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THE PROLOGE VPON

THE SECONDE EPISTLE OF SAYNCT PAUL

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As in the fyrste epistlehe rebuketh the Corinthyans sharplye, so in this he comforteth them and prayseth them, and commaundeth him that was excommunicat to be receaued louingely into the congregacion agayne.

And in the fyrst and seconde Chapters he sheweth his loueto them warde, (s) how that all that he spake, dyd or soffre, was for their sakes and for their saluacion. _ aboue the pesauee Spite lawe, and sheweth that the ae Bowel thorow persecucion and thorow the crosse, which maketh a man sure of (xo) eternall lyfe: and here and there he toucheth the false Prophetes, which studied to turne the fayth of the people from Christ vnto the workes of the 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 (15) thatwere at Jerusalem.

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.

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be ONDE SE PIS DLE OFS. PAUL

SHE aLOs ee Our rE CORINTHYANS The fyrst Chapter.

A Paul an Apostle of Iesu Christ by the will of God, and brother Timotheus.

Vnto the congregacion of God, which is at Corinthum, 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.

(s) Blessed be God the father of oure Lorde Iesus Christ, the father of mercy, and the God of all comforte, which comforteth vs in all oure tribulacion, in so moche that we are able to comforte them which are troubled, in whatsoever tribulacion it be, with the same comforte wher with we oure selves are comforted of God. For as the affliccions* of Christ are plenteous in vs even so is oure

(10) consolacion plenteous by Christ.

B Whether we be troubled for youre consolacion and salvacion, which salvacion sheweth her power in that ye soffre the same affliccions which we also suffre: or whether we be comforted for youre consolacion and salvacion: yet oure hope is stedfast for you, in as moch as we know how that as ye have youre

(ts) parte in affliccions, so shall ye be parttakers of consolacion.

Brethren I wolde not have you ignoraunt of oure trouble, which happened vnto vs in Asia. For we were greved out of measure passynge strength, so lio cclx. | greatly that we despeared even of lyfe. Also we receaved an answer of deeth in oure selves, and that because we shuld not put oure trust in oure selves: but in (20) God, which rayseth the deed to lyfe agayne, and which delivered vs from so egret a deeth, and doth delivre. On whom we trust, that 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. et. is) Oure reioysynge is this, the testimony of oure conscience, that in synglenes and godly purenes and not in flesshly wysdome, but by the grace of God, we

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[Chap. ii] The seconde epistle of S. Paul to the Corinthyans have had oure conuersacion 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.

(5) 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 (10) 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 and naye. For Goddis sonne Iesus Christ which was preached amonge you by vs (that is to saye by me and Silvanus and Timotheus) was not ye and naye: but in him it was ye. For all the promyses* of God, in him are ye: and are in him Amen, vnto thé lawde of (ts)God thorow vs.

For it is God which stablissheth vs and you in Christ, and 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 eny moare vnto Corinthum. Not that we be lordes over youre fayth: but (20) helpers of youre ioye. For by fayth ye stonde. But I determened this in my silfe, that 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,

(2s) that my ioye is the ioye of you all. For in great affliccion and 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.

Ifeny 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

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Cc him: lest that same persone shuld be swalowed vp with over moche hevines.

Wherfore I exhorte you, that love maye have strength over him. For this cause verely dyd I write, that I myght knowe the profe of you, whether ye shuld be

(s) obedient in all thinges. To whom ye forgeve eny thinge, I forgeve also. And verely if I forgeve eny thinge, to whom I forgave it, for youre sakes forgave I it, in the roume of Christ, lest Satan shuld prevent vs. For his thoughtes are not vnknowen vnto vs. + When I was come to Troada for Christes gospels sake (and a great dore was

(10) 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 and went awaye into MaceD donia. Thankes be vnto God which alwayes geveth vs the victorie in Christ, and openeth the saver of his knowledge by vs in every place. For we are vnto

God the swete savoure of Christ, both amonge them that are saved, and also (rs) amonge them which perisshe. To the one parte are we the 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. iti. Chapter.

A |@0) We begyn to prayse oure selves agayne. Nede we as some other, of pistles of recommendacion vnto you? or letters of recommendacion 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 r. ij.

|(2s) stone, but in flesshly tables of the herte. + Suche trust have we thorow Christ to godward, not that we are sufficient of oure selves to thinke eny thinge as it were of oure selves: but oure ablenes commeth of God, which hath made vs able to minister the newe testament, not of the letter, but of the sprete. For the letter kylleth, but the sprete geveth lyfe.

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[Chap. iii] The seconde epistle of S. Paul to the Corinthyans B Yf the ministracion of deeth thorow the letters figured in stones was

Folio celxii. glorious, so that the chyldren of Israel coulde not beholde the face of Moses for the glory of his countenaunce (which glory neverthelesse is done awaye) why shall not the ministracion of the sprete be moche more glorious? For if the (s) ministringe of condempnacion beglorious: moche more dothe the ministracion exodi. of rightewesnes excede in glory.+ Forno dout that which was there glorified, is not once glorified in respecte of this excedynge glory. Then if that which is destroyed, was glorious, moche more shall that which remayneth, be glorious.

Cc Seynge then that we have soche trust, we vse gret boldnes, and do not as (10) 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 vntaken awaye in the olde testament when they reade it, which in Christ is put awaye. But even vnto this daye, when Moses is redde, the vayle hangeth before their hertes.

(ts) Neverthelesse when they tourne to the Lorde, the vayle shalbe taken awaye.

The Lorde no dout is a sprete. And where the sprete of the Lorde is, there is 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. fullfyllynge of all lawes.

The. iiii. Chapter.

A (20) Therfore seinge that we have soche an office, even 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 amonge them that are lost, in whom (2s) the god of this worlde hath blynded the myndes of them which beleve not, lest the light of the glorious gospell of Christ which is the ymage of god, shuld shyne vnto them.

B + For we preache not oure selves, but Christ Iesus to be the Lorde, and oure selves youre servauntes, for Iesus sake. For it is God that commaunded the light

Line (5) ...moche more shall theadministrachaunged vnto the same similitude, GlOD en from glory to glory, even off the lorde- (6) ...that whichwas glorified was not which is asprete. once glorified. . .

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The seconde epistle of S. Paul to the Corinthyans [Chap. v] 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 erthen vessels, that the excellent power of it myght appere to be of God, and not of vs. We are troubled on every side, yet (5)are we not with out shyft. We are in povertie: but not vtterly without somwhat. We are persecuted: but are not forsaken. We are cast doune: neverthelesse we perisshe not. And we all wayes 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, that the (10) lyfe also of Iesu myght appere in oure mortall flesshe. So then deeth worketh in vs, and lyfe in you. + +Seynge then that we have the same sprete of fayth, accordinge as it is written: I beleved and therfore have I spoken. We also beleve, and therfore speake. For we knowe that he which raysed vp the Lorde Iesus, shall rayse vp

Sa. CXXV _|(ts) vs also by the meanes of Iesus, and shall seet vs with you. For all thinges do

I for youre sakes, that the plenteous grace by thankes geven of many, maye redounde to the prayse ofgod.

Wherfore we are not weried, but though oure vttwardt man perisshe, yet the inwarde man is renewed daye by daye. For oure excedinge tribulacion

(20) which is momentanyt and light prepareth an excedinge and an eternall wayght of glorye vnto vs, whill we loke not on the thynges which are sene, but on the thynges which are not sene. For thinges which are sene, are temporall: but thynges which are not sene, are eternall, + oliocclxiii.

The. v. Chapter.

We knowe suerly yfoure erthy mancion wherin we now dwell were de- (2s) stroyed, that we have a bildinge ordeyned of god, an habitacion not made with hondes, but eternall in heven. And herefore sigh we, desyringe to be clothed with 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

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[Chap. v] The seconde epistle of S. Paul to the Corinthyans be swalowed 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.

B 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 (s)senot. 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 bero. xiiij. fore the iudgement 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

(xo) then that we knowe, how the lorde is to be feared*, we fare fayre with men. For we are knowen wel ynough vnto God. I trust also that we are knowen in youre consciences.

Cc We prayse not oure selves agayne vnto you, but geve you an occasion to reioyce of vs, that ye maye have some what agaynst them, whych reioyce in (1s) 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 constrayneth vs, because we thus iudge, yf one be deed for all, that 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 whitht died for them and rose agayne. +

(20) | Wherfore henceforth knowe we no man after the flesshe. In somoche though we have knowen Christ after the flesshe, now hence forthe knowe we hym so no more. Therfore yf eny man be in Christ, he is a newe creature. Olde

D thynges are passed awaye, beholde all thinges are be come newe. Neverthelesse all thinges are of god, which hath reconciled vs vnto him sylfe by Iesus Christ*,

(2s)and hath geven vnto vs the office to preach the atonement. For god was in Christ, and made agrement bitwene the worlde and hym sylfe, and imputed not their synnes vnto them: and hath committed to vs the preachynge of the atonment. 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,

(30) that ye be atone with God: for he hath made him to besynne for vs, which Folio cclxiiii. knewe no synne, that we by his meanes shuld be that rightewesnes which before God is aloved.

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The seconde epistle of S. Paul to the Corinthyans — [Chap. vi] The. vi. Chapter. + A We as helperstherfore exhorte you, that ye receave not the grace of god in vayne* For he saith: I have hearde the in a tyme accepted: and in the daye of saluacion, have I suckered the. Beholde now is that well accepted tyme: beholde now is the daye of saluacion. Let vs geve noman occasion of evyll,

(s) that in oure office befounde no faute: but in all thynges let vs behave oure youre greater selves as the ministers of God. eet.

In moche pacience, in afflicions, in necessite, in anguysshe, in strypes, in

presonment, in stryfe, in laboure, in watchinge, in fastyng, in purenes, in knowledge, in longe sufferynge, in kyndnes, in the holy goost, in love vnfayned, in (10) the wordes of trueth, in the power of God, by the armoure* of rightewesnes on the 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,

(ts) and yet possessynge all thynges. + Cc 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 children. Set youre selues therfore at large, and + beare not a straungers yoke wyth the vnbelevers. For what

(20) fellishippe hath rightewesnes with vnrightewesnes? What company hath light D with darcknes? What concorde hath Christ with beliall? Ether what parte hath he that beleveth with an infidele? how agreeth the temple of god with ymages?

And ye are the temple of the lyuynge god, as sayde god. I will dwell amonge them and walke amonge them, and wilbe their god: and they shalbe my people.

Temple.

Covenaunt.

-xxvj __|(2s) Wherfore come out from amonge them, and separate youre selues (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

Line (2) ...inthedaye off health, off a true meanynge. Ispeake vnto you (4) ...beholde noweis that daye off helthe. as vnto chyldren, whych have lyke (8) ...inwatche, rewarde wyth vs: stretche youre selves (rr) ...and on the lyfte honde, therfore out. beare nott the yookewyth (17) ...yearenottbroughtinto combraunce the vnbelevers. by vs, though that ye vexe youre selves Line (25) ...and separate youre selves from them

[Chap. vii] The seconde epistle of S. Paul to the Corinthyans 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 the 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 (s) I have shewed you before that ye are in oure hertes to dye and live with you.

Iam very bolde over you, and reioyce greatly in you. Iam filled with comforte and am excadinget 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

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(10) 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 Inow reioyce the more. Wherfore though

I made you sory with a letter, I repent not: though I did repent. For I perceave

B (1s) that that same pistle made you sory, though it were but for a ceason. But Inow reioyce, not that ye were sory, but that ye so sorowed, that ye repented. For ye sorowed godly: so that in nothynge ye were hurte by vs. For godly sorowe causeth repentaunce vnto salvacion not to be repented of: when worldly sorow causeth deeth. jpe. ij.

(20) 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, (2s) 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: be cause his sprete was refresshed of you all. I am therfor, not now a shamed, though I bosted my sylfe to hym

(30) of you. For as all thynges which I preached vnto you are true, even so is oure

(9) Neverthelesse he thatt comfortith the (23) ...cleare in that busynes. Wherforeabiecte, though I have written...

(15) ...that that same Epistle. ..

The seconde epistle of S. Paul to the Corinthyans [Chap. viii] bostynge, that I bosted my silfe to Titus with 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.

(s) Ido you to wit brethren, of the grace of god which is geven in the congregacions of Macedonia, how that the aboundaunce of their reioysing is, that they are tried with moche tribulacion. And therto though they were excedinge poore, yet haue they geuen excedinge richly, and that in singlenesse. For to their powers (I beare recorde) yee and beyonde their power, they were willynge

(10) 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

(ts) had begonne.

Now therfore, as ye are ryche in all parties in fayth, in worde, in knowledge, in all ferventnes, and in love, which ye have to vs: even so se that ye be plenteous in this benivolenct. Thys saye I not as commaundynge: but be cause other are so fervent, therfore prove I youre love, whether it be perfait or no. Ye

(20) 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 agoo. Now therfore performe the dede: that as ther was in you a redines to will, even so ye maye performe the dede, of (2s) 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

Line (7) And howe that their povertie, though Line (9) (I beare them recorde) yt be depe, yethath folowed over, (28) ...thatt there be eqalnes.

Letyoure and is be come vnto them ryches in aboundaunce socker their lacke...at synglenes. thispresent tyme off deerth:

[Chap. ix] The seconde epistle of S. Paul vnto the Corinthyans maye be equalite, agreynge to that which is written. He that gaddered moche, had never the more aboundaunce, and he that gaddered lytell had never the lesse.

Thankes be vnto god, which put in the hert of Titus the same good mynde toward you. For he accepted the request yee rather he was so well willynge eXO. XVj.

(s) 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 the lorde, and to stere vp youre prompt mynde.

(10) 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 diligent in many thynges, but now moche more diligent. The great

(1s) confidence which I have in you: hath caused me this to do: partly for Titus sake which is my felowe and helper as concernynge you, partly because of other which are oure brethren, and the messengers of the congregacions, and the glory of Christ. Wherfore shewe vnto them the proffe of youre love, and of the reioysynge that we have of you, that the congregacions maye se it.

The. ix. Chapter.

(20) Of the ministrynge to the saynctes, it is but superfluous for me to write vnto you: for I knowe youre redynes of minde, wherof I bost my silfe vnto them of Macedonia, and saye that Achaia was prepared a yeare a goo, and youre ferventnes hath provoked many. Never thelesse yet have I sent these brethren, lest oure reioysynge over you shuld be in vayne in this behalfe, and that ye (as (2s) have sayd) prepare youre selues, lest paraventure yf they of Macedonia come

Folio celxvii. with me and fynde you vnprepared, 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 honde vnto you forto prepare youre good blessynge promysed a fore, that it

Line (2) ...had neverthelesse.

Line (10) And thys we eschue. . .inthis abound- (4) ...accepted ourerequest. aunce, (5) ...thatt he of his awne accorde...

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The seconde epistle of S. Paul vnto the Corinthyans [Chap. x] myght be redy: so that it be a blessynge, and not a defraudynge. + This yet remember, howe that he which soweth lytell, shall reepe lytell: and he that soweth plenteously shall reepe plenteously. And let every man do accordynge as he hath purposed in his herte, not groudgyngly, or of necessite. For god loveth

(s)a chearfull gever. cle. xxxv.

God is able to make you ryche in all grace that ye in all thynges havynge sufficient vnto the vttmoste, maye be ryche vnto all manner good workes, as it is written :

He that sparsed abroade and hath geven to the povre, his rightewesnes remayneth for ever. He that 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

(ts) be geven to god of many, whiche prayse god for the obedience of youre professynge the gospell of Christ, and for youre synglenes in distributynge to them and to all men: 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.

(20) I Paule my silfe beseche you by the mekenes and softnes of Christ, which when I am present amonge you, am of no reputacion, but ambolde towarde youbeinge absent. I besech you that I nede not tobe bolde when I am present

(with that same confidence, wher with I am supposed to be bolde) agaynst some which repute vs as though we walked carnally. Neverthelesse though

(2s) we walke compassed with the fleshe, yet we warre not flesshlye For the weapens of oure warre are not carnall thinges, but thynges myghty in god to cast doune stronge holdes, wherwith we overthrowe ymaginacyons, and every hye thynge that exalteht it silfe agaynst the knowledge of god and brynge into captivite all vnderstondynge to the obedience of Christ, and are redy to take

Line (8) He hath sparsed abroade...

Line (19) ...ineffable gyfte.

(15) ...for youre obedience in knowledgynge the gospel...

[Chap. xi] The seconde epistle of S. Paul vnto the Corinthyans vengeaunce on all disobedience, when youre obedience is fulfilled. Loke ye on thynges after the vtter apparence?

Yf eny man trust in him silfe that he is Christis, let the same also considre of him silfe, that as he is Christis, even so are we Christes. And though I shuld

Cc (s) bost my silfe somewhat moare of oure auctorite which the lorde hath geven vs

Folio cclxviii. to edifie and 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 the pistles (sayth he) are sore and stronge: but his bodyly presence is weake, and his speache rude. Let him that is soche thynke on this wyse, that as we are in wordes

(10) 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 the nombre of them, or to compare oure selves to them, which laude them selves neuerthelesse whill they measure them selves with them selves, and compare them selves with them selves, they vnderstonde nought. But we wyll not reioyce above measure:

(1s) but accordynge to the quantitie of the measure which god hath distributed vnto vs, a measure that reacheth even vnto you. For we stretche uott out oure selves beyonde measure as though we had not reached vnto you. For even vnto you have we come with the gospell of Christ, and we bost not oure selves out of measure in other mens labours. Ye andwe hope, when youre fayth is increased ephe. iiij. b.

(20) amonge you, to be magnified acordynge to oure measure more largely, and to preache the gospell in those regions which are beyonde you: and not to reioyce of that which is by a nother mans measure prepared all redy. Let him that reioyseth, reioyce in the lorde*. For he that prayseth him silfe, is not alowed: but he whom the lorde prayseth.

The. xi. Cha.

(25) Wolde to god, ye coulde suffre me a lytell in my folysshnes: yee, and I praye you forbeare me. For I am gelous over you with godly gelousy. For I coupled 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

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Line (29) ...he thatcommeth to you preache...

(12) ...but whill they measure...

The seconde epistle of S. Paul to the Corinthyans [Chap. xi] 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 the chefe apostles. Though I be rude in .

(s)speakynge, yet I am not so in knowledge. How be it amonge you we are B 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, and because I preached to you the gospell of God fre? I robbed other congregacions, and toke wages of them, to do youservice with all. And when I was present with you and had nede, I was

(10) greuous to no man for that which was lackynge vnto me, the brethren which came from Macedonia, supplied: and in all thynges I kept my silfe that I shuld not be greveous to you: and so will I kepe my silfe.

C Yf the trueth of Christ be in me, this ieioysynget shall not be taken from me in the regions of Achaia. Wherfore? Be cause I love you not? God knoweth. liocclxix.|(xs) 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

D reioyce. For these falce apostles are disceatefull workers, and fassion them selves lyke vnto the 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

(20) 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 that I am folishe: or els even 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 * To moche mekenes and obedience is (2s) bostynge. Seynge that many reioyce after the flesshe I will reioyce also. For ye

E suffre foles gladly, be cause that ye youre selves are wyse. For ye suffre even if __|in the a man brynge you into bondage*: yf a man devoure: yf a man take: yf a man exalt hym silfe: yf a man smyte you on the face. I speake as concernynge

[ll am be rebuke, as though we had bene weake. now (30) 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 Israelites, even so am I. They are the seede of Abraham, even so am I. They are the ministers of Christ

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[Chap. xii] The seconde epistle of S. Paul to the Corinthyans acto. xyj.

(I speake as a fole) I am moare: In labours moare aboundant: In strypes above Le measure: In preson more plenteously: In deeth ofte. Of the Iewes five tymes receaved I every tyme. xl. strypes saue one. Thryse was I beten with roddes.

F I was once stoned. I suffered thryse shipwracke. Nyght and daye have I bene (s)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 amonge 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.

(0) And besyde the thynges which outwardly happen vnto me, I am combred dayly, and do care for all congregacions. Who is sicke, and I am not sicke? Who is hurte in the fayth and my hert burneth not? YfI must nedes reioyce, I will reioyce of myne infirmities.

The. xii. Chapter.

A The God and father of oure lorde Iesus Christ, which is blessed for ever- (ts) more, knoweth that Ilye not + In the citie of Damascon, the governer of the people vnder kynge Aretas, layde watche in the citie of the Damascens, and Blatt wolde have caught me, and at a wyndowe was I let doune in a basket thorowe the wall, and so scaped his hondes. act. ix. a, It is not expedient for me no dout to reioyce. Neverthelesse I will come to (20) visions and revelacions of the lorde. I knowe a man in Christ above. xiiii. yeares

Folio cclxx.| _ agone (whether he weare in the body I cannot tell, or whether he were oute of the body I cannot tell, god knoweth) which was taken vp into the thyrd heven.

And I knowe the same man (whether in the body, or out of the body, I cannot tell god knoweth) howe that he was taken vp into paradise, and hearde wordes

B (2s)not to be spoken, which no man can vtter. Of this man will I reioyce, of my silfe will I not reioyce, except it be of myne infirmities. And yet though I wolde reioyce, I shuld not bea 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

Line (3) ...every tyme xl. strypes, one excepte.

Line (14) God thefather of oure lorde Iesus Christ, (10)' Besyde the thynges...

(26) ...infirmities: and though...

(tz) ..-and care for all...

(27) ...for I will saye thetrueth.

The second epistle of S. Paul to the Corinthyans [Chap. xii revelacions, ther was geven vnto me vnquyetnes of the flesshe, the messenger of c Satan to buffet me: be cause 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 strength is made perfact thorow

(s) weaknes. Very gladly therfore will I reioyce of my weaknes, that the strength of Christ maye dwell in met 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 compelled me: I ought to (10) have bene commended of you. For in nothinge was I inferior vnto the chefe apostels, Though I be nothynge, yet the tokens of an apostle were wrought amonge you with all pacience: with signes, and wonders, and myghty dedes.

D For what is it wherin ye were inferiors vnto other congregacions except it be therin that I was not greveous vnto you. Forgeve me this wronge done vnto you.

(ts) Beholde now the thyrde tyme Iam 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, and wilbe bestowed for youre soules: though the moare I love you, the lesse I am loved agayne. But be it that I greved you

(20) not: never the lesse I was crafty and toke you with gile. Did I pill you by eny of them which I sent vnto you? I desyred Titus, and with 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 that we excuse oure selves? We speake in Christ in the sight of God.

E (2s) 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 founde vnto you soche as ye wolde not: I feare lest ther befounde amonge you debate, envyinge, wrath stryfe, backbytynges, whisperynges, swellynges and discorde. I feare lest when I come agayne, God brynge me lowe

(30) amonge you, and I be constrayned to bewaylemany of them which have synned liocelxxi.| all redy, and have not repented of the vnclennes, fornicacion and wantannes which they haue committed.

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(31) ...the vnclennes, and fornicacion, (28) ...amonge you lawynge,

[Chap. xiii] The seconde epistle of S. Paul to the Corinthyans The. xiii. Chapter.

A Now come I the thyrd tyme vnto you In the mouth of two or thre witSone nesses shall every thinge stonde. I tolde you before, and tell you before: and as io. viij. d.

I sayde when I was present with you the seconde tyme, so wryte I now beynge hebre. x c absent, to them which in tyme past have synned, and to all other: that if 1 come

(s) agayne, I will not spare, seynge that ye seke experience of Christ which speaketh in me, which amonge 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.

B (x0) 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 that we are not castawayes.

I desyre before God that ye do none evyll, not that we shuld seme commendable: but that ye shuld do that which is honest: and let vs be counted as leawde perCc

|(1s)sones. 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.

Dp |(@o) ~~ Finallye brethren fare ye well, be perfect, be of good comforte, be of one mynde, lyve in peace, and the God of love and peace, shalbe with you. Grete one another in an holy kysse. All the saynctes salute you. The grace of oure

Lorde Iesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellishippe of the holy goost, be with you all. Amen The seconde epistle to the Corinthians.

Sent from Philippos a citie in Macedonia, by Titus and Lucas.

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(22) The faveour of oure lorde Iesus Christ, (4) Y£1 come agayne, Colophon. The secondepistle. . .

(8) ...by the myght that god gave vs to you warde.

THEVPROLCOGEsVPON THE EPISTLE OF

Deen Oe SEE GAVATEYANS 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.

Euen so after Paule had conuerted the Galathyans and coupled them to ') (5) Christ, to trust in him onlye for the remission of synne, and hope of grace and saluacion, and was departed: therecame false apostles vnto them (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

(ro) pauls auctorite.

To the confoundynge of those, Paule magnifieth his office and Apostleshipe in the two fyrst chapters and makethhim selfe equall vnto the hye Apostles, and concludeth that euery man must be iustified with oute deseruynges, with oute workes, and with out helpe of the lawe: but alone by Christ.

(15) And in the thyrde and fourth, he proueth the samewith 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 thedeseruinge of Christ, by whome

(if we beleue) we are iustifyed with oute helpe of the workes of the lawe.

(20) And in the. v. and. vj. he exhorteth vnto the workes ofloue which folowe fayth and iustifyinge. So that in all his epistle he obserueth this order. Fyrst he preacheth the dampnacion of the lawe: then the iustifyinge of fayth, and thyrdly the workes of loue. For on that condycion that we loue and worke, is the mercie geuen vs.

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Pee eee Or Ss PAUL VN LO

PEE *GAPATHYANS

The fyrst Chapter.

Paul an Apostle, not of men, nether 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 congregacions of Galacia.

Grace be with you and 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 from him that called you in the grace letters of recommenda- \(20) of Christ, vnto another gospell: which is nothinge els, but that ther be some which trouble you, and intende to pervert the gospell of Christ. Neverthelesse though we oure selves, or an angell from heven, preache eny other gospell vnto you then 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 cion. But the confirmacion of his (rs) you, then that ye have receaved, holde him accursed. Preache I mannes doctrine or Godes? Ether go I about to please men? IfI stodyed to please men, I were not the servaunt of Christ.

+ Icertifie you brethren, that the gospell which was preached of me, was not after the manner of men, nether receaved I it of man, nether wost I taught it:

(20) 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, and spoyled it: and prevayled in the Iewes layet, above many of my companions, which were of myne awne nacion, and was a moche more fervent mayntener of the tradicions of the elders.

(25) But when it pleased God, which seperated me from my mothers wombe, and called me by his grace, forto declare his sonne by me, that I shuld preache slio xiii.

Line (4) Vnto thecongregacion off Galacia.

Line (20) ...ofIesus Christ. ye have herde of my (7) ...prayse for ever Amen. conversacion in tymes past...

(15) Seke I nowethe faveour offmen, or off (23) ...and moche more feventlyt maynGod? tayned the tradicions of the elders.

in [Chap. ii] The epistle of S. Paul to the Galathyans him amonge the hethen: immediatly I commenedt not of the matter with flesshe and bloud, nether returned to Ierusalem to them which were Apostles before me: but went my wayes into Arabia, and came agayne vnto Damasco. Then after thre yeare I returned to Ierusalem to se Peter, and abode with him. xv. s)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 and Cilicia: and was vnknowen as touchinge my person, vnto the congregacions of Iewrye, which were in Christ.

But they hearde only, that he which persecuted vs in tyme past, now preacheth (10) the fayth which before he destroyed. And they glorified God on my behalffe.+

The. ii. Chapter.

Then. xiiii. yeares after that, I went vp agayne to Ierusalem with Barnabas, and toke with me Titus also. Ye and I went vp by revelacion, and commenedt with them of the Gospell which I preache amonge the gentyls: but apart with them which were counted chefe, lest it shuld have bene thought that I shuld

Paule defendeth the (ts) runne or had runne in vayne. Also Titus which was with me, though he were a Greke, yet was not compelled to be circumcised, and that because of incommers beynge falce brethren, which came in amonge other to spye out oure libertie which we have in Christ Iesus, that they might bringe vs into bondage. To whom we gave no roume, no not for the space of an houre, as concerninge to be

(20) brought into subieccion: and that because that the trueth of the gospell myght continue with you.

Of them which seme to be great (what they were in tyme passed i it maketh no matter to me: God loketh on no mans person) neverthelesse they which seme

B dut. x. d. ij. pa. xix iob. xxxiiij. sap. vj. b. rom. jj. b. ephe. vj. b coll. iij. b. act. X. €. jepett. jac great, added nothynge to me. But contrary wyse, when they sawe that the gos- (2s) pell over the vncircumcision was committed vnto me, as the gospell over the circumcision* was vnto Peter: for he that was myghty in Peter in the Apostleshippe over the circumcision, the same was myghty in me amonge the gentyls: and therfore when they perceaved the grace that was geven vnto me, then

Iames, Cephas and Iohn, which semed to be pilers, gave to me and Barnabas the

Line (4) ...to Ierusalem vnto Peter. .

Line (28) ...and as sone as Iames, Cephas, and (7) ...into the costes of Siriaand Cicill: thon; which semed to be pillares, per- (10) ...glorifyed god in me. ceaved the grace thatt was geven vnto 12) ...and I wentby revelacion, me, they gaveto me and Barnabas their (i2)ae (14) ...which are counted. . hondes, (26) (For he that... .the gentyls)

The epistle of S. Paul to the Galathyans — [Chap. iii] ryght hondes, and 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 withstode him in the face, for he (s) was worthy to be blamed. For yerr that certayne came from Iames, he ate with the gentyls. But when they were come, he withdrue and separated him selfe, fearinge them which were of the circumcision. And the other Iewes dissembled lyke wyse, in so moche that Barnabas was brought into their simulacion also. lio -| But when I sawe, that they went not the ryght waye after the trueth of the XXIit. — |(z0) gospell, I sayde vnto Peter before all men, yf thou beynge a Iewe, livest after the manner of the gentyls, and not as do the Iewes: why causest thou the gentyls

D to live as do the Iewes? We which are Iewes by nature, and not synners of the gentyls, knowe that a man is not iustified by the dedes* of the lowet: but by the fayth of Iesus Christ. And therfore we have beleved on Iesus Christ, that dampnacion, and maketh (ts) wemyght be iustified by the fayth of Christ, and not by the dedes of the lawe: because that by the dedes of the 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 the minister of synne? God forbyd. For yf

I bylde agayne that which I destroyed: then make I my selfe a treaspaser. But (20) I thorow the lawe ame deed to the lawe: that I myght live vnto God. Iam crucified with Christ. I live verely: yet now not I, but Christ liveth in me. For the lyfe which I now live in the flesshe, Ilive by the fayth of the sonne of God, which loved me, and gave him selnet for me. I despyse not the grace of God. For if rightewesnes come of the lawe, then Christ dyed in vayne.

The. iii. Chapter.

A |(2s) — O folisshe Galathyans: who hath bewitched you, that ye shuld not beleve the trueth? To whom Iesus Christ was described before the eyes, and amonge you crucified. This only wolde I learne of you: receaved ye the sprete by the dedes of the lawe, or els by preachinge of the faith? Are ye so vnwyse, that after ye have begonne in the sprete, ye wolde nowe ende in the flesshe? So many

Line (4) When Peter...

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(21) The lyfe which. .

(24) ...then is Christ deed in vayne.

[Chap. iii] The epistle of S. Paul to the Galathyans thinges there ye have suffred in vayne, if that be vayne. 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, that they which (s).are of fayth, the same are the chyldren of Abraham.

For the scripture sawe afore honde, that God wolde iustifie the hethen thorow fayth, and 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

(ro) vnder malediccion. For it is written: cursed is every man that continueth not in all thinges which are written in the boke of the lawe, to fulfill them. That no man is iustified by the lawe in the sight of God, is evident. 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 them). But Christ hath delivered vs from the (1s) curse of the lawe, and was made a cursed* for vs. For it is written: cursed is every one that hangeth on tree, that the blessynge of Abraham might come on the gentyls thorow Iesus Christ, and that we might receave the promes of the sprete thorow fayth.

Folio cclxxv.

Brethren I will speake after the manner of men. Though it be but a Cc (20) mans testament, yet no man despiseth it, or addeth eny thinge ther to when it is once alowed. + To Abraham and his seed were the promises made. He seyth 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 and. xxx. yeares, doth not disanull the testament, that was confermed afore of God vnto

(2s) Christ ward, to make the promes of none effect. For yf the inheritaunce come of the lawe, it commeth not of promes. But God gave it vnto Abraham by promes.

Wherfore then serveth the lawe? The lawe was added because of transgression (tyll the seed cam to which the promes was made) and it was ordeyned by angels in the honde of a mediator. A mediator is not a mediator of one. But (30) God is one. Ys the lawe then agaynst the promes of God? God forbid. Howbe ityf ther had bene a lawe geven which coulde have geven lyfe: then no doute rightewesnes shuld have come by the lawe. But the scripture concluded all

(s) :

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(28) (till the seede cam vnto which seede (14) ...the lawe, shalllive in them. Christ thepromes was made) hath delivered vs...

(30) God forbid. Yff there had...

The epistle of S. Paul to the Galathyans — [Chap. iii] thinges vnder synne, that the promes by the fayth of Iesus Christ shuld be geven vnto them that beleve.+ Before that 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, that we (5) might be made rightewes by fayth. But after that fayth is come, now are we no lengervnder a scolemaster. For ye are all the sonnes* of God, by the fayth which is in Christ Iesus. For all ye that are baptised, have put on Christ. Now is ther no Iewe nether gentyle: 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 same reuerence that he hath Christ.

(to) Abrahams seed, and heyres by promes.

The. itii. Chapter. + A And I saye that the heyre as longe as he is a chylde, differtht 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

(1s) come, God sent his sonne borne of a woman and made bonde vnto the lawe, to redeme them which were vnder the lawe: that we thorow eleccion myght receave the inheritaunce that belongeth vnto the naturall sonnes. Because ye are sonnes, God hath sent the sprete of his sonne in to oure hertes, which cryeth

Abba father. Wherfore now, thou art not a servaunt, but a sonne. Yf thou be (20) the sonne, thou arte also the heyre of God thorow Christ. +

B Notwithstondinge, when ye knewe not God, ye dyd service vnto them, which by nature were no goddes. But now seinge ye knowe god (yee rather are knowen of God) how is it that ye tourne agayne vnto the weake and bedgarlyt cerimonies, whervnto agayne ye desyre afresshe to be in bondage?

Bedgarlyet ceremonies.

(2s) Ye observe dayes, and monethes, and tymes, and yeares. I am in feare of you, lio lest I have bestowed on you laboure in vayne.

XX VI.

Brethern I besech you, be ye as Iam: for 1am as ye are. Ye have not hurte me atall. 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

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[Chap.v] The epistle of S. Paul to the Galathyans 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?

(5) They are gelous over you amysse. Ye, they intende to exclude you, that ye shuld be feruent to them warde. It is good alwayes to be fervent, so it be in agood thinge, andnot only when 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, and coulde chaunge my voyce:

(10) 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, the 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 which was of the fre woman, was borne by promes. gene. xvj gen. xxj.

(1s) Which thinges betoken mystery. For these wemen are two testamentes, the one from the mounte Sina, which gendreth vnto bondage, which is Agar. For mounte Sina is called Agar in Arabia, and bordreth vpon the citie which is now

Terusalem, and is in bondage with her chyldren.

But Ierusalem, which is above, is fre: which is the mother of vs all. For it is (20) written: reioyce thou baren, that bearest no chyldren: breake forthe and crye, thou that travelest not. For the desolate hath many moo chyldren then she which hath an husband. Brethren we are after the maner of Isaac, chyldren of promes. But as then he that was borne carnally, persecuted him that was borne spiritually. Even so is it now.

Neverthelesse what sayth the scripture: put rom. ix. b (2s) awaye the bonde woman and her sonne. For the sonne of the bonde woman gen. xxj. a shall not be heyre with the sonne of the fre woman. So then brethren we are not chyldren of the bonde woman: but of the fre woman. +

The. v. Chapter.

Stond fast therfore in the libertie wher with Christ hath made vs fre, and wrappe not youre selves agayne in the yoke of bondage. Beholde I Paul saye

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(4) Am I sogreatly become youre enmye, (24) Casteawaye the bonde woman...

The epistle of S. Paul to the Galathyans — [Chap. 1] vnto you, that yf ye be circumcised, Christ shall proffit you nothinge at all.

[in Christ I testifie agayne to every man which is circumcised that he is bounde to kepe the whole lawe. Ye are gone quyte from Christ as many as are iustified by the lawe,

_|stondeby.

Ow and are fallen from grace. We loke for and hope in the sprite, to be iustified

"vu. | (s)thorow fayth. For in Iesu Christ, nether is circumcision eny thinge worth, _ |worketh nether yet vncircomcision, but faith* which by love is mighty in operacion. Ye lis the true did runne well: who was a let vnto you, that ye shuld not obey the trueth?

Even that counsell that is not of him that called you. A lytell leven doth leven the whole lompe of dowe.

B (10) +I have trust towarde you in the Lorde, that ye wyll be none other wyse mynded. He that troubleth you shall beare his iudgement, what soever he be.

Brethren yf I yet preache circumcision: why do I then yet suffre persecucion?

For then had the offence which the crosse geveth, ceased. I wolde to'God they were seperated from you which trouble you. Brethren ye were called in to ix.d.

_|(rs) libertie* only let not youre libertie be an occasion vnto the flesshe, but in love | christes gn serve one another. For all the lawe is fulfilled in one worde, which is this: thou

_|alybertie of i 2 shalt love thyne neghbour as thy selfe. Yf ye byte and devoure one another:

—_|cousaenee t. i. c. take hede lest ye be consumed one of another. the flesshe.

+I saye walke in the sprete, and fulfill not the lustes of the flesshe. For the _|Flesshe and (20) flesshe lusteth contrary to the sprete, and the sprete contrary to the flesshe. Teset

_|together. are contrary one to the other, so that ye cannot do that which ye wolde. But [Dede of theand. yfye be ledde of the sprete, then are ye not vnder the lawe. The dedes of the {committe flesshe are manyfest, whiche are these, advoutrie, fornicacion, vnclennes, wantannes, ydolatrye, witchecraft, hatred, variaunce, zele, wrath, stryfe, sedicion, —_ |vnder thei

: dampnacion D (2s) sectes, envyinge, murther, dronkennes, glottony, and soche lyke: of the which __ |of the lawe.

I tell you before as I have tolde you in tyme past, that they which commit soche

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° oithe sprite. thinges, shall not inherite, the kyngdome of God. But the frute* of sprete is, ee loue, ioye, peace, longesufferinge, gentlenes, goodnes, faythfulnes, meknes,

[These dedes bs oo testifie thattemperancye. Agaynst suche ther is no lawe. They that are Christis, have

[we are not (30) crucified the flesshe with the appetites and lustes:+ + Yf we lyve in the sprete, let vesehes ® vs walke in the sprete. Let vs not be vayne glorious, provokinge one another,

_[of the lawe. and envyinge one another.

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[Chap. vi] | The epistle of S. Paul to the Galathyans The. vi. Chapter.

Brethren, yf eny man be fallen by chaunce into eny faute: ye which are spirituall helpe to amende him, in the sprete of meknes: consyderynge thy silfe, lest thou also be tempted. Beare ye one anothers burthen and so fulfill the lawe of Christ. If eny man seme to him silfe that he is somwhat when in dede he is

(s)nothynge, the same deceaveth hym silfe in his ymaginacion. Let every man prove his awne worke, and then shall he have reioysinge in his awne silfe, and not in another For every man shall beare his awne burthen. j. co. iij. b.

Let him that is taught in the worde minister vnto him that teacheth him in all good thinges. Be not deceaved*, God is not mocked. For what soever a man

* The couenaunt ¢ (10) soweth, that shall he reepe. He that soweth in his flesshe, shall of the flesshe reepe corrupcion. But he that soweth in the sprete, 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. Whill we have therfore tyme, let vs do good vnto all men, and specially vnto them which are of the housholde of fayth. +

Folio cclxxviit. ij. thes. ij.

(ts) | Beholde how large a letter I have written vnto you with myne awne honde.

Cc As many as desyre with vtwarde apperaunce to please carnally, they constrayne you to be circumcised, only be cause they wolde not suffre persecucion 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.

(20) 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 circumcision avayleth eny thinge at all nor vncircumcision: but a new creature*. And as many as walke accordinge to this tule, peace be on them, and mercy, and vpon Israel that pertayneth to God.

(2s) From hence forth, let no man put me to busynes. For I beare in my bodye the markes of the Lorde Iesu. Brethren the grace of oure Lorde Iesu Christe be with youre sprete. Amen.

Vnto the Galathyans written from Rome.

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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, and deserued thorow Christ, and now at the last sent forth that all men shuld beleue theron, therby to be iustified, made righteous, lyuinge and | (s)happie, and to bedelyuered from vnder the dampnacion of thelawe and captiuite of ceremonies.

And in the fourth he teacheth to auoyde tradicions and mennes doctrines, and to beware of puttynge trust in any thinge saue Christ, affirminge that he onlye is sufficient, and that in him we haue all thinges, and besyde him nede

(10) nothinge.

In the. v. and. vj. he exhorteth to exercise the fayth and 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 and vnder the crosse.

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ite ore eor s PAUL. TO

EWE PHESTANS

The fyrst. Chapter.

Paul an Apostle of Iesu Christ, by the will of God.

To the saynctes which are at Ephesus, and to them which beleve on Iesus Christ.

Grace be with you and peace from God oure father, and from the Lorde (s) Iesus Christ.

Blessed be God the father of oure lorde Iesus Christ, which hath blessed vs with all maner of spirituall blessinges in hevenly thynges by Chryst, accordynge as he had chosen vs in him, before the foundacion of the worlde was layde, that we shuld be saintes, and without blame before him, thorow loue. And ordeyned

(io) vs before thorow Iesus Christ to be heyres vnto him silfe, accordingeto the pleasure of his will, to the prayse of the glorie of his grace where with he hath made vs accepted in the beloved.

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

(ts) aboundantly in all wisdome, and perceavaunce. And hath openned vnto vs the 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, that all thynges, bothe the 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

(20) made heyres, and were therto predestinate accordynge 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 saluacion, wherin ye beleved) were sealed with the holy sprete

(2s) of promes, which is the ernest of oure inheritaunce, to redeme the purchased possession and that vnto the laude of his glory.

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Line ( Line (2) ...the saynctes at Ephesus, ( (8) ...chosen vs in hym throwe love, ( 9) ...with out blamein his sight. And ordeyned vs before vntohim silfe that (24) ...youre health, wherin ye beleved) we shulde be chosen to heyres throwe Iesus Christ, ( (cD) so. of, his glorious grace, of his glory.

[Chap. ii] The epistle of S. Paul to the Ephesyans Wherfore even I (after that I hearde of the fayth which ye have in the lorde

Iesu, and love vnto all the saynctes) cease not to geve thankes for you, makynge

D mencion of you in my prayers, that the God of oure lorde Iesus Christ and the father of glory, myght geve vnto you the sprete of wisdome, and open to you

(s) the knowledge of him silfe, and lighten the eyes of youre myndes, that ye myght knowe what that hope is, where vnto he hath called you, and what the tiches of his glorious inheritaunce is apon the sainctes, and what is the excedynge greatnes of his power to vs warde which beleve* accordynge to the workynge of that his mighty power, which he wrought in Christ, when he

(10) 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, the heed of the congregacion which is his body and the fulnes of him that filleth all in all-thynges.

The. ii. Chapter.

| (15) And hath quickened you also that were deed in treaspasse and synne, in the Pee which in tyme passed ye walked, acordynge to the course of this worlde, and after the governer that ruleth in the ayer, the sprete that now worketh in the Folio children of vnbelefe, amonge which we also had oure conversacion in tyme cclaxex. past, in the lustes of oure flesshe, and fullfilled the will of the flesshe and of the (20) mynde: and were 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) and hath raysed vs vp together and made vs sitte together in hevenly thynges thorow Christ Iesus, for to shewe in tymes to come

A (2s) 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, and 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.

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(25) ...to vs warde, thorowe Christ Iesus.

(21) ...thorow the greate love...

The epistle of S. Paul to the Ephesyans —_[Chap. iii] Wherfore remember that ye beynge in tyme passed gentyls in the flesshe,

_|* The genand were called vncircumcision to them which are called circumcision in the flesshe, which circumcision is made by hondes: Remember I saye, that ye were at that tyme with oute Christ, and were reputed aliantes from the commen

__|couenaunt of (s) welth of Israel, and were straungers from the testamentes* of promes, and had = |MeAe)

Cc no hope, and were with out god in this worlde. But now in Christ Iesu, ye _|only. which a whyle agoo were farre of, are made nye by the bloude of Christ.

For he is oure peace, whych hath made of both one, and hath broken doune _|* Moseslawe, the wall* that was a stoppe bitwene vs, and hath also put awaye thorow his

(10) flesshe, the cause of hatred (that is to saye, the lawe of commaundementes con_|cause of hate D tayned in the lawe written) for to make of twayne one newe man in him silfe,

—_|Iewes and so makynge peace: and to reconcile both vnto god in one body thorow his

|sntves:is crosse, and slewe hatred therby: and came and preached peace to you which [In whole ~ were a farre of, and to them that were nye. For thorow him we both have an _[ioue come, (1s) open waye in, in one sprete vnto chet father. to loue one + Now therfore ye are no moare straungers and foreners: but citesyns with —_|Christ lonedt the saynctes, 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 the lorde,

_|of God.

(20)in whom ye also are bilt togedder, and made an habitacion for god in the sprete.+ The. iii. Chapter.

A For this cause I Paul am in the bondes of Iesus christ for youre sakes which _[Paule was an are hethen: Yf ye have hearde of the ministracion of the grace of god which is geven me to you warde. For by revelacion shewed he this mistery vnto me,

(2s) as | wrote above in feawe wordes, wher by when ye rede ye maye knowe myne reuelacion vnderstondynge in the mistery of Christ, which mistery in tymes passed was not opened vnto the sonnes of men, as it is nowe declared vnto his holy apostles

) and prophetes by the sprete: that the gentyls shuld be inheritours also, and of the pat same body, and partakers of his promis that is in Christ, by the meanes of the

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[Chap. iii] | The epistle of S. Paul to the Ephesyans gospell, wherof I am made a minister, by the gyfte of the grace of god geven vnto me thorow the workynge of his power.

B 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

(s) 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 and powers in heven myght be knowen by the congregacion the many folde wisdome of god, accordinge to that eternall purpose, which he purposed in Christ Iesu oure lorde, by whom we are bolde to drawe

(ro) nye in that trust, which we have by faith on him + Wherfore I desire that ye faynt not.because of my trybulacions 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 and in erth, that he wolde

Cc graunt you acordynge to the ryches of his glory, that ye maye be strenghtedt (1s) with myght by his sprete in the inner man, that Christmaye dwell in yourehertes by fayth*, that ye beynge roted and grounded in loue, myght be able to comprehende with all sayntes, what ys that bredth and 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.

(20) Vnto him that is able to do excedynge aboundantly 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 generacions from tyme to tyme Amen.+

The. iiii. Chapter. + A 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 (2s)mynde, and meknes, and longe sufferynge, forbearinge one another thorowe love, and that ye be dyligent to kepe the vnitie of the sprete in the bonde of . peace, beynge one body, and one sprete, even as ye are called in one hope of er a youre callynge. Let ther be but one lorde, one fayth, one baptim: one god and father of all, which is above all, thorow all and in you all.

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(11) ...myne adversities which I suffre for (4) ...and to geve light to all men, that you: they myght knowe whatis the felyshippe (29) ...and in vs all. ofthe mistery,

The epistle of S. Paul to the Ephesyans — [Chap. iiii] + Vnto every one of vs is geven grace acordinge to the measure of the gyft of christ. Wherfore he sayth: He is gone vp an hye, and hath ledde captivitie captive, and 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 (s) descended, is even the same also that ascended vp, even above all hevens, to fulfill all thinges.

And the very same made some Apostles, some prophetes, some Evangelistes, some Sheperdes, some Teachers: that the sainctes might have all thinges necessarie to worke and minister with all, to the edifyinge of the body of christ, tyll

(10) we every one (in the vnitie of fayth, and knowledge of the sonne of god) growe

X11. vp vnto a parfayte man, after the measure of age* of the 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 4 wayte for vs to deceave vs.

(ts) 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.

(20) + This I saye therfore and testifie in the lorde, that ye hence forth walke not as other gentyls walke, in vanitie oftheir mynde, blynded in their vnderstondynge, beynge straungers from the lyfe which is in god thorow the ignorancy that is in them, because of the blyndnes of their hertes: which beynge past repentaunce, have geven them selves vnto wantannes, to worke all manner of Ignoraunce is (2s) 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 conversacion in tyme past, laye from you that olde man, which is corrupte thorow the deceavable lustes + and be ye renued in the sprete of youre myndes, and put on that newe man, which after the ymage of God is

(30) 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 not let not the sonne go doune apon youre

Advenge not.

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[Chap.v] The epistle of S. Paul to the Ephesyans wrathe nether geue place vnto the backbyter. Let him that stole, steale no moare, but let him rather laboure with his hondes some good thinge that he maye have to geve vnto him that nedeth. psa. itij. b Let no filthy communicacion procede out of youre mouthes: but that (s) whych is good to edefye 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, rorynge and cursyd speakynge, be put awaye from you, with all maliciousnes. Be ye courteouse one to another, and mercifull, forgevynge one another, even as god for Christes sake

(10) forgave you.

The. v. Chapter. + Be ye folowers of god as dere children, and walke in love even as Christ loved vs and gave him silfe for vs, an offerynge and a sacrifyce of a swete saver to god. So that fornicacion and all vnclennes, or coveteousnes be not once named amonge you, as it be commeth saynctes: nether filthynes, nether folishe

(15) talkyng, nether gestinge which are not comly: but rather gevynge of thankes

For this ye knowe, that no whormonger, other vnclene person, or coveteous person which is the worshipper of ymages, hath eny inheritaunce in the kyngdome of Christ and of God.

Folio cclxxxiii.

Let no man deceave you with vayne wordes. For thorow soche thinges B ij. the. ij. a mat. 23d) mar. xiij. luc. xxj. b (20) commeth the wrath of God vpon the chyldren 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 and trueth.+ Accept that which is pleasinge to the Lorde: and have no fellishippe with the vnfrutfull workes of dercknes: but rather rebuke them.

(2s) For it is shame even to name those 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 circumspectly: not as foles: but as

Line (1) ...wrathe, geve noplace vnto thebackLine (11) Be ye counterfeters of god... byter, (17) (which is. . .ymages) (9) ...be mercifull. ..

The epistle of S. Paul vnto the Ephesyans [Chap. vi] wyse redemynge the tyme*: for the dayes are evyll. Wherfore, be yenot vnwyse, but vnderstonde what the will of the Lorde is, and be not dronke with wyne, wherin is excesse: but be fulfilled with the sprete, speakynge vnto youre selves in psalmes, and ymnes, and spretuall songes, synginge and makinge melodie to if (s) the Lorde in youre hertes, gevinge thankes all wayes for all thinges vnto God i the father, in the name of oure Lorde Iesu Christ: submittinge youre selves one

>. ij to another in the feare of God. + E Wemen submit youre selves vnto youre awne husbandes, as vnto the Lorde.

For the husbande is the wyves heed, even as Christ is the heed of the congregacion,

-ij.

—_|(10) and the same is the saveoure of the body. Therfore as the congregacion is in subieccion to Christ, lykwyse let the wyves be in subieccion to their husbandes in all thinges. Husbandes love youre wyves, even as Christ loved the congregacion,

F and gave him silfe for it, to sanctifie it, and clensed it in the fountayne* of water thorow the worde, to make it vnto him selfe, a glorious congregacion with oute

Husbandes.

(1s) 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 man ever yet, hated his awne flesshe: but G norissheth and cherisseth it even as the lorde doth the congregacion. For we are nied members of his body, of his flesshe, and of his bones. For this cause shall a man

%9, |@0) leave father and mother, and shall continue with his wyfe, and two shalbe made accordynge to the couenaunt made in Christ. one flesshe. This is a great secrete, but I speake bitwene Christ and the congregacion. Neverthelesse do ye so that every one of you love his wyfe truely even as him silfe. And let the wyfe se that she feare her husbande.

The. vi. Cha.

A Chyldren obey youre fathers and mothers in the Lorde: for so is it right. ii 4 Is) Honoure thy father and mother, that is the fyrst commaundement that hath eny

B promes, that thou mayst be in good estate, and lyve longe on the erthe. And ye

Mi. b. fathers, move not youre children to wrath; but bringe them vp with the norter

%; and informacion of the Lorde. Servauntes be obedient vnto youre carnall masters, with feare and trimblinge, in singlenes of youre hertes, as vnto Christ: not with

Line (4) ...syngynge and playinge to the Line (25) Honoure father and mother, lorde...

(26) ...the erthe. Fathers, move...

(5) ..-for all thynges in the name of oure lorde Iesu Christ to god the father:

[Chap. vi] The epistle of S. Paul to the Ephesyans service in the eye sight, as men pleasars: but as the servauntes of Christ, doynge the will of God from the herte with good will servinge the Lorde, and not men.

And remember 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 even the coll. iij. d. titus. ij. c j. pet. yj. c (s) 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 brethren, be strongein the Lorde, and in the power of his myght.

Put on the armour of God, that ye maye stonde stedfast agaynst the crafty assautes of the devyll. For we wrestle not agaynst flesshe and bloud: but agaynst

(10) rule, agaynst power, and agaynst worldy rulars of the darckenes of this worlde, agaynst spretuall wickednes for hevenly thinges.

For this cause take vnto you the armoure* of God, that ye maye be able to resist in the evyll daye, and to stonde perfect in all thinges.

Stonde therfore and youre loynes gyrd aboute with veritie, havinge on the (1s) 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 the fyrie dartes of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvacion, and the swearde of the sprete, which is the worde of God.+ And praye all wayes with all manner prayer and supplicacion: and that in the sprete: and watch thervnto with all

(20) instance and supplicacion for all saynctes, and for me, that vttraunce maye be geven 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 and what I do, (2s) 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, and that he myght comfort youre hertes.

Peace be with the brethren, and love with fayth, from God the father and from the Lorde Iesu Christ. Grace be with all them which love oure lorde

(30) Iesus Christ in puernes. Amen Sent from Rome vnto the Ephesyans by Tichicus.

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Paule prayseth the philippians, and exhorteth them to stande fast in the true fayth, and toencrease in loue. And because that false prophetes studye all wayes to impunge and destroye the true fayth, he warneth them of soche workelerners or teachers ofworkes, and prayseth Epaphroditus. And all this dothe

Folio _'| (s)he in the fyrst and second Chapters. cclxxxv.

In the thyrde he reproueth faythlesse and mannes ryghteousnes, which false prophetes teache and mayntemet. And he setteth him for an ensample, how that he him selfe had liued in soche false rightewesnes and holynes vnrebukable, that was so that no man coulde complayne on him, and yet now setteth nought

(10) 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.

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Paes DUB ORS. PAUL VN TO Pirie rt lre PrANS The fyrst Chapter.

A Paul and Timotheus the servauntes of Iesu Christ To all the sainctesin |...

Christ Iesu which are at Philippos, with the Bisshops and Deacons. ees Grace be with you and peace from God oure father, and from the Lorde

Iesus Christ.

(s) I thanke my God with all remembraunce of you, all wayes in all my prayers for you and 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 becommeth me so to iudge of you all, because I (10) have you in my herte, and have you also every one companions of grace with me, even in my bondes, as I defende and stablysshe the gospell. |

B For God beareth me recorde how greatly I longe after you all from the very herte rote in Iesus Christ. And this I praye, that youre love maye increace more and more in knowledge, and in all fealinge, that ye myght accepte thinges

(ts) most excellent, that ye myght be pure and soche as shuld hurte no mannes conscience, vntyll the daye of Christ, filled with the frutes of rightewesnes, which frutes come by Iesus Christ vnto the glory and laude 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

(20) thorow out all the iudgement hall and in all other places: In so moche that many of the brethren in the lorde are boldned thorow my bondes, and dare more largely speake the worde with out feare. Some ther are which preache Christ of envie and stryfe, and some of good wyll. The one parte preacheth Christ of Folio stryfe and not purely, supposinge to adde more adversitie to my bondes. The cclxxxvi.

|(25) other parte oflove, 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 4II

Title. The pistle ofpaul to the PhillipLine (26) 'What thynge is this? Notwithstondpyans. ynge by all maner wayse, whether it Line (5) ...in my prayers for you all, be by occasion or of trueth, yet Christ (8) ...shall performe it... is preached: and therfore I ioye.

(12) God beareth me recorde...

[Chap. ii] The epistle of S. Paul to the Philippyans occasion, or of true 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 and hope, that in nothinge I shalbe ashamed: but that with all confidence, as all wayes in tymes past, even so now

(s) Christ shal be magnified in my body, whether it be thorowe lyfe, 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 frutefull Fact worke, and what to chose I wote not.

Iam constrayned of two thinges: I desyre to be lowsed and to be with Christ, which thinge is best of all. Neverthelesse to abyde

(10) in the flesshe is moare nedfull for you. And this am I sure of, that I shall abyde, and 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 youre conversacion be, as it be commeth the gospell of ahs: that (1s) whether I come and 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, and in nothynge fearinge youre adversaries: which is to them a token of perdicion, and to you of salvacion, and that of God. For vnto you it is geven, that not only ye shulde beleve on Christ: but also suffre* for his

(20) sake, and have even the same fight which ye sawe me have and now heare of me.

The. ii. Chapter.

If ther be amonge you eny consolacion in Christ, yf ther be eny comfortable love, yf there be eny fellishippe of the sprete, yf ther be eny compassion 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

(25) glory, but that in mekenes of mynde every man esteme other better then him selfe, and that no man consyder his awne, but what is mete for other.

+ Let thesame 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

Line (2) ...this shalbe for my health, then hym silfe, sothatye considreevery (18) ...and toyou a signe of health, man, not what is in hym silfe: But (25) ...but in meknes of mynde. Letevery what is in wother men. person thynke every other man better Line (27) ...in you the which was in...

The epistle of S. Paul to the Philippyans — [Chap. ii] B servaunte, and became lyke vnto men, and was founde in his aparell as a man. ae ue He humbled him silfe and became obedient vnto the deeth, even the deeth of To folowe esa. xlv. the crosse. Wherfore god hath exalted him, and geven him a name above all names: that in the name of Iesus shuld every knee bowe, bothe of thinges in (s)heven and thinges in erth and thinges vnder erth, and that all tonges shuld confesse that Iesus Christ is the lorde vnto the prayse of God the father. +

Folio Wherfore my dearly beloved, as ye have always obeyed, not when I was cclxxexvii. present only, but now moche more in myne absence, even so worke out youre awne saluacion* with feare and tremblynge. For it is god which worketh in (10) you, both the will and also the dede, even of good will

€ Do all thynge with out murmurynge and disputynge, that ye maye be faute lesse and pure, and the sonnes of God with out rebuke, in the middes of a croked and a perverse nacion, amonge which se that ye shyne as lightes in the worlde, holdinge fast the worde of lyfe, vnto my reioysynge in the daye naunt vntyll ye come to the saluacion (ts) of Christ, that I have not runne in vayne, nether have labored in vayne. Yee and 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 (20) maye be of good comforte, when I knowe what case ye stonde in. For I have noman that is so lyke mynded to me, which with so pure affeccion careth for youre matters.

For all other seke their awne, and not that which is Iesus Christes 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

(2s) assone as I knowe how it will go with me. I trust in thelorde I also my silfe shall come shortly.

D I supposed it necessary to sende brother Epaphroditus vnto you, my companion in laboure and felowe soudier, youre Apostel and my minister at my

D nedes. For he longed after you and was full of hevines, because that ye had (30) 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 fees have had sorowe e apon sorowe.

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(1G) rey be offered vppe on youresacrifice and youre servinge of god in the fayth:

[Chap. iii] The epistle of S. Paul to the Philippyans 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 the worke of Christ he went so farre, that he was nye vnto deeth, and regarded not his lyfe,

(s) to fulfill that service which was lackynge on youre parte towarde me.

The. iti. Chap.

A Morover my brethren, reioyce in the lorde. It greveth me not to write |* Weworone thinge often to you. For to you it is asure thynge. Beware of dogges, benee ware of evyll workers. Beware of dissencion. For we are circumcision which __|thorow fayth worshippe god in the sprete*, and reioyce in Christ Iesu, and have no confidence

(10) in the flesshe: though I have wher of I myght reioyce in the flesshe. Yfeny other man thynketh that he hath wherof he myght trust in the flesshe: moche

_|and trust not moare I: circumcised the eyght daye, of the kynred of Israhell, of the trybe

—[yrorkes of Beniamyn, an Ebrue borne of the Ebrues: as concernynge the lawe, a B pharisaye, and as concernynge ferventnes, I perseutedt the congregacion, and as Folio (1s) touchynge the rightewesnes which is in the lawe I was vnrebukable.

Christ osilye cclxxccviii.

But the thynges that were vauntage vnto me I counted losse for Christes _ [is oure sake. Ye I thinke all thynges but losse for that excellent knowledges sake of [for his sake Cc Christ Iesu my lorde. For whom I have counted all thynge losse, and do iudge are forget them but donge, that I myght wynne Christ, and myght befounde in him,

Saree (20)not havynge myne awne rightewesnes which is of the lawe: But that which aone wou spryngeth of the fayth which is in Christ. I meane the rightewesnes which com_ 75, accepted. meth of God thorowe fayth in knowynge him and the vertue of his resurreccion, _| were damnand the fellowshippe of his passions, that I myght be conformable vnto his pat deeth* yf by eny meanes I myght attayne vnto the resurreccion from deeth. neha (2s) Notas though [had all redy attayned to it, Ether were all redy parfect: but | must dye I folowe, yf that I maye comprehende that, wherin I am comprehended of _ [with christ

Christ Iesu. Brethren I counte not my silfe that I have gotten it: but one thynge

_|iyue with I saye: I forget* that which is behynde and stretche my silfe vnto that which is

™ before and preace vnto that marke apoynted, to obtayne the rewarde of the hye _|noton the

Line (6) Morover brethren myne, Line (16) ...that were wynnynge vnto me...

(7) ...the very same thynges vnto you.

(25) ...all redy receaved it, (15) ...I was soche a won as no man coulde (28) ...which is behynde me,...is before complayne on. me and preace vnto themarke...

The epistle of S. Paul to the Philippyans [Chap. iiii] callynge of god in Christ Iesu. Let vs therfore as many as be perfect bethus wyse minded: and yf ye be other wyse mynded, I praye God open even this vnto you. Neverthelesse in that wher vnto we are come, let vs procede by one rule, that we maye be of one acorde.

D (s) + Brethren be folowers of and met loke on them which walke even so, as om. xvij. ye have vs for an ensample. For many walke (of whom I have tolde you often, and now tell you wepynge) thatthey are the enemyes of the crosse of Christ, whose ende is dampnacion, whose God is their bely, and whose glory is to their shame, which are worldely mynded. But oure conversacion is in (10) heven, from whence we loke for a saveour enent 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.

A Herfore my brethren dearly beloved and longed for, my ioye and croune, (ts) 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

(20) 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 with gevynge of thankes. And the peace of god which passeth all vnderstondinge, kepe youre hertes and myndes in christ Iesu. + B Furthermore brethren, what soever thinges are true, whatsoever thynges

"olio (2s) are honest, what soever thynges are iust, whatsoever thynges are pure, whatsoclxxxix. ever 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 Cc youre mynde, which ye have both learned and receaved, herde and also sene in me: those thynges do, and the god of peace shalbe with you. I reioyse in the

Line (5) Brethren counterfayteme, shall chaunge into another fassion (8) ...and glory to their shame, oure vile bodies, (10) ...for the saveour Iesus Christ, which Line (15) ...socontinue beloved in the lorde.

(29) ...I reioysed in the lorde...

[Chap. iiii] The epistle of S. Paul to the Philippyans lorde greatly, that now at the last ye are revived agayne to care for me, in that 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 (s) thynges I am instructed, both to be full, and to be hongry: to have plenty, and to suffre nede. I can do all thynges thorow the helpe of Christ which strengthetht me. Not wistondynget 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 (10) departed from Macedonia, no congregacion bare parte with me as concernynge gevynge arid 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 aboundant 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,

(rs) an odour that smelleth swete, 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: and most of all they which are of the Emperours honsholdet. The grace of oure

(20) lorde Iesu Christ be with you all. Amen Sent from Rome by Epaphroditus.

Line (1) ...are revived, and are wexed myndfull of me agayne in that wherin ye were also myndfull,

LAE ROG GEaY PON THE EPISTLE OF

See erOeL rh GOLOSSYANS As the pistle to the Galathyans holdeth the maner and fassion of the epistle to the Romayns, breflye comprehendinge all thatis therin at length disputed:

Euen so this pistle foloweth the ensample of the pistle to the Ephesians, contayninge the tenor of the same pistle with fewer wordes.

(s) 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 awysdome that hath bene hyd in Christ sence a fore the beginninge of the worlde, and now fyrst begonne to be opened thorow the preachynge of (10) the Apostles.

In the seconde, he warneth them of mennes doctryne, and describeth the false prophetes to the vttermost and rebuketh them accordinge. lio cexe.

In the thyrde, he exhorteth to be frutefull in the pure fayth with all maner of good workes one to another, and descrybeth all degrees and what their

(x5) dutyes are.

In the fourth heexhorteth to praye, and also to praye for him, and saluteth them

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WE EO ORYS: PAUL TO

LE 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, and brethren that beleve in Christ.

Grace be with you and peace from God oure father, and from the Lorde Iesus Christ.

(s) We geve thankes to God the father of oure Lorde Iesus Christ, alwayes prayenge for you, sence we hearde of youre faith* which ye have in Christ Iesu and 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 the true worde of the gospell, which is come vnto you, even as it is in to all the worlde,

° (10) and is frutefull, as it is amonge you, from the fyrst daye in the which ye herde of it, and had experience in the grace of God in the trueth, as ye learned of Epaphra oure deare felowe servaunt, which is for you afaythfull 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 (15) prayinge for you and desyringe that ye myght be fulfilled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdome and spretuall vnderstondynge, that ye myght walke worthy of the lorde in all thynges that please, beynge frutfullt in all good workes and encreasynge in the knowledge of God, strengthed with all myght, thorowe hys glorious power, vnto all pacience and longe sufferynge with ioyfulnes+

(20) 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 the kyngdome of his dere sone, in whom we have redempcion thurowt

Oure redemcion isthe forgeuenes of oure synnes. his bloud, that is to saye the forgevenes of sinnes, which is the ymage of the (as) 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

27-2 Title. The pistle offpaul. ..

Line (12) ...minister in Christ, Line (5) ...alwayes for you in oureprayers, 24) ...to saye forgevenesof sinnes, (8) ...ye have herde by the true worde...

(25) ...begotten before all creatures:

(11) ...of thegrace of god...

[Chap. ii] The epistle of S. Paul to the Colossyans and thynges invisible: whether they be maieste or lordshippe, ether rule or power. All thinges are creatyd by hym, and in him, and he is before all thinges, 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 (s) begynnynge and fyrst* begotten of the deed, that in all thynges he might have

Folio ccxci.| the preeminence. For it pleased the father that in him shuld all fulnes dwell, and glodeans by him to reconcile all thynge vnto him silfe, and to set at peace by him thorow es the bloud of his crosse, both thynges in heven and thynges in erth. sii And you (which were in tymes past straungers and enymes, because youre

(ro) myndes were set in evyll workes) hath he now reconciliedt in the body of his flesshe thorowe deeth, to make you holy vnblameable and with out faut in his

|x passions. awne syght, yf ye continue grounded and stablysshed in the fayth, and be not _|sofferinges moved awaye from the hope of the gospell, wher of ye have herde, howe that __|passions it is preached amonge all creatures which are vnder heven, wher of I Paul am = [W2ich we.

(1s) made a minister. oe his ee D Now ioye I in my soferinges* which I suffre for you, and fulfill that which [professed a is behynde of the passions of Christ in my flesshe for his bodies sake, which

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is the congregacion, wherof I am made a minister acordynge to the ordinaunce _|with christ of god, which ordinaunce was geven me vnto you warde, to fulfill the worde

Wee (20) of god, that mistery hid sence the world beganne, and sence the begynnynge

Tyo8! We 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 peers is Christ in you, the hope of glory, whom we preach, warnynge all men,

__|haue and teachinge all men in all wisdome, to make all men parfect in Christ Iesu.

|Borec' ™ (2s) Wherin I also laboure and stryve, even as farforth as hys workynge worketh

[ledge of in me myghtely. his doctryn The. ii. Chapter.

A I wolde ye knewe what fyghtinge I have for youre sakes and for them of Laodicia, and for as many as have not sene my parson in the flesshe, that their hertes myght be comforted and knet togedder in love, and in all ryches of full

Line (11) ...holy, and soche as no man coulde Line (17) ...off the affliccions off Christ... complayne on, and with outfaut...

(22) ...of his mistery...

(16) ...inmy passions...

The epistle of S. Paul to the Colossyans —[Chap. ii] vnderstondynge, for to knowe the mistery of God the father and of Christ, in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. This I saye lest eny cor. v. b man shuld begyle you with entysinge wordes. For though I be absent in the flesshe, yet am I present with you in the sprete, ioyinge and beholdinge the order

(s) that ye kepe, and youre stedfast fayth inChrist. As ye have therfore receaved

Christ Iesu the Lorde, even so walke, roted and bylt in him and stedfaste in the fayth, as ye have learned: and therin be plenteous in gevynge thankes.

B + Beware lest eny man come and spoyle you thorow philosophy and disceatfull vanitie, thorow the tradicions of men, and ordinaunces after the worlde,

(10) and not after christ. For in him dwelleth all the fulnes of the godheed bodyly, and ye are complete in him which is the heed of all rule and power, in whom also ye are circumcised with circumcision made mitht out hondes, by puttinge of the sinfull boddy of the flesshe, thorow the circumcision that is in Christ, in that ye olio cexcii.| are buryed with him thorow baptim, in whom ye are also rysen agayne thorowe he. ja.

|(r5) fayth, that is wrought by the operacion of god which raysed him from deeth. ioe And ye which weare deed in synne thorow the vncircumcision of youre flesshe, hath he quyckened with him and hath forgeven vs all oure trespases+ and hath put out the handwritinge* that was agaynst vs, contayned in the lawe written, and that hath he taken out of the waye and hath fastened it to his crosse,

(20) and hath spoyled rule and power and hath made a shewe of them openly, and hath triumphed over them in his awne persone.

Let noman therfore trouble youre consciences aboute meate and 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 (2s) Christ. Let no man make you shote at a wronge 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, and holdeth not the heed, wherof all the body by ioyntes and couples receaveth norisshment, and is knet to gedder, and encreaseth with the in creasynge that commeth of god.

D |(30) + Wherfore if ye be deed with Christ from ordinaunces of the worlde, why as though ye yet lived in the worlde, are ye ledde with tradicions of them that saye? Touche not, tast not, handell not: which all perysshe with the vsinge of Line (9) ...ordinacions after theworlde, Line (18) ...put out theobligacion that was

(11) ...andye arefull in him, agaynst vs, made in the lawe...

(16) And hath with hym quyckened you (19) ...fastened it on his crosse, olsowhicht weredeed in synne and in (23) ...of the saboth daye, the vncircumcision of youre flesshe, and (26) ...walketh inthe humblenes of angels, hath forgeven vs oure trespases, (30) ...from doctrine of the worlde:

[Chap. iii] | The epistle of S. Paul to the Colossyans them and are after the commaundmentes and doctrins of men which thinges have the similitude of wisdome in chosen holynes and humblenes, and in that they spare not the body, and do the flesshe no worshype vnto his nede.

The. iii. Chapter: + If ye be then rysen agayne with christ, seke those thynges which are above,

(s) where Christ sitteth on the right honde of god. Set youre affeccion on thynges that are above, and not on thinges which.are on the 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, fornicacion, vn- (10) clennes, vnnaturall lust, evyll concupiscence, and coveteousnes which is worshippynge of ydols: for which 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 all thynges, wrath, fearsnes, maliciousnes, cursed speakynge, filthy speakynge out of youre mouthes. Lye not one to (ts) 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 nether gentile ner Iewe, circumcision nor vncircumcision, Barbarous or Sithian, bonde or fre: but Christe is all in all thynges. rom. vj. b ephe. iiij. heb. xii.

4 peta apalas + Now therfore as electe of god, holy and beloved, put on tender mercie,

(20) kyndnes, humblenes of myndes, meknes, longe sufferynge, for bearynge one ephe. ilij b Folio ccxciil. another, and forgevynge one another, if eny man have a quarrell to a nother, even as Christ forgave you, even so doye. Above all these thinges put on love, which is the bonde of parfectnes. And the peace of god rule in youre hertes, to the which peace ye are called in one body. And se that ye be thankfull. Let the ( (2s) worde of Christ dwell in you plenteously in all wisdome. Teache and exhorte youre awne selves, in psalmes, and hymnes, and spretuall songes which have favour with them syngynge in youre hertes to the lorde. And all thynges

(whatsoever ye do in worde or dede) do in the name of the lorde Iesu, gevinge thankes to god the father by him. + cor. X. g

Line (11) ...falleth on the chyldren off vnbeleve. of hymthat made hym, where is nether (14) ...to another, seynge that yehave put greke ner iewe, off the olde man with his workes, and Line (20) ...humblenes of mynde, have putt on thenue, which is renued (21) (if eny man. . .nother) in knowledge of god, after the ymage (25) ...worde of god...

The epistle of S. Paul to the Colossyans [Chap. iii] phe. v. e.

Wyves, submit youre selves vnto youre awne husbandes, as it is comly in | Wyves. ae the Lorde. Husbandes love youre wyves and be not bitter vnto them. Children, —_ [Husbandes. a oe obey youre fathers and mothers, in all thinges, for that is wel pleasynge vnto the Chien pet. ij. c. lorde. Fathers, rate not youre children, lest they be of a desperate mynde.

(s) 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 he that doth wronge, shall receave for the p. vj, b. |(10) wronge that he hath done: for there is no respect of persons. Ye masters, do

—_|Masters

vnto youre servauntes that which is iust and egall seinge ye knowe that ye also have a master in heven.

The. iii. 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

A yhe. v. d.

(ts) the mistery of Christ, wherfore I am in bondes: that I maye vtter it, as it becommeth me to speake. Walke wysely to them that are with out, and redeme the tyme. Let youre speache be all wayes well favoured and be powdred with —_[* Silt is the salt*, that ye maye know how to answer every man. godes worde.

B The deare brother Tichicos shall tell you of all my busynes, which is a (20) faythfull minister and feloweservaunt 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, with one Onesimus a faythfull and a beloved brother, which is one of you. They shall shewe you of all thinges which are adoynge here.

Cc Aristarchus my preson felowe saluteth you, and Marcus Barnabassis systers —_|Marke the (25) sonne: touchinge whom, ye receaved commaundementes. Yfhe come vnto you receave him: and Iesus which is called Iustus, which are of the circumcision.

These only are my workefelowes vnto the kyngdome of God, which were vnto my consolacion. Epaphras the servaunt of Christ, which is one of you, saluteth you, and all wayes laboreth fervently for you in prayers, that ye maye stonde

Line (7) ...vnto men, remembrynge that of Line (15) (wherfore. ..bondes) the lorde ye shall receave the rewarde (17) Letyoure speache alwaye have faveoure ofinheritaunce, with it and be salted, (Iz) ...remembrynge that ye have also a (25) ...as touchynge whom, master in heven.

[Chap. iii] The epistle of S. Paul to the Colossyans Folio perfect and full in all that is the will of god. I beare him recorde that he hath a ccxciiii. fervent mynde towarde you and towarde them of Laodicia and them of Hierahaikte 2a polis. Deare Lucas the Phisicion greteth you, and Demas. Salute the brethren

Pra, which are of Laodicia, and salute Nymphas and the congregacion which is in his

(s) housse. And when the pistle is reed of you, make that it be reed in the congregacion of the Laodicians also: and that ye lyke wyse reade the 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.

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Sear bin Ber Lbes SALON YANS This pystledyd 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 stedfastlye, and were become an ensample vnto all congregacions, and hath therto soffred of their

(s) 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, and thanketh God that his gospell had brought forthsoche frute amonge them.

In the thyrde Chapter, he sheweth his diligence and care, lest his so great- (10) 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 mennes doctryne. And therfore he sent Timothe to themto comforte them and strength them in the fayth, and thanketh God that they had so constantly endured, and desyred God to encrease them.

(ts) Inthe 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 con- (20) cerninge obedience and rule.

CEO eee ee Ors. PAUL V.N'TO

THE TESSALONYANS

The fyrst Chapter.

Paul, Syluanus and Timotheus.

Vnto the congregacion of the Tessalonyans, in God the father, and in the Lorde Iesus Christ.

Grace be with you, and peace from God oure father, and from the Lorde (s) Iesus Christ.

We geve God thankes all waye for you all, makingemension of you in oure prayers with out ceasynge, and call to remembraunce youre worke in the faythe, and labour in love and perseveraunce in the hope of oure lorde Iesus Christ, in the sight of God oure father: because we knowe brethren beloved of god, how

'|(to) that 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

(ts) that beleve in Macedonia and Achaia. For from you sounded out the worde of the lorde, not in Macedonia and in Achaia only: but youre fayth also which ye have vnto god, spred her silfe abroade in all quartars, so greatly that it nedeth not vs to speake eny thynge at all. For they them selves shewe of you what maner of entrynge in we had vnto you and how ye tourned to God from ymages, for to (20) serve the livynge and true god, and 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

Title. The fyrstpistle offpaul to the Line (13) And ye counterfaited vs, and the lorde:

Tessalonyans.

(22) ...yeyoureselues brethren knowe of Line (11) ...as ye knowe howe that we beoure... haved...

[Chap. ii] The fyrst epistle of S. Paul to the Tessalonyans 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. Oure 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 committed

(s) 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 with 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

(10) 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 oure awne soules, because ye were deare vnto vs.

+Ye remember brethren oure laboure and travayle. For we laboured daye A sure token of a true apostle.

(rs) and nyght, be cause we wolde not be greveous vnto eny of you, and preached vnto you the gospell of God. Ye are witnesses, and so is god, how holyly and iustly and vnblameable 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 children, that ye wolde walke worthy of God, which hath called

(20) 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 dede, the worde of God, which worketh in you that beleve.+ For ye brethren became folowers of the congregacions of god

Folio CCXCVi.

(2s) which in Iewry are in Christ Iesu: for ye have suffered lyke thynges of youre kynsmen as we oure selves have suffered of the lewes. Which as they kylled the lorde Iesus and their awne prophetes, even so have they persecuted vs, and God they please not, and 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

(30) 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

Line (7 (as yewele knowe) Line (19) ...worthy ofthe lorde, 15) ...preached you the gospell. ..

(24) ...ye brethren did counterfaite the (17) (that noman couldeblame vs) we becongregacions. . haved. .

(29) ...their synnes: For the wrath...

The fyrst epistle of S. Paul to the Tessalonyans [Chap. iii] 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 commynge? yes ye are oure glory and ioye.

The. iii. Chapter.

(s) Wherfore sence we coulde no lenger forbeare, it pleased vs to remayne at Athens alone, and sent Timotheus oure brother and minister of god, and oure laboure felowe in the gospell of Christ, to stablysshe you and to comforte you over youre fayth, that no man shulde be moved in these affliccions. For ye youre selves knowe that we are even apoynted therevnto. For verely when I was with (10) you, I tolde you before that we shulde suffre tribulacion, even as it came to passe, and 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 when Timotheus came from you vnto vs, and declared to (15),vs youre fayth and youre love and how that ye have good remembraunce of vs all wayes, desyringe to se vs as we desyre to se you. Therfore brethren we had consolacion in you, in all oure adversite and 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 (20) 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 and make you flowe ouer in love one towarde

(2s) 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.

Line (14) Nowe latly...

Line (25) ...to stablysshe yourehertes thatthey- (16) ...had I consolacion in you, myght be with out ought to be complayned on,

[Chap. iii] The fyrst epistle of S. Paul to the Tessalonyans — The. iiii. Chapter. + A Further more we beseche you brethren, and exhorte you in the lorde

Folio Iesus, that ye increace more and more, euen as ye have receaved of vs, how cCxCVi. ye ought to walke and to please god. Ye remember what commaundmentes rom. xj. we gave you in oure lorde Iesu Christ. For this is the will of god, even that ephe. v. a.

(s) ye shuld be holy, and that ye shuld abstayne from fornicacion, that every one of you shuld knowe how to kepe his vessell 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 defraude his brother in bargayninge: because the lorde is a venger of all suche thinges as we tolde you before tyme and testified.

(1) 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. + B But as touchynge brotherly love, ye nede not that I wryte vnto you. For ye are taught of God to love ont another. Ye and that thinge verely ye do vnto io. xij. d.

_|(1s) all the brethren which are thorow oute all Macedonia. We beseche you brethren that ye encreace more and more, and that ye studye to be quyet, and to medleé jio. uj. b with youre 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.

C'| 'I@o) +I wolde not brethren have you ignoraunt 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 and rose agayne: even so them also which slepe by Iesus, 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 Resurreccion (2s) Lorde, shall not come yerre they which slepe. For the Lorde him selfe shall descende from heven with a showte and the voyce of the archangell and trompe j. 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 the ayer. And so shall we ever be with the Lorde. Wherfore comforte youre selves

(30) one another with these wordes +

Line (4) ...in thename ofthe lorde Iesu. For Line (9) ...and testifyed vnto you. this is the will of god, which is youre (10) ...but vnto sanctifyinge. sanctifiynge, thatye shulde...

(15) ...all brethren, (6) ...in sanctifyinge and honoure, (20) ...ignoraunt as concernynge...

(8) ...noman goo beyonde,

The fyrst epistle of S. Paul to the Tessalonyans [Chap. v] 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 thet soden destruccion, as the travalynge of a woman with childe, and (s) they shall not scape. But ye brethren are not in darcknes, that that daye shuld come on you as it were a thefe. + Ye are all the children of light, and the children of thedaye. We are not of the nyght nether of darcknes.

Therfore let vs not slepe as do other: but let vs watch and be sober. For they that slepe slepe in the nyght: and they that be dronken, are dronken in the (ro)nyght. But let vs which are of the daye, be sober, armed with the brest plate of fayth and love, and with hope of salvacion as an helmet. For god hath not apoynted vs vnto wrath: but to obtayne salvacion by the meanes of oure lorde

Iesu Christ which died for vs: that whether we wake or slepe, we shuld lyve togedder with him.

(x5) 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 and have the oversight of you in the Lorde and geve you exhortacion, that ye have them the more in love, for their workes sake, and be at peace with them.

(20) + We desyre you brethren, warne them that are vnruly, comforte the feble mynded, for beare the weake, have continuall pacience towarde all men. Se that none recompence evill for evyil vnto eny man: but ever folowe that which is good, both amonge youre selves, and to all men. Reioyce ever. Praye continually. In all thinges geve thankes. For this is the wyll of God in Christ Iesu

(2s) towarde you.

Quenche not the sprete*. Despise not prophesyinge. Examen all thinges, and kepe that which is good. Abstayne from all suspicious thinges. The very

God of peace sanctifie you thorow out. And I praye God that youre whole sprete, soulset and body, be kept fautlesse vnto the commynge of oure Lorde

(30) Iesus Christ+ Faythfull is he which called you: which will also do it. Brethren,

Line (11) ...hope of health, Line (27) ...from all suspicious thynge.

(12) ...to obtayne health...

(29) ...sprete, soule, and body, (26) ...all thynges. Kepe that...

[Chap. v] The fyrst epistle of S. Paul to the Tessalonyans praye for vs. Grete all the 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.

Colophon. ..written from Athens,

THE PRevOGESVO,IHME SECONDE EPISTLE

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OM EES SALON YANS

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 comforteth them with the euerlastinge re- '| (s) warde of their fayth and pacyence in sofferinge for the gospell, and with the punyshement of their persecutours in euer lastinge payne.

In the seconde he sheweth that thelast daye shuld not come, tyll there were fyrst adepartinge (as some men thynke) from vnder the obedyence of the Emperour of Rome, and that Anti christ shuld set vp him selfe in the same

(10) place, as God: and deceaue the vnthankfull worlde with false doctrine, and with false and lyenge myracles wrought by the workinge of Satan, vntill Christ shuld come and slee him with his glorious commynge and spirituall preachinge of the worde of God.

In the thyrde he geueth them exhortacion and warneth them to rebuke (15) the ydle that wolde not laboure with their handes, and auoyde their companie, yf they wolde not mende.

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ONIPE EPISTLE OFS. PAUL TO

Vibe DESSALONYANS The fyrst Chapter.

A 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, and from the Lorde (s) lesus 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 youswymmeth

B in love towarde another betwene youre selves, so that we oureselves reioyce of | you in the congregacions of God over youre pacience and fayth in all youre

(10) persecucions and tribulacions that ye suffre, which is a token* of the ryghtewes iudgement 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 recompence

Cc 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 saluacion.

(ts) 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 sainctes, and to be made marvelous in all them that (20) beleve: because oure testimonye that we had vnto you, was beleved even the D same daye that we preached it. Wherfore we praye all wayes 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 (2s) the lorde Iesus Christ.

Title. The seconde pistle off Paul...

Line (8) ...so thatt we reioyce of you...

[Chap. ii] 'The second epistle of S. Paul to the Tessalonyans The. ii. Chapter.

A We beseche you brethren by the commynge of oure lorde Iesu Christ, and in that we shall assemble vnto him, that ye benot sodenly 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 ephe.v.b | (5) man deceave you by eny meanes, for the lorde commeth not, excepte ther come a departynge fyrst, and that that synfull man be opened, the sonne of perdicion which is an adversarie, and is exalted a bove 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.

B Remember ye not, that when I was yet with you, I tolde you these thynges?

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|(t0) 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 the waye. And then shall that wicked be vttered,

* Lyenge myracles beesa. xj. a. whom the lorde shall consume with the sprete of hys mouth, and shall destroye

¢ with the apearaunce of his commynge,+ even him whose commynge is by the (ts) workynge of Satan, wyth all 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 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 (20) 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 the glorye that commeth of (2s) oure lorde Iesu Christ.

D +Therfore brethren stonde fast and kepe the 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,

Line (8) ...sitt in temple of god, Line (21) We are bounde...

(tz) For alredy themisteryoff iniquytie (22) ...chosen you to health, worketh.

Only he that holdeth, let (26) ...kepethe ordinacions, him nowe holde, vntill hit be taken...

(27) ...or by oure pistle:

(16) ...be cause they have nott receaved...

(30) ...in allsayinge, and goode doynge.

The second epistle of S. Paul to the Tessalonyans [Chap. iii] The. iii. Chapter.

A Furthermore brethren praye for vs, that 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 faythfull, which shall stablysshe you, and kepe you from evyll. We have confidence

(s) thorow the lorde to you warde, that ye both do, and will do, that which we commaunde you. And the lorde gyde youre hertes vnto the love of God and pacience of Christ. + B We requyre you brethren in the name of oure lorde Iesu Christ, that ye with drawe youre selves from every brother that walketh in ordinatly, and not (ro) after the institucion 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 man for nought: but wrought with laboure and travayle nyght and 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 (1s) folowe vs. For when we were with you, this we warned you of, that yf ther were eny which wolde not worke, that the same shuld not eate.

Cc We have hearde saye no doute that ther are some which walke amonge you inordinatly and worke not at all, but are besy bodies. Them that are soche, we olio ccci. commaunde and exhorte by oure lorde Iesu Christ, that they worke with quyet- (20) nes, and eate their awne breed. Brethren be not wery in well doynge. Yfeny = [Excom-. man obey not oure sayinges, sende vs worde of him by a letter: and have no [GSO D companie 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 (2s) 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 ourelorde Iesus Christ be with you all Amen.

Sent from Athens.

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(26) ...of oure lorde Iesus be with you...

(19) ...exhorte inthe name off oure lorde Iesu Christe,

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OPP se AW CEST OnrrIMOlHE This pistle wryteth S. Paule to be an ensample vnto all bisshops, what they shuld teache, and 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 awne goodmeaninges.

(s) In the fyrst Chapter, he commaundeth that the bysshope shall mayntemet the ryght fayth and loue, and resist false preachers which make the lawe and workes equall with Christ and his Gospell. And he maketh a shorte conclusion of all Christen learninge, wherto the lawe serueth and what the ende therof is, also what the gospell is, and setteth him selfe for a comfortable ensample vnto

(ro) all synners and 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 to be obedyent vnto the men.

In the thyrde he descrybeth, what maner persons the bysshope or preste (1s)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 christen people, and be, do and preache cleane contrary to the fore descrybed ensample, and shuld departe from (20) the fayth in Christ and forbyd to mary and 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 and concernynge widowes what is to be done, and which (2s) 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 quenchethe truthe, and by which also the false pro- (30) phetes get them auctorite and seke to satisfie their insaciable couetousnes.

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erin ee ea DEE OFS PAUL lio cccii.

VNTO TIMOTHEUS

The fyrst Chapter.

A Paul an Apostle of Iesus Christ, by the commaundement of God oure savioure, and Lorde Iesus Christ, which is oure hope.

Hope. u. xvj Vnto Timothe his naturall sonne in the fayth.

Grace, mercy and peace from God oure father and Lorde Iesus Christ oure (s) Lorde.

As I besought the to abyde styll in Ephesus when I departed into Macedonia, even so do, that thou commaunde some that they teache no nother wise: nether geve hede to fables and genealogies which are endlesse, and brede doutes more then godly edyfyinge which is by fayth: for the ende of the commaundement is

(10) love* that commeth of a pure herte and of a good conscience, and of fayth vn- —|* Loue is fayned: from the which thinges some have erred, and have turned vnto vayne iangelinge, because they wolde be doctours the scripturet, and yet vnderstonde

—_[maundement not what they speake, nether wherof they affirme. interpret it B +We knowe that the lawe is good, yf a man vse it lawfully, vnderstondinge

(1s) this, how that the lawe is not geven vnto a righteous man, but vnto the vnrighteous and disobedient, to the vngodly and to synners, to vnholy and vnclean, to murtherers of fathers and murtherers of mothers, to manslears and whormongerts: to them that defile them selves with mankynde: to menstealers: to lyars and to periured, and so forth yf ther be eny other thinge that is contrary

(20) to holsome doctrine, accordinge to the gospell of the glory of the blessed God, which gospell is committed vnto me. c And I thanke Christ Iesus oure Lorde which hath made me stronge: for he counted me true, and put me in office, when before I was a blasphemar, and a persecuter, and a tyraunt. But I obtayned mercy, because I dyd it ignorauntly

(2s) thorow vnbelefe. Neverthelater the grace of oure Lorde was more aboundaunt with fayth and love which is in Christ Iesu. +

Title. The fyrstpistle off Paul..

Line (20) ...accordynge to the glorious gospell Line (2) ...and ofthe lorde Iesu Christ, off the holy god, (4) ee .and from the lorde Iesu Christ.

(22) And I yee hym that hath made me (7) ...that thou warne some. strongein Christ Iesu oure lorde:

(12) ...doctours in the scripture, 24) Neverthelesse I obtayned. .

14) ...thelawe is god, 25) ...in vnbelefe: but the grace of oure fe .-mothers, to manquellars... lorde. .

[Chap. ii] The fyrst epistle of S. Paul to Timothe +This is a true sayinge and by all meanes worthy to be receaved, that Christ

Tesus came into the world to save synners, of whom I am chefe. Notwith stondinge for this cause was mercy geven vnto me that Iesus Christ shuld fyrst mar. ij. ¢. shewe on me all longe pacience, vnto the ensample of them which shall in tyme

(s) 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.

D This commaundement commit I vnto the sonne Timotheus, accordynge to the prophisies which in tyme past were prophisied of the, that thou in them

(ro) shuldest fyght a good fyght, havinge fayth and good conscience which some have put awaye from them, and as concerninge fayth have made shipwracke.

Folio ccciii.| | Of whose nombre is Himeneus and Alexander which I have delivered vnto

Satan, that they myght be taught not to blaspheme The. ii. Chapter. + A I exhorte therfore, that above all thynges, prayers, supplicacions interces- (1s) sions, and gevynge of thankes behad for allmen: 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 B will* have all men saved, and to come vnto the knowledge of the trueth. For ther haue the go: pell preache to all men cepcion, anc oftereth all is one god, and one mediator* bit wene god and man, which is the man Christ

(20) lesus which gave him silfe a raunsome for all men, that it shuld be testified at his tyme, where vnto Iam 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. +

Cc I wyll therfore that the men praye every where, liftynge vp pure hondes without wrath, or dowtinge. Lykwyse also the wemen that they araye them

(2s) selves in comlye aparell with shamfastnes and discrete behaveour, not with broyded heare, other golde, or pearles, or costly araye: but with suche as becommeth wemen that professe the worshippynge of God thorow good workes.

Let the woman learne in silence with all subieccion. I suffre not a woman to ie Peo lj. 2.

3. cor. xiiij teache, nether to have auctoriciet over a man: but forto be in silence. For Adam

442,

Line (2) Notwithstondynge vntome was mercy Line a ...I am apoynted a preacher,.. . (I tell geven, . not) (14) ...supplicacions, peticions, (24) .

. without wrath, or arguynge.

(15) ...are in preeminence, (25) in manerly aparell...and honest be- (17) ...which wolde have... haveour, (20) ...preached at his tyme,

The fyrst epistle of S. Paul to Timothe — [Chap. iii] was fyrst formed, and then Eve. Also Adam was not deceaved, but the woman was deceaved, and was in transgression. Notwithstondynge thorow bearinge of chyldren they shal be saved, so they continue in fayth, love and holynes with discrecion.

The. iii. Chapter.

A (s) This is a true sayinge. Yfa man covet the office of a bysshope, he desyreth

| agood worke. Ye and a bisshope must be fautlesse, the husband of one wyfe, sober, discrete, honestly aparelled, harberous, apt to teache, not dronken, no fighter, not geven to filthy lucre: but gentle, abhorrynge fightynge, abhorrynge coveteousnes, and one that rueleth his awne housse honestly, havynge chyldren

(to) vnder obedience, with all honeste. For yf a man cannot rule his owne housse,

B how shall he care for the congregacion of God. He maye not bea 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.

(ts) | Lykwyse must the deacons be honest, not double tonged, not geven vnto moche drynkinge, nether vnto filthy lucre: but havynge the mistery of the fayth in pure conscience. And let them fyrst be proved, and then let them minister, yf they be founde fautlesse. is Even so must their wynest be honest, not evyll speakers: but sober and fayth- (20) full in all thinges. Let the deacons be the husbandes of one wyfe, and suche as and deacones. fio ceciiii.| rule their chyldren well, and their awne housholdes. For they that minister well, get themselves good degre and greate libertie in the fayth, which is in Christ Iesu.

D These thinges write I vnto the, trustinge to come shortly vnto the: but and yf I tarie longe, that then thou mayst yet have knowledge how thou oughtest to (2s) 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 beleved on in erth and receaved vp in glory.

Line (2) Notwithstondynge they shalbe saved Line (7) sober, of honest behaveoure, thorow bearyngeoff children, yff they (11) ...a yonge man, continue in the fayth and in love, and in (14) ...and into the snare... sanctifyinge.

(23) And yff I come not, that thou mayst. ..

[Chaps. iii. v] The fyrst epistle of S. Paul to Timothe The. iiii. Chapter.

(hae The sprete speaketh evydently that in the latter tymes some shall departe i ae from the fayth, and shall geve hede vnto spretes of erroure, and dyvelysshe iude. ii. f. doctrine of them which speake falce thorow ypocrisye, and have their consciences marked with an hote yron, forbyddinge to mary, and commaundinge

(s)to abstayne from meates which God hath created to be receaved with gevynge thankes, of them which beleve and knowe the trueth. For all the creatures of B 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

(10) minister of Iesu Christ, which hast bene norisshed vp in the wordes of the fayth ij. tim, ii and good doctryne, which doctryne thou hast continually Sones But cast ere awaye vngostly and olde wyves fables.

Exercyse thy silfe vnto godlines. For bodely exercise proffiteth Iytelt: But godlines is good vnto all thynges, as a thynge which hath promyses of the lyfe

(1s) 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 commaunde and teache. Let no man despyse thy youth: but be vnto them that beleve, an insample, in worde in conversacion, in (20) love, in sprete, in fayth and in purenes.

D Till I come, geve attendaunce to redynge, to exhortacion and to doctryne.

Despyse not the gyfte that is in the, which was geven the thorow prophesye and with layinge on of the 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

(2s) hede vnto thy silfe and vnto learnynge, and continue therin. For if thou shalt so do, thou shalt save thy silfe and them that heare the.

The. v. Chapter.

A Rebuke not an elder: but exhorte him as a father, and the yonger men as brethren, the elder wemen as mothers, the yonger as sisters, with all purenes.

(6) ...andhave knowen the trueth, Line (24) ...that all men Ag se howe thou 10) ...thewordes of fayth, proffetes. Take hede.

23) ...of a seniour.

(27) Rebuke not a seniour:

The fyrst epistle of S. Paul to Timothe —[Chap. 1] lio cccv.| | Honoure widdowes which are true wyddowes. Yfeny 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 (s) 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.

Boy.

Let no wyddowe be chosen vnder threscore yere olde, and soche a one as (10) was the wyfe of one man, and well reported of in good workes: yf she have noresshed children, yf she have bene liberall to straungers, yf she have wesshed the saynctes fete, yf she have ministred vnto them which were in adversite, yf she were continually geven vnto all maner good workes. The yonger widdowes refuse. For when they have begone to wexe wantone, to the dishonoure of * Whatso euer be vsed amongest vs, yf god be therby dis- (ts) Christ, then will they mary, havynge damnacion*, because they have broken 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.

Cc I will therfore that the yonger wemen mary and beare children, and gyde (20) the housse, and geve none occasion to the 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 them minister vnto them, and let not the congregacion be charged: that yt maye have sufficient for them that are widdowes in dede.

(2s) The elders that rule wel, are worthy of double honoure, most specially they which laboure in the worde and in teachinge. For the scripture sayth: Thou

1. XXV shalt not mousell the mouth of the oxe that treadeth out the corne. And the es i labourer is worthy of his rewarde. Agaynst an elder receave none accusacion: x. b. but vnder two or thre witnesses. Them that synne, rebuke openly, that other

30) maye feare.

D 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

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[Chap. vi] The fyrst epistle of S. Paul to Timothe parcially. Laye hondes sodenly on no man nether be partaker of other mens 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 iudge- (5) ment: some mennessynnes folowe after. Lykwyse also good workes are manyfest before honde and they that are other wyse, cannot be hid.

The. vi. Chapter A Let as many servauntes as are vnder the yoke, counte their masters worthy of all horiour, that the name of god and his doctryne be not evyll spoken of.

Servaunte Se that they which have belevynge masters, despyse them not because they are

Folio cccvi. |(10) 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. Yfeny man teache other wise, and is not content with the wholsome wordes of oure lorde Iesu christ, and with the docB tryne of godlines, he is pufte vp and knoweth nothynge: but wasteth his braynes

(1s) aboute questions and 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 iob. j. d. seperate thy silfe. Godlines is great ryches, yf a man be content with that he cae eee hath. For we brought nothynge into the worlde, and it is a playne case that (20) we can cary nothynge out.

When we have fode and rayment, let vs ther with be content. They that wilbe ryche, faule into temptacion and snares, and into many folysshe and noysome lustes, which droune men in perdicion and destruccion. For coveteousnes is the rote of all evyll, which whill some lusted after, they erred from e (2s) the fayth, and tanglyd them selves with many sorowes. But thou which arte

Covetous: the man of god, flye soche thynges Folowe rightewesnes, godlines, love, pacience and meknes. Fyght the good fyght of fayth. Laye honde on eternall lyfe, where vnto thou arte called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.

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The fyrst epistle of S. Paul to Timothe —[Chap. vi] I geve the charge in the sight of God, which quickneth all thinges, and before Iesu Christ which vnder Poncius Pilate witnessed a good witnessinge, that thou kepe the commaundement, and be with out spotte and vnrebukeable, vntyll the apperynge of oure lorde Iesus Christ, which aperynge (when the (s) tyme ys come) he shall shewe that is blessed and myghty only, kynge of kynges and lorde of lordes, which only hath immortalite, and dwelleth in light that no man can attayne, whom never man sawe, nether can se: vnto whom be honoure and rule everlastynge. Amen.

Charge them that are ryche in this worlde, that they be not excedynge (10) wyse, and that they trust not in the vncertayne ryches, but in the livynge god, which geveth vs aboundantly all thynges to enioye them, and that they do good and be ryche in good workes, and redy to geve and to distribute, layinge vp in store for them selves a good foundacion agaynst the tyme to come that they maye obteyne eternall lyfe (rs) O Timothe save that which is geven the to kepe, and avoyde vngostly vanities of voyces and opposicions of science falsly so called, which science whyll some professed, they have erred as concernynge the fayth. Grace be with the Amen.

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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 manyefalse spirites and teachers were spronge vp all readie.

Wherfore a Bysshopes parte is, euer to watche and to laboure in the Gospell.

"| (5) 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 spiritual lyuinge shuld deceaue the hole worlde with outwarde ypocresie and apparence of holynes, vnder which all abominacions shuld haue their fre passage and course, as we (alas) haue sene this prophesie of S. Paul fulfilled in oure spiri- (10) tualtie vnto the vttermost Iote.

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A Paul an Apostle of Iesu Christ, by the will of God, to preache the promes of lyfe, which lyfeis in Christ Iesu.

To Timothe his beloved sonne.

Grace, mercy and peace, from God the father, and from Christ Iesu oure (s) Lorde.

Ithanke god, whom I serve from myne elders with pure conscience, that with out ceasynge I make mencion of the in my prayrest nyght and daye, desyrynge to se the, myndfull of thy teares: so that I am filled with ioye, when I call to remembraunce the vnfayned fayth that is in the, which dwelt fyrst in thy graunmoder

(10) Lois, and in thy mother Eunica: and am assured that it dwelleth in the also.

B_ Wherfore I warne the that thou stere vp the gyfte of god which is in the, Nea by the puttynge on of my hondes. For god hath not geven to vs the sprete of Puttinge on of handes, feare: but of power, and of love, and of sobrenes of mynde. Be not a shamed to testyfye oure lorde, nether be a shamed of me, which am bounde for his sake:

(5) but suffre adversite with the gospell also thorow the power of god, which saved ij. d. vs and called vs with an holy callinge, not acordinge to oure dedes, but accordS ynge to his awne purpose and grace, which grace was geven vs thorowe Christ

Iesu before the worlde was, but is nowe declared openly by the appearynge of oure savioure Iesu Christ, which hath put away deeth, and hath brought lyfe

Purpose and grace.

(20) and immortalite vnto light thorow the gospell, whervnto I am apoynted a preacher, and an Apostle, and a teacher of the gentyls: for the which cause I also suffre these thinges. Neverthelesse I am not a shamed For I knowe whom I have beleved, and amsure that he is able to kepe that which I have committed to his kepynge, agaynst that daye.

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[Chap. ii] |The seconde pistle of S. Paul to Timothe Folio committed to thy kepynge, kepe in the holy goost which dwelleth invs. This cccviil. thou knowest, how that all they which are in Asia, be turned from me. Of which sorte are Phigelos and hermogenes. The lorde geve mercie vnto the housse of Onesiphoros, for he ofte refresshed me, and was not a shamed of (s) 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. ai. Chapter. + A Thou therfore my sonne, be stronge in the grace that is in Christ Iesu.

(1c) 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, and that be cause he wolde please him that hath chosen him to be asoudier. And though a man strive for a mastery, yet ys

(1s) he not crouned, except he strive laufully. The husbandman that laboreth must fyrst receave of the frutes. Consyder what I saye. The lorde geve the vnderstondynge in all thynges. +

B Remember that Iesus Christ beynge of the sede of David, rose agayne from deth accordynge to my gospell, wherin I suffre trouble as an evyll doar,

20) even vnto bondes. But the worde of god was not bounde. Herefore I suffre all thinges, for the electes sakes, that they myght also obtayne that saluacion which is in Christ Iesu, with eternall glory.

It is a true sayinge, if we be deed with him, we also shall live with him.

Yf we be pacient, we shall also raigne with him. If we denye him, he also (2s) 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.

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(s) all redy, and do destroye the fayth of divers persones.

But the sure grounde of god remayneth, and 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 and of erthe, some for honoure,

(ro) and some vnto dishonoure. But Yfa man purdge him silfe from suche felowes, olio cccix.) he shalbe a vessell sanctified vnto honoure, mete for the lorde and prepared vnto all good workes.

D Lustes of youth avoyde, and folowe rightwesnes, fayth, love and peace, with them that call on the lorde with pure herte. Folisshe and vnlearned ques- .|(15) tions put from the, remembrynge that they do but gendre stryfe. But the servaunt of the lorde must not stryve: but must be peasable vnto all men, and apte tim. j.c. to teache, and one that can suffre the evyll in meknes, and can informe them that oe resist, yf that god at eny tyme will geve them repentaunce for to knowe the trueth: that they maye come to them selves agayne out of the snare of the devyll,

(20) which are now taken of him at his will.

The. iii. Chapter.

This vnderstonde, that in the last dayes shall come parelous tymes. For the Beet. ii. men shalbe lovers of their awne selves, coveteous, bosters, proude, cursed speakers, aj. f disobedient to father and mother, vnthankfull, vnholy, vnkinde, trucebreakers, stubborn, falceaccusars, ryatours, fearce despisers of them which are good, tray- (2s) tours, heddy, hye mynded, gredy apon volupteousnes more then the lovers of god, havynge a 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.

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[Chap. iii] The seconde epistle of S. Paul to Timothe AsIannesand Iambres with stode Moses, evenso do these resist the trueth, men they are of corrupt myndes, and leawde as concernynge the fayth: but they shall prevayle no lenger. For their madnes shalbe vttered vnto all men as theirs was.

But thou hast sene the experience of my doctrine, fassion of lyuynge, purpose, exo. vij. b.

(s) fayth, longe sufferynge, love, pacience, persecucions, and affliccions which happened ynto, metat Antioche, at coniumandatlystra: which persecucions suffered paciently. And from them all the lorde delivered 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.

(10) 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 and for as moche also as thou hast knowen holy scripture of a chylde, which is able tomake the wyse vnto saluacion thorowe the fayth which ys in Christ Iesu. For ij. pet. j. d. all scripture geven by inspiracion of god, is proffitable to teache, to improve, to (ts)amende and to instruct in rightewesnes, that the man of god maye be perfect and prepared vnto all good workes.

The. iii. 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

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(20) sufferinge and doctryne. For the tyme will come, when they wyll not suffer wholsome doctryne: but after their awne lustes shall they (whose eares ytche) gett them an heepe of teachers, and shall turne their eares from the trueth, and 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.

(2s) | 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 lorde 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.

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The seconde epistle of S. Paul to Timothe [Chap. iiii] For Demas hath left me and hath loved this present worlde, and is departed into Tessalonica. Crescens is gone to Galacia, and Titus vnto Dalmacea. Only

Lucas is with me. Take Marke and 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

(s)at Troada with Carpus, when thou commest, brynge with the, and the bokes, but specially the partchement. Alexander the coppersmyth did me moche evyll, the lorde rewarde him accordynge to his dedes, ofwhom be thou ware also. For he withstode oure preachynge sore.

At my fyrst answerynge, no man assissted me, but all forsoke me. I praye (10) God, that it maye not be layde to their charges: + not withstondinge the Lorde assisted me, and strengthed 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 whom be prayse for ever and -|(ts) ever. Amen. & Salute Prisca and Aquila, and the housholde of Onesiphorus. Erastus abode at Corinthum. 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.

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(x0) In the secondehe teacheth all degrees, olde, younge, men, wemen, masters, "and seruauntes how to behaue them 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 temporall rulars and to obeye them, (1s) and yet bringeth to Christ agayne and to the grace that he hath purchased for vs, that no man shuld thinke that the obedience of princes lawes or anye other worke shuldiustifie vs before God. And last of all he chargeth to auoyde the companye of the stobourne and of the heretikes.

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A Paul the seruaunt of God, and an Apostle of Iesu Christ, to preache the fayth of goddis electe, and the 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 beganne: but hath opened his worde at the tyme apoynted

(s)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.

B (10) For this cause left I the in Creta, that thou shuldest performe that which __ [Elders which was lackynge, and shuldest ordeyne elders in every citie as I apoynted the. Yf prt m, iij. eny be fautelesse, the husbande of one wyfe, havynge faythfull children, which _|owersears. are not sclandred of royote, nether are disobedient. For a bisshoppe* must be

_|* Bysshopes faute lesse, as it be commeth the minister of God: not stubborne, not angrye, no fall one and (zs) dronkarde, no fyghter, not geven to filthy lucre: but herberous, one that loveth goodnes, sobre mynded righteous, holy, temperat, and suche as cleveth vnto

_|gouerne the the true worde of doctryne, that he maye be able to exhorte with wholsom _ fin doctryne learnynge, and to improve them that saye agaynst it.

Cc For ther are many disobedient and talkers of vanite and disceavers of (20) myndes, namely they of the circumcision, whose mouthes must be stopped, which pervert whole houses teachinge thinges which they ought not, because of filthy lucre. One beynge of them selves, which was a poyet of their awne, sayde: io cccxii.| © 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 D__|(zs)not takynge hede to Iewes fables and commaundmentes of menthat turne from the trueth. Vnto the pure, are all thynges pure: but vnto them that are

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[Chap. ii] The epistle of S. Paul to Titus defiled 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.

(s) But speake thou that which becommeth wholsome learninge. That the elder men be sober, honest, discrete, sounde in the fayth in love and in pacience.

And the elder wemen lykewyse, that they be in soche rayment as becommeth holynes, not falce accusars, not geven to moche drinkynge, but teachers of honest thynges, to make the younge wemen sobremynded, to love their hus- (10) bandes, to love their children, to be discrete, chast, huswyfly, good and obedient vnto their awne husbandes 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

(ts) berebuked, that he which withstondeth, maye be a shamed, havynge no thinge in you that hemaye disprayse. The servauntes exhorte to be obedient 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 the doctryne of oure saveoure God in all thynges. + For the grace of god,

(20) that bryngeth saluacion vnto all men, hath appered and teacheth vs that we shuld denye vngodlynes and wordlyt lustes, and that we shuld live sobre mynded, righteously and godly in this present worlde, lokinge for that blessed hope and glorious apperenge of the myghty god, and of oure savioure Iesu

Christ which gave him silfe for vs, to redeme vs from all vnrightewesnes, and (2s) to pourge vs a peculiar people vnto him silfe, fervently geven vnto good workes.

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The epistle of S. Paul to Titus [Chap. iii] The. iii. Chapter.

Warne them that they submitte them selves to rule and power, to obey the officers, that they be readie vnto all good workes, that they speake evyll of no man 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 (s) daunger to lustes, and to diuers maners of volupteousnes, livynge in maliciousnes and envie, full of hate, hatinge one another.

+ But after that the kyndnes and love of oure saveoure God to manwarde appered, not of the dedes of rightewesnes which we wrought but of his mercie he saved vs, by the fountayne of the newe birth, and with the renuynge of the (10) holy goost, which he shed on vs aboundantly, thorow Iesus Christ oure saveoure, that we once iustified 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. These thinges are good and (ts) profitable vnto men. Folisshe questions, and genealogies, and braulinges and stryfe aboute the lawe, avoyde, for they are vnproffitable and superfluous. A man that is geuen 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.

(20) When I shall sende Artemas vnto the or Tichicus, be diligent to come to me vnto Nichopolis. For I have determined ther to wynter. Brynge zenas the lawear and Apollos on their iorney diligently, that nothynge be lackynge vnto them. And let oures olsot learne to excell in good workes as farforth, as nede requyreth, that they be not vnfrutefull. All that are with me, salute the. Grete

(2s) them that love vs in the fayth. Grace be with you all, Amen.

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In this pistle S. Paul sheweth a godlye ensample of Christen loue. Herein we se how Paule taketh poore Onesimos vnto him and maketh intercession for him vnto his master and helpeth him with all that he may, and behaueth him selfe none other wyse then as though he him selfe were the sayde Onesimos.

(s) Which thinge yet he dothe not with power and auctoryte, as he well myght haue done: but putteth of all auctorite and whatsoeuer he might of ryght do, that Philemon myght do likewyse towarde Onesimos, and withgreat mekenes and wysdome teacheth Philemon to se his dutie in Christ Iesus.

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VNTO PHILEMON

Paul the presoner of Iesu Christ, and brother Timotheus.

Vnto Philemon the beloved, and oure helper, and to the beloved Appia, and to Archippus oure felowe soudier, and to the congregacion of thy housse.

Grace be with you and peace, from God oure father, and from the Lorde (5) Iesus Christ.

I thanke my God, makinge mencion 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 itil.

(10) 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 becommeth the: yet for loves sake I rather beseche the, though I be as I am, even Paul aged, and now in bondes for Iesu Christes sake. I beseche the for my sonne

(ts) Onesimus, whom I begat in my bondes, which in tyme passed was to the vnproftetable: but now proffetable bothe to the and 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 the bondes of the gospell. Neverthelesse, without thy

(20) mynde, wolde I doo nothinge, that that good which springeth of the, shuld not be as it were of necessitie, but willingly.

Haply he therfore departed for a season, that thou shuldest receave him for ever, not nowe as a servaunt: 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 (2s) 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 have written it with myne awne honde. I will recompence it. So that I do not saye to the, howe that thou owest vnto me even thyne awne silfe. Even so brother, let me enioye the TMV

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The epistle of Paul to Philemon in the Lorde. Comforte my bowels in the Lorde. Trustinge in thyne obedience,

I wrote vnto the, knowynge that thou wilt do more then I saye for. Moreover prepare me lodgynge: for I trust thorow the helpe of youre prayers, I shalbe geven vnto you. Ther salute the, Epaphras my felowe presoner in Christ Iesu,

(s) Marcus, Aristarchus, Demas, Lucas, my helpers. The grace of oure Lorde Iesu Christ be with youre spretes. Amen.

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Oe PY RST EPISTLE OF

NoOvil Ere Re This epistle dyd saynt Peter wryte to the Hethen that wereconuerted and exhorteth them to stonde fast in the fayth, to grow therin and to wexeperfect, thorow all maner of sofferinge and also good workes.

In the fyrst he declareth the iustyfyenge of fayth thorow Christes bloude, (s)and comforteth them with the hope of thelyfe to come, and sheweth that we haue not deserued it, but that the Prophetes prophesied it shuld be geuen vs, and as Christ which redemed vs oute of synne and all vnclennes is holye, so he exhorteth to leade an holye conuersacion: and because we be rychlye boughtand made heyres of a ryche in herytaunce, to take hede that we lose it not (:o) agayne thorow oure awne necgligence.

In the seconde Chap. he sheweth that Christ is the foundacion and hed corner stone, wher on all are bylt thorow fayth, whether it be Iewe or gentyle, and how that in Christ they are made Prestes, to offer them selues to god (as christ dyd him selfe) and to fle the lustes of the flesshe that fyght agaynst the (ts) soule. And fyrst he teacheth them in generall to obeye the worldlye rulars and then in speciall he teacheth the seruauntes to obey theirmasters be they good or bad, and to soffre wronge of them as Christ soffered wronge 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 becommeth

(20) holynes. And therto that the husbandes soffre and beare the infirmite of their wiues 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 and to tame the flesshe with sobre- (2s)nes, watchinge and prayer, and to loue eche other, and to knowe that all good gyftes are of God and euery man to helpe his neyboure with soche as he hath receaued of god, and fynallie not to wonder, but to reioyce though they must

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Prologe vpon Fyrst Peter soffre for christes names sake, seinge as they be here partakers of his affliccions, so shall they be partakers of his glorye to come.

In the fyueth he teacheth the bysshopes and prestes how they shuldlyue and fede Christes locke: and warneth vs ofthe deuell which on every sydelyeth

(s) in wayte for vs.

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BES TER -OFsS: PETER

Ete KPOS TLE The fyrst Chapter.

A Peter an Apostle of Iesu Christ, to them that dwell here and there as straungers thorowout Pontus, Galacia, Capadocia, Asia, and Bethinia, electe by the forknowledge of God the father, thorow the sanctifyinge of the sprete, vnto obedience and sprinklinge of the bloud of Iesus Christ.

Here Peter (as other true (s) Grace be with you and peace be multiplyed.

Blessed be God the father of oure Lorde Iesus Christ, which thorow ist aboundant mercie begat vs agayne vnto a lively hope, by the resurreccion of Iesus Christ from deeth, to enioye an inheritaunce immortall and vndefiled, and that purifietht not, reserved in heven for you, which are kept by the power

(10) of God thorow fayth, vnto salvacion, which salvacion, is prepared all redy to be

B shewed in the last tyme, in the which tyme ye shall reioyce, though now for a season (if nede requyre) ye are in hevines, thorowe manifolde temptacions, that youre fayth once tried, beinge moche more precious then golde that perissheth

(though it be tried with fyre) myght be founde vnto lawde, glory, and honoure (ts) at the apperinge of Iesus Christ: whom ye have not sene and yet love him, in whom even now, though ye se him not, ye yet beleue, and reioyce with ioye lio vnspeakable and glorious: receavynge the ende of youre fayth, the salvacion of xvi. youre soules.

Of which salvacion have the Prophetes enquyred and searched, which (20) prophisied of the grace that shuld come vnto you, searchinge when 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, and 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

(2s) which by the holy goost sent doune from heven, have preached vnto you the thinges which the angels desyre to beholde.

(t5) (16) ...and ye yet lovehym, ..-yet yebeleve,...with ioye ineffable, and glorious:

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Line (9) ...and that putrifieth not, 10) ...vnto helth, which health 14) ...andhonowre, when Iesus Christshall apere:

(17) ...the helth ofyoure soules.

(19)

[Chap. ii] The fyrst epistle of S. Peter Wherfore gyrde vp the loynes of youre myndes, be sober, and trust perfectly on the grace that is brought vnto you, by the declaringe of Iesus Christ, as obedient chyldren, not facioninge youre selves vnto youre olde lustes of ignorancye: but as he which called you is holy, even so be ye holy in all maner

(s) of conuersacion, because it is written. Be ye holy, for I am holy.

And yf so be that ye call on the father which with out respecte of person iudgeth accordinge to every mannes worke"*, se that 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

(10) receaved by the tradicions of the fathers: but with the precious bloud of Christ,

D j. cor. vj. 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 god that raysed him from deth, and glorified him, that youre fayth and hope myght be in god. and. vij d j. ioa. j. d. apoca. j (ts) | And for as moche as ye have purified youre soules thorowe the sprete, in obeyinge the trueth for to love brotherly withouten faynynge, 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, and lasteth for ever.

For all flesshe is as grasse, and all the glory of man is as the floure of grasse. es. xl. b. apo. xiilj iacobi. j. b (20) 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.

Wherfore laye asyde all maliciousnes and all gyle, and dissimulacion, and envie, and all backbytynge: and as newe borne babes, desyre that reasonable

(2s) 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 housse*, and an holy presthode, for to offer vp spretuall sacryfice, acceptable to god by Iesus Christ.

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(20) ...is widdered, and the flower is faded 4) ...that ye myght have fayth and hope awaye, towarde god.

(27) ...which is disalowed of men, but elect ) ... but of immortall seed, of god and precious:

The fyrst epistle of S. Peter [Chap. ii] B Wherfore it is contayned in the scripture: beholde, I put in Sion an heed

_|be offered to ss corner stone, electe and precious: and he that beleveth on him shall not be a {poites, for yf Tio shamed. Vnto you therfore which beleve, he is precious: but vnto them which __|thou oneres xvii. beleve not, the stone which the bylders refused the same is made the heed stone

_|thou snakest . CXVIj (s)in the corner, and a stone to stomble at, and a rocke to offende themwhich oe ares vib. stomble at the worde, and beleve not that where on they were set. But ye are a - Vij. chosyn generacion, a royall presthod, an holy nacion, and a peculiar people, that — ye shuld shewe the vertues of him that called you out of darknes into hys bia. marvelous light which in tyme past were not a people, yet are now the people n.ix.e |(1o) of God: which were not vnder mercye but now have obteyned mercye. +

1X. c + Derly beloved, I beseche you as straungers and pilgrems, abstayne from M4 flesshly lustes which fyght agaynst the soule, and se that ye have honest conversacion amonge the gentyls that they which backbyte you as evyll doars maye se youre good workes and prayse god in the daye of visitacion.

(25) Submit youre selves vnto all manner ordinaunce of man for the lordes sake, |

Obedyence whether it 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 the libertie for a cloke of (20) maliciousnes but even as the servauntes of god. Honoure all men.

Love n. xij. c brotherly felishippe. Feare god and honour the kynge.

Servauntes obey youre masters with all feare, not only yf they be good and _|Servauntes.

1e. vj. a courteous: but also though they be frowarde. For it is thankeworthye yfa man ot for conscience towarde god endure grefe, sufferinge wrongfully. For what

(2s) prayse is it, if when ye be buffeted for youre fautes, ye take it paciently? But and yfwhen ye do well, ye suffer wronge and take it paciently, then is there thanke with God.

For herevnto verely were ye called*: for + Christ also suffered for vs levinge |* Oure _ vs an insample that ye shuld folowe his steppes, which dyd no sinne, nether was

|[<7ji8ne" # © (30) ther gyle founde in his mouth: which when he was reviled, reviled not agayne: — |Christ.

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Ds dij. a. ryghteously, which his awne silfe bare oure synnes in his body on the tree, that

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..that with welldoynge 28) Here vnto verely...suffered for oure ye shulde stoppethe mouthes ofignorant sakes: men: * >:

[Chap. iii] The fyrst epistle of S. Peter 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 esa. liij. b. returned vnto the shepheerd and bisshoppe of youre soules. +

The. iii. Chapter.

A Lykewyse let the wyves be in subieccion to their husbandes, that even they (s) which beleve not the worde, maye with out the worde be wonne by the conversacion of the wyves: whill they beholde youre pure conversacion coupled

Folio with feare. Whose apparell shall not be outwarde with broyded heare, and hangcecxviii. inge on of golde, other in puttinge on of gorgious aparell: but let the hyd man j. tim. iij.c. | of the herte be incorrupt, with a meke and aquyet sprete, which sprete is before (10) God a thinge moche set by. For after this maner in the olde tyme dyd the holy wemen which trusted in God, tyer them selves, and were obedient to their husgen. xviij bandes, even as Sara obeyed Abraham and called him Lorde: whose doughters ye are as longe as ye do well, and be not afrayde of every shadowe.

B Lyke wyse ye men dwell with them accordinge to knowledge, gevinge (1s) honoure vnto the wyfe, as vnto the weaker vessell, and as vnto them that are j. co. vij. a heyres also of the grace of lyfe, that youre prayers be not let.

+In conclusion, be ye all of one mynde, one suffre with a nother, love as pro. xvij. brethren, be petifull, be courteous, not rendringe evyll for evyll, nether rebuke eae for rebuke: but contrary wyse, blesse, remembringe that ye are thervnto called, i. thes. v.d_|(20) even that ye shuld be heyres of blessinge. If eny man longe after life, and loveth ee to se good dayes, let him refrayne his tonge from evyll, and his lippes that they speake not gyle. Let him eschue evyll and do good: let him seke peace, and ensue it. For the eyes of the Lorde are over the righteous, and his eares are open vnto their prayers. But the face of the Lorde beholdeth them that (2s) do evyll. c Moreover who is it that will harme you yf ye folowe that which is good?

Not withstondynge happy are ye yf ye suffre for rightewesnessis sake. Ye and feare not though they seme terrible vnto you, nether be troubled: but sanctifie the Lorde God in youre hertes. Be redy all wayes to geve an answere to every

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The fyrst epistle of S. Peter [Chap. iiii] man that axeth you a reson of the hope that is in you, and that with meaknes and feare: havinge a good conscience, that when they backbyte you as evyll doars, they maye be ashamed, for as moche as they have falsely 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. + For as moche as Christ hath once suffered for synnes, the iuste for the vniuste, forto bringe vs to God, and was kylled, as pertayninge to the flesshe: but was quyckened in the sprete.

In which sprete, he also went and preached vnto the spretes that were in (10) 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 a preparinge, wherin feawe (that is to saye. viii soules) were saved by water, which signifieth baptim that now saveth vs, not the puttinge awaye of the filth of the flesshe, but in that a good conscience consenteth to God, by the resurreccion of (ts) Iesus Christ, which is oure right honde of Godt and is gone into heven, angels, power and myght subdued vnto him.

The. iiii. Chapter.

For as moche as christ hath suffred for vs in the flesshe, arme youre selves lyke wyse with the same mynde: forhe which suffereth in the flesshe ceasith from synne, that he hence forwarde shuld lyve as moche tyme as remayneth in the 1X.

(20) flesshe: not after the 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 that ye runne not also with them (25) vnto the same excesse of ryote, and therfore speake they evill of you, which shall geve a comptes to him that is redy to iudge quycke and deed. For vnto this purpose verely was the gospell preached vnto the deed* that they shuld be condempned of men in the flesshe, but shuld live before God in the sprete. The ende of all thinges is at honde.

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[Chap. v] The fyrst epistle of S. Peter + Beye therfore discrete and sober, that yemaye be apte to prayers. But above all thinges have fervent love amonge you. For love* covereth the multitude of synnes. Be yeherberous one to another, and that with out grudginge. As every man hath receaved the gyfte, minister the same one to another as good ministers

(s) of the manyfolde grace of God. Yfeny man speake, let him talke as though he spake the wordes of God. If eny man minister, let him do it as of the abilitie which god ministreth vnto him. That god in all thinges maye be glorified thorow Iesus Christ, to whom be prayse and dominion for ever and whyll the worlde stondeth. Amen.

(10) Dearly beloved, be not troubled in this heate, which now is come amonge you to trye you as though some straunge thinge had happened vnto you: but reioyce in as mocheas 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 (xs) 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 busybody in other mens matters. Yfeny man suffre as a Christen man, let him not be ashamed: but let him glorifie god on his behalfe. For the tyme is

(20) come that iudgement must begynne at the housse of god*. Yfit 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 and 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 beleuers be'

The. v. Chapter.

(25) 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-

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The fyrst epistle of S. Peter [Chap. v] over the parisshes*: but that ye be an insample to the flocke. And when the chef jocecxx.| 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 B (s)mynde. For god resisteth the proude and geveth grace to the humble.+ Submit youre selves therfore vnder the myghty honde of god, that he maye exalt you, when the tyme is come. Cast all youre care to him: for he careth for you. vj.c Be sober and watch, for youre adversary the devyll as arorynge lion walketh about, sekynge whom he maye devoure: whom resist stedfast in the fayth, relitij.d.

(10) membrynge that ye do but fulfill thesame affliccions which are 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 affliccion make you perfect: shall settle strenghtt and stablishe you. To him be glory and dominion for ever, and whill the worlde endureth Amen. +

C (as) 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 companions of youre eleccion that are at Babilon, saluteth 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.

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ollleragayel, Gl nid Fled 8 This pistle was written agaynst themwhich thought that Christen fayth might beydle and with oute workes, when yet the promes of Christ is made vs vpon that condicion, that we henceforth worke the wyll of God and not of the flesshe. Therforehe exhorteth them to exercise them selues diligentlye in vertue

(s) and 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 commendeth and magnifieth the gospell, and willeth that men herken to that onlye, and to mennes doctryne not at all. For as he sayeth, ther came no propheticall scripture by the wyll of man, but by thewyll of the holye goost which onlye knoweth the wyll

(xo) of God, nether is anye scripture of priuate interpretacion: that is to saye, maye be otherwyse expounded then agreinge to the open places and generall articles and to the couenauntes of God and all the rest of the scripture.

And therforein the seconde he warneth them of false teachers that shuld come, and thorow preachinge confidence in false workes to satisfye their

(1s) couetousnes with all, shuld denye Christ. Which he threateneth with thre terrible exsamples, with the fall of the angelles, the floude of Noe and ouerthrowinge of Sodome and Gomor, and so describeth them with their insaciable couetousnes, pryde, stouborne and dysobedience to all temporall rule and auctoryte, with their abominable whordome and ypocresie that a blinde man

(20) maye se that he prophisied it ofthe popes holye spiritualtie which deuoured thewhole worlde with their coueteousnes lyuinge in all lust and pleasure and rayninge as temporall tyrantes.

0) iT In the thyrde he sheweth that in the latter dayes, the people thorow vnbeleffe and lacke of feare of the iudgement of the last daye, shalbe euen as (2s) Epicures, wholy geuen to the flesshe. Which last dayeshall yet surelye and shortlye come sayth he: for a thousande yeres and one daye is with God all one.

And he sheweth also how terrible that daye shalbe, and how sodenlye it shall

Prologe vpon Seconde Peter come: and therfore exhorteth all men to loke ernestlie for it, and to prepare them selues agaynst it with holye conuersacion and godly liuinge.

Finallie. The fyrst Chapter sheweth how it shuld goo in the tyme of the pure and true Gospell. The seconde how it shuld goo in thetyme of the pope

(s)and mennes doctrine. The thyrde how at the last men shuld beleue nothinge ner feare God at all.

Poe eo me eer rs LEO S.. PETER The fyrst Chapter.

A Simon Peter a seruaunt and 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, and peace be multiplied in the knowledge of God and of .(s) lesus 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 flye the corrupcion of worldy lust.

B (ro) | And hervnto geve all diligence: in youre fayth minister vertvet, and in [He that _ vertue knowledge, and in knowledge temperancy, and in temperancy pacience, peer ie in pacience godlynes, in godlynes brotherly kyndnes, in brotherly kyndnes love.

_|lykeworkes For yf these thinges be amonge you and are plenteous, they wyll make you that _[ynderstondye nether shalbe ydle nor vnfrutefull in the knowledge of oure lorde Iesus Christ.

[22°F (ts) But he that lacketh these thynges is blynde and gropeth for the waye with his had honde, and hath forgotten that he was pourged from his olde synnes.

Baa G Wherfore brethren, geve the moare diligence forto make youre callynge [He that hath socheworkes and eleccion sure. For yf ye do soche thynges, ye shall never erre. Ye and by this meanes an entrynge in shall be ministred vntoyou aboundantly in to the __|that he is (20) everlastynge kyngdome of oure lorde and saveoure Iesus Christ. that he hath Wherfore I will not be necgligent to put you allwayes in remembraunce of _ |" tue #*h soche thinges, though that ye knowe them youre selves and be also stablisshed in the present trueth. Notwithstondinge I thynke yt mete (as longe as I am in this tabernacle) to stere you vp by puttynge you in remembraunce, for as moch x (2s) as I am sure howe that the tyme is at honde that I must put of my tabernacle,

'0 even as oure lorde Iesus Christ hath shewed me. I will enfoarce therfore, that xii. on every syde ye myght have wherwith to stere vp the remembraunce of these thynges after my departynge.

Title. Theseconde pistle...

Line (14) ...vnfrutfull vnto the knowledge...

Line (1) Simeon Peter...

(15) He that lacketh...

(3) ...andoff thesavioure Iesus Christ.

(25) ...put of this my tabernacle, (6) ...vnto lyfe and to servegod with all,

[Chap. ii] The seconde epistle of S. Peter +For we folowed not decevable fables when we openned vnto you the power and commynge of oure lorde Iesus Christ, but with oure eyes we sawe

D his maieste: even then verely when he receaved of god the father honour and glory, and when ther came soche a voyce to him from excellent glorie. This is ei al mat, xvij (s)my dere beloved sonne, in whom I have delite. This voyce we hearde when it came from heven, beynge 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 that 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 pro- (to) phesye in the scripture hath eny private interpretacion. For the scripture came ij. 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.

A Ther were falce prophetes amonge the people, even as ther shalbe falce teachers amonge you: wich prevely shall brynge in damnable sectes, even deFalse prophetes mus nedes be amongest 1 and also preuayle, a that becaus we haue n¢ loue to the truthe, ij. the. 7.

(1s) nyinge 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 withfayned wordes make marchandyse of you, whose iudgement is not farre of, and their dampnacion slepeth not.

B (20) 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 them, and made ont

* And cou tousnes is the father « them: and their preacl inge confidence in workes is t denyenge ¢ Christ.

(2s) them an ensample vnto all that after shuld live vngodly. And iust Lot vexed with the vnclenly conversacion 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

Line (7) We have also a more sure worde...

Line (23) ...into the worlde off the vngodly, (15) ...brynge on theiert owen heeddes...

24) ...and made them...

(21) ...and putt them in chaynes of darknes, 28) ...their vnrighteous dedes. there to be kept...

The second epistle of S. Peter [Chap. ii] 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, and stubborne and feare not to speake evyll of them that are in auctorite.

When the angels which are greater bothe in power and myght, receave not (3) of the lorde raylynge iudgement agaynst them. But these as brute beastes, naturally made to betaken and destroyed, speake evyll ofthat 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 and clit.

(10) filthines, livinge at pleasure and in disceaveable wayes feastynge with you: havinge eyes full of advoutrie and that cannot cease to synne, begylynge vnstable soules. Hertes they have exercised with coveteousnes. They are cursed chyldren, and have forsaken the right waye, and are gone astraye folowinge the waye of Balam the sonne of Bosor, which loved the rewarde of vnrightewesnes: _| Balam. xij (ts) but was rebuked of his iniquitie. The tame and domme beast, speakinge with mannes voyce, forbade the folisshnes of the Prophete.

These are welles without water, and cloudes caried about of a tempest, to whome the myst of darcknes is reserved for ever. For when they have spoken the swellinge wordes of vanytie, they begyle with wantannes thorowe the lustes

(20) of the flesshe, them that were clene escaped: but now are wrapped in errours.

They promys them libertye, and are them selves the bonde servauntes of corrupcion. For of whom soever a man is over come, vnto the same is he in bondage. For yf they, after they have escaped from the filthynes of the worlde thorowe the knowledge of the Lorde and of the saviour Iesus Christ, they are yet (2s) tangled agayne therin and overcome: then is the latter ende worsse with them then the beginninge. For it had bene better for them, not to have knowne* the __|* It is better waye of righteousnes then after they have knowen it, to turne from the holy eee commaundment geven vnto them. It is happened vnto them accordinge to the true proverbe: The dogge is turned to his vomet agayne, and the sow that was

_|ther after.

(30) wesshed, to her wallowynge in the myre.

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[Chap. iii] The seconde epistle of S. Peter The. iii. 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 remembraunce the wordes which were tolde before of the holy prophetes, and also the commaundement of vs the apostles of the lorde and saveour.

(s) This fyrst vnderstonde, that ther shall come in the last dayes mockers, which will walke after their awne lustes and saye. Where is the promes of his commynge? For sence the fathers dyed, all thinges continue in the same estate wher in they were at the begynninge. This they knowe not (and that willyngly) how that the hevens a great whyle ago were, and the erth that was in the water, j. tim. iti. yj. tim. iy lude. j. f.

Sze a mijat (10) appered vp out of the water by the worde of god: by the which thinges, the worlde that then was, perisshed over flowen with the water. But the hevens verely and erth which are now, are kept by the same worde in store, and 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 (1s) with the lorde, as a thousande yeare, and a thousand yeare as one daye. The lorde

Cc is not slacke to fulfill his promes, as some men count slacknes: but is pacient to vs warde and wolde have no man lost, but wolde receave all men to repentaunce.

Neverthelesse the daye of the lorde will come as a thefe in the nyght, in the which daye, the hevens shall perisshe with terrible noyes, and the elementes shall

Folio Cocxxiiit. j. thes. v. apo. iij. a. and xyj.

(20) melt with heet, and the erth with the workes that are therin shall burne.

Yf all these thinges shall perisshe, what maner persons ought ye tobe in holy conversacion and godlynes: lokyngefor 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. Neverthelesse we loke for a newe heven anda newe erth,

(2s) accordynge to his promes, where in dwelleth rightewesnes.

Wherfore derly beloved, seynge that ye loke for soche thynges, be diligent that ye maye be founde of him in peace, without spotte and vndefiled And suppose that the longe sufferynge of the lorde is saluacion, even as oure derely beloved brother Paul, accordynge to the wysdome geven vnto him, wrote to you,

(30) yee, almost in very pistle speakynge of soche thynges: amonge which are many

Line (1) ...vnto you, my derly beloved, Line (28) ...is helth, I1) ...over Howen with the fludde.

(30) ...almost inevery pistle.

The seconde epistle of S. Peter [Chap. iii] thynges harde to be vnderstonde, which they that are vnlearned and vnstable, pervert, as they do other scriptures vnto their awne destruccion. 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 (s) growe in grace, and in the knowledge of oure lorde and saveoure lesus Christ.

Towhom be glory bothe now and for ever. Amen.

Line (2) Ye therfore dearly beloved seynge ye are warned,

AJPROLOGEAV PON THE THRE EPISTLES

OF S7IOHN

This fyrst epistle ofsaynt Iohn contayneth the doctryne 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 men to be saued and restored vnto the fauoure of God agayne: euen so here in this pistle he goeth

'(s)agaynst them that boste them selues of fayth and yet contynew withoute good workes and teachethmanyewayes that where true fayth is, there the workes tarye not behinde, and contrarye that where the workes folowe not, there is no truefayth but afalse ymagynacion and vtter darcknes.

And he wryteth sore agaynst a certen secte of heretyckes which then (10) beganne to denye that Christ was come in the flesshe, and calleth them verye

Antechristest. 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 the harte with their doctryne and lyuynge. For he that wyllbe iustified and saued thorow his awne workes, thesame doth as moche as he that (ts) 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 agayne and make vs heyres of eternalllyfe, with his workes onlye and with his bloudeshedinge, with oute and before all oure workes.

(20) So fyghteth this pistle both agaynst them that wilbe saued by their awne goodworkes, and also agaynst them that wilbe saued by a fayth that hath no lust to do workes at all, and kepeth vs in the myddle waye, that we beleue in Christ to be saued by his workes onlye, and then to knowe thatit is ouredutie for that kindnes, to prepare oure selues to do the commaundment of god, and (2s) 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 Christes sake.

The two last pistles though they be shorte, yet are goodlye ensamples of loue and fayth and do sauoure of the spirite ofa true Apostle.

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— ee ToGo bolo Pts TLE OFS. IOHN

THE APOSTLE

The fyrst Chapter.

That which was from the begynninge, concerninge which we have hearde, which we have sene with oure eyes, which we have loked vpon, and oure hondes have handled, of the worde of life. For the lyfe appered, and we have sene, and beare witnes, and shewe vnto you that eternall lyfe, which was with the father,

(s) 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 hearde of him, and declare vnto '|(z0) you, that god is lyght, and in him is no darknes at all, yf we saye that we have fellishippe with him, and yet walke in darknes, we lye, 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 (ts)in vs. Y£ we knowledge* oure synnes, he is faythfull and iust, to forgevevs oure synnes, and to clense vs from all vnrightewesnes. Yfwe saye we have not sinned, we make him alyar, and his worde is not in vs.

The. ii. Chap. + Mylytell children, these thynges write I vnto you, that ye synne not: yf eny man synne, yet we have an advocate with the father, Iesus Christ, which is

(20) righteous: and 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 commaundementes*. He that sayth I knowe him, and kepeth not his commaundementes is a lyar, and the veritie is not in him. kepeth it not, knoweth not God.

Title. The fyrst pistle off S. Ihon the Line (14) Yf we shall saye...

Apostle.

Heading. ''The seconde Chapter."

Line (1) That which was from thebegynnynge- (18) ...that ye shuldenot sinne: and yf eny declare we vntoyou, which we have... man synne, (7) ...thatyoureioye...

(21) And herby weknowe that we have (13) ...bloud of Christ his sonne... knowen him, =

[Chap. ii] The fyrst epistle of S. Iohn 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 ought to walke even as he walked. + B Brethren I write no newe commaundement vnto you: but that olde comFolio

| (s)maundement which ye hearde from the begynnynge. The olde commaundePee: ment is the worde which ye hearde from the begynnynge. Agayne a newe commaundement I write vnto you, a thynge that is true in him, and also in you: for the darknes is past, and the truelyght now shyneth. He that sayth how that he is in the light, and yet hateth his brother, is in darknes even vntyll this tyme.

(10) He that loveth his brother, abydeth in the light and ther is none occasion of evyll in him. 'He that hateth* his brother is in darknes, and walketh in darknes: and cannot tell whither he goeth, because that darknes hath blynded his eyes.

Cc 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 (ts) 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 ye have knowen him that was from the begynnynge. I wryte vnto you younge men, how that ye are stronge: and the worde of God abydeth in you and ye have over come

(20) that wicked.

Se that ye love not the worlde, nether the 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 the worlde (as the lust of the flesshe, the lust of the eyes, and the pryde of gooddes) is not of the father: but of the worlde And the worlde vannyssheth

(2s) 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 come 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 (30) that fortuned that yt myght appere, that they were not of vs.

D And ye have an oyntment* of the holy gost, and ye knowe all thynges. + I wrote not vnto you, as though ye knewe not the trueth: but as though ye

Line (1) And therin knowe we...

Line (9) ...he is in thetrue light,

The fyrst epistle of S. Iohn [Chap. iii] 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 begyn- (s)nynge. Yf that which ye hearde from the begynnynge, shall remayne in you, ye also shall continewe in the sonne, and in the father And this is the promes that he hath promysed vs, even eternall lyfe.

This have I written vnto you, concernynge them that disceave you. And the anoyntynge which ye have receaved of him, dwelleth in you. And ye nede

(x0) not that eny man teache you: but as the annoyntynge teahetht you all thynges, and is true, and is no lye: and as it taught you, even so byde therin. And nowe babes abyde in him 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.

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The. iii. Chapter.

(x5) 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 the sonnes of God, and yet it dothe not appere what we shal be. 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

(20) hope in him pourgeth him silfe, even as he ys pure. Whosovert committeth synne, committeth vnrighteousnes also, for synne is vnrighteousnes*. And ye knowe that he apperedto 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.

(25) Babes let no man deceave you, He that doeth righteousnes, is righteous, even as he is righteous. He that committeth synne, is of the devill: for the devyll synneth sence the begynnynge. 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, because he is borne viij. f Seed, that is the holigoost

Line (2) ...is Christ? he is Antichrist that Line (16) ...be cause it hath not knowen him. denieth...

(17) ...yet it hath not apered...

(8) ...vntoyou, as concernynge...

(az) ...and synne is vnrightewesnes.

(ro) ...but as that annoyntynge...

[Chap. iiii] The fyrst epistle of S. Iohnof 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.

For this is the tydinges, that ye hearde from the begynninge, that we shuld (5) 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 evyll, and his brothers good. + Marvayle not my brethren though the worlde hate you.

We knowe that we are translated from deeth* vnto lyfe, be cause we love the brethren. He that loveth not his brother, abydeth in deeth. Whosoever hateth

(10) his brother, is a man sleart. And ye knowe that no man slear, hath eternall lyfe abydinge.in him.

D Herbyperceave we love: that he gave his lyfe for vs: and therfore ought we also to geve oure lyves for the brethren. Whosoever hath this worldes good and seith his brother have neade: and shutteth vp his compassion from him: how

(1s) 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 therby* we knowe that we are of the veritie, and can before him quiet our 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

(20) we axe, we shall receave of him: be cause we kepe his commaundementes, and do those thinges which are pleasinge in his sight.

Folio And this is his commaundement, that we beleve* on the name of his sonne cecvitit.

Iesus Christ, and love one another, as he gave commaundement. And he that kepeth his commaundementes dwelleth in him, and he in him: and therby we

(2s) knowe that ther abydeth in vs of the sprete which he gave vs.

The. iiii. Chapter A 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 confesseth not that

Line (7) ...yff theworlde hate you. the veritie, and will before hymput (12) ...for hegave his lyfe for vs: And we oure hertes out of dout: For (yf oure ought also to geve oure lives for oure hertes condempne vs) brethren.

Line (18) Tenderly beloved, (14) ...and seyth his brother in necessitie, 24) ...And herby we knowe...

(16) And herby weknowe thatwe are off 26 Derelybeloved. .

The fyrst epistle of S. Iohn [Chap. iiii] 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 chyldren, ye are of God, and have overcome them: for greater is he _|Theythat (s) that is in you, then he that is in the worlde. They are of the worlde, and therfore

[fag ae B speake they of the worlde, and the worlde heareth them. We are of God. He _ |symm*; ate that knoweth God, heareth vs: he that is not of God, heareth vs not. Herby _ |denye christ knowe we the sprete of veritie, and the sprete of erroure. id Ree Beloved, let vs love one another: for love commeth of God. And every

'I(x0) one that loveth, is borne of God, and knoweth God. He that loveth not, knoweth not God: + for God is love. In this appered the love of god to vs ward because that god sent his only begotten sonne into the worlde, that we myght | God hath live thorow him. Herin is love, not that we loved god, but that he loved vs, shanee ac and sent his sonne to make agrement for oure sinnes. ofloue. aj. b. — |(x5) Beloved, yf god so loved vs, we ought also to love one another. No man

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(20) 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.

D 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

(2s) love casteth out all feare, for feare hath paynfulnes. He that feareth, is not parfect in love.

We love him, for he loved vs fyrst. Yfa man saye, I love god, and yet hate _ [He that his brother he is a lyar. For how can he thatloveth not his brother whom he fonet ee hath sene, love god whom he hath not sene? And this commaundement have

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Whosoever beleveth that Iesus is Christ, is borne of god. And every one that loveth him which begat, loveth him also which was begotten of him. In this we knowe that we love the children of god, when we love god, and kepe his commaundementes. This is the love of god, that we kepe his commaunde- (s)mentes, and his commaundementes are not greveous + For all that is borne of god, over commeth the worlde. And this is the victory that over commeth the worlde, even oure fayth*. Who is it that overcommeth the worlde: but he which beleveth that Iesus is the sonne of god?

This Jesus Christ is he that cam by water and bloud, not by water only: but (10) by water and 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 these thre are one) For there are thre which beare recorde (in erth:) the sprete, and water, and bloud: and these thre are one.

Yf we receave the witnes of men, the witnes of god is greater. For this is iohn. iij. d (1s) 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. Andthis ys that recorde, how that god hath geven vnto vs eternall lyfe, and this lyfe is in his sonne. He that haththe sonne, hath lyfe: and he that hath not the sonne

(20) 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 (2s) yf we knowe that he heare vs what soever we axe, we knowe that we shall have the peticions that we desyre of him.

Yfeny 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 not vnto deeth. Ther is a synne vnto deeth, for which saye I not that a man shuld praye. All vnrightewesnes is

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We knowe that whosoever is borne of god, 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, and hath geven vs a mynde to knowe him

(s) 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.

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The elder to the electe lady and her chyldren which I love in the trueth: and not I only, but also all that have knowen 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 the father, and from the (s) Lorde Iesus Christ the sonne of the father, in trueth and love.

I reioysed greatly, that I founde of thy chyldren 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 from the begynninge, that we shuld love* one another. And this is the (10) 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 (ts) we maye have a full rewarde. Whosoever transgresseth and bydeth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God. He that endureth in the doctrine of Christ, hath bothe the father and the sonne.

Yf ther come eny vnto you and bringe not this learninge, him receave not to housse: nether bid him God spede. For he that biddeth him God spede, is

(20) parttaker of his evyll dedes. I had many thinges to wryte vnto you, neverthelesse 1 wolde not wryte with paper and ynke: but I trust to come vnto you, and speake with you mouth to mouth, that oure ioye maye be full. The sonnes of thy electe syster grete the. Amen.

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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 when 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

(10) nothinge of the gentyls. We therfore ought to receave soche, that we also myght be helpers to the trueth.

I wrote vnto the congregacion: but Diotrephes which loveth to have the preeminence amonge them, receaveth vs not. Wherfore yfI come, I will declare his dedes which he doeth, iestinge on vs with malicious wordes, nether is there- (ts) with content. Not only he him silfe receaveth not the brethren: but also he forbiddeth them that wolde, and thrusteth them out of the congregacion.

Beloved, folowe not that which is evyll, but that which is good. He that doeth well is of God: but he that doeth evyll seith not God. Demetrius hath good reporte of all men, and of the trueth: ye and we oure selves also beare

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De RARE TOehHE EE BRUES Aboute this pistle hatheuer been moche doutynge and that amonge great learned men who shuld be the auctor therof: diuerse affirminge that it was not Paules, partlye because the stile so disagreeth and is so vnlyke his other epistles, and partlye because it stondeth in the seconde Chapter, this learninge was con_(s) fyrmed 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 and that by reuelacion. Wherfore saye they, seinge this man confesseth that he receaued his doctryne of the Apostles, it cannot be Pauls, but some disciple of the Apostles. Now whether it were Pauls

(1o) or no I saye not, but permyt it to other mennes iudgementes, nether 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 godlyepistle, because of certen textes written

(15) therin. For fyrst it sayth in the sixte: it is impossible that they which were once lyghted, and haue tasted of the heuenly gyfte and were become partakers of the holy goost, and haue tasted of the good worde of God and of the power of the worlde to come, if they fall, shuld be renewed agayneto repentaunce or conuersion. And in the tenth it sayeth, if we synne wyllynglye after we haue

(20) receaued the knowledge of the truthe, there remayneth no more sacrificefor synnes, but a fearfull lokynge for iudgement and vyolent fyer which shall destroye the aduersaries. And in the. xij. it sayeth that Esau founde no waye to repentaunce or conuersyon, no though he sought it with teares. Which textes saye they, sounde: that if a man synne anye more after he is once baptised, he

(2s) 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 pistlefor those textes sakes, so shuld we denye fyrst Mathew which in his. xij. chap. affirmeth that he which

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(s) that blasphemeth the spirite of God. Moreouer Iohn in his. j. pistle sayth thereis a synne vnto deeth, for which a man shuld not praye. And. ij. Petr. ij. sayth: yf a man be fled from thevnclennes of the worlde thorow the knowlege of the sauyour Iesus Christ, and then be wrapt in agayne, his ende is worse then the beginninge and that it had bene better for him neuer to haue knowen the (ro) truthe. And Paul ij. timo. iij. cursseth Alexander the copersmith, desyringe the Lorde to rewarde him accordinge to his dedes. Which is a signe that ether the pistleshuld not be good, or that Alexander had synned past forgeuenes, no more to be prayed for. Wherfore seinge no scripture is of priuat interpretacion: but must be expounded accordinge to the generall articles of ourefayth and agre- (1s)able to other open and euident textes, and confirmed or compared to lyke sentences, why shuld we not vnderstoneet these places with lyke reuerence as we do the other, namely when all the remnant 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 (20) knowe the truthe, and yet willinglye refuse the light, and chose rather to dwell in darcknes, and refuse Christ and make a mockeofhim (as the Pharises which when they were ouercome with scripture and myracles that Christ was the verye Messias, yet had soche lust in iniquite that they forsoke him, persecuted him, slewe him and did all the shame that coulde be ymagined to him) cannot

(2s) be renued (eis Metano iam) sayth the Greke, to be conuerted: that is to saye, soche malycious vnkyndnes which is none nother then the blaspheminge of the holy ghoost, deserueth that the spirite shall neuer come more at them to conuert them, which I beleue to be as true as eny other texte in all thescripture.

And whatis meant by that place in the tenth chapter where he sayth, yf we (30) synne willinglie after we haue receaued theknowledge of the truthe, there remayneth no more sacrifice for synne, is declared ymediatlye after. For he maketh a comparyson betwene Moses and Christ, sayenge: if he which despised

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The Prologe vpon the pistle to the Hebrues Moses lawe dyed without mercie: how moche worse punishement is heworthye of, that treadeth the sonne of God vnder fote and counteth the bloude of the couenaunt, by which bloude he was sanctified, as an vnholy thinge and blasphemeth the spirite of grace. By which wordes it is manyfest that he meaneth

(s)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, and yet willinglye yeldeth him selfe to synne, and consenteth vnto the lyfe of synne withsoule and bodye, and had leuer lye in synne then haue his poysoned nature healed by the helpe of the spirite of grace,

(to) and malyciouslye persecuteth the truthe: for him I saye there is no remeadye the waye to mercie is locked vp and the spiriteis taken from 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 forgeuen how depe soeuer he hath synned: but that wyll not be with oute the spirite, and soche blasphemers shall

(ts)no more haue thespirite offered them. Let euery man therfore feare God and beware that he yelde not him selfe to serue synne, but how ofte soeuer he synne io xxii. let him begynne agayne and fyght afreshe, and no doute he shall at the last ouercome, and in the mean tyme yet be vnder mercie for Christes sake be cause his harte worketh and wolde fayne belowsed from vnder the bondage of synne.

(20) And that it sayethin the. xij. Esau founde no waye (eis Metanonoiamt) to be conuerted and reconciled vnto God and restored vnto his byrthright agayne, though he sought it with teares, that textmust haue a spiritualleye. For Esau in sellynge his byrthryghtdespised not only that temporall promocion, that he shuld hauebeen lorde ouer all his brethren and kynge of that countre: but he

(2s) also refused thegrace and mercie of God and the spirituallblessinges of Abraham and Isaac and all the mercie that is promised vs in Christ which shuld hauebeen his seed. Of this ye se that this epistle ought no more to be refused for holye, godlye and catholicke then the other autenticke scriptures.

Now therfore to come to oure purpose agayne, though this epistle (as it (30) sayth in the sixte) laye not the grounde of the fayth of Christ, yet it buyldeth conynglye theron pure golde, syluer and preciouse stones, and proueth the presthode of Christwith scriptures ineuitable. Moreouer ther is no workein

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The Prologe vpon the pistle to the Hebrues all the scripture that so playnlye declareth themeaninge and significacions of the sacrifices, ceremonies andfygures of the olde testament, as this pistle: in so moche that if wilfull blindnes and malicious malyce were notthe cause, this epistle onlye were ynough to wede oute of the heartes of the Papistes that (s) cankred heresye ofiustifyenge 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

(10) and sent, where heharde 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 afaythfull seruaunt of Christes and of the same doctryne that Timothewas of, ye and Paule him selfe was, and that he was an Apostle

(rs) or in the Apostles tyme or nere therunto. And seinge the pistle agreeth to all the rest of the scripture, yf it be indifferentlye loked on, how shuldit not be ofauctoryte and taken for holye scrypture?

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(s) bearinge vp all thinges with the worde of his power, hath in his awne person

B pourged ouresynnes, and is sitten on the right honde of the maiestie ant hye, and is more excellent then the angels, in as moche as he hath by inheritaunce obteyned an excellenter name then have they.

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For vnto which of the angels sayde he ateny tyme: Thou arte my sonne, "6:

(io) this daye begate I the? And agayne: I will be his father, and he shalbe my sonne.

And agayne when he bringeth in the fyrst begotten sonne in to the worlde, he Cc sayth: And all the angels of God shall worshippe him. And of the angels he sayth: He maketh his angels spretes, and his ministres flammes of fyre. But vnto the sonne he sayth: God thy seate shalbe forever and ever. The cepter of thy

(ts) kyngdome is a right cepter. Thou hast loved rightewesnes and hated iniquyte.

Wherfore God which is thy God, hath anoynted the with the oyle of gladnes above thy felowes.

And thou Lorde in the begynninge hast layde the foundacion of the erth.

And the hevens are the workes of thy hondes. They shall perisshe, but thou shalt

(20) endure. They all shall wexeolde as doth a garment: and as a vesture shalt thou

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Wherfore we ought to geve the more hede to the thinges we have herde lest we perysshe. For yf the worde which was spoken by angels was stedfast: so that every transgression and disobedience receaved a iust recompence to rewarde: how shall we escape, yf we despyse so great saluacion which at the (s) fyrst began to be preached of the lorde him silfe, and afterwarde was confermed vnto vs warde, by them that hearde it, god bearynge witnes therto, bothe with sygnes and wonders also, and with divers miracles*, and 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 (10) we speake. But one ina certayne place witnessed, sayinge. What is man, that thou arte myndfull of him? After thou haddest for a season made him lower then the angels: thou 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.

(1s) Neverthelesse we yet se not all thynges subdued but him that was made lesse then the 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 thynges and by whom are all thynges, GC Folio COOXXXV. after that he had brought many sonnes vnto glory, that he shuld make the lorde of (20) their saluacion parfect thorow sofferynge. For he that sanctifieth, and they which are sanctified, are all of one. For which causes sake, he isnot ashamdet to call them brethren sayinge: I will declare thy name vnto my brethren, and in the myddes of the congregacion 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. psal. xxj psal. xvij. esa. viij. d For as moche then as the children were parte takers of flesshe and bloud, he also him silfelyke wyse toke parte with them, for to put doune thorow deth, him that had lordshippe over deeth, that is to saye the devyll, and that he myght delyver them which thorow feare of deeth were all their lyfe tyme in daunger of bondage. For he in no place taketh on him the angels: but the seede of Abraham

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The pistle of S. Paul to the Hebrues [Chap. iii] his brethren, that 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.

Wherfore holy brethren, partakers of the celestiall callinge, consyder the em- (s) basseatour 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 counted 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 (10) 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 holdfast the confydence and the reioysynge of that hope, vnto the ende.

Wherfore as the holy goost sayth: to daye if ye shall heare his voyce, harden not youre hertes, after the rebellyon in the daye of temptacion in the wildernes, xciij (1s) where youre fathers tempted me, proved me, and sawe my workes xl. yeare longe. Wherfore I was greved with that generacion and sayde. They erre ever in their hertes: they verely have not knowen 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 the lyvynge

(20) god: but exhorte one another dayly, whill it is called to daye, lest eny of you wexe hardeherted thorow the deceytfullnesse of sinne

We are partetakers of Christ yf we kepe sure vnto the ende the fyrst substance, so longe as it is sayd: to daye yf ye heare his voyce, harden not youre hertes, as when ye rebelled. For some, when they hearde, rebelled: howbeit not (2s) all that cam out of Egypt vnder Moses. But with whom was he despleased. xl. yeares? Was he not displeased with them that synned: whose carkases were over thorwent 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 of vnbeleve*.

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A 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 psa. xciiij (s) enter into his rest, as contrary wyse he sayde to the other: I have sworne in my

B wrath, they shall not enter into my rest. And that spake he verely longe after that the workes were made and the foundacion of the worlde layde. For he gene. ij. a spake in a certayne place of the seventh daye, on this wyse: And god did rest the seventh daye from all his workes. And in this place agayne: They shall not come

(10) into my rest.

Seynge therfore it foloweth that some muste enter therinto, and they to whom 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

Cc rehearsed: this daye if ye heare his voyce, be not harde herted. For if Iosue had

(1s) geven them rest, then wolde he not afterwarde have spoken of another daye.

There remayneth therfore yet a rest to the people of God. For he that is entred into his rest doth cease* from his awne workes, as god did from his.

D Let vs study therfore to entre into that rest, lest eny man faule after thesame ensample, in to vnbelefe. For the worde of god is quycke, and myghty in (20) 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 in visible in the sight of it. For all thynges are naked and bare xxxiij. vnto the eyes of him, of whom we speake.

The. v. Chapter. corp (8 Seynge then that we have a great hye prest whych is entred into heven iid (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

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The pistle of S. Paul to the Hebrues [Chap. vi] 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 amonge men, is ordeyned for men, (s)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, but he that is called of (to) 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 begat I the, glorified him. As he also in another place speaketh: Thou arte a prest for ever after the order of Melchisedech.- Which in the dayes of his flesshe, did offer vp prayers

(ts) 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 obedience, by tho thynges which he suffered, and was made parfaite, and the cause of eternall saluacion vnto all them that obey him: and is called of God an hye prest, after the order of Melchisedech.

(0) | Wherof we have many thynges to saye which are harde to be vttered: because ye are dull ofhearinge. For when as concerninge the tyme, ye ought to be teachers, yet have ye nede agayne that we teache you thefyrst principles of the worde of god: and are become soche as have nede of mylke, and not of stronge meate: For everyman that is feed with mylke, is inexperte in the worde of (2s) 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.

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[Chap. vi] The pistle of S. Paul to the Hebrues cion of repentaunce from deed workes, and of fayth towarde God, of baptyme, of doctryne, and of layinge on of hondes, and of resurreccion from deeth, and of eternall iudgement. And so will we do, yf God permitte. For it is not possible that they, which were once lyghted, and have tasted of the hevenly gyft,

(s)and were become partetakers of the holy goost, and have tasted of the good yj. pet. ij. d worde of God, and 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 commeth ofte vpon it, and (10) bringeth forth erbest mete for them that dresse it, receaveth blessynge of god.

But that grounde, which beareth thornes and bryars, is reproved, and 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 (ts) laboure that procedeth of love, which love shewed in his name, which have ministred vnto the saynctes, and yet minister Yee, and 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 and pacience inheret the promyses.

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(20) For when god made promes to Abraham, because he had no greater thinge to sweare by he sware by him silfe sayinge: Surely I will blesse the and multiply the in dede. And so after that he had taryed alonge 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 gen. xxij (2s) aboundanlyt to shewe vnto the heyres of promes, the stablenes of his counsayle, he added an othe, that by two 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. ofthe soule both sure and stedfast. Which hope also entreth in,

(30) into tho thynges which are with in the vayle, whither the fore runner is for vs entred in, I mean Iesus that is made an hye prest for ever, after the order of Melchisedech.

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The pistle of S. Paul to the Hebrues [Chap. vii] The. vii. Chapter.

This Melchisedech kynge of Salem (which beinge prest of the most hye god met Abraham, as he returned agayne from the slaughter of the kynges, and blessed him: to whom also Abraham gave tythes of all thynges) fyrst is by interpretacion kynge of rightewesnes: after that he is kynge of Salem, that is to A. xiiij.

(s) saye kynge of peace, with out father, with 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 whom the patriarke Abraham gave tythes of the spoyles. And verely those children of levy, which receave the (to) office of the prestes, have a commaundement to take a cordynge 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 that which is

(1s) 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 Melchisecht met him.

Yf now therfore perfeccion came by the presthod of the levites (for vnder (20) that presthod the people recavedt 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 thepresthod be translated, then of necessitie must the lawe be translated also.

For he of whom these thynges are spoken, pertayneth vnto another trybe, of (2s) which never man served at the aultre. For it is evident that oure lorde spronge 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 commaundment: but after the power of the endlesse lyfe (For he testifieth: Thou arte lio CXNKIN.

(30) a prest for ever, after the order of Melchysedech) Then the commaundment that al. cix.

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[Chap. viii] The pistle of S. Paul to the Hebrues 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 (s) othe. Those prestes were made with out an oth: but this 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. psal. cix.

And amonge them many were made prestes, because they were not suffred (10) 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, and made hyar then heven. Which nedeth not (ts) dayly (as yonder hie prestes) to offer vp sacrifice, fyrst for his awne 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 the lawe, maketh the sonne prest, which is parfecte for ever more.

The. viii. Chapter (20) Of the thynges which we have spoken, this is the pyth: that we have soche an hye preste that is sitten on the 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 man. For every hye prest is ordeyned to offer gyftes and sacryfises, wherfore it is of necessitie, that this man have some what also to offer. For he

(25) were not a preste, yf he were on the erth where are prestes that acordynge to the lawe, offer giftes, which prestes serve vnto the ensample and shadowe of hevenly thynges: even as the answer of God was geven vnto Moses when he was about to fynnishe the tabernacle: Take hede (sayde he) that thou make all thynges accordynge to the patronet shewed to the in the mount.

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The pistle of S. Paul to the Hebrues [Chap. ix] 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 them he sayth: Beholde the dayes will come

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(s) (sayth the lorde) and I will fynnyshe apon the housse of Israhel, and apon the housse of Iuda, a newe testament: not lyke the testament that I made with their fathers at that tyme, when 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.

(10) 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 them, 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

Covenaunt.

(rs) of them: For I wilbe mercifull over their vnrightwesnes, and on their synnes and on their iniquities. In that he sayth a new testament he hath abrogat the olde. Now that which is disanulled and wexed olde, is redy to vannysshe awaye.

The. ix. Chapter.

That fyrst tabernacle verely had ordinaunces, and servynges of god, and wordly holynes. + For there was a fore tabernacle made, wherin was the candle- (20) sticke, and the table, and the shewe breed, which is called wholy. But with in the seconde vayle was ther a tabernacle, which is called holiest of all, which had the golden senser, and the arcke of the testament overlayde roundabout 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 cherubist of glory shadowynge

(2s) 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 and 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 the people. Wherwith the holy goost

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(15) ... over their iniquyties:

In to the secounnde went in the hye (16) ...and ontheir vnrightewesnes, will I prest... notthynke eny more.

(28) ...but not with out bloud, (18) ...had jiustifyinges, (29) ...the people: The holy goost...

(19) For thatfyrst tabernacle was made,

[Chap. ix] The pistle of S. Paul to the Hebrues e this signifyeng, that the waye of holy thynges, was not yet openned, whill as yet the 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 and (s) 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, notof this

D maner bildynge, nether by the bloud of gotes and calves: but by his awne bloud leu. x¥j-¢ (70) we entred once for all into the holy place, and founde eternall redemcion.+ For yf the bloud of oxen and of Gotes and the asshes of an heyfer, when it was

Folio cccxli.| sprynckled, puryfied the vnclene, as touchynge the purifiynge of the flesshe:

; Ja Ms How moche more shall the bloud of Christ (which thorow the eternall sprete, aan offered him silfe with out spot to God) pourdge youre conscienées from deed rom. v.b.

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E And for this cause is he the mediator of the newe testament (that thorow deeth which chaunsed for the redempcion of those transgressions that were in the fyrst testament) they which were called, myght receave the promes of gala. iij. b eternall inheritaunce.For whersoever is a testament, there must also be the (20) deeth of him that 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 the bloud of calves and of Gotes, with water and purple woll and ysope,

F genesis. xxiiij.

(2s) 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 almostall thynges, are bye the lawe, pourged with bloud, and with out effusion of bloud, is no remission.

G |Go) 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

D sacrifises then are those. For Christ is not entred into the holy places that are

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The pistle of S. Paul to the Hebrues [Chap. x] 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 the holy place every yeare with straunge bloud, for then must he have often suffered sence the worlde began. But now

(5) 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, and vnto them that loke for him, shall he appeare agayne without synne, vnto saluacion.

The. x. Chapter.

(10) For the lawe which hath but the shadowe of good thynges to come, and not the thynges in their awne fassion, can never with the sacryfises which they offer yere by yere continually, make the commers 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 consciences of sinnes.

(rs) 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, he sayth: Sacrifice and offeringe thou woldest not have: but a bodie hast thou ordeyned me. In sacrifices and synneofferynges thou hast no lust. Then I sayde: Lo I come, in the chefest

(20) 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 fyrst to stablisshe the latter. By the which will we are sanctified, by the offeringe

(2s) 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 henceforth tarieth till his foes be made his fotestole. For with

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Above when he sayth sacrifice, and (18) ...holocaustes and sacrifice for synneofferynge, and holocaustes, and sacrifyce thou hast not alowed. Then I sayde: for synne, (19) Inthebegynnynge off the boke...

(22) (which are offered by thelawe) then he sayde: Lo I am redy to do...

[Chap. x] The pistle of S. Paul to the Hebrues one offerynge hath he made parfecte for ever them that are sanctified. And theholy 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 hertes and in their mynde I will write them and their hie. xxxj (s) 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 forvs, through the vayle, that is to saye by his flesshe. And seynge also

(ro) that we have an hye prest which is ruler over the 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) and let vs consyder one another to provoke vnto love, and to good workes: others salua cion, as We shuld yf w trulye 'ould (1s) and let vs not forsake the felishippe that we have amonge 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. eche other, For yfwe synne willyngly after that we have receaved the knowledge of the trueth, there remayneth no more sacrifice for synnes but a fearfull lokynge

(20) for iudgement, and violent fyre which shall devoure the adversaries He that de spiseth Moses lawe, dyeth with out mercy vnder two or thre witnesses. Of 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 dut. xvij.

F mat. Xvij io. vilj. c. ij. cor. xij as an vnholy thynge wherwith he was sanctified, and doth dishonoure to the (25) sprete of grace. For we knowe him that hath sayde, vengeaunce belongeth vnto me, I will recompence sayth the lorde. And agayne: the lorde shall iudge his people. It is a fearfull thynge to faule into the hondes of the livynge God. du. xxxij rom. xij.

Call to remembraunce the dayes that are passed, in the which after yehad receaved light, ye endured a greate fyght in adversities, partly whill all men

Folio cecxitit.

(30) wondred and gased at you for the shame and tribulacion that was done vnto you, and partly whill ye became companyons of them which so passed their tyme. For ye suffered also with my bondes, and toke a worth the spoylynge

Line (3) And I will put...

Line (29) ...ye abode a grette fyght...

(4) ...and in their myndes I will write. ..

The pistle of S. Paul to the Hebrues [Chap. xi] C of youre goodes, and 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 recompence.

For ye have nede of pacience, that after ye have done the will of god, ye myght receave

(s) the promes. For yet a very lytell whyle, and he that shall come will come, and a. ij. a. will not tary. But the iust shall live by faith. And yf he with drawe him silfe, a a my soule shall have no pleasure in him. We are not whiche with drawe oure selves vnto dampnacion, but partayne to fayth to the wynnynge of the soule.

The. xi. Chapter.

A Fayth is a sure confidence of thynges which are hoped for, and a certayntie and.

Fayth and (10) of thynges which are not sene. By it the elders were well reported of. Thorow ae fayth we vnderstonde that the worlde was ordeyned by the worde of god: and _ [lyfe and that thynges which are sene, were made of thynges which are not sene. By fayth |the con e

Abell offered vnto god a more plenteous sacrifice then Cayn: by which, he [science an¢ obteyned witnes that he was righteous, god testifyinge of his gyftes: by which —_|workes, how a (ts) also he beynge deed, yet speaketh. cis By fayth was Enoch translated that he shuld not se deeth: nether was he

B founde: for God 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

Lv. &. him. For he that commeth to God, must beleve that God is, and that he is a xh (20) rewarder of them that seke him.

By fayth Noe honored God, after that he was warned of thinges which were not sene, and prepared the arcke to the savinge of his houssholde, thorowe

2. Vj. c. the which arcke, he condempned the worlde, and became heyre of the rightewesaan nes which commeth by fayth.

1. xij.a | (25) By fayth Abraham, when he was called obeyed, to goo out into a place, which he shuld afterwarde receave to inheritaunce, and he went out not knowynge whether he shuld goo.

'a By fayth he removed into the londe that was promysed him, as into a straunge countre, and dwelt in tabernacles: and so dyd Isaac and Iacob, heyres

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Line (1) ...remembrynge in youre selves. . . apeare, thynges whych are invisyble (8) ...forto wynne oure soules. myght be knowen.

(11) Thatby the menest of thynges whych Line (17) ...he obtayned reccorde, that he had pleased god:

[Chap. xi] The pistle of S. Paul to the Hebrues with him of the same promes. For he loked for a citie havinge a foundacion, whose bylder and maker is God.

Thorow fayth Sara also receaved strength to be with chylde, and was delivered of a chylde when she was past age, because she iudged him faythfull gen. xxj.

(s) which had promysed.

And therfore spronge therof one (and of one which was as good as deed) so many in multitude, as the starres of the skye, and as the sond of the see shore which is innumerable. gen. Xvij and xvilj Folio cecxiitit.

And they all dyed in fayth, and receaved not the promyses: but sawe them D (1o)a farre of, and 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 countre.

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

/~ (rs) of them even to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a citie.

In fayth Abraham offered vp Isaac, when he was tempted, and he offered him beinge his only begotten sonne, which had receaved the promyses of whom it was sayde, in Isaac shall thy seed be called: for he considered, that God was able to rayse vp agayne from deeth. Wherfore receaved he him, for an en- (20)sample. In fayth Isaac blessed Iacob and Esau, concerninge thinges to come. gen. xxij eccl. xlitij gene. xXxj rom. ix. b ge. XXvij By fayth Iacob when he was a dyinge, blessed both the sonnes of Ioseph, and bowed him selfe towarde the toppe of his cepter. ge. xlviij.

By fayth Ioseph when he dyed, remembred the departinge of the chyldren of Israel, and gave commaundement of his bones.

F gene. |. d. an SL Ne ; " S eae no exo. ij. a. exodi. j. c.

(25) By fayth Moses when he was borne, was hid thre monethes of his father and mother, be cause they sawe he was a proper chylde: nether feared they the kynges commaundement.

By fayth Moses when he was great, refused to be called the sonne of Pharaos doughter, and chose rather to suffre adversitie with the people of God, then to exod. ij. b.

(30) 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 the rewarde.

Line (12) ...from whence they cam, Line (20) ...and Esau, as concernynge...

14) ...that is to saye a celestial.

(22) ...and worshipped on the toppe of his 17) ...hys only sonne, in whomhe had ceptre. receaved. ..

(28) Byfayth Moses whenhe was of a gret (19) ...as an ensample of the resurreccion. age, al - a=

The pistle of S. Paul to the Hebrues = [Chap. wii] 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.

0. xij. d Thorow fayth he ordeyned the ester lambe, and the effusion of bloud, lest he that destroyed the fyrst borne, shuld touche them.

. xiiij. c By fayth they passed thorow the reed see as by drye londe, which when the Egypcians had assayed to do, they were drouned. su. vj. c By fayth the walles of Ierico fell doune after they were compased about, seven dayes.

By fayth the harlot Raab perisshed not with the vnbelevers, when she had (10) receaved the spyes to lodgynge peaseably.

And what shall I more saye, the tyme wold be to short for me to tell of Gedeon, of Barach and of Samson, and of Iephthae: also of David and Samuel, and of the Prophetes: + which thorowe fayth subdued kyngdomes, wrought righteousnes, obteyned the promyses, stopped the mouthes of lyons, quenched

(1s) the violence of fyre, escaped the edge of the swearde, of weake were made stronge, waxed valient in fight, turned to flyght the armyes of the alientes. And the wemen receaved their deed raysed to lyfe agayne.

Other were racked, and wolde not be delyvered, that they myght receave slio cxlv. a better resurreccion. Other tasted of mockynges and scourginges, morover of (20) bondes and presonment: were stoned, were hewen a sunder, were tempted, were slayne with sweardes, walked vppe and doune in shepes skynnes, in gotes skynnes, in nede, tribulacion, and vexacion, which the worlde was not worthy of: they wandred in wildernes, in mountaynes, in dennes and caves of the erth.

And these all thorow fayth obtayned good reporter and receaved not the (2s) promes, God provydinge a better thinge for vs, that they with out vs shuld not be made parfecte.

The. xii. Chapter.

A Wherfore let vs also (seynge that we are compased with so great a multitude of witnesses) laye a waye all that presseth doune, and the synne that hangeth sofferinge no m. vj.a on, and let vs runne with pacience vnto the battayle that is set before vs, lokynge

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: synne that hangeth on vs, (16) Thewemen receaved their deed to lyfe agayne.

[Chap. xii] The pistle of S. Paul to the Hebrues vnto Iesus, the auctor and fynnyssher of oure fayth, which for the ioye that was set before him, abode the crosse, and despysed the shame, and is set doune on the right honde of the trone of God. Consider therfore how that he endured suche speakinge agaynst him of synners, lest ye shuld be weried and faynte in youre

(s)myndes. For ye have not yet resisted vnto bloud sheddinge, stryvinge agaynst synne. And ye have forgotten 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, and he scourgeth every sonne that he receaveth.

(10) 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 correccion (where of all are parttakers) 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 (rs) 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 is 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.

(20) Stretch forthe therfore agayne the hondes which were let doune, and the weake knees, and se that ye have strayght steppes vnto youre fete, lest eny haltinge turne out of the waye: yee, let it rather be healed. Embrace peace with all men, and holynes: with out the which, no man shall se the Lorde. And looke to, that no man be destitute of the grace of God, and that no rote of bitternes

(2s)springe vp and trouble, and therby many be defiled: and that there be no ye fornicator, or vnclene person, as Esau, which for one breakfast solde his birthright. Ye knowe how that afterwarde when he wolde have inherited the blessinge, he was put by, and he founde no meanes to come therby agayne: no though he desyred it with teares.

(0) | For ye are not come vnto the mounte that can be touched, and vnto burninge fyre, nor yet to myst and darcknes and tempest of wedder, nether vnto the sounde of a trompe and the voyce of wordes: which voyce they that hearde it,

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15) ...and shall live?

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(17) No manner learnynge. . .

28) His repentauncefounde no grace, no (19) ...which there in are exercysed. though hedesyred that blessynge with (23) Andse that no man be destitute of the teares, grace ofgod, lest eny rote...

(30) ...themounte thatis touched, (25) ...defiled. That there be... e erpc tery icnaa

The pistle of S. Paul to the Hebrues —[Chap. xiii] . xix. . wisshed awaye, that the communicacion shuld not be spoken to them. For they were not able to abyde that which was spoken. Ifa beast had touched the mountayne, it must have bene stoned, or thrust thorowe with a darte: even so terreble

F was the sight which appered. Moses sayde, I feare and quake. But ye are come (s) vnto the mounte Sion, and to the citie of the livinge god, the celestiall Ierusalem: and to an innumerable sight of angels, and vnto the congregacion of the fyrst

—|* Fyrst borne sonnes*, which are written in heven, and to God the iudge ofall, and to the spretes of iust and parfecte men, and to Iesus the mediator of the newe testament,

_| and to the spryncklynge of bloud that speaketh better then the bloud of Abell.

(10) Se that ye despise not him that speaketh. For yf they escaped not which re- |

W°t9 ¢ed fused him that spake on erth: moche more shall we not escape, yf weturneawaye

_|god.

G from him that speaketh from heven: whose voyce then shouke the erth, and now declareth sayinge: yet once more will I shake not the erth only, but also heven.

No dout the same that he sayth, yet once more, signifieth the removinge a waye get. ij. b- (rs) of those thinges 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 1. iiij. d. please him with reverence and godlyfeare. For oure god is a consumynge fyre.

The. xiii. Chapter.

A Let brotherly love continue. Be not forgetfull to lodge straungers. For — |Oure dutye- (20) therby have dyvers receaved angels into their houses vnwares. Remember them {fi %¢ wil that are in bondes, even as though ye were bounde with them. Be myndfull of ass bee 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 sue. j.a. _ |(2s) coveteousnes and be content with that ye have all redy. For 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.

B The ende of whose conversacion se that ye looke vpon, and folowe their fayth.

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Line (19) ...to be kynde to straungers.

(16) ...receave the kyngdom...

(29) ...consider the conversacion off their (18) For oure god is consumyngefyre. livynge, and counterfet their fayth.

[Chap. xiii] The pistle of S. Paul to the Hebrues Iesus Christ yesterdaye and to daye, and the same continueth for ever. Be not caryed aboute with divers and straunge learnynge. For it is a good thynge

Tous that the herte be stablisshed with grace, and not with meates, which have not cccxlvii. profteted them that have had their pastyme in them. We have an altre wherof

C (s)they maye not eate which serve in the tabernacle. For the bodies of those num, xix beastes whose bloud is brought into the holy place by the hie prest to pourge sinne, are burnt with out the tentes. Therfore Iesus to sanctifye the people mic. ij. c. with his awne bloud, suffered with out the gate. Let vs goo forth therfore out of the tentes, and suffer rebuke with him. For here have we no continuynge

(10) citie: but we seke one to come.

For byhim 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 them that have the oversight of you, and submit youre selves to them, for they watch for youre

(ts) 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, and desyre to live honestly. I desire you therfore somwhat the moare aboundantly, that ye so do, that I maye be restored to you quyckly.

D |) 'The god of peace that brought agayne from deth oure lorde Iesus, the gret shepperde of the shepe, thorowe the bloud of the everlastynge testament, make you parfect in all good workes, to do his will, workynge in you that which is pleasaunt in his syght thorow Iesus christ To whom be prayse for ever whill the worlde endureth Amen. + (2s) I beseche you brethren, suffre the wordes of exhortacion: For we have written vnto you in feawe wordes: knowe the brother Timothe, whom we have sent from vs, with whom (yf he come shortly) I will se you. Salute them that have the oversight of you, and all the saynctes. They of Italy salute you. Grace bewith you all. Amen.

Sent from Italy by Timotheus.

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(10) ...but weseke a cite to come. andbrynge to passe, that whatsoever (15) ...even as though they shulde geve a e do, maye be accepted in his sight, comptes for them: ee the meanes of Iesus Christ.

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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 (s) him, or euerlastynge couenaunt 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, butcryeth to kepe the lawe of god, and maketh loue which is withoute percialite thefullfillinge of the lawe, as christ and all the apostles dyd, and hath therto manye good and godlye sentences

(10) in it: and hath also nothinge that is not a greable to the 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 placeonly, for the false vnderstondinge, it hath been chefely receaued of the lio \(xs) Papistes) yet if the circumstances be well pondered it will aperethat the auctors xviii. 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 dedesfolowinge, is a false fayth and none of that fayth

(20) iustifieth or receaueth forgeuenes of synnes. For God promised them onlie forgeuenes of their synnes which turne to god, to kepe his lawes. Wherfore they that purpose to continew still in synne haue no parte in that promyse: but deceaue them selues, if they beleue that God hath forgeuen them their olde synnes for Christes sake. And after when he sayth that a man is iustifiedby dedes

(2s) and 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 $21

Prologe vpon Iames and Judas Romayns, and also in other places. For as Paule affyrmeth Roma. iij. that Abraham was not iustified by workes afore God, but byfayth onlye as Genesis beareth recorde, so will Iames that dedes onlye iustified him before theworlde, and fayth wrought with his dedes: that is to saye, fayth wherwith he was

(s) ryghteous before God in the hert did cause him to worke thewill of God outwardlye, wherby he was ryghteous before the worlde, and wherby the worlde perceaued that he beleued in god loued and feared God. And as Hebre. xj. the scripture affirmeth that Rahab was iustified before God thorow fayth, so doth

Iames affirmethat thorow workes by which she shewed hir fayth, she was (10) iustified before the worlde, and it is true.

And: as for the epistle of Iudas, though men haue and yet do doute of the auctoure, and though it semealso 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 (1s) that it ought to haue the auctorite of holye scripture.

fa Beton LE COR So TAMES The fyrst Chapter.

A Tames the seruaunt of God and of the Lorde Iesus Christ, sendeth gretinge to the. xii. trybes which are scattered here and there. + My brethren, count it excedynge ioye when ye faule into divers temptacions, for as moche as ye knowe how that the tryinge of youre fayth bringeth pacience: and let pacience

.v.a. | (5) have her parfect worke, that 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

. Vij. a him axe in fayth and waver not. For he that douteth is lyke the waves of the see, i Bee tost ofthe wynde and caried with violence. Nether let that man thinke that he

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(20) shall receave eny thinge of the Lorde. A waveringe mynded man is vnstable in je all his wayes.

B Let the brother of lowe degre reioyce in that he is exalted, and the ryche in that he is made lowe. For even as the flower of the grasse, shall he vanysshe awaye. The sonne ryseth with heate, and the grasse wydereth, and his flower

(ts) 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. + (20) Let no man saye when he is tempted that he is tempted of God. For God tempteth not vnto evyll, nether tempteth he anie man.

But every man is tempted, drawne awaye, and entysed of his awne concupiscence. Then when lust hath conceaved, she bringeth forth synne, and synne when it is fynisshed bringeth forthe deeth.

(2s) Erre not my deare brethren. + Every good gyfte, and every parfayt gyft, is from above and commeth doune from the father of light, with whom is

Cc no variablenes, nether is he chaunged vnto darcknes. Of his awne will begat he vs with the worde of lyfe, that we shuld be the fyrst frutes of his creatures.

Line (3) ...remembryngehowe that the tryinge grasse is widdered, and his flower is off youre fayth... faulen awaye, (5) ...thatnothyngebelackyngevnto you.

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(6) Yf£ eny that is amonge you... (which- (16) ...perisshein his aboundance. geveth to all men withouten doublenes, (18) ...the lorde hath prepared for them...

...teth I TO) fe hey aeoik God. as) ...that we shulde be the fyrst ofhis (14) Thesonpe is rysenwith heate, and the creatures.

[Chap. ii] The pistle of S. lames 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 re- (s) ceave with meknes the worde that is grafted in you, which is able to save youre soules+. + And se that ye be doars of the worde and not hearers only, deceavinge

D 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, and forgetteth immediatlie what his

(10) fassion was. But whoso loketh in the parfaict lawe of libertie, and continueth ther in (yfhe be not a forgetfull hearer, but a doar of the 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 (1s) vndefiled before God the father, is this: to vysit the frendlesse and widdowes in their adversite, and to kepe him silfe vnspotted of the worlde. +

The. ii. Chapter. + A 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,

(20) and ye have a respecte to him that weareth the gayeclothynge 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?

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Harken my deare beloved brethren. Hath not God chosen the poore of (2s) this worlde, which are ryche in fayth, and heyres of the kyngdom which he

B 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 $24

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For yff a man Line (16) ...vnspotted from the worlde.

Deareher (22) ...not even parciall...

(9) ...and hath immediatly forgotten...

(28) ...of that good name that is called on (11) ...he shalbe happi... over you?

The pistle of S. lames [Chap. iii] 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: the vnmercifull hethreatneth iudgement withoute mercie.

And mercie reioyseth and triumpheth ouer iudgement. For wheremercye is, there hath damnacion no place by godes promise. God hathpromysed all mercie to the mercifull onlye.

Now yfanye that is notmercyfull beleueth to haue mercye of god he deceaueth him selfe: because he hath no Godes worde for hi For godes promise partayneth to the mercifull onlye: and true faith therforeis knowen by hirdedes.

(s) 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 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 (10) hath no dedes? Can fayth save him? Ifa brother or a sister be naked or destitute of dayly fode, and one of you saye vnto them: Departe in peace, God sende you warmmnes and fode: not withstondynge ye geve them not tho thynges which are nedfull to the body: what helpeth it them? Even so fayth, yf it have no dedes, is deed in it selfe.

(ts) | Yeand aman myght saye: Thou hast fayth, and I have dedes: Shewe me ' thy fayth by thy dedes: and I will shewe the my fayth by my dedes. Belevest thou that ther is one God? Thou doest well. The devyls also beleve and tremble.

Wilt thou vnderstonde 0 thou vayne man, that fayth with out dedes is deed ?

Was not Abraham oure father iustified thorow workes when he offered Isaac his (20) sonne vpon the aultre? Thou seist how that fayth wrought with his dedes, and through the dedes was the fayth made parfect: and the scripture was fulfilled which sayth: Abraham beleved God, and it was reputed vnto him for rightewesnes: and he was called the frende of God. + Ye se then how that of dedes a man is iustified, and not of fayth only. Lyke wyse also was not Raab the harlot iustifyed thorow

(2s) workes, when she receaved the messengers, and sent them out another waye? For as the body, with oute the sprete is deed, even so fayth with out dedes is deed +

The. iii. Chapter.

My brethren, be not every man a master*, remembringe how that we shall receave the more damnacion: for in many thinges we synne all. Yfa man synne not in worde, the same is a parfecte man, and able to tame all the body. Beholde

* He that taketh auctoryte to rebuke other

Line (4) ...commit fornicacion, Line (20) ...fayth wroght in his dedes, (5) Though thoushallt do no fornicacion,

(24) ...iustifyed whenshe receaved...

15) But one shall saye: Thou hast fayth, (29) ...in worde, heis a parfect man...

19) . Sot off his dedes when he Giecedos

[Chap. iiii] The pistle of S. Iames we put bittes into the horses mouthes that they shuld obeye vs, and 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

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(s)a lyttell member, and bosteth great thinges.

Beholde how gret a thinge a lyttell fyre kyndleth, and the tonge is fyre, and a worlde of wyckednes. So is the tonge set amonge oure members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth a fyre all that we have of nature, and is it selfe set a fyre even of hell.

(10) All the natures of beastes, and of byrdes, and of serpentes, and thinges of the see, are meked and 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 men which are made after the similitude of God.

Out of one mouth proceadeth blessynge and cursynge. My brethren these thinges (1s) 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 conversacion in meknes that ys coupled with wisdome*.

(20) But Yf ye have bitter envyinge and stryfe in youre hertes, reioyce not: nether be lyars agaynst the trueth. This wisdome descendeth not from a boue: but is erthy, and naturall*, and divelisshe.

For where envyinge and stryfe is, there is stablenest and all manner of evyll workes. But the wisdom that is from above, is fyrst pure, then peasable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy

(2s) and good frutes, without iudgynge, and without simulacion: yee, and the frute of rightewesnes is sowen in peace, of them that mayntene peace.

The. iii. Chapter.

From whence commeth warre and fighttynge amonge you: come they not here hence? even of youre volupteousnes that rayne in youre members. Ye lust, and have not. Ye envie and have indignacion, and cannot obtayne. Ye fight and

Line (13) ...made vnto thesimilitude off God.

Line (23) ...thereisvnstablenes, andall manner...

(17) Who ys wyse and endued...

(26) ...ofthem that kepe peace.

.that rayneth. ..

(20) Yf ye have bitter envyinge amonge 28) you, and stryfe in youre hertes, 29) ...cannot come by it.

The pistle of S. Iames [Chap. v] warre and have not, because ye axe not. Ye axe and receave not, because ye axe a muysse: even to consume it apon youre volupteousnes. Ye advouterars, and wemen that breke matrimonie: knowe ye not how that the frenshippet of the worlde is ennimitet to godwarde? Whosoever wilbe a frende of the worlde, is made the (s)enemie of god. Ether do ye thinke that the scripture sayth in vayne The sprite* that dwelleth in you, lusteth even contrary to envie: but geveth more grace.

B Submit youre selves to god, and resist the devyll, and he will flye from you.

Drawe nye to godand he will drawe nye to you. Clense youre hondes ye synners, and pourdge youre hertes ye waverynge mynded. Suffre affliccions: sorowe ye io ccclii. |(x0) and wepe. Let youre laughter be turned to mornynge, and youre ioye to hevynes.

Viij.) resisteth hate enuie mocyon if we folowe, grace increaseth in Cast doune youre selves before the lorde, and he shall lift you vp. Backbyte not one another, brethren. He that backbyteth* 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 the lawe: but a iudge. Ther is one lawe gever,

(ts) which is able to save and to distroye. What art thou that iudgest a nother man?

D Go to now ye that saye: to daye and to morow let vs go into soche a citie and continue there a yeare and 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 then vanyssheth awaye: For that ye or iudgeth (20) 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.

The. v. Chapter.

A Goo to now ye ryche men. Wepe, and howle on youre wretchednes thatshall come apon you. Youre ryches is corrupte, youre garmentes are motheaten.

He that knoweth and yet dothnot is withoute excuse. For (2s) Youre golde and youre silver are cankred, and the rust of them shalbe a witnes vnto you, and shall eate youre flesshe, as it were fyre. Ye have heaped treasure togedder in youre last dayes: Beholde the hyre of the labourers which have reped doune youre feldes (which hyer is of you kept backe by fraude) cryeth: and the cryes of them which have reped, are entred into the eares of the lorde-

Line (5) Do ye suppose that the scripture...

Line (1) Ye axe and have not, doth it not, itis synne.

(2) ...a mysse, forto consume...

(22) ...and

[Chap. v] The pistle of S. lames Sabaoth. Ye have lived in pleasure on the erth and in wantannes. Ye have norysshed youre hertes, as in a daye of slaughter*. Ye have condempned and have killed the iust, and he hath not resisted you.

B + Be pacient therfore brethren, vnto the commynge of the lorde. Beholde (5) 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 the commynge of the lorde draweth nye. Grodget not one agaynst another brethren, lest ye be dampned. Beholde the iudge stondeth before the dore. Take (my brethren) the prophettes for an (xo) 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, and have knowen what ende the lorde made. For the lorde is very pitifull and mercifull. ce But above all thynges my brethren, sweare not, nether by heven, nether by (rs) erth, nether by eny other othe. Let youre ye be ye*, and youre mayet naye: lest ye faule into ypocrecy. Yfeny ofyou be evyll vexed, let him praye. Yf eny ofyou be mery, let him singe Psalmes. Yf eny be deseased amonge you, let him call for the elders of the congregacion, and let them praye over him, and anoynte him with oyle in the name of the lorde: and the prayer of fayth shall save the Folio cccliii.\(20) sicke, and the lorde shall rayse him vp: and yf he have committed synnes, they shalbe forgeuen him.

D + knowledge youre fautes one to another: and praye one for another, that ye maye be healed. The prayer of a ryghteous man avayleth moche, yfit be fervent. iij. re. xvi Helias was a man mortall even as we are, and he prayed in his prayer, that it lu. iti. d.

|(¢s) myght not rayne: and it rayned not on the erth by the space of thre yeares and sixe monethes. And he prayed agayne, and the heven gave rayne and the erth brought forth her frute. mat. xij.

Brethren yf eny of you erre from the trueth and a nother convert him, let the same knowe that he which converted the synner from goynge a straye out

(30) of his waye, shall save a soule from deeth, andshall hyde the multitude of synnes.

The end of the pistle of Saynct Iames.

Line (6) ...receavetheyerlyandthelatterrayne.

Line (17) Ys there eny man deseasedamonge you?

(15) Letyoure sayinge be ye ye, naye naye:

18) ...seniours...

(16) Ys there eny amongeyou that is evyll 24) ...a man in daungerto tribulacion as vexed? let him praye. Ys there eny we are, man a mongeyou that is mery?

(26) And agayne he prayed,

Herts eee ores

AY NG T TODAS

Iudas the servaunt of Iesus Christ, the brother of lames. To them which are called and sanctified in god the father, and preserved in Iesu Christ. Mercy vnto you, and peace and love be multiplied.

Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write vnto you of the commen salua- (s) cion: it was nedfull for me to wryte vnto you, to exhorte you, that ye shuld continually laboure in the fayth which was once geven vnto the sayntes For ther are certayne craftely crept in, of which it was writen afore tyme vnto soche iudgement. They are vngodly and turne the grace of oure God vnto wantannes, and denye God the only Lorde, and oure Lorde Iesus Christ.

(10) My mynde is therfore to put you in remembraunce, for as moche as ye once knowe this, how that the Lorde (after that he had delivered the people out of Egypt) destroyed them which afterwarde beleved not. The angels also which 1. Xili kept not their fyrst estate: but lefte their awne habitacion, he hath reserved in everlastinge chaynes vnder darcknes vnto the iudgement of the greate daye:

(1s)even as Sodom and Gomor, and the cities aboute them (which in lyke maner defiled them selves with fornicacion and folowed straunge 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.

(0) Yet Michael the archangell when he strove agaynst the devyll, and disputed about the body of Moses, durst not geve raylinge sentence, but sayde: the Lorde tebuke the. But these speake evyll of those thinges which they knowe not: and 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 the (2s) waye of Cayn, and are vtterly geven to the erroure of Balam for lukerst sake, and perysshe in the treason of Core.

These are spottes which of youre kindnes feast to gedder, with out feare, fedynge them selves.

Cloudes they are with outen water, caried about of wyndes, and trees with out frute at gadringe tyme, twyse deed and plucked vp by

Line (2) ...preserved in Christ Iesus.

Line (25) ...andare spylt in the erroure of Balam (4) ...commen health: for lukerst sake, and arecaste a waye in (8) ...grace ofoure lorde God... the treason of Core.

(20) (when. . .Moses) (29) ...wyndes: Trees rotten in authumt, (22) In tho thynges which they knowe..

. vnfrutfull, twyse deed, (23) (as beastes which are with out reason) they corrupte them selves.

The pistle of S. Iudas the rotes. They are the ragynge waves of the 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, apoc. j. b. the lorde shall come with thousandes of sayntes, to geve iudgement agaynst all

(s)men, and to rebuke all that are vngodly amonge them, of all their vngodly dedes, which they have vngodly committed, and ot all their cruell speakynges, which vngodly sinners have spoken agaynst him.

F These are murmurers, complayners, walkynge after their awne lustes, whose mouthes speake proude thynges. They have men in greate reverence be cause of (10)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 j ae. a shulde be begylers in the last tyme, which shuld walke after ther awne vngodly ij. pet. iij. lustes. These are makers of sectes fleshlie, havynge no sprete.

G But ye derlye beloved, edyfie yovret selves in youre most holy fayth, pray- (rs) inge in the holy goost, and kepe youre selves in the love of God, lokinge for the mercy of oure lorde Iesus Christ, vnto eternall lyfe. And have compassion on some, separatynge them: and other save with feare, pullinge them out of the fyre, and hate the fylthy vesture of the flesshe.

Vnto him that is able to kepe you, that ye faule not, and to present you (20) fautlesse before the presence of his glory with ioye, that is to saye, to God oure saveour which only is wyse, be glory, maiestie, dominion, and power, now and for ever. Amen.

Her after foloweth the Apocalyps.

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13) ...off sectes, naturall, Colophon omitted.

THE REUELACION OF S. IOHN

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THE DIVINE

The fyrst Chapter.

A The reuelacion of Iesus Christe, which god gave vnto him, forto shewe vnto his servauntes thinges which muste shortly come to passe. + And he sent and shewed by his angell vnto his servaunt Ihon, which bare recorde of theworde of god, and of the testimony of Iesus Christe, and of all thinges that he sawe.

(s) Happy is he that redith, and they that heare the wordes of the prophesy, and kepe thoo thinges which are written therin. For the tyme is at honde.

B Thon to the. vii. congregacions in Asia. Grace be with you and peace, from _|The seven him which is and which was, and which is to come, and from the. vii. spretes

[Quurhes which are present before his trone, and from Iesus Christ which is a faythfull

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|(to) witnes, and fyrst begotten of the deed: and Lorde over the kinges of the erth. f ' a Vnto him that loved vs and wesshed vs from synnes in his awne bloud, + and made iij. d. vs kinges and Prestes vnto God his father, be glory, and dominion for ever more. a Amen. Beholde he commeth with cloudes, and all eyes shall se him: and they

: ee also which peersed him. And all kinredes of the erth shall wayle. Even so.

(ts) Amen. I am Alpha and Omega, the begynninge and the endinge, sayth the Lorde almyghty, which is and which was and which is to come.

G I Thon youre brother and companyon in tribulacion, and in the kyngdom and pacience which is in Iesu Christe, was in the yle of Pathmos for the worde of —_[Pathmos. god, and for the witnessynge of Iesu Christe. I was in the sprete on a sondaye,

_|Sondaye (2c) and herde behynde me, a gret voyce, as it had bene of a trompe sayinge: I am Alpha and Omega, the fyrst and the laste. That thou seist 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, and vnto

Philadelphia, and vnto Laodicia.

D (25) And I turned backe to se the voyce that spake to me. And when I was turned: I sawe. vii golden candelstyckes, and in the myddes of the candelstyckes,

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[Chap. ii] The Reuelacion of S. John one lyke vnto the sonne of man clothed with a lynnen garment doune to the ground, and gyrd aboute the pappes with a golden gyrdle His heed, and his heares were whyte, as whyte woll, and assnowe: and his eyes were as a flame of fyre: and his fete lyke vnto brasse, as though they brent in a fornace: and his

(s) voyce as the sounde of many waters. And he had in his right honde vii. starres.

Seven ste And out of his mouth went a sharpe twoo edged swearde. And his face shone even as the sonne in his strength.

E 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. Iam the fyrst, and the laste, esa. xlj.b — |(1o) and am a lyve, and was deed. And beholde I am a lyve for ever more, and have ising the kayes of hell and of deeth. wryte therfore the thynges which thou haste sene,

Folio ccclvi.|. and the thynges which are, and the thynges which shalbe fulfylled here after: and the mystery of the vii. starres which thou sawest in my ryght honde, and the vii. golden candelstyckes. The vii. stares are the messengers of the vii. congregacions:

(rs) And the vii. candlestyckes which thou sawest are the vii. congregacions.

The seconde Chapter.

A Vnto the messenger of the congregacion of Ephesus wryte: These thynges 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, and howe thou cannest not forbeare them which are evyll: and ex- (20) aminedst them which saye they are Apostles, and 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

B fallen, and repent, and do the fyrst workes. Or elles I wyll come vnto the shortly,

(2s) and will remove thy candlestyke out of his place, excepte thou repent. But this thou haste because thou hatest the dedes of the Nicolaitans, which dedes I also hate. Lett him that hath eares heare, what the sprete sayth vnto the congregacions. To him that overcommeth, will I geve to eate of the tree of lyfe, which is in the myddes of the paradice of god.

Line (6) ...went a twoo edged swearde.

Line (16) Vnto theangell...

(14) ...are the angells off the vij. congre- (20) ...and hast founde them lyars. and acions: haste suffered, and hast pacience: g '

The Reuelacion of S. Iohn [Chap. ii] @ And vnto the angell of the congregacion of Smyrna wryte: These thynges

|The congresayth he that is fyrst, and the laste, which was deed and is alive. Iknowe thy

|¢on.°F workes and tribulacion and poverte, but thou art ryche: And I knowe the blaspemyt of them whiche call them selves Iewes and are not: but are the congrega- (s) cion of sathan. Feare none of thoo thynges which thou shalt soffre. Beholde, lioccelvii.| 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 overcommeth shall not be hurte of the seconde deeth.

D (10) And to the messenger of the congregacion in Pergamos wryte: This sayth |The congrehe which hath the sharpe swearde with two edges. I knowe thy workes and paar 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

(ts) thynges agaynst the: that thou hast there, they that mayntayne the doctryne of ~ Balam which taught in balake, to put occasion ofsyn before the chylderne of xodiij Israhell, that they shulde eate of meate dedicat vnto ydoles, and 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 (20) shortly and will fyght agaynste them with theswearde of my mouth Lett him that hath eares heare what the sprete sayth vnto the congregacions: To him that overcommeth will I geve to eate manna that is hyd, and will geve him a whyte stone, and in the stone a newe name wrytten, which no man knoweth, savinge he that receaveth it.

E (25) And vnto the messenger of the congregacion of Theatira write: This sayth —_ |The congrethe sonne of god, which hath his eyes lyke vnto a flame of fyre, whose fete are ciate like brasse: I knowe thy workes and thy love, service, and fayth, and thy pacience, and 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

F __|(30) Iesabell, which called her sylfe a prophetes to teache and to deceave my servauntes, to make them commyt fornicacion, and to eate meates offered vppe vnto ydoles. And I gave her space to repent of her fornicacion and she repented

Fornicacion is a synne abhominable

Line (10) ...to the angell, Line (25) And vnto the angell...

(19) But repent or elles...

(27) ...and pacience,

[Chap. iii] The Reuelacion of S. Iohn not. Beholde I will caste her into a beed, and them that commyt fornicacion withher into gret adversite, excepte they tourne from their deades. And I will kyll her children with deeth. And all the congregacions shall knowe that I am he which searcheth the reynes and hertes. AndI will geve vnto everet one of you

(s)accordynge vnto youre workes.

Vnto you I saye, and vnto-other of them of Thiatyra as many as have not this lerninge and which have not knowen the depnest of Sathan (as they saye) I will put apon you none other burthen, but that which ye have alreddy. Holde fast tyll I come, and whosoever overcommeth and kepeth my workes vnto the (10) ende, to hym will I geve power over nacions, and he shall rule them with a rodde of yron: and as the vessels of a potter, shall he breake them to shevers.

Psal, ij. c ~ Even as I receaved of my father, euen so will I geve him the mornynge starre.

Let him that hath eares heare what the sprete sayth to the congregacions.

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And wryte vnto the messenger of the congregacion of Sardis: this sayth he A Folio ccclviii.

(ts) 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, and repent.

Yf thou shalt not watche, I will come on the as a thefe, j. thes. v. a ij. pe. ij. c.

(20) and thou shalt not knowe what houre I wyll come apon the Thou haste a feawe names in Sardis, which have not defyled their garmentes: and they shall walke with me in whyte, for they are worthy He that overcometh shalbe clothed in whyte araye, and 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

(2s) eares heare what the sprete sayth vnto the congregacions.

And wryte vnto the tydinges bringer of the congregacion of Philadelphia: this sayth he that is holy and true, which hath the keye of Dauid: which openyth and noman shutteth, and shutteth and no man openeth. I knowe thy workes.

Beholde I have set before the an open doore, and no man can shut it, for

Line (2) ...excepte they repent of their deades.

Line (14) ...vnto the angell...

(12) And I will geve him the mornynge 26) And wryte vnto the angell off Philastarre. delphia:

The Reuelacion of S. Iohn [Chap. iii] 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 (s) love the.

D Because thou hast kept the wordes of my pacience, therfore I will kepe the from the houre of temptacion, which will come vpon all the worlde, to tempte them that dwell vpon the erth. Beholde I come shortly. Holde that which thou

| haste, that no man take awaye thy croune. Him that overcommeth, will I make (1o)a pyllar in the temple of my God, and he shall goo no more oute. And I will wryt vpon him, the name of my God, and the name of the cite of my god, newe lerusalem, which commeth doune oute of heven from my God, and I will wryte vpon him my newe name. Let him that hath eares heare, what the sprete sayth vnto the congregacions.

A {(15) And vnto the messenger of the congregacion which is in Laodicia wryte:

|The congreThis sayth (amen) the faythfull and true witnes, the begynninge of the creatures gacice oF of God. I knowe thy workes that 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 the oute of my mouth: because thou sayst thou arte riche

(20) and incresyd with goodes and haste nede of nothynge, and knowest not howe B 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 and whyte rayment, that thou mayste be clothed, that thy fylthy nakednes do not apere: and anoynt thyne eyes with eye salve, that thou mayste se. lio ccclix.\(25) As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Be fervent therfore and repent. |

Whom god a Beholde I stonde at the doore and knocke. Yf eny man heare my voyce and __|themhe opont the dore, I will come in vnto him and will suppe with him, and he with _|-asteneth, me. To him that overcommeth will I graunte to sytt with me in my seate, evyn as I over cam and have sytten with my father, in his seate. Lett him that hath

(30) eares heare what the sprete sayth vnto the congregacions.

Line (2) Beholde.

I putthem ofthe congreLine (6) ...and I wyll kepe the... gacion of Sathan, (15) And vnto the angell...

(4) ...knowethat I have loved the.

[Chaps. iii. v] The Reuelacion of S. John The. iiii. Chapter.

A 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, and I will shewe the thynges which must be fulfyllyd here after. And immediatly I was in the sprete: and beholde a seate was put in heven

(s)and one sate on the seate. And he that sat was to loke apon like vnto a iaspar

B stone, and 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.

(r0) And out of the seate proceded lightnynges, and thundrynges, and voyces, and there wer vii. lampes of fyre, burninge before the seate, which are the vii. sprettes of God. And before the seate there was a see of glasse lyke vnto cristal, and in the myddes of the seate, and rounde aboute the seate, were iiii. bestes full e of eyes before and behynde. And the fyrste best was lyke a lion, the seconde best

(1s) lyke a calfe, and the thyrde beste had a face as a man and the fourthe beste was like a flyinge egle. And the iiii. bestes had eche one of them vi. wynges aboute him, and they were full of eyes within. And they had noo reste daye nether nyght sayinge: holy, holy, holy, lorde god almyghty, which was, and is, and is to come.

D And when those beestes gave glory and honour and thankes to him that sat Folio ccclx. \(20) on the seate which lyveth for ever and 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, and honoure, and power, for thou haste created all thinges, and for thy wylles sake they are, and were created.

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A (25) And I sawe in the right honde of him, that sat in the trone, a boke written within 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

Line (6) ...to loke apon, lykevntoanemeralde.

Line (20) ...seniours fell dounebefore the trone, (8) ...seniours... beforehym thatsat on the trone, (20) ...which levitht evermore, (21) ...hym thattlevitht ever,

The Reuelacion of S. Iohn [Chap. vi] 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.

B And one of the elders sayde vnto me: wepe not: Beholde a lion beinge A lyon obtayned to open the booke.

(s) of the tribe of Iuda, the rote of Dauid, hath obtayned to open the boke, and to lose the vii. seales ther of.

And Ibehelde, 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 (to) worlde. And he cam and toke the boke oute of the right honde of him that sate apon the seate.

And when he had taken the boke, the. iiii. bestes and xxiiii. elders fell doune before the lambe, havynge harpes and golden vialles full of odoures which are the prayers of saynctes and they songe a newe songe saynge: thou art worthy

(ts) to take the boke and to open the seales therof: for thou waste kylled and 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.

D And I behelde, and I herd the voyce of many angylles a boute the trone, and (20) about the bestes and the elders, and I herde thousand thousandes, saynge with a lowde voyce: Worthy is the lambe that was killed to receave power, and riches and wisdom, and strenghtet, 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

(2s) vnto hym, that sytteth apon the seate, and vnto the lambe for ever more. And the. iiii. bestes sayd: Amen. And the. xxiii. elders fell apon their faces, and worshypped him that lyveth for ever more.

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The lambe opened the seales.

A And I sawe when the lambe openyd one of the seales, and I herde one of the iii. bestes saye, as it were the noyse of thonder, come and se. And I sawe, and

Line (4) Andone off the seniours. ..

Line (20) ...and the seniours, (8) ...in themyddes offthe seniours, (26) ...seniours...

(12) ...xxitij. seniours...

[Chap. vi] The Reuelacion of S. John 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 seconde seale, I herde the seconde beste saye: come and se. And there went out another horsse that was red, and power was

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(s) 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 the 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.

(10) 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

(ts) 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 longe tariest thou lorde

(20) holy and true, to iudge and to avenge oure bloud on them that dwell on the erth? And longe whyte garmentes were geven vnto 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 brethren, and of them that shulde bekylled as they were, were fulfylled.

(2s) | 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: 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 when it is rolled togedder. And all mounFolio cecclxiit.

(30) tayns and yles, were moved oute of their places.

And the kynges of the erth, and the gret men, and the ryche men, and the chefe captaynes, and the myghty men, and every bond man, and every free

The Reuelacion of S. Iohn [Chap. vii] 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 the presence of him that sytteth on the seate, and from the wrath of the lambe, for the grete daye of hys wrath ante ys come, And who can endure it. io The. vii. Chapter. xiii A (s) And after that I sawe. iiii. angels stonde on the iiii. corners of the erth, holdynge the iiii. wyndes of the erth, that the wyndes shulde not blowe on the {Angell is a erthe, nether on the see, nether on eny tree. + And I sawe another angell ascende aepern from the rysynge of the sunne: which had the seale of the lyvynge god, and he _|a messenger. cryed with a loude voyce to the iiii angelles (to whom power was geven to hurt

_[angelles are (ro) the erth and the see) saying: Hurt not the erth nether the sée, nether the trees, ae a: tyll we have sealed the servauntes of oure god in their forheddes. paca ie.

B And I herde the nombre of them which were sealed, and there were sealed —_|ofte from an C. and xliiii. M. of all the trybes of the chyldren of Israhell. Of the trybe of ee

Iuda were sealed xii. M Of the trybe of Ruben were sealed xii. M. of the trybe __|euen Me (ts) of Gad were sealed xii. M. Of the trybe of Asser were sealed xii. M. Of the oe ane trybe of Neptalym were sealed xii. M. Of the trybe of Manasses were sealed

By bigs xii. M. Of the trybe of Symeon were sealed xii. M. Of the tribe of Leuy were

_|churche sealed xii. M. Of the trybe of Isacar were sealed xii. M. Of the trybe of zabulon oe were sealed xii. M. Of the tribe of Ioseph were sealed xii. M. Of the trybe of pete ch (20) Beniamin were sealed xii. thowsande. be cause their oa After this I behelde, and lo a gret multitude (which noman coulde nombre) le pws of all nacions and people, and tonges, stode before the seate, and before the _ [message of lambe, clothed with longe whyte garmentes, and palmes in there hondes, and _|people cryed with a lowde voyce, sayinge: salvacion be asscribed to him that syttith —

|, fefles here (2s) apon the seate of oure god, and vnto the lambe. And all the angelles stode in _ [in this booke the compase of the seate, and of the elders and of the iiii. bestes, and fel before __|bysshopes the seat on their faces, and worshipped god, sayinge, athen: Blessynge and glory, ae wisdome and thankes, and honour, and power and myght, be vnto oure god for _|and the euell evermore Amen.

Line (11) ...tyll I have sealed...

Line (24) Helth beto hym that...

(22) ...and people, and tonge, (26) offthe seniours,

[Chap. viii] The Reuelacion of S. John And one of the elders answered, sayinge vnto me: what are these which are

Folio arayed in longe whyte garmentes, and whence cam they? And Isayde vnto him: ceclxxit. lorde thou wottest. And he sayde vnto me: these are they which cam oute of D gret tribulacion and made their garmentes large and made them whyte in the (s) bloud of the lambe: therfore are they in the presence of the seate of God and serve him daye and 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 shallleddet them vnto fountaynes of lyuynge

(10) water, and god shall wype awaye all teares from their eyes.

The. viii. Chapter.

A 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 them were geven vii. trompettes. And another angell cam and stode before the aultre havynge a golden senser, and moche of odoures was geven vnto

(ts) him, that he shulde offre of the prayers of all saynctes apon the golden aultre, which was before the seate. And the smoke of the odoures which came of the prayers of all saynctes, ascended vppe before god out of the angelles honde.

And the angell toke the senser and fylled it with fyre of the aultre and caste it into the erth, and voyces were made, and thondrynges and lightnynges, and (20) erth quake.

And the. vii. angells which had the. vii. trompettes 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 the erth: and the thrydt parte of trees was burnt, and all grene grasse was brent. And the seconde angell blewe:

Cc (2s) and as it were a gret mountayne: burnynge with fyre was caste in to the see, and the thyrde parte of the see tourned to bloud, and the thyrde parte of the creatures which had lyfe, dyed, and the thyrde part of shippes were destroyed.

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And the thyrde angell blewe, and ther fell a grett starre from heven burnynge as it were a lampe, and it fell into the thyrde parte of the ryvers, and into

1§25 Line (r) And one off the seniours. . .

The Reuelacion of S. Iohn [Chap. ix] fountaynes of waters, and the name of the starre is called wormwod. And the thyrde part was turned to wormwod. And many men dyed of the waters because they were made bytter. And the fourth angell blew, and the thyrde parte of the sunne was smytten and the thyrde parte of the mone, and the thyrde part

(s) 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, and lyke wyse the nyght.

And I behelde and herd an angell flyinge thorowe the myddesof 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.

(to) 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 vpon the erth: and vnto them was geven

(ts) power as the scorpions of the erth have power. And it hurt the grasse of the erth: nether eny grene thinge: nether eny tree: but only those men which have not the seale in their forhedes, and to them was commaunded that they shulde not kyll them, but that they shulde be vexed v monethes, and their payne was as the payne that commeth of scorpion, when he hath stonge a man. And in those

(20) dayes shall men seke deeth, and shall not fynde it, and shall desyre to dye, and deeth shall flye from them.

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 theirfaces were as it had bene the faces of men. And they had heare as the heare of (2s) 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, which

Line (2) And many dyed...

Line (20) ...nottfynde hyt, shall desyre to deye, (15) And hit was sayde vnto them thatt they

(24) ...as the heares ofwemen. shulde nott hurt the grasse off theerth:

[Chap. x] The Reuelacion of S. Iohn 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 (s) golden aultre which is before god, saying to the sixte 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, for a moneth, and for a yeare, for to slee the thyrde part of men. And the nombre of horsmen of warre, were twenty tymes xM. And I herde the nombre

(10) of them. And thus I sawe the horses in a vision and them that sate on them havynge'fyry habbergions of a Iacyncte coloure, and brymstony, and the heeddes of the horses werre as the heeddes of lyons. Andout 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

(rs) out of the mouthes of them: For their power was in their mouthes and in their tayles: for their tayles were lyke vnto serpentes, and had heedes, and with them they dyd hurt: And the remnaunt of the men 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,

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(20) which nether can se, nether heare, nether goo. Also they repented not of their murther, and of their sorcery nether of their fornaciont nether of their thefte.

The. x. Chapter.

And I sawe another myghtye angell come doune from heven, clothed with a cloude, and the rayne bowe apon his heed. And hys face as it were the sunne, and his fete as yt were pyllars of fyre and he had in his honde alytell boke

(2s) 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 when the vii. thondres had spoken their voyces, I was aboute to wryte. And I herde a voyce from heven sayinge vnto me, seale vp thoot thynges which the vii. thondres spake, and write them not.

Line (2) Apollion, thatys to saye a destroyer.

Line (29) ...marke thoothynges which...

The Reuelacion of S. Iohn [Chap. xi] And the angell which I sawe stonde apon 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 Bo (s) voyce of the seventh angell, when he shallbegyn to blowe: even the mistery of god shalbe fynisshed as he preached by his servauntes the prophetes.

Cc 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 bs _ stondeth apon the see, and apon the erth. And I went vnto the angell, and sayde

33-¢ — !(¢0) to him: geve me the lytle boke, and he sayd vnto me: take it, and eate it vp, and Beit: it shall make thy belly bytter, but it shalbe in thy mouth as swete as hony. and D I toke the lytle boke out of his honde, and ate it vp, and it was in my mouth as swete as hony, and as sone as I had eaten it, my belly was bytter. And he sayde ynto me: thou muste prophesy agayne amonge the people, and nacions, and (ts) tonges, and to many kynges.

The. xi. Chapter.

A And then was geven me a rede lyke vnto a rodd, and it was sayd vntome:

Ryse and mete the temple of god, and the aultre, and them that worshippe therin and the 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.

(20)monethes. And I will geve power vnto my two wytnesses, and they shall prophesy. M. iic. and. lx. dayes, clothed in sacke cloth. These are two olyve trees, and two candlestyckes, stondinge before the god of the erth

B And ifeny man will hurt them, fyre shall procede out of their mouthes, and consume their ennemyes. And yf eny man will hurt them this wyse muste he

(2s) 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, and to smyte the erth with 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,

Line (6) ...shalbe fulfilled, Line (12) ...I toke the boke...

(8) ...takethe boke...

(29) ...over come, and kyll them.

I (0) ...geve methe boke.

[Chap. xii] The Reuelacion of S. John 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, and tonges, and they of the nacions, shall se their bodyes. iii. dayes and an halfe, and shall not suffre their boddyes to be put in Folio (s) graves. And they that dwell apon the erth, shall reioyce over them and be glad, coclxix. and shall send gyftes one to another for these two prophetes vexed them that dwelt on the erth.

Cc And after. iti. dayes and an halffe the sprete of lyfe from god, entred into them. And they stode vp apon their fete: and greate feare came apon them

(tc) which sawe them. And they herde a greate voyce from heven, saying vnto them. Come vp hidder. And they ascended vp into heven in a cloude, and their ennemyes sawe them. And the 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, and gave glory to god of heven: The seconde (1s) woo is past, and beholde the thyrd woo wyll come anon

D And the seventh angell blewe, and therwere made great voyces in heven, sayinge: the kyngdoms of this worlde are oure lordes and his christes, and 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

(20) 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 the deed that they shuld be iudged and 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 (2s) destroye the erth. And the temple of God was openyd in heven, and there was sene in his temple, the arcke of his testament: and ther folowed lyghtnynges, and voyces, and thondrynges and erth quake, and moche hayle.

The. xii. Chapter A And ther appered a gret wonder in heven A woman clothed with the sunne, and the mone vnder her fete, and apon her heed a croune of xii. starres. And

18) ...seniours, which syt...

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(20) P g (23) ...vnto theyt servauntes prophettes. . .

The Reuelacion of S. Iohn [Chap. xii] she was with chylde and cryed travayllinge in byrth, and payned redy to be delyvered. And ther appered a nother wonder in heven, for beholde a gret red dragon, havynge. vii. heddes, and ten hornes and crounes vpon his heddes: and his tayle drue the thyrde parte of the starres, and cast them to the erth. io exviit.

(s) 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

(10) and Ix. dayes.

And ther was grett battayll in heven, Michael and 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 (rs) worlde. And he was cast into the erth, and his angelles were cast out also.

And I harde a lowdevoyce sayinge: in heven is nowe made salvacion and strengthe and the kyngdome of oure God, and the power of his Christ For he is cast doune which accused them be fore god daye and nyght. And they overcame him by the bloude of the lambe, and by the worde of their testimony, and (20) 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 the devyll is come doune vnto you which hath greet wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short tyme.

(25) 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 wyldrenest, into her place, where she is norysshed for a tyme, tymes, and halffe a tyme, from the presence of the sarpentt. And the dragon cast out of his mouth water after the (30) woman as it had bene a ryver because she huldet 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

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[Chap. xiii] The Reuelacion of S. Iohn 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, and (s) apon hys hornes x. crownes, and apon his heed, the name of blasphemy. And the beast which Isawe, was lyke a catt of the mountayne, and his fete were as the fete of a bear, and his mouth as the mouthe ofa lyon. And the dragon gave him his power and his seate, and grett auctorite: and I sawe one of his heedes as Folio ceclxxi. it were wounded to deth, and his dedly wounde was healed. And all the worlde

(ro) wondred at the beast, and they worshipped the dragon which gave power vnto the beest, and they worshipped the beest sayinge: who is lyke vinto the beast? who is able to warre with him?

And ther was a mouth geven vnto him that spake great thinges and blasphemies, and power was geven vnto him, to do xlii. monethes And he opened

(1s) 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, and 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

(20) kylled from the begynnynge of the worlde. Yfeny 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 oute of the erth, and he had two (e Gen. ix. a matthew. xXxyj.

(2s) 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 wounde 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

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The Reuelacion of S. Iohn [Chap. xiiii] signes which he had power to doo in the sight of the beest, sayinge to them that dwelt on the erth: that they shuld make an ymage vnto the beest, which had the wounde of a swearde, and dyd lyve.

And he had power to geve a sprete vnto the ymage of the beest, and that (s) 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 smale and grett, ryche and poore, fre and bond, to receave a marke in their right hondes, or in their forheddes. And that no man myght by or sell, save he

. that had the marke, or the name of the beest, other the nombre of his name.

(10) 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 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 (rs) 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

(20) soever he goeth. These were redemed from men beynge the fyrste frutes vnto God and to the lambe, and in their mouthes was founde no gyle. For they are with outen spott before the trone of god. +

And I sawe 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,

(2s) kinreddes, and tonges 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, that made heven and erth, and 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.

Line (6) And he made all men, smalet and grett, Line (17) ...and the seniours,

[Chap. xv] The Reuelacion of S. Iohn 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 (s) 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 the 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.

10) 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 thesprete: that they maye rest from their laboures, but their workes shall folowe them. And I loked and beholde a whyte clowde, and apon the clowde one syttynge lyke ynto the sonne of man, havynge on his heed a golden crowne, and in his honde a sharpe sykle.

(rs) 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 tymeis come to repe, for the corne of the erth is rype. And he that sate on the clowde thrust in his sykle on the erth, and the erth was reped.

Ioel. iij. c And another angell came oute of the temple, which is in heven, havynge

(20) also a sharpe sycle. And another angell came oute from the aultre, which had power over fyre, and cryed with a lowde crye to him that had the shatpet sykle, and sayde: thrust in thy sharpe sykle, and 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 wynefatt of Folio ceclxxiiit.

(2s) the wrath of god, and the wynefatt was trodden with out the cite, and bloud came oute of the fatt, even vnto the hors brydles by the space of a thowsande and. vi. C. furlonges.

The. xv. Chapter.

And I sawe another signe in heven grett and mervellous. vii. angells havynge the seven laste plages, for in them is fulfylled the wrath of god. And

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The Reuelacion of S. Iohn [Chap. xvi] I sawe as it were a glassye see, mingled with fyre, and them that had gotten victory of the beest, and of his ymage, and of his marke, and of the nombre of his name stonde on the glassye see, havinge the harpes of god and they songe the songe of Moses the servaunt of god, and the songe of the lambe, sayinge.

(s) Gret and marvellous are thy workes Lorde god almyghty, iuste and true are thy wayes, kynge of saynctes. Who shall not feare o lorde, and gloryfy thy name?

For thou only arte holy, and all gentylls shall come and worshippe before the, for thy iudgmentes are made manyfeste.

And after that, I loked, and beholde the temple of the tabernacle of testi- (to) mony was opyn in heven, and the seven angelles cam out of the temple, which had the seven plages, clothed in pure and bryght lynnen, and havynge their brestes gyrded with golden gerdelles. And one of the fowre beestes gave vnto the seven angells vii. golden vialles, full of the wrath of God which lyveth for ever more. And the temple was full of the smoke of the glory of God, and of (ts) his power, and no man was able to entre into the temple, tyll the seven plages

_ of the seven angels were fulfilled.

The. xvi. Chapter.

And I herde a great voyce out of the 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 apon the erth, and there fell anoysom and a sore

(20) botche apon the men which had the marke of the best, and apon them which worshipped his ymage. And the seconde angell shed out his viall apon the see, and it turned as it were into the bloud of a deed man: and every lyvinge thynge dyed in the see. And the thyrde angell shed out his vyall apon the ryvers and fountaynes of waters, and they turned to bloud. And I herde an angell saye:

(2s) lorde which arte and wast, thou arte ryghteous and holy, because thou hast geven soche iudementes, for they shed out the bloude of sayntes, and prophettes, and 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 iudgementes.

Line (8) ...thy iudgmentes are manifest.

[Chap. xvii] The Reuelacion of S. John c And the fourth angell poured out his viall on the sunne, and power was geven vnto him to vexe men with heate of fyre. 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

(s) vyall apon the seate of the beste, and his kyngdome wexed derke, and they enewe their tonges for sorowe, and blasphemed the god of heven for sorowe, and payne of their sores, and repented not of their dedes.

D And the sixte angell poured out his vyall apon the gret ryver Euphrates, and the water dryed vp, that the wayes of the kynges of the este shulde be pre- (10) pared. And I sawe thre vnclene sprettes lyke frogges come out of the mouthe of the dragon, and out of the mouthe of the beeste, andout of the mouthe of the falce prophett. For they are the sprettes of devyls workynge myracles, to go out vnto the kynges of the erth and of the whole worlde to gaddre them to the Matthew battayle of that gret daye of God allmyghty. Beholde I come as a thefe. Happyis aoe «.

|@s)he that watcheth and kepeth his garmentes, Lest he be founde naked, and men i. cor. V. a. se his filthynes. And he gaddered them togedder into a place called in the hebrue tonge Armagedon.

E 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

(20) voyces, thondringes, and lightnynges, and there was a erett 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 (2s) 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, be cause of the plage of the hayle, for it was grett and the plage of it sore.

Folio The. xvii. Chapter. ccelxxvt, A 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 $50

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The Reuelacion of S. Iohn [Chap. xvii] grett whore that sytteth apon many waters, with whome have commytted fornicacion the kynges of the erth, so that the inhabiters of the erth, are dronken with the wyne of her fornicacion. And he caryed me a waye into the wildernes in the sprete.

(6s) And I sawe a woman sytt apon a rose colored best full of names of blasphemie 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

B in her honde, full of a hominacionst and fylthynes of her fornycacion. And in her forhed was a name wrytten, a mistery, gret Babylon the mother of whordome,

(to) 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 the mistery of the woman, and of the best that berith her, which hath seven

(1s) 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 the begynnynge of the worlde) when they beholde the best that was, and ys nott. And here ys a mynde that hath wisdome. c (20) The seven heddes are seven mountaynes, on which the woman sytteth: they are also seven kynges. Fyve are fallen, and ont ys, and onothert is not yet come. When he commeth 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 jo _ |(as)no kyngdome, but shall receave power as kynges at one houre with the beest. xxviit.| These have one mynde, and shall geve their power and strenghtet vnto the 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.

D —__|0) 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

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[Chap. xviii] The Reuelacion of S. Iohn make her desolate, and naked, and shall eate their flesshe, and 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 wordes of God be fulfylled. And the woman which thou sawest, ys that gret cyte, which raigneth

(s) over the kynges of the erth.

The. xviii. Chapter.

A 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 a 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

(10) and hatefull byrdes for all nacions have dronken of the wyne of the wrath of her fornycacion. And the kynges of the erth have committed fortticacion with her, and her marchauntes are wexed ryche of the abundance of her pleasures.

B 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.

Folio __ (xs) For her synnes are gon vp to heven, and God hath remembred her wyckednes. coclxxvitt.

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: esa. xlvij b.

|(20)I sytt beinge a quene and am no wyddowe and shallse no sorowe. Therfore shall 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. fe 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

(25) 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, and silver, and precious

Line (1) ...and shall eate her flesshe, Line (6) ...come doune from heven,

The Reuelacion of S. John [Chap. xviii] stones, nether of pearle, and raynes, and purple, and 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,

(s)and horsys, and charrettes, and boddyes and soules of men.

And the apples that thy soule lusted after, are departed from the. And all thynges which were deyntie, and had in pryce ar departed from the, and thou shalt fynde them no more. The marchauntes of these thynges which were wexed ryche shall stonde a farre of from her, for feare of the punysh- (1o) ment 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, and all they that occupied shippes, and shippmen

(ts) 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 that greate cite wherin were made ryche all that had shyppes in the see, by the reason of her costlynes for atone houre isshe made desolate

(20) 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 (2s)no craftes man, of whatsoever craft he be, shalbe founde eny more in the: and the sounde of a myll shalbe herde no more in the, and the voyce of the brydegrome and of the bryde, shalbe herde no more in the: for thy marchauntes were the grett men of the erth. And with thyne inchantment were deceaved all nacions: and in her was founde the bloude of the prophettes, andof the saynctes

(30) and of all that were slayne apon the erth.

Line (17) ...and waylinge, and saying:

Line (18) ...by the reason of her ware,

[Chap. xix] The Reuelacion of S. Iohn The. xix. Chapter.

And after that, I herde the voyce of moche people in heven sayinge: Alleluia. Saluacion and glory and honour, and power be ascribed to the lorde oure god, for true and ryghteous are his iudgmentes, for he hath iudged the grett whore, which did corrupt the erth with her fornicacion, and hath avenged the (5) bloud of his servauntes of her hond. And agayne they said: Alleluya. And smoke rose vp for evermore. And the xxiiii. elders, and the iii. bestes fell doune, and 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.

(10) And I herde the voyce of moche people, even 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: forthe 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

(15) is the ryghtewesnes of saynctes. And he sayde vnto me: happy are they which are called vnto the Lambes 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 mat. xxij luc. xiiij.

(20) testymony of Iesus ys the sprete of prophesy. And I sawe heven open, and Folio ceclxxx. beholde a whyte horsse: and he that sat apon him was faythfull and true, and in ryghtewesnes dyd iudge and make battayle. His eyes were as a flame of fyre: and on his heed were many crounes: and he had a name written, that noman knewe but him sylfe. And he was clothed with a vesture dipt in bloud, and esa. Lxiii.

(2s) 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 wynefattt of fearsnes and wrath of almyghty god. And hath on his vesture and on his thygh a name

(30) written: kynge of kynges, and lorde of lordes.

Line (2) Helthand glory and honour, andpower Line a ...for god omnipotenthath raigned. be vnto oure lorde god, (29) ...on his thygh: kyngeofkynges, (6) ...seniours,

The Reuelacion of S. John [Chap. xx] And I sawe anangell stonde in the sunne, and he cryed with a lowde voyce, sayinge to all the fowles that flye by the myddes of heven 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 (s) 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 taken, and with him that falce prophett that wrought (10) myracles before him, with which he desceaved them that receaved the beestes marke, and them that worshipped his ymage. These both were cast into a ponde of fyre burnynge with brymstone: and the remnaunte were slayne with the swearde of him that sat apon the horsse, which swearde proceded out of his mouthe, and all the foules were ful filled with their flesshe.

The. xx. Chapter.

(15) And I sawe an angell come doune from heven, havinge the kaye of the bottomlesse pyt, and a gret chayne in his honde. And he toke the dragon that olde serpent, which is the devyll and Satanas, and he bounde him a thousand yeares: and cast him into the bottomlesse pit, and he bounde him, and set a seale on him, that he shuld desceaue the people no moare, tyll the. M. yeares were

(20) fulfilled. And after that he muste be loosed for a litell season.

And I sawe seattes, and they sat apon them, and iudgement was geven vnto them: and I sawe the soules of them that were behedded for the witnes of Iesu, and 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:

(2s) 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.

[Chap. xxi] The Reuelacion of S. Iohn And when the. M. yeares are experiedt, Satan shalbe lowsed out of his preson, and shall goo oute to deceave the people which are in the fonret quarters of the erth Gog and Magog, to gadder them to gedder to batayle, whosenombre ezechie.

Ea ij. and xxxix. is as the sonde of the see: and they went vp on the playne of the erth, and com- (s) pased the tentes of the saynctes about, and the beloved cite. And fyre cam doune from God, out of heven, and devoured them: and the devyll that desceaved them, was cast into a lake of fyre and 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 (10) eed awaye both the erth and heaven, 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 and hell

(ts) 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 and a newe erth For the fyrst heven, and the A esa. Ixy. c and. lxvj ij. pet. iij.

(20) fyrst erth, were vanysshed awaye, and there was no more see. + And I Ihon 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 out of heaven sayinge: beholde, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them And they shalbe his people, and God him sylffe shalbe with them and be

Folio ccclx xxii.

(2s) their god. And God shall wype awaye all teares from their eyes. And there esa. XXV. shalbe nomore deeth, nether sorowe nether cryinge, nether shall there be eny more payne, for the olde thynges aregone. And he that sate apon the seate, sayde: Behold I make all thynges newe.+ And he sayde vnto me: wryte, for these wordes are faythfull and true.

B esa. xliiij ij. cor. v.

Line (1) ...the M. yere are expiered, Line (22) ...agrett voycefrom the trone, saynge:

The Reuelacion of S. Iohn [Chap. xxi] And he sayde vnto me: it is done, lam Alpha and Omega, the begynnynge, and the ende. I will geve to him that is a thyrst of the well of the water of lyfe fre. He that overcommeth shall inheret all thynges, and I will be his God, and he shalbe my sonne. But the fearefull and vnbelevynge, and the abhominable,

(s) and murdrers, and whormongers, and sorcerers, and ydolaters, and all lyars shall have their parte in the lake which burnyth with fyre and brymstone, which is the seconde deth.

Cc 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

(10) 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 from God, havynge the brightnes of God. And her

D shynynge was lyke vnto a stone moste precious, even a Iaspar cleare as cristall: and had walles grett and hye, and had xii gates, and at the gates xii. angels: and (ts) names written, which are the xii. trybes of Israell: on the est parte iii gatist, and on the north syde iii gates, and to wardes the south iii gates, and from the west iii gates: and the wall of the cite had xii foundacions, and in them the names of the lambes. xii. Apostles.

And he that talked with me, had a golden readtto measure the cite with all olio (20) and the gates therof and the wall therof. And the cite was bylt iii. square, and cclxxxiiit| the length was as large as the bredth of it, and he measured the cite with the rede. xii M. fur longes: and the lenght and the bredth, and the heyth of it, were equall.

E And he measured the wall therof. an cxliiii. cubittes: the measure that the angell had was after the measure that man vseth. And the byldinge of the wall of it was

(2s) ofiaspar. And the cite was pure gold lyke vnto cleare glasse and the foundacions of the wall of the cite was garnisshed with all maner of precious stones The F 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:

(30) 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

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[Chap. xxii] The Reuelacion of S. Iohn 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 G are saved shall walke in the light of it: and the kynges of the erth shall brynge

(s) their glory vnto it. And thegates of it are not shut by daye. For there shalbe no nyght there. And there shall entre into it none vnclene thynge: nether what soever worketh abhominacion: or maketh lyes: but they only which are wrytten in the lambes boke of lyfe.

The. xxii, Chapter.

A And he shewed me apure ryver of water of lyfe clere as cristall: procedynge (10) oute of the seate of God and of the lambe. In the myddes of the strete of it, and oft ether syde of the ryver was there wode of lyfe: which bare xii manner of frutes: and 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, esa. lx. d, _ |(s) and his name shalbe in their forheddes. And there shall 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.

B And he sayde vnto me: these sayinges are faythfull, and true. And the lorde god of saynctes and prophetes sent his angell to shewe vnto his servauntes, the (20) thynges which muste shortly be fulfylled. Beholde I come shortly. Happy is he that kepeth the sayinge of the prophesy of this boke.

Iam Ihon which sawe these thynges and 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

(2s) of thy brethren the prophettes and of them which kepe the sayinges of this boke.

But worshippe God.

Cc And he sayde vnto me: seale not the sayinges of prophesy of this boke. role For the tyme is at honde. He that doeth evyl, let him do evy] still: and he which ccoclxxxiiiit.| jg fylthy, let him be fylthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be more

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The Reuelacion of S. Iohn [Chap. xxii] righteous: and he that is holy, lethim be more holy. And beholdeIcome shortly, and my rewarde with me, to geve every man accordinge as his dedes shalbe.

Iam Alpha and Omega, the begynninge and the ende: the fyrst and the last.

Blessed are they that do hys commaundmentes, that their power may be in the (s) tree of lyfe, and maye entre in thorow the gates into the cite. For without shalbe dogges and inchaunters, and whormongers, and mortherers, and ydolaters, and whosoever loveth or makith lesynges.

IIesus 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

(ro) starre.

And the sprete and the bryde sayde come. And let him that heareth, saye also come. And let him that is athyrst 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

(rs) that are wrytten in this boke. And yf eny man shall mynyshe of the wordes of the boke of this prophesy, god shall take a waye his parte out of the boke of lyfe, and oute of the holy citie, and from thoo thynges which are written in this boke.

He which testifyeth these thinges sayth: be it, lcome quyckly, Amen. Even soo: come lorde Iesu. The grace of oure lorde Iesu Christ be with you all. Amen.

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which are red in the church after the vse of Salsburye vpon certen dayes of the yere The fyrst frydaye in Aduent, the Epistle. ah.

Herken vnto me, ye that folowe ryghteousnes 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

(s)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, and 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. lio (10) My ryghteousnes is nye, and my salvacyon shall go oute, and myne armes shall exe. iudge nacions, and ylondes shall loke for me and 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

(ts) shall endure euer, and 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 (20) generacion to generacion.

The wensdaye in the seconde weke of Aduent The epistle. h. viij.

Thus sayth the lorde: I will returne to Syon and will dwell in the myddle of Ierusalem. And Ierusalem shalbe called the citie of trouth and the hill of the TMV

The Pistles of the Olde Testament 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

(s) the lorde zabaoth, though it seme harde in the eyes of the remmanauntt 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

(10) their God in truthe and righteousnes.

The frydaye next folowynge The Epistle.

This sayth the lorde: vpon the walles of Ierusalem, I have set kepers which shall never cease, nether by daye ner 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 esa. lxij.

(ts) 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 prayet the lorde: and they that gathered it, shall drynk it in the courte of my holye temple. Go from gate to gate, and prepare the waye

(20) 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 Folio ceclxxxvi.

(25) thou shalt be called an haunted citie and not forsaken.

The frydaye in the. iii. weke of Advent. the pist.

There shall come a rodde oute of the stocke of Iesse, and a braunche shall sprynge oute of his rote. And on him shall lyght the spirite of the lorde: the esa. Xj.

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The Pistles of the Olde Testament 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

(s) the causes of the poore with ryghteousnes, and shall rebuke with equitie for the vmble of the erthe. And he shall smyte the erth with the rodde of his mouth, and with the breth of his lyppes shall sleye the wycked. And righteousnes shalbe the gyrdle of his loynes, and fayth fullnes 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, concernynge sa. ij.

(ro) Iuda and Ierusalem.

It shall come to passe in the last dayes that the mount of the house of the lorde, shalbe set in the tope ofthe mountaynes, and shalbe lyfte vp above the hilles: and all nacions shall resorte therto.

And moche people shall go and saye: 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

(1s) 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 moate.

(20) O house of Iacob come and 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 youre God. For he hath geuen you a teacher ofrighteousnes, 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 and oyle.

Del. ij.

(2s) 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

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The Pistles of the Olde Testament eate and 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, and that there is no moo. And my people shall not be in shame for Toel. iij.

(s)euer. And ye shall knowe that 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 the (1o)ryuer of Sittim. Egipt shall goo to ruyne, and Edom shalbe a desert and Folio ceclxxxvii. 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 the iiii weke of aduent The Epistle.

(15) Shoute and be glad daughter of Syon 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 zacha. ii.

(20) 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: and he that kepeth the lawe shall obtaine wisdome: and she will come agaynst him as an honorable mother: ecclesiastici. xv. as a woman yet a virgen shall she receaue him. She shall fede him with the (2s) brede of lyfe and vnderstondynge: and the water of wholsome wysdome she shall geue him to drynke. And she shall exalt him amonge his neyboures:

The Pistles of the Olde Testament and shall open his mouthe even in thethyckest of the congregacion. And she shall fyll him with the spirite of wisdome and vnderstondynge, and with the garment of glorye shall apparell him. She shall make him ryche with ioye and gladnes and shall enheret him of an euerlastynge name.

The xii daye. The epistle.

(s) Vp and receaue lyght Ierusalem: for thy lyght is come, and the glorye of the lorde is vp ouer the. For beholde, darcknes shall couer the erth, and a thick mist the nacions. But the lorde shall ryse as the sonne ouer the, and 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

(10) aboute and se. All these are gathered together and are come vnto the. Thy sonnes shall come from 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,

(ts)and the dromadaryes of Madian and Epha shall come all of them from Saba, and brynge golde and frankynsence, and 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 anger 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

(20) 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

(2s) all the worlde. Crye and showte thou inhabiter of Sion, for great amonge you is the holye of Israel.

The Pistles of the Olde Testament On Asshe wensdaye the Epistle. ioel. ii.

And now therfore sayth the lorde. Turne to me with all youre hartes, in fastinge and lamentacyon. 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 (s) poynte to punyshe. Who can tell whether the lorde will turne and have compassion and shall leave after him a blessynge? Sacrifice and drynk offerynge vnto the 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 (10) 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 and delyver not thyne enhefitaunce vnto rebuke that the hethen shuld raygne over them. Why shuld they saye: amonge the nacions, where is their god. And the lorde envyed for his londes sake and (1s) 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. Nether will I delyver you anye moare vnto the hethen

On the frydaye next folowynge. The Epistle. esa. lviii.

Crye with the throte and spare not. Lyfte vp thy voyce as a trompet, and tell my people their offences and the house of Iacob their synnes. For me

(20) 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 drawe nye vnto God. Why have we fasted and thou hast not loked vpon it, have vmbled oure soules, and thou woldest not wyt it. Beholde when ye fast, ye can fynde youre awne lustes, and can call

(2s) cruellye on all youre detters. Ye fast to lawe and stryve and to smyte with fyst

Cole wyckedlye. Fast not as ye now do, to make youre voyce to be harde vp an hiet. ccclxxxix.

Shuld it be soche a maner of fast that I shuld chose, a daye that a man shuld hurte

The Pistles of the Olde Testament 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 the fast that Ihave chosen? To lose wycked bondes and to vnbynde bondylles of oppression? And to let the brused go fre?

(s) And that ye shuld breake all maner yockes? ye and to breake the breed to the hungerye, and to brynge the poore that are harbourlesse vnto house, and when thou seest a naked, that thou cloth him and that thou shuldest withdrawe thyselfe from helpinge thyne awne fleshe? Then shuld the lyght break oute as dothe the daye sprynge, and then health shulde shortlye bud oute. And thy

(10) righteousnesshall go before the, and the glorye of the lorde wolde come apon the. Then shuldest thou call, and 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. exodi. xxiiij.

And the lorde sayde vnto Moses: come vp to me into the hill, and be there, and I will geue the tables of stone and a lawe and commaundementes, which (ts) 1 have wrytten to teache them. Then Moses rose vp and his mynister Iosue, and Moses went vp into the hill of God, and sayde vnto the elders: tarye ye here, vntill we come agayne vnto you: and beholde here is Aaron and 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

(20) abode vpon mounte Sina, and the Lorde covered it. vi. dayes. And the seventh daye he called vnto Moses oute of the cloude. And the fassion of the glorie of the 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. iii. regum.

|(s) In those dayes came Elias to Barsabe, that is in Iuda, and lefte his lad there.

= And he went into the wildernes a dayes iorneye, and came and sat vnder a

The Pistles of the Olde Testament genaper tree, and 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

(s) 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 strength of that meate fourtye dayes and fourtye nyghtes, even vnto the mounte of God Horeb.

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The frydaye next folowinge. The epistle.

(ro) This sayth the Lorde. The soule that sinneth, she shall dye. The sonne shall not beare parte of the fathers wyckednes. The ryghteousnes of theryght 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 and not dye. None eze. Xviii (1s) of the synnes that he hath done shalbe reconed vnto him: In the ryghteousnes that he hath done, he shall lyve. For I desiert 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?

(20) No, none of those ryghteousnes that he dyd shalbe remembred. But in the wyckednes which he wrought, and 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? Ifa ryghteous tourne from his ryghte ousnes and do wyckedlye, and dye therfore: in the wyckednes which (2s) 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 Pistles of the Olde Testament The wensdaye after the seconde sondaye in lent. the epistle. hester. xiii In the dayes of hester, Merdocheus prayed the lorde, beynge myndfull of all his workes and 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

(s) within the compasse of heauen: thou art lorde of all, nether is there anye that can resist thy maiestie. Thou knowest all thynge, and wottest that it was not of pryde or of spyte, or anye desyert ofglorie that 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

(ro) tourne the 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 and to brynge thyne inheritaunce vtterly to naught. Despicet not the porcion which thou delyueredest for thy selfe oute of Egipt. Heare my prayer and be mercifull vnto the parte

(rs) and inheritaunce, and tourne oure sorow into Ioye: that we maye lyve and Foliocecxci.| | prayse thy name O lorde, and stoppe not the mouthes of them that prayse the.

And all Israel with lyke mynde and prayer, cryed vnto the lorde, because that present death was not farre from them.

The frydaye next folowynge. The epistle. zenesis.

At that tyme Ioseph sayde vnto his brother. Heare I praye you a dreame ibe (20) that I dreamed. Beholde we waret makynge of sheues in the feld: and se, my sheffe arose and stode vpright, and youre sheues stode rounde aboute and made an obeysance vnto my sheffe. Then sayde his brethren vnto him what shalt thou be oure kynge, or shalt thou raynget ouer vs? And theyhated him the more for his dreame and for his wordes. And he dreamed yet another dreame

(2s) 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

The Pistles of the Olde Testament 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

(s)sayde to Ioseph: do not thy brethren fede the shepe at Sichem? come that I maye sende the to them 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 wanderynge in the felde and axed

(1c) him sayenge: what sekest thou? And he sayde, I seke my brethren: tell me I praye the, where fede they? And the man sayde: they are departed hence.

For I harde them saye: let vs go to dothan 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 and let vskyll him and (1s) cast him into a sand pitte, and saye some cruell beast hath deuoured him, and let vs se wherto his dreames will come. When Ruben 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 that is in the wyldernes and laye no hondes vpon him: for he wolde have ryd

(20) him oute of their handes and delyuered him to his father agayne.

The wensdaye after the thyrd sondaye in lent. The Epistle.

Thus sayth the lorde God. Honoure thy 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. Thoushalt not steale. Thou shalt beare no false wytnes agaynst thy neyboure. Thou shalt not couet thy neyexodi. xx (2s) boures house: nether shalt thou couet thy neyboures wyfes, his marsaruauntt, his mayde, his oxe, his asse or ought that is his. And all the people sawe the thunderinge and the lyghtenynge and the noyest of the horne, and how the mountayne smoked. And when the people sawe it, they remoued and stode

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a farre of and sayde to Moses: talke thou with vs and we will heare: but let not

The Pistles of the Olde Testament God talke with vs least we dye. And Moses sayde vnto the people, feare not.

For God is come to proue you and that his feare maye be amonge you, that ye ynnet not. And the people stode a farre of, and Moses went into the clowde where god was. And the lorde sayd vnto moses: thus thou shalt saye

(s) vnto the chyldren of Israel. Ye haue sene how I have talked with you oute of heuen. Ye shall not make therfore with me, Gods of golde: in no wyse shall ye do yt. An alter of erth shalt thou make vnto me, and there offer thy burnt offeringes and thy peace offeringes, and thy shepe and thyne oxen. And vnto allplaces where I shall put the remembraunce of my name, thyther will

' |(zo) I come vnto the and blesse the.

The frydaye next folowynge. Epistle.

In these dayes when there was no water for the multitude, they gathered them selves together agaynst Moses and agaynst Aaron. And the people dyd chyde with Moses and spake sayenge: wolde god we had perysshed when oure brethren perysshed before the lorde. Why have ye brought the congregacyon

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(ts) of the lorde into this wildernes, that bothe we and oure catell shuld dye here? wherfore leed ye vs oute of Egipt to bringe vs vnto this vngracious place, which no place of seed ner offygges ner vynes ner of pomegarnardes, 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 (20) the lorde appered vnto them. And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayinge: take the staffe, and gather, thou and thy brother Aaron the congregacion to gether, and 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 compaynet drynke, and their bestes also.

(25) And Moses tooke the staffe from beforethe lorde as he commaunded him.

And Moses and Aaron gathered the congregacion together before the rocke, and he sayde vnto them, heare ye rebellious, must we fet you water oute of this tocke? 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

The Pistles of the Olde Testament 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 the children of Israel stroue with the lorde, and he

(s) was sanctified vpon them.

The wensdaye after the iiii. sondaye in lent. The Epistle.

This sayth the lorde God. Washe and be cleane: put awaye the wyckednes of 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 vsshew eche his grefe to esaie. i.

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(10) 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. Ifye 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 sanctifie my name that is defyled amonge the ezechiel.

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(ts) 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, andfrom all

(20) 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, and 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 and do them.

And ye shall dwell in the lande which I gaue youre fathers. And ye shalbe my (2s) people, and I wilbe youre God.

The Pistles of the Olde Testament 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, and the sycknes was so great that there remayned no breth in him. Then she sayde to Helias, what have I to do with the, thou man of god? Dydest thou come to me, that my synne shuld be kepte in mynde and to sle my sonne? ii, regum (s) And he sayde vnto hir, geve me thy sonne, and he tooke him oute of hir lappe and caried him vp into an hie chamber, where he him selfe dwelt, and layde him on the bed. And he called vnto the Lorde and 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, and called vnto the Lorde and (ro) sayde: Lorde my God, let this childes soule come agayne into him. And the Lorde herkened vnto the voyce of Helias, and this chyldes soule came agayne vnto him, and he revived. And Helias toke the chylde and caried him doune oute of the chamberinto the housse, and delyvered him to his mother. And Helias sayd: se, thy sonne is alyve. Then sayde the woman to Helias: now

(ts) 1 knowe that thou arte a man of God, and 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 multitude of the chyldren of Israel, and 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 eui. xix.

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(20) by my name falslye, that thou defyle not the name of thy god: I am the Lorde.

Thou shalt not begyle thy neyboure with cavillacions, ner robbe him violently: nether shall the workmans laboure abyde with the vntill the morninge. Thou shalt not cursse the deffe, ner put a stomblinge blocke before the blinde, but shalt feare thy God. Iam the Lorde. Ye shall do none vnryghteousnes in iudge- (2s)ment. Thou shalt not faver the poore ner honoure the myghtie, but shalt iudge thy neyboure ryghteouslye. Thou shalt not go vp and doune a false prevye accusar amonge the people, nethershalt thou helpe to shed the bloude of thy neyboure. I am the Lorde. Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thyne harte, but

The Pistles of the Olde Testament shalt in anye wyse rebuke thyne neyboure, that 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 the. v. sonday in lent. the pist.

(s) Ieremyas sayde: Lorde all that forsake the, shalbe ashamed. And they that departe from the shalbe wrytten in the erth. For they have lost the Lorde that iere. xvii. is the fountayne of the water of lyfe. Heale me Lorde, and 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 (xo) I enforced not to be a sheparde that shuld not folowe the: and the daye of destruccion have I not desyred, thou knowest. And that proceaded oute of my mouth was ryght in thy syght. Be not terryble vnto me lorde: for thou art my trust in the euell daye. Let them that persecute me be confounded, and let not me be confounded. Let their hartes fayle them, and not myne harte fayle.

(1s) Brynge vpon them an euell daye, and bruse them agayne and agayne.

The wensdaye after palme sondaye The Epistle.

Esaias sayde, lorde, who beleueth oure sayinges, and the arme of the lorde, to whome is it opened? He came vp as a sparow before him, and 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 that we shuld lust after him. He was esaie. liii.

(20) despised and cast oute of mennes companye, and one that had soffered sorowe, and had experyncet of infirmitie: and 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, and bare oure sorowes. And yet we counted him plaged, and beaten and humbled of God. He was wounded for oure transgression, and (2s) brused for oure iniquities. The correccion that brought vs peace was on him, and with his strypes we were healed. And we went astraye as shepe, and turned

The Pistles of the Olde Testament euery man his waye: and the lorde put on him the wyckednes of vs all He soffered wronge and was euell entreated, and yet opened not his mouth: hewas as a shepe ledde to be slayne: and asa lambe before his sherer, he was domme and opened not his mouth. By the reason of the afflyccion, he was not estemed:

(s)and yet his generacion who can nombre? When he is taken from the erth of

'olio ccXCV. lyuynge men: for my peoples transgression he was plaged. He put his sepulchre with the wycked, and with the ryche in his deth: because he dyd none iniquitie, nether was gyle founde in his mouth. And yet the lorde determyned to bruse him with infirmities. His soule gevynge hir selfe for trangressiont, he shall se

(zo) seed of longe continuaunce, and the will of the lorde shall prospere in his hande

Because of the laboure of his soule, he shall se and be satisfied. With his knowledge, he beynge iust, shall iustifie my saruauntes and that a great nombre: and he shall beare their iniquities. Therfore I will geue him his parte in many and the spoyle of the ryche he shall deuyde: because he gaue his soule to death, and was

(rs)nombred with the trespasers, and he bare the synne of many, and made intercession for transgressors.

On good frydaye the Epistle.

And the lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron in the londe of Egipt sayinge:

This moneth shalbe youre chefe moneth: euen the fyrst moneth of the yere shall it be vnto you. Speake ye vnto all the felowshipe of Israel sayinge: that xodi, xij.

(20) they take the tenth daye of this moneth to euery housholde, a shepe. Yf the housholde be to few for a shepe, then let him andhis 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 and a male of one yere olde shall it be, and from amonge the lambes and the gotes shall ye take

(2s) yt. And ye shall kepe him in warde vntill the. xiiii. daye of the same moneth

And euery man of the multitude of Israel shall kyll him aboute euen. And they shall take of the bloude and stryck it on the. ii. syde postes and on the vpper dore post of the houses, wherin they eate him. And they shall eate the fleshe thesame nyght, roste with fyer, and with vnlevendedt breade and with soure erbest

(30) they shall eate it. Se that ye eate not therof soden in water, but rost with fyer:

The Pistles of the Olde Testament both heed, fete and purtenaunce together. And se that ye let nothynge of it remayne, vnto the mornynge: if ought remayne, burne it with fyer. Of this maner shall ye eate it: with youre loynes gyrded, and shoes on youre fete, and youre staues in youre handes. And ye shall eate it in hast, for it is the lorde

(s) passeouer.

The last sondaye after trynyte sondaye. The Epistle.

Beholde, the dayes will come sayth the lorde, that I will stere vp vnto Dauid a ryghteous braunche, and he shall raigne a kynge, and shalbe wyse, and shall do equitie and iustice in the erth And in his dayes Iuda shal be safe, and ieremias.

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Israel shall dwell without feare.

(ro) And this is the name that they shall call him the lorde oure righteousnes.

Wherfore the dayes will come sayth the lorde, that they shall saye no more, the lorde lyueth that brought the children of Israel oute of the lande of Egipt.

But the lorde lyueth which delyuered and broughtthe seed of the house of Folio ceexcvi.

Israel, oute of the lande of the north and from all landes whether I thrust them.

(ts) And they shall dwell in their awne lande sayth the lorde God allmyghtie.

On the wensdaye in the ember wekt afore Mighelmas.

Thus sayth the lorde God, beholde the dayes will come sayth the lorde, that the earer shall ouertake the reper and treader of grapes the sower of seed. And the mountaynes shall drope swetnes, and the hilles shalbe herablet. And I will turne the captiuite of my people Israel: and they shallbuylde the cities that are amos. ix.

(20) fallen in dekeyet, andshall in habyt them, and shall plant vynes and drynke wyne, and shall make gardens and 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.

Turne Israel vnto the lorde thy God: For thou art fallen for thy wyckednesses oze. xiii.

(2s) sake. Take wordes with you and turne vnto the lorde. And saye vnto him:

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The Pistles of the Olde Testament 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 the workes of oure awne handes, ye are oure Godes, for thou hast compassion on the frendlesse. I will heale their

(s) obedience and will love them of myne awne accorde: for my wrath is ceased from them. I wilbe as dew to Israel, and he shall florisshe as a lylee, and stretch oute his rotes as Libanon. His braunches shall runne oute, and as an olive tree shall his glorie be, and his savoure as Libanon. They that shall turne and syt in his shadow, shall lyve with corne, and florisshe as vynes. His renoune shalbe

(10) 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 asa great fyrre tre, and of me shall thy frute be founde. Who is wyse to vnderstonde these thinges and 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 in his dayes pleased God, and was founde righteous, and in tyme of wrath made an atonement: Lyke to him thereis not founde, that kept the lawe of the moost hyest. And he was in covenaunt with him, and in his flesshe he wrote the covenaunt, and in tyme of temptacyon he was founde faythfull. Therfore he made him a covenaunt with an oth, that (20) nacions shuld be blessed in his syght, and that he shuld be multiplied as the dust of the erth. He knew him in his blessinges and gave him an inheritaunce. And he kept him thorow his mercie, that he founde grace in the eyes of God.

An everlastinge covenaunt dyd he make him, and gave him the office of the hie preste. He made him happie in glorye. In fayth and in his softenes, he

(2s) made him holy, and chose him oute of all flesshe.

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The Pistles of the Olde Testament On the concepcion of oure ladye. The pist. ecclesiastici.

Asa vyne, so brought I forth a savoure of swetnesse. And my flowres are wae the frute of glorie and riches.

Iam the mother of bewtifull love and of feare, and of greatnes and of holye hope. In me is all grace of lyfe and truthe. And in me is all hope of lyfe and vertue. Come vnto me all that desyert me, and be fylled

(s) with the frutes that springe of me. For my sprite is sweter then honyeor honye combe. The remembreuncet of me is for ever and 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 councell, shall not.synne. And they that bringe into lyght, shall have eternall lyfe.

On candlemas daye. The epistle.

= Palas GL Beholde, I sende my messenger which shall prepare the waye before me.

And sodenly shall the Lorde whome ye seke, come vnto his temple, and the messenger of the couenaunt whome ye desyert. 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 tryingefyer and as the erbet that fullers

(1s) 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 laydet daye in lent, the Epistle. esaie. vii. —_| (20) And the lorde spake to Achas sayenge. Axe thea signe of the lorde thy God, from alowe beneth, orfrom ant hie aboue. But Achas answered I will not axe, nether wyll tempte the lorde. Wherfore the lorde sayde: Herken ye of the house of Dauid: Is it so small a thynge for you, to be greuous to men, but that ye shuld

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The Pistles of the Olde Testament also be paynfullvnto God? neuerthelater yet the lorde, he will geue you a signe.

Beholde a vyrgyn shalbe with child, and shall beare a sonne, and shall call his name Emanuel. He shall eate butter and honye, that he maye have vnderstondynge to refuse the euell and to chose thegood

On saynt Philip and Iacobs daye. the epistle. i. v.

(s) Then shall the ryghteous stonde with great constance agaynst them that vexed them and toke awaye that they had laboured for. When the wycked lio | shall se that they shal be troubled with horrible feare, and shallwonder at the xcvilt. soden and vnloked for victorye, and shall saye in them selues, repentynge and sorowynge for anguyshe of hert. These be they which we sometyme mocked

(10) 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.

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Thus sayth the lorde. Herken ye yles vn to me, and geue hede ye people that are afarre. The lorde called me out of the wombe and made mencion of (ts)my name, when I was in my mothers bowelles. And hemade my mouth lyke a sharpswerde. 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

(20) cause I commyt to the lorde and my trauayle vnto my God. And now sayth the lorde that formed me in the wombe, to be his saruaunt 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 and shall worship, because of the lorde which is seis and. the (2s) holye of Israel hath chosen the

The Pistles of the Olde Testament On the visitacion of oure laydet the epistle.

Iam the floure of the felde, and lylyes of the valeyes. As the lylye amonge the thornes so is my loue amonge the daughters. As the appletre amonge the cantic, ii. trees of the wood so is my beloued amonge the sonnes, in his shadow was my desyert to syt, for his frute was swete to my mouth. He brought me into (s) his wyne seller: and his behauer to mewarde was louely. Beholde my beloued sayde to me: vp and hast my loue, my doue, my bewtifull and come, for now is wynter gone and rayne departed and past. The floures apere in oure contre and the tyme is come to cut the vynes. The voyce of the turtle doue is harde in oure lande. The fygge tre hath brought forth hir fygges, and the vyne blossoms

(10) 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: the valew ofhir were farre a boue perles. The harte of hir husband trusteth in hir, that he nedeth prouerbi.

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(ts) not spoyles. She rendereth him good and not euell all the dayes of hir lyfe. She sought woll and flax and did as hir handes serued hir. She is lyke a marchauntes ship that bryngeth hir vitayles from farre. She ryseth yer daye and geueth meate to hir houshold, and fode to hir maydens. She consydred a grounde and bought yt, and of the frute of hir handes planted a vyne. She gyrde hir

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(20) loynes with strength and couraged hir armes. She perceaued that hir huswyfrye was proffitable, and ther fore 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 strethedt oute hir handes to the nedye. She feared not leastt the colde of snowe shuld hurt hir house, for all hir housholde were doble

(2s) 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. Strength

The Pistles of the Olde Testament and glorye were hir rayment, and she laughed in the later dayes. She opened hir mouth with wysdome, and the lawe of ryghteousnes 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

(s) excellentlye but thou hast passed them all. Fauoure is a deceauable 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 laydet. the epistle lesiasti In all those thinges I sought rest: and in some mannes inheritaunce wolde os haue dwelt. Then the creator of all thynge commaunded and sayde vnto me:

(xo) and 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 amonge 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 I settled, and in the holye citie lykwyse I rested,

(ts) 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 andt as a (20) plantayne tree was I exalted vpon the waters. In the stretes I gaue an odoure as synamon and balme that smelleth well, and gaue an odoure of swetnes as perfect myrre.

On the Natiuite of oure ladye.

The Epistle as is afore on the concepcion of oure ladye. Ecclesiastici. xxiiii.

On saynt Mathewes daye the apostle the Epistle. chie. j.

The symylitude of the faces of the foure beastes: the face of a man and the (25) face of a lyon on the ryght hand of the foure of them. And the face of an egle

The Pistles of the Olde Hestiment aboue them foure. And their faces and their wynges stretched oute aboue ant hie. Eche had two wynges coupled together and two that couered their bodyes.

Folio cece.

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

(s) of the bestes and the fassyon of them was as burnynge coles of fyer and as fyer brandes, walkynge betwene the beastes. And the fyer dyd shyne, and oute of the fyer proceaded lyghtenynge. And the beastes ranne and returned after the 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. ecclesia. li, | (10) Lorde, I dydlyfte vp my prayer vpon the erth, and besought to be delyuered from death. I called vpon the lorde the 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 delyuere- (ts) dest 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 the letter ther shall you fynde a crosse + where the Pistle or the 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.

A When they drewe nye vnto.

On the wendsdaye.

Be pacient therfore brethren.

The beginning of the Gospell.

On the Frydaye.

Esaye the. li. Chapter.

In those dayes Ihon.

On the. ii. Sonday in the Advent.

Whatsoever thyngis are writen.

And there shalbe sygnes.

On the Wendsday. zacharie the. viii. Chapter.

Verely I saye vnto you On the Fryday.

Esaye the. Lxii. Chapter Folio cccci.

Thon bare witnes of him

The Table On the. iii. Sonday in the Advent.

Let men this wyse esteme vs.

When hon beinge in preson On the wendsdaye.

Esaie the. ii.. Chapter.

And in the. vi. moneth the.

On the frydaye.

Esaie the. xi. Chapter.

Mary arose in those dayes.

On the. iiii. Sondaye in the Advent.

Reioyce in the Lorde all waye.

And this is the recorde of John.

On the wendsdaye.

Iohel the. ii. and. iii. Chapter.

And this rumor of him went.

On the Frydaye. zacharie the. ii. Chapter.

Take hede beware of the leuen.

In the Christmas even.

Paul the seruaunt of Iesus.

When his mother mary was In the Christmas nyght at the. i. masse For the grace of God.

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The Table At the. ii. masse.

But after that the kyndnes.

The shepherdes sayde One to.

At the. iii. masse.

God in tyme past diversly.

In the beginninge was that.

On saynt Stevens daye.

Steven full of fayth and power.

Wherfore beholde I sende.

On saynt Iohn Evangeliste.

Ecclesiast. the. xv. Chapter.

Folowe me, Peter turned.

Ioan. xxi On the chyldermasse daye.

And I loked, and lo a lambe.

Revela. xiiii Lo the angell of the Lorde ape.

Mat. ii.

Of the sondaye after crystmasse.

And I saye that the heyre as.

Gala. iiii And his father and mother mertt.

Luke. ii On the newe yeres daye For the grace of God that bring.

Tit. ii And when the eyght daye was.

Luke. ii On the therteyn even.

For the grace of God that bring.

Tit. ii When Herode was dead.

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The Table 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 desyre.

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. iii Folio ccccii.

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.

The Table On the. iiii. Sondaye after the thertenth daye.

Be not wyse in youre awne opi.

Ro. xii When Iesus was come dou.

Mat. viii On the wendsdaye.

I beseche you brethren for.

Rom. xv.

And he entred agayne into.

Mar. iii On the frydaye.

Are ye not ware that ye are. i. Cor. iii And Iesus went aboute all.

Mat. iii On the. v. Sondaye after the thertenth daye.

Owe nothinge to eny man.

Ro. xiii And he entred into a shyppe Mat. viii On the wendsdaye As concerninge the thinges. i. Cor. vii It chaunsed as they went on.

Luke. ix On the frydaye.

Let every man abyde in the. i. Corin. vii And they brought chyldren.

Mar. x On the. vi. Sondaye after the thertenth daye.

Nowe therfore as elect of.

Coloss. iii The kyngdome of heven is.

Mat. xiii.

On the wendsdaye I exhorte ther fore that a bove.

"Tim! it A certayne man had two son.

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The Table When the weddinge goth oute.

Perceave ye not how that.

For the kyngdome of heaven.

On the wendsdaye.

If oure Gospell be yet hyd.

And they departed thens, and.

On the frydaye.

Sayinget then that we have.

He that ys not with me, ys.

On the Sondaye. Ix.

For ye suffre foles gladly.

When moche people were.

On the wendsdaye.

I call God for a recorde vnto.

And he began agayne to.

On the frydaye.

Seynge that we knowe.

When he was demaunded.

On the Sondaye. I.

Though I speake with the.

He toke vnto him the twelve.

On the wendsdaye Iohel the. ii. Chapter Moreover when ye faste be not.

The Table On the frydaye.

Esaye the. lviii. Chapter.

Ye have hearde how it is Sayde.

Mat. v.

On the. i. Sondaye in lent.

We as helpers therfore. ii. Corin. vi Then was Iesus led awaye.

Mat. iii lio cecciii.

On the wendsdaye in the. iiii. tymes Exodi the. xxiiii. chapter. and. iii. Re. xix Then answered certayne.

On the frydaye.

Ezechielis the. xviii. Chapter After that there was a feast.

Iohn. v.

On the. ii. Sondaye in lent Furthermore we beseche i. Tessa. iii And Iesus went thence and Mat. xv On the wendsdaye.

Hester the. xiii. Chapter And Iesus ascended to Ieru.

On the frydaye.

Genesis the. xxxvii. Chapter Herken another symilitude.

On the. iii. Sondaye in lent Be ye folowers of God And he was a castinge out

The Table On the wendsdaye Exodi the. xx. Chapter Then came to Jesus the.

On the frydaye Numeri the. xx. Chapter Then cam he to a cite of Sama.

On the iiii. sondaye halflent.

For it is written that Abraham.

After that went Iesus his.

On the wensdaye Ezechiel the. xxxvi. Chapter, and Esaie. i.

And as Iesus passed by, he.

On the frydaye. iii. Regum the. xvii. Chapter.

A certayne man was sycke Thon. xi On the. v. Sonday in lent But christ beynge the hye Hebre. ix Which of you can rebuke me Thon. viii On the wensday.

Leuitici. the. xix. chapter.

It was at Ierusalem the feast.

On the frydaye Hieremie the. xvii. Chapter Then gathered the hye prestes $90

The Table On the Palme Sonday Let the same mynde be in you Ye knowe that after. ii. dayes.

On the wensday Esaye the. liii. Chapter The feaste of swete breed drue On the good Fryday Exodi the. xii. Chapter When Iesus had spoken Thon. xviii On estereven If ye be then rysen agayne Collos. iii Thesaboth daye at euen Mat. xxviii.

On esterday Pourge therfore the olde leven i. Cor. v Mary magdalen, and Mary Mar. xvi On the Monday Which preachynge was pub.

Actu. x And beholde two of them went Lu. xxiiii On the Teusdayt Yemen and brethren chyldren.

Actu. xiii Iesus hym sylfe stode in the Lu. xxiiii On the wensday Eniio Ye men of Isral why mar.

Act. iii. cciiii.) After that Iesus shewed him.

Thon. xxi

The Table On the Thorssday* The angell of the lorde spake Mary stode with out at the On the Fryday For as moche as Christ hath Then the xi. disciples went.

On the Satterday Wherfore laye a syde all ma The morowe after the On the. i. Sonday after esterday For all that ys borne of god The same daye at nyght which.

On the wensday Yf christ be preached howe When Iesus was rysen the On the Fryday Obeye them that haue the ouer And they departed quickly On the. ii. Sonday after esterday Christ also suffered for oure I am a good shepherd, a good On the Fryday For as moche as ye know how On the morowe after the sab.

The Table On the wendsday Lykewyse then as by the synne Then cam the disciples of Ihon.

On the. iti. Sonday after esterday Derely beloued Ibeseche you After a whyle ye shall not se On the wensday My lytell children, these There arose a question bitwe.

On the Fryday.

Ye are all the children.

Iam come a lyght in to the.

On the. iiii. Sondaye after esterdaye Every good gyfte, and every But now go I my waye to On the wendsdaye Brethren have not the fayth Holy father kepe in thyne On the frydaye Ye se then how that of dedes Deare chyldren, yet a lytell On the. v. sondaye in the crosdayes.

And se that ye be doares of Verely verely I saye vnto

The Table On the Mondaye knowledge youre fautes one Which of you shall have a On the Teusdayt Esaie the. xix. Chapter And Iesus sat ouer agaynst On the wendsday The multitude of them that These wordes spake Iesus and.

On the ascension day In my fyrst treatyse Deare After that he appered On the sonday after ascensionday.

Be ye therfore discrete, and so But when the conforter is On the witson even (Folio It fortuned, whill Apollos ccccv.) If ye love me kepe my commaun.

On the witsondaye.

When the fyftie daye was co.

Ifa man love me and will kepe.

On the mondaye.

And he commaunded vs to preache.

God so loved the worlde, that.

The Table On the teusdayet.

When the Apostles which we.

Ac. viii Verely verely I saye vnto you.

Iohn. x.

On the wendsdaye Peter stepped forth with the.

Act. ii No man can come to me except.

Ioh. vi On the Thursdaye Then cam Philip into a cite of.

Act. viii Then called he the. xii. to gether.

Lu. ix On the frydaye Ye men of Israel, heare the Act. ii.

And it happened on a certayne.

Luke. v On the Saterdaye And the nexte saboth daye.

Act. xiii And he arose vp and cam oute.

Luke. iiii On the Trinite sondaye After this I loked, and beholde Reve. iiii Ther was a man of the Pha.

Iohn. iii Corpus Christi daye.

That which I gave vnto you. da Ongad For my flesshe is meate in dede.

Ioh. vi On the fyrst sondaye after Trynite sondaye For God is love, in this app. i. Iohn. iiii Ther was a certayne rich.

Luk. xvi

The Table On the wensday When we opened vnto you the Ye shall not thinke that I am.

On the. ii. Sonday after trynete sonday Maruayle not my brethren '

A certayne man ordeyned a gret.

On the wensday This I saye therfore and testifye And when he was come into the.

S On the. iii. Sonday after trynete sonday Submit youre selves therfore.

Then resorted vnto him all the pub.

On the wensday Notwithstondinge thelorde Agre with thyne aduersary On the. iiii Sonday after trynete sonday

For I suppose that the afflic.

Be ye therfore merciful as you.

On the wensday And hereby we know that we And his disciples asked of him.

On the. v. Sonday after trynete sonday In conclusion be ye all of one It cam to passe as the people pre.

The Table On the wensday I exhorte therfore that above.

It chaunsed on a certayne daye On the. vi Sonday after trynete sonday Remember ye not that all we For I saye vnto you except your On the wensday I wrote not vnto you as.

And when he was come out into On the. vii. Sonday after trynete sondat olio cvi.) I will speake grosly because of In those dayes when there wa.

On the wendsday There is then no damnacion to them In that tyme went Iesus on the.

On the. viii. Sonday after trynete sonday Therfore brethren we are now Beware of falce prophetis, On the wendsday But god setteth out his loue Master we sawe won castinge On the. ix. Sonday after trynete sonday That we shulde not lust after There was a certayne rych man

The Table On the wensday Remember ye not how that He that is faithfull in that which.

On the. x. Sonday after trynete sonday Ye knowe that ye were gentyls .

And when he was come neare he.

On the wendsday All flesshe is not one manner of. i. Cor. xv Take hede to youre selves lest.

Luk. xxi On the. xi. Sonday after trynete sonday Brethren as pertaynynge to the i. Cor. xv And he put forth this similitu.

Lu. xviii On the wensday Other remember ye not that you. i. Cor. xv He put forth a similitude vnto.

Lv. xviii On the. xii. Sonday after trynete sonday Suche trust have we thorow ii. Cor. iti And he departed agayne from Mar. vii.

On the wensday For we preache not oureselfe. ii. Cor iiii Then began he to vpbrayd the cit.

Mat xi On the. xiii. Sonday after trynete sonday To Abraham and his seede were the. gala. iii Happy are the eyes which se Luc. x

The Table On the wensday Yeremember brethren oure labor. i. tessa. li Then the pharyses went forth Mat. xii On the. xiiii. Sonday after trynete sonday

I saye walke in the spirite and.

Gala. v.

And it chaunsed as he went to Ier.

Lu. xvii On the wensday Beare not the yoke with the ii. Cor. vi Won of the company sayde vnto Luc. xii On the. xv. Sonday after trynete sonday.

Yff we lyue in the spirite let vs Gala. v Noman can serue two masters Mat. vi On the wensday We know that the law is good.

PiLisis A And it fortuned in one of those Luk. xx.

On the. xvi. Sonday after trynete sonday Tt Wherfore I desire that ye faynt Ephe. iii.

C And it fortuned after that he went Luk. vii On the wendsdaye B Beware lest eny mancomeand Colos. ii C And he cam to bethsaida and they Mar. viii On the. xvii. Sondaye after trynete sonday

A I therfore which am in bondes ephe. iiii A And it chaunsed that he went in.

Luk. xiiii Folio cccvii.) ae)

The Table On the wendsdaye.

For yf by the synne of one deth Ro. v.

When they were come to cap.

Mar. xvii On the. xviii Sonday after trynete sonday I thanke my god alwayes on i/Corei When the pharises had herde Mar. xxii On the frydaye.

I beseche you brethent for oure Ro. xv Another parable he put forth Mat. xiii On the. xix. Sonday after trynete sonday

And be ye renued in the spirite Ephe. iiii And he entred into a shyppe Mat. ix On the wensday Therfore brethren stonde fast and ii. Tes. ii Then sent Iesus the people awa.

Mat. xiii On the. xx. Sonday after trynete sonday Take hede therfore that ye wal.

Ephe. v The kyngdom of heauen is lyke Mat. xxii On the wensday Thou therfore my sonne be stron. ii. Tim. ii When thou makest a diner or ort a. lu. xiii On the. xxi. Sondayafter trynete sonday Fynally my brethren be stronge Ephe. vi And ther was a certayne ruler Thon. iiii

The Table On the wensday Because we knowe brethren i. Tes. i.

And it fortuned in another sab.

Luk. vi On the. xxii. Sonday after trynete sonday And am surely certified of Philip. i Therfore is the kyngdom taebscaai On the wendsdaye.

Ye and we knowe that what so rom. iti Verely I saye vnto you, that Mar. xi On the. xxiit. Sonday after Trynete sonday

Brethren folowe me, and Philip. ii Then went the pharises and mat. xxii On the wendsdaye.

For yf by the synne of one Rom. v When they were come to. mat. xvii On the. xxiiii. Sonday after Trynete sonday

For this cause we also, sence collos. i Whyle he thist spake vnto them. mat. ix On het wendsdaye.

And I wolde not that ye shulde. i. cor. x A certayne man had two sonnes. mat. xxi On the last Sonday after Trynete sonday.

Hieremye the. xxiii. Chapter.

Then Iesus lyfte vppe his eyes. ioh. vi.

The Table On the wendsday at. iiii. tymes Amos the. ix. Chapter.

And one of the companye ans Onthe Frydaye at. iiii. tymes.

Ozee the. xiiii. chapter And one of the pharises desyred.

On the Saterdaye at. iiii. tymes.

For that fyrst tabernacle was He put forthe this similitude.

In the Dedicacion of the churche.

And I Iohn sawe that holy.

Reve. xxi And he entred in, and went tho.

Luc. xix Here endeth the Table of the Pistles and Gospelles of the Sondayes.

Here after folowe the Pistles and Gospels of the Sayntes.

(Folio On saynt Andrews daye. ceccviti. ) C For the belefe of the hert iusti.

C As Iesus walked by the see of.

On saynt Nicolas daye.

A Ecclesiasti. xliiii. chapter A For lyke wyse a certayn man.

The Table On the conception of oure lady.

Ecclesi. the. xxiiii. Chapter This is the boke of the generati.

On S. Thomas the Apostle daye Now therfore ye are no more.

Thomas one of the twelve In the conversion of S. Paul.

Saul yet brethinge oute threat.

Then answered Peter and sayd.

On candelmays daye Malachie the. iii. chapter And when the tyme of their purif.

On S. Mathias the Apostle daye.

And in those dayes Peter.

Then Iesus answered and sayde.

The gretynge of ower ladye Esaye the. vii. chapter And in the. vi. moneth the angell On saynt Georges daye My brethren, count it excedinge.

I am the true vyne, and my father.

On saynt Markethe Evangelist.

Vnto every one of you is geven.

I am the true vine, and my father.

The Table On saynt Philip and Iames daye.

Sapientie the. v. Chapter And he sayde vnto his discip.

The fyndinge of the crosse I have trust towarde you in god.

There was a man of the Pha.

On the nativite of S. Iohn Baptist Esaye the. xlix. Chapter.

Elizabeths tyme was come On S. Peter and Pauls daye.

In that tyme Herode the kyng.

When Iesus cam into the.

In the commemoracion of S. Paul I certifye you brethren that.

Then answered Peter and sayde.

On the visitacion of oure Lady.

Canticorum the. ii. Chapter Mary arose in those dayes On saynt Mary Magdalen daye.

Proverbiorum the. xxxi. Chapter And one of the Pharises desyred.

Lu. vii On saynt Iames the Apostle Nowe therfore ye are no more.

Ephesi. ii Then came to him the mother.

Mat. xx.

The Table Petri ad vincula And as he consydred the thinge.

When Iesus cam into the coostis.

Act. xii Mat. xvi.

On the transfiguracion of owre Lorde.

For we folowed not deceauable.

And after. vi. dayes Iesus. ii. Pet. i Mat. xvii On the name of Iesu Then Peterful of the golyt goost While he thus thought, behold Act. iiti Mat. i.

Folio ccix.

Onet saynt Laurens day This yet remember how that.

Verely verely I saye vnto you ii Cor. ix Ioan. xii On the assumption of ower lady Eccle. the. xxiiii. Chapter It fortuned as he went that he Lu. x.

On saynt Bartholomews Nowe therfore ye are no moare And there was a stryfe amonge Ephe. ii ie) Lu. xxii On the natiuite of ower lady Eccle. the. xxiiii Chapter This is the boke of the generacion > Mat. 1

On the exaltacion of the crosse I haue trust towarde you in god Nowe is the iudgement of this Gal. v.

Ioan. xii

The Table On saynt Mathew the apostle.

Ezechielis the. i. Chapter And as Iesus passed forth from On saynt Michael daye And he sent and shewed by hys The same tyme the disciples On saynt Luke the euangelest Ezechielis the. i. Chapter After that the lorde apoynted On saynt Symon and Iudes day For we knowe well that all This commaunde I you, that ye.

On the alle hallowes daye And I sawe another angell When he sawe the people, he On the alle soules day I wolde not brethren haue you Then sayde Martha vnto Iesus.

On saynt katheryns daye.

Ecclesiast. the. li. chapter Agayne the kyngdome of.

THESE THINGES HAUE I ADDED

to fill vp the leffe withall 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 the erth, as a grave sepulchre or cave.

(s) Hell: it is called in Hebrue the valeye of Hennon. A place by Ierusalem, where they burnt their chyldren in fyer vnto the ydole Moloch, and is vsurped and taken now for a place where the wycked and vngodlye shalbe tormented both soule and bodye, after the generall iudgement.

Geue Rowme to the wrath of God. Rom. xii wrath is there taken for (10) vengeaunce. And the meaninge is: let God advenge, ether byhim selfe or by the officers that beare his rowme.

There tarye and abyde tyll ye go oute. Yt is in Marke the. vi. Wheresoever ye enter in to an house, there abyde till ye go oute thence. And Luke. ix. it is, into what soever housse ye enter, ther tarye, and go not oute thence: that is

(ts) 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. Mathew. x. Why are they commaunded 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

(20) 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 and to stere vp fayth, as do the layenge on of handes and anoyntinge with oyle and etc.

Ypocrytes, can ye decerne the face of heaven and not decerne the signe of (as) the tymes? That is to saye: they coulde iudge by the signes 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.

Tyndale's Notes He that sayth he knoweth Christ and kepeth not his commaundementes, 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.

APPENDICES

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COLOPHON to the 1525 EDITION (Folio cccliiij. v.) Pee Rid Gevediligence Reder (I exhortethe) that thou come with a pure mynde, and as the scripture sayth with a syngleeye, vnto thewordes of health, and ofeternall lyfe: by the which (if we repent and beleve them) we are borne a newe, created a fresshe, and enioye the frutes offthe bloud of Christ. Whiche bloud cryeth

(s) notfor vengeaunce, asthe bloud of Abel: but hath purchased, lyfe, love, faveour, grace, blessynge, and whatsoever is promysed in the scriptures, to them thai beleve and obeye God: and stondeth bitwene vs and wrathe, vengeaunce, cursse, and whatsoever thescripture threateneth agaynst the vnbelevers and disobedient, which resist, and consent not in their hertes to the lawe of god, that it is ryght,

(10) wholy, iuste, and oughtsoo to be.

Marke the playne and manyfest places of the scriptures, and in doutfull places, sethou adde no interpretacion contrary to them: but (as Paul sayth) let all be conformable and agreynge to the fayth.

Note the difference of thelawe, and of the gospell. The one axeth and re- (1s) quyreth, the wother perdoneth and forgeveth. Theonethreateneth, the wother promyseth all good thynges, to them that sett their trust in Christ only. The gospell signifieth gladde tydynges, and is nothynge butt the promyses off good thynges. Allis not gospell that is writtenin the gospell boke: For ifthe lawe were a waye, thoucouldest notknow what the gospell meante. Even as thou couldest

(20) notse perdon, favour, and grace, excepte the lawe rebuked the, and declared vnto thy thet sinne, mysdede, and treaspase.

Repent and beleve the gospell as sayth Christ in thefyrst of Marke. Applye all waye the lawe to thy dedes, whether thou finde luste in the bottom ofthyne herte to the lawe warde: and soo shaltthou no dout repent, and fealein the silfe

(2s) a certayne sorowe, payne, and grefe to thyne herte: be cause thou canst nott with full lustedo thededes offthelawe. Applyethegospell, that is to saye the promyses, vnto the deservynge off Christ, and to the mercye of god and histrouth, and soo shalt thou nott despeare: buttshaltfeale god as a kyndeand a mercifull father.

And his sprete shall dwell inthe, andshall be stronge in the: and thepromises (30) shalbe geven theatthelast (though not byand by, lest thou shuldest forgett thy sylfe, and be negligent) and all threatenynges shalbe forgeven thefor Christis blouddis sake, to whom commit thy silfe all togedder, with out respect, other of thy good dedes or of thy badde.

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To the Reder Themthat are learned Christenly, I beseche: for as mocheas I am sure, and my conscience beareth me recorde, that of a pure entent, singilly and faythfully I have interpreted itt, asfarre forth asgod gave methe gyfte of knowledge, and vnderstondynge: thatthe rudnes offthe worke noweat the fyrst tyme, offende

(s) themnot: butthatthey consyder howe that I had no man to counterfet, nether was holpe with englyssheof eny thathadinterpreted thesame, or soche lykethinge in thescripture beforetyme. Moreover, even very necessitie and combraunce

(God is recorde) above strengthe, which I will not rehearce, lest we shulde seme to bost oure selves, caused that many thynges are lackynge, whiche necessaryly

(10) are requyred. Count it as athynge not havyngehis full shape, butas itwere borne afore hys tyme, even as a thing begunne rather then fynnesshed. Intyme to come (yf god have apoynted vs there vnto) we will geve it his full shape: and putt outyfought be added superfluusly: and addeto yffought be oversene thorowe negligence: and will enfoarce to brynge to compendeousnes, thatwhich

(15) is nowetranslated at the lengthe, and to geve lyght where it is requyred, and to seke in certayneplaces more proper englysshe, and with a table to expounde the wordes which are nott commenly vsed, and shewehowethe scripture vseth many wordes, which are wother wyse vnderstonde of the commen people: andto helpe with a declaracion where one tonge taketh nott another. And will

(20) endever oure selves, as it were tosetheitbetter, and to make it more apte for the weake stomakes: desyrynge them that are learned, and able, to remember their duetie, and tohelpe therevnto: and to be stowe vnto the edyfyinge of Christis body (which is the congregacion ofthem that beleve) those gyftes whych they have receaved ofgod for the same purpose. The gracethat commeth of Christ be

(2s) with them thatlove hym. prayefor vs.

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For they are deed which sought the chyldes life.

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

And in thy name have caste oute devyls? And in thy name have done many miracles?

Beholde my chylde, whom I have chosen, my beloved, in whom my soule deliteth.

For they are deed which sought the chyldes deeth.

Care not therfore for thedaye foloynge. For the dayefoloynge shall careffor yt sylfe. Eche dayes troubleys sufficient for the same silfe day.

And in thy name have we nott cast oute devyls? And in thy name have we nott done many miracles?

Beholde my sonne whom I have chosen, my derlinge, in whom my soule hath had delite. some anhundred fold, some sixtie fold, some thyrty folde. vnderstonde ye all these thyngs?

They sayde, ye Lorde. some anhundred fold, some fifty fold, some thyrty folde. have ye vnderstonde all these thynges: they sayde, yesyr. when there were iiij. M: thou shalt fynde a pece of twentie pence:

The fyrst daye of swete breed thou shalt fynde a pece of twelve pens, The fyrst daye of vnlevended breed all ye shall fall this nyght because of all ye shall be offended by me this night. me. saynge: arede to vs Christ, who ys he that smote the?

And agayne he denyed with an oothe, and sayde: I knowe nott the man. sayinge: tell vs thou Christ, who is he that smote the?

And agayne he denyed with an oothe that he knew the man.

For they thought he had bene beside him selfe.

For they sayde, he ys to fervent. for more then two houndred pens, for more then thre hundred pens, and happi is he that falleth not, by the reason of me and happy is he, that is not offended by me.

For he that is nott agaynst you, is with you.

_ For he that is not agaynst vs, is with vs. frende lende me foureloves frende lende me thre loves, Solomon in all his royalte that Salomon in all this royalte, we

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page| line and coulde nott well lifte vp her silfe.

The riche man also died, and was buried in hell. When he lifte vppe his eyes, as he was in tourmentes, he sawe Abraham The sonne of David and coulde not lifte vp her silfe at all.

The riche man also died, and was buried. And beinge in hell in tormentes, he lyfte vp his eyes and sawe Abraham

thou sonne of David

into a sicomore tree, into a wilde fygge tree,

S. Iohn. 1. lines 1-14.

And he that beloveth not the sonne, S. Iohn. 1. lines 1-14.

and he that beleveth not the sonne,

thatt my father sent me, And my father that the father sent me. And the father him silfe

nor yett have sene hysshape. nor ye have sene his shape:

When Iesus perceaved that they wolde come, and take him vp, to make him kinge, he departed Moses gave you breed from heaven:

Iesus knew wele ynough, that they wolde come, and take hym vppe, and therfore departed he

Moses gave you not breed from heven:

Do not oure ruelars knowe in dede, that this is very Christ?

She sayde: Syr no man.

Andyf I beare recorde off my sylfe, my recorde is true

Do the rulars knowe in dede, that this is very Christ?

She sayde: No man Lorde.

Though I beare recorde of my selfe yet my recorde is true:

andyff I iudge, thenys myiudgment true. youre God. And yet have ye not knowenhym: though I iudge yet is my iudgment true. youre God, and ye have not knowen

Iam the good shepeheerd. The good shepeheerd geveth his lyfe for the shepe.

And I geve my lyfe for the shepe:

I amagoode shepheerd, a goodeshepheerd geveth his lyfefor his shepe.

I geve my sylfe for myshepe,

And he that was deed, cam forth bounde hand and fote, with bondes after the manner as they were wonte to bynde their deed with all.

And he that was deed, came forth, bounde hand and fote with grave bondes,

I wolde have tolde you. I goo to prepare a place for you. I will come agayne, I wolde have tolde you. I go to prepare a place for you. And yfI go to prepare a place for you, I will come agayne,

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lorde shew vs thyfather... and my father in me, and I in you. be cause ye shulde nott be hurtein yourefayth.

And now glorify me thou father in thyn awne presence, but that they myght eate Pascha.

Lorde shew vs the father, and you in me, and I in you.

because ye shuld not be offended.

And now glorify me thou father with thyn awne selfe, but that they myght eate the paschall lambe. what thinge is trueth?

LE what is trueth?

Then sayde he to Thomas: put in thyfynger here, and se my hondes, and putt forth thyhonde and thrust hym into mysyde, and be nott wyth out fayth: but beleve. they sawe hoot coles layde and fisshe laye ther on, The Actes of the Apostles.

After that sayde he to Thomas: bringe thy fynger hether, and se my hondes, and bringe thy honde and thrust it into my syde, and be not faythlesse, but belevynge. they sawe hoot coles and fysshe layd ther on, and breed.

The Actes of the Apostles, wrytten by Saynte Luke Evangelist which was present at the doynges of them.

Bar

In myfyrst treatise And preached in the name off Iesus the resurreccion from deeth Solomons hall.

Hymbeynge a rueler and a saveoure hath god exalted with his right honde, God by his hondes shulde geve them health:

In the former treatise preached in Iesus the resurreccion from deeth

Salomons porche.

Him hath god lifte vp with his right hand, to be a ruler and a savioure,

God by his hondes shuld save them

Lorde laye not this synne to their charge. And when he had thus spoken, lorde impute not this synne vnto them, For they wote not what they

do. And when he had thus spoken, thys ys thatpower of god, which is called grett. this felow is the great power of God.

which was a chamberlayne,

which was gelded,

in that he submitted hymsilfe, his iudgement was exalted:

God hath nowefulfylled vnto vs the children, Because of his humblenes, he was not estemed:

God hath fulfilled vnto vs their chyldren,

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line page I will kepefaithfully.

When the Iewes wer gone oute of the Sinagog, thegentyls besought them that they wolde preache the wordeof god to them I will geve them faithfully to you.

When they were come out of the

Synagoge of the Iewes, the gentyls besought that they wolde preache the worde to them declarynge the conuersion of the gentyls, contrary to the elders of Cesar, ' declarynge the conversacion off the gentyls, contrary to theordinacions off Cesar, ye are somwhat supersticious.

ye are to supersticious.

Paul was constrayned by the sprete to testifie to the Iewes...

Paul was payned in thesprete, as he testified to the iewes....

Won Crispus a ruelar of the Sinagoge...

one Crispus the chefe rular of the synagoge...

Sostenes a ruelar ofthe sinagoge....

Sostenes the chefe rular of the synagoge... and he spake fervently in the sprete, And when he was disposed to goo into Acaia, the brethren wrote exhortynge the disciples to receave

Andbegan to speake boldely....

When he was disposed togoo into Acaia, the brethren exhorted hym therto, andwrote vnto the disciples that they shulde receave hym.

And severed the disciples awaye,

and seperated the disciples.

And ther were seven sonnes of one Sceva a Iewe and chefe of the prestes...

Demetrius, a silversmyth, And on the morowe after the saboth daye... where they were gaddered to geder,

There were seven sonnes off one Sceva a ruelar off thesinagoge...

Demetrius, a goldsmyth,

On asaboth daye...

where wewere gaddered to gedder, andwolde hym silfe goo be londe.

and wolde him selfe goo a fote. come on me there, Brother Saul, lokevp. ie vnto the Centurion that stode come off me there, Brother Saul receave thy sight. sayde vnto an vnder captayne: y:

And the hye captayne vnto the hye captayne:

And the captayne... vnto thecapteyne. enformed the ruelar agaynst Paul.

And as he preached of Iustice, tem-

enformed the ruelar of Paul.

And as he preached of righteousnes, temperaunce andiudgement to come,

peraunce and iudgement to come.

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for to be come a Christen.

...ffor to become christen.

see off Cicill, see of Cilicia. and their eares were thycke of hearynge, and their eares wexe thycke of hearynge, that this salvacion of God is sent. ... that thisconsolacion of God issent.... thatall gentiles shulde obeye to the fayth which is in his name, ofthe which noumbre are ye also, to bringe all maner hethen people vuto obedience of the fayth, that is in his name: of the which hethen are ye a part also, of the man vnto whom god ascribeth rightewesnes.

. . of a man, vnto whom good ascrybeth rightewesnes.... pacience bryngeth felynge, felynge bryngeth hope, and hope maketh vs not ashamed, because the love that god hath vnto vs, is sheed abrod in oure hertes. the similitude of him that was to come.

Synneshall nothave power over you. be cause that his sprete dwelleth in you. pacience bringeth experience, experience bringeth hope. And hope maketh not ashamed, for the love of God is sheed abrod in oure hertes, the similitude of him that is to come.

Let not synne have power Over you. because that this sprite dwelleth in you.

...and they seke my deeth. then is it not by the deservynge of workes.

God which is lorde of patience and consolacion, and they seke my lyfe. then is it not of workes.

The God of pacience and consolacion, : and have brought them this frute sealed.

Herman, Patrobas, Hermen, and the brethren. ...

For youre obedience extendeth to all men. and haveshewed them this frute, Hermas, Patrobas, Mercurius, and the brethren. ... for youre obedience ys spoken offamonge allmen. to my gospell, wher with I preache Tesus Christ, in openynge off the mistery which was kept closse sence the worlde beganne and noweis openned. atthys tyme and declared in the scripturs of prophesy, by the to my gospell and preachinge of Iesus Christ, in vtteringe of the mistery which was kept secret sence the worlde beganne, but now is opened by the scriptures of prophesie, at the commaundement... commaundement...

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1$25 amonge you, I speak of that which every one ofyou sayth: I holde of Paul, Another sayth I holdeof Apollo: Another sayth: I holde off Cephas: and another sayth I holde of Christ. whether thou shalt save thy husbande or not? whether thou shalt save thewyfe or not?

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amonge you. And this is it that I meane: how that comenlie amonge you, one sayeth: I holde of Paul: another I holde of Apollo; the thyrde

I holde of Cephas: the fourt that I holde of Christ. whether thou shalt save that man or no? whether thou shalt save that woman or no?

When ye synne so...

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wesynne agaynst Christ. ought the woman to have power in her heed, To won is geven the vtteraunce offwisdom:

And oure vngoodly parties... ye synne against Christ.

ought the woman to have power on her heed, To one is geven thorow the spirite the vtteraunce of wisdome:

And ourevngodly parties. . .

I will praye with my sprete, and will praye with mymynde also. I will singe with my sprete. and will singe with my mynde also.

| I will praye with the sprete, and will praye with the mynde also. I will singe with the sprete, and will singe with the mynde also.

For we havetestified agaynste god...

For we have testifyed of God,

The seconde man is from heven, hevenly. the second man is the Lorde from heaven.

that in synglenes and godly purethatwe with out doublenes, but with

godly purenes: nes..

(that ye myght have had a double pleasure) that ye might have had yet one pleasure moare:

...but as they which speake of purenes, and as they which speake of God...

And nowe the lordis glory apereth in vs all, as in a glasse: and wearechaunged vnto the same similitude, from glory to glory, even off the lordewhich is asprete. but even oute of purenes, and by the power of God,

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 light of the knowledge of the glorie of God, in the face of.... the light ofknowledge offthe glorious god, in the face of...

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before God is aloved. before God is alowed. 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 children. Set youre selues therfore at large, and beare not a straungers yoke wyth the vnbelevers.

...ye are nott brought in to combraunce by vs, though that ye vexe youre selves off a true meanynge. I speake vnto you as vnto chyldren, whych have lyke rewarde wyth vs: stretche youre selves therfore out. beare nott the yooke wyth the vnbelevers.

And howe that their povertie, though yt be depe, yethath folowed over, and is be come vnto them ryches in synglenes.

God thefather of oure lorde Iesus Christ, And therto though they were excedinge poore, yet haue they geuen excedinge richly, and that in singlenesse.

The God and father of oure lorde Iesus Christ by the myght of God amonge you.

... by the myght that god gave vs to you warde.

Seke I nowethe faveour offmen, or off God?

Preache I mannes doctrine or Godes?

He seyth not, in thy seedes as in many:

He seyth not, in the seedes as in many: is ther no Iewe, nether greke: is ther no Iewe nether gentyle: but ye are all one thinge in Christ lesu. which by nature were no goddes.

We loke for and hope in the sprite, to be iustified thorow fayth. forall are one thynge in Christ Iesu. which by nature were not goddes:

We lokefor and hope to be iustified by thesprete which commeth of fayth. to the prayse of his glorious grace, to the prayse of the glorie of his grace... which before hoped in Christ... which before beleved in Christ... andwith hym hath raysed vs vppe, andwith hym hath made vs sitte in hevenly thynges, thorowe Iesus Christ. and hath raysed vs vp together and made vs sitte together in hevenly thynges thorow Christ Iesus, ...in the ministery of Christ, in the mistery of Christ, and in you all. and in vs all.

... which after a godly wyse, which after the ymage of God...

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What then?

So that Christ be preached all maner wayes, whether it be by occasion, or of true meaninge, I therin ioye:

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Notwithstondynge by all maner wayse, whether it be by occasion or of trueth, yet Christ is preached: and therefore I ioye.

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...but in meknes of mynde. Letevery person thynke every other man better then hym silfe, sothatye considreevery man, not what is in hym silfe: But what is in wother men.

but that in mekenes of mynde every man esteme other better then him selfe, and that no man consyder his. awne, but what is mete for other.

...even soperforme youre ownehealth...

: even so worke out youre awne saluacion....

I be offered vp vpon the offerynge and sacrifice of youre fayth:

...I be offered vppe on youresacrifice and youre servinge of god in the fayth:

Not as though I had all redy receaved

Not as though I had all redy attayned to it, it. socontinue beloved in the lorde.

Lye not one to another, seynge that yehave put off the olde man with his workes, Let the worde of god...

so continue in the lorde ye beloved.

Lye not one to another that the olde man with his workes be put of, Let the worde of Christ. so that he shall sitt in temple of god, so that he shall sitt as God in temple of god, For the mistery of that iniquitie doeth he all readie worke which onlie loketh, vntill it be taken out of the waye.

We knowe that the lawe is good, And Ithanke Christ Iesus oure Lorde, which hath made me stronge: and yf I tarie longe, For alredy themisteryoff iniquytie worketh, Only he that holdeth, let him nowe holde, vntill hit be taken...

We knowe that thelawe is god, And I thanke hym that hath made me strongein Christ Iesu oure lorde:

And yff I come not, that no man can obtayne, that no man can attayne, thatt they maye wake out of slepe agayne, out off... that they maye come to them selves agayne out of... which is after godlynes vpon the hope of eternall lyfe, A man that is geuen to heresie, which trueth is in servynge god inhope of eternall lyfe,

A man that is the auctor of sectes,

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page| line that ye myght have fayth and hope towarde god.

that your fayth and hope myght be in god.

For it is thankeworthye For it commeth off grace,

If eny man longe after life, and loveth to se good dayes, which is oure right honde of God For who so listeth to love lyfe, and to se good dayes,

which is on the righthonde of god,

that they shuld be condempned of 'men in the flesshe, but shuld live

...that they shulde be iudged after the manner off men in the flesshe, but shulde live godly in thesprete.

before God in the sprete. let him glorifie god on this behalfe. let him glorifie god on his behalfe.

of oure God andoff thesavioure Iesus Christ. vnto lyfe and to servegod with all, of oure God and savioure Iesus Christ. vunto lyfe and godlynes,

a right sure worde... a more sure worde...

Spottes they are and filthines: and off you they make a mockyngestoke feastynge togedder in their deceavable wayes: almost inevery pistle.

Spottes they are and filthines, livinge at pleasure and in disceaveable wayes feastynge with you:

almost in very pistle

thatyoureioye maye be full. that oure ioye maye be full.

fyrst begotten sonne in to the worlde, And of the angels... fyrst begotten sonne in theworlde, $03 And vnto the angels. ..

But thou arte all wayes,

but thou artethe same, 504.

What is man, that thou arte myndfull of hym: otherthe sonne of man, thatthou visitest hym? After thou haddest...

What is man, that thou arte myndfull of him? After thou haddest. . . all thynges subdued vnto hym: but that Iesus which for a season was made lesse then the angels, we se thorowe the punnyshment of deeth crouned with glory and honour: all thynges subdued but him that was made lesse then the angelles: we se that it was Iesus which is crouned with glory and honour for the sofferinge of death:

504.

which was faythfull to him that made him, beyngefaythfull to him that sent aS

and reioysynge in thefayth vnto theende. and the reioysynge of that hope, vnto the ende.

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the begynninge of the substance, the fyrst substance, the workes were made, from thefundacion of the worlde layde. the workes were made and the foundacion of the worlde layde.

Christ honored not hym silfe, that he myght be the hyeprest: butt he gloryfyed hym thatsayde vnto hym:

Christ glorified not him silfe, to be made the hye prest: but he that sayde vnto him... because of his godlines. be cause he had God in reverence. to the encreace off thefayth, to the stablysshynge of hope, and ontheir vnrightewesnes, will I notthynke eny more. and on their iniquities.

For thatfyrst tabernacle was made, For there was a fore tabernacle made, With in the secorfde vayle was the tabernacle, But within the seconde vayle was ther a tabernacle, a similitude off this present tyme, a similitude for the tyme then present, heentred once for all... we entred once for all. pourdgeoure consciences. . . pourdge youre consciences (that thorow deeth which chaunsed for the redempcion.... that as sone (as his deeth was fulfilled for the redempcion. ... hath he appered once, to put synne to flyght, hath he apered oncefor all, to put synne to flyght, thou hast no lust. thou hast not alowed.

Inthebegynnynge off the boke it is written of me, in the chefest of the boke it is written of me, forto wynne oure soules. to the wynnynge of the soule.

Thatby the menes of thynges whych apeare, thynges whych are invisyble myght be knowen. and that thynges which are sene, were made of thynges which are not sene.

Wherfore receaved he him as an ensample of the resurreccion.

Wherfore receaved he him, for an ensample.

worshipped on the toppe of his ceptre. bowed him selfe towarde the toppe of his cepter,

Moses whenhe was of a gret age, Moses when he was great,

No manner learnynge for the present tyme...

No manner chastisynge for the present tyme...

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page| line as Esau, which for one breakfast solde his right that belonged vnto him, in that he was the eldest brother. Ye knowe how that afterwarde when thathe wolde have inherited the blessinge.

His repentauncefounde no grace, no though hedesyred that blessynge with teares. make you parfet in all workes, to do his will; andbrynge to passe, that whatsoever ye do, maye be accepted in his sight, by the meanes of Iesus Christ. as Esau, which for one breakfast solde his birthright. Ye knowe how that afterwarde when he wolde have inherited the blessinge, he was put by, and he founde no meanes to come therby agayne: no though he desyred it with teares.

'make you parfet in all good workes,

to do his will, workynge in you that which is pleasaunt in his syght thorow Iesus christ that we shuld be the fyrst frutes of his creatures. that we shulde be the fyrst of his creatures.

$23 are ye not parciall in youre selves, are ye not even parciall in youre selves, of that good name that is called on over you? iustifyed whenshe receaved...

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of that good name after which ye be named.

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iustifyed thorow. workes, she... when

Helias was a man in daungerto tribulacion as we are, 24.

Helias was a man mortall even as we §28 are, In tho thinges which they knowe they corrupte them selves. in tho thinges they corrupte them selves. and hast founde them lyars and dydest wasshe thy self. And hast pacience: the xxiii. elders fell doune before him that sat on the trone,

and hast founde them lyars, and hast suffered, and hast pacience:

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the xxiiii. seniours fell dounebefore the trone, beforehym thatsat on the trone, tyll I have sealed...

And hit was sayde vnto them thatt they shulde nott hurt the grasse off theerth: nether eny grene thinge: but in the greke tonge, Apollion, thatys to saye a destroyer. marke thoothynges. .. that thou shuldest iudge them: and shuldest geve rewarde...

tyll we have sealed...

And it hurt the grasse of the erth: nether eny grene thinge: but in the greke tonge, Apollion. seale vp thoo thynges... that they shuld be iudged and that thou shuldest geve rewarde...

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havynge. vii. heddes, and ten hornes havynge vij. heddes, and ten hornes, and crounes vpon his heddes: and seven crounes on his heddes: fede her there a M. ii. C and lx. fedeher there, M, and xxvj. dayes. dayes. by the space of a thowsande and. by the space off a thowsande and iiij vi. C. furlonges.

| score furlonges. and shall eate their flesshe, and shall eate her flesshe, and on his thygh a name written: on his thygh: kynge of kynges, kynge of kynges, agrett voyce out of heaven... agrett voyce from the trone,

MISPRINTS IN THE 1534 EDITION

AND VARIANTS (1525)

Note. These misprints are indicated in the text of this volume thus t. Where letters are altered they are italicised and where added placed in brackets. read be.

For be(n) read else. or alse be by.

A nothre an ayenst couenanus coostis couenants. coostes. commaunded. communed, commaundment. cherubim. clothes. certayn(ti)e.

Colbe. corrupt. cannot.

Cymball. the. companye. callinge.

(com-)commaunded commened commoundment cherubis clother certayne carlesse carrupt cnanot Cynball che compayne calligne of.

Anti-christ. gnasshinge. sabathani. answered. another. ans(h)wered (a) another as. answer.

Abraham. aboundan(t)ly.

(h)agge. autum. a(b)hominacions. and.

And. an. at an(d)swer Adraham aboundanly d(e)vylles.

Mar. dep(e)nes. at.

Obdie. auctoritie. a bande. agon. dekay. douted. declaret(h). diffreth. doctours (in) the. doctrine. deuy(d)ed. doth. desire. despise. auctoricie abonde byr(t)he. byrddes. binde. boffeted. baptised. betraye. byrhe bryddes b(l)inde boffeded babtised berraye bat be (be) bestes beleweth blaspemy bluwe boleved bedgerly becanse bedgarly bu brethen doctours the doctrier(e) deuyed do the desier despice b(r)estes. beleveth. blasp(h)emy. blewe. beleved. begerdly. because. begardly. bu(t). breth(r)en. encrease. ex(e)cuted. enmifie, every. expired, encracie excuted en(n)imite evere exp(e)ried earbes easi excadinge enen. erbes (h)earbes. esai. excedinge. even.

(h)erbes.

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Misprints For lightly(g)e read lyghtlye. or experynce read exper(i)ence. lamasabathani. lamaasbathani los(s)e lyne loo(s)tes lowsed le(a)st lest lest » exalte(t)h.

», exalteh founde. fren(d)shippe. forn(ic)acion. fonnde frenshippe fornacion fat fonre fathey flesse f(i)ever forfed fruts fevently frutfull fonndacion ftutes fath four vat. foure. father. fless(h)e. fever. forced. frut(e)s. fe(r)vently. frut(e)full. foundacion. frutes. fa(i)th. four(th).

_ laye lowe low Luke lukers levith ledde lenght layde loned lyeell lorie. ees grounde. gether. glorii geneth gronde moreouer. mougth.

Mathew. mot(h)ereleawe. ministers. wordes. which. ministers. momentary. mayntene. with.

Metanoiam.

Melchise(de)ch. moreoure mought Maehew motereleawe ministres mordes mbhich m_(im )inisters momentany maynteme mi Metan(on)oiam Melchisech menes maye marsaruaunt mert mortise (ge)gether grodge goly grudge. holy. greveous(l)y. gates. greveousy (s)hulde.

(s)hall. hondes. disciples. to him. her(t). halowed. araeble. means. naye. manseruaunt. went. morti(fi)e. herable he he (he) hat(e)red hearet helmet(h) honsholde hominacions (t)he. he. hatred. hearte. helmet. housholde. no (t). no noyes nere no(o)tt nutred. ne (a)re (r). not. nu(r)t(u)red.

(ab)hominacions, indgement. indgement is insurrccion iustifie(th) inhereth ieioysynge indge vppon.

(his. insurr(e)ccion. iustified. inher(it)eth. reioysynge. indge. oppon ont ° opon onother out. o(f). open. another. ond opostles owe' kayes kyngdome(n

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read of me and. read sworne.

For sworme strengthynge selne soulse strengthreth shute sayinge sonda also. on(e). or.

On. strength(n)ynge. selue. soules. strengthneth. sh(o)ute. seyinge. sonda(y). posses. possee prepare(d) puplisshed preace pr(e)yase pooer pople proueh pleatynge parson perseuted prayres purifieth Pulicans plentuously preachetg praye repare.

Shetod preac(h)e. prayse. poore. p(e)ople. proue(t)h. pleadynge. person. perse(c)uted. rayers. bie Jieth.

Pu(b)licans. plenteously. preacheth. pray(s)e. tribalacions thurow thei(e)r teaheth tyges oe terfore to (be) obey tese thy the trangression Teusday Thorssday Ag this rayment. resurreccion. remnaunt. ryghtwesnes. receved. reed. remembreth.

(resur)eccion. reconciled. remnaunt.

(c)heth. ee raymeut resurrcccion remmaunt ryghtwesses recaved read remenbreth reccion. reconcil(i)ed rem(ma)naunt raynge remembreunce ef. t(h)erfore. to obey. t(h)ese. the thy. tran(s) gression.

Tuesday.

Thurssday.

C. thus. raygne. remembraunce. synagoges. stretes. spoken. sitt(i)nge. synagoge. ee stronge. synagogis uot not. stretis spoden sittnge synagsge syg(t)hed stronde strethed strannge similiiude silfehym santified stablenes sarpent shatpe strenght vncleave ynto (to) vnleven(d)ed vunisshed vyage vnbelene vnrightewesses vynearde vnderstonde(r) vnto, me vertve vnderstonee vncleane. ynto. vnlevened. vanisshed. v(o)yage. vunbeleve. vnrightewesres. vyne(y)arde. vnderstonde. ynto me, vertue. vnderstonde.

_ stret(c)hed. straunge. similitude. hymsilfe. san(c)tified.

(vn)stablenes. without. withont

or wehdder read whedder. read me. long. wo(u)ndes.

Whoso(e)ver. wor(l)dly. which. wi(th)stondynge. wong wondes Whosover wordly whith wistondynge wynes wyldrenes wynefat was. whose. were.

'were. wek(e). ues. ayetiaes wynevat.

_ ynne of. youre.

(s)ynne.

For xxu read xxm.

MISPRINTS IN PAGINATION (1534)

read Folio ccc(xx)vii.

For Folio cccvii read Folio Cxlv.

For Folio Clxv ccc(xx) Vili. cccx(L)iii. cccx(I)iiii.

Clxvi cccviil CCCxili cccxiili (c)ccclxi (c)ecclxii ccclxxi ecclxxiii ccclxxv ccclxi. ccclxii. ccclxiiii. ccclxvi. cecclxviii. cechxx.

(c)ecclxxvii cclxxv (sto (c)cclxxvi. ccclxxvii. ccclxxxiii. ccclxxxiiii. ecchoxxili cechoxxiiii c c . Folios ii, ccxvii, ccxlix and ccl are omitted.

Folio ccxxv is duplicated.

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BY WALTER LEWIS, M.A.

AT THE CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

OCTOBER 1938

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