes ageynſt the? But Ieſus helde his peace: And the chefe Preeſte anſwered / and ſayd to him: I charge the in the name of the lyvinge God / that thou tell vs whether thou be Chriſt the ſonne of God. Ieſus ſayd to him: thou haſte ſayd. Nevertheleſſe I ſaye vnto you / hereafter ſhall ye ſe the ſonne of mā ſyttinge on the right honde of power / and come in the clowddes of the ſkye.

Then the hye preſte rent his clothes ſayinge:He hath blaſphemed: what nede we of eny moo witneſſes? Behold now ye have hearde his blaſphemy: what thinke ye? They anſwered and ſayd: he his worthy to dye. Then ſpat they in his face / and boffeted him with fiſtes. And other ſmote him with the palme af their hondes on ye face / ſayinge: tell vs thou Chriſt / who is he that ſmote the?

Mar. xiiij Lu. xxij f Io. xviij c Peter denyeth.Peter ſate with out in the palice. And a damſell came to him ſayinge: Thou alſo waſte wt Ieſus of Galilee: but he denyed before thē all ſayinge: I woot not what thou ſayſt. When he was goone out into the poorche / another wenche ſawe him / & ſayde vnto them that were there: This felowe was alſo with Ieſus of Nazareth. And agayne he denyed with an oothe that he knew the man. And after a whyle came vnto him they yt ſtode bye / and ſayde vnto Peter: ſuerly thou arte even one of thē / for thy ſpeache bewreyeth ye. Then beganne he to courſe & to ſweare / that he knewe not the man. And immedyatly the cocke krewe. And Peter remembred the wordes of Ieſu which ſayde vnto him: before the cocke crowe / thou ſhalt deny me thryſe: and went out at the dores and wepte bitterly.

¶ The .xxvii. Chapter.

Mar. xv. a. Luk. xxiiij. a. He is delyvered to PilateVVhen the mornynge was come / all ye chefe preſtes & the elders of ye people helde a counſayle agenſt Ieſu / to put him to deeth / & brought him bounde & delivered him vnto Poncius Pilate the debite.

IudasThen when Iudas which betrayed him / ſawe that he was condempned / he repented him ſylfe / and brought ageyne the .xxx. plattes of ſylver to ye chefe preſtes & elders ſayinge: I have ſynned betrayinge the innocent bloud. And they ſayde: what is that to vs? Se thou to that. And he caſt doune the ſylver plattes in the temple and departed / and went and hounge him ſylfe.

Actu. j.And the chefe preſtes toke the ſylver plattes and ſayd: it is not lawfull for to put them in to the treaſury / becauſe it is the pryce of blond. And they toke counſell / and bought with them a potters felde to bury ſtrangers in. Wherfore that felde is called the felde of bloud / vntyll this daye. Then was fulfylled / that which was ſpoken by Ieremy the Prophetzach. xj. • ſayinge: & they toke .xxx. ſylver plattꝭ / the priſe of him that was valued / whom they bought of the chyldren of Iſrael / and they gave them for the potters felde / as the Lorde appoynted me.

Mar. xv. a. Luk. xxiij. a.Ieſus ſtode before the debite: and the debite axed him ſayinge: Arte thou the kynge of ye Iues? Ieſus ſayd vnto him: Thou ſayeſt / and when he was accuſed of ye chefe preſtes & elders he anſwered nothinge.He holdeth his peace. Then ſayd Pilate vnto him: heareſt thou not how many thinges they laye ageynſte ye? And he anſwered him to never a worde: in ſomoche that the debite marveylled greatlie.

BarrabasAt that feeſt / the debite was wonte to deliver vnto ye people a preſoner / whom they wolde deſyer. He had then a notable preſoner / called Barrabas. And when they were gadered together / Pilate ſayde vnto thē: whether wyll ye that I geve loſſe vnto you / Barrabas or Ieſus which is called Chriſt? For he knewe well / that for envie they had delivred him.

When he was ſet doune to geve iudgemēt / his wyfe ſent to him ſayinge: have thou nothinge to do with that iuſte man. For I have ſuffered many thinges this daye in a dreame about him.

Mar. xv. b. Luk. xxiij. b. Io. xviij. g &. xix. cBut the chefe preeſtes and the elders had parſwaded the people / that they ſhulde axe Barrabas / & ſhulde deſtroye Ieſus. Then the debite anſwered and ſayde vnto them: whether of the twayne wyll ye that I let looſſe vnto you? And they ſayde / Barrabae. Pilate ſayde vnto them: what ſhall I do then with Ieſus which is called Chriſt? They all ſayde to him: let him be crucified. Then ſayde the debite: what evyll hath he done? And they cryed the more ſayinge: let him be crucified.

When Pilate ſawe that he prevayled nothinge / but that moare buſines was made / he toke water and waſſhed his hondes before ye people ſayinge: I am innocent of the bloud of this His iudge cōfeſſeth him an innocent. He is ſcourged iuſte perſon / & that ye ſhall ſe. Then anſwered all the people and ſayde: his bloud be on vs / and on oure chyldren. Then let he Barrabas looſe vnto them / and ſcourged Ieſus and delivered him to be crucified.

Mar. xv. b. Io. xix a. he is crowned.Then the ſoudeours of the debite toke Ieſus vnto the comen hall / and gaddered vnto him all the company. And they ſtripped him and put on him a purpyll roobe / and platted a croune of thornes and put vpon his heed / & a rede in his ryght honde: and bowed their knees before him / and mocked him / ſaying: hayle kinge of the Iewes: & ſpitted vpon him / & toke the rede and ſmoote him on the heed.

Mar. xv. b. Luk. xxiij. d. He drinketh veneger & gal' Ioh. xix.And when they had mocked him / they toke the robe of him ageyne / and put his awne reymēt on him / & leed him awaye to crucify him. And as they came out / they fonnde a man of Cyren / named Simon: him they compelled to beare his croſſe. And whē they cam vnto ye place / called Golgotha (that is to ſaye / a place of deed mens ſculles) they gave him veneger to drinke mengled with gall. And when he had taſted therof / he wolde not drinke.

He is crucified.When they had crucified him / they parted his garmentes / and did caſt lottes: to fulfyll that was ſpoken by the prophet. They deuyded my garmēte amonge them: & apon my veſture did caſt loottes. And they ſate and watched him there. And they ſet vp over his heed the cauſe of his deeth written. This is Ieſus the kynge of the Iewes. And ther were two theves crucified with him / one on ye right honde / and another on the lyfte.

He is rayled on.They that paſſed by / revyled him waggynge ther heeddes and ſayinge: Thou that deſtroyeſt the temple of God and byldeſt it in thre dayes / ſave thy ſylfe. If thou be ye ſonne of God / come doune from the croſſe. Lykwyſe alſo the hye preſtes mockinge him with the ſcribes and elders ſayde: He ſaved other / himſylfe he can not ſave. If he be ye kynge of Iſrael: let him now come doune from the croſſe / and we will beleve him. He truſted in God / let him deliver him now / yf he will have him: for he ſayde / I am the ſonne of God. That ſame alſo the theves which were crucified with him / caſt in his tethe.

From the ſixte houre was there dercknes over all the londe vnto the nynth houre. And about ye nynth houre Ieſus cryed with a loude voyce / ſayinge: Eli Eli lama aſbathani.Pſalm .xxj. a That is to ſaye / my God / my God / why haſt thou forſaken me? Some of them that ſtode there / when they herde that / ſayde: This man calleth for Helyas. And ſtreyght waye one of them ranne & toke a ſponge and filled it full of veneger / and put it on a rede / and gave him to drinke. Other ſayde / let be: let vs ſe whyther Helyas will come and deliver him. He geveth vp ye gooſt.Ieſus cryed agayne with a lowde voyce & yelded vp the gooſt.

The vayle renteth Deed bodyes aryſe.And beholde the vayle of the temple dyd rent in twayne from ye toppe to the bottome / & the erth dyd quake / and the ſtones dyd rent / and graves dyd open: & the bodies of many ſainctes which ſlept / aroſe and came out of ye graves after his reſurreccion / and came into the holy cite / and appered vnto many.

When the Centurion and they that were with him watchinge Ieſus / ſawe ye erth quake and thoſe thinges which hapened / they feared greatly ſayinge. Of a ſurete this was the ſonne of God.

And many wemen were there / beholdinge him a farre of / which folowed Ieſus frō Galile / miniſtringe vnto him. Amonge which was Mary Magdalen / & Mary the mother of Iames & Ioſes / & ye mother of zebedes chyldren.

Mar. xv. d. Luk. xxiiij. g. Iohan. xxix. g. He is buryed.When the even was come / there came a ryche man of Aramathia named Ioſeph / which ſame alſo was Ieſus diſciple. He went to Pilate and begged the body of Ieſus. Then Pilate commaunded the body to be delivered. And Ioſeph toke the body / and wrapped it in a clene lynnyn clooth / and put it in his newe tombe / which he had hewen out / even in the roke / and rolled a greate ſtone to the dore of ye ſepulcre / and departed. And there was Mary Magdalene & the other Mary ſittynge over ageynſte the ſepulcre.

He is watched for ryſinge againeThe nexte daye that foloweth good frydaye / the hye preſtes & phariſes got them ſelves to Pilate and ſayde: Syr / we remember / yt this deceaver ſayde whyll he was yet alyve After thre dayes I will aryſe agayne. Commaunde therfore that the ſepulcre be made ſure vntyll ye thyrd daye / leſt paraventure his diſciples come / and ſteale him awaye / & ſaye vnto the people / he is ryſen from deeth / & the laſte erroure be worſſe then the fyrſt. Pilate ſayde vnto them. Take watche men: Go / and make it as ſure as ye can. And they went and made the ſepulcre ſure with watche men / and ſealed the ſtone. ⊢

¶ The .xxviii. Chapter. ✚

Mar. xvj b. Io. xx. c.THe Sabboth daye at even which dauneth the morowe after the Sabboth / Mary Magdalene and the other Mary came to ſe the ſepulcre.

And beholde ther was a greate erth quake. For the angell of ye lorde deſcended from heven: & came and rowlled backe the ſtone from the dore / and ſate apon it. His countenaunce was lyke lyghtnynge / and his raymēt whyte as ſnowe. And for feare of him the kepers were aſtunnyed / and be came as deed men.

The angell anſwered / and ſayde to the wemen / feare ye not. I knowe yt ye ſeke Ieſus which was crucified: he is not here: he is ryſen as he ſayde. Come / and ſe the place where the lorde was put: & goo quickly and tell his diſciples yt he is ryſen from deeth. And beholde / he will go before you into Galile / there ye ſhall ſe him. Lo I have tolde you. ⊢

✚ And they departed quickly from the ſepulcre with feare and greate Ioye: & did runne to bringe his diſciples worde. And as they went to tell his diſciples: beholde / Ieſus met them ſayinge: All hayle. And they came and held him by the fete & worſhipped him. Thē ſayde Ieſus vnto them: be not afrayde. Go & tell my brethren / that they goo in to Galile / & there ſhall they ſe me.

When they were gone: beholde / ſome of the kepers came in to the cyte / and ſhewed vnto the hie preſtes / all the thinges that were hapened. And they gaddered them to gedder with the elders / and toke counſell / & gave large money vnto the ſoudiers ſayinge: Saye that his diſciples came by nyght / & ſtole him awaye whill ye ſlept. And if this come to the rulers eares / we wyll peaſe him / & ſave you harmeles. And they toke the money & dyd as they were taught. And this ſayinge is noyſed amō ge the Iewes vnto this daye. ⊢

✚ Then the .xi. diſciples went awaye into Galile / in to a mountayne where Ieſus had appoynted them. And when they ſawe hym / they worſhipped him. But ſome of them douted. And Ieſus came and ſpake vnto them ſayinge: Mar. xvj All power.All power ys gevē vnto me in hevē / & in erth. Go therfore and teache all nacions / baptyſinge them in the name of the father / & the ſonne / & the holy gooſt: Teachinge them to obſerve all thynges / what ſoever I comcommaunded you. And lo I am with you all waye / even vntyll the ende of the worlde. ⊢

¶ Here endeth the Goſpell of S. Mathew.

¶ The Goſpell of S. Marke.

¶ The fyrſte Chapter. ✚

Mat. iij. a. Lu. iij. aTHe beginnynge of the Goſpell of Ieſu Chriſt the ſonne of God / as yt is wrytten in the Prophetes: Mat. iij. abeholde I ſende my meſſenger before thy face / which ſhall prepared thy waye before ye. Eſa. x • . a Iohn .j. c.The voyce of a cryer in the wildernes: prepare ye the waye of the Lorde / make his pathes ſtreyght.

Iohn baptiſed. Mat. iij. aIohn dyd baptiſe in the wyldernes / & preche the baptyme of repentaūce / for the remiſſion of ſynnes. And all the londe of Iurie & they of Ieruſalem / went out vnto him / & were all baptiſed of him in the ryver Iordan / confeſſynge their ſynnes.

Mat. iij. c Luk. iij. c Iohn. j. d.Iohn was clothed with cammylles heer / & with a gerdyll of a ſkyn about hys loynes. And he dyd eate locuſtes & wylde hony / and preached ſayinge: a ſtronger then I commeth after me / whoſe ſhue latchet I am not worthy to ſtoupe doune and vnloſe. I have baptiſed you with water: but he ſhall baptiſe you with the holy gooſt. ⊢

Ieſus is baptiſed. Mat. iij. d Luk. iij. dAnd yt came to paſſe in thoſe dayes / that Ieſus cam from Nazareth / a cyte of Galile: & was baptiſed of Iohn in Iordan. And aſſone as he was come out of the water / Iohn ſawe heaven open / and the holy gooſt deſcendinge vpon him / lyke a dove. And ther came a voyce from heaven: Thou arte my dere ſonne in whom I delyte.

Mat. iiij. a. Luk. v Ieſus faſteth.And immediatly the ſprete drave him into wildernes: and he was there in the wildernes xl / dayes / and was tempted of Satan / & was with wilde beeſtes. And the aungels miniſtred vnto him.

Mathew iiij. b. Luke. iiij. c. Io. iiij. f.After Iohn was taken / Ieſus came in to Galile / preachinge the goſpell of the kyngdome of God / and ſayinge: the tyme is come / & the kyngdome of God is at honde / repent and beleve the goſpell.

Mar. iiij. c. Lu. v. a. Simon Andrew.As he walked by the ſee of Galile / he ſawe Simon & Andrew his brother / caſtinge nettꝭ in to ye ſee / for they were fyſſhers. And Ieſus ſayde vnto them: folowe me / and I will make you fiſſhers of men. And ſtrayght waye / they forſoke their nettes / and folowed him.

Iames Iohn.And when he had gone a lytell further thence / he ſawe Iames the ſonne of zebede / & Iohn his brother / even as they were in the ſhyppe mendinge their nettes. And anōne he called them. And they leeft their father zebede in the ſhippe with his hyred ſervauntes / and went their waye after him.

Mat. viij d. Luke iiij. cAnd they entred in to Capernaū: & ſtreight waye on ye Saboth dayes / he entred in to ye ſynagoge & taught. And they merveled at his learninge. For he taught them as one that had power with him / & not as the Scribes.

The vncleane ſprrite is caſt oute.And there was in their ſynagoge a mā vexed wt an vnclene ſpirite / yt cried ſayinge: let be: what have we to do with the thou Ieſus of Nazareth? Arte thou come to deſtroye vs? I knowe the what thou arte / euē that holy of god. And Ieſus rebuked him ſayinge: hoolde thy peace & come out of him. And ye vnclene ſpirite tare him / & cryed with a loude voyce / & came out of him. And they were all amaſed / in ſo moche that they demaunded one of another amōge them ſelves ſaying: what thinge is this? what newe doctryne is this? For he cōmaundeth the foule ſpirites with power / & they obeye him. And immediatly his fame ſpreed abroade throughoute all the region borderinge on Galile.

Mat. viij. • . Luke iiij. f. Simons mother lawe.And forth with / aſſone as they were come out of the ſynagoge / they entred in to ye houſſe of Symon and Andrew / with Iames & Ihon. And Symons mother in lawe lay ſicke of a fever. And anone they tolde him of her. And he came and toke her by the honde and lifte her vp: and the fever ſorſoke hir by and by: & ſhe miniſtred vnto them.

And at even when the ſunne was downe / they brought to him all that were diſeaſed / & them that were poſſeſſed with devyls. And all the cite gaddred to gedder at the dore / & he healed many yt were ſicke of divers deſeaſes. And he caſt out many devyls / and ſuffred not ye devyls to ſpeake / becauſe they knewe him.

And in the morninge very erly / Ieſus aroſe and went out in to a ſolitary place / & there prayed. And Simon and they that were with him folowed after him. And when they had founde him / they ſayde vnto him: all men ſeke for the. And he ſayd vnto them: let vs go in to the next tounes / that I maye preache there alſo: for truly I cam out for that purpoſe. And he preached in their ſynagogꝭ / throughout all Galile / and caſt the devyls out.

A leper. Mat. viij a. Lu. v. cAnd there came a leper to him / beſechinge him / & kneled doune vnto him / & ſayde to him: yf thou wilt / thou cāneſt make me clene. And Ieſus had cōpaſſion on him / & put forth his honde / touched him / & ſayde to him: I will be thou clene. And aſſone as he had ſpokē / immediatly ye leproſy departed frō him / & was clenſed. And he charged him / & ſent him awaye forthwith & ſayd vnto him: Se thou ſaye nothinge to any man: but get the hence & ſhewe thy ſilfe to ye preſte / & offer for thy clenſinge / thoſe thingꝭ which Moſes cōmaunded / for a teſtimoniall vnto them. But he (aſſone as he was departed) beganne to tell many thingꝭ / & to publyſhe the dede: in ſo moche that Ieſus coulde no more opēly entre in to the cite / but was with out in deſert places. And they came to him frō every quarter.

¶ The .ii. Chapt.

Mat. ix. a Luke. v. d Palſeye.AFter a feawe dayes / he entred into Capernaum agayne / & it was noyſed that he was in a houſſe. And anone many gadered to geder / in ſo moche that now there was no roume to receave them: no / not ſo moche as about the dore. And he preached the worde vnto them. And there came vnto him that brought one ſicke of the palſie / borne of fower men. And becauſe they coulde not come nye vnto him for preace / they vncovered ye rofe of the houſſe where he was. And when they had broken it opē / they let doune ye beed where in ye ſicke of the palſie laye. When Ieſus ſawe their fayth / he ſayde to the ſicke of the palſie / ſonne thy ſinnes are forgeven the.

And ther were certayne of ye ſcribꝭ ſittinge there / & reaſoninge in their hertꝭ: how doeth this felowe ſo blaſpheme? Who can forgeve ſynnes / but God only? And immediatly whē Ieſus perceaved in his ſprete / yt they ſo reaſoned in thē ſelves / he ſayde vnto them: why thynke ye ſoche thingꝭ in youre hertꝭ? Whether is it eaſyer to ſaye to ye ſicke of ye palſie / thy ſynnes are forgeven the: or to ſaye / aryſe take vp thy beed / and walke? That ye maye knowe yt the ſonne of man hath power in erth to The viſible miracle was a ſigne of the inuiſible power forgeve ſynnes / he ſpake vnto ye ſicke of the palſie: I ſaye vnto ye / aryſe & take vp thy beed / & get ye henſe in to thyne awne houſſe. And by and by he aroſe / toke vp the beed / and went forth before them all: in ſo moche that they were all amaſed / and glorified God ſayinge: we never ſawe it on this faſſion.

Mat. ix. a Luk. v. f. Levy.And he went agayne vnto the ſee / and all the people reſorted vnto him / & he taught thē. And as Ieſus paſſed by / he ſawe Levy ye ſonne of Alphey ſyt at the receyte of cuſtome / & ſayde vnto him: folowe me. And he aroſe & folowed him. And it came to paſſe / as Ieſus ſate at meate in his houſſe / many publicans & ſynners ſate at meate alſo with Ieſus & his diſciples. For there were many that folowed him. And when the Scribes & Phariſes ſawe him eate with publicās and ſynnerspublicās & ſynners eate with Chriſt. / they ſayde vnto his diſciples: how is it / that he eateth & drynketh with publicās and ſynners? When Ieſus hearde yt / he ſayde vnto them. The whole have no nede of the phiſiciō / but the ſicke. I came not to call the rightwiſe / but the ſynners to repentaunce.

j. Timo. j. c. Mat. ix. b. and Luk. v. f. Chriſtes diſciples faſte notAnd the diſciples of Iohn & the Phariſes dyd faſte: & therfore came & ſayde vnto him. Why do ye diſciples of Iohn & of the Phariſes faſte / & thy diſciples faſt not. And Ieſus ſayde vnto them: can the chyldren of a weddinge faſte / while the brydgrome is wt them. As longe as they have the brydgrome with them / they cannot faſte. But the dayes will come when the brydgrome ſhalbe taken from them & then ſhall they faſte in thoſe dayes.

New & olde agree not.Alſo no mā ſoweth a pece of newe cloth vnto an olde garmēt / for then taketh he awaye ye newe pece frō the olde / & ſo is the rent worſſe.

In lyke wyſe / no man poureth newe wyne in to olde veſſels: for yf he do / the newe wyne breaketh the veſſels / and the wyne runneth out / and the veſſels are marred. But new wyne muſt be poured in to new veſſels.

Mat. xij. a. Luke vj. a They pluck the eares on the Saboth daye j. Regum xxi. b The Saboth was made for man. Chriſt is Lorde over the Saboth.And it chaunſed that he wēt thorow / ye corne feldes on the Saboth daye: and his diſciples as they went on their waye / beganne to plucke the eares of corne. And the Phariſes ſayde vnto him: beholde / why do they on the Saboth dayes yt which is not laufull? And he ſayde to them: have ye never rede what Dauid dyd / when he had nede / & was anhōgred / bothe he & they that were with him? How he went into the houſſe of God in the dayes of Abiathar ye hye preſte / & dyd eate ye halowed loves / which is not laufull to eate / but for ye preſtes only: & gave alſo to thē which were with him? And he ſayde to them: the Saboth daye was made for man / and not man for the Saboth daye. Wherfore the ſonne of man is Lorde evē of the Saboth daye.

¶ The .iii. Cha. ✚

Wethered hāde.ANd he entred agayne into ye ſynagoge / & there was a man there which had a widdred honde. And they watched him to ſe / whether he wolde heale him on the Saboth daye / yt they might accuſe him. And he ſayde vnto ye man which had ye wyddred honde: ariſe & ſtonde in ye middes. And he ſayd to them: whether is it laufull to do a good dede on ye Saboth dayes / or an evyll? to ſave life or kyll? But they helde their peace. And he loked round aboute on them angerly / mournyge on the blindnes of their hertes / and ſayde to the man: ſtretch forth thyne honde. And he ſtretched it oute. And his honde was reſtored / even as whole as the other. ⊢

And ye Phariſes departed / & ſtreyght waye gaddred a counſell with thē that belonged to Herode agaynſt him / yt they might deſtroye him. And Ieſus auoyded wt his diſciples to ye ſea. And a greate multitude folowed him frō Galile & frō Iurie / & frō Hieruſalem / & frō Idumea / & frō beyonde Iordane: & they yt dwelled about Tyre & Sidon / a greate multitude: which whē they had herde what thinges he dyd / came vnto him.

And he cōmaunded his diſciples / yt a ſhippe ſhuld wayte on him / becauſe of the people / leſte they ſhuld throūge him. For he had healed many / in ſomoche that they preaſed apon him / for to touche him / as many as had plages. And when the vnclene ſpritꝭ ſawe him / they fell doune before him / & cryed ſayinge: thou arte the ſonne of God. And he ſtraygtly charged them that they ſhuld not vtter him.

Mat.x. a Lu. vj. b. c The apoſtles are choſen.And he wēt vp into a mountayne / & called vnto him whom he wolde / & they came vnto him. And he ordeyned ye .xii. that they ſhuld be wt him / & that he myght ſende thē to preache: and that they might have power to heale ſykneſſes / & to caſt out devyls. And he gave vnto Simon / to name Peter. And he called Iames the ſonne of zebede & Iohn Iames brother / & gave them Bonarges to name / which is to ſaye the ſonnes of thounder. And Andrew / & Philip / & Bartlemew / & Mathew / & Thomas / & Iames the ſonne of Alphey / and Taddeus / & Symon of Cane / & Iudas Iſcarioth / which ſame alſo betrayed him.

Mat. ix. d and .xij. b Lu. xj. b. Belzebub.And they came vnto houſſe / & the people aſſembled togedder agayne / ſo greatly that they had not leeſar ſo moche as to eate breed. And when they that longed vnto him hearde of it / they went out to holde him. For they thought he had bene beſide him ſelfe. And ye Scribes which came frō Ieruſalem / ſayde: he hath Belzebub / & by ye power of the chefe devyll / caſteth out devyls. And he called them vnto him / & ſayde vnto them in ſimilitudes.

How can Satan drive out Satan: For yf a realme be devided ageynſte it ſilfe / that realme cannot endure. Or yf a houſſe be devided agaynſte it ſilfe / that houſſe cannot continue: So yf Satā make inſurreccion agaynſte him ſilfe and be devided / he cannot continue: but is at an ende. No man can entre into a ſtronge mans houſſe / & take awaye hys gooddes / excepte he fyrſt bynde that ſtronge man / and then ſpoyle hys houſſe.

Mat. xij. a. lu. xj. b The ſyn of the holy gooſt.Verely I ſaye vnto you / all ſynnes ſhalbe forgeven vnto mens chyldren & blaſphemy wherwith they blaſpheme. But he that blaſphemeth ye holy gooſt / ſhall never have forgevenes: but is in daūger of eternall dāpnacion: becauſe they ſayde / he had an vnclene ſprete.

Mathe. xij. d. Luke. viij. c. His mother ſeketh himThen came his mother & his brethrē / & ſtode with out / & ſent vnto him and called him. And the people ſate aboute hym / & ſayde vnto him: beholde thy mother & thy brethrē ſeke for the with out. And he anſwered them ſayinge: who is my mother and my brethrē. And he loked rounde about on his diſciples which ſate in compaſſe about hym / & ſayde: beholde my mother & my brethren. For whoſoever doeth ye will of God / he is my brother my ſyſter and mother.

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Mathe. xiij. a. Luke viij. a.ANd he began agayne to teache by the ſee ſyde. And there gadered to gedder vnto him moche people / ſo greatly yt he entred into a ſhip / and ſate in the ſee / & all the people was by the ſee ſide on the ſhoore.Sower. And he taught them many thynges in ſimilitudes / and ſayde vnto them in his doctrine: Herken to. Beholde / There wēt out a ſower to ſowe. And it fortuned as he ſowed / that ſome fell by the waye ſyde / and the fowles of the ayre came and devoured it vp. Some fell on ſtony grounde / where it had not moche erth: and by and by ſprange vp / becauſe it had not deepth of erth: but aſſone as the ſunne was vp it caught heet / and becauſe it had not rotynge / wyddred awaye.

And ſome fell amonge the thornes / and the thornes grewe vp and choked it / ſo that it gave no frute. And ſome fell vpon good grounde and dyd yelde frute that ſprōge and grewe / and brought forthe: ſome thirty folde / ſome ſixtie folde and ſome an hundred folde. And he ſayde vnto them: he that hath eares to heare / let him heare. ⊢

The ſower is expowndedAnd when he was alone / they yt were aboute him with ye .xii. axed him of ye ſimilitude. And he ſayde vnto thē. To you it is gevē to knowe the miſtery of the kyngdome of God. But vnto them that are wt out / ſhall all thinges be done in ſimilitudes:Eſa. vj. e Mat. xiij b. Lu. viij b. Io. xij. f. Actu. xxviij. f. Roman .xj. b yt when they ſe / they ſhall ſe / & not diſcerne: & when they heare they ſhall heare / & not vnderſtonde: leſte at any tyme they ſhulde tourne / & their ſynnes ſhuld be forgevē thē. And he ſayde vnto thē: Perceave ye not this ſimilitude? how then ſhulde ye vnderſtonde all other ſimilitudes?

The ſower ſoweth ye worde. And they that are by the wayes ſyde / where the worde is ſowen / are they to whom aſſone as they have herde it / Sathā cometh immediatly / & takith awaye the worde that was ſowē in their hertes. And likewiſe they that are ſowen on the ſtonye groūde / are they: which when they have harde the worde / at once receave it wt gladnes / yet have no rotes in them ſelves / & ſo endure but a tyme: & anone as trouble & perſecucion aryſeth for ye wordes ſake / they fall immediatly. And they that are ſowē amōge the thornes / are ſoche as heare ye worde: and ye carꝭ of this worlde & ye diſſeytfulnes of ryches & the luſtes of other thingꝭ / entre in & choocke ye worde / & it is made vnfrutfull. And thoſe that weare ſowē in good grounde / are they that heare the worde and receave it / and bringe forth frute / ſome thirty folde / ſome ſixty folde / ſome an hundred folde.

Mat. v. b Lu. viij. c and .xj. e. Mat. v. c. Lu. viij. c Candell.And he ſayde vnto them: is ye candle lighted / to be put vnder a buſſhell / or vnder ye table / & not rather to be put on a cādelſtick? For there is nothinge ſo prevy / that ſhall not be opened: nether ſo ſecreet / but that it ſhall come abroade. Yf eny man have eares to heare / let him heare. MeaſureAnd he ſayde vnto them: take hede what ye heare. With what meaſure ye mete / with the ſame ſhall it be meaſured vnto you agayne. And vnto you that heare ſhall more be gevē. A couenaunt to them that loue the worde of God to wynne other with worde ād dede: and another to them that loue it not, that it ſhalbe their deſtruccion. For vnto him yt hath / ſhall it be geven: and from him that hath not / ſhalbe taken awaye / even that he hath.

And he ſayde: ſo is the kyngdome of God / even as yf a man ſhuld ſowe ſeede in ye groū de / & ſhulde ſlepe & ryſe vp night & daye: and the ſeede ſhuld ſpringe & growe vp / he not ware. For ye erth bringeth forthe frute of her ſilfe: fyrſt the blade / then the eares / after that full corne in the eares. And as ſone as the frute is brought forth / anōne he throuſteth in ye ſykell / becauſe the herveſt is come.

Muſtard ſeede. Mathe. xiij. c. Luke .xiij. dAnd he ſayde: where vnto ſhall we lykē the kyngdome of God? or with what cōpareſon ſhall we cōpare it? It is lyke a grayne of muſtard ſeed / which when it is ſowē in the erth / is the leeſt of all ſeedes that be in the erth: but after that it is ſowen / it groweth vp / and is greateſt of all yerbes: & bereth greate braū ches / ſo that ye fowles of the ayre maye dwell vnder the ſhadowe of it.

And with many ſoche ſimilitudꝭ he preached the worde vnto thē / after as they myght heare it. And without ſimilitude ſpake he no thinge vnto them. But when they were aparte / he expounded all thinges to his diſciples. Mathe. viij. d. Luke. viij. d.And the ſame daye when even was come / he ſayde vnto them: let vs paſſe over vnto the other ſyde. And they lefte the people / & toke him even as he was in the ſhyp. And ther were alſo with him other ſhippes.

Ieſus ſlepeth in ye ſhip.And ther aroſe a great ſtorme of wynde / & daſſhed ye waves into the ſhip / ſo that it was full. And he was in the ſterne aſlepe on a pelowe. And they awoke him / & ſayde to him: Maſter / careſt thou not yt we periſſhe? And he roſe vp / & rebuked the wynde / & ſayde vnto the ſee: peace & be ſtill. And the winde alayed / and ther folowed a greate calme. And he ſayde vnto them: why are ye ſo fearfull? How is it that ye have no fayth? And they feared excedingly / & ſayde one to another: what felowe is this? For booth winde & ſee obey him.

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Gaderenites. Mathe. viij. d. Luke. viij. d.ANd they cam over to the other ſyde of ye ſee in to the coūtre of ye Gaderenites. And when he was come out of ye ſhippe / there met him out of the graves a man poſſeſſyd of an vncleane ſprete / which had his abydinge amōge the graves. And no man coulde bynde him: no not with cheynes / becauſe that when he was often bounde wt fetters & chaynes / he plucked ye chaynes aſundre / & brake the fetters in peacꝭ. Nether coulde eny man tame him. And alwayes bothe nyght & daye / he cryed in ye moūtaynes & in ye graves / & bet him ſilfe wt ſtones. When he had ſpied Ieſus afarre of / he rāne & worſhipped him / & cryed wt a lowde voyce & ſayde: what have I to do wt the Ieſus ye ſonne of the mooſt hyeſt God? I requyre ye in the name of God yt thou tormēt me not. For he had ſayd vnto hym: come out of the man thou fowle ſprete. And he axed him: what is thy name? And he anſwered ſayinge: my name is Legion / for we are many.Legion. And he prayd him inſtantly / that he wolde not ſende thē awaye out of the countre.

SwyneAnd ther was there nye vnto ye moūtayns a greate heerd of ſwyne fedinge / & all the devyls beſought him ſayinge: ſende vs into the heerde of ſwyne / yt we maye enter in to them. And anone Ieſus gave them leave. And the vnclene ſpretꝭ wēt out & entred in to ye ſwyne. And the heerd ſtarteled / & ran hedling in to the ſee. They were about .ii. M. ſwyne / & they were drouned in the ſee. And the ſwyne heerde fleed / & tolde it in ye cyte / & in the countre. And they came out for to ſe what had hapened: & came to Ieſus / & ſawe hym that was vexed wt the fende & had the legiō / ſyt / both clothed & in his right mynde / and were afrayed. And they that ſawe it tolde them / how it had happened vnto him that was poſſeſſed with the devyll: & alſo of the ſwyne. And they begāne to praye him / that he wolde departe frō their cooſtes. And when he was come in to the ſhyppe / he that had ye devyll / prayed him that he myght be with him. Howbeit Ieſus wolde not ſuffre him / but ſayde vnto him: goo home in to thyne awne houſſe and to thy frendes / & ſhewe thē what great thingꝭ ye Lorde hath done vnto the / & how he had cōpaſſion on the. And he departed / & begāne to publiſſhe in ye ten cyties / what greate thingꝭ Ieſus had done vnto him / & all mē dyd merveyle.

Mat. ix. c Lu. viij. f The Rulers daughter.And when Ieſus was come over agayne by ſhyp vnto the other ſyde / moche people gadered vnto him / & he was nye vnto the ſee. Andbeholde / ther came one of the rulers of ye Synagoge / whoſe name was Iairus: & when he ſawe him / he fell doune at his fete / & beſought hym greatly ſayinge: my doughter lyith at poynt of deeth / I wolde thou woldeſt come and laye thy honde on her / that ſhe myght be ſafe and live. And he wēt with him / & moche people folowed him / and thronged him.

Bloudye iſſue.And ther was a certen woman / which was diſeaſed of an yſſue of bloude .xii. yeeres & had ſuffred many thingꝭ of many phiſiciōs / and had ſpēt all yt ſhe had / & felte none amendmēt at all / but wexed worſſe & worſſe. When ſhe had herde of Ieſus: ſhe came into the preace behynde him / & touched his garmēt. For ſhe thought: yf I maye but touche his clothes / I ſhall be whole. And ſtreyght waye her foū tayne of bloude was dryed vp / aud ſhe felt in her body / that ſhe was healed of the plage.

And Ieſus immediatly felt in him ſilfe / ye vertue that wēt out of him / and tourned him roūde aboute in the preace / & ſayde: who touched my clothes? And his diſciples ſayde vnto him: ſeiſt thou ye people thruſt the / and yet axeſt / who dyd touche me? And he loked roūd about / for to ſe her that had done that thinge. The woman feared and trembled (for ſhe knew what was done within her) & ſhe came & fell doune before him / & tolde him ye truth of every thinge. And he ſayde to her: Doughter / thy fayth hath made the whoale: goo in peace / and be whole of thy plage.

Whyll he yet ſpake / ther came frō the ruler of ye ſynagoges houſſe / certayne which ſayde: thy doughter is deed: why diſeaſeſt thou ye maſter eny further? Aſſone as Ieſus herde that worde ſpokē / he ſayde vnto the ruler of ye ſynagoge: be not afrayed / only beleve. And he ſuffred no man to folowe him moo then Peter and Iames and Ihon the brother of Iames. And he came vnto the houſſe of the ruler of ye ſynagoge / & ſawe y• wondrynge / & them that wepte and wayled greatly / & went in & ſayde vnto them: why make ye this adoo & wepe? The maydē is not deed / but ſlepith. And they lawght him to ſcorne. Then he put them all out / and toke ye father & the mother of ye mayden / and them that were with him / & entred in where the mayden laye / & toke the mayden by the honde / & ſayde vnto hyr: Tabitha / cumi: which is by interpretacion: maydē I ſaye vnto the / aryſe. And ſtreyght the mayden aroſe / and went on her fete. For ſhe was of the age of twelve yeres. And they were aſtonied at it out of meaſure. And he charged thē ſtraytely that no man ſhuld knowe of it / & cōmaunded to geve her meate.

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Mat. xiij g. Lu. iiij c. Io. iiij. f Carpenter. A prophete is not honoured in his awne contree.ANd he departed thence / & cam into his awne countre / & his diſciples folowed him. And whē the ſaboth daye was come / he beganne to teache in ye ſynagsge. And many that hearde him were aſtonyed / & ſayde: From whens hath he theſe thinges? & what wyſdō is this that is gevē vnto him? & ſuche vertues yt are wrought by his honds? Is not this that carpēter Maryes ſonne / ye brother of Iames & Ioſes and of Iuda & Simon? & are not his ſyſters here with vs? And they were offended by him. And Ieſus ſayde vnto thē: a prophet is not deſpyſed but in his awne coū tre / & amonge his awne kynne / & amonge thē that are of the ſame houſholde. And he coulde there ſhewe no miracles / but leyd his hondes apon a feawe ſicke foolke and healed thē. And he merveyled at their vnbelefe. ⊢

Mat. x. a. Lu. ix. a. The apoſtels are ſent forthAnd he went aboute by ye tounes yt laye on every ſyde / teachynge. And he called ye twelve & beganne to ſende them / two and two / & gave them power over vnclene ſpretes. And cō maunded thē / that they ſhuld take nothinge vnto their Iorney / ſave a rodde only: Nether ſcrippe / nether breed / nether mony in their pourſes: but ſhuld be ſhood with ſandals. And that they ſhuld not put on two coottes. And he ſayd vnto thē: Actu. xiij. g. Duſt.wherſoever ye entre in to an houſe / there abyde tyll ye departe thence And whoſoever ſhall not receave you / nor heare you / when ye departe thence / ſhake of the duſte that is vnder youre fete / for a witneſſe vnto them. I ſaye verely vnto you / it ſhalbe eaſyer for zodom and Gomor at the daye of iudgement / then for that cite.

And they went out and preached / that they ſhuld repent: and they caſte out many devylles. Annoynte.And they annoynted many that were ſicke / with oyle and healed them.

Math. xiiij. a. Lu. ix. a.And kynge Herode herde of him (for his name was ſpreed abroade) and ſayd: Iohn Baptiſte is ryſen agayne from deeth / & therfore miracles are wrought by him. Wother ſayd / it is Helyas: and ſome ſayde: it is a Prophet or as one of ye Prophetes. But when Herode hearde of him / he ſayd: it is Iohn whom I beheded / he is ryſen from deeth agayne.

✚ Math. xiiij. a. Lu. iij. d. Iohn baptiſtis be heeded.For Herode him ſylfe / had ſent forth and had taken Iohn / and bounde him & caſt him into preſon for Herodias ſake which was his brother Philippes wyfe. For he had maried her. Iohn ſayd vnto Herode: It is not laufull for the to have thy brothers wyfe. Herodias layd wayte for him / & wolde have killed him / but ſhe coulde not. For Herode feared Iohn / knowynge yt he was a iuſte man and an holy: & gave him reverence: & when he hearde him / he dyd many thingꝭ / and hearde him gladly.

But when a cōuenient daye was come: Herode on his birthdaye made a ſupper to ye lordes / captayns / & chefe eſtate of Galile. And ye doughter of ye ſayde Herodias came in & daū ſed / and pleaſed Herode and them that ſate at bourde alſo. Then ye kynge ſayd vnto ye mayden: axe of me what thou wilt / & I will geve it ye. And he ſware vnto hyr / whatſoever thou ſhalt axe of me / I will geve it ye / even vnto ye one halfe of my kyngdome. And ſhe wēt forth and ſayde to her mother: what ſhall I axe? And ſhe ſayde: Iohn Baptiſtes heed. And ſhe cam in ſtreygth waye with haſte vnto ye kynge / & axed ſayinge: I will / that thou geve me by & by in a charger ye heed of Iohn Baptiſt. And ye kynge was ſory: howbeit for his othes ſake / and for their ſakes which ſate at ſupper alſo / he wolde not put her beſyde her purpoſe. And immediatly ye kynge ſent ye hangmā and cōmaunded his heed to be brought in. And he went and beheeded him in the preſon / and brought his heed in a charger / & gave it to the mayden / & the mayden gave it to her mother. And when his diſciples hearde of it / they came & toke vp his body / & put it in a toumbe. ⊢

Math. xiiij. b. Lu. ix. b.And the apoſtels gaddered them ſelves to geddre to Ieſus / & tolde him all thingꝭ / booth what they had done / & what they had taught. And he ſayd vnto them: come ye aparte into the wyldernes / & reſt a whyle. For there were many cōmers and goers / that they had no leaſure ſo moche as to eate. And he wēt by ſhip out of the waye into a deſerte place. But the people ſpyed them when they departed: and many knewe him / & ranne afote thyther out of all cities / and cam thyther before them / & came togedder vnto him. Mat. ix. dAnd Ieſus went out and ſawe moche people / and had compaſſion on them / becauſe they were lyke ſhepe which had no ſhepeherde. And he beganne to teache them many thinges.

Math. xiij. b. Lu. ix. b. Ioh. vj. a Fyve loves & .ii. fyſſhes.And when ye daye was nowe farre ſpēt / his diſciples came vnto him ſayinge: this is a deſert place / and now the daye is farre paſſed / let thē departe / that they maye goo into the countrey rounde about / & into the tounes / & bye thē breed: for they have nothinge to eare. He anſwered & ſayde vnto them: geve ye thē to eate. And they ſayde vnto him: ſhall we goo & bye ii.C. penyworth of breed / & geve thē to eate? He ſayde vnto thē: how many loves have ye? Goo and loke. And when they had ſerched / they ſayde: v. & .ii. fyſſhes. And he cōmaunded them to make them all ſyt doune by companyes apon the grene graſſe. And they ſate doune here a rowe and there arowe / by houndrede & by fyfties. And he toke ye .v. loves & ye ii. fyſſhes / & loked vp to heven & bleſſed & brake the loves / & gave them to his diſciples to put before thē: & the .ii. fyſſhes he devyded amonge them all. And they all dyd eate / & were ſatiſfied. And they toke vp twelve baſkettes full of the gobbettes & of y• fyſſhes. And they that ate were about fyve thouſand men.

Math. xiiij. c. Ioh. vj. b Ieſus walketh on the ſeaAnd ſtreyght waye he cauſed his diſciples to goo into the ſhipe / & to goo over the water before vnto Bethſaida / whyll he ſent awaye the people. And aſſone as he had ſent them away / he departed into a moūtayne to praye. ✚ And when even was come / the ſhip was in the midde of the ſee / & he alone on the londe / and he ſawe thē troubled in rowynge / for the wynde was cōtrary vnto them. And aboute ye fourth quartre of ye nyght / he came vnto thē / walkinge apon the ſee / and wolde have paſſed by thē. When they ſawe him walkinge apon the ſee / they ſuppoſed it had bene a ſprete / & cryed oute: For they all ſawe him / and were afrayed. And anon he talked with them / & ſayde vnto them: be of good chere / it is I / be not afrayed. And he went vp vnto them into the ſhippe / & the wynde ceaſed / and they were ſore amaſed in them ſelves beyonde meaſure / & marveyled. For they remembred not / of the loves / becauſe their hertes were blynded.

Math. xiiij. d.And they came over / & went into the londe of Genezareth / and drue vp into the haven. And aſſone as they were come out of ye ſhippe / ſtreyght they knewe him / and ran forth throughout all ye region rounde about / and began to cary aboute in beeddꝭ all yt were ſicke / to the place where they heard tell yt he was. And whyther ſoever he entred into tounes / cities or villages / they layde their ſicke in the ſtretes / and prayed him / that they myght touche / and it were but the edge of his veſture.Edge or hemme. And as many as touched him were ſafe. ⊢

¶ The .vii. Chapter.

mat. xv a Vnwaſſhen hondes.ANd ye phariſes came togedder vnto him & dyvers of ye ſcribes which came from Ieruſalem. And whē they ſawe certayne of his diſciples eate breed wt cōmen hondꝭ (that is to ſaye / wt vnweſſhen hondꝭ) they cō playned. For the phariſes and all the Iewes / excepte they waſhe their hondꝭ ofte / eate not obſervinge the tradicions of the elders. And whē they come from the market / eſcept they waſhe / they eate not. And many other thingꝭ ther be / which they have taken apon them to obſerve / as the waſſhinge of cuppes and cruſes / and of Braſen veſſels / and of tables.

Then axed him the phariſes & ſcribe / why walke not thy diſciples accordinge to ye tradicions of the elders / but eate breede with vnweſhen hondes? He anſwered and ſayde vnto them: well propheſied Eſaias of you ypocrites / as it is writtē:Eſaie .xxix. d. Mennes cōmaundemente. This people honoreth me with their lyppes / but their hert is farre from me: In vayne they worſhippe me / teachinge doctryns which are nothinge but ye cōmaundementes of men. For ye laye the commaundement of God aparte / & obſerve the tradicions of men / as the weſſhinge of cruſes and of cuppes / and many other ſuche lyke thingꝭ ye do.

Exo. xx c. Deu. v Ephe. vj. a. Ex xxj. c. Leu. xx b Prouer. xx. Corban.And he ſayde vnto them: well / ye caſt aſyde the cōmaundement of God / to mayntayne youre owne tradiciōs. For Moſes ſayde: Honoure thy father & thy mother: & whoſoever curſſeth father or mother / let him dye for it. But ye ſaye: a man ſhall ſaye to father or mother Corban: which is: that thou deſyreſt of me to helpe the with / is geven God. And ſo ye ſoffre him no more to do ought for his father or his mother / makinge the worde of God of none effecte / through youre awne tradicions which ye have ordeyned. And many ſoche thinges ye do.

mat. xv b That goeth in / defileth not And he called all the people vnto him / & ſayde vnto them: Herken vnto me / every one of you & vnderſtonde. There is no thinge with out a man that can defyle him when it entreth into him: but thoo thinges which procede out of him are thoſe which defyle ye man. If eny man have eares to heare / let him heare And whē he came to houſe awaye frō the people / his diſciples axed him of the ſimilitude. And he ſayd vnto thē: Are ye ſo without vnderſtondinge? Do ye not yet perceave / yt what ſoever thinge from wt out entreth into a man / it can not defyle him / becauſe it entrith not in to his hert / but into ye belly: and goeth out into the draught that porgeth oute all meates.

That cometh oute of a mā defileth.And he ſayde: yt defileth a mā which cometh oute of a man. For frō wt in / even oute of the herte of men / proceade evill thoughtes: advoutry / fornicacion / murder / theeft / coveteouſnes / wickednes / diceyte / vnclennes / & a wicked eye / blaſphemy / pryde / folyſſhnes: all theſe evyll thinges come from with in / and defile a man.

Mat. xv c The Syropheniſſa. And from thence he roſe & went into ye borders of Tyre & Sidon / & entred into an houſſe / & wolde that no man ſhuld have knowen: But he coulde not be hyd. For a certayne womā whoſe doughter had a foule ſprete hearde of him / & came & fell at his fete. The woman was a Greke oute of Syrophenicia / & ſhe beſought him yt he wolde caſte out ye devyll oute of her doughter. And Ieſus ſayde vnto her: let the chyldren fyrſt be feed. For it is not mete / to take the chyldrēs breed / & to caſte it vnto whelppꝭ. She anſwered and ſayde vnto him: even ſoo maſter / nevertheleſſe / the whelppes alſo eate vnder the table of the chyldrens cromes. And he ſayde vnto her: for this ſayinge goo thy waye / the devyll is gone out of thy doughter. And when ſhe was come home to her houſſe / ſhe founde the devyll departed / and her doughter lyinge on the beed.

✚ Mat. xv c The deffe and dō me.And he departed agayne from the cooſtes of Tyre & Sidon / & came vnto the ſee of Galile thorowe ye middꝭ of the cooſtes of ye .x. cities. And they brought vnto him one yt was deffe & ſtambred in his ſpeche / & prayde him to laye his honde apon him. And he toke him a ſyde from ye people / & put his fyngers in his eares / & dyd ſpyt & touched his tounge / and loked vp to heven and ſygthed / and ſayde vnto him: ephatha / that is to ſaye / be openned. And ſtreyght waye his eares were openned / and the ſtringe of his tounge was looſed / & he ſpake playne. And he cōmaunded them that they ſhuld tell no man. But the more he forbad them / ſoo moche the more a greate deale they publeſſhed it: and were beyonde meaſure aſtonyed / ſayinge:Gene. j. d Eccle. xxxix. c. He hath done all thingꝭ well / and hath made booth the deffe to heare / & the dōme to ſpeake. ⊢

¶ The .viii. Cha. ✚

Mat. xv. d. Seven loves.IN thoſe dayes whē ther was a very greate companye / & had nothinge to eate / Ieſus called his diſciples to him & ſayd vnto thē: I have cōpaſſion on this people / becauſe they have nowe bene with me .iii. dayes & have nothinge to eate: And yf I ſhuld ſende thē awaye faſtinge to their awne houſes / they ſhulde faynt by the waye. For dyvers of thē came from farre. And his diſciples anſwered him: where ſhuld a man have breade here in the wildernes to ſatiſfie theſe? And he axed them: how many loves have ye? They ſayde: ſeven. And he commaunded the people to ſyt doune on the grounde. And he toke the .vii. loves / gave thankes / brake / & gave to his diſciples / to ſet before them. And they dyd ſet thē before the people. And they had a feawe ſmale fyſſhes. And he bleſſed them & cōmaunded them alſo to be ſet before them. And they ate & were ſuffyſed: And they toke vp yf the broken meate that was lefte .vii. baſkettes full. And they yt ate / werein nomber aboute fowre thouſand. And he ſent them awaye. ⊢

Mat. xvj a. Lu. xij g. A ſigne.And a none he entred into a ſhip wt his diſciples / & came into the parties of Dalmanutha. And the phariſes cam forth / & begane to diſpute with him / ſekinge of him a ſigne frō heven and temptinge him. And he ſygthed in his ſprete and ſayde: why doth this generacion ſeke a ſigne? Verely I ſaye vnto you / ther ſhall no ſigne be geven vnto this generacion. And he lefte thē and went into the ſhip agayne / and departed over the water.

Math. xvj. a Leven.And they had forgottē to take breed wt thē / nether had they in the ſhip with them more then one loofe. And he charged thē ſayinge. ✚ Take hede / & beware of ye leven of ye phariſes / & of ye levē of Herode. And they reaſoned amonge thē ſelves ſayinge: we have no breed And whē Ieſus knewe yt / he ſayde vnto thē: why take ye thought becauſe ye have no bread? perceave ye not yet / nether vnderſtonde? Have ye youre hertes yet blynded? Have ye eyes & ſe not? & have ye eares and heare not? Do ye not remember? When I brake v. lovesIoh. vj. b amonge .v. M. How many baſkettes full of brokē meate toke ye vp? They ſayde vnto him twelve. When I brake .vii. amonge .iiii. M. How many baſkete of the levinge of broken meate toke ye vp? they ſayde .vii. And he ſayde vnto thē: how is it yt ye vnderſtonde not?

✚ A blynde is healedAnd he came to Bethſaida / & they brought a blynde man vnto him and deſyred him to touche him. And he caught the blynde by the honde / and leade him out of the toune / & ſpat in his eyes and put his hondes apon him / and axed him whether he ſaw ought. And he loked vp and ſayde: I ſe ye men: For I ſe thē walke / as they were trees. After that he put his honde agayne apon his eyes & made him ſee. And he was reſtored to his ſight / and ſawe every mā clerly. And he ſent him home to his houſſe ſayinge: nether goo into the toune / nor tell it to eny in the toune. ⊢

Math. xvj. b. Luk. ix. c Ceſarea PhilippiAnd Ieſus went out and his diſciples into the tounes that longe to the cite called Ceſarea Philippi. And by the waye he axed his diſciples ſayinge: whom do men ſaye yt I am? And they anſwered: ſome ſaye that thou arte Iohn Baptiſte: ſome ſaye Helyas: and ſome / one of the Prophetꝭ. And he ſayde vnto thē: But whom ſaye ye that I am? Peter anſwered & ſayd vnto him: Thou arte very Chriſte. And he charged them / that they ſhuld tell no man of it. And he beganne to teache them / The paſſion. how that the ſonne of man muſt ſuffre many thinges / and ſhuld be reproved of the elders and of the hye preſtes and ſcribes / and be kylled / and after thre dayes aryſe agayne. And he ſpake that ſayinge openly. And Peter toke him a ſyde / and began to chyde him. Then he tourned aboute and looked on his diſciples / Peter is Satan. Mat. xvj d. & x. d. Luk. ix. c & .xiiij. f. Chriſtes diſciple. & rebuked Peter ſayinge: Goo after me Satan. For thou ſavereſt not ye thinges of God but the thinges of men.

And he called the people vnto him / with his diſciples alſo / and ſayd vnto them: Whoſoever will folowe me / let him forſake him ſylfe / and take vp his croſſe / and folowe me. For whoſoever will ſave his lyfe / ſhall loſe it But whoſoever ſhall loſe his lyfe for my ſake & ye goſpels / ye ſame ſhall ſave it. What ſhall it profet a mā / yf he ſhuld wynne all ye worlde & looſe his awne ſoule? or els what ſhall a mā geve / to redeme his ſoule agayne?Mat. x. d. Lu. ix. c. and .xij. b Whoſoever therfore ſhall be aſſhamed of me & of my worde / amonge this advoutrous and ſinfull generacion: of him ſhall the ſonne of man be aſhamed / when he cometh in the glory of his father wt the holy angels. And he ſayde vnto them:Math: xvj d. Luk. ix. c Verely I ſaye vnto you: There be ſome of thē that ſtonde here / which ſhall not taſte of deeth / tyll they have ſene the kyngdome of God come wt power.

¶ The .ix. Chap.

Math. xvij. a Luk. ix. d TranſfiguracionANd after .vi. dayes Ieſus toke Peter / Iames / and Iohn and leede them vp into an hye mountayne out of ye waye alone / and he was tranſfigured before them. And his rayment dyd ſhyne / and was made very whyte / even as ſnowe: ſo whyte as noo fuller can make apon the erth. And ther apered vnto them Helyas with Moſes: and they talked with Ieſu. And Peter anſwered & ſayde to Ieſu: Maſter / here is good beinge for vs / let vs make .iii. tabernacles / one for the / one for Moſes / and one for Helyas. And yet he wiſt not what he ſayde: for they were afrayde. And ther was a cloude that ſhaddowed thē. And a voyce came out of the cloude ſayinge: This is my dere ſonne / here him.Heare him. And ſodenly they loked rounde aboute them / & ſawe no man more then Ieſus only wt thē.

Mat. xvijAnd as they came doune from the hyll / he charged thē / that they ſhuld tell no mā what they had ſene / tyll the ſonne of man were ryſen frō Menciō of the paſſion foloweth the hye viſiō. deeth agayne. And they kepte that ſayinge with them / & demaunded one of a nother / what yt ryſinge from deeth agayne ſhuld meane? And they axed him ſayinge: why then ſaye ye ſcribꝭ / that Helyas muſte fyrſte come? He anſwered & ſayde vnto them: Helyas verelye ſhall fyrſt come and reſtore all thinges.Malach. iiij. b. Eſa. liij. b Math. x & ij. c. Lu. ix. e. And alſo ye ſonne of mā as it is wryttē / ſhall ſuffre many thinges / & ſhall be ſet at nought. Moreouer I ſaye vnto you / that Helyas is come / and they have done vnto him whatſoever pleaſed them as it is wrytten of him.

And he came to his diſciples / & ſawe moche people aboute them / & the ſcribes diſputinge with them. And ſtreyght waye all the people when they behelde him / were amaſed / & ran to him and ſaluted him. And he ſayde vnto the Scribes: what diſpute ye with them? ✚ And one of the cōpanye anſwered & ſayde: Maſter / I have brought my ſonne vnto the / which hath a dōme ſpirite. And whenſoever he taketh him / he teareth him / and he fometh / & gnaſſheth with his tethe / & pyneth awaye. And I ſpake to thy diſciples that they ſhuld caſte him out / and they coulde not.

He anſwered him & ſayd: O generacion wt out faith how longe ſhall I be with you? How longe ſhall I ſuffre you? Bringe him vnto me. And they brought him vnto him. And aſſone as ye ſprete ſawe him / he tare him. And he fell doune on the grounde walowinge and fomynge. And he axed his father: how longe is it a goo / ſens this hath happened him? And he ſayde / of a chylde: & ofte tymes caſteth him into the fyre / & alſo into the water / to deſtroye him. But yf thou canſte do eny thinge / have mercy on vs / and helpe vs. And Ieſus ſayde vnto him: ye yf thou couldeſt beleve / all thinges are poſſible to him yt belevith. Helpe myne vnbeleffe.And ſtreygth waye the father of the chylde cryed with teares ſayinge: Lorde I beleve / helpe myne vnbelefe.

The dō mee & deffe ſpirite is caſt oute.When Ieſus ſawe / that the people came runnynge togedder vnto him / he rebuked the foule ſprete / ſayinge vnto him: Thou domme & deffe ſprete / I charge the come out of him / and entre no more into him. And the ſprete cryed / & rent him ſore / and came out: And he was as one that had bene deed / in ſo moche yt many ſayde / he is deed. But Ieſus caught his honde / and lyfte him vp: and he rooſe. And when he was come into the houſſe / his diſciples axed him ſecretly: why coulde not we caſte him out? And he ſayde vnto them:Prayer and faſtynge. this kynde can by no nother meanes come forth / but by prayer and faſtynge. ⊢

✚ Math. x vij. d. Lu. ix e.And they departed thens / and toke their iorney thorow Galile / & he wolde not that eny man ſhuld have knowen it. For he taught his diſciples / and ſayde vnto them:Paſſion. The ſonne of man ſhalbe delyvered into ye hondes of men / and they ſhall kyll him / and after that he is kylled he ſhall aryſe agayne the thryd daye. But they wiſte not what that ſayinge meāt / and were affrayed to axe him.

Math: xviij. a. Lu. ix. f. Chefe or greateſt.And he came to Capernaum. And when he was come to houſſe / he axed thē: what was it that ye diſputed bytwene you by the waye? And they helde their peace: for by the waye they reaſoned amonge thē ſelves / who ſhuld be the chefeſt. And he ſate doune and called the twelve vnto him / and ſayd to them: yf eny man deſyre to be fyrſt / the ſame ſhalbe laſt of all / and ſervaunt vnto all. And he toke a chylde & ſet him in ye middes of them / & toke him in his armes and ſayde vnto them. Whoſoever receave eny ſoche a chylde in my name / receaveth me. And whoſoever receaveth me / receaveth not me / but him that ſent me. ⊢

Iohn anſwered him ſayinge: ✚ Maſter / we ſawe one caſtynge out devyls in thy name / which foloweth not vs / and we forbade him / becauſe he foloweth vs not. But Ieſus ſayde If he preache Chriſt truly, though he folow not with the in thy ceremonies or tradicions let him alone forbid him not. For ther is no mā that ſhall do a miracle in my name / that can lightlyge ſpeake evyll of me. Whoſoever is not agaynſte you / is on youre parte. And whoſoever ſhall geve you a cuppe of water to drinke for my names ſake / becauſe ye belonge to Chriſte / verely I ſaye vnto you / he ſhall not looſe his Whatſoever is done for chriſtes ſake punctel ſhalbe rewarded with the rewarde that chriſt hath deſerved for vs rewarde.

OffendeAnd whoſoever ſhall offende one of theſe lytel ons / yt beleve in me / it were better for him / yt a mylſtone were hanged aboute his necke / & yt he he were caſt into ye ſee: wherfore yf thy hande offende ye / cut him of. It is better for ye / to entre into lyffe maymed / then havynge two hondes / goo into hell / into fire yt never ſhalbe quenched / where there worme dyeth not / & the fyre never goeth oute. Lykewyſe yf thy fote offende the / cut him of. For it is better for the to goo halt into lyfe / then havynge two fete to be caſt into hell / into fyre that never ſhalbe quenched: where there worme dyeth not / & the fyre never goeth oute. Even ſo yf thyne eye offende the / plucke him oute. It is better for the to goo into the kyngdom of god with one eye / then havynge two eyes / to be caſte into hell fyre:Eſaie.. lxvj. g. where there worme dyeth not / & the fyre never goeth oute. ⊢

Fyer and Salt. Fyer is tribulacion: and Salt is Godes worde.Every man therfore ſhalbe ſalted wt fyre: And every ſacrifiſe ſhalbe ſeaſoned with ſalt. Salt is good. But yf ye ſalt be vnſavery: what ſhall ye ſalte therwith? Se yt ye have ſalt in youre ſelves: & have peace amonge youre ſelves / one with another.

¶ The .x. Chap.

Devorcement. Deute. xxiiii. Math. xix. a.ANd he roſe from thence / & went into ye cooſtes of Iurie through the region yt is beyonde Iordan. And ye people reſorted vnto him afreſſhe: and as he was wont / he taught them agayne. And the phariſes came & axed him a queſtion: whether it were laufull for a mā to put awaye his wyfe: to prove him. And he anſwered & ſayd vnto thē: what dyd Moſes byd you do? And they ſayde: Moſes ſuffred to wryte a teſtimoniall of devorſement / & to put hyr awaye. And Ieſus anſwered & ſayd vnto thē: For ye hardnes of youre herte he wrote this precept vnto you. But at the fyrſte creacion / God made thē man & woman.Gene. • . ij. d. i. Lo • int. vi. d. And for this thingꝭ ſake ſhall mā leve his father & mother / & bide by his wyfe / & they twayne ſhalbe one fleſſhe. So then are theyEph. v. • now not twayne / but one fleſſhe. Therfore what God hath cuppled / let not mā ſeparat.

And in the houſſe his diſciples axed him i. Corint. vij. b. agayne of yt matter. And he ſayde vnto them: Whoſoever putteth awaye his wyfe & maryeth another / breaketh wedlocke to herwarde. And yf a woman forſake her huſband and be maryed to another / ſhe cōmitteth advoutrie.

And they brought chyldren to him / that heMat. vix b. Luke. x viii. c. ſhould touche thē. And his diſciples rebuked thooſe that brought thē. When Ieſus ſawe that / he was diſpleaſed / & ſayd to thē: SuffreChyldrē. the chyldrē to come vnto me & forbid thē not. For of ſuche is ye kyngdome of God. Verely I ſaye vnto you / whoſoever ſhall not receave y• kyngdome of God as a chylde / he ſhall not entre therin. And he toke thē vp in his armes & put his honde vpon them / & bleſſed thē. ⊢

✚ And when he was come in to the waye / Mat. vix b. & Luk. xviij. d. ther came one runninge & kneled to him / and axed him: good maſter / what ſhall I do / that I maye enheret eternall lyfe? Ieſus ſayde to him: why calleſt thou me good? There is noEx. xx. c. mā good but one / which is God. Thou knoweſt the cōmaundementes: breake not matrimony: kyll not: ſteale not: bere not falce wytnes: defraude no man: honoure thy father & mother. He anſwered & ſayde to him: maſter / all theſe I have obſerved frō my youth. Ieſus behelde him & had a favour to him / and ſayde vnto him: one thynge is lackinge vnto the. Goo and ſell all that thou haſt / and geve to the povre / and thou ſhalt have treaſure in heven / and come and folowe me / and take vp thy The Ryche men / maye abide no croſſe: that is to ſaye perſecucion. croſſe. But he was diſcūforted with yt ſayinge / and wēt awaye morninge / for he had greate poſſeſſions.

And Ieſus loked rounde aboute / & ſayde vnto his diſciples: what an harde thinge is it for them that have riches / to entre into the kyngdome of God. And his diſciples were aſtonneyd at his wordes. But Ieſus anſwered agayne / & ſayde vnto them: chyldrē / how harde is it for them / that truſt in riches / to entre in to the kyngdome of God. It is eaſyerCamell. for a camell to go thorowe ye eye of an nedle / then for a riche man to entre into the kyngdome of God. And they were aſtonnyed out of meaſure / ſayinge betwene them ſelves: who then can be ſaved? Ieſus loked vpon them / & ſayde: with men it is vnpoſſible / but not with God: for with God all thynges are poſſible.

And Peter begāne to ſaye vnto him: Lo / we have forſaken all / & have folowed the. Ieſus anſwered and ſayde: Verely I ſaye vnto you / ther is no man that for ſaketh houſſe / or brethren / or ſiſters / or father / or / mother / or wyfe / Hundred folde. Mat. xix d. and. xx b. Luke. xx viij. e. Fyrſt & laſt. other chyldren / or londes / for my ſake & the goſpelle / which ſhall not receave an houndred foolde nowe in this lyfe: houſes / and brethren / & ſiſters / & mothers / & chyldren / & londes with perſecucions: & in the worlde to came / eternall lyfe. Many that are fyrſt / ſhalbe laſt: & the laſt / fyrſt. And they were in y• waye goinge vp to Ieruſalem. And Ieſus wēt before them: and they were amaſed / and as they folowed / were affrayde.

And Ieſus toke ye .vii. agayne / & begāne to Paſſion. tell thē what thingꝭ ſhuld happē vnto him. Beholde we goo vp to Ieruſalem / & the ſonne of man ſhalbe delyvered vnto the hye preeſtes & vnto the Scribes: & they ſhall condempne him to deeth / & ſhall delyvre him to the gentyls: and they ſhall mocke hym / & ſcourge him / and ſpit vpō hym / and kyll him. And the thirde daye he ſhall ryſe agayne.

And then Iames & Iohn ye ſonnes of zebedeThe ſonnes of zebede. Mathe. xx. c. came vnto him / ſayinge: maſter / we wolde that thou ſhuldeſt do for vs what ſoever we deſyre. He ſayde vnto them: what wolde ye I ſhuld do vnto you? They ſayd to him: graūt vnto vs that we maye ſitte one on thy right honde / & the other on thy lyfte honde / in thy glory. But Ieſus ſayd vnto thē: Ye wot not what ye axe. Can ye dryncke of the cup that I ſhall dryncke of / & be baptiſed in ye baptime that I ſhalbe baptiſed in? And they ſayde vnto him: that we can. Ieſus ſayde vnto them: ye ſhall dryncke of the cup that I ſhall dryncke of / & be baptiſed with the baptyme that I ſhalbe baptiſed in: but to ſit on my right honde and on my lyfte honde ys not myne to geve / but to them for whom it is prepared.

And when the .x. hearde that / they begā toMathe. .xxij. c. diſdayne at Iames & Iohn. But Ieſus called thē vnto him / & ſayde to them: ye knowe that they which ſeme to beare rule amongeGreate. the gentyls / raygne as lordes over thē. And they that be greate amōge them / exercyſe auctorite over them. So ſhall it not be amonge you / but whoſoever of you wilbe greate amō ge you / ſhalbe youre miniſter. And whoſoever wilbe chefe / ſhalbe ſervaunt vnto all. For evē the ſonne of man came not to be miniſtred vn to: but to miniſter / and to geve his lyfe for the redempcion of many.

And they came to Hierico. And as he went Hierico. Mat. xx. d.. Luke. xviij. f Barthimeus the blinde. oute of Hierico with his diſciples / & a greate nōbre of people: Barthime • s ye ſonne of Thimeus which was blinde / ſate by ye hye wayes ſyde begginge. And when he hearde that it was Ieſus of Nazareth / he began to crye and to ſaye: Ieſus the ſonne of David / have mercy on me. And many rebuked him / yt he ſhuld holde is peace. But he cryed the moore a greate deale / thou ſonne of David have mercy on me. And Ieſus ſtode ſtill / and commaunded hym to be called. And they called the blinde / ſayinge vnto him: Be of good conforte: ryſe / he calleth the. And he threwe awaye his clooke / and rooſe and came to Ieſus. And Ieſus anſwered & ſayde vnto hym: what wilt thou that I do vnto the? The blynde ſayde vnto hym: maſter / that I myght ſee. Ieſus ſayde vnto him. goo thy waye / thy faith hath ſaved the. And by and by he receaved his ſight / and folowed Ieſus in the waye.

¶ The .xi. Chapter.

ANd when they came nye to Hieruſalem Mat. xxi a. Luke .xix. c. Betphage. vnto Bethphage & Bethanie / beſydes moūt olivete / he ſent forth two of his hiſciples / & ſayde vnto thē: Goo youre wayes into the toune that is over agaynſt you. And aſſone as ye be entred into it / ye ſhall fynde aColt. coolte bounde / wheron never man ſate: looſe him & bringe him. And if eny man ſaye vnto you: why do ye ſoo? Saye that the Lorde hath neade of him: & ſtreight waye he will ſende him hidder. And they wēt their waye / & foūd a coolte tyed by the dore with out in a place where two wayes met / & they loſed him. And divers of thē that ſtode there / ſayde vnto thē: what do ye looſinge ye coolte? And they ſaydIo. xij. b. vnto them evē as Ieſus had cōmaunded thē. And they let them goo. And they brought y• coolte to Ieſus / & caſte their garmēte on him: and he ſate vpō him. And many ſprede there garmētes in the waye. Other cut doune braū ches of the trees / & ſtrawed them in ye waye. And they yt went before & they that folowed / cryed ſayinge: Hoſanna: bleſſed be he that cō methHoſanna in ye name of ye Lorde. Bleſſed be ye kingdome that cōmeth in ye name of him yt is Lorde of oure father David. Hoſanna in ye hyeſt.

And ye Lorde entred in to Ieruſalem / & into Mat. xxj b. Luke. xix. g. the tēple. And when he had loked roūdabout vpon all thingꝭ / & now ye evē tyde was come / he went out vnto Bethany / with ye twelve. And on the morowe when they were come out frō Bethany / he hungred / & ſpyed a fyggeFygge tree. tree a farre of havinge leves / & wēt to ſe whether he myght finde eny thinge ther on. But when he came therto / he foūde no thinge but leves: for the tyme of fygges was not yet. And Ieſus anſwered and ſayde to it: never man eate frute of the here after whill ye worlde ſtondith. And his diſciples hearde it.

And they came to Ieruſalem. And Ieſus wēt into the tēple / & begāne to caſt out ye ſellersSellars & byers are caſt oute. & byers in the tēple / & overthrewe the tables of the money chaungers / and the ſtoles of them that ſolde doves: & wolde not ſuffre that eny man caried a veſſell thorow the temple. And he taught ſayinge vnto them / is it not written: my houſſe ſhalbe called theEſa. lvj. c Hic. vij. b houſſe of prayer vnto all nacions? But ye have made it a deen of theves.

And the Scribes & hye preſtes hearde yt & ſought howe to diſtroye him. For they feared him / becauſe all the people marveled at his doctrine. And when evē was come / he went out of the cite. And in the mornynge as theyMathew xxj. c. paſſed by / they ſawe the fygge tree dryed vp by ye rotes. And Peter remembred / & ſayde vn to him: maſter / beholde / the fygge tree which thou curſedeſt / is widdred awaye. And Ieſus anſwered / & ſayde vnto them: Have confidēs in God. ✚ Verely I ſaye vnto you / that who ſoever ſhall ſaye vnto this mountayne: take awaye thy ſilfe / & caſt thy ſilfe in to the ſee / & ſhall not waver in his herte / but ſhall beleve y• thoſe thinges which he ſayeth ſhall comeMathew vij. a. and xxij. c. Mat. vj. b Luk. xj. b Couenaunt. Eccleſia. xxviij. to paſſe / what ſoever he ſayeth / ſhalbe done to him. Therfore I ſaye vnto you / what ſoever ye deſyre when ye praye / beleve yt ye ſhall have it / & it ſhalbe done vnto you. And when ye ſtōd & praye / forgeve / yf ye have eny thinge agaynſte eny man / yt youre father alſo which is in hevē / maye forgeve you youre treſpaſes.

And they came agayne to Hieruſalem. And as he walked in the tēple / ther came to him ye Mathew xxj. c. & Lu. xx. a hye preſtes / & the Scribes / and the elders / & ſayd vnto him: by what auctorite doeſt thou theſe thinges? & who gave the this auctorite / to do theſe thinges? Ieſus anſwered & ſayde vnto them: I will alſo axe of you a certayne thinge: & anſwere ye me / & I wyll tell you byThe baptyme of Iohn. what auctorite I do theſe thinges. The baptyme of Iohn / was it from heven or of men? Anſwer me. And they thought in them ſelves ſayinge: yf we ſhall ſaye from heven: he will ſaye why then dyd ye not beleve him? but if we ſhall ſaye / of mē: then feare we ye people. For all men counted Iohn / that he was a verie Prophete. And they anſwered & ſayd vn to Ieſu: we cannot tell. And Ieſus anſwered & ſayd vnto them: nether wyll I tell you / by what auctorite I do theſe thynges. ⊢

¶ The .xii. Chapter.

ANd he beganne to ſpeake vnto them in Mathew xxj. d. Vyneyas de. ſimilitudes. A certayne man planted a vineyarde / & cōpaſed it with an hedge / & ordeyned a wyne preſſe / and bylt a toure in yt. And let yt out to hyre vnto huſbandmē / and went into a ſtraunge countre. And whenLu. xx. b Eſai. l. a. Hie. ij. d. the tyme was come / he ſent to the tennauntes a ſervaunt / that he myght receave of the tenauntes of the frute of the vyneyarde. And they caught him & bet him & ſent him agayne emptye. And moreover he ſent vnto them another ſervaunt / & at him they caſt ſtones & brake his heed / and ſent him agayne all to revyled. And agayne he ſent another / and him they kylled: and many other / beetynge ſome / and kyllinge ſome.

Yet had he one ſonne whom he loved tenderly / him alſo he ſent at the laſt vnto them ſayinge: they wyll feare my ſonne. But the tenauntes ſayde amongeſt them ſelves: this is the heyre: come let vs kyll hym / & ye inheritaū ce ſhalbe oures. And they toke him and kyll'id him / & caſt him out of the vyneyarde. What ſhall then the lorde of the vyneyarde do? He will come & deſtroye ye tenaunte / & let out the vyneyarde to other. Have ye not redde this ſcripture? The ſtoone which ye bylders dyd refuſe / isPſalm. cxvij. d. Eſaie. xxviij. Act. iiij. b Roman. ix. g. i. Petri. ij. a. made ye chefe ſtoone in ye corner: this was done of ye Lorde / & is mervelous in oure eyes. And they went about to take him / but they feared the people. For they perceaved that he ſpake that ſimilitude agaynſt them. And they left him and went their waye.

And they ſent vnto him certayne of y• Phariſes Mathe. xxiij. b. Lu. xx. d with Herodes ſervante / to take him in his wordes. And allone as they were come / they ſayd vnto him: maſter we knowe yt thou arte true / & careſt for no man: for thou conſydereſt not the degre of men / but teacheſt the waye of God truly: Ys it laufull to paye tributeTribute to Ceſar. to Ceſar / or not? Dught we to geve / or ought we not to geve? He vnderſtode their ſimulacion / and ſayde vnto them: Why tēpte ye me? Brynge me apeny / that I maye ſe yt. And they brought. And he ſayde vnto them: Whoſe ys thys ymage and ſuperſcripcion? And they ſayde vnto him / Ceſars. And Ieſus anſwered & ſaide vnto thē: Then geve to CeſarRoman. xiij. c that which belongeth to Ceſar: & to God / that which perteyneth to God. And they mervelled at him.

Then came the Saduces vnto him / whichMathew xxij. c Lu. xx. d Deutero. xxv. b Saduces ſaye / ther is no reſurreccion. And they axed hym ſayinge: Maſter / Moſes wroote vnto vs yf eny mans brother dye / & leve his wyfe behinde him / & leve no chyldren: that then hys brother ſhuld take his wyfe / & reyſe vp ſeed vnto his brother. Ther were ſeven brethren: and the fyrſt toke a wyfe / and when he dyed leeft no ſeed behynde him. And the ſeconde toke hir / & dyed: nether leeft eny ſeed. And the thyrde lyke wyſe. And ſevē had her / and leeft no ſeed behynde them. Laſt of all the wyfe dyed alſo. In the reſurrecciō then / when they ſhall ryſe agayne: whoſe wyfe ſhall ſhe be of them? For ſeven had her to wyfe. Ieſus anſwered and ſayde vnto them: Are ye not therfore deceaved and vnderſtonde not the ſcryptures / nether the power of God? For when they ſhall ryſe agayne frō deeth / they nether mary / nor are maryed: but are as the angels which are in heven. As touchynge the deed / Reſurreccion. that they ſhall ryſe agayne: have ye not redde in the boke of Moſes / howe in the buſſhe God ſpake vnto him ſayinge: I am the GodEx. iij. b of Abraham / and God of Yſaac / and the GodMathew. xvij. b. Luke. x. c of Iacob? He is not the God of the deed / but the God of the livynge. Ye are therfore greatly deceaved.

And ther came one of the ſcribes that had hearde them diſputynge to gedder / and perceaved that he had anſwered them well / andFyrſt cō maundement. Deutero. vj. a. axed him: Which is the fyrſte of all the commaundemētes? Ieſus anſwered him: the fyrſte of all the cōmaundementes is. Heare Iſrael: The Lorde God / is one Lorde. And thou ſhalt love the Lorde thy God with all thy hert / and with all thy ſoule / and with all thyLeui. xix d. Math. xxij. d. Roman. xiij. c Gala. v. c mynde / and with all thy ſtrength. This is the fyrſte commaundement. And the ſeconde is lyke vnto this: Thou ſhalt love thy neghbour as thy ſilfe. Ther is none other commaundement greater then theſe.

And the Scribe ſayde vnto him: well maſter / thou haſt ſayd y• truthe / that ther ys one God / and that ther is none but he. And to love him with all the herte / & with all the mynde / & with all the ſoule / & with all the ſtrēgth: and to love a mans neghbour as him ſilfe / ys a greater thinge then all burnt offerings & ſacrifices. And when Ieſus ſawe that he anſwered diſcretly / he ſayde vnto him: Thou arte not farre from the kyngdome of God. And no man after that / durſt axe him eny queſtiō. Mat. xxij d. lu. xx g Davids ſonne. Pſalm .cjx. a.

And Ieſus anſwered and ſayde / teachynge in the temple: how ſaye the Scribes yt Chriſt is the ſonne of David? For David him ſelfe inſpyred with the holy gooſt / ſayde: The Lorde ſayde to my Lorde / ſyt on my right honde / tyll I make thyne enemyes thy fote ſtole. Then David hym ſilfe calleth him Lorde: & by what meanes is he then his ſonne? And moche people hearde him gladly.Mathew .xxiij. a. Luk. xj. f Longe clothes. Salutacions. Chefe ſeates. wydowe houſes. Luke. xxj. a. Povre wydowe.

And he ſayde vnto them in his doctrine: beware of the Scribes which love to goo in longe clothinge: and love ſalutacions in ye market places / and the chefe ſeates in the ſynagoges / and to ſyt in the vppermoſt roumes at feaſtes / and devoure widowes houſes / & that vnder coloure of longe prayinge. Theſe ſhall receave greater dampnacion.

✚ And Ieſus ſat over agaynſt the treaſury / and behelde how the people put money into the treaſury. And many that were ryche / caſt in moch. And ther cam a certayne povre widowe / and ſhe threwe in two mytes / which make a farthynge. And he called vnto him his diſciples and ſayde vnto them: Verely I ſaye vnto you / that this pover widowe hath caſt moare in / then all they which have caſte into the treaſury. For they all dyd caſt in of their ſuperfluyte: but ſhe of her poverte / dyd caſt in all that ſhe had / evē all her livynge. ⊢

¶ The .xiii. Chapter.

ANd as he went out of the tēple one ofMathe. xiiij. a The deſtruccion of the tē ple. his diſciples ſayde vnto him: Maſter / ſe what ſtones / and what byldynges are here. And Ieſus anſwered and ſayde vnto him: Seiſt thou theſe greate byldinges? There ſhall not be leefte one ſtone vpon a another 〈1 page duplicate〉〈1 page duplicate〉 / that ſhall not be throwen doune.

And as he ſate on moūte olivete / over agēſt the tēple / Peter / & Iames / & Iohn / & Andrew axed him ſecretly: tell vs / when ſhall theſe thingꝭ be? And what is ye ſigne whē all theſe thinges ſhalbe fulfilled? And Ieſus anſwered thē / & begā to ſaye: take hede leſt eny manAntichriſt. deceave you. For many ſhall come in my name ſayinge: I am Chriſt / & ſhall deceave many.

When ye ſhall heare of warre and tydinge of warre / be ye not troubled. For ſoche thinges muſte nedes be. But the ende is not yet. For ther ſhall nacion aryſe agaynſte nacion / and kyngdome agaynſt kyngdome. And ther ſhalbe erth quakes in all quarters / & famyſhment and troubles. Theſe are the begynnynge of ſorowes.

But take ye hede to youre ſelves. For they ſhall bringe you vp to ye counſels & into y• ſynagoges / and ye ſhalbe beaten: ye and ſhalbe brought before rulers & kynges for my ſake / for a teſtimoniall vnto them. And the goſpell muſt fyrſte be publyſſhed amōge all nacions.

But when they leade you and preſent you / Mat. x. b. toke noo thought afore honde what ye ſhall ſaye / nether ymagion: but whatſoever is gevē you at the ſame tyme / that ſpeake. For it ſhallThe ſpirite anſwereth. not be ye that ſhall ſpeake / but ye holy gooſt. Ye and the brother ſhall delyvre the brother to deeth / & the father the ſonne / & the chyldrē ſhall ryſe agaynſte their fathers & mothers / & ſhall put them to deeth. And ye ſhalbe hated of all men for my names ſake. But whoſoever ſhall endure vnto the ende / the ſame ſhalbe ſafe.

Moreover whē ye ſe the abhominaciō that Mathew .xxiiij. Luke .xxj. d. Daniel ix. a. Daniel betokeneth deſolacion / wherof is ſpoken by Daniel the Prophet / ſtonde where it ought not / let him that redeth vnderſtonde. Then let them that be in Iurie / fle to the mountaynes. And let him that is on the houſſe toppe / not deſcende doune into the houſſe / nether entre therin / to fetche eny thinge oute of his houſſe. And let hym that is in the felde / not tourne backe agayne vnto the thinges which he leeft behynde him / for to take his cloothes with him. Woo is then to them that are wt chylde / & to them that geve ſoucke in thooſe dayes. But praye / that youre flyght be not in the wynter. For ther ſhalbe in thoſe dayes ſuche tribulacion / as was not from the begynningeWynter of creatures which God created / vnto this tyme / nether ſhalbe. And excepte y• theElecte. Lorde ſhuld ſhorten thoſe dayes / no mā ſhuld be ſaved. But for the electes ſake / which he hath choſen / he hath ſhortened thoſe dayes.

And then / y • • ny man ſaye to you: loo / hereMathew .xxiiij. Luk. xxi b. c. is Chriſt: loo / he is there / beleve not. For fal • e Chriſtes ſhall aryſe / and falce Prophetes and ſhall ſhewe myracles and wondres / to deceave yf it were poſſible / evyn the electe. But take ye hede: beholde I have ſhewed youEzech. xxxi • . b. Eſa. xiij b. Ioel .iij. c. all thinges before.

Moreover in thooſe dayes / after that tribulaciō / the ſunne ſhall wexe darke / and the moue ſhall not geve her light / and the ſtarres of heven ſhall fall: and the powers wich are in heven / ſhall move. And then ſhall they ſe the ſonne of man cōmynge in the cloudes / with greate power and glory. And then ſhall he ſende his angels / and ſhall gaddre to gedder his electe from the fower wyndes / and from the one ende of the worlde to the other.

Learne a ſimilitude of ye fygge tree. WhenFygge tree. his braunches are yet tender / & hath brought forthe leves / ye knowe that ſommer is neare. So in lyke maner when ye ſe theſe thinges come to paſſe: vnderſtond / that it ys nye even at the dores. Verely I ſaye vnto you / yt this generacion ſhall not paſſe / tyll all theſe thinges be done. Heven and erth ſhall paſſe / butThat daye knoweth no man. my wordes ſhall not paſſe. But of the daye & the houre knoweth no mā: no not the angels which are in heven: nether the ſonne him ſilfe / ſave the father only.

Take hede / watche & praye / for ye knoweMathew xxiiij. Watche & praye. not when the tyme ys. As a man which is gone in to a ſtraunge countrey / & hath lefte hys houſſe / and geven auctorite to his ſervaūtes / and to every man hys worke / and commaunded the porter to watche. Watche therfore / for ye knowe not when the maſter of ye houſſe will come / whether at evē or at mydnyght / whether at the cocke crowynge or in the daunynge: left yf he come ſodenly / he ſhuld fynde you ſlepynge. And that I ſaye vnto you / I ſaye vnto all men / watche.

¶ The .xiiii. Chapter.

AFter two dayes folowed eſter / and the Mathew .xxvj. a. & Luke xxij. a. dayes of ſwete breed. And the hye preſtes and the Scrybes ſought meanes / how they myght take hym by crafte and put him to deeth. But they ſayde: not in the feaſt daye / leeſt eny buſynes aryſe amonge the people.

When he was in Bethania / in the houſſeMathew xxvj. Io. xij. a. of Simon the leper / even as he ſate at meate / ther came a womā hauynge an alablaſter boxe of oyntment called narde / that was pure and coſtly: and ſhe brake the boxe and powred it on is heed. And ther were ſome that wereIeſus is annoynted. not content in them ſelves / & ſayde: what neded this waſte of oyntment? For it myght have bene ſoolde for more then thre hundred pens / and bene gevē vnto the poore. And they grudged agaynſte hir.

And Ieſus ſayde: let hir be in reeſt / why trouble ye hir? She hath done a good worke on me. For ye ſhall have poore with you all wayes: and when ſoever ye will / ye maye do them good: but me ye ſhall not have alwayes. She hath done that ſhe coulde: ſhe came a fore honde to anoynt my boddy to his buryinge warde. Verely I ſaye vnto you: whereſoever this goſpell ſhalbe preached thorowout the whole worlde: thys alſo that ſhe hath done / ſhalbe rehearſed in remembraunce of her.

And Iudas Iſcarioth / one of the twelve / Mathew .xxvj. Luke .xxii. • He is betrayed. went awaye vnto the hye preſtes / to betraye hym vnto them. When they herde that / they were gladde / & promiſed ye they wolde geve him money. And he ſought / howe he myght conveniently betraye him.

And the fyrſte daye of ſwete breed / whenMathew .xxvj. Luke xxij. a. men offer ye paſcall lambe / his diſciples ſayd vnto him: where wilt thou that we goo & prepare / that thou mayſt eate the eſter lambe? And he ſent forth two of his diſciples / & ſayde vnto them: Goo ye into the cyte / and ther ſhall a man mete you beringe a pitcher of water / folowe him. And whither ſoever he goeth in / ſaye ye to ye good man of ye houſſe: the maſter axeth where is the geeſt chambre / where I ſhall eate ye eſter lambe with my diſciples. And he will ſhewe you a greate parlour / paved & prepared: there make ready for vs. And his diſciples went forth & came to the cyte / & founde as he had ſayd vnto them: and madeEſter lambe. ready the eſter lambe.

And at even he came with the .xii. And as Mathew. xx vj. tu. xxvj. b. Io. xiij •• . they ſate at borde and ate / Ieſus ſayde: Derely I ſaye vnto you: that one of you ſhall betraye me / which cateth with me. And they begāne to morne / & to ſaye to him one by one: ys it I? And a nother ſayde: ys it I? He anſwered and ſayde vnto them: It ys one of the .xii. and the ſame deppeth with me in the platter. The ſonne of man goeth / as it ys written ofPſal. xl. c him: but woo be to that man / by whome the ſonne of man is betrayed. Good were it for him / if that man had never bene borne.

And as they ate Ieſus toke breede / bleſſedf. Lo. xj c & brake & gave to them and ſayde: Take / eate / this ys my body. And he toke the cup / gave thankes / and gave it to them / & they all drankeThe inſtitution of the ſacrament. of it. And he ſayde vnto them: This is my bloude of the new teſtament which is ſheed for many. Derely I ſaye vnto you: I will drinke no moore of this frute of the vyne / vntyll that daye / that I drinke it new in the kyngdome of God. And when they had ſayd grace / they went out to mount Olyvete.

And Ieſus ſayde vnto them: All ye ſhalbe offended thorow me this nyght. For it isMathew .xxvj. zacha. xiij. c. wryttē: I will ſmyte ye ſhepeherd / & the ſhepe ſhalbe ſcattered. But after that I am ryſen agayne / I will goo into Galile before you. Peter ſayde vnto him: And though all menLuke. xxij. d. Ioan. xviij. a. Io. xvj •• ſhuld be offended / yet wolde not I. And Ieſus ſayd vnto him: Derely I ſaye vnto y• / this daye even in this nyght / before ye cocke crowe twyſe / thou ſhalt denye me thryſe. And he ſpake boldlyer: no / yf I ſhulde dye wt the / I will not deny the. Lyke wyſe alſo ſayd they all.

And they came into a place named Gethſemani. Mat. xx vj. lu. xx ij. d. And he ſayde to his diſciples: Syt ye here / whyll I goo aparte & praye. And he toke with him Peter / Iames & Iohn / & he began to waxe abaſſhed & to be in an agonye & ſayde vnto thē: My ſoule is very hevy even vntoHe armeth him ſelfe agaynſt his paſſion. the deeth / tary here and watche. And he went forth a lytle and fell doune on ye grounde & prayed: & prayed: that yf it were poſſible / the houre myght paſſe from him. And he ſayd: Abba father / all thinges are poſſible vnto the / take awaye this cup from me. Nevertheleſſe not that I will / but that thou wilt / be done.

And he cam & founde thē ſlepinge / & ſayd to Peter: Simon / ſlepeſt thou? Couldeſt not thou watche with me one houre? watche ye / & praye / leeſt ye entre into temptacion: ye ſprete is redy / but ye fleſſh is weeke. And agayne he went awaye & prayde / & ſpake ye ſame wordes. And he returned and founde them a ſlepe agayne / for their eyes were hevy: nether wiſt they what to anſwere him. And he cam the thyrde tyme / & ſayd vnto thē: ſlepe hens forth & take youre eaſe / it is ynough. The houre is come / beholde ye ſonne of man ſhalbe delyveted into ye hondes of ſynners. Ryſe vp / let vs goo. Loo he that betrayeth me / is at hande.

And immediatly whyll he yet ſpake / cameMathew xxvj Lu. xxij. e. Io. xviij. Iudas one of the twelve / & with him a greate nomber of people with ſweardes & ſtaves from the hye preſtes and ſcribes and elders. And he that betrayed him / had geven them a generall He is betrayed of Iudas, which alſo gave them a token to know him by. tokē ſayinge: whoſoever I do kiſſe / he it is: take him & leade him awaye warely. And aſſone as he was come / he went ſtreyght waye to him / and ſayd vnto him: maſter maſter / and kiſſed him. And they layde their hondes on him / & toke him. And one of them that ſtode by / drue out a ſwearde / and ſmote a ſetvaunt of the hye preſte / and cut of his eare.Thre. iiij. d.

And Ieſus anſwered & ſayd vnto thē: ye be come out as vnto a thefe wt ſweardes & with ſtaves / for to take me. I was dayly with you in ye temple teachinge & ye toke me not: but yt the ſcriptures ſhuld be fulfilled. And they all forſoke him & ranne awaye. And ther folowed him a certerne yonge man / cloothed in lynnenThe yoū ge man yt was clothed in lynen. Mathew .xxvj. Lu. xxij f Iohan .xviij. He is falſlye accuſed. apon y• bare / & the yongemen caught him / & he lefte his lynnen and fleed from them naked.

And they leed Ieſus awaye to ye hyeſt preſte of all / and to him came all the hye preſtes / and the elders / and the ſcribes. And Peter folowed him a greate waye of / even into the pallys of the hye preſte / & ſat with the ſervauntes / and warmed him ſylfe at the fyre.

And the hye preſtes & all ye counſell ſought for witnes agaynſte Ieſu / to put him to death / and founde noone. Yet many bare falce witnes agaynſte him / but their witnes aggreed not to geder. And ther arooſe certayne and brought falce witnes agaynſte him / ſayinge.Ioh. iij. We herde him ſaye: I will deſtroye this temple made with hondes / and with in thre dayes I will bylde another / made with out honde. But their witnes agreed not to geder.

And the hyeſte preſte ſtode vp amongeſtHe holdeth his peace. them / & axed Ieſus ſayinge: anſwereſt thou nothinge? How is it that theſe beure witnes agaynſt the? And he helde his peace / and anſwered noothinge. Agayne the hyeſte Preſte axed him / & ſayde vnto him: Arte thou Chriſt the ſonne of the bleſſed? And Ieſus ſayde: I am. And ye ſhall ſe the ſonne of man ſyt on the ryght honde of power / and come in the cloudes of heven. Then the hyeſt preſte rentHe is mocked ſpyt on / blynfolded & boffeded. his cloothes and ſayd: what nede we eny further of witnes? Ye have herde the blaſphemy what thinke ye? And they all gave ſentence yt he was worthy of deeth. And ſome begāne to ſpit at him / & to cover his face / & to bete him with fiſtes / & to ſaye vnto him / arede vnto vs. And the ſervauntes boffeted him on the face.

And as Peter was beneeth in ye pallys / ther came one of y• wēches of ye hyeſt preſte: & whē Mathew .xxvj. g. Lu. xxij. f Iohan. xviij. c. ſhe ſaw Petre warmynge him ſylfe / ſhe loked on him / & ſayd: waſt not thou alſo wt Ieſus of Nazareth? And he denyed it ſayinge: I knowe him not / nether wot I what thou ſayeſt. And he went out into ye poorche / & the cocke crewe.Peter denyeth. And a damſell ſawe him / & agayne beganne to ſaye to thē that ſtode by / this is one of thē. And he denyed it agayne. And anone after / they that ſtode by / ſayde agayne to Peter: ſuerly thou arte one of thē / for thou arte of Galile / &Mathew xxij. luk xxij. f. g Iohan .xviiij. e. thy ſpeache agreth therto. And he beganne to curſſe & to ſweare ſayinge: I knowe not this man of whom ye ſpeake. And agayne the cocke krewe / and Peter remembred the worde that Ieſus ſayd vnto him: before the cocke crowe twyſe / thou ſhalt deny me thryſe & beganne to wepe.

¶ The .xv. Chap.Mathew xxvij. Lu. xxiii Iohan .xxviij.

ANd anone in y• dawnynge the hye preſtes helde counſell wt ye elders & y• ſcribes / & ye whoole cōgregacion / & bounde Ieſus & ledde him awaye / & delivered him to Pilate. And Pilate axed him: arte thou theHe is delyvered to Pylate kynge of the Iewes? And he anſwered & ſayde vnto him: thou ſayeſt it. And the hye preſtes accuſed him of many thinges. Wherfore Pilate axed him agayne ſayinge: AnſwereſtMathew xxvii. lu. xxiija thou nothinge? Beholde how many thinges they lay vnto thy charge. Ieſus yet anſwered never aworde / ſo that Pilate merveled.He holdeth his peace.

At that feaſt Pilate was wont to delivre at their pleaſure a preſoner: whomſoever they wolde deſyre. And ther was one named Barrabas / which laye bounde with thē that madeBarrabas. inſurreccion / & in the inſurreccion cōmitted murther. And y• people called vnto him / & began to deſyre accordinge as he had ever done vnto them. Pylate anſwered them and ſayd: Will ye that I lowſe vnto you the kynge of the Iewes? For he knewe that the hye Preſtes had delyvered him of envy. But the hye preſtes had moved the people / that he ſhuldMathew xxvii. d Lu. xxiij Iohan xviij. g. & xix. c. He is ſcourged & then delyvered to deathe. rather delyvre Barrabas vnto them.

And Pylate anſwered agayne / and ſayd vnto thē: What will ye then that I do wt him whom ye call y• kynge of ye Iewes? And they cryed agayne: crucifie him. Pylate ſayde vnto them: What evell hath he done? And they cryed y• moore fervently: crucifie him. And ſo Pylate willinge to content the people / lowſed them Barrabas / and delyvered Ieſus when he had ſcourged him / for to be crucified.

And the ſouddeers ledde him awaye into ye commen hall / and called togedder the whooleMath. xxvij. multitude / & they clothed him with purple / and they platted a croune of thornes & crounedHe is crouned. him with all / and beganne to ſalute him. Hayle kynge of the Iewes. And they ſmooteHe is boffeted. Math. xxvij. lu. xxiij. him on the heed wt a rede / and ſpat apon him / and kneled doune and worſheped him.

And when they had moocked him / they toke the purple of him / & put his awne cloothes on him / and ledde him oute / to crucifie him. And they compelled one that paſſed by / called Symon of Cyrene (which cam oute of the felde / and was father of Alexander and Rufus) to beare his croſſe. And they brought him to a place named Golgotha (which is byGolgotha. Math. xxvij. Luke. xxiij. d. His garmentes are devyded. Io. xix. d He is crucified. Gſa. liij d interpretacion / the place of deed mens ſcoulles) and they gave him to drinke / wyne myngled with myrte / but he receaved it not.

And when they had crucified him / they parted his garmentes / caſtinge loottes for them / what every man ſhulde have. And it was aboute y• thyrde houte / and they crucified him. And the tytle of his cauſe was wrytten: The kynge of the Iewes. And they crucified with him two theves: the one on the ryght honde / and the other on his lyfte. And the ſcripture was fulfilled which ſayeth: he was counted amonge the wicked.

And they that went by / rayled on him: waggyngeHe is ray fed on. their heedes and ſayinge: Awretche / that deſtroyeſt the temple and byldeſt it inIo. ij. d. thre dayes: fave thy fylfe / and come doune from the croſſe. Lyke wyſe alſo mocked him y• hye preeſtes amonge them ſelves with the ſcribes and ſayde: He ſaved other men / him ſylfe he cannot ſave. Let Chriſt the kynge of Iſrael now deſcende from the croſſe / that we maye ſe and beleve. And they that were crucified with him / checked him alſo.

And when the ſixte houre was come / darknes arooſe over all the erth / vntyll y• nynthe houre. And at the nynthe houre Ieſus cryed with a loude voyce ſayinge: Eloi / Eloi / lamaaſbathani / whichPſal. xx • is yf it be interpreted: my God / my God / why haſt thou forſaken me? And ſome of them that ſtode by / when they hearde yt / ſayde: beholde he calleth for HelyasVyneger is offred him to drinke. And one ran & filled a ſponge full of veneger / and put it on a rede / and gave him to drinke / ſayinge: let him alone / let vs ſe whether Helyas will come and take him doune.

But Ieſus cryed with aloude voyce / & gaveHe geveth vp his ſpirit. vp the gooſte. And the vayle of the temple dyd rent in two peces / from the toppe to the boottome. And when the Centurion whichThe vay lerenteth ſtode before him / ſawe that he ſo cryed & gave vp the gooſte / he ſayd: truly this man was the ſonne of God. Ther were alſo wemen a good waye of beholdinge him: amonge whom was Mary Magdalen / & Mary the mother of Iames the lytle and of Ioſes / and Mary Salome: which alſo when he was in Galile / folowed him and miniſtred vnto him / and many other wemen which came vp with him to Hieruſalem.

And now when nyght was come (becauſeMathew xxvij. Luke .xxiij. g. Io. xix. g it was y• even that goeth before y• ſaboth) Ioseph of Arimathia a noble councelour which alſo loked for y• kyngdome of God / came and went in booldly vnto Pylate / & begged ye boddy of Ieſu. And Pylate merveled that he was alredy deed / & called vnto him y• Centurion / He is buryed. & axed of him / whether he had bene eny whyle deed. And when he knewe the trueth of the Centurion / he gave y• body to Ioſeph. And he bought a lynnen cloothe / and toke him doune & wrapped him in y• lynnen cloothe / & layde him in a tombe yt was hewen oute of y• rocke / & / rolled a ſtone vnto the dore of the ſepulcre. And Mary Magdalen & Mary Ioſes beheld where he was layde.

¶ The .xvi. Chap.

ANd when y• ſaboth daye was paſt / Mary Luke .xxiiij. a Io. xx. a. Magdalen / & ✚ Mary Iacobi / & Salome / bought odures / that they myght come & anoynt him. And erly in the morninge the nexte daye after the ſaboth day / they came vnto the ſepulcre / when the ſunne was ryſen. And they ſayd one to another: who ſhall rolle vs awaye the ſtone from the dore of the ſepulcre? And when they looked / they ſawe how the ſtone was rolled awaye: For it was aMath. xxviij. Io. xx. c. very greate one. And they went into the ſepulcre / and ſawe a yonge man ſyttinge on the ryght ſyde / cloothed in a longe whyte garmēt / and they were abaſſhed.

And he ſayd vnto thē / be not afrayed: ye ſeke Ieſus of Nazareth which was crucified. He is ryſen / he is not here. Beholde the place / Math. xxviij. c. where they put him. But go youre waye / and tell his diſciples / & namely Peter: he will goo before you into Galile: there ſhall ye ſe him / as he ſayde vnto you. ✚ And they went oute quickly and fleed from the ſepulcre. For they trembled & were amaſed. Nether ſayd they enythinge to eny man / for they were afrayed.

✚ When Ieſus was ryſen the morow afterMarie Magdalene. y• ſaboth daye / he appered fyrſt to Mary Magdalen / oute of whom he caſt ſeven devyls. And ſhe wēt and toolde them that were with him as they morned and weapte. And when they herde / that he was alyve and he had appered to hyr / they beleved it not. After that / Luke .xxiiji. b. he appered vnto two of them in a ſtraunge figure / as they walked and went into the country. And they went and toolde it to the remnaunt. And they beleved them nether. ⊢

✚ After that he appered vnto the elevē as Math. xxviij. Luke .xxiiij. f. Io. xx. c. Math: xxviij. they ſate at meate: and caſt in their tethe their vnbelefe & hardnes of herte: becauſe they beleued not them which had ſene him after his reſurrecciō. And he ſayd vnto them: Goo ye in to all the worlde / and preache the glad tyges to all creatures / he that beleueth and is baptiſed / ſhallbe ſaved. But he that beleveth not / ſhalbe dampned.

And theſe ſignes ſhall folowe them that beleve: In my name they ſhall caſt oute devyls and ſhall ſpeake with newe tonges / and ſhall kyll ſerpentes. And yf they drinke eny dedly thinge / yt ſhall not hurte thē. They ſhall laye their honde on y• ſicke / & they ſhall recover.

So then when the lorde had ſpoken vntoLuke .xxiiij. g. them / he was receaued in to heauen / and is ſet doune on the ryght honde of God. And they went forth / and preached every where. And the Lorde wrought with them / and confirmed the worde with miracles that folowed. ⊢

¶ The ende of the goſpell of S. Marcke.

¶ The Goſpell of S. Luke.

FOr as moche as many have takē in hand to compyle a treates of thoo thinges / which are ſurely knowen amonge vs / even as they declared them vnto vs / which from the beginnynge ſawe them their ſelves / and were miniſters at the doyng: I determined alſo / aſſone as I had ſearched out diligently all thinges from the beginnynge / that then I wolde wryte vnto the / good Theophilus: that thou myghteſt knowe the certente of thoo thingꝭ / wher of thou arte informed.

¶ The Fyrſt Chapter

THere was in the dayes of Herode kynge of Iurie / a certayne preſtzacharias named zacharias / of ye courſe of Abia. And his wyfe was of ye doughters of Aaron: And her name was Elizabeth. Booth wereElizabeth perfect before God / and walked in all the lawes and ordināces of the Lorde / that no man coulde fynde fawte with them. And they had no chylde / becauſe that Elizabeth was barrē and booth were well ſtricken in age.

And it cam to paſſe / as he executed the preſtes office before god / as his courſe came (accordinge to the cuſtome of the preſtes office) • eniti. • j. d his lot was to bourne incēce. And wēt into y• tēple of ye Lorde & the whoale multitude of y• people were with out in prayer whill the incenſe was aburnynge. And ther appered vnto him an angell of the lorde ſtondinge on the ryght ſyde of the altare of incenſe. And when zacharias ſawe him / he was abaſſhed / and feare came on him.

And the angell ſayde vnto him: feare not Zachary / for thy prayer is hearde: And thy wyfe Elizabeth ſhall beare y• a ſonne / & thou ſhalt call his name Iohn / and thou ſhalt haveIhon. ioye and gladnes / and many ſhall reioyce at his birth. For he ſhalbe greate in the ſight of the lorde / and ſhall nether drinke wyne ner ſtronge drinke. And he ſhalbe filled with the holy gooſt / even in his mothers wombe: & many of the chyldren of Iſrael ſhall he tourne to their Lorde God. And he ſhall goo before him in the ſprete & power of Helyas / to tourne the To make the children have ſoche an harte to God as Abrahā and the fathers had. hertes of the fathers to the chyldren / Pſal. cxxxi. Mala. iij. a. mal. iiij. b. & the vnbelevers to the wyſdom of the iuſtemen: to make the people redy for the Lorde.

And Zacharias ſayde vnto y• angell. Wherdy ſhall I knowe this? ſeinge that I am olde and my wyfe well ſtricken in yeares. And theA Signe is axed. angell anſwered and ſayde vnto him: I am Gabriell that ſtonde in the preſens of God / and am ſent to ſpeake vnto the: and to ſhewe the theſe glad tydinges. And beholde thou ſhalt be domme / and not able to ſpeake vntyll the tyme that theſe thinges be performed / becauſe thou belevedſt not my wordes which ſhalbe fulfilled in their ſeaſon.

And the people wayted for zacharias / & mer yelled that he taryed in the temple. And whē he cam oute / he could not ſpeake vnto them. Wherby they perceaved that he had ſene ſome viſion in the temple. And he beckened vnto them / and remayned ſpeachleſſe.

✚ And it fortuned / aſſone as y• tyme of his office was oute / he departed home into his awne houſſe. And after thooſe dayes / his wyfe Elizabeth cōceaved / & hyd her ſelfe .v. monethes ſayinge: This wyſe hath God dealte wt me in y• dayes when he loked on me / to take from me the rebuke yt I ſuffred a monge men.

And in y•. vi. moneth y• angell Gabriel was ſent frō god vnto a cite of Galile / named Nazareth / to a virgin ſpouſed to a man whoſe name was Ioſeph / of y• houſſe of David / & y• virgins name was Mary. And y• angell went inMarie. vnto her / & ſayde: Hayle full of grace / y• Lorde is with y•: bleſſed arte thou amonge wemen.

When ſhe ſawe him / ſhe was abaſſhed at his ſayinge: & caſt in her mynde what maner of ſalutacion yt ſhuld be. And y• angell ſayde vnto her: feare not Mary: for thou haſt founde grace wt god. Loo: thou ſhalt cōceave in thyEſa. vij. d. Ieſus. Daniel .vij. d. Mic. iiij. e wombe / & ſhalt beare a ſonne / & ſhalt call his name Ieſus. He ſhalbe greate / & ſhalbe called the ſonne of the hyeſt. And ye lorde God ſhall geve vnto him the ſeate of his father David / & he ſhall ravgne over y• houſſe of Iacob for ever / & of his kyngdome ſhalbe none ende.

Then ſayd Mary vnto y• angell: How ſhall this be / ſeinge I knowe not a man? And y• angell anſwered & ſayd vnto her: The holygooſt ſhall come apon the / & y• power of y• hyeſt ſhall over ſhaddowe ye. Therfore alſo y• holy thinge which ſhalbe borne / ſhalbe called ye ſonne of god. And beholde / thy coſen Elizabeth ſhe hath alſo conceaved a ſonne in her age. And this is hyr ſixte moneth / though ſhe be called barren: for wt god can nothinge be vnpoſſible. And Mary ſayd: beholde y• honde mayden of y• lorde / be it vnto me even as thou haſt ſayde. ✚ And the angell departed from her.

✚ And Mary aroſe in thooſe dayes / & wentMarie greteth Elizabeth. into y• mountayns wt haſt / into a cite of Iurie & entred into the houſſe of zachary / & ſaluted Elizabeth. And it fortuned / as Elizabeth hearde y• ſalutacion of Mary / the babe ſpronge in her belly. And Elizabeth was filled with the holy gooſt / and cryed with a loude voyce / & ſayde: Bleſſed arte thou amonge wemen / and bleſſed is the frute of thy wombe. And whence hapeneth this to me / that the mother of my Lorde ſhuld come to me? For loo / aſſone as the voyce of thy ſalutacion ſownded in myne cares / the babe ſprange in my belly for ioye. And bleſſed arte thou that belevedſt: for thooſe thinges ſhalbe performed wich were tolde y• from the lorde. And Mary ſayde. My ſoule magnifieth the Lorde.

And my ſprete reioyſeth in god myſavioure ✚ Magnificat. For he hath loked on the povre degre of his honde maydē. Beholde now from hence forth ſhall all generacions call me bleſſed.

For he that is myghty hath done to me greate thinges / and holye is his name.

And his mercy is on them that feare him thorow oute all generacions.

He ſheweth ſtrength with his arme / he ſcattereth them that are proude in the ymaginacion of their hertes.

He putteth doune the myghty from their ſeates and exalteth them of lowe degre.

He filleth the hongry with good thinges: and ſendeth awaye the ryche emptye.

He remenbreth mercy: and helpeth his ſervaunt Iſrael.

Even as he promiſed to oure fathers / AbrahamEſaie .xlj. b. and to his ſeede for ever.

And mary aboode with hyr aboute a .iii. monethes / &Eſaie .xxx. d. & .liiij. b. Hiere. xxxj. a. Pſalino. • xxxi. Ge. xxij. • etourned agayne to hyr awne houſſe. ✚ Elizabethes tyme was come that ſhe ſhuld be delyvered and ſhe brought forth a ſonne. And her neghboures & her coſins hearde tell how the lorde had ſhewed great mercy vpon her / and they reioyſed with her.

And it fortuned ye eyght daye: they cam to circumciſe the chylde: and called his name zacharias / afterIhon is borne. the name of his father. How be it his mother anſwered / & ſayd: not ſo / but he ſhalbe called Ihon. And they ſayd vnto hyr: Ther is none of thy kynne / that is named wt this name. And they made ſignes to his father / how he wolde have him called. And he axed for wrytynge tables and wroote ſaying: his name is Iohn. And▪ hey marvelled all. And his mouthe was opened immediately / & his tonge alſo / & he ſpake lawdynge God. And feare came on all thē that dwelt nye vnto them. And all theſe ſayinges were •• oyſed abroade throughout all y• hyll coūtre of Iurie & all they yt herde thē layde them vp in their hertes ſaying: What maner chylde ſhall this • er And the honde of y• lorde was with him.

And his father zacharias was filled with the holy gooſt / and prophiſyed ſayinge:

Bleſſed be the Lorde God of Iſrael / for he hath viſited and redemed his people. ✚ Benedictus. P • almo. lxxiij. & ▪cxxxj. d Hiere. xxiij. a and xxx. b. Hieremie xxxj. f. Gene. xxix. c▪

And hath reyſed vp an horne of ſalvacion vnto vs / in the houſſe of his ſervaunt David.

Even as he promiſed by ye mouth of his holy prophete which were ſens ye worlde began

That we ſhuld beſaved from oure enemies and from the hondis of all that hate vs:

To fulfill the mercy promiſed to oure fathers / and to remember his holy covenaunt.

And to performe the oothe which he ſware to oure father Adraham / for to geve vs.

That we delyvered oute of y• hondes of oure enemyes / myght ſerve him with oute feare / all the dayes of oure lyfe / in ſuche holynes & ryghteweſnes that are accept before him.

And thou chylde / ſhalt be called the Prophet of the hyeſt: for thou ſhalt goo before the face of the lorde / to prepare his wayes:

And to geve knowlege of ſalvacion vnto his people / for the remiſſion of ſynnes:

Through the tender mercy of oure God / wherby the Chriſt is the daye ſpringe that geueth light to thē that ſit in darkenes of the ignoraunce of God. daye ſpringe from an hye hath viſited vs.

To geve light to thē that ſate in darcknes and in ſhadowe of deth / and to gyde oure fete into the waye of peace. And the chylde grew and wexed ſtronge in ſprete / & was in wyldernes / tyll the daye cam when he ſhuld ſhewe him ſylfe vnto the Iſrahelites.

¶ The .ii. Chap. ✚

ANd it chaunced in thooſe dayes: y• ther went oute a cōmaundment from Auguſte the Emperour / that all the woorlde ſhuld be taxed. And this taxynge was ye fyrſt and executed when Syrenius was leftenaūt in Syria. And every man went vnto his awne citie to be taxed. And Ioſeph alſo aſcended from Galile / oute of a cite called Nazareth / into Iurie: vnto y• cite of David which is called Bethleem / becauſe he was of the houſſe and linage of David / to be taxed with Mary his ſpouſed wyfe which was with chylde.

And it fortuned whyll they were there / her tyme was come that ſhe ſhuld be delyvered.Chriſt is borne. And ſhe brought forth her fyrſt begotten ſonne / and wrapped him in ſwadlynge cloothes / & layed him in a manger / becauſe ther was no roume for them within in the ynne.

And ther were in the ſame region ſhepherdesShepeherdes. abydinge in the felde and watching their flocke by nyght. And loo: the angell of ye lorde ſtode harde by thē / & the brightnes of y• lorde ſhone rounde aboute them / & they were ſo • re afrayed. But the angell ſayd vnto them: Be not afrayed. For beholde / I bringe you tydinges of greate ioye yt ſhal come to all y• people: for vnto you is borne this daye in the cite of David / a ſaveoure which is Chriſt y• lorde. And take this for a ſigne: ye shall fynde ye chyldeSigne. ſwadled & layed in a māger. And ſtreight waye ther was with the angell a multitude of hevenly ſowdiers / laudynge God & ſayinge: Glory to God an hye / & peace on the erth: and vnto men reioyſynge. ⊢

And it fortuned / aſſone as the angels were gone awaye frō them in to heven / ✚ the ſhepherdes ſayd one to another: let vs goo evē vn to Bethleem / & ſe this thynge that is hapened which the Lorde hath ſhewed vnto vs. And they cam with haſte / & founde Mary and Ioſeph & the babe layde in a māger. And when they had ſene it / they publiſſhed a brode the ſayinge which was tolde them of that chylde. And all that hearde it / wondred at thoſe thinges which were tolde thē of the ſhepherdes. But Mary kept all thooſe ſayinges / and pondered them in hyr hert. And the ſhepherdes retourned / prayſinge and laudinge God for all that they had herde and ſene / evyn as it was told vnto them. ⊢

✚ And when ye eyght daye was come y• theLeuitic. xij. a Chriſt is circunciſed. Matt. j. c chylde ſhuld be circūciſed / his name was called Ieſus / which was named of the angell before he was conceaved in the wombe. ⊢

✚ And when the tyme of their purificaciō (after the lawe of Moyſes) was come / theyLeuiti. xij. a. brought him to Hieruſalem / to preſent hym to y• Lorde (as yt is written in the lawe of theEx. xiij. a. Nume. viij. c Lorde: every man that fyrſt openeth the matri • / ſhalbe called holy to the Lorde) & to offer (as it ys ſayde in the lawe of the Lorde) a payLeuiti. xij. • • e of turtle doves or two yonge pigions.

And beholde ther was a mā in HieruſalemSimeon. whoſe name was Simeon. And the ſame mā was iuſte and feared God / and longed for the conſolacion of Iſrael / and the holy gooſt was in him. And an anſwer was geven him of the holy gooſt / that he ſhulde not ſe deethe / before he had ſene the lordes Chriſt. And he came by inſpiracion in to the temple.

And when the father and mother brought in the chylde Ieſus▪ to do for him after the cuſtome of the lawe / then toke he him vp in his armes and ſayde.

Lorde / Now letteſt thou thy ſeruaūt departeNunc dimittis. in peace / accordinge to thy promes.

For myne eyes have ſene ye ſaveour ſent frō y• Wich thou haſt prepared before the face of all people.

A light to lighten the gentyls / and the glory of thy people Iſrael. ⊢

✚ And his father and mother mervelled at thoſe thinges which were ſpokē of him. And Simeon bleſſed them / and ſayde vnto Mary his mother: beholde / this chyld ſhalbe the fall and reſurrecciō of many in Iſrael / and aEſa. viij. c. Rom. x. g. i. petri ▪ij. b. ſigne which ſhalbe ſpokē agaynſte. And mor •• ver the ſwearde ſhall pearce thy ſoule / yt the thoughtes of many hertes maye be opened.

And ther was a Propheteſſe / one Anna / the doughter of Phanuel of the tribe of Aſer:Anna. which was of a greate age / & had lyved with an huſbande .vii. yeres from her virginite. And ſhe had bene a wedowe aboute .iiii. ſcoore and .iiii. yere / which went never oute of the temple / but ſerved God with faſtinge & prayer nyght and daye. And the ſame came forth that ſame houre / and prayſed the Lorde / and ſpake of him to all that loked for redempcion in Hieruſalem.

And aſſo • e as they had performed all thinges accordinge to the lawe of the Lorde / they returned into Galile to their awne cite Nazareth. And the chylde grewe and wexed ſtronde in ſprete / and was filled with wyſdome / & the grace of God was with hym. ⊢

And his father and mother went to Hieruſalem every yeare at the feeſ • e of eſter. ✚ And when he was .xii. yere olde / they went vp to Hieruſalem after the cuſtome of the feeſte. And when they had fulfilled the dayes / as they returned home / the chylde Ieſus boode ſtyll in Hieruſalem / vnknowynge to his father and mother. For they ſuppoſed he had bene in the cōpany / and therfore came a day • iorney / & ſought him amōge their kynſfolke & acquayntaunce. And when they founde hym not / they went backe agayne to Hieruſalem / &Chriſt i • foūde d •• ſ putinge in the tē ple. ſought him. And it for • uned after .iii. dayes / that they founde him in the tēple / ſittinge in the middes of the doctours / both hearynge them and poſinge them. And all that hearde him / mervelled at his wit and anſwers.

And when they ſawe him / they were aſtonyed. And his mother ſayde vnto him: ſonne / why haſt thou thus dealte with vs? Beholde thy father & I / have ſought the / ſorowenge. And he▪ ſayde vnto thē: how is it y• ye ſought me? Wiſt ye not that I muſt goo aboute my fathers buſines? And they vnderſtode not y• ſayinge that he ſpake to them. And he went with them / & came to Nazareth / & was obedient to thē. But his mother kept all theſe thinges in her hert. And Ieſus increaſed in wiſdom & age / & in favoure with god and man. ⊢

¶ The .iii. Chapter. ✚

IN the fiftenthe yeare of the raygne of Tiberius the Emperoure / Pontius Pylate beinge leftenaūt of Iurie / & Herode beinge Tetrach of Galile / and his brotherTetrarche. Philip Tetrach in Iturea & in the region of Traconites / & • yſanias the Tetrach of Aby line / when Anna & Cayphas were the hye preſtes: the worde of God came vnto Iohn y• ſonneIohn baptiſt. Mat. iij. a Mark .j. a of zacharias in the wildernes. And he came in to all the cooſtes aboute Iordan / preachynge the baptyme of repentaunce for the remiſſion of ſynnes / at it is written in the boke of the ſayinges of Eſaias ye Prophet which ſayeth: The voyee of a cryar in wyldernes / Eſa. x • . a Iohn .j. c. prepare the waye of the Lorde / make hys pathes ſtrayght. Every valley ſhalbe fylled / and every moūtayne & hyll ſhalbe brought lowe. And crocked thinges ſhalbe made ſtreight: & the rough wayes ſhalbe made ſmoth: and all fleſſhe ſhall ſe the ſaveour ſent of God. ⊢

Then ſayde he to the people that were come Ma • . iij. • to be baptyſed of him: O generacion of vipers / who hath taught you to flye from the wrath to come? Bringe forth due frutes of repentaunce / and begynne not to ſaye in youre ſelves / we have Abraham to oure father. For I ſaye vnto you: God is able of theſe ſtones to reyſe vp chyldren vnto Abraham. Now alſo ys the axe leyd vnto the rote of the trees:The axe ſo yt every tree which bringeth not forth good frute / ſhalbe hewē doune / & caſte in to ye fyre.

And the people axed him ſayinge: What ſhall we do then? He anſwered & ſayde vnto them: He that hath two coottes / let him parte with him that hath none: and he that hath meate / let him do lyke wyſe.

Then came ther Publicans to be baptiſed / Publicans. & ſayde vnto him: Maſter / what ſhall we do? And he ſayde vnto thē: requyre nomore then that which ys appoynted vnto you.

The ſoudyoures lyke wyſe demaunded of Soudio • • es. hym ſayinge: and what ſhall we do? And he ſayde to them: Do violence to noo mā: nether trouble eny man wrongfully: but be content with youre wages.

As the people were in a doute / and all menMat. iij. • Mat. iij. • Ioh. j. d. diſputed in their hertes of Iohn / whether he were very Chriſt: Ihon anſwered & ſayde to them all: I baptyſe you wt water / but a ſtronger then I cometh after me / whoſe ſhue latchet I am not worthy to vnlouſe: he will baptiſe you with the holy gooſt / and with fyre: which hath his fanne in his hond / and willFanne. pourge his floore / and will gader the corne in to his barne: but the chaffe wyll he bourneChaffe. with fyre that never ſhalbe quenched. And many other thinges in his exhortacion preached he vnto the people.

Then Herode the Tetrach (when he was Mat. iij. a Mar. j. b. Iohn is preſoned rebuked of him for Herodias his brother Philippes wyfe / and for all the evyls which Herod had done) added this above all / and leyd Iohn in preſon.

And yt fortuned as all the people receavedChriſt is baptiſed. baptyme (and when Ieſus was baptiſed and dyd praye) that heavē was opened & the holy gooſt came doune in a bodely ſhape lyke a do • e vpō him / & a voyce came frō hevē ſayinge▪ Thou arte my dere ſonne / in the do I delyte.

And Ieſus him ſilfe was about thirty yere of age when he begāne / beinge as men ſuppoſedGenea • ogie. the ſonne of Ioſeph.

which Ioſeph was the ſonne of Heli.

which was the ſonne of Matha ••

which was the ſonne of Levi.

which was the ſonne of Melchi:

which was the ſonne of Ianna:

which was the ſonne of Ioſeph:

which was the ſonne of Matatthias:

which was the ſonne of Amos:

which was the ſonne of Nahum:

which was the ſonne of Eſli:

which was the ſonne of Nagge:

which was the ſonne of Maath:

which was the ſonne of Matathias:

which was the ſonne of Semei:

which was the ſonne of Ioſeph:

which was the ſonne of Iuda:

which was the ſonne of Iohanna:

which was the ſonne of Rheſya:

which was the ſonne of • orobabel:

which was the ſonne of Salathiel:

which was the ſonne of Neri:

which was the ſonne of Melchi:

which was the ſonne of Addi:

which was the ſonne of Coſam:

which was the ſonne of Helmadam:

which was the ſonne of Her:

which was the ſonne of Ieſo:

which was the ſonne of Helieſer:

which was the ſonne of Ioram:

which was the ſonne of Mattha:

which was the ſonne of Levi:

which was the ſonne of Simeon:

which was the ſonne of Iuda:

which was the ſonne of Ioſeph:

which was the ſonne of Ionam:

which was the ſonne of Heliachim:

which was the ſonne of Melea:

which was the ſonne of Menam:

which was the ſonne of Mathathan:

which was the ſonne of Nathan:

which was the ſonne of David:

which was the ſonne of Ieſſe:

which was the ſonne of Obed:

which was the ſonne of Boos:

which was the ſonne of Salmon:

which was the ſonne of Naaſon:

which was the ſonne of Aminadab:

which was the ſonne of Aram:

which was the ſonne of Eſrom:

which was the ſonne of Phares:

which was the ſonne of Iuda:

which was the ſonne of Iacob:

which was the ſonne of Yſaac:

which was the ſonne of Abraham:

which was the ſonne of Tharra:

which was the ſonne of Nachor:

which was the ſonne of Saruch:

which was the ſonne of Ragau:

which was the ſonne of Phalec:

which was the ſonne of Heber:

which was the ſonne of Sala:

which was the ſonne of Cainan:

which was the ſonne of Arpha • a • :

which was the ſonne of Sem:

which was the ſonne of Noe:

which was the ſonne of Lameth▪

which was the ſonne of Mathuſala:

which was the ſonne of Enoch:

which was the ſonne of Iareth:

which was the ſonne of Malalehel.

which was the ſonne of Cainan:

which was the ſonne of Enos:

which was the ſonne of Seth:

which was the ſonne of Adam:

which was the ſonne of God.

¶ The .iiii. Chapter.

IEſus then full of the holy gooſt / returnyd Mat. iij. a Mar. j. b. frō Iordan / & was caryed of ye ſprete into wildernes / & was .xl. dayes tempted of the devyll. And in thooſe dayes ate he no thinge. And when they were ended / he afterwardIeſus faſteth fourtye dayes hongred. And the devyll ſayde vnto him: yf thou be the ſonne of God / cōmaunde this ſtone yt it be breed. And Ieſus anſwered hym ſayinge: It is writtē: man ſhall not live by breed only / but by every worde of God.Deutero▪ viij. d.

And ye devyll toke him vp into an hye moū tayne / & ſhewed him all the kyngdoms of the worlde / evē in ye twincklinge of an eye. And ye devyll ſayde vnto him: all this power will I geve ye every whit & the glory of thē: for yt is delyvered to me / and to whoſoever I will / I geve it. Yf thou therfore wilt worſhippe me / they ſhalbe all thyne. Ieſus anſwered him &Deutero▪ vj. c. and▪ x. d. ſayde: hence from me Sathan. For it is written: Thou ſhalt honour the Lorde thy God / and him only ſerve.

And he caryed him to Ieruſalem / & ſet him on a pynacle of the temple / & ſayd vnto him: Yf thou be the ſonne of God / caſt thy ſilfe doune from hens. For it is written / he ſhall geve his angels charge over the / to kepe the / Pſal. x • . • and with there hondis they ſhall ſtey the vp that thou daſſhe not thy fote agaynſt a ſtone.Deutero▪ vj. c. Ieſus anſwered and ſayde to him / it is ſayd: thou ſhalt not tempte the Lorde thy God. Aſſone as the devyll had ended all his temptacions / he departed from him / for a ſeaſon.

✚ And Ieſus retourned by the power of ye Mathew▪ iiij. b. Mar. • ▪ b. Io. iiij. f. ſprete in to Galile / and there went a fame of him thorowe oute all the regiō roūde aboute. And he taught in their ſynagoges / and was commended of all men.

And he came to Nazareth where he wasMathew .xiij. b. Mar. vj. • Io. iiij. f nourſed / and as hys cuſtome was / went in to the ſynagoge on the Saboth dayes / and ſtode vp for to rede. And ther was delyvered vnto him ye boke of ye Prophete Eſaias. And when he had opened the boke / he founde the place / Eſa. lxj. where it was written. The ſprete of the lorde vpon me / becauſe he hath annoynted me: to preache ye goſpell to y• poore he hath ſent me: and to heale the broken harted: to preache delyveraūce to the captive / and ſight to the blinde / and frely to ſet at lyberte them that are bruſed / & to preache the acceptable yeare of the Lorde.

And he clooſed the booke / & gave it agayne to the miniſter / and ſate doune. And the eyes of all that were in the ſynagoge / were faſtened on him. And he began to ſaye vnto them. This daye is this ſcripture fulfilled in youre eares. And all bare him witnes / and wondred at the gracious wordes which proceded oute of his mouth / ✚ and ſayde: Is not this Ioſephs ſonne?Ioſephs ſonne.

And he ſayde vnto them: Ye maye very well ſaye vnto me this proverbe: Phiſicion / heale thy ſilfe. ✚ Whatſoever we have heard done in Capernaum / do the ſame hereIo. iiij. f. lyke wyſe in thyne awne countre. And he ſayde / verely I ſaye vnto you: No Prophet is acceptedProphete iij. Reg. xvij. Iac. v. d. in his awne countre.

But I tell you of a truth / many wyddowes were in Iſraell in the dayes of Helias / when hevyn was ſhet thre yeres & ſyxe monethes / when greate fammiſſhemēt was throughouteThe wedowe of Sarepta. iiij. Reg. v. d. all the londe / & vnto none of them was Helias ſent / ſave in to Sarephta beſydes Sidon vnto a womā that was a widow. And many lepers were in Iſrael▪ in the tyme of Heliſeu • the Prophete: and yet none of them was healed / ſavingeNaaman Naaman of Siria.

And as many as were in ye ſinagoge when they herde that / were filled with wrath: and rooſe vp / and thruſt him oute of the cite / and ledde him evē vnto the edge of the hill / wheron their cite was bilte / to caſt him doune hedlynge. But he went his waye evē thorow themat. iiij. • Mar. j. c myddes of them: ✚ ✚ and came in to Capernaum a cyte of Galile / & there taught thē on the Saboth dayes. And they were aſtonyed at his doctrine: for his preachīge was wt power.

And in the ſynagoge ther was a mā whichmat. vij. • Mar. j. c. had a ſprete of an vncleane devell / and cryed with aloude voyce ſayinge: let me alone / whatThe vncleane ſpirite is caſt oute. haſt thou to do with vs / thou Ieſus of Nazareth? Arte thou come to deſtroye vs? I knowe the what thou arte / evē the holy of God. And Ieſus rebuked him ſayinge: holde thy peace / and come oute of him. And the devyll threwe him in the myddes of them and came oute of him / and hurt him not. And feare came on them all / and they ſpake amonge them ſelves ſayinge: what māner a thinge is this? For with auctorite and power he commaundeth the foule ſprete / and they come out? And ye fame of him ſpreed abroode thorowoute all places of the countre round aboute. ✚ Mathew .viij. b. Mar. • j, c. Simons mothere▪ lawe.

✚ And he rooſe vp & came oute of y• ſinagoge / & entred in to Simons houſſe. And Simōs motherelawe was takē with a greate fever / & they made interceſſion to him for her. And he ſtode over her / & rebuked the fever: and it leeft her. And immediatly ſhe aroſe & miniſtred vnto them.Layde his hāde on them.

When the ſonne was doune / all they that had ſicke takē with divers deſeaſes / brought them vnto him: & he layde his hondes on every one of them / & healed them. And devils alſo cam out of many of them / crying & ſaying: thou arte Chriſt the ſonne of God. And he rebuked them / and ſuffered them not to ſpeake: for they knewe that he was Chriſt.

Aſſone as it was daye / he departed & wentMar. j. d awaye into a deſert place / & y• people ſought him & came to him / & kept him that he ſhuld not departe from thē. And he ſayde vnto thē: I muſte to other cities alſo preache the kyngdome of God: ✚ for therfore am I ſent. And he preached in the ſynagoges of Galile.

¶ The .v. Chapter. ✚ Mathew .iiij. c. Mark .j. b

IT came to paſſe as the people preaſed vpon him / to heare the worde of God / that he ſtoode by the lake of Genezareth: & ſawe two ſhippes ſtonde by the lake ſyde / but the fiſſhermen were gone out of thē / & were waſſhynge their nettes. And he entred in to one of the ſhippes / which perteyned to Simon / and prayed him / that he wolde thruſt out a litell from the londe. And he ſate doune and taught the people out of the ſhip.

When he had leeft ſpeakynge / he ſayde vnto Simon: Launche out in to the depe / and let ſlippe youre nettes to make a draught / And Simon anſwered and ſayde to him: Maſter / we have labored all nyght / and have taken nothinge. Neverthelater at thy worde I will looſe forthe the net. And when they had ſo done / they incloſed a greate multitude of fiſſhes. And their net brake: but they made ſignes to their felowes which were in the other ſhip / that they ſhuld come and helpe thē And they came: and filled bothe the ſhippes that they ſoncke agayne.

When Simon Peter ſawe that / he fell doune at Ieſus knees ſayinge: Lorde goo frō me / for I am a ſynfull man. For he was vtterly aſtonyed & all that were wt him / at ye draught of fiſſhe which they toke: & ſo was alſo Iames & Iohn ye ſonnes of zebede which were parteners wt Simon. And Ieſus ſayde vnto Simon: feare not / frō hence forthe thou ſhalt catche men. And they brought the ſhippes to londe / and forſoke all / and folowed him.

And it fortuned as he was in a certayne cite: Mathew viij. a Mar. j. d. beholde / ther was a man full of leproſy: & when he had ſpied Ieſus / he fell on his face / & beſought him ſayinge: Lorde / yf thou wilt / Leper thou canſt make me cleane. And he ſtrethed forth y• hond / & touched him ſayinge: I will / be thou cleane. And immediatly the leproſy departed from him. And he warned him / that he ſhuld tell no man: but that he ſhuld god &Le. xiij. a ſhewe him ſelfe to the Preſte / & offer for his clenſynge / accordinge as Moſes commaundement was / for a witnes vnto them.

But ſo moche the moare went ther a fame abroade of him / & moche people cam to geder to heare / & to be healed of him / of their infirmities. And he kepte him ſilfe aparte in ye wilderneſſes / and gave him ſilfe to prayer.

✚ And it happened on a certayne daye / that Mat. ix. a Mar. ij. a he taught: and ther ſate the phariſes: and docturs of lawe / which were come out of all y• tounes of Galile / Iurie / & Hieruſalem. And the power of the Lorde was to heale thē. And beholde / mē brought a man lyinge in his beed which was taken with a palſie: & ſought meanesPalſye. to brynge him in / and to laye him before him. And whē they coulde not finde by what waye they might bringe him in / be cauſe of ye preaſe / they wēt vp on the toppe of ye houſſe / and let him doune thorowe the tylinge / beed & all in the middes before Ieſus. When he ſawe their fayth / he ſayde vnto him: man / thy ſynnes are forgeven the. And the Scribes & the Pariſes begane to thinke ſayinge: What felow is this which ſpeaketh blaſphemy? Who can forgeve ſynnes but God only?

When Ieſus perceaved their thoughtes / he anſwered & ſayde vnto them: What thinke ye in youre hertes? Whether is eaſyar to ſaye / thy ſynnes are forgevē the / or to ſaye: riſe & walke? But that ye maye knowe that the ſonne of mā hath power to forgeve ſynnes onSigne. erth / he ſayde vnto ye ſicke of the palſie: I ſaye to the / aryſe / take vp thy beed and go home to thy houſſe. And immediatly he roſe vp before them / & toke vp his beed where on he laye / and departed to his awne houſſe prayſinge God. And they were all amaſed & they lauded God / & were filled with feare ſayinge: We haue ſene ſtraunge thynges to daye. ⊢

And after that he went forthe and ſawe a Mat. ix. • Mar. ij. b. Publican named Levi / ſittinge at the receyte of cuſtome / and ſayde vnto him: folow me. And he leeft all / rooſe vp / and folowed him. And that ſame Levi made him a greate feaſteLevi. at home in his awne houſſe. And ther was a greate cōpany of publicans and of other that ſate at meate with him. And the Scribes and Phariſes murmured agaynſt his diſciplesPublicās and ſynners. ſayinge: Why eate ye and drinke ye with publicās and ſynners? Ieſus anſwered and ſayde vnto thē: They yt are whole / nede not of ye phiſicion: but they yt are ſicke. I came not to call. ye rightewes / but ſynners to repentaūce.

Then they ſayde vnto him: Why do the diſciples Mat. ix. b Dar. ij. c. The diſciples faſt not of Iohn faſt often & praye / & the diſciples of ye Phariſes alſo: & thine eate & drinke? And he ſayde vnto them: Can ye make ye chyldren of the weddinge faſt / as longe as ye brydgrome is preſent with thē? The dayes will come / whē the brydgrome ſhalbe takē awaye from them: then ſhall they faſt in thoſe dayes

Then he ſpake vnto them in a ſimilitude:New & olde agree not. No mā putteth a pece of a newe garment / in to an olde veſture: for yf he do: then breaketh he the newe / and the pece that was taken out of the newe / agreeth not wt the olde. Alſo / no mā poureth newe wyne into olde veſſels. For yf he do / the newe wyne breaketh the veſſels / & runneth out it ſilfe / & the veſſels periſſhe: But newe wyne muſt be poured into newe veſſels / & bothe are preſerved. Alſo / no man y• drinketh olde wine / ſtrayght waye can awaye with newe / for he ſayeth y• olde is pleſaūter.

¶ The .vi. Chapter.

IT happened on an after ſaboth / that heMathew .xxij. d Mar. ij. d Corne felde. went thorow the corne felde / & that his diſciples plucked the eares of corne / & ate / and rubbed them in their hondes. And certayne of the Phariſes ſayde vnto them: Why do ye that which is not laufull to doThe Saboth daye is broken on the ſaboth dayes? And Ieſus anſwered them and ſayde: Have ye not redde what David dyd / when he him ſylfe was anhungred and they which were with him: how hej. Regum xxj. g. went into the houſſe of God / and toke & ate the loves of halowed breed / and gave alſo to them which were with him: which was not laufull to eate / but for the preſtes only. And he ſayde vnto them: The ſonne of man is Lorde of the ſaboth daye.

✚ And it fortuned in a nother ſaboth alſo / Mat. xij a Mar. iij. a that he entred in to y• ſinagoge & taught. And ther was a mā whoſe right honde was dryed vp. And ye Scribes & Phariſes watched him / to ſe whether he wolde heale on the SabothDryed honde. daye / that they myght fynde an accuſacion agaynſt him. But he knewe their thoughtes / & ſayde to the man which had ye wyddred honde: Ryſe vp / & ſtonde forthe in the myddes. And he aroſe and ſtepped forthe. Then ſayde Ieſus vnto them: I will axe you a queſtion: Whether is it laufull on the ſaboth dayes to do good or to do evill? to ſave lyfe or for to deſtroye it? And he behelde them all in cōpaſſe / & ſayd vnto ye man: Stretche forth thy honde.Madnes And he dyd ſo & his honde was reſtored / & made as whoole as the other. And they were filled full of madnes / and comuned one with another / what they myght do to Ieſu. ⊢

And it fortuned in thooſe dayes / that he Mat. x. • Mar. iij. b went out into a mountayne for to praye / and cōtinued all nyght in prayer to god. And aſſone as it was daye / he called his diſciples / and of thē he choſe twelve / which alſo he called apoſtles. Simon whō he named Peter: & AndrewThe twelve are choſen. his brother. Iames & Ihō / Philip and Bartlemew / Mathew and Thomas / Iames the ſonne of Alpheus & Simon called zelotes and Iudas Iames ſonne / and Iudas Iſcarioth / which ſame was the traytour.

✚ And he came doune with them and ſtode in the playne felde with the company of his diſciples / & agreate multitude of people out of all parties of Iurie and Ieruſalem / & from the ſee cooſte of Tire and Sidon / which came to heare hym / and to be healed of their diſeaſes: & they alſo that were vexed with foule ſpretes / & they were healed. And all the people preaſed to touche him: for there went vertue out of him / and healed them all.

And he lifted vp his eyes apon the diſciples / andMat. v. • ſayde: Bleſſed be ye poore: for yours is the kyngdome of God. Bleſſed are ye thatCouenauntes. honger now: for ye ſhalbe ſatiſfied. Bleſſed are ye yt wepe now: for ye ſhall laugh. Bleſſed are ye when men hate you / & thruſt you oute of their companye / and rayle / & abhorre youre name as an evyll thinge / for the ſonne of mā nes ſake. Reioyſe ye then / and be gladde: for beholde / youre rewarde is greate in heven. ✚ After this manner their fathers entreatedTrue pro phetes. the Prophetes.

But wo be to you that are ryche: for ye have therin youre conſolacion. Wo be to you yt Am. vj. a Eccle. xxxj. a. are full: for ye ſhall honger. Wo be to you that now laugh: for ye ſhall wayle and wepe. Wo be to you when all men prayſe you: for ſo dyd their fathers to the falſe prophetes.Couenauntes.

But I ſaye vnto you which heare: Love youre enemyes. Do good to thē which hate you. Bleſſe thē that courſe you. And praye for thē Love. which wrongfully trouble you. And vnto him that ſmyteth the on the one cheke / offerMat. v. g alſo y• other. And him that taketh awaye thy goune / forbid not to take thy coote alſo. GeveDo good Bleſſe. Praye. to every man that axeth of the. And of him that taketh awaye thy goodes / axe them not agayne. And as ye wolde that men ſhuld doo to you: ſo do ye to them lyke wyſe.All the lawe.

If ye love thē which love you: what thanke are ye worthy of▪ For the very ſynners love their lovers. And yf ye do for them which do for you: what thanke are ye worthy of? For the very ſynners do even the ſame. If yeMathew vij. b • o. iiij. c. Mat. v. g lende to them of whome ye hoope to receave: what thanke ſhall ye have: for the very ſynners lende to ſynners / to receave as moch agayne. Wherfore / love ye youre enemys / do good and lende / lokynge for nothinge agayne and youre rewarde ſhalbe greate / and ye ſhalbeLende. • e the chyldren of the hyeſt: for he is kyndeCovenauntes. Mathew .vij. a. Iudge not. vnto the vnkynde and to the evyll.

✚ Be ye therfore mercifull / as youre father is mercifull. Iudge not & ye ſhall not be Iudged. Condemne not: and ye ſhall not be condemned. Forgeve / and ye ſhalbe forgeven. Geve / & yt ſhalbe geven vnto you: good meaſure / preſſedMa. • i • . • Ma. iiij. • doune / ſhaken to geder and runnynge over / ſhall men geve into youre boſomes.Forgeve. For with what meaſure ye mete / with y• ſame ſhall men mete to you agayne.

And he put forthe a ſimilitude vnto thē: CanMathew .xv. b. Meaſure the blynde leade y• blynde? Do they not both then fall into y• dyche? The diſciple is not above his maſter. Enery mā ſhalbe perfecte / even as his maſter is. Why ſeyſt thou a moote inMat. x. c. Mote. Io. xiij. • Ma. vij. a Beame. thy brothers eye / & conſidereſt not y• beame y• is in thyne awne eye? Ether how cāneſt thou ſaye to thy brother: Brother / let me pull out y• moote that is in thyne eye: when thou perceaveſt not the beame that is in thyne awne eye? • pocrite / caſt out y• beame out of thyne awne eye fyrſt / and then ſhalt thou ſe perfectly / toMa. vij. • mat. xij. c The tree is knowē bi his frute. pull out the moote out of thy brothers eye. ⊢

It is not a good tree that bringeth forthe evyll frute: nether is that an evyll tree / that bringeth forthe good frute. For every tree is knowen by his frute. Nether of thornes gader men fygges / nor of buſſhes gader they grapes. A good man out of the good treaſure of his hert / bringeth forthe that which is good. And an evyll man out of the evyll treaſure of his hert / bringeth forthe that which ye evyll. For of the aboundaunce of y• The mouthe ſpeaketh of y• fullnes of the heart. To builde on a rocke. To builde on ſonde. her / his mouthe ſpeakethe.

Why call ye me Maſter / Maſter: and do not as I bid you? whoſoever cometh to me and heareth my ſayinges / & dothe the ſame / I will ſhewe you to whome he ys lyke. He is like a man which bilt an houſſe: and digged depe / and layde the foundaciō on a rocke. Whē the waters aroſe / the fludde bet apō that houſſe / and coulde not move yt. For it was grounded apon a rocke. But he that heareth & doth not / is lyke a man that with out foundacion bylt an houſſe apon the erth / agaynſt which the fludde did bet: and it fell by and by. And y• fall of yt houſſe was greate.

¶ The .vii. Cha.

U • hen he had ended all his ſainges inMathew .viij. a. the audience of the people / he entred into Capernaū. And a certayne Centurions ſeruaunte was ſicke and redy to dye whom he made moche of. And when he heardeCenturio • . of Ieſu / he ſent vnto him the elders of the Iewes / beſechinge him y• he wolde come & heale his ſervaunt. And they came to Ieſus and beſought him in ſtantly ſayinge: He is worthi that thou ſhuldeſt do this for him. For he loveth oure nacion / and hath bilt vs a ſinagoge And Ieſus went with them.

And when he was not farre frō the houſſe / the Centuriō ſent frendes to him ſayinge vnto him: Lorde trouble not thy ſilfe: for I am not worthy yt thou ſhuldeſt enter vnder my roffe. Wherfore I thought not my ſilfe worthy to come vnto the: but ſaye the worde / and ſervaunt ſhalbe whoole. For I lyke wyſe am a man vnder power / and have vnder me ſoudiers / & I ſaye vnto won / goo: and he goeth. And to another / come: and he cometh. And to my ſervaunt / do this: & he doeth it. When Ieſus herde this / he merveyled at him / & turned him about & ſayd to the people that folowed him: I ſaye vnto you / I have not founde ſo greate faith / noo / not in Iſrael. And they yt were ſent / turned backe home agayne / & founde the ſervaunt that was ſicke / whoole.

✚ And it fortuned after that / that he went into a cite called Naim / & many of his diſciples went wt him / & moche people. When he came nye to the gate of the cite: beholde / ther was a deed man caried out which was y• onlyThe deed is rayſed. ſonne of his mother / and ſhe was a widowe / and moche people of the cite was with her. And when ye lorde ſawe her / he had compaſſion on her / & ſayde vnto her: wepe not. And he went & touched the coffyn / & they yt bare him / ſtode ſtill. And he ſayde: Yonge man / I ſaye vnto the / aryſe. And ye deed ſate vp & beganne to ſpeake. And he delyvered him to his mother. And ther cā a feare on thē all. And they glorified god ſayinge: a greate prophet is ryſenMat. xj. a amōge vs / & god hath viſited his people ✚ ✚ And this rumor of him wēt forthe throughoutIhon baptiſt ſendeth to Chriſt. all Iurie / and thorowout all the regions which lye rounde about.

And y• diſciples of Iohn ſhewed him of all theſe thinges. And Iohn called vnto him .ii. of his diſciples / & ſent thē to Ieſus ſayinge: Arte thou he that ſhall come: or ſhall we loke for another? When the men were come vnto him / they ſayde: Iohn baptiſte ſent vs vnto y• ſayinge: Arte thou he that ſhall come: or ſhall we wayte for another? And at yt ſame tyme he cured many of their infirmites & plages / & ofEſai. • y. evyll ſpretes / & vnto many that were blynde / he gave ſight. And Ieſus anſwered and ſayd vnto them: Goo youre wayes & ſhewe Iohn / what thinges ye have ſene and harde: how y• the blynde ſe / the halt goo / the lepers are clenſed / the deafe heare / the deed aryſe / to the poore is the glad tydinges preached / and happy is he / that is not offended by me.

When ye meſſengers of Iohn were departed / he began to ſpeake vnto ye people of Iohn What wēt ye oute into ye w • ldernes for to ſe? went ye to ſe arede ſhaken wt ye wynde? But what went ye out for to ſe? A mā clothed in ſo ofte rayment? Beholde they which are gorgeouſly apparelled / & lyve delicatly / are in kynges courtes. But what went ye forth to ſe? A prophete? Ye I ſaye to you / & mo •• e then a prophete. This is he of whō it is wryttē: Beholde▪ I ſende my meſſenger before thy face / toMal. iij. a prepare thy waye before the. For I ſaye vntoPublicans iuſtifie god you: a greater prophete then Iohn / amōge wemēs chyldrē is ther none. Nevertheleſſe one y• is leſſe in ye kyngdō of god / is greater thē he ⊢

And all the people that hearde / and the publicansPhariſes deſpiſe y• councell of god. / iuſtified God / and were baptiſed with the baptim of Iohn. But the phariſes & ſcribes deſpiſed ye counſell of god agaynſt them ſelves / and were not baptiſed of him.

And y• lorde ſayd: Wher vnto ſhall I lykē Mat. xj. • the men of this generacion / & what thinge are they lyke? They are lyke vnto chyldrē ſittynge in y• market place / & cryinge one to another / & ſayinge: We have pyped vnto you / & ye hahave not daunſed: we have mourned to you / and ye have not wept. For Iohn baptiſt cam / nether eatynge breed ner drinkynge wyne / & ye ſaye: he hath the devyll. The ſonne of man is come and eateth and drinketh / & ye ſaye: beholde a man which is a glotton / & a drinkerWiſdom of wyne / a frende of publicans and ſynners. Yet is wyſdome iuſtified of all her chyldren.

✚ And one of the phariſes deſyred him that he wolde eate with him. And he went into y• phariſes houſſe / & ſate doune to meate. And beMarie of Bethani • holde a woman in that cite / which was a ſynner / aſſone as ſhe knewe that Ieſus ſate at meate in the phariſes houſſe / ſhe brought an alablaſter boye of oyntmēt / & ſhe ſtode at his fete behynde him wepynge / and beganne to weſſhe his fete with teares / and dyd wipe thē with the heares of her heed / and kyſſed his fete / and anoynted them with oyntment.

When the phariſe which bade him / ſawe that / he ſpake with in him ſylfe / ſayinge: If this man were a prophete / he wolde ſurely have knowen who & what maner woman this is which toucheth him / for ſhe is a ſynner. And Ieſus anſwered & ſayde vnto him: Simon I have ſome what to ſaye vnto y•. And he ſayd maſter ſaye on. There was a certayne lender which had two detters / ye one ought five hondred pence / & the other fyfty. When they had nothinge to paye / he forgave thē boothe. Which of them tell me / will love him mooſt? Simon anſwered and ſayde: I ſuppoſe / that he to whom he forgave mooſt. And he ſayde vnto him: Thou haſt truly iudged.

And he turned to the woman / & ſayde vnto Simon: Seiſt thou this woman? I entred into thy houſſe / & thou gaveſt me noo water to my fete but ſhe hath weſſhed my fete with teares / & wiped thē with the heeres of her heed. Thou gaveſt me no kyſſe: but ſhe / ſence ye tyme I came in / hath not ceaſed to kyſſe my fete Myne heed wt oyle thou dydeſt not anoynte: but ſhe hath annoynted my fete wt oyntmēt. Wherefore I ſaye vnto the: many ſynnes are forgevē her / for ſhe Love is y• ſigne yt the ſynnes are forgeven her. loved moche. To whom leſſe is forgeven / the ſame doeth leſſe love.

And he ſayde vnto her / thy ſynnes are forgeven ye. And they yt ſate at meate with him / beganne to ſaye within them ſelves: Who is this which forgeveth ſynnes • alſo? And he ſayde to ye woman: Thy faith hath ſaved the / Goo in peace. ⊢

¶. The .viii. Chap.

ANd it fortuned after that / that he him ſylfe went throughout cities & tounes / preachynge / and ſhewinge ye kyngdom of God / & the twelve with him. And alſo certayne wemen / which wer healed of evell ſpretes / and infirmities: Mary called Magdalen / out of whom went ſeven devyls / & Ioanna y• wyfe of Lhuſa Herode ſtewarde / & Suſanna and many other: which miniſtred vnto thē of their ſubſtaunce. ✚ When moch people were gadred to gether / & were come to him out ofmat. xij. a Ma. iiij. a all cities / he ſpake by a ſimilitude. A ſower went out to ſowe his ſeede: & as he ſowed / ſomeSower. fell by the waye ſyde / and it was troden vnder fete / and the foules of the ayre devoured it vp. And ſome fell on ſton / & aſſone as it was ſpronge vp / it widdred awaye / becauſe it lacked moyſtnes. And ſome fell amonge thornes / and ye thornes ſpronge vp with it / & choked it. And ſome fell on good grounde / & ſprō ge vp & bare frute / an hondred foolde. And as he ſayde theſe thinges / he cryed: He that hath eares to heare / let him heare.

And his diſciples a • ed him ſayinge: what Eſa. vij. e Mathew .xiij. b. ma. iiij. b. Ioa. xij. f Ro. xj. b. maner ſimilitude is this? And he ſayde: vnto you is it geven to knowe the ſecretes of the kyngdom of God: but to other in ſimilitude / that when they ſe / they ſhuld not ſe: & when they heare they ſhuld not vnderſtonde.

The ſimilitude is this. The ſeede is ye wordeThe ſower is expounded. of God. Thooſe yt are beſyde the waye / are they that heare / & afterwarde cometh ye devyll & taketh awaye the worde out of their hertes / leſt they ſhuld beleve and be ſaved. They on the ſtonnes / are they which when they heare / receave the worde with ioye. But theſe have noo rootes / which for a whyle beleve / & in tyme of temtaciō goo awaye. And yt which fell amonge thornes / are they which heare / & goo forth / & are choked wt cares & wt riches / & volupteous lyvinge / and bringe forth noo frute. That in y• good grounde / are they which withCandell. a good & pure hert / heare the worde & kepe it / Mat. x. b Ma. iiij. c. Mat. x. c Mar. iij. c and bringe forth frute with pacience. ⊢

No man lyghteth a candell / & covereth it vnder a veſſell / nether putteth it vnder ye table: but ſetteth it on a candelſticke / that they that enter in / maye ſe ye lyght. No thinge is in ſecret / yt ſhall not come abroode: Nether eny thinge hyd / that ſhall not be knowen / & comeMathew .xiij. b. & .xxv. c. ma. iiij. c. Mathew .xii. d. Mar. iij. d to lyght. Take hede therfore how ye heare. For whoſoever hath / to him ſhalbe gevē: And whoſoever hath not / frō him ſhalbe takē / even that ſame which he ſuppoſeth that he hath.

Then came to him his mother and his brethren / and coulde not come at him for preaſe. And they tolde him ſayinge: Thy motherMother & brethrē Ma. viij. c mar. iiij. d and thy brethren ſtonde with out / and wolde ſe the. He anſwered and ſayd vnto them: my mother and my brethren are theſe which heare the worde of God and do it.

✚ And it chaunſed on a certayne daye that he went into a ſhippe / and his diſciples alſo / and he ſayde vnto them: Let vs goo over vnto the other ſyde of the lake. And they Lanched forthe. And as they ſayled / he fell a ſlepe / and there aroſe a ſtorme of wynde in ye lake / & theyIeſus ſlepeth in ye ſhip. were fylled with water / & were in ieopardy. And they went to him and awoke him ſayinge: Maſter Maſter / we are looſt. Then he aroſe and rebuked the wynde and the tempeſt of water / and they ceaſed / and it wexed calme. And he ſayd vnto thē: where is youre faith? They feared and wondred ſayinge one to another: what felowe is this? for he cōmaundethMathew viij .c. Mar. v. a Gaderenites bothe the wyndes and water / and they obey him? ✚ And they ſayled vnto the region of ye Gaderenites / which is over agaynſt Galile.

And as he went out to londe / ther met him a certayne man out of ye cite / which had a devyll longe tyme / and ware noo clothes / nether aboode in any houſſe: but amonge graves. When he ſawe Ieſus / he cryed / and fell doune before him / and with a loude voyce ſayde: What have I to do with the Ieſus the ſonne of the God mooſt hyeſt? I beſeche the torment me not. Then he cōmaunded ye foule ſprete to come out of the man. For ofte tymes he caught him / & he was bounde with chaynes & kept with fetters: and he brake the bondes / and was caryed of the fende / into wyldernes.

And Iesus ayed him ſayinge: what is thy name? And he ſayde: Legion / becauſe many devylsLegion were entred into him. And they beſought him / yt he wolde not cōmaunde thē to goo out into y• depe. And ther was there by an heerde of many ſwyne / fedynge on an hyll: & they beſoughtSwyne. him / yt he wolde ſoffre thē to enter into thē. And he ſoffred thē. Then went the devyls out of the man / & entred into the ſwyne: And the heerd toke their courſe & ran heedlynge into the lake / and were choked. When the herdmen ſawe what had chaunſed / they fleed and tolde it in the cite and in the villages.

And they came out to ſe what was done: & came to Ieſus / & founde ye man / out of whō the devyls were departed / ſittynge at the fete of Ieſus / clothed & in his right mynde / & they were afrayde. They alſo wich ſawe it / tolde thē by what meanes he yt was poſſeſſed of ye devyll / was healed. And all the whole multitude of ye cōtrye of the Gaderenites / beſought him yt he wolde departe from thē: for they were taken wt greate feare. And he gate him into the ſhippe & returned backe agayne. Then the man out of whom the devyls were departed / beſought him yt he myght be wt him: But Ieſus ſent him awaye ſayinge: Goo home agayne into thyne awne houſſe / & ſhewe what great thinges God hath done to ye. And he went his waye / & preached thorow out all the cite what great thingꝭ Ieſus had done vnto him.

And it fortuned when Ieſus was come mat. ix. c. Mar. v. b. agayne that ye people receaved him. For they all wayted for him. And beholde ther came aThe Rulers doughter is raiſed. man named Iairus (and he was a ruler of ye ſynagoge) & he fell doune at Ieſus fete / & beſought him yt he wolde come into his houſſe / for he had but a doughter only / apon a twelve yere of age / and ſhe laye a dyinge. And as he went the / people thronged him.Iſſue of bloude.

And a woman havynge an iſſue of bloud twelve yeres (which had ſpent all her ſubſtance amonge phiſiciōs / nether coulde be hol pen of eny) came behinde him / & touched the hem of his garmēt / & immediatly her iſſue of bloud ſtaunched. And Ieſus ſayde: Who is it that touched me? when every man denyed / Peter & they y• were with him / ſayde: Maſter / the people thruſt the and veye the: & ſayeſt thou / who touched me? And Ieſus ſayd: Some body touched me. For I perceave that vertue is gone out of me. When the woman ſawe / that ſhe was not hid / ſhe came trimblynge / & fell at is fete / and tolde him before all the people for what cauſe ſhe had touched him / and how ſhe was healed immediatly. And he ſayde vnto hyr: Doughter be of good comforte / Thy faith hath made the hoale / goo in peace.

Whyll he yet ſpake / there came one from ye rulers of the ſynagogis houſſe which ſayde to him: thy doughter is deed / diſeaſe not the maſter. When Ieſus hearde that / He anſwered the father / ſayinge: Feare not / beleve only / & ſhe ſhalbe made whole. And when he came to ye houſſe / he ſuffred no man to goo in with him / ſave Peter / Iames & Iohn / & the father and the mother of the mayden. Every body weept & ſorowed for her. And he ſayde: Wepe not: for ſhe is not deed / but ſlepeth. And they lewgh him to ſcorne. For they knew that ſhe was deed. And he thruſt thē all out / & caught her by the honde / and cryed ſayinge: Mayde aryſe. And hyr ſprete came agayne / & ſhe rooſe ſtrayght waye. And he commaunded to geveMat. x. • . Mar. iij. • her meate. And the father and the mother of hyr were aſtonyed. But he warned thē that they ſhuld tell noo man / what was done.

¶ The .ix. Chapter.

THen called he the .xii. to gether / & gave The twelve are ſent. Mat. x. a Mar. xj. • Mat. x. • . mar. vj. • them power / and auctorite over all devyls / and that they myght heale diſeaſes. And he ſent them to preache the kyngdome of God / & to cure the ſick. And he ſayd to them: Take nothinge to ſucker you by y• waye: nether ſtaffe / nor ſcripe / nether breed / nether money / nether have twoo cootes. And whatſoever Go not frō houſſe to houſſe as freers do. Act. xiij. houſſe ye enter into / there abyde & thence departe. And whoſoever will not receave you / when ye go out of that cite / ſhake of the very duſt from youre fete / for a teſtimony agaynſt them. And they went out / & went thorow the tounes / preachinge the goſpellDuſt and healynge every wheare. ⊢

And Herod the tetrarch herde of all thatMathew .xiiij. a. Ma. vj. b was done of him / and douted / becauſe that it was ſayde of ſome / that Iohn was ryſen agayne from deeth: and of ſome / that Helyas had apered: and of other / that one of the olde prophetes was ryſen agayne. And Herod ſayde: Iohn have I behedded: who then is this of whom I heare ſuche thinges? And he deſyred to ſe him.

And the Apoſtles retourned / and tolde him Mathew .xiiij. b. what great thinges they had done. And he toke them and went a ſyde into a ſolitary place / nye to a citie called Bethſaida. And ye peopleMa. vj. d knewe of it / and folowed him. And he receaved them / and ſpake vnto them of the kyngdome of God / and healed them that had nede to be healed. And when ye daye beganne to weare awaye / then came the twelve and ſayde vnto him: ſende y• people • waye / that they maye goo into the tounes & villages roundabout / and lodge / and get meate / for we are here in a place of wyldernes. But he ſayde vnto them: Geve ye thē to eate. And they ſayde. We have no moo but fyve loves and two fiſſhes / exceptFyve loves & .ii. fyſſhes. we ſhuld goo and bye meate for all this people. And they were about a fyve thouſand men. And he ſayde to his diſciples: Cauſe them to ſyt doune by fyfties in a company. And they dyd ſoo / & made them all ſyt doune. And he toke the fyve loves / & the two fiſſhes / & loked vp to heven / & bleſſed them / & brake / & gave to the diſciples / to ſet before y• people. And they ate / and were all ſatiſfied. And ther was taken vp of that remayned to thē / twelve baſkettes full of broken meate.

And it fortuned as he was alone prayinge / Maehew .xvj. b. Mar. vii • his diſciples were wt him / & he axed thē ſayinge: Who ſaye ye people yt I am? They anſwered & ſayd: Iohn Baptiſt. Some ſaye Helyas. And ſome ſaye / one of the olde prophete is ryſen agayne. He ſayde vnto thē: Who ſaye ye that I am? Peter anſwered and ſayde: thou arte the Chriſt of god. And he warned & commaundedPaſſion. them / that they ſhuld tell no mun yt Mathew .xvij. d. Mar. viij thinge ſayinge: that the ſonne of man muſt ſuffre many thinges / and be reproved of the elders / and of the hye preſtes and ſcribes / & beChriſtes diſciple. ſlayne / and the thirde daye ryſe agayne.

And he ſayde to them all / yf eny man willMat. x. d and xvj. Marke .viij. b. Ioa. xij. • come after me / let him denye him ſylfe / & take vp his croſſe dayly and folowe me. Whoſoever will ſave his lyfe / ſhall loſe it. And whoſoever ſhall loſe his lyfe for my ſake / the ſame ſhall ſave it. For what avauntageth it a man / to wynne the whole worlde / yf he looſe him ſylfe or runne in domage of him ſylfe?Mat. x. d mar. viij b For whoſoever is aſhamed of me / and of my ſayinges: of him ſhall the ſonne of man be aſhamed / whenCovenaunt he cometh in his awne glorie / & in the glorie of his father / and of the holyMat. xvj d. Marc. ix. a. angels. And I tell you of a ſurety: There be ſome of thē yt ſtonde here / which ſhall not taſt of deeth / tyll they ſe ye kyngdome of god.

And it folowed about an .viii. dayes after Mat. xvij a. Marc. ix. a. thooſe ſayinges / that he toke Peter / Iames / & Iohn / & went vp into a moūtayne to praye. And as he prayed / y• facion of his countenaunceTranffguracion was changed / and his garment was whyte and ſhoone. And beholde / two men talked wt him / and they were Moſes & Helyas / which appered gloriouſly / and ſpake of his departinge / which he ſhuld ende at Ieruſalem. Peter and they that were with him / were hevy with ſlepe. And when they woke / they ſawe his glorie / and two men ſtondinge with him.

And it chaunſed as they departed frō him / Peter ſayde vnto Ieſus: Maſter / it is good beinge here for vs. Let vs make thre tabernacles / one for the and one for Moſes / & one for Helyas: and wiſt not what he ſayde. Whyll he thus ſpake / ther came a cloude and ſhadowed them: & they feared when they were come vnder the cloude. And ther came a voyce out of the cloude ſayinge: This is my deareHeare him. ſonne / heare him. And aſſone as ye voyce was paſt / Ieſus was founde alone. And they kept it clooſe / and tolde noo man in thooſe dayes eny of thoſe thinges which they had ſene.

And it chaunſed on the nexte daye as theyMathew .xvij. d. Mar. ix. c came doune from the hyll / moche people met him. And beholde a man of the cōpany cryed out ſayinge: Maſter / I beſeche ye beholde myThe ſpirite of the fallynge ſycknes is caſt oute. ſonne / for he is all that I have: & ſe / a ſprete taketh him / & ſodenly he cryeth / & he teareth him that he ſometh agayne / and with moche payne departeth frō him / when he hath rent him / and I beſought thy diſciples to caſt him out / & they coulde not. Ieſus anſwered & ſayde: O generacion with oute fayth / & croked: how longe ſhall I be with you? & ſhall ſuffre you? Bringe thy ſonne hidder. As he yet was a cōminge / the fende rēt him & tare him. And Ieſus rebuked ye vnclene ſprete / & healed the childe / & delivered him to his father. And they were all amaſed at ye mighty power of God.

Whyll they wondred every one at all thinges which he dyd / he ſayd vnto his diſciples: Let theſe ſayinges ſynke doune into youre eares. The tyme will come / when the ſonne ofPaſſion. man ſhalbe delivered into the hondes of men. But they wiſt not what yt worde meant / & yt was hyd frō thē / that they vnderſtode yt not. And they feared to axe him of that ſayinge.

Then ther aroſe a diſputacion amōge thē: Mathew .xvii. b. Mar. ix. c who ſhuld be the greateſt. When Ieſus perceaved ye thoughtes of their hertes / he toke a chylde / & ſet him hard by him / & ſayd vnto thē: Whoſoever receaveth this chylde in my name / receavethGreateſt me. And whoſoever receaveth me / receaveth him yt ſent me. For he yt is leaſt amonge you all / the ſame ſhalbe greate.

And Iohn anſwered & ſayde: Maſter we ſaweForbyd one caſtinge out devyls in thy name / & we forbade him / becauſe he foloweth not with vs. And Ieſus ſayde vnto him: forbyd ye him not. For he that is not agaynſt vs / is wt vs.

And it folowed when the tyme was come yt he ſhulde be receaved vp / then he ſet his face to goo to Hieruſalem / & ſent meſſengers before him. And they went & entred into a citie of the Samaritans to make redy for him. But they wolde not receave him / becauſe his face was as though he wolde goo to Ieruſalem. When his diſciples Iames & Iohn ſawe yt / they ſayde: Lorde / wilt thou that we cōmaunde / that fyre come doune from heven & conſume them / even as Helias dyd? Ieſus turnedFyer frō heaven about / and rebuked them ſayinge: ye wote not what maner ſprete yeare of. The ſonne of mā ys not come to deſtroye mennes lives / but to ſave them. And they went to another toune.

✚ And it chaunſed as he went in the waye / a Mathew .viij. c. certayne man ſayd vnto him: I will folowe the whither ſoever thou goo. Ieſus ſayd vnto him: foxes have holes / and bryddes of ye Foxes. ayer have neſtes: but the ſonne of man hath not where on to laye his heed.

And he ſayde vnto another: folowe me. AndBurie his father. the ſame ſayde: Lorde ſuffre me fyrſt to goo & bury my father. Ieſus ſayd vnto him: Let the deed / bury their deed: but goo thou and preache the kyngdome of God.

And another ſayde: I wyll folowe the Lorde: but let me fyrſt goo byd them fare well / which are at home at my houſſe. Ieſus ſaydePlowe. vnto him: No man that putteth his honde to the plowe / & loketh backe / is apte to the kyngdome of God. ⊢

¶ The .x. Chapter. ✚

AFter theſe thinges / the Lorde apoynted Seventie are ſent. mat. ix. a Herveſt. Lambes amonge wolves. other ſeventie alſo / & ſent them / two & two before him into every citie and place / whither he him ſilfe wolde come. And he ſayde vnto them / the harveſt is greate: but the laborers are feawe. Praye therfore the Lorde of ye harveſt / to ſend forth laborers into his herveſt. Goo youre wayes: beholde / I ſende you forthe as lambes amonge wolves. Beare nooMat. x. a Ma. vj. a wallet / nether ſcryppe / nor ſhues / and ſalute noo man by the waye. Into whatſoever houſſe ye enter / fyrſt ſaye: Peace be to this houſſe.Fayth ſhall miniſtre all And yf ye ſonne of peace be theare / youre peace ſhall reſt vpon him: yf not / yt ſhall returne to you agayne. And in ye ſame houſſe tary ſtill eatinge & drinkinge ſoche as they have. For the laborer is worthy of his rewarde. ⊢

Go not frō houſſe to houſſe: & in to whatſoever Mat. x. a. j. tim. v. c citye ye enter / yf they receave you / eate ſoche thinges as are ſet before you / & heale the ſicke yt are theare / & ſaye vnto them: the kyngdome of God is come nye vpon you. But into whatſoever citie ye ſhall enter / yf they receave you not / goo youre wayes out into the ſtretesDuſt. of ye ſame / and ſaye: even the very duſt / which cleaveth on vs of your citie / we wipe of agaynſt you: Notwithſtondinge / marke this that ye kyngdome of God was come nie vpon you. Ye & I ſaye vnto you: that it ſhalbe eaſier in that daye / for Sodom then for yt cytie.

Wo be to the Chorazin: wo be to ye Bethſaida. For yf ye miracles had bene done in TyreCorazim Betſaida Tyre Sidon Capernaum. & Sidō / which have bene done in you / they had a greate whyle agone repēted / ſitting in heere & aſſhes. Nevertheleſſe it ſhalbe eaſier for Tyre & Sidon / at the iudgement / then for you. And thou Capernaū which art exalted to heavē / ſhalt be thruſt doune to hell. He ye Mat. x. d. Io. xiij. c. heareth you / heareth me: & he that diſpiſeth you / deſpiſeth me: and he that diſpiſeth me / deſpiſeth him that ſent me.

And the ſevētie returned agayne with ioye ſayinge: Lorde even the very devyls are ſubdued to vs thorowe thy name. And he ſayde vnto them: I ſawe ſatan / as it had bene lightenyng / faule doune frō heavē. Beholde I geve vnto you power to treade on ſerpētes and ſcorpions / & over all maner power of the enimye / & no thinge ſhall hurte you Nevertheleſſe / in this reioyſe not / that ye ſpretes are vnder youre power: but reioyſe / becauſe youreReioyſe. names are wrytten in heaven.

That ſame tyme reioyſed Ieſus in ye ſprete / & Mat. xj. d Babes. Mat. xj. d ſayde: I confeſſe vnto ye father / Lorde of heaven & erth / yt thou haſt hyd theſe thynges from the wyſe & prudent / & haſt opened themHe onlye that is / taught of Chriſt / knoweth ye father. to the babes. Even ſo father / for ſoo pleaſed it the. All thinges are geven me of my father. And no man knoweth who the ſonne is / but the father: nether who the father is / ſave the ſonne / & he to whō the ſonne wyll ſhewe him.

And he turned to his diſciples / & ſayde ſecretly: ✚ Happy are ye eyes / which ſe yt ye ſe.Mathew xiij. b. For I tell you that many prophetes & kyngs have deſired to ſe thoſe thinges which ye ſe / & have not ſene them: & to heare thoſe thinges which ye heare / and have not hearde them.

And beholde / a certayne Lawere ſtode vp / & Mathew .xxij. d Mar. xij d Eternall lyfe. Deutero. vj. b. tempted him ſayinge: Maſter what ſhall I do / to inheret eternall life? He ſayd vnto him: What is written in the lawe? How redeſt thou? And he anſwered & ſayde: Loue thy Lorde God / with all thy hert / & with all thy ſoule / & with all thy ſtrēgthe / & with all thy mynde: & thy neghbour as thy ſylfe. And he ſayde vnto him: Thou haſt anſwered right. This do and thou ſhalt live. He willinge to iuſtifie him ſilfe / ſayde vnto Ieſus: Who is then my neghbour?

Ieſus anſwered & ſayde: A certayne mā deſcendedSamaritane. frō Hieruſalem in to Hierico / & fell in to the hondes of theves / which robbed him of his raymēt & wounded him / & departed levynge him halfe deed. And by chaunce ther came a certayne preſte that ſame waye / & when he ſawe him / he paſſed by. And lykewyſe a Levite / when he was come nye to the place / wēt & loked on him / and paſſed by. Then a certayne Samaritane / as he iornyed / came nye vnto him / & when he ſawe him / had compaſſion on him / & went to and bounde vp his woundes / and poured in oyle and wyne / and put him on his awne beaſte / & brought him to a cōmen ynne / and made proviſion for him. And on the morowe when he departed / he toke out two pē ce & gave them to the hoſt / & ſayde vnto him. Take cure of him / & whatſoever thou ſpēdeſt moare / when I come agayne / I will recompence the. Which now of theſe thre / thynkeſtA neyboure who. thou / was neighbour vnto him y• fell into y• theves hondes? And he ſayde▪ he that ſhewed mercy on him. Then ſayde Ieſus vnto him. Goo and do thou lyke wyſe. ⊢

✚ It fortuned as they wēt / that he entred in to a certayne toune. And a certayne woman named Martha / receaved him into her houſſe. And this woman had a ſiſter called Mary / whichMartha Marie ſate at Ieſus fete / and hearde his preachinge. And Martha was combred about moche ſervinge / & ſtode and ſayde: Maſter / doeſt thou not care / that my ſiſter hath leeft me to miniſter alone? Syd her therfore / that ſhe helpe me. And Ieſus anſwered / and ſayde vnto her: Martha / Martha / thou careſt / & arte troubled about many thinges: verely one is nedfull. Mary hath choſen her that good parte / which ſhall not be taken awaye from her. ⊢

¶ The .xi. Chapter.

ANd it fortuned as he was prayinge in a certayne place: when he ceaſed / one ofMat. vj. • his diſciples ſayde vnto him: Maſter / teache vs to praye / as Iohn taught his diſciples. And he ſayd vnto thē: When ye praye / • aye: O oure father which arte in heavē / halowedThe pater noſter be thy name. Thy kyngdome come. Thy will be fulfilled / even in erth as it is in heaven. Oure dayly breed geve vs evermore. And forgeve vs oure ſynnes: For evē we forgeve every man yt treaſpaſeth vs. And ledde vs not into tēptaciō. But deliver vs frō evill.

And he ſayde vnto them: ✚ if any of you ſhuld have a frēde / & ſhuld goo to him at midnyght / &Prayer what it dothe. ſaye vnto him: frende lende me thre loves / for a frende of myne is come out of the waye to me / & I have nothinge to ſet before him: & he within ſhuld anſwere & ſaye / trouble me not / the dore is now ſheet / & my ſervaū tes are with me in the chamber / I cānot ryſe & geve them to the. I ſaye vnto you / though he woldnot aryſe & geve him / becauſe he is his frēde: yet becauſe of his importunite he wold riſe / & geve him as many as he neded.

And I ſaye vnto you: axe / and it ſhalbe geven you. Seke / and ye ſhall fynde. knocke / &Covenaunt. it ſhalbe opened vnto you. For every one that axeth / receaveth: and he that ſeketh / fyndeth:Mathew .vij. a. and .xxj. • Mar. x • . • Io. xiii • . • and. xvj • Iaco. • . amar. vij. • Mat. • x • and .xij. • Mar. iij. • and to him that knocketh / ſhall it be openned. Yf the ſonne ſhall axe breed of eny of you that is a father: wyll he geve him a ſtone? Or yf he axe fiſſhe / wyll he for a fyſſhe geve him a ſerpent? Or yf he axe an egge: wyll he offer him a ſcorpion? Yf ye then which are evyll canne geve good giftes vnto youre chyldren / how moche more ſhall the father of heaven geve an holy ſprete to them / that deſyre it of him? ⊢

✚ And he was a caſtynge out a devyll / whichThe dō me ſpirite is caſt oute. Belzebub. was dōme. And it folowed when the devyll was gone out / the domme ſpake / & the people wondred. But ſome of thē ſayde: he caſteth out devyls by the power of Belzebub • the chefe of the devyls. And other tempted him ſekinge of him a ſigne frō heavē. But he knewe their thoughtes & ſayde vnto them: Every kingdome devided with in it ſilfe / ſhal be deſolate: & one houſſe ſhall fall vpon another. So if Satan be devided with in him ſilfe: how ſhall his kyngdome endure? Becauſe ye ſaye that I caſt out devyls by the power of Belzebub. Yf I / by the power of Belzebub caſte oute devyls: by whome do youre chyldren caſt them out? Therfore ſhall they be youre iudges. But if I / with y• finger of God caſt out devyls / noo doute the kyngdome of God is come vpon you.

When a ſtronge man armed watcheth his houſſe: yt he poſſeſſeth is in peace. But when a ſtronger then he cometh vpō him & overcō meth him: he taketh from him his harnes wherin he truſted / & devideth his gooddes. He that is not with me / is agaynſt me. And he that gadereth not with me / ſcattereth.

When the vnclene ſprete is gone out of a man / he walketh through waterleſſe places / ſekinge reeſt. And when he fyndeth none / he ſayeth: I will returne agayne vnto my houſſe whence I came out. And when he cōmeth / he fyndeth it ſwept and garniſſed. Then goeth he & taketh to him ſevē other ſpretes worſſeSeven worſſe then him ſelfe. then him ſilfe: and they enter in / & dwell there. And the ende of that man / is worſſe then the begynninge.

And it fortuned as he ſpake thoſe thinges • • certayne woman of the cōpany lyfte vp he • voyce / & ſayde vnto him: Happy is the wombe that bare the / and the pappes which gave the ſucke. But he ſayde: Ye / happy are theyHappie who. that heare the worde of God / and kepe it. ⊢

When the people were gadered thicke toMat. xij • geder: he began to ſaye. This is an evyll nacion:Signe of Ionas. they ſeke a ſigne / & ther ſhall no ſigne be geven them / but the ſigne of Ionas the Prophet. For as Ionas was a ſigne to the Ninivites / ſo ſhall y• ſonne of mā be to this naciō. The quene of the ſouthe ſhall ryſe at iudgement / withQuene of y• ſouthe .iij. Reg. x. g. ij. pa. ix▪ Ninivites. Ion. iii. • Mat. v. • Ma. iiij. • Eye. mat. xj. • the men of this generaciō / & condempne them: for ſhe came frō the ende of the worlde / to heare the wyſdome of Salomon. And beholde a greater then Salomon is here. The men of Ninive ſhall ryſe at the iudgement wt this generaciō / & ſhall condēpne thē: for they repented at the preachinge of Ionas. And beholde / a greater then Ionas is here.

✚ Noo man lighteth a candell / & putteth it in a previe place / nether vnder a buſſhell: But on a candelſticke / that they that come in maye ſe y• light. The light of thy body is the eye. Therfore when thine eye is ſingle: then is all thy body full of light. But if thine eye •• evyll: then ſhall thy body alſo be full of darknes. Take hede therfore that the light which is in the / be not darknes. For if all thy body ſhalbe light / havynge noo parte darke: then ſhall all be full of light / even as when a candell doeth light the with his brightnes. ⊢

And as he ſpake / a certayne Phariſe beſought him to dyne with him: and he went in & ſate doune to meate. When the Phariſe ſawe that / he marveylled yt he had not fyrſt weſſhed before dyner. And y• Lorde ſayde to him: Now do ye Phariſes / make clene the out ſideMathew .xxiij. of the cup / & of the platter: but youre inwarde parties are full of raveninge and wickednes. Ye foles / dyd not he that made that which is with out: make that which is within alſo? Nevertheleſſe geve almoſe of that ye have / andAlmoſe. beholde all is clene to you.

But wo be to you Phariſes / for ye tithe the mynt and rewe / and all manner erbes / & paſſeTithe mynt. Mathew .xxiiij. Ma. xij. d over iudgment and the love of God. Theſe ought ye to have done / & yet not to have left the other vndone.

Wo be to you Phariſes: for ye love the vppermoſt ſeates in the ſynagoges / and gretinges in the markets. • ppermoſt ſeates.

Wo be to you ſcribes & phariſes ypocrite for ye are as graves which appeare not / & the men y• walke over thē / are not ware of thē.

Then anſwered one of the lawears / & ſaydLawears Mathew .xxiij. Builde ſepulchres. vnto him: Maſter / thus ſayinge / thou putteſt vs to rebuke alſo. Then he ſayde: Wo be to you alſo ye lawears: for ye lade men with burthens greveous to be borne / & ye youre ſelves touche not y• packee wt one of youre fyngers.

Wo be to you: ye bylde the ſepulchres of the Prophetes / and youre fathers killed thē: truly ye beare witnes / that ye alowe the dedes of youre fathers for they kylled them / and ye bylde their ſepulchres.

Therfore ſayde y• wiſdome of God: I will ſend them Prophetes & Apoſtles / & of them they ſhall ſlee & perſecute: that the bloude of all Prophete / which was ſheed frō the beginningeGen. iiij. ij. parali. xxiiij. b. of the worlde / maye be requyred of this generacion / from the bloud of Abell vnto the bloud of zachary / which periſſhed bitwenezacharias. the aulter and the temple. Derely I ſaye vnto you: it ſhalbe requyred of this nacion.

Wo be to you lawears: for ye have takenkeye. awaye ye keye of knowledge / ye entred not in youre ſelves / & them that came in ye forbade.

When he thus ſpake vnto them / the lawears & the Phariſes began to wexe buſye about h • m / and to ſtop his mouth with many queſtions / layinge wayte for him / and ſekinge to catche ſome thinge of his mought / wherby they might accuſe him.

¶ The .xii. Chapter.

AS ther gadered to gether an innumerable Eeven. Mat. xvj. Mat. viij. mat. x. c. Ma. iiij. • multitude of people (in ſo moche that they trood one another) he began to ſaye vnto his diſciples: Fyrſt of all beware of the levē of the Phariſes / which is ypocriſy. For ther is no thinge covered / that ſhallLeven. not be vncovered: nether hyd / that ſhall not be knowen. For whatſoever ye have ſpoken in in darknes: that ſame ſhalbe hearde in light. And that which ye have ſpoken in the the eare / evē in ſecret places / ſhalbe preached even on the toppe of the houſſes.

I ſaye vnto you my frēdes: Be not afrayde of them that kyll the body / and after that have no moare that they can do. But I willWho is to be feared. ſhewe you / whom ye ſhall feare. Feare him which after he hath killed / hath power to caſt in to hell. Ye I ſaye vnto you / him feare. Are not five ſparowes bought for two farthinges? And yet not one of them is forgotten of God. Alſo even the very heres of youre heedes are nombred. Feare not therfore: • e are moare of value / then many ſparowes.

I ſaye vnto you: Whoſoever confeſſeth me before men / evē him ſhall y• ſonne of manMat. x. d. Mar. iij. confeſſe alſo before y• angels of God. And he that denyeth me before men: ſhalbe denyed beforeCovenauntes. y• angels of God. And whoſoever ſpeaketh a worde agaynſt y• ſonne of mā / it ſhalbe forgeven him. But vnto him y• blaſphemeth the holy gooſt / it ſhall not be forgeven.

When they bringe you vnto the ſynagoges / andMathew. xij. e Mar. iij. A promiſe that y• ſpirite ſhall teache vs. vnto the rulers / and officers / take no thought how or what thinge ye ſhall anſwer or what ye ſhall ſpeake. For the holy gooſt ſhall teache you in the ſame houre / what ye ought to ſaye.

✚ One of the company ſayde vnto hym: Maſter byd my brother devide the enheritaitce with me. And he ſayde vnto him: Man / The lyfe ſtondeth not in riches but in kepinge godes commaū demētes. Richman Eccle. xj. c. who made me a iudge or a devider over you? Wherfore he fayde vnto them: take hede / and beware of covetouſnes. For no mannes lyfe ſtondeth in the aboundaunce of the thinges which he poſſeſſeth. And he put forth a ſimilitude vnto them ſayinge:

The groūde of a certayne riche mā brought forth frutes plenteouſly / & he thought in him ſilfe ſayinge: what ſhall I do? becauſe I have noo roume where to beſtowe my frutes? And he ſayde: This will I do. I will deſtroye my barnes / and bilde greater / & therin will I gad der all my frutes / & my goodes: & I will ſaye to my ſoule: Soule thou haſt moch goodes fayde vp in ſtoore for many yeares / take thyne caſe: eate / drinke / & be mery. But God ſayde vnto him: Thou fole / this night will they fetche awaye thy ſoule agayne from the. Then whoſe ſhall thooſe thinges be which thou haſt provyded? So is it with him that gadereth ryches / and is not ryche in God.

And he ſpake vnto his diſciples: Therfore I ſaye vnto you: Take no thought for youremat. vj. c j. xe. x. b. plaſ. liiij. lyfe / what ye ſhall cate / nether for youre body / what ye ſhall put on. The lyfe is moare then meate / and the bodye is moare then rayment. Conſidre the ravens / for they nether ſowe nor repe / which nether have ſtoorehouſſe ner barRavens. ne / & yet God fedeth them. How moche are ye better then the foules.

Which of you with takynge thought can adde to his ſtature one cubit? Yf ye then be not able to do that thinge which is leaſt: whyLilies. take ye thought for the remmaunt? Conſidre the lylies how they growe: They laboure not: they ſpyn not: and yet I ſaye vnto you / that Salomon in all this royalte / was not clothed lyke to one of theſe.

Yf the grafſe which is to daye in the felde / and to morowe ſhalbe caſt into the fornace / God ſo clothe: how moche moore will he clothe you / o ye endued wt litell faith? And axe not what ye ſhall eate / or what ye ſhall drinke / nether clyme ye vp an hye / for all ſuche thinges the hethen people of the worlde ſeke for. Youre father knoweth that ye have nede of ſuche thinges. Wherfore ſeke ye after the kyngedome of God / and all theſe thinges ſhalbe miniſtred vnto you.Mat. v. c. Litle flocke.

Feare not litell floocke / for it is youre fathers pleaſure / to geve you a kingdome. Sell that ye have / and geve almes. And make you bagges / which we ye not olde / & treaſure that fayleth not in heaven / where noo theſe commeth / netherAlmoſe. moth corrupteth. For where youre treaſure is / there will youre hertes be alſo.

Let youre loynes be gerdde about / & youre lightes brennynge / & ye yours ſelves lyke vnto Loynes lightes. men / that wayte for their maſter / when he will returne frō a weddinge: that aſſone as he cōmeth & knocketh / they maye opē vnto him. Happy are thoſe ſervaunte / which the Lorde when he cōmeth / ſhall fynde wakynge. Verely I ſaye vnto you / he will gerdde him ſelfe about / & make them ſit doune to meate / & walke by / and miniſter vnto them.Seconde. watche. Mathew .xxiiij.

And yf he come in the ſeconde watche / ye if he come in the thyrde watche / & ſhall fynde them ſoo / happy are thoſe ſervauntes.

This vnderſtonde / that yf the good man of the houſſe knewe what houre ye thefe wolde come / he wolde ſuerly watche: and not ſuffer his houſſe to be broken vp. Be ye prepared therfore: for the ſonne of man will come at an houre when ye thinke not.

Then Peter ſayde vnto him: Maſter / telleſt thou this ſimilitude vnto vs / or to all men? And the Lorde ſayde: If there be any faith full ſervaūt and wiſe / whom his Lorde ſhall make ruler over his houſholde / to geve themApo. xvj. their duetie of meate at due ſeaſon: happy is that ſervaunt / whom his maſter when he cō meth / ſhallEvell ſervaunt. finde ſoo doinge. Of a trueth I ſaye vnto you: that he will make him ruler over all that he hath. But & yf the evyll ſervaunt ſhall ſaye in his hert: My maſter wyll differre his cōminge / & ſhall beginne to ſmyte the ſervauntes / & maydens / and to eate and drinke / & to be dronken: the Lorde of that ſervaunt will come in a daye / when he thinketh not / and at an houre when he is not ware / and will devyde him / & will geve him his rewarde with the vnbelevers.

The ſervaūt that knewe his maſters will / and prepared not him ſelfe / nether dyd accordinge to his will / ſhalbe betē with many ſtrypes. But he that knewe not / and yet dyd committe thinges worthy of ſtrypes / ſhalbe beaten with feawe ſtrypes. For vnto whom mocheCovenaunt is geven / of him ſhalbe moche requyred. And to whom men moche commyt / the moare of him will they axe.

I am come to ſende fyre on erth: & what is Fyer. my dyſyre but that it were all redy kyndſed? Not with ſtondinge I muſt de baptiſed withBaptyme. Baptiſe. Mat. x. d. a baptyme: and how am I payned till it be ended? Suppoſe ye that I am come to ſende peace on erth? I tell you / naye: but rather debate. For frō hence forthe ther ſhalbe five in one houſſe devided / thre agaynſt two / andPeace. two agaynſt thre. The father ſhalbe devided agaynſt the ſonne / and the ſonne agaynſt theDebate father. The mother agaynſt the doughter / & the doughter agaynſt the mother. The motereleawe agaynſt hir doughterelawe / & the doughterelawe agaynſt hir motherelawe.Mathew. xvj Ma. viij.

Then ſayde he to the people: when ye ſe a cloude ryſe out of the weſt / ſtrayght waye ye ſaye: we ſhall have a ſhower / & ſoo it is. And when ye ſe the ſouth wynde blow / ye ſaye: we ſhall have heet / & it cōmeth to paſſe. Y pocrite ye can ſkyll of the faſſion of the erth / & of the ſkye: but what is ye cauſe / that ye cānot ſkyll of this time? Ye & why iudge ye not of youre ſelves what is righte?

Whill thou goeſt with thyne adverſary toMat. v. d. the ruler: as thou arte in the waye / geve diligence that thou mayſt be delivered frō him / leaſt he bringe the to the iudge / and the iudge delyver the to the iaylar / & the iaylar caſt theAdverſarie. in to preſon. I tell ye / thou departeſt not thence / tyll thou have made good y• vtmoſt myte.

¶ The .xiii. Chapter.

THer were preſent at the ſame ſeaſon / that ſhewed him of ye Galileās / whoſeGalileās bloude Pylate mengled with their awne ſacrifice. And Ieſus anſwered / & ſayde vnto them: Suppoſe ye that theſe Galileans were greater ſynners then all the other Galileans / becauſe they ſuffred ſuche puniſſhmēt? I tell you naye: but except ye repent / ye ſhall all in lyke wyſe peryſſhe. Or thoſe .xviii. aponToure in Siloe. which y• toure in Syloe fell / & ſlewe thē / thinke ye that they were ſynners above all men yt dwell in Ieruſalem? I tell you naye: But excepte ye repent / ye all ſhall lyke wyſe periſſhe.

✚ He put forthe this ſimiliiude / A certayne man had a fygge tree planted in his veneyarde / & he came & ſought frute theron / & foundeFygge tree. none. Then ſayde he to y• dreſſer of his vyney arde: Beholde / this thre yeare have I come & ſought frute in this fygge tree / & fynde none: cut it doune: why combreth it the grounde? And he anſwered & ſayde vnto him: lorde let it alone this yeare alſo / till I digge rounde aboute it / & dōge it to ſe whether it will beare frute: & if it beare not then / after yt / cut it doune

And he taught in one of their ſinagoge on y• ſaboth dayes. And beholde ther was a womā The woman yt was bowed together. which had a ſprete of infirmite .xviii. yeares: and was bowed to gether / & coulde not lifte vp her ſilfe at all. When Ieſus ſawe her he called her to him / and ſayde to her: woman / thou arte delyvered from thy diſeaſe. And he layde his hondes on her / and immediatly ſhe was made ſtrayght / and glorified God. And the ruler of the ſinagoge anſwered with indignacion (be cauſe that Ieſus had healed on the ſaboth daye) and ſayde vnto the people.The Saboth is broken. The ſaboth is broken. Ther are ſixe dayes in which men ought to worke: in them come and be healed / & not on the ſaboth daye.

Then anſwered him the Lorde and ſayde Ypocrite / doth not eache one of you on the ſaboth daye / lowſe his oxe or his aſſe from the ſtall / & leade him to the water? And ought not this doughter of Abraham / whom Sathan hath bounde loo .xviii. yeares / be lowſed from this bonde on the ſaboth daye? And when he thus ſayde / all his adverſa • ies were aſhamed / and all the people reioyſed on all the excellent dedes / that were done by him. ⊢

Then ſayde he: What is the kyngdome of God lyke? or wherto ſhall I compare it? It is lyke a grayne of muſtard ſeede / which a manMuſtarde ſeede. toke and ſowed in his garden: and it grewe and wexed a greate tree / and the foules of the ayer made neſtes in the braunches of it.

And agayne he ſayde: wher vnto ſhall I lyken y• kyngdome of god? it is lyke levē / whichMat. xiij. a woman toke / and hidde in thre buſſhels ofLeven. floure / tyll all was thorow levended. And he went thorow all maner of cities & tounes teachinge / and iorneyinge towardes Ieruſalem.

Then ſayde one vnto him: Lorde / are thermat. vij b Strayte gate. feawe that ſhalbe ſaved? And he ſayde vnto them: ſtryve with youre ſelves to enter in at ye ſtrayte gate: For many I ſaye vnto you / willMathew .xij. d. ſeke to enter in / & ſhall not be able. When the couenaunt made in the bloude of Chriſt / i • blynded? then men payne thē ſelues with, holie workes / truſtinge therbie to enter: but all in vay ne. When the good man of ye houſſe is ryſen vp / & hath ſhett to the dore / ye ſhall beginne to ſtonde with out / and to knocke at the dore ſayinge: Lorde / lorde / open vnto vs: & he ſhall anſwer and ſaye vnto you: I knowe you not whence ye are. Then ſhall ye Begin to ſaye. We have eaten / in thy preſence and dronke / and thou haſt taught in oure ſtretes. And he ſhall ſaye: I tell you / I knowe you not whence ye are: departe from me all ye workers of iniquite. There ſhalbe wepinge & gnaſſhinge of teth when ye ſhall ſe Abraham & Iſaac & Iacob / & all the prophetes in the kyngdom of God / & youre ſelves thruſt oute at dores. And they ſhall come from the eeſt and from the weeſt / and from the northe and from the ſouthe / and ſhall ſyt doune in the kyngdome of God. And beholde / ther are laſt / which ſhalbe fyrſt: And ther are fyrſt which ſhalbe laſt.

The ſame daye there came certayne of thepſal. vj. c. mat. vij. c and xxv. phariſes & ſayd vnto him: Get the out of the waye / & departe hence: for Herode will kyll ye. And he ſayd vnto them. Goo ye and tell thatMathew .xix. d. & .xx. b. foxe / beholde I caſt oute devyls & heale the people to daye & to morowe / & the third daye I make an ende. Nevertheleſſe / I muſt walke to daye and to morowe / & the daye folowinge:Herode is a foxe. For it can not be / that a Prophet periſhe eny other where / ſave at Ieruſalem.

O Ieruſalem / Ieruſalem / which kylleſt prophete / and ſtoneſt them that are ſent to ye:Ieruſalē kylleth prophete how often wolde I have gadered thy childrē to gedder / as the hen gathereth her neſt vnder her wynges / but ye wolde not. Beholde youre habitacion ſhalbe left vnto you deſolate.Mathew .xxiij. For I tell you / ye ſhall not ſe me vntill the tyme come that ye ſhall ſaye / bleſſed is he that commeth in the name of the Lorde.

The .xiiii. Chapter.

ANd it chaunſed that he went into the houſſe of one of yt chefe phariſes to eate breed / on a ſaboth daye: & they watched him. And beholde ther was a man before him which had the dropſye. And Ieſus anſweredDropſie. & ſpake vnto the lawears & phariſes ſayinge: is it laufull to heale on the ſaboth daye? And they helde their peace. And he toke him & healed him / & let him goo: and anſwered thē ſayinge / whiche of you ſhall have an aſſe or an oxe / fallen into a pitt / and will not ſtrayght waye pull him out on the Saboth daye? And they coulde not anſwer him agayne to that.

He put forthe a ſimilitude to ye geſtes / whē he marked how they preaſed to the hyeſt roumes / & ſayd vnto thē: When thou arte biddē to a weddynge of eny man / ſyt not doune in y• hyeſt roume / leſt a more honorable man then thou be bidden of him / and he that bade bothe him and the / come and ſaye to the: geve this man roume / and thou then beginne with ſhame to take the loweſt roume. But rather when thou arte bidden / goo & ſyt in the loweſt roume / that when he that bade the cometh / heProuer. xxv. a. Eyalte humble. Mathew .xxiij. tob. iiij. a pr • . iij. b. maye ſaye vnto the: frende ſyt vp hyer. Then ſhalt thou have worſhippe in the preſence of them that ſyt at meate with the. For whoſoever e • alteth him ſylfe / ſhalbe brought lowe. And he yt hūbleth him ſylfe / ſhalbe exalted ⊢

Then ſayde he alſo to him that had deſyred him to diner: ✚ When thou makeſt a diner or a ſupper: call not thy frendes / nor thy brethrē nether thy kinſmen nor yet ryche neghbours: leſt they bidde the agayne / and a recompenceFeaſt y• poore. be made the. But when thou makeſt afeaſt / call the poore / the maymed / the lame and the blynde / and thou ſhalt be happy / for they cannot recompence the. But thou ſhalt be recompenſed at the reſurreccion of the iuſte men.

When one of them that ſate at meate alſo hearde that / he ſayde vnto him: happy is he that eateth breed in the kyngdome of God. ✚ Supper. Then ſayd he to him. ✚ A certayne man ordened a greate ſupper / and bade many / and ſentMathew .xxij. a. Apo. xix. his ſervaunt at ſupper tyme / to ſaye to them that wer bidden / come: for all thinges are now redy. And they all atonce begāne to make excuſe. The fyrſt ſaydvnto him: I have bought a ferme / & I muſt nedes goo and ſe it / I praye the have me excuſed. And another ſayd: I have bought fyve yooke of oxen / & I goo to prove them / I praye the have me excuſed. The thyrde ſayd: I have maried a wyfe / and therfore I cannot come. And the ſervaunt went / and brought his maſter worde therof.

Then was the good man of the houſſe diſpleaſed / & ſayd to his ſervaūt: Goo out quickly into y• ſtretes & quarters of the cite / & bringe in hidder the poore & the maymed and the halt & the blynde. And the ſervaūt ſayd: lorde it is done as thou cōmaundedſt / and yet ther is roume. And the lorde ſayd to the ſervaunt: Go out into y• hye wayes & hedges / & compell thē to come in / that my houſſe maye be filled. For I ſaye vnto you / that none of thoſe men which were biddē / ſhall taſt of my ſupper. ⊢

Ther went a greate cōpany with him / & heMat. x. d Chriſtes diſciple. Mat. x. d &. xvj. d. Mar. viij d. turned and ſayde vnto them: ✚ If a man come to me / & hate not his father and mother / & wyfe / and chyldren / & brethren / and ſiſters / more over and his awne lyfe / he cannot be my diſciple. And whoſoever beare not his croſſe and come after me / cannot be my diſciple.

Which of you diſpoſed to bilde a toure / ſyttethTowre. not doune before & counteth ye coſt / whether he have ſufficient to performe it? leſt after he hath layde ye foundacion / & is not able to performe it / all yt beholde it / beginne to mocke him ſayinge: this man beganne to bilde / & was not able to make an ende. Or what kynge goeth to make batayle agaynſt another kinge / & ſitteth not doune fyrſt / & caſteth in his mynde / whether he be able wt ten thouſande / to mete him that cometh agaynſt him wt. xx thouſand. Or els whyll ye other is yet a greate waye of / he will ſende embaſſeatours / & deſyreChriſtes diſciples peace. So lyke wyſe none of you y• forſaketh not all yt he hath / can be my diſciple. ⊢

Salt is good / but yf ſalt have loſte hyrMat. v. b Mar. ix g ſaltnes / what ſhall be ſeaſoned ther with? It is nether good for ye londe nor yet for ye donge hill / but men caſt it out at ye dores. He yt hath eares to heare / let him heare.

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THen reſorted vnto him all ye publicās and ſynners / for to heare him. And the phariſes & ſcribes murmured ſayinge:Pulicans Synners He receaved to his cōpany ſynners / & eateth with them. Then put he forthe this ſimilitude to thē ſayinge: What man of you havynge an hundred ſhepe / yf he looſe one of thē / dothhundred. ſhepe. mat. xvii not leve nynty & nyne in the wyldernes / & goo after yt which is looſt / vntyll he fynde him? And whē he hath founde him / he putteth him on his ſhulders with ioye: And aſſone as he cometh home / he calleth to gedder his lovers & neghbours ſayinge vnto them: reioyſe with me / for I have founde my ſhepe which was looſt. I ſay vnto you / yt lyke wyſe ioye ſhalbe in heven over one ſynner yt repenteth / moore then over nynety & nyne iuſte perſons / whiche nede noo repentaūce. Ether what woman havynge .x. grotes / yf ſhe looſe one / doth notTen gretes. lyght a candell / & ſwepe ye houſſe / & ſeke diligently / tyll ſhe fynde it? And when ſhe hath founde it ſhe calleth her lovers & her neghbours ſayinge: Reioyce wt me / for I have founde the groate which I had looſt. Lykwyſe I ſaye vnto you / ioye is made in y• preſence of y• angels of god over one ſynner yt repenteth. ⊢

✚ And he ſayde: a certayne man had two The ryotouſe ſonne. ſonnes / & the yonger of them ſayde to his father: father geve me my parte of the goodes yt to me belongeth. And he devided vnto them his ſubſtaunce. And not longe after / y• yonger ſonne gaddered all that he had to gedder / & toke his iorney into a farre countre / & theare he waſted his goodes with royetous lyvinge. And when he had ſpent all that he had / ther roſe a greate derth thorow out all yt ſame londe / & he began to lacke. And he went and claye to a citeſyn of yt ſame countre / which ſent him to his felde / to kepe his ſwyne. And he wold ſayne have filled his bely with the coddes that y• ſwyne ate: & noo man gave him.

Then he came to him ſelfe and ſayde: how many hyred ſervauntes at my fathers / have breed ynough / & I dye for honger. I will aryſe / & goo to my father & will ſaye vnto him: father / I have ſynned agaynſt heven & before y• / & am no moare worthy to be called thy ſonne / make me as one of thy hyred ſervauntes. And he aroſe & went to his father. And when he was yet agreate waye of / his father ſawe him & had compaſſion / and ran & fell on his necke / & kyſſed him. And the ſonne ſayd vnto him: father / I have ſynned agaynſt heven / & in thy ſight / & am no moare worthy to be called thy ſonne. But his father ſayde to his ſervaū tes: bringe forth that beſt garment and put it on him / and put a rynge on his honde / & ſhowes on his fete. And bringe hidder that fatted caulfe / and kyll him / and let vs eate & be mery: for this my ſonne was deed / and is alyve agayne / he was loſte / and is now founde. And they began to be merye.

The elder brother was in the felde / & when he cam & drewe nye to y• houſſe / he herde minſtreley and daunſynge / & called one of his ſervauntes / & axed what thooſe thinges meāte. And he ſayd vnto him: thy brother is come / & thy father had kylled y• fatted caulfe / becauſe he hath receaved him ſafe & ſounde. And he was angry / and wolde not goo in. Then came his father out / & entreated him. He anſwered & ſayde to his father: Loo theſe many yeares have I done the ſervice / nether brake at eny tyme thy commaundment / & yet gaveſt thou me never ſoo moche as a kyd to make mery wt my lovers: but aſſone as this thy ſonne was come / which hath devoured thy goodes with harlootes / thou haſte for his pleaſure kylled ye fatted caulfe. And he ſayd vnto him: Sonne / thou waſt ever with me / and all that I have / is thyne: it was mete that we ſhuld make mery and be glad: for this thy brother was deed / and is a lyve agayne: and was loſte / and is founde. ⊢

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ANd he ſayd alſo vnto his diſciples. ✚ Ther was a certayne rych man / which had a ſtewarde / that was acuſedThe vnrightwiſe ſtewarde. vnto him / that he had waſted his goodes. And he called him / & ſayd vnto him: How is it / that I heare this of the? Geve a comptes of thy ſteward ſhippe: For thou mayſte be no longer ſtewarde. The ſtewarde ſayd wt in him ſelfe: what ſhall I do? for my maſter will take awaye frō me y• ſtewarde ſhippe. I cānot digge / & to begge / I am a ſhamed. I woote what to do / yt when I am put out of y• ſteward ſhippe / they maye receave me into their houſes.

Then called he all his maſters detters / and ſayd vnto ye fyrſt: how moche oweſt thou vnto my maſter? And he ſayd: an hondred tonnes of oyle. And he ſayd to him: take thy bill / & ſyt doune quickly / & wryte fiftie. Then ſayd he to another: what oweſt thou? And he ſayde: an hondred quarters of wheate. He ſayd to him: Take thy bill / & write foure ſcoore. And the lorde cōmended the vniuſt ſtewarde / becauſe he had done wyſly. For y• chyldren of this worlde are in their kynde / wyſer then y• chyldren of lyght. And I ſaye alſo vnto you: make you frendes of the wicked mammon / that when ye ſhall departe / they may receave you into everlaſtinge habitacions. ⊢

✚ He that is faithfull in that which is leſteMammō y• ſame is faithfull in moche. And he yt is vnfaithfull in ye leaſt: is vnfaithfull alſo in moche. So then yf ye have not ben faithfull in y• wicked māmon? who will beleve you in thatMat. vj. c which is true? And yf ye have not bene faithfull in another mānes buſines: who ſhall geve you youre awne? No ſervaunt can ſerve .ii. maſters / for other he ſhall hate y• one & love y• Two maſters. other / or els he ſhall lene to the one & deſpyſe the other. Ye can not ſerve God & mammon.

All theſe thinges herde the phariſes alſo which were coveteous / and they mocked him. And he ſayd vnto thē: Ye are they which iuſtifie youre ſelves before mē: but God knoweth youre hertes. For yt which is highlie eſtemedMathew .xj. b. amōge mē / is abhominable in y• ſight of god ⊢

The lawe and the Prophetes raygned vntyll the tyme of Iohn: and ſence that tyme / the kyngdom of God is preached / and every man ſtryveth to goo in.

Soner ſhall heven and erth periſſhe / thenMat. v. c. one tytle of the lawe ſhall periſſhe. Whoſoever forſaketh his wyfe and marieth another / Mat. v. c. Mar. x. b breaketh matrimony. And every man which marieth her that is devorſed from her huſbande / committeth advoutry alſo. • . Lo. vi • .

✚ Ther was a certayne ryche man / which was clothed in purple & fyne byſſe / and faredByſſe. The rych • g • ot • & lazarue deliciouſly every daye. And ther was a certayne begger / named Lazarus / whiche laye at his gate full of ſoores / deſyringe to be refreſſhed with the cromes whiche fell from the ryche mānes borde. Nevertheleſſe / the dogges came & licked his ſoores. And yt fortuned that the begger dyed / and was caried by the angelles into Abrahās boſome. The riche man alſo died / and was buried.

And beinge in hell in tormētes / he lyfte vp his eyes & ſawe Abraham a farre of / & Lazarus in his boſome / & he cryed and ſayd: father Abraham / have mercy on me / & ſende Lazarus that he maye dippe the tippe of his fynger in water / and cole my tonge: for I am tourmented in this flame. But Abrahā ſayd vnto him Sonne / remembre that thou in thy lyfe tyme / receavedſt thy pleaſure / & contrary wyſe Lazarus payne. Now therfore is he comforted / and thou art punyſſhed. Beyonde all this / bitwene you & vs ther is a greate ſpace ſet / ſo that they which wolde goo from hence to you cannot: nether maye come from th ••• ce to vs.

Then he ſayd: I praye the therfore father / ſend him to my fathers houſſe. For I have fyve brethren: for to warne thē / leſt they alſo come into this place of tourmēt. Abrahā ſayd vnto him: they have Moſes Moſes & the Prophetes is the olde teſtament & the Prophetes / let them heare them. And he ſayd: na • e father Abraham / but yf one came vnto thē / from the ded / they wolde repent. He ſayd vnto him: If they heare not Moſes & ye prophetes / nether will they beleve / though one rooſe from deeth agayne.

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Then ſayde he to ye diſciples / it can not Ma • hew .xviij. Mar. jx. f Offence. Milſtone. Mathew .xviij. Le. xix. d Sccl. xx. Mathew. xviij. be avoyded / but that offences will come. Nevertheleſſe wo be to him thorow whom they come. It were better for him that a mylſtone were hanged aboute his necke / & that he were caſt into ye ſee / then that he ſhuld offende one of this lytleons. Take hede to youre ſelves. If thy brother treſpas agaynſt the / rebuke him: & yf he repent / forgeve him. And though he ſinne agēſt ye .vii. tymes in a daye / & ſevē tymes in a daye tourne agayne to ye ſayinge: it repenteth me / forgeve him

And the apoſtles ſayde vnto the Lorde: increaſe oure faith. And the Lorde ſayde: yf ye had faith lyke a grayne of muſtard ſede / andSycamine tree. ſhuld ſaye vnto this ſycamine tree / plucke thy ſelfe vp by the rootes / and plant thy ſelfe in the ſee: he ſhould obey you.

Who is it of you yf he had a ſervaūte plowinge or fedinge catell / that wolde ſaye vnto him when he were come from the felde / Goo quickly and ſyt doune to meate: & wolde not rather ſaye to him / dreſſe wherwith I mayeIn workes maye no fayth be put for by them no man is iuſtified • d before god / but by Chriſtes bloude onlie ſup / & gyrde vp thy ſelfe and ſerve me / tyll I have eaten and dronken: and afterwarde / eate thou / and drinke thou? Doeth he thanke that ſervaunt becauſe he dyd that which was commaunded vnto him? I trowe not. Soo lyke wyſe ye / when ye have done all thooſe thinges which are commaunded you: ſaye / we are vnprofitable * ſervaūtes. We have done ye which was oure duetye to do.

✚ And it chaunſed as he went to Ieruſalem / that he paſſed thorow Samaria and Galile. And as he entred into a certayne toune / Ten lepers. ther met him ten men yt were lepers. Which ſtode a farre of / & put forth their voyces & ſayde: Ieſu maſter / have mercy on vs. When he ſawe thē / he ſayde vnto them: Goo and ſhewe youre ſelves to the preſtes. And it chaunſed as they went / they were clenſed. And one of them / when he ſawe that he was clenſed / turned backe agayne / & with a loude voyce prayſed God / and felldoune on his face at his fete / and gave him thankes. And the ſame was a Samaritane. And Ieſus anſwered & ſayde: are ther not ten clenſed? But where are thoſe nyne? Ther are not founde that returned agane / to geve God prayſe / ſave only this ſtraunger. And he ſayde vnto him: aryſe / & goo thy waye / thy faith hath made the whoale. ⊢

✚ When he was demaunded of ye phariſes / when the kyngdome of God ſhuld come: he anſwered them and ſayde: The kyngdome of God cometh not with waytinge for. Nether ſhall men ſaye: Loo here / loo there. For beholde / the The kingedome of god is to loue god with all thyne heart / ād to put thi hole trust in him accordinge to the couenaunt / made in Chriſt ād for Chriſtes ſake to loue thy neyboure as Chriſt loued the. And all this is with in the. kyngdome of God is with in you.

And he ſayde vnto the diſciples: The dayes will come / when ye ſhall deſyre to ſe one daye of the ſonne of man / & ye ſhall not ſe it. And they ſhall ſaye to you: Se here / Se there. Goo not after them / nor folowe them / for as the lyghtenynge that apereth out of the one patte of the heven / and ſhyneth vnto the otherHe here: ſe there. parte of heven: Soo ſhall the ſonne of man be in his dayes. But fyrſt muſt he ſuffre many thinges / and be refuſed of this nacion.

As it happened in y• tyme of Noe: So ſhall it be in the tyme of the ſonne of man. TheyMathew .xxiiij. • e. viij. ate / they dranke / they maryed wyves & were maryed / even vnto yt ſame daye yt Noe went into y• arke: & y• floud cam & deſtroyed thē all. Lykewyſe alſo / as it chaunſed in the dayes of Lot. They ate / they dranke / they bought / theyGen. xix ſolde / they planted / they bilte. And even the ſame daye that Lot went out of Zodom / it rayned fyre & brymſtone from heven / & deſtroyed them all. After theſe enſamples / ſhall it be in the daye when the ſonne of man ſhall appere.

At that daye he that is on the houſſe toppe / and his ſtuffe in the houſſe: let him not come doune to take it out. And lykewyſe let not him that is in the feldes / turne backe agayne to that he lefte behynde. Remember Lottes wyfe. Whoſoever will goo about to ſave hisLottes wyfe. • c. nxix Mat. x. e. mar. viij. Io. xij. d. Mathew .xxiiij. lyfe / ſhall looſe it: And whoſoever ſhall looſe his lyfe / ſhall ſave it.

I tell you: In that nyght / ther ſhalbe two in one beed / the one ſhalbe receaved / and the other ſhalbe forſaken. Two ſhalbe alſo a grindynge to gedder: the one ſhalbe receaved / and the other forſaken. And they anſwered / & ſayde to him: wheare Lorde? And he ſayd vnto thē: wherſoever ye body ſhalbe / thyther willEgles. the egles reſoorte.

¶ The .xviii. Chap.

ANd he put forth a ſimilitude vnto thē / ſignifyinge that men ought alwayesEccle. xxiiij. e. j. Les. v. Wicked. iudge. to praye / & not to be wery ſayinge: Ther was a Iudge in a certayne cite / which feared not god nether regarded man. And ther was a certayne wedowe in the ſame cite / which came vnto him ſayinge: avenge me of myne adverſary. And he wolde not for a whyle. But afterwarde he ſayd vnto him ſelfe: though I feare not God / nor care for man / yet becauſe this wedowe troubleth me / I will avenge her leſt at the laſte ſhe come and hagge on me.

And the lorde ſayd: heare what the vnrightewes Iudge ſayeth. And ſhall not god avenge his electe / which crye daye and nyght vnto him / ye though he differre them? I tell you he will avenge them / and that quickly. ✚ Nevertheleſſe / when the ſonne of man cometh / ſuppoſe ye / that he ſhall fynde faithe on the erthe.

✚ And he put forthe this ſimilitude / vnto certayne which truſted in thē ſelves yt they were perfecte / & deſpyſed other. Two men went vp into yt tēple to praye: ye one a phariſe / & the other a publican. The phariſe ſtode & prayed thus wt him ſelfe. God I thanke the y• I am not as other men are / extorſioners / vniuſte / advoutrers / or as. this publican. I faſt twyſe in y• weke. I geve tythe of all that I poſſeſſe. And the publican ſtode afarre of / & wolde not lyfte vp his eyes to heven / but ſmote his breſt ſayinge: God be mercyfull to me a ſynner. I tell you: this mā departed hōe to his houſſe iuſtified moore then the other. For every manExalte. that exalteth him ſelfe / ſhalbe brought low: And he yt hūbleth him ſelfe / ſhalbe exalted ✚ Mathew .xxiij.

They brought vnto him alſo babes / yt he ſhuld touche thē. When his diſciples ſawe that / they rebuked thē. But Ieſus called thē vnto him / & ſayde: Suffre chyldren to comeMat. xix Mar. x. b vnto me / & forbidde thē not. For of ſoche is ye kyngdome of God. Verely I ſaye vnto you: whoſoever receaveth not the kyngdome of God / as a chylde: he ſhall not enter therin.

And a certayne ruler axed him ſayinge: Good Maſter: what ought I to do / to obtayne eternall lyfe? Ieſus ſayd vnto him: Why calleſt thou me good? No man is good / ſave God only. Thou knoweſt ye cōmaundmente: Thou ſhalt not commit advoutry: thou ſhaltEx. xx. not kyll: thou ſhalt not ſteale: thou ſhalt not beare falſe witnes: Honoure thy father & thy mother. And he ſayde: all theſe have I kept from my youthe. When Ieſus hearde that / he ſayde vnto him: Yet lackeſt thou one thinge. Sell all that thou haſt / & diſtribute it vnto the poore / and thou ſhalt have treaſure in heven / and come / & folowe me. When he heard that / he was hevy: for he was very ryche.

When Ieſus ſawe him morne / he ſayde: with what difficulte ſhall they that have ryches / enter into the kyngdome of God: it is eaſyer for a camell to goo thorow a nedlesCamell. eye / then for a ryche man to enter into the kyngdome of God. Then ſayde they that hearde that: And who ſhall then be ſaved? And he ſayde: Thinges which are vnpoſſible with men are poſſible with God.

Then Peter ſayde: Loo we have lefte all / & have folowed the. And he ſayde vnto them: Verely I ſaye vnto you / ther is noo man that leaveth houſſe / other father & mother / otherCovenaunt. brethren or wyfe or chyldren for the kyngdome of Goddes ſake / which ſame ſhall not receave moche moore in this worlde: and in theMathew .xx. v. Mar. x. c. worlde to come / lyfe everlaſtinge.

✚ He toke vnto him twelve / & ſayde vnto them. Beholde we go vp to Ieruſalem / & allPaſſion ſhalbe fulfilled that are written by ye Prophetes of the ſonne of man. He ſhalbe delivered vnto the gentils / & ſhalbe mocked / and ſhalbe deſpytfully entreated / and ſhalbe ſpetted on: and when they have ſcourged him / they will put him to deeth / and the thyrde daye he ſhall aryſe agayne. But they vnderſtode none of theſe thinges. And this ſayinge was hid frō them. And they perceaved not the thinges which were ſpoken.

And it came to paſſe / as he was come nye Mathew .xx. d. Mar. x. g Blynde man. vnto Hierico / a certayne blynde man ſate by the waye ſyde begginge. And when he hearde the people paſſe by / he axed what it meant. And they ſayde vnto him / yt Ieſus of Nazareth paſſed by. And he cryed ſayinge: Ieſus ye ſonne of David / have thou mercy on me. And they which went before rebuked him / that he ſhuld holde his peace. But he cryed ſo moche the moare / thou ſonne of David have mercy on me. And Ieſus ſtode ſtyll / & commaunded him to be brought vnto him. And when he was come neare / he axed him / ſayinge: What wilt thou that I do vnto the? And he ſayde: Lorde / yt I maye receave my ſight: Ieſus ſayde vnto him: receave thy ſight: thy faith hath ſaved the. And immediatly he ſawe / and folowed him / prayſinge God. And all the people / when they ſawe it / gave laude to God. ⊢

¶ The .xix. Chapter. ✚

ANd he entred in / & went thorow Hierico. And beholde / ther was a mā namedzacheus. zacheus / which was a ruler amōge the Publicans / and was riche alſo. And he made meanes to ſe Ieſus / what he ſhuld be: & coulde not for the preace / becauſe he was of a lowe ſtature. Wherfore he ran before / and aſcē ded vp / into a wilde fygge tree / to ſe him: for he ſhulde come that ſame waye. And when Ieſus cam to the place / he loked vp / & ſawe him / & ſayd vnto him: zache / attonce come doune / for to daye I muſt abyde at thy houſſe. And he came doune haſtelye & receaved him ioyfully. And when they ſawe that / they all groudged ſayinge: He is gone in to tary with a man that is a ſynner.

And zache ſtode forth & ſayd vnto y• Lorde: beholde Lorde / y• haulfe of my gooddes I geue to the povre / & if I have done eny mā wrō ge / I will reſtore him fower folde. And Ieſus ſayd to him: this daye is healthe come vnto this houſſe / for as moche as it alſo is become the chylde of Abrahā. For the ſonne of mā is come to ſeke & to ſave that which was looſte.

As they hearde theſe thingꝭ / he added therMathew .xviij. mat. xxv to a ſimilitude / be cauſe he was nye to Hieruſalem / and becauſe alſo they thought that the kyngdome of God ſhuld ſhortely appere. He ſayde therfore: ✚ a certayne noble man / wēt into a farre countre / to receave him a kyngdome / and then to come agayne. And he called his ten ſervauntes / and delyvered them ten pounde ſayinge vnto them: by and ſell till ITen poū de. come. But his citeſens hated him / and ſent meſſengers after him ſayinge: We will not have this man to raygne over vs.

And it came to paſſe / when he was come agayne & had receaved his kyngdome / he cō maunded theſe ſervaūtes / to be called to him (to whom he gave his money) to witt what every man had done. Then came ye fyrſt ſayinge: Lorde / thy pounde hath encreaſed ten poū de. And he fayde vnto him: Well good ſervaū te / becauſe thou waſt faithfull in a very lytell thynge / take thou auctorite over ten cities. And the other came ſayinge: Lorde thy poūde hath encreaſed fyve pounde. And to ye ſame he ſayde: & be thou alſo ruler ouer fyve cities.

And the thyrde came & ſayde: Lorde / beholde here thy pounde / which I have kepte in a napkyn / for I feared the / becauſe thou arte a ſtrayte man: thou takeſt vp that thou laydeſt not doune / and repeſt that thou dyddeſt not ſowe. And he ſayde vnto him: Of thine awne mouth / iudge I the / thou evyll ſervaunt. kneweſt thou that I am a ſtrayte man / takinge vp that I layde not doune / & repinge that I dyd not ſowe? Wherfore then gaveſt not thou my money into the banke / that at my cō minge I might have required myne awne with vauntage?

And he ſayde to them that ſtode by: take frō him that pounde / & geve it him that hath ten poūde. And they ſayd vnto him: Lorde he hath ten pounde. I ſayde vnto you / that vnto all thē To him yt hath / it ſhalbe geven. Mathew .xiij. b. and .xxv. Mar. iiij c that have / it ſhalbe gevē: & from him yt hath not / evē that he hath ſhalbe taken from him. Moreover thoſe myne enemys / which wolde not that I ſhuld raigne over them / bringe hidder / & ſlee them before me. And when he had thus ſpoken / he proceded forthe before a / ſſendinge vp to Ieruſalem. ⊢

And it fortuned / when he was come nye to Mathew .xxj. a. Mar. xj a Betphage. Betanie. Colt. Bethphage & Bethany / beſydes moūte olivete / he ſent two of his diſciples ſayinge: Goo ye in to the toune which is over agaynſte you. In the which aſſone as ye are come / ye ſhall finde a coltetyed / wheron yet never man ſate. Lowſe him and bringe him hider. And if eny man axe you / why that ye loowſe him: thus ſaye vnto him / ye lorde hath nede of him.

They that were ſent / went their waye / and founde / evē as he had ſayde vnto thē. And as they were alooſinge ye coolte / the owners ſayde vnto thē: why lowſe ye ye coolte? And theyIoa. xij. b ſayde: for ye Lorde hath nede of him. And they brought him to Ieſus. And they caſt their raymēt on ye colte / & ſet Ieſus therō. And as he wēt / they ſpredde their clothes in ye waye.

And when he was now come / wheare he ſhuld goo doune frō the moūte olivete / y• whole multitude of ye diſciples began to reioyce / & to lawde God with a loude voyce / for all ye miracles yt they had ſene ſayinge: Bleſſed be the kynge that cōmeth in the name of the Lorde: peace in heavē / & glory in the hyeſt. And ſome of ye Phariſes of the cōpany ſayde vnto him: Maſter rebuke thy diſciples. He anſwered / & ſayde vnto thē: I tell you / yf theſe ſhuld holde their peace / the ſtones wold crye.

✚ And when he was come neare / he behelde the citie / & wept on it ſayinge: Yf thou haddeſt knowen thoſe thinges which belonge vn thy peace / evē at this thy tyme. But now are they hydde from thyne eyes. For the dayesMathew .xxiiij. Marke .xiij. a. ſhall come vpō the / that thy enemys ſhall caſt a banke aboute the / and cōpaſſe the rounde / & kepe the in on every ſyde / and make the even with the grounde / with thy chyldren which are in the. And they ſhall not leve in the one ſtone vpō another / becauſe thou kneweſt not the tyme of thy viſitacion.

And he went in to the temple / & begāne to caſt out them that ſolde therin / & them thatSellers & byers. Mathew .xxj. b. Mar. xj. b Gſa. lvj. Hid. xij. c bought / ſayinge vnto them / yt is written: my houſſe is the houſſe of prayer: but ye have made it a den of theves. And he taught dayly in the temple. ✚ The hye Preſtes and the Scribes and the chefe of the people went about to deſtroye him: but coulde not finde what to do. For all the people ſtacke by him / and gave him audience.

¶ The .xx. Chapter. ✚

ANd yt fortuned in one of thoſe dayes / as he taught the people in the temple and preached the goſpell: the hye preſtes and the ſcribes came with the elders / andMathew .xxi. • . Mar. xj. d ſpake vnto him ſayinge. Tell vs by what auctorite thou doeſt theſe thingꝭ? Ether who is he yt gave ye this auctorite? He anſwered and ſaide vnto thē: I alſo will axe you a queſtiō / and anſwer me. The baptyme of Iohn: wasBaptime of Iohn. it from heaven or of men? And they thought with in them ſelves ſayinge: yf we ſhall faye from heavē: he will ſaye: why then beleved ye him not? But & yf we ſhall ſaye of men / all ye people will ſtone vs. For they be perſuaded that Ihon is a Prophet. And they anſwered that they coulde not tell whence it was. And Ieſus ſayde vnto them: nether tell I you by what auctorite I do theſe thinges.

Then begāne he to put forthe to the people / this ſimilitude. A certayne man plantedVineyarde. Mar. xij. Eſa. v. a. Hier. ij. d a vyneyarde / & let it forthe to fermers / & went him ſelfe into a ſtraunge countre for a greate ſeaſon. And when the tyme was come / he ſent a ſervaūt to his tennauntes that they ſhuld geve him of the frutes of the vyneyarde. And the tennaunte dyd bet him / & ſent him awaye empty. And agayne he ſent yet another ſervaunt. And they dyd bet him / & foule entreated him alſo / & ſent him awaye emptye. More over / he ſent the thyrde to / and him they woū ded / and caſt out. Then ſayde the lorde of the vyneyarde: what ſhall I do? I will ſende my deare ſonne / him peradventure they will reverence / when they ſe him.

But when the fermers ſawe him / they thought in them ſelves ſayinge: this is the heyre / come let vs kyll him / that the inheritaunce maye be oures. And they caſt him out of the vyneyarde / and kylled him. Now what ſhall the Lorde of the vyneyarde do vnto them? He will come and deſtroye thoſe fermers / and will let out his vyneyarde to other. When they hearde that / they ſayde: God forbyd.

And he behelde them and ſayde: what meaneth this then yt is wrytten: The ſtone thatPſalmo▪ clxvij. Ac. iiij. b. Ro. ix. g. j. Pe. ij. a. Eſaie. xxviij. the bylders refuſed / the ſame is made ye heed corner ſtone? whoſoever ſtomble at that ſtone / ſhalbe broken: but on whoſoever it faul vpon / it wyll grynde him to powder. And the hye Preſtes and the Scribes the ſame howre went about to laye hondes on him / but they feared the people. For they perceaved that he had ſpoken this ſimilitude agaynſt them.

And they watched him / and ſent forth Mathew .xxij. b Marke .xij. b. ſpies / which ſhuld fayne them ſelves perfecte / to take him in his wordes / and to delyvre him vnto the power and auctorite of the de bite. And they axed him ſayinge: Maſter / we knowe that thou ſayeſt & teacheſt ryght / nother cōſidereſt thou eny mānes degre / but teacheſt the waye of God truly. Ys it laufullTribute to Ceſar. for vs to geve Ceſar tribute or no? He perceaved their craftynes / & ſayde vnto them: whyRo. xiij. b tēpt ye me? Shewe me a peny. Whoſe ymage and ſuperſcripciō hath it? They anſwered and ſayde: Ceſars. And he ſayde vnto them: Geve then vnto Ceſar / that which belongeth vnto Ceſar: & to God / that which pertayneth to God. And they coulde not reprove his ſayingeSaduces before the people. But they marvayled at his anſwer / and helde their peace.Mat. xxij Mar. xij. Deutero ▪xxv. b.

Then came to him certayne of the Saduces which denye that ther is eny reſurrecciō. And they axed him ſayinge: Maſter / Moſes wrote vnto vs / if eny mannes brother dye havinge a wyfe / & the ſame dye with out yſſue: that then his brother ſhuld take his wyfe / & reyſe vp ſeede vnto his brother. Ther were ſeven brethren / and the fyrſte toke a wyfe / and dyed with out children. And the ſeconde toke the wyfe / & he dyed chyldleſſe. And the thyrde toke her / & in lyke wyſe the reſydue of the ſeven / & leeft no chyldren be hynde them / and dyed. Laſt of all the womā dyed alſo. Now at the reſurrecciō whoſe wyfe of them ſhall ſhe be? For ſeven had her to wyfe.

Ieſus anſwered & ſayde vnto them. The chyldrē of this worlde mary wyves / & are maryed / but they which ſhalbe made worthy to enioye that worlde and the reſurreccion from deeth / nether mary wyves / nether are maryed / nor yet can dye eny moare. For they are equall vnto the angels: & are the ſonnes of God / in as moche as they are the chyldrē of the reſurreccion. And that the deed ſhall ryſe agayne / Ex. iij. b even Moſes ſignified beſydes the buſſhe / when he ſayde: the Lorde God of Adraham / & the God of Iſaac / & the God of Iacob. For he is not the God of the deed / but of them which live. For all live in him. Then certayne of the Phariſes anſwered and ſayde: Maſter thou haſt well ſayde. And after that durſt they not axe him eny queſtion at all.

Then ſayde he vnto them: how ſaye they mathew .xxij. d. mar. xij. d that Chriſt is Davids ſonne? And David him ſelfe ſayth in the boke of the Pſalmes: The Lorde ſayde vnto my Lorde / ſyt on my right honde / tyll I make thine enemys thy fopſa. cix. a the ſtole. Seinge David calleth him Lorde: How is he then his ſonne.

Then in the audience of all the people / he ſayde vnto his diſciples / beware of the Scribes / whichmathew .xxiij. mar. xij d deſyre to goo in longe clothinge: & love gretynges in the markets / and the hyeſt ſeates in the ſynagoges / and chefe roumes at feaſtes / which devoure widdowes houſes / & that vnder a coloure of longe prayinge: the ſame ſhall receave greater damnacion.

¶ The .xxi. Chapter.

AS he behelde / he ſawe the ryche men / mat. xii. d Porweds we. how they caſt in their offeringes into the treaſury. And he ſawe alſo a certayne povre widdowe / which caſt in thyther two mites. And he ſayde: of a trueth I ſaye vnto you / this poore wyddowe hath put in moare then they all. For they all have of their ſuperfluyte added vnto the offeryngemathew .xxiiij. mar. xiij. of God: but ſhe / of her penury / hath caſt in all the ſubſtaunce that ſhe had.

As ſome ſpake of the tēple / how it was garneſſhed with goodly ſtones & iewels / he ſayde. The dayes will come / whē of theſe thynges which ye ſe / ſhall not be lefte ſtone apon Deſtruccion of ye temple. ſtone / that ſhall not be throwen doune. And they ayed him ſayinge: Maſter whē ſhall theſe thingꝭ be / and what ſigne will therbe / whē ſuche thinges ſhall come to paſſe.

And he ſayd: take hede that ye be not deceaved. For many will come in my name ſaying: I am he: and the tyme draweth neare. Folowe ye not them therfore. But when ye heare of warre and of diſſencion: be not afrayd. For theſe thinges muſt fyrſt come: but the ende foloweth not by & by. Then ſayd he vnto thē: Nacion ſhall ryſe agaynſt nacion / and kingdom agaynſt kyngdome / and greate erthquakes ſhallbe in all quarters / and honger / and peſtilence: and fearfull thinges. And greate ſignes ſhall therbe from heven.

But before all theſe / they ſhall laye their hondes on you / and perſecute you / delyueringe you vpto the ſinagoges and into preſon / and bringe you before kynges and rulers for my names ſake. And this ſhall chaunce you for a teſtimoniall. Let it ſticke therfore faſte in youre hertes / not once to ſtody before / what ye ſhall anſwere: for I will geve you a mouth &A promiſe. wiſdome / where agaynſte / all youre adverſarys ſhall not be able to ſpeake nor reſiſt. Ye & ye ſhalbe betrayed of youre fathers and mothers / and of youre brethren / and kynſmen / and lovers / and ſome of you ſhall they put to deeth. And hated ſhall ye be of all men for my names ſake. Yet ther ſhall not one heer of youre heedes periſſhe. With youre pacience * poſſeſſePoſſeſſe wynne or ſave. youre ſoules.

And when ye ſe Ieruſalem beſeged with an hoſte / then vnderſtonde that the deſolaciō of the ſame is nye. Then let them which are in Iewrye flye to the mountaynes. And let them which are in the middes of it / departe oute. And let not them that are in other countreis / entermathew .xxiiij. mar. xiij. dani. ix • therin. For theſe be the dayes of vengeance / to fulfill all that are writtē. But wo be to them that be with chylde / & to them that geve ſucke in thoſe dayes: for ther ſhalbe greate trouble in the londe / and wrath over all this people. And they ſhall fall on the edge of the ſwearde / and ſhalbe leed captive / into all nacions. And Ieruſalem ſhalbe trooden vnder fote of the gentyls / vntyll the tyme of the gentyls be fulfilled.

✚ And ther ſhalbe ſignes in the ſunne / ād in the mone / and in the ſtarres: and in ye erthmathew .xxiiij. Mar. xiij. eſaie. xiij. b. e • e. xxxi • Ioel. iij. c the people ſhalbe in ſoche perplexite / yt they ſhall not tell which waye to turne them ſelves. The ſee and the waters ſhall roore / & mē nes hertes ſhall fayle them for feare / and for lokinge after thooſe thinges which ſhall come on the erth. For the powers of hevē ſhall move. And then ſhall they ſe the ſonne of mā come in a clowde with power and greate glory. When theſe thinges begyn to come to paſſe: then loke vp / and lifte vp youre heddes for youre redemcion draweth neye.

And he ſhewed thē a ſimilitude: beholde ye fygge tree / & all other trees / when they ſhute forth their buddes / ye ſe and knowe of youre awne ſelves that ſommer is then nye at hōd. So lyke wyſe ye (when ye ſe theſe thinges come to paſſe) vnderſtonde / that the kyngdome of God is neye. Verely I ſaye vnto you: this generacion ſhall not paſſe / tyll all be fulfilled. Heaven & erth ſhall paſſe: but my wordes ſhall not paſſe. ⊢

✚ Take hede to youre ſelves / leſt youre hertes be overcome with ſurfettinge and dronkennes and cares of this worlde: and that / that daye come on you vnwares. For as a ſnare ſhall it come on all them that ſit on the face of the erthe. Watche therfore continuallyWatche and praye / that ye maye obtayne grace to flye all this that ſhall come / & that ye maye ſtonde before the ſonne of man. ⊢

In the daye tyme / he taught in the temple / and at night / he went out / and had abydinge in the mount olivete. And all the people came in the morninge to him in the temple / for to heare him.

¶ The .xxii. Chapter. ✚

THe feaſte of ſwete breed drue nye whicheMathew .xxvj. Ma.. xiiij is called eſter / and the hye preſtes and Scribes ſought how to kyll him / but they feared the people. Then entred Satan into Iudas / whoſe ſyr name was Iſcariot (which was of the nombre of the twelve) & he went his waye & cōmuned with theMathew .xxvj. Chriſt is betrayed. Mathew .xxvj. mar. xiiij hye Preſtes and officers / how he might betraye him to them. And they were glad: & promyſed to geve him money. And he conſented and ſought oportunite to betraye him vnto them / when the people were awaye.

Then came y• daye of ſwete breed / when of neceſſite the eſterlambe muſt be offered. AndEſter lā be. he ſent Peter & Iohn. ſayinge: Goo & prepare vs the eſter lambe / that we maye eate. They ſayde to him. Where wilt thou / yt we prepare? And he ſayd vnto them. Beholde when ye be entred into the cite / ther ſhall a man mete you bearinge a pitcher of water / him folowe into the ſame houſſe yt he entreth in / & ſaye vnto ye good mā of ye houſſe. The maſter ſayeth vnto y•: where is ye geſt chamber / where I ſhall eate myne eſter lambe wt my diſciples? And he ſhall ſhew you a greate parloure paved. Ther make redy. And they wēt & foūde as he had ſayd vnto thē: & made redy ye eſter lambe.

And when the houre was come / he ſate doune mathew .xxvj. mar. xiii • j. cor. xj. and the twelve Apoſtles with him. And he ſayde vnto them: I have inwardly deſyred / to eate this eſter lambe with you before yt I ſuffre. For I ſaye vnto you: hence forthe / I will not eate of it eny moore / vntill it be fulfilled in the kingdome of God. And he toke the cup / & gave thankes / & ſayde. Take this / and devyde it amonge you. For I ſaye vnto you: I will not drinke of the frute of the vyne / vntill the kingdome of God be come.

And he toke breed / gave thankes / and gave to them / ſayinge: This is my body which isThe ſacrament is inſtitute. geven for you. This do in the remembraunce of me. Lykewyſe alſo / when they had ſupped / he toke the cup ſayinge: This cup is the newe teſtament / in my bloud / which ſhall for you be ſhedde.

Yet beholde / the honde of him that betrayeth me / is with me on the table. And ye ſonnemathew .xxvj. mar. xiiij ioa. xiij. • pſa. xl. c. of man goeth as it is appoynted▪ But wo be to yt man by whom he is betrayed. And they began to enquyre amōge them ſelves / which of them it ſhuld be / that ſhuld do that.

✚ And ther was a ſtryfe amōge thē / which of them ſhuld be taken for the greateſt. AndGreateſt he ſayde vnto them: the kynges of the gētylsmathew .xx. d mar. x. f. raygne over them / and they that beare rule over them / are called gracious lordes. But ye ſhall not be ſo. But he that is greateſt amonge you / ſhalbe as the yongeſt: and he that is chefe / ſhalbe as the miniſter. For whether is greater / he that ſitteth at meate: or he that ſerveth? Is not he that ſitteth at meate? And I am amōge you / as he that miniſtreth. Ye are they which have bidden with me in my temptacions. And I apoynt vnto you a kyngdome / as my father hath appoynted to me: that ye maye eate and drynke at my table in my kyngdome / and ſit on ſeates / and iudge the twelve tribes of Iſraell. ⊢

And the Lorde ſayde: Simon / Simon beholde Satan hath deſired you / to ſifte you / as itSimons fayth fayleth not. were wheate: but I have prayed for the▪ that thy faith fayle not. And when thou arte converted / ſtrengthe thy brethrē. And he ſayd vntomathew .xxvj. mar. xiiij him. Lorde I am redy to go with the in to preſon / & to deth. And he ſayde: I tell the Peter / the cocke ſhall not crowe this daye / tyll thou have thryſe denyed yt thou kneweſt me.

And he ſayde vnto them: when I ſent you with out wallet and ſcripe & ſhoes? lacked ye eny thinge? And they ſayd / no. And he ſayde to them: but nowe he that hath a wallet let him take it vp and lykewyſe his ſcrippe.By a ſwerde. eſai. liiij. And he that hath no ſwearde / let him ſell his coote and bye one. For I ſaye vnto you / that yet / that which is written / muſt be performed in me: even with the wycked was he nombred. For thoſe thinges which are written of me / have an ende. And they ſayde:Two ſwerdes. Lorde / beholde here are two ſweardes. And he ſayde vnto them: it is ynough.

And he came out / and went as he was wō te / tomathew .xxvj. mar. xiiij ioa. xviij Chriſt armeth him ſelfe agaynſt his paſſion. An angel cōforteth him. mounte olivete. And the diſciples folowed him. And when he came to the place / he ſayde to thē: praye / leſt ye fall into temptaciō.

And he gate him ſelfe from them / about a ſtones caſt / & kneled doune / & prayed / ſayinge: Father yf thou wilt / withdrawe this cup frō me. Nevertheleſſe / not my will / but thyne be be fulfilled. And ther appered an angell vnto him from heaven / confortinge him. And he was in an agonye / & prayed ſomwhat longer. And hys ſweate was lyke droppes of bloud / tricklynge doune to the grounde. And he roſeHe ſweteth bloude. vp from prayer & came to his diſciples / & foū de them ſlepinge for ſorowe / and ſayde vnto them: Why ſlepe ye? Ryſe and praye / leſt ye fall into temptacion.

Whill he yet ſpake: beholde / ther came a company / and he that was called Iudas / one of the twelve / wēt before them / & preaſed nye vnto Ieſus to kyſſe him. And Ieſus ſayd vnto him: Iudas / betrayeſt thou ye ſonne of man with a kyſſe? When they which were about him ſawe what wolde folow / they ſayde vnto him. Lorde / ſhall we ſmite with ſwearde. AndE • are is • myttē of one of them ſmote a ſervaūt of ye hieſt preſte of all / & ſmote of his right eare. And Ieſus anſwered & ſayd: Soffre ye thus farre forthe. And he touched his eare / and healed him.

Then Ieſus ſayde vnto the hye preſtes and rulers of the temple & the elders which were come to him. Be ye come out / as vnto amathew. x • vj. mar. xiiij Io. xviij. thefe with ſweardes and ſtaves? When I was dayly with you in the tēple / ye ſtretched not forth hondes agaynſt me. But this is even youre very houre / and the power of darcknes. Then toke they him / and ledde him / and brought him to the hye preſtes houſſe. And peter folowed a farre of.

When they had kyndled a fyre in the middesmathew. • xvj. mar. xiiij • oa. xviij of the palys / and were ſet doune to geder Peter alſo ſate doune amonge them. And wone of the wenches / behelde him as he ſate by the fyer / and ſet good eyeſight on him & ſayde: this ſame was alſo with him. Then he denyed hym ſayinge: woman I knowe him not And after a lytell whyle / another ſawe him &Peter denieth. ſayde: thou arte alſo of them. And Peter ſayd man I am not. And aboute the ſpace of an houre after / another affirmed ſayinge: verely even this felowe was with hym / for he is of Galile / & Peter ſayde: mā I woote not what thou ſayeſt. And immediatly whyll he yet ſpake / the cocke crewe. And the Lorde tourned backe and loked apon Peter. And Peter remembred the wordes of the Lorde / how he ſayde vnto him / before ye cocke crowe / thou ſhalt denye me thryſe. And Peter went out / and wepte bitterly.

And the men that ſtode about Ieſus / mocked him / & ſmoote him / and blyndfolded him / & ſmoote his face. And axed him ſayinge: arede / whoChriſt is mocked. it is that ſmoote y•? And many other thinges deſpytfull ye ſayd they agaynſt him.

And aſſone as it was daye / the elders of the people & the hye preſtes & ſcribes / came to gedder & ledde him into their counſell ſayinge:Mathew .xxvij. mar. xv. ioa. xviij arte thou very Chriſt? tell vs. And he ſayde vnto thē: yf I ſhall tell you / ye will not beleve And yf alſo I axe you / ye will not anſwere me / or let me goo. Herafter ſhall the ſonne of man ſit on the ryght honde of the power of God. Then ſayde they all: Arte thou then the ſonne of God? He ſayd to them: ye ſaye yt I am. Then ſayde they: what nede we eny further witnes? We oure ſelves have herde of his awne mouthe.

¶ The .xxiii. Chap.

ANd the whole multitude of them aroſe / & He is delyuered to Pilate ledde him vnto Pylate. And they beganne to accuſe him ſayinge: We have founde this felowe pervertynge the people / and forbiddynge to paye tribute to Ceſar:mat. xxi • mar. xij. marke .xxvij. and .xv. • ioa. xviij ſayinge / that he is Chriſt a kynge. And Pylate appoſed him ſayinge: arte thou the kynge of the iewes? He anſwered him and ſayde: thou ſayeſt it. Then ſayde Pylate to the hye preſtes / and to the people: I fynde noo faute in this man. And they were the moore fearce ſayinge. He moveth the people / teachynge thorowout all Iewry / and beganne at Galile / even to this place.

When Pilate hearde mencion of Galile / he He is ſent to Herode. axed whether the m • were of Galile. And aſſone as he knewe that he was of Herodes iuriſdiccion he ſent him to Herode / which was alſo at Ieruſalem in thoſe dayes. And when Herode ſawe Ieſus / he was excedinglie gladde. For he was deſyrous to ſe him of a longe ſeaſon / becauſe he had hearde many thinges of him / & truſted to have ſene ſome myracle done by him. Then queſteoned he with him of many thinges. But he anſwered him notHe holdeth his peace. one worde. The hye preſtes and ſcribes / ſtode forthe & accuſed him ſtraytly. And Herod wt his men of warre / deſpyſed him / and mocked him / and arayed him in whyte / and ſent himPilate & Herode are become frendes. agayne to Pylate. And the ſame daye Pylate and Herod were made frendes togeder. For before they were at variaunce.

And Pylate called to geder the hye preſtes and the rulers / and the people / & ſayde vnto them: Ye have brought this man vnto me / asmathew. xxvi • . mar. xv. • o. xviij. and. xix c one that perverted the people. And beholde I have examined him before you / & have founde no faute in this man / of thoſe thinges where of ye accuſe him. No nor yet Herode. For I ſent you to him: and lo no thinge worthy of deeth is done to him. I will therfore chaſten him & let him lowſſe. For of neceſſite / he muſt have let one lowſe vnto them at that feaſt.

And all the people cryed atonce ſayinge: awaye with him / & delyvre to vs Barrabas:Barrabas. which for inſurrccion made in the cite / & morther / was caſt into preſon. Pylate ſpake agayne to them willynge to let Ieſus lowſe. And they cryed ſayinge: Crucify him / Crucify him He ſayde vnto them the thyrde tyme. What evyll hath he done? I fynde no cauſe of deeth in him. I will therfore chaſten him / and let him lowſe. And they cryed with loude voyce / and required that he myght be crucifyed. And the voyce of them and of the hye Preſtes prevayled.

And Pylate gave ſentence that it ſhuld be as they required and let lowſe vnto them / him that for inſurreccion and morther / was caſt into preſon / whom they deſyred: & delyvered Ieſus to do with him what they wolde. And as they ledde him awaye / they caught one Symon of Syrene / commynge out of theSimon of Sirene felde: and on him layde they the croſſe / to beare it after Ieſus.

And ther folowed him a greate company ofmathew. xxvi • . mar. xv • people and of wemen / which wemē bewayled and lamented him. But Ieſus turned backe vnto them / and ſayde: Doughters of Ieruſalem / wepe not for me: but wepe for youre ſelves and for youre chyldren. For beholde / theeſa. • iiij. • gala. iiij. dayes will come / when men ſhall ſaye: happy are the baren and the wombes that never bare / and the pappes which never gave ſucke. Then ſhall they beginne to ſaye to the monntaynes / falleſai. ii. a. o ſee. x. b apo. ix. b on vs: and to the hilles / cover vs. For yf they do this to a grene tree / what ſhalbe done to the drye?

And therwere two e • yll daers ledde with him to be ſlayne. And when they were comemathew .xxvij. mar. xvb ioa. xix b mathew .xxvij. mar. xvb to the place / which is called Calvary / there they crucified him / and the evyll doers / one on ryght honde / and the other on the lefte. Then ſayde Ieſus: father forgeve them / for they woot not what they do. And they parted his rayment / and caſt loottes. And the people ſtode and behelde.

And the rulers mocked him with thē ſaying:He is mocked. he holpe other men / let him helpe him ſelfe / yf he be Chriſt the choſen of god. The ſoudiers alſo mocked him / & came and gave him veneger and ſayde: yf thou be that kynge of ye Iewes / ſave thy ſilfe. And his ſuperſcripciō was writtē over him / in greke / in latine and Ebreu: This is the kynge of the Iewes.

And one of the evyll doers which hanged / rayled on him ſayinge: If thou be Chriſt ſave thy ſelfe and vs. The other anſwered and rebuked him ſayinge. Net herfeareſt thou god / becauſe thou arte in the ſame damnacion? We are righteouſly puneſſhed / for we receave accordynge to oure dedes: But this man hath done nothinge amyſſe. And he ſayde vnto Ieſus: Lorde remember me when thou comeſt into thy kyngdome. And Ieſus ſayde vnto him: Verely I ſaye vnto the / to daye ſhalt thou be with me in Paradyſe.Paradiſe

And it was about the ſixt houre. And ther came a darcknes over all the londe / vntyll ye nynth houre / and the ſonne was darckened.Vayle. And the vayle of the temple dyd rent even thorow the myddes. And Ieſus cryed with a greate voyce and ſayd: Father / into thy hondesHe geueth vp the ghoſt. I cōmende my ſprete. And when he thus had ſayd / he gave vp the gooſt. When ye Centurion ſawe what had happened / he glorified God ſayinge: Of a ſurtie this man was perfecte. And all the people that came to gederHis frendes ſtonde a farre of. to that ſight / beholdynge the thinges which were done: ſmoote their beſtes / and returned home. And all his acquayntaunce / and the wemen / that folowed him from Galile / ſtode a farre of beholdynge theſe thinges.

And beholde ther was a man named Ioſeph / a councelloure / and was a good man & amathew .xxvij. mar. xv. • o. xix. • Ioſeph of Arimathia. iuſte / & dyd not conſent to the counſell and dede of them / which was of Aramathia / a cite of the Iewes: which ſame alſo wayted for ye kyngdome of God: he went vnto Pilate / & begged the boddy of Ieſus / and toke it doune / & wrapped it in a lynnen clooth / and layed it in an hewen toumbe / wherin was never man before layed. ✚ And that daye was ye Saboth even'& the Saboth drue on. The wemen that folowed after / which came with him from Galile / behelde the ſepulcre and how his body was layed. And they returned & prepared odoures and oyntmētes: but reſted the Saboth daye / accordynge to the commaundement.

¶ The .xxiiii. Chapter. ✚

ON the morowe after the ſaboth / erly mar. xvj. Ioh. xx. a in the morninge / they came vnto the toumbe & brought the odoures which they had prepared & other wemen with them And they founde the ſtone rouled awaye frō the ſepulcre / and went in: but founde not the body of the Lorde Ieſu. And it happened / as they were amaſed therat: Beholde two men ſtode by them in ſhynynge veſtures. And as they were a frayde / and bowed doune their faces to the erth: they ſayd to them: why ſeke ye the lyvinge amonge the deed? He is not here: but is ryſen. Remember how he ſpake vntomathew .xxvij. d. mar. ix. a you / when he was yet with you in Galile / ſayinge: that the ſonne of man muſt be delyvered into the hondes of ſynfull men / and be crucified / and the thyrde daye ryſe agayne.

And they remembred his wordes / & returned from the ſepulcre / and tolde all theſe thinges vnto the eleven / & to all the remanaunt. It was Mary Magdalen and Ioanna / & Mary Iacobi / & other that were with thē / which tolde theſe thinges vnto the Apoſtles / & their wordes ſemed vnto them fayned thinges / nether beleved they them. Then arooſe PeterPeter rū neth to y• grave. and ran vnto the ſepulcre / and ſtouped in and ſawe the lynnen cloothes layde by them ſelfe / and departed wondrynge in him ſelfe at that which had happened. ⊢

✚ And beholde / two of them went that ſame daye to a toune which was frō Ieruſalem about thre ſcoore for longes / called Emaus: and they talked togeder of all theſe thingesEmaus. that had happened. And it chaunſed / as they cōmened togeder & reaſoned / that Ieſus him ſelfe drue neare / & went with them. But their eyes were holden / that they coulde not knowe him. And he ſayde vnto them: What maner of cōmunicacions are theſe that ye have one to another as ye walke / & are ſadde. And the one of them named Cleophas / anſwered and ſayd vnto him: arte thou only a ſtraunger in Ieruſalem / & haſte not knowen the thinges which have chaunſed therin in theſe dayes? To whom he ſayd: what thinges?

And they ſayd vnto him: of Ieſus of Nazareth which was a Prophet / myghtie in dede / & worde / before god / & all the people. And how the hye preſtes / & oure rulers delyvered him to be condempned to deeth: and have crucified him. But we truſted that it ſhuld have bene he that ſhuld have delyvered Iſrael. And as touchynge all theſe thinges / to daye is even the thyrd daye / that they were done.

Ye and certayne wemen alſo of oure company made vs aſtonyed / which came erly vnto the ſepulcre / and founde not his boddy: and came ſayinge / that they had ſene a viſion of angels / which ſayde that he was alyve. And certayne of them which were with vs / went their waye to the ſepulcre / and founde it even ſo as the wemen had ſayde: but him they ſawe not.

And he ſayde vnto thē: O foles and ſlow • of herte to beleve all y• the prophete have ſpoken. Ought not Chriſt to have ſuffred theſe thinges / & to enter into his glory? And he began at Moſes / & at all the prophetes / & interpreted vnto them in all ſcriptures which were wrytten of him. And they drue neye vnto the toune wich they went to. And he made as though he wolde have gone further. But they conſtrayned him ſayinge: abyde with vs / for it draweth towardes nyght / & the daye is farre paſſed. And he went in to tary with thē.

And it came to paſſe as he ſate at meate wt them / he toke breed / bleſſed it / brake and gave to them. And their eyes were openned / & they knewe him: and he vnniſſhed out of their ſyght. And they ſayde betwene them ſelves: dyd not oure hertes burne with in vs / whyll he talked with vs by the waye / and as he opened to vs the ſcriptures? And they rooſe vp the ſame houre / and returned agayne to Ieruſalem / and founde the eleven gadered to geder and them that were with them / which ſayde: the Lorde is ryſen in dede / and hath apered to Simon. And they tolde what thinges was done in the waye / and how they knewe him in breakynge of breed. ✚ mathew .xxviij. mar. xvj. ioa. xx. c

As they thus ſpake ✚ Ieſus him ſelfe ſtode in ye myddes of them / & ſayde vnto them: peace be with you. And they were abaſſhed & afrayde / ſuppoſinge yt they had ſene a ſprete And he ſayde vnto thē: Why are ye troubled / & why do thoughtes aryſe in youre hertes? Beholde my hondes & my fete / that it is even my ſelfe. Handle me & ſe: for ſpretes have not fleſſhe & bones / as ye ſe me have. And when he had thus ſpoken / he ſhewed them his hondes and his fete. And whyll they yet beleved not for ioye / and wondred / he ſayde vnto thē: Have ye here eny meate? And they gave him a pece of a broyled fiſſhe / and of an hony combe. And he toke it / and ate it before them.

And he ſayde vnto thē. Theſe are the wordes / which I ſpake vnto you / whyll I was yet with you: that all muſt be fulfilled which He geueth ye keyes. were written of me in the lawe of Moſes / & in the Prophetes / & in the Pſalmes. Then openned he their wyttes / that they myght vnderſtond the ſcriptures / and ſayde vnto them. Thus is it written / & thus it behoved Chriſt to ſuffre / and to ryſe agayne from deeth thePſalmo • xviij. thyrde daye / and that repentaunce and remiſſion of ſynnes ſhuld be preached in his name amonge all nacions / ✚ and muſt beginne at Ieruſalem. And ye are witneſſes of theſe thinges. And beholde / I will ſende the promesacto. j. a. ioa. xvj. of my father apon you. But tary ye in ye cite of Ieruſalem / vntyll ye be endewed with power from an hye.

And he ledde thē out into Bethany / & lyfte vp his hondes / & bleſt them. And it cam toActo. j. a. mar. xvi. d. paſſe / as he bleſſed thē / he departed from thē / & was caryed vp in to heven. And they worſhipped him / & returned to Ieruſalem with greate ioye / and were continually in the temple / prayſinge and laudinge God.

Amen. ¶ Here endeth the Goſpell of Sayncte Luke.

The Goſpell of Saincte Iohn.

The Fyrſt Chapter. ✚

IN the beginnynge was the worde / & the worde was with God: & the worde was God. The ſame was in the beginnynge with God. All thinges were made by it / & with out it / was made nothinge / that was made. In it was lyfe / & the lyfe was ye lyght of men / & the lyght ſhyneth in the darcknes / but the darcknes comprehended it not.

There was a man ſent from God / whoſe name was Iohn. The ſame cam as a witnes to beare witnes of the lyght / that all men through him myght beleve. He was not that lyght: but to beare witnes of the lyght. That was a true lyght / which lyghteth all men that come into the worlde. He was in ye worlde / and the worlde was made by him: and yet the worlde knewe him not.

He cam amonge his (awne) and his awne(Awne) is his awne people receaved him not. But as meny as receaved him / to them he gave power to be the ſonnesFayth. maketh. vs y• ſonnes of god. mat. j. c luc. ij. d. of God in yt they beleved on his name: which were borne / not of bloude nor of the will of the fleſſhe / nor yet of the will of man: but of God.

And the worde was made fleſſhe and dwelt amonge vs / & we ſawe the glory of it / as the glory of the only begotten ſonne of ye father / which worde was full of grace and verite. ⊢

✚ Iohn bare witnes of him and cryed ſayinge:Iohn bare witnes This was he of whome I ſpake / he that cometh after me / was before me / becauſe he(Grace) all grace: & all that is pleaſaunt in the ſight of god / is geuē vs for Chriſtes ſake only: euen oute of the fulnes & aboundaunce of the fauoure that he receaueth with his father. was yer then I. And of his fulnes have all we receaved / even (grace) for grace. For the lawe was geven by Moſes / but grace & truthe came by Ieſus Chriſt. No mā hath ſene God at eny tyme. The only begottē ſonne / which is in y• bo ſome of ye father / he hath declared him. ⊢

✚ And this is the recorde of Iohn: When the Iewes ſent Preſtes and Levites from Ieruſalem / to axe him / what arte thou? And he confeſſed / and denyed not / and ſayde playnly: I am not Chriſt. And they axed him: what then? arte thou Helyas? And he ſayde: I am not. Arte thou a Prophete? And he anſwered no. Then ſayd they vnto him: what arte thou that we maye geve an anſwer to them that ſent vs: What ſayeſt thou of thy ſelfe? He ſayde: I am the voyce. that is: I am that I preache I am ſent to proue you ſynnners & to crye on you to amē de that ye maye receaue Chriſt & his grace. voyce of a cryar in the wyldernes / make ſtrayght the waye of the Lorde / as ſayde the Prophete Eſaias.

And they which were ſent / were of the phariſes. And they axed him / & ſayde vnto him: why baptiſeſt thou then / yf thou be not Chriſt nor Helyas / nether a Prophet? Iohn anſwered them ſayinge: I baptiſe with water: but one is come amonge you / whom ye knowe not he it is that cometh after me / whiche was before me / whoſe ſho latchet I am not worthy to vnloſe. Theſe thinges were done in Bethabara beyonde Iordan / where Iohn dyd baptyſe. ⊢

✚ The nexte daye / Iohn ſawe Ieſus commygeLambe. vnto him / and ſayde: beholde the lambe of God / which taketh awaye the ſynne of the worlde. This is he of whom I ſayde. After me cometh a man / which was before me / for he was yet then I / and I knew him not: but that he ſhuld be declared to Iſraell / therfore am I come baptiſynge with water.

And Iohn bare recorde ſayinge: I ſawe the ſprete deſcende from heven / lyke vnto a dove / and abyde apon him / and I knewe him not.mat. ijj. d. Mar. j. b. luc. iij. d. But he that ſent me to baptiſe in water / the ſame ſayde vnto me: apon whom thou ſhalt ſe the ſprete deſcende and tary ſtyll on him / the ſame is he which baptiſeth with the holy gooſt. And I ſawe and bare recorde / that this is the ſonne of God.

The next daye after / Iohn ſtode agayne / & two of his diſciples. And he behelde Ieſus as he walked by / and ſayde: beholde the lambe of God. And the two diſciples hearde him ſpeake / and folowed Ieſus. And Ieſus turned about / and ſawe them folowe / & ſayde vnto them: what ſeke ye? They ſayde vnto him: Rabbi (which is to ſaye by interpretacion / Maſter) where dwelleſt thou? He ſayde vnto them: come and ſe. They came and ſawe where he dwelt: & abode with him that daye. For it was about the tenthe houre.

One of the two which hearde Iohn ſpeake Andrew. Peter. and folowed Ieſus / was Andrew Simon Peters brother. The ſame founde his brother Simon fyrſt / and ſayde vnto him: we have founde Meſſias / which is by interpretacion / annoynted: & brought him to Ieſus. And Ieſus behelde him and ſayde: thou arte Simon the ſonne of Ionas / thou ſhalt be called Cephas: which is by interpretacion / a ſtone.

The daye folowynge Ieſus wolde goo into Galile / and founde Philip / & ſayde vnto him / folowe me. Philip was of Bethſaida the cite Philip. Nathanael. of Andrew and Peter. And Philip founde Nathanael / and ſayde vnto him. We have founde him of whom Moſes in the lawe / and the prophetes dyd wryte. Ieſus the ſonne of Ioſephgen. xlix deu. xviij eſa. xl. c. & .xlv. b. hie. xxiij Ezechi. xxxiiij. & xxxvij dan. ix. f. of Nazareth. And Nathanael ſayde vnto him: can ther eny good thinge come out of Nazareth? Philip ſayde to him: come and ſe.

Ieſus ſawe Nathanael commynge to him / and ſayde of him. Beholde a ryght Iſraelite / in whō is no gyle. Nathanael ſayd vnto him: where kneweſt thou me? Ieſus anſwered / and ſayde vnto him: Before that Philip called the / when thou waſt vnder ye fygge tree / I ſawe the▪ Nathanael anſwered and ſayde vnto him: Rabbi / thou arte the ſonne of God / thou arte the kynge of Iſrael. Ieſus anſwered and ſayd vnto him: Becauſe I ſayde vnto the / I ſawe the vnder the fygge tree / thou beleveſt. Thou ſhalt ſe greater thinges then theſe. And he ſayde vnto him: Verely / verely / I ſaye vnto you: herafter ſhall ye ſe heven open / and the angels of God aſcendynge and deſcendynge over the ſonne of man.

¶ The ſeconde Chapter.

ANd the thryde daye / was ther a mariage in Cana a cite of Galile: and the mother A mariage in Cana of Galile. of Ieſus was there. And Ieſus was called alſo & his diſciples vnto the mariage. And when the wyne fayled / the mother of Ieſus ſayde vnto him: they have no wyne. Ieſus ſayde vnto her: woman / what have I to do with the? myne houre is not yet come. His mother ſayde vnto the miniſtres: whatſoever he ſayeth vnto you / do it. And therwere ſtondynge theare / ſixe water pottes of ſtone after ye maner of the purifyinge of ye Iewes / contaynynge two or thre fyrkins a pece.

And Ieſus ſayde vnto them: fyll the water pottes with water. And they fylled them vp to the brym. And he ſayde vnto them: drawe out now / and beare vnto the governer of the feaſte. And they bare it. When the ruler ofWater into wyne. the feaſt had taſted the water that was turned vnto wyne / and knewe not whence it was (but the miniſtres which drue the water knew) He called the brydegrome / and ſayde vnto him. All men at the beginnynge / ſet forth good wyne / and when men be dronke / then that which is worſſe. But thou haſt kept backe the good wyne / vntyll now.

This beginnynge of miracles dyd Ieſus in Cana of Galile / and ſhewed his glory / and his diſciples beleved on him. ✚ After that he deſcended in to Capernaum / and his mother / and his brethren / and his diſciples: but contynued not manye dayes there.

✚ And the Iewes eſter was even at honde / and Ieſus went vp to Ieruſalem / & foundeSellers in the tē ple are caſt out. ſyttynge in the temple / thoſe that ſolde oxen and ſhepe and doves / and chaungers of money. And he made a ſcourge of ſmall cordes / and drave them all out of the temple / with the ſhepe & oxen / and powred oute the changers money / and overthrue the tables / and ſayde vnto them that ſolde doves: Have theſe thinges hence / & make not my fathers houſſe an houſſe of marchaundyſe. And hisPſalmo lxviij. diſciples remembred / how y• it was wrytten: the zele of thyne houſſe hath even eaten me.

Then anſwered the Iewes and ſayde vnto him: what token ſheweſt thou vnto vs / ſeyngemathew. xx • ▪ & xxvij. marke .xiiij. f and .xv. • that thou doſt theſe thinges? Ieſus anſwered and ſayd vnto them: deſtroye this temple / & in thre dayes I will reare it vp agayne. Then ſayde the Iewes: xlvi. yeares was this temple abuyldinge: and wylt thou reare it vp in thre dayes? But he ſpake of the temple of his body. Aſſone therfore as he was ryſen from deeth agayne / his diſciples remembred that he thus ſayde. And they beleved the ſcripture / and the wordes which Ieſus had ſayde.

When he was at Ieruſalem at eſter in thepſal. iij. b. & lvj. c. feaſte / many beleved on his name / when they ſawe his miracles which he dyd. But Ieſus put not him ſelfe in their hondes / becauſe he knewe all men / and neded not / that eny man ſhuld teſtify of man. For he knewe▪ what was in man. ⊢

¶ The .iii. Chapter. ✚

THer was a man of the phariſes named Nicodemus a ruler amonge ye Iewes. Nicodemus. The ſame cam to Ieſus by nyght / and ſayde vnto him: Rabbi / we knowe that thou arte a teacher whiche arte come from God. For no man coulde do ſuche miracles as thou doeſt / except God were with him. Ieſus anſwered and ſayde vnto him: Verely verely I ſaye vnto the: except a man be boren a newe / he cannot ſe the kyngdom of God. Nicodemus ſayde vnto him: how can a man be boren when he is olde? can he enter into his moders wombe & be boren agayne? Ieſus anſwered: verely / verely I ſaye vnto the: except that a man be boren of water & of ye ſprete / he cannot enter into the kyngdome of god. That which is boren of the fleſſhe / is fleſſhe: & that which is boren of the ſprete / is ſprete. Marvayle not that I ſayd to the / ye muſt be boren a newe. The wynde bloweth where he liſteth / & thou heareſt his ſounde: but canſt not tell whence he cometh and whether he goeth. So is every man that is boren of the ſprete.

And Nicodemus anſwered and ſayde vnto him: how can theſe thinges be? Ieſus anſwered and ſayde vnto him: arte thou a maſter in Iſrael / and knoweſt not theſe thinges? Verely verely / I ſaye vnto the / we ſpeake that we knowe / and teſtify that we have ſene: and ye receave not oure witnes. Yf when I tell you erthely thinges / ye beleve not: how ſhuld ye beleve / yf I ſhall tell you of hevenly thinges?

And no man aſcendeth vp to heaven / but he that came doune from heaven / that is to ſaye / the ſonne of man which is in heaven.

And as Moſes lifte vp the ſerpent in thenum. xxi wyldernes / even ſo muſt the ſonne of man beSerpent. lifte vp / that none that beleveth in him periſſhe: but have eternall lyfe. ⊢

✚ For God ſo loveth the worlde / yt he hathFayth. geven his only ſonne / that none that beleve j. Io. iiij. in him / ſhuld periſſhe: but ſhuld have everlaſtinge lyfe. For God ſent not his ſonne into the worlde / to condēpne the worlde: but that the worlde through him / might be ſaved. He that beleveth on him / ſhall not be condēpned. But he that beleveth not / is condempned all redy / becauſe he beleveth not in the name ofCondemnacion. the only ſonne of God. And this is the condempnacion: that light is come into the worlde / & the mē loved darcknes more then light / becauſe their dedes were evill. For every man that evyll doeth / hateth the light: nether commeth to light / leſt his dedes ſhuld be reproved. But he that doth truth / commeth to the light / that his dedes might be knowen / how that they are wrought in God. ⊢

After theſe thinges cam Ieſus & his diſciples into the Iewes londe / & ther he haunted with them & baptiſed. And Iohn alſo baptiſed in Enon beſydes Salim / becauſe ther was moche water there / & they came & were baptiſed. For Iohn was not yet caſt into preſon.

✚ And ther aroſe a queſtiō bitwene Iohns diſciples and the Iewes about purifiynge. And they came vnto Iohn / & ſayde vnto him: Rabbi / he that was with the beyonde Iordan / to whom thou bareſt witnes. Beholde the ſame baptyſeth / & all mē come to him. Iohn anſwered / and ſayde: a man can receave no thinge at all except it be gevē him frō heaven. Ye youre ſelves are witneſſes / how that I ſayde: I am not Chriſt but am ſent before him. He that hath the bryde / is the brydegrome. But the frende of the brydegrome which ſtondeth by and heareth him / reioyſeth greately of the brydgromes voyce. Tis my ioye is fulfilled. He muſt increace: & I muſte decreace.

He that commeth from an hye is above all: He that is of ye erth / is of the erth / & ſpeaketh of the erth. He that cōmeth from heaven / is above all / & what he hath ſene & hearde: that he teſtifieth: but no man receaveth his teſtimonye. How be it / he that hath receaved hys teſtimonye hath ſet to his ſeale that God is true. For he whom God hath ſent / ſpeakethrom. iij. • . the wordes of God. For God geveth not the ſprete by meaſure. The father loveth the ſonneMeaſure j. Io. v. b. & hath geven all thinges into his honde. He that beleveth on the ſonne / hath everlaſtynge lyfe: and he that beleveth not the ſonne / ſhall not ſe lyfe / but the wrathe of God abydeth on him. ⊢

¶ The .iiii. Chapter.

ASſone as the Lorde had knowledge / how the Phariſes had hearde / that Ieſus made and baptiſed moo diſciples then Iohn (though that Ieſus him ſelfe baptiſed not: but his diſciples) he lefte Iewry / & departed agayne into Galile. And it was ſo that he muſt nedes goo thorowe Samaria. Then came he to a cyte of Samaria called Sichar / beſydes the poſſeſſion that Iacob gave to his ſonne Ioſeph. And there was Iacobsge. xlviij well. Ieſus then weryed in his iorney / ſate thus on the well.

And it was about the ſixte houre: & there The woman of Samari e came a woman of Samaria to drawe water. And Ieſus ſayde vnto her: geve me drynke. For his diſciples were gone awaye vnto the toune to bye meate. Then ſayde the woman of Samaria vnto him: how is it / that thou beinge a Iewe / axeſt drinke of me / which am a Samaritane? for the Iewes medle not with the Samaritans. Ieſus anſwered and ſayde vnto hir: yf thou kneweſt the gyfte of God / & who it is that ſayeth to the geve me drynke / thou woldeſt have axed of him / and he wolde have geven the water of lyfe. The woman ſayde vnto him. Syr thou haſt no thinge to drawe with / and the well is depe: from whence then haſt thou y• water of lyfe? Arte thou greater then oure father Iacob which gave vs the well / and he him ſilfe dranke therof / & his chyldren / and his catell:

Ieſus anſwered & ſayde vnto hir: whoſoever drinketh of this water / ſhall thurſt agayne. But whoſoever ſhall drinke of ye water yt I ſhall geve him / ſhall never be more a thyrſt: but the water that I ſhall geve him / ſhalbe in him a well of water / ſpringinge vp in to everlaſtinge lyfe. The womā ſayd vnto him: Syr geve me of that water / that I thyrſt not / nether come hedder to drawe. Ieſus ſayde vnto her. Go and call thy huſband / & come hydder. The woman anſwered & ſayde to him: I have no huſband. Ieſus ſayde to her. Thou haſt well ſayd / I have no huſbande. For thou haſte had five huſbandes / and he whom thou now haſt / is not thy huſband. That ſaydeſt thou truely.

The woman ſayde vnto him: Syr I perceave y• thou arte a prophet. Oure fathers worſhipped in this mountayne: & ye ſaye that in Hieruſalem is the place where men ought to worſhippe. Ieſus ſayde vnto her: woman beleve me / the houre cometh / when ye ſhall nether in this moūtayne nor yet at Ieruſalem / worſhippe the father. Ye worſhippe / ye wot not what: we knowe what we worſhippe. For ſalvacion cōmeth of the Iewes. But the houre commeth and nowe is / when the true worſhippers ſhall worſhippe the father in ſprete and in trouthe. For verely ſuche the father requyreth to worſhippe him. God is a ſprete / and they that worſhippe him / muſt worſhippe him / in ſprete and How & where god will be worſhypped. trouthe.

The woman ſayde vnto him: I wot well Meſſias ſhall come / which is called Chriſt. When he is come / he will tell vs all thingꝭ. Ieſus ſayde vnto hir: I that ſpeake vnto theij. co. iij. d am he. And evē at that poynte / came his diſciples / & marvelled that he talked with the woman. Yet no man ſayde vnto him: what meaneſt thou / or why talkeſt thou with her? The womā then lefte her waterpot / and went her waye into the cite / & ſayde to the men. Come ſe a man which tolde me all thinges yt ever I dyd. Is not he Chriſt? Then they went out of the cite / & came vnto him.

And in ye meane while his diſciples prayed him ſayinge: Maſter / eate. He ſayde vnto thē: I have meate to eate / that ye knowe not of. Then ſayd ye diſciples bitwene them ſelves: hath eny mā brought him meate? Ieſus ſayde vnto them: my meate is to doo the will of him that ſent me. And to fynnyſſhe his worke. Saye not ye: there are yet foure monethes / and then cōmeth harveſt? Beholde I ſaye vnto you / lyfte vp youre eyes / & loke on ye regiōs: for they are whyte all redy vnto harveſt. And he ye repeth receaveth rewarde / & gaddereth frute vnto life eternall: that bothe he that ſoweth / & he y• repeth myght reioyſe to gether. And herin is the ſayinge true / yt one ſoweth / & another repeth. I ſent you to repe yt wherō ye beſtowed no laboure. Other men laboured / and ye are entred into their labours.

Many of the Samaritās of that cyte beleved on him / for ye ſayinge of the womā / which teſtified: he tolde me all thinges yt ever I dyd. Then when the Samaritās were come vnto him / they be ſought him / ye he wolde tary wt thē. And he aboode there two dayes. And many moo beleved becauſe of his awne wordes / & ſayd vnto the woman: Now we beleve not becauſe of thy ſayinge. For we have herde him oure ſelves / and knowe that this is even 〈1 page duplicate〉〈1 page duplicate〉 in dede Chriſt the ſavioure of the worlde. ⊢

After two dayes he departed thence / & wētmathew .xiij. a. mar. vj. a ln • . iiij. c. mat. iiij. b awaye into Galile. And Ieſus him ſelfe teſtified / that a Prophete hath none honoure in his awne countre. Then aſſone as he was come into Galile / the Galileans receaved him which had ſene all the thinges yt he dyd at Ieruſalem at ye feaſt. For they wēt alſo vnto ye feaſt daye. And Ieſus came agayne into Cana mar. i. d. luc. iiij. c. of Galile / wher he turned water into wyne.

✚ And ther was a certayne ruler / whoſe ſonneRuler. was ſicke at Capernaum. Aſſone as the ſame herde that Ieſus was come out of Iewry into Galile / he wēt vnto him / and beſought him / yt he wolde deſcende / & heale his ſonne: For he was evē readie to dye. Then ſayde Ieſus vnto him: excepte ye ſe ſignes & wōdres / ye cānot beleve. The ruler ſayd vnto him: Syr come awaye or ever y• my chylde dye. Ieſus ſayde vnto him / goo thy waye / thy ſonne liveth. And the mā beleved ye wordes yt Ieſus had ſpokē vnto him / & wēt his waye. And anone as he went on his waye / his ſervants met him / & tolde him ſayinge: thy chylde liveth. Then enquyred he of thē the houre when he begāne to amende. And they ſayde vnto him: Yeſter daye the ſevēthe houre / the fever lefte him. And the father knew that it was the ſame houre in which Ieſus ſayde vnto him: Thy ſonne liveth. And he beleved / and all his houſholde. ✚ Thys is agayne the ſeconde myracle / y• Ieſus dyd / after he was come oute of Iewry into Galile.

¶ The .v. Cha. ✚

AFter that ther was a feaſt of the Iewes / & Ieſus went vp to Ieruſalem. And ther is at Ieruſalem / by ye The greke hath ſhepe houſe: a place where they kylled the beeſtes that were ſantified. ſlaughter houſſe / a pole called in ye Ebrue tōge / Bethſeda / havinge five porches / in which laye a greate multitude of ſicke folke / of blinde / halt & wyddered / waytinge for the movinge of the water. For an angell wēt doune at a certayne ceaſon into ye pole & troubled ye water. Whoſoever then fyrſt after the ſteringe of the water / ſtepped in / was made whoale of what ſoever diſeaſe he had. And a certayne mā was theare / which had bene diſeaſed .xxxviii. yeares. When Ieſus ſawe him lye / & knewe that he now longe tyme had bene diſeaſed / he ſayde vnto him. Wilt thou be made whoale? TheThe mā that laye xxxviii. yere by ye pole is healed. ſicke anſwered him: Syr I have no man whē the water is troubled / to put me into the pole. But in the meane tyme / whill I am about to come / another ſteppeth doune before me.

And Ieſus ſayde vnto him: ryſe / take vp thy beed / & walke. And immediatly the man was made whole / and toke vp his beed / and went. And the ſame daye was the SabothThe ſaboth is broken. daye. The Iewes therfore ſayde vnto him that was made whole. It is y• Saboth daye / it is not laufull for the to cary thy beed. He anſwered them: he that made me whole / ſayde vnto me: take vp thy beed / and get the hence. Then axed they him: what man is that which ſayde vnto the / take vp thy beed and walke. And he y• was healed / wiſt not who it was. For Ieſus had gottē him ſelfe awaye / becauſe yt ther was preace of people in yt place.

And after that / Ieſus founde him in the tē ple / & ſayd vnto him: beholde thou arte made whole / ſynne no moore / leſt a worſſe thinge happē vnto the. The man departed / & tolde ye Iewes that yt was Ieſus / whiche had made him whole. ✚ And therfore the Iewes dyd perſecute Ieſus & ſought the meanes to ſlee him / becauſe he had done theſe things on the Saboth daye. And Ieſus anſwered them: ✚my father worketh hidder to / and I worke. Therfore the Iewes ſought the moare to kill him / not only becauſe he had broken the Saboth: but ſayde alſo that God was his father / and made him ſelfe equall with God.

Then anſwered Ieſus & ſayde vnto them: verely / verely / I ſaye vnto you: the ſonne can do no thinge of him ſelfe / but that he ſeeth ye father do. For whatſoever he doeth / y• doeth the ſonne alſo. For the father loveth ye ſonne / & ſheweth him all things / whatſoever he him ſelfe doeth. And he will ſhewe him greter workes then theſe / becauſe ye ſhoulde marvayle. For lykwyſe as the father rayſeth vp y• deed / & quickeneth them / even ſo the ſonne quyckeneth whom he will. Nether indgeth ye fatherChriſt is iudge over all. eny mā: but hath cōmitted all iudgemēt vnto the ſonne / becauſe that all men ſhuld honoure the ſonne / evē as they honoure the father. He that honoureth not ye ſonne / the ſame honoureth not the father which hath ſent him. Verely verely I ſaye vnto you: He that hearethFayth. my wordes / & beleveth on him that ſent me / hath everlaſtinge lyfe / & ſhall not come in to damnacion: but is ſcaped frō deth vnto lyfe.

Verely / verely I ſaye vnto you: the tyme ſhall come / & now is / when the deed ſhall heare the voyce of the ſonne of God. And they yt mathew .xxv. heare / ſhall live. For as the father hath life in him ſilfe:ſo lyke wyſe hath he geven to ye ſon ne to have lyfe in him ſilfe:& hath geven him power alſo to iudge / in that he is the ſonne of man. Marvayle not at this / ye houre ſhall come in the which all yt are in the graves / ſhall heare his voice / and ſhall come forthe: theyReſurrec cion. that have done good vnto the reſurreccion of lyfe:& they that have done evyll / vnto the reſurreccion of dampnacion. ⊢

✚ I can of myne awne ſelfe do nothinge at all. As I heare / I iudge / and my iudgemēt is iuſt / be cauſe I ſeke not myne awne He that ſeketh not his owne will / iudgeth truli will / but the will of ye father which hath ſent me. Yf I beare witnes of my ſelfe / my witnes is not true. Ther is a nother that beareth witnes of me / and I am ſure that the witnesmat. iij. d. whiche he beareth of me / is true.

Ye ſent vnto Iohn / & he bare witnes vnto the truthe. But I receave not the recorde of man. Nevertheleſſe / theſe things I ſaye / that ye might be ſafe. He was a burninge & a ſhyninge light / & ye wolde for a ſeaſon have reioyſed in his light. But I have greater witnesmat. iij. b then the witnes of Iohn. For ye workes which y• father hath gevē me to fyniſſhe: the ſame workes which I do / beare witnes of me / that ye father ſent me. And the father him ſilfe which hath ſent me / beareth witnes of me. Ye have not hearde his voyce at eny tyme / nor ye have ſene his ſhape: therto his wordes have ye not abydinge in you. For whome he hath ſent: him ye beleve not.

Searche the ſcriptures / for in them ye thinke ye have eternall lyfe:& they are they whichSearche the ſcripture. teſtify of me. And yet will ye not come to me / that ye might have lyfe. I receave not prayſe of men. But I knowe you / that ye have not the love of God in you / I am comein my fathers name / and ye receave me not. Yf another ſhall come in his awne name / him will ye receave. How can ye beleve which receave honoure He that ſeketh honoure can not beleue. one of another / and ſeke not the honoure that commeth of God only?

Doo not thinke that I wyll accuſe you to my father. Ther is one that accuſeth you / evē Moſes in whom ye truſt. For had ye belevedMoſes. Moſes / ye wold have beleved me: for he wrote of me. But now ye beleve not his writinge: how ſhall ye beleve my wordes. ⊢

¶ The .vi. Chapter. ✚

AFter theſe thinges Ieſus wēt his wayemathew .xiiij. d. mar. v̄j. e luc. ix. b. over the ſee of Galile nye to a cyte called Tiberias. And a greate multitude folowed him / becauſe they had ſene his myracles which he dyd on them that were diſeaſed. And Ieſus went vp into a mountayne / & there he ſate with his diſciples. And eſter / a feaſt of ye Iewes / was nye. ✚ ✚ Then Ieſus lifte vp his eyes / & ſawe a greate cōpany come vnto him / and ſayde vnto Philip: whence ſhall we bye breed yt theſe might eate. This he ſayde to prove him: for he him ſylfe knewe what he wolde do.

Philip anſwered him / two hondred peny worthe of breed are not ſufficient for them / ye every mā have a litell. Then ſayde vnto him / one of his diſciples / Andrew Simon Peters brother. There ys alad here / which hath fyveFyue loves & .ii. fyſſhes barly loves and two fiſſhes: but what is that amōge ſo many? And Ieſus ſayde. Make the people ſit doune: Ther was moche graſſe in the place. And the men ſate doune / in nombre / about five thouſande. And Ieſus toke the breed / and gave thankes / and gave to the diſciples / and his diſciples to them that were ſet doune. And lykwyſe of the fyſſhes / as moche as they wolde.

When they had eatē ynough / he ſayd vnto his diſciples: gadder vp the brokē meate that remayneth: that nothinge be looſt. And they gadered it to geder / and fylled twelve baſkettes with the broken meate / of the five barly loves / which broken meate remayned vnto thē that had eaten. Then the men / when they had ſene the myracle that Ieſus dyd / ſayde: This is of a trueth the Prophet that ſhuld come into the worlde. ⊢

When Ieſus perceaved that they wolde come / andmat. xiiij mar. vj. f take him vp / to make him kinge / he departed agayne into a mountayne him ſilfe a lone.

And when evē was come / his diſciples wēt vnto the ſee & entred into a ſhyppe / and went over the ſee vnto Capernaum. And anōne it was darcke / & Ieſus was not come to them. And ye ſee aroſe with a greate winde yt blew. And when they had rowē aboute a .xxv. or • xxx. furlonge / they ſawe Ieſus walke on y• ſee / & drawe nye vnto the ſhyp / and they were afrayed. And he ſayde vnto them: It is I / be not a frayde. Then wolde they have receaved him into the ſhyp / and the ſhip was by & by at the londe whyther they went.

The daye folowynge / the people which ſtode on the other ſyde of the ſee / ſawe that ther was none other ſhyp theare / ſave yt one wherin his diſciples were entred / and that Ieſus went not in with his diſciples into the ſhip: but that his diſciples were gone awaye alone. How be it / ther came other ſhippes from Tiberias nye vnto the place / where they ate breed / when the Lorde had bleſſed. Then whē the people ſawe that Ieſus was not there nether his diſciples / they alſo toke ſhippinge & came to Caparnaum ſekinge for Ieſus.

And when they had founde him on y• other ſyde of y• ſee / they ſayd vnto him: Rabbi / whē cameſt thou hidder? Ieſus anſwered them & ſayde: verely verely I ſaye vnto you: ye ſeke me / not becauſe ye ſawe the myracles: but becauſe ye ate of the loves / & were filled. ✚ Laboure / not for y• meate which periſſheth / but for y• meate that endureth vnto everlaſtynge lyfe / whiche meate y• ſonne of mā ſhall geve vnto you. For him hath god y• father (ſealed) that is: he hat • put his marke of the holie ghooſt on him which teſtifieth with miracles what he is. ſealed.

Then ſayd they vnto him: what ſhall we do that we myght worke y• workes of God? Ieſus anſwered & ſayde vnto them. This is y• worke of God / that ye beleve on him / whō he hath ſent. They ſayde vnto him: what ſigne ſheweſt thou then / that we maye ſe & beleve the? What doeſt thou worke? Oure fathers dyd eate Manna in the deſert / as yt is writtē: He gave them breed frō heaven to eate. Ieſus ſayde vnto thē: verely▪ verely I ſaye vnto you:exo. x vj. nu. xi. • . pſ. lxx vij ſa. x vj. Moſes gave you breed frō heavē: but my father geveth you the true breed frō heavē. For the breed of God is he which cōmeth doune from heavē and geveth lyfe vnto the worlde.

Then ſayde they vnto him: Lorde / ever moore geve vs this breed. And Ieſus ſayde vntoeccle. xxiiij. them: I am that breed of life. He that cōmeth to me / ſhall not honger: & he that beleveth on me ſhall never thurſt. ✚ But I ſayed vnto you: that ye have ſene me / and yet beleve not. All that the father geveth me / ſhall come to me: & him yt cometh to me / I caſt not awaye. For I came doune frō heaven: not to do myne awne will / but his will which hath ſent me. And this is the fathers will which hath ſent me / that of all which he hath geven me / I ſhuld looſe no thinge: but ſhuld rayſe it vp agayne at the laſt daye. And this is the wyll of him y• ſent me: yt every man which ſeith y• ſonne & beleveth on him / have everlaſtinge lyfe. And I will rayſe him vp at y• laſt daye.

The Iewes then murmured at him / becauſe he ſayde: I am that breed which is come doune from heaven. And they ſayde: Is not this Ieſus y• ſonne of Ioſeph / whoſe father & mother we knowe? How ys yt then that he ſayeth / I came doune from heavē? Ieſus anſwered & ſayde vnto them. Murmur not betweneMat. xiij. youre ſelves. ✚ No man can come to me except the father which hath ſent me / drawe him. And I will rayſe him vp at the laſt daye. It is written in the Prophetes / yt they ſhall all be taught of God. Every man therfore that hath hearde and hath learned of the father commeth vnto me. Not that eny maneſa. xx vj hie. xxxj hath ſene y• father / ſave he which is of God: the ſame hath ſene the father.

Verely verely I ſaye vnto you / he that beleveth on me / hath everlaſtinge lyfe. I am that breed of lyfe. Youre fathers dyd eate Māna in y• wildernes & are deed. This is that breed which cōmeth frō heavē / yt he which eatethex. xvj. a. of it / ſhuld alſo not dye. I am that lyvinge breed which came doune from heavē. Yf eny man eate of this breed / he ſhall live forever. And the breed that I will geve / is my fleſſhe / which I will geve for the lyfe of ye worlde ⊢

And the Iewes ſtrove amōge them ſelves ſayinge: How can this felowe geve vs his fleſſhe to eate? Then Ieſus ſayde vnto them: Verely / verely I ſaye vnto you / except ye eate y• fleſſhe of ye ſonne of man / & drinke his bloube / ye ſhall not have lyfe in you. Whoſoever eateth my fleſſhe / & drinketh my bloude / hath eternall lyfe: & I will rayſe him vp at the laſt daye. ✚ For my fleſſhe is meate in dede: & my bloude is drynke in dede. He that eateth my fleſſhe & drynketh my bloude / dwelleth in me & I in him. As the lyvinge father hath ſent me / even ſo lyve I by my father: and he that eateth me / ſhall live by me. This is the breed which cam from heavē: not as youre fathers have eaten Manna and are deed. He that eateth of this breed / ſhall live ever. ⊢

Theſe thinges ſayd he in the ſynagoge as he taught in Capernaum. Many of his diſciples / when they had herde this / ſayde: this is an herde ſayinge: who can abyde the hearinge of it? Ieſus knew in him ſelfe / that his diſciples murmured at it / and ſayde vnto them: Doth this offende you? What & yf ye ſhall ſe the ſonne of man aſcēde vp where he was before? It is the ſprete that quyckeneth / the fleſſhe proffeteth nothinge. The wordes that I ſpeake vnto you / are ſprete and lyfe. But ther are ſome of you that beleve not. For Ieſus knewe from the begynnynge / which they were that beleved not / and who ſhuld betraye him. And he ſayde: Therfore ſayde I vnto you: that no man can come vnto me / except it were geven vnto him of my father.

From that tyme many of his diſciples wēt backe / and walked no moore with him. Then ſayde Ieſus to the twelve: will ye alſoo goo awaye? Then Simon Peter anſwered: Maſter to whom ſhall we goo? Thou haſte themat. xvj. wordes of eternall lyfe / and we beleve and knowe / yt thou arte Chriſt the ſonne of the lyvinge God. Ieſus anſwered them: Have not I choſen you twelve / & yet one of you is the devyll? He ſpake it of Iudas Iſcariot the ſonne of Simon. For he it was yt ſhuld betraye him / and was one of the twelve. ⊢

¶ The .vii. Chapter. ✚

AFter that / Ieſus wēt about in Galile & wolde not go about in Iewry / for the Iewes ſought to kill him. The Iewes tabernacle feaſt was at honde. His brethren therfore ſayde vnto him: get ye hence & go into Iewry yt thy diſciples maye ſe thy workes yt thou doeſt. For ther is no man yt doeth eny thinge ſecretly / and he him ſelfe ſeketh to be knowen. Yf thou do ſoche thinges / ſhewe thy ſelfe to the worlde. For as yet his brethrē beleved not in him.

Then Ieſus ſayd vnto them: My tyme is not yet come / youre tyme is all waye redy. The worlde cānot hate you. Me it hateth: becauſe I teſtify of it / that the workes of it are evyll. Go ye vp vnto this feaſt. I will not go vp yet vnto this feaſt / for my tyme is not yet full come. Theſe wordes he ſayde vnto them and abode ſtill in Galile. But aſſone as his brethren were goone vp / then went he alſo vp vnto the feaſt: not openly but as it were prevely. Then ſought him the Iewes at ye feaſt / & ſayde: Where is he? And moche murmurynge was ther of him amonge the people. Some ſayde: He is good. Mother ſayde naye / but he deceaveth the people. How be it no mā ſpake openly of him / for feare of the Iewes ⊢

✚ In ye middes of the feaſt / Ieſus went vp into the temple and taught. And the Iewes marveylled ſayinge: How knoweth he y• ſcriptures / ſeynge yt he never learned? Ieſus anſwered them / and ſayde: My doctrine is not myne: but his that ſent me. If eny man will do his He that loueth the will of god to kepe his lawe: the ſame vnderſtondeth the doctrine. Prayſe. will / he ſhall knowe of the doctrine / whether it be of God / or whether I ſpeake of my ſelfe. He that ſpeaketh of him ſelfe / ſeketh his awne prayſe. But he that ſeketh his prayſe that ſent him / the ſame is true / and no vnrighteweſnes is in him.

Dyd not Moſes geve you a lawe / & yet none of you kepeth y• lawe? Why goo ye aboute to kyll me? The people anſwered & ſayde: thou haſt the devyll: who goeth aboute to kyll the? Ieſus anſwered and ſayde to them: I have done one worke / and ye all marvayle. Moſes leu. xij. a therfore gave vnto you circumciſion: not becauſe it is of Moſes / but of the fathers.Saboth. And yet ye on the Saboth daye / circumciſe a man. If a man on the Saboth daye receave circumciſion without breakinge of the lawe of Moſes: diſdayne ye at me / becauſe I havedeu. j. c made a man every whit whoale on the ſaboth daye? Iudge not after the vtter aperaunce: but iudge rightewes iudgement.

Then ſayd ſome of them of Ieruſalem: Is not this he whō they goo aboute to kyll? Beholde he ſpeaketh boldly / and they ſaye nothinge to him. Do the rulars knowe in dede / that this is very Chriſt? How be it we knowe this man whence he is: but when Chriſt cometh / no man ſhall knowe whence he is.

Then cryed Ieſus in ye temple as he taught ſayinge: ye knowe me / and whence I am ye knowe. And yet I am not come of my ſelfe / but he yt ſent me is true / whom ye knowe not. I knowe him: for I am of him / & he hath ſent me. Then they ſought to take him: but no mā layde hondes on him / becauſe his tyme was not yet come. Many of the people beleved on him & ſayde: when Chriſt cometh / will he do moo miracles then this man hath done?

The phariſes hearde that the people murmured ſuche thinges about him. Wherfore y• phariſes and hye preſtes ſent miniſtres forthe to take him. Then ſayde Ieſus vnto thē: Yet am I a lytell whyle with you / and then goo I vnto him that ſent me. Ye ſhall ſeke me / and ſhall not fynde me: and where I am / thyther can ye not come. Then ſayde the Iewes bitwene thē ſelves: whyther will he goo / that we ſhall not fynde him? Will he goo amonge the gentyls which are ſcattered all a broade / and teache the gentyls? What maner of ſayinge is this that he ſayde: ye ſhall ſeke me / and ſhall not fynde me: and where I am / thyther can ye not come?

In the laſt daye / that great daye of the feaſte / Ieſus ſtode and cryed ſayinge: If eny man thyrſt / let him come vnto me and drinke. He that beleveth on me / as ſayeth the ſcripture / outij. pa. xvj of his belly ſhall flowe ryvers of water of lyfe. This ſpak he of the ſprete which they that beleved on him / ſhuld receave. ✚ For the holy gooſt was not yet there / becauſe that Ieſus was not yet glorifyed.

✚ Many of the people / when they hearde this ſayinge ſayd: of a truth this is a prophet Other ſayde: this is Chriſt. Some ſayde: ſhall Chriſt come out of Galile? Sayeth not themic. v. a. mat. ij. a. ſcripture that Chriſt ſhall come of the ſeed of David: & out of the toune of Bethleem where David was? So was ther diſſencion amonge the people aboute him. And ſome of them wolde have taken him: but no man layed hondes on him.

Then came ye miniſtres to ye hye preſtes & phariſes. And they ſayde vnto thē: why have ye not brought him? The ſervaūte anſwered never man ſpake as this man doeth. Then anſwered thē the phariſes: are ye alſo diſceaved?Rulers & phariſes beleve not. Doth eny of the rulers or of the phariſes beleve on him? But the comen people whiche knowe not ye lawe / are curſed. Nicodemus ſayde vnto them: He that came to Ieſus by nyght / and was one of them. Doth oure lawe iudge eny man / before it heare him / & knowe what he hath done? They anſwered & ſayde vnto him: arte thou alſo of Galile? Searche and loke / for out of Galile aryſeth no Prophet. And every man went vnto his awne houſſe. ⊢

¶ The .viii. Chapter. ✚

ANd Ieſus went vnto mounte Olivete & erly in ye mornynge came agayne in to ye temple & all the people came vnto him / & he ſate doune & taught them. And the ſcribes & y• phariſes brought vnto him a woman taken in advoutry / & ſet hyr in the myddes and ſayde vnto him: Maſter / this woman was taken in advoutry / even as the dede was a doyng. Moſes in the lawe cōmaunded vs y• ſuche ſhuld be ſtoned. What ſayeſt thou therfore?leui. xxia And this they ſayde to tempt him: that they myght have / wherof to accuſe him. Ieſus ſtouped doune / & with his fynger wrote on the grounde. And whyll they continued •• ynge him / he lyfte him ſelfe vp / & ſayde vnto them: let him yt is amōge you wt out ſynne caſt the fyrſt ſtone at her. And agayne he ſtouped doune & wrote on y• grounde. And aſſonedeu. xvij. as they hearde that / they went out one by one the eldeſt fyrſt. And Ieſus was lefte a lone / & the woman ſtondynge in yt myddes. When Ieſus had lyfte vp him ſelfe agayne / and ſawe no man but the woman / he ſayde vnto hyr. Woman / where are thoſe thyne accuſars? Hath no man condempned the? She ſayde: No man Lorde. And Ieſus ſayde: Nether do I condempne the. Goo / & ſynne no moare. ⊢

Then ſpake Ieſus agayne vnto them ſayinge: Light .j. ioh. j. b. I am the light of the worlde. He that foloweth me ſhall not walke in darcknes: but ſhall have the light of lyfe. The phariſes ſayde vnto him: thou beareſt recorde of thy ſylfe thy recorde is not true. Ieſus anſwered & ſayde vnto them: Though I beare recorde of myſelfe yet my recorde is true: for I knowe whēce I came & whyther I goo. But ye cannot tell whēce I come / & whyther I goo. Ye iudge after y• fleſſhe. I iudge noman / though I iudge yet is my iudgmēt true. For I am not alone: but I & the father that ſent me. It is alſo written in youre lawe / that the teſtimony of twodeu. xix v mathew. x viij. • ij. co. xiij. heb. x. c. men is true. I am one yt beare witnes of myſelfe / and the father that ſent me / beareth witnes of me. Then ſayde they vnto him: where is thy father? Ieſus anſwered: ye nether knowe me / nor yet my father. Yf ye had knowen me / ye ſhuld have knowen my father alſo. Theſe wordes ſpake Ieſus in the treſury / as he taught in the temple / & noman layde hondes on him / for his tyme was not yet come. ⊢

Then ſayde Ieſus agayne vnto them. ✚ I goo my waye / & ye ſhall ſeke me / & ſhallChriſt is his doctrine. rom. iij. d. dye in youre ſynnes. Whyther I goo / thyther can ye not come. Then ſayde the Iewes: will he kyll him ſelfe / becauſe he ſayth: whyther I goo / thyther can ye not come? And he ſayde vnto thē: ye are frō beneth / I am from above. Ye are of this worlde / I am not of this worlde. I ſayde therfore vnto you / that ye ſhall dye in youre ſynnes. For except ye beleve that I am he / ye ſhall dye in youre ſynnes.

Then ſayde they vnto him / who arte thou? And Ieſus ſayde vnto them: Even y• very ſame thinge y• I ſaye vnto you. I have many thinges to ſaye / & to iudge of you. But he y• ſent me is true. And I ſpeake in y• worlde / thoſe thingꝭ which I have hearde of him. They vnderſtode not that he ſpake of his father.

Then ſayde Ieſus vnto them: when ye have lyft vp an hye the ſonne of man / then ſhall ye knowe that I am he / and that I do nothinge of my ſelfe: but as my father hath taught me / even ſo I ſpeake: and he that ſent me / is with me. The father hath not lefte me alone / for I do alwayes thoſe thinges that pleaſe him. ✚ As he ſpake theſe wordes / many beleved on him.

✚ Then ſayde Ieſus to thoſe Iewes which beleved on him. If ye cōtinue in my wordes / then are ye my very diſciples / & ſhall knowe the trueth: • the trueth ſhall make you free. They anſwered him: We be Abrahams ſeede / and were never bonde to eny man: why ſayeſt thou then / ye ſhalbe made fre.

Ieſus anſwered them: verely verely I ſayerom. vj. c. ij. ye. ij. d. vnto you / that whoſoever committeth ſynne / is the ſervaunt of ſynne. And the ſervaunt abydeth not in the houſſe for ever: But ye ſonne abydeth ever. If the ſonne therfore ſhall make you fre / then are ye fre in dede. I knowe that ye are Abrahams ſeed: but ye ſeke meanes to kyll me / becauſe my ſayinges have no place in you. I ſpeake that I have ſene with my father: and ye do that which ye have ſene with youre father.

They anſwered and ſayde vnto him: Abraham is oure father. Ieſus ſayde vnto them. If ye were Abrahams chyldren / ye wolde do the dedes of Abraham. But now ye goo about io kyll me a man that have tolde you the truthe / which I have herde of god: this dyd not Abraham. Ye do the dedes of youre father.Abrahā. Then ſayde they vnto him: we were not borne of fornicacion. We have one father / which is God. Ieſus ſayde vnto them: yf God were youre father / then worlde ye love me. For I proceaded forthe and come from God. Nether came I of my ſelfe / but he ſent me. Why do ye not knowe my ſpeache? Even becauſe ye cannot abyde the hearynge of my wordes.

Ye are of youre father the devyll / and the luſtes of youre father ye will folowe. He was a murtherer from the beginnynge / and aboodej. io. iij. b. not in the trueth / becauſe ther is no trueth in him. When he ſpeaketh a lye / then ſpeakethThe devell. he of his awne. For he is a lyar / and the father therof. And becauſe I tell you ye trueth / therfore ye beleve me not.

✚ Which of you can rebuke me of ſynne? If I ſaye ye trueth / why do not ye beleve me? He that is of God / heareth goddes wordes ✚ Ye therfore heare them not / becauſe ye are not of God.

Then anſwered the Iewes and ſayde vnto him: Saye we not well that thou arte a Samaritane / and haſt the devyll? Ieſus anſwered:Thou art a Samaritane & haſt the deuell. I have not the devyll: but I honour my father / and ye have diſhonoured me. I ſeke not myne awne prayſe: but ther is one that ſeketh and iudgeth.

Verely verely I ſaye vnto you / yf a man kepe my ſayinges / he ſhall never ſe deeth. Then ſayde the Iewes to him: Now knowe we that thou haſt the devyll. Abrahā is deed / and alſo the Prophetes: and yet thou ſayeſt / yf a man kepe my ſayinge / he ſhall never taſt of deeth. Arte thou greater then oure father Abraham which is deed? and the Prophetes are deed. Whome makeſt thou thy ſelfe?

Ieſus anſwered: Yf I honoure my ſelfe / myne honoure is nothinge worth. It is my father that honoureth me / which ye ſaye / is youre God / & ye have not knowen him: but I knowe him. And yf I ſhuld ſaye / I knowe him not / I ſhuld be a lyar lyke vnto you. But I knowe him / and kepe his ſayinge.

Youre father Abraham was glad to ſe my daye / & he ſawe it & reioyſed. Then ſayde the Iewes vnto him: thou arte not yet • l. yere olde / and haſt thou ſene Abraham? Ieſus ſayd vnto them: Verely verely I ſaye vnto you: yet Abraham was / I am. Then toke they vp ſtones / to caſte at him. But Ieſus hid him ſelfe / & went out of y• temple. ⊢

¶ The .ix. Cha. ✚

ANd as Ieſus paſſed by / he ſawe a man which was blynde from his birth. And his diſciples axed him ſayinge. Maſter / who dyd ſynne: this man or his father & mother / that he was borne blynde? Ieſus anſwered: Nether hath this man ſynned / nor yet his father and mother: but that the workes of God ſhuld be ſhewed on him. I muſt worke the workes of him that ſent me / whyll it is daye. The Nyght: when the true knowledge of Chriſt / how he onlie iuſtifieth / is loſte: then can nomā worke a good worke in the ſight of god / how gloriouſe ſoeuer his workes apere nyght cometh when noman can worke. As longe as I am in the worlde / I am the lyght of the worlde.

Aſſone as he had thus ſpoken / he ſpate on the grounde & made claye of the ſpetle / & rubbed the claye on the eyes of the blynde / & ſayde vnto him: Goo weſſhe the in y• pole of Syloe / whichThe pole of Siloe. by interpretacion / ſignifieth ſent. He went his waye and waſſhed / & cam agayne ſeinge. The neghboures and they that had ſene him before how that he was a begger / ſayde: is not this he that ſate & begged? Some ſayde: this is he. Other ſayd: he is lyke him. But he him ſelfe ſayde: I am even he. They ſayde vnto him: How are thyne eyes opened then? He anſwered & ſayde. The mā that is called Ieſus / made claye / and anoynted myne eyes / and ſayd vnto me: Goo to the pole Syloe and weſſhe. I went and weſſhed & receaved my ſyght. They ſayde vnto him: where is he? He ſayde: I cannot tell.

Then brought they to ye phariſes / him that a lytell before was blynde: for it was the Saboth daye when Ieſus made the claye & opened his eyes. Then agayne the phariſes alſo ayed him how he had receaved his ſyght. He ſayde vnto thē: He put claye apon myne eyesThe ſaboth is broken. and I waſſhed / & do ſe. Then ſayde ſome of the phariſes: this man is not of God / becauſe he kepeth not the ſaboth daye. Other ſayde: how can a man y• is a ſynner / do ſuche myracles? And ther was ſtryfe amonge thē. Then ſpake they vnto the blynde agayne: What ſayſt thou of him / becauſe he hath openned thyne eyes? And he ſayd: He is a Prophet.

But the Iewes dyd not beleve of the felowe / how that he was blynde & receaved his ſyght / vntyll they had called the father and mother of him that had receaved his ſyght. And they axed thē ſaying: Is this youre ſonne / whome ye ſaye was borne blynde? How doth he now ſe then? His father & mother anſwered them & ſayde: we wote well that this is oure ſonne / and that he was borne blynde: but by what meanes he now ſeith / that can we not tell / or who hath opened his eyes / can we not tell. He is olde ynough / axe him / let him anſwer for him ſelfe. Suche wordes ſpake his father and mother / becauſe they feared the Iewes. For the Iewes had conſpyred all redy that yf eny man dyd confeſſe that he was Chriſt / he ſhuld be excommunicat out of the ſynagoge. Therfore ſayde his father and mother: he is olde ynough / axe him.

Then agayne called they the man that was blynde / and ſayd vnto him: Geve God the prayſe: we knowe that this man is a ſynner. He anſwered and ſayde: Whyther he be a ſynner or noo / I cannot tell: One thinge I am ſure of / that I was blynde / & now I ſe. Then ſayde they to him agayne. What dyd he to the? How opened he thyne eyes? He anſwered them / I tolde you yerwhyle / and ye dyd not heare. Wherfore wolde ye heare it agayne? Will ye alſo be his diſciples? Then rated they him / and ſayde: Thou arte his diſciple. We be Moſes diſciples. We are ſure that God ſpake with Moſes. This felowe we knowe not from whence he is.

The man anſwered and ſayde vnto them: this is a merveleous thinge that ye wote not whence he is / ſeinge he hath opened myne eyes. For we be ſure that God heareth not ſynners. But yf eny man be a worſhipper of God & do his will / him heareth he. Sence ye worlde beganne was it not hearde yt eny man opened the eyes of one that was borne blynd. If this man were not of God / he coulde have done no thinge. They anſwered and ſayd vnto him: thou arte altogeder borne in ſynne: & doſt thou teache vs? And they caſt him out.

Ieſus hearde that they had excommunicate him: and aſſone as he had founde him / he ſayd vnto him: doeſt thou beleve on the ſonne of God? He anſwered and ſayde: Who is it Lorde / that I myght beleve on him? And Ieſus ſayde vnto him: Thou haſt ſene him / & he it is that talketh with the. And he ſayde: Lorde I beleve: & worſhipped him. ✚ Ieſus ſayde: I am come vnto iudgement into this worlde: that they which ſe not / myght ſe / and they which ſe / myght be made blynde. And ſome of the phariſes which were with him / hearde theſe wordes & ſayde vnto him: are we then blynde? Ieſus ſayde vnto them: yf ye were blynde / ye ſhuld have no ſynne. But now ye ſaye / we ſe / therfore youre ſynne remayneth.

¶ The .x. Chapter. ✚

UErely verely I ſaye vnto you: he thatDore. entreth not in by y• dore / into the ſhepefolde / but clymeth vp ſome other waye: the ſame is a thefe & a robber. He that goeth in by ye dore / is the ſhepeherde of y• ſhepe: to him the porter openeth / and the ſhepe heare his voyce / & he calleth his awne ſhepe by name / and leadeth them out. And when he hath ſent forthe his awne ſhepe / he goeth before them / and the ſhepe folowe him: for they knowe his voyce. Aſtraunger they will not folowe / but will flye from him: for they knowe not the voyce of ſtraungers. This ſimilitude ſpake Ieſus vnto them. But they vnderſtode not what thinges they were which he ſpake vnto them.

Then ſayde Ieſus vnto them agayne. Verely verely I ſaye vnto you: I am the dore of the ſhepe. All / even as many as came before me / are theves and robbers: but the ſhepe dydChriſt is the dore. not heare them. I am the dore: by me yf eny man enter in / he ſhalbe ſafe / and ſhall goo in and out and fynde paſture. The thefe cometh not but forto ſteale / kyll and deſtroye. I am come that they myght have lyfe / and have it more aboundantly. ⊢

✚ I am ye good ſhepeheerd. The good ſhepeheerd Shepeherde. geveth his lyfe for ye ſhepe. An heyred ſervaūt / which is not ye ſhepeherd / nethereſa. xl. c. ezechie. xxxiiij. &. xxviij. ye ſhepe are his awne / ſeith the wolfe cōmynge / & leveth the ſhepe / & flyeth / and the wolfe catcheth them / & ſcattereth ye ſhepe. The heyred ſervaūt flyeth / becauſe he is an heyred ſervaunt / and careth not for the ſhepe. I am that good ſhepeheerd / & knowe myne / & am knowē of myne. As my father knoweth me: even ſo knowe I my father. And I geve my lyfe forezechiel. xxvij. the ſhepe: and other ſhepe I have / which are not of this folde. Them alſo muſt I bringe / that they maye heare my voyce / and that ther maye be one flocke and one ſhepeherde.

Therfore doth my father love me / becauſe I put my lyfe from me / that I myght take▪it agayne. No man taketh it from me: but I put it awaye of my ſelfe. I have power to put it from me / and have power to take it agayne: This cōmaundment have I receaved of my father. And ther was a diſſencion agayne amō ge the Iewes for theſe ſayinges / and many of them ſayd. He hath the devyll / and is mad: why heare ye him? Other ſayde / theſe are not the wordes of him that hath the devyll. Can the devyll open the eyes of the blynde?

✚ And it was at Ieruſalem ye feaſte of the dedicacion / & it was wynter: and Ieſus walked in Salomons porche. Then came the Iewesj. macha. iiij. rounde aboute him / and ſayde vnto him: How longe doſt thou make vs doute? Yf thou be Chriſt / tell vs playnly. Ieſus anſwered them: I tolde you and ye beleve not. The workes yt I do in my fathers name they beare witnes of me. But ye beleve not / becauſe ye are not of my ſhepe. As I ſayde vnto you: my ſhepe heare my voyce / & I knowe them / & they folowe me / & I geve vnto thē eternall lyfe / & they ſhall never periſſhe / nether ſhall eny man plucke thē oute of my honde. My father which gave thē me / is greatter then all / and no man is able to take them out of my fathers honde. And I and my father are one.

Then the Iewes agayne toke vp ſtones / to ſtone him with all. Ieſus anſwered them: many good workes have I ſhewed you from my father: for which of them will ye ſtone me? The Iewes anſwered him ſayinge. For thy good workes ſake we ſtone ye not: but for thy blaſphemy / and becauſe that thou beinge aeſa. xliiij man / makeſt thy ſelfe God. Ieſus anſwered them: Is it not written in youre lawe: I ſaye / ye are goddes? If he called thē goddes vnto whom the worde of God was ſpoken (& thepſa. lxxxj ſcripture can not be broken) ſaye ye then to him / whom the father hath ſainctified / & ſent into the worlde / thou blaſphemeſt / becauſe I ſayd I am the ſonne of God? If I do not the workes of my father / beleve me not. But if I do though ye beleve not me / yet beleve the workes / that ye maye knowe and beleve that the father is in me / and I in him. ⊢

Agayne they went aboute to take him: but he eſcaped out of their hondes / & went awaye agayne beyonde Iordan / into the place where Iohn before had baptiſed / and there aboode. And many reſorted vnto him / and ſayd. Iohn dyd no miracle: but all thinges that Iohn ſpake of this man are true. And many beleved on him theare.

¶ The .xi. Chap. ✚

A Certayne man was ſicke / named Lazarus of Bethania the toune of Mary & her ſiſter Martha. It was that Mary which annoynted Ieſus with oyntment / andLazarus. wyped his fete with her heere / whoſe brother Lazarus was ſicke / and his ſiſters ſent vnto him ſayinge. Lorde behold / he whom thou loveſt / is ſicke. When Ieſus hearde yt / he ſayd: this infirmite is not vnto deth / but for y• laude of God / that the ſonne of God myght be prayſed by the reaſon of it. Ieſus loved Martha and her ſiſter and Lazarus. After he hearde / that he was ſicke / then aboode he two dayes ſtill in the ſame place where he was.

Then after that ſayd he to his diſciples: let vs goo into Iewry agayne. His diſciples ſayde vnto him. Maſter / the Iewes lately ſought meanes to ſtone the / & wilt thou goo thyther agayne? Ieſus anſwered: are ther not twelve houres in ye daye? Yf a man walke in ye daye / he ſtombleth not / becauſe he ſeith the lyght of this worlde. But yf a mā walke in ye nyght / he ſtombleth / becauſe ther is no lyght in him. This ſayde he / & after y• / he ſayde vnto thē: oure frende Lazarus ſlepeth / but I goo to wake him out of ſlepe. Then ſayde his diſciples: Lorde yf he ſlepe / he ſhall do well ynough. How be it Ieſus ſpake of his deeth: but they thought yt he had ſpokē of ye naturall ſlepe. Then ſayde Ieſus vnto thē playnly / Lazarus is deed / & I am glad for youre ſakes / yt I was not there / becauſe ye maye beleve. Nevertheleſſe let vs go vnto him. Then ſayde Thomas which is called Dydimus / vnto ye diſciples: let vs alſo goo / that we maye dye wt him

Then went Ieſus / and founde / that he had lyne in his grave foure dayes already. Bethanie was nye vnto Ieruſalem / aboute .xv. furlonges of / and many of the Iewes were come to Martha and Mary / to comforte them over their brother. Martha aſſone as ſhe hearde yt Ieſus was comynge / went and met him: but Mary ſate ſtill in the houſſe.

✚ Then ſayde Martha vnto Ieſus: Lorde yf thou haddeſt bene here / my brother had not bene deed: but nevertheleſſe / I knewe that whatſoever thou axeſt of God / God will geve it the. Ieſus ſayde vnto her: Thy brother ſhall ryſe agayne. Martha ſayde vnto him: I knowe that he ſhall ryſe agayne in thereſurreccion at the laſt daye. Ieſus ſayde vnto her: I am the reſurreccion & the lyfe: He that beleveth on me / ye though he were deed / yet ſhall he lyve. And whoſoever lyveth and beleveth on me / ſhall never dye. Beleveſt thou this? She ſayde vnto him: ye Lorde / I beleve that thou arte Chriſt the ſonne of god which ſhuld come into the worlde. ⊢

And aſſone as ſhe had ſo ſayde / ſhe went her waye and called Marie her ſiſter ſecretly ſayinge: The maſter is come & calleth for the And ſhe aſſone as ſhe hearde that / aroſe quickly / and came vnto him. Ieſus was not yet come into the toune: but was in the place where Martha met him. The Iewes then which were with her in the houſſe and comforted her / when they ſawe Mary that ſhe roſe vp haſtely / and went out / folowed her / ſaying: She goeth vnto the grave / to wepe there.

Then when Mary was come where Ieſus was / & ſawe him / ſhe fell donne at his fete / ſayinge vnto him: Lorde yf thou haddeſt bene here / my brother had not bene deed. When Ieſus ſawe her wepe / & y• Iewes alſo wepe / which came wt her / he groned in y• ſprete / & was troubled in him ſelfe & ſayde: Where have ye layed him? They ſayde vnto him: Lorde come & ſe. And Ieſus wept. Then ſayde the Iewes: Beholde howe he loved him. And ſome of thē ſayde: coulde not he which openned the eyes of the blynde / have made alſo / that this man ſhuld not have dyed? Ieſus agayne groned in him ſelfe / & came to the grave. It was a caue / & a ſtone layde on it.

And Ieſus ſayd: take ye awaye the ſtone. Martha the ſiſter of him that was deed / ſayd vnto him: Lorde by this tyme he ſtinketh. For he hath bene deed foure dayes: Ieſus ſayde vnto her: Sayde I not vnto the / ye if thou dideſt beleve / thou ſhuldeſt ſe ye glory of God. Then they take awaye y• ſtone from ye place where the deed was layde. And Ieſus lyfte vp his eyes & ſayde: Father I thanke the becauſe that thou haſt hearde me. I wot that thou heareſt me all wayes: but becauſe of the people that ſtonde by I ſayde it / yt they maye beleve / that thou haſt ſent me.

And when he thus had ſpoken / he cryed wt a loud voyce. Lazarus come forthe. And he that was deed / came forth / bounde hand & fote with grave bondes / & his face was bounde with a napkin. Ieſus ſayde vnto thē: loowſe him / and let him goo. Then many of the Iewes which came to Mary / & had ſene the thinges which Ieſus dyd / beleved on him. But ſome of them went their wayes to the Phariſes / & tolde them what Ieſus had done.

Then gadered the hye preſtes & the Phariſes a counſell & ſayde: what do we? This mā doeth many miracles Yf we let him ſcape thus / all men will beleve on him / & ye Romaynes ſhall come & take awaye oure countre & the people. And one of them named Cayphas which was the hiepreſt y• ſame yeare / ſayde vnto them: Ye perceave nothinge at all nor yet conſider that it is expedient for vs / that one man dye for the people / & not that all the people periſſhe. This ſpake he not of him ſelfe / but beinge hye preſte that ſame yeare / he propheſied that Ieſus ſhulde dye for the people / and not for the people only / but that he ſhuld gader to geder in one the chyldren of God which were ſcattered abroode. From that daye forth they held a counſell to geder / for to put him to deeth.

Ieſus therfore walked no more opēly amō ge the Iewes: but wēt his waye thence vnto a coūtre nye to a wildernes / into a cite called Ephraim / & there haūted with his diſciples. And the Iewes eſter was nye at hand / & many went out of the countre vp to Ieruſalem before the eſter / to purify them ſelves. Then ſought they for Ieſus / and ſpake bitwene thē ſelves as they ſtode in the tēple: What thinke ye / ſeynge he cōmeth not to the feaſt. The hye preſtes & Phariſes had geven a cōmaundemēt / that yf eny man knew where he were / he ſhuld ſhewe it / that they myght take him.

¶ The .xii. Chapter. ✚

THen Ieſus ſixe dayes before eſter / came to Bethany where Lazarus was / mathew .xxvj. mar. xiiij which was deed & whō Ieſus rayſed from deeth. There they made him a ſupper / and Martha ſerved: but Lazarus was one of them that ſate at the table with him. Then toke Mary a pounde of oyntmēt called Nardus / perfecte and precious / & anoynted Ieſus fete / and wipt his fete with her heer / and theMarie. houſſe was filled of the ſavre of the oyntmēt. Then ſayde one of his diſciples named Iudas Iſcariot Simōs ſonne / which afterwarde betrayed him: why was not this oyntmēt ſolde for thre hondred pence / and gevē to the poore? This ſayde he / not that he cared for the pooer: but becauſe he was a thefe / & kept the bagge / and bare that which was geven. Then ſayde Ieſus: Let her alone / agaynſt the daye of my buryinge ſhe kept it. The poore all wayes ſhall ye have with you / but me ſhall ye not all wayes have.

Moche people of the Iewes had knowledge that he was there. And they came not for Ieſus ſake only / but yt they myght ſe Lazarus alſo whom he rayſed from deeth. The hye preſtes therfore held a counſell that they myght put Lazarus to deeth alſo / becauſe that for his ſake many of the Iewes went awaye / and beleved on Ieſus.

On the morowe / moche people that were come to the feaſt / when they hearde yt Ieſus ſhuld come to Ieruſalem / toke braunches of palme trees and went and met him / & cryed:Hoſ anna. Hoſanna / bleſſed is he that in the name of the Lorde / commeth kynge of Iſrael. And Ieſus got a yonge aſſe and ſate therō / accordinge tomat. xxi. mar. xiiij luc. xix. f zach. ix. b that which was writtē: feare not doughter of Siō / beholde thy kynge cōmeth ſittinge on an aſſes coolte. Theſe thinges vnderſtode not his diſciples at ye fyrſt: but when Ieſus was gloryfied / then remembryd they that ſoche thinges were written of him / and that ſoche thinges they had done vnto him.

The people that was with him / when he called Lazarus out of his grave / & rayſed him from deeth / bare recorde. Therfore met him the people / becauſe they hearde yt he had done ſoche a myracle. The Phariſes therfore ſayde amonge them ſelves: perceave ye how we prevayle no thinge? beholde the worlde goth awaye after him.

Ther were certayne Grekes amōge them / that came to praye at the feaſt: the ſame cam to Philip which was of Bethſayda a cyte in Galile / & deſired him ſayinge: Syr we wolde fayne ſe Ieſus. Philip came & tolde Andrew. And agayne Andrew & Philip tolde Ieſus. And Ieſus anſwered them ſayinge: the houre is come y• the ſonne of mā muſt be glorified.

✚ Derely verely▪ I ſaye vnto you / except ye wheate corne fall into the grounde and dye / it bydeth alone. Yf it dye / it brengeth forth mochemar. x. d. and .xvj. mar. viij. frute. He that loveth his lyfe ſhall deſtroye it: & he y• hateth his lyfe in this worlde ſhall kepe it vnto lyfe eternall. If eny man myniſter vnto me / let him folowe me / & where I am there ſhall alſo my miniſter be. Andluc. i • . c. • . xvij. g yf eny man miniſter vnto me / him will my father honoure. ⊢

Now is my ſoule troubled / & what ſhall I ſaye? Father delyver me from this houre: but therfore came I vnto this houre. Father glorify thy name. Then came ther a voyce frō heaven: I have glorified it / & will glorify it agayne. Then ſayd the people y• ſtode by & hearde: it thoundreth. Other ſayde an angell ſpake to him. Ieſus anſwered and ſayde: this voyce cam not becauſe of me / but for youre ſakes.

✚ Now is the iudgement of this worlde: now ſhall y• prince of this worlde be caſt out. And I / yf I were lifte vp from the erthe / will drawe all men vnto me. This ſayde Ieſus / pſal. cix. b. & cxvj a. • ſa. xlc Eze ••• iel xxxij. ſignifyinge what deeth he ſhuld dye. The people anſwered him: We have hearde of y• lawe y• Chriſt bydeth ever: & how ſayeſt thou then that the ſonne of man muſt be lefte vp? who is yt ſonne of mā? Then Ieſus ſayde vn to them: yet a lytell whyle is the light wt you.Light. Darckenes. Walke whill ye have light / leſt the darcknes come on you. He that walketh in the darke / wotteth not whither he goeth. Whyll ye have light / beleve on the light / that ye maye be the chyldren of light. ✚

Theſe thinges ſpake Ieſus and departed / eſa. liij. a. tom. x. d. eſa. vj. c. mar. xiij. mar. iiij. b luc. viij. b actu. xxviij. rom. xj. b & hyd him ſilfe frō them. And though he had done ſo many myracles before them / yet beleved not they on him / yt the ſayinge of Eſayas the Prophet myght be fulfilled / yt he ſpake. Lorde who ſhall beleve oure ſayinge? And to whom ys the arme of ye Lorde opened? Therfore coulde they not beleve / becauſe y• Eſaias ſayth agayne: he hath blinded their eyes and hardened their hertes / that they ſhuld not ſe with their eyes & vnderſtonde with their hertes / & ſhuld be converted / & I ſhuld heale thē. Soche thinges ſayde Eſaias when he ſawe his glory & ſpake of him. Nevertheleſſe amō ge ye chefe rulers many beleved on him. But becauſe of the phariſes they wolde not be a knowen of it / leſt they ſhuld be excommunicate. For they loved the prayſe yt is geven of men / more then the prayſe that cōmeth of God.

And Ieſus cryed & ſayde: he that beleveth on me / beleveth not on me / but on him yt ſent me. And he that ſeeth me / ſeeth him that ſent me. ✚ I am come a light into the worlde / thatLight. whoſoever beleveth on me / ſhuld not byde in darcknes. And yf eny man heare my wordes & beleve not / I iudge him not. For I came not to iudge the worlde: but to ſave ye worlde. He that refuſeth me & receaveth not my wordes / hath one that iudgeth him. The wordes that I have ſpoken / they ſhall iudge him in ye laſt daye. For I have not ſpoken of my ſelfe: but the father which ſent me / he gave me a commaundemēt what I ſhuld ſaye / and what I ſhuld ſpeake. And I knowe that this cōmaundement is lyfe everlaſtinge. Whatſoever I ſpeake therfore / evē as the father bade me / ſo I ſpeake. ⊢

¶ The .xiii. Chapter. ✚

BEfore the feaſt of eſter whē Ieſus knewe that his houre was come / that he ſhuld departe out of this worlde vntomathew .xxvj. a. lu. xxxij mar. xiiij the father. When he loved his which were in the worlde / vnto the ende he loved thē. And when ſupper was ended / after that the devyll had put in the hert of Iudas Iſcariot Simōs ſonne / to betraye him: Ieſus knowinge that the father had gevē all thinges into his hondes. And that he was come from God and went to God / he roſe from ſupper / and laydeIeſus waſſheth his diſciples fete. a ſyde his vpper garmentes / & toke a towell / and gyrd him ſelfe. After that poured he water into a baſyn / and beganne to waſh his diſciples fete / & to wype them with the towell / wherwith he was gyrde.

Then came he to Simon Peter. And Peter ſayde to him: Lorde ſhalt thou weſſhe my fete? Ieſus anſwered & ſayde vnto him: what I do / thou woteſt not now / but thou ſhalt knowe herafter. Peter ſayd vnto him: thou ſhalt not weſſhe my fete whill y• worlde ſtondeth. Ieſus anſwered him: yf I waſſhe y• not / thou ſhalt have no part with me. Simon Peter ſayde vnto him: Lorde / not my fete only: but alſo my handes & my heed. Ieſus ſayde to him: he that is weſſhed / nedeth not ſave to weſſhe his fete / & is clene every whit. And ye are clene: but not all. For he knewe his betrayer. Therfore ſayde he: ye are not all clene.

After he had weſſhed their fete / & receaved his clothes / & was ſet doune agayne / he ſayde vnto them? wot ye what I have done to you? Ye call me maſter & Lorde / & ye ſaye well / formar. x. • . luce. vj. f ſo am I. If I then youre Lorde and maſter have weſſhed youre fete / ye alſo ought to weſſhe one anothers fete. For I have geven you an enſample / that ye ſhuld do as I have done to you. Derely verely I ſaye vnto you / the ſervaunt is not greater then his maſter / nether the meſſenger greater then he that ſent him.

If ye vnderſtonde theſe thingꝭ / happy are ye yf ye do them. I ſpeake not of you all / I knowe whom I have choſen. But that y• ſcripture be fulfilled: he that eateth breed wt me / pſal. xl. c hath lyfte vp his hele agaynſte me. Now tell I you before it come: that when it is come to paſſe / ye might beleve that I am he. Verely verelymat. x. d. luc. x. c. I ſaye vnto you. He that receaveth whō ſoever I ſende / receaveth me. And he that receaveth me / receaveth him that ſent me.

When Ieſus had thus ſayd / he was troubled in the ſprete / & teſtified ſayinge: verely verely I ſaye vnto you / that one of you ſhall betraye me. And then the diſciples loked onemathew .xxvj. b. mar. xiiij lu. xxij. b on another doutinge of whō he ſpake. Ther was one of his diſciples / which leaned on Ieſus boſome / whom Ieſus loved. To him beckened Simō Peter that he ſhuld axe who it was of whom he ſpake. He then as he leaned on Ieſus breſt / ſayde vnto him: Lorde who ys it? Ieſus anſwered / he yt ys to whom I geve a ſoppe / when I have dept it. And he wet a ſoppe / and gave it to Iudas Iſcarioth Simons ſonne. And after the ſoppe / Satan entred into him.

Then ſayd Ieſus vnto him: that thou doſt / do quickly. That wiſt no mā at the table / for what intent he ſpake vnto him. Some of thē thought / becauſe Iudas had the bagge / that Ieſus had ſayd vnto him / bye thoſe thinges that we have nede af agaynſt ye feaſt: or that he ſhulde geve ſome thinge to the poore. Aſſone then as he had receaved the ſoppe / he wēt immediatly out. And it was night. Whē he was gone out / Ieſus ſayde: now is the ſonne of man glorified. And God is glorified by him. Yf God be glorified by him / God ſhall alſo glorify him / in him ſelfe: & ſhall ſtrayght waye glorify him.

✚ Deare chyldren / yet a lytell whyle am I with you. Ye ſhall ſeke me / & as I ſayde vnto the Iewes / whither I goo / thither can ye not come. Alſo to you ſaye I nowe. A newe commaundmentNew cō maundement. j. io. ij. b. geve I vnto you / that ye love to gedder / as I have loved you / that even ſo ye love one another. By this Chriſtes diſciple is knowen. mathew .xxvj. mar. xiiij luc. xxij. ſhall all mē knowe yt ye are my diſciples / yf ye ſhall have love one to another. Simon Peter ſayd vnto him: Lorde whither goeſt thou? Ieſus anſwered him: whither I goo thou canſt not folowe me now / but thou ſhalt folowe me afterwardes. Peter ſayd vnto him: Lorde / why cānot I folowe the now? I will geve my lyfe for thy ſake? Ieſus anſwered him: wilt thou geve thy lyfe for my ſake? Verely verely I ſaye vnto the / the cocke ſhall not crowe / tyll thou have denyed me thryſe.

¶ The .xiiii. Chapter. ✚

ANd he ſayd vnto his diſciples: Let not youre herte be troubled. Beleve in god & beleve in me. In my fathers houſſe are many manſions. If it were not ſo / I wolde have tolde you. I go to prepare a place for you. And yf I go to prepare a place for you / I will come agayne / & receave you evē vnto my ſelfe / yt where I am / there maye ye be alſo. And whither I go ye knowe / & ye waye ye knowe.

Thomas ſayde vnto him: Lorde we knowe not whyther thou goeſt. Alſo how is it poſſible for vs to knowe the waye? Ieſus ſayd vnto him: I am ye waye / ye truthe & ye life. And no man cōmeth vnto the father / but by me. Yf ye had knowē me / ye had knowē my father alſo. And now ye knowe him / & have ſene him.

Philip ſayd vnto him: Lorde ſhew vs the father / and it ſuffiſeth vs. Ieſus ſayde vnto him: have I bene ſo longe tyme we you: & yet haſt thou not knowen me? Philip / he yt hath ſene me / hath ſene ye father. And how ſayeſt thou then: ſhew vs the father? Beleveſt thou not that I am in ye father / & the father in me? The wordes that I ſpeake vnto you / I ſpeakee not of my ſelfe: but ye father that dwelleth in me / is he that doeth ye workes. Beleve me / that I am the father & ye father in me. At the leeſt beleve me for the very workes ſake.

Verely verely I ſaye vnto you: he that beleveth on me / the workes that I doo / the ſame ſhall he do / & greater workes then theſe ſhall he do / becauſe I go vnto my father. And whatA promiſe mat. vij. a mar. xi. c * By the kepynge the commaundementes is a mankno men that beloueth God ſoever ye axe in my name / yt will I do / y• the father might be glorified by the ſonne. Yf ye ſhall axe eny thīge in my name / I will do it ⊢

✚ If ye love me kepe my * cōmaundementes / & I will praye the father / & he ſhall geve you another comforter / y• he maye byde with you ever / which is the ſprete of truthe whome the worlde cānot receave / becauſe the worlde ſeyth him not / nether knoweth h • m. But ye knowe him. For he dwelleth with you / and ſhalbe in you. I will not leave you comfort. leſſe: but will come vnto you.

Yet a litell whyle and the worlde ſeith me no moare▪ but ye ſhall ſe me. For I live / & ye ſhall live. That daye ſhall ye knowe that I am in my father / & you in me / & I in you.

He that hath my cōmaundemētes & kepethWho loueth chriſt them / the ſame is he that lov • th me. And he yt loveth me / ſhalbe loved of my father: & I will love him / and will ſhewe myne awne ſelfe vnto him. Iudas ſayde vnto him (not Iudas I ſcarioth) Lorde what is the cauſe▪ that thou wilt ſhewe thy ſelfe vnto vs / & not vnto the worlde? Ieſus anſwered and ſayde vnto him: yf a man love me and wyll kepe my ſayinges / my father alſo will love him▪ & w • will come vnto him / and will dwelle with him. He thatWho kepeth chriſtes ſayenges. loveth me not / kepeth not my ſayinges. And the wordes which ye heare / are not myne / but the fathers which ſent me.

This have I ſpoken vnto you beynge yet preſent with you. But that cōforter which is the holy goſt (whom my father will ſende in my name) he ſhall teache you all thing • / and bringe all thinges to youre remembraunce whatſoever I have tolde you.

Peace I leve with you / my peace I geve vntoPeace you. Not as the worlde geveth / geve I vnto you. Let not youre hertes be greved / nether feare ye. Ye have hearde how I ſayde vnto you: I go & come agayne vnto you. If ye loved me / ye wolde verely reioyce / becauſe I ſayde / I go vnto ye father. For ye father is greater then I. And now have I ſhewed you / before it come / yt whē it is come to paſſe / ye might beleve.

Here after will I not talke many mordes vnto you. For the rular of this worlde commeth / & hath nought in me. But that the worlde maye knowe that I love the father: therfore as the father gave me cōmaundment / even ſo do I. ✚ Ryſe let vs go hence.

¶ The .xv. Chapter. ✚

I Am the true vyne / and my father ys an huſbande man. Every braunche that beareth not frute in me / he will takeVyne. awaye. And every braunche that beareth frute / will he pourge / yt it maye bringe moare frute. Now are ye cleane thorow y• wordes which I have ſpokē vnto you. Byde in me / & let me byde in you. As y• braunche cānot beare frute of it ſylfe / excepte it byde in the vyne: no more can ye / excepte ye abyde in me.

I am the vyne / & ye are the braunches. He that abydeth in me / & I in him / the ſame bringeth forth moche frute. For with out me can ye do nothinge. Yf a man byde not in me / hemat. xxj. j. io. iij. d. ys caſt forthe as a braunche / & is wyddered: & men gadder it / and caſt it into the fyre / and it burneth. Yf ye byde in me / and my wordes alſo byde in you: axe what ye will / & it ſhalbeCovenaunt. done to you ✚. Heare in is my father glorified / that ye beare moche frute / and be made my diſciples.

As the father hath loved me / evē ſo have I leved you. Continue in my love. Yf ye ſhall kepe To kepe the lawe maketh vs contynew in the loue & fauoure of Chriſt. ephe. v. a i. theſ. iiij j. io. iij. b. and .iiij. d my cōmaūdemētes / ye ſhall byde in my love / evē as I have kept my fathers cōmaundementes / & byde in his love. Theſe thinges have I ſpoken vnto you / yt my ioye myght remayne in you / & that youre ioye might be full. ✚ This is my commaundement / that ye love togedder as I have loved you. Gretter love then this hath no man / then that a man beſtowe his lyfe for his frendes. Ye are my frē des / yf ye do whatſoever I commaunde you. Hence forth call I you not ſervauntes: for the ſervaunt knoweth not what his Lorde doeth. But you have I called frendes: for all thinges that I have hearde of my father / I have opened to you.

Ye have not choſen me / but I have choſen you & ordeyned you / that ye go & bringe forthe frute / & that youre frute remayne / that whatſoever ye ſhall axe of the father in my name / he ſhulde geve it you. ⊢

✚ This cōmaunde I you / that ye love togedder. Yf y• worlde hate you / ye knowe thatj. io. iij. d. and .iiij. d. he hated me before he hated you. Yf ye were of the worlde / y• worlde wolde love his awne. How be it becauſe ye are not of ye worlde / but I have choſen you out of the worlde / therfore hateth you the worlde. Remember the ſayinge that I ſayde vnto you: the ſervaūte is not greater then his lorde. Yf they have perſecuted me / ſo will they perſecute you Yf they haveMar. x. c. Mathew .xxiij. kept my ſayinge / ſo will they kepe youres.

But all theſe thingꝭ will they do vnto you 〈1 page duplicate〉〈1 page duplicate〉 for my names ſake / becauſe they have not knowen him that ſent me. If I had not come and ſpoken vnto them / they ſhulde not have had ſynne: but now have they nothinge to cloke their ſynne with all. He that hateth me / hateth my father. If I had not done workes amōge thē which none other mā dyd they had not had ſynne. But now have they ſene / & yet have hated bothe me ▪ my father: evē that the ſavinge myght be fulfilled that is written inpſ •• . xxiii • . theyr lawe: they hated me wtout a cauſe. ⊢

✚ But when the comforter is come / whom I will ſende vnto you frō the father / which is the ſprete of truthe / which proceadeth of the father / he ſhall teſtifie of me. And yeluke .xxiiii. g ſhall beare witnes alſo / becauſe ye have bene with me from the begynninge.

¶ The. • vi. Chapter.

THeſe thinges have I ſayde vnto you / mathew .xxiiij. becauſe ye ſhuld not be offended. They ſhall excōmunicat you: ye ye tyme ſhall come / that whoſoever killeth you / will thinke that he doth God ſervice. And ſuche thinges will they do vnto you / becauſe they have not knowen the father nether yet me. But theſe thinges have I tolde you / that when that houre is come / ye myght remember them / that I tolde you ſo. ✚ Theſe thinges ſayde I not vnto you at the begynninge / becauſe I was preſent with you.

✚ But now I goo my waye to him that ſent me / and none of you axeth me: whither goeſt thou? But becauſe I have ſayde ſuche thinges vnto you / youre hertes are full of ſorowe. Nevertheleſſe I tell you the trueth / it is expedient for you that I goo awaye. For yf I goo not awaye / that comforter will not come vnto you. But yf I departe / I will ſende him vnto you. And when he is come / he will rebuke ye worlde of ſynne / and of rightweſnes / and of iudgement. Of ſynne / becauseSynne. they beleve not on me: Of rightweſnes becauſeRighteouſnes Iudgement I go to my father / and ye ſhall ſe me no moare: and of iudgement / becauſe the chefe ruler of this worlde / is iudged all ready.

I have yet many thingꝭ to ſaye vnto you: but ye cānot beare them awaye now. How be it when he is come (I meane the ſprete of truthe) he will leade you into all trueth. He ſhall not ſpeake of him ſelfe: but whatſoever he ſhall heare / that ſhall he ſpeake / and he will ſhewe you thinges to come. He ſhall glorify me / for he ſhall receave of myne & ſhall ſhewe vnto you. All thinges that ye father hath aremyne. Therfore ſayd I vnto you / that he ſhall take of myne and ſhewe vnto you. ⊢

✚ After a whyle ye ſhall not ſe me / & agayne after a whyle ye ſhall ſe me: For I goo to the father. Then ſayd ſome of his diſciples bitwene them ſelves: what is this yt he ſayth vnto vs / after a whyle ye ſhall 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 cānot tell what he ſayth. Ieſus perceaved / yt they wolde axe him / and ſayd vnto them: This is 〈1 page duplicate〉〈1 page duplicate〉 it that ye enquyre of bitwene youre ſelves / that I ſayd / after a whyle ye ſhall not ſe me / & agayne after a whyle ye ſhall ſe me. Verely verely I ſaye vnto you: ye ſhall wepe & lamēt & the worlde ſhall reioyce. Ye ſhall ſorowe: but youre ſorowe ſhalbe tourned to ioye.

A woman when ſhe traveyleth hath ſorowe / becauſe her houre is come: but aſſone as ſhe is delivered of the chylde / ſhe remembreth no moare the anguyſſhe / for ioye that a man is borne in to the worlde. And ye now are in ſorowe: but I will ſe you agayne / and youre hertes ſhall reioyce / & youre ioye ſhall no mā take frō you. ✚ And in that daye ſhall ye axe me no queſtion. ✚ Verely verely I ſaye vnto you / whatſoever ye ſhall axe the father in mymat. vii. a and. xxj c mar. xj. c ſu. xi. d. •• co. i. a. name / he will geve it you. Hitherto have ye axed nothinge in my name. Axe and ye ſhall receave it: that youre ioye maye be full.

Theſe thinges have I ſpoken vnto you in Promiſe. proverbes. The tyme will come when I ſhall no moare ſpeake to you in proverbes: but I ſhall ſhewe you playnly from my father. At that daye ſhall ye axe in myne name. And I ſaye not vnto you that I will ſpeake vnto my father for you. For ye father him ſelfe loveth you / becauſe ye have loved me / and have beleved that I came out from God. I went out from the father / and came into the worlde: & I leve the worlde agayne / and go to ye father.

His diſciples ſayd vnto him: loo now ſpeakeſt thou playnly / & thou vſeſt no proverbe. Nowe knowe we that thou vnderſtondeſt all thinges / & nedeſt not yt eny man ſhuld axe the eny queſtion. Therfore beleve we that thou camſt frō god. ✚ Ieſus anſwered them: Now ye do beleve. Beholde ye houre draweth nye / mathew .xxvj. mar. xiiij & is already come / yt ye ſhalbe ſcatered every man his wayes / & ſhall leave me alone. And yet am I not alone. For ye father is with me.

Theſe wordes have I ſpokē vnto you / y• in me ye might have peace. For in ye worlde ſhall ye have tribulaciō: but be of good cheare / I have over come the worlde.

¶ The .xvii. Chapter. ✚

THeſe wordes ſpake Ieſus and lyfte vp his eyes to heven / and ſayde: father the houre is come: glorify thy ſonne / that thy ſonne maye glorify the: as thou haſt gevē him power over all fleſhe / that he ſhuld geve eternall lyfe to as many as thou haſtEternall lyfe. geven him. This is lyfe eternall / that they myght knowe the that only very God / and whom thou haſt ſent Ieſus Chriſt.

I have glorified ye on the erth. I have fynyſſhed ye worke which thou gaveſt me to do. And now glorify me thou father wt thyn awne ſelfe / with the glory which I had with ye yerre ye worlde was. I have declared thy name vnto ye men which thou gaveſt me out of the worlde. Thyne they were / & thou gaveſt them me / and they have kept thy ſayinges. Now they knowe that all thinges whatſoever thou haſt geven me / are of the. For I have geven vnto them the wordes which thou gaveſt me / & they have receaved them / & knowe ſurely that I came out from the: and doo beleve that thou dyddeſt ſend me.

I praye for them / & praye not for the worlde: but for thē which thou haſt gevē me / for they are thyne. And all myne are thyne / & thyne are myne / & I am glorified in thē. And now am▪ I no moare in the worlde / but they are in the worlde / & I come to ye. ✚ ✚ Wholy father kepe in thyne awne name / thē which thou haſt geven me / that they maye be one / a • we are. Whyll I was with thē in ye worlde / I kepte thē in thy name. Thoſe y• thou gaveſt me / have I kepte / & none of thē is loſt / but that loſtpſal. c. viij. b. chylde / that the ſcripture myght be fulfilled.

Now come I to the / and theſe wordes ſpeake I in the worlde / that they myght have my ioye full in thē. I have geven them thy wordes / and the worlde hath hated them / becauſe they are not of the worlde / even as I am not of the worlde. I deſyre not that thou ſhuldeſt take thē out of the worlde: but that thou kepe them from evyll. ✚ They are not of the worlde / as I am not of the worlde. Sanctify thē wt thy truth. Thy ſayinge is truth. As thou dyddeſt ſend me into the worlde / even ſo have I ſent them into the worlde / and for their ſakes ſanctify I my ſelfe / that they alſo myght be ſanctified thorowe the trueth.

I praye not for them alone: but for them alſo which ſhall beleve on me thorowe their preachynge / that they all maye be one / as thou father arte in me / & I in the / that they maye be alſo one in vs / that the worlde maye beleve that thou haſt ſent me. And that glory that thou gaveſt me / I have geven them / that they maye be one / as we are wone. I in them and thou in me / that they maye be made perfecte in one / and that the worlde maye knowe that thou haſt ſent me / & haſt loved them / as thou haſt loved me.

Father / I will that they which thou haſt geven me / be with me where I am that they maye ſe my glory which thou haſt geven me. For thou lovedeſt me before the makynge of the worlde. O ryghteous father / ye very worlde hath not knowen the: but I have knowen the / & theſe have knowen that thou haſt ſent me. And I have declared vnto them thy name / and will declare it / that the love wher wt thou haſt loved me / be in them / and that I be in them.

¶ The .xviii. Chapter. ✚

VVhen Ieſus had ſpoken theſe wordes / he mathew xxvj .c. mar. xiiij. c. luke .xxij. d. wēt forth with his diſciples over the broke Cedron / where was a garden / into the which he entred with his diſciples. Iudas alſo which betr • yed him / knewe the place: for Ieſus ofte tymes reſorted thyther with his diſciples. Iudas then aftermathew xxvj. c. marke .xiiij. c. lu. xxij. c he had receaved abonde of men / and miniſtres of the hye Preſtes and Phariſes / came thyther with lanterns and fy • rbrondes and wepens. Then Ieſus knowynge all thinges that ſhuld come on him / went forth and ſayde vnto them: whom ſeke ye? They anſwered him: Ieſus of Nazareth. Ieſus ſayde vnto them: I am he.

Iudas alſo which betrayed him / ſtode with them. But aſſone as he had ſayd vnto them / I am he they went backe wardes & fell to the grounde. And he axed thē agayne: whome ſeke ye? They ſayde: Ieſus of Nazareth. Ieſus anſwered / I ſayde vnto you / I am he. If • e ſeke me / let theſe goo their waye. That ye ſayinge might be fulfilled which he ſpake: of thē which thou gaveſt me / have I not loſt one.

Simon Peter had a ſwearde / & drue it / & ſmote the hye preſtes ſervaunt / & cut of his ryghtMalchas. care. The ſervauntes name was Malchas. Then ſayde Ieſus vnto Peter: put vp thy ſwearde into ye ſheath: ſhall I not drinke of ye cup which my father hath geven me? Then the cōpany & the capta▪ ne / & the miniſtres of of the Iewes / toke Ieſus & bounde him / & led him awaye to Anna fyrſt: For he was fatherelawe vnto Cayphas / which was ye hye preſte that ſame yeare. Cayphas was he that gave counſell to y• Iewes / that it was expediēt that one man ſhuld dye for the people.

And Simon Peter folowed Ieſus & another diſciple: that diſciple was knowen of ye hye preſte / & went in with Ieſus into the pallys of the hye preſte. But Peter ſtode at the dore with out. Then went out that other diſciple which was knowen vnto the hye preſte / & ſpakemathew .xxvj. mar. xiiij luc. xxi▪f to the damſell that kept the dore / & brought in Peter. Then ſayde ye damſell that kept the dore / vnto Peter: Arte not thou one of this mannes diſciples? He ſayde: I am not. The ſervauntes & the miniſtres ſtode there / & had made a fyre of coles: for it was colde: & they warmed them ſelves. Peter alſo ſtode amonge them and warmed him ſelfe.

The hye preſte axed Ieſus of his diſciples & of his doctrine. Ieſus anſwered him: I ſpake openly in ye worlde. I ever taught in y• ſynagoge & in the temple whyther all y• Iewes reſorted / & in ſecrete have I ſayde nothynge: Why axeſt thou me? Axe them whiche hearde me / what I ſayde vnto thē. Beholde they can tell what I ſayde. Whē he had thus ſpoken / one of ye miniſtres which ſtode by / ſmotema. xxvj mar. xiiij luc. xxij. Ieſus on the face ſaying: anſwereſt thou the hye preſte ſo? Ieſus anſwered him. If I have evyll ſpokē / beare witnes of ye evyll: yf I have well ſpokē / why ſmyteſt thou me? And Annas ſent him bounde vnto Caiphas y• hye preſte.

Simon Peter ſtode and warmed him ſelfe. And they ſayde vnto him: arte not thou alſo one of his diſciples? He denyed it / and ſayde: I am not. One of the ſervauntes of the hye preſte (his coſyn whoſe eare Peter ſmote of) ſayde vnto him: dyd not I ſe the in the gardenmathew .xxvij. mar. xv a lu. xxij g with him? Peter denyed it agayne: & immediatly the cocke crewe.

Then led they Ieſus frō Cayphas into the hall of iudgement. It was in the mornynge / & they them ſelves went not into the iudgement hall leſt they ſhuld be defyled / but that they myght eate the paſchall lambe. Pylate then went out vnto thē & ſayde: what accuſacion bringe ye agaynſte this man? They anſwered and ſayd vnto him. If he were not an evyll doar / we wolde not have delyvered him vnto the. Then ſayd Pylate vnto thē: take ye him / and iudge him after youre awne lawe. Then the Iewes ſayde vnto him. It is not lawfull for vs to put eny mā to deeth. That ye mat. xx. c wordes of Ieſus myght be fulfilled which he ſpake / ſignifyinge what deeth he ſhuld dye.

Then Pylate entred into the iudgemē ▪ hallmathew xxvij. mar. xv b lu. xxiij. agayne / & called Ieſus / & ſayd vnto him: arte thou the kynge of ▪ Iewes? Ieſus anſwered: ſayſt thou that of thy ſelfe / or dyd other tell it the of me? Pylate anſwered: Am Ia Iewe? Thyne awne nacion & hye preſtes have delyvered y• vnto me. What haſt thou done? Ieſus anſwered: my kyngdome is not of this worlde. Yf my kyngdome were of this worlde / then wolde my miniſtres ſurely fight / yt I ſhuld not be delyvered to ye Iewes / but now is my kyngdome not frō hence. Pylate ſayde vnto him: Arte thou a kynge then? Ieſus anſwered: Thou ſayſt ye I am a kynge. For this cauſe was I borne / & for this cauſe came I into ye worlde yt I ſhuld beare witnes vnto the trueth. And all that are of ye trueth heare my voyce. Pilate ſayde vnto him: what thinge is trueth? And when he had ſayd yt / he went out agayne vnto the Iewes / & ſayde vnto them: I fynde in him no cauſe at all. Ye have a cuſtome / that I ſhuld delyver you one lowſſemat • e. xxvij. mar. xu b lu. xxij. at eſter. Will ye that I lowſe vnto you the kynge of ye Iewes. Then cryed they all agayne ſayinge: Not him / but Barrabas / that Barrabas was a robber.

¶ The .xix. Chap.

THen Pylate toke Ieſus and ſcourged mathew .xxvij. mar. xv • him. And ye ſoudiers wounde a croune of thornes and put it on his heed. And they dyd on him a purple garment / and ſayd: hayll kynge of the Iewes: & they ſmote him on the face. Pylate went forthe agayne / & ſayde vnto them: beholde I bringe him forth to you / that ye maye knowe / that I fynde no faute in him. Then came Ieſus forthe wearynge a croune of thorne and a robe of purple. And Pylate ſayd vnto them: beholde ye man. When the hye Preſtes and miniſtres ſawe him / they cryed ſayinge: crucify him / crucify him. Pylate ſayde vnto them. Take ye him and crucify him: for I fynde no cauſe in him. The Iewes anſwered him. We have a lawe / and by oure lawe he ought to dye: becauſe he made him ſelfe the ſonne of God.

When Pylate hearde that ſayinge / he was the moare afrayde / & went agayne into ye iudgment hall / and ſayde vnto Ieſus: whence arte thou? But Ieſus gave him none anſwere. Then ſayde Pylate vnto him. Speakeſt thou not vnto me? knoweſt thou not that I have power to crucify the / & have power to lowſe the? Ieſus anſwered: Thou couldeſt have no power at all agaynſt me / except it were geven the from above. Therfore he yt delyvered me vnto the / is moare in ſynne. And from thence forthe ſought Pylate meanes to lowſe him: but the Iewes cryed ſayinge: yf thou let him goo / thou arte not Ceſars frende. For whoſoever maketh h • ſelfe a kynge / is agaynſt Ceſar

When Pylate hearde yt ſayinge / he brought Ieſus forthe / and ſate doune to geve ſentēce / in a place called the pavement: but in the Hebrue tonge / Gabbatha. It was the Saboth even which falleth in the eſter feſt / and aboute the ſixte houre. And he ſayde vnto the Iewes: beholde youre kynge. They cryed / awaye with him / awaye with him / crucify him. Pylate ſayde vnto them. Shall I crucify youre kynge? The hye Preſtes anſwered: we have no kynge but Ceſar. Then delyvered he him vnto them / to be crucified. mathew .xxvij. mar. xvb lu. xxiij •

And they toke Ieſus and led him awaye. And he bare his croſſe / and went forthe into a place called the place of deed mens ſculles / which is named in Hebrue / Golgatha. Where they crucified him and two other with him on ether ſyde one / and Ieſus in the myddes. And Pylate wrote his tytle / and put it on the croſſe. The writynge was / Ieſus of Nazareth / kynge of the Iewes. This tytle reed many of the Iewes. For the place where Ieſus was crucified / was nye to the cite. And it was written in Hebrue / Greke & Latyn. Then ſayde the hye preſtes of ye Iewes to Pylate: wryte not / kynge of the Iewes: but that he ſayde / I am kynge of the Iewes. Pylate anſwered:mathew .xxvij. mar. xvb lu. xxiij. what I have written / that have I written.

Then the ſoudiers / when they had crucified Ieſus / toke his garmentes & made foure partes / to every ſoudier a parte / & alſo his coote. The coote was with out ſeme / wrought vpon thorowe out. And they ſayde one to another. Let vs not devyde it: but caſt looſt • who ſhall have it That the ſcripture myght be fulfilled which ſayth. They parted my rayment amongepſal. xx • . them / and on my coote dyd caſt lottes. And the ſou • iers dyd ſoche thinges in dede.

Ther ſtode by the croſſe of Ieſus his mother / & his mothers ſiſter / Mary the wyfe of Cleophas / and Mary Magdalene. When Ieſus ſawe his mother / and the diſciple ſtondynge whom he loved / he ſayde vnto his mother: woman beholde thy ſonne. Then ſayde he to y• diſciple: beholde thy mother. And frō that houre the diſciple toke her for his awne.

After that when Ieſus perceaved that all thinges were performed: that the ſcripturepſalmo. lxviii. myght be fulfilled / he ſayde: I thyrſt. Ther ſtode a veſſell full of veneger by. And they filled a ſponge with veneger / & wounde it about with yſope / and put it to his mouth. Aſſone as Ieſus had receaved of the veneger / he ſayd: It is fyneſſhed / and bowed his heed / and gaue vp the gooſt.

The Iewes then becauſe it was the ſaboth evē / that ye bodyes ſhuld not remayne apon y• croſſe on y• ſaboth daye (for that ſaboth daye was an hye daye) beſought Pylate that their legges myght be broken & that they myght be taken doune. Then came the ſoudiers and br • ke the legges of the fyrſt / & of the other which was crucified with Ieſus. But when they came to Ieſus / & ſawe that he was deed already they brake not his legges: but one of the ſoudiers with a ſpeare / thruſt him into the ſyde / & forthwith came ther out bloud and water.

And he that ſawe it / bare recorde / & his recorde is true. And he knoweth that he ſayth true / that ye myght beleve alſo. Theſe thinges • x • . xii. num. ix. d zacha. xii were done that the ſcripture ſhuld be fulfilled: Ye ſhall not breake a boone of him. And agayne another ſcripture ſayth: They ſhall looke on him / whom they pearſed.

After that / Ioſeph of Aramathia (whichmathew. x • vii. mar. xv. b luc. xxiii. ioa. iii. a. was a diſciple of Ieſus: but ſecretly for feare of ye Iewes) beſought Pylate that he myght take doune the body of Ieſus. And Pylate gave him licence. And ther cam alſo Nicodemuo which at the beginnynge came to Ieſus by nyght / & brought of myrre and aloes mingled to gether aboute an hundred pounde wayght Then toke they the body of Ieſu & wounde it in lynnen clothes with the odoures as ye maner of the Iewes is to bury. And in the place where Ieſus was crucified / was a garden / & in ye garden a newe ſepulchre / wherin was never man layd • . There layd • they Ieſus becauſe of the Iewes ſaboth even / for the ſepulcre was nye at honde. ⊢

¶ The .xx. Chap. ✚

THe morow after the ſaboth daye / came matthew .xvi. a. • u. xx iiii Mary Magdalene erly / when it was yet darcke / vnto y• ſepulcre / & ſawe the ſtone taken awaye from y• toumbe. Then ſhe ranne / & came to Simon Peter & to the other diſciple whome Ieſus loved / and ſayde vnto them. The y have taken awaye the Lorde out of the toumbe / & we cannot tell where they have layde him. Peter went forth & that other diſciple / & came vnto the ſepulcre. They ranne bothe to gether / and that other diſciple dyd out runne Peter / & came fyrſt to the ſepulcre. And he ſtouped doune & ſawe the lynnen clothes lyinge / yet wēt he not in. Then came Simon Peter folowynge him / & went into y• ſepulcre / & ſawe the lynnen clothes lye / and the napkyn that was aboute his heed / not lyinge with the lynnen clothe / but wrapped togeder in a place by it ſelfe. Then went in alſo that other diſciple which came fyrſt to the ſepulcre / and he ſawe and beleved. For as yet they knew not the ſcriptures / that he ſhuld ryſe agayne from deeth. ✚ And the diſciples wēt awaye agayne vnto their awne home.

✚ Mary ſtode with out at the ſepulcre wepynge.mathew. xxviij marke .xvj. b. And as ſhe wept / ſhe bowed her ſelfe into the ſepulcre & ſawe two angels in whyte ſittyng / the one at the heed & the other at the fete / where they had layde the body of Ieſus. And they ſayde vnto her: woman why wepeſt thou? She ſayde vnto thē: For they have taken awaye my lorde / & I wote not where they have layde him. When ſhe had thus ſayde / ſhe turned her ſelfe backe & ſawe Ieſus ſtondynge / & knewe not that it was Ieſus. Ieſus ſayde vnto her: woman why wepeſt thou? Whom ſekeſt thou? She ſuppoſynge that he had bene the gardener / ſayde vnto him. Syr yf thou have borne him hēce tell me where thou haſt layde him / that I maye fet him. Ieſus ſayde vnto her: Mary. She turned her ſelfe / and ſayde vnto him: Rabboni / which is to ſaye maſter. Ieſus ſayde vnto her / touche me not / for I am not yet aſcended to my father. But goo to my brethren and ſaye vnto them / I aſcende vnto my father and youre father to: my god & youre god. Mary Magdalene came & tolde the diſciples yt ſhe had ſene the lorde / & yt he had ſpoken ſoche thinges vnto her. ⊢

✚ The ſame daye at nyght / which was the mat. xxviij mar. xvic luke .xxviij. i. cor xv. a morowe after ye ſaboth daye / when the dores were ſhut / where the diſciples were aſſembled to geder for feare of the Iewes / came Ieſus & ſtode in the myddes / & ſayd to thē: peace be with you. And when he had ſo ſayde / he ſhewed vnto them his hondes / & his ſyde. Then were the diſciples glad when they ſawe the Lorde. Then ſayde Ieſus to them agayne: peace be with you. As my father ſent me / even ſo ſende I you. And when he had ſayde that / he brethed on them and ſayde vnto thē: Receave ye holy here is payed that is promyſed. mat. xxj. A couenaaunt vpō byndyng & low ſynge. gooſt. Whoſoevers ſynnes ye remyt they are remitted vnto thē. And whoſoevers ſynnes ye retayne / they are retayned. ⊢

✚ But Thomas one of ye twelve / called Didymus / was not with thē when Ieſus came. The other diſciples ſayd vnto him: we have ſene ye lorde. And he ſayde vnto thē: except I ſe in his hondes the prent of the nayles / & put my fynger in the holes of the nayles / & thruſt my honde into his ſyde / I will not beleve.

And after .viii. dayes agayne / his diſciples were with in / & Thomas with them. Then came Ieſus when the dores were ſhut / & ſtode in the myddes and ſayde: peace be with you.

After that ſayde he to Thomas: bringe thy fynger hether / and ſe my hondes / & bringe thy honde & thruſt it into my ſyde / & be not faythleſſe / but belevynge. Thomas anſwered & ſayde vnto him: my Lorde / & my God. Ieſus ſayde vnto him. Thomas / becauſe thou haſt ſene me / therfore thou beleveſt: Happy are they that have not ſene / and yet beleve.

And many other ſignes dyd Ieſus in the preſence of his diſciples / which are not written in this boke. Theſe are written that ye myght beleve / that Ieſus is Chriſt the ſonne of God / & that in belevynge ye myght have lyfe thorowe his name. ⊢

¶ The .xxi. Cha. ✚

AFter that Ieſus ſhewed him ſelfe agayne / at the ſee of Tyberias. And on this wyſe ſhewed he him ſelfe. There were to geder Simon Peter & Thomas / which is called Didym • s: and Nathanael of Cana a citie of Galile / and the ſonnes of Zebedei / & two other of the diſciples. Simon Peter ſayde vnto them: I goo a fyſſhynge. They ſayde vnto him: we alſo will goo with the. They wēt their waye & entred into a ſhippe ſtrayght waye / and that nyght caught they nothinge. But when the mornynge was now come / Ieſus ſtode on the ſhore: nevertheleſſe the diſciples knewe not yt it was Ieſus. Ieſus ſayde vnto thē: ſyrs / have ye eny meate? They anſwered him / no. And he ſayde vnto them: caſt out ye net on the ryght ſyde of the ſhip / and ye ſhall fynde. They caſt out / & anōne they were not able to drawe it for ye multitude of fyſſhes

Then ſayde the diſciple whom Ieſus loved / vnto Peter: It is the Lorde. When Simon Peter hearde / that it was ye lorde / he gyrde his mantell to him (for he was naked) and ſprange into the ſee. The other diſciples came by ſhip: for they were not farre from londe / but as it were two hondred cubites / & they drewe the net with fyſſhes. Aſſone as they were come to londe / they ſawe hoo • coles & fyſſhe layd ther on / and breed. Ieſus ſayde vnto them: bringe of the fyſſhe which ye have now caught. Simon Peter ſtepped forthe and drewe the net to londe full of greate fyſſhes / an hondred and .liii. And for all ther were ſo many / yet was not the net broken. Ieſus ſayde vnto them: come and dyne. And none of the diſciples durſte axe him: what arte thou? For they knewe that it was the lorde. Ieſus then came and toke breed / & gave them / & fyſſhe lykwyſe. And this is now the thyrde tyme that Ieſus appered to his diſciples / after that he was ryſen agayne from deeth. ⊢

When they had dyned / Ieſus ſayde to Simon Peter: Simon Ioāna / loveſt thou me more then theſe? He ſayde vnto him: ye Lorde / thou knoweſt / that I love the. He ſayde vnto him: fede my He loneth Chriſt that fedeth his lambes & ſhepe. lambes. He ſayde to him agayne the ſeconde tyme: Simō Ioāna / loveſt thou me? He ſayde vnto him: ye lorde thou knoweſt that I love y•. He ſayde vnto him: fede my ſhepe. He ſayde vnto him y• thyrde tyme: Simon Ioanna / loveſt thou me? And Peter ſorowed becauſe he ſayde to him y• thyrde tyme / loveſt thou me / and ſayde vnto him: Lorde / thou knoweſt all thingꝭ / thou knoweſt that I love the. Ieſus ſayde vnto him: fede my ſhepe.

Verely verely I ſaye vnto the / when thou waſt yonge / thou gerdedſt thy ſelfe / and walkedſt whyther thou woldeſt: but when thou arte olde / thou ſhalt ſtretche forthe thy hondes / & another ſhall gyrde y• / & leade the whytherij. ye. i. c thou woldeſt not. That ſpake he ſignifyinge by what deeth he ſhuld glorify God.

And whē he had ſayde thus / he ſayd to him ✚ folowe me. Peter turned about & ſawe that diſciple whō Ieſus loved folowynge: which alſo lened on his breſt at ſupper & ſayde: Lorde which is he yt ſhall betraye the? When Peter ſawe him / he ſayde to Ieſus: Lorde what ſhall he here do? Ieſus ſayd vnto him / Yf I will have him to tary tyll I come / what is that to the? folowe thou me. Then went this ſayinge a broode amonge the brethren / that that diſciple ſhulde not dye. Yet Ieſus ſayde not to him / he ſhall not dye: but yf I will that he tary tyll I come / what is that to the? The ſame diſciple is he / which teſtifieth of theſe thinges / & wrote theſe thinges. And we knowe / that his teſtimony is true. ✚ There are alſo many other thinges which Ieſus dyd: the which yf they ſhuld be written every won I ſuppoſe the worlde coulde not cōtayne the bokes that ſhuld be written.

¶ Here endeth the Goſpell of Saynct Iohn.

❧ The Actes of the Apoſtles / wrytten by Saynte Luke Evangeliſt which was preſent at the doynges of them.

¶ The Fyrſt Chapter.

IN the former treatiſe (Deare frende Theophilus) I have written of all that Ieſus beganne to do & teache / vntyll the daye in the which he was taken vp / after that he thorowe the holy gooſt / had geven commaundementes vnto the Apoſtles / which he had choſen: to whom alſo he ſhewed him ſelfe alyve / after his paſſion by many tokens / apperynge vnto them fourty dayes / & ſpeakynge of the kyngdome of god / & gaddered them togeder / and commaundedluke .xxiiij. g thē / that they ſhuld not departe from Ieruſalem: but to wayte for ye promys of the father / wherof ye have herde of me. For Iohn baptiſed wt water: but ye ſhalbe baptiſed with the holy gooſt / & that with in this feawe dayes. When they were come togeder / they axed of him ſayinge: Lorde wilt thou at this tyme reſtore agayne ye kyngdome to Iſrael? And he ſayde vnto them: It is not for you to knowe the tymes / or the ſeaſons which ye father hath put in his awne power: but ye ſhall receave power of the holy gooſt which ſhall come on you. And ye ſhall be witneſſes vnto me in Ieruſalem / & in all Iewrye and in Samary / and even vnto the worldes ende.

And when he had ſpoken theſe thinges / whyll they behelde / he was takē vp / & a cloude receaved him vp out of their ſight. And while they looked ſtedfaſtly vp to heaven as he went / beholde two men ſtode by them in white apparell / which alſo ſayde: ye men of Galile / why ſtonde ye gaſinge vp into heavē? This ſame Ieſus which is taken vp frō you in to heaven / ſhall ſo come / even as ye haue ſene him goo into heaven. ⊢

Then returned they vnto Ieruſalem fromluke .xxiiij. g mount olivete / which is nye to Ieruſalem / cō teyninge a Saboth dayes iorney. And when they were come in / they went vp into a parler / where abode both Peter & Iames / Iohn & Andrew / Philip & Thomas / Bartlemew & Mathew / Iames the ſonne of Alpheus / & Simō zelotes / & Iudas Iames ſonne. Theſe all cō tinued with one acorde in prayer & ſupplicacion with the wemen and Mary the mother of Ieſu / and with his brethren.

✚ And in thoſe dayes Peter ſtode vp in the myddes of the diſciples & ſayde (the noumbre of names that were to gether / were aboute an hondred & twenty) Ye men and brethren / this ſcripture muſt have nede ben fulfilled which the holy gooſt thorow ye mouth of David ſpake before of Iudas / which was gyde to thempſal. xl. c io. xviij. mathew .xxvij. a that tooke Ieſus. For he was noūbred with vs & had obtayned fellouſhip in this miniſtracion. And the ſame hath now poſſeſſed a plot of grounde with the rewarde of iniquite / and when he was hanged / braſt a ſondre in ye myddes / & all his bowels guſſhed oute. And it is knowē vnto all the inhabiters of Ieruſalem: in ſo moche that that felde is called in their mother tonge / Acheldama / that is to ſaye / the bloud felde.

It is written in the boke of Pſalmes: his pſalm .lxviij. habitaciō be voyde / and no man be dwellinge therin: and his biſſhoprycke let another take.pſal. cviij Wherfore of theſe mē which have cōpanyed with vs / all y• tyme that the Lorde Ieſus wēt in & out amonge vs / begynninge at the baptyme of Iohn vnto that ſame daye that he was taken vp from vs / muſt one be ordeyned to be are witnes with vs of his reſurreccion.

And they appoynted two / Ioſeph called Barſabas (whoſe ſyr name was Iuſtus) and Mathias. And they prayed ſayinge: thou Lorde which knoweſt the hertes of all mē / ſhewe whether of theſe two thou haſt choſen that the one maye take the roume of this miniſtracion / and apoſtleſhippe from the which Iudas by tranſgreſſion fell / that he myght go to his awne place. And they gave forthe their lottes / and the lot fell on Mathias / and he wasMathias counted with the eleven Apoſtles. ⊢

¶ The Seconde Chapter. ✚

VVhē the fyftith daye was come / they were all with one accorde togeder in one place. And ſodenly ther cam a ſounde from heaven / as it had bene the comminge of a myghty wynde / & it filled all the houſſe where they ſate. And ther appered vnto them cloven tonges / lyke as they had beneTonges fyre / and it ſate vpon eache of them: and they were all filled with the holy gooſt / and beganne to ſpeake with other tonges / even as the ſprete gave them vtteraunce.

And ther were dwellinge at Ieruſalem Iewes / devoute men / which were of all nacions vnder heaven. When this was noyſed aboute / the multitude came to gether & were aſtonyed / becauſe that every man hearde thē ſpeake his awne toūge. They wondred all & marveyled ſayinge amōge them ſelves: Beholde / are not all theſe which ſpeake / of Galile? And how heare we every man his awne toūge wherein we were boren? Parthians / Medes and Elamytes / and the inhabiters of Meſopotamia / of Iury / and of Capadocia / of Ponthus and Aſia / Phrigia / Pamphilia / and of Egypte / and of the parties of Libia which is beſyde Syrene / and ſtraungers of Rome / Iewes & Conuertes: that is / hethen or gentiles cōuerted to the Iewes fayth convertes / Grekes and Arabians: we have herde them ſpeake with oure awne tonges the greate workes of God. ✚ They were all amaſed / and wondred ſayinge one to another: what meaneth this? Other mocked thē ſayinge: they are full of newe wyne.

✚ But Peter ſtepped forth with the elevē / & lift vp his voyce / and ſayde vnto them: Ye men of Iewrye / & all ye that inhabite Ieruſalem: be this knowē vnto you / and with youre eares heare my wordes. Theſe are not dronken / as ye ſuppoſe: for it is yet but the thyrde houre of ye daye. But this is that which was ſpoken by y• Prophete • ohel: It ſhalbe in the iohel .ij. g laſt dayes ſayth God: of my ſprete I will powre out vpon all fleſſhe. And youre ſonnes & youre doughters ſhall propheſy / & youre yō ge men ſhall ſe viſions / & youre olde mē ſhall dreme dremes. And on my ſervaūts / & on my honde maydens I will powre out of my ſprete in thoſe dayes / & they ſhall propheſye. And I will ſhewe wonders in heaven a bove / & tokens in the erth benethe / bloud and fyre / and the vapour of ſmoke. The ſunne ſhalbe turned into darknes / & the mone into bloud before that greate & notable daye of the Lorde come. And it ſhalbe / that whoſoever ſhall call on the name of the Lorde ſhalbe ſaved. ⊢

✚ Ye men of Iſrael heare theſe wordes. Ieſusroma. x. • . of Nazareth / a mā approved of God amō ge you with myracles / wondres and ſignes which God dyd by him in ye myddes of you / as ye youre ſelves knowe: him have ye taken by the hondes of vnrightewes perſones / after he was delivered by the determinat counſell & foreknoweledge of God / & have crucified & ſlayne: whom God hath rayſed vp & lowſed Deathe pſal. xv. c the ſorowes of deeth / becauſe it was vnpoſſible that he ſhuld be holden of it. For David ſpeaketh of him: Afore honde I ſawe God alwayes before me: For he is on my ryght honde / that I ſhuld not be moved. Therfore dyd my hert reioyce / & my tonge was glad. Moreover / alſo my fleſſhe ſhall reſt in hope / becauſeHell. thou wilt not leve my ſoul in hell / nether wilt ſuffre thyne holye to ſe corrupciō. Thou haſt ſhewed me the wayes of lyfe / & ſhalt make me full of ioye with thy countenaunce. ⊢

Men & brethren / let me frely ſpeake vnto iij. re. ij. b you of the patriarke David: For he is both deed & buryed / & his ſepulcre remayneth with vs vnto this daye. Therfore ſeinge he was a Prophet / & knewe that God had ſworne with an othe to him / that the frute of his loynes ſhuld ſit on his ſeat (in that Chriſt ſhulde ryſe agayne in the fleſſhe) he ſawe before: and ſpake in the reſurreccion of Chriſt / that his ſoule▪ ſhulde not be left in hell: nether his fleſ ſe ſhuld ſe corrupciō. This Ieſus hath God rayſyd vp / wher of we all are witneſſes.

Sence now that he by the right honde of God exalted is / & hath receaved of the father the promyſe of the holy gooſt / he hath ſheed forthe that which ye nowe ſe and heare. For David is not aſcendyd into heavē: but he ſayde. The Lorde ſayde to my Lorde ſit on my p • a • . cjx. • right honde / vntill I make thy fooes thy fote ſtole. So therfore let all the houſſe of Iſrael knowe for a ſuerty / yt God hath made y• ſame Ieſus whom ye have crucified lorde & Chriſt.

When they hearde this / they were pricked in their hertes / & ſayd vnto Peter & vnto the other Apoſtles: Ye men & brethrē / what ſhall we do? Peter ſayde vnto them: repent & be baptiſed every one of you in the name of Ieſus Chriſt / for the remiſſion of ſynnes / & ye ſhall receave the gyfte of the holy gooſt. For y• promyſe was made vnto you & to youre chyldrē / & to all that are afarre / even as many as ye Lorde oure God ſhall call. And with many other wordes bare he witnes & exhorted them ſayinge: Save youre ſelves from this vntowarde generacion. Then they that gladly receaved his preachynge / were baptiſed: and the ſame daye / ther were added vnto them aboute thre thouſande ſoules.

And they continued in the Apoſtles doctrine & fellouſhippe / & in breakinge of breed / & in prayer. And feare came over every ſoule. And many wondres & ſignes were ſhewed by the Apoſtles. And all that beleved kept them ſelves to gedder / & had all thinges cōmen / and ſolde their poſſeſſions and goodes / & departed them to all men / as every man had nede. AndCommē. they continued dayly with one acorde in the tēple / & brake breed in every heu • ſe / & dyd eate their meate to gedder / with gladnes & ſinglenes of hert prayſinge God / and had faveour with all the people. And the▪ Lorde added to ye congregacion dayly ſoche as ſhuld be ſaved.

¶ The .iii. Chapter.

PEter & Iohn went vp togedder into the tēple at the nynthe houre of prayer. And ther was a certayne man haltThe halt is cured from his mothers wōbe / whō they brought and layde at the gate of the temple called beutifull / to axe almes of them that entred into the temple. Which ſame when he ſawe Peter & Iohn / that they wolde in to the tēple / deſyred to receave an almes. And Peter faſtened his eyes on him with Iohn and ſayde: looke on vs. And he gaue hede vnto thē / truſtinge to receave ſomthinge of them. Then ſayd Peter: Silver and golde have I none / ſuche as I have / geve I the. In the name of Ieſu Chriſt of Nazareth / ryſe vp & walke. And he toke him by the right honde / & lifte him vp. And immediatly his fete & ancle bones receaved ſtrenght. And he ſprāge / ſtode & alſo walked / & entred with them into the temple / walkinge / and leapinge and laudynge God.

And all the people ſawe him walke & laude God. And they knewe him / that it was he which ſate and begged at the beutifull gate of the temple. And they wondred & were ſore aſtonnyed at that which had happened vnto him. And as y• halt which was healed / helde Peter and Iohn / all the people ranne amaſed vnto them in Salomons porche.

When Peter ſawe that / he anſwered vnto the people. ✚ Ye men of Iſrael / why marvayle ye at this / or why looke ye ſo ſtedfaſtly on vs / as though by oure awne power or holynes / we had made this man goo? The God of Abraham / Iſaac & Iacob / the God of oure fathers hath glorified his ſonne Ieſus / whom ye delyvered / & denyed in the preſence of Pylatemathew .xxvii. mar. xv. e luc. xxiii. Iohn .xvii. a / whē he had iudged him to be lowſed. But ye denyed the holy & iuſt / and deſyred a mortherar to be geven you / and kylled the Lorde of lyfe / whom God hath rayſed from deeth / of the which we are wytneſſes. And his name thorow the fayth of his name / hath made this man ſound / whom ye ſe & knowe. And the fayth which is by him / hath geven to him this health in the preſence of you all.

And now brethrē I wote well that thorow ignoraūce ye did it / as dyd alſo youre heddes. But thoſe thinges which God before had ſhewed by the mouth of all his Prophetes / how yt Chriſt ſhuld ſuffre / he hath thus wyſe fulfilled. Repent ye therfore & turne / yt youre ſynnes maye be done awaye ✚ / when the tyme of refreſſhinge commeth / which we ſhall have of the preſence of the Lorde / and when God ſhall ſende him / which before was preached vnto you / that is to wit Ieſus Chriſt • which muſt receave heavē vntyll the tyme y• all thinges / which God hath ſpoken by the mouth of all his holy Prophetes ſence the worlde began be reſtored agayne.dut. xviii

For Moſes ſayd vnto the fathers: A Prophet ſhall the Lorde youre God rayſe vp vnto you / even of youre brethren / lyke vnto me: him ſhall ye heare in all thinges whatſoever he ſhall ſaye vnto you. For the tyme will come / y• every ſoule which ſhall not heare that ſame Prophet / ſhalbe deſtroyed from amonge the people. Alſo all the Prophetes from Samuel and thence forth / as many as have ſpoken / have in lykwyſe tolde of theſe dayes.

Ye are the chyldren of the Prophetes / & of the covenaunt which God hath made vnto oure fathers ſayinge to Abraham: Evē in thy ſeede ſhall all the kinredes of the erth be bleſſed. Fyrſt vnto you hath God rayſed vp his ſonne Ieſus / and him he hath ſent to blyſſe you / that every one of you ſhuld turne from youre wickednes.

¶ The .iiii. Chapter

AS they ſpake vnto the people / the preſtes & the rular of the tēple / & the SaducesSaduces came vpon them / takynge it grevouſly that they taught y• pople & preached in Ieſus the reſurreccion frō deeth. And they layde hondes on them / and put them in holde vntill the nexte daye: for it was now even tyde. How be it many of them which hearde the wordes / beleved / and the noumbre of the men was aboute fyve thouſande.

And it chaunſed on the morowe that their rulars & elders & Scribes / as Annas the chefe Preſt & Cayphas & Iohn & Alexander / and as many as were of y• kynred of the hye preſtes gadered to geder at Ieruſalem / & ſit the other before them / & axed: by what power or what name have ye done this ſyrs? ✚ Then Peter full of y• holy gooſt ſayd vnto them: yePeter. rulars of the people / & elders of Iſrael / yf we this daye are examined of the good dede done to the ſycke man / by what meanes he is made whoale: be yt knowen vnto you all / and to the people of Iſrael / that in the name of Ieſus Chriſt of Nazareth / who n ye crucified / and whom God rayſed agayne from deeth: • ſa. cx vi • • a • . xxi. ma • . xi • • ••• . •• . • . even by him doth this man ſtonde here preſent before you whoale. This is ye ſtone caſt a ſyde of you bylders which is ſet in the • he • fe place of the corner. Nether is ther 〈◊〉 S • lvaciō ▪ in eny other. Nor yet alſo is ther eny other name •• m. ix. g geven to men wherin we muſt be ſaved. ✚

When they ſawe the boldnes of Peter & Iohn / & vnderſtode that they were vnlerned men & laye people / they marveyled / and they knew them / that they were with Ieſu: & beholdinge alſo the mā which was healed ſtondinge with thē / they coulde not ſaye agaynſt it. But they cōmaunded them to go a ſyde out of the counſell / & counceled amōge them ſelves ſayinge: what ſhall we do to theſe men? For a manifeſt ſigne is done by thē / & is openly knowen to all them that dwell in Ieruſalem / & we cānot denye it. But that it be noyſed no farther amōge the people / let vs threaten / and charge them that they ſpeake hence forth to no man in this name.

And they called them / & cōmaunded them that in no wyſe they ſhuld ſpeake or teache in the name of Ieſu. But Peter and Iohn anſwered vnto them & ſayde: whether it be right in the ſyght of God to obeye you moare thenGod is more to be obeyed then man God / iudge ye. For we cānot but ſpeake that which we have ſene and hearde. So threatened they them and let them goo / and founde no thinge how to punyſſhe them / becauſe of the people. For all mē lauded God for the myracle which was done: for the man was above fourty yeare olde / on whom this myracle of healinge was ſhewed.

Aſſone as they were let goo / they came to their felowes / and ſhewed all that the hye preſtes and elders had ſayde to them. And when they hearde that / they lyfte vp their voyces to God with one accorde / & ſayde: Lorde / thou arte God which haſt made heaven & erth / the ſee & all that in them is / which by the mouth of thy ſervaunt David haſt ſayd: Why dyd the hethen rage / & the people immagen vaynepſal. ij. a. thinges. The kynges of the erth ſtode vp & the rulars came to gedder / agaynſt the Lorde and agaynſt his Chriſt.

For of a trueth / agaynſt thy holy chylde Ieſus whom thou haſt annoynted / bothe Herode and alſo Poncius Pylate / with the Gentils and the people of Iſrael / gaddered them ſelves to gedder / forto do whatſoever thy honde and thy counſell determined before to be done. And now Lorde / beholde their threatenynges / & graunte vnto thy ſervauntes with all confidence to ſpeake thy worde. So that thou ſtretche forth thy honde / that healynge and ſignes and wonders be done by the name of thy holy chylde Ieſus. And aſſone as they had prayed / the place moved wheare they were aſſembled to gedder / and they were all filled with the holy gooſt / and they ſpake the worde of God boldely.

✚ And the multitude of them that beleved / were of one hert / and of one ſoule. Alſo none of them ſayde / that eny of the thinges which he poſſeſſed / was his awne: but had all thinges commen. And with greate power gaveCommen the Apoſtles witnes of the reſurreccion of the Lorde Ieſu. And greate grace was with them all. Nether was ther eny amonge them / that lacked. For as many as were poſſeſſers of londes or houſſes / ſolde them and broughtLove. the pryce of the thinges that were ſolde / and layed yt doune at the Apoſtles fete. And diſtribucion was made vnto every man accordinge as he had nede. ⊢

And Ioſes which was alſo called of the Apoſtles Barnabas (that is to ſaye the ſon. ne of conſolacion) beynge a Levite / and of the countre of Cipers / had londe / and ſolde it. and layde the pryce doune at the Apoſtles fete.

¶ The .v. Chapter.

A Certayne man named Ananias with Ananias Saphira Saphira his wyfe ſolde a poſſeſſion / & kepte awaye parte of the pryce (his wyfe alſo beynge of counſell) & brought a certayne parte / & layde it doune at the Apoſtles fete. Then ſayd Peter: Ananias / how is it that Satan hath filled thyne hert / that thou ſhuldeſt lye vnto the holy gooſt / and kepe awaye parte of the pryce of the lyvelod: Pertayned it not vnto the only / and after it was ſolde / was not the pryce in thyne awne power? How is it that thou haſt cōceaved this thinge in thyne herte? Thou haſt not lyed vnto men / but vnto God. When Ananias herde theſe wordes. he fell doune & gave vp the gooſt. And great feare came on all thē that theſe thinges hearde. And the yonge men rooſe vp / and put him a parte / & caryed him out / and buryed him.

And it fortuned as it were aboute the ſpace of .iii. houres afte • / that his wyfe came in / ignoraunt of that which was done. And Peter ſayde vnto her: Tell me / gave ye the londe for ſo moche? And ſhe ſayde: ye for ſo moche Then Peter ſayde vnto her: why have ye agreed to gether / to tēpt the ſprete of the Lorde? Beholde the fete of them which have buryed thy huſbande / are at the dore / and ſhall cary the out. Then ſhe fell doune ſtrayght waye at his fete & yelded vp the gooſt. And the yonge men came in / & founde her ded / and caryed her out and buryed her by her huſbande. And great feare came on all the congregacion / and on as many as hearde it.

By the hondes of the Apoſtles were many ſignes & wondres ſhewed amōge the people. And they were all together with one acorde in Salomons porche. And of other durſt no man ioyne him ſelfe to them: neverth • later the people magnyfied them. The noumbre of them that beleved in the Lorde bothe of men & wemen / grewe moare & moare: in ſo moche that they brought the ſicke into the ſtrettes / & layde them on beddes & palette / that at the leſt waye the ſhadowe of Peter when heThe ſhadow of Peter. came by / myght ſhadowe ſome of them. There came alſo a multitude out of y• cities roūd about / vnto Ieruſalem / bringynge ſicke folkes / & them which were vexed with vnclene ſpretes. And they were h • aled every one.

Then ye chefe preſte roſe vp & all they thatSadnces were with him (which is the ſecte of the Saduces) & were full of indignacion / and layde hondes on the Apoſtles / & put them in the cō men preſon. But the angell of the Lorde by nyght openned the preſon dores / & brought them forthe / & ſayde: goo / ſteppe forthe / & ſpeake in the temple to the people all the wordes of this lyfe. When they hearde that / they entred into the temple erly in the morninge and taught.

The chefe preſt came & they that were with him / & called a counſell to gedder / & all the elders of the chyldren of Iſrael / and ſent to the preſon to fet them. When the miniſtres came and founde them not in the preſon / they returned and tolde ſayinge: the preſon founde we ſhut as ſure as was poſſible / and the kepers ſtondynge with out before ye dores. But whē we had opened / we founde no man with in. When the chefe preſt of all and the ruler of the temple and the hye preſtes hearde theſe thinges / they douted of them / whervnto this wolde growe.

Then came one & ſhewed them: beholde y• men y• ye put in preſon / ſtonde in the tēple / & teache the people. Then went the ruler of the tēple with miniſte • s / & brought thē with out violence. For they feared the people / leſt they ſhuld have bene ſtoned. And when they had brought them / they ſet them before the counſell. And y• chefe preſteaxed thē ſayinge: dyd not we ſtraytely cōmaunde you that ye ſhuld not teache in this name? And beholde ye have filled Ieruſalem with youre doctrine / & ye intende to brynge this mans bloud vpon vs.God muſt be obeyed

Peter and the other Apoſtles anſwered & ſayde: We ought moare to obey God then men. The God of oure fathers rayſed vp I • Ieſus / whom ye ſlewe and hanged on tre. Him hath god lifte vp with his right hand / to be a ruler and a ſavioure / for to geve repē taūce to Iſraell & forgevenes of ſynnes. And we are his recordes concernynge theſe thingꝭ & alſo the holy gooſt whom God hath gevē to them y• obey him. When they hearde yt / they clave aſunder: & ſought meanes to ſlee them. Then ſtode ther vp one in ye counſell / a Phariſey named Gamali • l / a doctoure of lawe / Gamaliel had in auctorite amōge all the people / & commaunded to put the Apoſtles a ſyde a lytell ſpace / & ſayde vnto them: Men of Iſrael take hede to youre ſelves what ye entende to do as touchinge theſe men. Before theſe dayes roſeTheudas. vp one Theudas boſtinge him ſelfe / to whom reſorted a nombre of men / about a f • ure hondred / which was ſlayn / & they all which beleved him were ſcatred a broode & brought to nought. After this man aroſe ther vp one IudasIudas y• Galilean of Galile / in the tyme when tribute began / & drewe awaye moche people after him. He alſo periſſhed: & all even as many as harkened to him / are ſcattered abrood.

And now I ſaye vnto you: refrayne youre ſelves from theſe men / let them alone. For yf ye coūſell or this worke be of men / it will come to nought. But & yf it be of God / ye cannot deſtroye it / leſt haply ye be founde to ſtryve agaynſt God. And to him they agreed / and called the Apoſtles / and bet them / & cōmaunded that they ſhuld not ſpeake in y• name of Ieſu / and let them goo.

And they departed from the counſell / reioy ſynge yt they were counted worthy to ſoffre rebuke for his name. And dayly in the tēple and in every houſſe they ceaſed not / teachinge and preachinge Ieſus Chriſt.

¶ The .vi. Chapter.

IN thoſe dayes as the nombre of the diſciples grewe / ther aroſe a grudge amonge the Grekes agaynſte the Ebrues / becauſe their wyddowes were deſpyſed in the dayly mynyſtracion. Then the twelve called the multitude of the diſciples to gether & ſayde: it is not mete that we ſhuld leave the worde of God & ſerve at the tables. WherforeSeven deacones brethren / loke ye out amōge you ſeven men of honeſt reporte / & full of the holy gooſt & wyſdome / which we maye apoynte to this nedfull buſynes. But we will geve oureſelves cōtinually to prayer / & to the miniſtracion of ye worde. And the ſayinge pleaſed the whoale multitude. And they choſe Steven a man full of fayth & of the holy gooſt / & Philip / & Prochorus / and Nichanor / and Timon / and Permenas / and Nicholas a converte of Antioche. Which they ſet before the Apoſtles / and they prayed and layde their hondes on them.

And the worde of God encreaſed / & the noū bre of the diſciples multiplied in Ieruſalem greatly / and a great company of the preſtes were obedient to the faythe. ✚ And StevenSteven. full of faythe and power / dyd great wondres & myracles amōge ye people. Then ther aroſe certayne of the ſynagoge / which are called Lybertines & Syrenites / & of Alexandria / and of Cilicia / and Aſia / and diſputed with Steven. And they coulde not reſiſt the wyſdome / & the ſprete / with which he ſpake. Then ſent they in men / which ſayd: we have hearde him ſpeake blaſphemous wordes agaynſt Moſes / & agaynſt God. And they moved ye people & the elders & the ſcribes: and came apon him and caught him / and brought him to the counſell / & brought forth falce witneſſes which ſayde. This mā ceaſith not to ſpeake blaſphemous wordes agaynſt this holy place & the lawe: for we hearde him ſaye: this Ieſus of Nazareth ſhall deſtroye this place / & ſhall chaunge the ordinaunces which Moſes gave vs. And all that ſate in ye counſell loked ſted faſtly on him / & ſawe his face as it had bene the face of an angell.

¶ The .vii. Chapter.

THen ſayde ye chefe preſt: is it even ſo? And he ſayde: ye men / brethren and fathers / harken to. The God of glory appered vnto oure father Abrahā whyll he wasThe ſermon of Stephin. yet in Meſopotamia / before he dwelt in Charran / & ſayd vnto him: come out of thy contre / and from thy kynred / & come into the londe / which I ſhall ſhewe the. Then came he out of the londe of Chaldey / & dwelt in Charran. And after that / aſſone as his father was deed / gen. xij. a he brought him into this lande / in which ye now dwell / & he gave him none inheritaunce in it / no not the bredeth of a fote: but promiſed yt he wolde geve it to him to poſſeſſe & to his ſeed after him / when as yet he had no chylde.

God verely ſpake on this wyſe that his ſeade ſhulde be a dweller in a ſtraunge londe and that they ſhulde kepe them in bondage and entreate them evyll .iiii. C. yeares. But the nacion to whom they ſhalbe in bondage will Ige. xviij. gen. xxj. gen. xxv ge. xxix. iudge / ſayde God. And after that ſhall they come forthe and ſerve me in this place. And he gave him the covenaunt of circumciſion. And he begat Iſaac / and circumciſed him the viii. daye / and Iſaac begat Iacob / and Iacob the twelve patriarkes.

And the patriarkes havinge indignaciō ſolde Ioſeph into Egipte. And God was with Patriarckes. ge. xxx. • . xx v. geneſis. xxx viij. ge. • lj. e him and delivered him out of all his adverſities. And gave him faveour and wiſdome in the ſight of Pharao kynge of Egipte which made him governer over Egipte / and over all his houſholde.

Then came ther a derth over all the londe of Egipt & Canaan / & great affliccion / that our fathers founde no ſuſtenaūce. But when Iacob hearde that ther was corne in Egipte / he ſent oure fathers fyrſt / and at the ſeconde tyme / Ioſeph was knowen of his brethren / andgen. xliij. gen. xlv. Ioſephs kynred was made knowne vnto Pharao. Then ſent Ioſeph & cauſed his father to be brought and all his kynne / thre ſcore and xv. ſoules. And Iacob deſcended into Egipte and dyed bothe he and oure fathers / and weregen. xlvj ge. xlix. gene. l. b. tranſlated into Sichem / ond were put in ye ſepulere that Abraham bought for money of the ſonnes of Emor / at Sichem.

When ye tyme of ye promes drue nye (whichexo. j. a God had ſworme to Abraham) the people grewe and multiplied in Egipte / till another kynge aroſe which knewe not of Ioſeph. The ſame dealte ſuttelly with oure kynred / & evyll intreated oure fathers / and made them to caſt oute their younge chyldren / that they ſhuldexo. ij. a. not remayne alyve. The ſame tyme was Moſes borne / and was a proper childe in ye ſight of God / which was noriſſhed vp in his fathers houſſe thre monethes. When he was caſt out / Pharoes doughter toke him vp / and noriſſhed him vp for her awne ſonne. And Moſes was learned in all maner wiſdome of the Egipcians / and was mighty in dedes & in wordes.

And when he was full forty yeare olde / it came into his hert to viſit his brethren / the chyldren of Iſrahel. And when he ſawe one of them ſuffre wronge / he defended him / and avenged his quarell that had the harme done to him / and ſmote the Egypcian. For he ſuppoſed hys brethren wolde have vnderſtonde how yt God by his hondes ſhuld ſave them But they vnderſtode not.

And the next daye he ſhewed him ſelfe vnto thē as they ſtrove / and wolde have ſet thē exo. ij. • at one agayne ſayinge: Syrs / ye are brethren / why hurte ye one another? But he that dyd his neghbour wronge / thruſt him awaye ſayinge: who made ye a rular & a iudge amonge vs? What / wilt thou kyll me / as thou dyddeſt the Egyptian yeſter daye? Then fleed Moſes at that ſayenge / & was a ſtranger in the londe of Madian / where he begat two ſonnes.

And when .xl. yeares were expired / ther apperedexo. iij. a to him in the wyldernes of mounte Syna an angell of the Lorde in a flamme of fyre in a buſſhe. When Moſes ſawe it / he wondred at the ſyght. And as he drue neare to beholde / the voyce of the Lorde came vnto him: I am y• God of thy fathers / the God of Abraham / the God of Iſaac / & the God of Iacob. Moſes trembled & durſt not beholde. Then ſayde y• Lorde to him: Put of thy ſhowes from thy fete / for the place where thou ſtondeſt / is holy grounde. I have perfectly ſene the affliccion of my people which is in Egypte / and I have hearde their gronynge / and am come doune to delyver them. And now come and I will ſende the into Egypte.

This Moſes whom they forſoke ſayinge: who made the a ruelar and a iudge: the ſame God ſent bothe a ruler & delyverer / / by y• hondes of the angell which appered to him in theexo. vij. and .viij. ix. x. xi. xiiij exo. xvj. buſſhe. And the ſame brought them out ſhewynge wonders & ſignes in Egypte / & in the reed ſee & in the wyldernes .xl. yeares. This is that Moſes which ſayde vnto the chyldrē of Iſrael: A Prophet ſhall the Lorde youredeu. xviij God rayſe vp vnto you of youre brethren lykeexo. xix. vnto me / him ſhall ye heare.

This is he that was in y• congregacion / in the wyldernes with the angell which ſpake to him in y• moūte Syna / & with oure fathers. This man receaved the worde of lyfe to geve vnto vs / to whō oure fathers wolde not obeye but caſt it from them / & in their hertes turned backe agayne into Egypte / ſayinge vnto Aaron:ex. xxxij Make vs goddes to goo before vs. For this Moſes that brought vs out of the londe of Egypte / we wote not what is become of him. And they made a calfe in thoſe dayes / & offered ſacrifice vnto the ymage / and reioyſed in the workes of their awne hondes.

Then God turned him ſelfe / & gave them vp / that they ſhuld worſhip the ſtarres of the ſkye / as it is written in the boke of the prophetes.aino. v. • O ye of y• houſſe of Iſrael gave ye to me ſacrefices & meate offerynges / by the ſpace of xl. yeares in the wildernes▪ And ye toke vnto you the tabernacle of Moloch / and the ſtarre of youre god Remphan / figures which ye made to worſhippe them. And I will tranſlate you beyonde Babylon.

Oure fathers had the tabernacle of witnes in y• wyldernes / as he had apoynted thē ſpeakyngeex. xxv d he. vii • . b ioſua. iij c vnto Moſes / that he ſhuld make it acordynge to the faſſion that he had ſene. Which tabernacle oure fathers receaved / & brought it in with Ioſue into the poſſeſſion of the gentyls which God drave out before the face ofj. re. xvj. pſ. cxxxj oure fathers vnto the tyme of David / which founde favour before God / & deſyred that he myght fynde a tabernacle for the God of Iacob. But Salomon bylt him an houſſe.

How be it he that is h yeſt of all / dwelleth not in tēple God dwelleth not in temples or churches made with hādes. made with hondes / as ſaith the Prophete: Heven is my ſeate / and erth is my fote ſtole / what houſſe will ye bylde for me ſayth the Lorde? or what place is it that I ſhuld reſt in? hath not my honde made all theſe thinges?

Ye ſtiffenecked & of vncircumciſed hertes and eares: ye have all wayes reſiſted the holy gooſt: as youre fathers dyd / ſo do ye. Which of the prophetes have not youre fathers perſecuted? And they have ſlayne them / which ſhewed before of the commynge of that iuſt / whom ye have now betrayed and mordred. And ye alſo have receaved a lawe by the ordinaunce of angels / and have not kept it.

When they hearde theſe thinges / their hertes clave a ſunder / and they gnaſſhed on him with their tethe. But he beynge full of the holy gooſt / loked vp ſtedfaſtlye with his eyes into heven & ſawe the glorie of God / & Ieſus ſtondynge on the ryght honde of God / & ſayde: beholde / I ſe the hevens open / & the ſonne of man ſtondynge on the ryght honde of god. Then they gave a ſhute with a loude voyce / and ſtopped their eares and ranne apon him all at once / and caſte him out of the cite / & ſtoned him. And the witneſſes layde doune their clothes at a yonge mannes fete named Saul.Saul And they ſtoned ſteven callynge on and ſayinge: Lorde Ieſu receave my ſprete. And he kneled doune and cryed with a loude voyce: Lorde laye not this ſynne to their charge. And when he had thus ſpoken / he fell a ſlepe.▪

¶ The .viii. Chapter.

SAul had pleaſure in his deeth. And at yt tyme there was a great perſecucionSaul. agaynſt the congregacion which was at Ieruſalem / & they were all ſcattered abroade thorowout the regions of Iury and Samaria / except the Apoſtles. Then devout men dreſſed Steven / and made great lamentacion over him. But Saul made havocke of the congregacion entrynge into every houſſe / & drewe out bothe man & woman / & thruſt thē into preſon. They that were ſcattered abroade / went every where preachyng the worde. Then came Philip into a cite of Samaria & preachedPhilip. Chriſt vnto them. And the people gave hede vnto thoſe thinges which Philip ſpake / with one acorde / in that they hearde and ſawe the miracles which he dyd. For vnclene ſpretes cryinge with loude voyce / came out of many that were poſſeſſed of them. And manye taken with palſies / and many yt halted / were healed And ther was great ioye in that cite. And therSimon magus. was a certayne man called Simon / which before tyme in the ſame cite / vſed witche crafte & bewitched the people of Samarie / ſayinge / that he was a man yt coulde do greate thingꝭ. Whom they regarded / from y• leſt to the greateſt / ſayinge: this felow is the great power of God. And him they ſet moche by / becauſe of longe tyme with ſorcery he had mocked thē. But aſſone as they beleved Philippes preachynge of the kyngdome of God & of the name of Ieſu Chriſt / they were baptiſed bothe men and wemen. Then Simon himſelfe beleved alſo / and was baptiſed / and cōtinued with Phillip / and wondered beholdynge the miracles and ſignes / which were ſhewed.

✚ When y• Apoſtles which were at Ieruſalem hearde ſaye that Samaria had receaved y• worde of God: they ſent vnto thē / Peter and Iohn / which when they were come / prayed for thē / that they myght receave y• holy gooſt For as yet he was come on none of them: But they were baptiſed only in the name of Chriſt Ieſu. Then layde they their hondes on them / & they receaved the holy gooſt. ⊢

When Simō ſawe / that thorowe layingeLayenge on of handes. on of the Apoſtles hondes on them / the holy gooſt was geven: he offered thē money ſayinge: Geve me alſo this power / that on whom ſoever I put the hondes / he maye receave the holy gooſt. Then ſayde Peter vnto him: thy monye peryſh with the / becauſe thou weneſt that the gifte of God maye be obteyned wt money. Thou haſt nether parte nor fellouſhippe in this buſines. For thy hert is not ryght in the ſyght of God. Repent therfore of this thy wickednes / & praye God that y• thought of thyne hert maye be forgeven the. For I perceave that thou arte full of bitter gall / and wrapped in iniquite.

Then anſwered Simon & ſayde: Praye ye to the lorde for me y• none of theſe thinges whiche ye have ſpoken / fall on me. And they / whē they had teſtified & preached the worde of the lorde / returned toward Ieruſalem / & preached the goſpellin many cities of the Samaritās.

✚ Then the angell of the lorde ſpake vnto Phillip ſayinge: aryſe & goo towardes mydde daye vnto y• waye y• goeth doune frō Ieruſalem vnto Gaza which is in y• deſert. And he aroſe & wēt on. And beholde a man of Ethiopia which was a chāberlayne / & of grete auctorite wt Cādace quene of y• Ethiopiās / & had y• rule of all her treaſure / came to Ieruſalem forto praye. And as he returned home agayne ſittynge in his charet / he rede Eſay y• prophet

Then y• ſprete ſayde vnto Phillip: Goo neare & ioyne thy ſelfe to yonder charet. And Philip ranne to him / & hearde him rede y• prophet Eſayas and ſayde: Underſtondeſt thou what thou redeſt? And he ſayd: how can I / except I had a gyde? And he deſyred Philip that he wold come vp & ſit wt him. The tenoure of y• ſcripture which he redde / was this. He was ledde as a ſhepe to be ſlayne: & lyke a lambe dōme before his ſherer / ſo opened he not his mouth. Becauſe he was of ſo lowe degree in this worlde: but a poore car penter / & humbled him ſelfe vnto all men / and was obedient euē vnto the mooſt vyle deathe of the croſſe: therfore cannot the Iewes eſteme h • for the verie meſſias. Becauſe of his humblenes / he was not eſtemed: who ſhall declare his generaciō? for his lyfe is taken frō the erthe. The chamber layne anſwered Philip and ſayde: I praye the / of whom ſpeaketh the Prophet this? of him ſelfe / or of ſome other man?

And Philip opened his mouth / & beganne at ye ſame ſcripture / & preached vnto him Ieſus. And as they went on their waye / they came vnto a certayne water / & the chamberlayne ſayde: Se here is water / what ſhall let me to be baptiſed? Philip ſayde vnto him: Yf thou beleve with all thyne hert thou mayſt. He anſwered and ſayde: I beleve that Ieſus Chriſte is the ſonne of God. And he cōmaunded the charet to ſtonde ſtill. And they went doune bothe into the water: bothe Philip & alſo the chamberlayne / and he baptiſed him. And aſſone as they were come out of the water / the ſprete of the lorde caught awaye Philip / yt the chamberlayne ſawe him no moore. And he wēt on his waye reioyſinge: but Philip was founde at Azotus. And he walked thorow out y• countre preachynge in their cities / tyll he came to Ceſarea. ✚.

¶ The .ix. Cha. ✚

ANd Saul yet brethynge oute threatnynges & ſlaughter agaynſt y• diſciples of the lorde / went vnto y• hye preſte / & deſyredgala. j. b. of him letters to Damaſco / to y• ſynagoges: that yf he founde eny of this waye / whether they were men or wemen / he myght bringe them bounde vnto Ieruſalem. But as he went on his iorney / it fortuned y• he drue nye to Damaſco / and ſodenly ther ſhyned rounde about him a lyght frō heven. And he fell to y• erth / & hearde a voyce ſayinge to him: Saul / j. cor. xv. ij. cor. xij Saul / why perſecuteſt thou me? And he ſayde / what arte thou lorde? And the lorde ſayd / I am Ieſus whom thou perſecuteſt / it ſhalbe harde for y• to kycke agaynſt y• pricke. And heSaul is cōuerted. bothe tremblynge and aſtonyed ſayde: Lorde what wilt thou have me to do? And y• Lorde ſayde vnto him: aryſe and goo into the cite / and it ſhalbe tolde the what thou ſhalt do.

The men which iornayed with him / ſtode amaſed / for they herde a voyce / but ſawe no man. And Saul aroſe from the erth / and opened his eyes / but ſawe no man. Then ledde they him by the honde / and brought him into Damaſco. And he was .iii. dayes with out ſyght / & nether ate nor dranke. And ther was a certayne diſciple at Damaſco named Ananias / & to him ſayde the lorde in a viſion: Ananias.Ananias And he ſayde: beholde I am here lorde. And the lorde ſayde to him: aryſe & goo into the ſtrete which is called ſtrayght and ſeke in the houſſe of Iudas / after one called Saul of Tharſus. For beholde he prayeth / & hath ſene in a viſion a man named Ananias comynge in to him / & puttynge his hondes on him / that he myght receave his ſyght.

Then Ananias anſwered: Lorde I have hearde by many of this man / how moche evell he hath done to thy ſainctes at Ieruſalem / & here he hath auct orite of the hye preſtes to bynde all that call on thy name. The lorde ſayde vnto him: Goo thy wayes: for he is a choſen veſſell vnto me / to beare my name before the gentyls & kynges / & the chyldren of Iſrael. For I will ſhewe him how great thinges he muſt ſuffre for my names ſake.

Ananias went his waye and entryd into y• houſſe and put his hondes on him and ſayde: brother Saul / the lorde that apperyd vnto the in the waye as thou camſt / hath ſent me / that thou myghteſt receave thy ſyght & beſilled with the holy gooſt. And immediatly ther fell from his eyes as it had bene ſcales / and he receaved ſyght / and aroſe and was baptiſed / / and receaved meate and was comforted.

Then was Saul a certayne daye wt the diſciples which were at Damaſco. And ſtreyght waye he preached Chriſt in the ſynagoges / howPaule preacheth Chriſt. that he was the ſonne of God. All that hearde him / were amaſed & ſayde: is not this he that ſpoyled thē which called on this name in Ieruſalem / & came hyther for y• entent that he ſhuld bringe thē bounde vnto the hye preſtes? But Saul encreaſed in ſtrēgth / & confounded the Iewes which dwelte at Oamaſco / affirminge that this was very Chriſt. ⊢

And after a good whyle / y• Iewes toke counſell to gether / to kyll him. But their layingePaule is perſecuted. awayte was knowen of Saul. And they watched at the gates daye and nyght to kyll him. Then y• diſciples toke him by night & put him thorow the wall & let him doune in a baſket.ij. cor. xj.

And when Saul was come to Ieruſalem / he aſſayde to cople him ſilfe with y• diſcyples and they were all afrayde of hym and beleued not that he was a diſciple. But Bernabas toke hym & brought hym to y• apoſtles & declared to thē how he had ſene y• Lorde in y• waye & had ſpokē wyth hym: and how he had done boldely at damaſco in the name of Ieſu. And he had his conuerſacion with them at Ieruſalem / and quit hym ſilfe boldly in the name of the lorde Ieſu. And he ſpake and diſputed wyth the grekes: and they went aboute to ſlee hym. But when the brethren knew of that / they brought hym to ceſarea / and ſent hym forth to Tharſus. Then had y• congregaciōs reſt thorowoute all Iewry and galile and Samary / and were edified / and walked in the feare of the lorde / and multiplied by the comforte of the holy goſt.

And it chaunſed y• as Peter walked throughoute all quarters / he cā to y• ſaynctes which dwelt at Lydda and there he foūde a certayne mā namyd Eneas / whych had kepte hys bedEneas. viii. yere ſicke of the palſie. Then ſayde Peter vnto hym: Eneas Ieſus Chriſt make y• whole. Aryſe and make thy beed. And he aroſe immedyatly. And all that dwelt at lydda & aſſaron / ſawe hym / and tourned to the lorde.

Ther was at Ioppe a certayne womā (whicheTabitha dorcas. was a diſciple named Tabitha / which by interpretacion is called dorcas) the ſame was full of good workes and almes dedes / which ſhe did. And it chaunſed in thoſe dayes that ſhe was ſicke and dyed. When they had weſſhed her and layd her in a chamber: Becauſe Lydda was nye to Ioppa / & the diſciples had hearde that Peter was there / they ſent vnto hym / deſyrynge him that he wolde not be greved to come vnto them.

Peter aroſe and came with them & when he was come / they brought him in to y• chamber. And all y• wydowes ſtode roūde aboute hym wepynge & ſhewynge the cotes & garmentes which Dorcas made whill ſhe was with thē. And Peter put thē all forth & kneled doune & prayde & turned him to y• body / & ſayde: Tabitha aryſe. And ſhe opened her eyes / & whē ſhe ſawe Peter ſhe ſat vp. And he gave her y• honde and lyft her vp / and called the ſainctes & wydowes / and ſhewed her alyve. And it was knowne throwout all Ioppa / and many beleved on the Lorde. And it fortuned that he taryed many dayes in Ioppa with one Simon a tanner.

¶ The .x. Chapter.

THer was a certayne man in Ceſarea called Cornelius / a captayne of y• ſoudiers Cornelius. of Italy / a devoute man / & one yt feared God wt all his houſholde / which gave moche almes to the people / & prayde God alwaye. The ſame man ſawe in a viſion evydētly aboute y• nynthe houre of y• daye an angell of god comynge into him / & ſayinge vnto him: Cornelius. When he looked on him / he was afrayde / & ſayde: what is it lorde? He ſayde vnto him. Thy prayers and thy almeſes ar come vp into remembraunce before God. And now ſende men to Ioppa / & call for one Simon named alſo Peter. He lodgeth with one Simon a tanner / whoſe houſſe is by y• ſee ſyde. He ſhall tell the / what thou oughteſt to doo. When the angell which ſpake vnto Cornelius was departed / he called two of his houſholde ſervauntes / and a devoute ſoudier of them that wayted on him / and tolde them all the mater / and ſent them to Ioppa.

On the morowe as they wēt on their iorney & drewe nye vnto the cite / Peter went vp into the toppe of y• houſſe to praye / aboute the .vi. houre. Then wexed he an hongred / & wolde have eatē. But whyll they made redy. He fell into a traūce / & ſawe heven opened and a certayne veſſell come doune vnto him / as it hadPeters viſion. bene a greate ſhete / knyt at the .iiii. corners / and was let doune to the erth / where in wer all maner of .iiii. foted beaſtes of the erth & vermen and wormes / & foules of the ayer. And ther came a voyce to him: ryſe Peter / kyll & eate. But Peter ſayde: God forbyd Lorde / for I have never eaten eny thinge that is comen or vnclene. And the voyce ſpake vnto him agayne the ſeconde tyme: what God hath clenſed / that make thou not comen. This was done thryſe / and the veſſell was receaved vp agayne into heven.

Whyle Peter muſed in him ſelfe what this viſion which he had ſene meant / beholde / the men which were ſent from Cornelius / had made inquirance for Simons houſſe / and ſtode before the dore. And called out won & axed whether Simon which was alſo called Peter were lodged there. Whyll Peter thought on this viſion / the ſprete ſayde vnto him: Beholde / men ſeke the: aryſe therfore / get the doune / and goo with them / & doute not. For I have ſent them. Peter went doune to y• men which were ſent vnto him from Cornelius / & ſayde / Beholde / I am he whom ye ſeke / what is the cauſe wherfore ye are come? And they ſayde vnto him: Cornelius the captayne a iuſt man / and won that feareth God / and of good reporte amonge all the people of the Iewes was warned by an holy angell / to ſende for the into his houſſe / and to heare wordes of the. Then called he them in / and lodged them.

And on y• morowe Peter wēt awaye with them / and certayne brethren from Ioppa accompanyed hym. And the thyrd daye entred they into Ceſaria. And Cornelius wayted for them / and had called to gether his kynſmen / and ſpeciall frendes. And as it chaunſed Peter to come in / Cornelius met hym / & fell doune at his fete / and worſhipped hym. But Peter toke him vp ſayinge: ſtonde vp: for evyn I my ſilfe am a mā. And as he talked with him he cam in / and founde many that were come to gether. And heſayde vnto them: Ye dokno we how that yt ys an vnlaw full thynge for a man that is a Iewe / to company or come vnto an alient: But god hath ſhewed me that I ſhuld not call eny man commen or vnclene: therfore came I vnto you with oute ſayēge na ye aſſone as I was ſent for. I axe therfore / for what intent have ye ſent for me?

And Cornelius ſayde: This daye now .iiii. dayes I faſted / & at the nynthe houre I pray de in my houſſe: and beholde / a man ſtode. before me in bright clothynge / and ſayde: Cornelius / thy prayer is hearde / and thyne almes dedes are had in remembraunce in the ſight of God. Sende therfore to Ioppa / and call for Simon which is alſo called Peter. He is lodged in the houſſe of one Simon a tanner by the ſee ſyde / y• wich aſſone as he is come / ſhall ſpeake vnto y•. Then ſent I for y• immediatly and thou haſt well done for to come. Now are we all here preſent before god / to heare all thynges y• are commaunded vnto the of God.

Then Peter opened his mouth & ſayde: Ofdeu. x. d. ij. pa. xix Iob xxxiiij. ſap. vj. b. eccleſiaſt. xxxv. rom. ij. b. gala. ij. b. ephe. vj. b coll. iij. d. j. pe. j. c. a trueth I perſeave / that God is not parciall / but in all people he that feareth him & worketh righteweſnes / is accepted with him.

Ye knowe the preachynge that God ſent vnto the chyldren of Iſrael / preachinge peace by Ieſus Chriſte (which is Lorde over all thinges: ✚ Which preachinge was publiſſhed thorow oute all Iewrye / & begāne in Galile / after the baptyme which Iohn preached / how God had annoynted Ieſus of Nazareth with the holy gooſt / & with power / which Ieſus went aboute doinge good / and healynge all y• were oppreſſed of the develles / for God was with him. And we are witneſſes of all thinges which he dyd in the londe of the Iewes & at Ieruſalem / whom they ſlew / & honge on tree. Him God reyſed vp y• thyrde daye / & ſhewed him openly / not to all the people / but vnto vs witneſſes choſyn before of God / which ate & dronke with him / after he aroſe from deeth. ✚ And he cōmaunded vs to preache vnto the people and teſtifie / that it is he that is ordened of God a iudge of quycke and deed. To him geve all the Prophetes witnes / that thorowe his name ſhall receave remiſſion of ſynnes all that Fayth is the remiſſion of ſynnes hie. xxxj mich. vij. * The holye ghooſt commeth withoute laynge on of hondes. beleve in him. ⊢

Whyle Peter yet ſpake theſe wordes / the holy goſt fell on all them which hearde the preachinge. And they of y• circūciſion which beleved / were aſtonyed / as many as came wt Peter / becauſe that on the Gentyls alſo was ſheed oute y• gyfte of the * holy goſt. For they hearde them ſpeake with tonges & magnify God. Then anſwered Peter: can eny man forbyd water that theſe ſhuld not be baptiſed / which have receaved the holy gooſt as well as we? And he cōmaunded them to be bapty ſed in the name of the Lorde. ✚ Then prayde they him / to tary a feawe dayes.

¶ The .xi. Chapter.

ANd the Apoſtles / & the brethren that were thorowout Iewry / harde ſaye thatThe Apoſtles were here firſt taught and certified by the holy ghoſt of the conuerſion of the gentyles. the hethen had alſo receaved the worde of God. And when Peter was come vp to Ieruſalem / they of the circumciſion reaſoned wyth him ſayinge: Thou wenteſt in to men vncircumciſed / and ateſt with them.

Then Peter began and expounded y• thinge in order to thē ſayinge: I was in the cyte of Ioppa prayinge / and in a traunce I ſawe a viſion / a certen veſſell deſcende / as it had bene a large lynnyn clothe / let doune from he vin by the fower corners / and it cam to me. Into the which when I had faſtened myn eyes / I conſydered and ſawe fowerfoted beaſtes of y• erth / and vermen and wormes / and foules of the ayer. And I herde a voyce ſayinge vnto me: aryſe Peter / ſley & eate. And I ſayd: God forbyd lorde / for nothinge comen or vnclene / hath at eny tyme entred into my mouth. But the voyce anſwered me agayne from heven / coūt not thou thoſe thinges comē / which god hath clenſed. And this was done thre tymes. And all were takin vp agayne into heven.

And beholde immediatly ther were thre men come vnto the houſſe where I was / ſent from Ceſarea vnto me. And the ſprete ſayde vnto me / that I ſhuld go with them / with out doutinge. Morover the ſixe brethren accompanyed me: and we entred into the mās houſſe. And he ſhewed vs / how he had ſene an angell in his houſſe / which ſtod & ſayde to him: Send men to Ioppa / and call for Symon / named alſo Peter: he ſhall tell the wordes / wher by both thou and all thyne houſſe ſhalbe ſaved. And as I begāne to preach / y• holy gooſt fell on them / as he dyd on vs at the begynninge. Then came to my remembraūce y• wordes of the Lorde / how he ſayde: Iohn baptiſed with water / but ye ſhalbe baptyſed with the holy gooſt. For as moche then as God gave thē lyke gyftes / as he dyd vnto vs / when we beleved on the Lorde Ieſus Chriſt: what was I that I ſhuld havewith ſtonde God? when they hearde this / they helde their peace & gloryfied God / ſayinge: then hath God alſo to the gentyls graunted repentaunce vnto lyfe.

They which were ſcattryd abroade thorow the affliccion that aroſe aboute Steven / walked thorow oute tyll they came vnto Phenices & Cypers & Antioche / preachynge y• worde to no man / but vnto the Iewes only. Some of them were men of Cypers and Syrene / which when they were come into Antioche / ſpake vnto the Grekes / and preched the Lorde Ieſus. And the honde of the Lorde was with them / and a greate nombre beleved and turned vnto the Lorde.

Tydinges of theſe thinges came vnto y• earesBarnabasis ſent to Antioche. of the congregacion / which was in Ieruſalem. And they ſente forth Barnabas that he ſhuld go vnto Antioche. Which when he was come / & had ſene the grace of God / was glad / & exhorted them all / that with purpoſe of hert they wolde continually cleave vnto y• Lorde. For he was a good man / & full of the holy gooſt & of faythe: & moche people was added vnto the Lorde. Then departed BarnabasBarnabas ſeketh Paule. to Tarſus / for to ſeke Saul. And when he had founde him / he brought him vnto Antioche. And it chaunſed y• a whole yere they had their converſacion with the congregaciō there / & taught moche people: in ſomoche that the diſciples of Antioche were the fyrſt that were called Chriſten.

In thoſe dayes came Prophete frō Ieruſalem vnto Antioche. And ther ſtode vp one of them / named Agabus / & ſignified by the ſprete / that ther ſhuld be great derth throughoute all the worlde / which came to paſſe in y• Emproure Claudius dayes. Then the diſciples every man accordinge to his abilite / purpoſed to ſende ſocoure vnto the brethren which dwelt in Iewry. Which thinge they alſo dyd / & ſent it to the elders / by the hondes of Barnabas & Saul.

¶ The .xii. Chapter. ▪

IN that tyme Herode the kynge ſtretchedIamys the brother of Iohn is kylled. for the his handes to vexe certayne of the congregacion. And he kylled Iames the brother of Iohn with the ſwerde: and becauſe he ſawe that it pleaſed y• Iewes / he proceded forther / & toke Peter alſo. ThenPeter is taken. were the dayes of ſwete breed. And when he had caught him / he put him in preſon / and delyvered him to .iiii. Duater nions of ſoudyoures: is foure cōpanyes of ſou dyoures. quaterniōs of ſoudiers to bekepte / entendynge aftereſter to brynge him forth to the people. Then was Peter kepte in preſon. But prayer was made with out ceaſynge of the congregacion vnto God for him. And when Herode wolde have brought him oute vnto the people / the ſame nyght ſlepte Peter bitwene two ſoudiers / bounde with two chaynes / and the kepers before the dore kepte the preſon.

And beholde the angell of y• Lorde was therePeter is lowſed. preſent / & a lyght ſhyned in the lodge. And ſmote Peter on the ſyde / & ſteryd him vp ſayinge: aryſe vp quyckly. And his cheynes fell of frō his hondes. And the angell ſayd vnto him: gyrde thy ſelfe & bynde on thy Sandales are ſo les to be bounde vnder the fete. ſandales. And ſo he dyd. And he ſayde vnto him: caſt thy mantle aboute the / & folowe me. And he came oute & folowed him / & wiſt not / that it was truthe which was done by the angell▪ but thought he had ſene a viſion. When they were paſt y• fyrſt & y• ſeconde watche / they came vnto yt yron gate / yt ledeth vnto the cyte / which opened to them by his awne accorde. And they went out and paſſed thorowe one ſtrete / & by & by the angell departed frō him.

And when Peter was come to him ſelfe / he ſayde: now I knowe of a ſurety / that the Lorde hath ſent his angell / & hath delyvered me out of the honde of Herode / and from all the waytynge for of the people of y• Iewes. And as he conſydred the thinge / he cam to y• houſſe of Mary the mother of one This Iohn is the ſame Marcke / that wryte the goſpell of Marcke. Iohn / which was called Marke alſo / where many were gaddered to gedder in prayer. As Peter knocked at the entry dore / a damſell cam forth to herken / named Rhoda. And whenſhe knew Peters voyce / ſhe opened not the entrey for gladnes / but ran in and told how Peter ſtode before the entrey. And they ſayde vnto her: thou arte mad. And ſhe bare them doune yt it was even ſo. Then ſayde they: it is his angell. Peter cōtynued knockinge. When they had opened the dore / & ſawe him / they were aſtonyed. And he beckened vnto them with y• honde to holde their peace / & tolde them by what meanes ye Lorde had brought him oute of the preſon. And ſayde: goo ſhew theſe thinges vnto Iames and to the brethren. And he departed and went into another place.

Aſſone as it was daye ther was no lyttell a doo amōge the ſoudyers / what was becum of Peter. When Herode had called for him / and founde him not / he examined the kepers / and comaunded to departe. And he deſcended from Iewry to Ceſarea / and ther abode. Herode was diſpleaſed with them of Tyre and Sydon. And they came all at once / and made interceſſion vnto Blaſtus the kynges chamberlen / and deſyred peace / becauſe their countrey was noryſſhed by the kynges londe. And vpon a daye appoynted Herode arayed him in royall apparell / and ſet him in his ſeate / & made an oraycon vnto them. And the people gave a ſhoute / ſayinge: it is y• voyce of a God and not of a man. And immediatly the angell of y• Lorde Herode is ſlayne & eatē of wormes. ſmote him / becauſe he gave not God the honoure / & he was eatyn of wormes / and gave vp the gooſt.

And ye worde of God grewe & multiplied. And Barnabas and Paul returned to Ieruſalem / when they had fulfilled their office / & toke with them Iohn is Marcke the euangeliſt. Iohn / which was alſo called Marcus.

¶ The .xiii. Chapter.

THere were at Antioche / in the congregacion certayne Prophetes & teachers: as Barnabas & Simon called Niger / & Lucius of Cerene / & Manahen Herode the Tetrarkes norſfelowe / & Saul. As they myniſtred to the Lorde & faſted / the holy gooſt ſayde: ſeparate me Barnabas & Saul / for y• workeBarnabas & paule are ſent to preache. where vnto I have called them. Then faſted they and prayed / and put their hondes on them / and let them goo. And they after they were ſent of the holy gooſt / came vnto Seleutia / & from thence they. ſayled to Cyprus. And when they were come to Salamine / they ſhewed y• worde of God in y• ſynagoges / of • Iewes. And they had This Iohn is Marke the euangeliſt. Iohn to their miniſter.

When they had gone thorowout y• yle vnto y• cite of Paphos / they foūde a certayne ſor ſerer / a falce prophet which was a Iewe / named Barieſu which was with y• ruler of the countre won Sergius Paulus a prudēt man.Barieſu▪ Sergus Paulus. The ſame ruler called vnto him Barnabas & Saul / & deſyred to heare the worde of God. But Elemas the ſorcerar (for ſo was his nameElemas. by interpretacion) wt ſtode them / & ſought to turne awaye the ruler frō the fayth. Then Saul which alſo is called Paul beinge full ofPaul the holy gooſt / ſet his eyes on him / & ſayde: O full of all ſutteltie & diſſeytfulnes / the chylde of the devyll / & ye enemye of all righteouſnes / thou ceaſeſt not to pervert the ſtrayght wayes of the Lorde. And now beholde the honde of the Lorde is vpon the / & thou ſhalt be blinde & not ſe the ſunne for a ſeaſon. And immediatly ther fell on him▪ a myſte & a darcknes / & he went aboute ſekinge them that ſhuld leade him by the honde. Then the rular when he ſawe what had happened / beleved / & wōdred at the doctryne of the Lorde.

When they that were with Paule / were departedMarke the euangeliſt otherwiſe called Iohn breaketh cō panie. by ſhyppe frō Paphꝰ / they cam to Perga a cite of Pamphilia: & there Iohn departed from them / and returned to Ieruſalem. But they wandred thorowe the countres / frō Perga to Antioche a cite of the coūtre of Piſidia / & wēt in to the ſynagoge on the ſaboth daye / & ſate doune. And after the lawe & ye Prophetes were redde / ye rulers of the ſynagoge ſent vnto them ſayinge: Ye men & brethren / yf ye have eny ſermō to exhorte ye people / ſaye on.

Then Paul ſtode vp & beckened with the honde / & ſayde: Men of Iſrael / & ye that feare God / geve audiēce. The God of this people • exo. j. a. • exo. xiij. choſe oure fathers / & exalted the people whē they dwelt as ſtraūgers in ye londe of Egypt / & with a mighty arme brought them oute of it / and aboute the tyme of▪ xl. yeares ſuffredex. xvj. a he their maners in the wyldernes. And he deſtroyed .vii. naciōs in the londe of Canaan / & devided their londe to them by lot. And afterioſu. xiiij judi. iij. d. i. re. viij a j. reg. ix. c and .x. a. warde he gave vnto them iudges aboute the ſpace of .iiii. C. & .l. yeres vnto the tyme of Sa muel y• Prophet. And after that they deſyred a kinge / & God gave vnto them Saul the ſonne of Cis / a man of the tribe of Beniamin / bypſalmo. lxx viij. j. reg. xvi the ſpace of .xl. yeres. And after he had put him doune / he ſet vp David to be their kynge / of whome he reported ſayinge: I have founde David the ſonne of Ieſſe / a man after myne awne hert / he ſhall fulfill all my will.

Of this mānes ſeed hath God (accordingeeſa. xj. a. to his promes) brought forth to the people of Iſrael a ſaviour / one Ieſus / when Iohn had fyrſt preached before his cōminge the baptymemat. iiij. a mark .j. a. luc. iij. a. marc .j. a. of repentaūce to Iſràel. And when Iohn had fulfylled his courſe / he ſayde: whome ye thinke that I am / the ſame am I not. But beholde ther cometh one after me / whoſe ſhewes of his fete I am not worthy to lowſe.

✚ Ye men & brethren / chyldren of the gene racion of Abraham / & whoſoever amōge you feareth God / to you is this worde of ſalvaciō ſent. The inhabiters of Ieruſalem & their rulers / becauſe they knewe him not / nor yet the voyces of the Prophetes which are redde every Saboth daye / they have fulfilled them in condēpninge him. And when they founde no cauſe of deeth in him / yet deſyred they Pylatemathew .xxvij. mar. xv. lu. xxiij. lo. xix. c. t • kyll him. And when they had fulfilled all that were written of him / they toke him doune from the tree and put him in a ſepulcre. But God rayſed him agayne from deeth / andmathew .xxviij. mar. xvj. lu. xxiiij io. xx. he was ſene many dayes of them which came wt him frō Galile to Ieruſalem. Which are his witneſſes vnto the people.

And we declare vnto you / how that y• promes made vnto the fathers / God hath fulfillid vnto vs their chyldrē / in that he reyſed vp Ieſus agayne ✚ evē as it is written in the fyrſteeſa. ib. b Rebre. j. b pſalme: Thou arte my ſonne / this ſame daye begat I the. As concernynge that he reyſed him vp from deeth / now no more to returne to corrupcion / he ſayde on this wyſe: The holy promyſes made to David I will geve them faithfully to you. Wherfore he ſaith alſo in another place: Thou ſhalt not ſoffre thyneeſa. lb. b. pſal. xv d j. Reg. j. b holye to ſe corrupcion. Howbe it David after he had in his tyme fulfilled the will of God / he ſlepte / and was layde with his fathers / & ſawe corrupcion. But he whom God reyſed agayne / ſawe no corrupcion.

Be it knowne vnto you therfore ye men & brethrē / that thorow this man is preached vn to you the forgevenes of ſynnes / & y• by him are all yt beleve Fayth iuſtifieth & not the lawe Abac. j. b iuſtified frō all thinges frō the which ye coulde not be iuſtified by ye lawe of Moſes. Beware therfore leſt that fall on you / which is ſpoken of in the Prophets: Be holde ye deſpiſers and wonder / & periſhe ye: for I do aworke in youre dayes / which ye ſhall not beleve / yf a mā wolde declare it you.

When they were come out of the Synagoge of the Iewes / the gētyls beſought yt they wolde preache the worde to them bitwene the Saboth dayes. When the congregacion was broken vp / many of the Iewes & verteous cō vertes folowed Paul & Barnabas / which ſpake to them & exhorted them to cōtinue in the grace of God. And y• nexte Saboth daye / came almoſte the whole cite to gether / to heare the worde of God. When y• Iewes ſawe the people / they were full of indignacion & ſpake agaynſt thoſe thinges which were ſpoken of Paul / ſpekinge agaynſt it / and raylinge on it. Then Paul & Barnabas wexed bolde / & ſayde: it was mete that the worde of God ſhulde fyrſt have bene preached to you. But ſeinge ye put it from you / & thinke youre ſelfes onworthy of everlaſtinge lyfe: lo / we turne to the gentyls. For ſo hath the Lorde cōmannded vs: I have made y• a light to the gētyls / y• thou be ſalvaciō vnto y• ende of y• worlde.eſa. xlix.

The gētyls hearde & were glad & glorified the worde of y• Lorde / & beleved: evē as many as were ordeyned vnto eternall lyfe. And y• worde of the Lorde was publiſſhed thorowe oute all the region. But the Iewes moved y• worſhypfull & honorable wemen / and the chefe men of the cyte / & reyſed perſecuciō agaynſtmat. x. b mar. v • . b luc. ix. a Paul and Barnabas / & expelled them oute of their coſtes. And they ſhouke of y• duſte of their fete agaynſt them / & came vnto Iconiū. And the diſciples were filled with ioye and with the holy gooſt. ⊢

¶ The .xiiii. Chapter.

ANd it fortuned in Iconium that they went both to gether into the ſynagoge of ye Iewes / & ſo ſpake / that a gret multitude both of ye Iewes & alſo of the Brekes beleved. But the vnbelevinge Iewes / ſteryd vp & vnquyeted the myndes of the Gentyls agaynſte the brethrē. Longe tyme a bode they there & quyt them ſelves boldly with the helpe of the Lorde / the which gave teſtimony vnto ye worde of his grace / & cauſed ſignes and wondres to be done by their hondes. The people of the cyte were devided: & parte helde with the Iewes / & parte with the Apoſtles.

When ther was a ſaute made both of the gentyls and alſo of the Iewes with their rulers / to put them to ſhame & to ſtone thē / they were ware of it / & fled vnto Liſtra & Derba / cities of Licaonia / & vnto the region that lyeth round aboute / and there preached the goſpell. And ther ſate a certayne man at Liſtra weake in his fete / beinge creple from his mothers wombe / and never walkyd. The ſame heardeA creple is healed Paul preache. Which behelde him and perceaved that he had fayth to be whole / and ſayd with a loude voyce: ſtond vp right on thy fete. And he ſtert vp / and walked. And when the people ſawe what Paul had done / they lifte vp their voyces / ſayinge in the ſpeache of Lycaonia: Goddes are come doune to vs in the lyknes of men. And they called BarnabasGoddes. Iupiter / & Paul Mercurius / becauſe he was the preacher. Then Iupiters Preſte / which dwelt before their cite / brought oxē & garlondes vnto the churche porche / and wolde have done ſacrifiſe with the people.

But when the Apoſtles / Barnabas & Paul herde that / they rent their clothes / and ran in amonge the people / cryinge & ſayinge: ſyrs / why do ye this? We are mortall men lyke vnto you / & preache vnto you / that ye ſhuld turne from theſe vanyties vnto ye lyvinge God / pſa. • xlv apo. xiiij which made heaven & erth & the ſee & all that in them is: the which in tymes paſt ſuffred all nacions to walke in their awne wayes. Nevertheleſſe he lefte not him ſelfe with outen witnes / in that he ſhewed his benefites / in gevinge vs rayne from heaven & frutefull ceaſons / fyllinge oure hertes with fode and gladnes. And with theſe ſayinges / ſcaſe refrayned they the people / that they had not done ſacrifice vnto them.

Thither came certayne Iewes frō Antioche and Iconium / and optayned the peoples conſentPaule is ſtoned. and ſtoned Paul / and drewe him oute of the cyte / ſuppoſynge he had bene deed. How be it as the diſciples ſtode rounde about him / he aroſe vp & cam into the cyte. And the nexte daye he departed with Barnabas to Derba. After they had preached to that cite & had taught many / they returned agayne to Liſtra / and to Iconium and Antioche / & ſtrengthed the diſciples ſoules / exhortinge them to continue in the faith / affyrminge y• we muſt thorowe moche tribulacion entre into the kyngdomeTribulacion. of God. And when they had ordened them elders by eleccion in every congregaciō • after they had yrayde & faſted / they comendedPrayer & faſtynge go to gether. them to God on whom they beleved.

And they went thorow out Piſidia & came into Pāphilia / & when they had preached the worde of God in Perga / they deſcended in to Attalia / & thence departed by ſhippe to Antioche / frō whence they were delivered vnto the grace of God / to the worke which they had fulfilled. When they were come & had gaddered the congregacion to gedder / they reherſed all that God had done by them / & how he had opened the dore of faith vnto the gētyls. And ther they abode longe tyme with the diſciples.

¶ ¶ The .xv. Chapter.

THen cam certayne from Iewrie / and taught the brethren: excepte ye be circumcyſed after the maner of Moſes / ye cannot be ſaved. And when ther was ryſenCircumciſion. diſſencion & diſputinge not alitle vnto Paul & Barnabas agaynſt them. They determined that Paul and Barnabas & certayne other of them ſhuld aſcende to Ieruſalem vnto the Apoſtles & elders aboute this queſtion. And after they were brought on their waye by the congregacion / they paſſed over Phenices and Samaria / declarynge the conuerſion of the gē tyls / & they brought great ioye vnto all y• brethren. And when they were come to Ieruſalem / they were receaved of the congregacion & of the Apoſtles & elders. And they declared what thinges God had done by them. Then aroſe ther vp certayne that were of the ſecte of the Phariſes & dyd beleve ſayinge / that it was nedfull to circūciſe them & to enioyne thē to kepe y• lawe of Moſes. And y• Apoſtles &Councell elders came to geder to reaſon of this matter.

And when ther was moche diſputinge / Peter roſe vp & ſayde vnto them: Ye men & brethren / ye knowe how that a good whyle agoo / God choſe amōge vs that the gētyls by my mouth ſhuld heare the worde of the goſpell & beleve. And God which knoweth the herte / bare them witnes / and gave vnto them the holy gooſt / evē as he dyd vnto vs / and he put no difference bitwene them and vs / but with fayth Fayth purifieth the heart. purified their hertes. Now therfore why tempte ye God / that ye wolde put a yoke on the diſciples neckes / which nether oure fathers nor we were able to beare. But we beleve that thorowe the the grace of Chriſt ſaueth. grace of the Lorde Ieſu Chriſt we ſhalbe ſaved / as they doo. Then all the multitude was peaſed and gave audience to Barnabas & Paul / which tolde what ſignes and wondres God had ſhewed amonge the gentyls / by them.

And when they helde their peace / Iames anſwered ſayinge: Men & brethren herken vnto me. Simeon tolde how God at the begynnynge dyd viſit the gentyls / & receaved of them / people vnto his name. And to this agreith y• wordes of y• Prophete / as it is written. AfterAmos. • x this I will returne / & wyll bylde agayne the tabernacle of David which is fallen doune / & that which is fallen in dekey of it / will I bilde agayne / & I will ſet it vp / that the reſidue of men might ſeke after the Lorde / & alſo the gentyls vpō whom my name is named ſaith y• Lorde / which doth all theſe thinges: knowne vnto God are all his workes from the begynninge of the worlde. Wherfore my ſentē ce is / yt we trouble not them which frō amonge the gentyls / are turned to God: but yt we write vnto them yt they abſtayne them ſelves frō filthynes of ymages / frō fornicaciō / fromImages. Fornicacion. ſtrāgled. Bloude. ſtrāglyd & frō bloude. For Moſes of olde tyme hath in every cite that preache him / and he is rede in the ſy • agoge every ſaboth daye.

Then pleaſed it the Apoſtles & elders wt the whole congregaciō / to ſende choſyn men of their owne cōpany to Antioche with Paul and Barnabas. They ſent Iudas called alſo Barſabas and Silas / which were chefe men amonge the brethrē / and gave them lettres in their hondes after this maner.

The Apoſtles / elders & brethren ſend gretynges vnto the brethrē which are of the gentyls in Antioche / Siria & Celicia. For as moche as we have hearde yt certayne which departed frō vs / have troubled you with worde / & combred youre myndes ſayinge: Ye muſt be circumciſed & kepe the lawe / to whom we gave no ſoche cōmaundemēt. It ſemed therfore to vs a good thinge / when we were come to gedder with one accorde / to ſende choſyn men vnto you / with oure beloved Barnabas and Paul / men that have ieoperded their lyves for the name of oure Lorde Ieſus Chriſt. We have ſent therfore Iudas and Sylas / which ſhall alſo tell you the ſame thinge by mouth. For it ſemed good to the holy goſt and to vs / to put no grevous thinge to you more then theſe neceſſary thinges: that is to ſaye / that ye abſtayne from thinges offered to ymages / from bloud / from ſtrangled and fornicacion. From which yf ye kepe youre ſelves / ye ſhall do well. So fare ye well.

When they were departed / they came to Antioche & gaddred the multitude to geder & delyvered y• piſtle. When they had redde it / they reioyſed of that conſolacion. And Iudas & Sylas beinge Prophetes are here taken & in diuerſe places of the new teſtament for expounders of the ſcripture. prophetes / exhorted the brethren with moche preachynge▪& ſtrengthed them. And after they had taryed there a ſpace / they were let goo in peace of the brethren vnto the Apoſtles. Not with ſtondynge it pleaſyd Sylas to abyde there ſtill. Paul & Barnabas continued in Antioche teachynge and preachynge the worde of the Lorde with other many.

But after a certayne ſpace / Paul fayde vnto Barnabas: Let vs goo agayne and viſite oure brethren in every cite where we have ſhewed the worde of the Lorde / and ſe how they do. And Barnabas gave counfell to take wt them Iohn / called alſo Marke. But Paul thoughtMarcke the euangeliſt. it not mete to take him vnto their company whiche departed from them at Pamphylia / & went not with them to the worke. And the diſſencion was ſo ſharpe bitwene them / that they departed a ſunder one from the other: ſo that Barnabas toke Marke and ſayled vnto Cypers. And Paul choſe Sylas & departed delyvered of ye brethren vnto the grace of god. And he went thorowe all Cyria and Cilicia / ſtabliſſhynge the congregacions.

¶ The .xvi. Chapter.

THen came he to Derba and to Lyſtra. And beholde a certayne diſciple wasTimotheus. there named Timotheus / a womans ſonne which was a Iewas and beleved: but his father was a Greke. Of whom reported well / the brethren of Lyſtra and of Iconium. The ſame Paul wolde yt he ſhuld goo forth with him / & toke and circumciſed him becauſe of the Iewes which were in thoſe quarters: for they knewe all that his father was a Greke. As they went thorow ye cities / they delyvered thē the decrees for to kepe / ordeyned of the Apoſtles & elders which were at Ieruſalem. And ſo were the congregacions ſtabliſſhed in the fayth / and encreaſed in noumbre dayly.

When they had goone thorow out Phrigia / & the region of Galacia / & were forbyddē of the holy goſt to preach the worde in Aſia / they came to Miſia / & ſought to goo into Bethinia. But the ſprete ſoffered thē not. Then they went over Miſia / & cam doune to Troada. And a viſion appered to Paul in ye nyght. There ſtode a man of Macedonia and prayed him ſayinge: come into Macedonia & helpe vs. After he had ſene ye viſion / immediatly we prepared to goo into Macedonia / certified y• the lorde had called vs for to preache the goſpell vnto them. Then lowſed we forth from Troada / & with a ſtrayght courſe came to Samothracia / and the nexte daye to Neapolim / & from thence to Philippos / which is the chefeſt citie in ye parte of Macedonia / & a fre cite.

We were in that cite abydynge a certayne dayes. And on the ſaboth dayes we went out of the cite beſydes a ryver where men were wont to praye / & we ſate doune and ſpake vnto the wemen which reſorted thyther▪ And a certayne woman named Lydia / a ſeller of purple / of the cite of Thiatira / which worſhippedLidia. God / gave vs audience. Whoſe hert the Lorde opened that ſhe attended vnto the thinges which Paul ſpake. When ſhe was baptiſed and her houſholde / ſhe beſought vs ſayinge: Yf ye thinke that I beleve on the Lorde / come into my houſſe / and abyde there. And ſhe conſtrayned vs.

And it fortuned as we went to prayer / a certayn damſell poſſeſſed with a ſprete that propheſiedA ſpirite is caſt oute. / met vs / which brought her maſter and maſtres moche vauntage with propheſyinge. The ſame folowed Paul and vs and cryed ſayinge: theſe men are the ſervauntes of the moſt hye God / which ſhewe vnto vs the waye of ſalvacion. And this dyd ſhe many dayes. But Paul not cōtent / turned about and ſayd to the ſprete: I commaunde the in the name of Ieſu Chriſt / that thou come out of her. And he came out the ſame houre.

And when her maſter & maſtres ſawe yt theVauntage. hope of their gaynes was gone / they caught Paul & Sylas / & drue thē into the market place vnto the rulars / & brought them to the officers ſayinge: Theſe men trouble oure cite / which are Iewes and preache ordinaunces / which are not laufull for vs to receave / nether to obſerve / ſeinge we are Romayns. And the people ranne on them / and the officers rent their clothes / and cōmaunded them to be beaten with roddes. And when they had beaten • . cor. x • . l them ſore / they caſt them into preſon / cōmaun dynge the iayler to kepe them ſurely. Which iayler when he had receaved ſuche cōmaundment / thruſt them into the ynner preſon / & made their fete faſt in the ſtockes.

At mydnyght Paul & Sylas prayed / & lauded God. And the preſoners hearde them. And ſodenly ther was a greate erth quake / ſo that ye fonndacion of the preſon was ſhaken / and by and by all the dores opened / & every mannes bondes were lowſed. When the kepe • of ye preſon waked out of his ſlepe & ſawe the preſon dores open / he drue out his ſwearde and wolde have▪ kylled him ſelfe / ſuppoſynge the preſoners had bene fledde. But Paul cryed with a lowde voyce ſayinge: Do thy ſelfe no harme / for we are all heare.

Then he called for a lyght and ſprange in / and came tremblynge / and fell doune before Paul and Sylas / & brought them out & ſayde: Syrs / what muſt I do to be ſaved? And they ſayde▪ beleve on the Lorde Ieſus / & thou ſhalt be ſaved and thy houſholde. And they preached vnto him the worde of the Lorde / and to all that were in his houſſe. And he toke them the ſame houre of the nyght & waſſhed their woundes / & was baptiſed with all that belonged vnto him ſtrayght waye. Whē he had brought them into his houſſe / he ſet meate before them / and ioyed that he with all his houſholde / boleved on God.

And when it was daye / the officers ſent the miniſtres ſayinge: Let thoſe men goo. The keper of y• preſon tolde this ſayinge to Paul the officiers have ſent worde to lowſe you. Now therfore get you hence & goo in peace. Then ſayde Paul vnto them: they have beaten vs openly vncomdempned / for all yt we are Romayns / & have caſt vs into preſon: and now wolde they ſende vs awaye prevely? Naye not ſo / but let them come thē ſelves & • et vs out. When the miniſtres tolde theſe wordes vnto the officers / they feared when they hearde that they were Romayns / & came & beſought them / & brought them out / & deſyred them to departe out of the cite. And they wēt out of y• preſon & entred into the houſſe of Lidia / & whē they had ſene the brethren / they comforted them & departed.

¶ The .xvii. Chapter.

AS they made their iorney thorow Amphipolis / and Appolonia / they came to Theſſalonica where was a ſynagoge of the Iewes. And Paul as his maner was / went in vnto them / & thre ſaboth doyes declared oute of the ſcripture vnto them / openynge & allegynge that Chriſt muſt nedes have ſuffred & ryſen agayne from deeth / and that this Ieſus was Chriſt / whom (ſayde he) I preache to you. And ſome of them beleved and came and companyed with Paul and Sylas: alſo of the honourable Grekes a greate mu • titude / and of the chefe wemen / not a feawe.

But the Iewes which beleved not / havynge indignaciō / toke vnto thē evyll men which were vagabondes / and gad • red a company / and ſet all the cite on a • oore / and made a ſaute vnto the houſſe of Iaſon / & ſought to bringe thē out to the people. But when they founde them not / they drue Iaſon and certayne brethren vnto the heedes of the cite cryinge: theſe that trouble the worlde / are come hydder alſo / which Iaſon hath receaved prevely. And theſe all do contrary to the elders of Ceſar / affirmynge another kynge / one Ieſus. And they troubled the people and the officers of the cite when they hearde theſe thinges. And when they were ſufficiently anſwered of Iaſon / & of the other / they let thē goo.

And the brethren immediatly ſent awaye Paul & Sylas by nyght vnto Berrea. Which when they were come thyther / they entred into ye ſynagoge of the Iewes. Theſe were the nobleſt of byrthe amonge thē of Theſſalonia which receaved the worde wt all diligence of mynde / & ſearched Searche the ſcriptures for by thē may ye trye all doctrine. ye ſcriptures dayly whether thoſe thingꝭ were even ſo. And many of thē beleved: alſo of worſhipfull wemē which were Grekes / & of men not afeawe. When the Iewes of Theſſalonia had knowledge that y• worde of God was preached of Paul at Berrea / they came there and moved the people. And then by & by ye brethrē ſent awaye Paul to goo as it were to ye ſee: but Sylas & Timotheus abode there ſtill. And they that gyded Paul / brought him vnto Attens / & receaved a cōmaundment vnto Sylas & Timoth • us for to come to him atonce / and came their waye.

Whyll Paul wayted for them at Attens / his ſprete was moved in him / to ſe the cite gevenAttens. to worſhippinge of ymages. Then he diſputed in the ſynagoge wt the Iewes / & with the devout perſones / and in the market dayly with thē that came vnto him. Certayne philoſophers of y• Epicures & of y• ſtoyckes / diſputed with him. And ſome ther were which ſayde: what will this babler ſaye. Other ſayd: he ſ • meth to be a tydynges bringer of newe devyls / becauſe he preached vnto them Ieſus and the reſurreccion. And they toke him / and brought him into Marſeſtrete ſayinge: maye we not knowe what this newe doctrine wherof thou ſpeakeſt / is? For thou bringeſt ſtraunge tydynges to oure eares. We wolde knowe therfore what theſe thinges meane. For all the Attenians & ſtraungers which were there / gave thē ſelves to nothinge els / but ether to tell or to heare newe tydynges.

Paul ſtode in the myddes of Marſe ſtrete & ſayde: ye men of Attens / I perceave that in all thinges ye are to ſuperſticious. For as I paſſed by and behelde the maner how ye worſhip youre godde / I founde an aultre wher in was written: vnto y• vnknowen god. Whom • nknowen God. ye then ignor • tly worſhip / him ſhewe I vnto you. God that made the worlde & all that are in it / ſeynge that he is Lorde of heven & erth / he dwelleth not in temples made with hondes / netherGod dwelleth not in the temple. is worſhipped with mennes hondes / as though he neded of eny thinge / ſeinge he him ſelfe geveth lyfe and breeth to all men every where / and hath made of one bloud all nacions of men / for to dwell on all the face of the erthe / and hath aſſigned / before how longe tyme / and alſo the endes of their inhabitacion / that they ſhuld ſeke God / yf they myght fele and fynde him / though he be not farre from every one of vs. For in him we lyve / move and have oure beynge / as certayne of youre • wne Poetes ſayde. For we are alſo his generacion. For as moche then as we are the generacion of God / we ought not to thynke that the godhed is lyke vnto golde / ſilver or ſtone / graven by crafte and ymaginacion of man.

And the tyme of this ignoraunce God regarded not: but now he byddeth all men every where repent / becauſe he hath apoynted a daye / in the which he will iudge the worlde acordynge to ryghteweſſes / by that man whom he hath apoynted / and hath offered faith Fayth is here take for the promiſes of mercie which thor • w fayth ſaue vs. which promyſes after the reſurreccion of Chriſt god cōmaunded to be preached vnto all naciōs▪ & not to the Iues onlye / as before. to all men / after that he had rayſed him from deeth.

When they hearde of ye reſurreccion from deeth / ſome mocked / and other ſayde: we will heare the agayne of this matter. So Paul departed from amonge them. Howbeit certayne men clave vnto Paul and beleved / amongeDionyſius. Damaris. the which was Dionyſius a ſenatour / and a woman named Damaris / & other with them.

¶ The .xviii. Chapter.

AFter that / Paul departed from Attens / Corinthum. & came to Corinthū / & founde a certayne Iewe named Aquila / borne in Ponthus / latly come from Italie wt his wyfe Priſcilla (becauſe that the Emperour Claudius had cōmaunded all Iewes to departe frō Rome) and he drewe vnto them. And becauſe he was of the ſame crafte / he abode with them & wrought: their crafte was to make tentes.Tentes. And he preached in ye ſynagoge every ſaboth daye / & exhorted the Iewes and the gentyls.

When Sylas and Timotheus were come from Macedonia / Paul was conſtrayned by the ſprete to teſtifie to the Iewes that Ieſus was very Chriſt. And whē they ſayde cōtraryShoke his rayment. & blaſphemed / he ſhoke his rayment & ſayde vnto thē: youre bloud apon youre awne heeddes / & frō hence forth I go • blameleſſe vnto ye gentyls. And he departed thence / & entred into a certayne mānes houſſe named Iuſtus a worſhiper of god / whoſe houſſe ioyned harde to ye ſynagoge. How be it one • riſpus ye chefe rular of the ſynagoge beleved on ye lorde with all his houſholde / & many of the Corinthiās gave audience and beleved & were baptiſed.

Then ſpake the lorde to Paul in the nyght by a viſion: be not afrayde / but ſpeake / & holde not thy peace: for I am with the / and no man ſhall invade the that ſhall hurte the. For I have moche people in this cite. And he continued there a yeare and ſixe monethes / and taught them the worde of God.

When Gallio was rular of the countre of Acaia / the Iewes made inſurreccion with one accorde agaynſt Paul / & brought him to the iudgement ſeate ſaying: this felow counceleth men to worſhip God contrary to ye lawe. And as Paul was about to open his mouth / Gallio ſayde vnto y• Iewes: yf it were a matter of wronge / or an evyll dede (o ye Iewes) reaſon wolde that I ſhuld heare you: but yf it be a queſtion of wordes / or of names / or of youre lawe / loke ye to it youre ſelves. For I wilbe no iudge in ſoche maters / and he drave them from the ſeate. Then toke all the Grekes Soſtenes the chefe rular of the ſynagoge and ſmote him before the iudges ſeate. And Gallio cared for none of tho thinges.

Paul after this / taryed there yet a good whyle / & then toke his leave of the brethren / & ſayled thence into Ciria / Priſcilla and Aquila accompanyinge him. And he ſhore his heed in Cenchrea / for he had a vowe. And he came toEpheſus Epheſus and lefte them there: but he him ſelfe entred into the ſynagoge / and reaſoned with the Iewes. When they deſyred him to tary longer tyme with thē / he conſented not / but bad thē fare well ſayinge. I muſt nedes at this feaſt that cometh / be in Ieruſalem: but I will returne agayne vnto you yf God will. And he departed from Epheſus & came vnto Ceſarea: & aſcended and ſaluted the congregacion / &Here went Paule to Ieruſalem. departed vnto Antioche / & when he had taryed there a whyle / he departed. And went over all the countre of Galacia and Phrigia by order / ſtrengthynge all the diſciples.

And a certayne Iewe named Apollos / borneApollos. at Alexandria / came to Epheſus / an eloquent man / & myghty in the ſcriptures. The ſame was informed in the waye of the Lorde / and he ſpake fervently in the ſprete / & taught diligently the thinges of the Lorde / & knewe but the baptim of Iohn only. And the ſame began to ſpeake boldely in the ſynagoge. And when Aquila and Priſcilla had hearde him: they toke him vnto them / and expounded vnto him the waye of God more perfectly.

And when he was diſpoſed to goo into Acaia / the brethren wrote exhortynge the diſciples to receave him. After he was come thyther / he holpe them moche which had beleved thorowe grace. And myghtely he overcame the Iewes / and that openly / ſhewynge by the ſcriptures that Ieſus was Chriſt.

¶ The .xix. Chapter. ✚

IT fortuned / whyll Appollo was at Corinthum / that Paul paſſed thorow theEpheſus vpper coſtes & came to Epheſus / & foū de certayne diſciples and ſayd vnto them: have ye receaved the holy goſt ſence ye beleved? And they ſayde vnto him: no we have not hearde whether ther be eny holy gooſt or no. And he ſayd vnto them: wher wt were ye then baptiſed? And they ſayd: with Iohns baptimmat. iij. • ▪ Then ſayde Paul: Iohn verely bapiiſed with the baptim of repentaunce / ſayinge vnto the people that they ſhuld beleve on him which ſhuld come after him: that is on Chriſt Ieſus. When they hearde that / they were baptiſed in the name of the lorde Ieſu. And PaulLayenge on of handes. layde his hondes apon them / & the holy goſt came on them / and they ſpake with tonges / & propheſied / & all the men were aboute .xii.

And he went into the ſynagoge / & behaved him ſelfe boldely for the ſpace of thre monethes / diſputynge and gevynge them exhortacions of the kyngdome of God. ✚ When dyvers weyed harde herted and beleved not / but ſpake evyll of the waye / and that before the multitude: he departed from them / and ſeperated the diſciples. And diſputed dayly in y• ſcole of one called Tyrānus. And this contynued by the ſpace of two yeares: ſo yt all they which dwelt in Aſia / hearde the worde of the lorde Ieſu / bothe Iewes & Grekes. And god wrought no finall miracles by the hondes ofNapkin. Partlet. Paul: ſo that from his body / were brought vnto the ſicke / napkyns or partlettes / and the diſeaſes departed from thē / and the evyll ſpretes went out of them.

Then certayne of the vagabounde Iewes exorciſtes / toke apon them to call over them which had evyll ſpretes / the name of the lorde Ieſus ſayinge: We adiure you by Ieſu whō Paul preacheth. And ther were ſeven ſonnes of one Sceva a Iewe & chefe of the preſtes which dyd ſo. And the evyll ſprete anſwered & ſayde: Ieſus I knowe / & Paul I knowe: but who are ye? And y• man in whō the evyll ſprete was / ranne on thē / and overcame thē / & prevayled agaynſt them / ſo that they fledde out of that houſſe naked & woūded. And this was knowen to all y• Iewes & Grekes alſo / which dwelt at Epheſus / & feare came on them all / & they magnified the name of y• lorde Ieſus.

And many y• beleved / came & confeſſed & ſhewed their workes. Many of thē which vſed curious craftes / brought their bokes & burned thē before all men / & they counted the price of thē & foūde it fifty thouſande Theſe ſyluerlinges which we now and then call pence the Iues call ſicles / ād are worth a .x. pēce ſterlynge. ſilverlynges. So myghtely grewe y• worde of god / & prevayled. After theſe thinges were ended / Paul purpoſed in the ſprete / to paſſe over Macedonia & Achaia / & to goo to Ieruſalem ſaying: After I have bene there / I muſt alſo ſe Rome. So ſent he into Macedonia two of thē that miniſtred vnto him Timotheus and Eraſtus: but he him ſelfe remayned in Aſia for a ſeaſon.

The ſame tyme ther aroſe no lytell a do aboute that waye. For a certayne man named Demetrius / a ſilvermyth / which made ſilverDemetrius. ſchrynes for Diana / was not a lytell beneficiall vnto the craftes men. Which he called to geder with the worke men of lyke occupacion / and ſayd: Syrs / ye knowe that by this crafte we have vauntage. Moreover ye ſe and heare that not alone at Epheſus / but almoſt thorowe oute all Aſia / this Paul hath perſuaded & turned awaye moche people / ſaying y• they be not goddes which are made wt hondes. So that not only this oure crafte cometh into parell to be ſet at nought: but alſo that y• temple of y• greate goddas Diana ſhuld be deſpyſed / & her magnificence ſhuld be deſtroyed which all Aſia / and the worlde worſhippeth.

When they hearde theſe ſayinges / they were full of wrathe / & cryed out ſaying: Greate is Diana of the Epheſians. And all the cite was on a roore / & they ruſſhed in to the comen hall with one aſſent / & caught Gayus & Ariſtarcus / men of Macedonia / Pauls companiōs. When Paul wolde have entred in vnto the people / y• diſciples ſuffered him not. Certayne alſo of y• chefe of Aſia which were his frendes / ſent vnto him / deſyrynge him that he wolde not preace into the comen hall. Some cryed one thinge & ſome another / & the congregacion was all out of quiet / & ye moare parte knewe not wherfore they were come togeder.

Some of the company drue forth Alexander / the Iewes thruſtynge him forwardes. Alexander beckened with the honde / & wolde have geven y• people an anſwer. When they knewe y• he was a Iewe / ther aroſe a ſhoute almoſt for the ſpace of two houres / of all men cryinge / greate is Diana of the Epheſians.

When the toune clarcke had ceaſed the people / he ſayd: ye men of Epheſus / what man is it that knoweth not how that the cite of the Epheſians is a worſhipper of the great goddas Diana / & of y• ymage which came frō heven: Seinge then yt no man ſayth here agaynſt / ye ought to be content / & to do nothinge raſſhly: For ye have brought hyther theſe mē whiche are nether robbers of churches / nor yet deſpiſers of youre goddes. Wherfore yf Demetrius and the craftes men which are wt him / have eny ſayinge to eny man / the lawe is open / and ther are ruelars / let thē accuſe one another. Yf ye goo about eny other thinge / it maye be determined in a lawfull cōgregacion For we are in ieoperdy to be accuſed of this dayes buſines: for as moche as ther is no cauſe wherby we maye geve a rekenynge of this concourſe of people. And when he had thus ſpoken / he let the congregacion departe.

¶ The .xx. Chapter.

AFter the rage was ceaſed / Paul called the diſciples vnto him / & toke his leave of them / & departed for to goo into Macedonia. And when he had gone over thoſe parties / and geven them large exhortacions / he came into Grece / and there abode .iii. mone thes. And when the Iewes layde wayte for him as he was about to ſayle into Syria / he purpoſed to returne thorowe Macedonia. Ther acompanied him into Aſia / Sopater of Berrea / and of Theſſalonia Ariſtarcus & Secundus / & Gayus of Derba / & Timotheus: and out of Aſia Tychicus and Trophimos. Theſe went before / and taryed vs at Troas. And we ſayled awaye frō Philippos after the eſter holydayes / & came vnto them to Troas in five dayes / where we abode ſeven dayes.

And on the morowe after the ſaboth daye the diſciples came to geder for to breake breed and Paul preached vnto them (redy to departe on the morowe) & cōtinued the preachynge vnto mydnyght. And there were many lyghtes in the chamber where thy were gaddered to geder / and there ſate in a wyndowe a certayne yonge man named Eutichos / fallen intoEutichos. a depe ſlepe. And as Paul declared / he was the moare overcome with ſlepe / & fell doune from the thyrde lofte / and was taken vp deed. Paul went doune and fell on him / and embraſed him / and ſayde: make nothinge a do / for his lyfe is in him. When he was come vp agayne / he brake breed / and taſted / and comened a longewhyle even tyll the mornynge / and ſo departed. And they brought the yoūge man a lyve / and were not alytell comforted.

And we went a fore to ſhippe and lowſed vnto Aſſon / theſe to receave Paul. For ſo had he apoynted / and wolde him ſelfe goo a fote. When he was come to vs vnto Aſſon / we toke him in / & came to Mytelenes. And we ſayled thence / and came the nexte daye over agaynſt Chios. And the nexte daye we aryved at Samos / and taryed at Trogilion. The nexte daye we came to Myleton: for Paul had determined to leave Epheſus as they ſayled / becauſe he wolde not ſpende ye tyme in Aſia. For he haſted to be (yf he coulde poſſible) at Ieruſalem at the daye of pentecoſte. Wherfore from Myleton he ſent to Epheſus / & called the elders of the cōgregacion. And when they were come to him / he ſayde vnto thē: Ye knowe frō the fyrſt daye yt I came vnto Aſia / after what maner. I have bene wt you at all craſons / ſervynge the lorde with all humblenesThe ſermon of Paule to the Epheſians. of mynde / & with many teares / & temptacions which happened vnto me by the layinges awayte of the Ieues / & how I kept backe no thinge that was profitable: but that I have ſhewed you & taught you openly and at home in youre houſes / witneſſinge bothe to the Iewes / & alſo to the Grekes / the repentaunce towardRepentaūce and fayth God / & faith towarde oure Lorde Ieſu.

And now beholde I goo bounde in the ſprete vnto Ieruſalem / & knowe not what ſhall come on me thers / but that the holy gooſt witneſſeth in every cite ſayinge: y• bondes & trouble abyde me. But none of tho thinges move me: nether is my lyfe dere vnto my ſelfe / that I myght fulfill my courſe wt ioye / & the miniſtraciō which I have receaved of ye Lorde Ieſu / to teſtify the goſpell of y• grace of god.

And now beholde / I am ſure yt hence forth ye all (thorow whō I have gone preachinge ye kyngdome of God) ſhall ſe my face no moore. Wherfore I take you to recorde this ſame daye / that I am pure frō the bloude of all mē. For I have kepte nothinge backe: but have ſhewed you all the counſell of God. Take hede therfore vnto youre ſelves / & to all the flocke / wherof the holy gooſt hath made you overſears / to rule the congregacion of God / which he hathpurchaſed with hisbloud. For I am ſure of this / that after my departyngeGreuous wolues. ſhall greveous wolves entre in amonge you / which will not ſpare the flocke. Moreover of youre awne ſelves ſhall men aryſe ſpeakinge perverſe thingꝭ / to drawe diſciples after thē. Therfore awake & remember / that by the ſpace of .iii. yeares I ceaſed not to warne every one of you / both nyght and daye with teares.

And now brethren I cōmende you to God and to the worde of his grace / which is able to bylde further / & to geve you an inheritaunce amōge all them which are ſanctified. I havej. cor. iiij. j. teſſ. ij. b ij. teſſ. iij. deſyred no mās ſilver / golde / or veſture. Ye knowe well y• theſe hondes have miniſtred vnto my neceſſities / and to them that were wt me. I have ſhewed you all thingꝭ / how that ſo laborynge ye ought to receave the weake / & to remember the wordes of the Lorde Ieſu / howe that he ſayde: It is more bleſſed to geve / then to receave.

When he had thus ſpoken / he kneled doune / and prayed with them all. And they wept all aboundantly / and fell on Pauls necke / & kiſſed him / ſorowinge moſt of all for the wordes which he ſpake / that they ſhuld ſe his face no moore. And they acompanyed him vnto the ſhyppe.

¶ The .xxi. Chapter.

ANd it chaunſed that aſſone as we had launched forth / & were departed from them / we came with a ſtrayght courſe vnto Choon / and the daye folowinge vnto the Rhodes / & from thence vnto Patara. And we founde a ſhippe redy to ſayle vnto Phenices / and went a borde & ſet forthe. Then appered vnto vs Cyprus / and we lefte it on the lefte honde / and ſayled vnto Syria / and came vnto Tyre. For there the ſhyppe vnladed her burthen. And when we had founde brethren / we taryed there .vii. dayes. And they tolde Paul thorowe ye ſprete: that he ſhuld not goo vp to Ieruſalem. And when the dayes were ended / we departed & went • ure wayes / and they all brought vs on oure waye / wt their wyves and chyldren / tyll we were come out of the cyte. And we kneled doune in the ſhore & prayde. And when we had taken oure leave one of another / we toke ſhyppe / and they returned home agayne.

When we had full ended the courſe frō Tyre / we aryved at Ptolomaida / & ſaluted the brethren / & abode with thē one daye. The nexte daye / we that were of Pauls cōpany / departed & came vnto Ceſarea. And we entred into the houſſe of Philip y• Evāgeliſt / which wasPhillip. one of the ſevē deacones / & abode with him. The ſame man had fower doughters virgēs / which dyd propheſy. And as we taried there a good many dayes / there came a certayne prophete from Iurie / named Agabus. When heAgabus. was come vnto vs / he toke Pauls gerdell / & bounde his hondes & fete / & ſayde: thus ſaith the holy gooſt: ſo ſhall y• Iewes at Ieruſalem bynde the man yt oweth this gerdell / & ſhall delyver him into the hondes of the gentyls.

When we hearde this / both we & other of the ſame place / be ſought him / that he wolde not goo vp to Ieruſalem. Then Paul anſwered & ſayde: what do ye wepynge & breakinge myne hert? I am redy not to be bound only / but alſo to dye at Ieruſalem for ye name of y• Lorde Ieſu. When we coulde not turne his mynde / we ceaſed ſayinge: the will of y• Lorde be fulfilled. After thoſe dayes we made oure ſelfes redy / & went vp to Ieruſalem. There went with vs alſo certayne of his diſciples of Ceſarea / & brought with them one Mnaſon of Cyprus / an olde diſciple with whom we ſhuld lodge. And when we were come to Ieruſalem / the brethren receaved vs gladly. And on the morowe Paul wēt in with vs vn to Iames. And all the elders came to geder. And when he had ſaluted them / he tolde by order all thingꝭ that God had wrought amō ge the gētyls by his miniſtracion. And when they hearde it / they glorified the Lorde / & ſayde vnto him: thou ſeiſt brother / how many thouſande Iewes ther are which beleve / and they are all zelous over y• lawe. And they are informed of the / that thou teacheſt all the Iewes which are amōge the gentyls / to forſake Moſes / & ſayſt that they ought not to circumciſe their chyldren / nether to live after the cuſtomes. What is it therfore? The multitude muſt nedes come togeder. For they ſhall heare that thou arte come. Do therfore this that we ſaye to the.

We have .iiii. men / which have a vowe on nume. vj. them. Them take / and purifye thy ſelfe with them / & do coſt on them / that they maye ſhave their heeddes / & all ſhall knowe yt tho thingꝭ which they have hearde concerninge the / are nothinge: but that thou thy ſelfe alſo walkeſt & kepeſt the lawe. For as touchinge the gentyls which beleve / we have written & concluded / y• they obſerve no ſoche thinges: but that they kepe them ſelves from thinges offred to ydoles / from bloud / frō ſtrangled & frō fornicacion. Then the nexte daye Paul toke the men / & purified him ſelfe with them / & entred into the tēple / declaringe that he obſerved the dayes of y• purificaciō / vntyll that an offeringe ſhuld be offred for every one of them.

And as the ſeven dayes ſhuld have bene ended / y• Iewes which were of Aſia when they ſawe him in the tēple / they moved all the people / & layde hondes on him cryinge: men of Iſrael helpe. This is the man that teacheth all men every where agaynſt the people / & the lawe / and this place. Moreover alſo he hath brought Grekes into the tēple / & hath polluted this holy place. For they ſawe one Trophimus an Epheſian with him in the cyte. Him they ſuppoſed Paul had brought into the tēple. And all the cyte was moved / & the people ſwarmed to geder. And they toke Paul & drue him out of the tēple / & forthwith the dores were ſhut to.

As they went about to kyll him / tydinges came vnto the hye captayne of the ſoudiers / that all Ieruſalem was moved. Which immediatly toke ſoudiers & vndercaptaynes / & ranne doune vnto them. When they ſawe y• vpper captayne & the ſoudiers / they lefte ſmytinge of Paul. Then the captayne came neare & toke him / & cōmaunded him to be bounde with two chaynes / & demaunded what he was / & what he had done. And one cryed this / another that amōge the people. And whē he coulde not knowe the certayntie for y• rage / he cōmaunded him to be caryed into the caſtle. And whē he came vnto a grece / it fortuned that he was borne of the ſoudiers of the violence of the people. For the multitude of the people folowed after cryinge: awaye wt him.

And as Paul ſhuld have bene caryed into the caſtle / he ſayde vnto the hye Captayne: maye I ſpeake vnto the? Which ſayde: canſt thou ſpeake Greke? Arte not thou that Egypcian which before theſe dayes made an vp roure & ledde out into the wildernes .iiii. thou ſande men that were mortherers? But Paul ſayde: I am a mā which am a Iewe of Tha • ſus a cite in Cicill a Citeſyn of no vyle cite / • beſeche ye ſoffre me to ſpeake vnto ye people. When he had gevē him licēce / Paul ſtode on ye ſteppes & beckned with the honde vnto the people / & ther was made a greate ſilence. And he ſpake vnto thē in ye Ebrue tonge ſayinge:

¶ The .xxii. Chapter.

YE men / brethrē & fathers / heare myne anſwere which I make vnto you. Whē they hearde that he ſpake in ye Ebrue tonge to them / they kept the moore ſilence. And he ſayde: I am verely aman which am a Iewe / borne in Tharſus / a cite in Cicill: nevertheleſſe yet brought vp in this cite / at y• fete of Gamaliel and informed diligently in the lawe of the fathers / and was fervent mynded to Godwarde / as ye all are this ſame daye / and I perſecuted this waye vnto the deeth byndynge and delyveringe into preſon bothe men and wemen / as the chefe preſt doth beare me witnes / and all the elders: of whom alſo I receaved letters vnto the brethren / & wēt to Damaſco to bringe them which were there / bounde vnto Ieruſalem for to be punyſſhed.

And it fortuned / as I made my iorney and was come nye vnto Damaſco aboute none / yt ſodenly ther ſhone frō heaven a greate lyght rounde aboute me / and I fell vnto the erth / & hearde a voyce ſayinge vnto me: Saul / Saul / why perſecuteſt thou me? And I anſwered: what arte thou Lorde? And he ſayd vnto me: I am Ieſus of Nazareth / whom thou perſecuteſt. And they that were with me / ſawe verely alyght & were a frayde: but they hearde not the voyce of him that ſpake with me. And I ſayde: what ſhall I do Lorde? And the Lorde ſayde vnto me: Aryſe & goo into Damaſco & there it ſhalbe tolde the of all thinges which are apoynted for the to do. And when I ſawe nothynge for the brightnes of that light / I was ledde by the honde of them that were with me / and came into Damaſco.

And one Ananias a perfect man / & as pertayninge to the lawe / havinge good reporte of all the Iewes which there dwelt / came vnto me / & ſtode & ſayd vnto me: Brother Saul / loke vp. And that ſame houre I receaved my ſight and ſawe him. And he ſayde / the God of oure fathers hath ordeyned the before / that thou ſhuldeſt knowe his will / and ſhuldeſt ſe that which is rightfull / & ſhuldeſt heare the voyce of his mouth: for thou ſhalt be his witnes vnto all men of tho thinges which thou thouhaſt ſene & hearde. And now: why tarieſt thou? Aryſe & be baptiſed / and weſſhe awaye Baptime thy ſynnes / in callinge on y• name of y• Lorde.

And it fortuned / when I was come agayne to Ieruſalem & prayde in the tēple / yt I was in a traūce / & ſawe him ſayinge vnto me. Make haſte / & get the quickly out of Ieruſalem: for they will not receave thy witnes ye thou beareſt of me. And I ſayde: Lorde they knowe that I preſoned / & bet in every ſynagoge them that beleved on the▪ And when the bloud of thy witnes Steven was ſheed / I alſo ſtode by / and conſented vnto his deeth / and kept the rayment of them that ſlewe him. And he ſayde vnto me: departe / for I will ſende the a farre hence vnto the Gentyls.

They gave him audience vnto this worde / & then lifte vp their voyces & ſayde: a waye wt ſoche a felowe frō the erth: yt is pitie that he ſhuld live. And as they cryed & caſt of their clothes / & thrue duſt into y• ayer / y• captayne bade him to be brought into the caſtle / & commaunded him to be ſcourged / & to be examined / that he myght knowe wherfore they cryed on him. And as they bounde him with thō ges / Paul ſayde vnto the Centurion that ſtode by: Ys it laufull for you to ſcourge a man that is a Romain & vncondempned? When the Centurion hearde that / he went / and tolde the vpper captayne ſayinge: What intendeſt thou to do? This man is a Romayne.

Then the vpper captayne came / & ſayde to him: tell me / art thou a Romayne? He ſayde: Yee. And the captayne anſwered: with a greate ſome obtayned I this fredome. And Paul ſayde: I was fre borne. Then ſtrayght waye departed from him / they which ſhuld have examyned him. And the hye captayne alſo was a frayde / after he knewe that he was a Romayne: becauſe he had bounde him.

On the morowe becauſe he wolde have knowen the certayntie wherfore he was accuſed of the Iewes / he lowſed him from his bondes / & commaunded the hye Preſtes & all the counſell to come together / and brought Paul / and ſet him before them.

¶ The .xxiii. Chapter.

PAul behelde the counſell & ſayde: men & brethrē / I have lived in all good cō ſcience before God vntill this daye. The hye preſt Ananias cōmaunded thē that ſtode by to ſmyte him on the mouth. Then ſayde Paul to him: God ſmyte the thou payntyd wall. Sitteſt thou & iudgeſt me after the lawe: & commaundeſt me to be ſmytten contrary to the lawe? And they that ſtode by / ſayde: revyleſt thou Goddes hye preſte? Then ſayd Paul: I wiſt not brethren / that he wasexo. xxij the hye preſte. For it is writtē / thou ſhalt not curſe the rular of thy people.

When Paul perceaved that the one parteSaduces phariſes. were Saduces / & the other Phariſes: he cryed oute in the counſell. Men & brethren / I am a Phariſaye / the ſonne of a Phariſaye. Of thephi. iij. • . hope / & reſurreccion frō deeth / I am iudged. And when he had ſo ſayde / ther aroſe a debate betwene the Phariſayes & y• Saduces / & the multitude was devided. For y• Saduces ſaye ▪mat xxij that ther is no reſurrecciō / nether angell / nor ſprete. But the Phariſayes graunt bothe. And ther aroſe a great crye / and the Scribes which were of the Phariſayes parte / aroſe & ſtrove ſayinge: we fynde none evyll in this man. Though a ſprete or an angell hath apered to him / let vs not ſtryve agaynſt God.

And when ther aroſe greate debate / the captayne fearynge leſt Paul ſhuld have bene pluckt aſondre of them / cōmaunded the ſoudiers to goo doune / & to take him from amonge them / and to bringe him into the caſtle. The nyght folowyng / God ſtode by him and ſayde: Be of good cheare Paul: for as thou haſt teſtified of me in Ieruſalem / ſo muſt thou beare witnes at Rome.

When daye was come / certayne of the Iewes gaddered them ſelves to geder / & made a vowe / ſayinge that they wolde nether eate nor drinke till they had killed Paul. They were aboute .xl. which had made this conſpiraciō. And they cam to y• chefe preſtes & elders / & ſayde: we have boūde oure ſelves with a vowe / that we will eate nothinge vntill we have ſlayne Paul. Now therfore geve ye knowlege to the vpper captayne & to the counſell / that he bringe him forth vnto vs to morow / as though we wolde knowe ſome thingꝭ more perfectly of him. But we (or ever he come neare) are redy in y• meane ſeaſon to kill him.

When Pauls ſiſters ſonne hearde of their layinge awayte / he wēt & entred into the caſtle / & tolde Paul. And Paul called one of y• vnder captaynes vnto him / & ſayde: bringe this younge man vnto ye hye captayne: for he hath a certayne thinge to ſhewe him. And he toke him / & ſayd: Paul y• preſoner called me vnto him & prayed me to brige this yoūge mā vnto y• / which hath a certayne matter to ſhewe y•.

The hye captayne toke him by the hond / & wēt a parte with him out of the waye: & a • ed him: what haſt thou to ſaye vnto me? And he ſayd: the Iewes are determined to deſyre the y• thou woldeſt brynge forth Paul to morowe into the counſell / as though they wolde enquyre ſomwhat of him more parfectly. But folowe not their mindes: for ther lye • wayte for him of thē / moo then .xl. men / which have boūde thē ſelves wt a vowe / that they will nether eate ner drinke till they have killed him. And now are they redy / & loke for thy promes.

The vpper captayne let y• yōge man departe & charged: ſe thou tell it out to no man that thou haſt ſhewed theſe thingꝭ to me. And he called vnto him two vnder captaynes / ſayinge: make redy two hondred ſoudiers to goo to Ceſarea / and horſmen threſcore and ten / & ſpeare men two houndred / at the thyrde houre of the nyght. And delyvre them beaſtes that they maye put Paul on / and bringe him ſafe vnto Felix the hye debite / and wrote a letter in this maner.

Claudius Liſias vnto y• moſt mighty rular Felix / ſendeth gretinge. This man was takē of the Iewes / and ſhuld have bene killed of them. Then cam I with ſoudiers / & reſcued him / and perceaved that he was a Romayne. And when I wolde have knowen the cauſe / wherfore they accuſed him / I brought him forth into their coūſell. There perceaved I y• he was accuſed of queſtiōs of their lawe: but was not giltye of eny thinge worthy of deeth or of bondes. Afterwarde when it was ſhewed me how that y• Iewes layde wayte for y• man / I ſent him ſtrayght waye to the / & gave commaundmēt to his accuſars / yf they had ought agaynſt him / to tell it vnto y•: fare well.

Then y• ſoudiers as it was cōmaunded thē / toke Paul / & brought him by nyght to Antipatras. On the morowe they lefte horſmen to goo with him / and returned vnto the caſtle. Which when they cam to Ceſarea / they delivered the epiſtle to the debite / and preſented Paul before him. When the debite had redde the letter / he axed of what countre he was / & when he vnderſtode that he was of Cicill / I will heare the (ſayde he) whē thyne accuſars are come alſo: & commaunded him to be kepte in Herodes pallys.

¶ The .xxiiii. Chap.

AFter .v. dayes / Ananias the hye preſte deſcended / with elders & with a certayne Oratour named Tartullus / & enformed the ruelar of Paul. When Paul was called forth / Tartullus beganne to accuſe him ſaying: Seynge y• we live in great quyetnes by the meanes of the / & that many good thinges are done vnto this nacion thorow thy providence: that alowe we ever & in all places / moſt myghty Felix with all thankes. Notwithſtondinge / that I be not tedeous vnto the / I praye the / that thou woldeſt heare vs of thy curteſy a feawe wordes.

We have founde this mā a peſtilent felowe / and a mover of debate vnto all the Iewes thorowe out the worlde / & a mayntayner of y• ſecte of the Nazarites / & hath alſo enforſed to pollute the temple. Whom we toke & wolde have iudged acordinge to oure lawe: but the hye captayne Liſias came vpon vs / and with great violence toke him awaye out of oure hō des / cōmaundinge his accuſars to come vnto the. Of whō thou mayſt (yf thou wilt enquyre) knowe the certayne of all theſe thinges where of we accuſe him. The Iewes lyke wyſe affermed / ſayinge that it was even ſo.

Then Paul (after that the rular him ſelfe had beckened vnto him that he ſhuld ſpeake) anſwered: I ſhall with a moare quvet minde anſwere for my ſelfe / for as moche as I vnderſtonde y• thou haſt bene of many yeares a iudge vnto this people / becauſe that thou mayſt knowe y• there are yet .xii. dayes ſence I went vp to Ieruſalem for to praye / & that they nether founde me in the tēple diſputinge with eny man / other rayſinge vp the people / nether in the Synagoges / nor in the cite. Nether can they prove y• thinge wher of they accuſe me.

But this I confeſſe vnto y• / that after that waye (which they call hereſy) ſo worſhippe I the God of my fathers / belevinge all thinges which are writtē in the lawe & y• Prophetes / & have hope towardes God / that y• ſame reſurreccion from deeth (which they them ſelves loke for alſo) ſhalbe / both of iuſt & vniuſt. And therfore ſtody I to have a cleare conſciē ce towarde God / and toward man alſo.

But after many yeres I came & brought almes to my people & offeringes / in the which they founde me purified in the tēple / nether with multitude / nor yet wt vnquyetnes How beit there were certayne Iewes out of Aſia which ought to be here preſent before the / & accuſe me / yf they had ought agaynſt me: or els let theſe ſame here ſaye / if they have founde eny evell doinge in me / whill I ſtonde here in y• counſell: except it be for this one voyce / y• I cryed ſtondinge amōge thē / of the reſutreccion frō deeth am I iudged of you this daye.

When Felix hearde theſe thinges he deferde them / for he knowe very well of yt waye & ſayde: when Liſias the captayne is come / I will know the vtmoſt of youre matters. And he commaunded an vnder captayne to kepe Paul / and that he ſhuld have reſt / and that he ſhuld forbyd none of his aquayntaūce▪ to miniſter vnto him / or to come vnto him.

And after a certayne dayes / cā Felix & his wyfe Druſilla which was a Iewas / & called forth Paul / & hearde him of the fayth which is toward Chriſt. And as he preached of righteouſnes / temperaūce & iudgement to come / Felix trembled & anſwered: thou haſt dóne ynough at this tyme / departe / when I have a conveniēt tyme / I will ſende for the. He hoped alſo that money ſhuld have bene geven him of Paul / that he myght lowſe him: wherfore he called him y• oftēner & cōmened with him. But after two yeare / Feſtus Poreius came into Felix roume. And Felix willinge to ſhewe y• Iewes a pleaſure / lefte Paul in preſon bounde.

¶ The .xxv. Chapter. Feſtus Porcius.

VVhen Feſtus was come into the province / after thre dayes / he aſcended frō Ceſarea vnto Ieruſalem. Then enformed him the hye preſtes & the chefe of the Iewes of Paul. And they be ſought him / & deſired faveour agaynſt him / that he wold ſende for him to Ieruſalem: & layde awayte for him in the waye to kill him. Feſtus anſwered / that Paul ſhuld be kept at Ceſarea: but that he him ſelfe wold ſhortly departe thither. Let thē therfore (ſayd he) which amōge you are able to do it / come doune with vs and accuſe him / if ther be eny faute in the man.

When he had taried there moare then ten dayes / he departed vnto Ceſarea / & the nexte daye ſate doune in the iudgemēt ſeate / & commaunded Paul to be brought. When he was come / the Iewes which were come frō Ieruſalem / came aboute him & layde many & greveous complayntes agaynſt Paul / which they coulde not prove as longe as he anſwered for him ſelfe / that he had nether agaynſt the lawe of the Iewes / nether agaynſt the temple / nor yet agaynſt Ceſar offended eny thinge at all.

Feſtus willinge to do the Iewes a pleaſure / anſwered Paul & ſayde: wilt thou goo to Ieruſalem / and there be iudged of theſe thinges before me? Then ſayd Paul: I ſtonde at Ceſars iudgemēt ſeate / where I ought to be iudged. To ye Iewes have I no harme done / as thou verely well knoweſt. If I have hurte them / or cōmitted eny thinge worthy of deeth I refuſe not to dye. Yf none of theſe thinges are / where of they accuſe me / no man owghtPaule appealed. to delyver me to them. I appeale vnto Ceſar. Then ſpake Feſtus with deliberacion / & anſwered. Thou haſt appealed vnto Ceſar: vnto Ceſar ſhalt thou goo.

After a certayne dayes / kinge Agrippa andAgrippa Bernice came vnto Ceſarea to ſalute Feſtus. And when they had bene there a good ceaſon / Feſtus reherſed Paules cauſe vnto y• kynge ſayinge: ther is a certayne man left in preſon of Felix / about whom when I came to Ieruſalem / the hye preſtes & elders of the Iewes enformed me / & deſyred to have iudgement agaynſt him. To whom I anſwered: It is not the maner of the Romayns to delyver eny man / that he ſhuld periſſhe / before that he which is accuſed / have the accuſars before him / and have licence to anſwer for him ſelfe / conſerninge y• cryme layde agaynſt him: whē they were come hidder / wt out delaye on the morowe I ſate to geve iudgement / & cōmaunded y• mā to be brought forthe. Agaynſt whō when y• accuſers ſtode vp / they brought none accuſacion of ſoche thingꝭ as I ſuppoſed: but had certayne queſtions agaynſt him of their awne ſuperſticion / & of one Ieſus which was ded: whom Paul affirmed to be alyve. And becauſe I douted of ſoche maner queſtions / I ayed him whyther he wolde goo to Ieruſalem / & there be iudged of theſe matters. Then when Paul had appealed to be kept vnto the knowledge of Ceſar / I commaunded him to be kept / tyll I myght ſende him to Ceſar.

Agrippa ſayd vnto Feſtus: I wolde alſo heare ye man my ſelfe. To morowe (ſayde he) thou ſhalt heare him. And on ye morowe when Agrippa was come and Bernice with greate pompe / & were entred into the counſell houſſe with the captaynes & chefe men of the cite / at Feſtus commaundement Paul was brought forth. And Feſtus ſayde: kynge Agrippa / & all men which are heare preſent wt vs: ye ſe this man about whom all the multitude of the Iewes have bene with me both at Ieruſalem and alſo here / cryinge that he ought not to lyve eny lenger. Yet founde I nothinge worthy of deeth that he had cōmitted. Nevertheleſſe ſeinge that he hath appealed to Ceſar / I have determined to ſende him. Of whom I have no certayne thinge to wryte vnto my lorde. Wherfore I have brought him vnto you / and ſpecially vnto the / kynge Agrippa / that after examinacion had / I myght have ſumwhat to wryte. For me thynketh it vnreaſonable / for to ſende a preſoner / and not to ſhewe the cauſes which are layde agaynſt him.

¶ The .xxvi. Chapter.

AGrippa ſayde vnto Paul: thou arte permitted to ſpeake for thy ſelfe. Then Paul ſtretched forth the honde / & anſwered for him ſelfe. I thynke my ſelfe happy kynge Agrippa / becauſe I ſhall anſwere this daye before the / of all the thinges wherof I am accuſed of y• Iewes / namely becauſe thou arte experte in all cuſtomes and queſtions / which are amonge the Iewes. Wherfore I beſeche the to heare me paciently.

My lyvynge of a chylde / which was at the fyrſt amōge myne awne nacion at Ieruſalem knowe all the Iewes which knew me from ye beginnynge / yf they wolde teſtifie it. For after the moſt ſtrayteſt ſecte of oure laye / lyved I a phariſaye. And now I ſtond & am iudged for the hope of the promes made of God vnto oure fathers: vnto which promes / oure .xii. tribes inſtantly ſervynge God daye & nyght / hope to come. For which hopes ſake / kynge Agrippa / am I accuſed of the Iewes. Why ſhuld it be thought a thinge vncredible vnto you / that god ſhuld rayſe agayne the deed?

I alſo verely thought in my ſelfe / that I ought to do many cōtrary thinges / clene agaynſt the name of Ieſus of Nazareth: which thinge I alſo dyd in Ieruſalem. Where many of the ſainctes I ſhut vp in preſon / & had receaved auctorite of y• hye preſtes. And whē they were put to deeth / I give the ſentence. And I punyſſhed them ofte in every ſynagoge / and compelled them to blaſpheme: & was yet more mad apon them / and perſecuted thē / even vnto ſtraunge cities. About the which thinges as I went to Damaſco with auctorite and licence of the hye Preſtes / even at myddaye (o kynge) I ſawe in ye waye a lyght from heven / above the brightnes of the ſunne / ſhyne rounde about me and them which iorneyed with me.

When we were all fallen to the erth / I hearde a voyce ſpeakynge vnto me / & ſayinge in ye Hebrue tonge: Saul / Saul / why perſecuteſt thou me? It is harde for the to kicke agaynſte the pricke. And I ſayde: Who arte thou lorde? And he ſayde I am Ieſus whom thou perſecuteſt. But ryſe & ſtond vp on thy fete. For I have apered vnto the for this purpoſe / to make the a miniſter & a witnes / both of tho thinges which thou haſt ſene / and of tho thinges in the which I will appere vnto the / delyverynge the from the people / and from y• gentyls vnto which nowe I ſende the / to open their eyes that they myght turne from darcknes vnto lyght / & from the power of Satan vnto God / that they maye receave forgevenesFayth. of ſynnes and inheritaūce amonge thē which are ſanctified byfayth in me.

Wherfore kynge Agrippa / I was not diſobedient vnto the hevenly viſion: but ſhewed fyrſt vnto them of Damaſco / and at Ieruſalem / and thorow out all the coſtes of Iewry / and to the gentyls / that they ſhuld repent / & turne to God / and do the ryght workes of repentaunce. For this cauſe the Iewes caught me in the temple / and went about to kyll me. Nevertheleſſe I obtayned helpe of God / & cō tynew vnto this daye witneſſyng bothe to ſmall and to greate ſaying none other thinges / then thoſe which the prophetes and Moſes dyd ſaye ſhuld come / that Chriſt ſhulde ſuffre / & that he ſhuld be the fyrſt that ſhulde ryſe from deeth / and ſhuld ſhewe lyght vnto the people / and the gentyls.

As he thus anſwered for him ſelfe: Feſtus ſayde with a lowde voyce: Paul / thou arte beſides thy ſelfe. Moche learnynge hath made the mad. And Paul ſayde: I am not mad moſt dere Feſtus: but ſpeake the wordes of trueth & ſobernes. The kynge knoweth of theſe thinges / before whom I ſpeke frely: nether thynke I that eny of theſe thinges are hydden frō him. For this thinge was not done in a corner. Kynge Agrippa beleveſt thou ye prophetes? I wote well thou beleveſt. Agrippa ſayde vnto Paul: Sumwhat thou bringeſt me in mynde for to be come a Chriſten. And Paul ſayd: I wolde to God that not only thou: but alſo all that heare me to daye / were / not ſumwhat only / but altogeder ſoche as I am / except theſe bonde. And when he had thus ſpoken / the kynge roſe vp / & the debite / and Bernice / and they that ſate with them. And when they were gone aparte / they talked betwene them ſelves ſayinge: This man doeth nothinge worthy of deeth / nor of bondes. Then ſayde Agrippa vnto Feſtus: This man myght have bene lowſed / yf he had not appealed vnto Ceſar.

¶ The .xxvii. Chapter.

VVhen it was cōcluded that we ſhuld ij. cor. xi. ſayle into Italy / they delivered Paul & certayne other preſoners vnto one named Iulius / an vnder captayne of Ceſars ſoudiars. And we entred into a ſhip of Adramicium / & lowfed from lond / apoynted to ſayle by the coſtes of Aſia / one Ariſtarcus out of Macedonia / of the contre of Theſſalia / beinge with vs. And the nexte daye we came to Sidon. And Iulius courteouſly entreated Paul / & gave him liberte to goo vnto his frendes / & to refreſſhe him ſelfe. And from thence lanched we / and ſayled harde by Cypers / becauſe the wyndes were contrarye. Then ſayled we over the ſee of Cilicia / and Pamphylia / and came to Myra a cite in Lycia.

And there y• vnder captayne founde a ſhippe of Alexanderredy to ſayle into Italy & put vs therin. And when we had ſayled ſlowly many dayes / & ſcace were come over agaynſt Gnydon (becauſe the wynde with ſtode vs) we ſayled harde by the coſtes of Candy / over agaynſte Salmo / and with moche worke ſayled beyonde yt / and came vnto a place called good porte. Nye whervnto was a citie called Laſea. When moche tyme was ſpent and ſaylinge was now ieoperdeous / becauſe alſo that we had overlonge faſted / Paul put them in remembraunce / and ſayde vnto them Syrs / I perceave that this vyage wilbe with hurte and moche domage / not of the ladynge and ſhip only: but alſo of oure lyves. Neverthelather the vndercaptayne beleved the governer and the maſter / better then tho thinges which were ſpoken of Paul. And becauſe the haven was not cōmodius to wynter in / many toke counſell to departe thence / yf by eny meanes they myght attayne to Phenices and there to wynter / which is an haven of Candy / and ſervith to the ſouthweſt and northweſt wynde. When the ſouth wynde blewe / they ſuppoſynge to obtayne their purpoſe / lowſed vnto Aſſon / and ſayled paſte all Candy.

But anone after ther aroſe agaynſte their purpoſe / a flawe of wynde out of the northeeſte. And when the ſhip was caught / & coulde not reſiſt the wynde / we let her goo & drave with the wether. And we came vnto an yle named Clauda / & had moche worke to come by abote / which they toke vp and vſed helpe / vndergerdynge the ſhippe / fearynge leſt we ſhuld have fallen into Syrtes / and we let doune a veſſell & ſo were caryed. The nexte daye when we were toſſed wt an exceadynge tempeſt / they lyghtened y• ſhip / & the thyrde daye we caſt out with oure awne hondes / the tacklynge of the ſhippe. When at the laſt nether ſunne nor ſtarre in many dayes appered / & no ſmall tempeſt laye apon vs / all hope that we ſhuld be ſaved / was then taken awaye.

Then after longe abſtinence / Paul ſtode forth in the myddes of them & ſayde: Syrs ye ſhulde have harkened to me / & not have lowſed from Candy / nether to have brought vnto vs this harme and loſſe. And nowe I exhorte you to be of good chere. For ther ſhalbe no loſſe of eny mās lyfe amonge you / ſave of the ſhip only. For ther ſtode by me this nyght the angell of God / whoſe I am / and whom I ſerve / ſayinge: feare not Paul / for thou muſt be brought before Ceſar. And lo / God hath geven vnto the all that ſayle with y•. Wherfore Syrs be of good chere: for I beleve God / that ſo it ſhalbe even as it was tolde me. How be it we muſt be caſt into a certayne ylonde.

But when ye fourtēthe nyght was come / as we were caryed in Adria about mydnyght / the ſhipmen demed that ther appered ſome countre vnto thē: and ſounded / & founde it .xx. feddoms. And when they had gone a lytell further / they ſounded agayne / & founde .xv. feddoms. Then fearinge leſt they ſhuld have fallen on ſome Rocke / they caſt .jiii. ancres out of the ſterne / & wyſſhed for y• daye. As the ſhipmen were about to fle out of the ſhip / and had let doune the bote into the ſee / vnder a coloure as though they wolde have caſt ancres out of the for ſhippe: Paul ſayd vnto y• vnder captayne & the ſoudiers: excepte theſe abyde in the ſhip / ye cannot be ſafe. Then the ſoudiers cut of the rope of the bote / and let it fall awaye.

And in y• meane tyme betwixt that & daye Paul beſought them all to take meate / ſayinge: this is y• fourtenthe daye that ye have taried and continued faſtynge / receavinge nothinge at all. Wherfore I praye you to take meate: for this no dout is for youre helth: for ther ſhall not an heere fall frō the heed of eny of you. And when he had thus ſpokē / he toke breed and gave thankes to God in preſence of thē all / and brake it / & begāne to eate. Then were they all of good cheare / & they alſo toke meate. We were all together in y• ſhip / two hundred thre ſcore & ſixtene ſoules. And whē they had catē ynougth / they lightened y• ſhip and caſt out the wheate into the ſee.

Whē yt was daye / they knew not y• lande but they ſpied a certayne haven with a banke into ye which they were mynded (yf yt were poſſible) to thruſt in the ſhip. And when they had taken vp the ancres / they cōmytted them ſelves vnto the ſee / & lowſed the rudder bondes & hoyſed vp y• mayne ſayle to the wynde & drue to londe. But they chaunſed on a place / which had the ſee on bothe the ſydes / and thruſt in the ſhip. And the foore parte ſtucke faſt and moved not / but ye hynder brake with the violence of the waves.

The ſoudears counſell was to kyll y• preſoners / leſt eny of them / when he had ſwome out / ſhulde fle awaye. But the vndercaptayne willinge to ſave Paul / kept thē from their purpoſe / & commaunded that they yt could ſwyme / ſhulde caſt thē ſelves firſt in to y• ſee / and ſcape to londe. And the other he cōmaunded to goo / ſome an bordes / and ſome on broken peces of the ſhip. And ſo it came to paſſe / that they came all ſafe to londe.

The .xxxiii. Chapter.

ANd when they were ſcaped / then they knewe that the yle was called Milete. And the people of the countre ſhewed vs no lytell kyndnes: for they kyndled a fyre and receaved vs every one / becauſe of the preſent rayne / & becauſe of colde. And when Paul had gaddered a boundle of ſtickes / & put them into the fyre / ther came a viper out of the heet and lept on his honde. When the men of the contre ſawe the worme hange on his honde / they ſayde amonge thē ſelves: this man muſt nedes be a mortherer. Whome (though he have eſcaped the ſee) yet vengeaunce ſuffreth not to lyve. But he ſhouke of the vermen into the fyre / and felt no harme. Howbeit they wayted when he ſhuld have ſwolne / or fallen doune deed ſodenly. But after they had loked a greate whyle / and ſawe no harme come to him / they chaunged their myndes / and ſayde that he was a God.

In the ſame quarters / the chefe man of the yle whoſe name was Publius / had a lordſhip pe: the ſame receaved vs / and lodged vs thre dayes courteouſly. And it fortuned that the father of Publius laye ſicke of a fiever / and of a bluddy flixe. To whō Paul entred in & prayde / & layde his hondes on him & healed him. When this was done / other alſo which hadLayenge on of handes. diſeaſes in the yle / came and were healed. And they dyd vs gret honoure. And when we departed / they laded vs with thinges neceſſary.

After thre monethes we departed in a ſhip of Alexandry / which had wyntred in the yle / whoſe badge was Caſtor & Pollux. And whē we came to Cyracuſa / we taryed there .iii. dayes. And from thence we fet a compaſſe & came to Regium. And after one daye the ſouth wynde blowe / and we came the next daye to Putiolus: where we founde brethren / & were deſyred to tary with them ſeven dayes / and ſo came to Rome. And from thence / when y• brethren hearde of vs / they came agaynſt vs to Apiphorum / & to y• thre taverns. When Paul ſawe thē / he thanked God / and wexed bolde. And when he came to Rome / y• vnder captayne delyvered ye preſoners to y• chefe captayne of ye hoſt: but Paul was ſuffered to dwell by him ſelfe with one ſoudier that kept him.

And it fortuned after thre dayes / that Paul called ye chefe of y• Iewes together. And whē they were come / he ſayde vnto thē: Men & brethren / though I have cōmitted nothinge agaynſt the people or lawes of oure fathers: yet was I delyvered preſoner from Ieruſalem in to the hondes of ye Romayns. Which when they had examined me / wolde have let me goo / becauſe they founde no cauſe of deeth in me. But when y• Iewes cryed cōtrary / I was conſtrayned to appeale vnto Ceſar: not becauſe I had ought to accuſe my people of. For this cauſe have I called for you / evē to ſe you & to ſpeake with you: becauſe that for the hope of Iſrael / I am bounde with this chayne.

And they ſayde vnto him: We nether receaved letters out of Iewry pertayninge vnto ye / nether came eny of the brethren that ſhewed or ſpake eny harme of the. But we will heare of the what thou thynkeſt. For we have hearde of this ſecte / that every wheare it is ſpoken agaynſt. And when they had apoynted him a daye / ther came many vnto him into his lodgynge. To whom he expounded & teſtifyed the kyngdome of God / and preached vnto thē of Ieſu: both out of the lawe of Moſes and alſo out of the prophetes / even from mornynge to nyght. And ſome beleved ye thinges which were ſpoken / & ſome beleved not.

When they agreed not amonge thē ſelves / they departed / after that Paul had ſpoken one worde. Well ſpake the holy gooſt by Eſay ye eſai. vi. c. mar. xiij. prophet vnto oure fathers / ſayinge: Goo vn to this people & ſaye: with youre eares ſhall ye heare / and ſhall not vnderſtonde: and withmar. iiij. b luc. viij. f ioh. xij. f rom. xj. b youre eyes ſhall ye ſe and ſhall not perceave.

For the hert of this people is wexed groſſe / and their eares were thycke of hearynge / & their eyes have they cloſed: leſt they ſhuld ſe with their eyes / and heare with their eares / and vnderſtonde with their hertes / and ſhuld be converted / and I ſhulde heale them. Be it knowen therfore vnto you / that this ſalvacion of God is ſent to the gentyls / and they ſhall heare it. And when he had ſayde that / the Iewes departed / and had grete deſpiciōs amonge them ſelves.

And Paul dwelt two yeares full in his lodgynge / and receaved all that came to him / preachyng the kyngdome of God / and teachynge thoſe thinges which concerned the lorde Ieſus / with all confidence / vnforboden.

¶ Here endeth the Actes of the Apoſtles.

¶ A prologe to the Epiſtle of Paule to the Romayns.

FOr as moche as this piſtle is the principall and moſt excellent part of the new eteſtam • t / and moſt pure Euangelion / that is to ſaye gladde tydinges & that we call goſpell / & alſo a lyghte & a waye in vnto the hole ſcripture / I thynke it mete / that euery Chriſten man not only knowe it by rote and with oute the boke / but alſo exerciſe him ſelfe therin euermore continually / as with the dayly brede of the ſoule. No man verely can rede it to ofte or ſtudie it to well: for the moare it is ſtudyed the eaſier it is / the moare it is chewed the pleſander it is / and the moare groundely it is ſerched the precio ſet thinges are found in it / ſo greate treaſure of ſpirituall thinges lyeth hyd therin.

I will therfore beſtowe my laboure and diligence / thorowe this lytell preface or prologe / to prepare awaye in ther vnto / ſo farforth as god ſhall geue me grace / that it maye be the better vnderſtonde of euery man / for it hath bene hetherto euyll darkened with gloſes & wonder full dreames of ſophiſters / that noman cowde ſpye oute the entente & meanynge of it / which neuertheleſſe of it ſelfe / is a bryght lyghte / & ſufficient to geue lyght vnto all the ſcripture.

Fyrſt we muſt marke diligently the maner of ſpeakynge of the Apoſtel / and aboue all thinge knowe what Paul meaneth by theſe wordes / How paule vſeth ce • tē wordes / muſt be diligēt lie vnderſtonde. the Lawe / Synne / Grace / Fayth / Ryghteouſnes / Fleſſhe / Sprite and ſoche lyke / or els rede thou it neuer ſo ofte / thou ſhalt but looſe thy laboure. This word Lawe maye not be vnderſtonde here after the cōmune maner / and to vſe Paules terme / after the maner of men or after mannes wayes / that thou woldeſt ſaye the lawe here in this place were nothinge but lernynge whiche teacheth what ought to be done and what oughte not to be done / as it goeth with mannes lawe where the lawe is fulfilled with outewarde workes only / though the hert be ne ver ſo farre of. But God iudgeth the grounde of the herte / ye and the thoughtes and the ſecret mouynges of the mynde / & therefore his lawe requireth the grounde of the hert & loue from the botome▪ there of / & is not content with the outeward worke only: but rebuketh thoſe workes moſt of all which ſpringe not of loue from the ground & lowe botome of the herte / though they appere outwarde neuer ſo honeſt & good / as Chriſt in the goſpell rebuketh the Phariſes aboue all other that were open ſynners / & calleth them ypocrites / that is to ſaye Simulars / and paynted Sepulchres. Which Phariſes yet lyued no men ſo pure / as perteynynge to the outewarde dedes & workes of the lawe. Ye & Paul in the thyrd chapter of his Piſtel vnto the Philippians confeſſeth of him ſelfe / that as touchynge the lawe he was ſuche a one as no man cowde complayne on / and notwithſtondynge was yet a murderer of the Chriſten / perſecuted them / and tormented them / ſo ſoore / that he compelled thē to blaſpheme Chriſte / & was all to gether mercyleſſe / as many which now fayne outward good workes are.

For this cauſe the .c.xv. Pſalme calleth all men lyars / becauſe that noman kepeth the lawe from the grounde of the herte / nether can kepe it / though he appeare outward full of good workes.

For all mē are naturally enclyned vnto euyll and hate the lawe. We fynde in oure ſelues vnluſt and tediouſnes to do good / but luſt and delectacyon to do euyll. Nowe where no fre luſt is to do good / there the botome of the hert fulfilleth not the lawe / and there no doute is alſo ſynne / & wrath is deſerued before God / though there be neuer ſo grete an outwarde ſhewe and apearaunce of honeſte lyuinge.

For this cauſe concludeth ſaynte Paul in the ſeconde Chapter / that the Iewes are all ſynners & tranſgreſſors of the lawe / though they make men beleue / thorowe ypocriſy of outwarde workes / howe that they fulfyll the lawe / and ſayth that he only which doeth the lawe / is ryghteous before God / meanynge therby that no man with outwarde workes / fulfilleth the lawe.

Thou (ſayeth he to the Iewe) teacheſt / a man ſhulde not breake wedlocke / & yet breakeſt wedlocke thy ſelfe. Wherin thou iudgeſt an other man / therin condemneſt thou thy ſelfe / for thou thy ſelfe doeſt euen the very ſame thinges whiche thou iudgeſt. As though he wolde ſaye / thou lyueſt outewardly well in the workes of the lawe / and indgeſt them that lyue not ſo. Thou teacheſt other men: and ſeeſt a moote in an other mans eye / but art not ware of the beame that is in thyn awne eye. For though thou kepe the lawe outewardly with workes for feare of rebuke / ſhame and punyſſhement / other for loue of rewarde / vauntage and▪ vayne glory / yet doeſt thou all with out luſt and loue towarde the lawe / and haddeſt leuer a greate deale other wyſe do / yf thou dydeſt not feare the lawe▪ ye inwardly in thyne herte / thou woldeſt that ther were no lawe / no nor yet God / the auctor and vengear of the lawe / yf it were poſſible: ſo paynefull it is vnto the to have thyne appetytes refrayned / and to be kepte doune.

Wherfore then it is a playne concluſion / that thou from the grounde and botome of thyne herte / arte an ennymye to the lawe. What prevayſeth it nowe / that thou teacheſt an other man not to ſteale / hen thou thyne awne ſelfe arte a thefe in thyne hert / & outwardly woldeſt fayne ſteale yf thou durſt? though that the outwarde dedes abyde not alwaye behynde with ſoch ypocrites & diſſimulars / but breake forth amonge / euen as an euyll ſcabbe or a pocke can not all wayes be kepte in with violence of medicine.

Thou teacheſt an other man / but teacheſt not thy ſelfe / ye thou woteſt not what thou teacheſt / for thou vnderſtondeſt not the lawe a ryght / how that it cannot be fulfylled and ſatiſfyed / but with an vnfayned loue and affecyon / ſo greately it can not be fulfylled with outeward dedes and workes only. Moreouer the lawe encreaſeth ſynne / as he ſayth in the fyfte Chapter / becauſe that man is an enymyThe lawe encrea▪ ſeth ſynne to the lawe / for as moche as it requireth ſo many thynges clene contrarye to his nature / where of he is not able to fulfyll one poynte or tytle / as the lawe requireth it. And therfore are we moare prouoked / and haue greater luſt to breake it.

For which cauſes ſake he ſayeth in the ſeventh Chapter / that the lawe is ſpirituall: as though he wold ſaye / yf the lawe were fleſſhely and but mans doctrine / it myght be fulfylled / ſatiſfyed and ſtylled with outwarde dedes. But nowe is the lawe gooſt • ye / and no man fulfylleth it / excepte that all that he doeth / ſpringe of loue from the botome of the hert. Suche anewe hert a luſty corage vnto the laweThe ſpirite is required / yer we ••• kepe the lawe before God. warde / canſt thou neuyr come by of thyne awne ſtrenght and enforcemente / but by the ope racy on & workynge of the ſpirite.

For the ſpirite of God only maketh a man ſpirituall & lyke vnto the lawe / ſo that nowe henceforth he doeth nothinge of feare or for lucre or vantages ſake or of vayne glory / but of a fre hert / and of inward iuſt. The lawe is ſpirituall & wilbe bothe loued and fulfylled of a ſpirituall hert / and therfore of neceſſite requireth it the ſprete that maketh a mannes hert fre / and geueth him luſt & courage vnto the lawe warde. Where ſoche▪ a ſprite is not / there remayneth ſynne / grudgynge & hatered ageynſt the lawe / which lawe neuertheleſſe is good / ryghtewes and holy..

Acquaynte thy ſelfe therfore with the maner of ſpeakynge of the Apoſtel / & let this nowe ſtyke faſte in thyne hert / that it is not bothe one / To do the dedes of ye lawe / & to fulfill the lawe / are two thinges. to do the dedes & workes of the lawe / & to fulfyll the lawe. The worke of the lawe is / what ſoeuer a man doeth or can do of his awne frewill / of his awne proper ſtrengthe & enforſynge. Not withſtondynge though there be neuyr ſo greate workynge / yet as longe as ther remayneth in the herte vnluſt / tediouſnes / grudgyng / grief / payne / lothſumnes & compulſion toward the lawe / ſo longe are all the workes vnprofitable / loſt / ye and damnable in the ſighte of God. This meaneth Paul in the thryde chapter where he ſayeth / by the dedes of y• lawe ſhall no fleſſhe be iuſtified in the ſyghte of god. Here by perceaueſt thou / that thoſe ſophiſters are but diſceauers / whiche teache that a man maye / and muſt prepare him ſelfe to grace & to the fauoure of God / with good workes. Howe can they prepare them ſelues vnto the fauoure of god / & to that which is good / when they thē ſelues can do no good / no can not once thinke a good thought or conſent to do good / the deuyll poſſeſſinge their hertes / myndes & thoughtes captiue at his pleaſure? Can thoſe workes pleaſe God thinkeſt thou / which are done with grife / payne and tediouſnes / with an euyll will / with a contrarye and grudgynge mynde?

O holy ſaynte proſperus / how mightely with the ſcripture of Paul / dydeſt thou confoundeProſperous. this hereſye / aboute (I trowe) a twelue hondred yeares a goo / or therapon.

To fulfill the lawe is / to do the workes therofTo fullfill the lawe what it is. & what ſoeuer the lawe commaundeth / with loue / luſt & inward affeccion & delectacion: and to lyue godly & well / frely / willingly / and with oute compulcion of the lawe / euen as though there were no lawe at all. Suche luſte & fre liberte to loue the lawe / cometh only by the workinge of the ſprite in the herte / as he ſaith in the fyrſte Chapter.

Nowe is the ſprite none otherwiſe geuen / then by faith only / in that we beleue the promyſes of God / with oute wauering / how that God is true / & will fulfill all his good promyſes towardThe ſpirite cometh by faith. vs / for Chriſtes bloudes ſake / as it ys playne in the fyrſte chapter. I am not aſſhamed ſayeth Paul / of Chriſtes gladde tydinges / for it is the power of God / vnto ſaluaciō to as many as beleue. For attōce & to gedder▪ euen as we beleue the glad tydinges preached to vs / the holy gooſt entreth in to oure hertes / & lowſeth the bondes of the deuyll / which before poſſeſſedFaith cō meth by he arynge the glad tydinges. oure hertes in captiuite / & held thē that we could haue no luſt to the will of God in the lawe. And as the ſprite cōmeth by faith only / euē ſo faith cometh by hearinge the worde or glad tydinges of God / whē Chriſt is preached / how that he is goddes ſonne & man alſo / ded & ryſen agayne for oure ſakes / as he ſayeth in the .iii. iii • . & .x. Chapters. All oure iuſtifyinge then cometh of fayth / and fayth and the ſprite come of God and not of vs.Fayth onlye iuſtifieth.

Here of cometh it / that fayth only iuſtifieth / maketh rightewes / & fulfilleth the lawe / for it bringeth the ſprete thorowe Chriſtes deſeruinges / the ſprite bringeth luſt / looſeth the hert / maketh him fre / ſetteth him at liberte / & geueth him ſtrength to worke the dedes of the lawe with loue / euen as the lawe requyreth. Then at the laſt out of the ſame faith ſo workinge inWorkes ſpringe of fayth. the herte / ſpringe all good workes by there awne accorde. That meaneth he in the thyrde chapter: for after he hath caſt awaye the workes of the lawe / ſo that he ſoundeth as though he wolde breake & diſanull the lawe thorow faith: he anſwereth to that mighte be layde agaynſt / ſayinge▪ wedeſtroye not the lawe thorow faith but maintayne / furder or ſtabliſſhe the lawe thorowe faith. That is to faye / we fulfill the lawe thorowe faith.

Synne in the ſcripture is not called that outewardSynne worke only cōmitted by the body / but all the whole buſynes & what ſoeuer accompanieth / moueth or ſtereth vnto the outeward dede / & that whence the workes ſpringe: as vnbelefe / pronenes & redynes vnto the dede in the grounde of the herte / with all the powers / affeccions & appetites where with we can but ſynne. So that we ſaye / that a man then ſynneth / whē he is caried awaye hedlonge in to ſynne / all to geder as moche as he is / of that poyſon inclinacion & corrupte nature wherin he was conceyued & borne. For there is none outward ſynne cōmitted / excepte a man be caried awaye all to gedyr / with lyfe / ſoule / herte / bodie / luſte & mynde ther • to. The ſcripture loketh ſingularly vnto the hert / & vnto the role & originall fountayne of all ſynne / which is vnbelefe in the botome of the herte. For as faith only iuſtifieth & bringethFayth is the mother of all good workes / & vn belefe of euell. the ſprite & luſt vnto the outewarde good workes / euē ſo vnbelefe only dāneth & kepeth oute the ſprite / prouoketh the f • eſſhe & ſtereth vppe luſte vnto the cuyll outeward workes / as happened to Adā & • ua in Paradiſe. Gene. ii • .

For this cauſe Chriſt calleth ſynne vnbelefe / and that notably in • . xvj. chap. of Iohn. The ſprete / ſaith he / ſhall rebuke the worlde of ſynne / becauſe they beleue not in me. And Iohn viij. he ſayth: I am the light of the worlde. And therfore in the .xij. of Iohn he byddeth them / whyle they haue light / to beleue in the light / that ye maye be the chyldrē of light: for he that walketh in darcknes wotteth not whether he goeth. Now as Chriſt is the light / ſo is the ignoraunce of Chriſt that darcknes wherof he ſpeaketh / in which he that walketh wotteth not whether he goeth: that is / he knoweth not how to worke a good worke in the ſyght of God / or what a good worke is. And therfore in the .ix. he ſayth: as longe as I am in the worlde / I am the light of the worlde: but there cōmeth night when no man can worke. Which nyght is but the ignoraūce of Chriſt in which no mā can ſe to do anyeworke that pleaſeth God. And Paul exhorteth Epheſi. iiii. that they walke not as other hethen which are ſtraūgers frō thelyfe of God / thorow the ygnoraūce that is in thē. And agayne in the ſame chap. Put of (ſayth he) the olde mā which is corrupt thorowe the luſtes of erroure / that is to ſaye ignoraūce. And Ro. xii • Let vs caſt awaye the dedes of darcknes: that is to ſaye of ignoraūce & vnbelefe. And .j. Pet. j Faſſion not youre ſelues vnto youre olde luſtes of ignoraūce. And .j. Io. ij. He that loueth his brother dwelleth in light: and he that hateth his brother walketh in darcknes / & woteth no • whether he goeth / for darckenes hath blynded his▪ eyes. By light he meaneth the knowledge of Chriſt / and by darcknes / the ignoraunce of Chriſt. For it is impoſſible that he that knoweth Chriſt truly / ſhulde hate his brother.

Furthermore / to perceaue this thinge more clearlye / thou ſhalt vnderſtonde / that it is impoſſible to ſynne anye ſynne at all except a man breake the fyrſt commaundement before. Now is the fyrſt commaundement deuyed into two verſes. Thy Lorde God is one God: and thou ſhalt loue thy Lorde God with all thyne heart / with all thy ſoule / with all thy power and with all thy myght. And the whole cauſe why I ſynne agaynſt anye inferioure precept / is that this loue is not in myne heart: for were this lawe wrytten in my harte & were full & perfect in my ſoule / it wolde kepe myne hearet frō conſentynge vnto anye ſynne. And the whoale & onlye cauſe why this loue is not written in oure heartes / is that we beleue not the fyrſte parte / that oure Lorde God is one God. For wyſt I what theſe wordes / one Lorde & one God meaneth: that is to ſaye / if I vnderſtode that he made all / & ruleth all / & that whatſoeuer is done to me / whether it be good or bad / is yet his will / & that he onlye is the Lorde that ruleth & dothe it: & wiſt I therto what this worde myne meaneth▪ that is to ſaye / if myne heart beleued & felte the infinite benefites & kyndenes of God to me warde / & vnderſtode & erneſtlye beleued the many folde couenauntes of mercie wherwith God hath bounde him ſelfe to be myne wholie & altogether / with all his power / loue / mercie & myght / then ſhuld I loue him with all myne heart / ſoule / power & might / & of that loue euer kepe his cōmaundementes. So ſeye now that as fayth is the mother of all goodnes & of all good workes / ſo is vnbelefe the grounde & rote of all euell and all euell workes.

Finallie / if anye man hath forſaken ſynne & is cōuerted to put his truſt in Chriſt & to kepe the lawe of God / do the fall at a tyme: the cauſe is / that the fleſſhe thorow neegligēce hath choked the ſprite & oppreſſed hir & taken from hir the fode of hir ſtrēgth. which fode is hir meditacion in God & in his wonderfull dedes / & in the manyfolde couenauntes of his mercie.

Wherfore then before all good workes as good frutes / there muſt nedes be fayth in the herte whence they ſpring. And before all bad dedes as bad frutes / there muſt nedes be vnbelefe in the hert as in the rote / foūtayne / pith & ſtrēght of all ſynne. Which vnbelefe & ignoraūce is called the heed of the ſerpēt & of the olde dragon / which the womans ſeed Chriſt / muſt treade vnder fote / as it was promyſed vnto Adam.

Grace & gifte haue this differēce. Grace properlyGrace. Gyfte. is Goddes fauoure / beniuolence or kynd mynd / which of his awne ſelfe / with oute deſeruing of vs / he beareth to vs / wherby he was moued & enclined to geue Chriſte vnto vs / with all his other giftes of grace. Gifte is the holy goſte & his workinge whom he poureth in to the hertes of them / on whom he hath mercy / and whō he fauoreth. Though the giftes of the ſprite encreace in vs dayly / & haue not yet their full perfeccion: ye & though there remayne in vs yet euill luſtes & ſinne which fight agaynſt the ſprite / as he ſayth here in the .vij. Chapter / & in the v. to the Galathiās / & as it was ſpokē before in the thride Chapter of Geneſis of the debate betwene the womans ſeed & the ſeed of the ſerpēt: yet neuertheleſſe goddis fauoure is ſo greate / & ſo ſtrōge ouer vs for chriſtes ſake / that we are coūted for full hole & perfecte before God. For Goddis fauoure toward vs / deuydeth not hyr ſelfe / encreaſinge a lyttell & a lytell / as doo the gyftes / but receaueth vs hole & all to gether in full loue for Chriſtes ſake oure interceſſor & mediator / & becauſe that the gyftes of the ſprite & the batayle betwene the ſprite and euyll luſtes / are begonne in vs all ready.

Of this nowe vnderſtondeſt thou the .vij. chapter where Paul accuſeth him ſelfe as a ſynner & yet in the .viij. Chapter ſayeth / there is no damnacion to them that are in Chriſte / and that becauſe of the ſprite / & becauſe the gyftes of the ſprite are begōne in vs. Synners we are becauſe the fleſſhe is not full kylled & mortified. Neuertheleſſe in as moche as we beleue in Chriſt / & haue the erneſt & begynninge of the ſprite / and wold fayne be perfecte / God is ſo louinge & fauourable vnto vs that he will not loke on ſoche ſynne / nether will counte it as ſynne / but will deale with vs accordinge to oure belefe in Chriſte / & accordinge to his promiſes which he hath ſworne to vs / vntyll the ſynne be full ſlayne & mortified by dethe.

Faith is not mās opinion & dreame / as ſome ymagin & fayne when they heare the ſtorie ofFayth is not the worke of man. the Goſpell: but when they ſe that there folowe no good workes nor mendement of lyuinge / though they heare / & yet can babyll many thinges of faith / then they fall from the righte waye & ſaye / fayth only iuſtifieth not / a man muſt haue good workes alſo / if he will be rightewes & ſafe. The cauſe is when they heare the Goſpell or glad tydinges / they fayne of their awne ſtrength certayne imaginaciōs & thoughtes in their hertes ſayinge: I haue heard the Goſpell / I remēber the ſtorie / lo I beleue. And that they counte righte fayth / which neuertheleſſe as it is but mās imaginaciō & fayninge / euē ſo profiteth it not / nether folowe there any good workes or mendement of lyuinge.

But righte faith is a thinge wroughte by theRyght fayth is of the workinge of the ſpirite of God. holy gooſt in vs / which chaungeth vs / turneth vs in to a newe nature & begetteth vs a newe in God / and maketh vs the ſonnes of God / as thou redeſt in the fyrſte of Iohn / a killeth the olde Adam / & maketh vs all to gethyr newe in the hert / mynd / will / luſt & in all oure affecciōs and powers of the ſoule / and bringeth the holy gooſt with hyr. Faith is a liuely thinge / mighty in workinge / valiaunte & ſtronge / euer doinge / euer frutefull / ſo that it is vnpoſſible that he which is endued therewith / ſhulde not worke all wayes good workes with oute ceaſinge. He axeth not whether good workes are to be done or not / but hath done thē all redy / yet menciō be made of them / & is all waye doynge / for ſoche is his nature nowe: quicke faithe in his herte & lyuely mouinge of the ſprite driue him & ſtere him therūto. Who ſoeuer doeth not good workes / is an vnbeleuinge perſon & faithleſſe / & loketh rounde aboute gropinge after faith & good workes / and wot not what faith or goodFayth what it is workes meane / though he babill neuer ſo many thinges of fayth and good workes.

Fayth is then a liuely & ſted faſte truſte in the fauoure of God / wherewith we cōmitte oure ſelues all to gedyr vnto God / & that truſte is ſo ſurely groūded & ſteketh ſo faſt in oure hertes / that a mā wolde not once doute of it / though he ſhuld dye a thouſand tymes therfore. And ſuche truſte wrought by the holy gooſt through fayth / maketh a man glad / • u •• y / cherefull & true herted vnto God & to all creatures. By the meanes where of / willingly & withoute cōpulſion he his glad & redy to do good to euery man / to do ſeruice to euery mā / to ſoffre all thinges / that God maye be loued & prayſed / which hath geuen him ſuche grace: ſo that it is impoſſible to ſeparat good workes frō faith / euen as it is impoſſible to ſeparat heete & burnīge frō fyre.

Therfore take hede to thy ſilfe / and beware of thyne owne fantaſies and ymaginacions / which to iudge of fayth and good workes will ſemewyſe / when in deade they are ſterke blind and of all thinges moſt folyſſhe. Praye God that he will witeſafe to worke fayth in thyne herte / or elſe ſhalt thou remayne euermore faythleſſe / fayne thou / ymagin thou: enforce thou / wraſtyll with thy ſelfe / and do what thou wilte or canſt.

Righteouſnes is euē ſuche faith / & is called Godes righteouſnes / or righteouſnes that▪ is of valoure before God. For it is Goddis gifte / & it altereth a man & chaūgeth him to a newe ſprituallFayth is ryghteouſnes. nature / & maketh him fre & liberall to paye euery man his dutie. For thorow fayth is a man purged of his ſynnes / & obteyneth luſte vnto the lawe of God / whereby he geueth God his honoure & payeth him that he oweth him / & vnto mē he doeth ſeruis willingly wherwithſoeuer he can / & payeth euery man his dutie. • uthe righteouſnes can nature / frewill / and oure awne ſtrēgthe neuer bringe to paſſe. For as no man can geue him ſilfe fayth / ſo can he not take awaye vnbelefe / how then can he take awaye eny ſynne at all. Wherfore all is falſe ypocriſy and ſynne / whatſoeuer is done with oute fayth or in vnbeleue / as it is euydēt in the. xiiij Chapter vnto the Romayns / though it appere neuer ſo glorious or beautyfull outwardes.

Fleſſhe and ſprite mayſte thou not here vnderſtōd / as though fleſſhe were only that which perteyneth vnto vnchaſtite and the ſprite that which inwardly pertayneth to the herte: but Paule calleth fleſſhe here as Chriſte doth IohnFleſhe what it is iij. All that is borne of fleſſhe / that is to wete / the whole mā withlife / ſoule / body / witte / will / reaſon & what ſoeuer he is or doth with in and withe oute / becauſe that theſe all / & all that is in man / ſtudy after the worlde & the fleſſhe. Call fleſſhe therfore whatſoeuer (as longe as we are with oute the ſprite of God) we thinke or ſpeke of God / of faith of good workes & of ſpirituall matters. Call fleſſhe alſo all workes which are done with oute grace & with oute the workinge of the ſprite / how ſoeuer good / holy and ſpirituall they ſeme to be / as thou mayſt proue by the .v. Chapter vnto the Galathy ās / where Paul numbreth worſhepinge of ydols / witchecrafte / enuy and hate amonge the dedes of the fleſh / & by the .viij. vnto the Romayns / where he ſayth that the lawe by the reaſon of the fleſſhe is weake which is not vnderſtond of vnchaſtite only / but of all ſynnes / & moſt ſpecially / of vnbelefe which is a vyce moſt ſpirituall and grounde of all ſynnes.

And as thou calleſe him: which is not renewed with the ſprite & borne agayne in Chriſt / fleſſhe / and all his dedes / euen the very mocyōs of his hert and mynd / his lerninge / doctrine and contemplacyon of hye thinges / his preachinge teachinge and ſtudy in the ſcripture / bildinge of churches / foundinge of abbeyes / geuinge of almes / maſſe / matence and whatſoeuer he doeth / though it ſeme ſpirituall and aftyr the lawes of god. So cōtrary wyſe call him ſpirituall whichSpirituall. is renewed in Chriſte / and all his dedes which ſpringe of fayth / ſeme they neuer ſo groſe as the waſſhinge of the diſciples fete / done by Chriſt and Peters fiſſhinge aftyr the reſurreccion / ye and all the dedes of matrimony are pure ſpirituall / yf they procede of faith / & what ſoeuer is done with in the lawes of God / though it be wrought by the body / as the very wipinge of ſhewes and ſoche lyke / how ſoeuer groſe they appere outewarde. Withoute ſuche vnderſtōdinge of theſe wordes cāſt thou neuer vnderſtond this epiſtell of Paull / nether any other place in the holy ſcripture. Take hede therfore / for whoſoeuer vnderſtondeth theſe wordes other wyſe / the ſame vnderſtondeth not Paul / what ſoeuer he be. Now will we prepare oure ſelues vnto the piſtle.

For as moche as it becōmeth the precher ofThe fyrſt Chapter. Chriſtes glad tydinges / firſt thorow opening of the lawe / to rebuke all thinges & to proue all thinges ſynne / that procede not of the ſprit and of faith in Chriſte / & to proue all men ſynners & chyldren of wrath by inheritaunce / and howe that to ſynne is their nature / & that by nature they can none other wyſe do than to ſynne / and therwith to abate the pryde of man / and to bringe him vnto the knowledge of him ſelfe / and of his miſerye and wretchednes / that he myght deſyre helpe. Euen ſo doeth ſaynet Paul and beginneth in the fyrſt Chapter to rebuke vnbelefe and groſe ſynnes which all men ſe / as the ydo latrie / and as the groſe ſynnes of the hethen were & as the ſynnes nowe are of all them which lyue in ignorance without fayth / & without the fauoure of God: & ſayth. The wrath of God of heuen appereth thorowe the Goſpell vpon all men for their vngodly & vnholy lyvinge. For though it be knowē & dayly vnderſtond by the creatures / that ther is but one God yet is nature of hyr ſelfe without the ſprite & grace ſo corrupte & ſo poyſoned / that men nether can thanke him / neder worſhippe him / nether geue him his due honoure / but blinde them ſelues and faule withoute ceaſinge in to worſe caſe / euen vntyll they come vnto worſhippinge of ymages and workinge of ſhamefull ſynnes which are abhominable and agaynſt nature / and moreouer ſofre the ſame vnrebuked in other / hauinge delectacion and pleaſure therin.

In the ſeconde Chapter he proceadeth furtherSeconde Chapter. and rebuketh all thoſe holy people alſo which withoute luſte and loue to the lawe / lyue well outwardly in the face of the worlde & condempne other gladly / as the nature of all ypocrites is / to thinke them ſelues pure in reſpecte of open ſynners / & yet hate the lawe inwardly & are full of couetouſnes a enuye & of all vnclennes / Mat. xxiij. Theſe are they which deſpiſe the goodnes of God / & accordinge to the hardenes of their hertes / hepe to geder for themſelues the wrath of God. Furthermore ſaynet Paule as a true expou • der of the lawe / ſuffreth no mā to be withoute ſynne / but declaret & that all they are vnder ſnne which of frewill of nature / will liue well / & ſuffreth them not to be better then the open ſynners / ye he calleth them harde herted and ſeche as cānot repente.

In the thyrde Chap. he myngleth both to geder / bothThyrde Chapter. the Iewes & the gētyles & ſayeth that the one is as the other / both ſynners / & no difference betwene thē / ſaue in this only / that the Iewes had the worde of God cōmitted vnto thē. And though many of them beleued not thereon / yet is goddis truth and promyſe therby nether hurte ner miniſſhed: And he taketh in his waye & allegeth the ſayinge of the .l. Pſal. that God myght abyde true in his wordes & ouercome when he is iudged. After that he returneth toThe lawe iuſ • ifieth not: but vttereth the ſynne onlye & condemneth. his purpoſe agayne & proueth by the ſcripture / that all men without differēce or excepcion are ſynners / and that by the workes of the lawe no man is iuſtified: but that the lawe was geuē to vtter & to declare ſynne only. Then he beginneth & ſheweth the rightwaye vnto righteweſnes / by what meanes men muſt be made righteous and ſafe / and ſayeth. They are all ſynners & without prayſe before God / & muſt without their awne oeſeruinge be made righteous thorowe fayth in Chriſt / which hath deſerued ſoche righteouſnes for vs / & is become vnto vs goddis mercy ſtole for the remiſſion of ſynnes that are paſt / therby prouing that Chriſtes righteouſnes which cōmeth on vs thorowe fayth / helpeth vs only. Which righteouſnes / ſayeh he is now declared thorowe the goſpell & was teſtified of before by the lawe & the Prophetes. Furthermore (ſayth he) the lawe is holpe & for dered thorowe fayth / though that the workes therof with all their • oſte are brought to nought & proued not to iuſtifie.

In the .iiij. Chapter (after that nowe by theFourthe Chapter. iij. fyrſt Chapters / the ſynnes are opened and the waye of fayth vnto righteouſnes layde) he beginneth to anſwere vnto certayne obiecciōs and cauillacyōs. And firſt he putteth forth thoſe blynd reaſons / which commenly they that wylbe iuſtified by their awne workes / are wōt to make whē they heare that faith only with out workes iuſtifieth / ſayinge / ſhall men do no good workes / ye & yf faith only iuſtifieth / what nedeth a man to ſtody for to do good workes? He putteth forth therfore Abraham for an en ſample / ſayinge: what did Abraham with his workes? was all in vayne? came his workes to no profet? And ſo concludeth that Abrahā with oute and before all workes was iuſtified & made righteous. In ſo moche that before the worke of circumciſion he was prayſed of the ſcripture and called righteous by his faith only / Geneſis .xv. So that he did not the worke of circumciſion for to be holpe therby vnto righteouſnes / which yet God commaunded him to doo / and was a good worke of obedience / So in lyke wiſe no doute none other workes helpe any thinge at all vnto a mās iuſtifiynge: but asOutward workes are ſignes and witneſſes of the inwarde fayth. Abrahams circumciſion was an outeward ſigne whereby he declared his righteouſnes whiche he had by faith / and his obedience and redynes vnto the will of god / euen ſo are all other good workes outeward ſignes and outeward frutes of faith and of the ſprite / which iuſtifie not a man / but that a mā is iuſtified all redy before God inwardly in the hert / thorowe fayth & thorowe ye ſprite purchaſed by chriſtes bloud.

Here with now eſtabliſſheth ſaynt Paul his doctrine of faith afore reherſed in the thrid chapter / andBleſſed is he that hath his ſinnes for geuē him. bringeth alſo teſtimony of Dauid in the .xiij. pſalme / whiche calleth / a man bleſſed not of workes / but in that his ſinne is not rekened & in that fayth is imputed for • righteouſnes / though he abyde not afterwarde withoute good workes / when he is once iuſtified.

For we are iuſtified and receaue the ſprite for to doo good workes / nether were it otherwyſe poſſible to do good workes / excepte we had firſt the ſprite.

For how is it poſſible to do any thynge wel in the ſight of god / while we are yet in captiuite & bondage vnder the deuill / & the deuill poſſeſſeth vs all to geder & holdeth our hertes / ſo that we cānot once cōſent vnto the will of god. No man therfore can preuent the ſprite in doinge good: but the ſprite muſt firſt come and wake him out of his ſlepe & with the thunder of the lawe feare him / and ſhewe him his miſerable eſtate and wretchednes / & make him abhore / and hate him ſilfe and to deſyre helpe / & then cōforte him agayne with the pleaſant rayne of the Goſpell / that is to ſaye / with the ſwete promyſes of God in Chriſt / and ſtere vppe fayth in him to beleue the promiſes. Then whē he beleueth the promyſes / as God was mercy full to promyſe / ſo is he true to fulfill them / & will geue him the ſprite and ſtrength / both to loue the will of god & to worke ther after. So ſe we that God only (which accordinge to the ſcripture worketh all in all thinges) worketh a mans iuſtifiynge / ſaluacion and healthe / ye and powreth fayth and beleue / luſte to loue goddis will / and ſtrength to fulfill the ſame / in to vs / euen as water is powred into a veſſell / & that of his good will and purpoſe / and not of ourede ſeruinges and merites. Goddis mercy in promyſinge and trueth in fulfilling his promyſes ſaueth vs and not we oure ſelues. And therfore is all laude / prayſe and glory / to be geuen vn to God for his mercy and trueth / and not vnto vs for ouremerites & deſeruinges. After that / he ſtretcheth his enſample oute agaynſte all other good workes of the lawe / and concludeth that the Iewes cānot be Abrahams heyres becauſe of bloud & kynred only / & moche leſſe by the workes of the lawe / but muſt enheret Abrahams fayth / yf they wilbe the right heyres of Abraham for as moche as Abraham before the lawe / bothe of Moſes & alſo of circ •• ciſion / was thorowe fayth made righteous & called the father of all them that beleue / & not of them that worke. Moreouer the lawe cauſeth wrath / in as mocheas no man can fulfill it with loue and fuſte / & as longe as ſuche grudginge / hate & in dignacion agaynſt the lawe remayneth in the herte / & is not takē awaye by the ſprite that cō meth by fayth / ſo longe (no doute) the workes of the lawe / declare euidētly that the wrathe of God is vpō vs & not fauoure. Wherfore fayth only receyueth the grace promyſed vnto Abraham. And theſe enſamples were not writtē for Abrahās ſake only (ſayth he) but for oures alſo to whom yf we beleue / fayth ſhalbe rekened lykewyſe for righteouſnes / as he ſayth in the ende of the Chapter.

In the .v. Chapter he cōmendeth the frutesThe .v. Chapter. & workes of fayth / as are peace / reioyſinge in the conſcience inwarde loue to God & man: moreouer / boldnes truſt / confidence & aſtrōge & a luſty mynd & ſtedfaſte hope in tribulacion and ſufferinge. For all ſuche folowe / where the righte fayth is / for the abundāte graces ſake & gyftes of the ſprite / which God hath geuen vs in Chriſte / in that he gaue him to dye for vs yet his enymies. Now haue we then that fayth only before all workes iuſtifieth & that it foloweth not yet therfore that a man ſhulde do no good workes but that the righte ſhapen workesGood workes are the frutes of the ſprite. abide not behind / but accōpanye fayth / euē as brightenes doth the ſunne / and are called of Paul the frutes of the ſprite. Where the ſprite is / therit is alwayes ſomer & ther are alwayes good frutes / that is to ſaye: good workes. This is Pauls order / that good workes ſpringe of the ſprite / the ſprite cometh by fayth & fayth cō meth by hearinge the worde of God / when the glad tydinges & promiſes which god hath made to vs in Chriſte / are preached truly / & receaued in the groūde of the herte without waueringe or doutinge aftir that the lawe hath paſſed vpō vs & hath dāned oure cōſciēces. Where the worde of God is preached purely & receaued in the herte / thereis fayth & the ſprite of God / & ther are alſo good workes of neceſſite when ſoeuer occaſion is geuē. Where Goddis worde is not purely preached / but mens dreames / tradiciōs • ymaginaciōs inuēcions / ceremonies & ſuperſticion / there is no fayth & conſequētly no ſprite that cometh of God. And where Goddis ſprite is not / there can be no good workes / euē as where an appell treis not / there can growe no appels / but; there is vnbelefe / the deuels ſprite & euyll workes. Of this goddis ſprite & his frutes / haue oure holy ypocrites not once knowē / nether yet taſted how ſwete they are / though they fayne many good workes of their awne ymaginacion / to be iuſtified with all / in which is not one crome of true fayth or ſpirituall loue / or of inward ioye / peace and quyetnes of conſcience / for as moche as they haue not the worde of God for them / that ſuche workes pleaſe God / but they are euen the roten frutes of a roten tre.

After that he breaketh forth / & ritneth at large / & ſheweth whence both ſynne & righteouſnes / deeth & lyfe come. And he cōpareth Adā & Chriſt to gether / thus wyſe reaſoninge & diſputinge / that Chriſt muſt neades come as a ſecōd Adā to make vs heyres of his righteweſnes / thorow a neme ſpirituall birth / without ourede ſeruiges: euē as the firſt Adā made vs heyres of ſynne / thorowe the bodely generacion / withoute oure deſeruinge. Whereby is euydently knowen and proued to the vttermoſte / that no mā can bringe him ſelfe oute of ſynne vnto righteweſnes / nomore then he coulde haue withſtonde that he was borne bodely. And that is proued herewith / for as moche as the very lawe of God / which of righte ſhulde haue holpe / yf any thinge coulde haue holpe / not only came and brought no helpe with hyr / but alſo encreaſed ſynne / becauſe that the euill & poyſoned nature is offended and vtterly diſpleaſed with thelawe / and the more ſhe is forbed by the lawe / the more is ſhe prouoked and ſet a fyre to fulfill and ſatiſfie hyr luſtes. By the lawe then we ſe clerely that we muſte nedes haue Chriſte to iuſtifie vs with his grace / and to helpe nature.

In the .vj. he ſetteth forth the chefe and principallThe .vj. Chapter. worke of fayth / the batayll of the ſprite agaynſt the fleſſhe / how the ſprite laboureth & enforſeth to kyll the remenaunte of ſynne and luſte which remayne in the fleſſhe / after oure iuſtifyinge. And this chapter teacheth vs / that we are not ſo frefrō ſynne thorowe fayth / that we ſhulde henceforth goo vp and doune ydle carleſſe & ſure of oure ſelues / as though thereBaptyme is a wytneſſe betwene god & vs that we haue promiſed to mortifie the luſtes & ſynne that remayneth in the fleſſhe. &c. were nowe no more ſynne in vs. yes there is ſynne remayninge in vs / but it is not rekened / becauſe of fayth and of the ſprite / which fighte agaynſt it. Wherfore we haue ynough to do all oure ſyues longe / to tame oure bodies / and to compell the members to obeye the ſprite and not the appetites / that therby we myghte be lyke vnto Chriſtes deeth and reſurrecciō / & mighte fulfill oure baptyme / which ſignifieth the mortifiynge of ſynnes / & the newe life of grace. For this batayle ceaſeth not in vs vntill the laſte breth / and vntyll that ſynne be vtterly ſlayne by the deeth of the bodye.

This thinge (I meane to tame the body and ſo forth) we are able to do (ſayth he) ſeynge we are vnder grace & not vnder the lawe / what it is / not to be vnder the lawe / he him ſelfe expo •• deth. For not to be vnder the lawe is not ſo to be vnderſtond / that euery mā may do what himNot to be vnder the lawe what it meaneth luſteth. But not to be vnder the lawe / is to haue a fre herte renewed with the ſprite / ſo that thou haſte luſte inwardly of thyne awne accorde to do that which the lawe cōmaundeth / with oute cōpulcion / ye though there were no lawe. For grace▪ that is to ſaye Goddis fauoure bringeth vs the ſprite / and maketh vs loue the lawe / ſo vs there nowe no moare ſynne / nether is the lawe nowe any moare agaynſt vs / but at one and agreed with vs & we with it.

But to be vnder the lawe / is to deale withTo be vnder the lawe what it is. the workes of the lawe / and to worke without the ſprite and grace: for ſo longe no doute ſynne • ayneth in vs thorowe the lawe / that is to ſaye / the lawe declareth that we are vnder ſynne and and that ſynne hath power & dominiō ouer vs / ſeynge we cannot fulfill the lawe / namely with in in the hert / for as moche as no mā of nature fauoureth the lawe / conſenteth there vnto and deſyteth therin. Which thinge is exceadinge greate ſynne / that we cānot conſent to the lawe which lawe is nothīge elſe ſaue the will of god.

This is the right fredome & liberte frō ſynne and from the lawe where of hewryteth vnto the ende of this Chapter / that it is a fredome to doo good only with luſte / & to lyue well with oute compulciō of the lawe. Wherfore this fredome is a ſpirituall fredome / which deſtroyeth not the lawe / but miniſtreth that which the lawe requyreth / and where with the lawe is fulfilled that is to vnderſtond / luſte & loue / where with the lawe is ſtilled & accuſeth vs no moare / compelleth vs no moare▪ nether hath oughte to craue of vs any moare. Euen as though thou were in dette to an other mā / & were not able to paye / two maner wayes mighteſt thou be loſed. One waye / if he wold requyre nothinge of the / and breke thyne obligaciō. An other waye / yf ſo me other good man wolde paye for the / & geue the as moche as thou mighteſt ſatiſfie thine obligaciō with all. Of this wyſe hath Chriſte made vs frefrō the lawe: & therfore is this no wil▪ de fleſſhely liberte / that ſhulde doo nought / but that doeth all thinges / & is fre from the crauinge and dette of the lawe.

In the .vij. he cōfirmeth the ſame with a ſimilitudeThe .vij. Chapter. of the ſtate of matrimony. As whē the huſbonde dyeth the wyfe is at hyr liberte / and the one lowſed & departed frō the other / not that the womā ſhulde not haue power to marie vnto an other mā / but rather now fyrſte of all is ſhe fre and hath power to marie vnto an other man which ſhe coulde not do before / till ſhe was lowſed frō hyr fyrſt huſbond. Euen ſo are oure conſciences bound & in daūger to the lawe vnder olde Adam the fleſh / as longe as he lyueth in vs. For the lawe declareth that oure hertes are boū de & that we cānot diſconſent frō him. But whē he is mortified & kylled by the ſprite / then is the conſcience fre & at liberte: not ſo that the conſciē ce ſhall nowe nought do / but now fyrſt of all eleuyth vnto an other / that is to wote Chriſt / & bringeth forth the frutes of lyfe. So nowe toTo be vnder the lawe. To belowſe from the lawe. be vnder the lawe / is not to be able to fulfill the lawe / but to be detter to it and not able to paye that which the lawe requyreth. And to belowſe from the lawe / is to fulfill it & to paye that which the lawe demaundeth / ſo that it can now henceforth axe the nought.

Conſequently Paul declareth more largely the nature of ſynne & of the lawe / how that tho rowe the lawe ſynne reuyueth / moueth hyrſelfe / & gadereth ſtrēght. For the old mā & c • rrupte nature / the moare he is forboden & kepte vnder of the lawe / is the moare offended & diſpleaſed there with / for as moche as he cannot paye that which is requyred of the lawe. For ſynne is his nature & of him ſelfe / he cānot but ſynne. Therfore is the lawe deeth to him / tormente & marterdome. Not that the lawe is euyll / but becauſe that the euyll nature cannot ſoffre that which is good / cānot abide that the lawe ſhulde requyre of him any good thinge. Lyke as a ſicke man cannot ſuffre that a man ſhulde deſyre of him to runne / to lepe and to doo other dedes of an wholeman.

For which cauſe ſaynt Paul concludeth that where the lawe is vnderſtonde & perceaued of the beſte wyſe / there it doeth no moare but vtter ſynne / & bringe vs vnto the knowledge of oure ſelues / & therby kylle vs & make vs bonde vnto eternall damnacion • detters of the euerlaſtinge wrath of God / euē as he well fealeth & vnderſtondeth whos conſciēce is truely touched of the lawe. In ſuche daūger were we yer the lawe came / that we knewe not what ſynne mēte / nether yet knowe we the wrath of God apō ſynners / tyll the lawe had vttered it. So ſeeſt thou that a man muſt haue ſome other thinge / ye & a gretter & a moare myghty thinge then the lawe / to make him righteous & ſafe. They that vnderſtō de not the lawe on this wyſe / are blind & goo to worke preſumptuouſly / ſuppoſinge to ſatiſfie the lawe with workes. For they knowe not that the lawe requyreth a fre / a willinge / a luſty and a louinge herte. Therfore they ſe not Moſes ryght in the face / the vay • e hangeth betwene & hydeth his face ſo that they can not behold the glorye of his co • tena • ce / how that the lawe is ſpirituall & requyreth the hert. I maye of myne awne ſtrength refrayne that I boo myne enimye no hurte / but to loue him with all myne herte / & to put awaye wrathe clene oute of my mynde can I not of myne awne ſtrēgth. I maye refuſe money of myne awne ſtrength / but to put awaye loue vnto riches oute of myne herte can I not do of myne awne ſtrength. To abſtayne from adultery as concerninge the vttewarde dede can I do of myne awne ſtrēgth / but not to deſyre in myne hert is as vnpoſſible vnto me as is to choſe whether I will hōgyr or thruſt / and yet ſo the lawe requireth. Wherfore of a mans awne ſtrength is the lawe neuer fulfilled / we muſt haue thereunto goddis fauoure and his ſprite / purchaſed by Chriſtes bloude.

Neuertheleſſe when I ſaye a man maye do many thinges vttewardly clene agaynſt his herte / we muſt vnderſtonde that man is but dreuen of diuers appetites / and the greateſt appetite ouercōmeth the leſſe & caryeth the man awaye violently with hyr.

As when I deſyre vengeaunce / & feare alſo the inconuenience that is lyke to folowe yf feare be greatter / I abſtayner yf the appetite that deſyreth vengeaūce be gretter / I cānot but proſecute the dede / as we ſe by experience in many murtherars and theues / which though they be brought in to neuer ſo great perell of deeth / yet after they haue eſcaped / do euen / the ſame agayne. And cōmen wemen proſecute their luſtes becauſe feare & ſhame are awaye / whē other which haue the ſame appetites in their hertes / abſtayne at the leeſt waye vtwardly or worke ſecretly beynge ouercome of feare & of ſhame & ſo lykewyſe is it of all other appetites.

Further moare he declareth / how the ſprite &Fleſſhe & ſpirite fight to ge gether. the fleſſhe fighte to gether in one man / and maketh an enſample of him ſelfe / that we myghte lerne to knowe that worke a righte / I meane to kyll ſynne in oure ſelues. He calleth both the ſprite and alſo the fleſſhe a lawe / becauſe that lyke as the nature of Goddis lawe is to dryue / to compell / and to craue euen ſo the fleſſhe dryueth / compelleth / craueth and rageth / agaynſt the ſprite / and will haue her luſtes ſatiſfied. On the other ſyde dryueth the ſprite / cryeth and fighteth agaynſt the fleſſhe / and will haue his luſte ſatiſfied. And this ſtrife dureth in vs / as longe as we liue: in ſome moare and in ſome ſelfe as the ſprite or the fleſſhe is ſtronger and the very man his awne ſelfe is both the ſprite and the fleſſhe / which fighteth with his awne ſelfe vntyll ſynne be vtterly ſlayne and he all together ſpirituall.

In the .viij. Chapter he cōforteth ſuche fightersThe. viij Chapter. that they diſpere not becauſe of ſuche fleſſhe / other thinke that they ar leſſe in fauoure with God. And he ſheweth how that the ſynne remayninge in vs / hurteth not / for there is no daūger to them that are in Chriſt which walke not after the fleſſhe / but fight agaynſt it. And he expoūdeth more largely what the nature of the fleſſhe & of the ſprite is / and how the ſprite commeth by Chriſt / which ſprite maketh vs ſpirituall / tameth / ſubdueth and mortifieth the fleſſhe / and certifieth vs that we are neuertheleſſe the ſonnes of God & alſo beloued though that ſynne rage neuer ſo moche in vs / ſo longe as we folowe the ſprite and fighte agaynſt ſynne to kyll & mortife it. And becauſe the chaſtyſinge of the croſſe and ſufferinge are nothinge pleſant / he comforteth vs in oure paſſions and affliccions by the aſſiſtens of the ſprite which maketh interceſſion to God for vs / mightely with groninges that paſſe mans vtteraūce / ſo that mans ſpeche cānot comprehende them / and the creatures morne alſo with vs of greate deſyre that they haue / that we were lowſed from ſynne & corrupciō of the fleſſhe. So ſe we that theſe thre Chapters / the .vj. vij. viij. doo none other thinge ſo moche as to dryue vs vnto the right worke of fayth / which is to kyll the olde man and mortifie the fleſſhe.

In the .ix. x. & .xj. Chapters he treateth ofThe .ix. x. and. xj chapters. Goddis predeſtinacion / whence it ſpringeth all together / whether we ſhall beleue or not beleue / be lowſed from ſynne or not be lowſed. By which predeſtinaciō oure iuſtifiynge and ſaluacion are clene takē oute of oure hādes / and put in the hādes of God only / which thinge is moſt neceſſary of all. For we are ſo weke & ſo vncertayne / that yf it ſtode in vs / there wolde of a trueth no mā be ſaued / the deuell no doute wolde deceaue vs. But now is God ſure that his predeſtinaciō cānot deceaue him / nether can eny man withſtand or ſet him and therfore haue we hope and truſt agaynſte ſynne.

But here muſte a marke be ſet vnto thoſe vn quyet / buſye & hye clyming ſprites howe ferre they ſhall goo / which fyrſt of all bringe hether there hye reaſons & pregnāt wittes / & begynne fyrſt frō an hye to ſerche the botomleſſe ſecretes of Goddis predeſtinaciō / whether they be predeſtinat or not. Theſe muſt nedes ether caſt thē ſelues doune hedelong in to deſperaciō or elſe cō mit them ſelues to fre chaūce careleſſe. But folowe thou the order of this piſtle / & nooſell thyThis do yf thou wilt vnderſtonde ſelfe with Chriſt / & lerne to vnderſtonde what the lawe and the goſpell meane / and the office of both two / that thou marſt in the one knowe thy ſelfe / & how that thou haſt of thy ſelfe no ſtrēgth / but to ſynne: & in the other the grace of Chriſt. And then ſe thou fyghte agaynſt ſynne & the fleſſhe as the .vii. fyrſt chapters teache ye. After that whē thou arte come to the .viii. chapter / and arte vnder the croſſe and ſufferinge of tribulacion / the neceſſite of predeſtinacion will waxe ſwete & thou ſhalt well fele how precyouſe a thinge it is. For excepte thou haue borne y• croſſe of aduerſite and temptaciō / and haſt felte thy ſelfe brought vnto the very brymme of deſperacion / ye and vnto hell go tes / thou canſt neuer medle with the ſentence of predeſtinacion without thyne awne harme / and without ſecret wrath and grudginge inwardly agaynſt God / for otherwyſe it ſhall not be poſſible for the to thinke that God is righteous & iuſte. Therfore muſt Adam▪ be well mortified and the fleſſhely wytte brought vtterly to nought / yer that thou mayſt awaye with this thinge / & drinke ſo ſtronge wyne. Take hede therfore vnto thy ſelfe / that thou drinke not wyne / while thou art yet but aſucklinge. For euery lerninge hath hyr tyme / meaſure and age / and in Chriſt is there acertayne childhod / in which a mā muſt be content with mylke for a ceaſon / vntyll he waxe ſtronge and growe vp vnto a perfecte man in Chriſt / and be able to eate of moare ſtrō ge meate.

In the .xij. Chapter he geueth exhortaciōs.The .xij. Chapter For this maner obſerueth Paul in all his piſtles / fyrſt he teacheth Chriſt and the fayth / then exhorteth he to good workes / and vnto continuall mortifyinge of the fleſſhe. So here teacheth he good workes in deade / and the true ſeruinge of God / and maketh all men Preſtes / to offer vp not money and beaſtes / as the maner was in the tyme of the lawe / but their awne bodyes / with killinge and mortifyinge of the luſtes of the fleſſhe. After that he deſcribeth the outwarde conuerſacion of Chriſten men / how they oughte to behaue thē ſelues in ſprituall thinges how to teache / preache & rule in the cō gregacion of Chriſt / to ſerue one another to ſuffre all thinges paciently / and to commit the wreke and vengeaunce to God / in concluſion how a Chriſten man oughte to behaue him ſelfe vnto all men / to frend / foo or whatſoeuer he be. Theſe are the righte workes of a Chriſten man which ſpringe oute of fayth. For fayth kepeth not holye daye nether ſuffereth any man to be ydle / wherſoeuer ſhe dwelleth.

In the .xiij. he teacheth to honoure the wordlyThe. xiij Chapter. and tēporall ſwerde. For though that mās lawe and ordinaunce make not a man good before God / nether iuſtifie him in the herte / yet are they ordeyned for the furderaunce of the cōmune welth / to mayntene peace / to puniſſhe the euyll and to • efende the good. Therfore ought the good to honoure the temporall ſwerde and to haue it in reuerence / though as concerninge themſelues they nede it not / but wolde abſtayne from euyll of their awne accorde / ye and do good without mans lawe / but by the lawe of the ſprite which gouerneth the harte / & gydethLoue is the fulfil ••••• e of the lawe. it vnto all that is the will of God. Finally he cō prehendeth and knetteth vp all in loue. Loue of her awne nature beſtoweth all that ſhe hath and euē her awne ſe • ſe on that which is loued. Thou neadeſt not to byd a kind mother to be louinge vnto her only ſonne. Moche leſſe ſpirituall loue. Which hath eyes geuē her of God / neadeth mans lawe to teache her to do hir dutie. And as in the begynninge he dyd put forth Chriſte as the cauſe and auctor of oure righteweſnes & ſaluacion / euen ſo here ſetteth he him forth as an enſample to coūterfayte that as he hath done to vs / euen ſo ſhulde we do one to another.

In the .xiiij. Chapter he teacheth to deale ſo berly with the conſciences of the weke in the fayth / which yet vnderſtond not the libertie ofThe. xiiij Chapter. Chriſt perfectly ynough and to fauer them of Chriſten loue / & not to vſe the liberte of the fayth vnto hinderaūce. But vnto the furderaū ce & edifyinge of the weake. For where ſuche cō ſideracion is not / there foloweth debate and deſpiſinge of the Goſpell. It is better therfore to forbere the weke a while / vntyll they waxe ſtrō ge / then that the learninge of the Goſpell ſhuld come all to geder vnderfoote. And ſuche worke is ſingular worke of loue / & where loue is perfecte / there muſte nedes be ſuche a reſpecte vnto the weake / a thinge that Chriſt cōmaunded and charged to be had aboue all thinges.

In the .xv. Chapter he ſetteth forth ChriſtThe .xv. Chapter. agayne to be folowed / that we alſo by his enſample▪ / ſhulde ſuffre other that are yet weake / as them that are frayle / open ſynners / vnlerned / vnexperte / and of lotheſome maners / & not to caſt thē awaye forthwith / but to ſuffre them tyll they wax better & exhorte them in the meane tyme. For ſo dealte chriſt in the goſpell & now dealeth with vs dayly / ſoffering our vnperfetnes / wekenes / conuerſacion and maners / not yet faſſioned after the doctrine of the Goſpell / but ſmell of the fleſſhe / ye and ſometyme breake forth in to outward dedes.

After that to conclude with all he wyſſheth them encreace of fayth / peace / and ioye of cō ſcience / pray ſeth them and committeth thē to god and magnifieth his office and adminiſtracion in the goſpell / and ſo berly and with grete diſcrecion deſyreth ſuccur and ayde of them for the poore ſaynctes of Ieruſalem / and it is all pure loue that he ſpeketh or dealeth with all So fynde we in this piſtle plentuouſly / vnto the vttmoſte / whatſoeuer a Chriſten man or woman ought to knowe that vs to wete what the lawe / the Goſpell / ſynne / Grace / Fayth / Righteouſnes / Chriſt / God / Good workes / Loue ſuffre all thinges paciently / and to commit the wreke and vengeaunce to God / in concluſion how a Chriſten man oughte to behaue him ſelfe vnto all men / to frend / foo or whatſoeuer he be. Theſe are the righte workes of a Chriſten man which ſpringe oute of fayth. For fayth kepeth not holye daye nether ſuffereth any man to be ydle / wherſoeuer ſhe dwelleth.

In the .xiij. he teacheth to honoure the wordlyThe. xiij Chapter. and tēporall ſwerde. For though that mās lawe and ordinaunce make not a man good before God / nether iuſtifie him in the herte / yet are they ordeyned for the furderaunce of the cōmune welth / to mayntene peace / to puniſſhe the euyll and to • efende the good. Therfore ought the good to honoure the temporall ſwerde and to haue it in reuerence / though as concerninge themſelues they nede it not / but wolde abſtayne from euyll of their awne accorde / ye and do good without mans lawe / but by the lawe of the ſprite which gouerneth the harte / & gydethLoue is the fulfil ••••• e of the lawe. it vnto all that is the will of God. Finally he cō prehendeth and knetteth vp all in loue. Loue of her awne nature beſtoweth all that ſhe hath and euē her awne ſe • ſe on that which is loued. Thou neadeſt not to byd a kind mother to be louinge vnto her only ſonne. Moche leſſe ſpirituall loue. Which hath eyes geuē her of God / neadeth mans lawe to teache her to do hir dutie. And as in the begynninge he dyd put forth Chriſte as the cauſe and auctor of oure righteweſnes & ſaluacion / euen ſo here ſetteth he him forth as an enſample to coūterfayte that as he hath done to vs / euen ſo ſhulde we do one to another.

In the .xiiij. Chapter he teacheth to deale ſo berly with the conſciences of the weke in the fayth / which yet vnderſtond not the libertie ofThe. xiiij Chapter. Chriſt perfectly ynough and to fauer them of Chriſten loue / & not to vſe the liberte of the fayth vnto hinderaūce. But vnto the furderaū ce & edifyinge of the weake. For where ſuche cō ſideracion is not / there foloweth debate and deſpiſinge of the Goſpell. It is better therfore to forbere the weke a while / vntyll they waxe ſtrō ge / then that the learninge of the Goſpell ſhuld come all to geder vnderfoote. And ſuche worke is ſingular worke of loue / & where loue is perfecte / there muſte nedes be ſuche a reſpecte vnto the weake / a thinge that Chriſt cōmaunded and charged to be had aboue all thinges.

In the .xv. Chapter he ſetteth forth ChriſtThe .xv. Chapter. agayne to be folowed / that we alſo by his enſample▪ / ſhulde ſuffre other that are yet weake / as them that are frayle / open ſynners / vnlerned / vnexperte / and of lotheſome maners / & not to caſt thē awaye forthwith / but to ſuffre them tyll they wax better & exhorte them in the meane tyme. For ſo dealte chriſt in the goſpell & now dealeth with vs dayly / ſoffering our vnperfetnes / wekenes / conuerſacion and maners / not yet faſſioned after the doctrine of the Goſpell / but ſmell of the fleſſhe / ye and ſometyme breake forth in to outward dedes.

After that to conclude with all he wyſſheth them encreace of fayth / peace / and ioye of cō ſcience / pray ſeth them and committeth thē to god and magnifieth his office and adminiſtracion in the goſpell / and ſo berly and with grete diſcrecion deſyreth ſuccur and ayde of them for the poore ſaynctes of Ieruſalem / and it is all pure loue that he ſpeketh or dealeth with all So fynde we in this piſtle plentuouſly / vnto the vttmoſte / whatſoeuer a Chriſten man or woman ought to knowe that vs to wete what the lawe / the Goſpell / ſynne / Grace / Fayth / Righteouſnes / Chriſt / God / Good workes / Loue Hope / and the Croſſe are / and euē where in the pyth of all that pertayneth to the chriſtē fayth ſtondeth and howe a chriſten man oughte to be haue him ſilfe vnto euery man / be he perfect or a ſynner / good or bad / ſtronge or weke / frēd or foo / and in concſuſion howe to behaue oure ſelues both toward god and toward oure ſelues alſo. And all thynges are profoundely grounded in the ſcriptures / and declared with enſamples of himſilfe / of the fathers and of the prophetes / that a man can here deſyre no moare.

Wherfore it appereth euidently / that PaulsThis piſtle to the Romaynes is the dore into all the ſcripture: ye and the keye that openeth it and bryngeth men to the true vnderſtō dynge of it. mynde was to comprehende breuely in this piſtle all the hole lernynge of Chriſtes Goſpell / and to prepare an introduccion vnto all the olde teſtament. For without doute whoſoeuer hath this Piſtle perfectly in his herte / the ſame hath the lyght and the effecte of the olde teſtamente with him. Wherfore let euery man with oute excepcyon exercyſe him ſelfe therin diligē ly / and recorde it nyght and daye continually / vntyll he be full acquaynted therewith.

The laſt Chapter.The laſt chapter is a chapter of recommendacyon / Wherin he yet myngleth a good monycyon / that we ſhulde beware of the tradicyons and doctryne of men whyche begyle the ſimple with ſophiſtry and lernynge that is not after the goſpell / and drawe thē from Chriſt / and noo ſell the in weke & feble & (as Paul calleth thē in the piſtle to the Galathyans) in bedgerly cerimonyes for the entent that they wolde lyue in fatte paſtures and be in auctoryte / and be taken as Chriſt / ye and aboue chriſt / and ſit in the temple of god / that is to witt in the conſciences of men / where God only / his worde / & hys chriſt ought to ſitte. Cōpare therfore all maner doctryne of men vnto the ſcripture and ſe whether they agre or not. And committe thy ſilfe whole and all to gether vnto Chriſt / and ſo ſhall he with his holy ſprite and with all hys fulnes dwell in thy ſoule.

The ſomme and hole cauſe of the wrytinge of this epiſtle / is / to proue that a man is iuſtifieth by ſayth onlye: which propoſicion whoſo denieth / to him is not only this epiſtle and all that Paul wryteth / but alſo the hole ſcripture ſo locked vp / that he ſhall neu •• vnderſtonde it to his ſoules healthe. And to bringe a man to the vnderſtondinge and felynge that fayth onlye iuſti fieth: Paule proueh that the hole nature of m • is ſo poyſoned and ſo corrupte / ye and ſo deed concerninge Godly lyuinge or Godly thinkinge / that it is impoſſible for hir to kepe the lawe in the ſight of God: that is to ſaye / to loue it / & of loue and luſt to do it as naturally as a man eateth or drinketh / vntill ſhe be quyckened agayne and healed thorow fayth.

And by iuſtifyinge / vnderſtonde none other thinge then to be reconciled to God and to be reſtored vnto his fauoure / & to haue thy ſynnes forgeuē the. As when I ſaye God iuſtifieth vs / vnderſtōde therby / that God for Chriſtes ſake / merites and deſeruinges only receaueth vs vnto his mercie / fauoure and grace / and forgeueth vs oure ſynnes. And when I ſaye Chriſt iuſtifieth vs / vnderſtonde therby that Chriſt onlye hath redemed vs / bought and delyuered vs oute of the wrath of God and damnacion / & hath with his workes onlye / purchaſed vs the mercie the fauoure and grace of God / and the forgeuenes of oure ſynnes. And when I ſaye that fayth onlye iuſtifieth / vnderſtonde therby that fayth and truſt in the truthe of God and in the mercye promyſed vs for Chriſtes ſake / and for his deſeruinge and workes onlye / doth quyet the conſcience and certifie hir that oure ſynnes be forgeuen and we in the full fauoure of God.

Furthermore / ſet before thyne eyes Chriſtes workes and thyne awne workes. Chriſtes workes onlye iuſtifiethe and make ſatiſfaccion for thy ſynne / and thyne awne workes not: that is to ſaye / queyeteth thy conſciēce and make the ſure that thy ſynnes are forgeuen the / and not thyne awne workes. For the promyſe of mercie is made the for Chriſtes workes ſake / and not for thyne awne workes ſake. Wherfore ſeinge God hath not promyſed that thyne awne workes ſhall ſaue the / therfore fayth in thine awne workes can neuer quyet thy conſcience ner certifie the before God (When god commeth to iudge and to take a recōnynge) that thy ſynnes are for geuen the. Beyonde all this / myne awne workes can neuer ſatiſfie the lawe or paye hir that I owe hir. For I owe the lawe to loue hir with all myne heart / ſowle / power & myght. Which thynge to paye I am neuer able whyle I am cō paſed with fleſſhe. No / I cannot once begynne to loue the lawe / except I be fyrſt ſure by fayth that God loueth me and forgeueth me.

Finallie that we ſaye fayth onlye iuſtifyeth / ought to offende no man. For if this be true / that Chriſt onlye redemed vs / Chriſt onlye bare oure ſynnes / made ſatiſfaccion for them & purchaſed vs the fauoure of God / then muſt it nedes be true / that the truſt onlye in Chriſtes deſeruinge and in the promiſes of God the father made vs for Chriſtes ſake / doth onlye quyet the conſcience and certifie hir that the ſynnes are forgeuen. And when they ſaye / a man muſt repent / for ſake ſynne / and haue a purpoſe to ſynne no more as nyeas he can and loue the lawe of God: Ergo fayth alone iuſtifieth not. I anſwere / that & all lyke argumentes are nought / and lyke to this. I muſt repent and be • orie / the Goſpell muſt be preached me / and I muſt beleue it or elſe I cannot be partaker of the mercie which Chriſt hath deſerued for me / Ergo Chriſt onlye iuſtifieth me not▪ or Chriſt onlye hath not made ſatiſfaccion for my ſynnes. As this is a naughtie argument ſo is the other.

Now go to reader / and accordinge to the order of Pauls wrytinge / euen ſo do thou. Fyrſt beholde thy ſelfe dyligentlye in the lawe of God / and ſe there thy iuſt damnacion. Seconda rely turne thyne eyes to Chriſt / & ſe there y• exceadinge mercie of thy mooſt kynde and louinge father. Thirdly remeber that Chriſt made not this atonement that thou ſhuldeſt anger God agayne: nether dyed he for thy ſinnes / that thou ſhuldeſt lyue ſtill in them: nether clenſed he the / that thou ſhuldeſt retourne (as a ſwyne) vnto thyne olde podell agayne: but that thou ſhuldeſ • be a new creature and lyue a new lyfe after the will of God & not of the fleſſhe. And bediligent leaſt thorow thyne awne necgligence & vn thankfulnes thou loſe this fauoure and mercie agayne.

Farewell. W. T.

The epiſtle of the Apoſtle S. Paul to the Romayns.

¶ The fyrſt Chapter. ✚

PAul the ſeruaūt of Ieſus Chriſt / called to be an Apoſtle / put a parte to preache the Goſpell of God / which he promyſed afore by his Prophetes / in the holy ſcriptures that make menſion of his ſonne / the which was begottē of the ſeed of David / as pertayninge to the fleſſhe: & declared to be the ſonne of God with power of the holy gooſt that ſanctifieth / ſence y• tyme that Ieſus Chriſt oure Lorde roſe agayne from deeth by whom we have receaved grace and apoſtleſhyppe / to bringe all maner heth • people vnto obedience of the fayth / that is in his name: of the which hethen are ye a part also / which are Ieſus chriſtes by vocaciō. ⊢

To all you of Rome beloved of God and ſaynctes by callinge. Grace be with you and peace from God oure father / & from the Lorde Ieſus Chriſt.

Fyrſt verely I thanke my God thorow Ieſus Chriſt for you all / becauſe youre fayth is publiſſhed through out all the worlde. For God is my witnes / whom I ſerve with my ſprete in the Goſpell of his ſonne / that with out ceaſinge I make mencion of you alwayes in my prayers / beſechinge that at one tyme or another / a proſperous iorney (by y• will of god) myght fortune me / to come vnto you. For I longe to ſee you / that I myght beſtowe amō ge you ſome ſpirituall gyfte / to ſtrength you with all: that is / that I myght have conſolacion together with you / through the commen fayth / which bothe ye and I have.

I wolde that ye ſhuld knowe brethrē / howaba. ij. a hebre. x. gala. iii. that I have often tymes purpoſed to come vnto you (but have bene let hitherto) to have ſome frute amonge you / as I have amonge other of y• Gentyls. For I am detter both to th • Grekes & to them which are no Grekes / vnto the learned & alſo vnto the vnlearned. Lykewyſe / as moche as in me is / I am redy to preache the Goſpell to you of Rome alſo.

For I am not aſhamed of the Goſpell of Chriſt / becauſe it is y• power of God vnto ſalvaciō to all y• beleve / namely to the Iewe / & alſo to y• gētyle. For by it y• righteweſnes which cōmeth of god / is opened / frō fayth to From fayth to fayth: that is from a weake faith to a ſtronger / or frō one ba • ayle of fayth to a nother / for as we haue eſcaped one ieopardye thorow fayth / another inuadeth vs / thorow which we muſt wade by the helpe of fayth alſ • ephe. iiij. fayth. As it is written: The iuſt ſhall live by ſayth.

For the wrath of God apereth from heven agaynſt all vngodlynes & vnrighteweſnes of mē which withholde y• trueth in vnrighteweſnes: ſeynge / what maye be knowen of God / that ſame is manifeſt amōge them. For God dyd ſhewe it vnto them. So that his inviſible thinges: that is to ſaye / his eternall power and godhed are vnderſtonde and ſene / by the workes from the creacion of the worlde. So that they are without excuſe / in as moche as when they knewe god / they glorified himWhat foloweth when mē knowethe truthe & loue it not not as God / nether were thākfull / but wexedfull of vanities in their imaginacions / & their foliſſhe hertes were blynded. When they coū ted them ſelves wyſe / they became foles and turned the glory of the immortall god / vnto the ſimilitude of the ymage of mortall man / and of byrdes / and foure foted beaſtes / & of ſerpentes. Wherfore god lykewyſe gave thē vp vnto their hertes luſtes / vnto vnclennes / to defyle their awne boddyes bitwene them ſelves: which tourned his truthe vnto a lye / and worſhipped and ſerved the creatures more then y• maker / which is bleſſed for ever. Amē. For this cauſe god gave them vp vnto ſhamfull luſtes. For even their wemen did chaunge the naturall vſe vnto the vnnaturall. And lyke wyſe alſo the men lefte the naturall vſe of the womā / & brētin their luſtes one on another. And man with man wrought filthynes / and receaved in them ſelves the rewarde of their erroure / as it was accordinge.

And as it ſemed not good vnto them to be aknowen of God / even ſo God delivered them vp vnto a leawde mynd / y• they ſhuld do tho thinges which were not comly / beinge full of all vnrighteous doinge / of fornicaciō / wickednes / coveteouſnes / maliciouſnes / full of envie / morther / debate / diſſeyte / evill cōdicioned / whiſperers / backbyters / haters of God / doers of wrōge / proude / boſters / bringers vp of evyll thinges / diſobedient to father & mother / without vnderſtondinge / covenaunte breakers / vnlovinge / truceTo haue pleaſure in another mannes ſynne is greater wyckednes then to ſynne thy ſelfe. breakers & merciles. Which mē though they knew the righteweſnes of God / how that they which ſoche thinges commyt / are worthy of deeth / yet not only do the ſame / but alſo have pleaſure in them that do them.

¶ The .ii. Chapter.

THerfore arte thou inexcuſable o man / whoſoever thou be y• iudgeſt. For in ye ſame wherin thou iudgeſt another / thou condemneſt thy ſelfe. For thou that iudgeſt / doeſt evē the ſame ſelfe thinge. But we are ſure that the iudgement of God is accordinge to trueth / agaynſt them which cōmmit ſoche thinge. Thikeſt thou this O thou mā that iudgeſt them which do ſoche thinges & yet doeſt evē the very ſame / y• thou ſhalt eſcape y• iudgemēt of God: Ether deſpiſeſt thou the riches of his goodnes / paciēce & longe ſufferaunce? and remembreſt not how that the kyndnes of God ledith the to repentaunce?

But thou after thyne harde herte y• cānotMatthew xvi. d. repēt / heapeſt ye togedder the treaſure of wrath agaynſte the daye of vengeaūce / when ſhalbe opēned y• rightewes iudgemēt of god / which will rewarde every mā accordinge to his The deſeruige of Chriſt is promyſed to be the rewarde of oure good dedes: which rewarde yet oure dedes deſerue • ot. dedes: that is to ſaye / prayſe / honoure & immortalite / to them which cōtinue in good doynge / & ſeke eternall lyfe. But vnto them that are rebellious & diſobey the trueth / yet folowe iniquytie / ſhall come indignacion & wrath / tribulacion and anguyſſhe / vpon the ſoule of every man that doth evyll: of the Iewe fyrſt / & alſo of the gentyll. To every man that doth good / ſhall come prayſe / honoure & peace / to y• deut. x. d. ij. pa. xix iob xxvii act. x. c. mat. vij. d iac. i. d. Iewe fyrſt / and alſo to the gentyll. For ther is no parcialyte with god. But whoſoever hath ſynned with out lawe / ſhall periſſhe wt out lawe. And as many as haue ſynned vnder the lawe / ſhalbe iudged by the lawe. For before god they are not ryghteous which heare y• lawe: but theDedes are an outeward righteouſnes before the worlde and teſtifie what a •• is withinne: but iuſtifie not the hert before god: ne • certifye y• conſciēce that the fore ſynnes are forgeuen. doers of the lawe ſhalbe iuſtified. For if the gentyls which have no lawe / do of nature the thynges contayned in the lawe: then they havynge no lawe / are a lawe vnto themſelves / which ſhewe the dede of the lawe wrytten in their hertes: whyll their conſcience beareth witnes vnto them / & alſo their thoughtes / accuſynge one another or e • cuſynge / at the daye when god ſhall iudge the ſecretes of men by Ieſus Chriſt / accordinge to my Goſpell.

Beholde / thou arte called a Iewe / and truſt eſt in the lawe / and reioyſiſt in God / and knoweſt his will / and haſt experience of good & bad / in that thou arte informed by the lawe: & beleveſt that thou thy ſilfe arte a gyde vnto the blynde / a lyght to them which are in darcknes / an informer of them which lacke diſcreciō / a teacher of vnlearned / which haſt the enſample of that which ought to beknowen / & of the truth / in the lawe. But thou which teacheſt another teacheſt not thy ſelfe. Thou preacheſt / a man ſhuld not ſteale: and yet thou ſtealeſt. Thou ſayſt / a man ſhuld not commit advoutry: and thou breakeſt wedlocke. Thou abhorreſt ymages / and robbeſt Godeſa. • iij. • . ez. xxxvi of his honoure. Thou reioyſeſt in the lawe / and thorow breakinge the lawe diſhonoureſt God. For the name of god is evyll ſpoken of amonge the Gentyls thorowe you / as it is written.

Circumciſiō Circumciſion was a witnes of the couenaūt betwene them and god & holpe not but after as it put them in remembraunce to beleue in god & to kepe • • lawe. verely avayleth / if thou kepe the lawe. But if thou breake the lawe / thy circumciſion is made vncircumciſion. Therfore if the vncircumciſed kepe the ryght thinges contayned in the lawe: ſhall not his vncircumciſion be counted for circumciſion? And ſhall not vncircumciſion which is by nature (yf it kepe the lawe) iudge the / which beynge vnder the letter and circumciſion / doſt tranſgreſſe the lawe? For he is not a Iewe / which is a Iewe outwarde. Nether is that thynge circumciſion / which is outwarde in the fleſſhe. But he is a Iewe which is hid wythin & the circūciſiō of y• herte is the true circumciſion / which is in the ſprete / & not in y• letter whoſe prayſe is not of men / but of god.

¶ The .iii. Chapter.

VVhat preferment then hath the Iewe • other what a vauntageth circumciſion? Surely very moche. Fyrſt vnto them was committed the worde of God What then though ſome of them did not beleve? ſhall their vnbeleve make the promes of god with out effecte? God forbid. Let god beioa. iii. b. pſal. cxv pſal. l. true / and all men lyars / as it is written: That thou myghteſt be iuſtifyed in thy ſayinge and ſhuldeſt overcome when thou arte iudged.

Yf oure vnrighteweſnes make the righteweſnes of God more excellent: what ſhall we ſaye? Is God vnrighteous which taketh vengeaūce? I ſpeake after the maner of mē. God forbid. For how then ſhall God iudge the worlde? Yf the veritie of God appere moare excellent thorow my lye / vnto his prayſe / why am I hence forth iudged as a ſynner? & ſaye not rather (as men evyll ſpeake of vs / and as ſome affirme that we ſaye) let vs do evyll / that good maye come therof. Whoſe damnacion is iuſte.

What ſaye we then? Are we better then they? No▪in no wyſe. For we have all ready proved how that both Iewes & Gentils are all vnder ſynne / as it is writtē: There is nonegala. iii. d pſal. xiii. a. pſal. v. c. & .xiii. b pſalm. C xxxix. & pſal. ix. c. eſai. lix. b pſ. xiii. b righteous / no not one: There is none that vnderſtondith / there is none ye ſeketh after God / they are all gone out of ye waye / they are all made vnprofytable / ther is none that doeth good / no not one. Their throte is an open ſepulchre / with their tounges they have diſceaved: the poyſon of Aſpes is vnder their lippes. Whoſe mouthes are full of courſynge & bitternes. Their fete are ſwyfte to ſheed bloud. Deſtruccion & wretchednes are in their wayes. And the waye of peace they have not knowen. There is no feare of God before their eyes.

✚ Ye and we knowe that whatſoever ye lawe ſayth / he ſayth it to them which are vnder the lawe. That all mouthes maye be ſtoppedGala. ij. d and all the worlde be ſubdued to god / becauſe that by ye dedes of theThe lawe iuſtifieth not before god / but vttereth ſynne onlye. lawe / ſhall no fleſſhe be iuſtified in the ſight of God. For by the lawe commeth the knowledge of ſynne.

Now verely is y• rigteweſnes that cōmeth of God declared without the fulfillinge of y• lawe / havinge witnes yet of ye lawe & of the Prophete. The righteweſnes no dout whichIuſtifyinge cōmeth by fayth. is good before God / cōmeth by ye fayth of Ieſus Chriſt / vnto all & vpon all that beleve.

Ther is no differēce: for all have ſynned / & lacke the prayſe y• is of valoure before God: but are iuſtified frely by his grace / through the redemcion that is in Chriſt Ieſu / whom God hath made a ſeate of mercy thorow faith in his bloud / to ſhewe ye righteweſnes which before him is of valoure / in yt he forgeveth y• ſynnes y• are paſſed / which God dyd ſuffre to ſhewe at this tyme / y• righteweſnes yt is alowed of him / ye he myght be coūted iuſte / & a iuſtifiar of him which belevith on Ieſus. ⊢

Where is then thy reioyſinge? It is excluded. By what lawe? by ye lawe of workes? Naye: but by the lawe of fayth.

For we ſuppoſe that a man is iuſtified byFayth iuſtifieth. fayth without the dedes of y• lawe. Is he the God of the Iewes only? Is he not alſo the God of the Gentyls? Yes / evē of the Gentyles alſo. For it is God only which iuſtifieth circumciſion which is of fayth / & vncircumciſion thorow fayth. Do we then deſtroye the lawe thorow fayth? God forbid. But we ratherFayth mayntayneth the lawe / becauſe therby we obtayne power to loue it & to kepe it mayntayne the lawe.

¶ The .iiii. Chapter.

VVhat ſhall we ſaye then / that Abraham oure father as pertayninge to y• fleſſhe / dyd finde? If Abraham were iuſtified by Dedes iuſtifie not before God: nether maye a •• an before God put truſt in them. dedes / thē hath he wherin to reioyce: but not with god. For what ſayth the ſcripture? Abraham beleved god / and it was counted vnto him for righteweſnes. To him that worketh / is the rewarde not reckened of favour: but of duty. To him that worketh not / but beleveth on him that iuſtifieth the vngodly / is his fayth counted for righteweſnes. Even as David deſcribeth the bleſſedfulnes of the man vnto whom god aſcribethpſa. xxxi rihgteweſnes without dedes. Bleſſed fullnes what it is Bleſſed are they / whoſe vnrighteweſnes are forgeven / & whoſe ſynnes are covered. Bleſſed is that mā to whom the Lorde imputeth not ſynne.

Came this bleſſednes then vpon the circumciſed or vpon the vncircūciſed? We ſaye verely how that fayth was rekened to Abraham for righteweſnes. How was it rekened? in the tyme of circumciſion? or in the tyme before he was circumciſed? Not in tyme of circū ciſion: but when he was yet vncircumciſed. And he receaved the ſigne of circumciſion / asCircūciſion is the ſeale. a ſeale of y• righteweſnes which is by fayth / which fayth he had yet beynge vncircūciſed: that he ſhuld be the father of all them that beleve / though they be not circumciſed / that righteweſnes myght be imputed to them alſo: and that he myght be the father of the circumciſed / not becauſe they are circumciſed only: but becauſe they walke alſo in the ſteppes of that fayth yt was in oure father Abraham before the tyme of circumciſion.

For the promes that he ſhuld be the heyre of the worlde / was not geven to Abrahā or to his ſeed thorow the lawe: but thorow y• righteweſnesThe promes cometh by fayth The lawe cauſeth wrath. which cometh of fayth. For yf they which are of the lawe / be heyres / then is fayth but vayne / & the promes of none effecte. Becauſe the lawe cauſeth wrathe▪ For where no lawe is / there is no trāſgreſſion. Therfore by fayth is the inheritaūce geven / that it myght come of faveour: and the promes myght be ſure to all the ſeed. Not to them only which are of the lawe: but alſo to them which are of the fayth of Abraham / which is the father of vs all. As it is wrytten: I have made the a father to many nacions / even before god whomgen. xvii. thou haſt beleved / which quyckeneth the deed / and called thoſe thinges which be not / as though they were.

Which Abraham / contrary to hope / beleved in hope / that he ſhuld be the father of many nacions / accordynge to that which was ſpoken: So ſhall thy ſeed be. And he faynted not in the fayth / nor yet conſydered hys awne body which was now deed / evengene. xiii. and .xv. b when he was almoſt an hondred yeare olde: nether yet that Sara was paſt chyldeberinge. He ſtackered not at the promes of God thorow vnbelefe: but was made ſtronge in the fayth / and gave honour to God / full certifyed / that what he had promiſed that he was able to make good. And therfore was it reckened to him for righteweſnes.

It is not written for him only / that it was reckened to him for righteweſnes: but alſo for vs / to whom it ſhalbe counted for righteweſnes / ſo we beleve on him that rayſed vp Ieſus oure Lorde from deeth. Which was deliveredChriſt iuſtifieth vs. for oure ſynnes / and roſe agayne forto iuſtifie vs.

¶ The .v. Chapter.Fayth ſetteth vs at peace with God.

BEcauſe therfore that we are iuſtified by fayth / we are at peace with god thorow oure Lorde Ieſus Chriſt: by whō we have awaye in thorow fayth / vnto this grace wherin we ſtonde aud reioyce in hope of the prayſe that ſhalbe geven of God. Nether do we ſo only: but alſo we reioyce in tribulacion. For we know that tribulacion bringethIaco. j. b. pacience / pacience bringeth experience / experience bringeth hope. And We are not aſſhamed of oure hope for we are ſure by the deathe of Chriſt that God loueth vs and will bringe oure hope to paſſe. hope maketh not aſhamed / for the love of God is ſheed abrod in oure hertes / by the holy gooſt / which is geven vnto vs.

For when we were yet weake / accordynge to y• tyme: Chriſt dyed for vs which were vngodly. Yet ſcace will eny man dye for a rightewes man. Paraventure for a good mā durſt a man dye. ✚ But God ſetteth out his love that he hath to vs / ſeinge that whyll we were yet ſynners / Chriſt dyed for vs. Moche more then now (ſeynge we are iuſtifyed in his bloud) ſhall we be ſaved from wrath / thorow him.

For yf when we were enemyes / we were reconciled to God by the deeth of his ſonne: moche more / ſeinge we are reconciled / we ſhalbe preſervid by his lyfe. Not only ſo / but we alſo ioye in God by the meanes of oure Lorde Ieſus Chriſt / by whom we have receavyd the attonment.

Wherfore as by one mā ſynne entred into the worlde / & deeth by the meanes of ſynne. And ſo deeth went over all men / in ſomoche that all men ſynned. For even vnto the tyme of the lawe was ſynne in the worlde: but ſynne was not regarded / as longe as ther was no lawe: nevertheleſſe deeth rayned frō Adam to Moſes / evē over them alſo that ſynned not / wt lyke tranſgreſſion as dyd Adam: which is y• ſimilitude of him that is to come.

But the gyfte is not lyke as the ſynne. For yf thorow the ſynne of one / many be deed: moche Adams diſobedyē ce dampned vs all yer we oure ſelues wrought euell. And Chriſtes obedience ſaueth vs all / yer we oure ſelues worke anye good. more plenteous vpon many was the grace of God & gyfte by grace: which grace was geven by one man Ieſus Chriſt.

And y• gifte is not over one ſynne / as deeth cam thorow one ſynne of one y• ſynned. For damnacion cam of one ſynne vnto condemnacion: but the gyft cam to iuſtify frō many ſynnes. For yf by the ſynne of one / deeth raigned by the meanes of one / moche more ſhall they which receave aboundance of grace & of the gyfte of righteweſnes raygne in lyfe by the meanes of one (that is to ſaye) Ieſus Chriſt.

Lykewyſe then as by the ſynne of one / condemnacion cam on all men: evē ſo by the iuſtifyinge of one cōmeth the righteweſnes that bringeth lyfe / vpō all men. For as by one mā nes diſobediēce many be cam ſynners: ſo by y• obediēce of one ſhall many be made righteous.

But y• the lawe encreaſeth ſynne • maketh oure nature more gredie to do euell▪ becauſe y• lawe myniſtreth no power ner luſt to that ſhe byddeth / or to refrayne from that ſhe forbyddeth. gala. iij. d lawe in the meane tyme entred in / yt ſynne ſhuld encreace. Neverthelater where aboundaunce of ſynne was / there was more plenteouſnes of grace. That as ſynne had raigned vnto deeth / even ſo might grace raygne thorow righteweſnes vnto eternall lyfe / by the helpe of Ieſu Chriſt. ⊢

¶ The .vi. Chapter.

VVhat ſhall we ſaye then? Shall we continue in ſynne / that there maye be aboundaunce of grace? God forbyd. How ſhall we that are deed as touchynge ſynne / live eny lenger therin? ✚ Remember ye not that all we which are baptyſed in the name of Ieſu Chriſt / are baptyſed to dye with him? We are buryed with him by baptim / for to dye / that lykewyſe as Chriſt was rayſed vp from deeth by the glorye of the father: evē ſo we alſo ſhuld walke in a newe lyfe. For yf we be graft in deeth lyke vnto him: even ſo muſt we be in the reſurrecciō. This we muſtheb. xij. a j. pe • . ij. a. ephe. iiij. e coll. iij. b. remēber / that oure olde man is crucified with him alſo / that the body of ſynne myght vtterly be deſtroyed / that hence forth we ſhuld not be ſervauntes of ſynne. For he that is deed / ys iuſtified from ſynne.

Wherfore yf we be deed with Chriſt / we beleve that we ſhall live with him: remembringe that Chriſt once rayſed frō deeth / dyeth no more. Deeth hath no moare power over him. For as touchynge that he dyed / he dyed concernynge ſynne / once. And as touchinge that he liveth / he liveth vnto God. Lykewyſe ymagen ye alſo / that ye are deed concernynge ſynne: but are alive vnto God thorow Ieſus Chriſt oure Lorde. ✚ Let not ſynne raygne therfore in youre mortall bodyes / that ye ſhuld thervnto obey in the luſtes of it. Nether geve ye youre members as inſtrumentes of vnrighteweſnes vnto ſynne: but geve youre ſelves vnto God / as they that are alive from deeth. And geve youre membres as iuſtrumē tes of righteweſnes vnto God. Let not ſynne have power over you. For ye are not vnder the lawe / but vnder grace.

What then? Shall we ſynne / becauſe we are not vnder the lawe: but vnder grace? God forbyd. ✚ Remember ye not how yt to whom lo. viij. d. ij. pe. ij. d. ſoever ye cōmit youre ſelves as ſervaūtes to obey / his ſervauntes ye are to whom ye obey: whether it be of ſynne vnto deeth / or of obedience vnto righteweſnes? God be thanked / yt though ye were once the ſervaunte of ſynne / ye have yet obeyed with herte vnto the forme of doctryne wher vnto ye were delyvered. Yeare then made fre from ſynne / and are be come the ſervauntes of righteweſnes. ⊢

✚ I will ſpeake groſſly becauſe of the infirmitie of youre fleſſhe. As ye have gevē youre membres ſervaunte to vnclennes & to iniquitie / frō iniquitie vnto iniquitie: even ſo nowe geve youre membres ſervants vnto righteweſnes / yt ye maye be ſanctified. For when ye were the ſervauntes of ſynne / ye were not vnder righteweſnes. What frute had ye then in tho thinges / wher of ye are now aſhamed. For the ende of tho thynges is deeth. But now are ye delivered from ſynne / & made the ſervauntes of God / & have youre frute that ye ſhuld be ſanctifyed / & the ende everlaſtinge lyfe. For the rewarde of ſynne is deeth: butEternall lyfe is the ſeruinge of Chriſt eternall *lyfe is the gyfte of God / thorow Ieſus Chriſt oure Lorde.

¶ The .vii. Chapter. ✚

REmember ye not brethren (I ſpeake to them yt know the lawe) how that the lawe hath power over a man as longe as it endureth? For the woman which is in ſubieccion to a man / is bounde by the lawej. co. vij. to the man / as longe as he liveth. Yf the man be deed / ſhe is lowſed from the lawe of the man▪ So then yf whill the man liveth ſhe couple her ſelfe with another man / ſhe ſhalbe counted a wedlocke breaker. But yf the man be deed / ſhe is fre frō the lawe: ſo that ſhe is no wedlocke breaker / though ſhe couple herſelfe with another man▪

Even ſo ye my brethren / are deed concerninge the lawe by the body of Chriſt / yt ye ſhuld be coupled to another (I meane to him that is ryſen agayne frō deeth) that we ſhuld bringe forth frute vnto God. For when we were in the fleſſhe / the luſtes of ſynne which were ſtered vppe by y• lawe / raygned in oure membres / to bringe forth frute vnto deeth. But now are we delivered frō the lawe & deed / frō that whervnto we were in bondage / that we ſhuld ſerve in a newe converſacion of y• ſprete / & not in ye olde converſacion of the letter.

What ſhall we ſaye then? is ye lawe ſynne? God forbid: but I knewe not what ſynne meantLawe maketh ſynne to be knowen▪ exo. xx. c dute. v. b but by the lawe. For I had not knowne what luſt had meant / excepte the lawe had ſayde / thou ſhalt not luſt. But ſynne toke an occaſion by the meanes of the commaundement / and wrought in me all manner of concupiſcēce. For with out the lawe / ſynne was deed. I once lived with out lawe. But when the commaundement came / ſynne revyved / and I was deed. And the very ſame cōmaundement which was ordeyned vnto lyfe / was founde to be vnto me an occaſion of deeth. For ſynne toke occaſion by the meanes ofj. tim. j. b the cōmaundement & ſo diſceaved me / and by the ſelfe commaundement ſlewe we. Wherfore the lawe is holy / and the commaundement holy / iuſt and good.

Was that then which is good / made deeth vnto me? God forbyd. Naye / ſynne was deeth vnto me / that it myght appere / how that ſynne by the meanes of that which is good / had wrought deeth in me: that ſynne which is vnder the commandemēt / myght be out of meaſure ſynfull. For we knowe that the lawe is ſpirituall: but I am carnall / ſolde Solde vnder ſynne is to be made a bō de man to do the will of ſynne onlye. vnder ſynne / becauſe I wote not what I doo. For what I wold / that do I not: but what I hate / that do I. Yf I do now that which I wolde not / I graūte to the lawe that it is good. So then nowe / it is not I that do it / but ſynne that dwelleth in me. For I knowe that in me (that is to ſaye in my fleſſhe) dwelleth no good thinge. To will is preſent with me: but I fynde no meanes to performe that which is good. For I doo not y• good thinge which I wold: but that evill do I / which I wolde not. Finally / yf I do that I wolde not / then is it not I that doo it / but ſynne that dwelleth in me / doeth it. I fynde then by the lawe that when I wolde do good / evyll is preſent with me. I delite in the lawe of God / concerninge the inner man. But I ſe another lawe in my membres rebellinge agaynſt the lawe of my mynde / & ſubduynge me vnto the lawe of ſynne / which is in my membres. O wretched man y• I am: who ſhall delyver me frō this body of deeth? I thanke God thorow Ieſus Chriſt oure Lorde. So then I my ſilfe in my mynde ſerve the lawe of God / and in my fleſſhe the lawe of ſynne.

¶ The .viii. Chapter. ✚

THer is then no damnacion to them which are in Chriſt Ieſu / which walke not after y• fleſſhe: but after y• ſprete. For the lawe of the ſprete yt bringeth life thorowe Ieſus Chriſt / hath delivered me frō the lawe of ſynne & deeth. For what the lawe coulde not doo in as moche it was weake becauſe of the fleſſhe: that performed God / & ſent his ſonne in the ſimilitude of ſynfull fleſſhe / & by Synne is takē here for a ſynne offeringe after y• vſe of the hebrue tōge ſynne dāned ſynne in y• fleſſhe: that the righteweſnes requyred of the lawe myght be fulfilled in vs / which walke not after the fleſſhe / but after the ſprete.

For they that are carnall / are carnally mynded.* Chriſtes ſpirite is in all his / and y• ſpirite is life becauſe it cōſenteth vnto the lawe. And the bodye that is deed becauſe it cōſenteth to ſynne / will that ſpryte quickē at the laſt: geue him luſt to do the lawe / and will not ſoffre him to remayne in ſynne. But they that are ſpirituall / are goſtly mynded. To be carnally mynded / is deeth. But to be ſpiritually mynded is lyfe & peace. ✚ Becauſe that the fleſſhly mynde is emnyte agaynſt God: for it is not obedient to the lawe of God / nether can be. So then they y• are geven to the fleſſhe / cānot pleaſe God.

But ye are not geven to the fleſſhe / but to the ſprete: yf ſo be that y• ſprite of God dwell in you. If ther be eny man yt hath not y• ſprite of Chriſt / y• ſame is none of his. Yf Chriſt be in you / the body is deed becauſe of ſynne: but the ſprite is lyfe for righteweſnes ſake. Wherfore if the ſprite of him that rayſed vppe Ieſus frō deeth / dwell in you: even he that rayſed vp Chriſt from deeth / ſhall quycken youre mortall bodyes / becauſe that this ſprite dwelleth in you.

✚ Therfore brethren we are nowe detters / not to the fleſſhe / to live after the fleſſhe. For if ye live after the fleſſhe / ye muſt dye. But yf ye mortifie the dedes of the body / by the helpe of the ſprite / ye ſhall lyve. For as manyThe ſpirite that maketh vs ſonnes & heyres by grace. as are led by the ſprete of God: they are the ſonnes of god. For ye have n •• receaved the ſprete of bondage to feare eny moare / but ye have receaved the ſprite of adopcion wherby we crye Abba father. The ſame ſprete certifieth oure ſprete yt we are the ſonnes of God. Yf we be ſonnes / we are alſo heyres / the heyres I meane of God / and heyres anexed with Chriſt: if ſo be that we Fyrſt fruts: a taſt & a certayne porciō & not the full gyfte of y• ſpirite. ſuffer togedder / thatWe muſt ſoffre with Chriſt if we ſhall raygne with h • in glorie. we maye be glorified to gedder.

✚ For I ſuppoſe that the affliccions of this lyfe / are not worthy of the glory which ſhalbe ſhewed vpon vs. Alſo the fervent deſyre of the creatures abideth lokynge when the ſonnes of God ſhall appere / becauſe the creatures are ſubdued to vanyte agaynſt their will: but for his will which ſubdueth them in hope. For y• very creatures ſhalbe delivered from the bondage of corrupcion / into the glorious lybertie of the ſonnes of God. For we knowe that every creature groneth with vs alſo / and travayleth in payne even vnto(Adopcion) that is the inheritaunce promiſed by grace. this tyme.

Not they only / but even we alſo which have the fyrſt we are ſaued by hope: that is we hope to be delyuered oute of y• corrupciō of oure bodyes into y• glorie y• Chriſt now is in: & therfore faynt not in oure tribulaciōs▪ frutes of the ſprite / morne in oure ſelves & wayte for the (adopciō) & loke for the delivraunce of oure bodyes. ✚ For we are ſavyd by * hope. But hope that is ſene is no hope. For how can a mā hope for that which he ſeyth? But and yf we hope for that we ſe not / then do we with pacience abyde for it.

Lyke wyſe y• ſprite alſo helpeth oure infirmities. For we knowe not what to deſyre as we ought: but the ſprete maketh interceſſion mightely for vs with gronynge which cānot be expreſſid with tonge. And he that ſearcheth the hertes / knoweth what is y• meaninge of the ſprite: for he maketh interceſſion for the ſayntes accordinge to y• pleaſure of god. ✚ For we knowe that all thinges worke for the beſt vnto them y• love God / which alſo are called God choſeth of his awne goodnes and mercye: calleth thorow y• goſpell: iuſtifieth thorow faith and glorifieth thorow good workes. of purpoſe. For thoſe which he knewe before / he alſo ordeyned before / y• they ſhuld be lyke faſſioned vnto the ſhape of his ſonne / that he myght be y• fyrſt begotten ſonne amō ge many brethren. Morover which he apoynted before / them he alſo called. And which he called / them alſo he iuſtified / which he iuſtified / them he alſo glorified.

What ſhall we then ſaye vnto theſe thinges? yf god be on oure ſyde: who can be agaynſt vs? which ſpared not his awne ſonne / but gave him for vs all: how ſhall he not wt him geve vs all thingꝭ alſo? Who ſhall laye eny thinge to y• charge of goddes choſen? it is god that iuſtifieth: who then ſhall condempne? it is Chriſt which is deed / ye rather which is ryſen agayne / which is alſo on the ryght honde of God / & maketh interceſſion for vs.

Who ſhall ſeperate vs frō the love He that ſeeth what Chriſt hath done for him can not but beleue that God loueth him & will loue God agayne. of god? ſhall tribulacion? or anguyſſhc • ? or perſecucion? other honger? other nakedneſſe? other parell? other ſwearde? As it is written: For thy ſake are we kylled all daye longe / and are counted as ſhepe apoynted to be ſlayne. Never theleſſe in all theſe thinges we overcome ſtrongly thorow his helpe that loved vs. Ye and I am ſure that nether deeth / nether lyfe / nether angels / nor rule / nether power / nether thinges preſent / nether thinges to come / nether heyth / nether loweth / nether eny other creature ſhalbe able to departe vs frō y• love of God / ſhewed in Chriſt Ieſu oure lorde. ⊢

¶ The .ix. Chapter.

I Saye the trueth in Chriſt and lye not / in that wherof my conſcience beareth me witnes in the holy goſt / that I have gret hevynes and continuall ſorowe in my hert. For I have wyſſhed my ſelfe to beWhat loue dothe. curſed from Chriſt / for my brethren and my kynſmen as pertayninge to the fleſſhe / which are the Iſraelites. To whom pertayneth theAdopcion is an inheritaunce by grace. adopcion / & the glorie / and the covenauntes / and the law that was geven / and the ſervice of God / and the promyſes: whoſe alſo are the fathers / and they of whome (as concernynge the fleſſhe) Chriſt came / which is God over all thinges bleſſed for ever Amen.

I ſpeake not theſe thinges as though the wordes of god had take none effecte. For they are not all Iſraelites which came of Iſrael: nether are they all chyldren ſtrayght waye / becauſe they are the ſeed of Abraham. But ingen. xxj. Iſaac ſhall thy ſeede be called: that is to ſaye / they which are the chyldren of the fleſſhe / are not the chyldren of god. But the chyldren ofGal. iiijd ge. xviij. promes are counted the ſeede. For this is a worde of promes / aboute this tyme will I come / and Sara ſhall have a ſonne.

Nether was it ſo wt her only: but alſo when Rebecca was with chylde by one / I meane by oure father Iſaac / yeer the chyldren were borne / when they had nether done good nether bad: that the purpoſe of God which is by election / myght ſtonde / it was ſayde vnto her / not by the reaſon of workes / but by grace of y• gen. xxv mala. j. a. caller: the elder ſhall ſerve the yonger. As it is written: Iacob he loved / but Eſau he hated.

What ſhall we ſaye then? is there eny vnrighteweſſes with God? God forbyd. For he ſayth to Moſes: I will ſhewe mercye to whō ex. xxiij. I ſhewe mercy: and will have compaſſion on whom I have cōpaſſion. So lieth it not then in a mans will or cunnynge / but in ye mercyeex. ix. d. of god. For the ſcripture ſayth vnto Pharao: Even for this ſame purpoſe have I ſtered ye vp / to ſhewe my power on y• / & that my name myght be declared thorow out all the worlde. So hath he mercye on whom he will / and whom he will / he maketh hearde herted.

Thou wilt ſaye then vnto me: why then blameth he vs yet? For who can reſiſt his eſa. xlv. • hie: xviij ••• . • v. b. will? But o man / what arte thou which diſputeſt with The fleſhly & proude mynde y• will be as wiſe as God muſt be mortified to learne to feare▪ god & to be obey him & to leue diſputige with him. o ſee. ij. d. j. pe. ij. d. God? Shall the worke ſaye to the workeman: why haſt thou made me on this faſſion? Hath not the potter power over the claye / even of the ſame lompe to make one veſſell vnto honoure / and a nother vnto diſhonoure? Even ſo / God willynge to ſhewe his wrath / and to make his power knowen / ſuffered with longe pacience the veſſels of wrath / ordeyned to damnacion / that he myght declare y• ryches of his glory on the veſſels of mercye / which he had prepayred vnto glorie: that is to ſaye / vs which he called / not of the Iewes only / but alſo of ye gentyls. As he ſayth in O ſee: I will call them my people which were not my people: and her beloved which was not beloved. And it ſhall come to paſſe in the place where it was ſayd vnto them / 〈1 page duplicate〉〈1 page duplicate〉 ye are not my people: that there ſhalbe calledoſee. ij. d. the chyldren of the lyvynge God.

But Eſaias cryeth concernynge Iſrael / though the nomber of the chyldren of Iſrael Eſa. x. c. be as the ſonde of the ſee / yet ſhall a remnaūt be ſaved. He finyſſheth the worde verely and maketh it ſhort in tyghtweſſes. For a ſhort worde will god make on erth. And as Eſaias ſayd before: Except the Lorde of ſabaoth hadeſa. j. c. left vs ſeede / we had bene made as Zodoma / and had bene lykened to Gomorra.

What ſhall we ſaye then? We ſaye that the gentyls which folowed not righteweſnes have overtaken righteweſnes: I meane the righteweſnes which cometh of fayth. But Iſrael which folowed the lawe of righteweſnes / coulde not attayne vnto ye lawe of righteweſnes. And wherfore? Becauſe they ſoughteſa xxvij j. pe. ij. b. eſa. viij. c it not by fath: but as it were by the workes of the lawe. For they have ſtombled at the ſtomblynge ſtone. As it is written: Beholde I put in Syon a ſtomblynge ſtone & a rocke whicheſ. xxviij ſhall make men faule. And none yt beleve on him / ſhalbe aſhamed.

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BRethren / my hertes deſyre & prayer to God for Iſrael is that they might be ſaved. For I beare them recorde that they have a fervēt mynde to God warde / but not accordinge to knowledge. For they are ignorant of the righteweſnes which is alowedThe lawe dryueth to chriſt to be iuſtified. before God / and goo about to ſtabliſſhe their awne righteweſnes & therfore are not obedient vnto the righteweſnes which is of valew before God. For Chriſt is the ende of the lawe / to iuſtifie all that beleve.

Moſes deſcribeth the righteweſnes which leu. xviij ere. xx. b. dut. xxx cometh of y• lawe / howe that the man which doth the things of the lawe / ſhall lyve therin. But y• rightewe • nes which cometh of fayth / ſpeaketh on this wyſe. Saye not in thyne hert who ſhall aſcende into heven? (that is nothinge els then to fetch Chriſt doune) Other who ſhall deſcende into the depe? (that is nothinge els but to fetch vp Chriſt from deeth) But what ſayth the ſcripture? The worde is nye the / even in thy mouth and in thyn herte.

This worde is the worde of fayth which we preache. For yf thou ſhalt knowledge wt thy mouth that Ieſus is the lorde / and ſhalt beleve with thyn hert that God rayſed him vp from deeth / thou ſhalt be ſafe. ✚ For the belefe of the hert iuſtifieth: and to knowledge with the mouth maketh aThough fayth iuſtifie from ſynne & though chriſt deſerued the rewarde promyſed yet is the promyſe made on y• condicion y• we embrace Chriſtes doctrine and cōfeſſe hi with worde ād dede. So that we are iuſtified to do good workes / ād in them to walke to the ſaluacion promyſed. man ſafe. For the ſcripture ſayth: whoſoever beleveth on him / ſhall not be aſhamed.

Ther is no difference bitwene the Iewe & the gentyll. For one is Lorde of all / which is ryche vnto all that call on him. For whoſoever ſhall call on the name of the lorde / ſhalbe ſafe. But how ſhall they call on him / on whō they beleved not? how ſhall they beleve on him of whom they have not herde? how ſhall they heare with out a preacher? And how ſhall they preach except they be ſent? As it is written: how beautifull are the fete of themeſai. xlij. which bringe glad tydynges of peace / & bringe glad tydynges of good thinges. But they have not all obeyed to y• goſpell. For Eſaiaseſa. liij. a. io. xij. f. ſayth: Lorde who ſhall beleve oure ſayinges? So then fayth cometh by hearynge / and hearynge cometh by the worde of God. But I axe: have they not herde? No dout / their ſoundepſa. xviij went out into all londes: & their wordes in to the endes of the worlde. ⊢

But I demaunde whether Iſrael dyd knowe or not? Fyrſt Moſes ſayth: I will provokedu. xxij. c you for to envy / by thē that are no people / & by a foliſſhe nacion I will anger you. Eſaias after that / is bolde & ſayth. I am founde of thē that ſought me not / & have appered to themeſa. lxv, a that ayed not after me. And agaynſt Iſrael he ſayth: All daye longe have I ſtretched forth my honds vnto a people yt beleveth not / but ſpeaketh agaynſt me.

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I Saye then: ha • h god caſt awaye his people? God forbyd. For even I verely am an Iſraelite / of the ſeed of Abrahā / and of y• tribe of Beniamin / god hath not caſt awaye his people which he knew before. Ether wote ye not what the ſcripture ſayth by the mouth of Helias / how he maketh interceſſion to god agaynſt Iſrael / ſayinge: Lorde they haveiij. re. xix kylled thy prophetes & dygged doune thyn alters: & I am lefte only / & they ſeke my lyfe. But what ſayth the anſwer of god to him agayne? I have reſerved vnto me ſeven thouſande men which have not bowed the knee to Baal. Even ſo at this tyme ys ther a remnanaunt lefte thorow the eleccion of grace. Yf it be ofGrace & workes are cōtrarye thinges. grace / thē is it not of workes. For then were grace no moare grace. Yf it be of workes / then is it no moare grace. For then were deſervyng no lenger deſervynge.

What then? Iſrael hath not obtayned that / that he ſought. No but yet the election hath obtayned it. The remnaunt are blynded / accordynge as it is written: God hath geveneſa. vj. c. mat. xiij. io. xij. f. actes .xxviij. f. pſa lx viij thē the ſprete of vnquyetnes: eyes that they ſhuld not ſe / & eares that they ſhuld not heare even vnto this daye. And David ſayth: Let their table be made a ſnare to take them with all / and an occaſion to faule / and a rewarde vnto them. Let their eyes be blynded that they ſe not: & ever bowe doune their backes.

I ſaye then: Have they therfore ſtombled that they ſhulde but faule only? God forbyd: but thorowe their faule is ſalvaciō happened vnto the gentyls / for to provoke thē with all. Wherfore yf the faule of them / be the ryches of the worlde: and the mynyſſhynge of them the ryches of the gentyls: How moche more ſhuld it be ſo / yf they all beleved. I ſpeake to you gentyls / in as moche as I am the Apoſtle of y• gentyls I will magnify myn office / that I myght provoke them which are my fleſſhe / and myght ſave ſome of them. For yf the caſtynge awaye of them / be the reconcylynge Do it with all dyligence. of the worlde: what ſhall the receavynge of them be / but lyfe agayne from deeth? For yf one pece be holy / the whole heepe is holy. And yf the rote be holy / the braunches are holy alſo.

Though ſome of the branuches be broken of / and thou beynge a wylde olyue tree / arte graft in amonge them / & made parttaker of ye rote and fatnes of the olyve tree / boſt not thy ſelfe agaynſt the braūches. For yf thou boſt thy ſelfe / remember that thou beareſt not the rote / but the rote the. Thou wilt ſaye then: the braūches are broken of / that I myght be grafte in. Thou ſayeſt well: becauſe of vnbeleve they are broken of / and thou ſtondeſt ſtedfaſt in fayth. Be not hye mynded / but feare ſeynge that God ſpared not the naturall braunches / leſt haply he alſo ſpare not the.

Beholde ye kyndnes & rigorouſnes of God: on thē which fell / rigorouſnes: but towardes the / kyndnes / yf thou cōtinue in his kyndnes. Or els thou ſhalt be hewen of / & they yf they byde not ſtill in vnbelefe / ſhalbe graffed in agayne. For God is of power to graffe them in agayne. For yf thou waſt cut out of a naturall wilde olyve tree / and waſt graffed contrary to nature in a true olyve tree: how moche more ſhall the naturall braūches be graffed in their awne olyve tree agayne.

I wolde not that this ſecrete ſhuld be hyd frō you my brethren (leſt ye ſhuld be wyſe in youre awne conſaytes) that partly blyndnes is happened in Iſrael / vntyll ye fulnes of the gentyls be come in: & ſo all Iſrael ſhalbe ſaved. As it is writtē: There ſhall come oute ofeſa. lix. d Sion he y• doth delyver / & ſhall turne awaye the vngodlynes of Iacob. And this is my covenaunt vnto them / when I ſhall take awaye their ſynnes. As cōcernynge the goſpell / they are enemies for youre ſakes: but as touchinge the election / they are loved for y• fathers ſake.

For verely the gyftes and callynge of god are ſoche / that it cannot repent him of them: for loke / as ye in tyme paſſed have not beleved God / yet have now obtayned mercy thorow their vnbelefe: even ſo now have they not beleved the mercy which is happened vnto you / that they alſo maye obtayne mercy. God hath wrapped all nacions in vnbelene / that he myght have mercie on all.

O the depnes of the aboundaunt wyſdome and knowledge of God: how vnſerchable are his iudgementes / and his wayes paſt findyng out. For who hath knowen the mynde of the lorde? or who was his counſeller? otherſap. ix. • . eſa. xl. d. j. cor. ij. d. who hath geven vnto him fyrſt / that he myght be recompenſed agayne? For of him / and thorow him / and for him / are all thinges To him be glorye for ever Amen.

The .xii. Chapter. ✚

IBeſeche you therfore brethrē / by y• mer cyfulnes of God / that ye make youre phi. iiij. c • True ſeruynge of God is to bringe the bodye vnto the obedience of the law of God. bodyes aquicke ſacrifiſe holy & acceptable vnto God which is youre reſonable ſeruynge of god. And faſſion not youre ſelves lyke vnto this worlde: But be ye chaunged in youre ſhape / by the renuynge of youre wittes that ye maye fele what thynge that good / yt acceptable / and perfaycte will of god is. For I ſaye (thorowe the grace that vnto me gevē is) to every man amonge you that noman eſteme of him ſelfe moare then it becometh him to eſteme: but that he diſcretely iudge of him ſelfe / accordynge as God hath dealte to every man the meaſure of fayth▪

As we have many members in one body / & all j. Corin. xij. b. Sph. iiij. b. members have not one office: ſo we beynge many are one body in Chriſt and every man Camōge oure ſelves) one anothers mēbers ✚ ✚ Seynge that we have dyvers gyftes accordynge to the grace that is geven vnto vs: yf eny man have y• gyft of Propheſie is takē here for y• expoundynge of ſcriptures: which in darcke places muſt be expounded that it agre to y• open places & generall articles of y• fayth. amos .v. ephe iiij a j. pet. v. b propheſye / let him have it that it be agreynge vnto the fayth. Let him that hath an office / wayte on his office. Let him that teacheth / take hede to his doctrine. Let him that exhorteth / geve attendaunce to his exhortacion. Yf eny man geve / let him do it with ſinglenes. Let him that ruleth / do it with diligence. Yf eny man ſhewe mercy / let him do it with cherfulnes.

Let love be wt out diſſimulacion. Hate that which is evyll / and cleave vnto that which is good. Be kynde one to another with brotherly love. In gevynge honoure / goo one be fore another. Let not y• buſynes which ye have in honde / be tedious to you. Be fervēt in y• ſprete. Applye youre ſelves to ye tyme. Reioyce in hope. Be paciēt in tribulacion. Continue in prayer. Diſtribute vnto the neceſſite of the ſaynctes & diligently to harboure. Bleſſe thē hebr. xiij j. pc. iiij. a which perſecute you: bleſſe but courſe not▪ Be mery with thē that are mery. Wepe wt them that wepe. Be of lyke affeccion one towardes another. Be not hye mided: but make youreſelves equall to thē of y• lower ſorte. ✚ ✚ Be not wyſe in youre awne opiniōs. Recōpence to no pro. iij. a. i. pe. iii. d. ii. co. viij. heb. xij. d mā evyll fore evyll. Provyde afore honde thinges honeſt in ye ſyght of all men. Yf it be poſſible / howbe it of youre parte / have peace with all men. Derly beloued avenge not youre ſelves / but ge • e roume vnto the wrath of God.du. xxxij hebr. x. e. pro. xxv For it is written: vengeaunce is myne / and I will rewarde ſaith the lorde.

Terfore yf thyn enemy honger / fede him: yf he thurſt / geve him drinke. For in ſo doynge thou ſhalt heape coles. this thou ſhalt kyndle him & make him to loue. Obediēce coles of fyre on his heed: Be not overcome of evyll: But overcome evyll wt goodnes. ⊢

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LEt every ſoule ſubmit him ſelfe vnto the auctorite of ye hyer powers. For there is no power but of God. The powers that be / are ordeyned of God. Whoſoever therfore reſyſteth power / reſiſteth the ordinaunce of God. And they that reſiſt / ſhall receave to thē ſelfe damnaciō. For rulars are not to be feared for good workes / but for evyll Wilt thou be with out feare of the power? Do well then: and ſo ſhalt thou be prayſed of the ſame. For he is the miniſter of God / for thy welth. But & yf thou do evyll / then feare: for he beareth not a ſwearde for nought: but is the miniſter of God / to take vengeaunce on them that do evyll. Wherfore ye muſt nedes obeye / not for feare of vengeaunce only: but alſo becauſe of though thou were of power to reſiſt the power / yet were thou dampned in thy conſcience yf thou dydeſt yt▪ becauſe it is agaynſt godes commaū dement. conſcience. And even for this cauſe paye ye tribute. For they are godde miniſters / ſervynge for the ſame purpoſe. ⊢

Geve to every man therfore his duetie: Tribute to whom tribute belongeth: Cuſtome to whom cuſtome is due: feare to whom feare be longeth: Honoure to whō honoure pertayneth ✚ Owe nothinge to eny man: but to love oneexo. xx. c dut. v. b. another. For he that loveth another / fulfylleth the lawe. For theſe commaundementes: Thou ſhalt not cōmit advoutry: Thou ſhalt not kyll: Thou ſhalt not ſteale: Thou ſhalt not beare falſe witnes: Thou ſhalt not deſyreLoue is y• fullfillinge of the lawe. and ſo forth (yf there be eny other cōmaundement) they are all comprehended in this ſayinge: Love thyne neghbour as thy ſelfe. Love hurteth not his neghbour. Therfore is love the fulfillynge of the lawe. ⊢

✚ This alſo we knowe / I mean the ſeaſon / Chriſt which is oure ſaluacion is now nere then whē we looked for him in the olde teſtament. (Armoure) of light fayth / hope / loue / y• feare of God / truthe and all that the light of Godes worde teacheth. howe that it is tyme that we ſhuld now awake oute of ſlepe. For now is oure * ſalvacion nearer then when we beleved. The nyght is paſſed & the daye is come nye. Let vs therfore caſt awaye the dedes of darcknes / & let vs put on the (Armoure) of lyght. Let vs walke honeſtly as it were in the daye lyght: not in eatynge and drinkynge: nether in chamburynge and wantannes: nether in ſtryfe & envyinge: but put ye on the Lorde Ieſus Chriſt. ✚ And make not proviſion for the fleſſhe / to fulfyll y• luſtes of it.

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HIm that is weake in the fayth / receave vnto you / not in diſputynge & troublynge his conſcience. One beleveth that he maye eate all thingꝭ. Another which is weake / eateth earbes. Let not him that eateth / deſpiſe him that eateth not. And let not him whiche eateth not / iudge him that eateth. For God hath receaved him. What arte thou that iudgeſt another mānes ſervaūt?iaco. iiij. • Whether he ſtonde or faule / that pertayneth vnto his maſter: ye / he ſhall ſtonde. For God is able to make him ſtonde.

This man putteth difference bitwene daye and daye. Another man counteth all dayes alyke. Se that no man waver in his awne meanynge. He that obſerveth one daye more then another / doth it for y• lordes pleaſure. And he that obſerveth not one daye moare then another / doeth it to pleaſe y• lorde alſo. He that eateth / doth it to pleaſe the lorde / for he geveth god thankes. And he y• eateth not / eateth not to pleaſe ye lorde wt all / & geveth god thanke. For none of vs lyveth his awne ſervaūt: nether doeth anye of vs dye his awne ſervaunt. Yf we lyve / we lyve to be at ye lorde will. And yf we dye / we dye at ye lordes will. WhetherHow weake ſo euer we be we be Chriſtes And therfore to be fauoured for his ſake. j. co. v. b. eſa. xlv. d philip. ij. we lyve therfore or dye / we are the lordes. For Chriſt therfore dyed & roſe agayne / & revived / that he myght be lorde both of deed & quicke.

But why doeſt thou then iudge thy brother? Other why doeſt thou deſpyſe thy brother? We ſhall all be brought before the iudgement ſeate of Chriſt. For it is written: as truely as I lyve ſayth y• lorde / all knees ſhall bowe to me / and all tonges ſhall geve a knowledge to God. So ſhall every one of vs geve accomptes of him ſelfe to God. Let vs not therfore iudge one another eny more.

But iudge this rather / that no man put a ſtomblynge blocke or an occaſion to faule in his brothers waye. For I knowe and am full certified in the Lorde Ieſus / that ther is nothingeComē yt is to ſaye vncleane comen of it ſelfe: but vnto him that iudgeth it to be comen: to him is it comen. If thy brother be greved with thy meate / now walkeſt thou not charitablye. Deſtroye not him with thy meate / for whom Chriſt dyed.Oure treaſure is oure knowledge. kyngedome of god what it is. Cauſe not youre treaſure to be evyll ſpoken of. For the kyngdome of God is not meate and drinke: but righteweſnes / peace and ioye in the holy gooſt. For whoſoever in theſe thinges ſerveth Chriſt / pleaſeth well God / and is commended of men.

Let vs folowe tho thinges which make for peace / & thinges wherwith one maye edyfie another. Deſtroye not ye worke of god for a lytell meates ſake. All thinges are pure: but it • it. j. d. is evyll for that man / which eateth with hurte of his conſcience. It is good nether to eate fleſſhe / nether to drincke wyne / nether enythinge / wherby thy brother ſtombleth / ether falleth / or is made weake▪ Haſt thou fayth? have it with thy ſelfe before god. Happy▪ is he y• To do agaynſt cō ſcience is dampnable. And all that is not of fayth is ſynne. condempneth not him ſelfe in that thinge which he aloweth. For he y• maketh conſcience / is dampned yf he eate: becauſe he doth it not of fayth. For whatſoever is not of fayth / that ſame is ſynne. ⊢

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U • e which are ſtronge / ought to beare the ſtaylnes of them which are weake / and not to ſtonde in oure awne cō ſaytes. Let every man pleaſe his neghbour vntoHe is ſtrō ge that cā beare another mannes weakenes. pſalx viij his welth and edyfyinge. For Chriſt pleaſed not him ſelfe: but as it is written. The rebukes of thē which rebuked the / fell one me. ✚ Whatſoever thinges are written afore tyme / are written for oure learnynge / that we thorow pacience and comforte of the ſcripture / myght have hope.

The God of pacience and conſolacion / gevej. cor. j. b. vnto every one of you / that ye be lyke mynded one towardes another after the inſample of Chriſt: that ye all agreynge together / maye with one mouth prayſe God the father of oure Lorde Ieſus. Wherfore receave ye one another as Chriſt receaved vs / to the prayſe of God.

And I ſaye that Ieſus Chriſt was a miniſter of the circumciſion for the trueth of god / to conferme the promyſes made vnto the fathers. And let the gentyls prayſe god for his mercy / as it is written: For this cauſe I will prayſe the amonge the gentyls / and ſynge inpſa. xvij. ij. re. xxij pſal. cx vj. eſa. xj. c. thy name. And agayne he ſayth: reioyſe ye gentyles with his people. And agayne / prayſe the Lorde all ye gentyls / and laude him all nacions. And in another place Eſaias ſayth: ther ſhal be the rote of Ieſſe / and he that ſhall ryſe to raygne over the gentyls: in him ſhall the gentyls truſt. The God of hope fyll you with all ioye and peace in belevynge: that ye maye be ryche in hope thorowe the power of the holy gooſt. ⊢

I my ſelfe am full certified of you my brethren / that ye youre ſelves are full of goodnes and filled with all knowledge / and are able to exhorte one another. Nevertheleſſe brethren I have ſome what boldly written vnto you / as one that putteth you in remembraūce / thorow the grace that is geven me of God / that I ſhuld be the miniſter of Ieſu Chriſt amonge the gentyls / and ſhuld miniſter the gladde tydynges of God / that the gentyls myght be an acceptable offerynge / ſanctyfied by the holy gooſt. I have therfore wherof I maye reioyſe in Chriſt Ieſu / in tho thinges which pertayne to God. For I dare not ſpeake of eny of tho thinges which Chriſt hath not wrought by me / to make the gentyls obedient / with worde and dede / in myghty ſignes and wonders / by the power of the ſprete of God: ſo that from Ieruſalem and the coſtes rounde aboute vnto Illyricum / I have fylled all countres with the gladde tydynges of Chriſt.

So have I enforſed my ſelfe to preache the goſpell / not where Chriſt was named / left Ieſa. liij. d. ſhuld have bylt on another mannes foundacion: but as it is written: To whom he was not ſpoken of / they ſhall ſe: & they that hearde not / ſhall vnderſtonde. For this cauſe I have bene ofte let to come vnto you: but now ſeynge I have no moare to do in theſe countres / and alſo have bene deſyrous many yeares to come vnto you / when I ſhall take my iorney into ſpayne / I will come to you. I truſt to ſe you in my iorney / and to be brought on my waye thither warde by you after that I have ſomwhat enioyed you.

Now go I vnto Ieruſalem / & miniſter vnto the ſaynctes. For it hath pleaſed them of Macedonia & Achaia to make a certayne diſtribuciō vpō the poore ſayncts which are at Ieruſalem. It hath pleaſed them verely / and their detters are they. For yf the gētils be made partetakers of their ſpirituall things / theirj. co. ix. b dutie is to miniſter vnto thē in carnall thinges. When I have performed this / and have brought them this frute ſealed. I will come backe agayne by you into Spayne. And I am ſure when I come / that I ſhall come with aboundaunce of the bleſſinge of the goſpell of Chriſt.

I beſeche you brethrē for oure Lorde Ieſus Chriſtes ſake / & for the love of the ſprete / that ye helpe me in my buſynes / with youre prayers to God for me / that I maye be delyvered from them which beleve not in Iewry / & that this my ſervice / which I have to Ieruſalem / maye be accepted of y• ſaynctes / that I maye come vnto you with ioye / by the will of God / and maye with you be refreſſhed. The God of peace be with you. Amen. ⊢

¶ The .xvi. Chapter.

I Commēde vnto you Phebe oure ſiſter (which is a miniſter of the congregacion of Chenchrea) that ye receave her in the Lorde as it becommeth ſayncts / & that ye aſſiſt her in whatſoever buſynes ſhe neadeth • c. xviij of youre ayde. For ſhe hath ſuckered many / & myne awne ſelfe alſo. Grete Priſca and Aquila my helpers in Chriſt Ieſu / which have for my lyfe layde doune their awne necke. Vnto which not I only geve thankes but alſo the congregacion of the gētyls. Lyke wyſe grete all the cōpany that is in thy houſſe. SaluteFyrſt frute that is the fyrſt that was conuerted to God. my welbeloved Epenetos / which is the fyrſt frute amōge them of Achaia. Grete Mary which beſtowed moche labour on vs. Salute Andronicus & Iunia my coſyns / which were preſoners with me alſo / which are wele taken amōge the Apoſtles / & were in Chriſt before me. Grete Amplias my beloved in y• Lorde. Salute • rban oure helper in Chriſt / and Stachys my beloved. Salute Appelles approved in Chriſt. Salute them which are of Ariſtobolus houſholde. Salute Herodion my • ynſmā. Grete them of the houſholde of Na • ciſſus which are in the Lorde. Salute Triphena & Triphoſa / which wemen dyd labour in y• Lorde. Salute y• beloved Perſis / which laboured in the Lorde. Salute Rufus choſen in the Lorde / & his mother & myne. Grete Aſincritus / Phlegon / Herman / Patrobas / Hermen / & the brethren which are wt them. Salute Philologus & Iulia / Nereus & his ſiſter / & Olimpha / & all the ſaynctes which are with them. Salute one another with an holy kyſſe. The congregacions of Chriſt ſaſute you.

I beſeche you breihrē / marke them which cauſe diviſion & geve occaſions of evyll / contravy to the doctrine which ye have learned: & avoyde them. For they yt are ſuche ſerve not the ye Lorde Ieſus Chriſt: but their awne bellyes / & with ſwete preachinge & flatteringe wordes deceave the hertes of the innocētes. For youre obedience Paule wolde haue the laye people learned to iudge the prophetes and to obeye▪ thē accordinge to knowledge onlye for all, obedience that is not after true knowledge is diſalowed of God. extendeth to all men. I am glad no dout of you. But yet I wolde have you wyſe vnto y• which is good / & to be innocē tes concerninge evyll. The God of peace treade Satan vnder youre fete ſhortly. The grace of oure Lorde Ieſu Chriſt be with you.

Thimotheus my worke felow / & Lucius & Iaſon & Sopater my kynſmen / ſalute you. I Tertius ſalute you / which wrote this epiſtle in the Lorde. Gaius myne hoſte & the hoſte of all the congregacions / ſaluteth you. Eraſtus the chamberlayne of y• cite ſaluteth you. And Quartus a brother ſaluteth you. The grace of oure Lorde Ieſu Chriſt be wt you all. Amē

To him that is of power to ſtabliſſhe you accordinge to my goſpell & preachinge of Ieſus Chriſt / in vtteringe of the miſtery which was kept ſecret ſence the worlde begāne / but now is opened by y• ſcriptures of propheſie / at the commaundement of the everlaſtinge god / to ſtere vp obedience to the faith publiſſhed amonge all nacions: To the ſame God / which alone is wyſe / be prayſe thorowe Ieſus Chriſt for ever. Amen.

¶ To the Romayns.¶ Sent from Chorinthum by Phebe / ſhe that was the miniſter vnto the congregacion at Chenchrea.

¶ The Prologe vpō the fyrſt epiſtle of S. Paul to the Corinthyans.

THis piſtle declareth it ſelfe frō Chapter to Chapter / that it ne deth no Prologe or introducciō to declare it. When Paule had cōuerted a great nombre at Corinthum / as ye reade Act. xviij. & was departed / there came immediatlye falſe Apoſtles & ſecte makers & drue euery man diſciples after him / ſo that the people were whole vnquyeted / deuyded & at varyaunce amonge them ſelues / euerye man for the zele of his doctoure / thoſe new Apoſtles not regardynge what deuyſion / what vnclennes •• lyuinge / or what falſe opinions were amōge the people / as longe as they myght be in auctorite and well at eaſe in their bellies. But Paule in the .iiij. fyrſt Chapters with great wyſdome & ſobre • es / rebuketh / fyrſt the deuyſyon and the auctores therof / & calleth the people to Chriſt agayne & teacheth how & for what the preacher is to be taken.

In the .v. he rebuketh the vnclennes that was amongeſt them.

In the .vj. he rebuketh the debate & goynge to lawe to gether / pleatynge their cauſes before the hethen.

In the .vij. he informeth them concernynge chaſtite and maryage.

In the .viij. ix. x. & .xj. he teacheth the ſtronge to forbeare the weake that yet vnderſtode not the lybertie of the Goſpell / & that with the enſample of him ſelfe. Which though he were an Apoſtle & had auctoryte / yet of loue he abſtayned / to wynne other. And he feareth them with the enſamples of the olde teſtament & rebuketh dyuerſe dyſorders that were amonge them concernynge the Sacramēt and the goyn • e bare hedded of maryed wemen.

In the .xij. xiij. & .xiiij. he teacheth of the many folde gyftes of the ſpirite / & proueth by a ſymylitude of the bodye / that all gyftes are geuē that eche ſhuld helpe other / & thorow loue do ſeruyce to other / & proueth that where loue is not / there is nothinge that pleaſeth God. For that one ſhuld loue another / is all that God requyreth of vs. And therfore yf we deſyer ſpirituall gyftes he teacheth thoſe gyftes to be deſyred that helpe oure neyboures

In the .xv. he teacheth of the reſurreccyon of the bodye.

And in the laſt he exhorteth to helpe the po • • e ſaynctes.

¶ The fyrſt epiſtle of S. Paul the Apoſtle to the Corinthyans.

¶¶ The fyrſt Chapter.

PAul by vocacion an Apoſtle of Ieſus Chriſt thorow the will of God / and brother Soſtenes.

Vnto the congregacion of God which is at Corinthum. To them that are ſanctified in Chriſt Ieſu / ſainctes by callynge / with all that call on the name of oure lorde Ieſus Chriſt in every place / both of theirs & of oures

Grace be with you and peace frō God oure father / and from the lorde Ieſus Chriſt.

✚ I thanke my God all wayes on youre behalfe for ye grace of God which is geuen you by Ieſus Chriſt / that in all thinges ve are made riche by him in all lerninge and in all knowledge even as the teſtimony of Ieſus Chriſt was confermed in you) ſo that ye are behynde in no gyft / and wayte for the apperynge of oure lorde Ieſus Chriſt which ſhall ſtrēght you vnto y• ende / that ye maye be blameleſſe in ye daye of oure lorde Ieſus Chriſt. ✚ ffor god isj. The .v. faythfull / by whom ye are called vnto y• felliſhyppe of his ſonne Ieſus Chriſte oure lorde

I beſeche you brethrē in ye name of oure lorde Ieſus Chriſt / that ye all ſpeake one thynge & that there be no diſſencion amōge you: but be ye knyt together in one mynde & in one meāynge. It is ſhewed vnto me (my brethren) of you by them that are of the houſſe of Cloe / that ther is ſtryfe amonge you. And this is it that I meane: how that comēlie amonge you / one ſayeth: I holde of Paul: another I holde of Apollo: ye thyrde I holde of Cephas: y• four ye I holde of Chriſt. Ys Chriſt devided? was Paul crucified for you? ether were ye baptiſed in yt name of Paul? I thanke God that I chriſtened none of you / but Criſpus & Gayus / leſt eny ſhulde ſaye that I had baptiſed in myne awne name. I baptiſed alſo the houſſe of Stephana. Forthermore knowe I not whether I baptiſed eny man or no.

For Chriſt ſent me not to baptyſe / but to Preachinge of the croſſeis y• power of God. preache y• goſpell / not with wyſdome of wordes / leſt the croſſe of Chriſt ſhuld have bene made of none effecte. For ye preachinge of the croſſe is to them yt periſſhe foliſhnes: but vnto to vs which are ſaved / it is ye power of God.eſa. xxix abdie. j. c. eſaie. xxxiij. c. For it is written: I will deſtroye the wyſdome of the wyſe / & will caſt awaye the vnderſtondinge of the prudēt. Where is the ſyſe? Where is the ſcrybe? Where is the ſearcher of this worlde? Hath not God made the wyſdome of this worlde foliſſhnes?

For when the worlde thorow wyſdome knew not God / in ye wyſdome of God: it pleaſed God thorow foliſſhnes of preachinge to ſave them yt beleve. For ye Iewes requyre a ſigne / & the Grekes ſeke after wyſdome. ButSigne. we preache Chriſt crucified / vnto the Iewes an occaſion of fallinge / & vnto the Grekes foliſſhnes: but vnto thē which are called both of Iewes & Grekes / we preache Chriſt ye power of God / and the wyſdome of God. ForChriſt is the power & wiſdome of god the foliſhnes of God is wyſer then mē: & the weakenes of God is ſtronger then men.

Brethren loke on youre callinge / how that not many wyſe men after the fleſſhe / not many myghty / not many of hye degre are called: but God hath choſen the folyſſhe thinges of the worlde / to confounde the wyſe. And God hath choſyn the weake thingꝭ of the worlde / to confounde thingꝭ which are mighty. And vile thinges of the worlde / & thinges which are deſpyſed / hath God choſen / yee & thinges of no reputacion / for to brynge to nought thinges of reputacion / that no fleſſhe ſhulde reioyce in his preſence. And vnto him partayne ye / in Chriſt Ieſu / which of God is made vnto vs Chriſt is wyſdodome. &c. And of hi onlye ought we to holde and in him on lye to reioyce. wyſdome / & alſo righteweſnes / and ſaunc tifyinge & redempcion. That accordinge as it is written: he which reioyſeth / ſhulde reioyce in the Lorde.

¶ The .ii. Chapter.

ANd I brethren when I came to you / came not in gloriouſnes of wordes or of wyſdome / ſhewynge vnto you the teſtimony of God. Nether ſhewed I my ſelfe that I knewe eny thinge amonge you ſave Ieſus Chriſt / evē the ſame that was crucified. And I was amōge you in weaknes / & in feare / & in moche trēblinge. And my wordes & my preachinge were not with entyſynge wordes ofPerfect are they y• vnderſtō de the lawe / fayth & workes trulye / & profeſſe them. mānes wyſdome: but in ſhewinge of ye ſprete & of power / that youre fayth ſhuld not ſtonde in y• wyſdome of mē / but in y• power of God.

That we ſpeake of / is wyſdome amonge them that are perfecte: not the wyſdome of this worlde nether of the rulars of this worlde (which go to nought) but we ſpeake y• wyſdome of God / which is in ſecrete & lieth hyd / which God ordeyned before the worlde vnto oure glory: which wyſdome none of ye rulars of the worlde knewe. For had they knowē it / they wolde not have crucified the Lorde of glory. But as it is written: The eye hath not • ſa. lxiiij. The ſpirite vnderſtondeth godly thinges. ſene / & the eare hath not hearde / nether have entred into the herte of man / ye thinges which God hath prepared for them that love him.

But God hath opened them vnto vs by his ſprete. For ye ſprete ſearcheth all thinges / ye the bottome of Goddes ſecretes. For what man knoweth the thingꝭ of a mā: ſave y• ſprete of a man which is with in him? Even ſo y• The ſpirite vnderſtondeth godly thyuges. The naturall mā that is not renued in Chriſt cā nat perceaue the thinges of God thinges of God knoweth no man / but ye ſprete of god. And we have not receaved the ſprete of ye worlde: but the ſprete which cōmeth of god / for to knowe the thingꝭ that are gevē to vs of god / which thinges alſo we ſpeake / not in the cōnynge wordes of mānes wyſdome / but with the cōnynge wordes of the holy gooſt / makynge ſpretuall cōpareſons of ſpretuall thingꝭ. For y• naturall man perceaveth not the thingꝭ of the ſprete of god. For they are but folyſſhnes vnto him. Nether can he perceave them / becauſe he is ſpretually examined. But he that is ſpretuall / diſcuſſeth alleſa. xl. d eaxi. ix. c rom. xj. d thinges: yet he him ſelfe is iudged of no mā. For who knoweth the mynde of the Lorde / other who ſhall informe him? But we vnderſtonde the mynde of Chriſt.

¶ The .iii. Chapter.

ANd I coulde not ſpeake vnto you brethrē as vnto ſpretuall: but as vnto carnall / even as it were vnto babes in Chriſt. I gave you myl • e to drinke & not meate. For ye then were not ſtronge / no nether yet are. For ye are yet carnall. As longe verely as ther is amōge you envy • ge / ſtryfe / & diſſenciō: are ye not carnall / & walke after ye manner of mē? As lōge as one ſayth / I holde of Paul / & another / I am of Apollo / are ye not carnall? What is Paul? What thinge is Apollo? Only miminiſters The apoſtles & prelates are ſeruauntes to preache Chriſt vnto which doctri▪ ue only ought all obedyence to be geuen are they by whō ye beleved / even as the Lorde gave every mā grace. I have planted: Apollo watred: but god gave increace. So then / nether is he that planteth enythinge / nether he y• watreth: but god which gave the increace.

He that planteth and he that watreth / are nether better then the other. Every man yet ſhall receave his rewarde accordynge to hispſal lx • d gala. v. laboure. We are goddis labourers / ye are goddis huſbandrye / ye are goddis byldynge. Accordynge to the grace of god geven vnto me / as a wyſe bylder have I layde the foundaciō And another bylt therō. But let every mā takeChriſt is the foundacy on that beareth all. hede how he bildeth apō. For other foundacion can no man laye / then yt which is layde / which is Ieſus Chriſt. Yf eny man bilde on this foundacion / golde / ſilver / precious ſtones tymber / haye or ſtoble: every mannes worke ſhall appere. For the daye ſhall declare it / andDaye. it ſhalbe ſhewed in fyre. And ye fyre ſhall trye euery mannes worke / what it is. Yf eny mannes worke yt he hath bylt apon / byde / he ſhall receave a rewarde. If eny mānes worke burne he ſhall ſuffre loſſe: but he ſhalbe ſafe him ſelfe: nevertheleſſe yet as it were thorow fyre.

✚ Are ye not ware that ye are the temple ofTemple. god / and how that the ſprete of god dwelleth in you? Yf eny man defyle the temple of god him ſhall god deſtroye. For the temple of god is holy / which temple ye are. Let no man deceaveij. cori. vj him ſilfe. Yf eny man ſeme wyſe amonge you / let him be a fole in this worlde ▪ that he maye be wyſe. For y• wiſdome of this worldeiob. v. c. pſal xciij b. is folyſſhnes with god. For it is writtē: he compaſeth the wyſe in their craftynes. And agayne / God knoweth the thoughtes of theIn the kyngedome of Chriſt we are ſubiecte to none ſaue to chriſt & his doctryne. wyſe that they be vayne. Therfore let no mā reioyce in men. For all thinges are youres / whether it be Paul / other Apollo / other Cephas: whether it be ye worlde / other lyfe / other deeth / whether they be preſent thingꝭ or thinges to come: all are youres / & ye are Chriſtes / and Chriſt is goddis. ⊢

¶ The .iiii. Chapter. ✚

LEt men this wyſe eſteme vs / evē as theThe Apoſtles are myniſters miniſters of Chriſt / and diſpoſers of y• ſecretes of God. Furthermore it is requyred of the diſpoſers that they be founde faithfull. Faythful is he that preacheth his maſter & not him ſelf. With me is it but a very ſmal thinge / that I ſhuld be iudged of you / ether of (mans daye) No I iudge not myn awne ſelfe. I know nought by my ſelfe: yet am I not therby iuſtified. It is the Lorde that iudgeth me. Therfore iudge no thinge before the tyme / vntill the Lorde come / which will lighten(Mānes) day eis in annes wyſdome. thinges that are hyd in darcknes and opē the counſels of the hertes. And then ſhall every man have prayſe of God. ⊢

Theſe thingꝭ brethrē I have deſcribed in myn awne perſon & Apollos / for youre ſake / that ye myght learne by vs / that no man coū te of him ſelfe beyonde that which is above written: that one ſwell not agaynſt another for eny mans cauſe. For who preferreth the? What haſt thou / that thou haſt not receaved? Yf thou have receaved it / why reioyſeſt thou as though thou haddeſt not receaved it? Now ye are full: now ye are made rych: ye raygne as kinge with out vs: & I wold to god ye dyd raygne / that we might raygne with you.

Me thinketh that God hath ſet forth vs which are Apoſtles / for the loweſt of all / as it were mē appoynted to deeth. For we are a gaſynge ſtocke vnto the worlde / & to ye angels / &The faſſion of true Apoſtles to men. We are foles for Chriſtes ſake / & ye are wyſe thorow Chriſt. We are weake / & ye a • e ſtrōge. Ye are honorable & we are deſpiſed. Evē vnto this daye we honger & thyrſt / & are naked / & are boffetted wt fiſtes / & have no certayne dwellinge place / and laboure workinge with oure awne hondes. We are revyled / & yet we bleſſe. We are perſecuted / & ſuffer it. We are evyll ſpoken of / and we praye. Weac • . xx. g j. theſ. ij. b ii. theſ. iij. are made as it were the filthynes of the worlde / the of ſcowringe of all thinges / even vnto this tyme.

I write not theſe thinges to ſhame you: but as my beloved ſonnes I warne you. For though ye have ten thouſande inſtructours in Chriſt: yet have ye not many fathers. In Chriſt Ieſu / I have begotten you thorowe ye goſpell. Wherfore I deſyre you to folowe me. For this cauſe have I ſent vnto you Timotheus / which is my deare ſonne / & faithfull in the Lorde / which ſhall put you in remembraunce of my wayes which I have in Chriſt / evē as I teache every where in all congregaciōs. Some ſwell as though I wolde come no more at you. But I will come to you ſhortely / yf God will: & will knowe / not ye wordes of thē which ſwell / but ye power: for ye kyngdome of God is not in wordes / but in power. What will ye? Shall I come vnto you with a rodde / or els in love & in the ſprete of mekenes?

¶ The .v. Chapter.

THere goeth a cōmen ſayinge that ther Fornicacion is fornicacion amōge you / & ſoche fornicacion as is not once named amonge the gentyls: that one ſhuld have his fathers wyfe. And ye ſwell and have not rather ſorowed / yt he which hath done this dede / myghtcollo. ij. a be put frō amōge you. For I verely as abſent in body / even ſo preſent in ſprete / have determyned all redy (as though I were preſent) of him that hath done this dede / in the name of oure Lorde Ieſu Chriſt / when ye are gaddered togedder / & my ſprete / with the power of the Lorde Ieſus Chriſt / to deliver him vnto excōmunication is to deſtroye f • eſhli • wy ſe dome that the ſprite maye be founde in the doctryne of Chriſt. Satan / for y• deſtrucciō of the fleſſhe / yt the ſprete maye be ſaved in ye daye of ye Lorde Ieſus.

Youre reioyſinge is not good: knowe ye not that a lytle levē ſowreth the whole lompe of dowe. ✚ Pourge therfore the olde leven / that ye maye be newe dowe / as ye a • e ſwete breed. For Chriſt oure eſterlambe is offered vp forIf anye that profeſſeth chriſt be ſoch: no nother Chriſten man maye beare him companye. If anye that profeſſeth Chriſt be ſoch: no nother chriſten mā maye b • are him cō panye. vs. Therfore let vs kepe holy daye / not with oldelevē / nether with the leven of maliciouſnes and wickednes: but with the ſwete breed of purenes and truth. ⊢

I wrote vnto you in a piſtle that ye ſhuld not company with fornicatours. And I meāt not at all of the fornicatours of this worlde / ether of the covet • ous / or of extorſioners / ether of the ydolaters: for then muſt ye nedes have gone out of ye worlde. But now I write vnto you / that ye company not togedder / yf eny that is called a brother / be a fornicator / or coveteous / or a worſhipper of ymages / ether a raylar / ether a dronkard / or an extorcionar: with him that is ſoche ſe that ye eate not. For what have I to do / to iudge them which are with out? Do ye not iudge them that are with in? Them that are with out / God ſhall iudge. Put awaye from amonge you / that evyll parſon.

¶ The .vi. Chapter.

HOw dare one of you havinge buſines with another / goo to lawe vnder the wicked / & not rather vnder the ſainctes?To goo to lawe. Do ye not know that the ſainctes ſhall iudge the worlde? If the worlde ſhalbe iudged by you: are ye not good ynough to iudge ſmale trifles: knowe ye not how that we ſhall iudge the angels? How moche more maye we iudge thinges that partayne to y• lyfe? If ye have iudgemente of worldely matters / take them which are deſpiſed in y• congregaciō / & make them iudges. This I ſaye to youre ſhame. Is ther vtterly no wyſe man amōge you? What not one at all / yt can iudge bitwene brother & brother / but one brother goeth to lawe with another: & that vnder the vnbelevers?

Now therfore ther is vtterly a faute amonge you / becauſe ye goo to lawe one with another. Why rather ſuffer ye not wronge? why rather ſuffre ye not youre ſelves to be robbed? Naye ye youre ſelves do wronge / and robbe: and that the brethren. Do ye not remember how that the vnrighteous ſhall not inheret the kyngdome of God? Be not deceaved. For nether fornicators / nether worſhyppersTheſe ād ſoche lyke haue no parte in Chriſt. of ymages / nether whormongers / nether weaklinges / nerher abuſars of them ſelves with the mankynde / nether theves / nether the coveteous / nether dronkardes / nether curſed ſpeakers / nether pillers / ſhall inheret the kyngdome of God. And ſoche ware ye verely: but yeSanctifiē ge and iuſeifienge come by Chriſt & his ſpirite. are weſſhed: ye are ſanctified: ye are iuſtified by the name of the Lorde Ieſus / and by the ſprete of oure God.

All thinges are lawfull vnto me: but all thingꝭ are not proffitable. I maye do all thinges: but I will be brought vnder nomans power. Meates are ordeyned for the belly / & the belly for meates: but God ſhall deſtroy bothe it and them. Let not the body be applied vnto fornicacion / but vnto the Lorde / and the Lorde vnto the body. God hath rayſed vp the Lorde / & ſhall rayſe vs vp by his power. ✚ Ether remember ye not / that youre bodyes are the Oure • odyes are themē bres of Chriſt. members of Chriſt? Shall I now take the members of Chriſt / and make them the members of an harlot? God forbyd. Do ye not vnderſtonde that he which coupleth him ſelfe with an harlot / is be come one body? For two (ſaith he) ſhalbe one fleſſhe. ButHe that is of chriſt: hath his ſpirite. ro. vii • he that is ioyned vnto the Lorde / is one ſprete.

Fle fornicacion. All ſynnes that a man dothe / are with out y• body. But he y• is a fornicator / ſynneth agaynſt his awne body. Ether knowe ye not how that youre bodyes are thei. pe. j. d. temple of ye holy gooſt / which is in you / whō ye have of God / & how that ye are not youre awne? For ye are dearly bought. Therfore glorifie ye God in youre bodyes and in youre ſpretes / for they are goddes. ⊢

¶ The .vii. Chapter. ✚

AS concerninge the thinges wherof ye Of wedlock and vyrgynite wrote vnto me: it is good for a mā / not to touche a woman. Nevertheleſſe to avoyde fornicaciō / let every man have his wyfe: and let every woman have her huſbande. Let the man geve vnto the wyfe due benevolence. Lykwyſe alſo the wyfe vnto the man. • . pe. iij. b The wyfe hath not power over her awne body: but the huſbande. And lykewyſe the man hath not power over his awne body: but the wyfe. Withdrawe not youre ſelves one from another / excepte it be with conſent for a tyme / for to geve youre ſelves to faſtynge and prayer. And afterwarde come agayne to the ſame thynge / leſt Satan tempt you for youre incontinencye. ⊢

This I ſaye of faveour / not of cōmaundement. For I wolde that all men were as I my ſelfe am: but every man hath his proper gyfte of God / one after this māner / another after that. I ſaye vnto the vnmaried men & widdowes: it is good for them yf they abyde evē as I do. But & yf they cānot abſtayne / let them mary. For it is better to mary then to burne.

Vnto the maryed cōmaunde not I / but themat. v. c • . ix. b Lorde: that the wyfe ſeparate not her ſelfe from the man. Yf ſhe ſeparate her ſelfe / letmar. x. v lu. x vj. d her remayne vnmaryed / or be reconciled vnto her huſbande agayne. And let not the huſbande put awaye his wyfe from him.

To the remnaunt ſpeake I / & not the lorde. Yf eny brother have awyfe that beleveth not / yf ſhe be content to dwell with him / let him not put her awaye. And ye womā which hath to her huſbande an infidell / yf he conſent to dwell with her / let her not put him awaye. For ye vnbelevynge huſbande is ſanctified by the wyfe: & the vnbelevynge wyfe is ſanctified by the huſbande. Or els were youre chyldren vnclene: but now are they pure. But and yf the vnbelevynge departe / let him departe. A brother or a ſiſter is not in ſubiection to ſoche. God hath called vs in peace. For how knoweſt thou o woman / whether thou ſhalt ſave that man or no? Other how knoweſt thou o man / whether thou ſhalt ſave that woman or no? but even as God hath diſtributed to every man.

As the lorde hath called every perſon / ſo let him walke: & ſo orden I in all congregaciōs. Yf eny man be called beynge circumciſed / let him adde nothinge therto. Yf eny be called vncircumciſed: let him not be circūciſed. Circumciſion is nothinge / vncircumciſionCircumciſion. is nothinge: but the kepyng of the cōmaundmentes of god is altogether. ✚ Let every man abyde in the ſame ſtate wherin he was called. Arte thou called a ſervaūt? care not for it. Nevertheleſſe yf thou mayſt be fre / vſe it rather. For he that is called in the lorde beynge a ſervaunt / is the lordes freman. Lykwyſe he that is called beynge fre / is Chriſtes ſervaūt. Ye are dearly bought / be not mennes ſeruauntes. Brethren let everye man wherin he is called / therin abyde with God. ⊢

As concernynge virgins / I have no cōmaundment of the lorde: yet geve I counſell / as one that hath obtayned mercye of the lorde to be faythfull. I ſuppoſe that it is good for the preſent If a mā haue the gyfte / cha • tite is good / the more quyetlye to ſerue God. For y• ma • yed haue oftemoch trouble: but if the mynde of the chaſt be combred with other worldly buſynes / what helpeth ••• & if the maryed be the m • are quyet mynded therby / what hurteth it Nether of it ſelfe is better then the other / or pleaſeth god more thē the other Nether is outewarde circumciſion or outewarde baptyme worth a pynne of them ſelues / ſaue that they put vs i • remēbraunce to kepe the couenaunt made betwene vs & God. neceſſite. For it is good for a mā ſo to be. Arte thou bounde vnto a wyfe? ſeke not to be lowſed. Arte thou lowſed from a wyfe? ſeke not a wyfe. But and yf thou take a wyfe thou ſynneſt not. Lykwyſe if a virgin mary / ſhe ſynneth not. Nevertheleſſe ſoche ſhall have trouble in their fleſſhe: but I faver you.

This ſaye I brethrē the tyme is ſhorte. It remayneth that they which have wives / be as though they had none / and. they that wepe be as though thy wept not: and they that reioyce / be as though they reioyſed not: & they that bye be as though they poſſeſſed not: & they ye vſe this worlde / be as though they vſed it not. For the faſſion of this worlde goeth awaye.

I wolde have you without care: the ſingle man careth for the thingꝭ of the lorde / how he maye pleaſe the lorde. But he that hath maried / careth for the thingꝭ of the worlde howe he maye pleaſe his wyfe. There is differē ce bitwene a virgin & a wyfe. The ſingle woman careth for the thinges of the lorde / that ſhe maye be pure both in body & alſo in ſprete But ſhe that is maryed / careth for the thingꝭ of the worlde / how ſhe maye pleaſe her huſband. This ſpeake I for youre proffit / not to tangle you in a ſnare: but for that which is honeſt and comly vnto you / & that ye maye quyetly cleave vnto the lorde wt out ſeparacion.

I feny man thinke that it is vncomly for his virgin if ſhe paſſe the tyme of mariage / ād if ſo nede requyre / let him do what he liſteth / he ſynneth not: let thē be coupled in mariage. Nevertheleſſe / he yt purpoſeth ſurely in his herte / havynge none nede: but hath power over his awne will: and hath ſo decreed in his herte that he will kepe his virgin / doth well. So then he that ioyneth his virgin in maryage doth well. But he that ioyneth not his virgin in mariage doth better. The wyfe is bounde • o. vij. to the lawe as longe as her huſband liveth If her huſbande ſlepe / ſhe is at liberte to mary with whom ſhe wyll / only in the lorde. But ſhe is happiar yf ſhe ſo abyde / in my iudgmēt And I thinke verely that I have the ſprete of God.

¶ The .viii. Chapter.

TO ſpeake of thinges dedicate vnto ydols / we A lytle loue is better▪ then moche knowledge. are ſure that we all have knowledge. knowledge maketh a man swell: but love edifieth. If eny man thinke that he knoweth eny thinge / he knoweth nothynge yet as he ought to knowe. But yf eny man love god / the ſame is knowen of him.

To ſpeake of meate dedicat vnto ydols / we are ſure that ther is none ydoll in the worlde and that ther is none other god but one. And though ther be y• are called goddes / whether in heven other in erth (as ther be goddes many and lordes many) yet vnto vs is there but one god / which is the father▪of whom are all thinges / & we in him: & one lorde Ieſus ChriſtOne god One lorde. by whom are all thinges / and we by him.

But every man hath not knowledge. For ſome ſuppoſe that ther is an ydoll / vntyll this houre / and eate as of a thinge offered vnto ye ydole / & ſo their conſciences beynge yet weake / are defyled. Meate maketh vs not acceptable to god. Nether yf we eate / are we ye better.In all oure dedes we muſt haue a reſpecte to oure neyboures welthe. Nether yf we eate not / are we the worſſe.

But take hede that youre libertie cauſe not ye weake to faule. For yf ſome man ſe ye which haſt knowledge / ſit at meate in the ydoles tē ple / ſhall not the conſcience of hym which is weake / be boldened to eate thoſe thingꝭ which are offered vnto ye ydole? And ſo thorow thy knowledge ſhall ye weake brother periſſhe for whom chriſt dyed. Whē ye ſynne ſo agaynſt the brethren and wounde their weake conſciences ye ſynne agaynſt Chriſt. Wherfore yf meate hurt my brother / I will eate no fleſſheCharite what it doeth. Paule proueth him ſelfe an apoſtle equall to the beſt: in that the ſpirite be reth recorde to his preachynge / and as manye were by him conuerted as by the apoſtles. whill the worlde ſtondeth / becauſe I will not hurte my brother.

¶ The .ix. Chapter.

AM I not an Apoſtle? am I not fre? have I not ſene Ieſus Chriſt oure lorde? Are not ye my worke in the lorde. Yf I be not an Apoſtle vnto other / yet am I vnto you. For the ſeale of myne Apoſtle ſhippe are ye in the lorde. Myne anſwer to them that axe me / is this. Have we not power to eate & to drynke? Ether have we not power to leade about a ſiſter to wyfe as wel as other Apoſtles / and as the brethren of the lorde / and Cephas? Ether only I and Barnabas have not power this to do? who goeth a warfare eny tyme at his awne coſt? who planteth a vynearde & eateth not of the frute? Who fedeth a flocke and eateth not of the mylke?

Saye I theſe thinges after the manner of men? Or ſayth not the lawe the ſame alſo? For it ys written in the lawe of Moſes. Thou ſhall not moſell the mouth of the oxe that treadeth out the corne. Doth God take thought for oxen? Ether ſayth he it not all to gedder for oure ſakes? For oure ſakes no doute this is written: that he which eareth / ſhuldThe preacher hath ryght to chalenge a lyuynge for hys laboure. eare in hope: and that he which threſſheth in hope / ſhuld beparttaker of his hope. Yf we ſowe vnto you ſpirituall thynges: is it a greate thynge yf we reepe youre carnall thynges Yf other be parttakers of this power over you? wherfore are not we rather.

Nevertheleſſe we have not vſed this power: but ſuffre all thinges leſt we ſhuld hynder the goſpell of Chriſt. Do ye not vnderſtō der how that they which miniſter in the temple / have their fyndynge of the temple? And they which wayte at the aulter / are partakers with ye aultre? Even ſo alſo dyd ye lorde ordayne / that they which preache ye goſpell / ſhuld live of the goſpell. But I have vſ • d none of theſe thinges.

Nether wrote I theſe thinges that it ſhuld be ſo done vnto me. For it were better for me to dye / thē yt eny man ſhuld take this reioyſinge from me. In that I preache the goſpell / I have nothinge to reioyce of. For neceſſite is put vnto me. Wo is it vnto me yf I preache not the goſpell. If I do it with a good will / IHe that worketh of loue to his neyboure / hath his rewarde. have a rewarde. But yf I do it agaynſt my will / an office is committed vnto me. What is my rewarde then? Verely that whē I preache the goſpell / I make the goſpell of Chriſt fre / ye I miſvſe not myne auctorite in ye goſpel

For though I be fre from all men / yet have I made my ſilfe ſervaunt vnto all men / that I myght wynne the mo • . Vnto the Iewes / what loue maketh a man do. I be came as a Iewe / to winne ye Iewes. To thē that were vnder the lawe / was I made as though I had bene vnder the lawe / to wynne thē that were vnder the lawe. To them that were with out lawe / be cā I as though I had bene with out lawe (whē I was not without lawe as perteyninge to god / but vnder a lawe as concerninge Chriſt) to wynne thē that were with out lawe. To the weake became I as weake / to wynne the weake. In all thingꝭ I faſſioned my ſilfe to all men / to ſave at ye leſt waye ſome. And this I do for the goſpels▪ ſake / that I might have my parte therof.

✚ Perceave ye not how that they which runne in a courſe / runne all / yet but one receaveth the rewarde. So runne that ye maye obtayne. Euery man yt proveth maſteryes / abſtaineth from all thinges. And they do it to obtayne a corruptible croune: but we to obtayne an vncorruptible croune: I therfore ſo runne / not as at an vncertayne thinge. So fyght I / not as one ye beateth the ayer: but I tame my body and bringe it into ſubiecciō / leſt after that I have preached to other / I my ſilfe ſhuld be a caſtawaye.

¶ The .x. Chapter.

BRethren I wolde not that ye ſhuld be As it went in the olde teſtament / ſo ſhall it do in the newe. nu. ix. d exo xiij d exo xiij. a exo. xvj. d. ignoraunt of this / how yt oure fathers were all vnder a cloude / and all paſſed thorow the ſee / and were all baptiſed vnder Moſes / in the cloude / and in the ſee: & dyd all eate of one ſpirituall meate / & did all drincke of one maner of ſpirituall drincke. And they dranke of that ſpretuall rocke that folowed them / which rocke was Chriſt. ✚ But in many of them had god no delite. For they were overthrowen in the wildernes.

Theſe are enſamples to vs ✚ that weſhuldexo. xvij b. nu. xx. • . nu. xxvj g. not luſt after evyll thinge / as they luſted Nether be ye worſhippers of Images as were ſome of them accordynge as it is written: The people ſate doune to eate and drynke / &exo. xx xij. nu. xxv. b. nu. xxj. b roſe vp agayne to playe. Nether let vs cōmit fornicacion as ſome of them committed fornicacion / and were deſtroyed in one daye .xxiii. thouſande. Nether let vs tempte Chriſt / as ſome of them tempted / and were deſtroyed of ſerpentes.exo. xiiij f. iudi. viij. • Nether murmure ye as ſome of them murmured / and were deſtroyed of ye deſtroyer

All theſe thingꝭ happened vnto them for enſamples / and were written to put vs in remembraunce / whom the endes of the worlde are come apon. Wherfore let hym that thynketh heſtōdeth / take hede leaſt he fall. There hath none other temptacion taken you / but ſoche as foloweth ye nature of mā. But God is faythfull / which ſhall not ſuffer you to be tempted above youre ſtrenght: but ſhall in the myddes of the temptacion make awaye to eſcape out. ✚ Wherfore my deare beloued / fle from worſhippynge of ydols.

I ſpeake as vnto them which have diſcrecion / Iudge Cup Breed ye what I ſaye. Ys not the cuppe of bleſſinge which we bleſſe / partakynge of ye bloude of Chriſt? ys not the breed which we breake / partetakynge of the body of Chriſt? becauſe that we (though webe many) yet are one breed / and one bodyein as moch as we all are partetakers of one breed. Beholde Iſrahell which walketh carnally. Are not they which eate of the ſacrifyſe / partetakers of the aultre?

What ſaye I then? that the ymage is eny thinge? or that it which is offered to ymages is eny thinge? Nay / but I ſaye / that thoſe thinges which the gentyls offer / they offer to devyls / and not to god. ✚ And I wolde not that ye ſhuld have felliſhippe with ye devils Ye cānot drincke of the cup of the lorde / & of y• cup of ye deuyls. Ye cnanot be partetakerseccle. xxxvj. of the lordes table / & of the table of deuelles. Ether ſhall we provoke the lorde? Or are we ſtronger then he? All thynges are laufull vnto me / but all thynges are not expedient. All thynges are lawfull to me / but all thingese haue profeſſed euery man to ſeke anothers we al the. edifye not. Let noman ſeke his awne proffet: but let every man ſeke anothers welthe.

What ſoever is ſolde in the market / that eate / and axe no queſtions for conſcience ſake For the erth is the lord is / and all that therein is▪ Yf eny of them which beleve not / bid you to a feeſt / & yf ye be diſpoſed to goo / what ſoever is ſeet before you: eate / axinge no queſtion for conſcience ſake. But and yf eny man ſaye vnto you: this is dedicate vnto ydols / eate not of it for his ſake that ſhewed it / and for hurtynge of conſcience. The erth is the lordes & all that there in is. Conſcience I ſaye / not thyne: but the cōſcieuce of that other. we ſhuld be ſo full of loue & ſo circum ſpecte / that we ſhuld geue none occaſyvnto the ygnoraūt for to ſpeake euell on vs for oure lybertie / & for doynge that which we maye lawfull ye do before God For why ſhuld my▪ liberte be iudged of another mānes conſcience: For yf I take my parte with thā kes: why am I evell ſpoken of for that thynge wherfore I geve thankes.

Whether therfore ye eate or dryncke / or what ſoever ye do / do all to the prayſe of God. ✚ Se that ye geve occaſion of evell / nether to ye Iewes / nor yet to the gentyls / nether to ye cō gregacion of god: euen as I pleaſe all men inLoue ſeketh hir neyboures proffyte. all thinges / not ſekynge myne awne proffet / but the proffet of many / that they myght be ſaved. Folowe me as I do Chriſt.

The .xi. Chapter.

I Commende you brethren that ye remē ber me in all thinges / and kepe the ordinaunces even as I delyvered them to you. I wolde ye knew that Chriſt is the heed of every man. And the man is the womans heed. And God is Chriſtes heed. Eevery mā prayinge or propheſyinge havynge eny thynge on his heed / ſhameth his heed. Every woman that prayeth or prophiſieth bare hedded / diſhoneſteth hyr heed. For it is even all one / and the very ſame thinge / even as though ſhe were ſhaven. If the woman be not covered / lett her alſo beſhoren. If it beſhame for a womā to be ſhorne or ſhavē / let her cover her heed.

A man ought not to cover his heed / for as moche as he is the image and glory of God. The woman is the glory of the man. For thegene. ij. d man is not of the woman / but the woman of the mā. Nether was the man created for ye womās ſake: but the womā for the mannes ſake For this cauſe ought the womā to have Power is as moche to ſaye as a ſygne that the woman is in ſubiecciō / and hath an heed ouer hir. power on her heed / for the angels ſakes. Nevertheleſſe / nether is the mā with oute the womā nether the womā with out the man in the lorde. For as the woman is of the man / evē ſo is the man by the woman: but all is of God.

Iudge in youre ſelves whether it be cōly yt a woman praye vnto god bare heeded. Or els doth not nature teach you / that it is a ſhame for a man / if he have longe heere: and a prayſe to a woman / yf ſhe have longe heere? For her heere is geven her to cover her with all. If there be eny man amonge you yt luſteth to ſtryve let him knowe that we have no ſoche cuſtome / nether the congregacions of God.

This I warne you of / and commende not that ye come to gedder: not after a better maner but after a worſſe. Fyrſt of all when ye come togedder in the cōgregacion / I heare that ther is diſſencion amonge you: & I partly / beleve it. For ther muſt be ſectes amonge you / The lordes ſupper. that they which are perfecte amonge you / myght be knowen. ✚ When ye come togedder a man can not eate the lordes ſupper. For every man begynneth a fore to eate his awne ſupper. And one is hongrye / and another is dronken. Have ye not houſes to eate and to drinke in? Or els deſpyſe ye the congregacion of god and ſhame them that have not? What ſhall I ſaye vnto you? ſhall I prayſe you: In this prayſe I you not. ⊢

✚ That which I delyvered vnto you / I receaved of ye lorde. For ye lorde Ieſus the ſame nyght in which he was betrayed / toke breed: &mathew. xxxj • marke .xxiiij. lu. xxij. The inſtitucion of the ſacrament. thanked and brake / and ſayde. Take ye / & eate ye: this is my body which is broken for you. This do ye in the remembraunce of me. After the ſame maner he toke the cup / when ſopper was done / ſayinge. This cup is the newe teſtament in my bloude. This do as oft as ye drynke it / in the temēbraunce of me. For as often as ye ſhall eate this breed / and drynke this cup / ye ſhall ſhewe the lordes deeth tyll he come. Wherfore who ſoevere ſhall eate of this bred / or drynke of the cup vnworthely / ſhalbe giltie of the body & bloud of the Lorde Let a mā therfore examen him ſilfe / & ſo let h • eate of the breed & drynke of the cup. For he yt eateth or drinketh vnworthely / eateth & drynketh his awne damnacion / becauſe he maketh no difference of the lordis body. ⊢

For this cauſe many are weake and ſicke amōge you / & many ſlepe. Yf we had truly iudged oure ſelves / we ſhuld not have bene iudged. But when we are iudged of the lorde we are chaſtened / becauſe we ſhuld not be dā ned with the worlde. Wherfore my brethren when ye come to gedder to eate / tary one for another. Yf eny mā hōger / let hi eate at home / yt ye come not togedder vnto condēnaciō. Other thingꝭ will I ſet in order whē I come.

¶ The .xii. Chapter.

IN ſpirituall thinges brethren I wolde Onlye y• ſpirite teacheth that Chriſt is the lorde. not have you ignoraunt. ✚ Ye knowe that ye were gentyls / and went youre wayes vnto domme ydoles / even as ye were ledde. Wherfore I declare vnto you that no man ſpeakvnge in the ſprete of god / defieth Ieſus. Alſo no man can ſaye that Ieſus is the lorde: but by the holy gooſt.

Ther are diverſities of gyftes verely / yet but one ſprete. And ther are differences of adminiſtracions / One ſpirite. One lorde / One god & yet but one lorde. And ther are divers maners of operacions / and yet but one God / which worketh all thingꝭ that are wrought / in all creatures. The gyftes the gyftes of the ſpirite are geuen vs to do ſeruyce to oure brethren. of ye ſprete are geven to every man to proffit ye congregacion. To one is geven thorow the ſpirite the vtteraunce of wiſdome? To another is geven the vtteraunce of knowledge by ye ſame ſprete. To another is geuen fayth / by ye ſame ſprete. To another y• gyftes of healynge by the ſame ſprete. To another power to do myracles. To another propheſie? To another iudgement of ſpretes. To another divers tonges.ro, xij. • . ephe. iii. b To another the interpretacion of tōges. And theſe all worketh evē ye ſilfe ſame ſprete / devydynge to every man ſeverall gyftes / even as he will. ⊢

For as the body is one / and hath many mē bres / & all the membres of one body though they be many / yet are but one body: even ſo is Chriſt. For in one ſprete are we all baptyſed to make one body / whether we be Iewes or gē tyls whether we be bonde or fre: and have all dronke of one ſprete. For the body is not one member / but many. Yf the fote ſaye: I am not the honde / therfore I am not of the body: is he therfore not of y• body: And if ye care ſaye / I am not the eye: therfore I am not of the body: is he therfore not of the body? If all the body were an eye / where were then the care? If all were hearynge: where were the ſmellynge?

But now hath god diſpoſed the membres every one of them in the body / at his awne pleaſure. If they were all one member: where were the body? Now are ther many membres / yet but one body. And the eye can not ſaye vn to the honde / I have no nede of the: nor ye heed alſo to the fete. I have no nede of you. Ye rather a greate deale thoſe mēbres of the body which ſeme to be moſt feble / are moſt neceſſary. And apō thoſe mēbres of yt body which we thinke leſt honeſt / put we moſt honeſtie on. And oure vngodly parties have moſt beauty on. For oure honeſt members nede it not. But God hath ſo diſpoſed the body / ād hath geven moſt honoure to that parte which laked / leſt there ſhuld be eny ſtryfe in the body: but that the members ſhuld indifferētly care one for another. And yf one member ſuffer / all ſuffer with him: yf one member be had in honoure / all members be glad alſo.

Ye are the body of Chriſt / and members one of another. And God hath alſo ordeyned in the congregacion / fyrſt the Apoſtels / ſecō darelyephe. iiij. prophetes / thyrdly teachers / then thē that do miracles: after that / the gyftes of healynge / helpers / governers / diverſite of tonges.

Are all Apoſtles? Are all Prophetes? Are all teachers? Are all doars of miracles? Have all the gyftes of healinge? Do all ſpeake wt tonges? Do all interprete? Covet after ye beſt giftes. Amd yet ſhewe I vnto you a moare excellent waye.

¶ The .xiii. Chapter. ✚

THough I ſpake with the tonge of mē & angels / & yet had no love / I were evē as ſoundinge braſſe: or as a tynklynge Cymball. And though I coulde propheſy / and vnderſtode all ſecretes / & all knowledge: yee / yf I had All fayth is as moche to ſaye as ſo ſtronge a faythe all fayth ſo that I coulde move moūtayns oute of ther places / & yet had no love / I were nothynge. And though I beſtowed all my gooddes to fede y• poore / & though I gave my body even that I burned / and yet had no love / it profeteth me nothinge.

Love ſuffreth longe / & is corteous. Love envieth Love. not. Love doth not frowardly / ſwelleth not dealeth not diſhoneſtly / ſeketh not her awnephili. ij. c. / is not provoked to anger / thynketh not evyll / reioyſeth not in iniquite: but reioyſeth in ye trueth / ſuffreth all thyngꝭ / beleveth all thynges / hopeth all thynges / endureth in all thynges. Though that propheſyinge fayle / other tonges ſhall ceaſe / or knowledge vanyſſhe awaye / yet love falleth never awaye.

For oure knowledge is vnparfect / and oure propheſyinge is vnperfet. But when y• which is parfect is come / then yt which is vnparfet ſhall bedone awave. When I was a chylde / I ſpake as a chylde / I vnderſtode as a childe / I ymagened as a chylde. But aſſone as I was a man / I put awaye childeſſhnes. Now we ſe in a glaſſe even in a darke ſpeakynge: but then ſhall we ſe face to face. Now I knowe vnparfectly: but then ſhall I knowe even as I am knowen. Now abideth fayth / hope / and love / even theſe thre: but the chefe of the ſe is love. ⊢

¶ The .xiiii. Chapter.

LAbour for love and covet ſpretuall giftes: & moſt chefly forto propheſye. For he that ſpeaketh with tōges ſpeakethPropheſienge is here takē for expo undynge / not vnto men / but vnto god / for no man heareth him / howbeit in the ſprete he ſpeaketh miſteries. But he that propheſieth / ſpeaketh vnto men / to edifyinge / to exhortacion and to comforte. He that ſpeaketh with tonges / proffiteth him ſilfe: he that propheſyeth edifieth the congregacion. I wolde that ye all ſpake with tonges: but rather that ye propheſied. For greater is he that prophiſieth? then he yt ſpeaketh with tonges / except he expounde itWordes y• are not vnderſtonde proffyt not. alſo / that the congregacion maye have edifyinge. Now brehren if I come vnto you ſpeak • ge wt tonges: what ſhall I profit you / excepte I ſpeake vnto you / other by revelaciō or knowledge / or propheſyinge / or doctrine.

Moreover whē thingꝭ with out lyfe / geve ſounde: whether it be a pype or an harpe: except they make a diſtinccion in the ſoundes: how ſhall it beknowen what is pyped or harped? And alſo if the trōpe geve an vncertayne voyce / who ſhall prepare him ſilfe to fyght? Evē ſo lykwyſe whē ye ſpeake with tōge / excepte ye ſpeake wordes that have ſignification / how ſhall yt be vnderſtonde what is ſpokē? For ye ſhall but ſpeake in the ayer.

Many kyndes of voyces are in the worlde and none of them are with out ſignification. If I knowe not what the voyce meaneth / I ſhalbe vnto him that ſpeaketh / an alient: and and he that ſpeaketh ſhalbe an alient vnto me Evē ſo ye (for as moche as ye covet ſpretuall giftes) ſeke that ye maye have plentye vnto y• edifyinge of the congregacion.

Wherfore let him that ſpeaketh with tonges / praye that he maye interpret alſo. If I praye with tonge / my ſprete prayeth: but my mynde is with out frute. What is it then? I will praye with the ſprete / ād will praye wt the mynde alſo. I will ſinge with the ſprete / and will ſinge with the mynde alſo.

For els when thou bleſſeſt with ye to ſpeake with tonges or with the ſpirite / is to ſpeake that other vnderſtonde not / as preſtes ſaye their ſeruyce. To ſpeake with y• mynde is to ſpeake that other vnderſtonde / as when the preacher preache • g. ſprete / how ſhall he that occupieth the roume of the vnlearned / ſaye amen at thy gevinge of thankes / ſeynge he vnderſtondeth not what thou ſayeſt. Thou verely geveſt thanke well / but the other is not edyfied. I thanke my god / I ſpeake with tōges moare then ye all. Yet had I lever in ye cōgregaciō / to ſpeake five wordes with my mynde to y• informaciō of other / rather then ten thouſande wordes wt the tonge.

Brethrē be not chyldrē in all dedes muſt be ſaw ſed with the doctryne of God / and not with good meanynge onlye witte. How be it as cōcerninge maliciouſnes be chyldrē: but in witte be perfet. In the lawe it is written / with other tōges / & with other lyppes wyll I ſpeake vnto this people / & yet for all that will they not heare me / ſayth the Lorde. Wherfore / tonge are for a ſigne / not to them that beleve: but to them that beleve not. Contrary wyſe / propheſyinge ſerveth not for them that beleve not: but for them which beleve.

Yf therfore when all the cōgregacion is come to gedder / & all ſpeake with tonges / ther come in they y• are vnlearned / or they which beleve not: will they not ſaye that ye are out of youre wittes? But & yf all propheſy / & ther come in one that beleveth not / or one vnlearned / he is rebuked of all men / & is iudged of every man: & ſo are y• ſecretes of his hert opē ned & ſo falleth he doune on his face / & worſhippeth God / & ſayth yt God is wt you in dede.

How is it then brethrē? When ye come to▪ gedder / every mā hath his ſonge / hath his doctryne / hath his tōge / hath his revelaciō / hath his interpretaciō. Let all thingꝭ be done vnto edifyinge. If eny man ſpeake wt tonges / let it be two atonce or at the moſt thre atonce & that by courſe: & let another interprete it. But yf ther be no interpreter / let him kepe ſilence in the cōgregacion / and let him ſpeake to him ſelfe and to God.

Let the Prophete ſpeake two atonce / or thre at once / & let other iudge. Yf eny revelaciō be made to another that ſitteth by / let the fyrſt holde his peace. For ye maye all propheſy one by one / that all maye learne / & all maye have comforte. For y• ſpretes of the Prophete are in the power of the Prophetes. For God is not cauſer of ſtryfe: but of peace / as he is in all other congregacions of the ſaynctes.

Let youre wyves kepe ſilence in the cōgregacions. For it is not permitted vnto them toj. timo. ij. gene. iij. c ſpeake: but let them be vnder obedience / as ſayth the lawe. If they will learne eny thinge / let thē aye their huſbandes at home. ForThe woman muſt be in ſubieccion to hir. huſband. it is a ſhame for wemen to ſpeake in the cōgregaciō. Sprōge ye worde of god frō you? Ether came it vnto you only? Yf eny mā thinke him ſylfe a prophet ether ſpirituall: let him vnder ſtonde / what thinges I write vnto you. For they are the cōmaundementes of the Lorde. But & yf eny man be ignorāt / let him beignorant. Wherfore brethren covet to propheſye / & forbyd not to ſpeake with tonges. And let all thinges be done honeſtly & in order.

¶ The .xv. Chapter. ✚

BRethren as pertayninge to the goſpell which I preached vnto you / which ye have alſo accepted / and in the which ye continue / by which alſo ye are ſaved: I do you to wit / after what maner I preached vnto you yf ye kepe it / except ye have beleved in vayne.

For fyrſt of all I delivered vnto you thatThe fyrſt prynciple of oure fayth. which I receaved: how that Chriſt dyed for oure ſynnes / agreinge to the ſcriptures: and that he was buried / and that he aroſe agayne the thyrd daye accordinge to the ſcriptures: and that he he was ſene of Cephas / then of the twelve. After that he was ſene of mooeſa. liij. b. Ione. ij. a oſe. vj. a. ioa. xx. c act. ix. a. ephe. iij. b thē five hōdred brethren atonce: of which many remayne vnto this daye / and many are fallen a ſlepe. After that appered he to Iames / then to all the Apoſtles.

And laſt of all he was ſene of me / as of one that was borne out of due tyme. For I am the leſt of all the Apoſtles / which am not worthy to be called an Apoſtle / becauſe I perſecuted the congregacion of God. But by the grace of God I am that I am. And his grace which is in me / was not in vayne: ✚ but I labored moare aboundauntly then they all / not I / but the grace of God which is with me. Whether it were I or they / ſo we preache / & ſo have ye beleved.

✚ If Chriſt be preached how that he roſe frō deeth: how ſaye ſome that are amōge you / Reſurreccion. that ther is no reſurreccion from deeth? If ther be no ryſynge agayne from deeth: then is Chriſt not ryſen. If Chriſt be not ryſen / then is oure preachinge vayne / and youre faith is alſo in vayne. Ye and we are founde falce witneſſes of God. For we have teſtifyed of God / how that he rayſyd vp Chriſt / whom he rayſyd not vp / yf it be ſo that the deed ryſe not vp agayne. For yf the deed ryſe not agayne / then is Chriſt not ryſen agayne. If it beſo ye Chriſt roſe not / then is youre fayth in vayne and yet are ye in youre ſynnes. And therto they which are fallen a ſlepein Chriſt / are periſſhed. If in this lyfe only we beleve on chriſt / then are we of all men the miſerableſt.

But now is Chriſt ryſen from deeth / & isFyrſt frutes. be come the fyrſt frutes of them that ſlept. For by a man came deeth / & by a man came reſurreccionapoca. j. b frō deeth. For as by Adam alldye: evē ſo by Chriſt / ſhall all be made alive / and j. theſſa. iiij. b. every man in his awne order. ✚ The fyrſt is Chriſt / then they y• are Chriſtis at his commynge. Then cōmeth the ende / when he hath delivered vp ye kyngdome to God y• father / when he hath put doune all rule / auctorite & power. For he muſt raygne tyll he have putpſal. c. ix. a. hebre. j. d. and .x. c. pſal. viijc hebre. ij. d all his enemyes vnder his fete.

The laſt enemye that ſhalbe deſtroyed is deeth. For he hath put all thinges vnder his fete. But when he ſayth / all thinges are put vnder him / it is many feſt that he is excepted / which dyd put all thinges vnder him. When all thinges are ſubdued vnto him: then ſhall the ſonne alſo him ſelfe be ſubiecte vnto him that put all thinges vnder him / y• God maye be all in all thinges.

Ether els what do they which are baptiſed over ye deed / yf the deed ryſe not at all? Why are they then baptiſed over the deed? Ye and why ſtonde we in ieoperdy every houre? By oure reioyſinge which I have in Chriſt Ieſu oure Lorde / I dye dayly. That I have foughteſa. xxij. with beaſtes at Epheſus after the maner of men / what avaūtageth it me / yf the deed ryſeſapi. ij. b. not agayne? Let vs eate & drynke / to morowe we ſhall dye. Be not deceaved: malicious ſpeakinges corupte good māners. Awake truely cut of ſlepe / and ſynne not. For ſome have not the knowlege of God. I ſpeake this vnto youre rebuke.

But ſome mā will ſaye: how aryſe ye deed? with what bodyes come they in? Thou fole / that which thou ſoweſt / is not quickened except it dye. And what ſoweſt thow? Thow ſoweſt not that body that ſhalbe: but bare corne (I meane ether of wheet / or of ſome other) and God geveth it a body at his pleaſure / to every ſeed a ſeverall body.

✚ All fleſſhe is not one manner of fleſſhe: but their is one maner fleſſhe of men / another maner fleſſhe of beaſtes / another maner fleſſhe of fyſſhes / & another of byrdes. Ther are celeſtiall bodyes / & ther are bodyesterreſtriall. But ye glory of ye celeſtiall is one / & ye glory of the terreſtriall is another. Ther is one maner glory of the ſonne / and another glory of the mo • e / & another glory of the ſtarres. For one ſtarre differth frō another in glory. So is the reſurrecciō of ye deed. It is ſowē in corrupciō / & ryſeth in incorrupcion. It is ſowen in diſhonoure / & ryſeth in honoure. It is ſowē in weaknes / and ryſeth in power. It is ſowne a naturall body / and ryſeth a ſpretuall body.

Ther is a naturall bodye & ther is a ſpretuall body: as it is written: the fyrſte man Adam was made a livinge ſoule: & ye laſt • o • was made a quickeninge ſprete. How beit yt gene. ij. b. is not fyrſt which is ſpirituall: but yt which is naturall / & then yt which is ſpretuall. ✚ The fyrſt mā is of the erth / erthy: the ſeconde man is y• Lorde frō heavē. As is the erthy / ſoche are they that are erthye. And as is the hevēly / ſoche are they yt are hevenly. And as weImage of Chriſt have borne the ymage of the erthy / ſo ſhall we beare the ymage of the hevenly.

This ſaye I brethren / that fleſſhe & bloud cānot inheret the kyngdome of God. Nether corrupcion inhereth vncorrupcion. Beholde Corruptible fleſhe & bloude can not &c. I ſhewe you a myſtery. We ſhall not all ſlepe: but we ſhall all be chaunged / & that in a moment / and in the twinclinge of an eye / at the ſounde of the laſt trompe. For the trompe ſhall blowe / & ye deed ſhall ryſe incorruptible / & we ſhalbe chaunged. For this corruptible muſt put on incorruptibilite: & this mortall muſt put on immortalite.

When this corruptible hath put on incorruptibilite / & this mortall hath put on immortalite: then ſhalbe brought to paſſe y• ſayinge yt is writtē. Deeth is conſumed in to victory.o • e. xiij b hebre. ij. d Deeth where is thy ſtynge? Hell where is thy victory? The ſtynge of deeth is ſynne: and theThe lawe is the ſtrenght ofſynne. ſtrength ofſynne is the lawe. But thanks be vnto God / which hath geven vs victory / thorow oure Lorde Ieſus Chriſt. Therfore my deare brethren / be ye ſtedfaſt and vnmovable / alwayes ryche in the workes of the Lorde / for as moch as ye knowe how yt youre labour is not in vayne in the Lorde.

¶ The .xvi. Chapter.

OF the gadderynge for the ſayncte / as I have ordeyned in the congregaciōs of Galacia / even ſo do ye. Vpon ſome ſondaye let every one of you put a ſyde at home & laye vp what ſoever he thinketh mete / that ther be no gaderinges when I come. When I am come / who ſoever ye ſhall alowe by youre letters / them will I ſende to bringe youre liberalite vnto Ieruſalem. And yf it be mete yt I goo / they ſhall go with me. I will come vnto you after I have gone over Macedonia. For I will goo thorowout Macedonia. With you paravēture I wyll abyde a whyle: or els winter / that ye maye brynge me on my waye whyther ſoever I goo.

I will not ſe you now in my paſſage: but I truſt to abyde a whyle with you / yf God ſhall ſuffreme. I willtary at Epheſus vntyllwhit ſontyde. For a greate dore and a frutefull is opēned vnto me: & ther are many adverſaries. If Timotheus come / ſe yt he be with out feare with you. For he worketh the worke of the Lorde as I doo. Let no man deſpyſe him: but convaye him forthe in peace / yt he maye come vnto me. For I loke for him with the brethrē.

To ſpeake of brother Apollo: I greatly deſyred him to come vnto you with ye brethren / but his mynde was not at allto come at this tyme. How be it he will come when he ſhall have conveniēt tyme. Watche ye / ſtonde faſt in the fayth / auyte you lyke men / & be ſtronge. Let all youre buſynes be done in love.

Brethren (ye knowe the houſſe of Stephana / how yt they are the fyrſt frutes of Achaia / Fyrſt frutes. & that they have appoynted them ſelves to miniſter vnto the ſaynctes) I beſeche you yt ye be obedient vnto ſoche / and to all that helpe and laboure. I am gladde of the cōmynge of Stephana / Fortunatus and Achaicus: for that which was lackinge on youre parte / they have ſupplied. They have comforted my ſprete and youres. Loke therfore that ye knowe them that are ſoche.

The congregacions of Aſia ſalute you. Aquila and Priſcilla ſalute you moche in the Lorde / and ſo doeth the congregaciō that is in their houſſe. All the brethren grete you. Grete ye one another with an holy kyſſe. The ſalutacion of me Paul with myne awne hande. Yf eny man love not the Lorde Ieſus Chriſt / the ſame be accurſed at the lordes cō mynge. Oras: ſome will ye ſame be excōmunycat & accurſſed to deathe. the ſame be anathema maranatha. The grace of ye Lorde Ieſus Chriſt be with you all. My love be with you all in Chriſt Ieſu. Amē

¶ The epiſtle vnto the Corinthyans ſent from Philippos / by Stephana / and Fortunatus / and Acaichus / and Timotheus.

¶ The Prologe vpon the ſeconde Epiſtle of ſay not Paul to the Corinthyans.

AS in the fyrſte epiſtle he rebuketh the Corinthyans ſharplye / ſo in this he comforteth them and prayſeth them / and cōmaundeth him that was excommunicat to be receaued louingely into the congregaciō agayne.

And in the fyrſte and ſeconde Chapters he ſheweth his loue to them warde / how that all that he ſpake / dyd or ſoffre / was for their ſakes and for their ſaluacion.

Then in the .iij. iiij. and .v. he prayſeth the offyce of preachinge the goſpell aboue the preachynge of the lawe / and ſheweth that the Goſpell groweth thorow perſecucion and thorow the croſſe / which maketh a man ſure of eternall lyfe: and here and there he toucheth the falſe Prophetes / which ſtudied to turne the fayth of the people from Chriſt vnto thē workes oft be lawe.

In the .vj. and .vij. Chapters he exhorteth them to ſoffrewith the Goſpell / and to lyue as it becometh the Goſpell / and prayſeth him in the later ende.

In the .viij. and .ix. Chapters he exhorteth them to helpe the poore ſayntes that were at Ieruſalem.

In the .x. xj. and .xij. he enuieth agaynſt the falſe Prophetes.

And in the laſt Chapter he threateneth them that had ſynned and not amended them ſelues,

¶ The ſeconde epiſtle of S. Paul the Apoſtle to the Corinthyans.

¶ The fyrſt Chapter.

PAul an Apoſtle of Ie • u Chriſt by the will of God / & brother Timotheus.

Unto the congregacion of God / which is at Corinthū / with all the ſaynctes which are in all Achaia. Grace be with you and peace from God oure father / and from the Lorde Ieſus Chriſt.

Bleſſed be God ye father of oure Lorde Ieſus Chriſt / the father of mercy / & the God of all comforte / which comforteth vs in all oure tribulaciō / in ſo moche yt we are able to cōforte them which are troubled / in whatſoever tribulacion it be / with the ſame comforte wher with we oure ſelves are cōforted of God. For as ye afflicciōs of Affliccions or paſſions of Chriſt are ſoche ſofferinges as Chriſt ſoffered. Chriſt are plēteous in vs evē ſo is oure conſolaciō plenteous by Chriſt.

Whether we be troubled for youre conſolacion & ſalvaciō / which ſalvacion ſheweth her power in yt ye ſoffre ye ſame afflicciōs which we alſo ſuffre: or whether we be cōforted for youre conſolacion & ſalvacion: yet oure hope is ſtedfaſt for you / in as moch as we know how that as ye have youre parte in afflicciōs / ſo ſhall ye be parttakers of conſolacion.

Brethren I wolde not have you ignoraūt of oure trouble / which happened vnto vs in Aſia. For we were greved out of meaſure paſſynge ſtrength / ſo greatly that we deſpeared even of lyfe. Alſo we receaved an anſwer of deeth in oure ſelves / & that becauſe we ſhuld not put oure truſt in oureſelves: but in God / which rayſeth the deed to lyfe agayne / and which delivered vs from ſo gret a deeth / and doth delivre. On whom we truſt / yt yet here after he will deliver / by the helpe of youre prayer for vs: that by the meanes of many occaſions / thankes maye be geven of many on oure behalfe / for the grace geven vnto vs.

Cure reioyſynge is this / the teſtimony of oure cōſcience / y• in ſynglenes and godly purenes and not in fleſſhly wyſdome / but by the grace of God / we have had oure conuerſacionConſcience. in the worlde / and moſt of all to you wardes. We write no nother thinges vnto you / then that ye reade and alſo knowe. Yee and I truſt ye ſhall fynde vs vnto the ende even as ye have founde vs partly: for we are youre reioyſynge / even as ye are oures / in the daye of the Lorde Ieſus.

And in this confidence was I mynded the other tyme to have come vnto you / that ye myght have had yet one pleaſure moare: and to have paſſed by you into Macedonia / and to have come agayne out of Macedonia vnto you / and to have bene ledde forth to Iewrye warde of you.

When I thus wyſe was mynded: dyd I vſe lightnes? Or thinke I carnally thoſe thinges which I thinke? that with me ſhuld be ye ye / and naye naye. God is faythfull: For oure preachynge vnto you / was not ye & naye. For Goddis ſonne Ieſus Chriſt which was preached amonge you by vs (that is to ſaye by me & Silvanus and Timotheus) was not ye and naye: but in him it was ye. For all the promyſes All the promiſes of god are geuen • e onlye for chriſtes ſake. of God / in him are ye: & are in him Amen / vnto the lawde of God thorow vs. For it is God which ſtabliſſheth vs & you in Chriſt / & hath annoynted vs / which hath alſo ſealed vs / and hath geven the erneſt of the ſprete into oure hertes.

¶ The .ii. Chapter. ✚

I Call God for a recorde vnto my ſoule / that forto faver you with all / I came not enymoare vnto Corinthum. Not that we be lordes over youre fayth: but helpers of youre ioye. For by fayth ye ſtōde. But I determened this in my ſilfe / yt I wolde not come agayne to you in hevines. For yf I make you ſorye / who is it that ſhuld make me glad / but the ſame which is made ſory by me? And I wrote this ſame piſtle vnto you / leſt yf I came I ſhuld take hevynes of them of whom I ought to reioyce. Certaynly this confidence have I in you all / that my ioye is the ioye of you all. For in great affliccion & anguyſſhe of hert I wrote vnto you with many teares: not to make you ſory / but that ye myght perceave the love which I have moſt ſpecially vnto you.

If eny man hath cauſed ſorow / the ſame hath not made me ſory / but partely: leſt I ſhuld greve you all. It is ſufficient vnto the ſame man that he was rebuked of many. So that now contrary wyſe ye ought to forgeve him and comforte him: leſt that ſame perſone ſhuld be ſwalowed vp with over moche hexines. Wherfore I exhorte you / that love maye have ſtrēgth over him. For this cauſe verely dyd I write / that I myght knowe the profe of you / whether ye ſhuld be obediēt in all thinges. To whom ye forgeve eny thinge / I forgeve alſo. And verely if I forgeve eny thinge / to whom I for gave it / for youre ſakes forgave I it / in the roume of Chriſt / leſt Satan ſhuld prevēt vs. For his thoughtes are not vnknowen vnto vs. ⊢

When I was come to Troada for Chriſte goſpels ſake (& a great dore was openned vnto me of the Lorde) I had no reſt in my ſprete / becauſe I founde not Titus my brother: but toke my leave of them & went awaye into Macedonia. Thankes be vnto God which alwayes geveth vs the victorie in Chriſt / & openeth the ſaver of his knowledge by vs in every place. For we are vnto God the ſwete ſavoureSavoure of Chriſt / both amōge them that are ſaved / & alſo amōge them which periſſhe. To the one parte are we ye ſavoure of deeth vnto deeth. And vnto the other parte are we the ſavoure of lyfe vnto lyfe. And who is mete vnto theſe thinges? For we are not as many are which choppe and chaunge with the worde of God: but even oute of purenes / and by the power of God / and in the ſight of God / ſo ſpeake we in Chriſt.

¶ The .iii. Chapter.

VVe begyn to prayſe oure ſelves agayne. Nede we as ſome other / of piſtles of recommendacion vnto you? or letters of recōmendacion from you? Ye are oure piſtle written in oure hertes / which is vnderſtonde and reed of all men / in that ye are knowen / how that ye are the piſtle of Chriſt / miniſtred by vs and written / not with ynke: but with the ſprete of the livynge God / not in tables of ſtone / but in fleſſhly tables of ye herte.hebr. iiij. ✚ Suche truſt have we thorow Chriſt to god ward / not that we are ſufficient of oure ſelves to thinke eny thinge as it were of oure ſelves: but oure ablenes cōmeth of God / which hath made vs able to miniſter the newe teſtamēt / not of the letter / but of the ſprete. For the letter kylleth / but the ſprete geveth lyfe.

Yf the miniſtracion of deeth thorow the letters figured in ſtones was glorious / ſo yt the chyldren of Iſrael coulde not beholde the face of Moſes for the glory of his countenaū ce (which glory nevertheleſſe is done awaye) why ſhall not the miniſtracion of the ſprete be moche more glorious? For if ye miniſtringe of condempnaciō beglorious: moche more do the the miniſtracion of righteweſnes excede in glory. ✚ For no dout that which was there glorified / is not once glorified in reſpecteexodi. xxxiiij. of this excedynge glory. Then if that which is deſtroyed / was glorious / moche more ſhall that which remayneth / be glorious.

Seynge then that we have ſoche truſt / we vſe gret boldnes / and do not as Moſes / which put a vayle over his face that the children of Iſrael ſhuld not ſe for what purpoſe that ſerved which is put awaye. But their myndes were blinded. For vntill this daye remayneth the ſame coveringe vntakē awaye in the olde teſtamēt when they reade it / which in Chriſt is put awaye. But even vnto this daye / when Moſes is redde / ye vayle hangeth before their hertes. Nevertheleſſe when they tourne to ye Lorde / the vayle ſhalbe taken awaye. The Lorde no dout is a ſprete. And where the ſprete of the Lorde is / there is Libertie there the herte • s • not in bō dage to do me ceremonyes. but knoweth how to vſe all thinges / ād vnderſtondeth that loue is the ende and the full fyll yn of all lawes. libertie. But we all beholde the glorye of the Lorde with his face open / and are chaunged vnto the ſame ſimilitude / from glory to glory / even of the ſprite of the Lorde.

¶ The .iiii. Chapter.

THerfore ſeinge that we have ſoche an office / evē as mercy is come on vs / we faynte not: but have caſt from vs the clokes of vnhoneſtie / and walke not in craftines / nether corrupte we the worde of God: but walke in open trueth / and reporte oure ſelves to every mannes conſcience in the ſight of God.

✚ Yf oure Goſpell be yet hyd / it is hid amō geGod of this worlde. them that are loſt / in whom ye god of this worlde hath blynded the myndes of them which beleve not / leſt the light of ye glorious goſpell of Chriſt which is the ymage of god / ſhuld ſhyne vnto them.

✚ For we preache not oure ſelves / but Chriſt Ieſus to be the Lorde / and oure ſelves youre ſervaūtes / for Ieſus ſake. For it is God thatThe apoſtles are ſervātes commaūded the light to ſhyne out of darcknes / which hath ſhyned in oure hertes / for to geve the light of the knowledge of the glorie of God / in the face of Ieſus Chriſt.

But we have this treaſure in erthē veſſels / that ye excellent power of it myght appere to be of God / & not of vs. We are troubled on every ſide / yet are we not with out ſhyft. We are in povertie: but not vtterly without ſomwhat. We are perſecuted: but are not forſakē. We are caſt doune: nevertheleſſe we periſſhe not. And we allwayes beare in oure bodyes the dyinge of the Lorde Ieſus / that the lyfe of Ieſu myght appere in oure bodyes. ⊢

For we which live / are alwayes delyvered vnto deeth for Ieſus ſake / yt the lyfe alſo of Ieſu myght appere in oure mortall fleſſhe. So then deeth worketh in vs / & lyfe in you. ✚ ✚ Seynge then yt we have ye ſame ſprete of fayth / accordinge as it is writtē: I beleved & therfore have I ſpoken. We alſo beleve / and therfore ſpeake. For we knowe that he which rayſed vp the Lorde Ieſus / ſhall rayſe vp vsPſa. cxxv alſo by the meanes of Ieſus / & ſhall ſeet vs with you. For all thinges do I for youre ſakes / that the plenteous grace by thankes gevē of many / maye redounde to the prayſe of god.

Wherfore we are not weried / but though oure vttward man periſſhe / yet the inwarde man is renewed daye by daye. For oure excedinge tribulacion which is momentany and light prepareth an excedinge and an eternall wayght of glorye vnto vs / whill we loke not on the thynges whic hare ſene / but on y• thynges which are not ſene. For thinges which are ſene / are temporall: but thynges which are not ſene / are eternall / ⊢

¶ The .v. Chapter.

VVe knowe ſuerly yfoure erthy mancion wherin we now dwell were deſtroyed / that we have a bildinge ordeyned of god / an habitacion not made with hondes / but eternall in hevē. And herefore ſigh we / deſyringe to be clothed wt oure manſion which is from heven: ſo yet if that we be founde clothed / and not naked. For as longe as we are in this tabernacle / we ſigh and are greved for we wold not be vnclothed but wolde be clothed apon / that mortalite myght be ſwalowedapo. xvj. vp of lyfe. He that hath ordeyned vs for this thynge / ys god which very ſame hath geven vnto vs the erneſt of the ſprete.

Therfore we are alwaye of good chere / and knowe well that as longe as we are at home in the body / we are abſent from God. For we walke in fayth and ſe not. Nevertheleſſe we are of good comforte / and had lever to be abſent from the body and to be preſent with the lorde. Wherfore / whether we be at home or from home we endeuoure oure ſelues to pleaſe him. For we muſt all appere before the iudgementro. xiiij. ſeate of Chriſt / that every man maye receave the workes of his body accordynge to that he hath done / whether it be good or bad? ✚ Seynge then that we knowe / how the lorde is to be feared / Geue all diligē ce that no man be offended or hurt by vs or oure enſample. we fare fayre with men. For we are knowen wel ynough vnto God. I truſt alſo that we are knowen in youre conſciences.

We prayſe not oureſelves agayne vnto you / but geve you an occaſion to reioyce of vs / that ye maye have ſome what agaynſt thē / whych reioyce in the face / and not in the hert. For yf we be to fervent / to God are we to fervent. Yf we kepe meaſure / for youre cauſe kepe we meaſure. For the love of Chriſt cōſtrayneth vs / becauſeChriſtes ſeruaū tes ſeke Chriſtes will / and not lyue at their awne pleaſure but at his. we thus iudge / yf one be deed for all / y• then are all deed / and that he dyed for all / that they which live / ſhuld not hence forth live vnto them ſelves but vnto hym whith died for them and roſe agayne. ⊢

Wherfore henceforth knowe we no man after the fleſſhe. In ſomoche though we have knowē Chriſt after the fleſſhe / now hence for the knowe we hym ſo no more. Therfore yf eny man be in Chriſt / he is a newe creature. Olde thyngꝭ are paſſed awaye / beholde all thinges are be come newe. Nevertheleſſe allA new creature. thingꝭ are of god / which hath reconciled vs vnto him ſylfe by The atonemēt betwene god and man in Chriſt is the apoſtles office to preache. Ieſus Chriſt / & hath geven vnto vs the office to preach the atonement. For god was in Chriſt / and made agrement bitwene the worlde and hym ſylfe / & imputed not their ſynnes vnto them: & hath cōmitted to vs the preachynge of y• atonmēt. Now then are we meſſengers in the roume of Chriſt: even as though God did beſeche you thorow vs: So praye we you in Chriſtes ſtede / that ye be atone with God: for he hath madeSynne is an offeringe for ſynne / as a fore. ro. viij. him to be ſynne for vs / which knewe no ſynne / that we by his meanes ſhuld be that righteweſnes which before God is aloved.

The .vi. Chapter. ✚

VVe as helpers therfore exhorte you / ye ye receave not the grace of god in (vayne)(Vayne) that the wordēſowē in your hertes: ſhuldbe fruteleſſe to youre greater dāpnaciō. For he ſaith: I have hearde the in a tyme accepted: and in ye daye of ſaluacion / have I ſuckered the. Beholde now is that well accepted tyme: beholde now is y• daye of ſaluacion. Let vs geve noman occaſion of evyll / that in oure office befounde no faute: but in all thynges let vs behave oure ſelves as the miniſters of God.

In moche pacience / in affliciōs / in neceſſite / in anguyſſhe / in ſtrypes / in preſonmēt / in ſtryfe / in laboure / in watchinge / in faſtyng / in purenes / j. cor. iiij. in knowledge / in longe ſufferynge / in kyndnes / in the holy gooſt / in love vnfayned / in y• worde of trueth / in the power of God / by ye armoure Armoure of ryghteouſnes: is the worde of god with hope / loue / feare. &c. which Paule calleth the armoure of lyght. ro. xiij. of righteweſnes on y• right honde and on the lyfte / in honoure and diſhonoure / in evyll reporte and good reporte / as deſceauers and yet true / as vnknowen / and yet knowen: as dyinge / and beholde we yet live: as chaſtened / and not killed: as ſorowynge / and yet alwaye mery: as poore / and yet make many ryche: as havynge no thynge / and yet poſſeſſynge all thynges. ⊢

O ye Corinthyans / oure mouth is open vnto you. Oure herte is made large: ye are in no ſtrayte in vs / but are in a ſtrayte in youre awne bowelles: I promyſe you lyke rewarde with me as to my childrē. Set youre ſelues therfore at large / and ✚ beare not a ſtraūgers yoke wyth the vnbelevers. For what felliſhippe hath righteweſnes with vnrighteweſnes? What company hath light wt darcknes? What cōcorde hath Chriſt with beliall? Ether what parte hath he yt beleveth with an infidele? how agreeth the temple of godTemple. wt ymages? And ye are the temple of yt lyuynge god / as ſayde god. I will dwell amongeCovenaunt. leu. xxvj eſa. lij. thē & walke amōge thē / & wilbe their god: and they ſhalbe my people. Wherfore come out from amōge thē / & ſeparate youreſelues (ſayth the lorde) and touche none vncleane thynge: ſo wyll I receave you / and wilbe a father vnto you / and ye ſhalbe vnto me ſonnes and doughters / ſayth the lorde almyghty.

¶ The .vii. Chapter.

SEynge that we have ſoche promeſes derely beloved / let vs clenſe oure ſelves from all fylthynes of the fleſſhe and ſprete / and growe vp to full holynes in ye feare of God. Vnderſtonde vs. we have hurte no man: we have corrupte no man: we have defrauded no man. I ſpeake not this to condempne you: for I have ſhewed you before yt ye are in oure hertes to dye & live with you. I am very bolde over you / and reioyce greatly in you. I am filled with comforte and am excadinge ioyouſe in all oure tribulacions. For when we were come into Macedonia / oure fleſſhe had no reſt / but we were troubled on every ſyde. Outwarde was fightynge / inwarde was feare. Nevertheleſſe God that comfortith the abiecte / comforted vs at the commynge of Titus.

And not with his commynge only: but alſo with the conſolacion wherwith he was comforted of you. For he tolde vs youre deſyre / youre mornynge / youre fervent mynde to me warde: ſo that I now reioyce the more▪ Wherfore though I made you ſory with a letter / I repent not: though I did repent. For I perceave that ye ſame piſtle made you ſory / though it were but for a ceaſon. But I now reioyce / not that ye were ſory / but that ye ſo ſorowed / that ye repented. For ye ſorowed godly: ſo ye in nothynge ye were hurte by vs. For godlyj. pe. ij, ſorowe cauſeth repentaunce vnto ſalvacion not to be repented of: when worldly ſorow cauſeth deeth.

Beholde what diligence this godly ſorowe that ye toke / hath wrought in you: yee it cauſed you to cleare youre ſelves. It cauſed indignacion / it cauſed feare / yt cauſed deſyre / it cauſed a fervent mynde / it cauſed punyſſhment. For in all thynges ye have ſhewed youre ſelues that ye were cleare in that matter. Wherfore though I wrote vnto you / I did it not for his cauſe that did hurte / nether for his cauſe that was hurte: but that oure good mynde whych we have towarde you in the ſight of god / myght appere vnto you.

Therfore we are comforted / becauſe ye are comforted: yee and excedyngly the moare ioyed we / for the ioye that Titus had: becauſe his ſprete was refreſſhed of you all. I ā therfor / not now a ſhamed / though I boſted myſyl • e to hym of you. For as all thynges which I preached vnto you are true / even ſo is oure boſtynge / that I boſted my ſilfe to Titus wt all / founde true. And now is his inwarde affection more aboundant towarde you / when he remembreth the obedience of every one of you: how with feare and trymblynge ye receaved hym. I reioyce that I maye be bolde over you in all thynges.

¶ The .viii. Chapter.

I Do you to wit brethren / of the grace of god which is geven in the congregacions of Macedonia / how that the a boundaunce of their reioyſing is / that they are tried wt moche tribulaciō. And therto though they were excedinge poore / yet haue they geuē excedinge richly / and that in ſingleneſſe. For to their powers (I beare recorde) yee and beyonde their power / they were willynge of their owne accorde / and prayed vs with great inſtaunce that we wolde receave their benefite / and ſuffre them to be parttakers with other in miniſtrynge to the ſaynctes. And this they did / not as we loked for: but gave their awne ſelves fyrſt to the lorde / and after vnto vs by the will of God: ſo that we coulde not but deſyre Titus to acomplyſſhe the ſame benivolence amonge you alſo / even as he had begonne.

Now therfore / as ye are ryche in all parties in fayth / in worde / in knowledge / in all fervētnes / and in love / which ye have to vs: even ſo ſe that ye be plenteons in this benivolence. Thys ſaye I not as commaundynge: but becauſe other are ſo fervent / therfore prove I youre love / whether it be perfait or no. Ye knowe the liberalitie of oure lorde Ieſus Chriſt / which though he were riche / yet for youre ſakes be came poore: that ye thorow his povertie / myght be made ryche.

And I geve counſell hereto. For this is expedient for you / which beganne / not to do only: but alſo to will / a yeare a goo. Now therfore performe the dede: that as ther was in you a redines to will / even ſo ye maye performe the dede / of that which ye have. For if ther be fyrſt a willynge mynde / it is accepted accordynge to that a man hath / and not accordinge to that he hath not.

It is not my mynde that other be ſet at eaſe / and ye brought into combraunce: but that ther be egalnes now at this tyme / that youre aboundaunce ſucker their lacke: that their aboundaunce maye ſupplie youre lacke: that ther maye be equalite / agreynge to that which isexo. xvj. written. He that gaddered moche / had never the more aboundaunce / & he yt gaddered lytell had never the leſſe. Thankes be vnto god / which put in y• hert of Titus the ſame good mynde toward you. For he accepted ye requeſt yee rather he was ſo well willynge that of his awne accorde came vnto you.

We haue ſent with him that brother whoſe laude is in the goſpell thorow out all the congregacions: and not ſo only / but is alſo choſen of the congregacions to be a felowe with vs in oure iorney concerninge this benivolence that is miniſtred by vs vnto the prayſe of ye lorde / and to ſtere vp youre prompt mynde.

For thys we eſchue / that eny man ſhuld rebuke vs in this plenteous diſtribucion that is miniſtred by vs / and therfore make proviſion for honeſt thynges / not in the ſight of god only / but alſo in the ſight of men.

We have ſent with them a brother of oures whom we have ofte tymes proved diligēt in many thynges / but now moche more diligent. The great confidence which I have in you. hath cauſed me this to do: partly for Titus ſake which is my felowe and helper as cōcernynge you / partly becauſe of other which are oure brethren / and the meſſengers of the congregaciōs / and ye glory of Chriſt. Wherfore ſhewe vnto them the proffe of youre love / & of the reioyſynge that we have of you / that ye congregacions maye ſe it.

The .ix. Chapter.

OF the miniſtrynge to ye ſaynctes / it is but ſuperfluous for me to write vnto you: for I knowe youre redynes of mī de / wherof I boſt my ſilfe vnto them of Macedonia / & ſaye that Achaia was prepared a ye are a goo / and youre ferventnes hath provoked many. Nevertheleſſe yet have I ſent theſe brethren / leſt oure reioyſynge over you ſhuld be in vayne in this behalfe / and that ye (as I have ſayd) preparare youre ſelues / leſt paravē ture yf they of Macedonia come with me & fynde you vn prepared / the booſt that I made in this matter / ſhuld be a ſhame to vs: I ſaye not vnto you.

Wherfore I thought it neceſſary to exhorte the brethren / to come before hōde vnto you forto prepare youre good bleſſynge promyſed afore / that it myght be redy: ſo yt it be a bleſſynge / and not a defraudynge. ✚ This yet remember / howe that he which ſoweth lytell / ſhall reepe lytell: & he yt ſoweth plenteouſly ſhall reepe plenteouſly. And let every man do accordynge as he hath purpoſed in his herte / noteccle. xxxv. groudgyngly / or of neceſſite. For god loveth a chearfull gever.

God is able to make you ryche in all grace that ye in all thynges havynge ſufficiēt vnto pſal. cx • the vttmoſte / maye be ryche vnto all manner good workes / as it is written: He yt ſparſed abroade and hath geven to the povre / his righteweſnes remayneth for ever. He yt fyndeth the ſower ſeed / ſhall miniſter breed for fode / and ſhall multiplie youre ſeed and increace the frutes of youre righteweſnes ✚ that on all parties / ye maye bemade ryche in all ſynglenes / which cauſeth thorowe vs / thankes gevynge vnto god.

For the office of this miniſtracion / not only ſupplieth the nede of the ſayntes: but alſo is aboundaunt herein / that for this laudable miniſtrynge / thankes myght be geven to god of many / whiche prayſe god for the obedience of youre profeſſynge ye goſpell of Chriſt / and for youre ſynglenes in diſtributynge to them and to all mē: and in their prayers to God for you / longe after you / for the aboundaunt grace of God geven vnto you. Thankes be vnto God for his vn ſpeakeable gyft.

¶ The .x. Chapter.

I Paule my ſilfe beſeche you by the mekenes and ſoftnes of Chriſt / which when I am preſent amōge you / am of no reputaciō / but am bolde towarde you beinge abſent. I beſech you that I nede not to be bolde when I am preſent (with that ſame confidēce / wherwith I am ſuppoſed to be bolde) agaynſt ſome which repute vs as though we walked carnally. Nevertheleſſe though we walke compaſed with ye fleſhe / yet we warre not fleſſhlye For the weapēs of oure warre are not carnall thinges / but thynges myghty in god to caſt doune ſtronge holdes / wherwith we overthrowe ymaginacyons / & every hye thynge that exalteh it ſilfe agaynſt the knowledge of god and brynge into captivite all vnderſtondynge to the obedience of Chriſt / and are redy to take vengeaunce on all diſobedience / when youre obedience is fulfilled. Loke ye on thynges after ye vtter apparence?

Yf eny man truſt in him ſilfe y• he is Chriſtis / let the ſame alſo conſidre of him ſilfe / y• as he is Chriſtis / even ſo are we Chriſte. And though I ſhuld boſt my ſilfe ſomewhat moare of oure auctorite which the lorde hath geven vs to edifie & not to deſtroye you / it ſhulde not be to my ſhame. This ſaye I / leſt I ſhuld ſeme as though I went a bout to make you a frayde with letters. For ye piſtles (ſayth he) are ſore and ſtronge: but his bodyly preſence is weake / and his ſpeache rude. Let him yt is ſoche thynke on this wyſe / that as we are in wordes by letters when, we are abſent / ſoche are we in dedes when we are preſent.

For we cannot fynde in oure hertes to make oure ſelves of ye nombre of them / or to compare oure ſelves to them / which laude thē ſelves neuertheleſſe whill they meaſure thē ſelves wt them ſelves / & cōpare thē ſelves wt thē ſelves / they vnderſtōde nought. But we wyll not reioyce above meaſure: but accordynge to the quantitie of y• meaſure which god hath diſtributed vnto vs / a meaſure that reacheth even vnto you. For we ſtretche not out oure ſelves beyōde meaſure as though we had not reached vnto you. For even vnto you have weephe. iiijd come with the goſpell of Chriſt / & we boſt not oure ſelves out of meaſure in other mens labours. Ye & we hope / when youre fayth is increaſed amōge you / to be magnified acordynge to oure meaſure more largely / and to preache y• goſpell in thoſe regions which are beyō de you: & not to reioyce of that which is by another mans meaſure prepared all redy. Let him yt reioyſeth / reioyce in the Let euery mā reioyſe in that Chriſt dyed for him & not in the holynes of his awne workes. lorde. For he that prayſeth him ſilfe / is not alowed: but he whom the lorde prayſeth.

¶ The .xi. Cha.

VVolde to god / ye coulde ſuffre mea lytell in my folyſſhnes: yee / and I praye you forbeare me. For I am gelous over you with godly gelouſy. For I coupledWe be maried to Chriſt & not to the preacher. you to one man / to make you a chaſte virgen to Chriſt. But I feare leſt as the ſerpent begyled Eve / thorow his ſutteltie / even ſo youre wittes ſhuld be corrupte from the ſinglenes that is in Chriſt. For if he that commeth preache another Ieſus then hym whom we preached: or if ye receave another ſprete then that which ye have receaved: other another goſpell then that ye have receaved / ye myght right wel have bene content.

I ſuppoſe that I was not behynde ye chefe apoſtles. Though I be tude in ſpeakynge / yet I am not ſo in knowledge. How be it amonge you we are knowen to the vtmoſt what we are in all thynges. Did I therin ſynne / be cauſe I ſubmitted my ſilfe / that ye myght be exalted / & becauſe I preached to you the goſpell of God fre? I robbed other congregacions / and toke wages of thē / to do you ſervice with all. And when I was preſent with you and had nede / I was greuous to no man for that which was lackynge vnto me / the brethren which came from Macedonia / ſupplied: & in all thynges I kept my ſilſe that I ſhuld not be greveous to you: & ſo will I kepe my ſilfe.

Yf the trueth of Chriſt be in me / this ieioyſynge ſhall not be taken from me in the regions of Achaia. Wherfore? Be cauſe I love you not? God knoweth. Neverthe leſſe what I doo / that will I do / to cut awaye occaſion from them which deſyre occaſion / that they myght be founde lyke vnto vs in that wherin they reioyce. For theſe falce apoſtles are diſceatefull workers / and faſſion them ſelves lyke vnto ye apoſtles of Chriſt. And no marvayle / for ſatan him ſilfe is chaunged into the faſſion of an angell of light. Therfore it is no great thynge / though his miniſters faſſion them ſelves as though they were the miniſters of righteweſnes: whoſe ende ſhalbe acordynge to their dedes.

I ſaye agayne / leſt eny man thynke yt I am foliſhe: or els evē now take me as a fole / that I maye boſt my ſilfe a lytell. That I ſpeake / I ſpeake it not after the wayes of the lorde: but as it were folyſſhly / whill we are now come to boſtynge. Seynge that many reioyce after ye fleſſhe I will reioyce alſo. For ye ſuffre foles gladly / be cauſe that ye youre ſelves are wyſe. For ye ſuffre even if a man brynge you into To moche mekenes & obedience is not alowed in y• kyngedome of god but all muſt be accordinge to knowledge. bondage: yf a mā devoure: yf a man take: yf a man exalt hym ſilfe: yf a man ſmyte you on the face. I ſpeake as concernynge rebuke / as though we had bene weake.

How be it wherin ſoever eny man dare be bolde (I ſpeake foliſſhly) I dare be bolde alſo They are Ebrues / ſo am I: They are Iſraeli ts / evē ſo am I. They are ye ſeede of Abrahā / even ſo am I. They are y• miniſters of Chriſt (I ſpeake as a fole) I am moare: In labours moare aboundāt: In ſtrypes above meaſure: In preſon more plenteouſly: In deeth ofte. Of the Iewes five tymes receaved I everyacto. xvj. ac. xiiij. c ac. xxvji tyme .xl. ſtrypes ſaue one. Thryſe was I beten with roddes. I was once ſ • oned. I ſuffered thryſe ſhipwracke. Nyght and daye have I bene in the depe of the ſee. In iorneyinge often: In parels of waters: In parels of robbers: In ieoperdies of myne awne nacion: In ieoperdies amōge the hethen. I have bene in parels in cities / in parels in wildernes / in parels in the ſee / in parels amonge falce brethren / in laboure and travayle / in watchynge often / in honger / in thirſt / in faſtynges often / in colde and in nakednes.

And beſyde the thynge which outwardly happē vnto me / I am cōbred dayly / & do care for all congregacions. Who is ſicke / & I am not ſicke? Who is hurte in the fayth and my hert burneth not? Yf I muſt nedes reioyce / I will reioyce of myne infirmities.

The .xii. Chapter.

THe God and father of oure lorde Ieſus Chriſt / which is bleſſed for evermore / knoweth that I lye not ✚ In ye act. ix. d. citie of Damaſcon / the governer of ye people vnder kynge Aretas / layde watche in ye citie of the Damaſcēs / & wolde have caught me / & at a wyndowe was I let doune in a baſket thorowe the wall / and ſo ſcaped his hondes.

It is not expediēt for me (no dout to reioyce.act. ix. a. Nevertheleſſe I will come to viſions and revelaciōs of y• lorde. I knowe a mā in Chriſt above .xiiii. yeares agone (whether he weare in yt body I cannot tell / or whether he were oute of ye body I cānot tell / god knoweth) which was takē vp into the thyrd heven. And I knowe the ſame man (whether in the body / or out of the body / I cānot tell god knoweth) howe y• he was takē vp into paradiſe / & hearde worde not to be ſpokē / which no man can vtter. Of this man will I reioyce / of my ſ • lfe will I not reioyce / except it be of myne infirmities. And yet though I wolde reioyce / I ſhuld not be a fole: for I wolde ſaye the trouthe. Nevertheleſſe I ſpare / leſt eny man ſhuld thynke of me above that he ſeith me to be / or heareth of me.

And leſt I ſhuld be exalted out of meaſure thorow the a boundance of revelacions / ther was geven vnto me vnquyetnes of the fleſſhe / the meſſenger of Satan to buffet me: becauſe I ſhuld not be exalted out of meaſure For this thynge beſought I the lorde thryſe / that it myght departe from me. And he ſayde vnto me: my grace is ſufficient for the. For my ſtrēgth is made perfact thorow weaknes. Very gladly therfore will I reioyce of my weaknes / that the ſtrength of Chriſt maye dwellPaule proueth by his ſygnes that his auctorite was as great / as the auctoryte of the hie Apoſtles. in me ✚ Therfore have I delectacion in infirmities / in rebukes / in nede / in perſecucions / in anguyſhe / for Chriſtis ſake. For when I am weake / then am I ſtronge.

I am made a fole in boſtynge my ſilfe. Ye have cōpelled me: I ought to have bene cōmē ded of you. For in nothinge was I inferior vnto ye chefe apoſtels / Though I be nothynge / yet ye tokēs of an apoſtle were wrought amōge you with all pacience: with ſignes / and wonders / and* Paule proueth by his ſignes that his auctorite was as great as the auctorite of the hie Apoſtles. myghty dedes. For what is it wherin ye were inferiors vnto other cōgregacions except it be therin that I was not greveous vnto you. Forgeve me this wronge done vnto you. Beholde now ye thyrde tyme I am redy to come vnto you: and yet will I not be grevous vnto you. For I ſeke not youres / but you. Alſo the children ought not to laye vp for the fathers and mothers: but the fathers and mothers for the children.

I will very gladly beſtowe / & wilbe beſtowed for youre ſoules: though the moare I love you / ye leſſe I am loved agayne. But be it yt I greved you not: never the leſſe I was crafty & toke you with gile. Did I pill you by eny of thē which I ſent vnto you? I deſyred Titus / & wt him I ſent a brother. Did Titus defraude you of eny thynge? walked we not in one ſprete? walked we not in lyke ſteppes? Agayne / thynke ye y• we excuſe oure ſelves? We ſpeake in Chriſt in the ſight of God.

But we do all thynges dearly beloved for youre edifyinge. For I feare leſt it come to paſſe / that when I come / I ſhall not fynde you ſoche as I wolde: and I ſhalbe foūde vnto you ſoche as ye woldenot: I feare leſt therbe founde amōge you debate / envyinge / wrath ſtryfe / backbytynges / whiſperynges / ſwellynges & diſcorde. I feare leſt when I come agayne / God brynge me lowe amonge you / and I be conſtrayned to bewayle many of thē which have ſynned all redy / and have not repented of the vnclennes / fornicacion and wantānes which they haue committed.

The .xiii. Chapter.

NOw come I the thyrd tyme vnto you In the mouth of two or thre witneſſes ſhall every thinge ſtonde. I tolde you before / & tell you before: & as I ſayde whē dut. xix. ma. xvii io. viij. cj. hebre. x c I was preſent with you the ſeconde tyme / ſo wryte I now beynge abſent / to them which in tyme paſt have ſynned / & to all other: yt if I come agayne / I will not ſpare / ſeynge yt ye ſeke experience of Chriſt which ſpeaketh in me / which amōge you is not weake / but is myghty in you. And verely though it came of weaknes that he was crucified / yet liveth he thorow the power of God. And we no dout are weake in him: but we ſhall live with him / by the myght of God amonge you.

Prove youre ſelves whether ye are in the fayth or not. Examen youre owne ſelves: knowe ye not youre awne ſelves / how that Ieſus Chriſt is in you excepte ye be caſtawayes? I truſt that ye ſhall knowe yt we are not caſtawayes. I deſyre before God that ye do none evyll / not that we ſhuld ſeme cōmendable: but that ye ſhuld do that which is honeſt: & let vs be counted as leawde perſones. We can do no thinge agaynſt the trueth / but for the trueth. We are glad when we are weake / and ye ſtronge. This alſo we wiſſhe for / even that ye were perfect. Therfore write I theſe thinges beynge abſent / leſt when I am preſent / I ſhuld vſe ſharpenes accordinge to the power which the Lorde hath geven me / to edifie / and not to deſtroye.

Finallye brethren fare ye well / be perfect / be of good comforte / be of one mynde / lyve in peace / & the God of love & peace / ſhalbe with you. Grete one another in an holy kyſſe. All ye ſayncte ſalute you. The grace of oure Lorde Ieſus Chriſt / & the love of God / & the felliſhippe of the holy gooſt / be with you all. Amē ¶ The ſeconde epiſtle to the Corinthians. ¶ Sent from Philippos a citie in Macedonia / by Titus and Lucas.

¶ The Prologe vpon the epiſtle of S. Paul to the Galathyans.

AS ye reade. Act. xv. how certen came from Ieruſalem to Antioche and vexed the diſciples there / affirmynge that they coulde not be ſaued except they were circumciſed. Euē ſo after Paule had cōuerted the Galathyās & coupled them to Chriſt / to truſt in him onlye for the remiſſion of ſynne / & hope of grace & ſaluaciō / & was departed: there came falſe apoſtles vnto thē (as vnto the Corinthians / and vnto all places where Paule had preached) and that in the name of Peter / Iames and Ihon / whome they called the hie Apoſtles / and preached circumciſion and the kepinge of the lawe / to be ſaued by and myniſſhed pauls auctorite.

To the confoundynge of thoſe / Paule magnifieth his office and Apoſtleſhipe in the two fyrſt chapters and maketh him ſelfe equall vnto the hye Apoſtles / and concludeth that euery man muſt be iuſtified with oure deſeruynges / with oute workes / and with out helpe of the lawe: but alone by Chriſt.

And in the thyrde and fourth / he proueth y• ſame with ſcripture / examples and ſymylitudes / and ſheweth that the lawe is cauſe of more ſynne and bringeth the curſſe of god vpon vs / and iuſtifieth vs not: but that iuſtifyinge cometh by grace promyſed vs of God thorow the deſeruinge of Chriſt / by whome (if we beleue) we are iuſtifyed with oute helpe of the workes of the lawe.

And in the .v. and .vj. he exhorteth vnto the workes of loue which folowe fayth and iuſtifyinge. So that in all his epiſtle he obſerueth this order. Fyrſt he preacheth the dampnaciō of the lawe: then the iuſtifyinge of fayth / and thyrdly the workes of loue. For on that condycion that we loue & worke / is the mercie geuen vs.

¶ The epiſtle of S. Paul vnto the Galathyans.

¶ The fyrſt Chapter.

PAul an Apoſtle / not of men / netherPaul / though he came longe after the apoſtles / yet had he not his auctorite of Peter or of anye. that went before hī Nether brought he with him letters of recommē dacion or bulles of cōfirmacion. But the confirmacion of his apoſtleſhip was the worde of god conſcience of men and the power of the ſpirite that teſtified with hī by miracles and manifolde gyftes of grace. by man / but by Ieſus Chriſt / and by God the father which rayſed him from deeth: and all the brethren which are with me.

Vnto the congregaciōs of Galacia.

Grace be with you & peace from God the father / and from oure Lorde Ieſus Chriſt / which gave him ſelfe for oure ſynnes / to deliver vs from this preſent evyll worlde / thorow the will of God oure father / to whom be prayſe for ever and ever. Amen.

I marvayle that ye are ſo ſone turned frō him that called you in the grace of Chriſt / vnto another goſpell: which is nothinge els / but that ther be ſome which trouble you / & intende to pervert to goſpell of Chriſt. Nevertheleſſe though we oure ſelves / or an angell frō hevē / preache eny other goſpell vnto you thē that which we have preached vnto you / holde him as a curſed. As I ſayde before / ſo ſaye I now agayne / yf eny man preache eny other thinge vnto you / then that ye have receaved / holde him accurſed. Preache I mannes doctrine or Godes? Ether go I about to pleaſe men? If I ſtodyed to pleaſe men / I were not the ſervaunt of Chriſt.

✚ I certifie you brethren / that the goſpell which was preached of me / was not after the māner of men / nether receaved I it of mā / nether wos I taught it: but receaved it by the revelacion of Ieſus Chriſt. For ye have hearde of my converſacion in tyme paſt / in the Iewes wayes / how that beyonde meaſure I perſecuted the congregacion of God / & ſpoyled it: and prevayled in the Iewes laye / above many of my companions / which were of myne awne naciō / and was a moche more fervēt mayntener of the tradicions of the elders.

But whē it pleaſed God / which ſeperated me from my mothers wombe / & called me by his grace / forto declare his ſonne by me / that I ſhuld preache him amonge the hethen: immediatlyPaules goſpell was not cōfirmed bi the auctorite of man: but by the my racles of the ſpirite I cōmened not of the matter with fleſſhe and bloud / nether returned to Ieruſaſem to them which were Apoſtles before me: but wēt my wayes into Arabia / & came agayne vnto Damaſco. Then after thre yeare I returned to Ieruſalem to ſe Peter / & abode with him .xv. dayes / no nother of the Apoſtles ſawe I / ſave Iames the Lordes brother. The thinges which I write / beholde / God knoweth I lye not.

After that I went into the coſtes of Siria & Cilicia: & was vnknowen as touchinge my perſon vnto ye cōgregaciōs of Iewrye / which were in Chriſt. But they hearde only / that he which perſecuted vs in tyme paſt / now preacheth the fayth which before he deſtroyed. And they glorified God on my behalffe. ⊢

¶ The .ii. Chapter.

THen .xiiii. yeares after that / I wēt vp agayne to Ieruſalem with Barnabas / & toke with me Titus alſo. Ye and I went vp by revelacion / & cōmened with them of the Goſpell which I preache amonge thePaule defendeth y• libertie of the goſpell. gentyls: but apart with them which were coū ted chefe / leſt it ſhuld have bene thought y• I ſhuld runne or had runne in vayne. Alſo Titus which was with me / though he were a Greke / yet was not compelled to be circumciſed / & that becauſe of incōmers beynge falce brethren / which came in amōge other to ſpye out oure libertie which we have in Chriſt Ieſus / that they might bringe vs into bondage.Paule is of as hie auctorite as Peter Iames or Iohn. dut. x. d. ij. pa. xix iob. To whom we gave no roume / no not for the ſpace of an houre / as cōcerninge to be brought into ſubiecciō: & that becauſe that the trueth of the goſpell myght continue with you.

Of thē which ſeme to be great (what they were in tyme paſſed it maketh no matter to me: God loketh on no mans perſon) nevertheleſſe they which ſeme great / added nothyngexxxiiij. ſap. vj. b. rom. ij. b. ephe. vj. b coll. iij. b. act. x. e▪ j. petr. j. c to me. But contrary wyſe / when they ſawe that the goſpell over the vncircumciſion was cōmitted vnto me / as the goſpell over y• Circumciſion are the Iewes and vncircumciſion are the gē tyles. circūciſion was vnto Peter: for he y• was myghty in Peter in the Apoſtleſhippe over the circumciſion / the ſame was myghty in me amō ge the gentyls: and therfore when they perceaved the grace that was gevē vnto me / then Iames / Cephas & Iohn / which ſemed to be • ilers / gave to me & Barnabas the ryght hondes / & agreed with vs / that we ſhuld preache amonge the Hethen / and they amonge the Iewes: warnynge only that we ſhulde remember the poore. Which thinge alſo I was diligent to do.

And when Peter was come to Antioche / I with ſtode him in the face / for he was worthyPaule re buketh peter in the face. to be blamed. For yerr that certayne came frō Iames / he ate with the gentyls. But when they were come / he withdrue & ſeparated him ſelfe / fearinge them which were of y• circumciſion. And y• other Iewes diſſembled lyke wyſe / in ſo moche that Barnabas was brought into their ſimulaciō alſo. But when I ſawe / that they w • nt not the ryght waye after the trueth of the goſpell / I ſayde vnto Peter before all men / yf thou beynge a Iewe / liveſt after the māner of the gentyls / & not as do the Iewes: why cauſeſt thou the gētyls to live as do the Iewes? We which are Iewes by nature / & not ſynners of the gētyls / knowe that a man is not iuſtified by y• Dedes of the lawe iuſtifie not: but fayth iuſtifieth. The lawe vttere thmy ſynne and dampnacion / & maketh me fle to Chriſt for mercie and ſyfe. As the lawe rored vnto me that I was dāpned for my ſines: ſo fayth ceriefieth me that I am forgeuen and ſhall lyue thorow Chriſt. dedes of the lowe: but by the fayth of Ieſus Chriſt. And therfore we have beleved on Ieſus Chriſt / yt wemyght be iuſtified by y• fayth of Chriſt / &not by the dedes of the lawe: becauſe that by y• dedes of y• lawe no fleſſhe ſhalbe iuſtified.

Yf then whill we ſeke to be made rightewes by Chriſt / we oure ſelves are founde ſynners / is not then Chriſt y• miniſter of ſynne? God forbyd. For yf I bylde agayne yt which I deſtroyed. then make I my ſelfe a treaſpaſer. But I thorow y• lawe ame deed to y• lawe: that I myght live vnto God. I am crucified with Chriſt. I live verely: yet now not I / but Chriſt liveth in me. For y• lyfe which I now live in y• fleſſhe / I live by the fayth of y• ſonne of God / which loved me / and gave him ſelne for me. I deſpyſe not the grace of God. For if righteweſnes come of the lawe / then Chriſt dyed in vayne.

¶ The .iii. Chapter.

OFoliſſhe Galathyās: who hath bewitched you / that ye ſhuld not beleve the trueth? To whom Ieſus Chriſt was deſcribed before the eyes / & amōge you crucified. This only wolde I learne of you: receaved ye the ſprete by the dedes of ye lawe / or els by preachinge of ye faith? Are ye ſo vnwyſe / that after ye have begonne in the ſprete / ye wolde nowe ende in the fleſſhe? So many thinges there ye have ſuffred in vayne / if yt be vayne.gen. xxv. rom. iiij a iaco. ij. d Which miniſtered to you the ſprete / and worketh myracles amonge you / doth he it thorow the dedes of the lawe / or by preachinge of the fayth? Even as Abraham beleved God / and it was aſſcribed to him for righteweſnes. Vnderſtonde therfore / yt they which are of fayth / the ſame are the chyldren of Abraham.

For the ſeripture ſawe afore honde / yt God wolde iuſtifie the hethen thorow fayth / andgen. xxij eccle. xxiiij. The lawe curſſeth: but fayth bleſſeth. (For fayth) onlye maketh y• conſcience alyue therfore ſhewed before honde glad tydinges vnto Abraham: In the ſhall all nacions be bleſſed. So then they which be of fayth / are bleſſed with faythfull Abraham. For as many as are vnder the dedes of the lawe / are vnder maledicciō. For it is written: curſed is every man yt cōtinueth not in all thingꝭ which are writtē in ye boke of ye lawe / to fulfill thē. That no mā is iuſtified by ye lawe in ye ſight of God / is evidēt. For the iuſte ſhall live by fayth. The lawe is not of fayth: but the man that fulfilleth the thinges contayned in the lawe (ſhall live in thē.) But Chriſt hath delivered vs frō the curſe of the lawe / & was made a Chriſt was accurſed for oure ſakes. that is he was punyſſhed & ſlayne for oute ſynnes. curſed for vs. For it is writtē: curſed is every one that hangeth on tree / that the bleſſynge of Abraham might come on the gētyls thorow Ieſus Chriſt / and that we might receave the promes of the ſprete thorow fayth.

Brethren I will ſpeake after the māner of men. Though it be but a mans teſtament / yet no mā deſpiſeth it / or addeth eny thinge therto when it is once alowed. ✚ To Abraham & his ſeed were the promiſes made. He ſayth not / in the ſeedes as in many: but in thy ſede / as in one / which is Chriſt. This I ſaye / that the lawe which beganne afterwarde / beyonde .iiii. C & .xxx. yeares / doth not diſanull the teſtament / that was confermed afore of God vnto Chriſt ward / to make the promes of none effect. For yf the inheritaunce come of the lawe it cōmeth not of promes. But God gave it vnto Abraham by promes.

Wherfore then ſerveth ye lawe? The laweThe lawe. was added becauſe of tranſgreſſion (tyll the ſeed cam to which ye promes was made) & it was ordeyned by angels in ye honde of a mediator. A mediator is not a mediator of one. But God is one. Ys the lawe then agaynſt y• promes of God? God forbid. How be it yf ther had bene a lawe gevē which coulde have geven lyfe: then no doute righteweſnes ſhuld have come by ye lawe. But ye ſcripture concludedThe lawe geueth no lyfe but threateneth d • eth. all thinges vnder ſynne / yt the promes by the fayth of Ieſus Chriſt ſhuld be gevē vnto them yt beleve. ✚ Before yt fayth cam / we were kept and ſhut vp vnder the lawe / vnto the fayth which ſhuld afterwarde be declared.

Wherfore the lawe was oure ſcolemaſter vnto the tyme of Chriſt / yt we might be made rightewes by fayth. But after yt fayth is come / now are we no lenger vnder a ſcolemaſter. For ye are all the Fayth maketh vs ſōnes and of the nature of chriſt / ād bindeth eche to haue other in the ſame reuerē ce that he hath Chriſt. ſonnes of God / by y• fayth which is in Chriſt Ieſus. For all ye that are baptiſed / have put on Chriſt. Now is ther no Iewe nether gētyle: ther is nether bonde ner fre: ther is nether man ner woman: but ye are all one thinge in Chriſt Ieſu. Yf ye be Chriſtes / then are ye Abrahams ſeed / and heyres by promes.

¶ The .iiii. Chapter. ✚

ANd I ſaye that the heyre as longe as he is a chylde / differth not from a ſervaunt / though he be Lorde of all / but is vnder tuters and governers / vntill the tyme appoynted of the father. Even ſo we / as longe as we were chyldren / were in bondage vnder the ordinaunces of the worlde. But when the tyme was full come / God ſent his ſonne borne of a woman & made bonde vnto ye lawe / to redeme thē which were vnder the lawe: yt we thorow eleccion myght receave the inheritaū ce yt belongeth vnto the naturall ſonnes. Becauſe ye are ſonnes / God hath ſent the ſprete of his ſonne in to oure herte▪ which cryeth Abba father. Wherfore now / thou art not a ſervaunt / but a ſonne. Yf thou be ye ſonne / thou arte alſo the heyre of God thorow Chriſt. ⊢

Notwithſtondinge / whē ye knewe not God / ye dyd ſervice vnto them / which by nature were no goddes. But now ſeinge ye knowe god (yee rather are knowē of God) how is it that ye tourne agayne vnto the weake and bedgarly cerimonies / whervnto agayne ye deſyre afreſſheBedgarlye ceremonies. to be in bondage? Ye obſerve dayes / & monethes / and tymes / and yeares. I am in feare of you / leſt I have beſtowed on you laboure in vayne.

Brethern I beſech you / be ye as I am: for I am as ye are. Ye have not hurte me at all.Infirmite & temptacion are perſecucion / rebuke / ād the croſſe. Ye knowe / how thorow infirmite of the fleſſhe / I preached the goſpell vnto you at the fyrſt. And my temptacion which I ſuffered by reaſon of my fleſſhe / ye deſpyſed not / nether abhorred: but receaved me as an angell of god: ye as Chriſt Ieſus. How happy were ye then? for I beare you recorde that yf it had bene poſſible / ye wolde have plucked out youre awne eyes / and have geven them to me. Am I therfore become youre enemie / becauſe I tell you the truth?

They are gelous over you amyſſe. Ye / they intēde to exclude you / that ye ſhuld be feruēt to them warde. It is good alwayes to be fervent / ſo it be in a good thinge / and not only whē I am preſent with you.

My littel children (of whom I travayle in birth againe vntill Chriſt be faſſioned in you) I wolde I were with you now / & coulde chaunge my voyce: for I ſtonde in a doute of you

Tell me ye that deſyre to be vnder the lawe have ye not hearde of the lawe? ✚ For it is written that Abraham had two ſonnes / ye one by a bonde mayde / the other by a fre woman. Yee and he which was of the bonde woman was borne after the fleſſhe: but he whichgen. xxj. was of the fre woman / was borne by promes. Which thinges betoken myſtery. For theſe wemen are two teſtamentes / the one frō the mounte Sina / which gendreth vnto bondage / which is Agar. For mounte Sina is called Agar in Arabia / and bordreth vpō the citie which is now Ieruſalem / and is in bondage with her chyldren.

But Ieruſalem / which is above / is fre: which is the mother of vs all. For it is written: reioyce thou barē / that beareſt no chyldrē:eſa. lv. breake forthe & crye / thou that traveleſt not. For the deſolate hath many moo chyldrenrom. ix. v then ſhe which hath an huſband. Brethrē we are after the maner of Iſaac / chyldren of promes. But as then he yt was borne carnally / perſecuted him that was borne ſpiritually. Even ſo is it now. Nevertheleſſe what ſayth the ſcripture: put awaye the bonde woman &gen. xxja her ſonne. For the ſonne of the bonde womā ſhall not be heyre with the ſonne of ye fre woman. So then brethren we are not chyldrē of the bonde woman: but of the fre woman. ⊢

¶ The .v. Chapter.

STond faſt therfore in y• libertie wher with Chriſt hath made vs fre / & wrap The libertie and fredome that we haue in Chriſt ought euery man to ſtonde by. pe not youre ſelves agayne in y• yoke of bondage. Beholde I Paul ſaye vnto you / that yf ye be circumciſed / Chriſt ſhall proffit you nothinge at all. I teſtifie agayne to every man which is circumciſed that he is bounde to kepe the whole lawe. Ye are gone quyte frō Chriſt as many as are iuſtified by the lawe / & are fallen from grace. We loke for & hope in the ſprite / to be iuſtified thorow fayth. For in Ieſu Chriſt / nether is circumciſion eny thinge worth / nether yet vncircōciſion / but Fayth which worketh thorow loue is the true fayth and all that god requireth of vs faith which by love is mighty in operacion. Ye did runne well: who was a let vnto you / that ye ſhuld not obey the trueth? Evē that counſell that is not of him that called you. A lytell leven doth leven the whole lompe of dowe.

✚ I have truſt towarde you in the Lorde / yt ye wyll be none other wyſe mynded. He that troubleth you ſhall beare his iudgemēt / what(chriſtes ly bertye) is a ſyber tie of conſcience ād not of the fleſſhe. ſoever he be. Brethren yf I yet preache circū ciſion: why do I then yet ſuffre perſecucion? For then had the offence which the croſſe ge veth / ceaſed. I wolde to God they were ſeperated from you which trouble you. Brethrē ye were called in to (libertie) only let not youre libertie be an occaſion vnto the fleſſhe / but inleu. ix. d. mat. xxij mar. xij. c rom. xiii. iaco. ij. b. j. pet. ij. c. love ſerve one another. For all y• lawe is fulfilled in one worde / which is this: thou ſhalt love thyne neghbour as thy ſelfe. Yf ye byte & devoure one another: take hede leſt ye be conſumed one of another.

✚ I ſaye walke in the ſprete / & fulfill not y• Fleſſhe and ſpirite fight together. luſtes of ye fleſſhe. For ye fleſſhe luſteth contrary to ye ſprete / & y• ſprete cōtrary to ye fleſſhe. Teſe are cōtrary one to the other / ſo yt ye cānot do that which ye wolde. But & yf ye beDedes of the fleſſhe To committe ſoche dedes maketh vs vnder the dāpna ciō of the lawe. ledde of the ſprete / then are ye not vnder the lawe. The dedes of the fleſſhe are many feſt / whiche are theſe / advoutrie / fornicaciō / vnclē nes / wantannes / ydolatrye / witchecraft / hatred / variaunce / zele / wrath / ſtryfe / ſedicion / ſec tes / envyinge / murther / dronkēnes / glottony / and ſoche lyke: of the which I tell you before as I have tolde you in tyme paſt / that they which cōmit ſoche thingꝭ / ſhall not inherite / ye kyngdome of God. But the frute of the ſprite. Theſe dedes teſtifie that we are not vnder the dānacion of y• lawe. ye frute of ſprete is / loue / ioye / peace / longeſufferinge / gētlenes goodnes / faythfulnes / meknes / temperancye. Agaynſt ſuche ther is no lawe. They ye are Chriſtis / have crucified the fleſſhe with the appetites and luſtes. ✚ ✚ Yf we lyve in the ſprete / let vs walke in the ſprete. Let vs not be vayne glorious / provokinge one another / & envyinge one another.

¶ The .vi. Chapter.

BRethren / yf eny mā be fallen by chaūce into eny faute: ye which are ſpirituallThe dutie feuerye chriſten man. helpe to amende him / in the ſprete of meknes: conſyderynge thy ſilfe / leſt thou alſo be tempted. Beare ye one anothers burthē and ſo fulfill the lawe of Chriſt. If eny mā ſeme to him ſilfe that he is ſomwhat whē in dede he is nothynge / theſame deceaveth hym ſilfe in his ymaginacion. Let every man prove his awne worke / and then ſhall he have reioyſinge • . co. iij. b. in his awne ſilfe / and not in another For every man ſhall beare his awne burthen.

Let him that is taught in ye worde miniſter vnto him yt teacheth him in all good thingꝭ. Be not The couenaūt of mercie in chriſt is made onlye to thē that wyll worke. deceaved / God is not mocked. For what ſoever a man ſoweth / yt ſhall he reepe. He that ſoweth in his fleſſhe / ſhall of y• fleſſhe reepe corrupciō. But he y• ſoweth in y• ſpre te / ſhall of the ſprete reepe lyfe everlaſtinge. Let vs not be wery of well doynge. For when the tyme is come / we ſhall repe with out werines. ij. theſ. iij. Whill we have therfore tyme / let vs do good vnto all men / and ſpecially vnto them which are of the houſholde of fayth. ⊢

Beholde how large a letter I have written vnto you with myne awne honde. As many as deſyre with vtwarde apperaūce to pleaſe carnally / they conſtrayne you to be circumciſed / only be cauſe they wolde not ſuffre per ſecucion with the croſſe of Chriſt. For they them ſelves which are circumciſed / kepe not the lawe: but deſyre to have you circumciſed / that they myght reioyce in youre fleſſhe.

God forbyd that I ſhuld reioyce but in the croſſe of oure Lorde Ieſu Chriſt / wherby the worlde is crucified as touchinge me / and I as concerninge the worlde. For in Chriſt Ieſu nether circūciſion avayleth eny thinge at all nor vncircumciſiō: but a Nothy • ge helpeth ſaue to be a new creature. new creature. And as many as walke accordinge to this rule / peace be on them / and mercy / and vpon Iſrael that pertayneth to God. From hence forth / let no man put me to buſynes. For I beare in my bodye y• markes of the Lorde Ieſu. Brethren the grace of oure Lorde Ieſu Chriſte be with youre ſprete.

Amen. ¶ Vnto the Galathyans written from Rome.

¶ The Prologe vpon the epiſtle of S. Paul to the Epheſians.

IN this piſtle / and namely in the .iij. fyrſt Chapters / Paul ſheweth that the Goſpell and grace therof was foreſene and predeſtinat of God from before the beginninge / & deſerued thorow Chriſt / & now at the laſt ſent forth that all mē ſhuld beleue theron / therby to be iuſtified / made righteous / lyuinge and happie / and to be delyuered from vnder the dāpnaciō of the lawe & captiuite of ceremonies.

And in the fourth he teacheth to auoyde tradicions and mennes doctrines / and to beware of puttynge truſt in anye thinge ſaue Chriſt / affirminge that he onlye is ſufficiēt / & that in hī we haue all thinges / & beſyde▪ him nede nothinge.

In the .v. and .vj. he exhorteth to exerciſe the fayth & to declare it abroade thorow good workes / and to auoyde ſynne / and to arme them with ſpirituall armoure agaynſt the deuell that they myght ſtonde faſt in tyme of tribulacion & vnder the croſſe.

¶ The piſtle of S. Paul to the Epheſians.

¶ The fyrſt. Chapter.

PAul an Apoſtle of Ieſu Chriſt / by the will of God.

To the ſaynctes which are at Epheſus / & to them which beleve on Ieſus Chriſt.

Grace be with you and peace from God oure father / and from the Lorde Ieſus Chriſt.

Bleſſed be God the father of oure lorde Ieſus Chriſt / which hath bleſſed vs with all maner of ſpirituall bleſſinges in hevēly thyngꝭ by Chryſt / accordynge as he had choſen vs inij. cor. • . a j. pet. j. a. him / before ye foūdaciō of ye worlde was layde / that we ſhuld be ſaintes / & without blame before him / thorow loue. And ordeyned vs before thorow Ieſus Chriſt to be heyres vnto him ſilfePredeſtinacion. / accordinge to the pleaſure of his will / to ye prayſe of the glorie of his grace where with he hath made vs accepted in the beloved.Redempcion is the forgeuenes of ſinnes.

By whom we have redemption thorow his bloude euen the forgevenes of ſynnes / accordynge to the riches of his grace / which grace he ſhed on vs aboundantly in all wiſdome / and perceavaunce. And hath openned vnto vs the Myſterie is ſecrete coūcell. miſtery of his will accordinge to his pleaſure / and purpoſed the ſame in hym ſilfe to have it declared when the tyme were full come / y• all thynges / bothe ye thynges which are in heven / and alſo the thynges which are in erthe / ſhuld be gaddered togedder / even in Chriſt: that is to ſaye / in him in whom we are made heyres / and were therto predeſtinate accordyngepredeſtinacion. to the purpoſe of him which worketh all thinges after the purpoſe of his awne will: that we which before beleved in Chriſt ſhuld be vnto the prayſe of his glory.

In whom alſo ye (after that ye hearde the worde of trueth / I meane the goſpell of youre ſaluaciō / wherin ye beleved) were ſealed with the holy ſprete of promes / which is the erneſt of oure inheritaunce / to redeme the purchaſed poſſeſſion and that vnto the laude of his glory.

Wherfore even I (after that I hearde ofWhere fayth to chriſt is / there is loue to all that are ſanctified in his bloude. the fayth which ye have in the lorde Ieſu / & love vnto all the ſaynctes) ceaſe not to geve thankes for you / makynge mencion of you in my prayers / that ye God of oure lorde Ieſus Chriſt and the father of glory / myght geve vnto you the ſprete of wiſdome / and open to you the knowledge of him ſilfe / and lighten the eyes of youre myndes / yt ye myght knowe what that hope is / where vnto he hath calledHope. you / and what the riches of his glorious inheritaunce is apon the ſainctes / and what is the excedynge greatnes of his power to vs warde which Fayth is the worke of god onlye / euē as was the rayſige vp of Chriſt. beleve accordynge to the workynge of that his mighty power / which he wrought in Chriſt / when he rayſed him from deeth / and ſet him on his right honde in hevenly thynges / above all rule / power / and myght and dominacion / and above all names that are named / not in this worlde only / but alſo in the worlde to come: and hath put all thynges vnder his fete / and hath made him aboue all thynges / ye heed of ye congregacion which is his body and the fulnes of him that filleth all in all thynges.

¶ The .ii. Chapter.

ANd hath quickened you alſo that were deed in treaſpaſſe & ſynne / in y• whichcoll. ij. b. in tyme paſſed ye walked / acordynge to the courſe of this worlde / and after the governer that ruleth in the ayer / the ſprete y• now worketh in the children of vnbelefe / amonge which we alſo had oure converſacion in tyme paſt / in the luſtes of oure fleſſhe / and fullfilled the will of the fleſſhe and of the mynde: and were We be all by nature the children of wrath & heyres of damnacion. naturally the children of wrath / even as wel as other.

But God which is rich in mercy thorow his greate love wherwith he loved vs / even when we were deed by ſynne / hath quickened vs together in Chriſt (for by grace are ye ſaved) & hath rayſed vs vp together & made vsThe promyſes of mercye in Chriſtes bloude / are made vs on that condicion that we kepe ye lawe & loue one another as chriſt loued vs. ſitte together in hevenly thynges thorow Chriſt Ieſus / for to ſhewe in tymes to come the excedynge ryches of his grace / in kyndnes to vs warde in Chriſt Ieſu. For by grace are ye made ſafe thorowe fayth / and that not of youre ſelves. For it is the gyfte of God / & commeth not of workes / leſt eny man ſhuld boſt him ſilfe. For we are his worckmanſhippe / created in Chriſt Ieſu vnto good workes / vnto the which god ordeyned vs before / that we ſhuld walke in them.

Wherfore remēber y• ye beynge in tyme paſſed gētyls in ye fleſſhe / & were called vncircū ciſion to thē which are called circūciſiō in the fleſſhe / which circūciſion is made by hondes: Remēber I ſaye / y• ye were at that tyme wt oute Chriſt / & were reputed aliantes from the cōmen welth of Iſrael / & were ſtraūgers frō the The gē tyles tyll chriſt came were not vnder the couenaunt of mercie: but the Iewes only. teſtamente of promes / & had no hope / & were with out god in this worlde. But now in Chriſt Ieſu / ye which a whyle agoo were farre of / are made nye by ye bloude of Chriſt.

For he is oure peace / whych hath made of both one / and hath broken doune the Moſes lawe / that was y• wall and cauſe of hate betwene the Iewes ād gētyles: is teken a waye. In whole ſtede is loue come / to loue one another as Chriſt, loned vs. wall yt was a ſtoppe bitwene vs / and hath alſo put awaye thorow his fleſſhe / the cauſe of hatred (that is to ſaye / the lawe of commaundementes contayned in the lawe written) for to make of twayne one newe mā in him ſilfe / ſo makynge peace: and to recōcile both vnto god in one body thorow his croſſe / and ſlewe hatred therby: and came and preached peace to you which were a farre of / and to them that were nye. For thorow him we both have an open waye in / in one ſprete vnto che father.

✚ Now therfore ye are no moare ſtraūgers & foreners: but citeſyns with the ſaynetes / and of the houſholde of god: and are bilt apon the foundacion of the apoſtles and prophetes / Ieſus Chriſt beynge the heed corner ſtone / in whom every bildynge coupled togedder / groweth vnto an holy temple in ye lorde / in whō Foundacion is the worde of God. ye alſo are bilt togedder / & made an habitaciō for god in the ſprete. ⊢

¶ The .iii. Chapter.

FOr this cauſe I Paul ā in ye bōdes of Ieſus chriſt for youre ſake which are hethen: Yf ye have hearde of the miniſtracion of the grace of god which is gevenPaule was an a poſtle to the hethē and learned his goſpell bireuelaciō me to you warde. For by revelacion ſhewed he this miſtery vnto me / as I wrote above in feawe wordes / wherby when ye rede ye maye knowe myneivnderſtondynge in the miſtery of Chriſt / which miſtery in tymes paſſed was not opened vnto the ſonnes of men / as it is no we declared vnto his holy apoſtles and prophetes by the ſprete: that the gentyls ſhuld be inheritours alſo / and of the ſame body / and partakers of his promis yt is in Chriſt / by ye meanes of the goſpell / wherof I am made a miniſter / by the gyfte of the grace of god gevē vnto me thorow y• workynge of his power.

Vnto me the leſt of all ſayntes is this grace geven / that I ſhuld preache amonge the gentyls the vnſearchable ryches of Chriſt / and to make all menſe what the felyſhippe of the miſtery is / which from the begynnynge of the worlde hath bene hid in God which made all thynges thorow Ieſus Chriſt / to the intent / that now vnto the rulars & powers in heven myght be knowē by the cōgregacion ye many folde wiſdome of god / accordinge to y• eternall purpoſe / which he purpoſed in Chriſt Ieſu oure lorde / by whō we are bolde to drawe nye in yt truſt / which we have by faith on hi ✚ Wherfore I deſire yt ye faynt not becauſe of my trybulaciōs for youre ſakes: which is youre prayſe.

For this cauſe I bowe my knees vnto the father of oure lorde Ieſus Chriſt / which is father over all that ys called father In heven & in erth / that he wolde graunt you acordynge to the ryches of his glory / that ye maye be ſtrenghted with myght by his ſprete in the inner man / y• Chriſtmaye dwell in youre hertes by Where true faith in Chriſt is / theris loue to y• neyboure And faith and loue maketh • vs vnder ſtonde all thinges. Fayth vn derſtondeth y• ſecretes of god & the mercie that is geuen hir in Chriſt And loue knoweth hir dutie to hirney boure / ād caninterprete all lawes & ordinaū ces & knoweth how farre forth they are to be kept & whē to be diſpenſed with. fayth / y• ye beynge roted & grounded in loue / myght be able to comprehen de with all ſayntes / what ys that bredth aud length / deepth and heyth: and to knowe what is the love of Chriſt / which love paſſeth knowledge: that ye might be fulfilled with all manner of fulnes which commeth of God.

Vnto him that is able to do excedynge aboū dantly above all that we axe or thynke / accordynge to the power that worketh in vs / be prayſe in the congregacion by Ieſus Chriſt / thorowout all generaciōs from tyme to tyme Amen. ⊢

¶ The .iiii. Chapter. ✚

I Therfore which am in bondes for the lordes ſake / exhorte you / that ye walke worthy of the vocacion wherwith ye are called / in all humblenes of mynde / and meknes / The lyuynge of a tru beleuer. and longe ſufferynge / for bearinge one another thorowe love / and that ye be dyligēt to kepe ye vnitie of ye ſprete in the bonde of peace / beynge one body / and one ſprete / evē as yerom. xij. j. cor. xij. One god One lorde. One fayth. One bap tyme rom. xij. j. co. xij. ij. cor. x. pſalx vij. are called in one hope of youre callynge. Let therbe but one lorde / one fayth / one baptim: one god and father of all / which is above all / thorow all and in you all.

✚ Vnto every one of vs is geven grace acordinge to the meaſure of ye gyft of chriſt. Wherfore he ſayth: He is gone vp an hye / and hath ledde captivitie captive / & hath geven gyftes vnto men. That he aſcended: what meaneth it / but that he alſo deſcended fyrſt into the loweſt parties of the erth? He that deſcended / is even the ſame alſo that aſcended vp / even above all hevens / to fulfill all thinges.

And the very ſame made ſome Apoſt les / ſome prophete / ſome Evangeliſtes / ſome Sheperdes / ſome Teachers: yt the ſainctes mightj. co. xij. have all thingꝭ neceſſarie to worke & miniſter with all / to the edifyinge of the body of chriſt / tyll we every one (in the vnitie of fayth / and knowledge of the ſonne of god) growe vp vnto a parfayte man / after ye meaſure of Wherfore the tru miniſters of the congregaciō ſerue. Euen to make vs perfect mē in the full knowledge of Chriſt. age of fulnes of Chriſt. ✚ That we hence forth be no moare chyldren / wauerynge and caryed with every wynde of doctryne / by the wylynes of men and craftynes / wherby they laye a wayte for vs to deceave vs.

But let vsfolowe the trueth in loue / and in all thynges growe in him which is the heed / that ys to ſaye Chriſt / in whom all the body ys coupled and knet togedder in every ioynt wherwith one miniſtreth toanother (accordinge to the operacion as every parte hath his meaſure) and increaſeth the body / vnto the edyfyinge of it ſilfe in love.

✚ This I ſaye therfore & teſtifie in ye lorde / that ye hence forth walke not as other gentyls walke / in vanitie of their mynde / blynded in their vnderſtondynge / beynge ſtraungers from the lyfe which is in god thorow the ignorancy that is in them / becauſe of theIgnoraunce is cauſe of euell lyuinge. blyndnes of their hertes: which beynge paſt repentaunce / have geven them ſelves vnto wantannes / to worke all manner of vnclennes / even with gredynes. But ye have not ſo learned Chriſt / if ſo be ye have hearde of him / and are taught in him / even as the trueth is in Ieſu. So then as concernynge the cōverſacion in tyme paſt / laye from you that olde mā / which is corrupte thorow the deceavable luſtesrom. vj. a coll. iij. • . hebr. xij. j. pe. ij. a. and. iij. a. ✚ and be ye renued in the ſprete of youre myndes / and put on that newe man / which after the ymage of God is ſhapen in ryghteweſnes and true holynes. ✚ Wherfore put awaye lyinge / and ſpeake every man truth vnto his neghbour / for as moche as we are members one of another. Be angrye but ſynne notAdvenge not. pſa▪ iiij. b let not the ſonne go doune apon youre wrathe nether geue place vnto ye back byter. Let him y• ſtole / ſteale no moare / but let him rather laboure with his hondes ſome good thingꝭ that heSteale not. maye have to geve vnto him that nedeth. ⊢

Let no filthy cōmunicacion procede out of youre mouthes: but yt whych is good to edefyeFylthe cō municacion. with all / when nede ys: that it maye have faveour with the hearers. And greve not the holy ſprete of God / by whome ye are ſealed vnto the daye of redempcion. Let all bitternes fearſnes and wrath / • orrnge and curſyd ſpeakynge / beThey that haue yt ſpirite of god ſhalbe greued to heare ſoche thinges. put awaye from you / with all maliciouſnes. Be ye courteouſe one to another / and mercifull / forgevynge one another / evē as god for Chriſtes ſake forgave you.

¶ The. • . Chapter. ✚

BE ye folowers of god as dere children / and walke in love even as Chriſt loved vs & gave him ſilfe for vs / an offerynge and a ſacrifyce of a ſwete ſaver to god. Sothat fornicacion and all vnclennes / or coveteouſnes • n godlie cōmunicacion ſtrenghthneth▪ the bodye agaynſt y• ſpirite. be not once named amonge you / as it be commeth ſaynctes: nether filthynes / nether foliſhe talkyng / nether geſtinge which are not comly: but rather gevynge of thankes For this ye knowe / yt no whormonger / other vnclene perſon / or coveteous perſon which isTheſe haue no pa • te with Chriſt. the worſhipper of ymages / hath eny inheritaunce in the kyngdome of Chriſt & of God.

Let no mā deceave you with vayne wordes. For thorow ſoche thinges cōmeth the wrathij. the .ij. a mat. xxij mar. xiij. luc. xx • . b of God vpon the chyldrē of vnbelefe. Be not therfore companions with them. Ye were once dercknes / but are now light in the Lorde.

Walke as chyldren of light. For the frute of the ſprete is in all goodnes / righteweſnes & trueth. ✚ Accept that which is pleaſinge to the Lorde: and have no felliſhippe with the vnfrutfull workes of dercknes: but rather rebuke them. For it is ſhame even to name thoſeIgno •• unce is cauſe of euell doynge. thinges which are done of them in ſecrete: but all thinges / when they are rebuked of the light / are manifeſt. For whatſoever is manifeſt / that ſame is light. Wherfore he ſayth: awake thou that ſlepeſt / and ſtond vp from deeth / and Chriſt ſhall geve the light.

✚ Take hede therfore that ye walke circū ſpectly: not as foles: but as wyſe Redem • ge y• tyme: that is ſpendynge the tyme well. coll. iiij. rom. vij. j. theſ. iij. redemynge the tyme: for ye dayes are evyll. Wherfore / be ye not vnwyſe / but vnderſtonde what the will of the Lorde is / & be not dronke with wyne / wherin is e • ceſſe: but be fulfilled with the ſprete / ſpeakynge vnto youre ſelves in pſalmes / & ymnes / & ſpretuall ſonges / ſynginge & makinge melodie to y• Lorde in youre hertes / gevinge thankes all wayes for all thinges vnto God the father / in the name of oure LordeCollo. iij Ieſu Chriſt: ſubmittinge youre ſelves one to another in the feare of God. ⊢

Wemen ſubmit youre ſelves vnto youre • . cor. xj. a awne huſbandes / as vnto the Lorde. For the huſbande is the wyves heed / even as Chriſt is the heed of the congregacion / & the ſame iscollo. ij. c • . pet. iij. the ſaveoure of the body. Therfore as the cō gregacion is in ſubieccion to Chriſt / lykwyſe let the wyves be in ſubieccion to their huſbandesHuſbandes. in all thinges. Huſbandes love youre wyves / even as Chriſt loved the congregacion / & gave him ſilfe for it / to ſanctifie it / and clenſed it in the Baptyme ſaueth thorow y• word • ▪ that is thorow faith in theworde accordynge to the couenaunt made in Chriſt fountayne of water thorow the worde / to make it vnto him ſelfe / a glorious congregacion with oute ſpot or wrynckle / or eny ſoche thinge: but that it ſhuld be holy and with out blame.

So ought men to love their wyves / as their awne bodyes. He that loveth his wyfe / loveth him ſylfe. For no mā ever yet / hated his awne fleſſhe: but noriſſheth and cheriſſeth it even as the lorde doth the congregacion. For we are members of his body / of his fleſſhe / & of his bones. For this cauſe ſhall a man leave father and mother / and ſhall cōtinue with his wyfe / and two ſhalbe made one fleſſhe.gene. ij. d mat. xix. mar. x. a. j. co. vj. d This is a great ſecrete / but I ſpeake bitwene Chriſt and the cōgregacion. Nevertheleſſe do ye ſo that every one of you love his wyfe truely even as him ſilfe. And let y• wyfe ſe that ſhe feare her huſbāde.

¶ The .vi. Cha.

CHyldren obey youre fathers & mothersChyldrē. coll. iij. d. exo. xx. deu. v • . c. eccle. iij / b mat. xv. mar. vij. in the Lorde: for ſo is it right. Honoure thy father & mother / that is the fyrſt commaundement that hath eny promes / that thou mayſt be in good eſtate / & lyve longe on the erthe. And ye fathers / move not youre children to wrath: but bringe thē vp wt the norterFathers. & informaciō of ye Lorde. Servaūtes be obedientcoll. iij. d titus .ij. c j. pet. ij. • vnto youre carnall maſters / with feare & trunblinge / in ſinglenes of youre herte / as vnto Chriſt: not wt ſervice in y• • ye ſight / as men pleaſars: but as the ſervaūtes of Chriſt / doynge ye will of God frō the herte with good will ſervinge ye Lorde / & not men. And rememberChriſt hath purchaſed a rewarde for all th • ges. Maſters. that whatſoever good thinge eny man doeth / that ſhall he receave agayne of the Lorde / whether he be bonde or fre. And ye maſters / do evē the ſame thinges vnto them / puttinge awaye threateninges: and remember that even youre maſter alſo is in heven / nether is ther eny reſpecte of perſon with him.

✚ Finally my brethrē / be ſtronge in the Lorde / & in the power of his myght. Put on y• armour of God / that ye maye ſtonde ſtedfaſt agaynſt y• crafty aſſa • tes of the devyll. For we wreſtle not agaynſt fleſſhe and bloud: but agaynſt rule / agaynſt power / & agaynſt worldy rulars of y• darckenes of this worlde / agaynſt ſpretuall wickednes for hevenly thinges.

For this cauſe take vnto you the The armoure of god foloweth: v • ryte / the ſhoes of a ſtedfaſt purpoſe to folow the goſpell: fayth / the helmeth of ſaluaciō: the worde of god which is the ſwerde. &c. armoure of God / yt ye maye be able to reſiſt in the evyll daye / and to ſtonde perfect in all thinges.

Stonde therfore & youre loynes gyrd aboute with veritie / havinge on the breſt plate of righteweſnes / and ſhood with ſhowes prepared by the goſpell of peace. Above all take to you the ſhelde of fayth / wherwith ye maye quenche all y• fyrie dartes of the wicked. And take the helmet of ſalvaciō / & the ſwearde of the ſprete / which is the worde of God. ✚ And praye all wayes with all māner prayer & ſupplicaciō: & y• in the ſprete: & watch ther vnto wt all inſtance & ſupplicaciō for all ſaynctes / and for me / that vttraunce maye be gevē vnto me / that I maye open my mouth boldly / to vtter the ſecretes of the goſpell / wherof I am a meſſenger in bondes / that therin I maye ſpeake frely / as it becommeth me to ſpeake.

But that ye maye alſo knowe what condicion I am in & what I do / Tichicus my deare brother and faythfull miniſter in the Lorde / ſhall ſhewe you of all thinges / whom I ſent vnto you for the ſame purpoſe / that ye myght knowe what caſe I ſtonde in / & that he myght comfort youre hertes.

Peace be with the brethren / and love with fayth / from God the father & from the Lorde Ieſu Chriſt. Grace be with all them which love oure lorde Ieſus Chriſt in puernes. Amē

¶ Sent from Rome vnto the Epheſyans by Tichicus.

¶ The Prologe vpon the epiſtle of S. Paul to the Philippians.

PAule pray ſeth the philippians / and exhorteth t • em to ſtande faſt in the true fayth / and to encreaſe in loue. And becauſe that falſe prophetes ſtudye all wayes to impunge and deſtroye the true fayth / he warneth them of ſoche worke lerners or teachers of workes / & pray ſeth Epaphroditus. And all this dothe he in the fyrſt and ſecond Chapters.

In the thyrde he reproueth ſaythleſſe & mannes ryghteouſnes / which falſe prophetes teache and maynteme. And he ſetteth him for an en ſample / how that he him ſelfe had liued in ſoche falſe righteweſnes and holynes vnrebukable / that was ſo that no man coulde complayne on him / & yet now ſetteth nought therby / for Chriſtes righteouſnes ſake. And finallye affyrmeth that ſoche falſe Prophetes are the enemyes of the croſſe / and make their bellyes their God. Forther then they maye ſafelie and withoute all perell and ſoffering / wyll they not preache Chriſt.

¶ The epiſtle of S. Paul vnto the Philippians.

¶ The fyrſt Chapter.

PAul and Timotheus the ſervauntes of Ieſu Chriſt To all y• ſaincte in ChriſtBiſſhopes. Deacones. Ieſu which are at Philippos / with y• Biſſhops and Deacons.

Grace be with you and peace from God oure father / and from the Lorde Ieſus Chriſt.

I thanke my God with all remembraunce of you / all wayes in all my prayers for you & praye with gladnes / becauſe of the fellowſhyp which ye have in the goſpell from the fyrſt daye vnto now: ✚ and am ſuerly certified of this / that he which beganne a good worke in you / ſhall go forthe with it vntyll the daye of Ieſus Chriſt / as it becōmeth me ſo to iudge of you all / becauſe I have you in my herte / and have you alſo every one companiōs of grace with me / even in my bondes / as I defende and ſtablyſſhe the goſpell.

For God beareth me recorde how greatly I longe after you all from the very herte rote in Ieſus Chriſt. And this I praye / y• youre love maye increace more & more in knowledge / and in all fealinge / that ye myght accepte thinges moſt excellent / that ye myght be pure and ſoche as ſhuld hurte no mānes conſcience / vntyll the daye of Chriſt / filled with the frutes of righteweſnes / which frutes come by Ieſus Chriſt vnto the glory and la • de of God. ⊢

I wolde ye vnderſtode brethern that my buſynes is happened vnto the greater furtherynge of the goſpell. So that my bondes in Chriſt are manyfeſt thorow out all the iudgement hall and in all other places: In ſo moche that many of the brethrē in y• lorde are boldned thorow my bōdes / and dare more largely ſpeake the worde with out feare. Some ther are which preache Chriſt of envie & ſtryfe / and ſome of good wyll. The one parte preacheth Chriſt of ſtryfe & not purely / ſuppoſinge to adde more adverſitie to my bondes. The other parte of love / becauſe they ſe that I am ſet to defend the goſpell.

What then? So that Chriſt be preached all maner wayes / whether it be by occaſion / or of tru • meaninge / I therin ioye: ye and will ioye. For I knowe that this ſhall chaunce to my ſalvacion / thorow youre prayer and miniſtringe of the ſprete of Ieſu Chriſt / as I hertely loke for & hope / that in nothinge I ſhalbe aſhamed: but that with all confidence / as all wayes in tymes paſt / even ſo now Chriſt ſhal be magnified in my body / whether it be thorowelyfe / or els deeth. For Chriſt is to me lyfe / and deeth is to me a vauntage.

Yfit chaunce me to live in the fleſſhe / that is to me frute full forto worke / & what to choſe I wote not. I am conſtrayned of two thinges: I deſyre to be lowſed & to be with Chriſt / which thinge is beſt of all. Nevertheleſſe to abyde in the fleſſhe is moare nedfull for you. And this am I ſure of / that I ſhall abyde / & with you all continue / for the furtheraunce and ioye of youre fayth / that ye maye moare aboundantly reioyce in Ieſus Chriſt thorowe me / by my comminge to you agayne.

Only let yovre converſacion be / as it be cō meth the goſpell of Chriſt: that whether I come & ſe you / or els be abſent / I maye yet heare of you / that ye contynue in one ſprete / and in one ſoule / labouringe as we do / to mayntayne the fayth of the goſpell / & in nothynge fearinge youre adverſaries: which is to them a token of perdicion / & to you of ſalvacion / & that of God. For vnto you it is geven / that not only ye ſhulde beleve on Chriſt: but alſo ſuffre Tribulaciō is a token of ſaluacion to the true beleuers. for his ſake / & have evē the ſame fight which ye ſawe me have and now heare of me.

¶ The .ii. Chapter.

IF ther be amōge you eny conſolacion in Chriſt / yf ther be eny cōfortable love / yf there be eny felliſhippe of the ſprete / yf ther be eny cōpaſſion or mercy: fulfyll my ioye / that ye drawe one waye / havinge one love / beynge of one accorde / and of one mynde / that nothinge be done thorow ſtryfe or vayne glory / but that in mekenes of mynde every man eſteme other better then him ſelfe / & that no man conſyder his awne / but what is mete for other.To folowe chriſt is oure profeſſiō and ſo to vinble oure ſelues / that we mave be ſo exalted

✚ Let the ſame mynde be in you that was in Chriſt Ieſu: Which beynge in the ſhape of god / and thought it not robbery to be equall with god. Nevertheleſſe he made him ſilfe of no reputacion / and toke on him the ſhape of a ſervaunte / & became lyke vnto men / and was founde in his aparell as a man▪ He humbled him ſilfe & became obediēt vnto y• deeth / even the deeth of the croſſe. Wherfore god hath exaltedhebr. ij. b him / and gevē him a name above all names: that in the name of Ieſus ſhuld every • om. xiiij knee bowe / bothe of thingꝭ in hevē & thinges in erth & thingꝭ vnder erth / and that all tongeseſa. xlv. ſhuld confeſſe that Ieſus Chriſt is the lorde vnto the prayſe of God the father. ⊢

Wherfore my dearly beloved / as ye have always obeyed / not when I was preſent only / but now moche more in myne abſence / even ſo worke out youre awne As ye be ſaued frō ſynne thorow faith ſo worke accordynge to the couena •• t vntyll ye come to the ſaluaciō of glory. For yf ye ceaſe workige / the ſpirite quencheth agayne / and ye ceaſe to be partakers of y• promes. ſaluaciō with feare & tremblynge. For it is god which worketh in you / both y• will & alſo y• dede / evē of good will

Do all thyngꝭ with out murmurynge & diſputynge / that ye maye be faute leſſe and pure / and the ſonnes of God with out rebuke / in y• middes of a croked & a perverſe nacion / amonge which ſe that ye ſhyne as lightes in the worlde / holdinge faſt the worde of lyfe / vnto my reioyſynge in y• daye of Chriſt / that I have not runne in vayne / nether have labored in vayne. Yee & though I be offered vp vpon the offerynge and ſacrifice of youre fayth▪ I reioyce / and reioyce with you all. For the ſame cauſe alſo / reioyce ye / and reioyce ye with me.

I truſt in the lorde Ieſus for to ſende Timotheus ſhortly vnto you / that I alſo maye be of good comforte / when I knowe what caſe ye ſtonde in. For I have nomā that is ſo lyke mynded to me / which with ſo pure affecciō careth for youre matters. For all other ſeke y• ir awne / and not that which is Ieſus Chriſte Ye knowe the proffe of him / howe that as a ſone with the father / ſo with me beſtowed he his labour apon the goſpell. Him I hope to ſende aſſone as I knowe how it will go with me. I truſt in the lorde I alſo my ſilfe ſhall come ſhortly.

I ſuppoſed it neceſſary to ſende brother Epaphroditus vnto you / my companion in laboure & felowe ſoudier / youre Apoſtel and my miniſter at my nedes. For he longed after you and was full of hevines / becauſe that ye had hearde ſaye that he ſhuld be ſicke. And no doute he was ſicke / and that nye vnto deeth. But god had mercy on him: not on him only / but on me alſo / leſt▪ I ſhuld have had ſorowe apon ſorowe.

I ſent him therfore the diligentliar / that when ye ſhuld ſe him / ye myght reioyce agayne / and I myght be the leſſe ſorowfull. Receave him therfore in the lorde with all gladnes / and make moche of ſoche: becauſe that for y• worke of Chriſt he went ſo farre / that he was nye vnto deeth / and regarded not his lyfe / to fulfill that ſervice which was lackynge on youre parte towarde me.

¶ The .iii. Chap.

MOrover my brethren / reioyce in the lorde. It greveth me not to write one thinge often to you. For to you it is aſure thynge. Beware of dogges / beware of evyll workers. Beware of diſſencion. For we are circūciſion which We worſhipe god in ſpirite thorow fayth and loue. We reioyce that chriſt hath redenied vs & truſt not in oure workes. Chri • ▪ onlye is oure righteouſnes for his ſake oure ſynnes are forgeuen vs. And for his ſake oure good workes are accepted. Which elſe were dānable for the ſ • ne that is in them. (deeth) we muſt dye with chriſt yf we will lyue with him. worſhippe god in the ſprete / and reioyce in Chriſt Ieſu / and have no confidence in the fleſſhe: though I have wher of I myght reioyce in the fleſſhe. Yf eny other man thynketh that he hath wherof he myght truſt in the fleſſhe: moche moare I: circumciſed the eyght daye / of y• kynred of Iſrahell / of y• trybe of Beniamyn / an Ebrue borne of y• Ebrues: as concernynge the lawe / a phariſaye / and as concernynge fervētnes / I perſeuted the congregacion / and as touchynge the righteweſnes which is in the lawe I was vnrebukable.

But the thynges that were vauntage vnto me I counted loſſe for Chriſtes ſake. Ye I thinke all thynges but loſſe for that excellēt knowledges ſake of Chriſt Ieſu my lorde. For whom I have counted all thyngꝭ loſſe / & do iudge them but donge / that I myght wynne Chriſt / and myght befounde in him / not havynge myne awne righteweſnes which is of the lawe: But that which ſpryngeth of the fayth which is in Chriſt. I meane the righteweſnes which cōmeth of God thorowe fayth in knowynge him and the vertue of his reſurreccion / and the fellowſhippe of his paſſions / that I myght be cōformable vnto his (deeth) yf by enymeanes I myght attayne vnto the reſurreccion from deeth.

Not as though I had all redy attayned to it / Ether were all redy parfect: but I folowe / yf yt I maye comprehende that / wherin I am comprehended of Chriſt Ieſu. Brethren I counte not my ſilfe that I have gotten it: but one thynge I ſaye: I I loke not on the workes that I haue done / but what I lacke of the perfectnes of chriſt. forget y• which is behynde and ſtretche my ſilfe vnto that which is before and preace vnto y• marke apoynted / to obtayne the rewarde of the hye callynge of god in Chriſt Ieſu. Let vs therfore as many as be perfect be thus wyſe minded: and yf ye be otherwyſe mynded / I praye God open even this vnto you. Nevertheleſſe in that wher vnto we are come / let vs procede by one rule / yt we maye be of one acorde. ✚ Brethren be folowers of & me loke on them which walke even ſo / as ye have vs for an en ſample. For many walke (of whom I have tolde you often / and now tell you wepynge) • om. xvij that they are ye enemyes of ye croſſe of Chriſt / whoſe ende is dampnaciō / whoſe God is their bely / and whoſe glory is to their ſhame / which are worldely mynded. But oure converſacionIf we be lyke chriſt in conuerſacion / we ſhalbe lyke him in glorye. is in heven / from whence we loke for a ſaveour euen the lorde Ieſus Chriſt / which ſhall chaunge oure vile bodies / that they maye be faſſioned lyke vnto his glorious body / acordinge to the workynge wherby he is able to ſubdue all thinges vnto hym ſilfe. ⊢

¶ The .iiii. Chapter.

HErfore my brethren dearly beloved and longed for / my ioye and croune / ſo continue in the lorde ye beloved. I praye Evodias / and beſeche Sintiches that they be of one accorde in the lorde. Yee and I beſeche the faythfull yockfelowe / helpe the wemen which labored with me in the goſpell / and with Clement alſo / and with other my labour felowes / whoſe names are in the boke of lyfe. ✚ Reioyce in the Lorde alwaye / and agayne I ſaye reioyce. Let youre ſoftenes be knowen vnto all men. The lorde is even at honde. Be not carfull: but in all thynges ſhewe youre peticion vnto god in prayer and ſuplicacion wt gevynge of thankes. And the peace of god which paſſeth all vnderſtondinge / kepe youre hertes & myndes in chriſt Ieſu. ✚

Furthermore brethren / whatſoever thingꝭ are true / whatſoever thyngꝭ are honeſt / whatſoever thynges are iuſt / whatſoever thynges are pure / whatſoever thynges pertayne to love / whatſoever thynges are of honeſt reporte: yf ther be eny verteous thynge / yf there be eny laudable thynge / thoſe ſame have ye in youre mynde / which ye have both learned & receaved / herde and alſo ſene in me: thoſe thyngēs do / and the god of peace ſhalbe with you. I reioyſe in the lorde greatly / that now at the laſt ye are revived agayne to care for me / in yt wherein ye were alſo carefull / but ye lacked oportunite. I ſpeake not becauſe of neceſſitie. For I have learned in whatſoever eſtate I am therewith to be content. I can both caſt doune my ſilfe / I can alſo excede. Every where and in all thynges I am inſtructed / both to be full / and to be hongry: to have plenty / & to ſuffre nede. I can do all thynges thorow the helpe of Chriſt which ſtrengtheth me. Not wiſtondynge ye have well done / that ye bare parte with me in my tribvlacion.

Ye of Philippos knowe that in the begynnynge of the goſpell / when I departed from Macedonia / no congregacion bare parte with me as concernynge gevynge and receavynge / but ye only. For when I was in Teſſalonica / ye ſent once and afterwarde agayne vnto my nedes: not that I deſyre gyftes: but I deſyre aboūdant frute on youre parte. I receaved all / and have plentie. I was even filled after that I had receaved of Epaphroditus / that which came from you / an odour that ſmelleth ſwete / rom. xi • . a ſacrifice accepted and pleſaunt to God. My god fulfill all youre nedes thorow his glorious riches in Ieſu Chriſt. Vnto God and oure father be prayſe for ever more. Amen. Salute all the ſainctes in Chriſt Ieſu. The brethren which are with me grete you. All the ſaynctes ſalute you: & moſt of all they which are of the Emperours houſholde. The grace of oure lorde Ieſu Chriſt be wt you all.

Amen Sent from Rome by Epaphroditus.

¶ The Prologe vpon the epiſtle of S. Paul to the Coloſſyans.

AS the piſtle to the Galathyans holdeth the maner & faſſion of the epiſtle to the Romayns / breflye comprehendinge all that is therin at length diſputed: Euē ſo this piſtle foloweth the enſample of the piſtle to the Epheſiās / cōtayninge the tenor of the ſame piſtle with fewer wordes.

In the fyrſt Chapter / he prayſeth them and wyſſheth that they continew in the fayth / and growe perfecter therin / and then deſcribeth he the Goſpell / how that it is a wyſdome that confeſſeth Chriſt to be the Lorde and God / crucified for vs / and a wyſdome that hath bene hyd in Chriſt ſence a fore the begininge of the worlde / and now fyrſt begonne to be opened thorow the preachynge of the Apoſtles.

In the ſeconde / he warneth thē of mēnes doctryne / and deſcribeth the falſe prophetes to the vttermoſt and rebuketh them accordinge.

In the thyrde / he exhorteth to be frutefull in the pure ſayth with all maner of good workes one to another / and deſcrybeth all degrees & what their dutyes are.

In the fourth he exhorteth to praye / and alſo to praye for him / and ſaluteth them

¶ The piſtle of S Paul to the Coloſſyans.

¶ The fyrſt Chapter.

PAul an Apoſtle of Ieſu Chriſt by the wyll of God / and brother Timotheus.

To the ſayntes which are at Coloſſa / & brethren that beleve in Chriſt.

Grace be with you and peace from God oure father / and from the Lorde Ieſus Chriſt.

We geve thankes to God the father of oure Lorde Ieſus Chriſt / alwayes prayenge for you / ſence we hearde of youre Where the fayth of chriſt is: there is loue to the brethren. faith which ye have in Chriſt Ieſu & of the love which ye beare to all ſayntes for the hopes ſake which is layde vp in ſtore for you in heven / of which hope ye have herde before by y• true worde of the goſpell / which is come vnto you / evē as it is in to all y• worlde / & is frutefull / as it is amō ge you / frō the fyrſt daye in ye which ye herde of it / & had experiēce in ye grace of God in the trueth / as ye learned of Epaphra oure deare felowe ſervaunt / which is for you a faythfull miniſter of Chriſt / which alſo declared vnto vs youre love which ye have in the ſprete. ✚ For this cauſe we alſo / ſence the daye we herde of it have not ceaſyd prayinge for you and deſyringe that ye myght be fulfilled with the knowledge of his will / in all wiſdome & ſpretuall vnderſtōdynge / that ye myght walke worthy of the lorde in all thynges that pleaſe / beynge frutfull in all good workes and encreaſynge in y• knowledge of God / ſtrengthed with all myght / thorowe hys glorious power / vnto all pacience and longe ſufferynge with ioyfulnes ✚ gevynge thankes vnto the father which hath made vs mete to be part takers of the enheritaunce of ſainctes in light.

Which hath delivered vs from the power of dercknes / and hath tranſlated vs in to theOure redemcion is the forgeuenes of oure ſynnes. kyngdome of his dere ſone / in whom we have redempcion thurow his bloud / that is to ſaye the forgevenes of ſinnes / which is the ymage of the inviſible god / fyrſt begotten of all creatures. For by him were all thynges created / thynges that are in heven / and thynges that are in erth: thynges viſible and thynges inviſible: whether they be maieſte or lordſhippe / ether rule or power. All thingꝭ are creatyd by hym / and in him / & he is before all thingꝭ / and in him all thynges have their beynge.

And he is the heed of the body / that is to wit of the congregacion: he is the begynnynge and fyrſt he is the firſt that hath the glorie and newe lyfe of the reſurrecciō. begotten of the deed / that in all thynges he might have the preeminence. For it pleaſed the father that in him ſhuld all fulnes dwell / and by him to reconcile all thyngꝭ vnto him ſilfe / and to ſet at peace by him thorow the bloud of his croſſe / both thynges in heven and thynges in erth.

And you (which were in tymes paſt ſtraungers and enymes / becauſe youre myndes were ſet in evyll workes) hath he now recōcilied in y• body of his fleſſhe thorowe deeth / to make you holy vnblameable and with out faut in his awne ſyght / yf ye continue grounded and ſtablyſſhed in the fayth / and be not moved awaye from the hope of the goſpell / wher of ye have herde / howe that it is preached amonge all creatures which are vnder heven / wher of I Paul am made a miniſter.

Now ioye I in my Paſſiōr or ſofferiges of chriſt: is the paſſions which we muſt ſoffre for his ſake. For we haue profeſſed and are appoynted to ſoffer with chriſt Io. xx. as mi father ſēt me / ſo ſende I you. ſoferinges which I ſuffre for you / and fulfill that which is behynde of the paſſions of Chriſt in my fleſſhe for his bodies ſake / which is the congregacion / wher of I am made a miniſter acordynge to the ordinaunce of god / which ordinaunce was geven me vnto you warde / to fulfill y• worde of god / that miſtery hid ſence the worlde beganne / &A true Apoſtle w olde haue all men perfecte in the knowledge of Chriſt aud of his doctryne. ſence y• begynnynge of generacions: but now is opened to his ſaynctes / to whom god wolde make knowen the glorious riches of this miſtery amonge the gentyls / which riches is Chriſt in you / the hope of glory / whom we preach / warnynge all men / and teachinge all men in all wiſdome / to make all men parfect in Chriſt Ieſu. Wherin I alſo laboure and ſtryve / even as farforth as hys workynge worketh in me myghtely.

¶ The .ii. Chapter.

I Wolde ye knewe what fyghtinge I have for youre ſake & for them of Laodicia / & for as many as have not ſene my parſon in the fleſſhe / that their hertes myght be cōforted & knet togedder in love / & in all ryches of full vnderſtondynge / for to knowe y• miſtery of God y• father & of Chriſt / in whom are hid all the treaſures of wiſdom & knowledge. This I ſaye leſt eny man ſheld begyle you with entyſinge wordes. For though I be abſent in the fleſſhe / yet am I preſent withi. cor. • . b you in the ſprete / ioyinge and beholdinge the order that ye kepe / and youre ſtedfaſt fayth in Chriſt. As ye have therfore receaved Chriſt Ieſu the Lorde / even ſo • alke / roted and bylt in him and ſted faſte in the fayth / as ye have learned: and therin be plenteous in gevynge thankes.

✚ Beware leſt eny mā come & ſpoyle you thorow philoſophy & diſceatfull vanitie / thorowPhiloſophye and tra •• of mē the tradicions of mē & ordinaunces after the worlde / & not after chriſt. For in him dwelleth all the fulnes of the godheed bodyly / & ye are complete in him which is the heed of all ruleChriſt is ſofficient & power / in whom alſo ye are circūciſed with circumciſion made mith out honde / by puttinge of the ſinfull boddy of the fleſſhe / thorow the circumciſion y• is in Chriſt / in that ye areFayth is the workige of god e phe. ij. a. buryed with him thorow baptim / in whom ye are alſo ryſen agayne thorowe fayth / that is wrought by the operacion of god which rayſed him from deeth.

And ye which weare deed in ſynne thorow y• vncircūciſion of youre fleſſhe / hath he quyckened wt him & hath forgevē vs all oure treſpaſes ✚ & hath put out y• The lawe ts oure hande writtinge in that y• conſcience ſetteth to hir ſeale ſubſcribeth and cōſenteth that y• lawe is iuſt and we ſiners / which lawe cōcerninge dānacion is takē awaye thorow faith in chriſt. handwritinge y• was agaynſt vs / cōtayned in y• lawe writtē / & that hath he takē out of the waye & hath faſtened it to his croſſe / & hath ſpoyled rule and power and hath made a ſhewe of thē openly / & hath triumphed over them in his awne perſone.

Let nomā therfore trouble youre conſciēces aboute meate & drynke or for a pece of an holydaye / as the holydaye of the newe mone or of the ſabboth dayes / which are nothinge but ſhaddowes of thynges to come: but the body is in Chriſt. Let no man make you ſhote at a wrōge (marke) / which after his awne ymaginacion walketh in the humblenes and holynes of angels / thinges which he never ſawe: cauſleſſe puft vp with his fleſſhly mynde / &(marke) There is none other marke thē chriſt / ner other name to be ſaued by holdeth not the heed / wherofall the body by ioyntes and couples receaveth noriſſhment / and is knetto gedder / & encreaſeth with the in creaſynge thas commeth of god.

Wherfore if ye be deed with Chriſt frō ordinaunces of the worlde / why as though ye yet lived in the worlde / are ye ledde with tradiciōs of them that ſaye? Touche not / taſt not / handell not: which all peryſſhe wt the vſinge of thē & are after the cōmaundmentes & doctrins of men which thingꝭ have the ſimilitude of wiſdome in choſen holynes and humblenes / and in that they ſpare not the body / &All the mercie that is ſet forth in y• ▪ two vpper chapters / is promyſed to thē onlye that will folowe chriſt and lyue as hereafter foloweth. do the ſleſſhe no worſhype vnto his nede.

¶ The .iii. Chapter: ✚

IF ye be then ryſen agayne with chriſt / ſeke thoſe thynges which are above / where Chriſt ſitteth on the right honde of god. Set youre affeccion on thynges yt are above / and not on thinges which are on y• erth. For ye are deed / and youre lyfe is hid with Chriſt in god. When Chriſt which is oure lyfe / ſhall ſhewe him ſilfe / then ſhall ye alſo appere with him in glory. ⊢

Mortifie therfore youre membres which are on the erth / fornicaciō / vnclennes / vnnaturall luſt / evyll cōcupiſcēce / and coveteouſnes which is worſhippynge of ydols: for whichTheſe mēbres muſt be ſlayne. thynges ſakes the wrath of God cometh on the chyldren of vnbeleve. In which thynges ye walked once. when ye lived in them.

But now put ye alſo awaye from you allrom. vj. b ephe. iiij. heb. xii. j. pe. ij. a. thynges wrath / fearſnes / maliciouſnes / curſed ſpeakynge / filthy ſpeakynge out of youre mouthes. Lye not one to another that the olde man with his workes be put of / and the new put on / which is renued in knowledge after the ymage of him that made him / where is netherEuery man is chriſt to another gentile ner Iewe / circumciſion nor vncircumciſion / Barbarous or Sithian / bonde or fre: but Chriſte is all in all thynges.

✚ Now therfore as electe of god / holy and beloved / putephe. iiij b on tender mercie / kyndnes / humblenes of myndes / meknes / longe ſufferynge / for bearynge one another / & forgevynge one another / if eny man have a quarrell to another / Chriſtes enſample / of low. even as Chriſt forgave you / even ſo doye. Above all theſe thinges put on love / which is the bonde of parfectnes. And y• peace of god rule in youre hertes / to y• which peace ye are called in one body. And ſe that ye be thankfull. Let the worde of Chriſt dwell in you plenteouſly in all wiſdome. Teache & exhorte youre awne ſelves / in pſalmes / and hymnes / and ſpretuall ſonges which have favour wt them ſyngynge in youre hertes to the lorde. And all thynges (whatſoever ye do in worde or dede)j. cor. x. g do in the name of the lorde Ieſu / gevinge thā kes to god the father by him. ⊢

Wyves / ſubmit youre ſelves vnto youreWyves. ephe. v. e. j. pet. iij a Huſbandes. eph. vj. a. Childern & fathers awne huſbandes / as it is comly in the Lorde. Huſbandes love youre wyves and be not bitter vnto them. Children / obey youre fathers & mothers / in all thinges / for that is wel pleaſynge vnto the lorde. Fathers / rate not youre children / leſt they be of a deſperate mynde. Servauntes / be obedient vnto youre bodyly maſters in all thynges: not with eye ſervice as men pleaſers / but in ſynglenes of herte / fearynge god. And whatſoever ye do / do it hertely as though ye did it to the lorde / and not vnto men for as moche as ye knowe that of the lorde ye ſhall receave the rewarde of inheritaunce / for ye ſerve the lorde Chriſt. But heſap. vj. b. rom. ij. b. Maſters that doth wronge / ſhall receave for the wronge that he hath done: for there is no reſpect of perſons. Ye maſters / do vnto youre ſervauntes that which is iuſt and egall ſeinge ye knowe that ye alſo have a maſter in heven.

¶ The .iiii. Chapter.

COntinue in prayer and watch in the ſame with thankes gevynge / prayenge alſo for vs / that God open vnto vs the dore of vtteraunce / that we maye ſpeake theephe. v. d. miſtery of Chriſt / wherfore I am in bondes: y• I maye vtter it / as it becōmeth me to ſpeake. Walke wyſely to them that are with out / & redeme y• tyme. Let youre ſpeache be all wayes •• alt is the wiſdome of • odes wo • de▪ well favoured & be powdred with * ſalt / that ye maye know how to anſwer every mā.

The deare brother Tichicos ſhall tell you of all my buſynes / which is a faythfull miniſter & felowe ſervaunt in the Lorde / whom I have ſent vnto you for the ſame purpoſe / that he myght knowe how ye do / and myght comfort youre hertes / wt one Oneſimus a faythfull & a beloved brother / which is one of you. They ſhall ſhewe you of all thinges which are ad • ynge here.

Ariſtarchus my preſon felowe ſaluteth you / Marke y• evāgeliſt and Marcus Barnabaſſis ſyſters ſonne: touchinge whom / ye receaved commaundementes. Yf he come vnto you receave him: & Ieſus which is called Iuſtus / which are of the circumciſion. Theſe only are my worke felowes vnto the kyngdome of God / which were vnto my conſolacion. Epaphras the ſervaūt of Chriſt / which is one of you / ſaluteth you / and all wayes laboreth fervently for you in prayers / that ye maye ſtonde perfect & full in all that is the will of God. I beare him recorde that he hath a fervēt mynde towarde youLuke the Evangeliſt. ij. tim. iiij and towarde them of Laodicia & them of Hierapolis. Deare Lucas the Phiſicion greteth you / and Demas. Salute the brethren which are of Laodicia / and ſalute Nymphas and the congregaciō which is in his houſſe. And whē the piſtle is reed of you / make that it be reed in the congregacion of the Laodicians alſo: & that ye lyke wyſe reade y• epiſtle of Laodicia. And ſaye to Archippus: take hede to the office that thou haſt receaved in the Lorde / that thou fulfill it. The ſalutacion by the honde of me Paul. Remember my bondes. Grace be with you.

Amen. ¶ Sent from Rome by Tichicus / and Oneſimus.

¶ A Prologe to the fyrſt epiſtle of S. Paul to the Theſſalonyans.

THis pyſtle dyd Paul wryte of exceadynge loue and care: and prayſeth them in the▪ ij. fyrſt Chapters / becauſe they dyd receaue the goſpell erneſtly / and had in tribulacion and perſecucion continued therin ſted faſtlye / and were become a • enſample vnto all congregacions / and had therto ſof fred of their awne kynſmen as Chriſt and his Apoſtles dyd of the Iewes / puttinge them therto in mynde / how purelye and godlye he had lyued amonge them to their enſample / & thanketh God that his goſpell had brought forthſoche frute amonge them.

In the thyrde Chapter / he ſheweth his diligē ce and care / leaſt his ſo great laboure and their ſo bleſſed a begynnynge ſhuld haue been in vayne / Satan and his Apoſtles vexinge them with perſecucion / and deſtroyenge their fayth with mēnes doctryne. And therfore he ſent Timothe to them to comforte them and ſtrength them in the fayth / and thanketh God that they had ſo conſtantly endured / and deſyred God to encreaſe them.

In the fourth he exhorteth them to kepe them ſelues from ſynne / and to do good one to another. And therto he informeth them concerninge the reſurreccion.

In the fyueth he wryteth of the laſt daye / that it ſhuld come ſodenlye / exhortinge to prepare them ſelues therafter and to kepe a good order concerninge obedience and rule.

¶ The fyrſt epiſtle of S. Paul vnto the Teſſalonyans.

¶ The fyrſt Chapter.

PAul / Syfuanus and Timotheus. Unto the congregacion of the Teſſalonyans / in God the father / & in y• Lorde Ieſus Chriſt.

Grace be with you / and peace from God oure father / and from the Lorde Ieſus Chriſt.

We geve God thākes all waye for you all / makinge menſion of you in oure prayers with out ceaſynge / and call to remembraunce youre worke in the faythe / and labour in love & perſeveraunce in the hope of oure lorde Ieſus Chriſt / in the ſight of God oure father: becauſe we knowe brethren beloved of god / how y• ye are electe. For oure goſpell came not vnto you in worde only / but alſo in power / and alſo in the holy goſt and in moche certayntie / as ye knowe after what maner we behaued oure ſelves amonge you / for youre ſakes.

And ye became folowers of vs and of the lord / and receaved the worde in moche affliccion / with ioye of the holy goſt: ſo that ye were an enſample to all that beleve in Macedonia and Achaia. For from you ſounded out the worde of the lorde / not in Macedonia and 〈◊〉 Achaia only: but youre fayth alſo which ye have vnto god / ſpred herſilfe abroade in all quartars / ſo greatly that it nedeth not vs to ſpeake eny thynge at all. For they thē ſelves ſhewe of you what maner of entrynge in we had vnto you & how ye tourned to God from ymages / for to ſerve the livynge & true god / & for to loke for his ſonne from heven / whom he rayſed from deeth: I mean Ieſus which delivereth vs from wrath to come.

¶ The .ii. Chapter.

FOr ye youre ſelves knowe brethren of oure entraunce in vnto you / howe that it was not in vayne: but even after that we had ſuffered before and were ſhamfully entreated at Phillippos (as ye well knowe) then were we bolde in oure God to ſpeake vnto you the goſpell of God / with moche ſtrivynge. Dure exhortacion was not to brynge you to erroure / nor yet to vnclennes / nether was it with gyle: but as we were alowed of God / that the goſpell ſhuld be cōmitted vnto vs: even ſo we ſpeake / not as though we entended to pleaſe men / but God / which trieth oure hertes.

Nether was oure converſacion at eny tyme wt flatterynge wordes / as ye well knowe nether in cloked coveteouſnes / God is recorde: nether ſought we prayſe of men / nether of you / nor yet of eny other / when we myght have bene chargeable / as the apoſtles of Chriſt but we were tender amonge you / even as a norſſe chereſſheth her children / ſo was oure affeccion towarde you / oure good will was to have dealte vnto you / not the goſpell of God only: but alſo oureawne ſoules / becauſe ye were deare vnto vs.

✚ Ye remember brethrē oure laboure & travayle.A ſure token of a true apoſtle. For we laboured daye & nyght / becauſe we wolde not be greveous vnto eny of you / & preached vnto you y• goſpell of God. Ye are witneſſes / & ſo is god / how holyly & iuſtly & vnblameableactu. xx. j. cor. iiij. ij. theſ. iij we behaved oure ſelves amonge you that beleve: as ye knowe how that we exhorted and comforted and beſought every one of you / as a father his childrē / that ye wolde walke worthy of God / which hath called you vnto his kyngdome and glory.

For this cauſe thanke we god with out ceaſynge / becauſe that when ye receaved of vs the worde wherwith God was preached / ye receaved it not as the worde of man: but even as it was in dedes the worde of God / which worketh in you that beleve. ✚ For ye brethrē became folowers of the congregacions of god which in Iewry are in Chriſt Ieſu: for ye have ſuffered lyke thynges of youre kynſmen as we oure ſelves have ſuffered of the Iewes. Which as they kylled the lorde Ieſus & their awne prophetes / even ſo have they perſecuted vs / and God they pleaſe not / & are contrary to all men and forbid vs to preache vnto the gentyls / that they myght beſaved / to fulfill their ſynnes all waye. For the wrath of God is come on them / even to the vtmoſt.

For as moch brethren as we are kept from you for a ſeaſon / as concernynge the bodyly preſence / but not in the herte / we enforſed the more to ſe you perſonally with great deſire. And therfore we wolde have come vnto you / I paul once and agayne: but Satan with ſtode vs. For what is oure hope or ioye / or croune of reioyſynge? are not ye it in the preſence of oure lorde Ieſus Chriſt at his cōmynges yes ye are oure glory and ioye.

¶ The .iii. Chapter.

VVherfore ſence we coulde no lenger forbeare / it pleaſed vs to remayne atactu. xvj Athens alone / and ſent Timotheus oure brother and miniſter of god / and oure laboure felowe in the goſpell of Chriſt / to ſtablyſſhe you & to cōforte you over youre fayth y• no mā ſhulde be moved in theſe afflicciōs. For ye youre ſelves knowe that we are even apoynted therevnto. For verely when I was with you / I tolde you before that we ſhulde ſuffre tribulacion / even as it came to paſſe / & as ye knowe. For this cauſe / when I coulde no lenger forbeare / I ſent / that I myght have knowledge of youre fayth / leſt haply the tempter had tempted you / and that oure laboure had bene beſtowed in vayne.

But now lately whē Timotheus came frō you vnto vs / and declared to vs youre fayth & youre love and how that ye have good remembraunce of vs all wayes / deſyringe to ſe vs as we deſyre to ſe you. Therfore brethrē we had conſolacion in you / in all oure adverſite & neceſſite / through youre fayth. For now are we alyve / yf ye ſtonde ſtedfaſt in the lorde. For what thankes can we recompence to god agayne for you / over all the ioye that we ioye for youre ſakes before oure god / whyle we / nyght and daye praye excedingly that we myght ſe you preſently / and myght fulfill that wich is lackynge in youre fayth.

God him ſilfe oure father and oure lorde Ieſus Chriſt gyde oure iorney vnto you: and the lorde increace you & make you flowe ouer in love one towarde another / and towarde all men / even as we do towarde you / to make youre hertes ſtable and vnblameable / in holynes before God oure father / at the commynge of oure Lorde Ieſus Chriſt / with all his ſainctes.

The .iiii. Chapter. ✚

FUrther more we beſeche you brethren / & exhorte you in the lorde Ieſus / that ye increace more and more / euen as ye have receaved of vs / how ye ought to walke & to pleaſe god. Ye remember what commaundmētesrom. xij. ephe. v. a. we gave you in oure lorde Ieſu Chriſt. For this is the will of god / even that ye ſhuld be holy / and that ye ſhuld abſtayne from fornicacion / that every one of you ſhuld knowe how to kepe his neſſell in holynes and honoure / and not in the luſt of concupiſcence / as do the hethen which knowe not god / that noman goo to farre and deſraude his brother in bargayninge: becauſe the lorde is a venger of all ſuche thinges as we tolde you before tyme & teſtified. For god hath not called vs vnto vnclennes: but vnto holynes. He therfore that deſpiſeth / deſpiſeth not man / but God / which hath ſent his holy ſprete amonge you. ✚

But as touchynge brotherly love / ye nedeio. xiij. d and xv. b j. io. ij. b. i. io. iiij. b not that I wryte vnto you. For ye are taught of God to love on another. Ye and that thinge verely ye do vnto all the brethrē which are thorow oute all Macedonia. We beſeche you brethren that ye encreace more & more / & that ye ſtudye to be quyet / and to medle with youreA good leſſon for monkes & ydle freers. awne buſynes / and to worke with youre awne hondes / as we commaunded you: that ye maye be have youre ſelves honeſtly towarde them that are with out / and that nothinge be lackynge vnto you.

✚ I wolde not brethren have you ignoraūtReſurreccion. concerninge them which are fallen a ſlepe / that ye ſorowe not as other do which have no hope. For yf we beleve that Ieſus dyed & roſe agayne: even ſo them alſo which ſlepe by IeIeſus / will God brynge agayne with him. And this ſaye we vnto you in the worde of the Lorde / that we which live and are remayninge in the comminge of the Lorde / ſhall not come yerre they which ſlepe. For the Lorde him ſelfe ſhall deſcende frō hevē with a ſhowte and the voyce of the archangell and trompej. co. xv. d of God. And the deed in Chriſte ſhall aryſe fyrſt: then ſhall we which live and remayne / be caught vp with them alſo in the cloudes / to mete the Lorde in ye ayer. And ſo ſhall we ever be with the Lorde. Wherfore cōforte youre ſelves one another with theſe worde ⊢

¶ The .v. Chapter.

OF the tymes and ſeaſons brethren ye have no nede that I write vnto you: for ye youre ſelves knowe parfectly / that the daye of the Lorde ſhall come even as a thefe in the nyght. When they ſhall ſaye peace and no daunger / than commeth on theij. pet. iij. apo. iij. a. and .xvj. ſoden deſtruccion / as the travalynge of a womā with childe / & they ſhall not ſcape. But ye brethrē are not in darcknes / that ye daye ſhuld come on you as it were a thefe. ✚ Ye are all the childrē of light / & the children of ye daye. We are not of y• nyght nether of darcknes.

Therfore let vs not ſlepe as do other: but let vs watch and be ſober. For they that ſlepeeſa. lix. c. • ph. vj. c. ſlepe in the nyght: and they that be dronken / are dronken in the nyght. But let vs which are of the daye / be ſober / armed with the breſtFayth is the breſt plate and hope is y• helmet. plate of fayth and love / and with hope of ſalvaciō as an helmet. For god hath not apoynted vs vnto wrath: but to obtayne ſalvacion by ye meanes of oure lorde Ieſu Chriſt which died for vs: that whether we wake or ſlepe / we ſhuld lyve togedder with him.

Wherfore comforte youre ſelves togedder / and edifie one another / even as ye do. ⊢

We beſeche you brethren / that ye knowe them which laboure amonge you & have the overſight of you in the Lorde & geve you exhortacion / that ye have them the more in love / for their workes ſake / and be at peace with them. ✚ We deſyre you brethrē / warne them that are vnruly / comforte the feble mynded / for beare the weake / have continuall pacience towarde all men. Se that none recōpence evill for evyll vnto eny man: but ever folowe that which is good / both amonge youre ſelves / and to all men. Reioyce ever. Praye cōtinually. In all thingꝭ geve thankes. For this is the wyll of God in Chriſt Ieſu towarde you.

Quenche not the The ſpirite wher by we beleue in chriſt and cō ſentto the lawe / is quenched agayne with euell conuerſacion & lewde cōmunycacion. Examynall maner of learninge. ſprete. Deſpiſe not propheſyinge. Examen all thinges / & kepe that which is good. Abſtayne from all ſuſpicious thingꝭ. The very God of peace ſanctifie you thorow out. And I praye God that youre whole ſprete / ſoulſe & body / be kept fautleſſe vnto y• cōmynge of oure Lorde Ieſus Chriſt ✚ Faythfull is he which called you: which will alſo do it. Brethrē / praye for vs. Grete all thej. co. j. b. brethren with an holy kyſſe. I charge you in the Lorde / that this piſtle be reed vnto all the holy brethren. The grace of the Lorde Ieſus Chriſt be with you.

Amen. ¶ The fyrſt piſtle vnto the Teſſalonyans ſent from Athens.

¶ The Prologe to the ſeconde epiſtle of S. Paul to the Teſſalonyans.

BEcauſe in the forepiſtle he had ſayde that the laſt daye ſhuld come ſodenly / the Theſſalonians thought that it ſhuld haue come ſhortlye. Wherfore in this epiſtle he declareth him ſelfe.

And in the fyrſt Chapter he cōforteth them with the euerlaſtinge rewarde of their fayth & pacyence in ſofferinge for the goſpell / & with the punyſhement of their perſecutours in euerlaſtinge payne.

In the ſeconde he ſheweth that the laſt daye ſhuld not come / tyll there were fyrſt a departinge (as ſome men thynke) from vnder the obedyence of the Emperour of Rome / and that Antichriſt ſhuld ſet vp him ſelfe in the ſame place / as God: and deceaue the vnthankfull worlde with falſe doctrine / and with falſe & ſyenge myracles wrought by the workinge of Satan / vntill Chriſt ſhuld come & • lee him with his glorious commynge and ſpirituall preachinge of the worde of God.

In the thyrde he geueth them exhortacion & warneth thē to rebuke the ydle that wolde not laboure with their handes / and auoyde their cō panie / yf they wolde not mende.

¶ The ſeconde Epiſtle of S. Paul to the Teſſalonyans.

¶ The fyrſt Chapter.

PAul / Syluanus and Timotheus.

Vnto the congregacion of the Teſſalonyans which are in God oure father / and in the Lorde Ieſus Chriſt.

Grace be with you and peace from God oure father / & from the Lorde Ieſus Chriſt.

We are bounde to thanke God all wayes for you brethren / as it is mete / becauſe that youre fayth groweth excedyngly / and every one of you ſwymmeth in love towarde another betwene youre ſelves / ſo y• we oureſelves reioyce of you in the congregacions of God over youre pacience and fayth in all youre perſecucions & tribulaciōs that ye ſuffre / which is a token Tribulacion is a token of ſaluaciō. of y• ryghtewes iudgemēt of god that ye are counted worthy of the kyngdom of god / for which ye alſo ſuffre. It is verely a rightewes thinge with God to recōpence tribulacion to them that trouble you: and to you which are troubled / reſt with vs / when the lorde Ieſus ſhall ſhewe him ſilfe from heven with his myghty angels / in flammynge fyre / rendrynge vengeaunce vnto them that knowe not God / and to them that obeye not vnto the goſpell of oure Lorde Ieſus Chriſt / which ſhalbe punyſſhed with everlaſtynge damnacion / from the preſence of the lorde / and from the glory of his power / when he ſhall come to be glorified in his ſaincte / & to be made marvelous in all them that beleve: becauſe oure teſtimonye that we had vnto you / was beleved evē the ſame daye that we preached it. Wherfore we praye allwayes for you that oure god make you worthy of the callynge / and fulfill all delectacion of goodnes and the worke of fayth / with power: that the name of oure lorde Ieſus Chriſt maye be gloryfied in you / and ye in him / thorowe the grace of oure God / and of the lorde Ieſus Chriſt.

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VVe beſeche you brethren by the commynge of oure lorde Ieſu Chriſt / & in that we ſhall aſſemble vnto him / that ye be not ſodēly moved from youre mynde / and be not troubled / nether by ſprete / nether by wordes / nor yet by letter which ſhuld ſeme to come from vs / as though the daye of Chriſt were at honde. Let no mā deceave you by eny meanes / for the lorde commeth not / excepteephe. v. b ther come a departynge fyrſt / and that that ſynfull man be opened / y• ſonne of perdicion which is an adverſarie / & is exalted aboveAntichriſt. all that is called god / or that is worſhipped: ſo that he ſhall ſitt as God in temple of god / and ſhew him ſilfe as god.

Remember ye not / that when I was yet with you / I tolde you theſe thynges? And nowe ye knowe what with holdeth: even that he myght be vttered at his tyme. For the miſtery of that iniquitie doeth he all readie worke which onlie loketh / vntill it be taken out of ye waye. And then ſhall that wicked be vttered / whom the lorde ſhall conſume with the ſpreteeſa. xj. a. of hys mouth / and ſhall deſtroye with the apearaunce of his commynge / ✚ even him whoſe commynge is by the workynge of Satan / wyth all Lyenge myracles becauſe they teſtifye a falſe fayth. lyinge power / ſignes and wonders: and in all deceavablenes of vnrighteweſnes / amonge them that peryſſhe: becauſe they receaved not the (love) of the truth / that they myght have bene ſaved. And therfore(where no loue) is to the truthe on them dothe god let ſlype falſe prophetes to deceaue them. god ſhall ſende them ſtronge deluſion / that they ſhuld beleve lyes: that all they myght be damned which beleved not the trueth but had pleaſure in vnrighteweſnes.

But we are bounde to geve thankes alwaye to god for you brethren beloved of the lorde for becauſe that God hath from the begynnynge choſen you to ſaluacion / thorow ſanctifyinge of the ſprete / and thorowe belevynge the trueth: whervnto he called you byoure goſpell / to obtayne ye glorye that cōmeth of oure lorde Ieſu Chriſt.

✚ Therfore brethren ſtonde faſt and kepe y• ordinaunces which ye have learned: whether it were by oure preachynge / or by piſtle. Oure lorde Ieſu Chriſt hym ſilfe / and God oure father which hath loved vs and hath geven vs everlaſtynge conſolacion and good hope thorowe grace / comforte youre hertes / & ſtablyſſhe you in all doctrine & good doynge.

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Furthermore brethren praye for vs / yt the worde of god maye have fre paſſage and be gloryfied / as it is with you: and that we maye be delivered from vnreſonable and evyll men. For all men have not fayth: but the lorde is ſayth full / which ſhall ſtablyſſhe you / and kepe you from evyll. Wehave confidence thorow the lorde to you warde / that ye both do / and will do / that which we cōmaūde you. And ye lorde gyde youre herte vnto ye love of God & paciēce of Christ. ✚

We requyre you brethren in the name of oure lorde Ieſu Chriſt / y• ye with drawe youre ſelves from every brother that walketh in ordinatly / and not after the inſtituciō which ye receaved of vs. Ye youre ſelves knowe how ye ought to folowe vs. For we behaved not oure ſelves inordinatly amonge you. Nether toke we breed of eny mā for nought: but wrought with laboure and travayle nyght & daye / becauſe we wolde not be grevous to eny of you: not but that we had auctoritie: but to make oure ſelves an inſample vnto you / to folowe vs. For when we were with you / this we warned you of / yt yf ther were eny which wolde not worke / that ye ſame ſhuld not eate.

We have hearde ſaye no doute that ther are ſome which walke amonge you inordinatly & worke not at all / but are beſy bodies. Them that are ſoche / we commaunde and exhorte by oure lorde Ieſu Chriſt / that they worke with quyetnes / and eate their awne breed. Brethren be not wery in well doynge. Yf eny man obey not oure ſayinges / ſende vs worde ofExcōmunicacion. him by a letter: & have no cōpanie with him that he maye be aſhamed. And count him not as an enemy: but warne him as a brother.

The very lorde of peace geve you peace all wayes / by all meanes. The lorde be with you all. The ſalutacion of me Paul with myne awne honde. This is the token in all piſtles. So I write. The grace of oure lorde Ieſus Chriſt be with you all Amen.

Sent from Athens.

¶ The Prologe vpō the fyrſt epiſtle of S. Paule to Timothe.

THis piſtle wryteth S. Paule to be an enſample vnto all biſſhops / what they ſhuld teache / & how they ſhuld gouerne the congregacion of Chriſt in all degrees / that it ſhuld be no nede to gouerne Chriſtes flocke with the doctrine of their awgood meaninges.

In the fyrſt Chapter / he commaundeth that the byſſhope ſhall maynteme the ryght fayth & loue / and reſiſt falſe preachers which make the lawe & workes equall with Chriſt and his Goſpell. And he maketh a ſhorte concluſion of all Chriſten learninge / wherto the lawe ſerueth & what the ende therof is / alſo what the goſpell is / & ſetteth him ſelfe for a cōfortable enſample vnto all ſynners & troubled conſciences.

In the ſeconde he commaundeth to praye for all degrees / and chargeth that the wemen ſhall not preache ner were coſtlye apparell / but tobe obedyent vnto the men.

In the thyrde he deſcrybeth • what maner perſons the byſſhope or preſte and their wyues ſhuld be / and alſo the deacones and their wyues: and commendeth it / if anye man deſyer to be a byſſhope after that maner.

In the fourth he prophiſieth and ſheweth before of the falſe byſſhopes and ſpirituall offycers that ſhuld aryſe amonge the chriſtē people / and be / do and preache cleane contrary to the fore deſcrybed enſample / and ſhuld departe from the fayth in Chriſt and forbyd to mary & to eate certen meates / teachynge to put truſt therin / bothe of iuſtifienge and forgeuenes of ſynnes and alſo of deſeruinge of eternall lyfe.

In the fyueth he teacheth how a byſſhope ſhuld vſe him ſelfe towarde younge and olde & concernynge widowes what is to be done / and which ſhuld be founde of the commen coſt: and teacheth alſo how men ſhuld honoure the verteous byſſhopes and preſtes / and how to rebuke the euell.

In the ſixte he exhorteth the Biſſhope to cleaue to the goſpell of Chriſt and true doctrine / and to auoyde vayne queſtions and ſuperfluous diſputynges which gender ſtryfe and quenche the truthe / and by which alſo the falſe prophetes get them auctorite and ſeke to ſatiſfie their inſaciable couetouſnes.

¶ The fyrſt epiſtle of S. Paul vnto Timotheus.

¶ The fyrſt Chapter.

PAul an Apoſtle of Ieſus Chriſt / by the cōmaundement of God oure ſavioure / & Lorde Ieſus Chriſt / Hope. which is oure hope.

vnto Timothe his naturallactu. xvj ſonne in the fayth.

Grace / mercy and peace from God oure father & Lorde Ieſus Chriſt oure Lorde.

As I beſought the to abyde ſtyll in Epheſus when I departed into Macedonia / even ſo do / that thou cōmaunde ſome that they teache no nother wiſe: nether geve hede to fables & genealogies which are endleſſe / & brede doutes more then godly edyfyinge which is by fayth: for y• ende of the cōmaundemēt is Loue is the ende of the cō maundement and muſt interpret it love that cōmeth of a pure herte & of a good conſcience / & of fayth vnfayned: frō the which thinges ſome have erred / & have turned vnto vayne iangelinge / becauſe they wolde be doctours the ſcripture / and yet vnderſtonde not what they ſpeake / nether wherof they affirme.

✚ We knowe yt the lawe is good / yf a man rom. vij. vſe it lawfully / vnderſtondinge this / how yt the lawe is not geven vnto a righteous man / bu vnto the vnrighteous & diſobediēt / to the vngodly & to ſynners / to vnholy and vnclean / to murtherers of fathers & murtherers of mothers / to manſlears and whormongers: to them that defile them ſelves with mankynde: to menſtealers: to lyars and to periured / & ſo forth yf ther be eny other thinge that is cō trary to holſome doctrine / accordinge to the goſpell of the glory of the bleſſed God / which goſpell is committed vnto me.

And I thanke Chriſt Ieſus oure Lorde which hath made me ſtronge: for he counted me true / & put me in office / when before I was a blaſphemar / & a perſecuter / & a tyraūt. But I obtayned mercy / becauſe I dyd it ignoraūtly thorow vnbelefe. Neverthelater the grace of oure Lorde was more aboundaunt with fayth and love which is in Chriſt Ieſu. ⊢

✚ This is a true ſayinge & by all meanesThe grownde of y• fayth. mat. ix. b mar. ij. c. worthy to be receaved / that Chriſt Ieſus came into the world to ſave ſynners / of whom I am chefe. Notwith ſtondinge for this cauſe was mercy gevē vnto me that Ieſus Chriſt ſhuld fyrſt ſhewe on me all longe pacience / vnto the enſample of them which ſhall in tymePaul is an enſample that none diſpeare that can repēt to come beleve on him vnto eternall lyfe. So then vnto god / kynge everlaſtinge / immortall / inviſible / and wyſe only / be honoure and prayſe for ever and ever Amen.

This commaundement commit I vnto the ſonne Timotheus / accordynge to the prophiſies which in tyme paſt were prophiſied of the / yt thou in them ſhuldeſt fyght a good fyght / havinge fayth & good conſciēce which ſome have put awaye frō them / & as cōcerninge fayth have made ſhipwracke. Of whoſe nombre is Himeneus and Alexander whichHimeneus. Alexander. I have delivered vnto Satan / yt they myght be taught not to blaſpheme

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IExhorte therfore / that above all thynges / prayers / ſupplicacions interceſſions / and gevynge of thankes behad for all men: for kynges / and for all that are in auctorite / that we maye live a quyet and a peaſable life / in all godlines and honeſtie. For that is good and accepted in the ſight of god oure ſavioure / which Will &c. that is: will haue the goſpell preached to all mē with out ixcepcion / & of fereth all men repē taunce & will haue all men prayed for (Chriſt) is the onlye mediatoure. will have all men ſaved / and to come vnto the knowledge of y• trueth. Forther is one god / & one (mediator) bit wene god & man / which is ye man Chriſt Ieſus which gave him ſilfe a raunſome for all men / that it ſhuld be teſtified at his tyme / where vnto I am ordayned a preacher and an apoſtle: I tell the trueth in Chriſt and lye not / beynge the teacher of the gentyls in fayth and veritie. ⊢

I wyll therfore that the men praye everyPrayer. where / liftynge vp pure hondes without wrath / or dowtinge. Lykwyſe alſo the wemen Wemen. that they araye them ſelves in comlye aparell with ſham faſtnes & diſcrete behaveour / not with broyded heare / other golde / or pearles / or coſtly araye: but with ſuche as becōmeth wemen that profeſſe the worſhippynge of God thorow good workes. Let the woman learne • . pe. iij. j. co • . x in ſilence with all ſubieccion. I ſuffre not a woman to teache / nether to have auctoricie over a man: but for to be in ſilence. For Adam was fyrſt formed / and then Eve. Alſo Adam was not deceaved / but the woman was deceaved / and was in tranſgreſſion. Notwithſtondynge thorow bearinge of chyldrē they ſhal be ſaved / ſo they continue in fayth / love and holynes with diſcrecion.

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THis is a true ſayinge. Yf a mā covet ye A biſſhop or an ouer ſear what he ought to be. office of a byſſhope / he deſyreth a good worke. Ye and a biſſhope muſt be fautleſſe / the huſband of one wyfe / ſober / diſcrete / honeſtly aparelled / harberous / apt to teache / not dronkē / no fighter / not gevē to filthy lucre: but gentle / abhorrynge fightynge / abhorrynge coveteouſnes / and one that rueleth his awne houſſe honeſtly / havynge chyldren vnder obedience / with all honeſte. For yf a man cannot rule his owne houſſe / how ſhall he care for the congregacion of God. He maye not be a yonge ſkoler / leſt he ſwell and faule into the iudgement of the evyll ſpeaker. He muſt alſo be well reported of amonge them which are with outforth / leſt he fall into rebuke and ſnare of the evyll ſpeaker.

Lykwyſe muſt the deacons be honeſt / notdeacones double tonged / not gevē vnto moche drynkinge / nether vnto filthy lucre: but havynge the miſtery of the fayth in pure conſciēce. And let them fyrſt be proved / and then let them miniſter / yf they be founde fautleſſe.

Even ſo muſt their wynes be honeſt / notThe wynes of the preſtes & deacones. evyll ſpeakers: but ſober and faythfull in all thinges. Let the deacons be the huſbandes of one wyfe / and ſuche as rule their chyldren well / and their awne houſholdes. For they that miniſter well / get them ſelves good degre and greate libertie in the fayth / which is in Chriſt Ieſu.

Theſe thinges write I vnto the / truſtinge to come ſhortly vnto the: but and yf I tarie longe / yt then thou mayſt yet have knowledge how thou oughteſt to behave thy ſilfe in the houſſe of God / which is the congregacion of the livinge God / the pillar and grounde of trueth. And with out naye great is that miſtery of godlines: God was ſhewed▪ in the fleſſhe / was iuſtified in the ſprete / was ſene of angels / was preached vnto the gentyls / was be leved on in erth and receaved vp in glory.

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THe ſprete ſpeaketh evydently that in the latter tymes ſome ſhall departeij. tim. iij. ij▪ pe. iij▪ iude. ii. f. from the fayth / and ſhall geve hede vnto ſpretes of erroure / and dyvelyſſhe doctrine of them which ſpeake falce thorow ypocri ſye / and have their conſciences marked with an hote yron / forbyddinge to mary / and commaundingeHote yrō to abſtayne from meates which God hath created to be receaved with gevynge thankes / of them which beleve and knowe ye trueth. For all the creatures of God are good and nothynge to be refuſed / yf it be receaved with thankes gevynge. For it is ſanctyfyed by the worde of God and prayer. Yf thou ſhalt put the brethren in remembraunce of theſe thynges / thou ſhalt be a good miniſter of Ieſu Chriſt / which haſt bene noriſſhed vp in the wordes of the faythij. tim. iij. titu. iiij. c and good doctryne / which doctryne thou haſt continually followed. But caſt awaye vngoſtly and olde wyves fables.

Eyercyſe thy ſilfe vnto godlines. For bodely exerciſe proffiteth lyttll: But godlines is good vnto all thynges / as a thynge which hath promyſes of the lyfe that is now / and of the lyfe to come. This is a ſure ſayinge and of all parties worthy to be receaved. For therfore we laboure and ſuffre rebuke / becauſe we beleve in the livynge god / which is the ſavioure of all men: but ſpecially of thoſe that beleve. Suche thynges commannde and teache. Let no man deſpyſe thy youth: but be vnto them that beleve / an inſample / in worde in converſacion / in love / in ſprete / in fayth and in purenes.

Till I come / geve attendaunce to redynge / to exhortacion and to doctryne. Deſpyſe not the gyfte that is in ye / which was geven the thorow propheſye and with layinge on of ye hondes of an elder. Theſe thynges exercyſe / and geve thy ſilfe vnto them / that it maye be ſene how thou profeteſt in all thinges. Take hede vnto thy ſilfe and vnto learnynge / andHow a byſſhope or preſte ſhuld be haue him ſelf▪ in exhortynge or rebukinge. continue therin. For if thou ſhalt ſo do / thou ſhalt ſave thy ſilfe & them that heare the.

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REbuke not an elder: but exhorte him as a father / and the yonger mē as brethren / the elder wemen as mothers / ye yonger as ſiſters / with all purenes. Honoure widdowes which are true wyddowes. Yf enywidowes wyddowe have chyldren or neves / let them learne fyrſt to rule their awne houſes godly / and to recompence their elders. For that is good and acceptable before God. She that is a very wyddowe and frendleſſe / putteth her truſt in god / and continueth in ſupplicacion and prayer nyght and daye. But ſhe that liveth in pleaſure / is deed even yet alive. And theſe thynges commaunde / that they maye be without faut / Yf ther be eny that provideth not for his awne / and namly for them of his houſholde / the ſame denyeth the fayth / and is worſſe then an infydell.

Let no wyddowe be choſen vnder threſcorewidowes yere olde / and ſoche a one as was the wyfe of one man / and well reported of in good workes: yf ſhe have noreſſhed children / yf ſhe have bene liberall to ſtraūgers / yf ſhe have weſſhed the ſaynctes fete / yf ſhe have miniſtred vnto them which were in adverſite / yf ſhe were continually gevē vnto all maner good workes. The yonger widdowes refuſe. For when they have begone to wexe wantone / to the diſhonoure of Chriſt / then will they mary / havynge What ſoeuer be vſed amongeſt vs / yf god be therby diſhonoured it ought to be broken. damnaciō / becauſe they have brokē their fyrſt fayth. And alſo they learne to goo from houſſe to houſſe ydle / ye not ydle only / but alſo tryflynge and buſybodyes / ſpeakynge thynges which are not comly.

I will therfore that y• yonger wemē mary and beare childrē / and gyde the houſſe / and geve none occaſiō to ye adverſary to ſpeake evill For many of them are all redy turned bake / and are gone after Satan. And yf eny man or woman that beleveth have widdowes / let thē miniſter vnto them / & let not the congregacion be charged: that yt maye have fufficient for them that are widdowes in dede.

The elders yt rule wel / are worthy of double honoure / moſt ſpecially they which laboure in yt worde & in teachinge. For the ſcripture ſayth: Thou ſhalt not mouſell the mouth ofdeu. xxv j. cor. ix a mat. x. b. luc. x. b. the oxe that treadeth out the corne. And the labourer is worthy of his rewarde. Agaynſt an elder receave none accuſacion: but vnder two or thre witneſſes. Them that ſynne / rebuke openly / that other maye feare.

I teſtifie before god and the lorde Ieſus Chriſt / and the electe angels / that thou obſerve theſe thynges with out haſty iudgement / and do nothynge parcially. Laye hondes ſodē ly on no man nether be partaker of other mēs ſynnes: kepe thy ſilfe pure. Drynke no lenger water / but vſe a lytell wyne / for thy ſtommakes ſake and thyne often diſeaſes.

Some mennes ſynnes are open before honde and goo before vnto iudgement: ſome mennes ſynnes folowe after. Lykwyſe alſo good workes are manyfeſt before honde & they that are other wyſe / cānot be hid.

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LEt as many ſervauntes as are vnder y• Servaū tes. yoke / counte their maſters worthy of all honour / that the name of god and his doctryne be not evyll ſpoken of. Se that they which have belevynge / maſters / deſpyſe them not becauſe they are brethren: but ſo moche the rather do ſervice / for as moche as they are belevynge and beloved and partakers of the benefite.

Theſe thynges teache and exhorte. Yf eny man teache other wiſe / and is not contēt with y• wholſome wordes of oure lorde Ieſu chriſt / and with the doctryne of godlines / he is pufte vp & knoweth nothynge: but waſteth his braynes aboute queſtions & ſtryfe of wordes / wherof ſprynge envie / ſtryfe / raylinges / evyll ſurmyſinges and vayne diſputacions of men with corrupte myndes and deſtitute of the trueth / which thynke that lucre is godlines. From ſoche ſeperate thy ſilfe. Godlines isiob. j. d. eccle. v. • . great ryches / yf a man be content with that he hath. For we brought nothynge into the worlde / and it is a playne caſe that we can cary nothynge out.

When we have fode & rayment / let vs ther with be contēt. They that wilbe ryche / fauls into temptaciō and ſnares / and into many folyſſhe and noyſome luſtes / which droune mē Covetouſnes. in perdicion & deſtruccion. For coveteouſnes is the rote of all evyll / which whill ſome luſted after / they erred frō the fayth / & tanglyd them ſelves with many ſorowes. But thou which arte the man of god / flye ſoche thyngeO that we at a lawfull age myght cō feſſe and profeſſe Folowe righteweſnes / godlines / love / pacience and meknes. Fyght ye good fyght of fayth. Laye honde on eternall lyfe / where vnto thou arte called / and haſt profeſſed a good profeſſion before many witneſſes. I geve the charge in the ſight of God / whichOpenlye the fayth & lyfe of a Chriſten man. quickneth all thingꝭ / and before Ieſu Chriſt which vnder Pōcius Pilate witneſſed a good witneſſinge / y• thou kepe the cōmaundemēt / & be with out ſpotte and vnrebukeable / vntyll the apperynge of oure lorde Ieſus Chriſt • which aperynge (when the tyme ys come) he ſhall ſhewe that is bleſſed and myghty only / apo. xvij. and. xix c kynge of kynges and lorde of lordes / which only hath immortalite / and dwelleth in light that no man can attayne / whom never man ſawe / iohn. j. b. j. io. j. c. nether can ſe: vnto whom be honoure and rule everlaſtynge. Amen.

Charge them that are ryche in this worlde / Ryche. that they be not excedynge wyſe / & that they truſt not in the vncertayne ryches / bnt in the livynge god / which geveth vs aboundantly all thynges to enioye them / and that they doiohn .j. b. good and be ryche in good workes / and redy to geve and to diſtribute / layinge vp in ſtore for them ſelves a good foundaciō agaynſt the tyme to come yt they maye obteyne eternall lyfe

O Timothe ſave that which is gevē y• to kepe / & avoyde vngoſtly vanities of voyces & oppoſiciōs of ſciēce falſly ſo called / which ſciēce whyll ſome profeſſed / they have erred as concernynge the fayth. Grace be with the

Amen. Sent from Laodicea / which is the chefeſt cite of Phrigia Pacaciana.

¶ The Prologe to the ſeconde epiſt le of S. Paul vnto Timothe.

IN this epiſtle Paul exhorteth Timothe to goo forwarde as he had begonne / and to preache the Goſpell with all diligence / as it nede was / ſeinge many were fallen awaye / and manye falſe ſpirites & teachers were ſprō ge vp all readie. Wherfore a Byſſhopes parte is / euer to watche and to laboure in the Goſpell.

In the thyrde and fourth he ſheweth before and that notablye / of the ieopardous tyme towarde the ende of the worlde / in which a falſe ſpirituall lyuinge ſhuld deccaue the hole worlde with outwarde ypocreſie and apparence of holynes / vnder which all abominacious ſhuld haue their tre paſſage and courſe / as we (alas) haue ſene this propheſie of S. Paul fulfilled in oure ſpiritualtie vnto the vttermoſt Iote.

¶ The ſeconde epiſtle of S. Paul vnto Timothe.

¶ The fyrſt Chapter.

PAul an Apoſtle of Ieſu Chriſt / by the will of God / to preache the promes of lyfe / which lyfe is in Chriſt Ieſu.

To Timothe his beloved ſonne.

Grace / mercy and peace / from God the father / & from Chriſt Ieſu oure Lorde.

I thanke god / whom I ſerve from myne elders with pure conſciēce / that with out ceaſynge I make mencion of the in my prayres nyght & daye / deſyrynge to ſe the / myndfull of thy teares: ſo that I am filled with ioye / whē I call to remembraunce the vnfayned fayth that is in the / which dwelt fyrſt in thy graū moder • ois / and in thy mother Eunica: and am aſſured that it dwelleth in the alſo.

Wherfore I warne the that thou ſtere vp the gyfte of god which is in the / by the puttyngerom. viiij on of my hondes. For god hath not geven to vs the ſprete of feare: but of power / & of love / & of ſobrenes of mynde. Be not a ſhamedPuttinge on of handes. to teſtyfye oure lorde / nether be a ſhamed of me / which am bounde for his ſake: but ſuffre adverſite with ye goſpell alſo thorow ye power of god / which ſaved vs & called vs wt antit. iij. d. holy callinge / not acordinge to oure dedes / but accordynge to his awne purpoſe and grace / which grace was gevē vs thorowe Chriſt IeſuPurpoſe & grace. before the worlde was / but is nowe declared openly by yt appearynge of oure ſavioure Ieſu Chriſt / which hath put away deeth / and hath brought lyfe & immortalite vnto light thorow the goſpell / whervnto I am apoynted a preacher / and an Apoſtle / & a teacher of the gentyls: for the which cauſe I alſo ſuffre theſe thinges. Nevertheleſſe I am not a ſhamed For I knowe whō I have beleved / & amſure that he is able to kepe that which I have cō mitted to his kepynge / agaynſt that daye.i. tim. ij. b

Se thou have the enſample of the holſome wordes which thou heardeſt of me in fayth & love which is in Ieſu Chriſt. That good thinge / whiche was committed to thy kepynge / kepe in ye holy gooſt which dwelleth in vs. This thou knoweſt / how that all they which are in Aſia / be turned from me. Of which ſorte are Phig • los & hermogenes. The lorde geve mercie vnto the hou • ſe of Oneſiphoros / for he ofte refreſſhed me / & was not a ſhamed of my chayne: but when he was at Rome / he ſought me out very diligently / and founde me. The lorde graunt vnto him that he maye fynde mercie with the lorde at that daye. And in how many thynges he miniſtred vnto me at Epheſus thou knoweſt very wel.

The .ii. Chapter. ✚

THou therfore my ſonne / be ſtronge in the grace that is in Chriſt Ieſu. And what thynges thou haſt hearde of me many bearynge witnes / the ſame diliver to faythfull men / which are apte to teache other Thou therfore ſuffre affliccion as a good ſoudier of Ieſu Chriſt. No man that warreth / entanglith him ſilfe with worldely buſynes / & that be cauſe he wolde pleaſe him that hath choſen him to be aſoudier. And though a man ſtrive for a maſtery / yet ys he not crouned / except he ſtrive laufully. The huſbandmā that laboreth muſt fyrſt receave of the frutes. Conſyder what I ſaye. The lorde geve the vnderſtondynge in all thynges. ⊢

Remember that Ieſus Chriſt beynge of he ſede of David / roſe agayne frō deth accordynge to my goſpell / wherin I ſuffre trouble as an evyll doar / even vnto bondes. But the worde of god was not bounde. Herefore I ſuffre all thinges / for ye electes ſakes / that theyElecte. myght alſo obtayne that ſaluacion which is in Chriſt Ieſu / with eternall glory.

It is a true ſayinge / if we be deed wt him / Covenauntes. we alſo ſhall live with him. Yf we be pacient / we ſhall alſo raigne wt him. If we denye him / he alſo ſhall denye vs. Yf we beleve not / yet abideth he faithfull. He cannot denye him ſilfe. Of theſe thynges put them in remembraunce / and teſtifie before the lorde / that they ſtryve not about wordes which is to no proffet / but to pervert the hearers.

Study to ſhewe thy ſilfe laudable vnto god a workman y• nedeth not to be a ſhamed / dividynge the worde of trueth iuſtly. Vngoſtly and vayne voyces paſſe over. For they ſhall encreace vnto greater vngodlynes / and their wordes ſhall fret even as doeth a cancre: of whoſe nombre ys Hymeneos and Philetos / Himenos Philetos which as concernynge the trueth have erred / ſayinge that the reſurreccion is paſt all redy / and do deſtroye the fayth of divers perſones.

But the ſure grounde of god remayneth / & hath this ſeale: the lorde knoweth them that are his / and let every man that calleth on the name of Chriſt / departe from iniquite. Not withſtondinge in a greate houſſe are not only veſſelles of golde and of ſilver: but alſo of wood & of erthe / ſome for honoure / and ſome vnto diſhonoure. But Yf a man purdge him ſilfe from ſuche felowes / he ſhalbe a veſſell ſanctified vnto honoure / mete for the lorde and prepared vnto all good workes.

Luſtes of youth avoyde / and folowe right weſnes / fayth / love and peace / with them that call on the lorde with pure herte. Foliſſhe & vnlearned queſtions put from the / remēbrynge that they do but gendre ſtryfe. But the ſervauntj. tim. j. c. tit. iij. c. of the lorde muſt not ſtryve: but muſt be peaſable vnto all men / and apte to teache / and one that can ſuffre: the evyll in meknes / and can informe them that reſiſt / yf that god at eny tyme will geve them repentaūce for to knowe the trueth: that they maye come to thē ſelves agayne out of the ſnare of the devyll / which are now taken of him at his will.

¶ The .iii. Chapter.

THis vnderſtonde / that in the laſt dayesj. tim. iiij. ij. pet. iij. iude .j. f. ſhall come parelous tymes. For the mē ſhalbe lovers of their awne ſelves / coveteous / boſters / proude / curſed ſpeakers / diſobediēt to father & mother / vnthākfull / vn holy / vnkinde / trucebreakers / ſtubborn / falceac cuſars / ryatours / fearce deſpiſers of thēwhich are good / traytours / heddy / hye mynded / gredy apon volupteouſnes more then the lovers of god / havynge a This was propheſied of them that ſhuld pretende holines. ſimilitude of godly lyvynge / but have denyed the power ther of and ſoche abhorre. Of this ſorte are they which entre in to houſes / and brynge into bondage wymmen laden with ſynne / which wemen are ledde of divers luſtes / ever learnynge and never able to come vnto the knowledge of the trueth.

As Iannes and Iambres with ſtode Moſes / evenIannes. Iambres exo. vij. b ſo do theſe reſiſt the trueth / men they are of corrupt myndes / and leawde as concernynge the fayth: but they ſhall prevayle no lē ger. For their madnes ſhalbe vttered vnto all men as theirs was. But thou haſt ſene y• experience of my doctrine / faſſion of lyuynge / purpoſe / fayth / longe ſufferynge / love / pacience / perſecucions / and affliccions which happened vnto / me at Antioche / at I conium and at lyſtra: which perſecucions I ſuffered paciently. And from them all the lorde deliveredPerſecucion. me. Ye and all that will live godly in Chriſt Ieſu / muſt ſuffre perſecucions. But the evyll men and diſceavers ſhall wexe worſſe and worſſe / whill they deceave and are deceaved them ſelves.

But continue thou in the thynges which thou haſt learned / which alſo were committed vnto the ſeynge thou knoweſt of whom thou haſt learned them & for as moche alſo as thou haſt knowē holy ſcripture of a chylde / which is able tomake the wyſe vnto ſaluacion thorowe the fayth which ys in Chriſt Ieſu. For allii. pet. j. d. Scripture. ſcripture gevē by inſpiracion of god / is proffitable to teache / to improve / to amende and to inſtruct in righteweſnes / yt ye man of god maye be perfect & prepared vnto all good workes.

¶ The .iiii. Chapter.

I Teſtifie therfore before god / and before the lorde Ieſu Chriſt / which ſhall iudge quicke and deed at his aperynge in his kyngdom / preache the worde / be fervent / be it in ſeaſon or out of ſeaſon. Improve / rebuke / exhorte with all longe ſufferinge & doctryne. For the tyme will come / when they wyll notThey that haue no true fayth ner luſt to ſyue godlye / ſeketh euer new doctoures ſuffer wholſome doctryne: but after their awne luſtes ſhall they (whoſe eares ytche) gett thē an heepe of teachers / & ſhall turne their eares from y• trueth / & ſhalbe geven vnto fables. But watch thou in all thynges / and ſuffre adverſitie / and do the worke of an evangeliſt / fulfill thyne office vnto the vtmoſt.

For I am now redy to be offered / and the tyme of my departynge is at honde. I have fought a good fight / and have fulfilled my courſe / and have kept the fayth. From hence forth is layde vp for me a croune of righteweſnes which the lord • that is a righteous iudge ſhall geve me at that daye: not to me only but vnto all them that love his commynge. Make ſpede to come vnto me atonce.

For Demas hath left me & hath loved this preſent worlde / & is departed into Teſſalonica.collo. iiij. Creſcens is gone to Galacia / & Titus vnto Dalmacea. Only Lucas is with me. TakeLuke the euāgeliſt Marke & bringe him with the / for he is neceſſary vnto me for to miniſter. And Tichicus have I ſent to Epheſus. The cloke that I lefte at Troada with Carpus / whē thou commeſt / brynge with the / and the bokes / but ſpecially the partchemēt. Alexander the copperſmyth did me moche evyll / the lorde rewarde him accordynge to his dedes / of whom be thou ware alſo. For he withſtode oure preachynge fore.

At my fyrſt anſwerynge / no man aſſiſſted me / but all forſoke me. I praye God / that it maye not be layde to their charges: ✚ not withſtondinge the Lorde aſſiſted me / & ſtrēgthed me / that by me the preachinge ſhuld be fulfilled to the vtmoſt / and that all the gentyls ſhuld heare. And I was delivered out of the mouth of the lyon. And the Lorde ſhall delivre me from all evyll doynge / and ſhall kepe me vnto his hevenly kyngdome. To whō be prayſe for ever and ever. Amen. ⊢

Salute Priſca and Aquila / & the houſholde of Oneſiphorus. Eraſtus abode at Corinthū. Trophimos I lefte at Miletum ſicke. Make ſpede to come before winter. Eubolus gretith the / and Pudes / and Linus / and Claudia / and all the brethren. The Lorde Ieſus Chriſt be with thy ſprete. Grace be with you.

Amen. ¶ The ſeconde piſtle written from Rome vnto Timothe / when Paul was preſented the ſeconde tyme vp before the Emperoure Nero.

¶ The Prologe vnto the piſtle of S. Paule to Titus.

THis is a ſhorte piſtle: wherin yet is contayned all that is nedefull for a Chriſtē to knowe.

In the fyrſt Chapter he ſheweth what maner a man a byſſhope or curat ought to be: that is to wyt / verteous and learned / to preache & defende the Goſpell / and to confounde the doctryne of truſtynge in workes & mennes tradicions which euer fyght agaynſt the fayth and carye awaye the conſcience captiue from the fredome that is in Chriſt into the bondage of their awne ymaginacions and inuencions / as though tho thinges ſhuld make amā good in the ſyght of God which are to no proffyt at all.

In • he ſeconde he teacheth all degrees / olde / younge / men / wemen / maſters / and ſeruauntes how to behaue thē ſelues as they which Chriſt hath bought with his bloude / to be his proper or peculyer people / to glorifie God with good workes.

In the thyrde he teacheth to honoure tēporall rulars and to obeye them / and yet bringeth to Chriſt agayne and to the grace that he hath purchaſed for vs / that no mā ſhuld thinke that the obedience of princes lawes or anye other worke ſhuld iuſtifie vs before God. And laſt of all he chargeth to auoyde the companye of the ſtobourne and of the heretikes.

¶ The piſtle of S. Paul vnto Titus.

¶ The fyrſt Chapter.

PAul the ſeruaunt of God / & an Apoſtle of Ieſu Chriſt / to preache the fayth of goddis electe / & ye knowledge of that trueth / which is after godlynes vpon the hope of eternall lyfe / which lyfe God that cannot lye / hath promiſed before the worlde begāne: but hath opened his worde at ye tyme apoynted thorow preachynge / which preachynge is committed vnto me / by the commaundement of god oure ſaveoure.

To Titus his naturall ſonne in the commen fayth.

Grace mercie and peace from God the father / and from the lorde Ieſu Chriſt oure ſaveoure.

For this cauſe left I y• in Creta / that thou •• hers which Timotheus calleth ouerſears. ſhuldeſt performe that which was lackynge / and ſhuldeſt ordeyne elders in every citie as I apoynted the. Yf eny be faut • leſſe / the huſbande of one wyfe / havynge faythfull childrē / which are not ſclandred of royote / nether are diſobediēt. For a Byſſhopes and elders is all one & an officer choſen to gouerne the congregacion in doctryne ād • iuinge. biſſhoppe muſt be fauteleſſe / • . tim. iij. as it becommeth the miniſter of God: not ſtubborne / not angrye / no dronkarde / no fyghter / not geven to filthy lucre: but herberous / one that loveth goodnes / ſobre mynded righteous / holy / temperat / and ſuche as cleveth vnto the true worde of doctryne / that he maye be able to exhorte with wholſom learny • ge / and to improve them that ſaye agaynſt it.

For ther are many diſobedient and talkers of vanite and diſceavers of myndes / namely they of the circumciſiō / whoſe mouthes muſt be ſtopped / which pervert whole houſes teachinge thinges which they ought not / becauſe of filthy lucre. One beynge of thē ſelves / which was a poyet of their awne / ſayde: The Cretayns are all wayes lyars / evyll beaſtes / and ſlowe belies. This witnes is true / wherfore rebuke them ſharply / that they maye be ſounde in the fayth / and not takynge hede to Iewes fables and commaūdmentes of men that turne from the trueth. Unto the pure / are all thynges pure: but vnto them that are defiledrom. xiiij and vnbelevynge / is nothynge pure: but even the very myndes and conſciences of them are defiled. They confeſſe that they knowe god: but with the dedes they denye hym / and are abhominable and diſobedient / and vnto all good workes diſcommendable.

¶ The .ii. Chapter.

BUt ſpeake thou that which becōmeth wholſome learninge. That ye elder mē Olde mē be ſober / honeſt / diſcrete / ſounde in the fayth in love & in paciēce. And ye elder wemē Olde wemen. lykewyſe / that they be in ſoche rayment as becommeth holynes / not falce accuſars / not geven to moche drinkynge / but teachers of honeſtYōge wemen. thynges / to make the younge wemen ſo bremynded / to love their huſbandes / to love their children / to be diſcrete / chaſt / huſwyfly / good and obediēt vnto their awne huſbandesYounge men. that the worde of god be not evyll ſpoken of. Yonge men lykwyſe exhorte that they be ſobre mynded.

Above all thynges ſhewe thy ſilfe an inſample of good workes with vncorrupt doctryne / with honeſtie / and with the wholſome worde which cannot be rebuked / that he which withſtondeth / maye be a ſhamed / havynge nothingeServauntes. in you yt he maye diſprayſe. The ſervaū tes exhorte to be obediēt vnto their awne maſters / and to pleaſe in all thynges / not anſwerynge agayne / nether be pickers / but that they ſhewe all good faythfulnes / that they maye do worſhippe to ye doctryne of oure ſaveoure God in all thynges. ✚ For the grace of god / that bryngeth ſaluacion vnto all men / hath appered and teacheth vs that we ſhuld denye vngodlynes and wordly luſtes / and that we ſhuld live ſobre mynded / righteouſly & godly in this preſent worlde / lokinge for that bleſſed hope and glorious apperenge of y• myghty god / & of oure ſavioure Ieſu Chriſt which gave him ſilfe for vs / to redeme vs from all vnrighteweſnes / and to pourge vs a peculiar people vnto him ſilfe / fervently geven vnto good workes. Theſe thinges ſpeake / and exhorte / ✚ and rebuke / with all commaundynge Se that no man deſpiſe the.

The .iii. Chapter.

VVarne thē that they ſubmitte themOfficers muſt be obeyed. ſelves to rule and power / to obey the officers / that they be readie vnto all good workes / that they ſpeake evyll of no mā that they be no fyghters / but ſofte / ſhewynge all meknes vnto all men. For we oure ſelves alſo were in tymes paſt / vnwyſe / diſobedient / deceaved / in daunger to luſtes / & to diuers maners of volupteouſnes / livynge in maliciouſnes & envie / full of hate / hatinge one another.

✚ But after that the kyndnes and love of ij. tim. j. a oure ſaveoure God to māwarde appered / not of y• dede of righteweſnes which we wrought but of his mercie he ſaved vs / by ye foūtayneMercie ſaveth. of the newe birth / and with the renuynge of the holy gooſt / which he ſhed on vs oboundantly / thorow Ieſus Chriſt oure ſaveoure / that we once inſtified by his grace / ſhuld be heyres of eternall lyfe / thorowe hope ✚ This is a true ſayinge.

Of theſe thinges I wolde thou ſhuldeſt certifie / that they which beleve God / myght be diligent to go forwarde in good workes. Thej. tim. j. • . ij. tim. ij. d ſe thinges are good & proffitable vnto mē. Foliſſhe queſtions / and genealogies / and braulinges and ſtryfe aboute the lawe / avoyde / for they are vnproſfitable and ſuperfluous. A mā that is geuē to hereſie / after the fyrſt and the ſeconde admonicion / avoyde / remembrynge that he that is ſoche / is perverted / and ſynneth even damned by his awne iudgement.

When I ſhall ſende Artemas vnto the or Tichicus / be diligēt to come to me vnto Nichopolis. For I have determined ther to wynter. Brynge zenas y• lawear & Apollos on their iorney diligently / that nothynge be lackynge vnto them. And let oures olſo learne to excell in good workes as farforth / as nede requyreth / that they be not vnfrutefull. All that are with me / ſalute the. Grete them that love vs in the fayth. Grace be with you all / Amen.

Written from Nichopolis a citie of Macedonia.

¶ The Prologe to the epiſtle of S. Paul vnto Philemon.

IN this piſtle S. Paul ſhewet • y• a godlye en ſample of Chriſten loue. Herein we ſe how Paule taketh poore Oneſimos vnto him & maketh interceſſion for him vnto his maſter & helpetly him with all that he may / and behaueth him ſelfenone other wyſe then as though he him ſelfe were the ſayde Oneſimos. Which thinge yet he dothe not with power and auctoryte / as he well myght haue done: but putteth of all auctorite & whatſo euer he might of ryght do / that Philemō myght do likewiſe towarde Oneſimos / and with great mekenes and wyſdome teacheth Philemon to ſe his dutie in Chriſt Ieſus.

¶ The piſtle of S. Paul vnto Philemon.

PAul the preſoner of Ieſu Chriſt / and brother Timotheus.

Vnto Philemon the beloved / & oure helper / & to the beloved Appia / and to Archippu soure felowe ſoudier / and to the congregacion of thy houſſe.

Grace be with you & peace / from God oure father / & from the Lorde Ieſus Chriſt.

I thāke my God / makinge menciō all wayes of the in my prayers / when I heare of thy love and fayth / which thou haſt towarde the Lorde Ieſu / and towarde all ſaynctes: ſo that the felliſſhippe that thou haſt in the fayth / is frutefull thorow knowledge of all good thinges / which are in you by Ieſus Chriſt. And we have great ioye / and conſolacion over thy love: For by the (brother) the ſaynctes hertes are comforted.

Wherfore though I be bolde in Chriſt to enioyne the / that which becōmeth the: yet for loves ſake I rather beſeche the / though I be as I am / evē Paul aged / & now in bondes for Ieſu Chriſtes ſake. I beſeche the for my ſonne Oneſimus / whom I begat in my bondes / which in tyme paſſed was to the vnproffetable: but now proffetable bothe to the & alſo to me / whom I have ſent home agayne. Thou therfore receave him / that is to ſaye myne awne bowels / whom I wolde fayne have retayned with me / that in thy ſtede he myght have miniſtred vnto me in ye bondes of the goſpell. Nevertheleſſe / without thy mynde / wolde I doo nothinge / that yt good which ſpringeth of the / ſhuld not be as it were of neceſſitie / but willingly.

Haply he therfore departed for a ſeaſon / y• thou ſhuldeſt receave him for ever / not nowe as a ſervaūt: but above a ſervaunt / I meane a brother beloved / ſpecially to me: but how moche more vnto the / both in the fleſſhe / and alſo in the Lorde? Yf thou count me a felowe / receave him as my ſelfe. Yf he have hurt the or oweth the ought / that laye to my charge. I Paul ha • e writtē it with myne awne hōde. I will recompence it. So that I do not ſaye to the / howe that thou oweſt vnto me evē thy ne awne ſilfe. Even ſo brother / ſet me enioye the in the Lorde. Comforte my bowels in the Lorde. Truſtinge in thyne obediēce / I wrote vnto the / knowynge that thou wilt do more then I ſaye for. Moreover prepare me lodgynge: for I truſt thorow ye helpe of youre prayers / I ſhalbe geven vnto you. Ther ſalute y• / Epaphras my felowe preſoner in Chriſt Ieſu / Marcus / Ariſtarchus / Demas / Lucas / myMarke & Luke the euangeliſtes. helpers. The grace of oure Lorde Ieſu Chriſt be with youre ſpretes.

Amen. ¶ Sent from Rome by Oneſimus a ſervaunt.

¶ A Prologe to the fyrſt epiſtle of Saynt Peter.

THis epiſtle dyd ſaynt Peter wryte to the Hethen that we reconuerted & exhorteth thē to ſtonde faſt in the fayth / to grow therin and to wexe perfect / thorow all maner of ſofferinge & alſo good workes.

In the fyrſt he declareth the iuſtyfyenge of fayth thorow Chriſtes bloude / & comforteth them with the hope of the lyfe to come / and ſheweth that we haue not deſerued it / but that the Prophetes prophiſied it ſhuld be geuen vs / & as Chriſt which redemed vs oute of ſynne and all vnclennes is holye / ſo he exhorteth to leade an holye conuerſacion: & becauſe we be rychlye bought & made heyres of a ryche in herytaunce / to take hede that we loſe it not agayne thorow oure awne necgligence.

In the ſeconde Chap. he ſheweth that Chriſt is the foundacion & hed corner ſtone wherō all are bylr thorow fayth / whether it be Iewe or gē tyle / & how that in Chriſt they are made Preſtes / to offer them ſelues to god (as chriſt dyd him ſelfe) & to ſle the luſtes of the fleſſhe that fyght agaynſt the ſoule. And fyrſt he teacheth them in generall to obeye the worldlye rulars and then in ſpeciall he teacheth the ſeruauntes to obey their maſters be they good or bad / & to ſoffre wronge of them as Chriſt ſoffered wrō ge for vs.

In the thyrde he teacheth the wyues to obeye their huſbandes / ye though they be vnbeleuers and to apparell them ſelues godlye and as yt be commeth h • lynes. And therto that the huſbandes ſoffre and beare the infirmite of their wyues and lyue accordinge to knowledge with them. And then in generall he exhorteth them to be ſofte / courteous / pacient and frendlye one to another / and to ſoffre for ryghteouſnes after the enſample of Chriſt.

In the fourthe he exhorteth to fle ſynne & to tame the fleſſhe with ſobrenes watchinge and prayer / and to loue eche other / and to knowe that all good gyftes are of God and euery mā to helpe his neyboure with ſoche as he hath receaued of god / & fynallie not to wonder / but to reioyce though they muſt ſoffre for chriſtes names ſake ſeinge as they be here partakers of his afflicciōs / ſo ſhall they be partakers of his glorye to come.

In the fyueth he teacheth the byſſhopes and preſtes how they ſhuld lyue and fede Chriſtes flocke: and warneth vs of the deuell which on euery ſyde lyeth in wayte for vs.

¶ The fyrſt epiſtle of S. Peter the Apoſtle.

¶ The fyrſt Chapter.

PEter an Apoſtle of Ieſu Chriſt / to them that dwell hereHere Peter (as▪ other true apoſtles do) fyrſt ſetteth forth the treaſure of mercye which god hath boū de him ſelfe to geue vs for chriſtes ſake & then oure dutie what we are bounde to do agayne yf we wil be partakers of the mercie. and there as ſtraungers thorow out Pontus / Galacia / Capadocia / Aſia / & Bethinia / electe by y• for knowledge of God y• father / thorow the ſanctifyinge of the ſprete / vnto obedience and ſprinklinge of the bloud of Ieſus Chriſt. Grace be with you and peace be multiplyed.

Bleſſed be God y• father of oure Lorde Ieſus Chriſt / which thorow is aboundant mercie begat vs agayne vnto a lively hope / by the reſurreccion of Ieſus Chriſt frō deeth / to enioye an inheritaunce immortall & vndefiled / & that purifieth not / reſerved in heven for you / which are kept by the power of God thorow fayth / vnto ſalvacion / which ſalvacion is prepared allredy to be ſhewed in the laſt tyme / in the which tyme ye ſhall reioyce / though now for a ſeaſon (if nede requyre) ye are in he vines / thorowe manifolde temptacions / that youre fayth once tried / beinge moche more precious then golde y• periſſheth (though it be tried with fyre) myght be founde vnto lawde / glory / and honoure at the apperinge of Ieſus Chriſt: whō ye have not ſene & yet love him / in whom even now / though ye ſe him not / ye yet beleue / and reioyce with ioye vnſpeakable and glorious: receavynge the ende of youre fayth / the ſalvacion of youre ſoules.

Of which ſalvacion have the Prophete enquyred & ſearched / which prophiſied of ye grace that ſhuld come vnto you / ſearchinge whē or at what tyme the ſprete of Chriſt which was in them ſhuld ſignifie / which ſprete teſtified before / the paſſions that ſhuld come vnto Chriſt / & the glory that ſhuld folowe after: vnto which Prophetes it was declared / that not vnto them ſelves / but vnto vs / they ſhuld miniſter the thinges which are now ſhewed vnto you of them which by y• holy gooſt ſent doune frō heven / have preached vnto you the thinges which the angels deſyre to beholde.

Wherfore gyrde vp ye loynes of youre myndes / beOure dutie againe ſober / & truſt perfectly on the grace yt is brought vnto you / by the declaringe of IeſusIgnoraū ce is cauſe of euell lyuynge. Chriſt / as obediēt chyldrē / not facioninge youre ſelves vnto youre olde luſtes of ignorā cye: but as he which called you is holy / evē ſo be ye holy in all maner of conuerſacion / becauſe it is written. Be ye holy / for I am holy.

And yf ſo be y• ye call on the father which with out reſpecte of perſon iudgeth accordinge to every mānes By oure workes ſhall we be iudged: for as the inuiſible fayth is / ſoche are the workes by which the fayth is ſene i. eor. vj. and vjjd j. ioa. j. d. worke / ſe yt ye paſſe the tyme of youre pilgremage in feare. ✚ For as moche as ye know how that ye were not redemed with corruptible ſylver and golde from youre vayne converſacion which ye receaved by the tradicions of the fathers: but with the precious bloud of Chriſt / as of a lambe vndefiled / and withouten ſpot / which was ordeyned before the worlde was made: but was declared in the laſt tymes for youre ſakes / which by his meanes have beleved on godapoca. j that rayſed him from deth / and glorified him / We be purified frelye in beleuynge the truthe of Chriſt for to loue one another that youre fayth and hope myght be in god.

And for as moche as ye have purified youre ſoules thorowe the ſprete / in obeyinge the trueth for to love brotherly withouten fayuynge / ſe that ye love one another with a pure hert fervently: for ye are borne a newe / not of mortall ſeed / but of immortall / by the worde of god which liveth / & laſteth for ever. For all fleſſhe is as graſſe / and all the glory of maneſ. xl. b. apo. viiij iacobi. i. b is as the floure of graſſe. The graſſe widdereth / and the flower falleth awaye / but the worde of the lorde endureth ever. ✚ And this is the worde which by the goſpell was preached amonge you.

¶ The .ii. Chapter.

VVherfore laye aſyde all maliciouſnes and all gyle / and diſſimulacion / and envie / and all back bytynge: and as newe borne babes / deſyre that reaſonable mylke which is with out corrupcion / that ye maye growe therin. If ſo be that ye have taſted how pleſaunt the lorde is / to whom ye come as vnto a livynge ſtone diſalowed of men / but choſen of god and precious: and ye as lyvynge ſtones / are made a ſpretuall We be ye churche: & the obedyence of ye harte is ye ſpirituall ſacrifice. Bodilye ſacrifice muſt be offered to oure neyboures / for yf thou offereſt it to god thou makeſt a bodylie ydole of him houſſe / and an holy preſthode / for to offer vp ſpretuall ſacryfice / acceptable to god by Ieſus Chriſt.

Wherfore it is contayned in the ſcripture: beholde / I put in Sion an heed corner ſtone / electe and precious: and he that beleveth oneſ. xxviij rom. ix. g him ſhall not be a ſhamed. Vnto you therfore which beleve / he is precious: but vnto them which beleve not / y• ſtone which ye bylders refuſed ye ſame is made ye heed ſtone in the corner / & a ſtone to ſtomble at / & a rocke to offendepſa. cxvij mat. xxj. act. iiij. b. eſa. viij. c exo. xix. them which ſtomble at the worde / and beleve not that where on they were ſet. But ye are a choſyn generacion / a royall preſihod / an holy naciō / and a peculiar people / that ye ſhuld ſhewe the vertues of him that called you out of darknes into hys marvelous light whichoſee. ij. d. rom. ix. e in tyme paſt were not a people / yet are now the people of God: which were not vnder mercye but now have obteyned mercye. ⊢

✚ Derly beloved / I beſeche you as ſtraūgers gala. v. c. rom. xiij. and pilgrems / abſtayne from fleſſhly luſtes which fyght agaynſt the ſoule / and ſe that ye have honeſt converſacion amonge the gētyls that they which backbyte you as evyll doarsrom. xiij. maye ſe youre good workes and prayſe god in the daye of viſitacion.

Submit youre ſelves vnto all manner ordinannce of man for the lordes ſake / whether itObedyence to rulars. be vnto the kynge as vnto the chefe heed: other vnto rulars / as vnto them that are ſent of him / for the punyſſhment of evyll doars: but for the laude of them that do well. For ſo is the will of god / that ye put to ſylence the ygnorancie of the folyſhe men: as fre / and not as havinge ye libertie for a cloke of maliciouſnes but even as the ſervaūtes of god. Honoure all men. Love brotherly feliſhippe. Fearerom. xij. c god and honour the kynge.

Servauntes obey youre maſters with allServauntes. ephe. vj. a coll. iij. d. ij. co. vij. feare / not only yf they be good & courteous: but alſo though they be frowarde. For it is thankeworthye yf a man for conſcience towarde god endure grefe / ſufferinge wrongfully. For what prayſe is it / if when ye be buffeted for youre fautes / ye take it paciently? But and yf when ye do well / ye ſuffer wronge and take it paciently / then is there thanke with God.

For herevnto verely were ye Oure calligne is to folowe Chriſt. called: for ✚ Chriſt alſo ſuffered for vs levinge vs an in ſample yt ye ſhuld folowe his ſteppes / which dyd no ſinne / nether was ther gyle founde in his mouth: which when he was reviled / reviled not agayne: whē he ſuffered / he threatenedcſa. liij. c. j. io. iij. a. not: but comitted the cauſe to him that iudgeth ryghteouſly / which his awne ſilfe bare oure ſynnes in his body on the tree / that we ſhuld be delyvered from ſynne and ſhuld lyve in righteweſnes. By whoſe ſtrypes ye were healed. For ye were as ſhepe goinge aſtraye: but are now returned vnto ye ſhepheerdeſa. liij. b. and biſſhoppe of youre ſoules. ⊢

The .iii. Chapter.

LYkewyſe let the wyves be in ſubiecciō Wyves. to their huſbādes / that evē they which beleve not the worde / maye with out the worde be wonne by the converſacion of ye wyves: whill they beholde youre pure cōverſacion coupled with feare. Whoſe apparell ſhall not be outwarde with broyded heare / & hanginge on of golde / other in puttinge on of gorgious aparell: but let the hyd man of thej. tim. iij. • herte be incorrupt / with a meke & aquyet ſprere / which ſprete is before God a thinge moche ſet by. For after this maner in the olde tyme dyd the holy wemen which truſted in God / tyer thē ſelves / & were obediēt to their huſbā des / evē as Sara obeyed Abrahā & called himgen. xviij Lorde: whoſe doughters ye are as longe as ye do well / and be not afrayde of every ſhadowe.

Lyke wyſe ye men dwell with them accordinge to knowledge / gevinge honoure vntoHuſbandes. the wyfe / as vnto the weaker veſſell / & as vnto them that are heyres alſo of the grace of lyfe / that youre prayers be not let.j. co. vij. a

✚ In cōcluſion / be ye all of one mynde / one ſuffre with another / love as brethren / be petifull / be courteous / not rēdringe evyll for evyll / pro. xvij. and .xxi. rom. xij. j. theſ. v. d pſalmo. xxxiij. nether rebuke for rebuke: but contrary wyſe / bleſſe / remembringe yt ye are thervnto called / even y• ye ſhuld be heyres of bleſſinge. If eny mā longe after life / & loveth to ſe good dayes / let him refrayne his tonge frō evyll / & his lippes that they ſpeake not gyle. Let him eſchue euyll & do good: let him ſeke peace / & enſue it. For y• eyes of ye Lorde are over ye righteous / & his eares are open vnto their prayers. But y• face of the Lorde beholdeth thē that do evyll.

Moreover who is it that will harme you yf ye folowe yt which is good? Not withſtondynge happy are ye yf ye ſuffre for righteweſneſſ is ſake. Ye and feare not though they ſeme terrible vnto you / nether be troubled: but ſanctifie the Lorde God in youre hertes. BeGeue • ▪ reaſon of youre doctryne. redy all wayes to geve an anſwere to every man that axeth you a reſon of the hope that is in you / & that with meaknes and feare: havinge a good conſciēce / that when they backbyte you as eyll doars / they maye be aſhamed / for as moche as they have fal • ely accuſed youre good converſacion in Chriſt.

It is better (yf the wyll of God be ſo) that ye ſuffre for well doynge / then for evyll doynge.hebr. ix. d rom. v. b. ✚ For as moche as Chriſt hath once ſuffered for ſynnes / ye iuſte for ye vniuſte / for to bringe vs to God / & was kylled / as pertayninge to the fleſſhe: but was quyckened in the ſprete.

In which ſprete / he alſo wēt & preached vnto the ſpretes that were in preſon / which were in tyme paſſed diſobedient / when the longe ſufferinge of God abode excedinge paciently in the dayes of Noe / whyll the arcke was agen. vi. b ma. vxiiij luc. xvij f preparinge / wherin frawe (that is to ſaye. viii ſoules) were ſaved by water / which ſignifieth baptim that • ow ſaveth vs / not ye puttin ge awaye of ye filth of the fleſſhe / but in that a good conſcience conſenteth to God / by ye reſurrecciō of Ieſus Chriſt which is oure right honde of God ✚ & is gone into hevē / angels / power and myght ſubdued vnto him.

¶ The .iiii. Chapter.

FOr as moche as chriſt hath ſuffred forWe muſt be partakers with Chriſt in ſofferige if we will haue oure parte with him in his glorie vs in the fleſſhe / arme youre ſelves lyke wyſe with the ſame mynde: for he which ſuffereth in the fleſſhe ceaſith frō ſynne / that he hence forwarde ſhuld lyve as moche tyme as remayneth in the fleſſhe: not after ye luſtes of men / but after the will of God. For it is ſufficient for vs that we have ſpent the tyme that is paſt of the lyfe / after the will of the gentyls / walkinge in wantannes / luſtes / dronkennes / in eatinge / drinkinge and in abominable ydolatrie.

And it ſemeth to them a ſtraunge thinge (the deed) are the ignoraūt of God / for they that bedeed from this worlde haue no fleſſhe. that ye runne not alſo with them vnto the ſame exceſſe of ryote / & therfore ſpeake they evill of you / which ſhall geve a cōptes to him that is redy to iudge quycke & deed. For vnto this purpoſe verely was ye goſpell preached vnto the (deed) that they ſhuld be condempned of men in ye fleſſhe / but ſhuld live before God in the ſprete. The ende of all thingꝭ is at honde.

✚ Be ye therfore diſcrete & ſober / y• ye maye be apte to prayers. But above all thinges have fervēt love amōge you. For love Hate maketh ſinne of euery trifle: but loue loketh not on ſmall thiges: but ſuffreth all thīges covereth the multitude of ſynnes. Be yeherberous one to another & that wt out grudginge. As every man hath receaved the gyfte / miniſter the ſame one to another as good miniſters of the manyfolde grace of God. Yf eny man ſpeake / let him talke as though he ſpake ye wordes of God. If eny man miniſter / let him do it as of ye abilitie which god miniſtreth vnto him. That god in all thingꝭ maye be glorified thorow Ieſus Chriſt ✚ / to whom be prayſe and dominion for ever and whyll the worlde ſtondeth. Amen.

Dearly beloved / be not troubled in this heate / which now is come amōge you to trye you as though ſome ſtraūge thinge had happenedHe that ſoffreth with chriſt / ſhall raigne with chriſt. vnto you: but reioyce in as moche as ye are partetakers of Chriſtes paſſions / that when his glory appereth / ye maye be mery and glad.

If ye be rayled vpon for the name of Chriſt happie are ye. For the ſprete of glory and the ſprete of god reſteth apon you. On their parte he is evyll ſpoken of: but on youre parte he is glorified.

Se that none of you ſuffre as a murtherer / or as a thefe / or an evyll doar / or as a buſy body in other mens matters. Yf eny man ſuffre as a Chriſtē man / let him not be aſhamed: but let him glorifie god on his behalfe. For the tyme is come that iudgement muſt begynne at the houſſe of god. If the ſō nes of god muſt be all ſcorged & none may be ſaued but thorow the ſame fyer that Chriſt went thorow: what ſhall the dā pnaciō of the diſobedyent & vnbeſeuers be? Yf it fyrſt begynne at vs / what ſhall the ende be of them which beleve not the goſpell of god? And yf the righteous ſcaſly be ſaved: where ſhall the vngodly & the ſinner appere? Wherfore let them that ſuffer accordynge to the will of god / commit their ſoules to him with well doynge / as vnto a faythfull creator

¶ The .v. Chapter.

THe elders which are amonge you / I exhorte / which am alſo an elder and a witnes of the affliccions of Chriſt / and alſo a partaker of the glory that ſhalbe opened: ſe that ye fede Chriſtes flocke which is amonge you / takynge the overſyght of them / not as though ye were compelled therto / but willyngly: not for the deſyre of filthy lucre / but of a good mynde. not as though ye were lordes over the Paryſſhes: the greke hath lottes: that is / th ey to whome any lot chaunce or elecciō is to preache godes worde. pariſſhes: but that ye be ā inſample to the flocke. And when the chef ſhepheerde ſhall appere / ye ſhall receave an incorruptible croune of glorye.

Lykwyſe ye yonger ſubmit youre ſelves vnto the elder. Submit youre ſelves every man / one to another / knet youre ſelves togedder in lowlines of mynde. For god reſiſteth y• proude & geveth grace to the humble. ✚ Submit youre ſelves therfore vnder the myghty honde of god / that he maye exalt you / whē the tyme is come. Caſt all youre care to him: for he careth for you.

Be ſober and watch / for youre adverſary ye mat. vj. c luc. xij. c. roma. xij pſa. liiij. • devyll as arorynge lion walketh about / ſekynge whom he maye devoure: whom reſiſt ſtedfuſt in the fayth / remēbrynge that ye do but fulfill the ſame afflicciōs which are We be apoynted to ſoffre in this worlde. apoynted to youre brethren that are in the worlde. The God of all grace / which called you vnto his eternall glory by Chriſt Ieſus / ſhall his awne ſilfe after ye have ſoffred a lytell afflicciō make you perfect: ſhall ſettle ſtrenght & ſtabliſhe you. To him be glory & dominiō for ever / and whill the worlde endureth Amen. ⊢

By Silvanus a faythfull brother vnto you (as I ſuppoſe) have I written brefly / exhortynge and teſtifyinge how that this is the true grace of god / wherin ye ſtonde. The companious of youre eleccion y• are at Babilō / ſalutehMarke y• euangeliſt. you / and Marcus my ſonne. Grete ye one another with the kyſſe of love. Peace be with you all which are in Chriſt Ieſus.

Amen.

¶ A Prologe to the ſeconde epiſtle of S. Peter.

THis piſtle was writtē agaynſt thē which thought that Chriſtē fayth might be ydle & with oute workes / when yet the promes of Chriſt is made vs vpon that condicion / that we henceforth worke the wyll of God & not of the fleſſhe. Therfore he exhorteth them to exerciſe them ſelues diligentlye in vertue & all good workes / therby to be ſure that they haue the true fayth / as a man knoweth the goodnes of a tree by his frute. Then he cōmendeth and magnifieth the goſpell / and willeth that men herkē to that on • ye / and to mēnes doctryne not at all. For as he ſayeth / ther came no propheticall ſcripture by the wyll of man / but by the wyll of the holye gooſt which onlye knoweth the wyll of God / nether is any • ſcripture of priuate interpretacion: that is to ſaye / maye be otherwyſe expounded the • agreinge to the open places and generall articles and to the couenauntes of God and all the reſt of the ſcripture.

And therfore in the ſeconde he warneth them of falſe teachers that ſhuld come / and thorow preachinge confidence in falſe workes to ſatiſfye their courtouſnes with all / ſhuld denye Chriſt. Which he threateneth with thre terrible exſamples▪with the fall of the angelles / the floude of No • and ouerthrowinge of • odome and Gomor / and ſo deſcribeth them with their inſaciable couetouſnes / pryde / ſlou borne and dyſobedience to all remvorall rule and auctoryte / with their abominable whordome and ypocre • ie that a blinde man maye ſe that he prophiſied it of the popes holye ſpiritualtie which deuoured the whole worlde with their coueteouſnes lyuinge in all luſt and pleaſure & rayninge as temporall tyrantes.

In the thyrde he ſheweth that in the latter dayes / the people thorow vnbeleffe & lacke of feare of the iudgement of the laſt daye / ſhalbe euen as Epicures / wholy geuen to the fleſſhe. Which laſt daye ſhall yet ſurelye & ſhortlye come ſayth he: for a thouſande yeres & one daye is with God all one. And he ſheweth alſo how terrible that daye ſhalbe / & how ſodenlye it ſhall come & therfore exhorteth all m • n to loke erneſtlie for it / and to prepare them ſelues agaynſt it with holye conuerſacion & godly liuinge.

Finallie. The fyrſt Chapter ſheweth how it ſhuld goo in the tyme of the pure & true Goſpell. The ſeconde how it ſhuld goo in the tyme of the pope and mennes doctrine. The thyrde h • w at the laſt men ſhuld beleue nothinge n • r feare God at all.

¶ The ſeconde epiſtle of S. Peter.

¶ The fyrſt Chapter.

SImon Peter a ſeruaunt & an Apoſtle of Ieſus Chriſt / to them which have obtayned lyke precious fayth with vs in the righteweſnes that commeth of oure God and ſavioure Ieſus Chriſt.

Grace with you▪ & peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God & of Ieſus oure Lorde. Accordinge as his godly power hath geven vnto vs all thinges that pertayne vnto lyfe and godlynes / thorow the knowledge of him that hath called vs by vertue and glory / by the meanes whereof / are geven vnto vs excellent and moſte greate promiſes / that by the helpe of them ye ſhuld be partakers of the godly nature / in that ye • lye the corrupcion of worldy luſt.* • e y• lacketh theſe & ſoche lyke workes is b •• be & vnderſtondeth not what the fayth of Chriſt meaneth.

And hervnto geve all diligence: in youre fayth miniſter vertve / and in vertue knowledge / and in knowledge temperancy / and in temrancy pacience / in pacience godlynes / in godlynes brotherly kyndnes / in brotherly kyndnes love. For yf theſe thinges be amonge you and are plenteous / they wyll make you that ye nether ſhalbe ydle nor vnfrutefull in the knowledge of oure lorde Ieſus Chriſt. But he yt lacketh theſe thyngꝭ is blynde & gropeth for y• waye with his honde / and hath forgotten y• he was pourged from his olde ſynnes.

Wherfore brethren / geve the moare diligence • e that hath ſoche workes ma • e be ſure that he is electe & that he hath the true faith for to make youre callynge & eleccion ſure. For yf ye do ſoche thynges / ye ſhall never e • re. Ye & by this meanes an entrynge in ſhall be miniſtred vnto you aboundantly in to the everlaſtynge kyngdome of oure lorde and ſaveoure Ieſus Chriſt.

Wherfore I will not be necgligent to put you allwayes in remembraunce of ſoche thinges / though that ye knowe them youre ſelves & be alſo ſtabliſſhed in the preſent trueth. Notwithſtōdinge I thynke yt mete (as longe as I am in this tabernacle) to ſtere you vp by puttynge you in remēbraunce / for as moch as I am ſure howe that the tyme is at honde y• I muſt put of my tabernacle / even as oure lorde • oh. xxi Ieſus Chriſt hath ſhewed me. I will enfoarce therfore / that on every ſyde ye myght have wherwith to ſtere vp the remembraunce of theſe thynges after my departynge.

✚ For we folowed not decevable fables whē we openned vnto you the power and commynge of oure lorde Ieſus Chriſt / but with oure eyes we ſawe his maieſte: even then verely when he receaved of god the father honour &mat. xvi • glory / and when ther came ſoche a voyce to him from excellent glorie. This is my dere beloved ſonne / in whom I have delite. This voyce we hearde when it came from heven / be ynge with him in the holy mounte.

We have alſo a right ſure worde of propheſye wher vnto yf ye take hede / as vnto a lyght y• ſhyneth in a darke place / ye do wel / vntill the daye dawne and the daye ſtarre aryſe in youre hertes. ✚ So that ye fyrſt knowe this. that no propheſye in the ſcripture hath eny private interpretaciō. For the ſcripture cameij. tim. iij. never by the will of man: but holy men of god ſpake as they were moved by the holy gooſt.

¶ The ii. Chapter.

THer were falce prophetes amonge the people / even as ther ſhalbe falce teachers amonge you: wich prevely ſhallFalſe prophetes muſt nedes be amōgeſt vs and alſo preuayle / & y• becauſe we haue no loue to the truthe .ij. the ij. And couetouſnes is the father of them: and their preachinge cō fioence in workes is the denyē ge of Chriſt. brynge in damnable ſectes / even denyinge the Lorde that hath bought them / and brynge vpon them ſelves ſwyft damnacion / and many ſhall folowe their damnable wayes / by which the waye of trueth ſhalbe evyll ſpoken of / and thorow * coveteouſnes ſhall they with fayned wordes make marchandyſe of you / whoſe iudgement is not farre of / and the it dampnacion ſlepeth not.

For yf god ſpared not the angels that ſynned / but caſt them doune into hell / and delyuered them in chaynes of darknes / to be kept vnto iudgement. Nether ſpared the olde worlde but ſaved Noe the ryghte preacher of righteweſnes / and brought in the flud vpon the worlde of the vngodly / and turned the cities of zodom and Gomor into aſſhes: overthrewe them / damned thē / & made on them an enſample vnto all y• after ſhuld live vngodly. And iuſt Lot vexed with the vnclenly converſaciō of the wicked / delivered he. For he beynge ryghteous and dwellynge amonge them / in ſeynge and hearynge / vexed his righteous ſoule from daye to daye with their vnlawfull dedes. The lorde knoweth how to deliver the godly out of temptacion / and how to reſerve the vniuſte vnto the daye of iudgement for to be puniſſhed: namely them that walke after the fleſſhe in the luſt of vnclennes / and deſpyſe the rulars. Preſumpteous are they / & ſtubborne and feare not to ſpeake evyll of them that are in auctorite. When ye angels which are greater bothe in power and myght / receave not of ye lorde raylynge iudgement agaynſt them. But theſe as brute beaſtes / naturally made to betaken and deſtroyed / ſpeake evyll of that they knowe not / and ſhall periſſhe through their awne deſtruccion / and receave the rewarde of vnrighteweſnes.

They count it pleaſure to live deliciouſly for a ſeaſon. Spottes they are & filthines / livinge at pleaſure & in diſceaveable wayes feaſtynge with you: havinge eyes full of advoutrie & that cānot ceaſe to ſynne / begylynge vnſtable ſoules. Hertes they have exerciſed wt coveteouſnes. They are curſed chyldren / & have forſaken the right waye / & are gone aſtrayeBalam. nu.. xxij folowinge ye waye of Balam the ſonne of Boſor / which loved the rewarde of vnrighteweſnes: but was rebuked of his iniquitie. The tame & dōme beaſt / ſpeakinge with mānes voyce / forbade the foliſſhnes of the Prophete.

Theſe are welles without water / & cloudes caried about of a tēpeſt / to whome the myſt of darcknes is reſerved for ever. For when theyiude. j. d. have ſpokē the ſwellinge wordes of vanytie / they begyle wt wantānes thorowe ye luſtes of the fleſſhe / them that were clene eſcaped: but now are wrapped in errours. They promys them libertye / & are them ſelves ye bonde ſervaunte of corrupcion. For of whom ſoever aioh. viij. rom. vj. c heb. vj. a. mat. xij. man is over come / vnto ye ſame is he in bondage. For yf they / after they have eſcaped from the filthynes of the worlde thorowe ye know ledge of ye Lorde & of ye ſaviour Ieſus Chriſt / they are yet tāgled agayne therin & overcome: then is ye latter ende worſſe with them then the beginninge. For it had bene better for thē / not to have It is letter not to haue knowen the truthe / then not to lyue ther after. knowne ye waye of righteouſnes then after they have knowē it / to turne frō the holy cōmaundmēt gevē vnto them. It is happened vnto them accordinge to the true proverbe: The dogge is turned to his vomet agayne / prou. xxj and the ſow that was weſſhed / to her wallowynge in the myre.

The .iiii. Chapter.

THis is the ſeconde piſtle that I now wryte vnto you / beloved / wherwith I ſtere vp and warne youre pure myndes / to call to remembraūce the worde which were tolde before of the holy prophetes / and alſo the commaundement of vs the apoſtles of the lorde and ſaveour.

This fyrſt vnderſtōde / that ther ſhall comej. tim. iiij. in the laſt dayes mockers / which will walke after their awne luſtes & ſaye. Where is theij. tim. iij iude .j. f. eze. xij. f. promes of his cōmynge? For ſence ye fathers dyed / all thingꝭ cōtinue in ye ſame eſtate wherin they were at ye begynninge. This they knowe not (and that willyngly) how that the hevens a great whyle ago were / & the erth that was in the water / appered vp out of the water by the worde of god: by the which thinge / the worlde ye then▪ was / periſſhed over flowen wt the water. But the hevēs verely & erth which are now / are kept by the ſame worde in ſtore / & reſerved vnto fyre / agaynſt the daye of iudgement and perdicion of vngodly men.

Derely beloved / be not ignorant of this one thynge / how that one daye is wt the lorde / as a thouſande yeare / and a thouſand yeare as one daye. The lorde is not ſlacke to fulfill his promes / as ſome men coūt ſlacknes: but is pacient to vs warde & wolde have no man loſt / but wolde receave all men to repentaūce. Nevertheleſſe ye daye of the lorde will come as aj. theſ. v. apo. iij. a. and .xvj. thefe in ye nyght / in the which daye / ye hevens ſhall periſſhe with terrible noyes / & the elemē tes ſhall melt with heet / and the erth with the workes that are therin ſhall burne.

Yf all theſe thingꝭ ſhall periſſhe / what maner perſons ought ye tobe in holy converſacion and godlynes: lokynge for and haſtynge vnto the commynge of the daye of God / in which the hevens ſhall periſſhe with fyre / and the elementes ſhalbe conſumed with heate.apo. xxj. eſa. lxv. c &. lxvj. g Nevertheleſſe we loke for a newe heven and a newe erth / accordynge to his promes / where in dwelleth righteweſnes.

Wherfore derly beloved / ſeynge y• ye loke for ſoche thyngꝭ / be diligēt that ye maye be founde of him in peace / wt out ſpotte & vndefiled And ſuppoſe that y• longe ſufferynge of the lorde is ſaluacion / even as oure derely beloved brother Paul / accordynge to ye wyſdome gevē vnto him / wrote to you / yee / almoſt in very piſtle ſpeakynge of ſoche thyngꝭ: amōge which are many thynges harde to be vnderſtonde / which they that are vnlearned & vnſtable / pervert / as they do other ſcriptures vnto their awne deſtrucciō. Ye therfore beloved / ſeynge ye knowe it before hande / beware leſt ye be alſo plucked a waye with the erroure of the wicked / and fall from youre awne ſtedfaſtnes: but growe in grace / and in the knowledge of oure lorde and ſaveoure Ieſus Chriſt. Towhom he glory bothe now and for ever.

Amen.

¶ A Prologe vpon the thre epiſtles of S. Iohn.

THis fyrſt epiſtle of ſaynt Iohn contayneth the doetryne of a verye apoſtle of Chriſt and ought of ryght to folowe his Goſpell. For as in his epiſtle he ſetteth oute the true fayth / and teacheth by it onlye all mē to be ſaued and reſtored vnto the fauoure of God agayne: euē ſo here in this piſtle he goeth agaynſt them that boſte them ſelues of fayth & yet contynew withoute good workes and teacheth manye wayes that where true fayth is / there the workes tarye not behinde / and contrarye that where the workes folowe not / there is no true fayth but a falſe ymagynacion and vtter darcknes.

And he wryteth ſore agaynſt a certen ſecte of heretyekes which then begāne to denye that Chriſt was come in the fleſſhe / and calleth thē vetye Antechriſtes. Which ſecte goeth now in hir full ſwynge. For though they denye not openlye with the mouth that Chriſt is come in the fleſſhe: yet they denye it in y• hartewith their doctryne and lyuynge. For he that wyllbe iuſtified and ſaued thorow his awne workes / the ſame doth as moche as he y• denyeth Chriſt to become in the fleſſhe ſeinge that Chriſt came onlye therfore in the fleſſhe / that he ſhuld iuſtifie vs / or purchaſe vs pardon of oure ſynnes / bringe vs into the fauoure of God agavne and make vs heyres of eternall lyfe / with his workes onlye & with his bloudeſhedinge / withoute and before all oure workes.

So fyghteth this piſtle both agaynſt them that wilbe ſaued by their awne good workes / a alſo agaynſt them that wilbe ſaued by a fayth that hath no luſt to do workes at all & kepeth vs in the myddie waye / that we beleue in Chriſt to be ſaued by his workes onlye / & then to knowe that it is oure dutie for that kindnes / to prepare oure ſelues to do the cōmaundmēt of god / & to loue euery man his neyboure as Chriſt loued him / ſekinge with oure awne workes Godes honoure and oure neybours welthe onlye / and truſtinge for eternall lyfe and for all that God hath promyſed vs for Chriſles ſake.

The two laſt piſtles though they be ſhorte / yet are goodlye enſamples of loue and fayth & do ſauoure of the ſpirite of a true Apoſtle.

¶ The fyrſt epiſtle of S. Iohn the Apoſtle.

¶ The fyrſt Chapter.Iohn here as in his goſpell / & as Paule & Peter in their piſtles / teacheth fyrſt the iuſtifienge of fayth & that all mercie commeth by chriſt onlye without all other reſpecte and then what

THat which was frō the begynninge / concerninge which we have hearde / which we have ſene with oure eyes / which we have loked vpon / & oure hondes have hādled / of the worde of life. For the lyfe appered / & we have ſene / & beare witnes / & ſhewe vnto you that eternall lyfe / which was with the father / and appered vnto vs. That which we have ſene and herde declare we vnto you / that ye maye have fellouſhippe with vs / and that oure felliſhippe maye be with the father and his ſonne Ieſus Chriſt. And this write we vnto you / that oure ioye maye be full.

And this is the tydynges which we have iohn. viij hearde of him / and declare vnto you / that god is lyght / and in him is no darknes at all / yf(Lyght) is the doctryne of Chriſt. h • s. ix. d j. pet. j. d. we ſaye that we have felliſhippe with him / & yet walke in darknes / welye / and do not the truth: but and yf we walke in (lyght) even as he is in lyght / then have we felliſhippe with him / and the bloud of Ieſus Chriſt his ſonne clenſeth vs from all ſynne.

Yf we ſaye that we have no ſynne / we deceave oure ſelves / and trueth is not in vs. Yf we If we cō feſſe oure ſynnes god which cannot lye / hath promiſed to forgeue them. knowledge oure ſynnes / he is faythfull and iuſt / to forgeve vs oure ſynnes / and to clenſe vs from all vnrighteweſnes. Yf we ſaye we have not ſinned / we make him alyar / & his worde is not in vs.

¶ The .ii. Chap. ✚

MYlytell children / theſe thynges write I vnto you / that ye ſynne not: yf eny He that kepeth the cōmaundemētes knoweth god: & he that kepeth it not / knoweth not God. man ſynne / yet we have an advocate with y• father / Ieſus Chriſt / which is righteous: & he it is that obteyneth grace for oure ſynnes: not for oure ſynnes only: but alſo for the ſynnes of all the worlde. And herby we are ſure that we knowe him / yf we kepe his *cō maundementes. He that ſayth I knowe him / and kepeth not his commaundementes is a lyar / & the veritie is not in him. Whoſoever kepeth his (worde) in him is the love of god parfect in dede. And therby knowe we that we are in him. He that ſayth he bydeth in him He that kepeth godes worde loueth god & is in God & walketh as Chriſt dyd. ought to walke even as he walked. ⊢

Brethren I write no newe cōmaundement vnto you: but that olde cōmaundemēt which ye hearde from the begynnynge. The olde cō maundement is the worde which ye hearde from the begynnynge. Agayne a newe cōmaundement I write vnto you / a thynge that is true in him / and alſo in you: for the darknes is paſt / and the true lyght now ſhyneth. He that ſayth how that he is in the light / and yet hateth his brother / is in darknes even vntyll this tyme. He that loveth his brother / abydeth in the light and ther is none occaſion of evyll in him. He that He that hateth is in darcknes & knoweth not what Chriſt hath done for him: but he that loueth is in light & woteth what Chriſt hath done hateth his brother is in darknes / and walketh in darknes: and cannot tell whither he goeth / becauſe that darknes hath blynded his eyes.

Babes I write vnto you how that youre ſynnes are forgeven you for his names ſake. I wryte vnto you fathers / how that ye have knowen him that was from the begynnynge. I wryte vnto you yonge men / how that ye have overcome the wicked. I wryte vnto you lytell children / how that ye have knowne the father. I wryte vnto you fathers / how that y e have knowē him that was frō the begynnynge. I wryte vnto you yoūge men / how that ye are ſtronge: and the worde of God abydeth in you and ye have over come that wicked.

Se that ye love not the worlde / nether theHe that loueth the worlde / loueth not god. thynges that are in the worlde. Yf eny man love the worlde / the love of the father is not in him. For all that is in y• worlde (as the luſt of the fleſſhe / the luſt of the eyes / & ye pryde of gooddes) is not of the father: but of ye worlde And the worlde vannyſſheth awaye / and the luſt therof: but he that fulfilleth the will of god / abydeth ever.

Lytell children it is the laſt tyme / and as ye have herde how that Antichriſt ſhall come: even now are there many Antichriſtes comeAntichriſt. allredy. Wherby we knowe that it is the laſt tyme. They went oute from vs but they were not of vs. For yf they had bene of vs / they wolde no dout / have continued with vs. But that fortuned that yt myght appere / that they were not of vs.

And ye have an Oyntmēt: that is knowledge of the trouthe & all the giftes of the ſpirite. oyntment of ye holy goſt / and ye knowe all thynges. ✚ I wrote not vn to you / as though ye knewe not the trueth: but as though ye knewe it and knowe alſo that no lye commeth of trueth. Who is a lyar: but he that denyeth that Ieſus is Chriſt? The ſame is the Antichriſt that denyeth the father and the ſonne. Whoſoever denyeth the ſonne the ſame hath not the father. Let therfore abyde in you that ſame which ye hearde from the begynnynge. Yf that which ye hearde from ye begynnynge / ſhall remayne in you / ye alſo ſhall continewe in the ſonne / and in the father And this is the promes y• he hath promyſed vs / even eternall lyfe.

This have I writtē vnto you / concernynge thē y• diſceave you. And ye anoyntynge which ye have receaved of him / dwelleth in you. And ye nede not that eny man teache you: but as ye annoyntynge teaheth you all thynges / and is true / and is no lye: and as it taught you / even ſo byde therin. And nowe babes abyde in himHere ye ſe that chriſt & ſynne cannot dwell together for Chriſtes ſpirite fyghteth agaynſt ſynne. that when he ſhall appere / we maye be bolde and not be made a ſhamed of him at his commynge. Yf ye knowe that he is righteous / knowe alſo that he which foloweth righteweſnes / is borne of him.

¶ The .iii. Chapter.

BEholde what love the father hath ſhewed on vs / that we ſhuld be called the ſonnes of god. For this cauſe the worlde knoweth you not becauſe it knoweth not him. Derely beloved / now are we ye ſonnes of God / & yet it dothe not appere what we ſhalbe. But we knowe that when it ſhall appere / we ſhalbe lyke him. For we ſhall ſe him as he is. And every man that hath thys hope in him pourgeth him ſilfe / even as he ys pure. Whoſover committeth ſynne / committeth vnrighteouſnes alſo / for ſynne is He that worketh ryghteouſnes / is borne of god & taught of his ſpirite. vnrighteouſnes. And ye knowe that he appered to take awaye oure ſynnes / and in him is no ſynne. As many as byde in him ſynne not: whoſoever ſynneth hath not ſene him / nether hath knowen him.

Babes let no man deceave you / He that doeth righteouſnes / is righteous / even as he is righteous. He that cōmitteth ſynne / is of the devill: for the devyll ſynneth ſence the begynnynge.ioh. viij. f For this purpoſe appered the ſonne of god / to lowſe the workes of the devill. Whoſoever is borne of god / ſinneth not: for his ſeed remayneth in him and he cannot ſinne / becauſeSeed / that is the holi gooſt he is borne of god. In this are the children of god knowen / and the children of the devyll. Whoſoever doeth not righteweſnes / is not of God / nether he that loveth not his brother.Loue is the fyrſt precept & cauſe of all other.

For this is the tydinges / that ye hearde frō the begynninge / that we ſhuld love one another: not as Cayn which was of the wicked and ſlewe his brother. And wherfore ſlewe he him? Becauſe his awne workes were evyſt / & his brothers good. ✚ Marvayle not my brethren though the worlde hate you. We knowe that we are tranſlated from He that loueth is eſcaped deathe. He that loueth not is in deathe & a murtherar & hath not eternall life. He that hath no cōpaſſion loueth not God deeth vnto lyfe / be cauſe we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother / abydeth in deeth. Whoſoever hateth his brother / is a man ſlear. And ye knowe that no man ſlear / hath eternall lyfe abydinge in him.

Herby perceave we love: that he gave his lyfe for vs: and therfore ought we alſo to geve oure lyves for the brethrē. Whoſoever hath this worldes good & ſeith his hrother have neade: & ſhutteth vp his cōpaſſion from him: how dwelleth the love of God in him? My babes / let vs not love in worde / nether in tonge: but with dede and in veritie: ✚ for By loue we knowe that we are in the truthe & haue quyet conſciē ces to god warde. therby we knowe that we are of the veritie / and can before him quiet oure hertes. But yf oure hertes condempne vs / God is gretter then oure hertes / and knoweth all thinges. Beloved / yf oure hertes condempne vs not / then have we truſt to god warde: and what ſoever we axe / we ſhall receave of him: becauſe weHe that kepeth hī ſelfe from ſynne / is •• rōge in the fayth and obtayneth all that he prayeth for. kepe his commaundementes / and do thoſe thinges which are pleaſinge in his ſight.

And this is his cōmaundemēt / that we beleve Fayth is the fyrſt cōmaū dement: & loue the ſeconde & he that hath thē is in god & hath his ſpirite. They that ſaye workes iuſtifie from ſynne / are they that denye chriſt to be come in the fleſſhe. on ye name of his ſonne Ieſus Chriſt / & love one another / as he gave cōmaundemēt. And he yt kepeth his cōmaundemētes dwelleth in him / and he in him: & therby we knowe that ther abydeth in vs of the ſprete which he gave vs.

¶ The .iiii. Chapter

YE beloved / beleve not every ſprete: but prove the ſpretes whether they are of God or no: for many falce Prophetes are gone out into the worlde. Herby ſhall ye knowe the ſprete of God. Every ſprete that confeſſeth that Ieſus Chriſt is come in the fleſſhe is of God. And every ſprete which cō feſſeth not yt Ieſus Chriſt is come in the fleſſhe / is not of God. And this is that ſprete of Antichriſt / of whom ye have hearde / howe that he ſhuld come: and even now alredy is he in the worlde.

Lytell chyldrē / ye are of God / & have overcome them: for greater is he yt is in you / then he that is in the worlde. They are of the worlde / & therfore ſpeake they of the worlde / & the worlde heareth them. We are of God. He yt knoweth God / heareth vs: he that is not of God / heareth vs not. Herby knowe we ye ſprete of veritie / & the ſprete of erroure.

Beloved / let vs love one another: for love cōmeth of God. And every one that loveth / is borne of God / and knoweth God. He that loveth not / knoweth not God: ✚ for God is love. In this appered ye love of god to vs ward becauſe that god ſent his only begotten ſonne into the worlde / that we myght live thorow him. Herin is love / not that we loved god / butGod hath ſhewed vs a tokē of loue. that he loved vs / and ſent his ſonne to make agrement for oure ſinnes.

Beloved / yf god ſo loved vs / we ought alſo to love one another. No man hath ſene god atLoue is cōmmaū ded. iohn. j. b. • . tim. vj. enytyme. Yf we love one another / god dwelleth in vs / and his love is parfect in vs. Herby know we / that we dwell in him / and he in vs: becauſe he hath geven vs of his ſprete. And we have ſene and do teſtifie that the father ſent the ſonne / which is the ſaveour of the worlde. Whoſoever confeſſeth that Ieſus is the ſonne of god / in him dwelleth god / and he in god. And we have knowen and beleved the love that god hath to vs.

God is love / and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in god / and god in him. Herin is the love perfect in vs / that we ſhuld have truſt in the daye of iudgement: For as he is / even ſo are we in this worlde. Ther is no feare in love / but parfect love caſteth out all feare / for feare hath paynfulnes. He yt feareth / is not parfect in love.

We love him / for he loved vs fyrſt. Yf a man ſaye / I love god / and yet hate his brotherHe that loueth not his brother / loueth not God. he is a lyar. For how can he yt loveth not his brother whom he hath ſene / love god whom he hath not ſene? And this commaundemēt have we of him: that he which loveth God / ſhuld love his brother alſo. ⊢

¶ The .v. Chapter.

VVhoſoever beleveth that Ieſus isio. xii • . d. and .xv. b ephe. v. a Chriſt / is borne of god. And every one yt loveth him which begat / loveth him alſo which was begottē of him. In this we knowe yt we love the children of god / whē we love god / & kepe his cōmaūdemente. This is ye love of god / yt we kepe his cōmaundemē tes / & his cōmaundementes are not greveousj. co. xv. c ✚ For all that is borne of god / over commeth the worlde. And this is the victory that over cōmeth the worlde / even oure Fayth is oure victorie. fayth. Who is it that overcommeth the worlde: but he which beleveth that Ieſus is ye ſonne of god?

This Ieſus Chriſt is he that cā by water and bloud / not by water only: but by water & bloud. And it is the ſprete that beareth witnes / becauſe the ſprete ys trueth. (For ther are thre which beare recorde in heuen / the father / the worde / and the wholy gooſt. And theſeiohn. iij. d thre are one) For there are thre which beare recorde (in erth:) the ſprete / & water / and bloud: and theſe thre are one. Yf we receave the witnes of men / the witnes of god is greater. For this is the witnes of god / which he teſtifyed of his ſonne. He that beleveth on the ſonne of god / hath the witnes in him ſilfe. ✚ He that beleveth not God / hath made him a lyar / becauſe he beleved not the recorde that god gave of his ſonne. And this ys that recorde / how that god hath geven vnto vs eternall lyfe • In chriſt is the lyfe eternall and this lyfe is in his ſonne. He that hath the ſonne / hath lyfe: and he that hath not the ſonne of god / hath not lyfe.

Theſe thynges have I written vnto you that beleve on the name of the ſonne of God / that ye maye knowe howe that ye have eternall lyfe / and that ye maye beleve on the name of the ſonne of god. And this is the truſt that we have in him: that yf we axe eny thinge accordynge to his will he heareth vs. And yf we knowe that he heare vs what ſoever we axe / we knowe that we ſhall have the peticions that we deſyre of him.

Yf eny man ſe his brother ſynne a ſynne that is not vnto deeth / let him axe / and he ſhall geve him lyfe for them that ſynne notSynne vnto deeth. vnto deeth. Ther is a ſynne vnto deeth / for which ſaye I not that a man ſhuld praye. All vnrighteweſnes is ſynne / and ther is ſynne not vnto deeth.

We knowe that whoſoever is borne of god / He that is borne of God / ſynneth not. ſynneth not: but he that is begotten of god kepeth him ſilfe / and that wicked toucheth him not. We knowe that we are of god / and that the worlde is altogedder ſet on wickednes. We knowe that the ſonne of God is come / & hath geven vs a mynde to knowe him which is true: and we are in him that is true / through his ſonne Ieſu Chriſt. This ſame is very god / and eternall lyfe. Babes kepe youre ſelves from ymages.

Amen.

¶ The ſeconde piſtle of S. Iohn.

THe elder to the electe lady and her chyldren which I love in the trueth: and not I only / but alſo all that have knowē the trueth / for the truthes ſake / which dwelleth in vs / and ſhalbe in vs for ever.

With you be grace / mercy / and peace from God ye father / & from the Lorde Ieſus Chriſt the ſonne of the father / in trueth and love.

I reioyſed greatly / that I founde of thy chyldrē walkinge in trouth / as we have receaved a commaundement of the father. And nowe beſeche I the lady / not as though I wrote a newe commaundement vnto the / but that ſame which we had frō the begynninge / that we ſhuld Loue is the fyrſt cōmaundement. love one another. And this is the love / that we ſhulde walke after his commaundementes.

This commaundement is (that as ye have hearde from the begynninge) ye ſhuld walke in it. For many deceavers are entred in to the worlde / which confeſſe not that Ieſus Chriſt is come in the fleſſhe. This is a deceaver and an Antichriſt. Loke on youre ſelves / that we looſe not that we have wrought: but that we maye have a full rewarde. Whoſoever tranſgreſſeth and bydeth not in the doctrine of Chriſt / hath not God. He yt endureth in the doctrine of Chriſt / hath bothe the father and the ſonne.

Yf ther come eny vnto you & bringe not this learninge / him receave not to houſſe: nether bid him God ſpede. For he that biddeth him God ſpede / is parttaker of his evyll dedes. I had many thinges to wryte vnto you / nevertheleſſe I wolde not wryte with paper and ynke: but I truſt to come vnto you / & ſpeake with you mouth to mouth / that oure ioye maye be full. The ſonnes of thy electe ſyſter grete the.

Amen.

¶ The .iij. piſtle of S. Iohn.

THe Elder vnto the beloven Gayus / whom I love in ye trueth. Beloved / I wiſſhe in all thinges that thou proſperedeſt and faredeſt well evē as thy ſoule proſpereth. I reioyſed greatly when the brethren came / and teſtified of the trueth that is in the / how thou walkeſt in trouthe. I have no greater ioye then for to heare howe that my ſonnes walke in veritie.

Beloved / thou doeſt faythfully what ſoever thou doeſt to the brethren / and to ſtraungers / which bare witnes of thy love before all the congregacion. Which brethren whē thou bryngeſt forwardes on their iorney (as it beſemeth god) thou ſhalt do well: becauſe that for his names ſake they went forth / and toke nothinge of the gentyls. We therfore ought to receave ſoche / that we alſo myght be helpers to the trueth.

I wrote vnto the congregaciō: but Diotrephes which loveth to have the • reeminence amōge them / receaveth vs not. Wherfore yf I come / I will declare his dedes which he doeth / ieſtinge on vs with malicious wordes / nether is therewith content. Not only he him ſilfe receaveth not the brethrē: but alſo he for biddeth them that wolde / and thruſteth them out of the congregacion.

Beloved / folowe not that which is evyll / but that which is good. • e that doeth well is of God: but he y• doeth evyll ſeith not God. Demetrius hath good reporte of all men / and of the trueth: ye and we oure ſelves alſo beare recorde / & ye knowe that oure recorde is true. I have many thinges to wryte: but I will not with ynke and penne wryte vnto the. For I truſt I ſhall ſhortly ſe the / and we ſhall ſpeake mouth to mouth. Peace be with the. The lovers ſalute the. Grete the lovers by name.

¶ The Prologe to the epiſile of S. Paul to the Hebrues.

ABoute this piſtle hath euer beē noche doutynge and that amō te great learned mē who ſhuld be the auctor therof: diuerſe affirminge that it was not Paules partlye becauſe the ſtile ſo diſagreeth & is ſo vnlyk: his other epiſtles / & parrlye becauſe it ſtondeth in the ſeconde Chapter / this learninge was confyrmed to vs warde: that is to ſaye taught vs by them that heard it them ſelues of the Lorde. Now Paule teſtifieth Gala. j. that he receaued not his goſpell of man ner by man but ymmediatlye of Chriſt & that by reuelacion. Wherfore ſaye they / ſeinge this mā confeſſeth that he receaued his doctryne of the Apoſtles it cānot be Pauls / but ſome diſciple of the Apoſtles. Now whether it were Pauls or no I ſaye not / but permytit to other mennes iudgementes / ne ther thinke I it to be an article of anye mannes fayth / but that a man maye doute of the auctor.

Moreouer / manye there hath been which not onlye haue denyed this piſtle to haue been wrytten by anye of the Apoſtles / but haue alſo refuſed yt altogether as no catholick or godlye piſtle / becauſe of certen textes written therin. For fyrſt it ſayth in the ſi • te: it is impoſſible that they which were once lyghted / & haue taſted of the heuenly gyfte & were become partakers of the holy gooſt / & haue taſted of the good worde of God & of the power of the worlde to come if they fall / ſhuld be renewed agayne to repentaū ce or conuerſion. And in the tēth it ſayeth / if we ſynne wyllynglye after we haue receaued the knowledge of the truthe / there remarneth no more ſacrifice for ſynnes / but a fearfull lokynge for iudgemēt & vyolent fyer which ſhall deſtroye the aduerſaries. And in the .xij. it ſayeth that Eſau founde no waye to repentaūce or cō uerſyon • no though he ſought it with teares. Which textes ſaye they / ſounde that if a mā ſyn ne anye more after he is once baptiſed / he can be nomore forgeuen / and that is contrary to all the ſcripture / and therfore to be refuſed to be catholyck and godlye.

Vnto which I anſwer: yf we ſhuld denie this piſtle for thoſe textes ſakes / ſo ſhuld we denye fyrſt Mathew which in his .xij. chap. affirmeth that he which blaſphemeth the holy gooſt / ſhall nether be forgeuē here ner in y• worlde to come. And then Marke which in his .iij. chap. ſayeth that he that blaſphemeth the holy gooſt / ſhall neuer haue forgeuenes / but ſhal be in daūger of eternall dānaciō. And thyrdly Luke which ſayth there ſhal be no remiſſiō to hī that blaſphemeth the ſpirite of God. Moreouer Iohn in his .j. piſtle ſayth there is a ſynne vnto deeth / for which a mā ſhuld not praye. And .ij. Petr. ij. ſayth: yf a mā be fled frō the vnclennes of the worlde thorow the knowlege of the ſau your Ieſus Chriſt / and then be wropt in agayne / his ende is worſe then the begininge & that it had bene better for him neuer to haue knowē the truthe. And Paul ij. timo. iij. curſſeth Alexāder the coperſinith / deſyringe the Lorde to rewarde him accordinge to his dedes. Which is a ſigne that ether the piſtle ſhuld not be good / or that Alexāder had ſynned paſt forgeuenes / no more to be prayed for. Wherfore ſeinge no ſcripture is of priuat inter pretaciō: but muſt be expounded accordinge to the generall articles of oure fayth & agreable to other opē & euidēt textes / & cōfirmed or cōpared to lyke ſentēces / why ſhuld we not vnderſtō ee theſe places with lyke reuerēce as we do the other / namely when all the remnāt of the piſtle is ſo godlye and of ſo great learninge.

The fyrſt place in the .vj. Chapter will no more then that they which knowe the truthe / & yet willinglye refuſe the light / and choſe rather to dwell in darcknes / & refuſe Chriſt & make a mocke of him (as the Phariſes which when they were ouercome with ſcripture & myracles that Chriſt was the verye Meſſias / yet had ſoche luſt in iniquite that they for ſoke him / perſecuted him ſlewe him & did all the ſhame that coulde be ymagined to him) cānot be renued (eis Me tano iam) ſayth the Greke / to be conuerted: that is to ſaye / ſoche malycious vnkyndnes which is none no • her then the blaſpheminge of the holy ghooſt / deſerueth that the ſpirite ſhall neuer come more at them to conuert th • / which I beleue to be as true as eny other texte in all the ſcripture.

And what is meant by that place in the tēth chapter where he ſayth / yf we ſynne willinglie after we haue receaued the knowledge of the truthe / there remayneth no more ſacrifice for ſynne / is declared ymediatlye after. For he maketh a comparyſon betwene Moſes & Chriſt / ſayenge: if he which deſpiſed Moſes lawe dyed without mercie how moche worſe puniſhement is he worthye of / that treadeth the ſonne of God vnder fote & counteth the bloude of the couenaūt / by which bloude he was ſanctified / as an vnholy thinge & blaſphemeth the ſpirite of grace. By which wordes it is manyfeſt that he meaneth none other by the fore wordes / then the ſynne of blaſphemye of the ſpirite.

For them that ſynne of ignoraunce or infirmitie / there is reamedie / but for him that knoweth the trouthe / & yet willinglye yeldeth himſelfe to ſynne / and conſenteth vnto the lyfe of ſynne with ſoule and bodye / and had leuer lye in ſynne then haue his poyſoned nature healed by the helpe of the ſpirite of grace / & malyciouſlye perſecuteth the truthe: for him I ſaye there is no remeadye the waye to mercie is locked vp & the ſpirite is taken frō him for his vnthankfulnes ſake no more to be geuen him. Trouthe it is yf a man can tourne to God and beleue in Chriſt / he muſt be forgeuē how depe ſoeuer he hath ſynned: but that wyll not be with oute the ſpirite / & ſoche blaſphemers ſhall no more haue the ſpirite offered them. Let euery mā therfore feare God & beware that he yelde not him ſelfe to ſerue ſynne / but how ofte ſoeuer he ſynne let him begynne agayne & fyght afreſhe / & no doute he ſhall at the laſt ouercome / & in the meantyme yet be vnder mercie for Chriſtes ſake becauſe his harte worketh and wolde fayne belowſed from vnder the bondage of fynne.

And that it ſayeth in the. xi • . Eſau foūde no waye (eis Metanono iam) to beconuerted & recō ciled vnto God & reſtored vnto his byrthright agayne / though he ſought it with teares / that text muſt haue a ſpiritualleye. For Eſau in ſellynge his byrthryght deſpiſed not only that tē porall promocion / that he ſhuld haue been lorde ouer all his brethren & kynge of that coūtre: but he alſo refuſed the grace & mercie of God & the ſpirituall bleſſinges of Abraham & Iſaac & all the mercie that is promiſed vs in Chriſt which ſhuld have been his ſeed. Of this ye ſe that this epiſtle ought no more to be refuſed for holye / godlye & catholicke then the other autenticke ſcriptures.

Now therfore to come to oure purpoſe agayne / though this epiſtle (as it ſayth in the ſixte) ſaye not the grounde of the fayth of Chriſt / yet it buyldeth conynglye theron pure golde / ſyluer & preciouſe ſtones / & proueth the preſthode of Chriſt with ſcriptures ineuitable. Moreouer ther is no worke in all the ſcripture that ſo playnlye declareth the meaninge & ſignificacions of the ſacrifices / ceremonies & fygures of the olde teſtamēt / as this piſtle: in ſo moche that if wilfull blindnes and malicious malyce were not the cauſe this epiſtle onlye were ynough to wede oute of the heartes of the Papiſtes that cankred hereſye of iuſtifyenge of workes / concerninge oure ſacramentes / ceremonies and all maner tradicions of their awne inuencion.

And finallye in that ye ſe in the tenth that he had bene in bondes and pryſon for Chriſtes ſake and in that he ſo myghtelye dryueth all to Chriſt to be ſaued thorow him / and ſo cared for the flocke of Chriſt that he bothe wrote & ſent / where he harde that they begonne to faynte / to comforte / courage and ſtrength them with the worde of God / and in that alſo that he ſent Timothe Pauls diſciple both verteous / well learned and had in great reuerence / it is eaſie to ſe that he was a faythfull ſeruaunt of Chriſtes & of the ſame doctryne that Timothe was of / ye and Paule him ſelfe was / and that he was an Apoſtle or in the Apoſtles tyme or nere therunto. And ſeinge the piſtle agreeth to all the r • ſt of the ſcripture / yf it be indifferētlye loked on / how ſhuld it not be of auctoryte and taken for holye ſcrypture?

¶ The piſtle of S. Paul vnto the Hebrues.

¶ The fyrſt Chapter. ✚

GOd in tyme paſt diverſly and many wayes / ſpake vnto the fathers by Prophete: but in theſe laſt dayes he hath ſpoken vnto vs by his ſonne / whom he hath made heyre of all thinges: by whō alſo he made the worlde. Which ſonne beynge the brightnes of his glory / & very ymage of his ſubſtance / bearinge vp all thinges with the worde of his power / hath in his awne perſon pourged oure ſynnes / & is ſitten on the right honde of the maieſtie an hye / and Chriſt hath purged oure ſynne. is more excellent then the angels / in as moche as he hath by inheritaunce obteyned an excellenter name then have they.

For vnto which of the angele ſayde he ateny tyme: Thou arte my ſonne / this daye begate I the? And agayne: I will be his father / pſal. ij. b. ij. reg. vij and he ſhalbe my ſonne. And agayne whē he bringeth in the fyrſt begotten ſonne in to the worlde / he ſayth: And all the angels of God ſhall worſhippe him. And of the angels he ſayth: He maketh his angels ſpretes / and hispſa. xxvi miniſtres flammes of fyre. But vnto the ſonne he ſayth: God thy ſeate ſhalbe forever and ever. The cepter of thy kyngdome is a rightpſal. ciij. pſa. xliiij cepter. Thou haſt loved righteweſnes & hated iniquyte • . Wherfore God which is thy God / hath anoynted the with ye oyle of gladnesoyle of gladnes is the holy ghooſt. above thy felowes.

And thou Lorde in the begynninge haſt layde the foundacion of the erth. And the hevēs are the workes of thy hondes. They ſhall periſſhe / but thou ſhalt endure. They all ſhall wexe olde as doth a garment: and as a veſture ſhalt thou chaunge them / and they ſhalbe chaunged. But thou arte all wayes / and thy yeres ſhall not fayle. ✚ Vnto which of the angels ſayde he at eny tyme? Sit on my ryght honde / tyll I make thyne enemyes thy fotepſal. cix. j. co. xv. ſtole. Are they not all myniſtrynge ſpretes / ſent to miniſter for their ſakes which ſhalbe heyres of ſalvacion?

The .ii. Chapter.

VVherfore we ought to geve ye more hedeIf the deſpiſers of Moſes were ſo greuouſlye punyſſhed: what ſhall be • ome of them that make a mocke of Chriſt. to ye thingꝭ we have herde leſt we peryſſhe. For yf the worde which was ſpokē by angels was ſtedfaſt: ſo yt every trāſgreſſiō & diſobediēce receaved a iuſt r • cō pēce to rewarde: how ſhall we eſcape / yf we deſpyſe ſo great ſaluaciō which at ye fyrſt begā to be preached of ye lorde him ſilfe / & afterwarde was cōformed vnto vs warde / by thē ye hearde it / god bearynge witnes therto / bothe with ſygnes and wonders alſo / and with divers Miracles are called ſignes becauſe they be a ſygne token & an euydent proffeth • t the thige that is preached is Godes worde. miracles / & gyftes of the holy gooſte / accordynge to his awne will.

He hath not vnto the angels put in ſubieccion the worlde to come / where of we ſpeake. But one in a certayne place witneſſed / ſayinge. What is man / that thou arte myndfull of him? After thou haddeſt for a feaſon made him lower then the angels: tho • crounedſt him with honour and glory / and haſt ſet him above the workes of thy hondes. Thou haſt put all thynges in ſubieccion vnder his fete. In that he put all thynges vnder him / he left nothynge that is not put vnder him. Nevertheleſſe we yet ſe not all thynges ſubdued but him yt was made leſſe thē ye angelles: we ſe that it was Ieſus which is crouned with glory and honour for the ſofferinge of death: that he by the grace of god / ſhulde taſt of deeth for all men.

For it becam him / for whom are all thyngꝭ & by whom are all thynges / after that he had brought many ſonnes vnto glory / that he ſhuld make the lorde of their ſaluacion parfect thorow ſofferynge. For he that ſanctifieth / and they which are ſanctified • are all of one▪ For which cauſes ſake / he is not a ſhampſal. xx • pſal. xvij eſa. viij. • de to call thē brethren ſayinge: I will declare thy name vnto my brethren / and in the myddes of the congregaciō will I prayſe the. And agayne: I will put my truſt in him. And agayne. beholde here am I and the children which god hath geven me.

For as moche then as the children wereozee. xiij. j. cor. xv. parte takers offleſſhe and bloud / he alſo him ſilfelyke wyſe toke parte with them / for to put doune thorow deth / him that had lordſhippe over deeth / that i • to ſaye the devyll / & y• he myght delyver thē which thorow feare of deeth were all their lyfe tyme in daūger of bondage. For he in no place taketh on him the angels: but the ſeede of Abraham taketh he on him. Wherfore in all thynges it became him to be made lyke vnto his brethrē / • hat he myght be mercifull and a faythfull hye preſte in thynges concernynge god / for to pourge the peoples ſynnes. For in that he him ſilfe ſuffered and was tempted / he is able to ſucker them that are tempted.

The .iii. Chapter.

VVherfore holy brethren / partakers of the celeſtiall callinge / cōſyder the embaſſeatour and hye preſt of oure profeſſion / Chriſt Ieſus which was faythfull to him that made him / even as was Moſes in all his houſſe. And this man was countednum. xij. worthy of more glory then Moſes: In as moche as he which hath prepared the houſſe hath moſt honoure in the houſſe. Every houſſe is prepared of ſome man. But he that ordeyned all thinges is god. And Moſes verely was faythfull in all his houſſe as a miniſter / to beare witnes of tho thinges which ſhuld be ſpoken afterwarde. But Chriſt as a ſonne hath rule over the houſſe / whoſe houſſe are we / ſo that we hold faſt the confydence & the reioyſynge of that hope / vnto the ende.

Wherfore as the holy gooſt ſayth: to daye if ye ſhall heare his voyce / harden not yourepſal. xciij hertes / after the rebellyon in the daye of temptacion in the wildernes / where youre fathers tempted me / proved me / and ſawe my workes xl. yeare longe. Wherfore I was greved wt y• generaciō & ſayde. They erre ever in their hertes: they verely have not knowē my wayes / ſo that I ſware in my wrathe / that they ſhuld not enter into my reſt. Take hede brethren that therbe in none of you an evyll herte in vnbeleve / that he ſhuld departe from ye lyvynge god: but exhorte one another dayly / whill it is called to daye / leſt eny of you wexe harde herted thorow y• deceytfullneſſe of ſinne

We are partetakers of Chriſt yf we kepe ſure vnto the ende the fyrſt ſubſtance / ſo longeFyrſt ſubſtaunce is fayth. as it is ſayd: to daye yf ye heare his voyce / hardē not youre hertes / as when ye rebelled. For ſome / whē they hearde / rebelled: howbe it not all yt cā out of Egypt vnder Moſes. But with whō was he deſpleaſed. yl. yeares? Was he not diſpleaſed with them that ſynned:nu. xiiij. c whoſe carkaſes were over thorwen in the deſert? To whom ſware he that they ſhuld not enter into his reſt: but vnto them that beleved not? And we ſe that they coulde not enter in / becauſe ofAs fayth is the grounde of all grace euen ſo is vnbelefe the rote of all ſynne. vnbeleve.

The .iiii. Chapter.

LEt vs feare therfore leſt eny of vs forſakynge the promes of entrynge into his reſt / ſhulde ſeme to come behinde. For vnto vs was it declared / as well as vnto them. But it proffited not them that they hearde the worde / becauſe they which hearde it / coupled it not with fayth. But we which have beleved / do enter into his reſt / as contrarypſa. xciiij wyſe he ſayde to the other: I have ſworne in my wrath / they ſhall not enter into my reſt. And that ſpake he verely longe after that the workes were made & the foūdaciō of ye worlde layde. For he ſpake in a certayne place of ye ſevēth daye / on this wyſe: And god did reſt ye ſeventhgene. ij. • daye frō all his worke. And in this place agayne: They ſhall not come into my reſt.

Seynge therfore it foloweth that ſome muſte enter therinto / & they to whō it was fyrſt preached / entred not therin for vnbeleves ſake. Agayne he apoynteth in David a certayne preſent daye after ſo longe a tyme / ſayinge as it is rehearſed: this daye if ye heare his voyce / be not harde herted. For if Ioſue had geven them reſt / then wolde he not afterwarde have ſpokē of another daye. There remayneth therfore yet a reſt to ye people of God. For he yt is is entred into his • eſt doth Synne is oure worke / from which all muſt ceaſe that enter in to the reſt of a quyet cō ſcience in Chriſt. ceaſe from his awne workes / as god did from his.

Let vs ſtudy therfore to entre into that reſt / leſt eny man faule after the ſame enſample / in to vnbelefe. For the worde of god is quycke / and myghty in operacion / and ſharper then eny two edged ſwearde: and entreth through / even vnto the dividynge a ſonder of the ſoule and the ſprete / and of the ioyntes and the mary: and iudgeth the thoughtes and the intentes of the herte: nether is there eny creature inviſiblecccl. x v. d pſalmo. xxxiij. in the ſight of it. For all thynges are naked and bare vnto the eyes of him / of whō we ſpeake.

¶ The .v. Chapter.

SEynge then that we have a great hyej. cor. iij. b preſt whych is entred into heven (I meane Ieſus the ſonne of God) let vs holde oure profeſſion. For we have not an hye preſt / which can not have compaſſion on oure infirmities: but was in all poyntes tempted / lyke as we are: but yet with out ſynne. Let vs therfore goo boldely vnto the ſeate of grace / that we maye receave mercy / and fynde grace to helpe in tyme of nede.

✚ For every hye preſt that is taken from amō ge men / is ordeyned for men / in thynges pertaynynge to god: to offer gyftes and ſacryfyſes for ſynne: which can have compaſſion on the ignoraunt / and on them that are out of the waye / becauſe that he him ſilfe alſo is compaſed with infirmitie: For the which infirmities ſake / he is bounde to offer for ſynnes / as well for hys awne parte / as for the peoples. And noman taketh honour vnto him ſilfe / butj. pa. xxiij he that is called of God / as was Aaron.

Even ſo lykewiſe / Chriſt glorified not him ſilfe / to be made the hye preſt: but he that ſayde vnto him: thou arte my ſonne / this daye begatpſal. ij. b. I the / glorified him. As he alſo in another place ſpeaketh: Thou arte a preſt for ever after the order of Melchiſedech. ✚ Which inpſal. cix. the dayes of his fleſſhe / did offer vp prayers and ſupplicacions / with ſtronge cryinge and teares / vnto him that was able to ſave him from deeth: and was alſo hearde / becauſe of his godlines. And though he were Goddes ſonne / yet learned he obediēce / by tho thynge which he ſuffered / and was made parfaite / & the cauſe of eternall ſaluacion vnto all them that obey him: and is called of God an hye preſt / after the order of Melchiſedech.

Wherof we have many thynges to ſaye which are harde to be vitered: becauſe ye are dull of hearinge. For when as cōcerninge ye tyme / ye ought to be teachers / yet have ye nede agayne that we teache you the fyrſt principles of the worde of god: and are become ſoche as have nede of mylke / and not of ſtronge meate: For every man that is feed with mylke / is inexperte in the worde of righteweſnes. For he is but a babe. But ſtronge meate belongeth to them that are parfecte which thorow cuſtome have their wittes exerciſed / to iudge both good and evyll alſo.

¶ The .vi. Chapter.

VVherfore let vs leave y• doctryne pertayninge to the beginninge of a Chriſten man / & let vs go vnto perfecciō / and now no more laye the foundaciō of repentaunce from deed workes / & of fayth towarde God / of baptyme / of doctryne / & of layinge on of hondes / & of reſurreccion from deeth / & of eternall iudgemēt. And ſo will we do / yf God permitte. For it is not poſſible yt they / which were once lyghted / and have taſted of the hevenlyij. pet. ij. d gyft / and were become partetakers of the holy gooſt / & have taſted of the good worde of God / & of the power of the worlde to come: yf they faule / ſhuld be renued agayne vnto repentaunce: for as moche as they have (as concerninge them ſelves) crucified the ſonne of God a freſſhe / makynge a mocke of him.

For that erth which drinketh in the rayne wich cōmeth ofte vpon it / and bringeth forth erbes mete for them that dreſſe it / receaveth bleſſynge of god. But that grounde / which beareth thornes & bryars / is reproved / & is nye vnto curſynge: whoſe ende is to be burned. Nevertheleſſe deare frendes / we truſt to ſe better of you and thynges which accompany ſaluacion / though we thus ſpeake. For god is not vnrighteous that he ſhuld forget youre worke and laboure that procedeth of love / which love ſhewed in his name / which have miniſtred vnto the ſaynctes / and yet miniſter Yee / & we deſyre that every one of you ſhew the ſame diligence / to the ſtablyſſhynge of hope / even vnto the ende: that ye faynt not / but folowe them / which thorow fayth & pacience inheret the promyſes.

For when god made promes to Abraham / becauſe he had no greater thinge to ſweare by he ſware by him ſilfe ſayinge: Surely I willgen. xxij bleſſe the and multiply the in dede. And ſo after that he had taryed a longe tyme / he enioyed the promes. Men verely ſweare by him that is greater then them ſelves / and an othe to confyrme the thynge / ys amonge them an ende of all ſtryfe. So god willynge very aboundanly to ſhewe vnto the heyres of promes / the ſtablenes of his counſayle / he added an othe / that by two Two immutable thinges: the promiſe & the othe. immutable thinges (in which it was vnpoſſible that god ſhuld lye) we myght have parfect conſolacion / which have fled / for to holde faſt the hope that is ſet before vs / which hope we have as an ancre of the ſoule both ſure and ſtedfaſt. Which hope alſo entreth in / into tho thynges which are with in the vayle / whither ye fore runner is for vs entred in / I meā Ieſus that is made an hye preſt for ever / after the order of Melchiſedech.

The .vii. Chapter.

THis Melchiſedech kynge of Salem (which beinge preſt of ye moſt hye god gen. xiiij. met Abraham / as he returned agayne from the ſlaughter of the kynges / and bleſſed him: to whom alſo Abraham gave tythes of all thynge) fyrſt is by interpretacion kynge of righteweſnes: after ye he is kynge of Salē / yt is to ſaye kynge of peace / with out father / wt out mother / with out kynne / and hath nether begynnynge of his tyme / nether yet ende of his lyfe: but is lykened vnto the ſonne of god and continueth a preſte for ever.

Conſyder what a man this was / vnto whō the patriarke Abraham gave tythes of the ſpoyles. And verely thoſe children of levy / which receave the office of the preſtes / have a commaundement to take a cordyng • to the lawe / tythes of the people / that is to ſaye / of their brethren / yee though they ſpronge out of the loynes of Abraham. But he whoſe kynred is not counted amonge them / receaved tythes of Abraham / and bleſſed him that had the promyſes. And no man denyeth but that which is leſſe / receaveth bleſſinge of yt which is greater. And here men that dye receave tythes. But there he receaveth tythes of whom it is witneſſed / that he liveth. And to ſaye the trueth / Levy him ſilfe alſo which receaveth tythes / payed tythes in Abraham. For he was yet in the loynes of his father Abraham when Melchiſech met him.

Yf now therfore perfeccion came by the preſthod of the levites (for vnder that preſthod the people recaved the lawe) what neded it further more that an other preſt ſhuld ryſe / after the order of Melchiſedech / and not after the order of Aaron? Now no dout / yf the preſthod be tranſlated / then of neceſſitie muſt the lawe be tranſlated alſo.

For he of whom theſe thynges are ſpoken / pertayneth vnto another trybe / of which never man ſerved at the aultre. For it is evidēt that oure lorde ſprouge of the trybe of Iuda / of which trybe ſpake Moſes nothynge concernynge preſthod.

And it is yet a more evydent thinge / yf after the ſimilitude of Melchiſedech / ther aryſe a nother preſt / which is not made after the lawe of the carnall commaundmēt: but after the power of the endleſſe lyfe (For he teſtifieth:pſal. cix. Thou arte a preſt forever / after the order of Melchyſedech) Then the commaundmēt that went a fore / is diſanulled / becauſe of hir weaknes and vnproffitablenes. For the lawe made nothynge parfecte: but was an introduccion of a better hope / by which hope / we drawe nye vnto god.

And for this cauſe it is a better hope / that it was not promyſed with out an othe. Thoſe preſtes were made wt out an oth: but this pſal. cix. preſt with an oth / by him that ſaide vnto him The lorde ſware / and will not repent: Thou arte a preſt for ever after the order of Melchiſedech. And for that cauſe was Ieſus a ſtablyſſher of a better teſtament.

And amonge them many were made preſtes / becauſe they were not ſuffred to endure by the reaſon of deeth. But this man / becauſe he endureth ever / hath an everlaſtinge preſthod. Wherfore he is able alſo ever to ſave them that come vnto god by him / ſeynge he ever lyveth / to make interceſſion for vs.

Soche an hye preſt it became vs to have / which is wholy / harmleſſe / vndefyled / ſeparat from ſynners / & made hyar then heven. Which nedeth not dayly (as yonder hie preſtes) to offer vp ſacrifice / fyrſt for his awneChriſt once ſacrificed / purged all ſinnes. ſynnes / and then for the peoples ſynnes. For that did he at once for all when he offered vp him ſilfe. For the lawe maketh men preſtes / which have infirmitie: but the worde of the othe that came ſence y• lawe / maketh the ſonne preſt / which is parfecte for ever more.

The .viii. Chapter

OF the thynges which we have ſpokē / this is the pyth: that we have ſoche an hye preſte that is ſitten on ye right honde of the ſeate of maieſte in heven / and is a miniſter of holy thynges / and of the very tabernacle / which God pyght / and not mā. For every hye preſt is ordeyned to offer gyfres and ſacryfiſes / wherfore it is of neceſſitie / that this man have ſome what alſo to offer. For he were not a preſte / yf he were on y• erth where are preſtes that acordynge to y• lawe / offer giftes / which preſtes ſerve vnto ye enſample & ſhadowe of hevenly thynges: even as the anſwer of God was geven vnto Moſes when he was about to fynniſhe the tabernacle: Takeexo. xxv act. vij. f. hede (ſayde he) that thou make all thynges accordynge to the patrone ſhewed to the in the mount.

Now hath he obtayned a more excellent office / in as moche as he is the mediator of a better teſtament / which was made for better promyſes. For yf that fyrſt teſtament had bene fauteleſſe: then ſhuld no place have bene ſought for the ſeconde. For in rebukynge thē he ſayth: Beholde the dayes will come (ſaythhie. xxx • the lorde) and I will fynnyſhe apon the houſſe of Iſrahel / and apon the houſſe of Iuda / a newe teſtament: not lyke the teſtament thatCovenaunt. I made with their fathers at that tyme / whē I toke them by the hondes / to lede them oute of the londe of Egipte / for they continued not in my teſtament / and I regarded them not ſayth the lorde.

For this is the teſtament that I will make with the houſſe of Iſrahell: After thoſe dayes ſayth the lorde: I will put my lawes in their myndes / and in their hertes I will wryte thē / and I wilbe their God / and they ſhalbe my people. And they ſhall not teache / every man his neghboure / and every man his brother / ſayinge: knowe the lorde: For they ſhall knowe me / from the leſt to the moſte of them: For I wilbe mercifull over their vnrightweſnes / & on their ſynnes and on their iniquities. In yt he ſayth a new teſtament he hath abrogat the olde. Now that which is diſanulled and weyed▪ olde / is redy to vannyſſhe awaye.

The .ix. Chapter.

THat fyrſt tabernacle verely had ordinaunces / and ſervynges of god / & wordly holynes. ✚ For there was a fore tabernacle made / wherin was the candleſticke / and the table / and the ſhewe breed / which is called wholy. But with in the ſecōde vayle was ther a tabernacle / which is called holieſt of all / which had the golden ſenſer / and the arcke of the teſtamēt overlayde round about with golde / wherin was the golden pot with manna / and Aarons rodde that ſpronge / and the tables of the teſtament. Over the arcke were the cherubis of glory ſhadowynge the ſeate of grace. Of which thynges / we wyll not now ſpeake perticularly.

When theſe thynges were thus ordeyned / the preſtes went all wayes into the fyrſt tabernacle & executed the ſervice of god. But into the ſeconde went the hye preſt alone / once every yeare: and not with out bloud / which he offered for him ſilfe / and for the ignoraunce of ye people. Wherwith ye holy gooſt this ſignifyeng / yt the waye of holy thynge / was not yet opēned / whill as yet ye fyrſt tabernacle was ſtondynge. Which was a ſimilitude for the tyme then preſent / and in which were offered gyftes and ſacrifiſes that coulde not make them that miniſter parfecte / as pertaynynge to the conſcience / with only meates & drinkes / and divers weſſhynges and iuſtifyinges of the fleſſhe / which were ordeyned vntyll the tyme of reformacion.

✚ But Chriſt beynge an hye preſt of good thynges to come / came by a greater and a moare parfecte tabernacle / not made with hondes: that is to ſaye / not of this maner bildynge / nether by the bloud of gotes and calves: but by his awne bloud we entred once for all into the holy place / and founde eternall redemcion. ✚ For yf the bloud of ox •• and of Gotes • eu. xvj. c & the aſſhes of an heyfer / whē it was ſprynckled / puryfied the vnclene / as touchyngej. pet. j. d. j. io. j. d. apoc. j. d. j. pet. iij. rom. v. b. the purifiynge of the fleſſhe: How moche more ſhall the bloud of Chriſt (which thorow the eternall ſprete / offered him ſilfe with out ſpot to God) pourdge youre conſciences from deed workes for to ſerve the livynge god?

And for this cauſe is he the mediator of ye newe teſtament / that thorow deeth which chaunſed for the redempcion of thoſe tranſgreſſions that were in ye fyrſt teſtamēt) they which were called / myght receave the promes of eternall inheritaunce. ✚ For wherſoever is a teſtament / there muſt alſo be the deeth of him thatgala. iij. b maketh the teſtament. For the teſtament taketh auctoritie when men are deed: For it is of no value as longe as he that made it is a live. For which cauſe alſo / nether that fyrſt teſtament was ordeyned with out bloud. For when all the commaundementes were redde of Moſes vnto all the people / he toke ye bloud of calves and of Gotes / with water and purplegeneſis .xxiiij. woll and yſope / and ſprynkled both the boke and all the people / ſayinge: this is the bloud of the teſtament which god hath apoynted vnto you. Morover / he ſprenkled the tabernacle with bloud alſo / and all the miniſtrynge veſſels. And almoſt all thynges / are bye the lawe / pourged with bloud / and with out effuſion of bloud / is no remiſſion.

It is then nede that the ſimilitudes of hevenly thynges be purified with ſoche thynges: but the hevenly thynges them ſelves are purified with better ſacrifiſes then are thoſe. For Chriſt is not entred into the holy places that are made with hondes / which are but ſimilitudes of true thynges: but is entred into very heven / for to appere now in the ſyght of God for vs: not to offer him ſilfe often / as the hye preſt entreth in to ye holy place every yeare with ſtraunge bloud / for then muſt he have of ten ſuffered ſence the worlde begā. But now in the ende of the worlde / hath he appered once / to put ſynne to flyght / by the offerynge vp of him ſilfe. And as it is apoynted vnto men that they ſhall once dye / and then commeth the iudgement / even ſo Chriſt was once offered to take a waye the ſynnes of many / androm. v. b. • . pet. iij. c vnto them that loke for him / ſhall he appeare agayne without ſynne / vnto ſaluacion.

The .x. Chapter.

FOr the lawe which hath but the ſhadowe of good thynges to come / and not the thynges in their awne faſſion / canleui. xvj. never with ye ſacryfiſes which they offer yere by yere continually / make the cōmers ther vnto parfayte. For wolde not then thoſe ſacrifiſes have ceaſed to have bene offered / becauſe that the offerers once pourged / ſhuld have had no moare conſciēces of ſinnes. Nevertheleſſe in thoſe ſacrifiſes is ther mencion made of ſynnes every yeare. For it is vnpoſſible that the bloud of oxen / and of gotes ſhuld take awaye ſynnes.

Wherfore when he commeth into the worlde / hepſalmo. xxxix. ſayth: Sacrifice and offeringe thou woldeſt not have: but a bodie haſt thou ordeyned me. In ſacrifices and ſynneofferynges thoupſalmo. j. haſt no luſt. Then I ſayde: Lo I come / in the chefeſt of the boke it is written of me / that I ſhuld doo thy will / o god. Above when he had ſayed ſacrifice and offerynge / and burnt ſacrifices and ſynneofferynges thou woldeſt not have / nether haſt alowed (which yet are offered by the lawe) and then ſayde: Lo I come to do thy will o god: he taketh a waye the fyrſtChriſtes bodye is but once offered to ſtabliſſhe the latter. By the which will we are ſanctified / by the offeringe of the body of Ieſu Chriſte once for all.

And every preſt is redy dayly miniſtrynge / and ofte tymes offereth one maner of offerynge / which can never take awaye ſynnes. But this man after he had offered one ſacrifyce for ſynnes / ſat him doune for ever on the right honde of god / and from hence forth tariethpſa. cix. • j. cor. xv. till his foes be made his foteſtole. For with one offerynge hath he made parfecte for ever them y• are ſanctified. And ye holy gooſt alſo beareth vs recorde of this / even when he tolde before: This is the teſtament that I will make vnto them after thoſe dayes ſayth the lorde. I will put my lawes in their herteshie. xxxj and in their mynde I will write them & theirHere foloweth oure dutye / if we will be partakers of ye mercye before reherſed. ſynnes and iniquyties will I remember no moare. And where remiſſion of theſe thinges is / there is no moare offerynge for ſynne.

Seynge brethren that by the meanes of the bloud of Ieſu / we maye be bolde to enter into that holy place / by the newe and livynge waye / which he hath prepared for vs / through the vayle / that is to ſaye by his fleſſhe. And ſeynge alſo that we have an hye preſt which is ruler over ye houſſe of god / let vs drawe nye with a true herte in a fullfayth / ſprynckeled in oure hertes from an evyll conſcience / and weſſhed in oure bodies with pure water / and let vs kepe the profeſſion of oure hope / with oute waveringe (for he is faythfull that promyſed) & let vs conſyder one another to provokeWe ought to care eche for others ſaluacion / as we ſhuld yf we trulye loued eche other. vnto love / & to good workes: & let vs not forſake the feliſhippe that we have amōge oure ſelves / as the maner of ſome is: but let vs exhorte one another / and that ſo moche the more / becauſe ye ſe that the daye draweth nye.

For yf we ſynne willyngly after that we have receaved the knowledge of the trueth / there remayneth no more ſacrifice for ſynnes but a fearfull lokynge for iudgement / and violent fyre which ſhall devoure the adverſaries He that deſpiſeth Moſes lawe / dyeth without mercy vnder two or thre witneſſes. Ofdut. xvij. mat. xvij • o. viij. c. ij. cor. xiij how moche ſorer punyſhment ſuppoſe ye ſhall he be counted worthy / which treadeth vnder fote the ſonne of god: and counteth the bloude of the teſtament as an vnholy thynge wherwith he was ſanctified / and doth diſhonoure to the ſprete of grace. For we knowe him that hath ſayde / vengeaunce belongeth vnto me / I will recompence fayth the lorde.du. xxxij com. xij. And agayne: the lorde ſhall iudge his people. It is a fearfull thynge to faule into the hondes of the livynge God.

Call to remēbraunce the dayes that are paſſed / in the which after ye had receaved light / ye endured a greate fyght in adverſities / partly whill all men wondred and gaſed at you for the ſhame and triōulacion that was done vnto you / and partly whill ye became companyons of thē which ſo paſſed their tyme. For ye ſuffered alſo with my bondes / and toke a worth the ſpoylynge of youre goodes / & that with gladnes / knowynge in youre ſelves how that ye had in heven a better and an endurynge ſubſtaunce Caſt not awaye therfore youre confidence / which hath great rewarde to recō pence. For ye have nede of paciēce / that after ye have done ye will of god / ye myght receave the promes. For yet a very lytell whyle / and he that ſhall come will come / and will not tary. But the iuſt ſhall live by faith. And yf heaba. ij. a. rom. j. b gala. iij. b withdrawe him ſilfe / my ſoule ſhall have no pleaſure in him. We are not whiche with drawe oure ſelves vnto dampnaciō / but partayne to fayth to the wynnynge of the ſoule.

¶ The .xi. Chapter.

FAyth is a ſure confidence of thyngesFayth & truſt in chriſt only / is the lyfe & quyetnes of the conſciēce / & not truſt in workes how holye ſo euer they appere. matthew .xxiij. d. which are hoped for / and a certayntie of thynges which are not ſene. By it ye elders were well reported of. Thorow fayth we vnderſtonde that the worlde was ordeyned by the worde of god: and that thynges which are ſene / were made of thynges which ere not ſene. By fayth Abell offered vnto god • more plenteous ſacrifice then Cayn: by vhich / he obteyned witnes that he was rightous / god teſtifyinge of his gyftes: by which alſo he beynge deed / yet ſpeaketh.

By fayth was Enoch trāſlated y• he ſhuld not ſe deeth: nether was he founde: for Godgen. v. c. • eccl. xliiij had taken him awaye. Before he was taken awaye / he was reported of / that he had pleaſed God: but with out fayth it is vnpoſſible to pleaſe him. For he that commeth to God / muſt beleve that God is / and that he is a rewarder of them that ſeke him.

By fayth Noe honored God / after that he was warned of thinges which were not ſene / gen. vj. c. eccl. xliiij and prepared the arcke to the ſavinge of his houſſholde / thorowe the which arcke / he condempned the worlde / and became heyre of the righteweſnes which commeth by fayth.

By fayth Abrahā / whē he was called obeyed / togen. xij. a goo out into a place / which he ſhuld afterwarde receave to inheritaunce / and he wēt out not knowynge whether he ſhuld goo.

By fayth he removed into the londe yt was promyſed him / as into a ſtraunge countre / & dwelt in tabernacles: & ſo dyd Iſaac & Iacob heyres with him of the ſame promes. For he loked for a citie havinge a foundaciō / who • e bylder and maker is God.

Thorow fayth Sara alſo receaved ſtrēgthgen. xxj. to be with chylde / & was delivered of a chylde when ſhe was paſt age / becauſe ſhe iudged him faythfull which had promyſed.

And therfore ſpronge therof one (& of onegen. xvij and. xviij which was as good as deed) ſo many in multitude / as the ſtarres of ye ſkye / & as the ſon • of the ſee ſhore which is innumerable.

And they all dyed in fayth / & receaved not the promyſes: but ſawe them a farre of / & beleved them / and ſaluted them: and confeſſed that they were ſtraungers and pilgrems on the erthe. They that ſaye ſoche thinges / declare that they ſeke a coūtre. Alſo yf they had bene myndfull of that countre / from whence they came oute / they had leaſure to have returned agayne. But now they deſyre a better / that is to ſaye a hevenlye. Wherfore God is not a ſhamed of them even to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a citie.

In fayth Abraham offered vp Iſaac / whē he was tempted / & he offered him beinge hisgen. xxij eccl. xliiij only begotten ſonne / which had receaved the promyſes of whō it was ſayde / in Iſaac ſhall thy ſeed be called: for he cōſidered / that Godgene. xxj rom. ix. b was able to rayſe vp agayne frō deeth. Wherfore receaved he him / for an enſample. Inge. xxvij fayth Iſaac bleſſed Iacob and Eſau / concerninge thinges to come.

By fayth Iacob when he was a dyinge / bleſſed both the ſonnes of Ioſeph / & bowedge. xlviij. him ſelfe towarde the toppe of his cepter.

By fayth Ioſeph when he dyed / remēbredgene. l. d. the departinge of the chyldren of Iſrael / and gave commaundement of his bones.

By fayth Moſes when he was borne / wasexo. ij. a. hid thre monethes of his father & mother / becauſe they ſawe he was a proper chylde: netherexodi. j. c. feared they the kynges commaundemēt.

By fayth Moſes when he was great / refuſedexod. ij. b. to be called ye ſonne of Pharaos doughter / & choſe rather to ſuffre adverſitie wt the people of God / then to enioye the pleaſurs of ſynne for a ceaſon / and eſtemed the rebuke of Chriſt greater ryches then the treaſure of Egypt. For he had a reſpect vnto ye rewarde.

By fayth he forſoke Egypt / and feared not the fearcenes of the kynge. For he endured / even as he had ſene him which is inviſible.

Thorow fayth he ordeyned the eſter lambe / and the effuſion of bloud / leſt he that deſtroyedexo. xij. d the fyrſt borne / ſhuld touche them.

By fayth they paſſed thorow the reed ſee as by drye londe / which when the Egypcians had aſſayed to do / they were drouned.ex. xiiij. c

By fayth the walles of Ierico fell doune after they were cōpaſed about / ſeven dayes.ioſu. vj. c

By fayth ye harlot Raab periſſhed not with the vnbelevers / whē ſhe had receaved the ſpyesioſu. vj. d and .ij. b. to lodgynge peaſeably.

And what ſhall I more ſaye / ye tyme wold be to ſhort for me to tell of Gedeō / of Barach & of Samſon / & of Iephthae: alſo of David & Samuel / & of the Prophetes: ✚ which thorowe fayth ſubdued kyngdomes / wrought righteouſnes / obteyned the promyſes / ſtopped the mouthes of lyons / quēched the violence of fyre / eſcaped the edge of the ſwearde / of weake were made ſtrōge / wayed valient in fight / turned to flyght the armyes of the alient. And the wemen receaved their deed rayſed to lyfe agayne.

Other were racked / & wolde not be delyvered / that they myght receave a better reſurreccion. Other taſted of mockynges & ſcourginginges / morover of bondes & preſonmēt: were ſtoned / were hewen a ſunder / were tēpted / were ſlayne with ſweardes / walked vppe & doune in ſhepes ſkynnes / in gotes ſkynnes / in nede / tribulaciō / & vexaciō / which y• worlde was not worthy of: they wādred in wildernes / in moūtaynes / in dennes and caves of the erth.

And theſe all thorow fayth obtayned good reporte ✚and receaved not the promes / God provydinge a better thinge for vs / that they with out vs ſhuld not be made parfecte.

¶ The .xii. Chapter.

VVherfore let vs alſo (ſeynge that we rom. vj. a coll. iij. b. ephe. iiij. e j. pet. ii. a. and .iiij. a are cōpaſed with ſo great a multitude of witneſſes) laye a waye all that preſſeth doune / & the ſynne that hāgeth on / & let vs rūne with paciēce vnto the battayle y• We be called to ſoffre. For with oute ſofferinge no mā cā be the ſonne of god is ſet before vs / lokynge vnto Ieſus / the auctor & fynnyſſher of oure fayth / which for the ioye that was ſet before him / abode the croſſe / and deſpyſed the ſhame / & is ſet doune on the right honde of y• trone of God. Conſider therfore how that he endured ſuche ſpeakinge agaynſt him of ſynners / leſt ye ſhuld be weried and faynte in youre myndes. For ye have not yet reſiſted vnto bloud ſheddinge / ſtryvingeIf anye loue the low of god and be cha •• ſed of god it is a comfort. For therby he is ſure that god loueth him & hath choſen himto his ſonne and heyre of euerlaſtynge lyfe. agaynſt ſynne. And ye have forgorten the conſolacion / which ſpeaketh vnto you / as vnto chyldren: My ſonne deſpyſe not the chaſtenynge of the Lorde / nether faynt when thou arte rebuked of him: For whom the Lordeloveth / him he *chaſteneth: yee / & he ſcourgeth every ſonne that he receaveth.

Yf ye endure chaſtninge / God offereth him ſelfe vnto you / as vnto ſonnes. What ſonne is that whom the father chaſteneth not? If ye be not vnder correcciō (where of all are part takers) then are ye baſtardes and not ſonnes. Moreover ſeynge we had fathers of oure fleſſhe which corrected vs / and we gave them reverence: ſhuld we not moche rather be in ſubieccion vnto the father of ſpretuall gyftes / that we myght live? And they verely for a feaue dayes / nurtred vs after their awne pleaſure: but he learneth vs vnto that which isWhy god chaſtiſeth proffitable / that we myght receave of his holines. No manner chaſtiſynge for the preſent tyme ſemeth to be ioyeous / but greveous: nevertheleſſe afterwarde it bryngeth the quyet frute of righteweſnes vnto them which are therin exercyſed.

Stretch for the therfore agayne the hondes which were let doune / & the weake knees / & ſe that ye have ſtrayght ſteppes vnto youre fete / left eny haltinge turne out of ye waye: yee / rom. xij. let it rather be healed. Embrace peace with all men / & holynes: with out the which / no man ſhall ſe the Lorde. And looke to / that no man be deſtitue of the grace of God / & that no rote of bitternes ſpringe vp & trouble / & therby many be defiled: and that there be no fornicator / or vnclene perſon / as Eſau / which for one breakfaſt ſolde his birthright. Ye knowegen. xxv gen. xxvj how that afterwarde when he wolde have in herited the bleſſinge / he was put by / & he foū de no meanes to come therby agayne: no though he deſyred it with teares.

For ye are not come vnto the mounte that can be touched / & vnto burninge fyre / nor yetexo. xix. and .xx. c to myſt & darcknes and tempeſt of wedder / nether vnto the ſounde of a trōpe & the voyce of wordes: which voyce they that hearde it / wiſſhed awaye / that the cōmunicacion ſhuld notex. xix. c. be ſpoken to them. For they were not able to abyde that which was ſpoken. If a beaſt had touched the mountayne / it muſt have bene ſtoned / or thruſt thorowe with a darte: evē ſo terreble was y• ſight which appered. Moſes ſayde / I feare & quake. But ye are come vnto the moūte Sion / & to the citie of the livinge god / the celeſtiall Ieruſalem: and to an innumerable ſight of angels / & vnto the congregacion of y• Fyrſt borne ſonnes / that is the ſō nes of god becauſe the fyrſt borne were dedicated vnto god. fyrſt borne ſonnes / which are writtē in heven / and to God the iudge of all and to the ſpretes of iuſt and parfecte men / and to Ieſus the mediator of the newe teſtament / & to the ſpryncklynge of bloud that ſpeaketh better then the bloud of Abell.

Se that ye deſpiſe not him y• ſpeaketh. For yf they eſcaped not which refuſed him that ſpake on erth: moche more ſhall we not eſcape / yf we turne awaye frō him y• ſpeaketh frō hevē: whoſe voyce thē ſhouke the erth / & now declareth ſayinge: yet once more will I ſhake not the erth only / but alſo heven. No dout y• ſame that he ſayth / yet once more / ſignifiethagge. ij. b the removinge a waye of thoſe thingꝭ which are ſhaken / as of thinges which have ended their courſe: that the thynges which are not ſhaken maye remayne. Wherfore if we receave a kyngdom which is not moved / we have grace / wherby we maye ſerve god and pleaſe him with reverence and godly feare. For oure god is a conſumynge fyre.du. iiij. d.

¶ The .xiii. Chapter.

LEt brotherly love continue. Be not forgetfullOure dutye yf we will haue oure part with Chriſt to lodge ſtraungers. For therby have dyvers receaved angels into their houſes vnwares. Remember them that are in bondes / even as though ye were bounde with them. Be myndfull of them which are in adverſitie / as ye which are yet in youre bodies. Let wedlocke be had in pryce in all poyntes / and let the chamber be vndefiled: for whore kepers and advoutrars god will iudge. Let youre converſacion be with out coveteouſnes and be contēt with that ye have all redy. Forioſue. j. a. pſalmo. cxxvij. he verely ſayd: I will not fayle the / nether for ſake the: that we maye boldly ſaye: the lorde is my helper / and I will not feare what man doeth vnto me. Remember them which have the overſight of you / which have declared vnto you the worde of god. The ende of whoſe converſacion ſe that ye looke vpon / and folowe their fayth.

Ieſus Chriſt yeſterdaye and to daye / & the ſame continueth for ever. Be not caryed aboute with divers and ſtraunge learnynge. For it is a good thynge that the herte be ſtabliſſhed with grace / and not with meates / which have not proffeted them that have had their paſtyme in them. We have an altre wherof they maye not eate which ſerve in the tabernacle. For ye bodies of thoſe beaſtes whoſe bloud is brought into the holy place by the hie preſt tonum. xix pourge ſinne / are burnt with out the tentes. Therfore Ieſus / to ſanctifye the people with his awne bloud / ſuffered with out the gate. Let vs goo forth therfore out of the tentes / &mic. ij. c. ſuffer rebuke with him. For here have we no continuynge citie: but we ſeke one to come.

For by him offer we the ſacrifice of laude all wayes to god: that is to ſaye / the frute of thoſe lyppes / which confeſſe his name. To do good / and to diſtribute forget not / for with ſuche ſacrifiſes god is pleaſed. Obeye thē that have the overſight of you / and ſubmit youre ſelves to them / for they watch for youre ſoules / even as they that muſt geve a comptes: that they maye do it with ioye / and not with grefe. For that is an vnproffitable thynge for you. Praye for vs. We have confidence becauſe we have a good conſcience in all thynges / & deſyre to live honeſtly. I deſire you therfore ſomwhat the moare aboundantly / that ye ſo do / that I maye be reſtored to you quyckly.

The god of peace that brought agayne frō deth oure lorde Ieſus / the gret ſhepperde of the ſhepe / thorowe the bloud of the everlaſtyn ge teſtamēt / make you parfect in all good workes / to do his will / workynge in you y• which is pleaſaūt in his ſyght thorow Ieſus chriſt To whom be prayſe for ever whill the worlde endureth Amen. ⊢

I beſeche you brethren / ſuffre the wordes of exhortaciō: For we have written vnto you in feawe wordes: knowe the brother Timothe / whom we have ſent frō vs / with whom (yf he come ſhortly) I will ſe you. Salute thē that have the overſight of you / & all the ſaync tes. They of Italy ſalute you. Grace be with you all.

Amen. ¶ Sent from Italy by Timotheus.

¶ The Prolge vpon the piſtles of S. Iames and Iudas.

THough this epiſtle were refuſed in the olde tyme and denyed of manye to be the epiſtle of a verye apoſtle / and though alſo it laye not the foundacyon of the fayth of Chriſt / but ſpeaketh of a generall fayth in god / nether preacheth his deathe and reſurreccyon / ether the mercye that is layde vp in ſtore for vs in him / or euerlaſtynge couenaūt made vs in his bloude / which is the offyce and dutye of a verye apoſtle / as Chriſt ſayeth. Io. xv. ye ſhall teſtifie of me: yet becauſe yt ſetteth vp no mannes doctryne / but cryeth to kepe the lawe of god / and maketh loue which is withoute percialite the fullfillinge of the lawe / as chriſt and all the apoſtles dyd / & hath therto manye good and godlye ſentēces in it: & hath alſo nothinge y• is not a greable to y• reſt of the ſcripture yf it beloked indifferentlye on: me thynketh it ought of ryght to be taken for holye ſcripture. For as for that place for which haply it was at the begynninge refuſed of holye men (as it ought / if it had meant / as they toke it / and for which place only / for the falſe vnderſtondinge / it hath been chefely receaued of the Papiſtes) yet if the circumſtāces be well pondered it will apere that the auctors entent was farre other wiſe then they tooke him for.

For where he ſayth in the .ij. chap. fayth withoute deedes is deed in it ſelfe / he meaneth none other thinge then all the ſcripture dothe: how that that fayth which hath no good dedes folowinge / is a falſe fayth & none of that fayth iuſtifieth or receaueth forgeuenes of ſynnes. For God promiſed thē onlie forgeuenes of their ſynnes which turne to god / to kepe his lawes. Wherfore they that purpoſe to cōtinew ſtill in ſynne haue no parte in that promyſe: but deceaue thē ſelues / if they beleue that God hath forgeuē thē their olde ſynnes for Chriſtes ſake. And after whē he ſayth that a mā is iuſtified by dedes & not of fayth onlye / he will no more then that fayth dothe not ſo iuſtifie euery where / that nothinge iuſtifieth ſaue fayth. For dedes alſo do iuſtifie. And as fayth onlye iuſtifieth before God / ſo do dedes onlye iuſtifie before the worlde / wher of is ynough ſpoken / partlye in the Prologe on Paule to the Romayns / & alſo in other places. For as Paule affyrmeth Roma. iij. that Abraham was not iuſtified by workes a fore God / but by fayth onlye as Geneſis beareth recorde / ſo will Iames that dedes onlye iuſtified him be fore the worlde / and fayth wrought with his dedes: that is to ſaye / fayth wherwith he was ryghteous before God in the hert did cauſe him to worke the will of God outwardlye / wherby he was ryghteous before the worlde / & wherby the worlde perceaued that he beleued in god loued & feared God. And as Hebre. xj. the ſcripture affirmeth th • t Rahab was iuſtified before God thorow fayth / ſo doth Iames affirme that thorow workes by which ſhe ſhewed hir fayth / ſhew as iuſtified before the worlde / & it is true.

And as for the epiſtle of Iudas / though men haue & yet do doute of the auctoure / & though it ſeme alſo to be drawen oute of the ſeconde epiſtle of S. Peter / and therto alledgeth ſcripture that is no where founde / yet ſeinge the matter is ſo godly and agreynge to other places of holye ſcripture / I ſe not but that it ought to haue the aucrorite of holye ſcripture.

¶ The piſtle of S. Iames

¶ The fyrſt Chapter.

IAmes the ſeruaūt of God and of the Lorde Ieſus Chriſt / ſendeth gretinge to y•. xii. trybes which are ſcattered here and there. ✚ My brethren / count it excedynge ioye when ye faule into divers tēptacions / for as moche as ye knowe how that the tryinge of youre fayth bringeth pacience: and let pacience have her parfect worke / thatrom. v. a. ye maye be parfecte and ſounde / lackinge nothinge.

Yf eny of you lacke wyſdome / let him axe of God which geveth to all men indifferentlie / and caſteth no man in the teth: and it ſhal be geven him. But let him axe in fayth & wavermat. vij. a &. xxj .c. mar. xj. c luc. xj. b. io. xvj. b. and. xvj e not. For he that douteth is lyke the waves of the ſee / toſt of the wynde and caried with violence. Nether let that man thinke that he ſhall receave eny thinge of the Lorde. A waveringe mynded man is vnſtable in all * In chriſt webe all lyke good / & euen ſeruauntes eche to other for chriſtes ſake / euery mā in his office. And he that taketh more on him then that / of what ſoeuer degre he be of is a falſe chriſtē & an apoſtata frō Chriſt. his wayes.

Let the brother of lowe degre reioyce in yt he is exalted / & the ryche in that he is made lowe. For evē as y• flower of the graſſe / ſhall he vanyſſhe awaye. The ſonne ryſeth with heate / & the graſſe wydereth / & his flower falleth awaye / and the beautie of the faſſion of it periſſheth: even ſo ſhall the ryche man periſſhe with his aboundance.

Happy is the man that endureth in temptacion / for when he is tryed he ſhall receave the croune of lyfe / which the Lorde hath promyſed to them that love him. ⊢

Let no man ſaye when he is tēpted that he is tempted of God. For God tēpteth not vnto evyll / nether tēpteth he anie mā. But every mā is tēpted / drawne awaye / & entyſed of his awne concupiſcēce. Then when luſt hath cō ceaved / ſhe bringeth forth ſynne / & ſynne whē it is fyniſſhed bringeth forthe deeth.

Erre not my deare brethren. ✚ Every good gyfte / & every parfayt gyft / is from above and commeth doune frō the father of light / with whom is no variablenes / nether is he chaunged vnto dareknes. Of his awne will begat he vs with the worde of lyfe / that we ſhuld be the fyrſt frutes of his creatures.

Wherfore deare brethren / let every man be ſwyfte to heare / ſlowe to ſpeake / and ſlowe to wrath. For the wrath of man worketh not that which is ryghteous before God.

Wherfore laye a parte all fylthynes / all ſuperfluite of maliciouſnes / and receave with meknes the worde yt is grafted in you / which is able to ſave youre ſoules ✚. ✚ And ſe that ye be doars of the worde & not hearers only / deceavinge youre awne ſelves with ſophiſtrie For yf eny heare the worde / and do it not / he is lyke vnto a man that beholdeth his bodyly face in a glaſſe. For aſſone as he hath loked on him ſilfe / he goeth his waye / & forgetteth immediatlie what his faſſion was. But who ſo loketh in the parfaict lawe of libertie / and continueth ther in (yf he be not a forgetfull hearer / but a doar of y• worke) the ſame ſhallbe happie in his dede.

Yf eny man amonge you ſeme devoute / and refrayne not his tonge: but deceave his awne herte / this mannes devocion is in vayne Pure devocion and vndefiled before God the father / is this: to vyſit the frendleſſe and widdowesPure devocion. in their adverſite / and to kepe him ſilfe vnſpotted of the worlde. ⊢

¶ The .ii. Chapter. ✚

BRethren have not the fayth of oure lorde Ieſus Chriſt the lorde of glory in reſpecte of perſons. Yf ther come into youre company a man with a golden rynge and in goodly aparell and ther come in alſo a poore man in vyle rayment / and ye have a reſpecte to him that weareth the gaye clothynge and ſaye vnto him. Sit thou here in a good place: and ſaye vnto the poore / ſtonde thou there or ſit here vnder my fote ſtole: are ye not parciall in youre ſelves / and have iudged after evyll thoughtes?

Harken my deare beloved brethren. Hath not God choſen the poore of this worlde / which are ryche in fayth / and heyres of the kyngdom which he promyſed to them that love him? But ye have deſpiſed the poore. Are not the rych they which opreſſe you: and they which drawe you before iudges? Do not they ſpeake evyll of that good name after which ye be named.

Yf ye fulfill the royall lawe accordynge to the ſcripture which ſayth. Thou ſhallt love thyne neghbour as thy ſilfe / ye do well. But yf ye regarde one perſon more then another / ye commit ſynne / and are rebuked of the lawe as tranſgreſſours. Whoſoever ſhall kepe the whole lawe / and yet fayle in one poynt / he is gyltie in all. For he that ſayd. Thou ſhallt not commit adulterie / ſayed alſo: thou ſhallt not kyll. Though thou do none adulterie / yet yf thou kill / thou arte a tranſgreſſer of the lawe. So ſpeake ye / and ſo do as they that ſhalbe iudged by the To worke offeare & cōpulſion is bō dage: but to loue is libertie & the fullfillinge of y• lawe before god / & maketh a mā mercifull to worke of his awne accorde And to the mercifull hath God boūde him ſelfe to ſhew mercie And contrary vnto the vnmercifull he threatneth iudgement with oute mercie. And mercie reioyſeth and trimpheth ouer iudgement. For wheremercye is / there hath dānacion no place by godes promiſe. God hath promyſed all mercie to the mercifull onlye. Now yf anye that is not mercyfull beleueth to haue mercye of god he deceaueth himſelfe: becauſe he hath no Godes worde for him For godes promiſe partayneth to y• mercifull onlye: & true faith therfore is knowen by hirdedes. lawe of libertie. For ther ſhalbe iudgement merciles to him that ſheweth no mercy / and mercy reioyſeth agaynſt iudgement: ✚

What a vayleth it my brethren / though a man ſaye he hath fayth / when he hath no dedes? Can fayth ſave him? If a brother or a ſiſter be naked or deſtitute of dayly fode / and one of you ſaye vnto them: Departe in peace / God ſende you warmnes & fode: not withſtondynge ye geve thē not tho thyngꝭ which are nedfull to the body: what helpeth it thē? Evē ſo fayth / yf it have no dedes / is deed in it ſelfe.

Ye & a man myght ſaye: Thou haſt ſayth / and I have dedes: Shewe me thy fayth by thy dedes: and I will ſhewe the my fayth by my dedes. Beleveſt thou yt ther is one God? Thou doeſt well. The devyls alſo beleve and tremble.

Wilt thou vnderſtonde o thou vayne man / that fayth with out dedes is deed? Was not Abrahā oure father iuſtified thorow workes when he offered Iſaac his ſonne vpō the aultre? Thou ſeiſt how that fayth wrought with his dedes / and through the dedes was the fayth made parfect: & y• ſcripture was fulfilled which ſayth: Abraham beleved God / & it was reputed vnto him for righteweſnes: & he was called the frēde of God. ✚ Ye ſe then how that of dedes a man is iuſtified / & not of fayth only. Lyke wyſe alſo was not Raab the harlot iuſtifyed thorow workes / when ſhe receaved the meſſengers / & ſent thē out another waye? For as the body / with oute the ſpreteio ſu. ij. e. is deed / evē ſo fayth with out dedes is deed ⊢

The .iii. Chapter.

MY brethren / be not every mā a He that taketh auctoryte to rebuke other of that wherin he ſinneth himſelfe / the ſame ſhall haue the greater damnaciō He muſt be without▪ ſynne that will caſt y• fyrſte ſtone. maſter / remembringe how that we ſhall receave the more damnacion: for in many thinges we ſynne all. Yf a man ſynne not in worde / the ſame is a parfecte mā / & able to tame all the body. Beholde we put bittes into y• horſes mouthes that they ſhuld obeye vs / & we turne aboute all the body. Beholde alſo the ſhyppes / which though they be ſo gret / and are dryven of fearce windes / yet are they turned about with a very ſmale helme / whither ſoever the violence of the governer wyll. Even ſo the tonge is a lyttell member / and boſteth great thinges.

Beholde how gret a thinge a lyttell fyre kyndleth / & the tonge is fyre / and a worlde of wyckednes. So is the tonge ſet amonge oure members / that it defileth the whole body / & ſetteth a fyre all that we have of nature / and is it ſelfe ſet a fyre even of hell.

All the natures of beaſtes / & of byrdes / and of ſerpentes / and thinges of y• ſee / are meked & tamed of the nature of man. But the tonge can no man tame. Yt is an vnruely evyll full of deedly poyſon. Therwith bleſſe we God the father / and therwith curſſe we mē which are made after the ſimilitude of God. Out of one mouth proceadeth bleſſynge and curſynge. My brethren theſe thinges ought not ſo to be. Doth a fountayne ſende forth at one place ſwete water and bytter alſo? Can the fygge tree / my Brethren / beare olive beries: other a vyne beare fygges? So can no fountayne geve bothe ſalt water and freſſhe alſo. If eny man be wyſe and endued with learnynge amonge you let him ſhewe the workes of his good converſaciō in meknes that ys coupled with wyſdome: All mekenes and obedience muſt be accordige to the wiſdome▪ & worde of god. wiſdome.

But Yf ye have bitter envyinge and ſtryfe in youre hertes / reioyce not: nether be lyars agaynſt the trueth. This wiſdome deſcēdeth not from a boue: but is erthy / and * naturall / Naturall that is all that a mā doth withoute the ſpirite of god. Godly wiſdome how it is knowen. and diveliſſhe. For where envyinge & ſtryfe is / there is ſtablenes & all māner of evyll workes. But the wiſdom that is from above / is fyrſt pure / then peaſable / gentle / and eaſy to be entreated / full of mercy and good frutes / without iudgynge / and without ſimulaciō: yee / and the frute of righteweſnes is ſowen in peace / of them that mayntene peace.

¶ The .iiii. Chapter.

FRom whence commeth warre & fighttynge Stryfe / whence it cōmeth. amonge you: come they not here hence? even of youre volupteouſnes that rayne in youre members. Ye luſt / and haveWhy men obtayne not. not. Ye envie & have indignacion / and cannot obtayne. Ye fight and warre & have not / becauſe ye axe not. Ye axe and receave not / becauſe ye axe a myſſe: even to conſume it aponHe that is loued of the worlde is hated of god youre volupteouſnes. Ye advouterars / & wemen that breke matrimonie: knowe ye not how yt the frēſhippe of ye worlde is ennimite to godwarde? Whoſoever wilbe a frende of the worlde / is made the enemie of god. Ether do ye thinke that the ſcripture ſayth in vayne The Chriſtes ſpirite (which is in all that be his ro. viij.) reſiſteth hate enuie and all ſynne. Whoſe mocyon if we folowe / grace increaſeth in vs and luſtes my nyſhe: and therfore he ſayth Submyt your ſelues to god &c. ſprite that dwelleth in you / luſteth evē contrary to envie: but geveth more grace.

Submit youre ſelves to god / and reſiſt the devyll / and he will flye from you. Drawe nye to god & he will drawe nye to you. Clenſe youre hondes ye ſynners / and pourdge youre hertes ye waverynge mynded. Suffre afflicciōs: ſorowe ye and wepe. Let youre laughter be turned to mornynge / and youre ioye to hevynes. Caſt doune youre ſelves before the lorde / and he ſhall lift you vp. Backbyte not one another / brethren. He that He that backbyteth or iudgeth his / brother dothe iudge the lawe to be euell for y• lawe forbiddeth to do ſo. backbyteh hys brother / and he that iudgeth his brother / backbyteth the lawe / and iudgeth the lawe. But and yf thou iudge the lawe / thou art not an obſerver of ye lawe: but a iudge. Ther is one lawe gever / which is able to ſave and to diſtroye. What art thou that iudgeſt a nother man?

Go to now ye that ſaye: to daye & to morow let vs go into ſoche a citie and continue there a yeare & bye and ſell / and wynne: and yet can not tell what ſhall happen to morowe. For what thynge is youre lyfe? It is even a vapoure that apereth for a lytell tyme / and thē vanyſſheth awaye: For that ye ought to ſaye: yf the lorde will and yf we live / let vs do this or that. But nowe ye reioyce in youre boſtinges. All ſoche reioyſynge is evyll. Therfore to him that knoweth how to do good / and doth it not / to him it is ſynne.He that knoweth and yet doth not is withoute excuſe. For God hath promiſed no mercie: but to him that wyll do his godlye will.

The .v. Chapter.

GOo to now ye ryche men. Wepe / and howle on youre wretchednes that ſhall come apon you. Youre ryches is corrupte / youre garmentes are motheaten. Youre golde and youre ſilver are cankred / and the ruſt of them ſhalbe a witnes vnto you / & ſhall eate youre fleſſhe / as it were fyre. Ye have heaped treaſure togedder in youre laſt dayes: Beholde the hyre of ye labourers which have reped doune youre feldes (which hyer is of you kept backe by fraude) cryeth: & y• cryes of them which have reped / are entred into the eares of th • lorde Sabaoth. Ye have lived in pleaſure on the erth and in wantannes. Ye have noryſſhed youre herte / as in a daye of Slaughter: as whē men kyll beſtes to make chere with all / and as the Iewes did in their thāke offeringes / • frewill offeringes &c. ſlaughter. Ye have condempned and have killed the iuſt / and he hath not reſiſted you.

✚ Be pacient therfore brethren / vnto the commynge of the lorde. Beholde the huſbande man wayteth for the precious frute of the erth / and hath longe pacience ther vppon / vntill he receave (the erly and the latter rayne.) Be ye alſo pacient therfore / and ſettle youre hertes / for y• commynge of the lorde draweth nye. Grodge not one agaynſt another brethrē / (Two ſpeciall raynes) haue they / the one at ſowēge tyme / & theoter at blominge tyme: of which if they lacke ether / all is fruteleſſe leſt ye be dāpned. Beholde the iudge ſtondeth before the dore. Take (my brethren) the prophettes for an enſample of ſufferynge adverſitie / and of longe pacience / which ſpake in the name of the lorde. ✚ Beholde we counte them happy which endure. Ye have hearde of the pacience of Iob / & have knowen what ende the lorde made. For the lorde is very pitifull and mercifull.

But above all thynges my brethrē / ſweare not / nether by heven / nether by erth / nether by eny other othe. Let youre whether ye ſaye ye or naye: ſe it be ſo. For yf ye haue one thinge in the harte and another in the mouth o • dede / in v • ſture or ge ſture: it is y pocry ſie or diſſimulacion. ye be ye / and youre maye naye: leſt ye faule into ypocrecy. Yf eny of you be evyll vexed / let him praye. Yf eny of you be mery / let him ſinge Pſalmes. Yf eny be deſeaſed amonge you / let him call for the elders of the congregacion / and let thē praye over him / and anoynte him with oyle in the name of the lorde: and the prayer of fayth ſhall ſave the ſicke / and the lorde ſhall rayſe him vp: and yf he have committed ſynnes / they ſhalbe forgeuen him.

✚ knowledge youre fautes one to another: & praye one for another / that ye maye be healed. The prayer of a ryghteous mā avayleth moche / yf it be fe • vēt. Helias was a man mortall even as we are / and he prayed in his prayer / iij. r • . xv • lu. iiii. d. that it myght not rayne: and it rayned not on the erth by the ſpace of thre yeares and ſixe monethes. And he prayed agayne / & the hevē gave rayne & the erth brought forth her frute.

Brethren yf eny of you erre from the truethmat. xiij. and a nother convert him / let the ſame knowe that he which converted the ſynner frō goynge a ſtraye out of his waye / ſhall ſave a ſoule frō deeth / & ſhall hyde ye multitude of ſynnes.

The ende of the piſtle of Saynct Iames.

¶ The piſtle of ſaynct Iudas.

IUdas the ſervaunt of Ieſus Chriſt / the brother of Iames. To them which are ca • ▪ & ſanctified in god the father / and preſerved in Ieſu Chriſt. Mercy vnto you / and peace & love be multiplied.

Beloved / when I gave all diligence to write vnto you of the commen ſaluacion: it was nedfull for me to wryte vnto you / to exhorte you / that ye ſhuld continually laboure in the fayth which was once gevē vnto the ſayntes For ther are certayne craftely crept in / of which it was writē afore tyme vnto ſoche iudgemēt. They are vngodly & turne the grace of oure God vnto wantannes / & denye God the only Lorde / and oure Lorde Ieſus Chriſt.

My mynde is therfore to put you in remē braunce / for as moche as ye once knowe this / how that the Lorde (after that he had deliverednum. xiii the people out of Egypt) deſtroyed them which afterwarde beleved not. The angels alſo which kept not their fyrſt eſtate: but lefte their awne habitacion / he hath reſerved in everlaſtinge chaynes vnder darcknes vnto y• gen. xix. iudgemēt of the greate daye: evē as Sodom & Gomor / & the cities aboute them (which in lyke maner defiled them ſelves with fornicaciō and folowed Straunge fleſſhe that is tu • nynge the naturall vſe vnto the vnnaturall. • o j ſtr • unge fleſſhe) are ſet forth for an enſample / and ſuffre the vengeaunce of eternall fyre. Lykwyſe theſe dremers defylethe fleſſhe / deſpyſe rulars and ſpeake evyll of them that are in auctoritie.

Yet Michael the archangell when he ſtrove agaynſt the devyll / & diſputed about the body of Moſes / durſt not geve raylinge ſentēce / but ſayde: the Lorde rebuke y•. But theſe ſpeake evyll of thoſe thinges which they knowe not: & what thinges they knowe naturally / as beaſtes which are without reaſon / in tho thinges they corrupte them ſelves. Wo be vnto them / for they have folowed ye waye of Cayn / and are vtterly geven to the erroure of Balamgene. iiij. •• . xvj. a Nu. xxij for lukers ſake / and peryſſhe in the treaſon of Core.

Theſe are ſpotttes which of youre kindnes feaſt to gedder / with out feare / fedynge themſelves. Cloudes they are with outen water / cariedij. pet. ij. about of wyndes / and trees with out fruteat gadringe tyme / twyſe deed and plucked vp by the rotes. They are the ragynge waves of y• ſee / fominge out their awne ſhame. They are wandrynge ſtarres to whom is reſerved the myſt of darcknes for ever.

Enoch the ſeventh from Adam propheſied before of ſuche / ſaying: Beholde / y• lorde ſhallapoc. j. • . come with thouſande of ſayntes / to geve iudgement agaynſt all men / & to rebuke all that are vngodly amonge them / of all their vngodly dedes / which they have vngodly cōmitted / and of all their cruell ſpeakynges / which vngodly ſinners have ſpoken agaynſt him.

Theſe are murmurers / complayners / walk ynge after their awne luſtes / whoſe mouthes ſpeake proude thynges. They have men in greate reverence be cauſe of a vauntage. But ye beloved / remember the wordes which were ſpoken before of the Apoſtles of oure lorde Ieſus Chriſt / how that they tolde you that ther ſhulde be begylers in the laſt tyme / whichj. timo. iiii ij. tim. iij. ij. pet. iij. ſhuld walke after ther awne vngodly luſtes. Theſe are makers of ſectes fleſhlie / havynge no ſprete.

But ye derlye beloved / edyfie yovre ſelves in youre moſt holy fayth / prayinge in the holy gooſt / and kepe youre ſelves in the love of God / lokinge for y• mercy of oure lorde Ieſus Chriſt / vnto eternall lyfe. And have compaſſion on ſome / ſeparatynge them: & other ſave with feare / pullinge them out of the fyre / and hate the fylthy veſture of the fleſſhe.

Unto him that is able to kepe you / that ye faule not / & to preſent you fautleſſe before the preſence of his glory with ioye / y• is to ſaye / to God oure ſaveour which only is wyſe / be glory / maieſtie / dominion / and power / now & for ever. Amen.

¶ Her after foloweth the Apocalyps.

¶ The reuelacion of S. Iohn the divine.

¶ The fyrſt Chapter.

THe reuelacion of Ieſus Chriſte / which god gave vnto him / forto ſhewe vnto his ſervauntes thingꝭ which muſte ſhortly come to paſſe. ✚ And he ſent and ſhewed by his angell vnto his ſervaunt Ihon / which bare recorde of the worde of god / and of the teſtimony of Ieſus Chriſte / and of all thinges yt he ſawe. Happy is he that redith / & they that heare the wordes of the propheſy / and kepe thoo thinges which are written therin. For the tyme is at honde. The ſevē churches in Aſia.

Ihon to the .vii. congregaciōs in Aſia. Grace be with you and peace / from him which is and which was / and which is to come / & from the. vii. ſpretes which are preſent before his trone / & from Ieſus Chriſt which is a faythfull witnes / & fyrſt begottē of the deed: & Lordecoll. j. e. j. cor. xv. hebr. ix. d j. pet. j. b. j. ioh. j. d. eſa. iij. d. mathew .xxiiij. iude .j. c. over the kinges of the erth. Unto him that loved vs & weſſhed vs frō ſynnes in his awne bloud / ✚ & made vs kinges & Preſtes vnto God his father / be glory / & dominion for ever more. Amen. Beholde he commeth with cloudes / & all eyes ſhall ſe him: & they alſo which peerſed him. And all kinredes of y• erth ſhall wayle. Even ſo. Amen. I am Alpha and Omega / the begynninge and the endinge / ſayth the Lorde almyghty / which is & which was and which is to come.

I Ihon youre brother & companyon in tribulacion / Pathmos. & in the kyngdom & pacience which is in Ieſu Chriſte / was in the yle of Pathmos for the worde of god / & for y• witneſſynge of Ieſu Chriſte. I was in the ſprete on a ſondaye / andSondaye herde behynde me / a gret voyce / as it had bene of a trompe ſayinge: I am Alpha & Omega / the fyrſt and the laſte. That thou ſe iſt write in a boke / and ſende it vnto the congregacions which are in Aſia / vnto Epheſus and vnto Smyrna / and vnto Pargamos / and vnto Thiatira / and vnto Sardis / & vnto Philadelphia / and vnto Laodicia.The fyrſt figure. Sevē golden cādelſtickes.

And I turned backe to ſe the voyce that ſpake to me. And when I was turned: I ſawe. vii goldē candelſtyckes / & in the mydde of the cā delſtyckes / one lyke vnto ye ſōne of mā clothed with a lynnen garmēt doune to the ground / & gyrd aboute the pappes with a golden gyrdle His heed / & his heares were whyte / as whyte woll / & as ſnowe: and his eyes were as a flame of fyre: & his fete lyke vnto braſſe / as though they brent in a fornace: and his voyce as the ſounde of many waters. And he had in his right honde vii. ſtarres. And out of his mouthSeven ſtarres. wēt a ſharpe twoo edged ſwearde. And his face ſhone evē as the ſonne in his ſtrength.

And when I ſawe him / I fell at his fete / even as deed. And he layde hys ryght honde apon me / ſayinge vnto me: feare not. I am the fyrſt / and the laſte / and am a lyve / and was deed. And beholde I am a lyve for ever more / eſa. xli. b &. xliiij. and have the kayes of hell and of deeth. wryte

The fyrſt figure. therfore the thynges which thou haſte ſene / and the thynges which are / and the thynges which ſhalbe fulfylled here after: and y• myſtery of the vii. ſtarres which thou ſaweſt in my ryght honde / & the vii. golden candelſtyckes. The vii. ſtares are the meſſengers of the vii. congregaciōs: And the vii. candleſtyckes which thou ſaweſt are the vii. congregacions.

¶ The ſeconde Chapter.

UNto the meſſenger of the congregacionMeſſenger is the preacher of the congregaciō. of Epheſus wryte: Theſe thyngꝭ ſayth he that holdeth the vii. ſtarres in his right honde / and walketh in the myddes of the vii. golden candleſtyckes. I knowe thy workes / and thy labour / and thy pacience / & howe thou canneſt not forbeare thē which are evyll: and examinedſt them which ſaye they are Apoſtles / & are not: and haſt founde them lyars and dydeſt waſſhe thy ſelf. And haſt pacience: and for my names ſake haſt labored and haſt not faynted. Nevertheleſſe I have ſumwhat agaynſt the / for thou haſte lefte thy fyrſt love. Remember therfore from whence thou art fallen / and repent / and do the fyrſt workes. Or elles I wyll come vnto the ſhortly / and will remove thy candleſtyke out of his place / excepte thou repent. But this thou havſte becauſe thou hateſt ye dedes of the Nicolaitans / which dedes I alſo hate. Lett him yt hath▪ eares heare / what ye ſprete ſayth vnto the congregacions. To him that overcō meth / will I geve to eate of the tree of lyfe / which is in the myddes of ye paradice of god.

And vnto the angell of the congregacion of Smyrna wryte: Theſe thynges ſayth he thatThe congregaciō of Smirna. is fyrſt / and the laſte / which was deed and is alive. I knowe thy workes and tribulacion & poverte / but thou art ryche: And I knowe the blaſpemy of them whiche call them ſelves Iewes and are not: but are the congregaciō of ſathan. Feare none of thoo thynges which thou ſhalt ſoffre. Beholde / the devyll ſhall caſte of you into preſon / to tempte you / and ye ſhall have tribulacion .x. dayes. Be faythfull vnto the deeth and I will geve the a croune of lyfe. Let him that hath ears heare / what the ſprete ſayth to the congregacions: He that overcōmeth ſhall not be hurte of the ſeconde deeth.

And to the meſſenger of the congregacion in Pergamos wryte: This ſayth he which The congregaciō of Pergamos. hath ye ſharpe ſwearde with two edges. I knowe thy workes & where thow dwelleſt / evyn where Sathans ſeat ys / and thou kepeſt my name and haſt not denyed my fayth. And in my dayes Antipas was a faythfull witnes of myne / which was ſlayne amonge you where ſathan dwelleth. But I have a fewe thynges▪ agaynſt the: y• thou haſt there / they that mayntayne the doctryne of Balam which taught in balake / to put occaſion of ſyn before the chylderne of Iſrahell / that they ſhulde eatenu. xxiiij of meate dedicat vnto ydoles / & to commyt fornicacion. Even ſo haſt thou them that mayntayne the doctryne of the Nicolaytans / which thynge I hate. But be converted or elles I will come vnto the ſhortly & will fyght agaynſte thē with theſwearde of my mouth Lett him that hath eares heare what the ſprete ſayth vnto the congregaciōs: To him that overcommeth will I geve to eate manna that is hyd / and will geve him a whyte ſtone / & in the ſtone a newe name wrytten / which no mā The congregaciō of Theatyra. knoweth / ſavinge he that receaveth it.

And vnto the meſſenger of the congregacion of Theatira write: This ſayth the ſonne of god / which hath his eyes lyke vnto a flame of fyre / whoſe fete are like braſſe: I knowe thy workes & thy love / ſervice / and fayth / and thy paciēce / & thy dedes / which are mo at the laſt then at the fyrſte. Notwitſtondinge I have a feawe thynges agaynſt the / that thou ſoffereſt that woman Ieſabell / which called her ſylfe a prophetes to teache and to deceave my ſervauntes / to make them commyt fornicacion / & to eate meate offered vppe vnto ydoles. And I gave her ſpace to repent of her fornicacion & ſhe repented not. Behelde I will caſteFornicacion is a ſynne abhominable her into a beed / & them y• commyt fornicacion wt her into gret adverſite / excepte they tourne frō their deades. And I will kyll her children with deeth. And all the congregacions ſhall knowe that I am he which ſearcheth y• reynes and hertes. And I will geve vnto evereHieremy x vij. d one of you accordynge vnto youre workes.

Vnto you I ſaye / & vnto other of them of Thiatyra as many as have not this lerninge & which have not knowen the depnes of Sathā (as they ſaye) I will put apō you none other burthē / but y• which ye have alreddy. Holde faſt tyll I come / & whoſoever overcōmeth and kepeth my worke vnto the ende / to hym will I geve power over naciōs / & he ſhall rulePſal. ij. c them with a rodde of yron: & as the veſſels of a potter / ſhall he breake them to ſhevers. Evē as I receaved of my father / euē ſo will I geve him y• mornynge ſtarre. Let him y• hath eares heare what the ſprete ſayth to the congregacions.

¶ The .iii. Chapter.

ANd wryte vnto the meſſenger of the congregacion The congregaciō of Sardis of Sardis: this ſayth he that hath the ſprete of god / and the vii. ſtarres. I knowe thy workes / thou haſte a name that thou lvyeſt / and thou art deed. Be awake and ſtrength the thynges which remayne / that are redy to dye. For I have not founde thy workes perfaycte before god. Remember therfore how thou haſt receaved and hearde / and hold faſte / & repēt. Yf thou ſhalt not watche / I will come on y• as a thefe / & thou ſhaltj. theſ. v. a ij. pe. iij. e not knowe what houre I wyll come apon the Thou haſte a feawe names in Sardis / which have not defyled their garmentes: & they ſhall walke with me in whyte / for they are worthy He that overcometh ſhalbe clothed in whyte araye / & I will not put out his name out of the boke of lyfe / and I will confeſſe his name before my father / and before his angelles. Let him that hath eares heare what the ſprete ſayth vnto the congregacions.

And wryte vnto ye tydinge bringer of y• cō gregaciō eſa. xxij. f. and Iob xij. b. The congregaciō of Philadelphia. of Philadelphia: this ſayth he yt is holy & true / which hath y• keye of Dauid: which openyth & nomā ſhutteth / & ſhutteth & no mā openeth. I knowe thy workes. Beholde I have ſet before the an open doore / and no man can ſhut it / for thou haſte a lyttell ſtrengthe and haſte kept my ſayinges: and haſte not denyed my name. Beholde I make them of the congregacion of Sathan / which call them ſelves Iewes and are not / but do lye: Beholde: I will make them that they ſhall come and worſhippe before thy fete: and ſhall knowe that I love the.

Becauſe thou haſt kept ye wordes of my paciēce / therfore I will kepe ye frō the houre of tēptacion / which will come vpō all ye worlde / to tempte them yt dwell vpō the erth. Beholde I come ſhortly. Holde that which thou haſte / that no man take awaye thy croune. Him that overcōmeth / will I make a pyllar in the temple of my God / & he ſhall goo no more oute. And I will wryt vpō him / the name of my God / & the name of ye cite of my god / newe Ieruſalē / which cōmeth doune oute of hevē frō my God / & I will wryte vpon him my newe name. Let him that hath eares heare / what the ſprete ſayth vnto the congregacions.

And vnto the meſſenger of ye congregaciō The congregaciō of Laodicia. which is in Laodicia wryte: This ſayth (amē) the faythfull & true witnes / ye begynninge of the creatures of God. I knowe thy workes y• thou arte nether colde nor hot: I wolde thou were colde or hotte. So then becauſe thou arte bitwene bothe / and nether colde ner hot / I will ſpew ye oute of my mouth: becauſe thou ſayſt thou arte riche & increſyd wt good & haſte nede of nothynge / and knoweſt not howe thou arte wretched and miſerable / poore / blinde / and nakyd. I counſell the to bye of me golde tryed in the fyre / that thou mayſte be riche & whyte raymēt / yt thou mayſte be clothed / yt Whō god loueth them he chaſteneth. thy fylthy nakednes do not apere: & anoynt thyne eyes with eye ſalve / ye thou mayſte ſe.

As many as I love / I rebuke and chaſten. Be fervent therfore and repēt. Beholde I ſtō de at the doore and knocke. Yf eny man heare my voyce and opon the dore / I will come in vnto him and will ſuppe with him / & he with me. To him that overcommeth will I graunte to ſytt with me in my ſeate / evyn as I over cam & have ſytten with my father / in his ſeate. Lett him yt hath eares heare what the ſprete ſayth vnto the congregacions.

¶ The .iii. Chapter.

After this I loked / and beholde a dore was open in heven / and the fyrſte voyce which I harde / was as it were of a trompet talkinge with me / which ſaid: come vp hydder / & I will ſhewe the thynges which muſt be fulfyllyd here after. And immediatlyRayne • bowe. I was in the ſprete: and beholde a ſeate was put in heven and one ſate on the ſeate. And he that ſat was to loke apō like vnto a iaſpar ſtone / andThe ſecō de fygure a ſardyne ſtone: And there was a rayne bowe a boute the ſeate / in ſyght lyke to an Emeralde. And aboute the ſeate were .xxiiii. ſeates. And vpon the ſeates .xxiiii. elders ſyttinge clothed in whyte rayment / and had on their heddes crounes of gold.

And out of the ſeate proceded lightnynges / and thundrynges / and voyces / and there wer vii. lampes of fyre / burninge before y• ſeate / Seuen lampes. which are the vii. ſprettes of God. And before the ſeate there was a ſee of glaſſe lyke vnto criſtall / and in the myddes of the ſeate / and rounde aboute the ſeate / were iiii. beſtes full of eyes before and behynde. And the fyrſte beſtFoure beſtes. was lyke a lion / the ſeconde beſt lyke a calfe / & y• thyrde beſte had a face as a man and the fourthe beſte was like a flyingeegle. And the iiii. beſtes had eche one of them vi. wynges aboute him / and they were full of eyes with in. And they had noo reſte daye nether nyght ſayinge: holy / holy / holy / lorde god almyghty / which was / and is / and is to come.

And when thoſe beeſtes gave glory and honour and thankes to him that ſat on the ſeate which lyveth for ever & ever: the xxiiii. elders fell doune before him that ſat on the trone / and worſhipped him that lyveth for ever / and caſte their crounes before the trone ſayinge: thou arte worthy lorde to receave glory / & honoure / and power / for thou haſte created all thinges / and for thy wylles ſake they are / and were created.

¶ The .v. Chapter.

ANd I ſawe in the right honde of him / that ſat in ye trone / a boke written withThe booke ſealed with ſeuē ſeales. in and on the backſide / ſealyd with vii. ſeales. And I ſawe a ſtronge angell which cryed with a loude voyce: Who is worthy to open the boke / and to looſe the ſeales ther of. And no man in heven ner in erth / nether vnder the erth / was able to open the boke / nether to loke thereon. And I wepte moche / becauſe no man was founde worthy to open and to rede the boke / nether to loke thereon.

And one of the elders ſayde vnto me: wepe not: Beholde a lion beinge of the tribe of Iuda / theA lyon obtayned to open the booke. rote of Dauid / hath obtayned to open the boke / and to loſe the vii. ſeales ther of. And I behelde / and loo / in the myddes of the ſeate / and of the .iiii. beſtes / and in the myddes of the elders / ſtode a lambe as though he had bene kylled / which had vii. hornes and vii. eyes / which are the ſpretes of God / ſent into all the worlde. And he cam and toke the boke oute of the right honde of him that ſate apon the ſeate.

And when he had takē the boke / the .iiii. beſtes and xxiiii. elders fell doune before the lā be / havynge harpes & golden vialles full of odoures which are the prayers of ſaynctes & they ſonge a newe ſonge ſaynge: thou art worthy to take ye boke & to opē ye ſeales therof: for thou▪ waſte kylled & haſte redemed vs by thy bloud / out of all kynreddes / and tonges / and people / and nacions / and haſte made vs vnto oure god / kynges and preſtes and we ſhall raygne on the erth.

And I behelde / and I herd the voyce of many angylles a boute the trone / and about the beſtes and the elders / and I herde thouſand thouſandes / ſaynge wt a lowde voyce: Worthydan. vij. c is the lambe that was killed to receave power / and riches and wiſdom / and ſtrenghte / and honoure and glory / and blyſſynge. And all creatures / which are in heven / and on the erth / and vnder the erth / and in the ſee / and all that are in them herd I ſayinge: blyſſinge / honour / glory / and power / be vnto hym / that ſytteth apon the ſeate / and vnto the lambe for ever more. And the .iiii. beſtes ſayd: Amē. And the .xxiiii. elders fell apon their faces / and worſhypped him that lyveth for ever more.

The .vi. Chapter.

ANd I ſawe when the lambe openyd one of the ſeales / and I herde one of the The lambe opened the ſeales iiii. beſtes ſaye / as it were the noyſe of thonder / come and ſe. And I ſawe / and beholde there was a whyte horſſe / and he that ſat on him had a bowe / and a croune was gevyn vnto him / and he went forth conqueringe and forto overcome. And when he opened the ſecō de ſeale / I herde the ſeconde beſte ſaye: come and ſe. And there went out another horſſe that was red / and power was geven to him that ſatte there on / to take peace from the erth / and that they ſhulde kyll one another. And there was geven vnto him a gret ſwearde.

And when he opened ye thyrde ſeale / I herde the thyrde beſte ſaye: come and ſe. And I behelde / and loo / a blacke hors: and he that ſate on him / had a payre of balances in his honde. And I herd a voyce in the myddes of the .iiii. beſtes ſaye: a meaſure of whete for apeny / and iii. meaſures of barly for a peny: and oyle and wyne ſe thou hurte not.

And when he opened the fourthe ſeale / I herde the voyce of the fourthe beſte ſaye: come and ſe. And I loked. and beholde a grene horſſe / and his name that ſat on him was deeth / and hell folowed after him / and power was geven vnto them over the fourthe parte of the erth / to kyll with ſwearde / and with honger / and with deeth / that cometh of vermen of the erth.

And when he opened the fyfte ſeale / I ſawe vnder the aultre / the ſoules of them that were kylled for the worde of God / and for the teſtymony which they had / and they cryed with a lowde voyce ſayinge: How lōge tarieſt thou lorde holy and true / to iudge and to avenge oure bloud on them that dwell on the erth? And longe whyte garmentes were geven vnto

The thyrde figure every one of them. And it was ſayde vnto them that they ſhulde reſte for a lyttle ſeaſon vntyll the nomber of their felowes / and brethrē / andeſa. ij. b. ozee. x. b. luc. xxiii The. x. figure. of them that ſhulde bekylled as they were / were fulfylled.

And I behelde when he opened the ſixte ſeale / and loo there was a grett erth quake and the ſunne was as blacke as ſacke clothe made of heare. And the mone wexed even as bloud:

The fourth figure and the ſtarres of heven fell vnto the erth / even as a fygge tree caſtith from her her fygges / when ſhe is ſhaken of a myghty wynde. And heven vanyſſhed awaye / as a ſcroll whē it is rolled togedder. And all mountayns and yles / were moved oute of their places. And the kynges of the erth / & the gret men / & the ryche men / and the chefe cap taynes / & the

myghty men / and every bond man / and every free man / hyd them ſelves in dennes / and in rockes of the hylles / and ſayde to the hylles / and rockes: fall on vs / and hyde vs from theeſa. ij. b. ozee. x. b. luc. xxiij preſence of him that ſytteth on the ſeate / and from the wrath of the lambe / for the grete daye of hys wrath ys come / And who can endure it.

¶ The .vii. Chapter.

The .vi. figure.

ANd after that I ſawe .iiii. angels ſtonde Angell is a greke worde & ſignifieth a meſſenger. And all the angelles are called meſſengers / becauſe they are ſent ſo of te from god to mā on meſſage: euen ſo prophetes / preachers and the prelates of the churche ere called angelles: that is to ſaye meſſengers / becauſe their offyce is to bringe the meſſage of god vnto the people The good angelles here in this booke are the true byſſhopes and preachers / and the euell angelles are the here tyckes and falſe preachers which euer falſi • ye gods worde / with which the churche of Chriſt ſhalbe thus miſerablye plaged vnto the ende of the worlde / as is paynted in theſe ſygures. on the iiii. corners of y• erth / holdynge ye iiii. wyndes of the erth / that ye wyndes ſhulde not blowe on the erthe / nether on the ſee / nether on eny tree. ✚ And I ſawe another angell aſcende from the ryſynge of the ſunne: which had the ſeale of the lyvynge god / and he cryed with a loude voyce to the iiii angelle (to whom power was geven to hurt the erth and the ſee) ſaying: Hurt not the erth nether the ſee / nether the trees / tyll we have ſealed y• ſervauntes of oure god in their forheddes.

And I herde the nombre of them which were ſealed / & there were ſealed an C. and xliiii. M. of all the trybes of the chyldren of Iſrahell. Of the trybe of Iuda were ſealed xii. M Of the trybe of Ruben were ſealed xii. M. of the trybe of Gad were ſealed xii. M. Of the trybe of Aſſer were ſealed xii. M. Of the trybe of Neptalym were ſealed xii. M. Of the trybe of Manaſſes were ſealed xii. M. Of ye trybe of Symed̄ were ſealed xii. M. Of y• tribe of Leuy were ſealed xii. M. Of y• trybe of Iſacar were ſealed xii. M. Of the trybe of zabulon weee ſealed xii. M. Of the tribe of Ioſeph were ſealed xii. M. Of the trybe of Beniamin were ſealed xii. thowſande.

After this I behelde / and lo a gret multitude (which nomā coulde nombre) of all naciōs and people / and tonges / ſtode before the ſeate / and before the lambe / clothed with longe whyte garmentes / and palmes in there hondes / & cryed with alowde voyce / ſayinge: ſalvacion be aſſcribed to him that ſyttith apon the ſeate of oure god / and vnto the lambe. And all the angelles ſtode in the compaſe of the ſeate / & of the elders and of the iiii. beſtes / and fel before the ſeat on their faces / and worſhipped god / ſayinge / amen: Bleſſynge and glory / wiſdome and thankes / and honour / & power and myght / be vnto oure god for evermore Amen.

And one of the elders anſwered / ſayinge vnto me: what are theſe which are arayed in longe whyte garmentes / & whence cam they? And I ſayde vnto him: lorde thou wotteſt. And he ſayde vnto me: theſe are they which cam oute of gret tribulacion & made their garmētes large & made them whyte in the bloud of the lam be: therfore are they in the preſence of the ſeate of God & ſerve him daye & nyght in hys temple / and he that ſytteth in the ſeate wyll dwell amonge them. They ſhall honger no more nether thyrſt / nether ſhall the ſunne lyght on them / nether eny heate: For the lambe which ys in the myddes of the ſeate ſhall fede them / and ſhall ledde them vnto fountaynes of lyuynge water / and god ſhall wype awaye all teares from their eyes.

¶ The .viii. Chapter.

ANd when he had opened the ſeventh ſeale / there was ſilence in heven aboute the ſpace of halfe an houre. And I ſawe angelles ſtondynge before god / and to themThe .vii. fygure. were geven vii. trompettes. And another angell cam & ſtode before the aultre havynge a golden ſenſer / and moche of odoures was geven vnto him / that he ſhulde offre of the prayers of all ſaynctes apon the golden aultre / which was before y• ſeate. And y• ſmoke of the odoures which came of y• prayers of all ſaynctes / aſcended vppe before god out of ye angelles honde. And ye angell toke the ſenſer & fylled it with fyre of the aultre & caſte it into the erth / and voyces were made / and thondrynges and lightnynges / and erth quake.

The .vii. fygure.

And the .vii. angells which had the .vii. trō pettes prepared them ſelves to blowe. The fyrſt angell blewe / and there was made hayle and fyre / which were myngled with bloud / and they were caſte into y• erth: and the thryd parte of trees was burnt / & all grene graſſe was brent. And y• ſeconde angell blewe: & as it were a gret mountayne: burnynge wt fyre was caſte in to the ſee / & the thyrde parte of ſee tourned to bloud / and the thyrde parte of the creatures which had lyfe / dyed / & the thyrde part of ſhippes were deſtroyed.

And the thyrde angell blewe / & ther fell a grett ſtarre from heven burnynge as it were a lampe / & it fell into the thyrde parte of the ryvers / & • nto fountaynes of waters / and the name of the ſtarre is called wormwod. And ye thyrde part was turned to wormwod. And many mē dyed of the waters becauſe they were made bytter. And the fourth angell blew / and the thyrde parte of the ſunne was ſmytten & the thyrde parte of the mone / & y• thyrde part of ſtarres: ſo that the thyrde parte of them was darckned. And the daye was ſmytten that the thyrde part of it ſhulde not ſhyne / & lyke wyſe y• nyght. And I behelde and herd an angell flyinge thorowe the myddes of heven / ſayinge with a lowde voyce: Woo / wo to the inhabiters of the erth becauſe of the voyces to come of the trompe of the .iii. angells which were yet to blowe.

¶ The .ix. Chapter. The. viii fygure.

ANd the fyfte angell blewe / and I ſawe a ſtare fall from heven vnto the erth. And to him was geven the kaye of the bottomleſſe pytt. And he opened the botomleſſe pytt / and there aroſe the ſmoke of a grett fornace. And the ſunne / and the ayer were darkned by the reaſon of the ſmoke of the pytt. And there cam out of the ſmoke locuſtes vpō the erth: and vnto them was gevē power as the ſcorpions of the erth have power. And it

The. viii fygure. hurt ye graſſe of the erth: nether eny grene thinge: nether eny tree: but only thoſe mē which have not ye feale in their forhede / & to thē was cōmaunded y• they ſhulde not kyll thē / but y• eſai. ij. d. ezec. x. b. luc. xxiii ſapi. xvj. they ſhulde be vexed v monethes / & their payne was as the payne y• cōmeth of a ſcorpion / whē he hath ſtōge a mā. And in thoſe dayes ſhall men ſeke deeth / & ſhall not fynde it / and ſhall deſyre to dye / & deeth ſhall flye frō thē.

And the ſimilitude of the locuſtes was lyke vnto horſes prepared vnto battayll / and on their heddes were as it were crownes / lyke vnto golde: and their faces were as it had benethe faces of men. And they had heare as the heare of wemen. And their tethe were as the tethe of lyons. And they had habbergions / as it were habbergions of yron. And the ſounde of their wynges / was as the ſounde of charettes when many horſſes runne to gedder to battayle. And they had tayles lyke vnto ſcorpions / and there were ſtinges in their tayles. And their power was to hurt men v. monethes. And they had a kynge over them / whichAbadon is as moche to ſaye as a deſtroyer. is the angell of the bottomleſſe pytt / whoſe name in the hebrew tonge / is Abadon: but in the greke tonge / Apollion. One woo is paſt / and beholde two wooes come after this.

And the ſixte. angell blewe / and I herd a voyce from the iiii. corners of the golden aultre which is before god / ſaying to the ſ • yte angell / which had the trompe: Looſe the iiii. angelles / which are bounde in the grett ryver Eufrates. And the iiii. angelles were looſed which wer prepared for an houre / for a daye / The .ix. fygure. for a moneth / and for a yeare / for to ſlee the thyrde part of mē. And the nombre of horſmē of warre / were twenty tymes xM. And I herde the nōbre of them. And thus I ſawe the horſes in a viſion & them yt ſate on thē havynge fyry habbergions of a Iacyncte coloure / & brymſtony / and the heeddes of y• horſes werre

The .ix. fygure. as the heeddes of lyons. And out of their mouthes went forth fyre and ſmoke / and brymſtone. And of theſe iii. was the thyrde parte of men kylled: that is to ſaye / of fyre / ſmoke / and brymſtone / which proceded out of the mouthes of them: For their power was in their mouthes and in their tayles: for their tayles were lyke vnto ſerpētes / and had heedes / and with them they dyd hurt: And the remnaunt of the mē which were not kylled by theſe plages / repented not of the dedes of their hondes that they ſhulde not worſhyppe devyls / and ymages of golde / and ſylver / and braſſe / and ſtone / and of wood / which nether can ſe / nether heare / nether goo. Alſo they repented not of their murther / and of their ſorcery nether of their fornacion nether of their thefte.

¶ The .x. Chapter.

The .x. fygure.

ANd I ſawe another myghtye angell come doune from heven / clothed with a cloude / and the rayne bowe apon his The .x. fygure. heed. And hys face as it were the ſunne / and his fete as yt were pyllars of fyre and he had in his honde a lytell boke opyn: and he put his ryght fote apon the ſee / and his lyfte fote on the erth. And cryed with a lowde voyce / as when a lyon roreth. And when he had cryed / ſeven thondres ſpake their voyces. And whē the vii. thondres had ſpoken their voyces / I was aboute to wryte. And I herde a voyce from heven ſayinge vnto me / ſeale vp thoo thynges which the vii. thondres ſpake / and write them not.

And the angell which I ſawe ſtonde apondan. xii. c the ſee / and apon the erth / lyfte vppe his honde to heven / and ſwore by him that liveth for ever more / which created heven / and the thynges that ther in are / and the ſee / and the thynges which therin are: that there ſhulde be no lenger tyme: but in the dayes of the voyce of the ſeventh angell / when he ſhall begyn to blowe: evē the miſtery of god ſhalbe fyniſſhed as he preached by his ſervaunte ye prophete.

And the voyce which I herde from heven ſpake vnto me agayne / and ſayde: goo and take the lytle boke which ys open in the honde of the angell / which ſtondeth apon the ſee / and apon the erth. And I went vnto the angell / & ſayde to him: geve me the lytle boke / and he ſayd vnto me: take it / and eate it vp / & it ſhalleze. iij. c. make thy belly bytter / but it ſhalbe in thy mouth as ſwete as hony. and I toke the lytle boke out of his honde / and ate it vp / and it was in my mouth as ſwete as hony / & as ſone as I had eatē it / my belly was bytter. And he ſayde vnto me: thou muſte propheſy agayne amonge the people / and nacions / and tonges / and to many kynges.

¶ The .xi. Chapter.

The .xi. fygure.

ANd then was geven me a rede lyke vnto a rodd / and it was ſayd vntome: Ryſe and mete the temple of god / & the aultre / and them that worſhippe therin and theThe .xi. fygure. quyre which is within the temple caſt oute and mete it not: for it is gevyn vnto the gentyles and the holy cite ſhall they treade vnder fote .xlii. monethes. And I will geve power vnto my two wytneſſes / and they ſhall propheſy .M .iic. &. ly. dayes / clothed in ſacke cloth. Theſe are two olyve trees / and two cādleſtyckes / ſtōdinge before ye god of ye erth

And if eny man will hurt them / fyre ſhall procede out of their mouthes / and conſume their ennemyes. And yf eny mā will hurt thē this wyſe muſte he be kylled. Theſe have power to ſhut heven / that it rayne not in the dayes of their propheſyinge: and have power over waters to turne them to bloud / & to ſmyte the erth wt almaner plages / as often as they will.

And when they have fynyſſhed their teſtimony / the beſte that cam oute of the bottomleſſe pytt ſhall make warre agaynſt them and ſhall overcome them / and kyll them. And their boddyes ſhall lye in the ſtretes of the greate cite / which ſpritually is called zodom and Egypte / where oure lorde was crucified. And they of the people and kynredes / & tonges / & they of the nacions / ſhall ſe their bodyes .iii. dayes and an halfe / and ſhall not ſuffre their boddyes to be put in graves. And they that dwell apon the erth / ſhall reioyce over them & be glad / and ſhall ſend gyftes one to another for theſe two prophetes vexed them y• dwelt on the erth.

And after .iii. dayes and an halffe the ſprete of lyfe from god / entred into thē. And they ſtode vp apō their fete: and greate feare came apon thē which ſawe them. And they herde a greate voyce from heven / ſaying vnto thē. Come vp hidder. And they aſcended vp into heven in a cloude / & their ennemyes ſawe thē. And ye ſame houre was ther a gret erth quake / and the tenthe parte of the cite fell / and in the erth quake were ſlayne names of men ſeven .M. and the remnaunt were feared / & gave glory to god of heven. The ſeconde woo is paſt / & beholde ye thyrd woo wyll come anō

And the ſeventh angell blewe / and therwere made great voyces in hevē / ſayinge: the kyngdoms of this worlde are oure lordes & his chriſtes / & he ſhall raygne for ever more. And the .xxiiii. elders / which ſytt before god on their ſeates / fell apon their faces / and worſhipped God ſayinge: we geve the thankes lorde God allmyghte: which arte and waſt / and arte to come / for thou haſte receaved thy great myght / and haſt raygned. And the nacions were angry / and thy wrath is come / and the tyme of ye deed that they ſhuld be iudged & that thou ſhuldeſt geve rewarde vnto thy ſervauntes the prophettes and ſaynctes / and to them that feare thy name ſmall and great and ſhuldeſt deſtroye them / which deſtroye ye erth. And the temple of God was openyd in hevē / & there was ſene in his tēple / the arcke of his teſtamēt: and ther folowed lyghtnynges / and voyces / and thondrynges & erth quake / and moche hayle.

¶ The .xii. Chapter

The .xii. fygure.

ANd ther appered a gret wonder in hevē The .xii. fygure. A woman clothed with the ſunne / and the mone vnder her fete / and apon her heed a croune of xii. ſtarres. And ſhe was wt chylde and cryed travayllinge in byrth / & payned redy to be delyvered. And ther appered another wonder in heven / for beholde a gret red dragō / havynge .vii. heddes / & ten hornes and crounes vpō his heddes: & his tayle drue the thyrde parte of the ſtarres / and caſt them to the erth.

And the dragon ſtode before the woman which was reddy to be delyvred: for to devoure her chylde as ſone as it were borne. And ſhe brought forth a man chylde / which ſhulde rule all nacions with a rode of yron And her ſonne was taken vp vnto God / and to his ſeate. And the woman fleed into wyldernes / where ſhe had a place / prepared of god / that they ſhulde fede her there a M .ii. C and lx. dayes.

And ther was grett battayll in heven / Michael & his angells fowght with the dragon and the dragon fowght and his angelles / and prevaylled not: nether was their place founde eny more in heven. And the grett dragon / that olde ſerpent called the devyll and Sathanas was caſt out. Which deſceaveth all the worlde. And he was caſt into the erth / & his angelles were caſt out alſo.

And I harde a lowde voyce ſayinge: in hevē is nowe made ſalvaciō & ſtrengthe & ye kyngdome of oure God / & the power of his Chriſt For he is caſt doune which accuſed them before god daye and nyght. And they overcame him by the bloude of the lambe / and by the worde of their teſtimony / and they loved not their lyves vnto the deeth. Therfore reioyce hevens / and ye that dwell in them. Woo to the inhabiters of the erth / and of the ſee: for y• devyll is come doune vnto you which hath greet wrath / becauſe he knoweth that he hath but a ſhort tyme.

And when the dragon ſawe / that he was caſte vnto the erth / he perſecuted the woman which brought forth the man chylde. And to the woman were geven two wynges of a great egle / that ſhe myght flye into the wyldrenes / into her place / where ſhe is noryſſhed for a tyme / tymes / and halffe a tyme / from the preſence of the ſarpent. And the dragon caſt out of his mouth water after the woman as it had bene a ryver becauſe ſhe hulde have bene caught of the floud. And the erth holpe the woman / and the erth opened her mouth / and ſwalowed vp the rever which the dragon caſt out of hys mouth. And the dragon was wroth with the woman: and went and made warre with the remnaunt of hyr ſede / which kepe the commaundmentes of god / and have the teſtimony of Ieſus Chriſte. And I ſtode on the ſee ſonde.

¶ The .xiii. Chapter.

ANd I ſawe a beſt riſe out of the ſee / havinge vii. heddes / and x. hornes / & apon hys hornes x. crownes / and apon his heed / the name of blaſphemy. And the beaſtThe. xiii fygure. which I ſawe / was lyke a catt of the mountayne / and his fete were as the fete of a bear / and his mouth as the mouthe of a lyon. And the

The. xiii fygure. dragon gave him his power and his ſeate / & grett auctorite: and I ſawe one of his heedes as it were woūded to deth / and his dedly woū de was healed. And all the worlde wondred at the beaſt / & they worſhipped ye dragō which gave power vnto the beeſt / & they worſhipped the beeſt ſayinge: who is lyke vnto the beaſt? who is able to warre with him?

And ther was a mouth gevē vnto him that ſpake great thinges and blaſphemies / and power was gevē vnto him / to do xlii. monethes And he opened his mowth vnto blaſphemy agaynſt God / to blaſpheme hys name / and his tabernacle and them that dwell in heven. And it was geven vnto him to make warre with the ſaynctes▪ & to overcome them. And power was geven him over all kynred / tonge / and nacion: and all that dwell apon the erth worſhipt him: whoſe names are not written in the boke of lyfe of the lambe / which was kylled from the begynnynge of the worlde. Yf eny man have an eare / lett him heare. He that leadeth into captivite / ſhall goo into captivite: he that kylleth with a ſwearde / muſt be kylled with a ſwearde. Heare is the pacience / and the fayth of the ſaynctes.

And I behelde another beſt commynge vp Gen. ix. a matthew xxvj. oute of the erth / and he had two hornes like a lambe / and he ſpake as dyd the dragon. And he dyd all that the fyrſte beeſt coulde do in his preſence / and he cauſed the erth / and them which dwell therin / to worſhippe the fyrſt beeſt / whoſe dedly woūde was healed. And he dyd grett wonders / ſo that he made fyre come doune from heven in the ſyght of men. And deceaved them that dwelt on the erth by the meanes of thoſe ſignes which he had power to doo in the ſight of the beeſt / ſayinge to thē that dwelt on the erth: that they ſhuld make an ymage vnto the beeſt / which had the woū de of a ſwearde / and dyd lyve.

And he had power to geve a ſprete vnto the ymage of the beeſt / and that the ymage of the beeſt ſhuld ſpeake / and ſhuld cauſe that as many as wolde not worſhyppe the ymage of the beeſt / ſhuld be kylled. And he made all bothe ſinale and grett / ryche and poore / fre and bond / to receave a marke in their right hondes / or in their forheddes. And that no mā myght by or ſell / ſave he that had the marke / or the name of the beeſt / other the nombre of his name. Here is wiſdome. Let him that hath wytt count the nombre of the beeſt. For it is the nombre of a man / and his nombre is ſixe hondred / threſcore and ſixe.

¶ The .xiiii. Chapter. ✚

ANd I loked / and loo a lambe ſtode on the .xiiii. fygure. the mount Syon / and with him C. and xliiii. thouſande havynge his fathers name written in their forhedes. And I herde a voyce from heven / as the ſounde of many waters / and as the voyce of a gret thoundre / And I herde the voyce of harpers harpynge with their harpes. And they ſonge as it were a newe ſonge / before the ſeate / and before the foure beeſtes / and the elders / and no man coulde learne that ſonge / but the hondred and xliiii. M. which were redemed from the erth. Theſe are they / which were not defyled with wemen / for they are virgyns. Theſe folowe the lambe whither ſoever he goeth. Theſe were redemed from men beynge the fyrſte frutes vnto God and to the lambe / & in their mouthes was foūde no gyle. For they

The. xiiii fygure. are with outē ſpott before the trone of god. ⊢

And Iſawe an angell flye in the myddes of heven havynge an everlaſtynge goſpell / to preache vnto them that ſytt and dwell on the erth / and to all nacions / kinreddes / and tonge and people ſayinge with a lowde voyce: Feare God and geve honour to him / for the houre of his iudgement is come: and worſhyppe him / pſal. xlv act. xiiij. eſaic. xvj. hie. •• a that made heven and erth / & the ſee / and fountaynes of water. And there folowed another angell / ſayinge: Babilon is fallen is fallen that gret cite / for ſhe made all nacions drynke of the wyne of hyr fornicacion.

And the thyrde angell folowed them ſayinge with aloude voyce: Yf eny man worſhippe the beeſt and his ymage / and receave his marke in his forhed / or on his honde / the ſame ſhall drynke of the wyne of the wrath of God which is powred in the cuppe of his wrath. And he ſhalbe punnyſſhed in fyre and brymſtone / before the holy Angels / and before the lambe.

And the ſmoke of their turment aſcendeth vp evermore. And they have no reſt daye ner nyght / which worſhippe ye beaſt and his ymage / and whoſoever receaveth the prynt of his name. Here is the pacience of ſaynctes. Heare are they that kepe the commaundmentes and the fayth of Ieſu.

And I herde a voyce from heven ſayinge vnto me: wryte. Bleſſed are the deed / which here after dye in the lorde / even ſoo ſayth the ſprete: that they maye reſt frō their laboures / butThe .xv. fygure. their workes ſhall folowe them. And I loked and beholde a whyte clowde / and apon the clowde one ſyttynge lyke vnto the ſonne of man / havynge on his heed a goldē crowne / & in his honde a ſharpe ſykle. And another angell came oute of the temple / cryinge with a lowde voyce to him that ſate on the clowde. Thruſte in thy ſycle and repe: for the tyme isIoel .iij. c come to repe / for the corne of the erth is rype.

The .xv. fygure. And he that ſate on the clowde thruſt in his ſykle on the erth / and the erth was reped.

And another angell came oute of the temple / which is in heven / havynge alſo a ſharpe ſycle. And another angell came oute from yt aultre / which had power over fyre / and cryed with a lowde crye to him that had the ſharpe ſykle / and ſayde; thruſt in thy ſharpe ſykle / & gaddre the cluſters of the erth for her grapes are rype. And the angell thruſt in his ſykle on the erth / and cut doune the grapes of the vyneyarde of the erth: and caſt them into the gret wynefat of the wrath of god / and the wynefat was trodden with out the cite / & bloud came oute of the fat / evē vnto the hors brydles by the ſpace of a thowſande and .vi. C. furlonges.

¶ The .xv. Chapter.

ANd I ſawe another ſigne in hevē grett The. xvi fygure. & mervellous .vii. angells havynge the ſeven laſte plages / for in thē is fulfylled y• wrath of god. And I ſawe as it were a glaſſye ſee / mingled with fyre / & thē that had gotten victory of the beeſt / & of his ymage / & of his marke / & of the nombre of his name ſtō de on the glaſſye ſee / havinge y• harpes of god and they ſonge the ſonge of Moſes the ſervaunt of god / and the ſonge of the lambe / ſayinge. Gret and marvellous are thy workes Lorde god almyghty / iuſte & true are thy wayes / kynge of ſaynctes. Who ſhall not feare o lorde / and gloryfy thy name? For thou only arteHiere. x. holy / & all gentylls ſhall come and worſhippe before the / for thy iudgmentes are made manyfeſte.

And after that / I loked / and beholde y• temple of the tabernacle of teſtimony was opyn in heven / and the ſeven angelles cam out of the temple / which had the ſeven plages / clothed in pure & bryght lynnen / and havynge their breſtes gyrded with golden gerdelles. And one of the fowre beeſtes gave vnto ye ſevē angells vii. golden vialles / full of ye wrath of God which lyveth for ever more. And the temple was full of the ſmoke of the glory of God / and of his power / and no man was able to entre into the temple / tyll the ſeven plage of the ſeven angels were fulfilled.

¶ The .xvi. Chapter.

The. xvi fygure.

ANd I herde a great voyce out of y• temple ſayinge to the ſeven angels: goo youre wayes / poure out youre vialles of wrath apon the erth. And the fyrſt went / and poured out his viall apō the erth / & there fell anoyſom and a ſore botche apō the mē which had the marke of the beſt / & apon thē which worſhipped his ymage. And the ſeconde angell ſhed but his viall apon ye ſee / & it turned as it were into the bloud of a deed mā: & every lyvinge thynge dyed in the ſee. And ye thyrde angell ſhed out his vyall apon the ryvers and fountaynes of waters / & they turned to bloud. And I herde an angell ſaye: lorde which arte and waſt / thou arte ryghteous & holy / becauſe thou haſt gevē ſoche iudgmentes / for they ſhed out the bloude of ſayntes / and prophettes / & therfore haſt thou geven them bloud to drynke: for they are worthy. And I herde another out of the aultre ſaye: even ſoo lorde god almyghty / true and righteous are thy iudge mentes.

And the fourth angell poured out his viall on the ſunne / and power was gevē vnto him to vexe men with heate offyre. And the men raged in gret heate / and ſpake evyll of the name of God which had power over thoſe plages / and they repented not / to geve him glory. And the fifte angell poured out his vyall apon the ſeate of the beſte / and his kyngdome wexed derke / and they gnewe their tonge for ſorowe / and blaſphemed the god of heven for ſorowe / and payne of their ſores / and repented not of their dedes.

And the ſixte angell poured out his vyall apon the gret ryver Euphrates / and the water dryed vp / that the wayes of the kyngss of the eſte ſhulde be prepared. And I ſawe thre vnclene ſprettes lyke frogges come out of the mouthe of the dragon / and out of the mouthe of the beeſte / and out of the mouthe of the falce prophett. For they are the fprettes of devyls workynge myracles / to go out vnto the kynges of the erth and of the whole worlde to gaddre them to the battayle of that gret daye of God allmyghty. Beholde I come asMatthew xxiiij. luke .xij. e. i. cor. v. a a thefe. Happy is he that watcheth and kepeth his garmentes / Leſt he be founde naked / and men ſe his filthynes. And he gaddered them togedder into a place called in the hebrue tonge Armagedon.

And the ſeventhe angell poured out his viall in to the ayre. And there came avoyce out of heven from the ſeate / ſayinge: it is done. And there folowed voyces / thondringes / and lightnynges / and there was a grett erthquake / ſoche as was not ſence men were apon the erth / ſo myghty an erthquake and ſo grett. And the greate cite was devyded into thre parties / And the cities of nacions fell. And grett Babilon came in remembraunce before God / to geve vnto hyr the cuppe of wyne of the fearcenes of his wrathe. Every yle fled awaye / and the mountaynes were not founde. And ther fell a gret hayle / as it had bene talentes / out of heven apon the men / and the men blaſphemed God / becauſe of the plage of the hayle / for it was grett and the plage of it ſore.

¶ The .xvii. Chapter.

the .xvii. fygure.

ANd there cam one of the ſeven angels / which had the ſeven vialles / and talked with me / ſayinge vnto me: come I will ſhewe the the iudgment of the grett whore that ſytteth apon many waters / with whome have commytted fornicacion the kynge of the erth / ſo that the inhabiters of the erth / are drō ken with the wyne of her fornicacion. And he caryed me a waye into the wildernes in the ſprete. And I ſawe a woman ſytt apon a roſe colored beſt full of names of blaphemie which had ten hornes. And the woman was arayed in purple and roſe color / and decked with golde / precious ſtone / and pearles / and had a cup of golde in her honde / full of a hominacions the. xvii figvre. and fylthynes of her fornycacion. And in her forhed was a name wrytten / a miſtery / gret Babylon the mother of whordome / and abominacions of the erth. And I ſawe the wyfe dronke with the bloud of ſaynctes / and with the bloud of the witneſſes of Ieſu. And when I ſawe her / I wondred with grett mervayle.

And the angell ſayde vnto me: wherfore mervayllyſt thou? I wyll ſhewe the ye miſtery of the woman / and of the beſt that berith her / which hath ſeven heddes / and ten hornes. The beſt that thou ſeeſt / was / and is not / and ſhall aſcende out of the bottomleſſe pytt / and ſhall goo into perdicion / and they that dwell on the erth ſhall wondre (whoſe names are not wrytten in the boke of lyfe from y• begynnynge of the worlde) when they beholde the beſt that was / and ys nott. And here ys a mynde that hath wiſdome.

The ſeven heddes are ſeven mountaynes / on which the woman ſytteth: they are alſo ſeven kynges. Fyve are fallen / and on ys / and onother is not yet come. Whē he cōmeth he muſte contynew a ſpace. And the beſte that was / and ys not / is even the ayght / and ys one of the ſeven / and ſhall goo into deſtruccion. And the ten hornes which thou ſeiſt / are ten kynges / which have receaved no kyngdome / but ſhall receave power as kynges at one houre with the beeſt. Theſe have one mynde / and ſhall geve their power and ſtrenghte vnto y• beſte. Theſe ſhall fyght with the lambe / and the lambe ſhall overcome them: For he is lorde of lordes / and kynge of kynges: and they that are on hys ſyde / are called / and choſen and faythfull.

And he ſayde vnto me: the waters which thou ſaweſt / where the whore ſyttith / are people / and folke / and nacions / and tonges. And the ten hornes / which thou ſaweſt apon the beſt / are they that ſhall hate the whore / and ſhall make her deſolate / and naked / and ſhall eate their fleſſhe / & burne her with fyre. For God hathe put in their hertes / to fulfyll hys wyll / and to do with one conſent / for to geve hir kyngdom vnto the beaſt / vntill the worde of God be fulfylled. And the woman which thou ſaweſt / ys that gret cyte / which raigneth over the kynges of the erth.

¶ The .xviii. Chapter.

ANd after that I ſawe another angell come from heven / havinge gret power / and the erth was lyghtned with hys bryghtnes. And he cryed myghtyly with aThe. xv iii. figure ſtronge voyce ſayinge: Great Babilon is fallen / ys fallen / and ys become the habitation of devels / and the holde of all fowle ſprettes / and a cage of all vnclene and hatefull byrdes for all nacions have dronken of the wyne of the wrath of her fornycacion. And the kynges

xviii. fygure. of the erth have committed fornicacion with her / and her marchauntes are wexed ryche of the abundance of her pleaſures.

And I herde another voyce from heven ſaye: come a waye from her my people / that ye be not parttakers in her ſynnes / that ye receave not of her plages. For her ſynnes are gon vp to heven / and God hath remembred her wyckednes. Rewarde her even as ſhe rewarded you / and geve her dubble accordynge to her workes. And poure in dubble to her in the ſame cuppe which ſhe fylled vnto you. And as moche as ſhe gloryfied her ſilfe and lyved wantanly / ſo moche poure ye in for her of punyſſhment / and ſorowe / for ſhe ſayde in her herte: I ſytt beinge a quene and am no wyddowe and ſhall ſe no ſorowe. Therfore ſhalle • a▪ xlvij b. her plages come at one daye / deeth / and ſorowe / and honger / and ſhe ſhallbe brent with fyre: for ſtronge ys the lorde god which iudgeth her.

And the kynges of the erth ſhalbe wepe her and wayle over her / which have committed fornicacion with her / and have lyved wantanly with her / when they ſhall ſe the ſmoke of her burnynge / and ſhall ſtonde a farre of / for feare of her punnyſſhment / ſayinge: Alas / Alas / that gret cite Babilon / that myghty cite: For at won houre is her iudgment come. And the marchauntes of the erth ſhall wepe and wayle in them ſelves / for no man wyll bye their ware eny more / the ware of golde / & ſilver / & precious ſtones / nether of pearle / and raynes / and purple / & ſkarlet / and all thyne wodde / and almanner veſſels of yvery / and almanner veſſels of moſt precious wodde / and of braſſe / and of yron / and ſynamon / and odours / and oyntmentes / and frankynſence / and wyne / and oyle / and fyne floure / and wheate / beſtes / and ſhepe / and horſys / and charrettes / and boddyes and ſoules of men.

And the apples that thy ſoule luſted after / are departed frō the. And all thynges which were deyntie / and had in pryce ar departed frō the / and thou ſhalt fynde them no more. The marchaūntes of theſe thynges which were wexed ryche ſhall ſtonde a farre of from her / for feare of the punyſhment of her / wepynge and waylynge / and ſaying: alas alas / that grett cite / that was clothed in raynes / and purple / and ſcarlett / and decked with golde / and precious ſtone / and pearles: for at one houre ſo great ryches ys come to nought

And every ſhippe governer / & all they that occupied ſhippes / and ſhippmen which worke in the ſee / ſtode a farre of / and cryed / when they ſawe the ſmoke of her burnynge / ſayinge what cite is lyke vnto this grett cite? And they caſt duſt on their heddes / and cryed wepynge / and waylinge / and ſayed: Alas Alas y• greate cite wherin were made ryche all that had ſhyppes in the ſee / by the reaſon of her coſtlynes for atone houre is ſhe made deſolate

Reioyce over her thou heven / and ye holy Apoſtles / and prophetes: for god hath geven youre iudgment on her. And a myghty angell toke vp a ſtone lyke a grett mylſtone / and caſt it into the ſee / ſayinge: with ſuche violence ſhall that gret cite Babilon be caſt / and ſhallbe founde no more. And the voyce of harpers / and muſicions / and of pypers / and trompetters / ſhalbe herde no more in the: and no craftes man / of whatſoever craft he be / ſhalbe founde eny more in the. and the ſoūde of a myll ſhalbe herde no more in the / & the voyce of the brydegrome and of the bryde / ſhalbe herde no more in the: for thy marchaunte were y• grett men of ye erth. And with thyne inchantment were deceaved all nacions: & in her was founde the bloude of the prophettes / & of y• ſayncte and of all that were ſlayne apon y• erth.

¶ The .xix. Chapter.

ANd after y• / I herde y• voyce of moche people in heven ſayinge: Alleluia. Saluacion & glory and honour / & power be aſcribed to y• lorde oure god / for true & ryghteous are his iudgmente / for he hath iudged y• grett whore / which did corrupt the erth with her fornicacion / & hath avenged the bloud of his ſervauntes of her hond. And agayne they ſaid: Alleluya. And ſmoke roſe vp for evermore. And the xxiiii. elders / & the iiii. beſtes fell doune / & worſhypped god that ſate on the ſeate ſayinge: Amen Alleluya. And a voyce cam out of the ſeate / ſaying: prayſe oure lorde god all ye that are his ſervauntes / and ye that feare him both ſmall and grett.

And I herde the voyce of moche people / evē as the voyce of many waters / and as the voyce of ſtronge thondrynges / ſayinge: Alleluya / for god omnipotent raigneth. Let vs be glad and reioyce and geve honour to him: for the mariage of the lambe is come / and hys wyffe made her ſylfe reddy. And to her was graunted / that ſhe ſhulde be arayed with pure and goodly raynes. For the raynes is the ryghteweſnes of ſaynctes. And he ſayde vnto me:

The. xix fygure. happy are they which are called vnto the Lā besmat. xxij luc. xiiij. ſupper. And he ſayde vnto me: theſe are the true ſayinges of God. And I fell at his fete / to worſhyppe him. And he ſayde vnto me ſe thou do it not. For I am thy felowe ſeruaunt / and one of thy brethern / and of them that have the teſtimony of Ieſus. Worſhyppe God. For the teſtymony of Ieſus ys the ſprete of propheſy. And I ſawe heven open / and beholde a whyte horſſe: and he that ſat aponThe. xix fygure. him was faythfull and true / & in ryghteweſnes dyd iudge and make battayle. His eyes were as a flame of fyre: and on his heed wereeſa. lxiii. many crounes: and he had a name written / yt no man knewe but him ſylfe. And he was clothed with a veſture dipt in bloud / and hys name ys called the worde of God. And the warriers which were in heven / folowed him apon whyte horſſes / clothed with whyte and pure raynes: and out of his mouthe went out a ſharppe ſwerde / that with yt he ſhuld ſmyte the hethen. And he ſhall rule them with a rodde of yron / and he trode the wynefatt of fearſnes & wrath of almyghty god. And hath on his veſture and on his thygh a name written: kynge of kynges / and lorde of lordes.j. tim. vj • .

And I ſawe an angell ſtonde in the ſunne / and he cryed with a lowde voyce / ſayinge to all the fowles that flye by ye myddes of hevē come and gaddre youre ſelves to gedder vnto the ſupper of the gret god / that ye maye eate the fleſſhe of kynges / and of hye captaynes / and the fleſſhe of myghty men / and the fleſſhe of horſſes / and of them that ſytt on them / and the fleſſhe of all free men and bond men / and of ſmall and gret. And I ſawe the beſte and the kynges of the erth / and their warriers gaddred to gedder to make battayle agaynſte him that ſatt on the horſſe and agaynſt his ſowdiers.

And the beſte was takē / and with him that falce prophett that wrought myracles before him / with which he deſceaved thē that receaved y• beeſtes marke / & them that worſhipped his ymage. Theſe both were caſt into a pōde of fyre burnyge with brymſtone: & ye remnaunte were ſlayne with y• ſwearde of him that ſat apon the horſſe / which ſwearde proceded out of his mouthe / and all the foules were fulfilled with their fleſſhe.

¶ The .xx. Chapter.

The .xx. fygure.

ANd I ſawe an angell come doune fromThe. xx fygure. heven / havinge the kaye of / the bottomleſſe pyt / & a gret chayne in his honde. And he toke the dragō that olde ſcrpēt / which is the devyll and Satanas / & he bounde him a thouſand yeares: and caſt him into the bottomleſſe pit / and he bounde him / and ſet a ſeale on him / y• he ſhuld deſceaue the people no moare / tyll the .M. yeares were fulfilled. And after yt he muſte be looſed for a litell ſeaſon.

And I ſawe ſeatte / & they ſat apon them / & iudgement was geven vnto them: and I ſawe the ſoules of them that were behedded for the witnes of Ieſu / & for the worde of God: which had not worſhypped the beſt / nether his ymage / nether had taken his marke vpon their forheddes / or on their hondes: and they lyved / and raygned with Chriſt a .M. yere: but the wother of the deed men lyved not agayne / vntyll the .M. yere were fyniſſhed. This is that fyrſt reſurreccion. Bleſſed and holy is he that hath parte in the fyrſt reſurreccion. For on ſuche ſhall the ſeconde deeth have no power / for they ſhalbe the preſtes of God and of Chriſt / and ſhall raygne with him a .M. yere.

And when the .M. yeares are experied / Satan ſhalbe lowſed out of his preſon / and ſhallezechie .xxxviij. &. xxxix goo oute to deceave the people which are in the foure quarters of the erth Gog and Magog / to gadder them to gedder to batayle / who ſenombre is as the ſonde of the ſee: and they went vp on the playne of the erth / and compaſed the tentes of the ſaynctes about / & the beloved cite. And fyre cam doune from God / out of heven / & devoured them: & the devyll that deſceaved them / was caſt into a lake of fyre & brymſtone / where the beeſt and the falce prophet were and ſhalbe tormented daye and nyght for ever more.

And I ſawe a grett whyte ſeate and him that ſate on it / from whoſe face fleed awaye both the erth and heavē / and their place was no more founde. And I ſawe the deed / both grett and ſmall ſtonde before God: And the bokes were opened and another boke was opened / which is the boke of lyfe / and the deed were iudged of thoo thynges which weer wrytten in the bokes accordinge to their dedes: and the ſee gave vp her deed / which were in her / and deth & hell delyvered vp the deed / which were in them: and they were iudged every man accordinge to his dedes. And deth and hell were caſt into the lake of fyre. This is that ſecond deeth. And whoſoever was not founde written in the boke of lyfe / was caſt into the lake of fyre.

¶ The .xxi. Chapter.

ANd I ſawe a newe heven & a newe ertheſa. lxv. c and. lxvj ij. pet. iij. For the fyrſt heven / and the fyrſt erth / were vanyſſhed awaye / and there was no more ſee. ✚ And I Ihō ſawe that holy cite newe Ieruſalem come doune from God oute of heven prepared as a bryde garnyſſhed for hyr huſband. And I herde agrett voyce outThe. xxi fygure. of heaven ſayinge: beholde / the tabernacle

The. xxi fygure. of God is with men / & he will dwell with thē And they ſhalbe his people / & God him ſylffe ſhalbe with the & be their god. And God ſhalleſa. xxv. wype awaye all teares frō their eyes. And there ſhalbe nomore deeth / nether ſorowe nether cryinge / nether ſhall there be eny more payne / for the olde thynges are gone. And he that ſate apon the ſeate / ſayde: Behold I makeeſa. xliiij ij. cor. v. all thynges newe. ✚ And he ſayde vnto me: wryte / for theſe wordes are faythfull & true.

And he ſayde vnto me: it is done / I am Alpha and Omega / the begynnynge / and the ende. I will geve to him y• is a thyrſt of the well of the water of lyfe fre. He that overcōmeth ſhall inheret all thynges / & I will be his God / and he ſhalbe my ſonne. But the fearefull & vnbelevynge / and the abhominable / and murdrers / & whormongers / & ſorcerers / and ydolaters / and all lyars ſhall have their parte in the lake which burnyth with fyre and brymſtone / which is the ſeconde deth.

And there cam vnto me one of the vii. angels which had the vii. vyals full of the vii. laſte plages: and talked with me ſayinge: come hydder / I will ſhewe the the bryde / the lambes wyfe. And he caryed me awaye in the ſprete to a grett and an hye mountayne / and he ſhewed me the grett cite / holy Ieruſalem deſcendinge out of heven frō God / havynge the brightnes of God. And her ſhynynge was lyke vnto a ſtone moſte precious / even a Iaſpar cleare as criſtall: and had walles grett & hye / and had xii gates / and at the gates xii. angels: and names written / which are the xii. trybes of Iſraell: on the eſt parte iii gatis / & on the north ſyde iii gates / and to wardes the ſouth iii gates / and from the weſt iii gates: & the wall of the cite had xii foundacions / & in them the names of the lambes .xii. Apoſtles.

And he that talked with me / had a golden read to meaſure the cite with all and the gates therof and the wall therof. And the cite was bylt iiii. ſquare / and the length was as large as the bredth of it / and he meaſured the cite with the rede. xii M. fur longes: & the lenght and the bredth / and ye heyth of it / were equall. And he meaſured the wall therof. an cxliiii. cubittes: the meaſure that y• angell had was after the meaſure that man vſeth. And the byldinge of the wall of it was of iaſpar. And the cite was pure gold lyke vnto cleare glaſſe & the foundacions of the wall of ye cite was garniſſhed with all maner of precious ſtones The fyrſte foundacion was iaſpar / the ſeconde ſaphyre / the thyrde a calcedony / the fourth an emeralde: the fyft ſardonix: the ſixt ſardeos: the ſeventh cryſolite / the ayght berall: the nynth a topas: the tenth a cryſopraſos: the eleventh a iacyncte: the twelfe an amatiſt.

The xii. gates were xii pearles / every gate was of one pearle / and the ſtrete of the cite was pure golde / as thorowe ſhynynge glaſſe. And there was no temple therin. For the lord god allmyghty and the lambe are the temple of it / and the cite hath no nede of the ſonne nether of the mone to lyghten it. For the bryghtnes of God dyd light it: and the lambe was the light of it. And the people which are ſaved ſhall walke in the light of it: and the kynges of the erth ſhall brynge their glory vnto it. And y• gates of it are not ſhut by daye. For there ſhalbe no nyght there. And there ſhall entre into it none vnclene thynge: nethereſai. lx. c. whatſoever worketh abhominacion: or maketh lyes: but they only which are wrytten in the lambes boke of lyfe.

¶ The .xxii. Chapter.

ANd he ſhewed me a pure ryver of water of lyfe clere as criſtall: procedynge oute of the ſeate of God and of the lambe. In the myddes of the ſtrete of it and of ether ſyde of y• ryver was there wode of lyfe: which bare xii māner of frutis: & gave frute every moneth: and the leves of the wodde ſerved to heale the people with all. And there ſhalbe no more curſſe / but the ſeate of god and the lambe ſhalbe in it: and his ſervauntes ſhall ſerve him: And ſhall ſe his face / and his name ſhalbe in their forheddes. And there ſhalleſa. lx. d. be no nyght there / and they nede no candle / nether light of the ſunne: for the lorde God geveth them light / and they ſhall raygne for evermore.

And he ſayde vnto me: theſe ſayinges are faythfull / and true. And the lorde god of ſaynctes and prophetes ſent his angell to ſhe we vnto his ſervauntes / the thynges which muſte ſhortly be fulfylled. Beholde I come ſhortly. Happy is he that kepeth the ſayinge of y• propheſy of this boke. I am Ihon which ſawe theſe thynges & herde them. And when I had herde and ſene / I fell doune / to worſhippe before the fete of the angell which ſhewed me theſe thynges. And he ſayd vnto me: ſe thou do it not / for I am thy feloweſervaunt and the feloweſervaunt of thy brethren the prophettes and of them which kepe the ſayinges of this boke. But worſhippe God.

And he ſayde vnto me: ſeale not the ſayinges of propheſy of this boke. For the tyme is at honde. He that doeth evyl / let him do evyl ſtill: and he which is fylthy / let him be fylthy ſtill: and he that is righteous / let him be more righteous: and he that is holy / let him be more holy. And beholde I come ſhortly / and my rewarde with me / to geve every man accordinge as his dedes ſhalbe. I am Alpha & Omega / the begynninge and the ende: the fyrſt and the laſt. Bleſſed are they that do hys commaundmentes / that their power maye be in theeſa. xli. b and. xliiij tree of lyfe / and maye entre in thorow the gates into the cite. For without ſhalbe dogges and inchaūters / and whormongers / and mortherers / and ydolaters / and whoſoever loveth or makith leſynges.

I Ieſus ſent myne angell / to teſtyfye vnto you theſe thynges in the congregacions. I am the rote and the generacion of David and the bright mornynge ſtarre. And the ſprete and the bryde ſayde come. And let him thateſa. lv. a. heareth / ſaye alſo come. And let him that is a thyrſt come. And let whoſoever wyll / take of the water of lyfe fre.

I teſtifye vnto every man that heareth the wordes of propheſy of thys boke. yf eny man ſhall adde vnto theſe thynges / god ſhall adde vnto him the plages that are wrytten in this boke. And yf eny man ſhall mynyſhe of the wordes of y• boke of this propheſy / god ſhall take awaye his parte out of the boke of lyfe / & oute of ye holy citie / & frō thoo thynge which are written in this boke. He which teſtifyeth theſe thinges ſayth: be it / I come quyckly / Amen. Even ſoo: come lorde Ieſu. The grace of oure lorde Ieſu Chriſt be with you all.

Amen. The ende of the newe teſtament.

Theſe are the Epiſtles taken oute of the olde teſtament / which are red in the church after the vſe of Salſburye vpon certen dayes of the yere.

¶ The fyrſt frydayein Aduent / the▪ Epiſtle.

HErken vnto me • ye that folowe ryghteouſneseſa. lj. and ſeke the lorde. Looke vnto the rocke ye were cut oute / and to the caue and pit ye were digged oute. Look vnto Abraham youre father and vnto Sara that bare you: how I called him onlye / and bleſſed him and multiplied him. For the lorde hath compaſſion on Sion and hath compaſſion on all that is decayed therin / and will make hir wildernes as paradiſe / and hir deſerte as the garden of the lorde. Ioye and gladnes ſhalbe founde therin / with thankeſgeuynge and the voyce of prayſe. Herken vnto me my people / & turne youre eares to me my folke. Ther ſhall a lawe go oute from me / and my iudgement will I ſtabliſhe to be a light vnto nacions. My ryghteouſnes is nye / and my ſalvacyon ſhall go oute / and myne armes ſhall iudge nacions / and ylondes ſhall loke for me & ſhall tarye after myne arme. Lyfte vp youre eyes to heauen and beholde the erth beneth. For heauen ſhall vanyſhe awaye as ſmoke / and the erthe ſhall weare awaye as a veſture / and the in habiters therof ſhall peryſhe awaye after the ſame maner / but my ſalvacion ſhall endure euer / & my ryghteouſnes ſhall not periſhe. Herken vnto me ye that knowe righteouſnes and ſo let the people that have my lawe in their hertes. Feare not the rebukes of man nether faynte for their blaſphemyes. For wormes ſhall eate them as a garment / and mothes ſhall deuoure them as it were woll. But my ryghteouſnes ſhall contynew ever / and my ſaluacyon from generacion to generacion.

The wenſdaye in the ſeconde weke of Aduēt The epiſtle.

THus ſayth the lorde: I will returne tozach. viij. Syon and will dwell in the myddle of Ieruſalem. And Ieruſalem ſhalbe called the citie of trouth and the hill of the lorde Sabaoth and an holy hill. Thus ſayth the lorde Sabaoth: yet there ſhall ſyt bothe olde men and olde wemen in the ſtretes of Ieruſalem and men with ſtaues in their handes for the multitude of dayes. And the ſtretes of the citie ſhalbe filled with boyes and wenches playenge in the ſtretes therof. Thus ſayth the lorde zabaoth / though it ſeme harde in the eyes of the remmanaūt of this people / ſhall it ſeme harde in myne eyes ſayth the lorde zabaoth. Thus ſayth the lorde zabaoth: beholde I will delyuer my people from the eeſt contre and from the lande of the goynge downe of the ſonne / and wyll brynge them that they ſhall dwell in the myddes of Ieruſalem. And they ſhalbe my people / and I wilbe their God in truthe and righteouſnes.

The frydaye next folowynge The Epiſtle.

THis ſayth the lorde: vpō the walles of Ieruſalem / I have ſet kepers which ſhall never ceaſe / nether by daye nereſa. lxij. yet by nyght. And ye that ſtere vp the remembraunce of the lorde / ſe that ye pauſe not / nether let him have reſt vntill he have prepared and made Ieruſalem gloryous in the erth The lorde hath ſworne by his ryght honde and by his ſtronge arme / that he will not geue thy corne anye moare to be eaten of thyne enemyes: and that alyentes ſhall not drynke thy new wyne wherfore thou haſt laboured. But they that made it ſhall eate it and ſhall praye the lorde: & they that gathered it / ſhall drynk it in the courte of my holye temple. Go from gate to gate / and prepare the waye for the people / caſt vp gravayle and make the waye hye and clenſe it of ſtones / and ſet vp a baner for the people. Beholde the lorde will make it knowen vnto the endes of the worlde. And ſaye ye vnto the daughter of Sion: beholde he that is thy ſauyoure cometh and his rewarde with him and his worke before him. And they ſhall be called a people of holynes redemed of the lorde. And thou ſhalt be called an haunted citie and not forſaken.

¶ The frydaye in y•. iii. weke of Advēt. ye piſt.

THere ſhall come a rodde oute of the ſtocke of Ieſſe / and a braunche ſhall ſprynge oute of his rote. And on him ſhalleſa. xj. lyght the ſpirite of the lorde: the ſpirite of wyſdome and of vnderſtondynge / the ſpirite of councell and of ſtrength / the ſpirite of knowledge and of reuerence / and it ſhall make him ſauer of the feare of the lorde. And he ſhall not iudge after the ſyght of his eyes: nether ſhall rebuke after the hearynge of his eares. But he ſhall iudge the cauſes of the poore wt ryghteouſnes / & ſhall rebuke with equitie for ye vmble of ye erthe. And he ſhall ſmyte ye erth with the rodde of his mouth / & with ye breth of his lyppes ſhall ſleye the wycked. And righteouſnes ſhalbe the gyrdle of his loynes / and faythfullnes the gyrdle of his raynes.

¶ On the wenſdaye in the thirde weke of aduent. The Epiſtle.

THe worde that Eſaias the ſonne of Amos ſaw in a viſion / cōcernynge Iuda and Ieruſalem. It ſhall come to paſſeeſa. ij. in the laſt dayes that the mount of the houſe of the lorde / ſhalbe ſet in the tope of the mountaynes / and ſhalbe lyfte vp above the hilles: and all nacions ſhall reſorte therto. And moche people ſhall go and ſave: come and let vs go vp to the hill of the lorde and vnto the houſe of the God of Iacob: that he maye teache vs his wayes / and that we maye walke in his pathes. For oute of Sion ſhall come the lawe / and the worde of God oute of Ieruſalem. And he ſhalbe iudge amonge the hethen and tell manye nacions their fautes▪ and they ſhall tourne their ſweardes into mattockes and their ſpeares into ſythes. One nacion ſhall not lyfte vp a ſwearde agaynſt another / nether ſhall they teache to warre anye moare. O houſe of Iacob come & let vs walke in the lyght of the lorde.

The wenſdaye in the fourthe weke of aduent The Epiſtle.

THis ſayth the lorde. Children of Sion be glad and reioyſe in the lorde youreIeel. ij. God. For he hath geuen you a teacher of righteouſnes / and wyll make deſcende vnto you the fyrſt rayne and the later / as at the beginnynge. And the barnes ſhalbe full of corne / and the wyne preſſes flowe with wyne & oyle. And I will reſtore you agayne with my great power which I haue ſent vnto you / the yeres which the locuſtes and caterpillers haue deuoured. And ye ſhall eate & haue ynough and prayſe the name of the lorde youre God / which hath wrought wonders with you. And my people ſhall not be in ſhame for euer. And ye ſhall knowe that I am in the myddes of Iſrael / and that I am the lorde youre God / & that there is no moo. And my people ſhall notIoeſ. iij. be in ſhame for euer. And ye ſhall knowe yt I the lorde youre God / dwell in Syon my holye mounte. And Ieruſalem ſhalbe holye / and there ſhall no ſtraunger paſſe thorow there anye more. And at that daye the mountaynes ſhall droppe ſwete wyne / and the hilles ſhall flowe with mylke / and all the brokes of Iuda ſhall runne with water. And a fountayne / ſhall go oute of the houſe of the lorde and water theryuer of Sittim. Egipt ſhall goo to ruyne / and Edom ſhalbe a deſert and a wyldernes / which oppreſſed the chyldren of Iſrael / and which ſheed ynnocent bloude in their lande. And Iuda ſhall contynew euer / and Ieruſalem from generacion to generacion. And I will clenſe their bloude which I haue not clenſed. And the Lorde ſhall dwell in Sion.

The frydaye in ye iiii weke of aduēt The Epiſtle.

SHoute and be glad daughter of Syonzacha. ii. for beholde I come and dwell in the myddes of the ſayth the lorde. And manye nacions ſhall cleaue vnto the lorde at that daye and ſhalbe my people. And I will dwell in the myddle of the / and thou ſhalt knowe that the lorde Sabaoth hath ſent me vnto the. And the lorde ſhall inheret Iuda which is his parte in the holye grounde / and he ſhall choſe Ieruſalem yet agayne. Let all fleſhe holde their peace before the lorde: for he is ryſen oute of his holye temple.

On ſaynt Iohn the euangeliſtes daye The epiſtle.

HE that feareth God / will do good: & he that kepeth the lawe ſhall obtaineeccleſiaſti ci. xv. wiſdome: and ſhe will come agaynſt him as an honorable mother: as a woman yet a virgen ſhall ſhe receaue him. She ſhall fede him with the brede of lyfe and vnderſtondynge: & the water of wholſome wyſdome ſhe ſhall geue him to drynke. And ſhe ſhall evalt him amonge his neyboures: and ſhall opē his mouthe evē in ye thyckeſt of the congregaciō. And ſhe ſhall fyll him wt the ſpirite of wiſdome & vnderſtondynge / & with the garment of glorye ſhall apparell him. She ſhall make him ryche wt ioye and gladnes and ſhall enheret him of an euerlaſtynge name.

¶ The xii daye. The epiſtle.

UP and receaue lyght Ieruſalem: for thy lyght is come / and the glorye ofeſa. lx. the lorde is vp ouer the. For beholde / darcknes ſhall couer the erth / and a thick miſt the nacions. But y• lorde ſhall ryſe as the ſonne ouer the / & his glorie ſhalbe ſene vpon the And the hethen ſhall walke in thy lyght / and the kynges in the bryghtnes that is ryſen over the. Lyfte vp thyne eyes rounde aboute and ſe. All theſe are gathered together and are come vnto the. Thy ſonnes ſhall come fro •• farre / and thy daughters ſhalbe euer by thy ſyde. Then thou ſhalt ſe / and ſhalt have plentye: thyne harte ſhall wonder and breake oute in ioye / when the multytude of the ſee are turned to the / and the armyes of the hethen are come vnto the. The aboundaunce of Camells ſhall couer the / and the dromadaryes of Madian and Epha ſhall come all of them from Saba / and brynge golde and frankynſence / & ſhall preache the prayſe of the lorde.

¶ The next ſondaye after the .xii. daye The Epiſtle.

I Will prayſe the O lorde / that though thou were angrye with me / yet thyne angereſaic. xii. is turned / and thou haſt comforte me. Beholde God is my ſaluacion: I will be bolde therfore and not feare. For the lorde God is my ſtrength and my prayſe wherof I ſynge: and is become my ſavyoure. And ye ſhall drawe water in gladnes oute of the welles of ſaluacion. And ye ſhall ſaye in that daye: geue thankes vnto the lorde: call on his name: make his dedes knowen amonge the hethen: remember that his name is hie. Lyfte vp. Synge vnto the lorde / for he hath done excellentlye / and that is knowen thorow oute all the worlde. Crye and ſhowte thou inhabiter of Sion / for great amonge you is the holye of Iſrael.

¶ On Aſſhe wenſdaye the Epiſtle.

ANd now therfore ſayth the lorde. Turne to me with all youre hartes / in faſtingeioel. ii. and lamentacyō. And teare youre hartes and not youre garmentes / and turne vnto the lorde youre God. For he is full of mercie and compaſſion / longe yer he be angrye / and great in mercie and repenteth when he is at the poynte to punyſhe. Who can tell whether the lorde will turne and have compaſſion and ſhall leave after him a bleſſynge? Sacrifice & drynk offerynge vnto ye lorde youre God. Blowe a trompet in Sion / proclayme faſtynge and call a congregacion. Gather the people together / brynge the elders to one place / gather the younge children and they that ſucke the breſtes / together. Let the brydgrome come oute of his chamber and the bryde oute of hir parloure. Let the preſtes that myniſter vnto the lorde / wepe betwene the porche and the alter / and ſaye: ſpare (lorde) thy people & delyver not thyne enheritaunce vnto rebuke that the hethen ſhuld raygne over thē. Why ſhuld they ſaye: amonge the naciōs / where is their god. And the lorde envyed for his lōdes ſake and had compaſſion on his people. And the lorde anſwered and ſayde vnto his people Beholde / I ſent you corne / new wyne and oyle / that ye ſhalbe ſatiſfied therwith▪ N • ther will I delyver you anye moare vnto ye hethen

¶ On the frydaye next folowynge. The Epiſtle.

CRye with the throte and ſpare not. Lyfteeſa. lviii. vp thy voyce as a trompet / and tell my people their offences and the houſe of Iacob their ſynnes. For me they ſeke daye by daye / and will knowe my wayes / as a people that doth ryghteouſnes / and hath not forſaken the equitie of their God. They ſeke of me ryghteous iudgementes / and wyll drawenye vnto God. Why have we faſted and thou haſt not loked vpon it / have vmbled oure ſoules / & thou woldeſt not wyt it. Beholde when ye faſt / ye can fynde youre awne luſtes / and can call cruellye on all youre detters. Ye faſt to lawe and ſtryve and to ſmyte with fyſt wyckedlye. Faſt not as ye now do / to make youre voyce to be harde vp an hie. Shuld it be ſoche a maner of faſt that I ſhuld choſe / a daye that a man ſhuld hurte his ſoule in? Or to bowe downe his heed lyke a bullruſhe? Or to ſprede ſack cloth and aſſhes vnder him? Shuldeſt thou call this a faſt / and a daye acceptable vnto the lorde? Or is not this rather y• faſt y• I have choſen? To loſe wycked bōdes & to vnbynde bondylles of oppreſſion? And to let the bruſed go fre? And that ye ſhuld breake all maner yockes? ye and to breake the breed to the hungerye / & to brynge the poore that are harbourleſſe vnto houſe / & whē thou ſeeſt a naked / that thou cloth him and y• thou ſhuldeſt wt drawe thy ſelfe frō helpinge thyne awne fleſhe: Then ſhuld y• lyght break oute as dothe y• daye ſprynge / & then health ſhulde ſhortlye bud oute. And thy righteouſnes ſhall go before the / and the glorye of the lorde wolde come apon the. Then ſhuldeſt thou call / & the lorde ſhuld anſwer: then ſhuldeſt thou crye / and he ſhall ſaye / lo here am I. For I the lorde thy God am mercifull▪

¶ On the wenſdaye after the fyrſt ſondaye in lent / the Epiſtle.

ANd the lorde ſayde vnto Moſes: come vp to me into the hill / and be there / andexodi. xxiiij. I will geue the tables of ſtone and a lawe and commaundementes / which I have wrytten to teache them. Then Moſes roſe vp and his myniſter Ioſue / and Moſes went vp into the hill of God / & ſayde vnto the elders: tarye ye here / vntill we come agayne vnto you: & beholde here is Aaron & Hur with you. If anye man have anye matters to do / let him come to them. When Moſes was come vp into the mounte / a cloude covered the hill / and the glorye of the Lorde abode vpon mounte Sina / & the Lorde covered it .vi. dayes. And y• ſeventh daye he called vnto Moſes oute of the cloude. And the faſſion of the glorie of y• Lorde was lyke conſuminge fyer on the tope of the hill in the ſight of the chyldren of Iſraell. And Moſes went into the mountayne. And Moſes was in the mountayne fourtye dayes and fourtye nyghtes.

¶ Another for the ſame daye. The epiſtle.

IN thoſe dayes came Elias to Barſabe / that is in Iuda / and lefte his lad there.iii. regum • xix. And he wēt into the wildernes a dayes iorneye / and came & ſat vnder a genaper tree / & wyſſhed to his ſoule that he myght dye / and ſayed: yt is now ynough Lorde / take my ſoule / for I am not better then my fathers. And as he laye and ſlepte vnder a genaper tree: beholde / an angell touched him / and ſayde thus: vp and eate. And he loked vp: and beholde there was at his heed a cake baken on the coles and a cruſe of water. And he ate and dranke and layde him doune agayne. And the angell of the Lorde came agayne the ſeconde tyme and touched him / and ſayde: vp and eate: for thou haſt a great waye to goo. And he aroſe and ate and dranke and walked thorow the ſtrēgth of that meate fourtye dayes and fourtye nyghtes / even vnto the mounte of God Horeb.

¶ The frydaye next folowinge. The epiſtle.

THis ſayth the Lorde. The ſoule that ſinneth / ſhe ſhall dye. The ſonne ſhall • ze. xviii not beare parte of the fathers wyckednes. The ryghteouſnes of the • yght ſhalbe vpon him / and the wyckednes of the wycked ſhalbe on him. And yet the wycked if he turne from all his ſynnes which he dyd / and kepe all myne ordinaunces / and do iuſtlie and ryghteouſlye / he ſhall live & not dye. None of the ſynnes that he hath done ſhalbe reconed vnto him: In the ryghteouſnes that he hath done / he ſhall lyve. For I deſier not the deeth of a ſynner (ſayth the Lorde Iehovah) but rather that he ſhuld tourne from his waye / and lyve. And ſo yf a ryghteous tourne from his ryghteouſnes and do wyckednes / and ſhall do lyke vnto all the abhominacyons whych a wycked doth / ſhall he lyve? No / none of thoſe ryghteouſnes that he dyd ſhalbe remembred. But in the wyckednes which he wrought / & in the ſynne which he dyd / in them ſhall he dye. But you wyll ſaye / the waye of the Lorde is not equall. Here I praye you ye houſe of Iſrael. Is not my waye equall? If a ryghteous tourne from his ryghte ouſnes and do wyckedlye / and dye therfore: in the wyckednes which he dyd he ſhall dye. And when a wycked turneth from his wyckednes and doth iuſtlye and ryghteouſlye / he ſhall ſaue his ſoule: becauſe he feared and turned from all his wyckednes which he dyd / he ſhall lyue and not dye / ſayth the lorde allmyghtie.

¶ The wenſdaye after the ſeconde ſondaye in lent. the epiſtle.

IN the dayes of heſter / Merdocheus prayed the lorde / beynge myndfull ofheſter. xiii all his workes & ſayde lorde / lorde kynge allmyghtie: for in thy power all thynges are put / nether is there anye that can reſiſt thy wyll / if thou have determyned to ſave Iſrael. Thou madeſt heaven and erth / and whatſoeuer is contayned within the compaſſe of heauen: thou art lorde of all / nether is there anye that can reſiſt thy maieſtie. Thou knoweſt all thyngꝭ / & wotteſt yt it was not of pryde or of ſpyte / or anye deſyer of glorie yt I dyd not worſhip mooſt proude Amon: for I wolde have been readye / and that gladlye (for the ſauynge of Iſrael) to have kyſt even the ſteppes of his fete. But I feared leaſt I ſhuld tourne y• glorye of my God vnto a man / and feared to worſhyp anye man ſaue my God. And now lorde kynge and God of Abraham have mercie on thy people for oure enemyes are mynded to deſtroye vs & to brynge thyne inheritaunce vtterly to naught. Deſpice not y• porcion which thou delyueredeſt for thy ſelfe oute of Egipt. Heare my prayer & be mercifull vnto the parte and inheritaunce / and tourne oure ſorow into Ioye: that we maye lyve and prayſe thy name O lorde / and ſtoppe not the mouthes of them that prayſe the. And all Iſraell with lyke mynde & prayer / cryed vnto the lorde / becauſe that preſent death was not farre from them.

¶ The frydaye next folowynge. The epiſtle.

AT that tyme Ioſeph ſayde vnto his brother. Heare I praye you a dreamegeneſis .xxxvii. that I dreamed. Beholde we ware makynge of ſheues in the feld: and ſe / my ſheffe aroſe and ſtode vpright / and youre ſheues ſtode rounde aboute & made an obeyſance vnto my ſheffe. Then ſayde his brethren vnto him what ſhalt thou be oure kynge / or ſhalt thou raynge ouer vs? And they hated him the more for his dreame and for his wordes. And he dreamed yet another dreame and tolde it his brethren. And he ſayd: beholde / I dreamed yet another dreame / Me thought the ſonne and the mone and eleuen ſtarres dyd worſhip me. And when he had tolde it his father and his brethren / his father rebuked him and ſayde vnto him: what meaneth this dreame which thou haſt dreamed? ſhall I come and thy mother and thy brethren and fall before the on the grounde? And though his brethren hated him: yet his father kept the thynge in mynde. And when his brethren were gone to paſture their fathers ſhepe at Sichem / Iſraell ſayde to Ioſeph: do not thy brethren fede the ſhepe at Sichem? come that I maye ſende y• to thē And he ſayde: here am I. And he ſayde: go good ſonne and ſe whether it be well with thy brethren and with the ſhepe / and brynge me worde agayne. And he ſent him oute of the valeye of hebron for to goo to Sichem. And a man founde him wāderynge in ye felde & axed him ſayenge: what ſekeſt thou? And he ſayde / I ſeke my brethren: tell me I praye ye / where fede they? And the man ſayde: they are departed hēce. For I harde thē ſaye: let vs go to dothā And when they ſawe him a farre of / and yer he drue nye them / they contryved to ſle him And they ſayd one to another: beholde / this dreamer cometh. But now come & let vs kyll him and caſt him into a ſand pitte / & ſaye ſome cruell beaſt hath deuoured him / and let vs ſe wherto his dreames will come. When R • ben harde that / he wolde have ryd him oute of their handes / and ſayed: let vs not kill him.

And Ruben ſayed moreouer / ſhed no bloude / but caſt him into yonder pit y• is in the wyldernes and laye no hondes vpon him: for he wolde have ryd him oute of their handes and delyuered him to his father agayne.

¶ The wenſdaye •• er the thyrd ſondaye in le •• ▪ The Epiſtle.

THus ſayth ye lorde God. Honoure thyexodi. xx father and mother / that thy dayes maye be prolonged in the lande which thy lorde God geueth the. Thou ſhalt not kyll. Thou ſhalt not breake wedlocke. Thou ſhalt not ſteale. Thou ſhalt beare no falſe wytnes agaynſt thy neyboure. Thou ſhalt not couet thy neyboures houſe: nether ſhalt thou couet thy neyboures wyfes / his marſaruaunt / his mayde / his oxe / his aſſe or ought that is his. And all the people ſawe the thunderinge and the lyghtenynge and the noyes of the horne / and how the moūtayne ſmoked. And when the people ſawe it / they remoued & ſtode a farre of and ſayde to Moſes: talke thou with vs and we will heare: but let not God talke with vs leaſt we dye. And Moſes ſayde vnto ye people / feare not. For God is come to proue you and that his feare maye be amōge you / that ye ſynne not. And the people ſtode a farre of / and Moſes went into the clowde where god was. And y• lorde ſayd vnto moſes: thus thou ſhalt ſaye vnto the chyldren of Iſrael. Ye haue ſene how I have talked wt you oute of heuen. Ye ſhall not make therfore wt me / Gods of golde: in no wyſe ſhall ye do yt. An alter of ert.) ſhalt thou make vnto me / & there offer thy burnt offeringes & thy peace offeringes / & thy ſhepe & thyne oxen. And vnto all places where I ſhall put ye remembraunce of my name / thyther will I come vnto the & bleſſe the.

¶ The frydaye next folowynge. Epiſtle.

IN theſe dayes when there was no water for the multitude / they gatherednume. xx them ſelves together agaynſt Moſes & agaynſt Aaron. And the people dyd chyde wt Moſes & ſpake ſayēge: wolde god we had peryſſhed whē oure brethrē peryſſhed before the lorde. Why have ye brought y• cōgregacyō of y• lorde into this wildernes / y• bothe we & oure catell ſhuld dye here? wherfore leed ye vs oute of Egipt to br • ge vs vnto this vngracious place / which no place of ſeed ner of fygge ner vynes ner of pome garnardes / nether is there anye water to drynk? And moſes and Aaron went from the congregacion vnto the dore of the tabernacle of wytnes / and fell on their faces: and the glorie of the lorde appered vnto thē. And the Lorde ſpake vnto Moſes ſayinge: take the ſtaffe / and gather / thou and thy brother Aaron the congregacion to gether / & ſaye vnto the rock before their eyes / that he geue forth his water. And thou ſhalt brynge them water oute of the rocke / and ſhalt geue the compayne drynke / and their beſtes alſo. And Moſes tooke the ſtaffe from before the lorde as he commaunded him. And Moſes & Aaron gathered the congregacion together before the rocke / and he ſayde vnto them / heare ye rebellious / muſt we fet you water oute of this rocke? And Moſes lyfte vp his hand with his ſtaffe and ſmote the rock two tymes and the water came oute aboundantlye / and the multitude dranke / and their beſtes alſo. And the lorde ſpake vnto Moſes and Aaron / becauſe ye beleued me not / to ſanctifie me in the eyes of the children of Iſrael / therfore ye ſhall not brynge this congregacion into the lande which I have geuen them. This is the water of ſtrife / becauſe y• childrē of Iſrael ſtroue wt y• lorde / & he was ſanctified vpō them.

¶. The wenſdaye after the iiii. ſondaye in lent. The Epiſtle.

THis ſayth the lorde God. Waſhe & be cleane: put awaye the wyckednes ofeſaie .i. youre ymaginacions oute of my ſyght Ceaſe to do euell and learne to do well. Stodye to do ryghteouſlye and helpe the oppreſſed. Aduenge the fatherleſſe and defende the cauſe of wydowes. Come let vs ſhew eche his grefe to other and make an atonement ſayth the lorde. And ſo though youre ſynnes be lyke to purple / they ſhalbe made as whyt as ſnow / and though they be as reed as ſkarlet / they ſhall be made lyke whyte woll. If ye wyll agree and herken / ye ſhall eate the beſt of the lande ſayth the lorde God.

¶ Another for the ſame daye.

THus ſayth the lorde. I will ſanctifieezechiel .xxxvi. my name that is defyled amonge the hethen. Which ye have defyled amonge them: that the hethen maye knowe that I am the lorde (ſayth the lorde Iehouah) when I am ſanctified vpon you in their ſyght. And I will take you from the hethen / and will gather you oute from all landes and will brynge you oute of youre awne contre. And I will poure pure water vpon you / and ye ſhalbe clenſed from all vnclennes / and from all youre ydoles. I will clenſe you. And I will geue you a new harte / and will put a new ſpirite in you. And will take awaye that ſtonye harte oute of youre fleſſhe / & geue you a fleſſhie heart. And I will put my ſpirite in you / and will make that ye ſhall walke in myne ordinaunces and kepe my lawes & do them. And ye ſhall dwell in the lande which I gaue youre fathers. And ye ſhalbe my people / and I wilbe youre God. ¶ The frydaye after the iiii ſondaye in lent

The epiſtle.

IN thoſe dayes it chaunſed that the ſonne of the wyfe of the houſe was ſycke / & the ſycknes was ſo great that there remaynediii. regum • vii. no breth in him. Then ſhe ſayde to Helias / what have I to do with the / thou mā of god? Dydeſt thou come to me / that my ſynne ſhuld be kepte in mynde & to ſle my ſonne? And he ſayde vnto hir / geve me thy ſonne / & he tooke him oute of hir lappe and caried him vp into an hie chamber / where he him ſelfe dwelt / & layde him on the bed. And he called vnto the Lorde & ſayde: O Lorde my god / haſt thou dealt ſo cruelly with the wydowe with whome I dwell / as to kyll hir ſonne? And he meaſured the chyld .iii. tymes / & called vnto the Lorde & ſayde: Lorde my God / let this childes ſoule come agayne into him. And the Lorde herkened vnto the voyce of Helias / & this chyldes ſoule came agayne vnto him / and he revived. And Helias toke the chylde and caried him doune oute of the chamber into the houſſe / & delyvered him to his mother. And Helias ſayd: ſe / thy ſonne is alyve. Then ſayde the woman to Helias: now I knowe that thou arte a man of God / & that the worde of the Lorde is trulye in thy mouth.

¶ The wenſdaye after the .v. ſondaye in lent The epiſtle.

AT that tyme the Lorde ſpake to Moſes ſayinge: ſpeake vnto the hole multitudeleui. xix. of the chyldren of Iſrael / & ſaye to them: I am the Lorde youre God. Ye ſhall not ſteale ner lye / ner deale falſly one with another. Ye ſhall not ſwere by my name falſlye / yt thou defyle not the name of thy god: I am the Lorde. Thou ſhalt not begyle thy neyboure with cavillaciōs / ner robbe him violently: nether ſhall the workmans laboure abyde with the vntill ye morninge. Thou ſhalt not curſſe the deffe / ner put a ſtomblinge blocke before the blinde / but ſhalt feare thy God. I am the Lorde. Ye ſhall do none vnryghteouſnes in iudgemēt. Thou ſhalt not faver y• poore ner honoure the myghtie / but ſhalt iudge thy neyboure ryghteouſlye. Thou ſhalt not go vp & doune a falſe prevye accuſar amonge the people / nether ſhalt thou helpe to ſhed y• bloude of thy neyboure. I am ye Lorde. Thou ſhalt not hate thy brother in thyne harte / but ſhalt in anye wyſe rebuke thyne neyboure / yt thou beare no ſynne for his ſake. Thou ſhalt not advenge thy ſelfe ner beare hate in minde agaynſt the chyldren of thy people / but ſhalt love thyne neyboure even as thy ſelfe. I am the Lorde. Myne ordinaunces ſhall you kepe / ſayth the Lorde almyghtie.

¶ The friday after y•. v. ſonday in lent. y• piſt.

IEremyas ſayde: Lorde all y• forſake y• / iere. xvi • . ſhalbe aſhamed. And they yt departe from the ſhalbe wrytten in y• erth. For they have loſt the Lorde y• is the foūtayne of the water of lyfe. Heale me Lorde / & I ſhalbe whoale: ſave me Lorde / and I ſhalbe ſafe / for thou art he that I prayſe. Beholde they ſaye vnto me: where is the worde of the lorde? Let it come to paſſe / and I enforced not to be a ſhe parde that ſhuld not folowe the: and the daye of deſtruccion have I not deſyred / thou knoweſt. And yt proceaded oute of my mouth was ryght in thy ſyght. Be not terryble vnto me lorde: for thou art my truſt in y• euell daye. Let thē yt perſecute me be cōfounded / & let not me be cōfounded. Let their hartes fayle them / and not myne harte fayle. Brynge vpon them an euell daye / & bruſe them agayne and agayne.

¶ The wenſdaye after palme ſondaye The Epiſtle.

ESaias ſayde / lorde / who beleueth oureeſaie. liii. ſayinge / & the arme of ye lorde / to whome is it opened? He came vp as a ſparow before him / & as a rote oute of a drye lande. There was nether faſſyon or bewtie on him. And when we looked on him / there was no godlynes yt we ſhuld luſt after him. He was deſpiſed & caſt oute of mennes cōpanye / & one that had ſoffered ſorowe / & had experynce of infirmitie: & we were as one that had hid his face from him. He was ſo deſpiſable / that we eſtemed him not. Truly he tooke vpon him oure deſeaſes / & bare oure ſorowes. And yet we counted him plaged / & beaten & humbled of God. He was wounded for oure tranſgreſſion / and bruſed for oure iniquities. The correcciō that brought vs peace was on him / & with his ſtrypes we were healed. And we went aſtraye as ſhepe / and turned euery man his waye: and the lorde put on him the wyckednes of vs all He ſoffered wronge & was euell entreated / & yet opened not his mouth: he was as a ſhepe ledde to be ſlayne: & as a lambe before his ſ • e • er / he was domme & opened not his mouth. By ye reaſon of ye afflyccion / he was not eſtemed: & yet his generaciō who can nōbre? Whē he is taken from ye erth of lyuynge mē: for my peoples tranſgreſſion he was plaged. He put his ſepulchre wt the wycked / & with ye ryche in his deth: becauſe he dyd none iniquitie / nether was gyle founde in his mouth. And yet the lorde determyned to bruſe him wt infirmities. His ſoule gevynge hir ſelfe for trangreſſion / he ſhall ſe ſeed of longe cōtinuaunce / and the will of ye lorde ſhall proſpere in his hande Becauſe of ye laboure of his ſoule / he ſhall ſe & be ſatiſfied. With his knowledge / he beynge iuſt / ſhall iuſtifie my ſaruauntes & that a great nōbre: & he ſhall beare their iniquities. Therfore I will geue him his parte in many & the ſpoyle of y• ryche he ſhall deuyde: becauſe he gaue his ſoule to death / & was nombred with the treſpaſers / & he bare the ſynne of many / and made interceſſion for tranſgreſſors.

¶ On good frydaye the Epiſtle.

ANd the lorde ſpake vnto Moſes & Aarō exodi. xij in y• lōde of Egipt ſayinge: This moneth ſhalbe youre chefe moneth: euen ye fyrſt moneth of the yere ſhall it be vnto you. Speake ye vnto all ye felowſhipe of Iſrael ſayinge: yt they take the tēth daye of this moneth to euery houſholde / a ſhepe. Yf y• houſholde be to few for a ſhepe / then let him & his neyboures that is next vnto his houſe / take accordynge to the nombre of ſoules / and counte vnto a ſhepe accordynge to euery mannes eatynge. A ſhepe without ſpot & a male of one yere olde ſhall it be / & from amonge the lambes & the gotes ſhall ye take yt. And ye ſhall kepe him in warde vntill ye .xiiii. daye of ye ſame moneth And euery man of ye multitude of Iſrael ſhall kyll him aboute euē. And they ſhall take of y• bloude & ſtryck it on ye .ii. ſyde poſtes & on the vpper dore poſt of ye houſes / wherin they eate him. And they ſhall eate the fleſhe the ſame nyght / roſte wt fyer / & with vnlevēded breade & with foure erbes they ſhall eate it. Se y• ye eate not therof ſodē in water / but roſt wt fyer: both heed / fete & purtenaunce together. And ſe that ye let nothynge of it remayne / vnto the mornynge: if ought remayne / burne it wt fyer. Of this maner ſhall ye eate it: with youre loynes gyrded / & ſhoes on youre fete / & youre ſtaues in youre handes. And ye ſhall eate it in haſt / for it is the lorde paſſeouer.

¶ The laſt ſondaye after trynyte ſondaye. The Epiſtle.

BEholde / the dayes will come ſayth the lorde / y• I will ſterevp vnto Dauid aieremias .xxxiii. ryghteous braunche / & he ſhall raigne a kynge / & ſhalbe wyſe / & ſhall do equitie & iuſtice in the erth. And in his dayes Iuda ſhal be ſafe / & Iſrael ſhall dwell without feare. And this is the name that they ſhall call him the lorde oure righteouſnes. Wherfore the dayes will come ſayth ye lorde / that they ſhall ſaye no more / y• lorde lyueth y• brought ye children of Iſrael oute of y• lande of Egipt. But the lorde lyueth which delyuered & brought ye ſeed of y• houſe of Iſrael / oute of the lande of the north and from all landes whether I thruſt them. And they ſhall dwell in their awne lande ſayth the lorde God allmyghtie.

¶ On the wenſdaye in the ember wek afore Mighelmas.

THus ſayth ye lorde God / beholde y• dayes will come ſayth the lorde / that the earer ſhall ouertake ye reper & treader ofamos .ix. grapes ye ſower of ſeed. And ye mountaynes ſhall drope ſwetnes / & the hilles ſhalbe herable. And I will turne ye captiuite of my people Iſrael: & they ſhall buylde the cities that are fallen in dekeye / and ſhall in habyt them / and ſhall plant vynes and drynke wyne / & ſhall make gardens & eate the frute of them. And I will plant them their awne land / and they ſhall not be anye more plucked oute of their lande which I have geuen them / ſayth the lorde thy God.

¶ The frydaye in the Ember weke before Mighelmas. The Epiſtle.

TVrne Iſrael vnto the lorde thy God:oze. xiii. For thou art fallen for thy wyckedneſſes ſake. Take wordes with you and turne vnto the lorde. And ſaye vnto him: remyt all wyckednes and geue thynges / and we will paye the openly that we have promyſed with oure lyppes. Aſſur ſhall not ſaue vs / nether will we ryde on horſſes: nether will we ſaye to ye workes of oure awne handes / ye are oure Godes / for thou haſt compaſſion on the frendleſſe. I will heale their obedience & will love thē of myne awne accorde: for my wrath is ceaſed from them. I wilbe as dew to Iſrael / & he ſhall floriſſhe as a lylee / & ſtretch oute his rotes as Libanon. His braūches ſhall runne oute / & as an olive tree ſhall his glorie be / & his ſavoure as Libanō. They that ſhall turne & ſyt in his ſhadow / ſhall lyve with corne / & floriſſhe as vynes. His renoune ſhalbe as the wyne of Libanon. Ephraim / what have ye anye moare to do with ydoles? I have healed him and loked on him. I wilbe as a great fyrre tre / and of me ſhall thy frute be founde. Who is wyſe to vnderſtonde theſe thinges & hath wyt to perceave them? For the wayes of the Lorde are ſtrayght / and the righteous ſhall walke in them: but the wycked ſhall ſtomble in them.

¶ Herafter foloweth the Epiſtles of the ſayntes which are alſo taken oute of the olde Teſtament.

¶ On ſaynt Nicolas daye. The piſtle.

BEholde an excellent Preſte which incccl. xliiii his dayes pleaſed God / & was founde righteous / & in tyme of wrath made an atonement: Lyke to him there is not founde / that kept the lawe of the mooſt hyeſt. And he was in covenaunt with him / & in his fleſſhe he wrote the covenaunt / & in tyme of temptacyon he was foūde faythfull. Therfore he made him a covenaunt with an oth / that nacions ſhuld be bleſſed in his ſyght / & that he ſhuld be multiplied as y• duſt of the erth. He knew him in his bleſſinges & gave him an inheritaunce. And he kept him thorow his mercie / that he founde grace in the eyes of God. An everlaſtinge covenaūt dyd he make him / & gave him the office of ye hie preſte. He made him happie in glorye. In fayth & in his ſoftenes / he made him holy / & choſe him oute of all fleſſhe.

¶ On the concepciō of oure ladye. The piſt.

AS a vyne / ſo brought I forth a ſavoureeccleſiastici. xxiiii. of ſwetneſſe. And my flowres are the frute of glorie & riches. I am ye mother of bewtifull love & of feare / & of greatnes and of holye hope. In me is all grace of lyfe & truthe. And in me is all hope of lyfe & vertue. Come vnto me all y• deſyer me / & be fylled with the frutes that ſpringe of me. For my ſprite is ſweter then honye or honye combe. The remembreunce of me is for ever & ever. They that eate me / ſhall honger the moare / and they that drinke me / ſhall thurſt the more. He that herkeneth to me / ſhall not be aſhamed / and he that worketh by my coūcell / ſhall not ſynne. And they that bringe into lyght / ſhall have eternall lyfe.

¶ On candlemas daye. The epiſtle.

BEholde / I ſende my meſſenger whichmala. iii. ſhall prepare the waye before me. And ſodenly ſhall the Lorde whome ye ſeke / come vnto his temple / & the meſſenger of the couenaunt whome ye deſyer. Beholde / he commeth ſayth the lorde Sabaoth. Who ſhall endure in the daye of his commynge / or who ſhall ſtonde to beholde him? For he is as tryinge fyer and as the erbe that fullers ſcoure withall. And he ſhall ſyt tryenge and purgynge ſyluer / and ſhall purifie the ſonnes of leui / and ſhall fyne them as gold and ſyluer. And they ſhall brynge offerynge vnto the lorde of ryghteouſnes. And the ſacrifice of Iuda and of Ieruſalem ſhalbe delycious vnto the lorde as in the olde tyme and in the yeres that were at the begynnynge.

¶ On the Annunciacion of oure ladye which is oure layde daye in lent / the Epiſtle.

ANd the lorde ſpake to Achas ſayenge.eſaie. vii. Axe ye a ſigne of the lorde thy God / frō alowe beneth / or from an hie aboue. But Achas anſwered I will not a ye / nether wyll tempte the lorde. Wherfore the lorde ſayde: Herken ye of ye houſe of Dauid: Is it ſo ſmall a thynge for you / to be greuous to men / but y• ye ſhuld alſo be paynfull vnto God? neuerthe later yet y• lorde / he will geue you a ſigne. Beholde a vyrgyn ſhalbe wt child / & ſhall beare a ſonne / and ſhall call his name Emanuel. He ſhall eate butter & honye / yt he maye have vnderſtōdynge to refuſe y• euell & to choſe ye good

¶ On ſaynt Philip & Iacobs daye. ye epiſtle.

THen ſhall ye ryghteous ſtonde wt great conſtance agaynſt them yt vexed them and toke awaye that they had labouredſapi. v. for. When the wycked ſhall ſe that they ſhal be troubled with horrible feare / and ſhall wō der at the ſoden & vnloked for victorye / & ſhall ſaye in them ſelues / repentynge & ſorowynge for anguyſhe of hert. Theſe be they which we ſometyme mocked and ieſted on. We were oute of oure wyttes and thought their lyuynge madnes / and their ende to be without honoure But beholde / how they are counted amonge the children of God / and have their inherytaunce amonge the ſayntes.

¶ On the Nativite of. S. Ihon baptiſtes daye. The Epiſtle.

THus ſayth the lorde. Herkē ye yles vnto me / and geue hede ye people that areeſa. xlix. afarre. The lorde called me out of the wombe and made mencion of my name / when I was in my mothers bowelles. And he made my mouth lyke a ſharp ſwerde. In the ſhadowe he led me with his hande. And he made me as an excellent arow / and hid in his quyver. And he ſayd to me: thou art my ſaruaunt O Iſrael / in whome I wilbe glorified. And I ſayde: I laboure in vayne and ſpende my ſtrength for nought / and vnproffytably. How be yt my cauſe I commyt to the lorde and my trauayle vnto my God. And now ſayth y• lorde that formed me in the wombe / to be his ſaruaūt and to tourne Iacob vnto him. Beholde I have made the a lyght / that thou ſhuldeſt be ſaluacion / euen vnto the ende of the worlde kynges ſhall ſe / and rulers ſhall ſtande vp & ſhall worſhip / becauſe of the lorde which is faythfull / & the holye of Iſrael hath choſen y•

¶ On the viſitacion of oure layde the epiſtle.

I Am the floure of ye felde / & lylyes of the valeyes. As y• lylye amōge the thornescuntic. ii. ſo is my loue amonge ye daughters. As the appletre amonge the trees of y• wood ſo is my beloued amonge the ſonnes / in his ſhadow was my deſyet to ſyt / for his frute was ſwete to my mouth. He brought me into his wyne ſeller: and his behauer to mewarde was louely. Beholde my beloued ſayde to me: vp & haſt my loue / my doue / my bewtifull & come / for now is wynter gone & rayne departed & paſt. The floures apere in oure contre & the tyme is come to cut y• vynes. The voyce of ye turtle doue is harde in oure lande. The fygge tre hath brought forth hir fygges / & the vyne bloſſoms geue a ſauoure. Vp haſt my loue / my doue / in the holes of the rocke and ſecret places of the walles. Shew me thy face and let me here thy voyce / for thy voyce is ſwete and thy faſſyon bewtifull.

¶ On ſaynt Marye Magdalens daye The Epiſtle.

A Woman of power and verite / if a man coulde fynde: y• valew of hir were farreprouerbi. xxxi. a boue perlee. The harte of hir huſbād truſteth in hir / y• he nedeth not ſpoyles. She rendereth him good & not euell all y• dayes of hir lyfe. She ſought woll & flax & did as hir handes ſerued hir. She is lyk a marchaūtes ſhip y• bryngeth hir vitayles from farre. She ryſeth yer daye and geueth meate to hir houſhold / & fode to hir maydens. She conſydred a grounde ond bought yt / and of the frute of hir handes planted a vyne. She gyrde hir loynes with ſtrength & couraged hir armes. She per ceaued that hir huſwyfrye was proffitable / & therfore dyd not put oute hir candle by nyght She ſet hir fyngers to the ſpyndle / and hir handes caught holde on the dyſtaffe. She opened hir hand to the poore / and ſtrethed oute hir handes to the nedye. She feared not leaſt the colde of ſnowe ſhuld hurt hir houſe / for all hir houſholde were doble clothed. She made hir gaye ornamentes / of byce and purple was hir apparell. Hir huſband was had in honoure in the gates / as he ſat with the elders of the lande. She made linen and ſolde it / and delyuered agyrdell to the merchaunt. Strēgth and glorye were hir rayment / and ſhe laughed in the later dayes. She opened hir mouth with wyſdome / and the lawe of ryghte ouſnes was on hir tonge. She had an eye to hir houſholde and eate not breed ydlye. Hir children aroſe and bleſſed hir / and hir huſband commended hir. Manye daughters have done excellentlye but thou haſt paſſed them all. Fauoure is a de ceauable thynge / and bewtie is vanytie. But a woman that feareth God / ſhe ſhalbe prayſed. Geue hir of the frute of hir handes / and let hir workes prayſe hir in the gates.

¶ On the aſſumpcion of oure layde. y• epiſtle

IN all thoſe thinges I ſought reſt: and in ſome mannes inheritaunce wolde haueeccleſiaſté xxiiij. dwelt. Then the creator of all thynge commaunded and ſayde vnto me: & he that created me dyd ſet my tabernacle at reſt and ſayd vnto me / dwell in Iacob and have thyne inheritaunce in Iſrael / and rote thy ſelfe amō ge myne elect. From the begynnynge and before the worlde was I created / and vnto the worlde to come / will I not ceaſe: and before him have I myniſtred in the holye habitacion And ſoin Sihon was Iſettled / & in the holye citie lykwyſe I reſted / and in Ieruſalem was my power. And I roted my ſelfe in an honourable people / which are the lordes parte / and he their inheritaunce: and amonge the multitude of ſayntes I helde me faſt. As a Cedar tree was I lyfte vp in libanon / and as a Cypers tree in mounte Hermon. As a palme tree was I exalted in Cades / and as roſeplantes in Iericho. As a bewtifull olyue tree in the feldes / and and as a plantayne tree was I exalted vpon the waters. In ye ſtretes I gaue an odoure as ſynamon & balme ye ſmelleth well / & gaue an odoure of ſwetnes as perfect myrre.

¶ On the Natiuite of oure ladye.

The Epiſtle as is a fore on the concepcion of oure ladye. Eccleſiaſtici. xxiiii.

¶ On ſaynt Mathewes daye the apoſtle the Epiſtle.

THe ſymylitude of the faces of the foure beaſtes: the face of a man and the faceezechie. f. of a lyon on the ryght hand of y• foure of them. And the face of an egle aboue thē foure. And their faces and their wynges ſtret ched oute aboue an hie. Eche had two wynge coupled together and two that couered their bodyes. And they went all ſtrayght forwarde And whether they had luſt to go / thether they went / and turned not back agayne in their goynge. And the ſymylytude of the beſtes and the faſſyon of them was as burnynge coles offyer and as fyer brandes / walkynge betwene the beaſtes. And the fyer dyd ſhyne / and oute of the fyer proceaded lyghtenynge. And the beaſtes ranne & returned after ye faſſyon of lyghtenynge.

¶ On ſaynt luke

The Epiſtle as is aboue on S. Mathewes daye the Apoſtle. Eze. i.

¶ On. S. katheryns daye The Epiſtle.

LOrde / I dyd lyfte vp my prayer vponeccleſia. li the erth / and beſought to be delyuered from death. I called vpon the lorde ye father of my lorde / that he ſhuld not leaue me helpleſſe in the daye of my trybulacion / and in the daye of the proude man. I prayſed thy name perpetually / and honoured it with confeſſion / and my prayer was harde. And thou ſauedeſt me that I periſſhed not / and delyueredeſt me oute of the tyme of vnryghteouſnes. Therfore will I confeſſe and prayſe the / and will bleſſe the name of the Lorde

¶ Here ende the piſtles of the olde Teſtament.

¶ This is the Table / where in you ſhall fynde / the Epiſtles and the Goſpels / after the vſe of Salſbury.

FOr to fynde them the ſoner: ſo ſhall you ſeke / after theſe Capitall letters by name: A. B. C. D. which ſtande by the ſyde of this boke / alwayes on / or vnder y• letter ther ſhall you fynde a croſſe ✚ where the Piſtle or ye Goſpell begynneth / and where the ende is / there ſhall you finde an halfe croſſe ⊢

¶ And the fyrſte lyne in this table alwaye is the Piſtle / and the ſeconde lyne is alwaye the Goſpell.

¶ On the fyrſt Sondaye in the Advent. D This alſo we knowe. Roma. xiii. A When they drewe nye vnto. Mat. xxi. On the wendſdaye. B Be pacient therfore brethren. Iaco. v. A The beginning of the Goſpell. Mar. i On the Frydaye. A Eſaye the .li. Chapter. A In thoſe dayes Ihon. Mat. iii. ¶ On the .ii. Sonday in the Advent. A Whatſoever thyngis are writen. ro. xv E And there ſhalbe ſygnes. Luc. xxi. ¶ On the Wendſday. A zacharie the .viii. Chapter. B Verely I ſaye vnto you Mat. xi On the Fryday. C Eſaye the .lxii. Chapter B Ihon bare witnes of him Ioh. ii ¶ On the .iii. Sonday in the Advent. A Let men this wyſe eſteme vs. i. Cor. iiii A When Iohn beinge in preſon Mat. xi. On the wendſdaye. A Eſaie the .ii. Chapter. C And in the .vi. moneth the. Luke. i. On the frydaye. A Eſaie the .xi. Chapter. D Mary aroſe in thoſe dayes. Luke. i. ¶ On the .iiii. Sondaye in the Advent. A Reioyce in the Lorde all waye. Phili. iiii C And this is the recorde of Iohn. Ioh. i On the wendſdaye. D Iohel the .ii. and .iii. Chapter. C And this rumor of him went. Luk. vii On the Frydaye. D zacharie the .ii. Chapter. B Take hede beware of the leuē. Mar. viii ¶ In the Chriſtmas even. A Paul the ſeruaunt of Ieſus. Rom. i. C When his mother mary was Mat. i ¶ In the Chriſtmas nyght at the .i. maſſe C For the grace of God. Tit. ii A It folowed in thoſe dayes Luke. ii At the .ii. maſſe. B But after that the kyndnes. Tit. iii. C The ſhepherders ſayde One to. Luke. ii At the .iii. maſſe. A God in tyme paſt diverſly. Hebre. i A In the beginninge was that. Iohn. i ¶ On ſaynt Stevens daye. C Steven full of fayth & power. Act. vi D Wherfore beholde I ſende. Mat. xxiii ¶ On ſaynt Iohn Evangeliſte. A Eccleſiaſt the .xv. Chapter. E Folowe me / Peter turned. Ioā. xxi ¶ On the chyldermaſſe daye. A And I loked / & lo a lambe. Revela. xiiii C Lo the angell of the Lorde ape. Mat. ii. ¶ Of the ſondaye after cryſtmaſſe. A And I ſaye that the heyre as. Gala. iiii E And his father and mother mer. Luke. ii ¶ On the newe yeres daye C For the grace of God that bring. Tit. ii C And when the eyght daye was. Luke. ii ¶ On the therteyn even. C For the grace of God that bring. Tit. ii D When Herode was dead. Mat. ii ¶ On the thertenth daye. A Eſaye the lx. Chapter A When Ieſus was borne. Matt. ii ¶ On the fyrſt ſondaye after the thertenth daye. A Eſaye the .xii. Chapter. D The nexte daye / Iohn ſawe. Iohn. i. ¶ On the .ii. Sondaye after the thertenth daye. A I beſeche you therfore brethren. Ro. xii F And when he was .xii. yere olde. Lu. ii. On the wendſdaye. A Brethren my hertes deſire. Rom. x. B When Ieſus had herde that. Mat. iiii. On the Frydaye. A Let every ſoule ſubmit him Ro. xiii B And Ieſus retourned by the. Lu. iiii ¶ On the .iii. Sondaye after the thertenth daye. B Seynge that we have divers. Rom. xii A And the thyrde daye was the. Iohn. ii. On the wendſdaye C This is a true ſayinge / and by. i. Tim. i A And he departed thens: and. Mar. vi On the frydaye. C For I knowe / and ſurely bele. Rom. xiiii E And cam into Capernaum. Luke. iii. ¶ On the .iiii. Sondaye after the thertenth daye. D Be not wyſe in youre awne opi. Ro. xii A When Ieſus was come dou. Mat. viii On the wendſdaye. G I beſeche you brethren for. Rom. xv. A And he entred agayne into. Mar. iii On the frydaye. D Are ye not ware that ye are. i. Cor. iii D And Ieſus went aboute all. Mat. iiii ¶ On the .v. Sondaye after the thertenth daye. B Owe nothinge to eny man. Ro. xiii C And he entred into a ſhyppe Mat. viii On the wendſdaye A As concerninge the thinges. i. Cor. vii G It chaunſed as they went on. Luke. ix On the frydaye. D Let every man abyde in the. i. Corin. vii B And they brought chyldren. Mar. x ¶ On the .vi. Sondaye after the thertenth daye. B Nowe therfore as elect of. Coloſſ. iii D The kyngdome of heven is. Mat. xiii. On the wendſdaye A I exhorte therfore that above. i. Tim. ii C A certayne man had two ſon. Mat. xxi When the weddinge goth oute. D Perceave ye not how that. i. Cor. ix A For the kyngdome of heaven. Mat. xx On the wendſdaye. A If oure Goſpell be yet hyd. ii. Cor. iiii E And they departed thens / and. Mar. ix On the frydaye. C Sayinge then that we have. ii. Cor. iiii. C He that ys not with me / ys. Mat. xi ¶ On the Sondaye. lx. D For ye ſuffre foles gladly. ii. Corin. xi. A When moche people were. Lu. viii On the wendſdaye. A I call God for a recorde vnto. ii. Cor. ii. A And he began agayne to. Mar. iiii. On the frydaye. B Seynge that we knowe. ii. Corin. v. E When he was demaunded. Lu. xvii ¶ On the Sondaye. l. A Though I ſpeake with the. i. Corl. xiii F He toke vnto him the twelve. Luk. xviii On the wendſdaye C Iohel the .ii. Chapter B Moreover when ye faſte be not. Mat. vi On the frydaye. A Eſaye the .lviii. Chapter. G Ye have hearde how it is ſayde. Mat. v. ¶ On the .i. Sondaye in lent. A We as helpers therfore. ii. Corin. vi A Then was Ieſus led awaye. Mat. iiii On the wendſdaye in the .iiii. tymes C Exodi the .xxiiii. chapter. & .iii. Re. xix D Then anſwered certayne Mat. xii On the frydaye. E Ezechielis the .xviii. Chapter A After that there was a feaſt. Iohn .v. ¶ On the .ii. Sondaye in lent A Furthermore we beſeche i. Teſſa. iiii C And Ieſus went thence and Mat. xv On the wendſdaye. C Heſter the .xiii. Chapter C And Ieſus aſcended to Ieru. Mat. xx On the frydaye. B Geneſis the .xxxvii. Chapter D Herken another ſymilitude. Mat. xxi ¶ On the .iii. Sondaye in lent A Be ye folowers of God Ephe. v C And he was a caſtinge out Luk. xi On the wendſdaye C Exodi the .xx. Chapter A Then came to Ieſus the. Mat. xv. On the frydaye A Numeri the .xx. Chapter A Then cam he to a cite of Sama. Ioh. iiii ¶ On the .iiii. ſondaye half lent. C For it is written that Abrahā. Gal. iiii A After that went Ieſus his. Iohn. vi On the wenſdaye E Ezechiel the .xxxvi. Chapter / & Eſaie. i C And as Ieſus paſſed by / he. Iohn. ix On the frydaye. C iii. Regum the .xxii. Chapter. A A certayne man was ſycke Ihon. xi ¶ On the .v. Sonday in lent C But chriſt beynge the hye Hebre. ix F Which of you can rebuke me Ihon. viii On the wenſday C Leuitici. the .xix. chapter E It was at Ieruſalem the feaſt Ihon. x On the frydaye B Hieremie the .xvii. Chapter F Then gathered the hye preſtes Ihon xi ¶ On the Palme Sonday A Let the ſame mynde be in you Phi. ii. A Ye knowe that after .ii. dayes. mat. xxvi On the wenſday D Eſaye the .liii. Chapter A The feaſte of ſwete breed drue Lu. xxii On the good Fryday A Exodi the .xii. Chapter A When Ieſus had ſpoken Ihon. xviii On eſtereven A If ye be then ryſen agayne Colloſ. iii A The ſaboth daye at euen Mat. xxviii. ¶ On erſterday C Pourge therfore the olde levē. i. Cor. v A Mary magdalen / and Mary Mar. xvi On the Monday F Which preachynge was pub. Actu. x B And beholde two of thē wēt Lu. xxiiii On the Teuſday D Ye men and brethren chyldren. Actu. xiii F Ieſus him ſylfe ſtode in the Lu. xxiiii On the wenſday B Ye men of Iſral why mar. Act. iii. A After that Ieſus ſhewed him. Ihon. xxi On the Thorſſday E The angell of the lorde ſpake Act. viii C Mary ſtode with out at the Iohn. xx On the Fryday C For as moche as Chriſt hath i. Pet. iii D Then ye xi. diſciples went. Mat. xxviii On the Satterday A Wherfore laye a ſyde all ma i. Pet. ii. A The morowe after the Ihon. xx ¶ On the .i. Sonday after eſterday A For all that ys borne of god i. Ihon. v E The ſame daye at nyght which. Ihō. xx On the wenſday C Yf chriſt be preached howe i. Co. xv C When Ieſus was ryſen the Mar. xvi On the Fryday C Obeye them that have the ouer. Heb. xiii C And they departed quickly Mat. xxviii ¶ On the .ii. Sonday after eſterday D Chriſt alſo ſuffered for oure i. Pet. ii C I am a good ſhepherd / a good Ihon. x On the Fryday A For as moche as ye know how. i. Pet. i. C On the morowe after the ſab. Lu. xxiiii On the wendſday D Lykewyſe then as by the ſynne. Ro. v. B Then cam the diſciples of Ihon. Mat. ix ¶ On the .iii. Sonday after eſterday C Derely beloued Ibeſeche you i. Pe. ii D After a whyle ye ſhall not ſe Ihon. xvi On the wenſday A My lytell children / theſe i. Ioh. ii B There aroſe a queſtion bitwe. Io. iii On the Fryday. A Ye are all the children. i. Teſ. v A I am come a lyght in to the. Iohn. xii ¶ On the .iiii. Sondaye after eſterdaye C Every good gyfte / and every. Iaco. i B But now go I my waye to. Iohn. xvi On the wendſdaye A Brethren have not the fayth Iaco. ii B Holy father kepe in thyne Iohn. xvii On the frydaye D Ye ſe then how that of dedes Iaco. ii D Deare chyldren / yet a lytell Iohn. xiii ¶ On the .v. ſondaye in the croſdayes. D And ſe that ye be doares of Iaco. i. E Verely verely I ſaye vnto Iohn. xvi On the Mondaye D knowledge youre fautes one Iaco. v A Which of you ſhall have a Lu. xi On the Teuſday D Eſaie the .xix. Chapter D And Ieſus ſat ouer agaynſt Marc. xii On the wendſday G The multitude of them that Ac. iiii A Theſe wordes ſpake Ieſus &. Io. xvii ¶ On the aſcenſion day A In my fyrſt treatyſe Deare Act. i D After that he appered Mar. xvi ¶ On the ſonday after aſcenſionday. B Be ye therfore diſcrete / & ſo i. Pe. iiii D But when the conforter is Ioh. xv On the witſon even A It fortuned / whill Apollos Act. xix B If ye love me kepe my cōmaun. Io. xiiii ¶ On the witſondaye. A When the fyftie daye was co. Act. ii. C If a man love me & will kepe. Ioh. xiiii On the mondaye. F And he cōmaunded vs to preache. Ac. x B God ſo loved the worlde / that. Iohn. iii On the teuſdaye. C When the Apoſtles which we. Ac. viii A Verely verely I ſaye vnto you. Iohn. x. On the weudſdaye C Peter ſtepped forth with the. Act. ii E No man can come to me except. Ioh. vi On the Thurſdaye A Then cam Philip into a cite of. Act. viii A Then called he the .xii. to gether. Lu. ix On the frydaye D Ye men of Iſrael / heare the Act. ii. D And it happened on a certayne. Luke. v On the Saterdaye F And the nexte ſaboth daye. Act. xiii F And he aroſe vp & cam oute. Luke. iiii ¶ On the Trinite ſondaye A After this I loked / & beholde Reve. iiii A Thrre was a man of the Pha. Iohn. iii ¶ Corpus Chriſti daye. E That which I gave vnto you. i. Cor. xi F For my fleſſhe is meate in dede. Ioh. vi ¶ On the fyrſt ſondaye after Trynite ſondaye B For God is love / in this app. i. Iohn. iiii E There was a certayne rich. Luk. xvi On the wenſday D When we opened vnto you the ii. Pet. i B Ye ſhall not thinke that I am. Mat. v ¶ On the .ii. Sonday after trynete ſonday▪ C Maruayle not my brethren i. Ihon. iii E A certayne mā ordeyned a gret. Luk. xiiii On the wenſday E This I ſaye therfore & teſtifye Eph. iiii C And whē he was come into ye. Mat. xxi ¶ On the .iii. Sonday after trynete ſonday B Submit youre ſelves therfore .i. Pet. v A Thē reſorted vnto him al y• pub. Luc. xv On the wenſday D Not with ſtondinge the lorde ii. Ti. iiii D Agre with thyne aduerſary Mat. v On the. iiii Sonday after trynete ſonday D For I ſuppoſe that the afflic. Ro. viii F Be ye therfore merciful as you. Luk. vi On the wenſday B And hereby we know that we i. Ihon. ii A And his diſciple aſked of him. mat xvii ¶ On the .v. Sonday after trynete ſonday B In concluſion be ye all of one i. Pet. iii A It cam to paſſe as ye people pre. Luc. v. On the wenſday A I exhorte therfore that above .i. Ti. ii D It chaūſed on a certayne daye Lu. viii. ¶ On the .vi. Sonday after trynete ſonday A Remember ye not that all we Ro. vi C For I ſaye vnto you except your Mat. v On the wenſday D I wrote not vnto you as. i. Ihon. ii C And whē he was come out into Mar. x. ¶ On the .vii. Sonday after trynete ſonda D I will ſpeake groſly becauſe of Ro. v • A In thoſe dayes whē there wa. Mar. vii • On the wendſday A There is then no dānaciō to thē Ro. viii A In that tyme wēt Ieſus on the. Mat. xii ¶ On the .viii. Sonday after trynete ſonday C Therfore brethren we are now Ro. viii C Beware of falce prophetis / Mat. vii On the wendſday B But god ſetteth out his loue Ro. v. F Maſter we ſawe won caſtinge Mar. ix ¶ On the .ix. Sonday after trynete ſonday B That we ſhulde not luſt after i. Cor. x A There was a certayne rych man Lu. xvi On the wenſday C Remember ye not how that Ro. vi C He yt is faithfull in that which .Lu xvi ¶ On the .x. Sonday after trynete ſonday A Ye knowe that ye were gētyls i. Cor. xii F And when he was come neare he. Lu xix On the wendſday E All fleſſhe is not one māner of. i. Cor. xv G Take hede to youre ſelves leſt. Luk. xxi ¶ On the .xi. Sonday after trynete ſonday A Brethren as pertaynynge to ye i. Cor. xv B And he put forth this ſimilitu. Lu. xviii On the wenſday C Other remember ye not y• you. i. Cor. xv A He put forth a ſimilitude vnto. Lv. xviii ¶ On the .xii. Sonday after trynete ſonday B Suche truſt have we thorow ii. Cor. iii D And he departed agayne from Mar .vii. On the wenſday B For we preache not onre ſelfe. ii. Cor iiii C Then began he to vpbrayd y• cit. Mat xi ¶ On the .xiii. Sonday after trynete ſonday C To Abraham & his ſeede were y• gala. iii D Happy are the eyes which ſe Luc. x On the wenſday B Ye remēber brethren oure labor. i. teſſa. ii B Then the pharyſes went forth Mat. xii ¶ On the .xiiii. Sonday after trynete ſonday C I ſaye walke in the ſpirite and. Gala. v. B And it chaūſed as he wēt to Ier. Lu. xvii On the wenſday G Beare not the yoke with the ii. Cor. vi B Won of the cōpany ſayde vnto Luc. xii ¶ On the .xv. Sonday after trynete ſonday. D Yff we lyue in the ſpirite let vs Gala. v C Nomā can ſerue two maſters Mat. vi. On the wenſday B We know that the law is good. i. Ti. i. A And it fortuned in one of thoſe Luk. xx. ¶ On the .xvi. Sonday after trynete ſonday T Wherfore I deſire yt ye faynt Ephe. iii. C And it fortuned after y• he went Luk. vii On the wendſdaye B Beware leſt eny man come & Coloſ. ii C And he cā to beth ſaida & they Mar. viii ¶ On the .xvii. Sondaye after trynete ſonday A I therfore which am in bōdes ephe. iiii. A And it chaūſed that he went in. Luk. xiiii On the wendſdaye. C For yf by the ſynne of one deth Ro. v. D Whē they were come to cap. Mar. x • ii ¶ On the. xviii Sonday after trynete ſonday A I thanke my god alwayes on i. Cor. i D When ye phariſes had herde Mar. xxii On the frydaye. B I beſeche you brethen for oure Ro. xv E Another parable he put forth Mat. xiii ¶ On the .xix. Sonday after trynete ſonday E And be ye renued in the ſpirite Ephe. iiii A And he entred into a ſhyppe Mat. ix On the wenſday D Therfore brethren ſtōde faſt & ii. Teſ. ii. E Thē ſent Ieſus y• people awa. Mat. xiii ¶ On the .xx. Sonday after trynete ſonday C Take hede therfore that ye wal. Ephe. v A The kyngdō of heauē is lyke Mat. xxii On the wenſday A Thou therfore my ſonne be ſtrō. ii. Tim. ii C Whē thou makeſt a diner or or a. lu. xiiii ¶ On the .xxi. Sonday after trynete ſonday B Fynally my brethrē be ſtronge Ephe. vi G And ther was a certayne ruler Ihon. iiii On the wenſday B Becauſe we knowe brethren i. Teſ .i. B And it fortuned in another ſab. Luk. vi ¶ On the .xxii. Sonday after trynete ſonday A And am ſurely certified of Philip. i C Therfore is the kyngdom Mat. xviii On the wendſdaye. C Ye & we knowe that what ſo rom. iii. C Verely I ſaye vnto you / that Mar. xi ¶ On y•. xxii • Sonday after Trynete ſonday D Brethren folowe me / and Philip. ii. B Then went the phariſes & mat. xxii On the wendſdaye. C For yf by the ſynne of one Rom. v D When they were come to. mat. xvii ¶ On y•. xxiii • . Sōday after Trynete ſonday B For this cauſe we alſo / ſence colloſ. i C Whyle he this ſpake vnto thē. mat. ix On he wendſdaye. E And I wolde not that ye ſhulde. i. cor. x C A certayne mā had two ſōnes. mat. xxi ¶ On y• laſt Sonday after Trynete ſonday. B Hieremye the .xxiii. Chapter. A Then Ieſus lyfte vppe his eyes. ioh. vi. On the wendſday at .iiii. tymes D Amos the .ix. Chapter. C And one of the companye anſ mar. ix On the Frydaye at .iiii. tymes. A Ozee the .xiiii. chapter E And one of the phariſes deſyred. Lu. vii On the Saterdaye at .iiii. tymes. A For that fyrſt tabernacle was Heb. ix B He put forthe this ſimilitude. Lu. xiii In the Dedicacion of the churche. A And I Iohn ſawe that holy. Reve. xxi A And he entred in / & went tho. Luc. xix ¶ Here endeth the Table of the Piſtles and Goſpelles of the Sondayes.

¶ Here after folowe the Piſtles & Goſpels of the Sayntes. ¶ On ſaynt Andrews daye. C For the belefe of the hert iuſti. Rom. x C As Ieſus walked by the ſee of. Mat. iiii On ſaynt Nicolas daye. A Eccleſiaſti. xliiii. chapter. A For lyke wyſe a certayn man. Mat. xxv On the conception of oure lady. C Eccleſi. the .xxiiii. Chapter A This is the boke of the generati. Mat. i On S. Thomas the Apoſtle daye D Now therfore ye are no more. Eph. ii. F Thomas one of the twelve Iohn. xx In the converſion of S. Paul. A Saul yet brethinge oute threat. Act. ix D Then anſwered Peter & ſayd. Mat. xix On candelmays daye A Malachie the .iii. chapter D And when the tyme of their purif. Lu. ii. On S. Mathias the Apoſtle daye. C And in thoſe dayes Peter. Act. i. D Then Ieſus anſwered & ſayde. Mat. xi The gretynge of ower ladye B Eſaye the .vii. chapter C And in the .vi. moneth the angell Lu. i. On ſaynt Georges daye A My brethren / count it excedinge. Iaco. i A I am the true vyne / & my father. Io. xv On ſaynt Marke the Evangeliſt. B Vnto every one of you is gevē. Eph. iiii A I am the true vine / & my father. Ioh. xv On ſaynt Philip & Iames daye. A Sapientie the .v. Chapter A And he ſayde vnto his diſcip. Ioh. xiiii The fyndinge of the croſſe B I have truſt towarde you in god. Gal. v A There was a man of the Pha. Iohn. iii On the nativite of S. Iohn Baptiſt A Eſaye the. ylix. Chapter. F Elizabeths tyme was come Luke. i On S. Peter & Pauls daye. A In that tyme Herode the kyng. Actu. xii C When Ieſus cam into the. Mat. xvi In the commemoracion of S. Paul B I certifye you brethren that. Gala. i. D Then anſwered Peter & ſayde. Mat. xix On the viſitacion of oure Lady. A Canticorum the .ii. Chapter D Mary aroſe in thoſe dayes Luke. i. On ſaynt Mary Magdalen daye. B Proverbiorum the .xxxi. Chapter C And one of the Phariſes deſyred. Lu. vii On ſaynt Iames the Apoſtle D Nowe therfore ye are no more. Epheſi. ii C Then came to him y• mother. Mat. xx. Petri ad vincula C And as he conſydred the thinge. Act. xii C When Ieſus cā into y• cooſtis. Mat. xvi On the tranſfiguracion of owre Lorde. D For we folowed not deceauable. ii Pet. i A And after .vi. dayes Ieſus. Mat. xvii On the name of Ieſu B Thē Peter ful of the goly gooſt Act. iiii C While he thus thought / behold Mat. i. One ſaynt Laurens day B This yet remember how that. ii Cor. ix D Verely verely I ſaye vnto you Ioan. xii On the aſſumption of ower lady B Eccle. the .xxiiii. Chapter G It fortuned as he went that he Lu. x. On ſaynt Bartholomews D Nowe therfore ye are no moare Ephe. ii C And there was a ſtryfe amonge Lu. xxii On the natiuite of ower lady C Eccle. the. xxiiii Chapter A This is the boke of the generaciō Mat. i On the exaltacion of the croſſe B I haue truſt towarde you in god Gal. v. E Nowe is the iudgement of this Ioā. xii On ſaynt Mathew the apoſtle. C Ezechielis the .i. Chapter B And as Ieſus paſſed forth from Mat. • x On ſaynt Michael daye A And he ſent & ſhewed by hys. Reue. i A The ſame tyme the diſciples Mat. xviii On ſaynt Luke the euangeleſt C Ezechielis the .i. Chapter A After that the lorde apoynted Luk. x On ſaynt Symon and Iudes day E For we knowe well that all Rom. viii C This cōmaunde I you / y• ye. Iohn. xv On the alle hallowes daye A And I ſawe another angell Reue. vii C When he ſawe the people / he Mat. v. On the alle ſoules day C I wolde not brethren haue y • u i. Teſ. iiii C Then ſayde Martha vnto Ieſus. Io. xi On ſaynt katheryns daye. B Eccleſiaſt. the .li. chapter F Agayne the kyngdome of. Mat. xiii

¶ Theſe thinges haue I added to fill vp the leffe with all.

¶ Infernus and gehenna differ moche in ſignificacion / though we have none other interpretacion for ether of them / then this Englyſhe worde / hell. For gehenna ſignifieth a place of punyſhement: but infernus is taken for any maner of place beneth in y• erth / as a grave ſepulchre or cave.

Hell: it is called in Hebrue the valeye ofmath. v. Hennon. A place by Ieruſalem / where they burnt their chyldren in fyer vnto the ydole Moloch / & is vſurped & taken now for a place where the wycked and vngodlye ſhalbe tormented both ſoule and bodye / after the generall iudgement.

Geue Rowme to y• wrath of God. Rom. xiirom. xxii wrath is there taken for vengeaunce. And the meaninge is: let God advenge / ether by himſelfe or by the officers that beare his rowme.

There tarye & abyde tyll ye go oute. Yt ismat. x. in Marke the .vi. Whereſoever ye enter in to an houſe / there abyde till ye go oute thēce. And Luke .ix. it is / into what ſoever houſſe ye enter / ther tarye / and go not oute thence: that is to ſaye / whoſoever receaveth you / there abyde as longe as you are in the citie or toune / and go not ſhamefully a beggynge from houſſe to houſſe as freers do.

Duſt: ſhake of the duſt of youre fete. Matthew.mat. x. x. Why are they cōmaunded to ſhake of the duſt? For a wytnes ſayth Luke. That that dede maye teſtifie agaynſt them in the daye of iudgement / that the doctrine of ſalvacion was offered them / but they wolde not receave it. Ye ſe alſo that ſoche geſtures and ceremonies haue greater power with them / then have bare wordes onlye / to move the harte & to ſtere vp fayth / as do the layenge on of handes and anoyntinge with oyle. &c.

Ypocrytes / can ye decerne the face of heaven and not decerne the ſigne of the tymes? That is to ſaye: they coulde iudge by the ſignesmath. xvi of the ſkye what wether ſhuld folowe: but coulde not knowe Chriſt by the ſignes of the ſcripture. And yet other ſigne myght not be geven them.

He that ſayth he knoweth Chriſt and kepeth not his commaundemētes / ys a lyar. To knowe Chriſt is to beleve in Chriſt. Ergo he that kepeth not the commaundementes / beleveth not in Chriſt.

¶ The ende of this boke. ❧ ❧ ❧