^*^-w^ ..kd:^^- Cornell University Library The original of this book is in the Cornell University Library. There are no known copyright restrictions in the United States on the use of the text. http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924029309600 Cornell University Ubrery BS2040 1837 New Testament of our Lord and Saviour Je olln 3 1924 029 309 600 VSV'L A '-iMAOD': VOTtSTAMENTONEC NON?ENTATEVCHO IN VERNACVLAM TRAnVeRENDO OPERAM NAVAVIXANGUS SVISEOVSQSALVTirERAMWINDEN0Nm«ERlTOAHClI£AP0STOLVSAVDIRETmRTTRIONWLrOR^ /•*"■•»■■■ THE NEW TESTAMENT LORD AND SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST. BY WILLIAM TYNDALE, SCJe iWartjr. THE ORIGINAL EDITION, 1526, BEING THE FIRST VERNACULAR TRANSLATION FROM THE GREEK. WltH A MEMOIR OF HIS LIFE AND WRITINGS. TO WHICH ARE ANNEXED, THE ESSENTIAL VARIATIONS OF COVERDALb'S, THOMAS MATTHEW's, CBANMEB'S, the GENEVAN, AND THE BISHOFs' BIBLES, AS MARGINAL READINGS. BY J. P. DABNEY. ANDOVER: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED BY GOULD & NEWMAN;; FROM THE LONDON EDITION OF BAGSTEE. NEW YORK: CORNER OF FULTOlJ AND NASSAU STREETS. MDCpCXXXVlI. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1837, BY GOtTLD & NEWMAN, in the Clerk's OfSce of the District Court of Massachusetts. PREFACE. It had early entered into the plan of the present work, that it should include, in like manner as the versions succeeding Tyndale, the earlier New Testament of Wiclif ; and that thus the whole would more literally exhibit the fruits of the collec- tive labours of all the Ante-James translators. But the objec- tions that successively sprung up, soon satisfied the editor, that this was a hasty thought. Wiclif is, in the first place, profes- sedly but a translation from the Latin Vulgate, not from the Greek ; and it would not be easy therefore to say, why it should have here a place, rather than the Rhemish New Testament of 1582. Then, the remote era of the work [A. D. 1380], made in the rude and changing state of the language, renders a Glossary to most readers indispensable ; an appendage, to be sure, provided without much pains, were this the most se- rious difficulty. But the versions of the sixteenth century are knit together by a commune vinculum of structure and diction ; arid this, as was just implied, does not run back for an hundred and fifty years. Less than an half-century elapsed from -the time of Tyndale's version to the last of those contained in this work [The Bishops'] ; and of the generation which called for either, no small part, it is natural to think, continued long enough to welcome its immediate successor. They were, in feet, not so much new versions as revisions of one another ; and this, so true of them, is emphatically true of that of king James ; though, as to qualities not denied it, so often and strangely admired, like — if it be not rather wnlike — the bird in the fable, for borrowed plumage, and praised, as if an inde- pendent translation, for virtues not its own. The foregoing objection gives birth to yet another :— had all the variations of Wiclif been faithfully recognized, the contents of the mar- gin, as it is, of an unwished-for extent, would have doubtless IV PREFACE. been doubled. It is plain, that the work of the old English reformer, to receive either due honour or justice, should be given to the public by itself alone; and this, alas, will long remain a desideratum. As to the other versions referred to, the Editor fondly believes, that by the scheme of comprehension pursued, the re-print of Tyndale with us, acquires a peculiar and enhanced value over the English work. To Tyndale himself, the cen- tral position is given, which is rightfully his, as the pioneer in time, Eis a martyr to his enterprise, and as the only truly inde- pendent translator ; while the rest take their humble places as satellites. Their essential variations being given as marginal readings, a complete Vakiohitm edition of the Early Vernacular versions is produced ; the remarkable co-incidence of which, in their general frame-work, (as the few familiar with them well know) at once suggests and assists this mode of conden- sation. Their occasional discrepancies are all which it is worth the pains to select ; but by this simple method some half-dozen versions are in effect and to all practical purpose, embodied at the expense of no very serious enlargement of the volume, in limits or in cost. That either would ever again be re-pub- lished, is altogether unlikely ; and next to certain, if it were, that it would find a slow dispersion among antiquarians alone. But would it not be just ground both of regret and reproach, if without the slight memorial which these pages will preserve, works of such admitted excellence should pass away, and leave no trace behind ? What their successive and united labours have done towards producing an exact copy of the Original, will now at a glance be seen : and not less manifest will be the great obligatiolis, though scarcely suspected, that are due them from the authors of that version which now reigns without rival or superior — chiefly because it reigns alone. We are apt to speak of the advantage, in some walks of au- thorship (as in that before us), to a later work, from the num- ber of models and guides in kindred enterprises that preceded ; and to find an apology for the defects of an earlier one, in PKEFACE. V having an unbeaten path to travel. But when vi^e turn in the present instance to look at the results, we are well-nigh tempted to suspect that in our mother-tongue at least, the series of biblical translation has, by some chance, been inverted. It may be thought that as to Tyndale's text, the simple duty has been left to the Editor of guarding its integrity through the press. But it has not therefore been always simple, if by simple we mean clear. While the voices of antiquarians and critics unite in the highest eulogium on the version itself, it is not to be disguised, that as to its mechanical part, every page is instamped with the marks of haste. The harassed life of its unfortunate author is made present to our thoughts ; and fancy paints, without effort, the bloodhounds of a merciless church tracking his footsteps. Broken in upon in the midst of the drudgery of the press in one city, he gathers up his frag- ments in what condition he may, and flees to another to com- plete his interrupted labours. With this in full remembrance, the orthography so curiously varying, even in the same para- graph or sentence, from itself, the confounding of distinct words through a single misplaced letter, the withholding or bestowment of capitals ad libitum, as it "were, the unsightly exchange of the leading vowels as initial letters [as o for a etc.], and the seeming disdain of rule throughout — all find a prompt solution; The first impression on the reader however, is likely to be that of a book overrun with errors ; and of this the Publishers desire to disabuse him in advance. Yet the Editor has ventured to meddle with this deformity but in the most palpable cases ; well understanding to how many even these blemishes are precious. His apology for doing so at all is, that indubitably it is sometimes needed. But the English publisher has strangely- and inexcusably enough left him to conjecture where. He undertook (in all honesty, doubtless) to give an exact fact-simile of the First edition of Tyndale. But though no immaculate specimen of typography has yet been known, and few works, since the Art began, have called vrA\k 1* VI PREFACE. such peculiar propriety for a Table of Errata, that appendage is no where found. The editors of Ee-prints in foreign lapds have therefore to discriminate as they can, between its negli- gences as first given to the world, and the errors superinduced, beyond doubt, in its late revival by Mr. Bagster. In the notation of Various Readings from the versions here embraced, infra lineam^ regard has in the main been had only to essential differences, i. e, to differences in sense : to have extended it to particles emd phrases, except when these had a bearing on the whole texture of the verse, would have been tedious to the collator, unasked for by readers, and encumber- ing to the work. The above rule was not indeed- rigorously- observed. Even verbal changes deserve a place, when curi- osity might be amused by the recovery of some fast-fading word, or the ceaseless current of the language illustrated by another in a novel sense. Especially was it the wish, that the relative sources of the Version in common use might be obvious to all ; and words and clauses,- not of much moment perhaps but as found in this, have been pointed out, when they might be traced to either of the earlier works, in particular. Of the class of various readings, there is a considerable number, which recur so often, that, to avoid their needless repetition, it was thought best, to give them once for all in a Tabular List with the answering expressions of Tyndale^ This list will be found among the last of the preliminary pages, and the examples in question will not, except in a few instances of ac- cidental insertion, be met with in the margin. There are some readers, it is not unlikely, who will need instructions towards the profitable use of the Notes. The citations, as all know, stand in lieu of the words following the same numbers in the text. They are extended (whenever the case would permit,) until the versions above and below again meet : where this was inconvenient, the ordinary rules of grammar and syntax, it is hoped, will make it clear how far the marginal substitute is to run, at the first glance, or on a slight comparison. The meaning may occasionally not be so clear PREFACE. VU in respect to insets, i. e. notes within notes. They occur only where two or more authorities are affixed to the same citation ; and the inset in crotchets denotes that one of these authorities varies from the others as to a word or clause of the fragment common to them. The clause or word within the crotchets — as an uniform rule — answers to that which directly pre- cedes it. Perhaps it will occasionally relieve uncertainty and doubt, to say, that where the inset is meant to stand for all the antecedent part of the citation, it begins, (and then only), like the principal note itself, with a capital. But in re- lation to the notes and the dilemmas they may sometimes create, there can, as a general advice be no greater conven- ience than the open page of the familiar scriptures; with whose phraseology, the marginal citations, especially if from the Gienevan or Bishops, will be so apt to correspond. Crotchets in the text show the extent of the omission by the version referred to below. The reference post [i. e. after- wards] signifies that the authority before it, repeats the speci- fied expression once or oftener again in the chapter, if in an- swer to the same word in the list. Numerical reference, it will be observed, is often made to verses in advance ; for though this was the distinction of a later day, no other sure, and yet brief, designation could be thought of for examples sometimes distant ; and it was taken for granted, that in pe- rusing this book, the common Bible would be readily at hand. The Memoir of Tjoidale which follows, is, in substance, that by Mr. Ofibr, recently issued in England. But it con- tained so much that was redundant in the way of reflection and comment as to interfere with the prescribed limits to this undertaking, already so far expanded ; and when its tone of prejudice and asperity towards Sir Thomas More and the dom- inant faith, its occasional cloudiness of style and looseness of statement, with its slender claims on the whole, as a piece of biography, all were considered, it was thought best to recast its materials anew. This acknowledgment was due both to the public and the English biographer ; as the following VUl PREFACE. account could not, in propriety, be inscribed with his name, though any other would be still less appropriate. They who have sometimes asked the sage question, — Where is the utility of a work like the present, have had their an- swer, we trust, in some things that have been advanced. We should not very sanguinely refer them, if still unsatisfied, to the contents of the volume itself. Let it be asked in return, (if this be not equally a problem to those concerned). What is the use of any modem translation, having the impress of research, ability and taste ? The first fruits of the biblical learn- ing of our own tongue, we " may not willingly"^ — and cannot creditably-7-" let die." But this, not — as some strangely con- ceive — that they may be embalmed as curiosities, but con- verted to practical ends ; as landmarks to denote the progress of the language, as hghts to illustrate the oracles of truth. That with the smile of Him, whose cause and kingdom it seeks to serve, such will be the results of this enterprise, the editor nothing doubts : and in that persuasion, dismisses it w^ith the cheering sense of having been the humble instrument of dif- fusing, in a new — or, rather — long-lost form, "so just an im- age of " that word of God which liveth and abideth forever." J. P. D. Andover, Aug. 9, 1837, MEMOIR OF WILLIAM TYNDALE, WHO FIRST PRINTED THE N. TESTAMENT IN ENGLISH, 1525. A.ND WAS MARTYRED AT VILVOORD, NEAR BRUSSELS, SEPTEMBER, 1536. iiISlIC£>IIi3ii:^ O^ISiilSaSTC^S ®Am®ir wm wYmwA^m, FEDIGREX OF WILLIAM TYNDALE THE MARTYR AS PRESERVED BY ONE BRANCH or THE FAMILY. Hugh, Baron de Tyndale, of Lang'ley Castle, Northumberland, escaped from the field of battle when the Yorkists were. overcome by the Lancastrians ; lost his title and estate ; he took refuge in Gloucestershire, under the assumed name of Hutchins. — Alicia, daughter and sole heiress of Hunt, of Hunt's Court auJfib- ley, in Gloucestershire. John Tyndale, otherwise called Hutchins, of Hunt's — t Court at Nibley, Gloucestershire. John Tyndale, otherwise William Tyndale, otherwise Thomas Tyndale, whose Hutchins, an eminent Hutchins, strangled and descendant, Lydia Tyn- merchant of London, per- burnt at Vilvoorde, near dale, married the celebra- secuted by Bishop Stokos- Brussels, September, 1536. ted Quaker, honest John 1y. Roberta, of Lower iSid- dington,near Cirencester. MEMOIR OF WILLIAM TYNDALE, " Though I am olde, clothed in barbarous wede, Nothynge gainysshed with gaye eloquency, Yet I tell the trouth, yf ye lyst to take hede Agaynst theyr frowarde, furious frenesy Which recken it for a great heresy, And vnto laye pcsople greuous outrage To have goddes worde in their natyfe langage." Ttnoale's CoMPEHDiocs Olde Tkeatise. CHAPTER I. ERA IN WBICH HE LIVED — DESCENT — BlllTH — EDUCATION — OKDINA- TION TAKES THE T6wS AT GREENWICH — TRANSLATES PORTIONS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT — RETURNS TO HIS NATIVE COUNTRY AS TU- TOR IN A SNIGh't's family — BECOMES AN OBJECT OF PERSECUTION COMES TO LONDON — IS A POPULAR PREACHER. The efforts to throw off the dominion of the Romish Churdh, conunenced long before, began to assume, early in the reign of Henry the Eighth, a definite and threatenmg aspect. Their success in no feeble measure, was accelerated by the in- sufferable pride and pomp of the prelates^ and the bare-faced debaucheries of the monts. So indisputable was the latter, that when it was in controversy pressed home upon Sir Thom- as More, he could extricate himself from the dilemma no other- 12 iWrmoit; of wise, than by saying, " Our mater is not of the lyuynge but of the doctryne."* At this period it was, that Luther cast away, without any re- serves, his allegiance to the common Head of Christendom, and as one of the earliest steps in the work of Reformation, published the Bible in German. The spirit of translation spread apace. In January 1525, the aged Le Fevre printed the New Testament in French. And meanwhile, He of equally , honored and endeared memory to British Christians, was pre- paring to give to the world, the Scriptures in his vernacular language — ^the fruits of many years of anxious and interrupted labour. The ancient family of Tyndale were settled for centuries on the banks of the Tynfe, in Northumberland. The stock could boast of baronial dignity, having its seat at Langley Ceistle, a small but strong fortress, whose ruins time has spared : they stand pleasantly on a rising ground in Tyndale.t During the wasting wars between the houses of York and Lancaster, Hugh, the then Baron de Tyndale, whose lot had been cast with the weaker party, escaped from the field of battle and took refuge in Gloucestershire. Despoiled of his honours, possessions, and even of his name — for in his extremity he had been driven to assume that of Hutchins — the fugitive could hard- ly, have thought that these disasters woiald lead to an alliance, destined to immortalize his ill-starred and renounced name. The concealed Baron married Alicia, daughter and sole heiress of Hunt, Esq., of Hunt's Court, Nibley, Gloucestershire. * Confutacyon of Tyndale, Vol. II. p. 364. t Thomas Tyndale, writing to his cousin, Feburary 3, 1663, gives this account of his faniily : — '' 1 have heretofore heard that the first of your familie came out of the north, in the time of the wars between the houses of York and Lancaster, at what time many of good sort (their side going down) did fly for refuge and succor where they could find it. That it was your predecessor his fortune to come into Gloces- tershire, changing his name to that of Huchins, and that afterwards he married there, and so having children, he did before his death de- clare his right name, and from whence, and upon, what subject he came thither, and so talcing his own name, did kave it unto his chil- dren." — Rudder's Gloucestershire, p. 757. 8®niram ffsnliale. 13 This property descended to John Tyndale alias Hytchins, his son and heir;* who had three sons; John who became a distin- guished merchant in LondQn,t and William the subject of this memoir. Several branches of the family were honoured with knighthood : Sir John Tyndale attended at the coronation of Queen Ann Boleyn, as a Knight of the Bath. WilUam Tyndale was born at Hunt's CourtjJ about the year 1477. At a very early age he became a very diligent student in the University of Oxford, having been instructed from a child in grammar, logic, and philosophy :§ he continued there until his proficiency in the Greek and Latin languages enabled him to read the New Testament to his fellow students in St. Mary Magdalen Hall, and to those of Magdalen College.|| Oxford weis at this time, the most celebrated seat of learn- ing in the world : — Erasmus, who was a student in St. Mary's, thus writes to a friend in Italy : — " Here I have met with hu- manity, politeness, learning not trite and superficial, but deep, accurate, true old Greek and Latm .learning, and withal so much of it, that, but for mere curiosity, I have no occasion to visit Italy : in Grocyn I admire an universal compass of learning ; Linacre's acuteness, depth, erad accuracy are not to be ex- ceeded." Here Tyndale took his degrees and laid the foun- dation of that skill in the learned languages so essential to the worthy accomplishment of the enterprise he was soon to take upon him. His name indeed illustrates the history of the sis- ter University also ; for from some cause it appears that he * MSS. and Pedigree in possession of J. Roberts, Esq., Temple. See an extract placed before p. 1 of this Memoir. — Rudder's Glouces- tershire, p. 757. t One of his descendents, Lydia, married John Roberts, of Sid- dington near Cirencester in 1646 ; a man of signal pieh', and the bead, in those part8,of the Quakers. He^with his son, suffered severe persecution for his adherence to those principles ; of which an inter- esting memoir is published by the Society of Friends. t Atkin's Gloucestershire, p. 304. § Wood's " Athens Oxon." II The painting from which the portrut is engraved, itf'pieBerved in Magdalen Hall. 2 14 iWeinofr of entered as a student at Cambridge, where he is said to have again taken a degree. Here he formed a lasting friendship with John Frith, his junior in years, but of eminent attain- ments, deep piety, amiable and unassuming manners, and withal a zealous reformer. Tjoidale was ordained at the conventual church of the priory of St. Bartholomew in Smith- field, on the eleventh of March, 1502, by Thomas, suffragan Bishop of Pavaden, by authority of William Warham, Bishop of London, and was set apart as priest to the nunnery of Lamb- ley, in the diocese of Carlisle. He took the vows and be- came a friar in the monastery at Greenwich in 1508. The Eev. E. H. Barham of St. Paul's has happened to light upon a memorandum in Latin, of some interest in this connexion. On the title-page of the " Sermones de Herolt," a small folio, 1495, in the Cathedral library, is inscribed : — " Charitably pray for the soul of John Tyndale, who gave this book to the monastery of Greenwich of the observance of the minor brothers, on the day that brother William, his son, made his profession, in the year 1508." To this period of his life, an allusion is found in the pre- face to his " Parable of the Wicked Mammon, May, 1528 :" " A year before came one Jerome a brother of Greenvnch also, through Worms to Argentine, saying that he intended to get his living with his hands, and to live no longer idly, and of the sweat and labour of those captives which they had taught not to believe in Christ, but in cut shoes and russet coats." For some years previous to taking the vows, Tyndale not only had read the holy oracles to his fellow students, but by presenting in an English garb sundry portions of the New Testament,* evinced his early zeal for that sort of enterprise * The English biographer has, it appears, in hiS hands, the original autograph of these translations, which " valuable MS." he derived "from the library of that eminent antiquary, the Rev. H. White of Lichfield Cathedral." It is in 4to., the margins ornamented with borders, and each portion accompanied with an ancient drawing in aSFnUam ersnUale. 15 which has perpetuated his name. The version in these se- lections of scriptures, scarcely varies even in unimportant vi^ords, from his first printed edition, twenty-three years pos- terior in date ! an attestation, not to be gainsaid, to his Singu- lar proficiency and ripeness as a translator. That he was already, in his own apprehension at least, an obnoxious man, we may gather from the prayer interwoven in one of the drawings, referred to in the note, cherubs holding the scroll on which it is written : " Defend me, O Lord, fkom all them THAT HAYT ME. W. T." How long Tynda.le continued with the Greenwich community, is left in uncertainty. Returning to his native country he exchanged the life of a friar for that of tutor and chaplain in the family of Sir John Welch, a knight of Gloucestershire, whose liberal table was sure to pro- cure him the frequent visits of the neighboring prelates and clergy. Luther having now become, from his bold defiance of the Pope, the one-absorbing topic, the chaplain was some- times betrayed into dispute with his patron's guests, on the new heresy ; when, mortified at the ignorance of his authoriz- ed guides, he warmly urged the study of the New Testament. This led them, in Fuller's witty phrase, to prefer resigning Squire Welch's good cheer, rather than to have the sour sauce of Master Tyndale's company. His lady, who passed as a sensible woman, felt hurt when she saw the great men, she had been brought up to venerate, bafiled in the discussion, and asked Sir William Tyndale,* if it was likely that she could prefer his judgment to that of such wea;lthy prelates. He was wise enough to forbear reply to a temper already evidently ruffled. Soon after however having translated " Erasmus's Enchiridion," he dedicated the manuscript to Sir imitation of some ancient missal. His initials W. T. occur in many places, and on two of the ornamental pillars he has placed the date, 1502 ; the capital of one having an inscription preceding the date, — Time Trieth, 1502. * The title given at that time to all priests : which after the Refor- mation gave place by degrees to that of Reverend. 1. 16 JWemofr of John and his lady, which they read attentively, and to their happy conversion. But though firmly seated anew in their regard, the hostility of the beneficed. clergy had been aroused, which could be quieted only by a citation to appear before the ordinary. With a deep sense of his danger, it was his fervent prayer on the way, that God would strengthen him to contend firmly, at all hazards, for the truth of his word. His persecutors had assembled strong ; but whether from the in- fluence of his protecting knight, or the secret providence of God, their courage failed, and he escaped without accusation. The ordinary however " rated him like a dog." Tyudale, soon after this, consulting an old doctor, who had been chancellor to a bishop, he privately told him, that, in his opinion, the Pope was antichrist, but advised him by no means to avow any sentiment of the kind, as it would be at the peril of his life. The caution however was little suited to a nature like his ; for being in company with a popish divine, he argued so conclusively in favor of a vernacular translation of the Bible, that the divine, unable to answer him, exclaim- ed, " We had better be without God's laws than the Poj>e's." This fired the spirit of Tyndale ; apd he indignantly replied : " I defy the Pope and all his laws ; and. If God give me life, ere many years the ploughboys shall know more of the Scrip- tures than you do :" a pledge which he amply redeemed. He now became so " turmoiled," that regarding his stay in Gloucestershire as likely to involve the safety of his friends as well as himself, he left that county and preached frequent- ly at Bristol, in I^ndon and other places ; it is said, to crowd- ed congregations, Continuing his connexion with the Komish church, while he sought to win souls to Christ, persecution, he knew, was only to be evaded by the avoidance of bad names and controversial questions. Even this was a difiicult course to be followed long, and especially by a spirit so little dispo- sed, as we have just seen, to do violence to its conviction. At this period it was, iq th? language of Fuller, that " he 5!ffi?nifam STgnUnle. 17 tendered his services to Cuthbert Tonstall, a great scholar himself and therefore probable to prove a patron to a learned man." His commendation as such, by Erasmus, had indeed led Tyndale to hope for a chapleiincy in his palace, where without molestation he might pursue his biblical labors. An introduction from Sir John Welch to Sir H. Guilford, procur- ed him through the latter, an audience of the Bishop. To him Tyndale presented an oration of Isocrates which he had translated into English, trusting for his success mainly to this evidence of his Greek sholarship ; " but though suing for himself in two tongues, both proved ineffectual ; the Bishop returning that he had more already than he could well main- tain.'''' Upon this disappointment he found an asylum in the house of Humphrey Monmouth, a worthy alderman, with whom he lived about half of the year 1523. AVTien a few years after, Monmouth was sent to the Tower on suspicion of heresy, this service to Tyndale was the heaviest count in his indictment. His memorial to the lord legate and the privy council, witnessed by Bishop Tonstall, are with the original articles, in the Harleian collection of State Papers. Mr. Offor says, that he did not examine these documents with- out some uneasy concern for the honour and character of Mon- mouth. A wealthy London merchant committed to such a prison, and on so heinous a charge, with all the terrors of confiscation, torture and death before him ; — how strong the temptation to lend a helping hand to even a baseless calumny against a poor and then exiled friar ! It is therefore a relief to the reader to see him coming out from the ordeal unblem- ished. His account of his first acquaintance with his guest, and of his domestic habits are detailed with all simplicity, and cannot be read without amusement, though not unmingled, surely, with a better feeling. " Upon iiij years and a half past, and more, I herde the foresaid Sir William preache ij or iij sermondes, at St. Dunstones in the weste, in London, and after that I chaunced to meet with him, and with com- 2* 18 i^emofr of munycation I examyned him what lyving he had, he said, none at all, but he trusted to be with my lord of London in his service, and therefore I had the better fantasye to him, And afterwarde he went to my lorde and spake to him, as he tolde me, and my lorde of London answered him that he had chaplaines inoughe, and be said to him that he would have no more at that time, and so the priest came to me againe, and besought me to helpe him, and so I toke him in my house half a year, and there he lived like a good priest as me thought, he studyed moste parte of the daye and of the nyght at his booke, and he woulde eat but sodden meate by his good will, nor drinke but small single beer ; I never saw him were lynen about him in the space he weis with me ; I did promyse him ten pounds sterling to praie for my father, mother, there sowles,* and all christen sowles. I did paie yt him when he made his exchang to Hamboro'. When I hard my lord of London preache at Powles Crosse that Sir William Tyndall had translated the New Testament in Englishe, and was noughtely translated, that was the first tyme that ever I sus- pected or knewe any evill by him, and shortly all the letters and treatyes that he sent me with dyuers copies of bookes that my servant did write, and the sermondes that the priest did make at St. Dunstanes, I did burne them in my howse, he that did write them did see it. I did borne them for feare of the translator more than for any yll that I knewe by them." The worthy citizen soon obtained his liberty, was knighted, and in 1535 served his shrievalty. He died in 1537, and was buried at Alhallows church, near the Tower. He was a * Light broke in gradually upon his mind, like the man who, hav- ing been born blind, suddenly received his sight, and said, " I see men as trees, walking," After he left England, he defended the real presence against Barnes, but very soon gave up that extraordi- nary delusion. In reply to More, he professes an historic faith in the perpetual virginity of our Lord's mother. It is interesting to trace the progress of his powerful mind in throwing off the errors which he had imbibe(^ in his education. — See Confutation of Tyn- dale, fol. 249 and 260. SffinUam SsnIiaU. 19 great ornament to the city, of good wealth, and great chjirity ; he contributed largely to the printing of the New Testament and other pious books against the errors of Rome. By his will, he appointed Latimer, Barnes, and two other gospellers to preach thirty sermons at his parish church, which he thought would do more good than so many masses said for the repose of his soul ; and he forbade the ordinary supersti- tions of candles and singing dirige, and ringing of beUs at his funeral.* * Strype's Stow, Vol. 1. p. 375. 20 meniofr of CHAPTER II. " Toss'd in the ship of Providence, he sailed From place to place, his courage never fail'd. The strength of his afflictions, added strength Unto his soul. Quakles. GOES INTO VOLUNTARY EXILE — CONFEES WITH LUTHER, AND PKINT9 THE NEW TESTAMENT IN ENGLISH — DESCRIPTION OF THE TWO EDITIONS VIOLENT OPPOSITION TO THE NEW TESTAMENT IN ENG- LAND — SEVERE PERSECUTION OF THOSE IN WHOSE POSSESSION IT WAS FOUND PUBLICLY BURNT AT PAUL's CROSS. Befoee the close of the year 1523, Tyndale became a vol- untary exile from his native leind — and which he was never more to revisit ; — having satisfied himself that no where withi in its limits was he likely to bring his labors to a prosperousi issue. With the aid of a ten pounds' donation from the friend- ly alderman, he quitted his hospitable roof and sailed for Hamburgh ; thence he proceeded to Saxony to confer with the kindred spirits and fellow-reformers, of his age. Luther, who had just finished his German version, not only gave encouragement to the pious refugee to persevere in this twin-enterprise, but as some think, by his pecuniary as- sistance, lightened the burthen of his less able ally. The im- agination cannot forbear to paint the meeting of two sucb eminent men ; raised up by Providence for similar services to mankind. In some points of character, probably, they widely difiered, as they certainly did in outward circum- stances. The Englishman was a poverty-stricken exile, th^ German was the protegee of at least one considerable, spirit.. ed prince of the empire. But they resembled in the energy of soul and in other qualities, which the exigencies of the timq required, and not less in the happy influence on their re» 8®nUant ffijnliale. 21 spective countries, of their efforts for the diffusion of the Uv- ing word. At "Wyttemburg, it is the opinion of Mr. Offor, that he com- pleted the translation of the New Testament, assisted by his learned friend, Frith, who with William Roy, acted also as his amanuenses. He counts " it a popular error which as- cribes the edition to the Antwerp press ; the more remarka- ble, as no similar type was used there, nor did Tyndale visit that city until the year 1530." One edition of three thou- sand for general circulation, was followed, it is supposed, by a more sightly edition in 4to. with glosses* commenced at Co- logne in 1526, and finished at Worms or Wyttemburg ; the type, cuts and ornaments of both these books being those used by the German printers on the Rhine. These circumstances are confirmed by the positive evidence of Brovius,t as to the one printed at Wittemburg in 1525 and that of Cochleeus, (an authority soon to be introduced) who broke up the printing of the second at Cologne. Tyndale himself seems to point out the order of these two editions at the close of this volume, * Such is the statement of Mr. Oflfor ; and with the ampler means of thorough investigation in his hands, the Editor must needs suppose the distinctions in the text well-founded. But since the present work (which is ihe first, the reader will please to remember, of these alleg- ed editions, viz. that of 1525) opens on the eye with the date of 1526, since the table of Various Readings of the second edition collated with thefi/rst at the close of the Memoir, assumes them to be respectively of 1526 and 1534, and since all this is confirmed by the incidental mention of the two throughout the Sketch, — it will be strange if the reader, who values or himself observes precision of language, is not thoroughly iewildered by this confusion of terms. Yet of aS this the English biographer seems utterly unconscious; nor to have once thought of using any qualifying explanation, with a view to remedy his apparent looseness of description. It would be well If the por- tions of Tyndale's Testament, issued iit the successive years and in different forms, might be designated as two impressions of one and the same edition ; but if this may not be, — and to judge from Mr. Offer's specimens on a succeeding page, they differ from each other as much (trivial as that may be) as does the edition of '34 from either, — then will it need a very discriminating faculty indeed to see, why this last is not the third, and its predecessors severally, the first and second editions. t Preface to The Wicked Mammon. 22 IJlemnir of where he says " that the rudnes of the worke, nowe at thj FYEST TYME, offende them not." In the prologue to the 4to. no such expressions are found. That after his first publication of the text, he thought it ex- pedient to re-issue it again, with a view altogether to the pro- logue and notes to be einnexed, the language of. Sir Thomas More's Strictures seems to favour: "But surely the worde congregacyion, wyth the circunstaunces in thetext : wolde not haue serued when he translated ytfyrste, to make the englyshe reader to take it for the chyrch, no more than idols for ymages ; But mary he hath added vnto his translacion such circum- staunces synnys,^''* etc. We can trace the volume of Tyndale, soon after this date, as in- course of circulation. Strype has recorded, from a pri- vate paper left by John Fox, that one John Pykas, when in trouble for alleged heresy, deposed, March 7, 1527, that about two years previously, he bought in Colchester, of a Lombard merchant (i. e. any merchant trading to foreign parts) the New Testament in English for four shillings : he does not say that it was printed ; but, supposing it to be one of the first im- portation of printed Testaments, when manuscript copies were selling for very considerable sums, and the sale was attended with great jisk, it may account for the charge of four shillings for so small a volume. In the preface to the Wicked Mammon, published in May, 1528, Tyndale states, that the New Testament was completed two years previously ; thus confirming the account given by Cochlaeus, one of the most active enemies of the Reforma- tion. In his Memoir of the Life and Writings of Luther, he thus narrates the routing of the two pious aliens, Tyndale and Frith. Koy had quitted them, and gone to Strasburg. ANNO DOMINI M.D.XXVI. " Two English heretics, who had formerly been at Wittem- burg, not only sought to convert the merchants who had se- ' Bp. Rennet's MSS. in the British Museum. ffiWaifam SsnUak. 23 cretly maintained them during exile, but even hoped that the whole of the English nation, ■ without consulting the king's feelings, would in a short time become Lutherans, by means of Luther's New Testament, which they had translated into the English language. They had come to Cologne, that they might forward many thousand printed copies of the Testa- ment thus translated, secreted under other goods, into Eng- Isad. Such was their confidence in the success of this at- tempt, that at their first interview they ordered the printers to put six thousand copies to press ; but fearing that a great loss would be sustained if the enterprise failed, they agreed to print only three thousand, it being easy, if they sold well, to print another edition. Pomeranus had already sent letters to the saints among the English, and Luther himself had written to the king. When he supposed that the New Testament would soon appear, such was his delight, that he inflated his followers with vain expectations, and they became intoxicated with joy, and revealed the secret before due time with their useless boasting." The narrative goes on to state, that Coch- teus, having prepared an edition ofJRupert's Commentary on Matthew, went to Cologne to superintend the printing of it, and happening to employ the same priiiters, he heard such whispers as led this divine to ply some of the workmen with drink, and while intoxicated, he drew from them their mas- ter's secret. His narrative thus continues — "Here having become better acquainted with the printers,, he hears them occasionally ejaculate over the glass with confidence — let the English king and cardinal be, willing or not, all England shall in a short space of time become Lutherans. He heard also that two Englishmen there, leahned, eloquent, and SKILLED IN LANGUAGES, made it a matter of exultation, but he never found an opportunity of seeing or speaking to them. Having invited some of the printers to his house, when they had becomed heated with wine, one of them in private conversation revealed to him the secret, how Eng- 24 iWmofr of land was to be broaght to Luther's side; namely, three thousand copies of Luther's New Testament, translated into English, were printing, and that they had already advanced as far as signature K, in fours. That the cost would be abundantly supplied by the English merchants, who would secretly convey the work, when finished, throughout all Eng- land, and extensively distribute it before the king or the car- dinal (Wolsey) could know of or prevent it. Cochlseus, agi- tated with fear and wonder, outwardly dissembled his sad- ness, but soon revolving sorrowfully in his mind the extent of the danger, he devised means to paralyze this effort. He went privately to Herman Rinck, Bart., a counsellor and sen- ator of Cologne, who was personally acquainted with the em- peror and with the king of England, and opened to him the whole affair, as (thanks to the wine) he had discovered it. The baronet, to satisfy himself that the information was cor- rect, sent a man to search the house where the work was car- ried on ; the printer acknowledged that it was in hand, and that a quantity of paper was purchased for it. Upon this he went to the senate, and obtained an injunction, forbidding the printer to proceed. The two English heretics taking with them the printed sheets, escaped . and sailed up the Rhine to Worms, where the people were immoderately in favour of Luther, that they might there finish their undertaking. Rinck and Cochlseus admonished the king, the cardinal, and the bishop about these proceedings, that all diligence might be used to stop this^ pernicious merchandize from entering any of the English ports. It is reported that Lord C. Tunstall, a most learned man, at that time bishop of London but now of Durham, when he had obtained one of these copies, de- clared to a great assembly- in London that he had found up- wards of two thousand errors and corruptions in that book." This is the narrative of an eye-witness of repute, given to the world in 1549, at which time its accuracy was not ques- tioned. But the slight regard given it by Lewis, led Mr. Oflfbr EffinUam arsnliale. 25 to Cologne in 1830, to ascertain if possible its'accuracy on the ground. His researches into the archives, which were kindly- aided by the city secretary, Mr. Vaux, and others, brought to fight theidentieal Herman Rinck, a senator in 1526, and feith- fuUy answering to his portrait by Cochlseus. The printer's house, the scene of thie drama, was pointed out by these gen- tlemen, who themselves saw no reason to doubt the story of Luther's biographer. The printers, it is curious to- observe, speake of this English New Testament, as a translation from Luther ; and hence perhaps the assertion has come, which is sometimes made, that Tyndale did not translate from' the Original. Bat Lu- theran wEis then the common by-word of reproach ; and it was one of the artifices of monkish zeal to give out that the here- tics, so styled, had invented two new languages which they called Hebrew and Greek*— ^that all who studied Hebrew be- came Jews — and .that the New Testament was a modem in- vention by Luther. Every new version therefore was naturally enough called by his name, however faithfully made from the Greek. Tyndale, however, to whom the latter language was familiar from his youth, would have found it quite a different affair to cope with the German. Any rumours, however, to the discredit of his, as a second-hand version, will be utterly exposed by a minute and careful comparison of the text with the Greek,t the Latin Vulgate, and Luther's German ; though who can doubt that'he availed himself of all aids within his reach, in the difficulties that would arise ; of which, conference * Sir Thomas More relates ,a curious instance of the ignorance of a learned monk : — "A lemed prieste thorow out all y^ gospels scraped out diaholus and wrote Jc«is Cristus, bycause he thought the deuyls name was not mete to stande in so good a place." If this learned monk understood Latin, how would he, after such an alteration, read Matt. xiii. 39, or 1 John iii. 8 ?— :• Confutation, p. 126. t In his Preface to the" Obedience of a Christian Man," Tyndale writes like one at home in the Original languages. The Greeke tongue agreeth more with the Eiiglysshe- than wifli the Latyne, and the properties of the Hebrue tongue agreeth a thousand tymes more with y' Engl-ysshe than vritk the Latyne." 26 iTOemolt; of with the great Hghts among his Eeformed brefliren, was not by a wise man to be neglected. Many pirated editions of this book were printed by the Dutchmen, particularly at Antwerp ; but gain being all that was thought of, carelessly and incorrectly enough. The most accurate was by the exile, George Joy ; who however pri- vately corrupted the text, for which he afterwards apologized. This edition was printed by the widow of Christopher of End- hoven in Antwerp : her husband had died in an English pri- son for selling a pirated edition in 1531. Three years previ- ously, John Raymond, a Dutchman, severely suffered, for caus- ing 1500 of lyndale's New Testament to be printed at Ant- werp, one-third of which were conveyed into England. The price at which they were usually sold, was thirteen pence for the small editions, and half-a-crown with the glosses ; a sum more considerable than at this day it appears. -^ ^ The first of Tyndale's editions is a small 8vo. handsomely printed : it consists of 336 leaves, of which 333 contain the text, the epistle to the rpader ajid the errata filling the rest. Of this book only two known copies remain : one, wanting forty-eight leaves, in the Cathedral Library of St. Paul's ; the other, from which through the public spirit and liberal tender of the principal of that college, J:he present^ditipn is printed, adorns the Baptist Library at Bristol. This rare and pre- cious volume is in the most beautiful preservation,- the cuts emblazoned, and every leaf ornamented, as if intended for presentation to some royal or noble personage : the title, if it ever had one, is lost. The type is a neat German character, similar to that of Hans Luft, who, at Wyttenburg, and at Mar- purg, printed nearly all Tyndale's works. This literary gem was first discovered by John Murray, one of Lord Oxford's collectors, who generously rewarded him with a life-annuity of twenty pounds, paying him the first year in advance. Lord Oxford dying in 1741, while the annuity was still unex- pired, his library was bought by Mr; Osborne, who, uncon- scious of the treasure in his heinds, sold it to the celebrated collector, Mr. Ames, for fifteen shillings. Thence at his death [1760] it passed into the hands of Mr. John Whyte for fourteen guineas and a half; and from him, after sixteen years possession, into those of Dr. Gifford, at the advanced price of twenty. From 1784, it has reposed in the Baptist Museum at Bristol, to which it was left by the Doctor, then librarian of the British Museum. - The edition with marginal glosses* weis an elegant small 4to. with handsome cuts. The portion which has been discovered was printed at Cologne ; but probably the volume was com- pleted at Worms. A fragment, containing the prologue and the gospel of Matthew to the twenty-second chapter, is in the possession of Mr. Thomas Rodd, an English bookseller, who has long promised it to the public, accompanied with much curious information. The prdogue (of seven leaves) has been several times re-published under the title of "A Pathway into the Scriptures, by Tyndale," but the liberties taken with it, both in the way of omission and addition, make it an abuse of his name. To what the variations in the text from the 8vo. edition amount, let the reader judge from the few that follow ; being the most material of the ttBenty-eight-^Hae sum total — found in this fragment The specimens observe the order of the two editions ; the 8vo. 1526 (that contained in the following volume) standing first, the 4to. in crotchets. * Two or three epeeimeils will give a fair idea of these glosses. Matt. 5. Salt. " When the preachers ceaste topreaohe goddes worde, then muste they nedes be oppressed and trod vnder fote with mannes tradicions. Matt. 6. Rewarde them openly, ye shall not tbynke, that oure dedes deserve ani thyng of god as a labourer deserueui hys hyre. For all good thynges come of the bounteousnes, liberalite, mercy, promyses and trewth of god bi the deseruihge of Christea bloud only, etc. *Sifngle. The eye is single when a mah in all his dedes loketh but on the wil of god, and loketh nott for laude, honour or eni other rewarde in this worlde. Nother ascrybeth heven or a hyer roume in heavefl vnto his dedes ; but iaccepteth heven as a thing purchased bi the blood of Christe, and worketh frely for loves sake only." 28 JWemott of 1525. 8vo. MATTHEW. 1526. 4tcr. ch. iv. Beholde the land of Zabulon [the londe of zabulon] ix. shalbetaokenawaye from them, [sliall betaken from them.] X. power over all vnclene [power agaynst vnclene] X. that the kyngdpme [ho we the kyngdom] xi. He that hath eares to heare, let [He that hathe earea to heare him here. whith all, let him heare .] xi. in tiyre and sidon they had [in tyre and sydon : they wolde have] ,xv. and the blinde to se. and they [the blyude to se/and glo- gloryfyed ryfyed} , xix. which be made of men. [which be made chaste of men. XX. is not rayne to geve : [ys notmyne to geve you :] With the earliest circulatioii of the New Testament, the English prelates were untiringly active to destroy what they alleged to be the prolific seed of heresy. Tunstall, bishop of Loudon, already mentioned, led the way with his " injunc- tion" to this end. Having set forth in the preamble *' that many children of iniquitie, mayntayners of Luther's sect," " wandring from the way of truth and the ,catholike fayth, craftily have translated the New Testament into our English tongue, intermedling therewith many hereticall articles and erroneous opinions, pernicious and offensive, seducing the simple people, attempting by their perverse interpretations to prophanate the maiestie of the scripture, which have hitherto remained undefiled," it proceeds, that " many books of the same imprinted, some with glosses, and some without, con- taining in the English tongue that pestiferous and most per- nicious poyson, are dispersed throughout all our diocesse of London in great number, which without doubt will contami- nate and infect the flocke committed to us," " to the grievous perill and danger of their scutes, and the offence of God's divine maiestie," and ends with a requirement to deliver up all such copies " within thirtie days to our Vicar generall under pain of excommunication and incurring the suspicion of hera- sie." ffaJillfara aiimliaU. 29 . In February, 1527, Sebastian Harris, curate of Kensington, was proceeded against for this offence. But the bishop, im- .patient of such a snail-paced process, attempted the wholesale destruction of them by a stratagem in which,' as is well known, he singularly outwitted himself. He deputed Packington, a merchant, and an acquaintance of Tyndale, to buy up for him all- the copies of the latter Testament. " The bishop thinking that he had' God by the too, when in dede he had (as after he. thought) the devil by the fiste,said, gentle maister Packington, do your diligence, and get them, and with al my hart I will paye for them, whatsoever thei cost you, for- the; bokes are erronious and naughte, and I entend surely lo destroy them all, and to burne theim at Paules Crosse. Tyndale sold him the books, saying, I shal gett moneye of hym for these bokes, to bryng myself out of debt, and the whole world shall cry out upon the burning of Goddes worde. And the overplus of the money that shal remain to me, shal make me more studious to correct the sayd New Testament, and so newly to imprint the same. And so forwaMe went the bargain, the byshop had the bokes, Packyngton the thankes, and Tyndale had the money." Afterwards, more New Testaments came thick and threefold into England. Sir Thomas More questioned George Constahtine', a prisoner for heresy, how Tyndale and his friends were supported ; and he frankly told the lord chan- cellor, " It is the bishop of London that hath hoi pen vs, for he hath bestowed emonge vs a great deale of moneye in Newe Testaments to burne theim, and that hath been and yet is our onely succour and comfort."* The destruction of these books, erroneously geven by- Lord Herbert as on the 4th of May 1530, took place in 1528. The Reformers were driven to a secret circulation of these silent agents of the truth ; in which they succeeded to a great degree, in despite of the efforts of Mor&, Wolsey and Tonstall. Richard Herman, a merchant of the staple at Antwerp, was 30 ilffleinoii; of a considerable exporter of the prohibited books to England, at a great sacrifice of his fortune. Dr. Barnes and Mr. Fish dispensed them in London, Mr. Garret at Oxford, and pious reformers in every part of the kingdom : and all, in a confi- dence that was seldom betrayed. Early in 1527, the Bishop proceeded into^ Essex to ob- serve the ejSects of his proclamation ; and examining the sus- pected in his course. Some of the depositions may be seen below.* The usual arguments of the Church were reserved for those who set at nought the proclamation by readmg the proscribed book. An aged labourer, father Harding, being seen thus oc- cupied by a wood side, while his more fashionable neighbours were gone to hear mass ; his house was broken open, English books of holy scripture were found under the flooring boards^ and the poor old man was hurried to prison, and in due course, to the stake. This rage for extirpating, as might be foreseen, inflamed curiosity in those who were . unacquainted with- the books in question, and endeared possession, in those who were. The sense of religious privileges is never so sure to rise to a pas- sionate and tenacious regard, as when they can be safely en- joyed only by stealth. And old Harding, who had many years before been imprisoned for heresy, and knew that a second offence was beyond mercy ; may, without much ef- * John Tyhall first saw tlie New Testament in English about April, 1526, and at Michaelmas following came to London, and bought one for three, shillings and two-pence of friar Barons, requesting tliat he would keep it close ; that in conversation the friar made a twyte of the manuscript copies, and said :■ "A point for them, for they are not to be regarded toward the new printed Testament in English." John JYecton was directed by vicar Constantine in November, 152C, to Mr Fish, of whom he bought twenty or thirty copies of the great volume ; that Constantiije had fifteen or sixteen of the biggest, and sold five or six to persons in London ; and that about Easter, 1526, he bought of G. Usher, servant to the parson of Honey-lane, eighteen New Testaments of the small volume.; and about Christmas, 1527, a Dutchman, who in Easter following was a prisoner in the Fleet, offered him 300 copies for 16J. 5s. : this v^s probably John Raimuud. fflffiratam aCgntrale. 31 fort of imagination, be thought in his humble cottage, and in secret communion with the precious and forbidden book, to hear with a kindred fervour to that in which the words were spoken, the voice of the inspired writer, speaJcing peculiarly him, " Eat, O friend, druik, yea drink abundantly, O beloved." Fines, imprisonment and death for reading the New Tes- tament were now the order of the day. Lawrence Staple was persecuted in 1531 for concealing four copies in his sleeve and giving them to Bilney, who was afterwards martyred. Staple escaped by abjuring. John Tyndale the brother of Wil- liam, and Thomas Patmore, both merchants, had their doom from the Star Chamber court ; but a milder one than that of Harding. It was, " That each of them should be set upon a horse, and their faces to the horse's tail, and to have papers upon their heads, and upon their gowns or cloaks to bie tacked or pinned with the said New Testaments and other books, and at the standard in Chepe should be made a great fire, where- into every of them should throw their said books, and farther to abide such fines to be paid, to the king as should be asses- sed upon them."* The fine, according to Fox, was to a ruin- ous amount. The arm of Wolsey was long enough to be felt even at Ant- werp. Richard Herman, a merchant and citizen, " for that he dyd bothe with his gooddis and poUicie, to his great hurt andhyn- derans in this world, helpe to .the settyng forthe of the Newe Testament in Englisshe," was expelled from his freedom in the company of British merchants. He was restored by an order from Anne Boleyn under her hand and seal, May 14, 1535.f The natural result of the interdict is told by the annalist HoUinshed, with great simplicity. " Diuers persons that were detected to vse reading of the New Testament, set forth by Tindale, were punished by order of Sir T. More, who helde greatly against such bookes,. iut still the mmber of them day- ly mcreased." * State paper, British Museum. t Idem. 32 JMemofi; of The auto da Fe, not of Tyndale, but his book, found apolo- gists among the ablest champions of Rome, more than half a century after. ." Dr. Martin, reader of divinity to the College at Douay, says : " The Catholicke church of our countrie did not il to forbid and burne suche bookes which were so trans- lated by Tyndal and the like, as being not in deede God's booke, word, or scripture, but the diuels word."* To which Fulke replied, " Neither can your heathenish and barbarous burning of the holy scripture so translated, nor your blasphe- mie in calling it the Deuils wordci be excused for any fault in translation which you have discouered as yet, or euer shall be able to descrye." To the fiery test, Tyndale. often adverts with a sort of pre- sentiment, as if the. fate of the book might be typical of his own. " Some man wil aske parauenture why I take the la- boure to make this worke, in so moch as they will brunne it, seinge they brunt the gospel. I answere in brunninge the New Testamente they did none other thinge then I loked for, no more shal theydoo.if the brunne me also, if it be Gods will it shall be so."t At the close of one of his most inter- esting tracts, he says, " Whoso fyndythe or redythe this let- ter, put it furthe in exarhynacyon, and suffre it not to be hydde or destroyed, but multyplyed, for no man knoweth what proifyt may come thereof. For he that compiled it, purposyth with Goddes helpe to mayntayne vnto the deathe, yf neade be. And therefore all Christen men and women, praye that the worde of God maye be vnbounde, and delyuered from the power of Antichrist, and renne -amonge his people. Amen."f The prior of Newnham Abbey, in 1527, wrote to the bishop of Lincoln, relative to opinions called heretical, held by George * Martin's Discoverje of the Corruptions of Holy Scripture, p. Co; and Fullte's Reply to Martin, p. 143, edit. 8vo. 1583. t Preface to the Wicked Alammon. t End of his " Compendious olde Treatyse, shewying how that the people ought to have the Scriptures in English. mnUKxa ffisnliale. 33 Joye, of Peter College, Cambridge. The first of which he complained being, that a simple preacher might be the means of a sinner's conversion, and had the same power of binding and loosing as a pope, cardinal, or bishop. Again, " that the scripture in Englisshe wold make sedition, brede errours and heresies, and so be euell." Joy replied : " Wo be to you that say that thing which is good to be euell, and that which is sweet to be bitter." — " Thus is the holye, cleare, good and swete gospell of Christe belyed and blasphemed of you. It is only unsavory, kovered and dajke to you that peryshe." An anecdote by the church historian Fuller, shows that there were not wanting counterparts to the rancour of~the clergy, in civil life. " When Tyndale's translation came over to Eng- land, O how were the popish clergy cut to the heart. How did their blear eyes smart at the shining of the Gospel in the vulgar tongue. Hall heard the town clerk of London swear a great oath, that he would cut his own throat rather than the Gospel' should be read in English, but he brake promes and hanged himself" Robert Eidley, a priest,* wrote " to master Henry Golde, chaplayne to my lorde of Canterbury," a letter in which he uses language in all probability current at the time. " No man would receaue a gospell of spch damned and practised heretikes, thow it were trew." He seems to have read the edition with glosses. Eidley who had charged Tyndale with having in his Preface, mq,de light of morality, and which the other successfully ,repelled,+ proceeded to find fault with the * Original in British Museum. Ridley was present at the exami- nation of Fykas in Essex, referred to at p. 22. t His views of the grounds of forgiveness and justification, appear in his defence : " As no naturall sonne that is his father's heyre, doth his father's will be cause he wolde be heyre, that he is alreddy be birth : — but of puer love doeth he that he doeth. And axe him why he doeth eny thynge that he doeth, he answereth : my fathe? bade, it is my father's will, it pleaseth my father. Bond seruauntes worke for hyre, children for love ; for there father, with all he hath, is theres alreddy. So doeth a christen man frely all that he doeth, considereth nothynge but the will of God, and his neighboures 34 iWemoft of text. " By this translation shal we loose al these cristian wordes, penaunce, charite, confession, grace, priest, chirch which he alway calleth a congregation, ye shal not neede to accuse this translation. It is accused and damned by the con- sent of the prelates and lerned men. And commanded to be brynt both heir and beyonde the see, wher is mony hundreth of them burnt. So that it is to layt now to offer reason why that be condempned, and whiche be the fawte and errour. wealth only. Yf y live chaste, I doo hit nott te obteyne heven there- by, For then shulde y doo wronge to the bloud of Christ : Christes bloud hath obteyned me that. Nether that y loke for an hyer roume in heven, then they shall have whych live in wedlocke, other then a, hoare of the stewes, yf she repent." aSTfUfam SgnHnle. 35 CHAPTER III. " More's well refuted arguments proclaim, Tyndale's great honor, his adversaries shame. He was the shield of truth, the scourge of error, This Island's triumph, and proud Babel's terror." HE CONTROVERSIAL WRITINGS OF SIR THOMAS MORE AGAINST TVN- DALE, WITH EXTRACTS, ILLUSTRATING THEIR ABILITY AND TEMPER tyndale's ACCOUNT OF HIS TRANSLATION OF THE NEW TESTA- MENT HIS MOTIVES AND PURITY OP INTENTION — HE PUBLISHES MANY WORKS. To check the march of the English reformer was thought ) call for the selectest spirits which the ancient faith could luster ; and the fertile wit and great genius of Sir Thomas lore were therefore enlisted in the controversy. Betaking imself to the usual strong-holds of his mother the church, he sserted that the written word was not the whole revealed ill of God, but that the unwritten traditions of the church re of equal authority. His mode of wguing to ^rove this nportant point is " 7 take it : (hat the word of God vnwryten ; of as greate authoryte, as certayn, and as sure, as ys hys 'orde wiyten in the Scrypture, which poynt is so faste and jre, pytched vpon the rocke, our sauyour Chryst hymself, lat neyther Luther, Tyndale, nor Huskyn, nor all the hell oundes that the deuyll hath in his kenell, neuer hytherto ould nor whyle god lyueth in heiien and the deuyll lyeth in ell neuer hereafter shall (barke they, bawle they neuer so ist) be able to wreste it out."* He is equally gentle when peakmg of the ppinions of the reformers on other points. * Apology, f. 32 ; Confutation, fol. 176. 36 Ittemoft «f " All apparycyons they mooke at, and all the myracles they blaspheme, and say the deuyll doeth all, — as yf the deuyll had (with) his owne handes marked eche of them an .H. in the forehede with a fayre hote yron fet out of the fyre of hell."* Such are the words of the learned, witty, and elo- quent More, and to whom, in despite of many such, we can not yet deny the epithet of a great man. Tyndale destroys this visionary Castle of Tradition,! by a simple but effectual argument ; — in effect, that the written word of God is his re- vealed will, perfect as its Divine Author, who was incapable of misstatement or omission, and who has pronounced all to be accursed, who add to o^ take from his will as revealed. The great Lord Chancellor published nine controversial volumes against Tyndale and Barnes, chiefly the former, four of these being in folio ! Formidable as they may seem, they are not without interest to an antiquary. The character of that eminent man, their author, is oddly made up of contrasts : a witty companion, but a stem_fanatio^; fond in his own household circle, but lording it with an iron rod, over God's heritage ; an enlightened stateman, ably arguing in his study " Confutation, Vol. II. fol. ^32 and 233. t These unwritten traditions have been printed. They form a small 8vo. volume of extreme rarity, by Dr. Richard Smyth, the cel- ebrated popish reader of divinity in OSjford, iniprinted by Thomas Petit, 1547. These traditions, the learned Dr. gravely tells us, " we must bothbeleiie stedfastly, and alSo fulfill obedientlye vnderpeyne of damnation euer to endure. They are — the sacrament of the Lord's supper, only to be given by a priest — to be, taken fasting — the wine to have water mingled with it — the consecration of the ele- ments — to be kept in the pyxe or boxe at church — prayers for the dead — christening of infants, which necessary thinge hangeth onely vpon the apostles trddition wythout anye scripture that can prove it" — singing in public worship— praying towards the east — elevating and worshipping the host — making the sign of the. cross — worship- ping the crucifix — observing and not fasting on Sunday — keeping Easter and holydays — putting pictures and images in churches — fasting in Lent and on every Wednesday and Friday — holy water — priests not to marry^Mary continued a virgin until death, and that her body is in heaven." — Dr. Smith was appointed to argue with Bp. Ridley prior to his martyrdom. A droll story is related of him by Fox.^Acts and Monuments, Vol. II. p. 538. ESit. 1631 . BffiaUam SgnlJale. 37 against sanguinary laws,* the execution of which, from his chair of office, he spares no pains to further ; a philosopher, who every Friday and saint's eve, scourged his own body with whips of knotted cords, and by way of further penance, wore a hair-shirt next to his lacerated skin. So persevering was his warfare upon Tyndale, that his early biographer compares the exiled reformer to a hunted hare with twenty brace of grey-hounds after him. The dignified clergy, in gratitude to, this Atlas of their falling hierarchy, raised the sum of five thousand pounds, which they pressed upon his ac- ceptance ; but to his honor, in vain. He had a presentiment that the cause, against which he laid himself out, would yet preveiil, and'said to his son : " I beseech our Lord, that some * Moke, THE Pcblic Man. He had in his saJ°(}en at Chel- sea a tree to which he caused pri^oneTB, charged witli heresy, to be tied and whipped : this he called the tree of life. After see- ing this degrading cruelty prac- tised upon a gentleman of the Temple, named^ainhara, he went to the Tower to glut his eyes with the writhing of his prisoner upon the rack. — Bayley's Tower. His words breathe out cruelty ; " There shold haue ben more burned by a great many than there haue ben wythin this seuen yere laste passed. The lakke whereof I fere me will make more burned within this seuen yere next commynge, then ellys sholde haue neded to haue ben burned in seuen score." This was for differing in religious sentiments. — Confutation, p. 266. "Our Sauiour wylj saye to Tyndale : Thou art accursed Tyndall, the sonne of the deuyll ; for neyther fleshe nor bloude hath taught the these heresyes, but thyne owne father the deuyll that ia in hell." — Confutation, Vol. II. p. 32. 4 More, the Author. Extracts from Utopia, or the Happy Republic : — " Slavery is the punishment even of the greatest crimes.— Utopus seemed to doubt whether those different forms of religion might not all come from God, who might inspire men different- ly, he being possibly pleased with a variety in it. And so he thought it was a very indecent and foolish thing for any man to frighten and threaten other men to believe any thing because it seemed true to him : he reckoned that the foree of truth would break forth and shine by the force of argument and a winning gentleness ; they do not punish them, because they lay this down as a ground, that a man cannot make himself believe any thing he pleases ; nor do they drive any to dissemble their thoughts by threatenings, so that men are not tempted to lie or dis- guise their opinions among them ; which being a sort of fraud, is ab- horred by the Utopians." 38 iWmoir of of us, as high as we seme to sitt vpon the mountains treadinge hereticks vnder our fete like antes, live not the day to be at league and composition with them."* More's ablest work against Tyndale, was his first, and is called A Dialogue. A nobleman sends his friend to Sir Tho- mas, for counsel how to check opinions which were gaining in the country against the Romish church ; " of pylgrymages — ^ymages — prayer to saints — myracles — tradicions — ^infalli- bility — cruelty to hereticks — burning the New Testament — and prohibiting books, called Lutheran." All these topics were, without doubt, shrewdly discussed .throughout the king- dom. The chief aim of the dialogue manifestly is, to serve as an apology for that high-handed act, the burning of Tyn- dale's volume : " The people say that all this gere is done but onely to stoppe menes mouthes, and to put euery man to sylence that wold any thynge speke of the fautes of the clar- gye. Ajid they thynke that for none o^her cause was also burned at Poules crosse the new Testarnent late translated in englysshe by mayster Wyllyam Huchyn, otherwyse called Mayster Tyndall, who was (as men say) well knowen or he wente ouer the see, for a man of ryght good lyuyirig, study- ous and well lerned in Scrypture, and in dyuers places in England was very well lyked, and dyd gret good ' with j)rech- yng. And men mutter amonge themselfe that the boke was not onely fautles, but also very well translated,.and was deuy- sad to be burned, bycause men sholde not be able to prove that suche fautes (as were at Poules crosse declared to haue bene founde in it) were neuer founde in dede, but vntruely surmysed.t ***** And for to kepe out of the people's handes all knowledges of Crystys gospell, and of goddys lawe, excepte soo moche oriely as the clergye theymselfe lyste nowe and than to tell vs. And that lytell as it is and seldom * These anecdotes are extracted from a manuscript life of More, written by one of his relatives : it is in Lambeth Library. t It is very well added, — And yet such as they were, some men sal^e, were noo fautes at aU, yf they hadde he so translated in dcde. maunm CCsnliale. 39 shewed, yet as it is fered not well and truely tolde, but watered with false gloses, and altered from the trouth of the very wordes of scrypture only for y* mayntenaunce of theyr authoryte. jl And the fere lest this thynge sholde euydently appere to the people, yf they were suffered to rede the scrypture them selfe in theyr own tcoige was (as it is thought) the very cause not onely for whiche the newe testament trsmslated by Tyndale was burned, but also that the claxgye of this realme hath before this tyme, by a constytucyon prouyncyall prohybyted any boke of scrypture to be trans- lated into the Englyshe tonge, feryng men with fyre as here- tyques who so sholde presume to kepe them, as though it were heiesye for a crystenman to rede crystys gospell." This picture of public opinion, from the hand of the " de- fender of the faith" we naturally conclude, is^ not overdrawn. Its admissions are deeply interesting, and show the excited state of the public mind. In the third book of his dialogues, More comes to that part of his plea for burning the version which he rests upon its multitudinous errors. "To tell all wold be to reherse the hole boke" and " to search for one faute would be like studying where to fynde water in the see. His imagination seems to be quite viyacious on this head. "As it were as sone done to a weue a new web of cloth as to sow up every hole in a net, so were it almost as lytell labour and lesse to translate y^ hole books all newe than attempt to correct it." At length his budget of blunders is opened, and behold three ! " prestes of Crystes chyrche hjLjCallgtlijenyQitts — Chyrche h e calleth cong regation — and charyte he c alleth alway love." Such strictures hardly lead us to set down scriptuKiT criticism as having any place in the wide circlfe of his endowments . but there are weaker points yet in his attack, -which evince a captious littleness wholly at variance with his genius. Tyn- dale's rule of obedience to the king was : " A crysten man is bounden to obay even tyranny, yf it be not agaynste his fayth, nor the law of god, tyll god delyuer hym therof." Of More's reply, what will the reader think } He admits that the Apostle 40 ^entotr of expresses exactly the same idea, — "'we muste rather please god than man,' which is well sayd of the apostle, hut to be said of Tyndale, a heretic, it is a playne exhortacyon to re- bellion." The word ^' senior" was taken from the Latin Vulgate. Mr. Offor says that Tyndale admitted it to be not explicit enough and that he should prefer, the word elder.* But the most obnoxious term was "congregation," substituted for church. For this however he had royal precedents ; Henry himself, in a proclamation and in the six articles penned by his own hand, having combined the two words thus — "iAe congregation of ike church of England." The term congre- gation was defensible enough in the case of both, since " the church" in common acceptation, answered neither to the place of worship nor to the company of worshippers, but was sim- ply the distinctive epithet of the clei^. This latter word however, understood as meaning all professing christians, displa- ced the former throughout, in the Genevan and Bishops' Bible, of the Elizabethan age — as well as in the Received translation which followed. To the three capital errors of Tyndale before-named. More does indeed elsewhere adduce some others ; such as " know- ledgynge" substituted for " confesaon," and " repentance" for " penance :" he lays it down as an evident principle of his, that " he wdde make y° people- byleue that we sholde beleue nothyng but playne scrypture. in whych poynte he techeth a playne pestylent heresye" It is admitted, however, " that a nother man translatynge the testament, and beynge good and faythfuU, myghte haue vsed happely those chaunges wythout euyll meanyng or any suspicion therof ;"t and his extrava- gant tirade reaches its climax with declaring, that " yt is * But he quotes no words of Tyndale to this effect, and we may reasonably doubt his statement. Why indeed, if he "preferred," did he not adopt it? seeing that (according to him) the vulgar taste, deference to which in so many instances doubtless, leaves a translii. tor at a stand, here accorded with his own. t Confutation, p. 96. !!!a?fllfam ffignlinle. 41 enough for good cristen men that know those thynges foj her- esyes, to abhorre and burne vppe his bokes and t'/te lykers of them mth them" ! Sir Thomas, to deter the people ■from the reading of Tyn- dale, not only uses such persuasive arguments as this last, but entertains us with a specimen of his gift for humour, by sum- moning to the scene the ghost of an eminent father. But the poor shade had been so roughly trefated on a former attack, that he very prudently refused to venture again : " When I desired Origene to take the payne to come and here wytnesse wyth me in thys mater, he semed at the first very well con- tent. But when I told hym that he sholde mete with Tyndale : he blessed hyraselfe and shranke bakke, and sayde he had leuer go some other waye many a mile then onys medle with hjrm. For I shall tell you syr, quod he, before thys tyme a ryght honorable man very connyng and yet more vertuouse, the good bysshoppe of Rochester, In a great audyence brought me in for a wytnes against Luther and Tyndale, euen in this same mater, about the tyme of the burnynge of Tyndalys euyll translated testament. But Tyndale, as soon as he herd of my name, without any respecte of honestye, fell in a rage wyth me, and all to rated me, and called me starke' heretyke, and that the starkest that euer was. Thys tale Orygene told me, and swore by saynt Symkyn that he was neuer so Sayed vnto of such a lewde felowe synnys he was fyrste borne of hys mother, and therfore he wolde neuer medle wyth T)mdale more. Now, indede, to saye the treuth yt were not well done of Tyndale to leue resonynge and fall a scoldyng, chydynge, and brawlynge, as it were a bawdy begger of Byllyter-lane. Fy for shame, he sholde fauored and forborne hym somwhat, and yt had bene but for his age. For Origene is nowe xiij. hun- dred yere olde or there aboute, and this was not mych aboue vij yeres synnys."* We may suppose with what gravity and easy trust such a story would be received by the wondering * Confutation, p. 104. 4* 42 i^moti- of and simple populace, when told on the authority of the great Lord Chancellor, backed by that of the priests. This reflection on the vituperative temper of Tyndale, his adversary cunningly places in the mouth of Origen, from which it would come with a better grace than from his own. An intelligent Romanist, in that rare volume " Salem and Bi- zance," [1533] complains very seriously that More calleth those with whom he differed " sometyme desperate wretches, sometyme sterke heretykes, and other whyles he calleth them the blessed brotherhode, or the newe broched bretherne, or the euangelical bretherne, and the principal doers he calleth potheded postels, naughtee bretherne, or heretike brethern — these be strange names deuised after a merueUous railing fashion, wherein I thinke verely he dothe not as he wolde be done to." There was little to choose, on this score, between most of the disputants of that day : — it was rare for one of them to- be- come conscious of offending against good manners or good temper, and rarer, if he did, to find him much concerned about his vindication . In this particular controversy, T)mdale, it is likely, had little, if any advantage, over his lofty oppo- nent ; but it is- hardly worth while to exhibit to the same ex- tent the style of his invective. To take an example at ran- dom, — he says, speaking of unmeaning ceremonies, " a man will as soon gape while thou puttest sand as holy salt in his mouth, yf thou shew hym no reason therof ; he had as lejrffe be smered with vnhalowed butter as anoynted with charmed* oyle, yf his soule be not taught to vnderstande somewhat therby." This was a poser to Sir Thomas, whose anger dic- tated his reply : " Ah blasphemouse beste, to whose rorynge and lowynge no good crysten man can with out heuynes of heart gyue ere. Now foloweth yt also that yf the sacrament were as good vnmynistred as mynistred to who so euer is not taught the proper sygnifycacyons of the outward token in the * More misquotes it " vncharmed." maUam ejjnliale. 43 crament, as Tyndale here vnder a blasphemous iestynge sshyon telleth vs : then foloweth yt, I saye, that there was uer chylde crystened synnys crystendome fyrst begane, but it yt hadde bene as good to haue lefte it vncrystened, and uer to haue let water louche yt, bycause yt coulde not be aght what the water sygnified." * A grave subject indeed, those who considered that the parental neglect of the rite )uld entail endless misery upon the child. To neutralize the effect of his adversary's labours. More metimes resorts to means of which a Protestant can hardly mplain ; means, at leeist, which there is reason to count the rtreme point of fairness, with controversialists £is a body, 'en in later times. He " wolde aduyse any man neither to de these heretykes bokes nor mine, but occupy theyr myndes itter, and standynge fermely by the catholyke faith of this V. C. yere, neuer onys muse vppon these newe fangled hero- es ; but if at the parell of daynger to burne both here and in ill, he cannot hold his yechynge fyngers frome theyre poysened ikes, then wold I counsayle hym in any wyse to rede therwith ch thynges as are wrytten agaynst them." But this is only 1 occasional touch of impartiality or mildness, and he appears ost in his element as in former citations ; or, when main- ining that " Tyndale's heresies farre exceed and passe : id incomparably offende the maiestie of our Lorde God, than 1 the settynge vppe of Bell, and Baal, and Belzabub, and all e deuyls in hell," and that the king, of whose conscience he irhaps felt himself to be keeper, " would lose his own soul, if ! suffered Tyndale's Testament in his people's hands. The pitiable infatuation of Sir Thomas as to the real, criti- :I merits of the work upon which we have,been dwelling, calls involuntarily to mind the far different estimate expressed it by a Eomanist, nearly of our own time ; one, with the 3edom of whose speculations we have here no concern, but jm whose decisions, in his chosen walk of learning, it would tt be easy to find a fit court of appeal, " With respect to * Confutation, folio 36. 44 Ifitemofi; of Tyndale's translation, it is astonishing how little obsolete the language of it is, even at this day ; and, in point of perspicuity and noble simplicity, propriety of idiom and purity of style, no English version has yet surpassed it. The criticisms of those who wrote against it (we are sorry to find Sir Thomas More among thein) are generally too severe, often captious, and sometimes evidently unjust."* He says, in another con- nection, that but for the corrupt state, at that time, of the He- brew text, from which his translation, (so far as it went,) of the Old Testament was made, he should have been disposed to adopt it as the basis of his own. His resolute and well-sorted ally, John Fryth, took up the gauntlet in his behalf, a short time before his martyrdom ; of whose style and spirit the reader may not dislike to see a specimen. " And Tyndale I truste lyueth : well contente with such pore apostles lyfe, as God gaue hys sonne Christ, and hys faythful mynysters in thys worlde, whych is not sure of so many mytes as you [Sir Thomas More] be yearely of many poundes, although I am sure that for hys learnynge and iudgement in scripture, he were more worthye to be promoted then all the byshoppes in Englande. I receyued a letter from hym, which was wrytten sens Christmas, wherin among other matters he wryteth thus : I call God to recorde agaynst the daye we shall appeare before our Lorde Jesus Christ to geue reckonynge of oure doinges, that I neuer altered one syllable of Godes worde agaynst my conscyence, nor wolde do thys daye, yf all that is in earthe, whether it be honoure, pleasure, or ryches nftyght be geuen me." Fryth adds, " Judge, good Christen reader, whether these words be not spoken of a fayth- fuU, clere, and innocent herte. And as for hys behauyoure is suche, that I am sure no man can reprove hym of any synne, howbeit no man is innocent before God whych beholdeth the herte." Of his motives he speaks himself in the prologue to the 4to. Testament with glosses, 1526. ■ " I haue here translated * Geddes' Prospectus to a New Translation, p. 89. se^niram ergnbale. 45 (brethren and susters, moost dere and tenderly beloued in Christ) the Newe Testament for youre spirituall edyfyinge, consolacion, and solas : the causes that moved me to translate, y thought better that other shulde ymagion, then that y shulde rehearce them. Moreover y supposed yt superfluous, for who ys so blynde to axe vi'hy lyght shulde be shewed to them that waike in dercknes, where they cannot but stomble, and where to stomble ys the daunger of eternall damnacion, other so despyghtfuU that he would envye eny man (y speake nott his brother) so necessary a thinge, or so- bedlem madde to af- fyrme that good is the naturall cause of yuell, and derknes to precede oute of lyght, and that lyinge shulde be grounded in trougth and verytie and nott rather clene contrary, that lyght destroyeth dercknes, and verkiereproveth all manner lyinge." The most valuable of his own compositions, The Obedieiice of a Christian Man, came out in 1528. He maintains in the preface, at some length, the necessity of a free circulation of the Scriptures in the vernacular language of every country ; and after his christian salutations, proceeds : " Let it not make thee dispayre, neither yet discorage thee (oh reader) that it is forbidden thee in peyne of lyfe and goodes, or that it is made breakynge of the kynges peace, or tieason vnto his highnes, to reade y^ worde of thy soules health. But much rather be bolde in the lorde and comfort thy soule. For as much as thou art sure and haste an euydent token thorow suche perse- cutyon, that it is the true worde of God, which worde is euer hated of the worlde." He argues, from the case of the Jews, who ■ received the scriptures, from time to time, in their own tongue ; from Jerome's implied concurrence in his position, when with much pains he prepared the Latin version ; and from the gross darkness which has covered the people' since the scriptures have been withheld. " The curates, alas, them- selves, for the moost part, wotte no more what the Newe or Olde Testament meaneth, than do the Turkes." — ^" Moreouer seynge that one of you euer preacheth contrary to a nother. And whan two of you mete, the one disputeth and braul- 46 JWemofr of eth with the other, as it were two scoldes. And for as moche as one holdeth this, doctor, and another that, one fol- loweth Duns,* and another S. Thomas," &c., enumerating fifteen different sects m the then Roman Catholic church in England, he adds, " In so great dyuersyte of spyrites howe shal I knowe who lyeth and who sayeth trueth : wherby shall I trj^ them and iudge them ? Verely by Goddes worde, which onely is true. But how shall I that do, when thou wylte not let me se the scrypture ? " He winds up this interesting pre- face with a serious charge, of which we might like to know in what way his adversaries parried or eluded it. " Fynally that the threatenyng and forbyddynge the laye people to rede the scrypture is not for loue of -your soules (which they care for as the foxe doeth for the gese) is eijydeht and clerer than the Sonne, in as moche as they permytte and sufire you to reade Robin Hode, and Beuys of Hampton^ Hercules, Hector and Troykts, with a thousande hystoryes and fables of loue and wantones,+ and of rybaudrye, as fylthy as herte can thynke, to corrupte the myndes of youth with all, clene con- trary to the doctryne of Chryst and of his apostles." The zeal of Tyndale's enemies to keep this book from the king, as often happens, overshot itself ; it fell into his hands. Anne Boleyn had lent her copy to one of the ladies in waiting, who was attached to a handsome page, named Zouch ; he playfully seized the book, and ran away with it to the chapel, as a secure place for private reading; but Dr. Sampson caught him before he could conceal the proscribed treasure, and with severe threats carried it away to Cardinal Wolsey. The queen asking for her book, the lady fell on her knees, and told what had happened; when the amiable princess * Duns Scotus, a celebrated monk, born in Scotland, of whom Camden gives the following character, as drawn by an Italian poet : "All learning taught in humaine bookea and couched in holy writ, Dun Scotus darke and doubtfuU made by subtilty of wit." t The same Act of Parliament, Jan. 20, 1543 which interdicts Tyndale, and confines to select classes the reading of other transla- sions, names Chaucer's tales and Gower's love stories as well as songs, plays and interludes, as left open to general perusal. 8®nifam Jlimlale. 47 kindly raised her, saying, it shall be the dearest book the car- dinal has got. She went to the king, and told him the con- duct of the doctor and cardinal. Henry immediately called for the stolen volume, when she with irresistible tenderness besought the king to examine its contents, with which he af- fected to be deeply taken, from his remark, " This book is for me and edl kings to read." During this time Tyndale was unceasingly active in publishing a number of tracts and books,* which, though small in size, were mighty in pulling down the strongholds of superstition in England. Having finished, in 1529, his trans- lation of the first books of the Old Testament, he commenced their publication in separate tracts, with ornamental wood-cuts, and with notes, which gave great offence to the clergy. When the manuscript of Deuteronomy was ready for the press, thus completing the Pentateuch, a severe and trying dispensation of Providence awaited him. Purposing to print it at Hamburgh, on his way thither he was shipwrecked on the coast of Holland, and lost his books, money, and manuscript ; happy in so escaping, for it was a special mercy that he was not thrown on the English coast, where, if spared by the sea, it had only been to feed the fires of Smithfield. He continued his journey, and Coverdale having joined him, they repeated their labour on Deuteronomy, and with a pious lady's Eissistance, Mrs. Van Emmerson, it was printed ; thus completing the first portion of the Old Testament in 1530. At Hamburgh, the same providence which preserved him in shipwreck, armed his body against the pestilence. "They went through the work in safety, while the sweating-sickness swept away thousands in the city vnth a general mortality ; as if the useful- sweating of their brains were a preservative against the hurtful sweating * Mr. Offor has the original edition of many of these, (which are both interesting and amusing,) in his cabinet ; among them, a copy of the Obedience of a Christen man [small 4to. May, 1528] once the property of the " Virgin Queen,'' then princess. It has her auto- graph, beautifully written, but with characteristic pomp : " Elizabeth, doughter of England and France." The book probably assisted to secure her to the Reformation cause. 43 IWmiotr of of their bodies. And indeed close application to a lawful! calling, is the best antidote against a public infection."* This is the only portion of the Old or New Testament, in the trans- lation of which Tyndale and Coverdale assisted each other. In the preface to Genesis, he observes, that when he pub- lished the New Testament, he desired them that were learned to amend, if ought were found amiss, but that, instead of amending it, the papists have raised an outcry against the translation ; saying there were many thousand heresies in it, so that it could not be mended : if even an i lacked a tittle over his head, it -was noted to the ignorant people for an heresy. " A thousand books had they, lever to be put forth against their aboininable doings and doctrine, than that the scripture should come to light." " Which thing only moved me to translate the New Testament. Because I had perceived by experience how that it was impossible to establish the lay people in any truth, except the scripture was plainly laid before their eyes in their mother tongue." He humbly submits his Pentateuch to the judgment of Hebrew scholars, and expresses his willing- ness to have it burnt, if .they will first put forth another that shall be found more correct. His writings had by this time been extensively circulated, and began to produce their good fruit sixty or an hundred fold. Many of these tracts are now lost, and probably may never be again recovered. The great object : which he endeavours to illustrate through all his works is the important difference between the Old and the New Testaments or Covenants. No man of that age, nor perhaps down to the present, had clearer or juster sentiments upon this very important subject-f the for- mer dispensation, pointing by signs and ceremonies to the lat- ter, in which a spiritual but sublime simplicity of worship takea the place of outward pomp and splendour. * Fuller's Church History. mminm Ssnnale. 49 CHAPTER IV. " Rome tam'd the world, the Pope tam'd Rome bo great ; Rome rul'd by power, the Pope by deep deceit. But, how more large, than theirs, was Tyndale's fame, Who, with his pen, both Pope and Rome dotli tame ?" Fk. Quarles. tyndale's works give great offence — SECRETLY CIRCULATED — pope's BOLL AGAINST THEM EFFORTS OF HENRY TO SDPPRESS AND DESTROY THEM. The corner-st one of popery i s the pretended authfirity of the church, through an immediate and continued descent from the Apostles, together with ,the claim of being the de- pository of traditions, alleged to be of equal authority with the written word as a rule of faith. The odium which with the clergy, rested upon Tyndale,'chiefly grew out of the efforts with which he had assailed this strong hold. In the Practice of Prelates he proves- the fallacy of this plea ; and that it was not until after Christianity had been plante d for centuries, that the papac;^Jiai^th^>"^"*'^"^s more passed before IE acquired the weight to influence the counseb of E urope, irr the_shaEe^ of crusa des and wars^^andto .gjpstrate t he in tellect before the^ogmMj3fjhe_holj_ehu£ch. If in- quiry were ventured upon, it was silenced with this reason of faith, — so the church believes ; and .this mode of argument is seriously commended for its efficacy in driving away the fiend. " This is the faith of that cooliar : which being at point of deathe, and tempted of the deuill what his faith was, answered, I beleue and die in the faith of Christes church. Being againe demaunded what the faith of Christ his church was, that faith, saied he, fhat I beleue in. Thus the deuil get- ting no other awnswer of the ample man, was ouercomed 5 50 JMemoit of and put to flight."* The same learned doctor assigns as his reason for not allowing a translation of scripture : " For precious stones ought not to be cast before hogges,t and such of all likelihod are the laye ignorant people." To excite honest inquiry, guided by the Bible, into a sys- tem like this, was the great aim of his writings. He at times brought to his aid pleasant raillery ; as when thus ridiculing abstinence : " A Charter House monk would rather dye than eat flesh, but he loves the strongest ale or beer heated with spices, and pours it in without measure." In the observance of holy dayes " will he kepe so straight, that if he meete a flee in his bed, he dare not kill her," but he neither knows nor cares why the day is kept. In the multitude of ceremonies he is always in fear ; for if without a stole about his neck he were to say mass, the wafer would not be consecrated ; if he gave absolution, it were not worth .a mite : so their praying to posts, domme pateryng and howlyng ; domme straunge holy ges- tures ; these all marke a fleshlie spiritualitie, which for eight hundred years has been established with lies."{ Sir Thomas More naturally enough wonders at such an in- undation of volumes, of which the printing-costs were not the only risks. " Whych bokes all be yt that they neyther can be there printed without great coste, nor here soldo wy thout great aduenture and parell ; yet ceace they not with mony sent from hense, to prente them there and send them hyther by y= whole fattes full at once, and in some places lok3mge for noo lucre, caste them abrode by nyght." Constantine, when in prison, contrived by giving up some of the books to relax the vigilance of his persecutors, and made his escape. " He deuysed how those deuylysshe bokes whych6 hymself and hys felpwes hadde brought and shypped, jnyghte come to the * Staphilus' Apologia, translated by Stapleton, 4to. 1565, pp. 53,64. t Ofifer jremarte on this ; — " an odd idea of the priest, for the natural result must be, his christening the little pigs, and celebrating the mass to the larger swine." t Reply to Sir Thomas More, Preface. Hil^nUitm Sgntiale. 51 byshoppes handes to be burned. And therfore he shewed me the shypmannes name that had fhem, and th6 merkes of the ferdellys, by whych I haue sitinys h3^ escape receyved them."* Information was liaid against R. Webbe of Bristol, " that some of these pestylent bookes were throwen in the strete and lefle at mennys dores by nyght, that where they durste not offer theyr poyson to sell, they wolde of theyt cheryte pftysori men for nought."t John Fox, the martyrologist, observes, that " the bookes of W. Tindal, being compiled, published, and sent to ^England, it cannot be spoken what a doore of light they opened to the eyes of the whole English nation, which before were many yeares shut vp in darkenesse." The archives of the Londofl diocese during these troublous times, which by the- Bishop's lib- erality, have been lately ex{K)sed, seem to show, that-, Very much after the scriptiiral proverb, the fame of Tyndale was at Rome in advance of " his own country," or at least of its puis- sant monarch. The thunders of the Vatican were launched against him so early as 1520. In the records of Bishop Ton- stsdl is preserved a bull dated July 17, (In the eighth year of Leo's- pontificate), On seven closely-written folios, iTgeiinst Luther and his sect. At the end of this formidable instrument, which denounces torment here and eternal fire hereafter against those dread heretics, is a list of their names in the fol- lowing order : — Luthero, Lambertus, Pomeranus, Zuyriglius, CEcolampadius, Bucerus, Melanthonus, Carolastadius, Brefi^ tiqs, Jonas, Westemerus, Hendendorphius, Johnes Agricola, Vrbanus Regius, Brestemeinning, Andreas Knopken, Si- mon Hessus, Johnes Wyltkyrk, Otton Brymsellius, Will- mus Tyndall, Willmus Roy apostata, Ricus Bryghtwell. The three last names are linked together with a note on the right hand, Angii; and on the left, Ordinesfrm minor (be ohsuatia de Grenewyche. All these are honoured names : of the Eng' lishman, lyndale justly takes the lead. More calls him * More's Confutation, Preface, pt. I. t Confutation, pt. II. p. 408. 52 ^emoft of " this blessed apostle of these apostates."* These records also contain a proclamation issued in the 21st of Henry ( 1529,) evincing his royal purpose to purge his kingdom. It sets forth, " that books in English and Latin have been circulated throughout the kingdom replete with most venomous here- sies, blasphemies and slaunders intollerable to the clean ears of any good christen man ;" and commands all his lords, spiritual and temporal, judges, sheriffs, etc. etc. to prevent any unlicensed person from preaching or teaching, and to cause all such books to be brought in, on pain of immediate impris- onment. At the end is a list of about ninety Latin and eigh- teen English books, first the Newe Testament, followed by eleven other of Tyndale's books. In the library at Lambeth Palace is an original state docu- ment,t a curious testimony to show how greatly the imperious Henry with his nobles and clergy had been disquieted by the New Testament in English, and a few little books of a pious preacher in exile. Fox, who was then on the scene, declares that they produced such singular profit to the godly, and envy to the ungodly, that the commotion to destroy them was " like as, at the birth of Christ, Herod and all Jerusalem was troubled with him." Henry had abolished the Pope's jurisdiction ; but popery was worth cherishing as the inseparable ally of arbi- trary power. He justly feared that emancipation, in one form being achieved, would remind them of what remamed to be done in another. Hence the enei^y with which he engaged in measures, touching no interests more nearly than those which were personal to himself. The document which suggested this preliminary, occupies eight skins of parchment, closely written on both sides, in a veiy neat and small character, dated May 28, 1530. It was pub- lished in presence of the king, his council, and a convocation of clergy, at the palace of Westminster, adjoining to the chambers of the parliament, and witnessed with the attesta- * Confutation of Tyndale, Vol. II. p. 364. t A copy is in the records of the venerable Warham, [theAbp,] eWfUram ffgntiaU. 53 tions and seals of the three parliamentary notaries : such are the imposing solemnities directed against the writings of Wil- liam Tyndale ! Commencing with a solemn appeal to God, and " to all trew and faithful ciisten people :" it sets forth, that the King, " hearing that many bookes in the English tonge containing many detestable errors and dampnable opynyons, prynted in parties beyonde the see, to be brought into diuerse townes and sondrie parties of this his realme of Englande, and sawen abrode in the same, to the great decaye of our faithe and perylous corrupcion of his people, vnles spedye remedye were breuelie prouided. That his subjectes myght kepe pure and clene of all contagion of wronge opynion in Cristes reli- gion, and that he was full lothe to suffre suche euill sede sowen amongest his people, soo to take roote, that it myght ouer- growe the corne of the Catholicke fayth." It goes on to state, that his majesty, having collected those books, sent them to his council, prelates, and divers learned men of both universities and others, with instructions to read them, and prepare to give their faithful opinions as to the doctrines con- tained in them, which they were to be ready to sustain by extracts from the said books; — that this council met at the king's palace at Westminster, consisting of the lord legate, archbishops, bishops,' and learned men ; and that they came to an unanimous conclusion, that all the said books contain " many erroures and heresyes both detestable and damnable" — " which bokes doo swarme full of heresies and detestable opynyons." Each heresy is then engrossed at length on the deed. Our limits will permit no more than to give -the sum total of each work, quoting the first by way of specimen. The Wicked Mammon contains thirty heresies — 1st Faith only doth justify us. The Obedience of a Cheistian Man, twenty-five heresies — ^Whatsoever is done before the Spirit of God giveth light is condemnable— Purgatory ys of the popys inuentyoh, and therefore he may doo ther what so euer he 5* 54 iWemofi; of wyll— No man may be hired to pray. The Revelation of Antichrist, forty-nine heresies — To bynde a man perpetual- ly to any vow of religion is without doubt an error — ^Not only the Pope ys wicked, but the'popedom-self, and the ofiyce ys yniquyte, and ys suche a power that yt suppresseyth the faythe and gosple, and cannot be admynystered by a good prynce, but by, the aduersaiye of Chryste*— All thinges necessarye are declared in the New Testament — ^The Newe Testament of Criste will not suifre any lawe of compulsion, but oonly of counsell and exhortation.! The Sum of Sceif- I'URE, ninety -two heresies — the water of the fonte hath noo more vertue in it than hath the water qf a ryuer — We be all equally bounde to knowe the Gospells and the Epistells of Samte Powle — Men should see that their childern come to church to here sermon — ^The Gospell is written for all persons, .estates, dukes, princes, pope, emperour." The Book of Beg- gars — That there is noo purgatory, but it is a thinge invented by the covetousness of the spiritualtee oonly, to translate all ikingdpms from other princes unto them — And that there is not oon worde spoken of it in all Holye Scripture. The Exposition into the seventh chapitre of the First EpistiU to the Coiynthians, contains these heresies — ^Vows of chastity may be broken — Fasting not an exclusion of meat and drink — that Paul had a wife — that Sainte Pawle saith,| that he ought to be chosen for tq^be a bishop, tha,t is the husbande of oon wyfe." The deed goes on to say, that his Highness has determined to expel all the books containing such pestilent heresies, and having obtained the unanimous. testimony of his prelates and • In the original document, this heresy is obliterated ; it is copied by the aid of tlie transcript in the records. That which was a capital heresy in 1530, viz. to speak against the pope, — the act of parliament in 1534, declares to be sound doctrine. t To this "detestable h^resye" it may be as well to direct atten- tion, though comment upon would be a waste of words. X The learned council leave it somewhat in the dark whether their decree be levelled at the apostle or the reformer. ffiSUtlUam Egnlrale. 55 learned men to their ' fals tradicions and corrupt doctrine,' and soul-destroying influence, " warns and monyshes" all good subjects " by the woordes of. Cryste, Take hede of false pro- phets." They are then notified to deliver to the superioures either of the aforesaid books — again named seriatim — and it amusingly adds, " that if by reading of them heretofore any thinge remanyth in your breestes of that teching, either /or- get it, or by enformacion of the truthe, expelle and purge hitt, etc." He " moves and exhorts" them " in God to do so ;" but if " being obstinate and refusing this, the prelates of the chuiche having the care and charge of your soules, ought to compell you and your prince to punysh and correct you not doing." And as the opinion has been spread abroad, that the king was bound to give the Scriptures to his people in their own language, he had taken the advice of these pre- lates and nobles, who declare that he is not bound to do so ; but that he will have, the New Testament translated, and if the people are meke and submissive, and he thinks that it will conduce to their good, he will give it to them. This decree was tantamount to a general search-warrant, sweeping the whole kingdom for forbidden books, from the palace to the hovel. It is surprising when we look at the bit- ter penalty ,-r-as in Harding's -case, a tormenting death too oilen aggravated by refined cruelty — that any of these books have been handed down to us. , But most of them in fact ex- ist, and mocking the impotent power which sought their de- struction, form an enduring monument to the talent and piety of their author. With what emotions do we find among the names append- ed to this deed, that of Hugh Latimer ! Latimer, who then consenting to the destruction of Tyndale, as Saul did to the sacrifice of Stephen, like him, lived to mingle his ashes with those of his victim in one common and holy cause. Sir Tho- mas More was a principal actor in this business ; and thus describes the solemnities with which this deed received the 56 Mrtttoix of royal assent :* — " In hys owne moste roiall person, in the sterre chamber, moste eloquently by hys owne mouth, in greate presence of hys lordes spyrytuall and temporall, gave monycyon and warnynge to all the justyces of peace, of euery quarter of hys realme then assembled before hys hyghnes, etc. etc. to the entent that euery subject of hys, by the meane of such manyfolde effectual warnynge, wyth hys gracyous remyssyon of theyr former offence in his commaundment be- fore broken, sholde from thense forthe auoyde and estyew the parell and daunger of punishment, and not dreue hys hyghnesse of necessyte to the thynge from whyche the myldenesse of hys benygnet nature abhorreth." The king issued his proclamation in June 1530, for giving effect to the above decree. All books were to be surrendered in fifteen days. The magistrates of all degrees are ordered to seize whoever refuses to deliver, or is suspected to keep them, and to bring such before the king and his council, that they may be punished for their contempt, to the terrible ex- ample of other like transgressors. The proclamation declares, that it is inexpedient for the people to have the Sceiptukes IN English, and decrees that they ake books of heresie, and shall be clerely exterminated and exiled out of this realme of England for ever. The prohibition reaches to the same books in " Douch" (German) and French. Tyndale seems not without reason, to have called his persecutors " fleshly- minded hypocrites, as making the Scripture theire own pos- session and merchandize, and so' shutting up the kingdom of heaven, which is God's word, neither entring themselves, nor suffer them that would."|: Lest the laws, terrific as they were, should fail to sub- due in some the spirit of inquiry, More sometimes indulg- ed his readers with a glimpse into the nether world. * Preface to the Confutation of Tyndale. t -Of his ' benign nature,' Sir Thomas was, within five years, to have plenary experience. t Prologue to Jonas. SSytllfam Cjirtalc. 57 All the means of intimidation were tried ; from the dread of present burning, to that of burning hereafter and forever. " Tewkesbury would not have been martyred, yf Tyndales vn- gracyouse bokes had neuer come in hys hande, for whych the pore wreche lyeth now in hell, and cryelh out on him ; and Tyndall, yf he do not amende in tyme, he is lyke to fynde hym when they come togjrtheTj an bote fyrebronde bumynge at hys bakke, that all the water in the worlde wyll neuer be able to quench. Then haue we Jonas made out by Tyndale, a booke that whoso delyte therein, shall stande in parell that Jonas was neuer so swalowed vppe wyth the whale, as by the delyte of that booke a mannes soule maye be so swallowed vppe by the deuyll, that he. shall neuer haue the grace to gete out agayne."* The superstitious feares of the ignorant are dextrously turn- ed to account ; and as at this period the country was under- going a grevious visitation both from famine and. mortality, the enlightened chancellor finds no difficulty in ascribing them to the heretical impiety scattered through the land. Elsewhere, ridicule and raillery are tried, and the crumbling hierarchy is buoyed up in this style : " Neuer was a more folyshe frantyque boke than the Wycked Mammon." " Then haue ye an expo- sycyon also vppon the VII chapyter of Corinthyes, by whyche prestes, freres, monkes, and nonnes be taught that euangelical lyberty, that they may runne out a caterwawynge, and so wow and wedde."f More refers above perhaps to the prologue to ||Jonah,in which Tjmdale with much keenness, contrasts the Jewish priests of our Lord's days with the teachers of his own. It contains a clear exhibition of his religious sentiments. " If thou find * Preface to the Confutation of Tyndale. t More indulged in very indelicate jokes upon the profligate con- cubinage of the clergy, but was shocked and indignant at tlieir get- ting married. II This treatise which is of some length, is published in every edi- tion of Tyndale 's Bible. The original edition is of extreme rarity. 58 Plemofr of ought amisse, when thou seist thy selfe in the glasse of God's Worde, thynke it compendious wisdome, to amende the same betymes, monished and warned by the ensample of other men, rather than to tary vntil thou be beaten also." He calls the whale's belly a newe schole in which Jonas lost much -of his dross — and exhibits him as a warning. " And wyth Jonas, let them that wayte on vanities, and seke God here and there, and in euery temple, saue in theyr hertes ; — go and seke the testament of God in thyne hart''-^" and when the rage- of thy conscience is ceased, offer thanksgeuing and paye the vowe of thy baptisme, that God only saueth of his only mercy — as- cribe the cause of thy tribulacion vnto thyne owne synne, and the cause of thy delyuerance vnto the mercye of God." Tyndale had now settled at Antwerp, as chaplain to the company of English merchants. He won esteem from all wherever he went, by his unaffected piety and amiableness ; and although sustaining a public station, his retreat was for some time hidden from those ' who had marked him as their prey. He thus for a few years longer eluded their devices. Environed, as he was, with dangers, he composed "at this time a short treatise on the absurdities and idolatry of the mass ; but fearing to offend some weak disciples, it was laid aside, and never printed until after his martyrdom. , Of all his tracts and treatises. Fox quaintly says, they are " no lesse delectable than also most fruitfull to be read." eronifam EjjnUaU. 59 CHAPTER V. " In the rare roll of martyrs we iio find Famous John Frith, an Englishman by nature ; Who, from his yovith, adorn'd his education With promptitude of wit, and other parts. Whereby he flourish'd both in tongues and arts." QUARIES. INEFFECTUAL ATTEMPTS TO ALLURE TYNDALE TO ENGLAND — HIS SEVERF. PRIVATIONS HENRY^S ANGRY LETTER TO HIS ENVOY HAR- TVRDOM OF THE AMIABLi; FRITH. The emissaries of Henry, of his Cardin?il and his Chancellor, were nqw making the greatest exertions to entangle Tyndale in their toils and convey him to England. The principal agent for this purpose was the British envoy in the Low Countries, Stephen Vaughan. The first communication fronj him to be met with, is a letter to his royal master, dateij Jan. 26, 1530, from th^ neighbourhood of Antwerp. It appears froip this, that Tyndale had not yet taken up his residence in the Low Countries, so that letters were addressed — to ensure success between them — Xo three different cities in Germany. The en- voy, after speeiking of political affairs, thus introduces the sub- ject of our Memoir.* " I have written three sundry letters unto Willyam Tyndall, and the same sent, foi; the more suretie, to iii several places, to Frankforde, Hamburgh and Marleborough." What follows, in effect is, that he had very good hope, (after what was currently said in England of his willingness, upon the gracious promise of a safe-conduct from his Majesty, to repair to England) of persuading him to this step, with these and such other persuasions £is he devised in his letters, and * These papers are. in the British Museum. All that they contain relative to Tyndale is here published. 60 iKemuIt ot especially, that whatever guaranty he should desire of the king's good faith in the matter, Vaughan and his friends would do their best to obtain the promise of from his Majesty. But Tyndale's suspicions, it seems, were all aroused by the stir which these negotiations madfe in England, to the utter defeat and chagrin of the envoy, just when he was making sure of him; who thinks that his distrust was wholly without just ground or occasion, were he but once in his Majesty's presence, and " his gracious benygnytie and piteous regard" towards his humble and penitent subjects, so apt thereby [!] to be moved, being once taken into account. He speaks of letters written by Tyndale in reply to his, and to a lellow- emissary also on the same errand, which he had despatched to his Majesty. But these papers, though it would be so interest- ing to discover them, are a lost treasure. A letter to Lord Cromwell accompanies this communication, in which he says, " It is vnlikely to get Tyndall into England when he dayly hereth io many thinges from thense which feareth hym. Af- ter his booke answering my lord chancillor's boke be put foiirthe, I thinke he wyll wiyte no more. The man is of a GRETTER KNOWLEGE THEN THE KYNGfE lIIGHNES DOTH TAKE HIM FOR, whiche well appereth by his workes. Wolde god he were in Englande." Among the state papers is the fragment of a well-written and touching letter from one of these emissaries, who, in a very singular, and even romantic manner, obtained an inter- view with Tyndale. The courtier finding himself unawares in the presence of his long-sought victim, was so awed by his dignified purity and truth, that, in answering him, be tells his royal master he did it as his poor wit would serve him. The letter bears eveiy mark of undoubted sincerity, and aflfectingly pourtrays the sufferings of this gi-eat benefactor of his nation, then living in painful and perilous concealment. The king's agent notifies his majesty that he had obtained a copy of one part of Tyndale's reply to the Lord chancellor. fflJBnifam ffimtrale. 61 of which he had given " knoledge to my Lord Cromwell," with a view to advertise his Highness thereof ; but this was " so rudely writyn and difficult to be red, me thowght it un- comly and not mete to be sent in so vile aray to the hands" of his Majesty. He therefore set about to transcribe it again : and the second part, which he had also obtained, he promises to send with all convenient celerity. He tells the king, that " the matter contained.herein," as he thinks, " in regard of his former wrytyng, will better like him, then some other of his workes which he hath with lesse advisement, more Rashenses and ruder spirite put forth before this tyme." The interview is best given in his own words. " The day before the date* hereof, I spake with Tyndall withowt the town of Andwerp and by this means. He sent a certeyne person to seke me, whom he had advysed to say, that a certe3me frend of myne, vnknowen to the messenger, was very desirows to speke with me : praying me to take paynes to go unto him to suche place as he should bryng me. Then I to the messenger (said) what is your fryend and where is he .•* His name I know not, said he, but if it be your plea- sure to go where he is, I vvilbe glad thider to bryng you : thus dobtfuU what this matter ment, I concluded to go with hym, and folowed hym till he browght me withowt the gate of And- werp into a feld lying nyghe unto the streme, where was abi- dyng me this said Tyndall. At our metyng, do you not knowe me .' said this Tyndall. I do not well remember you, said I to hym ; my name, said he, is Tyndall. But Tyndall, said I, fortunate be our metyng. Then Tyndall : Sir, I have bene excedyng desirous to speke vidth you. And I with you ; what is your mynd. Sir, said he, I am enformed that the-kynge's grace taketh great displesure with me for puttyng furthe of certeyne bokes which I lately maid in these partes, but spe- cially for the boke namyd the Practise of Prelates, whereof I have no littell marvaill consideryng that in it I did but warne * Which is unfortunately wanting. 6 62 ^emoff of his grace of the subtyle demeanor of the Clargy of his Realme towardes his person, and of the shamefuU abusions by them practised, not a littell threatnyng the displeasure of his grace and weale of his Eealme. In which doyng, I shewed and de- clared the harte of a trewsubiect which sowght the saluegard of his Riall person and weale of his commons, to thentent that his grace thereoff wamyd mygt in dewe tyme prepare his re- medies agamst the subtyle dreames. If for my paynes theirin takyn. Yf for my pouertye. Yf for myn exille out of myn naturall contrey, and beyung absent from my fryndes. Yf for my hongar-^my thurst — my cold — ^the great danger wherewith I am every where compasyed — and finally yf for innumerable other hard and sharp sicknesses whiche I indure,' not yet feellyng theyre asperitie by reason I hopyd with my la- bors to doo honor to God — trew service to my prynce, and pie- sure to his commons, how ys yt that his grace this consyderyng may ether by hymselfe thyncke or by the perswasions of wother, be browght to thyncke, that in this doyng I schold not show a pure mynd, a trew and incorrupt zeale, and effeccyon to his grace. Was there in me any such mynde when I warnyd hys grace to beware of his cardinaU whose iniquyte he schort- ly after approvyd accordyng to my wrytyng ? Doth this de- serve hatered ? Ageyne, ma:y his grace, beyng a crysten prynce, be so vnkynd to God, whiche hathe commaundyd his word to be spredde thorowgh owght the world : to geve more fay the to the wykkyd perswasions of men, whiche presumyng above Goddes wyssdom and contrary to that whiche Cryst ex- pressly comandeth in his testament, dare saye, thatt yt is not lefull for the pepoll to have the same in a tonge that they un- derstond, because the puritie thereof schold opyn mens ies to se ther wyckydnes ! ! Is there more danger in the kynges subgects then in the subgectes of all other princes, whiche in every of there tdngges have the same under pryveleage of their sufferaynse, as I now am, very deth ware more pleasaunt to me then lyffe, consyderyng mans nature to be suche as can bear no trewthe. This, after a long communycation had be- a!^ai(am aisnlrale. 63 twene us, for my parte makynge answar as my pore wyt wold serve me whiche war to long to write." The agent used " gentyll persuasions" to induce him to come into England, meaning soft words and tempting promises like those of Vaughan, but Tyndale roundly rejected such offers, " albe3rt" his " grace wolde promes him neversomuch the surtye ;" well suspecting that no pledges would be proof against the importunity of the clergy, " whiche wolde affyrme that pro- myses made with erylykes ought not to be kept." After this he told me how he had fynyshed a worke agenst my Lord Chansellars booke, and wold not put it in printe till suche tyme as your grace had sene yt, becawse he appersevyth your dysplesure towardes hym for hasty puttyng forthe of his other werkes, and because yt schold appere that he is not of so obstynate mynde as he thynketh he is reported unto your grace. This is the substaunce of his comunycasion had with me, whiche as he spake, I have wryttyn to your grace, word for word, as nye as I cowlde by any possible meanys bryng to remefflbraunce. My trust, therefore, is that your grace will not but take my laburs in the best part. I thowght necessary to be wrytten unto your grace. After these wordys, he then beyng some thyng fearfuU of me, lest I wold have parsuyd hym, and drawjmg also towardes nyght, he toke his leve of me, and departed from the towne, and I toward the towne, saying I schold schortly peraventure se hym agayne, or if not, here from hym. Howbeyt, I suppose, he afterward re- tornyd to the towne by a nother wey, for there is no lyclyhed that he schold lodge withought the towne, hastie to parsew hym I was not, becawse I had some lyclyhod to speke schort- ly agayne with hym, and in perswing hym, I myght per- chaunse have fayllyd of my purpose, and put my selfe in davmger. To declare to your magestie what in my pore judgment I thynke of the man, I asserteyne your grace I have not communed with a man."* * Here the paper unhappily ends, at the interesting point, doubt- lesBj where the eulogium of the hero of it was commencing. 64 JWcmntr of Tyndale's Practice of Prelates, alluded to by him in the above conversation, was printed at Marpurg, by H. Luft, in 1530. It is an admirably condensed history of the rise and spread of popery, and of the intriguing practices of the Ro- mish hierarchy. He ascribes Henry's desire of a divorce from his faithful queen Catherine, to advice instilled into his mind by his confessor, the Bishop of Lincoln, at the instiga- tion of Wolsey. The ulterior design was to unite Henry to the French princess ; and, by the united influence of both crowns, to secure an open road, by which the cardinal might ascend to the papal see and triple crown ; in that case, Lin- coln would have been advanced to York. "lYndale strenu- ously resists the divorce, by unanswerable arguments drawn from the laws of nature and of God. " What God has joined, together, no man, not even the Pope, can lawfully put asunder." With his *^ poor apostle's life," Tyndale was content, many and grievous as were its privations ; less moved by all the lures that wealth or honor could hold out to him, than by the consciousness of untainted principle, with exile and suffering as their recompense. His apology for presuming to offer his advice to Royalty, is curious enough. " Some man might happlye say, that though a great© man wold be content to haue his deades compared vnto the lawes of God, he wold disdayne yet to have so vyle a wretch as I am, to dispute of them. I answere this is not «iy faute, but Goddes which will for the most parte euer chosest of the vilest to confounde the gloriouse, which not onlye clothed his sonne with oure vyle na- ture, but made him also of the lowest sorte of men, eue n fyu e hundred steppes beneth the degre of a cardinale. And the gloryoiis scribes and the pharises for all their holinesse re- buked not Herod ; but vile Jhon the Baptist." A letter from Sir St. Vaughan to the King, [dated May 20, 1531] has preserved some sentiments of Tyndale marked by great magnanimity, and expressed in terms not to be read without emotion. His anxious concern that his countrymen should enjoy the bread of life, without reserve, Ayith the idea ajFiUtam arjnlraU. 65 seemingly that it could be purchased by his own sacrifice, reminds us of the self-devoting spirit of the great apostle for his nation [Rom. ix. 3] ; but in Paul's case, the ultimate and higher good alone was adequate to extort this confession ; not the means of salvation, but salvation itself. The letter commences with some political topics : then comes the men- tion of Frith, in whom his Majesty had taken the same sort of benevolent interest that he had in Tyndale ; and at whose conversion he was in like manner aiming, by any means, gentle or rough. The envoy promises to apply himself zeal- ously thereto ; " but has been informed that he [Frith] very lately maryed in Hollande, and ther dwellethe, but in what place I cannot tell ; thys mariage maye by chaunce hynder my perswasions. I suppose hym to haue ' byn thereunto* dryuen throughe pouuertie, whiche is to be pitied, his quali- ties considered." Returning to his other unteachable pupil, he says : " I have agayne byn in hande to perswade Tyndall, and to draw hym the rather to favour my perswasions, and not to thinke the same fayned, I shewed hym a clawse conteyned in maister Crumwell's lettre, conteynynge these words followinge. ' And notwithstanding other the premisses in this my lettre conteyn- ed, if it were possible, by good and holsom exhortacions to reconsile and conuerte the sayde Tyndall from the trayne and affection whiche he now is in, and to excerpte, and taJie away the opynyons and fantasies sorely rooted in hym, I double not but the kynge highness wolde be muche ioyous of his conuersion and amendement. And so beinge conuerted, if then he wolde returne into his realme, vndoubtedly the * Thereunto — viz. to his heresies most probably : but so equivocal is the construction, as that it will equally well apply to his marriage, if not, by grammatical rule, better. As to the first sense, it would be a little strange if he were driven by poverty to his principles, which were themselves much more certain to drive him to poverty. The line of the once popular poet, if true in its first clause, would not be more true of poetry, than of principles such as those of these brother-re-foimers, in the last : — Thou found'st me poor at first, and Jteep'st me so, 6* 66 Memoir of kinges royall magistie is so inclined to mercie, pitie, and com- passion,* that he refusethe none which he scythe to submyt themself to the obedyence and good order of the worlde.' In these wordes I thought to be suche swetness and vertue as were able to perse the hardest harte of the worlde. And as I thought, so it cam to passe. For after sight thereof, I per- seyued the man to be excedinge altered, and to take the same very nere vnto his hearte, in suche wise that water stode in his yees. And answered what gracious wordes are these. ' I assure youe,' sayed he, ' If it jTOlde_staQds..wjtts.e the kinge most gracious plaisur to graunte only a bare text of the scripture to be put forthe emonge his people, like as is put forthe emonge the subgectes of the emperour in these parties, and of other cristen princes, be it of the translation of what person soever shall please his magestie, I shall ymedyatlye make faithfuU promyse neuer to write more, ne abide two dayes in these parties after the same : but ymedyatly to re- payre into his realme, and there most humbly submytt my- selfe at the fete of his roiall magestie, OFFHrNGE my bodye TO SUFFER WHAT PAYNE OR TOETUKES, YE WHAT DETHE HIS GRACE WILL, SO THAT THIS BE OBTEYNED. And till that tyme, I will abide thaspect of all chaunses what so euer shall come, and indure my lyfe in as many paynes, as it is able to here and suffer. And as concernynge my reconsiliacion his grace may be assured that what soeuer I haue sayed or written, in alLmylife ageynst thonour of Goddes worde, and so proued ; the same shall I before his magestie and all the worlde, vtterly renownce and forsake. And with most humble and meke mynde imbrace the truthe, abhorainge all errour souer at the most gracious and benygne request of his royall magestie, of whose wisdome, prudence and lernynge I hear so greate prayse and commendation, then of any other creature lyuyng. Bjjt if those thii^es whiche I_haue written be true, and stande with^Gpddes^ worde, why shuldeTiis n^gestie hauynge so ex- * Courtly words, of as almost as much meaning as those at the close of a modern petition — " as in duty bound will ever pray." JSfflfUtam ffisnlrale. 67 celleDt.a.guxft ofjfnojvl^ejn the scriptures, moue me to do anx.,^Iunge~agenst my conscience' — with many other wordes whiche were to longe to write." Vaughan expresses in con- clusion " some good hope in the man" which he would not doubt to see realized, with the help of some encouraging word from his majesty's own lips, that would ensure better credit to his own " peiswasions." He advised Tyndale also not to put forth his boke till his majesty's most gracious pleasure were known ; but this the other told him, came too late, as the copy was out of his hands, and forthwith to be printed, though his best endeavours to delay it were promised. The tears in the eyes of Tyndale bear witness to the tender- ness of his nature ; but they do no less to his firmness, it being evident from what followed, that he dared not to conform to the earnest wishes of royalty, yet was distressed to resist them. Though volunteering to make all other sacrifices, he shrunk from making insincere professions; and which he soundly argues, the king had no right to demand from him in points of religion. But Henry's slender patience was well-nigh spent ; and finding it impossible to allure his victim to Eng- land, he is not anxious longer to wear the mask. With seem- ing indignation, he declares that he will not have the soil of his realm polluted by such a desperate heretic. He had in- deed a new source of alarm and anxiety ; for the influences that surrounded Tyndale, appeared to be very infectious in their kind. He began to fear that the task assigned to his envoy was not less dangerous than difficult ; and employed all his arts of persuasion and threatening, lest the intended con- vert should chance to become the converter. Sir Stephen, there was reason to think, as has sometimes happened in the case of those who have taken upon them the same office, might be caught in his own net. The reply to Vaughan's letters was drawn by the secre- tary of state, and laid before the King : his alterations, which were numerous, are accurately copied from the original state 68 i^emoii; of paper. The words which the royal penman struck out, are printed between [ ] in Italics : the additions or modifications, made by his own hand, will be found below. They show that Henry possessed a mind of deep penetration, and of very con- siderable endowments. He made no changes except in what alludes to Tyndale. " Stephen Vaughan I coramende me vnto you. And haue receyud your letters, dated at Andwarpe the .xviij. day of Aprill, with also that parte of Tyndale's boke [sewed and] in- closed in lether, which yt with your letters directed to the Kinges Highnes. After the recept whereof, I dyd repayre vnto the courte, and there presented the same vnto his royall maiestie. Who [after the recept thereof] made me answer for that tyme that his highnes at oportune leysour wolde vys- ite ouersee and rede the contents as well of your letters as also the saide boke. And at my next repayre thither, it pleased his highnes to call for me, declaring vnto me as well the con- tentes of your letters as also moche matter conteyned in the said boke of Tyndalles. And albeit that I might well per- ceyue that his maiestie w£is right well pleased, and right ac- ceptablee considered your diligence, and paynes taken in the wryting and sending of the saide boke, as also in the perswad- ing and exhorting of Tyndall to repayre into this realme ' [in the accomplishment of his high pleasure and commaundement. Yet I might coniecture by the farther declaracyon of his high pleasure. Wliich sayed vnto me, hy your toryting it many- festlie appered liow moche] affection, [love and zele ye do here] towardes the saide Tyndall, whom in his maners, ^ [modestie and symplycitee] ye vndoubtedlie do moche [more] allowe and commende ^ [then his] workes [being so replete with lyes and * In the British Museum. ' Yet his highnes nothing lylced the sayd boke being fylled with sedycyons slanderous lyes and Faninstycall oppynyons. Shewing therein nether lernyng nor trewthe, and ferther conference with his grace, I myght well perceyue that he thought that ye bare moche af- fection, etc. ^ And knowledge in woorldlye thinges ye vndoubt- edlie in your letters do, etc. ^ Who's workes being replete with so abhomynable sclaunders and lyes, Imagened and onlye fayned,etc. most] abhomynable sclaunders, Imagened and fayiied to en- fecte [and intoxdcate] the peopuU, [{may to indyffereni judge- ment] ■* declare th [him) for the which yourfaiwurs supposed to he bom to the saide Tyndall, who assuredlie sheweth him- self, in myn opynyon rather to he replete with venymoibs envye, rancour, and malice tlten with any good lerning, vertue, or discression, liaihe put the kinge highnes in suspectyon of you, considering] that * [ye should] in such wise [lene vnto and favour the evill doctryne of so perverse and malycyous a per- son, and so moche prayse him. Who nothing goeth ahout, or pretendeth,] but [onelie to seduce, deceyue, and] disquiet ^ [the people and comemoelth of this realms. Whose cummyng into Englande the Kinges highness can right well forhere and] bathe commaunded me [expressly] to wryte [vnto you,] that ye shoulde desyste and leve eny ferther to persuade or at- tempte '' [him there unto.] Alleging that ^ [his maiestie so euedentlie] parceyuing the malycyous, pei-verse, vnchai-ytable mynde ^ [and disposicyon of the said Tyndall is rather] veray glad [that he is out of his realme] then that he should retourne into the same, there to manyfest his errours and sedycyous opynyons, which (being out of the Realme by his most vn- charytable, venemous, and pestilent bokes, craftie and false persuasions) he hath partlie don all redie. i" [So that] if he were present by all lyklehod, he wolde shortelie (which God defende) do asmoche as in him were to infecte and corrupt the hole realme, to the great inquietacyon and hurte of the comen welth of the same. ^ i [ Wherfore] I hertelie pray you, that [from hensforth] in all your doinge [and] procedynge, * Declare hira to lake grace, native lerning, godly discrecyon and all other good qualities, nothing else pretending in all. his workesbut evedente dyssaite. ° Ye in such wise by yourletters prayse, set forth, and avaunce liym. which nothing elles pretendyth. « And Bowo sedycyon among the peopull of this realme. His highnes ther- fore hath commaunded me to aduertise you that his pleasure is that ye etc. ' The sayd Tyndale to cum into this realme. 'He perceyuing. ' And judgment of the said Tyndall is in maner without hope of reconcylyacyon in hym, and is veray joyous to haue his realme destytute of such a person is, '" For hys hyghnes right prudentlye consyderyth if he, etc. " Wherefor Stephen, 70 laciuofi: of and wryting to the kinges highnes, ye do iustely, trewlie, and vnfaynedlie, ^^ [shew yourself to be nofauerer vnto the saide] Tyndall, ne to his workes in any maner of wise, but [rather] vtterlie [to] contempne and abhorre the same. Assuring you that 13 doing [the contrary] ye shall not onlie cause the kinges [highnes] royall raaieste, ^^ whose [highnes] at this tyme is so benignelie and gracyouslie mynded towardes you (as by your good dyligence and Industrie to be vsed to serue his highnes, and extewing and avoyding to favor and allow the saide Tyn- dall his erronyous workes and opynyons) ye are like shortlie to atteyne i^ [both welth, honestie, and promocyon at his gra- cyous hands, to the singuler icy, pleasure, and comforte of all yourfrendes,] and by the contrarie ^^ [to] acquire the indigna- cyon of God [and] displeasure of your souereigne lorde, and by the same i'' [compell] your good frendes which haue ben euer glad, prone, and redie to i^ [aduance] you [vnto the] fauours [of your prynce,] to lamente and sorow, that their sute in that behalf should ^^ not take effecte, according to their good in- tent and purpose. Hauing therefore firme trust, that for the loue ye owe to yourself, me, and [other] your frendes, 20 ye [wilbe well] beware, [from Jiensfarth,] to enter into any [soche] opynyons, whereby any sclaunder, dishonestie, [or] daun- gier 21 might insue towardes you ; whereof I promyse you I wold be as sorie as your ^ [good] father. As touching Frith, mencyoned in your saide letters, the kinges highnes, heryng tell of his towardenes in good letters and lernyng, doth 23 [^g. grete and] lament that he should in such wise as he doth, set fourth, shew, and applye his lernyng and doctryne in the semynacyon and sewing such euill seedes of dampnable and detestable heresies, mayntenyng, bolstring, and aduancyng the '^ Without dissimulacyon shew yourself his trew louynjr, obedyent subieot. Beryng no maner favour, love, or affection vnto the said Tyndalp. la i„ g^ doing. » Whose goodnes '= So to sett you forwardes, as all your lovers and friends shall haue gret con- Bolacyon of the same. '° Doing, ye shall acquire . "Cause. Bryng you into his gracyous fauours. ^ Be frustrate and not, L'",, ^^ ^''' beware and often . <» Daunger or suspycyon. »8 Natural father. '^ |Hoche lament, ^ Wnifara ffsiiUale. 71 venemous and pestyferous workes, erronyous alid sedycyous opynons of the saide Tyndale, and other such. Wherein his highnes ^'^ [as] a most vertuous and benigne prynce and gouer- noui, hauing charge [commytted vnto him] of his people and subiectes, ^ being sorie to here tell that any of the same should in suche wise ronne hedling and digresse from the lawes [and prec&pte] of Almightie God, ^ [into suche damp- noble] heresies and sedycyous opynyons, and being ever in- clyned, willing, and gretelie desirous to forst and prouyde for the same, ^ and also fermelie trusting that ^ [the saide Frith\ be not so farre as yet inrouted in the evill doctryne of the saide ^ Tindall, but that by the grace of God, louyng, charitable, and frendely exhortacions and aduertisements of good people, he may be [revoked and] called agayne to the ryght way. 3" [ Wylleth] therefore, [and desireth you,] according to his trust and expectacyon, ^i with your frendelie persuasions, admony- cyons, and holsome exhortacions, counsaill and aduyse the said Fryth, if ye may convenientlie speke with the same to leve his wilfull opynyons, and like a good christian to retorne [vnto our Saueour Christe, and also] into his natif cuntrey.^^ So that by his procedinge as he begynneth, there be no more [sedycyous infections and heresies sowed amongst the hinges peopull] Wherefore eftesones 33 1 [hartelie pray you,] and for the loue of God [do] not onelie [exhorte you] vlterlie to for- sake, leue, and withdraw your affectyon from the saide Tyn- dale, and all his secte ; but also as moch as ye can poletiquelie and charytablie, to allure 34 all suche persons [as hen] fautours and assistants to the same, from all their erronyous myndes and opynyons. In which doing ye shall not onelie highlie 2< Lyke a most, etc. =" And being veraye sorie. ^ And holsom doctryne of holye fathers, into such dampnable. '" And moche desyryng the reconsylyacyon of the sayd Fryth. ^ He be not. =* Tindall and other. ^ Hath wylled therefore me to wryt vnto you, that ye. '' Will with, etc. ^a Where he shall assurydfy fynde the kynges highnes most mercyfuU and be- nynslye vpon his conuersyon, disposyd to accept hym to his grace andjoye. s^ x exhort you. ^4 xhe sayd Frith and other be- ing in these parties which in any wyse ye shall knowe or suspecte to be. 72 mtmah of merite ^5 ^qfj Almightie God, but also deserue hygh thankys of the kinges rbyall ixiaiestee, who will not forget your deuoyre and labours in that behalf. So that majestee ^6 may perceyue that ye effectuallie do intende the same." Frith, more confiding than his friend in promises never meant to be kept, came to England. He was immediately immured in the Tower, from which the only deliverance he found, was that which gave him refuge in heaven ; in other words, through the flames of Smithfield. Two Komish priests who attended, exhorted the people, as is said, not to pray for Fryth any more than they would for a dog. ^= In. '* Euydentlie perceyue. awaUam EsnlralE. 73 CHAPTER VI. " By his rare pains, firm faith, and Christ's free grace, Which formerly thick fogs of error base, And dusky clouds of works' desert hid quite. Were well restored to their ancient light. He, by God's word and spirit's inspiration, The gospel light re-spread throughout our nation. His ashes, kept by heaven, securely rest, And sweetly sleep in hope to rise most blessed." QuAKLES. HIS HABITS ASD LAEOUKS AT ANTWERP — BEP0BLISHE9 THE NEW TESTAMENT IS BETRAYED, IMPRISONED, AND MARTYRED HIS DYING PRAYER ANSWERED — SPREAD OF HIS OPINIONS — THE BIBLE TRIUMPHS — ACT TO ABOLISH TYNDALE's WORKS — LIST OF HIS WRITINGS Dttring the few years of his sojourn at Antwerp, Tyndale " went about doing good." He was the almoner of his more wealthy countrymen. Saturday and Sunday were his days of relaxation from severe study : on the foniier, he visited the sick and dying foreigners, and on Sunday, both before and after divine service, he visited and relieved his fellow-exiles. Persecution for conscience sake, swept like a pestilence, over his native land ; and carried along with it, the worthiest of her sons. Many fled to Antwerp as their asylum in the greatest distress ; and found from Tyndale's generous sympathy, both refreshment to the spirit and assistance in purse. Mr. Offer's enthusiasm depicts him at this time, as in his charities appear- ing like an angel of mercy : in preaching, like an apostle. The studies which occupied the most of his time, were in the defence of himself and the reformation from the slanders 7 74 JHeitiotr of of Sir Thoma More, and in the completion of the translation of the Sacred Scriptures. It is impossible to decide, without the discovery of new evidence, whether he translated the whole of the Old Testament : Mr. Offor, from its general similarity con- cludes that he did, and that Coverdale profited by his manu- scripts. It is plain, that, from Esdras to Malachi, it is one translation, published by Coverdale in 1535, and by Mat- thew in 1537, with such alterations as pleased the respec- tive editoi"s : from Genesis to Esdras, and the whole New Testament, are distinct translations. Tyndale's name on ac- count of the rancorous hostility of Henry towards him, in the matter of the divorce, was suppressed in both. From 1526, when he added prologues and glosses to the New Testament, he does not appear to have made any alter- ation in the text until 1534, when he republished it with con- siderable improvements at Antwerp, in small 8vo.* Some copies were printed on yellow paper. In this edition, Tyndale took advantage of criticisms whether friendly or hostile, towards giving his version its last finish. A fair specimen of the new readings follow the " Historic Notices," etc. The prologue commences with, " Here thou hast (moost deare reader) the New Testament or covenaunt made wyth vs of God in Christes bloude. "Which I have looked over agyne (now at the last) with all dylygence, and compared it vnto the Greke," etc. This prologue was reprinted, verbatim, with every subsequent edition. It closes with a defence of his course as to the use of the words repentance and elders. A second preface was added, very severely reflecting upon G. Joye. It seems that Joye, having been employed by a Dutch * " The New Testament, dylygently corrected and compared with the Greke, by Willyam Tindale, and fynesshed in the yere of cure Lorde God, A. M. D. and xxxiiij. in the moneth of Nouembei." It haa wood cuts and ornamented letters. The title and prologues comprise sixteen leaves, followed by a second title and list of books. The text occupies cccLxxxiv leaves, the two last being numbered wrong. The Pistles of the Olde Testament end on folio ccco. The table fol- lows on ten leaves, the last two pages contain " thinges to fill vp the leffe withal." fflffinUam fflsntrale. 75 printer to correct the press of the fourth pirated edition, had altered some words, and particularly Eepentance, for which he put " the life after this." This was published and circu- lated when the reformers were daily expecting Tyndale's cor- rected edition, which was not finished until three months later. Upon being asked for what reason these fanciful alterations had been made, he discovered at once the surreptitious book that had been imposed upon the public by Joye. Of this dis- creditable imposition he now very properly warns the public. Durmg Tyndale's imprisonment, in February, 1535, Joye pub- lished what he called an apology, but which was a very in- temperate attack upon his friend and brother exile, then in prison and distress. He alleges that he received only four- teen shillings Flemish, about eight shillings British, fox his labours, and that he " heard say, that Tyndale had ten pounds fca his copyright." His plea is, the intention simply to render the New Testament more useful, but he does not apologise for making alterations and publishing them under another's name. The prologues in Tyndale's revised edition, and the 4to. of 1526, are very similar to those of the German, by Lu- ther. This of 1534 may be distinguished from all the subse- quent impressions by a discrepancy in the marginal notes in John's first epistle.* The most grotesque rendering in the whole volume, and continued in all the editions, was the mount- ing ' Death' in the Revelation on a^reegjiorse. This year also [1534] was made memorable by Tyndale's betrayal and imprisonment. Sir Thomas More, in examining suspected heretics, was very inquisitive with such as had come from Flanders or Germany, as to their knowledge of Tyn- dale ; and weis thus made minutely familiar with his person, dress, habits, friends, and places of resort. His lodgings were in the English house or factory, which was kept by a mer- * Viz. Ch. 3, "Loue is the fyrst precept and cause of all other;" while on the opposite page he says, " Fayth is the fyrst commaunde- ment and loue flie seconde ;" also, by the omission of the tenth line in Revelation, oh. 9, and by an error mentioned in the prologue : it occurs in Matthew xxiij. " Cleanse fyrst the out syde of the cup," etc, which should have been, " Cleanse fyrst the inside," etc. 76 ittemotr of chant, Thomas Pointz. Henry VIII. and his council suborn- ed and employed one Henry Phillips, the son of a custom- house officer at Poole, of gentlemanly appearance, who, with a valet, came to Antwerp : here he made acquaintance with some of the merchants, and meeting Tyndale, the latter gave him so far a fatal confidence, as to invite him, nothing doubt- ing, to his apartments. Pomtz, being somewhat suspicious, asked Tyndale how they became acquainted ; to which he re- plied, that he was an honest man and handsomely learned ; and perceiving that he had made so favourable an impression on his inmate, the inquiry was pressed no further. Phillips, after having for some time dined at his table and shared his hospitality, went to Brussels, and with great pains and expense obtained a warrant to apprehend Tyndale for heresy. To ex- ecute it, he brought back with him the procurer-general and his officials, such being the popularity of T)mdale, that he would not venture to trust the officers of Antwerp. He de- tained these persons in the city until Pointz, on some call of business had left it, and then repairing to his dwelling, Tyn- dale invited him to go and dine with him at the house of one of his friends, assuring him of a hearty welcome. The mis- creant next, under a pretence of having lost his purse, bor- rowed of his too credulous victim all his money. In passing through the narrow entry of the hotel, Phillips, with apparent courtesy, insisted on Tyndale going first ; who being much shorter than himself, he, by pointing down upon him, when they came to the door, gave the signal to the officers who had been there secreted. He was immediately seized, together with all his books and papers, and in this pennyless condition conveyed to prison at Vilvoord, a village at the ford between Brussels and Malines, on the road to Antwerp. This agent (Phillips) of the Romish party in England, seems to have well schooled himself to the basest uses for which the most corrupt church or party could want his services ; the commonest instincts or sentiments of humanity, to judge from the several particulars of the story, being about seared within him, His nanje, EJEJnitant STjirtnle. 77 linked thus with Tyndale's, and rescued from oblivion, carries along with it to after times an infamous notoriety. Whatever efforts the most affectionate regard and venera- tion could prompt, were made by Pointz and the British mer- chants at Antwerp, to effect the recovery of their beloved pastor ; but all in vain. Letters were immediately dispatched to Lord Cromwell and others in England ; and encouraging answers being received, Pointz, at the request of the body of merchants, carried the communications to the Lord of Barowe, follovring him post to Maestricht, that he might deliver them in person. With great difficulty he obtained his answer, and he then hastened to Brussels. The imperial council gave him a letter to Lord Cromwell, and Pointz undertook himself to be its bearer to London at the extreme point of speed. Here he was detained for a month, but, by perseverance and inter- est, obtaining favourable letters, he went with them direct to Brussels. His honourable zeal nearly cost him his life ; for Phillips, finding that it was very likely to attain its end, mana- ged, by the aid of the Eoman Catholic priests at Louvain, to have him arrested on suspicion of heresy, and committed to prison. Within one week he was examined upon more than a hundred articles. Intercourse with his friends was cut off, unless he would write his letters in the Dutch language, and then give them in charge to his enemies. Aware of his im- minent peril, he broke out of prison by night, and made his escape. Even in these circumstances of personal hazard to himself, his efforts to save the life of Tyndale did not languish. On the 25th of August, 1535, he wrote to his brother in Lon- don a letter alike honourable to his pastor and his own faith- ful friendship.* " It was said that the King had written in favour of William Tyndall, now in prison, and like to suffer death, and it is feared that these letters have been intercepted. This man lodged with me three quarters of a yere. — ^I know * This letter is preserved in the Cottonian MSS. The spelling ia in some instances altered, to render it easily intelligible. 78 Memait of that the King has never a treuer hearted subject this day liv- ing. He knows that he is bound by the law of God to obey his prjnce ; and I know well that he would not do the contra- ry to be made lorde of the worlde. The death of this man will be a great hindraunce to the Gospel ; and to the enemies of it, one of the highest pleasures. I fear that he will shortly be condemned, for two English men at Louvain apply it sore, taking great pains to translate out of English into Latin, those thinges that may make against him, so that the clergy here may understand it and condemn him, as they have done all others, for keeping apenyonys contrary to their business, the which they call the order of holy church. Brother, the knowl- edge that I have of this man causes me to write as my con- science binds me. For the king's grace should esteem him at this day as a greater treasure than any one man living." Pointz was a wealthy and highly respectable man, who returned to England, a few years after these melancholy transactions, and got an act of parliament to naturalize his children. His letter to Lord Cromwell, is preserved among the state papers m the British Museum. The tribute which he has given to Tyndale, and the efforts made, at such imminent risk to him- self, on his behalf, show how much he had become endeared to the circle in which he moved, and to the British merchants in particular. Tyndale's imprisonment lasted nearly two years. The in- terval was diligently bestowed upon his great business of ex- tending the influence of true and pure religion. He had the ad- dress, or the happiness, — another still more unsuspicious testi- mony perhaps, to his personal qualities— to obtain whatever in- dulgences a prisoner could look for : at any rate, enough for him though with his hands thus boimd, to enter the lists with the professors at the neighboring University at Louvain. Here too he redeemed his pledge given to the priest in Gloucester- shire so many years before, and which the reader has not forgot- ten, that the ploughboys should have the New Testament to read. In 1535, was printed a very curious edition of Tyndale's ver- mmara tfairtale. 79 sion. In this he imitated the plan of Luther, who published the New Testament in three different dialects of Germany. Following this plan, he printed the revised version of the pre- ceding year in a provincial orthography, probably that of his native county ; peculiarly adapted to agricultural labourers.* To this book was added the heads of chapters, as there is rea- son to conclude, for the first time. His invaluable life was now drawing to a close ; which had been so far shaded by the circumstances in which his lot was cast, that to its natural termination, he might well have been reconciled, though premature. The formalities of a trial were gone through, and he was condemned by virtue of a decree made at Augsburg against what was called heresy. In September, 1536, he suffered d ie dreadfu l^sentence, of w^h the horror is in some measure ^ soft ened ^^knowing thatlrwas~prefaced by the act of strangling. E that appall- iDg uioiiient, he'exHiBileB'The firmness and resignation only to be found in the certain confidence of having his portion with those " shining ones" in Bunyan's phrase, who had " come out of great tribulation," and who had for Jesus' sake, writhed on the rack, or blackened at the stake. With the dread preparations of death and burning around him and in view, his last thoughts were turned upon the welfare of the country which had driven him forth a fugitive, and his dying voice, was that of intercession for his royal persecutor. LoBD, OPEN THE KiNG OF England's EYES, wcrc his well- known words at the stake.t * Mr. Oftbr, from a copy in his library, and late the property of Dr. Adam Clarke, exhibits a few specimens: — holly cite, for holy city; saey4e, aengels, wayghthyer, foete,beholde, broether, faether, moetii- er, tacken, agayenst, theacheth, graece, cloocke for cloke, maester, 8aefe,Bhaeke, etc. etc. t Mr. Offor, from circumstances of personal history, is able to im- part a picturesque interest to the place and the event. " Many times" has he " stood upon the spotV which was the scene of martyr- dom, " a raised ground near the prison at Vilvoord," with an hum- bling recollection of these awful cruelties. Here " he was talten 80 JftJeinotr of ' Rome thundrcd death, but Tyndale's dauntless eye Looked in death's face and smiled, death standing l)y. In spite of Rome, for England's faith ho stood, And in the flames he sealed it with his blood." Although through the untiring zeal of Mr. Offor, the archives at Brussels were more than once searched, and that too with the aid of a friend, high in the establishment, no more light could be thrown on the history of his hero. His utmost pains were recom- pensed no further than with the discovery of the cost to govern- ment of burning some poor Caledonian for heresy.* prisoner during the revolution at Brussels in 1830 bj' a detachment of Dutch troops, and for about two hours was confined in the castle, " which had been the prison of •• the immortal Tyndale." Inquiries he had formerly made of an aged jailor, were renewed to him who now held the plnce ; and for awhile curiosity put out of mind the sickening horrors of war, the sound of artillery, the misery of the flying, the wounded and the dying. But of the martyr no vestige remained. * The sum in rushes, post, chains, etc, amounted to nearly one pound, thirteen shillings ! IlfflnUam ffignKale. 81 The tradition is, (for the credibility of which there is none to vouch,) that the demeanour of Tyndale in prison won the heart of his keeper, and made him with his daughter and some of his household, converts to the true faith of Christ. The attorney-general of the Emperor, who had procured the sen- tence against him was, on some such authority, said to have given the solemn declaration in his favour, as being " a learn- ed, a good and a godly man." But it rests on very tangible evidence, that his voice was hardly hushed in death, before his last prayer was answered. The King's vision became so clear as to issue an injunc- tion, ordering that the Bible should be placed in every church for the free use of the people. In this year ( 1536) were pub- lished seven or eight editions of the New Testament in Eng- lish. One of them, in royal 8vo. probably executed in Paris, is a peculiarly beautiful specimen of black-letter typography. And as further evidence of the general desire for spiritual light, thirteen editions of the whole Bible, were printed before the close of the year 1541, each from fifteen to twenty-five hundred copies, as Mr. Ofibr affirms, in extent. But Henry, who was led by caprice at every period of life, had in these his last years, become the mere sport of his changing humours. Co mplaints wer e made by the priests that the mass was forsaken for the churchjJbr^theiSke of the chained volumes at its doors ; and much ado "was made about the disorders that grew out of many undertaking to read aloud. As the Popish interest gained ground, Tyndale's testament was interdicted, and with it all his writings, under heavy penalties : for the first offence, ten pounds sterling fine, equal to about fifVy pounds at the present value of money, and three months' imprisonment /or every book ; for the second, loss of all the ofiender's goods, and perpetual imprisonment. The reading of Coverdale and Cranmer's translations were limited to the higher circles of society — to judges, noblemen, captains and justices, who are allowed to read the Bibles to their fam- 82 memoir of ilies. "Merchants might read it in private to themselves," but from its use and benefits all " women and artificers, prenty- ses, iornymen, seruing men of the degrees of yoman or under, husbandmen and labourers* " wythin this realme" were shut out. And what is specially noticeable, there is no clause to allow the clergy to read the Bible in English. At length on the 29th of Jan. 1547, Henry the Eighth died, Emd was succeeded by Edward the Sixth, his son ; that prince of rare hopes, so soon to be blasted in death. But though then, not only in his minority but his extreme childhood, he was, what through his brief career he remained, the stedfast patron of the Reformed cause, and imder his auspices, " the word of truth grew and multiplied." * The poor in those trying times when the bread of life was eaten in secret, if at all, deeply felt the privation ; of whieh a touching and very incidental memorandum is handed down. A labourer wrote in a book, " On the invention of things, at Oxforde the yere 1546 browt down to Seynbury by John Darbye, price 14d. When 1 kepe Mr. Letymers shype I bout thys boke, when the Testament was aberaga- tyn, that shepherdys might not red hit : I pray God amende tnat blyndnes. Wryt by Robert Wyllyams, keppyngeshepe vppon Seyn- bury Hill." Effinifain ffsnliale. 83 LIST OF BOOKS EITHER ASCRIBED TO TYNDALE, OR PUBLISHED WITH HIS NAME. The New Testament, 1525, revised in 1534.* The Pentateuch. 1530, 1534, 1544, 1551. The Prophet Jonah. 1530, 1537. Exposition of 1 Cor. vii. with Prologue. 1529. Expositions of v. vi. and vii. chapters of Matthew. 1538, 1548. The Epistles of John, with a Comment. 1531, 1538. Exposition of 1 Cor. iv., John vi., and 1 Cor. xi. Prologues to many Books of the Old and New Testament, A Boke concerning the Church. A Godly Disputation between a Christian Shoemaker and a Popish Parson. * Mr. Offor, with strange and wild extravagance, affirms not less than four-score editions of this Testament to have been printed ; and elsewhere speaks of having in his own library twenty-three distinct editions ! This is not the place, and as little is there room, to expose in detail the absurdity of such statements ; his authorities for which, if he had any, no where appear. As to " his own library" treasures, it is not so very easy to ascertain what are " distinct editions" of an- tique English Bibles, (of all books), nine-tenths of them having lost their title-pages. What alone seems to be sure is, that he had so many distinct copies. As to the other particular, it must suffice to reply, that Lewis (History of English Biblical Translations) and Bishop Wilson (Ed. of the Bible 1785, 3 vols. 4to^ — if there are better au- thorities, the present Editor never heard of them — in their complete Tabular Lists of the successive editions of the English Scriptures &om 1526, to nearly the close of the last century, very nearly agree in the number assigned to Tyndale, That is, but little more than twenty (the pirated Dutch impressions and all) ; and it was issued, it would seem, for the last time, by Jusge in 1566, 4to. Why did not Mr. Of- fer, who has shown in some thmgs such a love of mimiHa, favor his readers with a like Table of these Tyndale impressions.' Let the Editor mention but a single fact. When, in the fall of 1835, he pro- jected the present Re-print, he was, after announcing it, utterly at a loss where, in the length and breadth of the land, to find a genuine, or more than one even, professed copy of Tyndale : — a very curious, fact truly, as to a work of nearly an hundred impressions ! But the Genevan Bible, first issued but little more than one generation after, and which was thought to have singvlar popularity in reaching thirty editions, is yet so common among us, uiat to the writer are known (who can doubt there are stiU more .') some twelve or fifteen copies within even the limits of the State. 84 i^Jenioir at affiflliaw StgnKale. The Disclosing of the Man of Sin. The Matrimony of Tyndale. 1529. Wiclif a Wicket, with a Preface. A Compendious Olde Treatise, shewynge howe that we ought to haue yo Scripture in Englysshe. Luft, 1530.* The Prayer and Complaint of a Plowman unto Christ.t The Supplication of Beggars. A Treatise upon Signs and Sacraments. The Testament of William Tracy expounded. Three Epistles to Frith. A Protestation touching the Resurrection of the Bodies and the State of the Souls after this Life. 1530. Parable of the Wicked Mammon. Small 8vo. and 4to. May, 1528. Obedience of a Christen Man. May and Oct. 1528, 1535, 1561. An Answer unto Sir Thos. More's Dialogues. A Pathway into the Scripture. An Answer to Sir Thos. More's Confutation. The Practice of Prelates. 1530, 1548. IN LATIN. De ctena Domini. 7 • » at De ecclesia adversus. I ^^gamst More. Adversus Joy calumnias. De purgatorii paracho. Preface to G. Thorpi et J. Oldcastelli examinat. TRANSLATIONS. Qucedam Opuscula Lutheri. Enchiridion Militis Christiani. Ipocrates Orationes. ** This exceedingly rare tract, (one sheet in 8vo.) once Herbert's, is now in Mr. Offer's library, who believes it to be unique. t This tract must be well-nigh extinct, since it has escaped all the researches of the bibliographers. HISTORIC NOTICES OF THE ANTE-JAMES VERNACTJLAK VERSIONS OF THE SCRIP- TTJRES, SITBSEQUENT TO THAT OF TYNBALE. The honour of giving to the public the first complete Eng- lish Bible, was reserved for Miles Coverdale ; and who thus divides in some soi't with his predecessor Tyndale, that interest and reverence with posterity, which we naturally yield to the other, as the great pioneer of a forlorn hope. King Henry had previously to this time broken with the Pope, while by calling Cranmer to the Primacy and Cromwell to the new- ly-constituted office of Vicar-General, the brightest prospects opened before the cause of the Reformation in England. Cov- erdale was a native of Yorkshire, and afterwards of the order of Austin Friars in Cambridge; until falling under the suspi- cion of favoring the opinions of Luther, he fled for safety be- yond seas, where he diligently applied himself to the study and translation of the Scriptures. His Bible was printed abroad and probably, as some antiquaries have inferred from the typography, at Zurich, by Cristopher Froschover. It ap- peared in 1535, the last page containing the author's memoran- dum, as having been finished, the fourth day of October. The third centennial of this memorable day, returning the autumn be- fore the last, upon Sunday, prompted the suggestion made to min- isters and churches in many of our religious prints at the time, of the expediency of celebrating it with some peculiar notice. Coverdale dedicated his work " unto the most victorious Prynce and our most gracyous Soveraynge Lord, King Henry the eyghth, kynge of Englande, &c. &c." Among this train 8 86 HISTORIC NOTICES OF THE of titles which it is not worth while to detail, was that of" De- fender of the ftiith," of which the author tells his Majesty " that the blynd Bisliop of Home, when he bestowed it upon him, no more knew what he did, than the Jewish Bishop Cayphus when he prophesied that" it was better to put Christ to death, &c." This Bible consists of a revision of Tyndale's New Testament and of that part of the Old translated by him before his death, namely, the Historic Books and the book of Jonah : the re- maining books and the Apocrypha being newly translated by Coverdale himself. In his Epistle to the Reader, he says — in reference, it would seem to some of his own favourite render- ings — after speaking of the diversity of translations, " none should be offended though one call a scribe, that another call- eth a lawyer; or elders, that another catleth father or mother; repentance, that another calleth penance or amendment. For if we were not deceived by men's traditions, we should find no more diversity between these terms than between fourpence and a groat." Coverdale omitted all Tyndale's prologues and notes, which were particularly offensive to Henry and the Bishops, and prefixed to each book the contents of the several chapters; — not to the chapters successively, as was afterwards done. The noted test of the heavenly witnesses (John v. 7) appears witliin crotchets : it inay here be anticipated to say, in this connexion, that the same remark applies to the Bibles of Cranmer and Taverner. In that of Thomas Matthew, it is printed in a smaller type. From the Dedication and other circumstances, this Bible would seem to have been issued with the countenatice, if not under the authority of the Court. When the king, in some ijro- clamation three or four years earlier, had required his subjects to " detest and abhor" " tlie New Testament of the translation that was then printed" (meaning Tyndale's, of course) he was pleased to say, that " he would cause the New Testament to be by learned men faithfully and purely translated into the Eng- lish tongue," Coverdale's work is not certainly known to EAELY VERNACULAR VERSIONS. 87 have originated in any such high favour. But its circulation, when once abroad, was so far from discouraged, that royal injunctions were issued in 1536, requiring that every persotl [parson] or proprietary of any parish church within this Realme shall on this side the feast of St. Peter ad vincula [Aug. 1] next coming, provide a boko of the whole Bible both in Latin and also in English, and lay the same in the Quire for everye man that will, to take and read thereon : And shall dis- courage no man from the reading any part, &c. but rather comfort, exhort and admonish every man to reade the same as the very worde of God and the spiritual food of man's soul, whereby they may better knowe their duties to God, to their sovereigne Lorde the King, and their neighbour." They are advised also, instead of " stifly or eagerly" striving one with another about " the true sense of the' same," " to refer the de- claration of such passages to them that be better learned." The Original edition of this Bible was in folio. It was is- sued in that form in 1550, and also in 4to. ; and appeared once more [4to.] for the last time in 1560. Four impressions of the New Testament separately were published within the same period. Coverdale's name is pleasingly associated with much of the biblical literature of the time. His concern in what was called Matthew's Bible, will soon appear, and at the lapse of twenty years the reader meets him again in the Genevan com- pany of translators. Having maintained in his Preface, the utility of "sundry translations," he consistently gives his aid to the -kindred endeavours of those who came after, and leaves his own to its fate. Coverdale rose to the dignity of bishop of Ex- eter, and died at the advanced age of 81, in 1565. Thomas Matthew's Bible appeared in 1537, "set forthe" as its title-page makes known, "by the king's most gracyous license,'' procured for it at the instance of Cranmerand Crom- well, who were its patrons from the first. Injunctions, through them, were procured as in the case of Coverdale, to ensure its public diffusion and usefulness. Grafton and Whitchurch, its 88 HISTORIC NOTICES OF THE printers, issued fifteen hundred copies at an outlay on their part, of five hundred pounds — a great sum for that day. Lewis inclines to believe, it was first printed at Marpurg in Hesse, or Marbeck in the Duchy of Wirtemburg. Strype however " guessed" that it was printed at Hamburgh, Mr. Offor names Lubeck, and Mr. Warley, that more probably it was in Paris. If the reader should naturally enough ask, Why not in London rather, since the royal countenance followed it, the editor can- not resolve the inquiry. Thomas Matthew or T. M. — for the more common reference perhaps is by initials, — is but the " shadow of a name ;" the actual supervisor, as tradition says, being the celebrated martyr, John Rogers. Hence the work is indifferently known by the fictitious or real name. The former appears to have been resorted to, from the prejudices still rest- ing, in some quarters, against the true translators. Who these were however, is a much debated point. Lewis, who spe^s of it as " made by several hands," throws out the conjecture that Matthew as " being the name of neither, may have been thought of as one, under which the editor chose to appear." Bale (Bp. of Ossoi^) says, that Rogers translated the whole Scriptures, and that he used the Hebrew, Greek, Latin, Ger- man and English Bibles. Johnson styles the work under no- tice, a mere version of the former, undertaken by Coverdale and Rogers jointly : in his view it should so be esteemed, as much as the first Bible, the blended labour of Tyndale and Coverdale. Among the preliminary matter, as Lewis states, is An exhorlalion to the Study of the Holy Scnptures gathered out of the Bible, with the initials J. R. aflaxed at the end. The conflict of opinions as to the composition of this Bible, the internal evidence does not much help to settle. That its New Testameot portion differs from the original Tyndale, will be evident in the course of the succeeding pages ; yet the reader who carefully compares the text and the margin, can- not fail to observe how much slighter is this discrepancy than in that of any other of the versions introduced below. This EARLY ¥EIlNACin,AE VERSIONS. 89 near coincidence not only with Tyndale, but with the work of Taverner, makes it more difficult, in examining an ancient copy, to be assured of its identity, than of any other of the early Bi- bles. Nine editions, two of which were in 4to. and 13mo., — some of them with slight variations — seem to have been printed ; that of 1551, closing the list. Id April 1539, came out, in large folio, what is called by the name of Cranmer's or the Great Bible, printed like the for- mer, by Grafton and Whitchurch. Lewis styles it, — but the editor understands not why, — a revisal of Matthew's Bible. The "alterations and corrections" which he admits "were made" in it, give it, at any rate, as much the air of an independ- ent version as either embraced in the present work. But the epithet, in strictness of speech, belongs to none of them, his only excepted, who as leading the way, had no predecessor to lean upon, but whom all his successors seem to have been willing to make, more or less closely, the basis of their own la- bours. This is certainly true at least, until we come to the versions of Elizabeth's reign, which may be thought to have a wider departure from Tyndale, especially the Genevan. Cran- Rier's Bible, however it may be designated, has certainly some characteristic marks. Such for instance, are those occasional inclusions, as the reader will see, of brief fragments into the text, commonly indeed in crotchets ; which sometimes seem to be but expansions of its meaning, and sometimes, additional matter, derived, it appears not whence. The prologues and notes of Tyndale, which had been dropped by Coverdale, and then restored to Thomas Matthew's Bible, were now once more rejected, from being found to give great offence to those who still retained their Catholic prepossessions. The much- bufieted text, " There are three that bear record," etc. (1 John V. 7} as was said before, was printed in crotchets, as of ques- tionable authority. Lewis observes that " Tyndale had set the example in his first edition of 1526, and in the later impressions of 1535, 1536, 1537, on the authority of Luther and the great 8* 90 HISTORIC NOTICES OF THE Erasmus, who in his Latin translation of the New Testament, published at Basil, A. D. 1518, omitted the passage though he restored it in his third edition four years after, ne cui forei ansa oalumniandi. How much the name of Cranmer, as coupled with this work, implies, it would he pleasant to know. But none of the au- thorities give the least clue for concluding whether be bad any immediate concern in its preparation, or whether, as is more likely, it was, like Parker's Bible which followed, honored with his name as being done under his Primacy. But even in this latter case, one must wonder, that they have not thought it worth while to name, to whom was committed the labouring oar. The Psalter used to this day in the Book of Common- Prayer, is a part and relic of the version now described. Cranmer was published, as it would seem from Lewis, for the eighth and last time in 1568, the date of the birth of the Bishops' ; which, with other circumstances, leads one to regard the two, as respectively the authorised or courf-Bibles of their time. In the marginal readings of the present work, it will be apparent how often they are found together and alone ; and the deference, with which the later treads in the steps of the earlier work. The same year [1539] gave birth to another edition, or as he styled it. Recognition of the English Bible by Rtcharde Tav- ERNER, a gentleman of Norfolk, born in 1505, educated at Christ-Church, Oxford, and afterwards a member of the Inner- Temple, where his way was, " it is said, to quote the law in Greek when he read any thing thereof." In 1534, he went to court, being taken into the service of Cromwell, then principal secretary of state, and by his influence was promoted in civil life. While in this post he accomplished the work under review, "being very probably encouraged so to do by his master on account of his expertness and proficiency in the Greek tongue." Lewis calls this work " neither a bare revisal nor yel strictly a new version, but between both." This is said by way of coni- ment on Bishop Bale, who styles it " a recognition [Query — if EARLY VERNACULAR VERSIONS. 91 this means ' revisal ?'] or rather a new version." But the editor so far differs from both, that in his judgement it is what Lewis is unwilling to allow it to be, — a bare revisal. The conformity is indeed rather closer than even between Matthew himself and the original Tyndale, and such as made him dubious, for a long while, to which of the two varying copies in his hands to refer as the true Matthew. This will account also for his infre- quent citation of Taverner's readings ; not deeming it of any utility, except in the very rare instances where he departs from the other. He embodies most, but not all of the marginal notes of Matthew, to which he added others of his own. Upon his patron's downfall, Taverner partaking in his disgrace, was com- mitted prisoner to the Tower, but he had the address to re-in- state himself in Henry's favour. His Bible was not issued af- ter twelve years from its first appearance, nor did the impres- sions exceed three or four within that period. The accession of Elizabeth [1558] brought back the nume- rous refugees from the scourge of Mary ; of whom the majority had settled at Frankfort on the Rhine, or at Geneva. The year before was issued from the latter place, the New Testa- ment in what is commonly known as the Genevan version, in a small 12mo volume, with a very beautiful type. It has the distinction of first giving, in an English dress, the scriptures in separate verses, and numbered as at present; which improve- ment was followed by the Bishops' : Robert Stephens, it is well known, had resorted to this expedient, in an edition of the Greek Testament, published five or six years before, as a means of easy and direct reference to particular passages. In some of the early English Bibles, capital letters had been used at certain intervals in the margin, as if answering to the para- graphs. This work was the joint labour of Miles Coverdale, Christ. Goodman, Anth. Gilby, Thos. Sampson, Wm. Cole fof Corpus Christi College, Oxon.) and Wra. Whitingham, all zealous Calvinists, both in doctrine and discipline ; who reaped the benefit of Calvin's advice, yet living, and of Beza, towards 92 niSTOEIC NOTICES OF THE its last finish. Coverdale, to whose name the reader has now become familiar, had in Edward's reign returned to England, and, both for his services to the Reformed faith and for his scriptural learning, been raised to the see of Exeter ; but was soon compelled, once more, to find safety in exile. The Old Testament being yet unfinished, some of the company lingered behind, to complete it, and the whole was issued at Geneva in 1560, 4to. by Rowland Hall. This fraternity of translators were all imbued, more or less deeply, with Puritanism, (obviously derived from the place of their foreign sojourn) and with more liberal notions of govern- ment in church and state, than could well be endured by the dominant or high-church party. As this often tinctures the notes, the work was with them of course no favourite. But so generally was it preferred and used in private families, on ac- count of these very notes, according to Lewis, that more than thirty editions in folio, 4to, and 8vo, were issued from 1560 to 1615, mostly by the royal printers. Editions of it also appeared at Geneva, Edinburgh, and Amsterdam. Long after the era of the present Received version (so called) and its nursing- fathers of the throne and hierarchy had urged it into general circulation among an unwilling people, these last lamented the want of the marginal comments, which had become endeared by use, and protested there was no such thing as discerning the word of God aright, without ' the Geneva spectacles.' King James's translators were indeed — as appears from the Tabular List of printed Bibles appended to Lewis — with all their ex- trinsic advantages, driven to the device of tacking to their own version the bulk of the notes of the Genevan, by way of giving it vantage-ground in the rivalry for public favour ; a resort practised with more than one edition. The Genevan Bible was published, as Lewis gives us to suppose, as late as 1708. Of the works noticed in the present Sketch, the rarity of some of them, in this country at least, exceeds that of almost all other books in the language. That a single copy may chance, EAELY VERNACULAR VERSIONS. 93 after long search, to be found, is all that can be said. But of Craijmer's, three or four copies in New England are known to the editor; as many perhaps of the Bishops'; while the Ge- nevan is not a very uncommon sight. He recollects, scattered here and there, some twelve or fourteen copies ; and many others, it is likely, might be ferreted out. English booksellers, who occiisionally get a chance of inserting it in their catalogues, are seemingly at a loss for a name ; and are very apt to call it the Breeches Bible, from a single passage, the rendering of which has to some been diverting, Gen. iii. 7. — "They sewed fig-leaves together, and made themselves breeches ! " After what has been seen of the political complexion of this Bible, the antipathy towards it expressed by James at the Hampton Court Conference [1603] needs no interpreter. The pedant king, with characteristic sapience, had said, that " he had never yet seen the Bible well translated ; but of all trans- lations, doubtless the Genevan was the first." Not light, then, must have been his chagrin and resentment, (if he looked suf- ficiently into the matter) at seeing how little his opinion was deferred to, even by those who were humbling themselves be- fore him as a patron, and that with an abjectness of homage, of which their Dedication meant to leave no one in doubt. His own translators (here alluded to), among other instructions, were told " to follow the ordinary Bible used in churches [The Bishops'] and to alter it as little as the Original would permit ; " but when " they agreed better with the text," to prefer the ear- lier versions. " The truth is, (says Geddes) — and why should it not be spoken, — that James's translators did little more than copy the Genevan version ; the difference being, on the part of the former, chiefly in a more scrupulous adhesion to the letter of the Original, and in the superabundant insertion of italics to supply its apparent deficiency." He " has no hesitatipn in deeming the Genevan the better of the two. Professor Sy- monds of Cambridge (Eng.) came* to the like conclusion, and * Remarks on the fixpediency of Revising the Pubho Version of 94 HISIOKIC NOTICES OF THE with not less decision. It may be doubted where shall we seek for one, who has taken a wider survey or pursued a'tnore minute comparison of most of the modern versions of Europe. In the works Vvhose titles appear below, and now so rare that their preservation loudly calls for a reprint, it is easy to discern in how far higher account the learned Professor holds the ver- sions of Luther, of Beausobre, ofDiodati — to name no others — over that which is forever entailed on the English commu- nity of both continents ; and this, without the faintest hope of any future revision. Boothroyd, an English Orthodox Dis- senter of our time, in the Preface to his " Family Bible,'' a work of merit [3 vols. 4to.] gives indeed the first place to the Genevan, compared with its predecessors as well as its succes- sors. After sketching its history, he adds, " and produced, take it altogether, the best English version that has yet appeared. It is more literal than the like works of Tyndale and Coverdale ; but not so absurdly literal as the Version in common use." He goes on to say, that the passages are next to numberless in which, for propriety, nolle -simplicity, and perspicuity, the Received translation yields to that under review. The Editor — with the impression fresh on his mind from the long process of coUatingthe variety of Bibles embraced in the following work — cannot but feel that no dictum so sweeping, ever contained less extravagance. He will venture to say further, — that of the very few among us, whose peculiar turn of mind and course of studies warrants them to speak to this point, and yet more, warrants them to be heard, he knows of no one who fails to coincide with the trans-atlantic testimonies already cited. These references as to comparative merit are not, it may be ob- served in passing, to be carried to thfe sole account, the excl usive honourof the Genevan. They have been occasionally expressed as to some of the other Bibles ; by one authority among- us, of high the Four Gospels and Acts, 4to, 3789. A sequel, on the Epistles, came out in 1794 ; both bearing the stamp of accurate and faithful investigation. EARLY VERNACULAR VERSIONS. 95 name and place, yet not to be cited here, it was said of the T. Mat- thew Bible. That superiority has indeed, for Tyndale, been claimed by many voices ; and Geddes, among others of that opinion, extended the compliment, without any reserve ,to all the ante-James translators. Adverting to a then recent article [1 790] in that feeblest of journals, the Monthly Review, but (as regards the Public Version), strong in panegyric, he says, — " So far from admitting any such positions, 1 will venture to affirm, and that with fullest conviction, that James's translators have less merit than any of their predecessors, and that the version of Tyndale, revised by Coverdale, is a far juster representation of the Original." The great popularity of the Genevan with the many, in the day that it flourished, did not fall short, as has been already seen, of its estimation with the critical few in after times. To the editor therefore it has long been, and is yet, an unsolved enigma, why the Puritan delegates at the Hampton Court Con- ference, should have made so much stir about a new version of the scriptures. At least the high-church party, for aught that appears to the contrary, may stand absolved from the credit or the blame (as one pleases to call it) of the new under- taking, which was there and then put in train. Perhaps in- deed, the clamorousness spoken of, was confined to Dr. Rey- nolds, their most assured spokesman. Fuller.* whose account of the debate is minute, implicates no one else in the matter. Whether, like Hugh Broughton afterwards in relation to the present Version, he had any private pique to induce, cannot well be known. Besides too, though the Genevan was, with few exceptions, the household Bible, yet the Bishops', we may remember, was the outtortzerf, — the Bible of the churches: it may be therefore, that the real concern was, to put this last aside. Towards that indeed (its character as well as its origin consider- ed,) it is natural enough, that the Puritans should have had no very kindly feeling. But the other was the armory of their most- prized peculiarities. To think for a moment of the version * Church History of Britain. 96 HISTORIC NOTICES OF THE which came forth under the sanction of James, as the offspring of their discontent, would be, as respects themselves and the exchange forced upon their hands, to remind us of the ancient fable, too homely and too familiar to be quoted here. Reynolds alleged, to sustain his call for a new translation, three [!] in- stances misconstrued, as he says, in the " Bibles extant." His censure seems to belong to Cranmer's, and the Bishops', and (in two of the examples adduced,) to Thomas Matthew's; but from these mistakes, if mistakes they are, the Genevan is free altogether. Of the existing Vernacular versions, none seem to have yet given full satisfaction to those who had the guidance of the state. Bishop Sandys, writing to Parker the Primate, speaks slightingly of Cranmer, and as having followed too servilely the authority of certain continental translators, who were not thought faithful enough to the Original. The success of the Genevan, one may suspect also, was not less galling to the prelates, than its principles were opposite to theirs. His Majesty described it as "very partial, untrue, seditious, and savouring too much of dangerous and traitorous conceits." There had also begun to be a great dearth of Bibles, and which even extended to churches. But as this was said of " the for- mer translation," Cranmer's was clearly meant; which it is very likely had been, almost as thoroughly as its predecessors, supplanted by the Genevan. The lack was not perchance abso- lute, so much as of those which princes and prelates could read without discomfort. Parker, the archbishop, was thus led to un- dertake a new revision of the scriptures, under the authority and commission, says Fuller, of the Queen. With this view he divided the whole Bible into fifteen parts, which were allotted to as many trust-worthy men of learning ; each to correct and revise the part assigned him, while to himself he reserved the supervision of the whole. Of their labours, the result was what is sometimes called Parker's, but more commonly the Bishops' Bible, the majority of those engaged in it (viz. eight) EARLY VEENACULAE VEESIONS. 97 having reached the Episcopal rank. These were Alley of Exeter, Davis of St. DavicPs, Sandys of Worcester, Home of Winchester, Grindal of London, Parkhurst ofJVorwich, Cox of Ely, Guest of Rochester. It appeared in large folio, 1568, elegantly printed by Richard Jugge. " The revisers were di- rected," says Parker in his preface, " to follow the former trans- lation" [Cranmer's] more than any other ; as a like deference to the Bishops' itself was enjoined upon their successors in King James's time. The initial signature of the author is most commonly to be found at the end of their respective portions, in the true Episcopal style, — the christian name and the name of the bishopric conjoined (in Latin) ; and by this mark the Bible may, in a degree, be ascertained. Strype says that the capital letter, commencing Genesis, was adorned with the arms of the see of Canterbury [the archi- episcopal see] : in the second edition [1572J stands the picture of the Lord-Treasurer [Burghley] before the Psalms, the book of which, as being his great delight, appears in his hand. With all the high patronage it enjoyed, it does not seem to have got much possession of the kingdom, beyond its pulpits most editions, as Lewis says, being in folio and quarto : he " had never heard of but one in 8vo. [small black letter, 1569] and a New Testament impression only, 1613." What was thought of the spirit and motives in which the version had its origin, may be inferred from the nickname under which it went for a time with many, of Elizabeth's Opposition Bible. At the Hampton Court Conference, in 160-3, the first year of James's reign, was the movement first given to the translation which bears his name. It was begun in 1607, and completed in 161 1. To enter into its history is not called for by the scope of the present narrative ; and the Editor would have been as well pleased to have been spared the unthankful, but unavoid- able oiBce, of touching in the preceding Sketch, with however light a hand, on its character and merits. 9 98 HISTOHIC NOTICES, ETC. Of the foregoing Bibles, the following editions have been used in collating for the present work : — Thomas Matthew's, fol. 1549 ; Taverner's, fol. 1551 ; Cranmer's, or the Great Bible, small 4to. 1541; the Genevan, 4to. 1579 ; the Bishops', fol. 1575. Coverdale's variations, the Editor has been constrained to de- rive at second-hand only, (and of course to great disadvantage) through the medium of Bishop Wilson's edition of the Bible, [3 vols. 4to. 1785] in the margin of which they are quoted ; but often with singular indistinctness, and, (to judge from the references to other versions used in the same connection, which he had opportunity to consult directly,) not with a fidelity to be always or confidently relied upon. Of Coverdale's New Tes- tament, or what purports to be such, there is a copy in small 8vo. supposed about 1536, (for, as commonly happens with these bibli- cal antiques, the title-page is wanting) in the Boston Athenaeum. But the Trustees of that institution did not see fit to further the interests of biblical and antiquarian learning, to the degree of granting its free loan and convenient use towards the improve- ment of the present work. SELECT COLLATIONS OF THE FIKST AND SECOND EDITIONS OP atgnliale's Keto Sestamtitt; CONTAINING ALL THE VARIATIONS IN MATTHEW, CHAPTERS 1. — VII. ; JOHN, CHAPTERS X. XV. ; AND IN THE EPISTLE TO THE GALATIANS.* Matthew. Chs. I. — VII. Ch. 1. Of the captivete of Babilon [they were caryed awaye to Babylon*] After they wer ledd captive to Babilou [And after they were brought to Babylon.*] Of whome was boren* [of which was boren.] The byrthe off Christe [The byrthe of Jesus Christ.*] Mary was maryed vnto Joseph [Mary was betrouthed to Joseph.] Loth to defame her [loth to make an ensample of hir.] In slepe pn a dreame.*] Which is, as moche to saye be interpretacion, as God with vs [which is by interpretacion God with vs.] Ch. II. In Bethleem a toune of Jury [at Bethleem in Jury.] King Herode [Herode the kynge.] Herode the fcynge, after he hadd herde thys [When' Herode ye kynge had herde thys.] He sent for all the chefe [he gathered all ye chefe.] And demaunded off themt [and axed of them.] A toune of Jury [in Jury.] Shalt not be the leest as perteynibge to the princes [art not the leest coneemynge the Princes.] A captaine, whych [the captayne, that.] When ye be come thyder searche [Goo and searche.*] Entred into the house [went into the house.] Warned in tlier slepe [warned of God in a dreame.*] After that they were [When they were.*] In his slepe [in dreame.*] When Herod was deed, IjO 'an angell off the lorde apered vnto Joseph in egipte saynge [When Herode was deed :* beholde, an angell of ye Lorde appered in a dreame to Joseph in Egypte sayinoje.] Which sought the chyldes deeth [which sought ye chyldes life. Warned in his slepe [warned of goo in a dreame.*] Ch. hi. Knoledging their synnes [confessynge their synnes.*] Shalbe hewne doune [is liewen doune*.] With everlastynge fyre [with vnquencheable fyre.*] Open vnto hyra : and he saw* [open over hym : and Jhon sawe.] Thys ya my deare sonne [Thys ys that my beloved sonne.] * The readings of the First Edition, 1525^6, are first in order, those of the Second Ed., Revised in 1534, follow in crotchets. The read ings marked with a * are retained in the present authorized version. 100 SELECT VAHIATIONS OF Ch. IV. In to a desert [into wildernes.*] Att the last he was an hungred [he was afterward an hungred .*] Stey the vpp [holde ye vp.] And the beauty of them [and all ye glorie of them.*] Thy Lorde God [jre Lorde thy God*] Beholde the londe [The londe.*] Lyght is spronge* [lyght is begone to shyne.] Ch. V. Maynteyners of peace [peacemakers,*] Men shall revyl® you* [men reuyle you.] If the salt be once unsavery [jf ye sal* have lost hir saltnes] But to be cast oute at the dores, and tha* men treade it vnder fete [but to be cast oute,* and to be troaden vnder fote of men] All them which are [all that are*] Se that youre light [Let youre light*] Ye shall not tbinke [Thinke not*! To disanull [To destroye*] Shall teache* [teacheth] Shall observe and teache them, that persone shalbe called greate [obserueth and teacheth, ye same shalbe called greate] But whosoever shall saye unto his brother thou fole [But whosoeuer sayeth thou fole] Eny thynge agaynst the [ought agaynst the*] reconcile thy silfe [be reconcyled*] At once [quickly*] Thine adversary [that adversary] Eyeth a wyfe [looketh on a wyfej A testymonyall of her [a testymonyall also of the] One heer whyte, or blacke : [one white heer, or blaeke] Te withstond not wronge [ye resist not wronge] But yf a man [But whosoever*] And take thy coote ftom the [and take awaye thy coote*] Youre hevenly father [youre father tha* is in heauen :*] Ch. VI. The gentyls do [the hethen do*] Them which treaspas vs [cure trespacers] But delyvre vsirom yvell. Amen, [but delyver vs from evell For thyne is ye kyngedome and ye power, and ye glorye for ever. Amen.*] That hit myght apere vnto men that they faste [that they myght besene of men how they faste] Gaddre not treasure together on erth [Se that ye gaddre you not treasure vpon ye erth] There are youre hertes also, [there will youre hertes be also*] Ys full of light [shalbe full of light.] What rayment ye shall weare [what ye shall put od*] Are ye not better than they .' [Are ye not moche better tiien they ?*] Beholde the lyles [Con- sider ye lylies*] Care not for therfore for the daye foloynge : For the daye foloynge shall care ffor yt sylfe. Eehe dayes trouble ys sufficient for the samesilfe day. [Care not then for the morow, but let ye morow care for it selfe : for the daye present hath ever ynough of his awne trouble.] Ch. VII. ludge not lest ye be iudged [Jvdge not, that ye be not iudged.*] Which wolde proffer his sonne a stone if he axed him breed ! [which if his sonne axed hym bread, wolde offer him a stone ?J He that fulfilleth [he that dothe*] Have we not caste [haue caste*] And it was not over throwen, [and it feU not,*] And doth not the same [and doth them not.] John. Chs. X.— XV. Ch. X. Whosoever entreth [he that entreth*] He is a thefe [the same is a thefe*] To this man the porter [to him the porter*J This manner of sayinge [This similitude] Thatt I am the dore FIEST AND SECOND EDITIONS. 101 [1 am the dore*] A goode [yo good*] And knowe my shepe* [and knowe myne] And I geve my sylfe [And I geve my lyfe] And they shall heare* [that they maye heare] And there shalbe won flocke [and that ther maye be one flocke] Agayne there was [And ther was] Solomons hall [Salomons porche*] Is greatter then all men [is greatter then all*] I have sayde [I saye] Butt though ye beleve not me [But if I do though ye beleve not me*] Ch. XI. Then shall he do wele ynough [he shall do well ynough] Jesus spake [How be it Jesus spake*] Cam to Martha* [were come to Martha] Sate stille at home [sate stille in the housse*] I knowe well, he shall [I knowe that he shall*] Whosoever* [He that] And called her sister [and called Marie her sister*] And vexed hym silfe [and was troubled in him selfe] I geve the thankes [1 thanke the*] I knewe wele that [I wot that] With bondes after the manner as they were wonte to bynde their deed with all [with grave bondes] From that day kept they a counsell to gedder [From that daye forth they held a counsell to geder*] Ch. XII. AU the housse smelled [the housse was filled*] Held [therfore held] Which cam [that were come*] Ye se that [perceave ye how*] Loo all the worlde goth after hym [beholde the worlde goth awaye after him] Be cast out a dores [be cast out*] Arme off the lorde declared [arme of yo Lord© opened] He that putteth me awaye [He that refuseth me] Shall iudge [they shall iudge] My father [the father*] I knowe wele that his [I knowe that this] Ch. XIII. Had geven him all [had geven all*] Yff I washe not thy fete [yf 1 wasshe ye not*] But to wesshe his fete, but [save to wesshe his fete, and] Shall men knowe [shall all men knowe*] , Ch. XIV. I will come agayne [And yf I go to prepare a place for yon, I will come agayne*] Verite [yo truthe*] And ye have sene hym [and have sene him*] Thy father [the father*] Dwel- linge in me [that dwelleth-inrae*] Beleve that I am in the father, [Beleve me, that I am the father] (all the later editions have " in the father") Whosoever beleeveth [he that beleveth*] I will come* [but will come] And my father in me, [and you in me*] My fathers [the fathers*] For the chefe ruelar [For the rular] And as my father [therfore as the father] Ch. XV. Be the meanes of the [thorow ye*] --^^nd I in you* [and let me byde in you.] Gadder them* [gaddej- it] They burne [it burneth] Geven you [done to you*] /^Because [How be it because] Have no [not have had] ^J&ey shulde be with cute synne [they had not had synne*] Vente [truthe] Galatians. Cms. I. — VI. Ch. I. Congregaoion [congregacions] For ever. Amen, [for ever and ever. Amen.*] Seke nowe the faveour off men, or off God .' [Preache 1 mannes doctrine or Godes .'] More fervently 9* 102 SELECT VARIATIONS ETC. mayntayned the tradicions [more fervent mayntener of the tradicions] Unto Peter [to se Peter*]" Glorifyed god in me* [glorified God on my behalffe] Ch. II. I went agayne [I went vp agayne*] I went by [I went Tpby*] Which are [which were*] Andassoneas James, Cephas, and Jhon, which semed to be pillares, perceaved the grace thatt was geven vnto me, they gave to me and Barnabas their hondes* [and therfore when they perceaved the grace that was geven vnto me, then James, Cephas and Jhon, which semed to be pilers, gave to me and Barnabas the ryght hondes] To folowe the Jewes ? [to live as do the Jewes ?*] And we have [And therfore we have] Be cause that noo flesshe shalbe iustified by the dedes of the lawe [be- cause that by ye dedes o6ye lawe no flesshe shalbe iustified] Tnen is Christ deed in vayne* [then Christ dyed in vayne.] Ch. III. Ye have suffred in vayne : yf it be so that ye have suf- fered in vayne [there ye have suffred in vayne, if yt be vayne.] Are the children [the same are the chyldren] The scripture [For the scripture] And shewed [and therfore shewed] Thy seedes [the seedes] Conformed of god [confermed afore of God*] Unto which seede the promes [to which ye promes] YiF there had bene* [How be it yf ther had bene] Put Christ on you [put on Christ*] Nether greke [nether gentyle] For all are one [but ye are all one*] Ch. IV. Shulde receave [myght receave*] The dayes [dayes*] I feare off you [I am in feare of you] Not hurte me [not hurte me at all] Te knowe wele howe that [ye knowe, how*] Digged out your awne eyes [plucked out your awne eyes*] Am I so greatly become [Ami therfore becoVne*] Caste a waye [put awaye.] Ch. V. We lokefor and hope to be iustified by the sprete which commeth of fayth [We loke for and hope in the sprite, to be iustified thorow fayth] In god [in the Lorde] I then suffre [I then yet Bufire] Sondred [seperated] Lawynge [variaunce*] Parte takynges [sectes] Shall not be the inheritours [shall not inherite.*] Ch. VI. Yff'a man seme* [If eny man seme] I^et vs do good, and let vs not faynte [Let vs not be wery of well doynge.*] A TABULAR LIST OF TUB DISTINCTIVE EXFRESSIOHS OF TYNDALE, AS BEGABDS THE LATER ENOLISB TSRSIONS INCORPORATED IN THE PRESENT WORE, OF HOST COMMON RECURRENCE. [As to some fe w'of the examples below, the classification of versions is not veiy easy, their agreement as to manner of rendering not being uniform. That in any of the instances, they sometimes occur as here given, is being sufficiently exact. The examples with an asterisk are chiefly in the Epistles.] Tyndale. The Later Vt rsions Seniours .... Elders Deare son .... Beloved son 1 Majestic .... Glorie Deserving > Deserving of workes S Of workes* Helth .... Salvation* 1 Counterfayt Be followers* 1' Gave .... Delivered* g Favour .... Grace* Is my delite I am well pleai sed I Thy Lorde God . The Lorde thy God Hallowed loaves Shewe bread Commaundment Word Pray .... Worship Q Be safe .... Be saved g Lo or Take hede . Beholds 1 Hap^y .... Blessed ^ Lawde or Lawded Praise. Praisei 1 1 Be hurte or Fall \ Hurte 5 Be offended Wrong Occasions of evyll Offences " g Uncovered .... Revealed - Opened "i Appere > . Shewed ) Make manifest a? Ascend > Descend ^ • • • • Go up Come down r 1 Pure .... Holy* Informed , . • ■ Instructed* Morowe .... Next day Unbelief .... Disobedience* . 104 TABULAE LIST. Congregation Similitude . Ester > Ester Lambe ) Mount Olivet The ten cities Be moved Moche preaching , Seat . Fulfil or Fulfilled Excommunicate . People Remember Understand Swete bread Perceived or Knewe wel Fortuned Chaunced Followed Liberalise \ Benevolence J Power . Worshippers of images or idols Dedes . Parents Wiped [as Luke vii. 38. etc, Centurion Miracle Ministering . Robbers Justify Love Towns . Rejoice. Rejoicing Anon or By and By Mayden Vessels Testimony Syr . Minister Region Derth . Sit at meat Cheare . Break matrimonye or wedlocke Repent > Repentance ) Worthie Having indignation Lawyer or Doctor of the laws The Later Versions. Church Parable The Passover Paschal Lamb Mount of Olives Decapolis Be shaken Many wordes Throne S^ Do or done: Put out of the syna- Nation \ gogue Multitude ( Knowe Unleavened bread Knewe It came to passe So it was Grace* Authoritie Idolaters* Workes* Elders Dried Captain Token [Great worke or Sign. Gere.] Hand-reaching* Murtherers Make righteous Charitie Villages Glory. Boasting Immediately T k, g ~ Damsel >'«" ^ Bottles J -".^l Witnesse. T. M. Cr. Lorde. Cov. Bps. Serve or Servant Country Famine Sit at table Comfort Commit adulterie Amende your lives Amendment of life Meet Moved with envy Expounder of the lawe 1.- Ge». TABULAR LIST. 105 Tyndtde. Perfite Debitie > Ruler 5 Submit Wake Gave him audience Judged Dampnation or Dampned Hethen Rekened ) Counted ) Common Pertaining to After the manner of Blyndness Without fault or blame Grudged We are sure Aske. Be riche or Be plenteous Passions ) Afflictions ) Trouble. Troubled Dedicate ) Offered J Offering The Later Versions. Just [Good, Bps.] Governour. Government Deputie Humble Watch Hearde Accused or Condemned* Condemnation* Perdition* Gentiles* Imputed* Unclean* Concerning* According to* Hardness* Blamelesse Murmured Raged We knowe bemand Abounde* Affliction.* Afflicted* Sacrificed* Sacrifice* C! Page 88 Matt ii, XV. xxiv. XXVI. Luke vi. X. xii. 1 Cor. X. Heb, iii. ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS. line 23, for " version" read " revision." , ,, , ^,. (add (note) — the chyldes' life, 20, (the chyldes deeth)-^_4„;'j^p.^^^ ' ^ ,, , , , J C The violent plucke it unto them note 6, should read- i ^^^^ j^ ^y foW, G.] etc. text. 3d par. " — If the blynde leede, etc. note 10, for "desolation" read—" Of desolation." , ™, . ,. X C" Kneweofnothynge," « 27, should answer to- ^ (g,^^ jj^^^ ^^.^^^f) ^ « 2, add — T. M. Cr. (to the authorities.) text. 4th par. should read— Tf ye "do for them, etc. 2d par. — "was combered. 4th par. dele — "after " to hym." note 19, add — Gen. after " shambles." " 4 dele — Gm. Bps. (annexed jn some copies.) M* D» XXVI* 1 ^ . iJctrr. 1 p ^^ ||S^ ""^^Lr "''^ ; .ia;J '''"'i^T^^fe 4 ,^M§ fc£ •4- t if 1 ffi ''iilH III' ^^ 3^Fl^* ^ . l^& '^^s*—. /^■^<'. S>. 3\)on. 3Cf)t first ©Ijapttr. (jifSrS is the boke ofifthe generacion ofT Jhesus Christ the Ck Sonne of David/ the sonne also of Abraham. Abraham begat Isaac : Isaac begat Jacob : Jacob begat Judas and hys brethren : Judas begat phares and zaram off thamar : Phases begat Esrom : EsROM begat Aram : Aram begat Aminidab : Aminadab begat Naasson : Naasson begat Salmon : Salmon begat Boos of Rahab : Boos begat Obed of Ruth : Obed begat Jesse : Jesse begat David the kynge : David the kynge begat Solomon / of her that was the wyfe of Ury: Solomon begat Roboam : Roboam begat Abia : Abl4 begat Asa : Asa begat Josaphat : JosAPHAT begat Joram : Joeam begat Osias : "OsiAs begat Joatham : JoATHAM begat Achas : AcHAs begat Ezechias : EzECHiAs begat Manasses : Manasses begat Amon : jfo. tf. erje ffiospelt of S. JWatSeto. Amon begat Josias : JosiAS begat Jechonias and hys brethren aboute the tyme ^ of the captivete of Babilon. After they wer ledd captive to Babilon / Jechonias begat Salathiel : Salathiel begat Zorobabel : ZoKOBABEL begat Abiud : Abiud begat EUachim : Eliachim begat Azor : AzoK begat Sadoc : Sadoc begat Achin : AcHiN begat Eliud : Elitjd begat Eleasar : Eleasar begat Matthan : Matthan begat Jacob : Jacob begat Joseph the husbande off Mary/ of whome was boren 3iat Jhesus which is called Christ. All the generacions from Abraham to David are fowretene generacions. And from David vnto the captivete of Babilon / are fowrtene generacions. And from the captivete of Babi- lon vnto Christ / are also fowrtene generacions. The byrthe off Cheiste was on thys wyse / When hys mother mary was ^maryed vnto Joseph/ before they cam to dwell togedder / she was founde with chylde by the holy goost. Then her husbande Joseph being a ^ perfect man / and ■* loth to defame her / was mynded to put her awaye secretly. Whill he thus thought/ behold the angell of the lord apered vnto him in slope saynge : Joseph the sonne of David / feare not to take vnto the/ Mary thy wyfe. For that which is conceaved in her is of the holy goost. She shall brynge forthe a sonne / and thou shalt call his name Jesus. For he shall save his people from theire synnes. AU thys was done to fulfill that which was spoken of the lorde be the prophet saynge ; Beholde a mayde shalbe with chylde / and shall brynge forthe a sonne / and they shall call his name Emanuel/ which is as moche to saye be mterpreta- cion/ as God with vs. ' They were caryed awaye to, T.M. Cr. Gen. Bps. [Similar, vts. 12, 17.] ' Betrothed, Tav. Gen. Bps. ^ Righteous, Cr. Bps. Just, Gen. * Loth to make an example of hyr, T.M. Would not bring her to shame, Cor. Cr. Not willing to make hir a puhlique example. Gen. Bps. Sf)e esospell of .S. iWati)eta). (Si), ff. Joseph as sone as he awoke out of slepe / did as the angell off the lorde bade him/ and toke hys wyfe vnto hym/ and knewe her not tyll she had brought forth her fyrst sonne/ and called hys name Jesus. Cjje SecoTilJ ffljnpter. TTT'HEN Jesus was borne in Bethleem a toune of Jury/ m ' ' the tyme of king Herode. Beholde / there cam wyse men from the est to Jerusalem saynge : where is i he that is borne kynge of the Jues .? we have sene his starre in the est/ and are come to worship hym. Herode the kynge/ after he hadd herdethys/ w£is troubled / and all Jerusalem with hym / and he sent for all the chefe prestes and scribes off the people / and demaunded off them where Christ shulde be borne. They sayde vnto hym : in Bethleem a toune of Jury. For thus it is written be flie pro- phet : And thou Bethleem in the londe of Jury/ shalt not be the leest as perteyninge to the princes of iuda. For out of the shal come ^a captaine/ whych shall govern my people is- rahel. Tlien Herod prevely called the wyse men/ and dyligently enquyred of them/ the tyme of the starre that appered. And sent them to bethleem saynge : ^ when ye be come thyder searche dyligentUy for the childe. And when ye have founde hym bringe me worde/ that y maye come and worshippe hym also. , When they had herde the k3mge/ they departed/ and lo the starre whych they sawe in the este went before them/ vntyll it cam and stod over the place where the chylde was. When they sawe the starre/ they *were marveylously gladd/ And entred into the house/ and founde the chUde with Mary hys mother/ and kneled doune and worshipped hym/ and opened there treaseures/ and offred unto him gyftes/ gold/ franckynsence/ and myr. And after they were warned ^in ther slepe/ that they shulde not go ageyne to Herod/ they re- toumed into ther awne countre another way. After that they were departed/ lo the angell of the lorde ' The new borne, Cov. The King of the Jewes that is borne, Gtn. * The govemour that shall feede. Gen. ' Goe and searche, etc. Cov. T.M. Gen. Bps. Go your way thither and searche, etc. Cr. * Exceeding glad, Cr. Rejoiced, with an exceeding great joy [ex- ceedingly with great, Bps.'\, Gen. Bps. ' Of God in a dreame, Cov. T.M. Gen. Bps. Of God in sleepe, Cr. ^0. Ill SDe (StospeU of S. jWatt)et)). apered to Joseph in his slepe saynge Axyse and take the chylde and hys mother/ and flye in to Egipte/ and abyde there till y brynge the worde. For Herod wyll seke the chylde to des- troye hym. Then he arose/ and toke the chylde and his mother by night/ and departed in to Egipte/ and was there vnto the deelh of Herod/ to fulfill that which was spoken of the lorde/ be the prophet/ which sayeth : out of Egipte have y called my sonne. Then Herod perceavynge that he was moocked off the wyse men/ weis exceedynge wroth/ and sent forth ^ and slue all '' the chyldren that were in bethleem/ and in all the costes there of/ as many as were two yere old and vnder/ accord- ynge to the tyme which he had diligently searched oute of the wyse men. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken be the prophet Jeremi/ saynge : ^ On the Miles was a voyce herde/ moum- joige/ wepynge/ and greate lamentacion. Eachel wepynge ffor her chyldren/ and wolde nott be comforted because they were not. When Herod was deed/ Lo an angell off the lorde apered^ vnto Joseph in egipte saynge : arise and. take the chylde and his mother/ and go in to the londe of Israhel. For they are deed which sought the chyldes deeth. Then he arose vp/ and toke the chylde and his mother/ and cam into the londe of Is- rahel. But when he herde that Archelaus did raygne in Jury/ in the roume of hys father Herode/ he was afrayde to go thether/ notwithstondynge after he was warned i" in his slepe/ he toumed a syde into the parties off galile/ and went and dwelt in a cite called Nazareth/ to ffulfill that which was spo» ken be the prophetes : he shalbe called of Nazareth. SCJe SSfttre (Stjajptetf. TN those dayes Jhon the baptiser cam and preached in the ■*■ wUdernes off iury saynge : Repent/i the kjmgdome of heven is at honde. This is he of whom it is spoken be the prophet Esay/ which sayeth : The voyce off a cryer in wyl- dernes/ prepare the lordes way/ and make hys pathes strayght. This Jhon had his garment off camels heer/ and ^a gerdell * Cr. adds — men of warre. ' The male children, Gen. * In Rama, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Cov. T.M. Gen. Bps. add — in a dreame. Cr. — in slepe. '" Of God in a dreame, Cov. T.M. Gen. Bps. Of God in a slepe, Cr. * Cr. adds — Of the life that is past. ' A letherne gyrdell, Cov. Bps. Si)e eSonfell of S. ^at$elu. dtt. n, off a skynne aboute his loynes. Hys meate was locustes/ and wyld hony. Then went out to hym Jerusalem/ and all Jury/ and all the region rounde aboute Jordan/ and were baptised of hym in Jordan/ krioledging their synnes. When he sawe many off the pharises and off the saduces come to hys baptism/ he sayde vnto them : O generacion of vipers/ who hatii taught you to fle from the vengeaunce to come ? brynge forthe therefore the frutes ^ belongytige to re- pentaunce. And ■* se that ye ons thinke not to saye in your- selves/ we have Abraham to oure father. For I say vnto you/ that God is able off these stones/ to rayse up chyldren vnto Abraham. Even nowe is the ax put vnto the rote of the trees : soo that every tree which bringeth not fforthe goode frute/ shalbe hewne doune/ and cast into the fyre. I Baptise you in water ^in token of repentaunce/ but he that Cometh after me/ is myghtier than I : whose shues I am not worthy to beare. he shal baptise you with the holy gost/ and with fyre/ which hath also his fan in his bond/ and will pourge his floore/ and gadre the wheet into his garner/ and will burne the chaffe with everlastynge fyre. Then cam Jesus from Galile into Jordan/ to Jhon/ ffor to be baptised off hym. But Jhon ^fforbade hym/ saynge : I ought to be baptysed off the : and commest thou too me } Je- sus answered and sayde to hym : Lett hyt be so nowe. For thus hit becommeth us to fulfyll all rightewesnes. Then he suffred hym. And Jesus as sone as he was baptised/ came strayght out of the water : And lo heven was open vnto hyro : and ■'he saw the spirite of God descende lyke a dove/ and lyght vpon hym. And lo there cam a voice from heven sayng': thys ys my deare sonne in whom is my delyte. STije jFourtJe ffijapter. npHEN was Jesus ledd awaye of the spirite in to a desert/ -*- to be tempted of the devyll. And when he had fasted fourtye dayes and fourtye nyghtes/ att the last he was an hun- gred. Then came vntyll hym the tempter/ and sayde : yff thou be the sonne of God/ commande that these stones be made bred. He answered and sayde : yt is wrytten/ man ' Worthie amendement of life, Gen. Meete for repentance, Bps. * Be not of such minde that ye woulde saye. Or. Bps. Think not, etc. Gen. ' Unto, Cr. Bps. "Put him backe, Gen. ' John saw, Cm. T.M. Gen. Bps. ' So. fb. Jlte fflfospell of S. JJaatticto. shall nott live only by breede/ But by every worde that pro- ceadeth out off the mouth off God. Then the devyll tooke him vpp in to the holy cite/ and set hym on a pynacle of the temple/ and sayd vnto hym : yf thou be the sonne of God/ cast thysylfe doune. For hit ys wryt- ten/ he shall geve his angels charge over jthe/ and with there handes the shall stey the vpp/ that thou dashe not thy fote agaynst a stone. Jesus sayde to hym/ hit ys wrytten also : thou shalt not tempte thy lorde god. The devyll toke hym up agayne and ledde hym in to an ex- cedynge hye mountayne/ and shew^ed hym al the kyngdomes of the worlde/ and the ^ beauty of them/ and sayde vnto hym : all these will I geve the/ iff thou wilt fauU doune and worehip me. Then sayde Jesus vnto hym. ^ Avoyd Satan. For it is written/ Thou shalt worshyp thy Lorde God/ and hym' only shalt thou serve. Then the Dyvell left hym/ and lo/ the angels cam and mi- nistred vnto hym. When Jesus had herde that Jhon was taken/ he departed in to Galile/ and left Nazareth/ and went and dwelte in Caper- naum/ which is a cite apon the see/ in the coostes off Zabulon and Neptalim/ to ffulfill that whiche was spoken be Esay the prophet/ saynge : Beholde the londe of Zabulon and Nepta- lim/ the waye of the see beyonde Jordan/ Galile off the Gen- tyls/ the people whiche sat in dercknes/ sawe greate lyght : And to them which sate in the region and shadowe of deeth/ lyght is ^spronge. From thatt tyme Jesus began to preache/ and to say/ re- pent : for the kingdome of heven is at honde. As Jesus walked by the see off Galile/ he sawe two breth- ren : Simon which was called Peter/ and Andrew his brother/ castynge a neet into the see (for they were fisshers) and he sayde unto them : folowe me/ and I will make you fisshers of men. And they strayght waye lefte there nettes/ and folow- ed hym. Aid he went forthe from thence/ and sawe other twoo brethren/ James the sonne of Zebede/ and Jhon his brother in the shippe/ with Zebede their father mendynge their nettes/ and called them. And they ■• with out taryinge lefte the shyp and their father and folowed hym. ' Glorie, .311 the Vers. ' Get thee hence behinde me, Bps. » Begone to shyne, Cov. T.M. Risen up, Gen. * Straightway, Cr. Tin. Gen. Bps. Ste fflrospell of S. j|%lat1)et)). ®ii. b. And Jesus went aboute all Galile/ teachyng yn their sin- agogues/ and preachynge the gospell of the kyngdome/ and healinge all manner of sicknes/ and all manner dyseases amonge the people. And hys ifame spreed abroode flirough cute all Siria. And they brought vnto hym all sicke people/ that were taken with divers diseases and gripinges/ and them that were possessed with devils/ and those which were luna- tyke/ £md those that had the palsey/ And he healed them. And there folowed hym a greate nombre off people/ ^from Galile/ and from the ten cities/ and from Jerusalem/ and from Jury/ and from the regions that lye beyonde Jordan. STIje b. CItapter, "Wf HEN he sawe the people/ he went vp into a mountayne/ ' and when he was set/ his disciples cam vnto hym/ and he openned his mought/ and taught Ihem saynge : Blessed are the povre in sprete : for theirs is the kyngdome off heven. Blessed are they that mome : for they shalbe comforted. Blessed are the meke : for they shall inheret the erth. Bless- ed are they which honger and thurst for rightewesnes : for they shalbe filled. Blessed are the merciful! : for they shall ob- teyne mercy. Blessed are the pm-e in herte : for they shall se God. Blessed are the ^maynteyners of peace : for they shalbe called the chyldren of God. Blessed are they which suffre persecucion for rightewesnes sake : for theirs ys the kingdome off hevene. Blessed are ye when men shall revyle you/ and persecute you/ and shall falsly say all manner of yvell sayriges agaynst you for my sake. Reioice and be glad/ for greate is youre rewarde in heven. For so persecuted they the prophets which were *^before youre dayes. Ye are the salt of the erthe. but and if the salt ^ be once unsavery/ "* what can be ^ salted ther with ? it is thenceforthe goode for nothynge/ but to be cast oute at the dores/ and that men treade it vnder fete. Ye are the light of the worlde. A cite that is set on an hill cannot be hid/ nether do men lyght a candell and put it vnder a busshell/ but on a candelstick/ and it lighteth all them which are in the housse. Se that youre light so shyne before men/ that they maye se youre good workes/ and glorify youre father which is in heven. ' T. M. and Tav. omit — From Galile and from the ten cities. ' Peacemakers, All the Vers. ' Before you, C'r. Gen. Bps. " Have lost his saltneas [savour, Gen.}, Cov. T.M. •'Wherewith shall it be salted, Gere. Bps, * Seasoned, C'r. Se. b. aSe ffllospeU of S. IttatSeh). ^ Ye shall not thinke that I am come to "^ disanull the lawe/ or the prophets, no I am nott come to disanull them/ but to fulfyll them. For truely I saye unto you/ till heven and erthe perisshe/ one iott/ or one tytle of the lawe shall not scape/ tyll all be fulfilled. Whosoever breaketh one of these lest commaundmentes/ and shall teach men so/ he shalbe called the leest in the kyng- dome off heven. But whosoever shall observe and teache them/ that persone shalbe called ® greate in the kyngdome off heven. For I saye vnto you/ except youre rightewesnes excede/ the rightewesnes off the scribes and pharisees/ ye cannot en- tre into the kyngdome off heven. Ye have herde howe it was sayd vnto them off the olde tyme. Thou shalt not kyll. Whosoever shall kyll/ shalbe 'in daunger of iudgement. But I say vnto you/ whosoever his angre with hys brother/ i" shalbe ^ in daunger off iudge- ment. Whosoever shall saye unto hys brother racha/ shalbe 11 in daunger off a counsell. But whosoever shall saye ^^ unto his brother thou fole/ shalbe ^^ in daunger of hell fyre. Ther- forewhen thou offerest thy gyfte att the altre/ and there re- membrest that thy brother hath eny thynge agaynst the : leve there thyne offrynge before the altre/ and go thy waye first and reconcile thy silfe to thy brother/ and then come and offre thygyffle. Agre with thine adversary ^^ at once/ whiles thou arte in the waye with hym/ lest thine adversary deUvre the to the iudge/ and the iudge delivre the to the minister/ and then thou be cast in to preson. I say unto the verely : thou shalt not come out thence till thou have payed the vtmost farthing. Ye have herde howe yt was sayde to them off olde lyme/ Thou shalt nott committ advoutrie. But I say unto you/ that whosoever i* eyeth i^ a wyfe/ lustynge affler her/ bathe com- mitted advoutrie with her alredy in his hert. Wherfore yf thy right eye ^^ offende the/ plucke hym out and caste him from the. i'^ Better hit is for the that one of thy 6 Think not, etc. Ml the Vers. ' Destroy, Ml the Vers. » The greatest, Cov. ' Culpable of judgment. Gen. ^° Cr. Gen. and Bps. add — unadvisedly. Tav. without a cause. " Worthy to be punished by or with, Gere. '^ Cov. Gen. Bps. omit — unto his brother. " Quickly, Ml the Vers. " Looketh on, All the Vers. '* An- other man's wife, Cr. A woman, Gere. Bpi. '^ Hinder, Cr. Cause [vs. 30, make] thee to offend. Gen. " For it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perishe and not, etc. Bps. membres perisshe then that all thy body shuld be caste in to hell. Also yf thy right honde i® offend the/ cut hym off and caste hym from the. i'' Better hyt ys that one off thy membres perisshe/ then that all thy body shulde/ be caste in to hell. Hit ys sayd/ whosoever put awaye his wyfe/ let hym geve her a testymonyall of her devorcement. But I say vnto you : whosoever put awaye his wyfe (except hyt be for fornication) causeth her to breake matrimony. And whosoever mary- eth her that is divorsed/ breketh wedlocke. AgajTie ye have herde howe it was sayd to them off olde tyme/ thou shalt not forswere thy silfe/ but shaltt' performe i^thyne othe to Gtod. But I say vnto you swere not at all: nether by heven for hyt ys goddes seate : nor yet by the erth/ ffor it ys hys fote stole : Nether by Jerusalem/ ffor hit ys the cite of the grete kjmge : neither shalt thou sweare by thy heed/ because thou canst not make one heer whyte/ or blacke : But your communicacion shalbe/ ye/ ye : nay nay. For whatsoever is i^ more than that' cometh off yvell. Ye have herde howe it ys sayd/ an eye for an eye : a tothe for a tothe. But I saye vnto you/ that ye ^"withstond not wronge : But yf a man ^^ geve the a blowe on thy right cheke/ toume to him the othre. And yff eny man will sue the at the lawe/ and take thy coote from the/ Lett hym have thy cloocke also. And whosoever wyll compell the to goo a myle/ goo wyth him twayne. Geve to him that axeth. and from him that wolde borowe toume not awaye. Ye have herde howe it is sayde : thou shalt love thyne neighbour/ and hate thine enemy. But y saye vnto you/ love youre enemies. Blesse them that coursse you. Do good to them that hate you/ Praye ffor them which ^doo you wronge/ and persecute you/ that ye may be the chyldren of youre hevenly father : ffor he maketh his sunne to aiyse/ on the jrvell/ and on the good/ and sendeth his reyne on the iuste and on the iniuste. For yf ye shall love them which love you : what rewarde shall ye have .' Doo not the publicans even so.' And if ye ^ be frendly to youre brethren onli : what singuler thynge doo ye ? Doo nott the publicans lyke- wyse ? Ye shall therefore be perfecte/ even as youre heven- ly father is perfecte. " Unto the Lorde those things thou swearest, Cr. " Is axlded more, Cr. ^ Resist not evil, Cr. Gen. Bps. *' Smite thee, Gen. ^ Hurte, Cr. Gen. Bps. '^ Make much of, Cr. Sa- lute, Bpr. jTo. M. ese eEosjiell of S. iWatJeto. EJe b[. ®j)apter. nPAKE hede to youre almes. That ye geve it not in the syght of men. to the intent that ye wolde be sene off them. Or els ye gett no rewarde off youre father in heven. Whensoever therefore thou gevest thine almes/ thou shall not make a trompet to be blowne before the/ as the ypocrites do in the synagoges and in the stretes/ ffor to i be preysed off men/ Verily I say vnto you/ they have there rewarde. But vfhen thou doest thine almes/ let not thy lyfte honde knowe/ what thy righte hand doth/ that thyne almes may be secret/ and thy father which seith in secret shall rewarde the openly. And when thou prayest/ thou shalt nott be as the ypocrites are. For they ^love to stond and praye in the synagogges and in corners of the stretes/ because they wolde be sene of men. Veriley I say vnto you/ they have there rewarde. But when thou prayest/ enter into thy ^ chambre/ and shutt thy dore to the/ and pray to thy father which ys in secrete : and thy father which seith in secret/ shall rewarde the openly. But when ye pray/ *bable not moche/ as the gentyls do : for they thuicke that they shalbe herde/ ffor there moche bab- lynges sake. Be ye not lyke them there fore. For youre mther knoweth whereof ye have neade/ before ye axe off him. After this maner there fore pray ye. O oure father which art in heven/ halowed be thy name. Let thy kingdom come. Thy wyll be fulfilled/ as well in erth/ as hit ys in heven. Geve vs this daye oure dayly breade. And forgeve vs oure ^treaspases/ even as we forgeve ^them which treaspEis vs. Leede vs not into temptation, but delyvre vs from yvell/ ''Amen. For and yff ye shall foregeve other men there treaspases/ youre father in heven shal also forgeve you. but and ye wyll not forgeve men there trespases/ no more shall youre father forgeve your trespases. Moreover when ye faste/ ^be not sad as the ypocrites are. For they disfigure there faces/ that hit myght ^ apere vnto men that they faste. Verely y say vnto you/ they have there rewarde. But thou/ when thou fastest/ annoynte thine heed/ ' Be esteemed, Bps. = Use, Cr. ^ Closet, Bps. ■> Use no vayne repetitions, Gen. * Dettes, Gen. Bps. ^ Our detters [Trespassers, T.M. Tav.], T.M. Tav. Gen. Bps. ' Ml the Vers, add theDoxology — For thine, etc. ^ hooke not sowie, Gen. Be not of an heavie countenance, Bps. ' Be sene of men how they fast, T.M. ese ffiosjirtl of S. J«at!)eiu. Syr, Cov. Lorde, Bps. ' My roofe, Ml the Vers. ^ Sub- jecte to the authorite of another, Cr. ■• Sit downe, Gen. 'Utter, M the Vers. « The selfe same, Cr. Bps. The selfe, T. M. ' Cr. adds — In bed. ' To depart unto the other side, Bps. Cr. adds — of the water. ' Rest, All the Vers. (SCiie ffifasjpell of S. IttatjietD. ®i). Ip and burye my father. But Jesus said vnto him : folowe me/ and let the deed burie their deed. And he entred in to a shyppe/ and his disciples folowed him/ And lo there arose a greate storme in the see/ in so moche/ that the shippe was i' hyd with waves/ and he was aslepe : And his disciples cam vnto him/ and awoke him/ sayinge : master/ save us/ we perishe. And he said vnto them ! why are ye fearfuU/ o ye ^^ endowed with lytell faithe .' Then he arose/ and rebuked the wyndes and the see/ and there folowed a greate calme. And men marveyled an4 said : what ^^ man is this/ that bothe wyndes and see obey him ? And when he was come to the other syde/ in to the coun- tre off the gergesens/ there met him two possessed of devylls/ which cam out off the graves/ and were out off measure fearce/ so that no man myght go by that waye. And lo they cryed out sajmge : O Jesu the sonne off God/ what have we to do with the .' art thou come hjrther to torment vs before the tyme 1' [be come] } There was a good waye off from them a greate heerd of swyne fedinge. Then the devyls besought him saynge : if thou cast vs out/ suffre vs to go oure waye into the heerd of swyne. And he said vnto them : go youre wayes : Then went they out/ and departed into the heerd of swyne. And lo/ all the heerd of swyne i* was caryed with violence hedlinge into the see/ and perisshed in the water. Then ^^ the heerdmen fleed/ and went there ways into the cite/ and tolde every thinge/ and what had fortuned vnto them that were pos» sessed of 3ie devyls. And lo/ all the cite cam out/ and met Jesus. And when they sawe him they besought him/ to de- part out off there costes. A^ ffiSe {f. Covered, JU the Vers. " Of little fayth, ^U the Vers. « Man- er of man, Cr. Bps. " Cr. Gen. Bps. omit. '■• Was caried hedlonge, Cr. Was caried with violence from a steepe downe place, Gen. Rushed headlong, Bps. " They that kept them, Cr. Bps. Sfe. fj:. ffije ffiospell of S. JWatJeto. thi simies ar forgeven the/ or to saye : arise and walke ? That ye may knowe/ that the sonne of man hathe power to forgeve synnes in erth/ then sayd he vnto the sicke of the palsey : aryse/ tsike vppe thi beed/ and go home to thyne housse. And he arose and departed to his housse. The people that sawe it/ marveylled and glorified God/ which had geven suche power to men. And as Jesus passed forth from thence/ he sawe a man sytt at the receyte off custume named Matheu/ and said to him : folowe me. And he arose and folowed him. And hit cam to passe/ thatt Jesus satt at meate in his housse. And lo/ many publicans and synners/ cam and satt downe also with Jesus/ and his disciples. When the pharyses had perceaved that/ they sayd vnto his disciples : Why eateth youre master with publicans and syn- ners ? When Jesus herde that/ he sayde vnto them : ^ The whole neade not the visicion/ but they thatt are sicke. Goo and leame/ what that meaneth: ^I have pleasure in mercy/ and not ^ in offerynge. For I am not come to call the right- ewes/ but the sinners to repentaunce. Then cam the disciples of Jhon to hym saynge/ why do we and the farises fast ■* ofte : but thy disciples fast not .'' And Jesus sayde vnto them : Can the ^weddynge chyldren morne as longe as the bridegrom is with them .' The tyme will come when the brydgrome shalbe tacken awaye from them/ and and then shall they faste. Noo man ^peceth an olde garment with a pece off newe cloothe. For then tacketh he away the pece agayne from the garment/ and the rent ys made worsse. Nether do men put newe wyne into olde vessels/ for then the vessels breake/ and the wyne runneth oute and the vessels per- ysshe. But they powre newe wyne into newe vessels/ and so are both '' saved togedder. Whyls he thus spake vnto them/ Lo there cam a certayne ruler/ and worshipped hyme saynge : my doghter is deed all redy/ but com and lay thy honde on her/ and she shall live. And Jesus arose and folowed hym with hys disciples. And beholde/ a woman which was diseased with an issue of bloud xij yeres/ cam behynde hym and toched the hem off hys ves- ' They that be strong, Cr. ' I will have mercy, Cr. Gen. I wil mercie, Bps. ^ Sacrifice, Cr. Gen. Sps. * For the most parte, Cr. ° Bridegrome's children, Cr. Children of the bride|[mariage, Gen.] chamber. Gem,. Bps. ' Putteth a peece of newe cloth in an olde garment, Cr. Bps. ' Preserved, Gen. Bps. ' sue ®tospcU ot S. JWatteto. €t. ip ture. For she sayd in her silfe : yfF I maye toche but even his vesture only/ Ishalbe safe. Jesus toumed hym about/ and behelde her saynge : Doughter be off goode comforte/ thy fayth hath made the safe. And she was made whole even that same houre. And when Jesus cam into the ruelers housse and sawe the minstrels/ and the people ^wondrynge/ he sayde vnto them : Get you hence/ for the mayde is not deed/ but slepeth. And they leughe hym to scorne. As sone as the people were put forthe a dores/ he went in and toke her by the bond/ ^ and the mayde arose. And this was noysed through out all the londe. And as Jesus departed thence/ two blynde men folowed hym crying and sayng : O thou sonne of David/ have mercy on vs. And when he was come into the housse/ the blynde cam to hym. And Jesus sayde vnto them : Beleve ye that I am able to do thys ? They sayde vnto hyme : ^^ye master. Then touched he their eyes/ sayng : accord5mge to youre faythe/ be it vnto you. AJtid their eyes wer opened. And he chaurged them sayng : Se that no man knowe of it. But they as sone as they were departed/ spreed abroade hys name through oute all the londe. As they went out/ beholde/ they brought to hym a domne man possessed of a devyll. And as sone as the devyll was cast oute/ the domne spsdce. And the people merveled/ sa- ynge : it never soo appered in Israhel. But the pharises sayde : he casteth oute devyls/ ^i by the power of the chefe devyll. And Jesus went about all the cites and tounes/ teachynge in their sinagogges and preachyng the i^^gospell off the kyng- dome. And healinge all maner sicknes and desease amonge the people. But when he sawe the people/ he hadd pite on them/ because they were ^^ pined awaye/ and scattered abroade even as shepe/ havynge no sh6pheerd. Then sayde he to hys disciples : the hervest is ^* greate/ but the laborers ar feawe. Wherfore praye the harvest lorde/ to sende forthe labourers into hys harvest. ' Raginge, T. M. Cob. Making a. noise, Gen. Bps. ° Cr.adda — and sa^d, Damsel arise. '" Lorde, we beleve, Cr. " Throug-h the prince of devils, Cr. Gen. Bps. '* Gladde tydings, T. M. Cr. " Destitute, Or. Bps. Dispersed, Gen. " Plenteous, Cr. Bps. if a. );. S])e efosiiell of S. j!Hat$eiu. BCjje );. ffijapter. A ND he called his xij disciples vnto him/ and gave them -^*- power over all vnclene sprites/ to cast them oute/ and to heale all maner of sicknesses/ and all maner off deseases. The names of the xij apostles are these. The fyrst/ Simon which ys called Peter : and Andrew his brother. James the Sonne of Zebede/ and Jhon his brother. Philip and Bartle- mew. Thomas and Mathew the publican. James the sonne of Alphe and Lebbeus/ otherwyse called Taddeus/ Simon off cane/ and Judas Iscarioth/ which also betrayed hym. These xij sent Jesus/ and commaunded them saynge : Goo nott into the ^ wayes thatt leade to the gentyls/ and into the cites off the Samaritans enter ye nott. But go rather to the loste shepe off the housse of israhel. go and preach sayng : that the kyngdome off heven ys at hande. Heale the sicke/ dense the lepers/ rayse the deed/ caste oute the devils. Fre- ly ye have receved/ frely geve agayne. Possess nott golde/ nor silver/ nor ^.brasse/ yh youre ^ gerdels/ nor yet scrip to- wardes your journey : Nether two cotes/ nether shues/ nor yet *a rod. For the workman is worthy to have his meate. Into whatsoever cite or toune ye shall com/ enquyre who ys * worthy yn it/ and there abyde till ye goo thence. And when ye come into an housse/ ^ grete the same. And yff the housse be ^worthy/ youre peace shall come apon the same. But yf it be not * worthy/ youre peace shall retourne to you agayne. And whosoever shall nott receave you/ nor will heare your preachynge/ when ye departe oute off that housse/ or that cite/ shake of the duste of youre fete. True- ly I say vnto you : it shalbe easier for the londe off Zodoma/ and Gomora/ in the daye off iudgement/ then for that cite. Lo I sende you forthe as shepe aniipnge wolves. Be ye therfore wyse as' serpentes/ and innocent as doves. Beware off men/ ffor they sImiU deliver you vp to the counseUs/ and shall scourge you in there sinagogges. And ye shall be brought ' to the heed ruelers and kynges for my sake/ in wit- nes to them and to the gentyls. But when they ^ put you up/ take no thought howe or what ye shall speake/ for yt shall be geven you/ even in that same ' Way of the Gentiles, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Money, Gen. ' Pur- ges, Cr. Bps. * A stafte, Ml the Vers. ^ Mete for you, Cov. " Salute, Ml tlus Vers. ' Before princes, Cov. To the governours, Gen. 8 Deliver, All the Vers. [So vs. 21, Cr. Bps.] {[(e CSaspcll of S. matl)eb>. (t% x- houre/ what ye shall saye. For it is not ye that speke/ but the sprete of your father which speaketh in you. The broth- er shall betraye the brother to deeth/ and the father the sonne. And the chyldren shall aryse agynste their ^ fathers/ and mo- thers : and shall put them to deethe/ and ye shall be hated off all men/ ffor my name. But whosoever i" shall continew vn- to the ende/ shall be saved. When they persecute you in wone cite/ flye into another. I tell you for a treuth/ ye shal nott i^ fynysshe all the cites of israhel/ tyll the sonne 6{ man be come. The disciple ys nott above hys master : Nor yet the servaunt above his lorde. It is 3mough for the disciple to be as hys master ys/ and that the servaunt be as his lorde ys. Yf they have called the i® lorde off the housse beelzebub : howe moche more shall they call them of his householde so ? feare them nott there fore. There is no thinge i^so close/ that sliall not be *^ openned/ and no thinge so hyd that shall not be knowen. What I tell you in derckness/ that speake ye in light. And what ye heare in the eare that preache ye on ^^ the housse toppes. And feare ye nott them which kyll the body/ and be nott able to kyll the soule. But rather feare him/ which is able to destroye bothe soule and body in hell. Are nott two ^^ spar- rowes Solde for a farthinge .' And i^none of them doth lyght on the grounde/ with out youre father. And now are all flie heeres of youre heedes "numbred. Feare ye not ther fore/ ye are off more value/ then many sparrowes. Who soever ther fore i^knowlegeth me before men/ him will I knowledge before my father in heven. But whosoever shall denye me before men/ him will I also denye before my father which ys in heven. Thynke not/ that y am come to sende peace in to the erth. I cam nott to send peace/ but a swearde. For y am come to set a man at varyaunce age3Tist hys father/ and the doughter ageynst her mother/ and the doughterelawe ageinst her mo- therelawe : And a mannes fooes shalbe/ they of his owne housholde. He that lovith hys father/ or mother more then me/ is not ^8 worthy of me. And he that loveth his sonne/ or doughter 9 Parents, Gen. '» Endiireth, .SU the Vers. " Go through, Ct. Ende, Bps. " Master, Gen. ■ " Covered — disclosed, Gen. " The houses, Bps. ** Littie sparows, Cr. Bps. '* One of them shall not, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. " Told, Ccm. " Shall acknow- ledge, Tav. Shall confesse, Gm. Bps. i° Mete for, Cm. T. M. Sfo. p. ffie eSosjpell o£ S. ittatjeto. more then me/ is not ^ mete for me. And he that taketh nott his crosse and foloweth me/ ys nott ^Omete for me. He that *i fyndeth his lyfe/ shall lose it : and he that losith hys lyfe for my sake/ shall fynde it. He that receavith you/ receavith me : and he that receavith me/ receavith him that sent me. He that receavith a pro- phet in the name of a prophet/ shall receave a prophets re- warde. And he that receavith a righteous man in the name of a righteous man/ shall receave the reward of a righteous man. And whosoever shall geve vnto won of these lytie wonnes to drinks/ a cuppe of colde water only/ in the name of a disciple : ^ I tel you of a trueth/ he shall not lose his re- ■warde. Sic pf. (Etaptev. A ND it cam to passe when JeSus had ' ended his preceptes -^ vnto his disciples/ he departed thence/ to preache and teache in there cites. When Jhon beinge in preson herde the workes of Christ/ he sent two of his disciples and sayde vnto him. Arte thou he that shall come : or shall we loke for another ? Jesus an- swered and sayde vnto them. Go and shewe Jhon what ye have herde and sene. The blind se/ ^ the halt goo/ the lyp- pers ar clensed : The deef heare/ the ded are reysed vp ageine/ and 3 the gospell is preachede to the. povre. And happy is he thatt is noott hurte by me. Even as they departed/ Jesus began to speake vnto the peo- ple of Jhon. What went ye for to se in the wyldemes ? went ye out to se a rede waveringe with the wynde ? oder what went ye out for to se ? went ye to se a man clothed in soofte rayment .' Beholde/ they that weare soofte clothing are in kynges howses. Butt what went ye oute for to see ? went ye outt to se a prophet ? Ye I saye vnto you/ and * more then a prophet. For this is he off whom it is wrytten. Beholde/ 1 sende my messenger before thy face/ which shall prepare thy wave before the. Verely y saye vnto you/ amonge ^ the chyldren off women " Worthie of, Cr. Gcw. Bps. «' Will save, Gen. '^ Verely I say unto you, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, All the Vers. ° The lame [liault, Bps.'] walke, Cr. Bps. ' The poor receive [the glad tydings of, Cr.'] the gospel, Cr. Gen. Tlie glad tydings is preached to the poor, T. M. The poore have the gospel preached to them, Bps. * More excellent than, Bps. ' Them which are borne [begotten, Gen.] of women, Cr. Gen. Bps. Sfje there- felowes/ and saye : we have pyped vnto you/ and ye have not daunsed. We have morned vnto you/ and ye have not ' sorowd. For Jhon cam nether eatynge nor drinkinge/ and they saye he hath the devyll. The sonne of man cam eat- ynge and drinkynge/ and they saye/ beholde a glutton/ and ®a diynker of wyne/ and a frend vnto publicans/ and synners. And wysdome is iustified off her chyldren. Then began he to vpbraid the cites/ in which most of his 9 miracles were don/ because they i" did not repent. Wo be to the Chorasin. Wo be to the Betzaida : for if the ^ mira- cles which wer shewd in you had bene done in tiyre and si- don they had repented longe agon in sack cloth and asshes. Neverthelesse y say to you : it shall be esier for Tyre and Sidon at the daye of iudgement/ then for you. And thou Ca- pernaum which art lift vp vnto heven/ shalt be thrust doune to hell, ffor if the ' miracles which have bene done in the/ had bene shewed in Zodom : they had remayned to this daye. Neverthelesse I say vnto you : it shall be easiar for ^^ Zodom in the daye of iudgment/ then for the. Then Jesus answered and sayd I prayse the o father lorde of heven and erth/ be- cause thou hast hyd these thynges from the wyse and prudent, and hast opened them vnto babes/ i® even so father for so it pleased the. All thynges are geven vnto me of my father. And no man knoweth the sonne/ but the father, nether know- eth eny man the father/ save the sonne/ and he to whome the Sonne will open hym. Come vnto me all ye that labour/ and ar laden/ and y will ' The violent [take it by force, Geti. plucke it unto them], Cr. Gen. Bps. They that go to it with violence, plucke it unto them, T. M. ' Lamented, Gera. 8 Unmeasnrable drinker, etc. Cr. 'Mighty [great, Gen.] workes, Gen. Bps. '" Amended not. Gov. T. M. " All the Vers, add — the lande of. •' Verely Father, even so [Even so, O Father, for so, etc. Bps."] was it thy good pleasure, Cr. Bps. It is so, O Father, because thy good pleasure was such. Gen. Jfo. ifif. 2!r$e (Siospell of £. |ttati)eta). ese you. Take my yoke on you and leme of me for y am make and loly in herte : and ye shall fynd i^ ese vnto youre soules. For my yoke is easy/ and my burden is light. I STfiE ):fj. ffljapter. N that tyme went Jesus on the sabot day thorow the com and his disciples wer anhongred/ and began to plucke the eares oif coorne/ and to eate. When the pharises had sene that/ they sayde vnto him : Behold thy disciples do that which is not lawfuU to do apon the saboth day. He sayde vnto them : Have ye nott reed whatt David did/ when he was an hounger- ed/ and they alsoo which were with him ? How he entred into the housse of God/ and ate the halowed loves/ whiche wer not lawfuU ffor hym to ete/ nether ifor them which were with hym : but only for the prestes. Or have ye not reed in the lawe/ howe that the prestes in the temple ^ breake the sab- oth daye and yet are blamelesse ? But I saye vnto you : that here is one greater then the temple. Wherfore if ye had wist what this saynge meneth : I ^ requyre mercy/ and not sacri- fice, ye wold never have condemned innocentes. For the Sonne off man is lorde even off the saboth daye. And he departed thence/ and went into their Sinagogge/ and beholde there was a man/ whiche had his hande dryed vp. And they axed hym saynge : Ys yt lawfuU to heale apon the saboth daye } because they myght acuse hym. An9 he feyde vnto them : ^whyche ys he amonge you/ iff he had a shepe fallen into a pitt on the saboth daye/ that wolde not take hym and lyft hym out .' And howe moche ys a man better then a shepe ? Wherfore it ys lefull ■* to do a good dede on the saboth daye. Then sayde he to the man : stretch forth thy hand/ and he stretcihed it forthe/ and yt was ^ agayne made even as whole as the other. Then the faryses went forthe/ and toke counsell agaynst hym/ howe they myght destroye hym. When Jesus knewe that' he departed thence/ and moche people folowed him/ and he healed them all. and charged them/ that they shulde not make him knowne/ to fulfyll that which was spoken by Esay the prophet/ which sayeth : Beholde my *sonne/ whom I have " Rest, ^U the Vers. ' Prophane, Bps. =1 will [will have, Gen.] Bps. = Which of you woulde it be, T. M. Cr. What man Bhall there be of [among, Gen.] you, Gen. Bps. * To do wel, Gen. Bps. ' Restored unto health, Cr. « Child, T. M. Cr. Bps. Ser- vant, Gen. mt fflospril of S. Plattieh). ©S. Vtf. chosen/ my "^ derlinge/ in whom my soule hath had delite. I wyll put my sprete on him/ and he shall shewe iudgement to the gentyls. He shall not stryve/ he shall not crye/ nether shall eny man heare hy^ Voyce in the streetes/ a brosed rede/ shall he not breacke/ and ^flaxe that beg5mneth to bume he shall not quenche/ tyll he sende forth iudgement vnto victory/ and in hys name shall the gentyls truste. Then was brought to h5an/ won possessed with a devyll whych was both blynde and domne. and he healed him/ inso- much that he which was bljmd and domne both spake and sawe. And all the people were amased/ and sayde : Ys not this the Sonne of david ? When the pharises herde that/ they sayde : * he dryveth the devyls no other wyse oute but by the helppe offbelsebub the i^chefe of the devylls. But Jesus knewe their thoughtes and sayde to them. Every kyugdom divided with in it sylfe shalbe i' desolate. Nether shall eny cite or householde devyded agenst it sylfe/ contynue. So if satan cast out satem/ then ys he devyded agenst him sylfe. Howe shall then hys kyngdom endure .' Also yf y by the helppe of belzebub cast out devyls : by whose helppe do youre children cast them out ? therfore thei shalbe youre iudg- ges : But if I cast out the devyls by the sprete of God : then ys the kyngdom of God come on you ? Other howe can a man enter into a i^ mighty mannes housse/ and 13 violently take awaye his godes : excepte he fyrst bynde the stronge man/ and then spoyle hys housse? He thatt ys not with me ys agaynst me. And he that gaddereth not with me scattereth abrode. Wherefore I say vnto you all maner of synne and blasphemy shalbe forgeven vnto men/ but the blasphemy against the Wholy goost/ shall not be forgeven vnto men. And whosoever speaketh a worde agaynst the sonne off man/ it shall be forgeven hym. but whosoever speaketh agaynst the holy goost/ yt shall not be fforgeven hym : no/ nether in this worlde/ nether in the worlde to come. Other make the tree good/ and his frute good also : or els make the tree evyll/ and his frute evyll also. For the tree ys knowen by hys frute. O generacion of vipers/ howe can ye ' Beloved, .Td the Vers, j ' Smoking flax, Cr. Gm.Bps. 'This felowe driveth. etc. T. M. This man castetli the devils no other, etc. Gen. This (ti-lowe) doth cast out, Bps. '" Prince, Gen. Bjis. " Brought to nnu^ht [desolation, Bps.'] T.M. Cr. Gen.Bps. •* Strong, M the Vers. " Spoyle his goods [jewels, Cr.] Cr. Gen. Bps. '* Spirite, Cr. Holy spirite, Bps. jTo. jrfff. Srje ffiospell of S. iWtatJcto. 1* saye well/ when ye youre selves are evyll ? For of the aboundance of the hertz the mouthe speaketh. A good man oute of the good treasure of hys hertz bryngeth forthe good thynges. And an evyll man out off his evyll treasurez bryng- eth forth evyll thynges. But I say unto youz that of every ydell wordez that men shall have spoken : they shall geve a countes at the daye off iudgement. For by thy wordes thou Shalt be iustifyed : and by thy wordes thou shalt be condem- ned. Then ^^ answered certayne off the scribes and off the phari- ses saynge : Masterz we i' wolde fayne se a sygne of the. He answered them saynge : the evyll and advoutrous generacion seketh a signez but there shall no signe be geven to themz but the signe of the prophete ionas. for as ionsis was thre days and thre nyghtes in the whales belly : soo shall the sonne of man be thre days and thre nyghtes in the hert of the erth. The men of ninivite shall rise at the day of iudgement with this na- cionz and condemne them. For they ^^ repented at the preach- ynge of Jonas, and beholdez a greater than Jonas ys here. The quene of the south shall ryse ^^ at the day of iudgement with this generacionz and shall condemne them : For she cam from the vtmost partes of the 2" worldez to heare the wisdom of Solomonz and beholde ^i heare is a greater then Solomon. When the vnclene sprete is gone out of a man/ he walketh throughout dry placesz seking reest and fjmdeth none. Then he sayeth : I will retourne ageyne into my houssez from whence I cam oute. And when he is comez he fyndeth the housse empty and sweptez and gamisshed.- Then he goeth his waye/ and taketh seven spretes worse then hym sylfez and sp entre they in and dwell there. And the ende of that man is worsse than the beginnyng. Even so shall it be to this ''^frowarde nacion. Whill he yet talked to the people : beholde hys moder and his brethren stode withoute the doresz desyring to speake with him. Then won said vnto him : beholde thy moder and thy brethren stond withoutz desiringe to speke with the. He answered and sayd to him that tolde hym : Who is my mother ! or who are my brethren .' And he stretched forth his bond ^over his diciples and sayd : behold my mother and " Speake good things, Cr. Gen. Bps. '^ Asked, Cr. " Will see, Cr. Gen. Bps. "^ d\^ penance, Cov. Amended, T. M. Cr. " In [the, Cr. Bps.} judgment, Cr. Gen. Bps. *> Earth, Gen. Bps. «> In this place, Cr. Bps. ^ Evill,T. M. Wicked, Gm. » To- ward, Cov. Cr. Gen. Bps. mt aSosptU at Si. JttatDeta). ®ii. m- my brethren. For whosoever fulfiUeth my fathers will whiche is in heven/ he is my brother/ my suster/ iad my mother. ffSe %n]. (ffijaptcr. ' I^HE same daye went Jesus out off the housse/ and sat by the see syde/ and moch people ^ resorted vnto him/ so gretly that he went and sat in a sh)rppe/ and all the people stode on the shoore. And he spake many thynges to them in similitudes/ sayinge : Beholde/ the sower wentt forth to sowe/ And as he sowed/ some fell by the wayes syde/ and the fowUes cam/ and devoured it vppe. Some fell apbn stony ^ grounds where it had not moche erth/ and a non it spronge vppe/ be- cause it had no depth off erth : and when the sun was vppe/ ^hitt cauth heet/ and for lake off rotynge wyddred awaye. Some fell amonge thornes/ and the thomes arose and chooked it. Parte fell in good grunde/ and * broght forth good frute : some an himdred fold/ some ^ fifty fold/ some thyrty folde. Whosoever hath eares to heare/ let him heare. And hys disciples cam/ and sayde to him : Why speakest thou to them in parables .'' he answered and sayde vnto them : Hit is geven vnto you to know the secrettes off the kyugdom of heven/ but to them it is not geven. For whosumever hath to him shall hit be geven : and he shall have aboundance. But whosoever hath not : from him shalbe takyn awaye even that same that he hath. Therefore speake y to them in simil- itudes. For though they se/ they se not : and hearinge they heare not : nether vnderstonde. And in them ys fulfylled the prophesy of Esay/ which prophesi sayth : ^ with youre eares ye shall heare and shall not vnderstonde/ and ^ with youre eyes ye shall se/ and shall not perceave. For this peoples hert ys wexed grosse. And their eares were dull of herynge/ and their eyes have they closed/ lest they shoulde se with their eyes/ and heare with their eares/ and shuld vnderstonde with their herts/ and ^ shulde toume/ that y myght heale them. But blessed are youre eyes/ for they se/ and youre eares/ for they heare. Verely y say vnto you/ that many prophetes and perfaicte men have desired to se those thinges which ye se/ and have not sene them : and to heare those thinges which ' Were gathered together, CV. Bps. " Places, Cr. Bps. ^ They were parched, Geji. ■* Gave, Cor. ^Sixtie, Ml the Vers. *By hearing, Gen. ' Seying, shall see, Cr. Gen, Bps. * Be convert- ed, Cr. Should [convert, Bp«.] returne, Gen. ye heare/ and have not herde them. Heare ye therfore the similitude off the sower. When a mein heareth the worde of the kingdom/ and vnderstondeth it not/ there cometh ^ the evyll man/ and catcheth awaye that which was sowne in i" hys hert. And thys is he which was sowne by the waye syde. But he that 11 was sowne in the stony grunde ys he/ which heareth the worde of God/ and i^ anon with ioye receaveth itt/ yet hath he no rottes in himselfe/ And therefore he dureth but a season : for as sone as tribulation and persecucion aryseth because of the worde/ by and by he falleth. He ^^ that was sowne amonge thornes/ ys he that heareth the worde off God/ But the care of this worlde/ and the dissaytfulnes off ryches choke the worde/ and so ys he made vnfrutfuU. He ^^ which is sowne in the good grounde/ ys he that heareth the worde and vnderstondeth iV which also bereth frute/ and bringeth forth/ some an him- dred folde/ some ^ fyfty folde/ and some thyrty folde. Another similitude put he forth/ vnto them saynge : The kyngdom off heven ys like vnto a man which sowed good seede in his felde. But whyll men slepte/ ther cam his foo/ and sowed tares amonge the wheate/ and went his waye : When the blade was spronge vp/ and had brought forth frute/ then appered the tares also. The servauntes cam to the householder/ and sayde vnto him : i^ Syr/ sowedest not thou food seed in thy ^^ closse/ from whence then hath it tares .' le sayde to them/ the '^ envious man hath done this. Then the servauntes sayde vnto hym : wylt thou then that we go and gader it .-' and he sayde/ nay/ lest whyll ye i^ go aboute to wede out the tares/ i' ye plucke vppe also with them the wheate by the rottes : let bothe growe to gether tyll harvest come/ and in time of harvest/ 1 wyll saye vnto my repers/ gad- ther ye fyrst the tares/ and bynd them in ^^ sheves to be brent : but gadther the wheete in to my barne. Another parable he putt forthe vnto them saynge. The kyngedom of heven ys lyke vnto a grayne of mustarde seede/ which a man taketh and soweth in his felde/ whych ys the leest of all seedes. But when it is growne/ it is the greatest amonge yerbes/ and is a tree : so that the bryddes i^ of the aier come/ and ^ bylde in the braunches of it. s That evil and catcheth, Bps. '° In the waye syde. But he, etc. Tav. " That received seede into, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Incon- tinently, Gen. 13 Master, Gen. " Fielde, Cr. Gen. Bps. 16 Malitious, Bps. is Gather up, Cr. Bps. Go about to gather, Gen. " Plucke up [roote up, Bps.] also the wheate with them, Cr. Gem. Bps. 1' Bundles, Bps. i' Under the heaven, Cov. » Make their nests, Cr. Bps Wie eSaspeU of S. i%(att)etu. (Sf). jMU Anothere similitude sayde he to them. The kyngdome of heven ys lyke vnto leven which a woman toke and ** hyd in iij peckes off meele/ tyll all was levended. All these thynges spake Jesus vnto the people by simili- tudes/ and with oute similitudes spake he nothinge to thenv to fulfyU that which was spoken by the prophet sayinge : I wyll open my mouth in similitudes/ and wyll speake forth thinges whych have bene kepte secrete from the ^^ begynnynge off the worlde. Then sent Jesus the people awaye/ and cam to housse/ and hys disciples cam vnto hym/ saynge : declare vnto vs the simi- litude of the tares off the felde : Then answered he and sayde to therii. He that soweth the good seed/ ys the sonne of man/ the felde ys the worlde. The chyldren off the kyngdom are the good seed. The evyll mans chyldren are the tares. But the enemy which soweth them/ is the devill. The harvest is the end of the worlde and the repers be the angels. For even as the tares are gaddred/ and brent in the fyre : so shall it be in the ende off this worlde. The sonne of man shall send forth his angels/ and they shall gadther out off his kyngdom all things that do hurte/ and all them which do iniquite/ and shall cast them into a furnes of fyre. There shall be way- lynge and gnasshyng off teth. Then shall the ^ iuste men shyne as bryght as -flie sun in the kyngdom of their father/ wosoever hath eares to heare/ let him heare. Agayne the kyngdom off heven is lyke unto treasure hidde in the felde/ the which a man founde and hidde it : and ffor ioy there of goeth and seUeth all that he hath/ and byeth that felde. "^ Agayne the kyngdom off heven is lyke vnto a ^ marchaunt/ sekynge after good pearles/ which when he had found one ^* precious pearle/ wentt and soldo all that he had/ and bought it. Agayne the kyngdome off heven is lyke vnto a neet cast into 3ie see/ that gadereth off all kyndes off fysshes : which when it is full/ men drawe to londe/ and sitt and gadre the good in to their vessels and caste the bad awaye. So shall it be at the ende of the worlde. The angels shall come and sever the bad from the goode/ and shall caste them in to a furnes of fyre/ there shall be waylinge and gnasshynge of teth. Jesus sayde vnto them; have ye vnderstonde all these *> Mixed, Cov. =" Foundation, Gen. Bps. ^ Righteous shyne as the sonne, Cr. Bps. '" Marchaunt man, Cr. Gen. Bps. '* Pearle of great price, Gen. ifo, j:ti. SCJe ffiospell of S. ptatjcto. thynges : they sayde/ ye syr. Then sayde he vnto them : Therfore every scrybe which is ^Sconinge vnto the kyngdom of heven/ is lyke an housholder/ which bryngeth forth/ out of his treasure/ thynges both newe and olde. And hyt cam to passe when Jesus had fynnesshed these similitudes that he departed thence/ and cam into his awne countre/ and taught in there synagogges/ in so moche that they were astunyed and sayde : whence cam all thys wysdon and 26 power vnto him ? is not thys the carpenters sonne ? is not hys mother called mary ? and hys brethren be called/ James and Joses and Symon and Judas ? and are not hys sys- ters all here with vs ? Whence hath he all these thynges ? And they wer hurte by him. Then Jesus sayde vnto them : *" there is no prophet without honoure/ save in hys awne coun- tre/ and ^ amonge his awne kynne. And he dyd not many myracles there/ for there vnbelefes sake. 2ri)e jrtfff. ffijapter. TN that tyme Herod thetetrarcha herde off the fame of Jesu/ and sayde vnto his servauntes : This is Jhon baptist : he is risen agayne from deeth/ and therfore ^ hys power ys so greate. For Herod toke Jhon and bounde hym/ and put hjrm in pre- son ffor Herodias sake/ hys brother phips vifyfe. For Jhon sayde unto hyrn : hit ys not lawfuU for the to have her. And when he wold have put hym to deeth/ he feared the people/ because they counted hym as a prophet. When Herodes birth daye was ^ come/ the doughter off He- rodias daunsed before them/ and pleased Herod. Wherfor he promysed vsdth an oth/ that he wolde give her whatsoever she wolde axe. ' And she beinge informed of her mother before/ sayde geve me here John baptistes heed in a platter. And the kynge sorowed : neverthelesse for his othes sake/ and for their sakes which sate also att the table/ he comaunded yt to be geven her. And sent ^ and behedded Jhon in the pre- son/ and his heed was broiight in a platter and geven to the damsell/ and she brought it to her mother. And his disciples ^ Taught, Ml the Vers. ^ Mightie [^reat, Gen.'] workes, Gen. Bps. ^ A prophete is no where lesse set by than at home and among his awne, Cov. ^ In his owne house, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Are hia deedes so mightie, Cov. Are suche miracles [greate workes, Gem.] wrought by him, T. M. Cr. Great workes do shewe forth themselves in him, Bps. " Kept, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Cr. and Bps. add — ^tormentours . Kie (ffiosjiell of S. IRSatteijr. ffij. irflEI. cam and toke vp his body/ and buryed it. and went and tolde Jesus. When Jesus bad herde that/ he departed thence by shippe into a desert place out of the way. And when the people had herde therof/ they folowed him a fote out of there cites. And Jesus went forth and sawe moche people : and * his herte dyde melte vppon them/ and he healed off them those tliat were sicke. When even ^was come/ his disciples cam to him saynge. This ys a deserte place/ and the ^ daye is spent/ let the people departe that they may go in to the tounes/ and bey them vytaylles. But Jesus sayde vnto them : They have no neade to go awaye : Geve ye them to ete. Then sayde they vnto him : we have here but .v. loves and two fysshes. He saide : bringe them hydther to me. And he comaunded the people to syt downe on the grasse And toke the .v. loves/ and the .ij. fysshes and '' loked vp to heven and ^ blessed/ and brake and gave the loves to his disciples/ and the disciples gave them to the people. And they all ate/ and were suffised. And they gadered up of the ^ gobbetes thatt remained/ xij basketes full. They that ate were i° [in nombre] about v. M. men/ be^de women and chyldren. And strayghtway Jesus made his desciples enter into a shippe/ and to goo over before him/ .11 whill he sent the peple away. And as sone as he had sent the peple away/ he went vp into a mountayne alone to praye. And when nyght was come he was there hym sylf alone, and the shippe was in the middes of the see/ and was toost with waves/ for it was a con- trary wynde. In the fourthe watche of the night Jesus cam vnto them walkynge on the see : and when hys disciples sawe him walkynge on the see/ they were '** amazed/ sayinge : it is some spirite/ and cryed out for feare. And streyght waye Jesus spake vnto them sa)mge : be of good cheare/ it is y/ be not a frayed. Peter answered/ and sayde : master/ and thou be he/ bidc'e me come vnto the on the water, and he sayde come. And when Peter was come doune out of the shyppe/ he walked on tlie water/ to go to Jesus. But when he sawe a myghty winde/ * Had pity on them, Cov. Was moved with meroie [compassion, GeK.] towards, Cr. Gen. BfS. * Drewe on, Cr. « Nyght falleth on, Cov. Houre is now [already, Gem.] past, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Lifte up hys eyes towards, etc. Cr. Bps. ^ Gave thanks, Cov. ' Scrappes, Tav: J^ragments, Cr. Gen. Bps. "• Cr. Gen. Bps. — omit. " Cr. and Bps. aAi — unto the other side. '* Afraid, Cvc. Troubled, T.M. Cr. Gm. Bps. n* i^o. faX. JTJe ffiosjiell of S. iWatJeta. he was afrayed. And as he began to synke/ he cryed say- inge : master ^^ save me. And immediately Jesus stretched forth his honde/ and caught him/ and sayde to hym : O thou of lytell fayth : wherfore diddest thou dout ? And as soone as liiey were come in to the shippe/ the winde ceassed. Then they that were in the shyppe cam and i* worshipped him/ sayinge : of a truth thou arte the sonne of God. And when they were come over/ they went in to the londe of genazareth. And when the men of that place had knowledge of him/ they sent 1* out in to all that countre rounde about/ ^^ and brought vnto him all that were sicke/ and besought him/ that they myght touche the ^'' border of hys '^ vesture only. And as many as touched hytt/ were made ^^ safe. STfjc jrb. ffijaptw. nPHEN cam to Jesus : scrybes and pharises ^from Jerusa- lem/ sayinge : why do thy disciples- transgresse the tradi- cions of the seniours ? for they wesshe not their bonds/ when they eate breed : He answered/ and sayde vnto them : why do ye also transgresse the comaundment of God/ thorowe youre tradicions ? for God commaunded/ sayinge : honoure thy fath- er and moder/ and he that ^speaketh evyll ageynst hys father or mother/ shall suffer deeth. But ye saie/ every man shall sale to his. father or mother: ^ whatsoever thyng I offer/ that same doeth profyt the/ *and so shal he not honoure hys father and mother. And thus have ye made/ that the comaundment of god is ^ without effecte/ through youre tradicions. Ypocrites wel prophesied off you/ Esay sayinge : This people draweth nie vnto me with there mouthes/ and honoureth me with their lippes/ yet their hert is farre from me : but in vaine thei wor- shippe me teachinge ^ doctrine/ which is nothing but mens precepts. •^ Helpe, Cod. " Fell down before him, Cov. •* Cr. adds — messengers. '^ Cr. adds— the coast. "■ Hem, All the Vers. '* Garment, Gen. Bps. ^ Perfectly whole, Bps. ' Cr. adds — which were come. ' Curseth, T. M. Cr. Gere. Bps. ' The thing that I should helpe thee withal is geven unto God, Cov. That whyche thou desyrest of me to healpe thee with is geven to God, T. M. What gift soever should have come of me, the same is turned unto thy profit, Cr. By the gift that is offered by me, thou mayst have profit] thou shalt be helped, Bps.^ Gen. Bps. * By this it is come to passe that no man honoureth his father or mother any nwre, Cov. Though he honour not, etc. shall be free, Gen. * Of no authoritie, Gen. « The doctrynes and precepts of men, Cr. S!)e (Kosfell ot Si. ifHatteio. ®]). icb. And he called the people vnto him/ and saide to them : heare and vnderstonde. That which goeth in to the mougth/ defyleth not a man : but that which commeth out of the mougth/ defyleth the man. Then cam his disciples/ and sayde vnto him : ' perceavest thou/ howe that the pharyses are offended hearinge thys say- nge ? He answered/ and sayde/ all plantes which my hevenly father hath nott planted/ shalbe plucked vppe by the rotes. Lett them alone/ they be the blynde ledders of the bl)mde. If thee blynde leede the blynde/ boothe shall fall into the dyche. Then answered Peter and sayd to him : declare vnto vs thys parable. Then sayde Jesus : are ye yette with oute vnderstondinge .'' perceave ye not/ that whatsoever goeth in at the mouth/ descendeth doune into the bely/ and ys cast out in to the draught .' Butt those thynges which precede out of the mought come from the herte/ and they dyffyle a man. For out of the herte come evyll thoughtes/ murder/ breakyng of wedlocke/ ^ whordom/ theefte/ falce witnesberynge/ blasphemy. These are the thynges which defyle a man. But to eate with unwesshen hondes/ defyleth nott a man. And Jesus went thence/ and departed in to the costes of tire and sidon. And beholde a woman which was a cananyte cam out of the same coostes/ and cryed vnto him saynge : have mercy on me lorde the sonne of Dauid/ my doughter is 8 pjrtiously vexed vidth a devyll. And he i" gave her never a worde to answer. Then cam to him his disciples/ and be- sought him sayinge : sende her awaye/ for she ^^ foloeth vs cryinge. He answered/ and sayde : I am not sent/ but vnto the loost shepe of the housse of israhel. Then she cam and worshypped hym/'sayinge : ^master sucker me. He answer- ed and saide : it is not ^^ good/ to take the childrens breed/ and to cast it to i* whelpes. She answered and saide : it is truthe/ 15 neverthelesse the ^'^ whelppes eate of the crommes/ which fall from there masters table. Then Jesus answered and sayde vnto her. O woman greate ys thy fayth/ be hit to the/ even as thou desyrest. And her daughter was made whole even at that same tyme. ' Knoweet thou not, Cr. Bps. * Fornication, Gen. ' Mis- erablye, Gen. '" Answered hir not a worde [nothing at al, Cr] Cr. Gen. Bps. " Cryeth aftet us, Cr. Gen. Bps. " Lorde, helpe me, Cov. Cr. Gen. Bps. " Meete, Cr. Bps. '* Doggcs, T. M. Cr. Gen. Little dogges, Bps. '* For, Cr. Bps. Sfo. ):Mf. Ele ®osjiell of S. iWatJein. Then Jesus went awaye from thence/ and cam nye unto the see of galyle/ and went vppe in to a mountayne/ and sat doune there. And moche people came vnto hym havinge with them/ i^ halt/ blinde/ 1'' domne/ maymed/ and other many : and cast them doune at Jesus fete. And he healed them/ in so moche that the people wondred/ to se the domne speake/ the maymed whole/ the halt to go/ and the blinde to se. and they gloryfyed the god of israhel. Jhesus called his disciples to him and saide : I have com- passion on the people/ because they have contynued with me nowe iij dayes/ and have nothinge to eate : and I wyll not let them departe fastinge/ leste they i^perisshe in the-waye. and his disciples sayd vnto him : whence shuld we get so moche breed in the wildernes/ as shulde sufFyse so great a multitude .' And Jesus sayde vnto them : liowe many loves have ye ? and they seyde : seven and a feawe fysshes. And he comniaund- ed the people to syt doune on the grounde. And toke the seven loves/ and the f5'-sshes and gave thankes/ and brake them/ and gave to hys disciples/ and his disciples gave them to the people. And they all ate/ and were suffysed. And they toke vp of the ^^ broken meate that was left vij basketes full. 2" They that ate were iiij M. men/ besyde women and chyldren. And he sent awaye the people/ and toke shyppe and cam in to the parties of Magdala. ESe: )t'i. (Eijapter. T^HEN cam to him the pharises with the saduces also/ and dyd tempte hym/ desyringo that he wold shewe them some signe from heven. He answered and sayde vnto them: 'Att even ye saye/ "^ we shall have fayre wedder. and that because the skye ys reed : in the mominge/ ye saye/ to daye shalbe ^foule wedder/ and that because the skye is ■*troubbel- ous and reed. O ye ypocrites ; ye can disceme the ^fassions of the skye : and can ye not disceme the sygnes of the tj'mes ? The ^ frowarde nacion/ and advoutrous/ seketh- a sygne/ there shall nonother sygne be geven vnto them/ but the sygne off the prophet Jonas. So lefte he them and departed. " Lame, Cr. Bjjs. >' Deaf, Or. ^<^ Miscarry. Cr. Faint, Gen. Bps. 19 Fragments, Gen. «> And yet they, etc. T. .¥. Cr. Bp.?. ' When itbeginneth to draw t?>ward, Cr. ^ Falre weatlier. Gcv.. ' A tempest, Gen. * Oloudye and read, 7'. M. Glowmyng read, Cr. Lbwring red, Gen. Bps. ' Outward appearance, Cr. Bps. Face, Gen. « Wicked, Gen. 5rj)c ffiospell of S. JWatijfto. €!). pM. And when his disciples were come to the other side of the water/ they had forgotten to take breed with them. Then Jesus sayd vnto them : Take hede and beware of the leven of the pharises/ and of the saduces. They thought amonge themselves sayinge : we have brought no breed with vs. When Jesus vnderstode that/ he sayd vnto them. O ye of l3rtell fayth/ why ''are youre mindes cumbred because ye have brought no breed .' Do ye not yet perceave/ nether re- member those V lovesse when there were v M. men/ and howe many baskettes toke ye vp ? Nether the vij loves/ when there were iv M. and howe many baskettes toke ye vppe .' ^ Why perceave ye not then/ that y spake not vnto you of breed/ when I sayde/ beware off the leven of the pharises and of the saduces ? Then vnderstode they/ howe that he bad not them beware of the leven of breed : butt of the doctryne of the pharises/ and of the saduces. When Jesus cam in to the coostes of ' the cite which is called cesarea philippL' he axed hys disciples sayinge : whom do men saye that I the sonne of man am .? They sayde/ some saye that thou arte Jhon baptist' some Jeremias/ or won of the 1" prophetes. He seyde vnto them : but whom saye ye that I am : Symon Peter answered/ and sayde : Thou arte Crist the Sonne of the livynge god. And Jesus answered and sayde to him : happy arte thou Simon " the sonne of Jonas/ for fleshe and bloude have nott opened vnto the that/ butt my father which is in heven. And I saye also vnto the/ that thou arte Peter. And apon this roocke I wyll bylde my congrega- cion. And the gates off hell shall nott ^^ prevayle a geynst it. And y wyll geve vnto the/ the keyes of the kyngdome of heven/ and whatsoever thou byndest vppon erth/ yt shalbe bounde in heven/ and whatsoever thou lowsest on erthe/ yt shall be lowsed in heven. Then he charged his disciples/ that they shulde tell no man/ that he was Jesus 13 Christ. From that tyme forth/ Jesus be- gan to shewe unto hys disciples/ howe that he must go vnto Jerusalem/ and suffer many'thinges of the seniores/ and of the hye prestes/ and of the scribes/ and must be killed/ and ryse agayne the thirde daye. Peter toke him a side/ and be- ' Take ye thought [think you, Gen. Bps.] within yourselves, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' How happeneth it [is it, Bps."] that ye do not under- stand, Cr. Bps. ' Cesarea [which is called^ Philippi, Bps. '" Cr. adds — the numbre of. " Bar Joua, Bps. " Overcome, Gen. " The Christ, Gett. ffiin to rebuke hym sayinge : master !■* faver thy sylfe/ thia shall not come vnto the. Then tourned he aboute/ and sayde vnto Peter-: go after me Satan/ thou ^^offendest me/ because thou 1^ perceavest nott i'' godly thynges : but worldy thynges. Jesus then sayde to hys disciples. Yf eny man will folowe me/ leet hym forsayke hym sylfe/ and take hys crosse and folowe me. For who soever wyll save his lyfe/ shall loose 3rt. And whosoever shall loose hys lyfe for my sake/ shall fynde yt. Whatt shall hit proffet a man/ yf he shulde wjm all the whoole worlde : i^so he loose hys owne soule .-' Or els what shall a man geve i^ to redeme hys soule agayne with all ? For the sonne off man shall come in the glory of hys father/ with hys angels/ and then shall he rewarde every man accordynge to hys dedes. Verely I saye vnto you/ some there be a monge them that here stonde/ whych shall nott taste of deeth/ tyll they shall have sene the sonne of man come in his kyngdome. ffijje jrbfj. ffigapter. A ND after vj dayes Jhesus toke Peter and James and Jhon "^^ hys brother/ and brought them vppe into an hye moun- tayne i oute of the waye/ and w£is transfygured before them, and hys face dyd shyne as the sun/ and hys clothes were as whyte as the light. And beholde there apered vnto them Moses and Helyas talkinge with him. Then answered Peter/ and sade to Jesus: meister ® here is good beinge for vs. Yff thou wylt/ leet vs make here iij tabernacles/ won for the/ and won for Moses/ and won for Helyas. Whyll he yet spake/ beholde a bright cloude shadowed them, and lo a voice out of the cloude sayde : This is my deare sonne/ in vvhom I de- lite/ heare hym. And when the disciples herde that/ they fell flatt on there faces/ and were soore afrayed. And Jesus cam and touched them/ and sayde : aryse and be not a frayed. Then lyfte they vppe their eyes/ and sawe no man/ but Jesus only. And as they cam doune from the mountayne/ he charged them sayinge : se that ye shewe thys vysion to no man/ tyll the sonne of man be rysen ageyne from deeth. And his dis- " Pitie, Gen. >* Hyudrest, Cm. Cr. '" Savourest, T. M. Cr. Bps. Understandest, Gen. " The thinges that be of God, bat those that be of men, Cr. Gen. Bps. '» And yet suffred harme in his soule, Cm. " For a recompense [ransorae, Bps.] of, etc. Gen. Bps. ' Aparte, Gen. » It is good for us to be here. Gen. Bps. ciples axed off him/ sayinge : Why then saye the scribes/ that Helias must fyrst come ? Jesus answered/ and sayd vnto them : Helias ^ shall fyrst come/ and ^restore all thyngs. And I saye vnto you that helias ys come alredy/ and they knewe hym nott : butt have done vnto him whatsoever they ^ lusted. In lyke vrjrse shall also the sonne of man suffre of them. Then hys disciples perceaved that he spake vnto them of Jhon baptist. And when they were come to the people/ ther cam to hym a certayne man/ and kneled done to hym saynge ; Master have mercy on my sonne/ ffor he is ^ franticke : and ys sore vexed. Arid oft tymes falleth into the fyre/ and oft into the water. And I brought hym to thy disciples/ and they coulde not heale him. Jesus answered and sayde : O generacion faythles and croked : howe longe '' shall I be with you } howe longe ^ shall y suffre you : bryng hym bidder to me. And Jhesus rebuked the devyll/ amd he cam out. And the child was healed even that same houre. Then came hys disciples secretly ^ and sayde : Why could not we cast him out ? Jesus sayd vnto them : Because off your vnbelfe. For I say veryly unto you : yff ye had fayth as a grayne off musterd seed/ ye shulde saye vnto this moun- tayne/ remeve hence to yonder place/ and he shulde remove. Nether shuld eny thynge be vnpossyble for you to do. but this kynde goeth not oute butt by pryer and fastynge. Whill they ^ passed the tyme in galile/ Jesus sayde vnto them : the sonne off man shalbe '"beftayed into the hondes of men/ and they shall kill hym and the thyrd daye he shall ryse agayne. And they sorowed greatly. When they were come to Capernaum : They that ^' were wont to gadre i^poU money/ cam to Peter and sayde : Doth youre master paye tribute ? He sayd : ye. And when he was come into the housse/ Jesus i^ spake fyrst to him/ sayng : What thynkest thou Simon ? of whome do the kynges off tiie erth take tribute/ or i*poll money } of their chyldren/ or of straungers ? Peter sayde vnto hym : of straungers. Then sayd Jesus vnto hym agane : Then are the chyldren fre. ' Indeed, Cov. Truly, Cr. Bjts. Certainly, Gm. * Bring to right iigain, Ctni. * Would, Gen. " Lunaticke, Cov. Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Gen. adds — nowe. ' M the Vers, add — to Jesus. ' Were oc- cupied, Cov. Cr. Abode, Gen. Were conversant, Bj>s. '" Deliv- ered, Cm. Gen. " Used to receive, Cr. Received, Gen. Bps. " Tribute money, Cov. Cr. Bps. " Prevented him, Cov. Cr. Ucn. Bps. » Toll, Cr. Bps. Sfe. TfiV' ^tie (SoBfell of S. JWatjjeto. Neverthelesse/ lest we shulde offende them : goo to the see and cast in i^ thyne angle/ and t£ike the fysshe that fyrst cometh vp : and when thou hast opened his mouthe/ thou shalt fynde a pece of ^^ twelve pens/ that take and paye for me and the. Ete jrbiff. ffljapter. T^HE same tyme the disciples cam vnto Jesus sayng : who is the greatest in the kyngdom of heven ? Jesus called a '^chylde vnto hym/ and set him in the middes of them/ and s?iyd : Verelylsay vnto you: except ye ^tourne/ and be- come as children/ ye cannot enter into the kyngdom off hev- en. whosoever therfore shall ^ submit him silfe as this chylde/ he is the greatest in the kyngdom of heven. And whosoever receaveth suche a chylde in my name/ receaveth me. But whosoever offend one of these lytell wons/ which beleve in me : yt were better for hym/ that a millstone were hanged aboute his necke/ and that he were drouned in the depth of the see. Wo be vnto the worlde because of *evill occasions. Hit is necessary that * evyll occasions be geven/ neverthelesse woo be to that man/ by whom * evyll occasion commeth. Wherefore yff thy honde or thy fote ^ geve the an occasion of evyll : cut hym of and cast hym from the. Hyt is better for the to enter into lyfe halt or maymed/ rather then thou shuld- este havynge two hondes/ or two fete/ be cast into everlastyng fyre. And yf also thyne eye offende the/ plucke him oute and cast him from the. It is better for the to enter into lyfe with one eye/ then havyng two eyes to be cast into hell fyre. Se that ye despise not won of these litell wons For I saye vnto you/ thatt in heven their angels behold the face of my fader/ which ys in heven. Ye and the sonne of man is come to save that which is lost. Howe thinke ye ? Yf a mau had an hondred shepe/ and one of them shuld goo astray/ will he not leva nynty and nyne ^ in the mountains/ and go and seke that won which is gone astray .' if it happen that he fynd him/ veryly I say vnto yon : he reioyseth more of that shepe/ then of the nynty and nyne which went not astray. Even so hit is nott the wyll of youre father in heven/ that won off this lytell wons shulde perishe. « An hook, Bps. '« Twentie, Ml the Vers. » Bps adds— lit- tle. [So too vvs. 3, 4, 5.] 2 Bg converted, Gen. ^ Humble, M the Vers. * Sklaunders, Cm. Oifences— offence, r.Jtf. Cr. Gen. Bps. 5 Offende, T.M. Bps. Hinder thee, Cr. Cause thee to of- fende. Gen. « And go into the mountaines, Gen. Bps. aCjje eSospell of S. JWati)eto. ffii). pbifl. Moreover yf thy brother trespas agenst the. Go and tell hym his faute betwene hym and the alone. Yf he heare the/ thou hast wone thy brother : but yf he heare the not/ then take with the won or two/ that in the mouth of two or thre witnesses/ ''all sainges may stonde. Yf he heare not them/ tell hit vnto the congregacion : yf he heare not the congrega^ cion/ take him as an hethen man/ and as a publican. Ver- ely I say vnto you/ Whatsoever ye bynde on erth/ shalbe bounde in heven. And whatsoever ye lose on erth/ shalbe losed in heven. Agayn I say vnto you that if two off you shall agre in erth in eny maner thinge whatsoever they shall desyxe : hit shal be geven them of my fader which is in heven. For where two or thre are gadered togedder in my name/ there am I in the middes of them. Then cam Peter to hym/ and sayde : master/ how ofte shall my brother trespas ageynst me/ and I shall forgeve hym ? shall I forgeve hym seven tymes .' Jesus sayd vnto hym : I saye nott vnto the seven tymes : but seventy tymes seven t3mies. Therefore is the kyngdom off heven lykened vnto a certayne ^kynge which wold take a countes of his servauntes/ and when he had begune to recken/ won was browghte vnto hym/ which ought him ten thousande ^-talenttes : but when he had nought to paye/ the lorde commaunded him to be solde/ and his wyfe/ and his children : and all that he had/ and payment to be made. The servaunt fell doune and besought hym sainge : i* Syr geve me respyte/ eind I wyll paye hit every whit. Then had the lorde pitie on the servaunt/ and lowsed him/ and forgave hym the dett. The same servaunt went out and founde wone off his fel- owes/ which ought hym an hundred pence. And leyed hoiides on hym/ and toke hym by the throote/ sainge : paye that thou owest. And his felowe fell doune/ and besought hym/ saynge: have pacience with me/ and I will paye the all/ And he woUde not/ but went and cast hym into preson/ tyll he shulde paye the dett. When his other felowes sawe what was done/ they were very sory and cam and tolde vnto there lorde all that had happened. Then the lorde called him/ and sayde vnto hym. ' Every word [matter, C] may be established [confirmed, G.], Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Man that was a king, Cr. Bps. ' Pounds, Cov. '" Lorde [Syr, C] have patience with me, Cr. Bps. Master, appease thine anger toward me [so vs. 29], Gen. O 11 evyll servaunt/ y forgave the all that dett/ 1^ because thou praydest me : i^ Was it not mete also/ that thou shuldest have had compassion on thy felow/ even as y had pitie on the ? and his lorde was wrooth/ and dely vered hym to the !■* ioylers/ tyll he shulde paye all that was due to hym. So lyke wyse shall youre hevenly father do vnto you/ yf ye wyll not for- geve with youre herttes/ each won to his brother there treas- pases. ffijie ifiv- ffijaptet;. A ND it folowed when Jesus had fynysshed those sayinges/ "^ he gat hym from GalUe/ and cam into the coostes of iewry beyonde Jordan/ and moche people folowed hym/ and he healed them theare. Then cam vnto hym the pharises to tempte hym/ and sayde to hym : Ys hit lawfpU for a man to iput a waye hiswyfe for ®all manner off causes? He an- swered/ and sayde vnto them Have ye not redde howe that he which made man at the begyiinynge/ made them man and woman ? and saide for thys 3 thynge/ shall a man leve father and mother/ and * cleve vnto his wyfe/ and they twane shalbe won flese. Wherfore nowe are they not twayne/ but won fleshe. Let no man therfore put asunder/ that which god hath cuppled togedder. Then sayde they to hym : why did Moses commaunde to geve vnto her a ^testimonial! of divorse- ment and to put her awaye ? He saide vnto them : Moses because of the hardnes of youre hertes suffred you to put awaye youre wyfes : But from the begynnynge hit was nott so. I saye therefore vnto you/ whosoever putteth awaye his wyfe (except hit be for fornicacion) and maryeth another/ breaketh wedlocke/ and whosoever marieth her which is di- vorsed/ doeth commyt advoutry. Then spake his disciples to hym ; yff the matter be so be- twene man and wyfe/ then is it not good to mary. He sayde vnto them : all men can not ^ awaye with that saynge : but they to whom it is geven. There are chaste/ which were so borne out of the mothers belly. And there are ' chaste/ which be made of men. And there be chaste/ which have made " Thou ungratious, Cr. Bps. '^ When, Cr. Bps. '= Shuld- est not thou, etc. Cr. Bps. Oughtest riot thou, etc. Gen. " Tor- mentours, Bps. ' Make a dfvorcement with, etc. Cr. ^ Eve rie fault. Gen. ^ Cause, Cr. Gen. Bps. * Be knit, Bps. 5 Bill, Gen. Writing, Bps. 6 Comprehende, Cov. Cr. Receive, Gm. Bps. ' Gelded, Cov. ei)e @ras)iell at Si. ittattetn. ®{|). Tfip them selves chaste for the kyngdom off hevens sake. He that can * take it lett hym 6 take it. Then were brought to hym yonge chyldren/ that he shulde put his hondes on them and praye And his disciples rebuked them. Jesus sayde vnto them : suffre the chyldren/ and for- bid them not to come to me/ ffor ^ vnto suche belongeth the kingdom off heven. And when he had put his hondes on them/ he departed thence. And beholde won cam/ and sayde vnto hym : good master/ what good thinge shall I do/ that I maye have eternal lyfe ? He sayde vnto him : why callest thou me good ? there is none good but won/ and that his God. But and thou wilt entre in to lyfe/ kepe the commaundmentes. He sayde : Which .' And Jesus sayde : thou shalt ^ not kyll. thou shalt not breake wedloocke. Thou shalt not steale : thou shalt nott beare falce witnes. honoure thy father and mother, and thou shalt love thjme neghbour as thy sylfe : the yonge man sayde vnto him : I have '"observed all these thinges from my youth/ what ^ have y more to do .-' Jesus sayde vnto him : yf thou wilt be perfecte/ goo and sell i^that thou heist/ and geve it to the povre/ and thou shalt have treasure in hev- en/ and come and folowe me. When the yonge man herde that sayinge/ he went awaye i^mominge. For he had greate possessions. Jesus sayde then vnto his disciples : Verely I say vnto you/ Wa ryche mail shall with difficulte enter into the kjmgdom of heven. And moreover I say vnto you : it is easier for a cam- ell to go through the eye of a nedle/ then for a ryche man to enter into the kyngdome i^ of heven. When his disciples herde that' they were excedingly amased/ sayinge : who then can be saved ? Jesus behelde them/ and saide vnto them : with men this is vnpossyble/ but with God all thinges are pos- syble. Then answered Peter/ and saide to him : Beholde we have forsaken all/ and have folowed the : what shall we have ther- fore .' Jesus sayde vnto them : verely I saye to you/ thatt 16 ye which have folowed me in the seconde generacion (when ' Of such is, T. M. Cr. Gen. ' Not commit manslauter, Cr. Do no miirder, Bps. "• Kept, Cr. Bps. " Lacke I yet, Ml the Vers. '' Thy suhstance, Bfs. " Sory, Cr. Bps. Sorrowful, Gen.. '* It is harde for a nche man [the ryche, C.] to etc. T. M. Cr. That a riehe man shall hardly, etc. Gen. Bps. '* Of God, Ml the Vers. " When the son of man shall sit, etc. ye that have folowed me in the regeneration [the new birth, Gov., the second gen- eration, T, M.] shall syt, etc. Ml the Vers. So. y:):]. ffije CEoSpell of S. ittatjeto. the Sonne off man shall syt in the seate of his maieste) shall syt also vppon xij seates/ and iudge the xij trybes off Israhel. And whosoever forsalceth housse/ or brethren/ or systers/ other father/ or mother/ or wyfe/ or chyldren/ or " lyvelod/ for my names sake/ the same shall receve an hundred folde/ and shall inheret everlastynge lyfe. Many that are fyrste shalbe laste/ and the laste shalbe ffyrste. "C^OE the kyngdom of heven ys lyke vnto ^ an housseholder/ -*- which went out 2 erly in the morninge to hyre labourers into hys vynyarde. And ^ he agrede with the labourers for a peny a daye and sent them ipto his vynyarde. And he went out about the thjrrde houre/ and sawe other stondjmg ydell in the market place and sayd vnto them go ye also into my vyn- yarde/ and whatsoever is right/ I will geve you, and they went there way. Agayne he went out aboute the sixte and nynthe houre/ and dyd lyke wyse. And he went out aboute the elev- enthe houre and founde other stondynge ydell ? And sayde vnto them : Why stonde ye here all the daye ydell ? They sayde vnto hym : because no man hath hyred vs. He sayde to them : goo ye alsoo into my vynyarde/ and whatsoever shalbe right' that shall ye receave. When even was come the '*lorde of the vjmeyarde sayde vnto hys steward : call the labourers/ and geve them there hyre/ begynnyng at the laste/ tyll thou come to the fyrste. And 5 they whyche were hyred aboute the eleventhe houre/ cam and receaved ev^ry man a peny. Then cam the fyrstf supposyng that they shulde receave mooare/ and they like wyse receaved every man a peny. And when they had re- ceaved it/ they grudged agaynst the ® good man of the housse sayng : these laste have wroght but one houre/ ajid thou hast made them_equall vnto vs which have borne the burthen and heet of the daye. He answered to one of them saynge : frende I do the no wronnge. dyddeste thou not agre withe me for a penny } Take '' that which is thy duty/ and goo thy waye. I will geve " Landes, Jill the Vers. ' Cr. Bps. add — a man that is. ' At the dawning of the daye, Gen. * And when the agreement was made, etc. he sent, etc. Cr. * Master, Gen. » And when they dyd come, that came [were hyred, S.] about the eleventh, etc. Cr. Bps. * Householder, Cov. Master, Gen. f That thyne is, Cm. Cr. Bps. That which is thine owne. Gen. S|)e ffiospell of S. |«8tj)eti). ®!). n- vnto this laste/ ^ as moche as to the. * Ys yt not lawful! fTor me to do ^^ as me listeth with '^ mjnie awne. Ys thyne eye evyll because I am good ? Soo the laste shalbe fyrste/ and the fyrste shalbe laste. For many are called and feawe be cho- sen. And Jesus ascended to Jerusalem/ and toke the xij disciples aparte in the waye/ and sayde to them : Loo we goo vp to Jerusalem/ and the sonne off man shalbe betrayed vnto the chef prestes/ and vnto the scrybes/ and they shall condemne hym to deeth/ and shall delivre hym to the gentils/ to- be mocked/ to be scourged/ and to be crucified, and the thyrd day he shall lyse atgayne. Then cam to hym the mother off Zebedes children with her soimes worshyppynge him/ and desyrynge a certayne thynge off hym. He sayde vnto her : What wylt thou have/ She sayde vnto hym : Graunte that these my two sonnes maye sitt/ one on thy right bond/ and the other on thy lifte honde in thy kyngdom. Jesus answered and sayd : Ye wot not whatt ye axe. Are ye able to drynke off the cuppe that y shall drinke of. And to be baptised with the baptism that y shalbe baptised with/ They answered to him : ^^ That we'are. He sayd vnto them : Ye shall ^ drynke of my cupe/ and shalbe baptised with the baptim that y shall be baptysed with : But to syt on my right hond/ and on my lyft bond/ is not myne to geve : but i^to them for whom it is prepared of my father. And when the ten herde this/ they desdayned att the two brethren. But Jesus called them vnto hym/ and saide : Ye knowe/ that the ^^ lordes of the gentyls have dominacion over them/ And they that are greate/ exercise power over them. It shall not be so amonge you : But whosoever wyll be greate among you/ let hym be youre minister/ and whosoever will be chefe/ let him be youre servaunt. Even as the sonne off man cam/ not to be ministered vnto/ but to minister : and to geve his lyfe ^^ for the redempcion off many. And as they departed from Hierico/ moche people folowed hym. And beholde two blynde men S3rttinge by the waye side/ when they herde/ that Jesus passed by cryed sayinge : ^ Even as unto thee, Cr. Bps. ° Or have I not power to do, etc.. Cov. '" That I wil, Gen. Bps. *' Myne owne goodes, Cr., " Yee, that we maye, Cov. We are, Cr. We are able, Gen. Bps. " Drinke indeed, Cr. Gen. Bps. " Cr. adds — It shall chaunce Gen. — It shall be given. " Princes of the nations [Gentiles, B.] Cr. Bps. " A ransom for, Gen. Bps. jfo. rj^i. lEJe ffiospcll of S. aiWatijeto. Master the sonne off David have mercy on vs. And the peo- ple rebuked them/ because they shulde holde there peace : But they cryed the moare/ sayinge : have mercy on vs mas- ter which arte the sonne off David. Then Jesus stode styll/ and called them/ and sayde : what vnll ye that y shall do to you ? They said vnto hym : Master/ that oure eyes maye be opened. Jesus ^'' pitied them/ and touched there eyes. And immediately theire eyes receved syght : And they folowed hym. w Srije nU ffltapter. [THEN they drewe nye vnto Jerusalem/ and were come to Betphage/ vnto mounte olivete/ then sent Jesus two off his disciples/ sayinge to them : Go in to the toune that lyeth over agaynste you/ and anon ye shall fynde an asse bounde/ and her colte with her/ lose, them and bringe them vnto me. And if eny man saye ought vnto you/ saye ye that 1 youre master hath neade off them/ and streyght waye he will let them go. All this was done/ to fulfyll that which was spoken by the prophet/ sayinge : Tell ye the doughter of Si- on : beholde thy kinge cometh vnto the make/ sittinge vppon an asse Eind a colte/ the foole off an asse vsed to the yooke. The disciples went/ and did as Jesus commaunded them/ Emd brought the asse and the colte/ and put on them there clothes/ and set him there on. Many of the people spreed theire gar- mentes in the waye. other cut doune braunches from the trees/ and strawed them in the waye. Moreover the people that went before/ and they also that cam aftfer cried sayinge : ho- sianna to the sonne of David. Blessed be he that commeth in the name of the lorde/ hosianna in the hyest. And when he was come in to Jerusalem/ all the cite was moved/ sayinge : who ys thys ? And the people sayde : thys ys Jesus the prophet of nazareth a cite of galile. And Jesus went in to the temple of God/ and caste out all them that bought and solde in the temple/ and overthrew the tables of the mony chaungers/ and the seates of them that solde doves. And saide to them : it is written/ mine housse shalbe called the housse off prayer/ butt ye have made it a denn of theves. And the blinde and the halt cam to hym in the temple/ and he healed them. When the chefe prestes and scribes sawe/ the ® marveylles "■ Had compassion on, T. M. Moved with compassion, touched, etc. Gen, ' The Lorde, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. » Wonders, Cr. Bps. Sjiie aSosftU of .S. iDXattclD. Wickedness, Ml the Vers. 13, Shewe me, Cr. Gen. Bps. " Hold, Cov. " Ye do erre, Cr. Bps. " Not knowing the Scriptures, Cr. Gen. " The power, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. '^ Marry wives nor wives are bestowed in marriage, Gen. " T. M. Cr. omit. ""> Yet is not God a God, etc. Cov. ^' Stopped the mouth of the Saddu- cees, Cov, '' A scribe, Cov. A lawyer, Bps. CSe ffiospell at S. JttatSeto. €% ):y:nU inge him and sayinge : Master whych is the grett commaund- ment in the lawe ? Jesus sayde vnto him : thou shalt love thy lorde god with all thyne herte/ wyth all thy soule/ and with all thy mynde. .This is the ^sfyrst and 94 that grett com- maundment. And ^ there ys another lyke vnto thys. Thou shalt love thjme neghbour as thy selfe. In these two com- maundments/ hange all the lawe and the prophetts. WhyU the pharises were gaddered togedder/ Jesus axed them saynge/ what thinke ye of Christ ? whose sonne is he ? they sayde vnto hym : the sonne of david. He sayde vnto them : howe then doeth david in spirite call him lorde/ saynge ? The lorde sayde to my lorde/ sytt on my ryght honde : tyll I make thyne ennemyes thy fote stole, yi david call hym lorde : howe is he then his sonne ? And none of them coulde answere him ^ ageyne one worde. Nether durste eny man from that daye forth axe hym eny moo questions. ''j^HEN spake Jesus' to the people/ and to hys disciples/ saynge : The scrybs and the pharises sitt in moses seate/ whatsoever they byd you observe/ that observe and do : but after their workes do not : for they saye/ and do not' Ye and they bynde hevy burthens and greveous to be borne/ and ley them on mennes shulders : but they them sylfe wyl not ^ move them with one fynger. All there workes they do/ ^ for to be sene of men. They 3 sett abroade there philateris/ and ^ make large borders on there garmenttes/ and love to sytt vppermooste at feastes/ and ^to have the chefe seates in the ^synagogges/ and gretynges in the marketes and to be called of men Rabi. But ^ ye shall nott sufTre youre selves to be called rabi/ for one 8 ys youre master/ that is to wytt Christ, and all ye are brethren. And call ye no man youre father on the erth/ for one is youre father/ * and he is in heven. be ye not called masters/ for one ys youre master/ ^^ and he is Christe. He that is greateste amonge you/ shalbe youre servaunte. But <" Principal, Cov. ^ Greatest, Cr. ^ The second is, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. ™ Any thing, Cr. ' Heave at them, T. M. Cr. " Foi- the intent that they, etc. Cr. ' Make broad. Gen. Bps. * Make long the fringSa, Gen. Enlarge the hemmes, Bps. * To sit in the chefe place of counsels, Cr. ^ Assemblies, Gen. ' But be je not called, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Is your doctor, to wit, Christ, Gen. « Which is, Cr. Gen. Bps. '» Even, Cr. Gen. Bps. [So Cr. Bps. vs. 8.] Sf». %Tf'o. KJe CKospoll of S. ittatjefaj. whosoever exalteth hym silfe/ shalbe brought lowe. And he that submitteth him silfe/ shalbe exalted. Wo be vnto you scribs and pharises ii dissemblers/ for ye sheet vp the kyngdom of heven before men : ye youre selves goo nott in/ nether suffre ye them that come to enter in. Wo be vnto you scribes and pharises/ i^for ye devoure widdowes houses/ and that vnder a i^ coloure of praying longe prayers/ wherfore ye shall i*receave greater damnacion. Wo be vnto you scribes and pharises ypocrites/ for ye com- pEisse see and londe/ to i^brynge one in to youre belefe : And when 16 ye have brought him ye make hym two folde more the chylde oif hell/ then ye youre selves are. Wo be vnto you blynd gides/ for ye saye ; whosoever sweare by the temple/ y t ys nothinge : but whosoever sweare by the golde of the temple/ he i^ is detter. ye foles and blinde : whether is greater/ the golde/ or the temple that sanctifyeth the golde. And whosoever sweareth by the aulter it is noth- inge : but whosoever sweareth by the i^ offeringe that lyeth on the aultre ys detter. ye foles and blinde : whether is greater the offeringe/ or the aultre whych sanctifyeth the off- eringe ? whosoever therfore sweareth be the aultre/ sweareth bi it/ and by all that there on is. And whosoever sweareth by the temple sweareth by it/ and by hym that dwelleth there in. And he that sweareth by heven/ sweareth by the seate of god/ and by hym that sytteth thereon. Wo be to you scrybes and pharises desemblers/ for ye tythe mynt/ annys/ and commen/ and leave the waygthtyer mattres of the lawe i^ [ondone] : iudgemenU mercy/ and 2" fayth : these ought ye to have done/ and not to have lefle the othre ondone. Ye blinde gides/ which strayne out a gnat/ and swalowe a camrayll. Wo be to you scrybes/ and pharises ypocrites/ for ye make clene the vtter side, off the cuppe/ and off the platter/ but with in they are full of ^i brybery and excesse. Thou blynde phar- ise/ clense fyrst/ that which is withui the cuppe and the plat- ter/ that the outsyde maye also be clene. Wo be to you scrybes/ and pharises ypocrites/ for ye are " Hypocrites, Ml the Vers. [So, ts. 23.] '« Ml the Vers, add — Hypocrites. >= Pretence, Cr. Bpa. " Be the sorer pun- yshed, Cr. '* To make one proselyte [one of your profession, G.] Cm. Cr. Ocn. Bps. '* Become one, Gov. Cr. Bps. Made, Gen. " Offendeth, T. M. Gen. Is giltie, Cr. [So too vs. 18.] 's Gift, Cr. Gen. Bps. [So, vs. 19.] " Cr. Gen. Bps. omit. ^ Fidel- itie, Gen. *' Robbery, Cov. Bit (Kospell of S. jVlatiiel)). ett. pjrfrf]. lyke vnto paynted '^lombes which appere beautyfull out- wardes : but are with in full off deed mens bones and of all fylthynes. So are ye/ for outwardes ye appere rightous vnto men/ when with in ye are full of ^dissimulacion and iniquite. Wo be vnto you scrybes and pharises ypocrites/ ffor ye bilde the tombes off the prophetts/ and garnisshe the sepul- chres off ^iuste men/ and saye : Yf we had bene in ^oure fathers tyme/ we wolde not have bene partners with them in the bloud of the prophetes. So are ye witnesses vnto youre selves/ that ye are the children of them/ which killed the prophetes. FulfyU ye lyke wyse the measure of youre fath- ers, ^ye serpents and generacion of vipers/ howe shall ye scape the dampnacion of hell .' Wherfore beholde y sende vnto you prophetes/ wyse men/ and scrybes/ and off them some shall ye kyll and crucifie/ and some shall ye scourge in youre synagogges/ and persecute from cite to cite/ thatt all righteous bloud may fall on you/ which was sheed apon the erth/ from the bloud of rightous Abell/ vnto the bloud of Zacharias the sonne of Barachias/ whom ye slewe betwene the temple and the altre : Verely y say vnto you/ all these thinges shall Ught apon this genera- cion. Hierusalem Hierusalem which kylleth prophetes/ and stonest them which are sent to the : howe often wolde I have gaddered thy children to gedder/ as the henne gaddereth her chickens vnder her wynges ? but ye wolde not ? beholde youre ^ habit^cion shalbe lefte vnto you desolate. For y saye vnto you/ ye shall ^not se me hence forth/ tyll that ye saye: blessed ys he that commeth in the name off the lorde. AND Jesus went out and departed from the temple : Euid -^^ his disciples cam to hym/ for to shewe hym the byldinge of the temple. Jesus sayde vnto them : se ye not all these thinges .' verely y saye vnto you/ There shall not be here leeft .' one stone vppon another/ that shall not be ^ destroyed. And as he sat vppon the mount Olivete/ his disciples cam vn- to hym secretly sayinge : Tell vs/ when this shalbe ? and what "' Sepulchres, Cr, Bps. ^ Hypocrisie, T. M. Gen. Bps. Fayned- nesse, Cr. ^ Righteous, T. M. Ct. Gen. Bps. *> The dayes of our iathers, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Ye serpentes, ye generation, etc. Cr. Bps. O serpentes, the generation, etc. Gen. " House, Cr. Bps. ^ By no meanes see me, Bps. ' A stone upon a stone, Gen. ' Cast downe, T. M. Gen. E i^o. ffbi. ffSe ffiospcll of S. ^atjicfai. signe shalbe of thy comminge/ and of the ende of the worlde ? and Jesus answered/ and sayde vnto them : Take hede/ that no man desceave you/ for many shall come in my name sa- inge : y am Christ/ and shall deceave many. 3 Ye shall heare of warres/ and of the ^noyseof warres/ but se that ye be hot troubled/ for all these thinges muste come to passe/ but the ende is not yet. For nacion shall ryse ageynste nacion/ and realme ageynste realme : and there shalbe pesti- lence/ and ^honger/ and erthquakes ^in all quarters. All these are the beginynnge off sorowes. Then shall they ''put you to trouble/ and shall kyll you/ and ye shalbe hated off all nacions ffor my names sake : £ind then shall many fall/ and shall betraye won another/ and shall hate won the other/ and many falce prophetes shall aryse/ and shall deceave many : and because iniquite shall ^ have the vpper hande/ the love of many shall 8 abate. But he that en- dureth to the ende shalbe safe. And this Gospell off the kyngdom shalbe preached in all the worlde/ for a witnes vnto all nacions/ and then shall the ende come. When ye then shall se the abominacion i^and desolacion (spoken of by Daniell the prophet) stonde in the holy place : whosoever redeth it/ ii let hym vnderstonde it. Then let them which be in iury flye into the mountaynes. And lett hym whych is on the housse toppe/ not come doune to take enytinge out of his housse. Nether let hym which is in the felde/ returne backe to fetche his clothes. Wo i^ be in those dayes to them that are with chylde/ and to them that geve sucke. Butt praye thatt youre flyght be not in the winther/ nether on the saboth daye. For then shall be gfeate tribula- cion/ suche as was not from the beginynge off the worlde to this tyme/ ner shalbe. Ye and except those dayes shulde be shortened/ shulde no flesshe be saved : Butt for the ^^ chosens sake those dayes shalbe shortened. Then yff eny man shall saye vnto you : lo/ here is Christ/ or there ^^ [ is Christ ] : beleve it not : ffor there shall aryse falce christes/ and falce prophetes/ and shall i^geve greate ' Bps. inserts — It will come to passe that ye, etc. * Fame, T.M. Tyi'mgee, Cr. Rumours, Gen. Bps. 'Fa.mne, Gen. Bps. ^Here and there, Cov. T.M. In all places, Cr. In divers places, Gen. In certaine places, Bps. ' Deliver you up to be afflicted. Gen. ^ Be increased, Gen. Abounde, Bps. » Waxe cold. Gen. Bps. "That betokeneth desolation, T. M. Desolation, Cr. Gen. Bps. » Marke it wel, Cov. '» Shal be, Cr. Gen. Bps. " Elects, Gen. [So vs. 31.] " Cr. Gen. Bps. omit. '* Do fshewe, Cr.l sreat miracles, T.M. Cr. "■ ' i n "■ signes and wonders. i^So greatly that yff it were possible/ I'even the chosen shulde be brought into erroure. Take hede I have tolde you before. Yff tiliey shall saye vnto you : lo/ he is in the desert/ go not forth : yff they saye : lo/ he is in the secret places/ beleve nott. For as the lightnynge cometh out off the eest/ and shyneth unto the weest : so shall the conim3nige off the sonne of man be. For wheresoever ^^ a deedbody is/ even thyther wyll the egles ^^ resorte. Immeefiately after tiie tribulacions off those dayes/ shall the sun be derkeneth : and the mone shall not geve her light/ and the starres shall fall from heven/ and the powers of heven shall move And then shall appere the sygne of the sonne off man in heven. And then shall all the kynreddes of the erth mome/ and they shall se the sonne of man come in the cloudes of heven with' power and greale maieste : and he shall sende his angelles with the great ^ voyce of a tromp/ and they shall gadder togedther his chosen from the fower wyndes : ^^ and from the one ende off ^ the worlde to the other. Learne a similitude of the fygge tree : when his braunches £ure yet tender/ and ^las leves spronge/ ye knowe that som- mer is nye. So lyke wyse when ye se all these th3mges/ be ye sure that it is neare even at the dores. Verely I saye vnto you/ thatt this generacion shall not passe/ tyll all be fiilfylled. Heven and erth shall ^ perisshe : but my wordes shall ^ abyde. But of that daye and houre knowith no man/ no not the angels of heven but my father only. As the tyme of Noe was/ so lyke wyse shall the commynge of the sonne off man be. For as in the dayes before the floud : they dyd eate and drynke/ mary/ and were maried/ even vnto the daye that Noe entred in to the ^ shyppe/ and knewe of nothynge tyll the floud cam and toke them all awaye. So shall also the comm)aige off the sonne off man be. Then two shalbe in the feldes/ tiie one shalbe receaved/ and the other shalbe ^ refused, two shalbe gryndinge at the myll : llie one shalbe receaved/ and the other shalbe ^ refused. ^ '^ Insomack that, Cr. Bps. So that, Gen. " The very elect shall be deceived, T. M. Cr. [Gen. Bps. similar.] '* A deade car- kasse, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. " Be gathered together, Cr. Bps. ** Soande, Gere. Bps. " Even from the hyghest partes of heaven untyll the endes thereof, Cr. '^ Heaven, Cov. Gen. Bps. ^ It bringeth forth leaves. Gen. ^ Passe away [Passe, Cr."] Gen. Bps. ^ Not [in no wise, B.] passe a.wa,j, Gen. Bps. ^ Arke, Gen. Bps. *' Regarded not, Cov. ** Left alone, Bps. " Cov. Cr. add — Two in a bed; the one receaved and "the other refused. So. tfol^' ZCJe ®as5pell of S. iWatJein. Wake therefore/ because ye knowe nott what houre youre master wyll come. Off this be sure/ that yff the good man off the housse knewe what houre the thefe wolde come : he wold suerly watche/ and not suffre his housse to be ^o broke vppe. Therfore be ye also redy/ for ^i what houre ye tinke leest on/ in the same shall the sonne of man come, who is a fa)rthfull servaunte and wyse/ whom his master hath made ruler over his housholde/ ffor to geve them meate ^®in season conven- ient ? happy is that servaunt whom hys master (when he cometh) shall iinde so doinge. Verely y sale vnto you/ he shall make him ruler over all his goodes. but and yff the evyll servaunte shall saye in his herte/ my master wyll 33 differ his commynge/ and begynn to smyte his felowes : ye and to eate and to drynke with the dronken : that servauntes master wyll come in a daye when he loketh not for hym : and in an houre that he is not ware of/ and wyll ^ devyd hym/ and geve hym his 35i-ewarde with ypocrites. There shalbe wepinge and gnasshinge of tethe. 8ri)e fTpb. ffiijRjiter. ' I ^HEN the kjmgdom of heven shalbe likened vnto x virgins/ which toke their lampes/ and went to mete the bryd- grom : i fyve of them were folysshe/ and fyve were wyse. the foles toke their lampes/ but toke none oyle with them, but the wyse toke oyle with them in their vysselles with their lampes also, whyll the brydgrome taryed/ all slombred and slepte. And even at mydnyght/ there was a crye made : beholde the brydgrome cometh/ goo and mete hym. Then all those vir- gins arose/ and ^ prepared their lampes. And the folysshe sayde to the wyse : geve us of youre oyle/ for oure lampes 3 goo oute ? but the wyse answered/ sajringe : not so/ lest there be not ynought for vs and you/ but goo rather to them that sell/ and by for youre selves. ■* In conclusion whyll they went to bye/ the brydgrom cam ; and they that were redy/ went in with hym to the ^weddinge/ and the ^gate was sh^tt vppe : Afterwardes cam also the other virgins/ sayinge : mas- *> Digged through, Gen. ^^ In the houre that ye thynke [he wold not, T. M.] not, Cr. T. M. Gen. Bps. 3« In season, Cr. Gen. Bps. 33 Be long a comming, Cr. Bps. *■ Hewe hym in pe- ces, Cm;. Cr. Bps. Cut him off, Gen. ^ Portion, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Cr. adds— and the bryd. « Trimmed, Gen. ' Are gon out, Cr. Bps. Are out, Gen. ■" And while they went, etc. Ml the Vers. * Maryage, Cr. Bps. 'Doore, Bps. ffije ffiospell of S. JWatJeto. ffiji. n't' ter master/ open to vs. but he answered/ 6ind sayde : verely I saye vnto you : y knowe you not. ' loke that ye watche there- fore/ for ye knowe nether the daye nor yet the hovire/ when the Sonne of man shall come. ^ Lykwyse as a certayne man redy to take his iorney to a straunge countre/ called hys servauntes to hym/ and delyver- ed to them hys goodes. And vnto won he gave v. talentes/ to 6inother ij. and to another one : to every man after his abil- ite/ and streyght waye ^ departed. Then he thatt hadde re- ceaved the fyve talentes/ went and i* bestowed them, and ^^ wane other fyve. Lykwyse he that receaved ij. gayned other ij. but he that receaved one/ went and digged ^^ a pitt in the erth and hyd his masters money. After a longe season the lorde of those servauntes cam/ and reckened with them. Then cam he that had receaved fyve talentes and brought other fyve sayinge : ^^ master/ thou deliveredes vnto me fyve talentes/ lo I have gayned with them fyve moo. His master saide vnto him : well good servaunt and faythful/ Thou hast bene faythful! ^* in lytell/ I will make the ruler over moche/ entre in into thy masters ioye. Also he that receaved ij tal- entes cam/ and sayde : master/ thou delyveredes unto me ij talentes/ lo I have wone ij other with them, his master saide vnto hym/ well good servaunt and faythfull thou hast bene fajrthfull in litell/ I woU make the ruler over moche/ go in into thy masters ioye. He which had receaved the one talent cam also/ and said : master/ i^J considered that thou wast an harde man/ which repest where thou sowedst not/ and gadderest where thou strawedst not/ and was afFr^yde/ and went and hyd thy talent in the erth : lo/ thou hast i^ thyu awne. his master answered/ and sayde vnto hym : evyll servaunt and slewthfull/ i' thou knewest that I repe where I sowed nott/ and gaddre where I strawed nott : thou oughtest therefore to have had my money to the 1^ chaungers/ and then at my commynge shulde I have receaved ^^ my money with vauntage. Take therefore the ' Watch therefore, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ For [the kingdom of heaven\ is aa a man, that going into, etc. Gen. ' Went from home, Gen. Tooke his journey, Bps. '" Occupied with the same, Cov. Cr. Gen. Bps. " Gained, Gera. Made them, Bps. ^Haths earth, Cr. Gen. Bps. " Syr, Cr. Lorde, Bps. [So, vs. 22.] '■' Over fewe thinges — many things, Cr. Gen. Bps. [So, ys. 23.] " I knewe thee, etc. Cr. Bps. " That thme is, Cr. Bps. " Knewest thou, Cov. '' Exohaungers, Cr. Gen. Bps. •' Myne owne, Cr. Gen. Bps. E* ifo. irpbff), erje fflfoBpcU of S. JSSatJcm. talent from hym/ and geve hit vnto him which hath x talentes. for vnto every man that hath shalbe geven/ and he shall have aboundance. And from hym that hath not/ shalbe taken awaye/ even that he hath. And cast that vnprophetable ser- vaunt into vtter dercknes/ there shalbe 2" wepynge/ and gnassh- Lnge of theth. When the sonne of man shall come in hys maiestie/ and all hys holy angelles with him/ then. shall he sytt vpportthe seate of his maiestie/ and before hym shalbe gaddred all nacions. And he shall sever them won from another/ as a shepherde ^1 putteth asunder the shepe from the gootes. And he shall sett the shepe on his right honde/ and the gotes on his lyfte honde. Then shall the kynge saye to them on his right honde : Come ^ye blessed children of my father/ inheret ye the kyngdome prepared for you from the ^ beginninge of the worlde. for I was anhongred/ and ye gave me meate. I thursted/ and ye gave me drinke. I was 24 herbroulesse/ and ye ^ lodged me. I was naked and ye clothed me : I was sicke and ye visited me. I was in preson and ye cam vnto me. Then shall the ^ iuste answere hym sayinge : master/ when/ sawe we the anhongred/ an feed the .' or a thurst/ and gave the drynke ? when sawe we the herbroulesse/ and lodged the .' or naked and clothed the ? or when sawe we the sicke/ or in preson and cam vnto the ? And the kynge shall answere/ and saye vnto them : verely I saye unto you : in as moche as ye have done it vnto won of the leest of these my brethren : ye have done it to me. Then shall the kynge saye vnto them that shalbe on the lyfRe hande : departe from me ye coursed into everlastinge fire/ which is prepared for the devyll and hys angels. For I was an hungred/ and ye gave me no meate. I thursted/ and ye gave me no drynke. I was herbroulesse/ and ye lodged me nott. I was naked/ and ye clothed me nott. I was sycke and in preson/ and ye visited me not. Then shall they also answere hym sayinge : master when sawe we the anhungred/ or a thurst/ or herbroulesse/ or na- ked/ or sicke/ or in preson/ and have not ministred vnto the ? then shall he answere them/ and saye : Verily 1 say vnto you/ in as moche as ye dyd it nott to won off the leest of these/ ye ^ WayJing, Cov. ^i Oivideth, T. M. Cr. Bps. Separateth, Gen. 22 Ye blessed, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Foundation, Gm. Bps. « a stranger, Gen. Bps. [So, vvs. 38, 43, 44.] ^ Took me in, Cr. Gen. Bps. [So, vvs. 38, 43.] ^ Righteous, Cr. Gm. Bps. site ffiosjell of S. UKatScto. ffit. jpbf. dyd it nott to me. And these shall go into everlastinge payne : And the rightous into lyfe eternall. Sri)B ):j;l)I. ffiSaptev. A ND hit folowed : when Jesus had fynisshed all these say- "^ inges/ he sayd vnto his disciples : ye knowe that after .ij. dayes shalbe ester/ and the soniie of man shalbe delyvered for to be crucified. Then assembled togedder the chefe prestes and scrybes and seniours of the people in to the palice off the hye preste/ which was called Cayphas : and heelde a counsel!/ ho we they mygt take Jesus by suttelte/ and kyll him : butt they sayd/ not on the ^holy daye/lest ^efiy trouble aryse amonge the people. When Jesus was in bethany/ in the housse of Symon the lypper/ then cam vnto him a woman/ which had- ^ an alablas- ter boxe of ^precious oyntment' and powred it on his heed as he sate att the bourde. when his disciples saw that/ they had indignacion sayinge: ^what neded this wast.' This oynt- ment myght have been ^ well solde/ and geven to the povre. When Jesus vnderstood that/ he sayde vnto them : why trou- ble ye the woman ? she hath vwoght a good worke apon me. for ye shall have the '' poore folke alwayes with you/ Butt me shall ye not have all wayes. And in that she casted this oyntment on my body/ she dyd hit to bury me with all. Ver- ely I saye vnto you/ wheresoever this gospell shalbe preached thioughoute all the worlde/ there shall also thys thatt she hath done/ be tolde for a memoriall of her. Then won of the twelve called Judas iscarioth went vnto the chefe prestes/ and sayd : whatt wyll ye geve me/ and I wyll delyver hym vnto you ? And they ^ apoynted vnto hym thyrty peces of sylver. And from that tyme he sought opor- tunite to betraye hym. The fyrst day of vnlevended breed the disciples cam to Je- sus sayinge vnto hym : where wylt thou that we prepare for the to'eate the ester lambe ? And he said . Go into the cite/ vnto souche a man/ and saye to hym/ the master sayeth/ my t3rme 8 ys almoste come/ I will kepe myne ester att thy. housse with my disciples. And the disciples dyd as Jesus had apoynted them/ and made redy the ester lambe. ' Feast daye, Gen. Bps. ^ Any Uproar, Gen. Bps. ' A boxe, Cov. Gen. * Very costly, Gen. * Whereto serveth, Gov. Cr. To what purpose is, Bps. ' Solde for much, Gen. Bps. ' The ■poore, Cr. Gen. Bps. * Offered, Co». 'Isat hand, CV. Got. Bps. Sfo. T:pp EDe CEosjell of S. iWatjjeto. When the even was come/ he sate doune with the xij. and as they dyd eate/ he sayde : Verely I sale vnto you/ that won of you shall betraye me. And they were excedinge sorofuU/ and began every man to saye vnto hyra : ys hit I master ? he answered and sayde : he that depeth his honde with me in the disshe/ shall betray me. The soiine of man goeth as yt is wrytten of him : but wo be to that man/ by whom the sorme of man shalbe betrayed. It had bene good for that mann/ yif he had never bene borne. Then Judas which betrayed him/ answered and sayde : Ys yt I master .' He sayde vnto hym : thou haste saide. As they ate/ Jesus toke breed/ and gave thankes/ brake it/ and gave it to his disciples/ and sayde : Take/ eate/ thys ys my body. And toke the cuppe/ and i" gave thankes/ and gave it them/ sayinge : drinke " of it every won. This ys my bloudde of the newe testament/ which shalbe shedde for many/ for the 1^ forgevenes of synnes. I saye vnto you : I wyll not drynke hence foorth of this frute of the vyne tree/ vntyll that daye/ when I shall drynke it newe with you in my faders kyngdom. And when they had i^sayd grace/ they went out into mounte olyvete. Then sayd Jesus vnto them/ all ye shall fall this nyght because of me. For yt ys wrytten : I wyll smyte the shepherde/ and the shepe of the flocke shalbe scat- tered abroode. But after I am rysen agayne/ 1 wyll goo be- fore you into galile. Peter answered/ and sayde vnto him : though all men shulde be hurte by the/ yet wyll not I be hurte. Jesus sayde vnto hym : verely I saye vnto the/ that thys same night before the cocke crowe/ thou shalt deny me thryse. Peter sayde vnto hym : YfT I shulde dye with the/ yet vi^U I not denye the. lyke wyse also sayde all the disci- ples. Then went Jesus with them in to !■* a place/ which ys call- ed gethsemane/ and sayed vnto hys disciples : sitt ye here whyll I go and praye yonder. And he toke with hym Peter and the two sonnes of zebede/ and began to wexe sorofuU and to be 1^ in an agony. Then sayd Jesus vnto them : my soule is bevy even vnto the deeth : Tary ye here and watche vnth me. And he went away a lytell ^^aparte/ and fell flatt on hys face/ and prayed sayinge : O my father/ yf it be possyble/ 1" Thanked, Cr. r. Jtf. " Te all of it, Cr. Gere. Bps. " r,,. mission, All the Vers. " Sung a Psalme, Gen. Prayed (God) Bps. " Unto a farine place, etc. Cr. '° Heavye, Cr. Bps. Grievous- ly troubled, Gen. '° Farther, Cr. Gen. Bps. STjie ffiosjell of S. JlWatfieto. ffij). xv^]. lett this cuppe passe from me. neverthelesse/ not as I wyll/ butt as thou wylt. And he cam vnto hys disciples/ and founde them aslepe/ and sayde to Peter : what/ coulde ye not watch with me one houre ? watche and praye/ that ye i' fall not in- to temptacion. The spirite ys i^willynge/ but the flesshe is weeke. He went agayne ons moare/ and pryed/ sayinge : O my father/ yf this cuppe can nott passe awaye from me/ but that I drynke of it/ thy will be fulfylled. And he cam/ and founde them aslepe agayne. For there eyes were bevy. And he leiRe them and went agayne and prayed the thrid tyme say- inge the same wordes. Then cam he to hys disciples and sayd vnto them : i* Slepe hence forth/ and take youre reest. Take hede the houre is at honde/ and the sonne of man shal be betrayed in to the hondes of s)mners. Ryse/ lett vs be goinge/ he is at honde that shall betraye me. WhyU he yet spake/ lo/ Judas won of the twelve cam/ and with him a greate multitude with sweardes and staves/ whych were sent from the chefe prestes and seniours of the people. He that betrayed hym/ gave them a token/ sayinge : whom- soever I kysse/ that same is he/ ^ ley hondes on him. And forth withall he cam to Jesus/ and sayde : ^i hayll master. And kyssed hym. And Jesus sayde vnto him : frende/ wher- fore arte thou come .' Then cam they and layed hondes on Jesus and toke him : And beholde/ won of them which were with Jesus/ stretch- ed oute his honde and drue his swearde/ and stroke a ser- vaunt of the bye preste/ and smote of his eare. Then sayde Jesus vnto hym : putt vppe thy swearde in to his sheathe. For all they that ^ley hond on the swearde/ shall perysshe with the swearde. Other thynkest thou that I can not praye my father/ 23and he shall ®*geve me moo thenxij. legions of angelles ? howe then shall the scriptures be fulfyUed/ for so muste it be. The same tyme sayd Jesus to the multitude : ye be come out ets it were vnto a ^ thefe/ with sweardes and staves for to take me : dayly I sate amonge you teachinge in the temple/ and ye toke me not. All this was done that the scriptures off " Enter, O. Gen. Bps. " Readye, T. M. Gen. " Slepe on nowe, Cr. ^ Holde hym fast, Cr. Bps. " God save thee, Master, Gere. ^ Take, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ To send me, Cov. ** Geve me (even nowe), Cr. Cause to stand by me, Bps, ** Mur- tberer, Cov. i^o. Xfp EJe ffiospell of S. IWatieb). the prophettes myght be fulfilled. Then all his disciples foi*- soke him and fleed. And they toke Jesus and leed hym to Cayphas the hye preeste/ where the scrybes and the senyours were assembled. Peter folowed hym a farre of/ vnto the hye prestes ^ place. And went in/ and sate with the servauntes to se the ende. The chefe prestes/ and the seniours/ and all the counsell/ sought false witnes ageinste Jesus/ for to put him to deeth/ and they founde none. ^ in so moche that when many false wytnesses cam yet founde they none. At the last cam two false wytnesses/ and sayd : This ^ felowe saide : I can^^ dis- troye the temple of God/ and bylde the same in iij dayes. And the chefe preste arose/ and sayde to hym : answerest thou ^''nothinge } ^^ howeis it that these beare witnes ageynst the ? butt Jesus helde hys peace : And the chefe- preeste an- swered/ and said to- hym : I charge the ^^ in the name oiT the lyvinge god/ that thou tell vs whether thou be christ the sonne of god : Jesus sayd to hym : thou haste sayd. Neverthelesse I saye vnto you/ here after shall ye se the sonne of man s)rtt- inge on the right honde of power/ and come in the clowddes of ^ the skye. Then the hye preste rent his clothes sayinge .' He hath blasphemed : what nede we off eny moo witnesses .' Lo/ nowe have ye herde his blasphemy : what thincke ye ? They answered and sayd : he is ^* worthy to dye. Then spat they in hys face/ and ^Sbett him with there fistes. And other smote him with the palme of there hondes on the face/ sa- ynge : ^^ tell vs/ thou Christ/ who ys he that smote the ? Peter sate without in the palice/ and a damsell came to hym saynge : Thou also waste with Jesus of galile : he denyed before them all sayinge : I wool not what Aou sayst. When he was goone out into the poorche/ another wenche sawe hym and sayd vnto them that were there/ Thys felowe was also with Jesus of nazareth. And agayne he denyed 37 with an oothe/ and sayde : I knowe nott the man. And after a whyle cam vnto hym they that stode bye/ and sayde vnto "Peter : ^ Palace, Cr. T. M. Bps. Hall, Gen. '" Yea, when many, etc. Cr. Bps. And though many, etc. Gen. ^Man, Gen. ^Breaks down, Gov. * Nothing unto it, that these testify. Gov. '■ Why do these, etc. Cr. What is the matter that [that which, Bps ] these, Gen. Bps. ^a gy jjig living God, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Heaven, Gen- 34 Gyltye of death, Cov. ^5 Buffetted, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 36 Propheoie unto, Cov. Gen. Bps. " And swore also, Cov. ffije ffiosDEll of S. iMatSeto. «!). ■^Mf. suerly thou art even won of them/ for they speache bewreyeth the. Then began he to course and to sweare/ that he knewe not the man. And immedyatly the cocke krewe. ^8^^ Peter remembred the wordes of Jesu/ whych he sayde vnto hym : before the cocke crowe/ thou shalt denye me thryse. And went out at the dores/ and wepte bitterly. ffije jrjrbif. ffljapter. "^^HEN the momynge was come/ all the chefe prestes and senyours off the people helde a counsayle agenst Jesu/ to put hym to deth/ and brought hym bounde and del)rvered hym vnto Poncius Pylate the debyte. Then when Judas which betrayed hym/ sawe that he was condempned/ he repented him sylfe/ and brought ageyne the XXX. 1 plattes off sylver to the chefe prestes and senyoures saynge : I have synned betraynge the innocent bloud. And they sayde : what is that to vs ? se thou to that. And he cast doune the sylver plates in the temple/ and departed/ and went and hounge hym sylfe. The chefe prestes toke the sylver plattes and sayd : it is not lawfull for to put them in to ^the treasury/ because it is 3 the pryce of bloud. And they toke counsell/ and bought with them a potters felde to bury strangers in. wherfore that felde is called/ * the felde of bloud/-vntyll this daye. Then was fuUfyUed / that which was spoken by Jeremi the prophet/ sayinge : and they toke xxx. sylver plates/ the ^ value of him that was prysed/ whom ^they bought of the chyldren of isra- hel/ and they gave them for the potters felde/ as the lorde ap- poynted me. Jesus stode before the debite/ and the debite axed him/ saynge : Arte thou the kynge of the iewes ? Jesus sayd vnto hym : Thou sayest. when he was accused of the chefe preestes and senioures/ he answered nothinge. Then sayd Pilate vnto him : hearest thou not howe '' many thinges they laye agenste the ? and he answered him to never a worde. in so moche that the debyte marveylled ^very sore. ^ Then thought Peter upon, etc. Cov. ' Silver pens, Cov. Silver peeces, Cere. Bps. [So, vvs. 5, 6.] ' God's chest, Cm. ^ Blood money, Cov. * Ct. inserts — (Aceldama, that is.) ^ The price of him that was valued, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ They of the chil- dren of Israel valued, Gen. ' Sore they accuse thee, Cov. Many witnesses they lay, Cr. Many things they witnesse, Bps. ' Great- lye, T.M. Cr. Gen. Bps. Sfa. p:);f, SJe ©togjiril of S. IWatSeli). Att that feest/ the debyte was wonte to deliver vnto the pe- ple a presoner whom they wolde chose. He hade then a no- table presoner/ called Barrabas. And when they were gad- dered together/ Pilate sayde vnto them : whether wyll ye that y 8,geve losse vnto you barrabas/ or Jesus which is called Cryst ? For he knewe well/ that for envy they had delyver- ed Jiim. When he was sett doune ^^to geve iudgement/ his wyfe sent to hym/ sayinge : have thou nothinge to do with that iuste man/ 1 have suffered many thinges thisdayein ^imyslepe aboute hym. The chefe preestes and the seniours had parswaded the people/ that they shulde axe barrabas/ and shulde destroye Jesus. The debits answered and sayde vnto them : whether of the twayne will ye that I lett losse vnto you .' And they sayde/ barrabas. Pilate sayde vnto them : what shall I do then with Jesus/ which is called Crist ? They all sayde to him : lett hym be crucified. Then sayde the debite : what evyll hath he done ? And they cryed i^the more saynge : lett him be crucified. When Pilate sawe that he i^prevayled nothbge/ butt that moare !■* busenes was made/ he toke water and wasshed his hondes before the people sayinge : I am innocent of the bloud of this iuste person/ ^^ and that ye shall se. Then answered all the people/ and sayde : his bloud fall on vs/ and on oure children. Then lett he Barrabas loose vnto them/ and scourg- ed Jesus and delyvered him to be crucified. Then the soud- eours of the debite toke Jesus vnto the comen hall/ and gad- dered i^ vnto him all the company. And stripped hym/ and put on hym a i' purpyll roobe/ and platted a croune off thornes and putt vppon his heed/ and a rede in his ryght honde. And bowed theire knees before him/ is saying : i^ hayle kinge of the lews/ and spitted vppon hym/ and toke the rede and smoote hym on the heed. And when they had mocked him/ they toke the robe off" hym ageyne/ and put his awne reyment on him/ and leed hym awaye to crucify hym. And as they cam out/ they founde a ' Let loose, T. M. Gen. "• On the judgment seate, Cov. Gen. Bps. " A dreame because of [by reason of, G.] him, Gen. Bps. " Exceedingly, Bps. " Availed, Gen. '" Tumult, Gen. " On your parell be it, Tav. See [Look, Gen.] ye to it, G A skulle, Bps. " Divided, Gen. ^ His cause [accusation, B.] Gen. Bps. ^ High Priestes, Ml the Vers. ^' Hath helped others — helpe, Cos. ^ Can he not save, Cr. Bp«. * The earth, Cov. '" And [To, B.] save him. Gen. Bps. ^ Twain, Gen. F J^o. tffil Ste ffinspell of S. JWatijeiu. after his resurreccion/ and cam in to the holy cite/ and appe- red vnto many. When the s^pety captayne/ and they that were with hym watchinge Jesus/ sawe the erth quake and those thynges which hapened/ they feared greatly sayinge. 30 Off g, surete this was the sonne off God. And many wemen were there/ beholdinge hym afarre off/ which folowed Jesus from Galile/ ministringe vnto hym : amonge the which was Mary magdalen/ and Mary the mother 31 off James and the mother of Joses/ and the mother off Ze- bedes ^2 chyldren. When the even was come/ there cam a ryche man ^3 of Aramathia named Joseph/ which same also was Jesus disciple. He went to Pilate and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pi- late commaunded the body to be delivered, and Joseph toke the body/ and wrapped it in a clene lynnyrje clooth/ and put it in his newe tombe/ which he had hewen out even in the roke/ and rolled a greate stone to the dore of the sepulcre and departed. There was Mary magdalene/ and the other Mary sittinge over agenste the sepulcre. The nexte daye that foloweth 34 good frydaye/ the hye prestes and pharises got them selves to Pilate/ and sayde : Syr/ we remember/ that this deceyver sayde whyll he was yet alyve/ After thre dayes y wyll aryse agayne/ comaunde tlierefore that the sepulcre be mayde sure vntyll the thyrd daye/ lest paraventure his disciples come/ 35 and steale hym awaye/ and saye vnto the people/ he ys rysen from deeth : And then the laste erroure shalbe worsse then the fii-st was. Pilate sayde vnto them : 36 Take watche men : Go and make y tt as sure as ye can. They went and made the sepulcre sure with watche men/ and sealed the stone. ^ Centurion, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bfs. ^o Truely, Cr. Gen. Bps- ^' Of James and Joses, 2\ M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Sonnes, 6'tn. ^' From (the citie of) Arimatliea, Bps. ** The daye of preparing- Cr. Bps. The preparation of the Sabhath, Gen. ^ Gen. Bps, add — by night. ^ Te liave the watche, Cr. Gen, Bps. Eie fflospell of S. JRatSetB. fflj. n^ttj. Eiie n^K]. ffljaptet. 1 nPHE saboth daye att even which dauneth the morowe af- ter the sabotii/ Mary magdalene and the other Mary c am to se the sepulcre. And beholde there was a greate erth quake. For the an- gell of the lorde descended from heven : and cam and rowUed backe the stone ffrom the dore/ and sate apon it. His coun- tenaunce was lyke lyghtnynge/ and his rayment whyte as snowe For feare of hym the kepers ^were astunnyed and were as deed men. The angell answered/ and sayde to the wemen/ Feare ye not. I knowe well ye seke Jesus which was crucified : he is not here : he is rysen as he sayde. Come/ and se the place where the lorde was put. And goo quickly Eind tell his dis- ciples that he is rysen from deeth. AJad beholde/ he wyll go before you into Galile/ there ye shall se hym. Lo I have tolde you. And they departed quickly from the sepulcre with feare and great ioye. And did runne to bringe his disciples worde. And as they went to tell his disciples, beholde/ Jesus mett them sayinge : ^ God spede you. They cam and held hym by the fete and worshypped hym. Then sayde Jesus vnto them : be not afrayde : Go and tell my brethren/ that they goo into galile/ and there shall they se me. When they were gone, beholde/ some of *the kepers cam in to the cite/ and shewed vnto the ^ prelattes/ all thinges whych had hapened. And they gaddered them togedder with the senioures/ and toke counsell/ and gave ^ large money vnto the souders/ saynge : Saye that his disciples cam be nyght/ and stoole hym awaye whyll ye slept. Aiid yf '' this come to the ^ rulers eares/ we wyll ^ pease him/ and *" make you safe. And they 'Upon the evening of the sabbath holy-day which dawneth the mor- row of the first day of the sabbaths, etc. Cov. [So, Cr. omitting ' holy- day' and ' the morow of']. In the ende of the sabbath which Awneth the first of the week, Bps. Gc». similar. ^ Were troubled, Coc. Did shake, Bps. ' All hayle, T. M. Cr. Bps. God save you, Gen. * 'The watche, Gen. Bps. ^ Hj^e Frestes, SU the Vers. ' Money enough, Cov. ' The governoure heare of this, Gen. 8 Deputie's, Bp«. 'Still, Cor. Persuade„Cr. CrC».Bp«. '"Bringe it to passe that ye shall be safe, Cov. Save you narralesse, T. M. Cr. So. nvifh ^'b^ ffiosjell of S. iWatjieto. toke the money and did as they were taught. And this saynge is noysed amonge the iewes vnto this daye. Then the xi. disciples went there waye into galile/ in to a mountayne where Jesus had appoynted them. And when they sawe hym/ they worshypped hym. But some of them douted. Jesus came Eind spake vnto them/ saynge : All power ys geven vnto me in heven/ and m erth. Goo therefore and teache all nacions/- baptisynge them in the name of the father/ and the sonne/ and the holy goost : Teachinge them to observe all thynges/ whatsoever I com- maunded you. And lo I am with, you " all waye even vntyll the eiide off the worlde. JBete etiletl) tSe ffiospell of £. JWat$eiD. " Every day, Cov. ^K0^fE begynnyug off the Gospell of Jesu Christ the sonne ^B^ off God/ as yt ys written in the prophettes/ beholds I seiide my messenger before thy face/ whych shall prepare thy waye before the. The voyce of won that cryeth in the wil- demes : prepare ye the waye off the lorde/ make his pathes streyght. Jhon did baptise in the wildemes/ and preache the baptism ^ of repentaunce/ for the remission of synnes. And all the londe of iewry/ and they of Jerusalem went out vnto hym/ and were all baptised of hym in the ryver Jordan/ ® knowled- gynge theire synnes. Jhon was clothed with cammylles heer/ and wyth a ^ ger- dyll off a ■* [beestes] skyn about hys lojTies. And he ate lo- custes and wylde bony/ and preached saynge : a stronger than I commeth after me/ whos shue latchett I am not worthy to stoupe doune and vnlose. I have baptised you with water : but he shall baptise you with the holy goost. And yt came to passe in those dayes/ that Jesus cam from nazareth/ a cite of galile : and was baptised of Jhon in Jor- dan. And ^ immediately he cam out of the water/ and sawe the hevens ^ open/ and the '' holy goost descendinge vppon him lyke a dove. And there cam a voyce from heven : Thou arte my dere sonne/ in whom I delite. And immediatly the sprete drave hym into a wildemes : ' Of amendment, Cov. Gen. adds— of life. * Confessynge, Ml the Vers. ^ Leatiieme gyrdle, Cov. * Ml the Vers. omit. * As soone as he was come up, etc. T. M.,Cr. Gen. Bps. * Cloven in twaine, Gen, ' Spirite, Cr. Bps. jFo. j:pi:fb. Site ffiospell of S. ptarfte. and he was there in the wyldernes xl. dayes/ and was tempt- ed off Satan/ and was with wylde beestes. And the angels ministred vnto hym. After that Jhon was taken/ Jesus cam in to galile/ preach- ynge the gospell off the kjmgdom of god/ and saynge : the tyme ys ^ ful come/ and the kyngdom of god is even att honde/ ' repent and beleve the gospell. As he walked by the see of galile/ he sawe Simon and An- drewe his brother castinge nettes in to the see/ for they were fysshers. And Jesus sayde vnto them : folowe me/ and I wyll make you to be fysshers of men. And they strayght waye forsoke their nettes/ and folowed him. And when he had gone a lytell further thens/ he sawe James the Sonne off zebede/ and Jhon his brother/ i" even as they were in the shippe ^^ dressynge their nettes. And anon he called them. And they leeft their father Zebede in the shippe with his heyred servauntes/ and went their waye after hym. And they entred in to capernaum/ and streight waye on the sabot dayes he entred in to the sinagogge and taught. And they i^mervelled att hys i^learninge. for he taught them as won whych had power with him/ and not as the scrybes did. And there was in the sinagogge/ a man vexed with an vn- clene spirite/ and he cryed sayinge : ^* lett me a lone : what have we to do with the Jesus of nazareth ? arte thou come to destroie vs ? I knowe what thou arte/ thou arte '^that holy man promysed of god. And Jesus rebuked him/ saynge : hoolde thy pace and com out of the man. And the vnclene spirite tare him/ cryed out with a lowde voyce/ and cam out of him. And they were all amased/ in so moche that they demaunded won off another among them selves/ saying : what thinge ys thys ? what newe doctrine is thys .' for he commaundeth the foule spirites with power/ and they obeye him. Anon his name spreed abroade throughoute all the re- gion borderynge on galile. And immediatly as sonne as they were com out of the sinagogge/ they entred in to the housse of Symon and An- drew with James and Jhon. Symones '^ moth'erelawe lay * Fulfilled, Gen. " Amende yourselves, Cov. ' '" Which also were, etc. Cr. Bps. As they were, etc. Gen. " Mendyng, T.M. Cr. Gen. Bps. '^ Were astonied, Cr. Gen. Bps. '^ Doctrine, Gen. '■• Let be, T. M. Let us alone, Bps. Alas ! [Ah ! G.] what have we, etc. Cr. Gen. '^ That holye one of God, T. M. Or. Gen. Bps. '* Wives mother. Gen, Bps. Si)e ffiosprtl of S. JWarfte. ffij). ff. sicke of a fiver/ and annon they told hym of her. And he cam and toke her by the honde and lifte her vppe/ and the fiver forsoke her by and by : And she ministred vnto them. And at even when the sun was doune/ they brought vnto him all that were diseased/ and them that were i' possessed with devyls and all the cite gaddred togedder at the dore/ and he healed many that were sycke of dyvers diseases. And he cast out many devyls : and suffered not the devyls to ^^ speake/ because they knewe him. And in i* the moorninge very erly/ *" Jesus arose and went out in to a solitary place/ and there prayed. And Simon and they that were with hjnm folowed after hym. And when they had founde him/ they sayde vnto him : all men seke for the. and he sayd vnto them : let vs go in to the nexte tounes/ that y maye preache there also : for ^^ truly I cam out for that purpose, and he preached in their sinagogges/ throughout aU galile/ and ceist devyls out. And there cam a leper to him besechinge him/ and kneled doune vnto him/ and sayde vnto him : yf thou wylt' thou arte able to make me clene. Jesus had compassion on him/ and put forth his honde/ touched him/ and sayde vnto him : I will/ be clene. and as sone as he had spoken/ immediately the leprosy departed from him/ ^ and he was clensed. And ^ he charged hym/ and sent him awaye forthwith, and sayd vnto him ; Se that thou teU no man/ but gett the hence and shewe thy sylfe to the preste/ and offer for thy clensynge/ those thinges which Moses commaunded/ for a testimoniall vnto them. But he (as sone as he was departed) began to tell many thinges and to publyshe the dede/ in so moche that Jesus coulde no more openly entre in to the cite/ but was with out in desert places/ and they came to him from every quarter. arte ff. ffitapter. A FTER a feawe dayes he entred into Capernaum againe/ and it was noysed that he was in a housse : and anon many gaddered togedder/ in so moche that ^ nowe there was no " Vexed, Cr. Bps. '^ Say that they knewe him, Gen. " One morning, Tav. ^ Gen. Bps. add — before day. *' Therefore am I come, Cr. Bps. '' And hee sent him awaye, etc. Cr. '"After he had given him a straight commandment, Gen. Bps. ' The places aboute the doore comde not receyve any more, Gen. jfo. nr'i>- ^i' ffiospell of S. iWlarfte. roume to receave them : no/ ^nott in places about the dore. And he preached vnto them. And there cam vnto hym that brought wone sicke off the palsey/ borne off fower men : and be cause they coulde not com nye vnto hym for ^preace : They ^opened the rofe of the housse where he was. And when they had broken yt open/ they lett doune ^ the beed where in the sicke of the palsey ley/ When Jesus sawe their fayth/ he sayde to the sicke of the palsey/ sonne thy synnes are forgeven the. There were certeyne of the scrybes syttinge/ and reason- inge in their hertes : ^ howe doeth thys felowe blaspheme .' who can forgeve synnes/ but god only .? And immediatly when Jesus perceaved in his sprete/ that they so reasoned in them selves/ he saye vnto them : why thynke ye soche thinges in youre hertes .' whether ys it easyer to saye to the sicke of the palsey/ thy synnes ar forgeven the : or to saye/ aryse/ take vppe thy beed and walke .' That ye may knowe that the Sonne of man hath power in erth to forgeve sinnes/ he spake vnto the sicke of the palsey : I saye vnto the/ aryse and take vp thy beed/ and get the hens in to thyne awne housse. And by and by he arose/ toke vp hys beed/ and went forth before them all. in so moche that they were all amased/ and glorified god/ sayinge : we never sawe '' it on thys fassion. And he went out agayne vnto the see/ and all the people resorted vnto hym/ and he taught them. And as Jesus passed by/ he sawe levy the sonne of alphey/ sytt att the receyte of custome/ and sayde vnto him : folowe me. And he arose and folowed hym. And yt cam to passe/ as Jesus sate att meate in his housse/ many pubplicans and synners sate att meate also with Jesus and his disciples. For there were many that folowed him. And when the scribs and pharises sawe him eate vrith publicans and synners/ they sayde vnto his disciples : howe is it/ that he eateth and drynketh with publicans and synners ? when Jesus had herde that/ he sayd vnto them. The whole have no nede of the visicion : but the sicke. I cam 8 to cal the sinners to repentaunce/ and not the iuste. And the disciples of Jhon and of the pharises did faste/ and they cam and sayde vnto him. Why do the disciples of Jhon ' No, not so much as about, etc. T. Jtf. Cr. Bps. ' The people, Cov. The multitude, Gen. ' Uncovered, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Cr. adds — (with cords.) ^ Why doth he speake, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Such a thing. Gen. ^ Not to cal the righteous but sinners, etc, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. me «Sos)ieU of S. i!»atite. ®i). Hf. and off the pharises faste/ and thy disciples fast nott. And Jesus sayde vnto them : can the chyldren of ^a weddings faste/ wmls the brydgrome is with them ? As longe as they have the brydgrome with them/ they cannot faste. Butt the dayes wyll come when the brydegrome shalbe taken from them/ and then shall they faste in thoose dayes. Also no man soweth a pece of newe cloth vnto an olde garment/ for i^then taketh he awaye the newe pece from the olde/ and so is the rent worsse. In lyke wyse/ no man poureth newe wyne in to olde vess- elles/ for yf he do the newe wyne breaketii the vesselles/ and the wyne runneth onV and the vessels are ^^marde. Butt newe wyne must be poured in to new vesselles. And it chaunsed that he went thorowe the come feldes on the sabboth daye/ and his disciples i® [as they went on their waye/] began to plucke the eares of come/ And the pharises sayde vnto him : Take hede why do they on the sabboth daye that which is vnlaufuU ? And he sayde vnto them : have ye never redde what David did/ when he had nede/ and was an- hongred both he and they that were with him .' howe they went into the housse of God in the dayes of Abiathar the hye preste/ and ate the halowed loves/ which is not laufull but for the prestes only to eate : and gave also to them which were with him .' And he sayde to them : the saboth daye was made for man/ and nott man for the saboth daye. Wherfore is the Sonne of man lorde even of the saboth daye. CSe itf. ffljajrtfr. A ND he entred agayne into the synagog/ and there was a -^*- man which had a widdred honde : and they watched him/ to se/ yf he wolde heale him on the saboth daye/ that they myght accuse hym. And he saide vnto the man whych had the widdred honde : aryse and stonde in the middes. And he saide to them : whether ys it laufull i to do a good dede on the saboth daye/ or i an evyll .' ® to save a mannes life/ or to kyll ? Butt they helde their peace. And he loked rounde aboute on them ^ angrely mornynge on the * blindnes of their herttes/ And sayd to the man : stretch forth llijoie honde : ' The marriage chamber, Gen. "" Els the newe piece taketh away the filling up from the old, Gen. Other wayeg his newe peece taketh awaye (somewhat) from the olde, etc. Bps. " Lost, Gen. " Cr. Bps. omit. ' To do good— to do evyll, Cr. Bps. " To save [the, G.] life, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ' With anger, mourning on, etc. Cr. Bps. * Hardenesse, Bps. Jfo. xn'oh E6e eEosjell ot S. iSStarfte. and he stretched it forth : and the honde was restored/ even as whole as the other. The pharises departed/ and streyght waye gaddred a coun- sell with 5 them that belonged to Herode agaynst hym/ that they myght destroye him. And Jesus avoyded with his dis- ciples to the see : and a greate multitude folowed him from galile and from Jewry/ and from Hierusalem/ and from Idu- mea/ and from beonde Jordane : and they that dwelled about Tyre and Sidon/ a great multitude : which when they hade herde ^ what thynges he did/ cam vnto him. And he comaunded his disciples/ that a shippe shulde wayte on him/ because off the people/ leste they shulde throunge hym. for he had healed many/ in so moche that they preased apon him/ for to touche him/ as mtmy as had plages and when the vnclene sprites sawe him/ they fell doune before him/ and cryed sayinge : thou arte the sonne of God : And he ''' streyght- ly charged them that they shulde not ^ vtter him. And he went vppe into a mountayne/ and called vnto him whom he wolde/ and they cam vnto him. And he ^ ordeined the twelve that they shulde be with him/ and that he myght sende them to preache. And that they might have power to heale syknesses and to cast out devylles. And i" he gave vn- to Simon/ to name/ Peter. And he called James the sonne of Zebede/ and Jhon James brother/ and gave them bonarges to name/ which is to saye the sonnes of thounder. And An- drewe and Philippe/ and Bartlemewe and Mathewe/ and Thomas/ and James the sonne of Alphey/ and Taddeus/ and Symon ii of cane/ and Judas iscarioth/ whiche same also be- trayed hym. And they cam vnto housse/ and the people assembled to- gedder agayne/ so ^^greattly that they had nott leesar so moche as to eate breed. And when i' they that i* longed vnto hym herde off it/ they went out to i^ holde hym. For they ^^ sayde/ 1^ he ys to fervent. And the scribes which came from Jeru- salem/ sayde : he hath Beelzebub/ and by the ^^ power off the ' Herode's officers, Cov. The Herodians, Gen. Bps. ^ Of his noble acta, Ccn>. ' Sharply rebuked them, Gen. * Make him known, Cr. Bps, ' Appointed, Gen. '" And the first was Si- mon, and he named Simon, Peter, Gen. " The Cananite, Gen. Bps. '* That they coulde not 30 much as, etc. Gera. Bp«. "His kmsfolk,Ge». '■• Belonged, Cr. Bps. '* Lay holde [hands, G.] upon him, Cr. Gen. Bps. '* Thought he had been besyde him- selfe, T. M. Gen. " He taketh too much upon him, Cov. He is mad, Cr. Bps. " Chief devyll, Cr. Prince of the devils. Gen. Bps. ESe ffiosjpeU of S. iJWarfee. ffijb. fftj. chefe devyll/ casteth out devylles. And he called them vnto hym/ and in similitudes sayde vnto them. Howe can Satan drive out Satan ? And yf a i^ realme be devided ageynst it silfe/ that ^^ realme cannot endure. And if a housse be devided agaynste it silfe/ that housse cannot continue : So if Satan make insurreccion agaynst him silfe/ and be devided/ he can not continue/, but hath an ende. No man can entre into a stronge mans housse/ and take awaye hys gooddes/ excepte he fyrste bynde that stronge man and then spoyle hys housse. Verely I saye vnto you that all synnes shalbe forgeven vn- to 2" mens chyldren : find blasphemy/ where with they blas- pheme, but he that blasphemeth the holy goost/ shall never have forgeveness : but is ^i in daunger of eternall damppacion. For they sayde/ he had an vnclene sprete. And there cam his mother and his brithren/ and stode with oute/ and sent vnto him and called hym : and the people sate aboute hym/ and sayde vnto hym : beholde thy mother and thy brethren seke for the with out. And he answered them/ saynge : who ys my mother/ and my brethren .'' And he loked rounde about on his disciples/ which ^2 sate in compasse about hym/ and sayde : beholde my mother/ and my brethren/ For who soever doeth the will off god/ he is my brother/ my sys- ter and mother. STJe iff). ®i)a))ter. A ND he began agayne to teache them by the see syde. ■^ And there gadered to gedder vnto hym moche people/ so greatly that he entred in to a shippe/ and sate in the see/ and all the people was by the see syde on the shoore/ And he 1 taught them many thynges in similitudes/ and sayde vnto them in his doctrine : Herken to. Beholde/ The sower went forth to sowe/ and it fortuned as he sowed/ that some fell by the waye syde/ and the fowles off the ayre cam and devoured it vppe. Some fell on a stony grounde : where it had not moche erth : and by and by sprange vppe/ because it had not deepth of erth/ and as sone as the sun was vppe it caught heet : and because it had nott rotynge it wyddred awaye. And some fell amonge the thomes/ and the thornes grewe vppe "Kingdome, Gen. »> Tlie children of men, Gen.Bps. »' Guil- tle of the everlasting judgment, C'o«. Culpable of, etc. Gen. ''Sat aboute him, Bps. ' Preached long, Gov. Jfo. wMf- JESe ffiospell if S. iWarfte. and choked it/ so that it gave no frute. And some fell apon good grounde : and did yelde frute that spronge and grewe : and brought forthe some thirty folde/ some ^ fourty folde/ and some an hundred folde. And he sayde vnto them : He that hath eares to heare/ lett hym heare. When he was alone/ they that were/ aboute hym with the twelve axed hym of the similitude. And he saide vnto them : To you it is geven to knowe the mistery of the kyngdom of God/ But vnto them that are with out/ shall all thinges be done in simiUtudes : that when they se/ they shall se/ and not disceme : and when they heare they shall heare/ and not vn- derstonde : leste at any tyme they shulde toume/ and their synnes shulde be forgeven them. And he sayde vnto them : Perceave ye not' this similitude. And howe ^ye shall knowe all similitudes .' The sower soweth the worde. * These be they whiche are by the wayes syde/ where the worde is sowen/ to whom as sone as they have herde itt/ commeth ^the devyll and takith awaye the worde that was sowen in their hertes. And these also are they that ^ are sowen on the stony grounde : which when they have herde the worde/ att pnce they receave it with '' ioye/ yett have no rote in themselves/ and so endure but for a season : afterwarde as sone as eny trouble or persecu- cion ariseth for the wordes sake/ anon they fall. Aiid these are they that are sowen amonge the thornes/ which heare the worde of god/ and the care of this worlde and the disseytful- nes of ryches/ and the lustes of other th3mges entre in/ and choocke the worde/ and it is made vnfrutfuU. And these are they that are sowen in good grounde/ which heare the worde and receave it/ ^ and brynge forth frute : some thirty folde/ some sixty folde/ some an hundred folde. And he sayde vnto them/ is the candle lighted/ to be put vnder a busshell/ or vnder ^ the borde ? ys it not therfore lighted that it shulde be put on a candelsticke ? For there is no thing i" so prevy/ that shall nott be opened : nether i^ so secreet' butt that it shall i^ come abroade. Yf eny man have ' Syxtye, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Then shoulde ye iinderstande [will ye know, C] all other, Cr. Gen. * And (they whereof some be rehearsed to be by the wayside) are those where, etc. Cr. And these are they that receive the seed by the wayside, etc. Gen. ' Satan, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. " Receyved the seed Cr. Gen. Bps. [So post.] ' Gladnesse, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ' So that one come dothe bring forth, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. ' The table, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. >° Hid, Gen. " Is there a secret, Gm. '« Be known, Cor. Come to light. Gen. Sie CSospell ot S. JiSarice. ®1). [((). eares to heare/ lett him heare. And he sayd vnto them : take hede what ye heare. With what measure ye mete/ with the same shall is it be measured vnto you agayne. And vnto you that I'^have shall more he geven. For vnto hyro that hath/ shall it he geven : And from hym that hath nott/ shalbe taken awaye/ even that he hath. And he sayd : so is the kingdom of God/ even as yf a man shulde sowe seede in the grounde/ and shuld slepe and rise vp night and daye : and the seede shulde springe/ and growe vppe 1* whyll he is not ware. For the erth bryngeth forthe frute off her sUfe/ first the blad/ then the eares/ after that full come in the eares. As sone as the frute ^^ is brought forth/ anon he throusteth in the sykell be cause that hervest is come. And he sayde : where vnto shall we lyken the kyngdom off Gfod .'' or with what compareson shall we compare it ? It is lyke a grayne off mustardseed/ which when it is sowen in the erth/ is i'' the leest of all seedes that be in the erth : And after that it is sowen it groweth vppe/ and is greatest of all yerbes : and bereth greate braunches so that the fowles off the ayre maye i^ dwell vnder the shadowe of it. And with many soche similitudes he preached the worde vnto them/ ^^ after as they myght heare it. And with out similitude spake he nothinge vnto them. But when they were ^ a parte/ he expounded all thinges to his disciples. And the same daye when even was come he sayde vnto them : lett vs passe over into the other syde. And they ^^ late the people departe and toke hym even as he was in the shippe. There were also with him ^ other shippes. And there arose a great storme of wynde/ and dasshed the waves into the shippe/ so that it was full. And he was in the Sterne a slepe on a pelowe. And they awoke hym/ and sayde vnto hym : Master/ carest thou nott that we perisshe ? And he rose vppe and rebuked the wynde/ and sayde unto the see : peace and be still. And the wynde ^Salayed/ and there fol- owed a greate calme : and he sayde vnto them : why are ye fearfull ? Howe is it that ye have no faythe .? And they " Other men measure, etc, Cr. '■' Heare, Gen. '* He not knowing how, Gen. Bps. '" Slieweth itselfe, Gen. " Lesse than al seedes that be, etc. Bps. '^ Make their nestes, Cr. Builde, Gen. " As they were able to heare it, Gen. Bps. *• Alone, Cr. Bps. " Lefte the people [multitude, G.] T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ''More shippes, Cm>. Other little shipps, Bps. ^ Ceased, Cr. Gen. feared excedingly/ and sayde won to another : ^ what felowe is this ? for booth wynde and see obey hym. A^ ffijje b. ffljapter. ND they cam over to the other syde off the see in to the country of the gaderens. And when he was come out of the shippe/ 1 anon mett hym out of the ^ graves a man possess- yd of an vnclene sprete/ which had his abydinge amonge the graves. And no man coulde bynde hym ^ with cheynes/ be cause that when he vi'as often bounde with fetters and cheynes/ he plucked the chaynes asundre/ and brake the fetters in pa- ces. Nether coulde eny man tame him. And alwayes boothe nyght and daye he cryed in the mountaynes and in the graves and ■'bet hym silfe with stones. When he had spied Jesus afarre of/ he ranne/ and ^ worshipped him/ and cryed with a lowde voyce and sayde : what have I to do/ with the Jesus the Sonne of the ^ moost hyest god ? I '' requyre the in the name of god/ that thou torment me nott. For he had sayd vnto hym/ Come forthe of the man thou fowle sprete. And he axed hym : what is thy name ? and he anshwered hym/ my name is Legion/ for we are many. And he prayed hym instantly/ that he wold nott sende them awaye out of that re- gion. There was there nye vnto the mountayns a greate heerd of swyne fedinge/ and all the devyls besought hym saynge : ^ send vs in to the heerde off swyne/ that we maye enter in to them. And anon Jesus gave them leave/ And the vnclene spretes went out and entred in to the swyne. And the heerd 9 starteled/ and ran hedlyng into the see. They were i" about ij M. swyne/ and they were ^^ drouned in the see. And the swyne heerdes fleed/ and tolde it in the cite/ and in the i^coun- tre. And they cam out for to see/ what had hapened/ And they cam out to Jesus/ and they sawe hym that 13 was vexed with the fende and had the legion sytt/ both clothed and in his right mynde and were a frayed. And they that sawe it tolde them/ howe it had hapened vnto hym that was possessed off "' Who is this, Cr. Oen. Bjis, ' Furthwith, Tav. Incontinent- ly. Gen. [So, G. vs. 13.] = Tombes, Bps. [So post.] ^ No, not with, etc. T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. * Strook, Gen. Al to cutting him- sclfe, Bps. * Fell downe before him, Cov. ' Most High, Gen. ' Charge thee by Crod, Gen. * Let us depart. Cm. ' Ranne [Was carried, C] headlong, Cr. Gen. Bps. Gen. adds — from the high banke. '° Almost, Cr. " Choaked, Bps. '= Fieldes, Cr. " Had bene possessed with the devyll, Gen. [So vs. 18.] Sri)e Did touche me, Bps. " Throng, Gen, »» Cr, Gen, Bps. omit. *= All the truth, Cr. Gen. Bps, So. xX'fiyi. STJe fflfospcll of S. iWatfte. vnto her Doughter/ thy fayth hath ^ saved the/ goo in peace/ and be whole off thy plage. Whyll he yet spake/ there cam from the ruler of the sina- gogis housse/ certayne which sayde : thy doughter is deed : why deseasest thou the master eny further ? As sone as Je- sus herde thatt worde spoken/ he sayde vnto the ruler of the synagoge : Be not afrayed/ only beleve. And he suffred no man to folowe hym ^moo then Peter/ and James/ and Jhon James brother. And he cam vnto the housse of the ruler off the synagoge/ and sawe the ^ wondrynge and them that wepte and wayied greatly/ And he went in and sayde vnto them : Why make ye this adoo and Wepe } The ^ mayden is not deed/ but slepith. And they lawght hym to scorne. Then he put them all out/ and toke the father and the mother oif the mayden/ and them that were with hym/ and entred in where the mayden laye/ And toke the mayden by the honde/ and sayde vnto her : Tabitha/ cumi : which is by interpreta- cion : mayden I say vnto the/ aryse. And streight the may- den arose/ find ^ went on her fete. For she was of the age of twelve yeres. And they were astonied at it out of measure. And he charged them stray tely/ that no man shulde knowe off it. And commaunded to geve her meate. EJe bf. CJajitei;. A ND he departed thens/ and cam in to his awne countre/ ■^ and his disciples folowed hym. And when the saboth daye was come/ he began to teache in the synagoge. And many that herde hym i were astonyed/ and sayde : From whens hath he these thinges ? and what wysdom is this that is geven vnto him .? and suche ^ vertues that are wrought by his hondes .? Ys not this that carpenter Marys sonne/ the brother off James/ and Joses and Juda and Simon ? and are not his sisters here with vs } And they were hurt by the reason of him. And Jesus sayde vnto them : a prophet is not ^ despys- ed but in his awne countre/ and amonge his awne kynne/ and amonge them that are of the same houssholde. And he coulde there shewe no myracles butt leyd his hondes apon a " Made thee whole, Gen. "^ Save, Cr. Gen. Bps. <» Tu- mvilt, Gen. Bps. " Childe, Gere. [Sopos*.] =8 Walked, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Marvelled at his learning', Cov. " Miracles, Ta. Great [mightie, £.] workes. Gen. Bps. [So vs. 5.] ' Without honour, Gen. Bps. arSe ffiosjell of S. fHatfte. ffilj. bf- feawe sicke foolke and healed them. And he merveyled at their vnbelefe. And he went aboute by the ^ tounes that ^ lye in circuite/ teachynge. And he called the twelve/ and began to sonde them/ two Eind two/ and gave them power over vnclene spretes. And commaunded them/ that they shulde take notthinge vnto their Jomey/ save a rodde only : Nether scrippe/ nether breed/ nether mony in their ^ pourses : butt shoulde be shood with sandals. And that they shulde not put on two coottes. And sayd vnto them : whersoever ye entre into an housse/ there abyde tyll ye departe thens. And whosoever shall nott receave you/ nor heare you/ when ye departe thens/ shake of the duste that is vnder youre fete for a '' remembraunce vnto them. I say verely vnto you/ itt shalbe easyer for Zodom and Gomor/ att the daye off iudgement/ then for that cite. And they went out and preached/ that they shulde repent : and they caste out many devylles. And they annoynted/ many that were sicke with oyle and healed them. And kynge Herode herde of him/ for his name was ^ spreed abroade/ And he said : Jhon baptiste is risen agayne from deeth/ and therfore ^myracles I'worke in h)rm. Wother sayd/ it is Helyas : and some sayde : it is a prophet/ or as won of the prophettes. " But when Herode herde of him he sayd : it is Jhon whom I beheded/ he ys risen from deeth agayne. For Herode him silfe/ had sent forth/ 1® and had taken Jhon/ and i^bounde him and cast him intopreson for Herodyas sake which was hys brother Philippes wyfe. For he had maried her. Jhon sayde vnto Herode : It is not laufuU for the to have thy brothers wyfe. Herodias i* layd waite for him/ and wolde have killed him/ butt she coulde nott. For Herode feared Jhon/ knowynge that he was iuste and holy/ and gave him reverence/ And when he herde him he did many thinges/ and herde him gladly. 15 And when a convenyent daye was come.- Herode on hys birth daye made i* a supper to the lordes/ captajmes/ and ehefe * Villages, Bps. * Laye on every aide, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. « Girdles^ Con. Gen.. ' Witnesse, T. M. Cr. Gen. Witnesae against, Bps- ' Now known, Cov. ' Great workes are wrought by hiin, Gen. Mightie workes do shewe forthe themselves in him, Bps. "> Are wrought by, T. M. Cr. " So when, etc. Gen. '" Cr. adds — men of warre. " Bound him in preson, Gen. Bps. '■• Had a quarrel agaynst him, Gere. '° And the time being convenient, when Herode, etc. Gen. " A banquet to his princes, Gen. r* jfo. jX. SJe ffiosjell of S. ittarfte. estates of galile. And the doughter of the same Herodias cam in and daunsed/ and pleased Herode and them that sate att bourde also/ Then the kinge sayd vnto the mayden : axe of me what thou wilt/ and I will geve it the. And he sware vnto her whatsoever thou shalt axe of me/ I will geve it the/ even vpto the one halfe of my kyngdom. And she went forth and sayde to her mother : what shall I axe ? And she sayde : Jhon baptistes heed. And she cam in streight waye with haste vnto the kinge/ and axed sayinge : I wyll that thou geve me 1' by and by in a charger the heed of Jhon baptist. And the kinge was sory : yet for hys othes sake/ and for their sakes which sate att supper also/ he wolde not i^put her besyde her purpost. And immediatly the kynge sent the hangman and commaunded his heed to be brought in. And he went and beheeded him in the preson/ and brought his heedde in a charger and gave hit to the mayden/ and the mayden gave it to her mother. When his disciples herde of it/ they cam and toke vppe his body/ and 19 put it in a toumbe. And the apostles gaddered them selves togeddre to Jesus/ and tolde him all thynges/ booth what they had done/ and what they had taught. And he sayd vnto them : come ye ^^ aparte into the wyldernes/ and rest a whyle. For there were many commers and goers. And they had no leasur ^1 wons for to eale. And he went by shippe asyde out off the waye into a desertt place. And the people spyed them when they departed : and many knewe him/ and 22 they hasted afote thether out of every cite/ and cam thyther before them/ And cam togedder vnto hym. And Jesus went out and sawe moche people/ and had compassion on them/ be cause they were lyke shepe whych had no shepipherde. And he began to teache them many thinges. And when the daye was nowe farre spent/ his disciples cam vnto him sayinge : thys ys a desert place/ and nowe the daye ^s farre passed/ lett them departe/ that they maye goo in to the ^ countrey rounde about/ and in to the tounes/ and bye them breed : for they have nothinge to eate. He answered and sayde vnto them : geve ye them to eate. And they sayde vnto hym : shall we goo and bye ij. C. peny worth of breed/ and geve them to eate .' He sayde vnto them : howe many " Even now, Gen. " Cast hir off, Cr. Bps. Refuse her. Gen. "Laid it in a grave, Cr. *> Alone out of the way, Cr. Bps. «' So muche as, T. M. Cr. Bpa. » Ranne a foote, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. Ranne aibie, Tav. ^ Villages and townes about, Gen. lite ffiospeE of S. JSlatfee. €% bj. loves have ye ? Goo and loke. And when they ^ had serch- ed/ they sayde : v. and .ij. fysshes. And he commaunded them to make them all sytt doune/ by companyes apon the grene grasse. And they sate doune ^ here arowe and there arowe/ by houndredes and by fyfties. And he toke the v. loves and the .ij. fysshes and loked vppe to heven and ^ blesU and brake the loves/ and gave them to hys disciples to put be- fore them/ and the ij. fysshes he devyded amonge them alL And they all ate/ and were satisfyed. And they toke vppe twelve basketes full ^'^ off the gobbettes and of the fysshes. And they that ate were about fyve thousand men. And streyght waye he caused hys disciples to goo into a shippe/ and to goo over the water before vnto Bethsaida/ whill he sent awaye the people. And as sone as he had sent them awey/ he departed into a mountaine to praye. And when even was come/ the shippe was in the myddes of the see/ and he alone on the londe/ and he sawe them ^ troubled in row- inge/ for the wynde was contrary vnto them. And aboute the fourth quartre of the night/ he cam vnto them/ walkings apon the see/ and wolde have passed by them. When they sawe him walkinge apon the see/ they supposed yt had bene a sprete/ and cryed oute : For they all sawe hym/ and they were ^ a frayed. And a non he talked with them/ and sayde vnto them : be of good chere/ it is 1/ be not afrayed. And he went vnto them into the shippe/ and the wynde ceased/ and they were ^^ sore amased in them selves beyonde measure/ and marveyled. For they 3' remembred nott off the loves/ be cause their hertes were ^^ blynded. And they cam over/^^ and went into the londe off genaza- reth/ and ^ drue vp into the haven. And as sone as they were come out off the shippe/ streyght they knewe him/ and ran forth through out all the region rounde about/ and began to cary aboute in beeddes all that were sicke/ when they herde tell that he was there. And whither soever he entred into the ^^ tounes/ or cites/ or vyllages/ they leyde their sicke in the stretes/ and prayed hyme/ thatt they myght touche and '* Knewe it, Gen. ^ By rowes,by hundreths, and by fifties, Gen. * Gave thanks, Cov. Gen. " Thereof, Cr. Of the fragments Gen. Bps. ^ In peril, Cov. ^ Sore afraid, Gen. Troubled, Bps. *> Astonied and marvelled exceedingly, Cov. " Had forgotten, Cor. Had not considered, Gen. Vndeiatood not (whatwas done), Bps. " Hardened, Gen. Bps. ^ Cr. adds — the water. *• Arrived, Gen. ^ Villages or cities or fields, Bps. ifo. ):lf. Bie ffio«pcU of S. ptarfte. hit wer but the ^6 edge off hys vesture. And as many as touched Kym were ^'' safe. / A^ CJe MJ. ffl!)apter. ND the pharisees cam togedder unto hym/ and dyvers off the scribes which cam from Jerusalem. And when they sawe certayne of hys disciples eate breed with icommen hands (that is to saye/ with vnwesshen hondes) they ^ cora- playned. For the pharises/ and all the Jewes/ excepte they washe their handes ofte/ eate not/ observinge the tradicions of the seniours. And when they come from the markett/ except they washe them selves they eate not. And many other thinges there he/ which they have taken apon them to observe/ as the wasshinge of cuppes and 3 cruses/ and of brasen ves- sels and of tables. Then axed hym the phaiises and scribes : why walke not thy disciples accordinge to the * tradicions of the seniours/ butt eate ^ breede with vnwesshen hondes .' Hq answered and sayde vnto them well prophesied hath Esayas of you ypo- crytes as it is written : This people honoreth me' with their lyppes/ but their hert is farre from me : In vayne ^ they worshippe me/ teachinge '' doctryns which are nothinge but the commandementes off men/ for ye laye the commande- ment of God aparte/ and ye observe the tradicions of men as the wessinge off cruses and off cuppes/ and many other suche lyke thinges ye do. And he sayde vnto them : well/ ye ^ putt awaye the com- mandement of God/ to mayntayne your owne ^ tradecions. For Moses sayde : Honoure thy father and thy mother : and whosoever ^''sayeth evyll to his father or mother/ let hyn) 11 dey for it. But ye saye : a man shall saye to his father or mother Corban/ that is/ ^^ whatsoever thynge I offer/ that same doeth proffit the. And ye soffre no more that a man do eny thynge for his father or mother/ and thus have ye made the commaundement off God off none ^^effecte through youre ^ Hemme, T. M. Cr. Bps. " Made whole, Gen. Bps. ' Defi- led, Bps. ' Found fault, Bps. ^ Pottes, Gen. Bps. [So vs. 8.] * Custome ordained by the elders, Cr. ' Meat, Gen. * Doo they serve me, Cr. ' The doctrines and commandments of men, Cr. For doctrines, the commandments, etc. Gen. Bps. * Cast aside, T. M. Cr. Bps. Reject, Gen. » Constitution, Cr. [So vs. 13.] >» Curseth, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. " Die the death, Cr. Gen. Bps. •^ [See marginal notes to Matt. xv. 11.] " Authoritie, Gen. me eEospell of S. JWarfte. ffij). brf. awne tradicions which ye have ordeyned. And many soche thynges ye do. And he called all the people vnto hym/ and sayde vnto them : Herken vnto me every one off you and vnderstonde : there is no thynge with outt a man that can diSyle hym when hitt entreth in to hym/ but thoo th3aiges which precede out of a man are those which defyle a man. Yf eny man have eares to heare/ let hym heare. And when he cam into a housse awaye from the people/ his disciples axed him of the similitude/ and he sayd vnto them : ^* Do ye then lacke vn- derstondinge : Do ye not yet perceave/ that whatsoever thinge from with out entreth into a man/ hit can not defyle hym/ be cause hit entrith not into his hert/ but in to the belly : and goeth out into the draught that porgeth oute all meates. And he sayde that defileth a mem whiche cometh oute of a man. For from with in even oute off the herte off men/ pro- ceade evyll thoughtes : advoutry/ fornicacion/ murder/ theeft/ coveteousnes/ i5,wickednes/ diceyte/ ^^ vnclennes/ and a wick- ed eye/ ^^ blasphemy/ pryde/ folisshnes : All these evyll thynges/ com from with in/ and defile a man. And from thence he arose and went into the borders off Tire and Sidon/ Eind entred into an housse/ and wolde that no man shulde have knowen off hym : Butt he culde nott be hid. For a certayne woman whose doughter had a foule sprete when she herde off hym/ cam and fell doune att hys fete. The woman was a ^^ greke out off i^ sirophenicia/ and she be- sought hym that he wolde caste out the devyll out off her doughter. Jesus sayde vnto her : lett the chyldren fyrst be feed. It ys nott ^ mete/ to take the chyldrens breed/ and to caste itt vnto ^i whelppes. She answered and sayde vnto hym : ^even soo master/ neverthelesse/ the whelppes also eate vnder the table off the chyldrens cromes. And he sayde vnto her : for thys sayinge goo thy waye/ the devyll ys gon out off thy doughter. And when she was come home to her housse she founde the devyll departed/ and her doughter lyinge on the beed. And he departed agayne from the coostes off Tyre and Sy- don/ and -cam vnto the see of Galile throwe the myddes off the coostes off the .x. cites/ And tliQy brought vnto him won " Are ye [also, C B.] so [greatly, C] without understanding, T. M. Ct. Bps. What ! are ye without, etc. Gen. " Fraude, Cr. '* Wantonnesse, Bps. " Backbiting, Gen. '* A heathen. Gov. '» Cr. Gen. Bps. add— the nation of. '" Good, Gen. ^ Little dogs, Bps. »2 Truth [Yes, B.] Lorde, Gm. Bps. So. j:ltf. me ®ospell of S. Jttatfte. that WEis deffe/ and ^stambred in his speche/ and prayde hym to laye hys honde apon hym. And he toke hym a syde from the people/ and putt hys fyngers in hys cares/ and did Spet/ and touched his tounge/ and loked vp to heven/ and syghed/ and sayde vnto hym : ephatha that ys to saye/ be openned. And streyght waye hys eares were openned/ and the stringe off hys tounge was loosed/ and he spake playne. And he commaunded them that they shulde tell no man. Butt the more he forbad them/ soo moche the more a greate deale they pubblessed it. ^^ [And were beyonde measure astonyed/] sayinge : He hath done all thinges well/ and hath made booth the deffe to heare/ and the dom to speake. I Sije Mtf. ffijaptct. N those dayes when there was a very greate companye/ and had nothinge to eate/ Jesus called hys disciples tp hym/ and sayd vnto them : i my herte melteth on this people/ be- cause they have nowe bene wyth me iij. dayes/ and have nothinge to eate : And yf I shulde sende them awaye fast- inge to their awne housses/ they shulde faynt by the waye. For dy-vers of them cam from farre/ And hys disciples an- swered hym : ^ from whence myght a man suffyse them with breed here in the wyldemes ? And he axed them : howe many loves have ye ? They sayde : seven. And he commaunded the people to sitt doune on the grounde. And be toke the .vii. loves/ gave thankes/ brake/ and gave to hys disciples/ to set before them. And they sett them before the people. And they had a feawe small fysshes/ and ^ he bless- ed them and commaunded them also to be sett before them/ They ate and were suffysed/ and they toke vp off the broken meate that was lefte/ vij. basketes full. They that ate were in nomber aboute fowre thousandt. And he sent them awaye. And a non he toke shippe with his disciples/ and cam in to the parties of dalmanutha. And the pharises cam forth/ and began to dispute whith hym/ and sought of hym a signe from heven temptinge him/ and he syghed in his sprete and sayde : why doth thys generacion soke a signe ? Verely I saye vnto '^ Hadde an impediment, Cr. Bps. *• Cr. omits. ' I have compassion, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 'Where might [should, T. M,] a man have [should we get, Cm.'] bread here in the wildernesse to sat- isfy these, Cov. Cr. T. M. How [From whence, B.] can aman satis- fy these, etc. Gen. Bps. ' When he had given thanks, Cov. Gen. me (SosjieU of S. ^at&e. m. Wl you/ there shall no signe be geven vnto thys generacion. And he lefte theiri and went into the shippe agayne/ and departed over the water. And they had forgotten to take breed with them/ nether had they in the shippe with them more then one loofe. And he charged them sayinge : take hede/ be ware of the leven of the pharises/ and the leven of Herode. And ^ they reasoned amouge them selves saynge : we have no breed. And when Jesus knewe that he sayde vnto them : why ^ take ye thought be cause ye have no bread ? perceave ye not yet/ nether vn- derstonde .' Have ye your herttes yett ^ blynded ? Have ye eyes and se nott ? and have ye eares and heare not ? Do ye nott remember ? When I brake v. loves a monge .v. M. men/ Howe many baskettes full of broken meate toke ye vp ? They sayde vnto him xij. When I brake vij a monge iiij. M. howe many baskettes of the levinges of broken meate toke ye vp ? They sayde vij. And he sayde vnto them : howe is it that ye vnderstonde not ? And he cam to bethsayda/ and they brought a blynde man vnto hym and desyred hym/ to touche him. And he caught the blinde by the honde/ and ledd hym out off the toune/ and spat in hys eyes and put hys hondes apon hym/ and axed him yf he sawe '' eny thmge/ and he loked vp and sayde : I see men/ For I se them walke as they were trees. After that he put his hondes agayne apon his eyes/ and made hym ^ see. And he was restored to his sight/ and sawe every man ^ clerly. And he sent hym home to his awne housse sayinge : nether go In to the toune/ nor tell it to eny in the toune. And Jesus went out and his disciples into the i" tounes that longe to the cite called Cesarea Philippi/ and by the waye he axed his disciples sayinge : whom do men saye that y am .' They answered : some saye that thou arte Jhon Baptiste : some saye Helyas/ and some one off the prophetes. And he sayde vnto them : But whom saye ye that I am ? Peter an- swered and sayd vnto hym : Thou arte ^ very Christe. And he charged them/ that they shulde tell no man off it. And he began to declare vnto them/ howe that the Sonne of man muste suffre many thynges/ and shulde be reproved off the seniours and off the hye prestes and scrybes/ and shulde be * Their minds wavered here and there, Cov. 'Trouble ye your- selves, Cov. ' Hardened, Bps. ' Ought, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Look again, Gen. ' A farre oiFclerely, Gen. '" Villages, Bps. Townes of Cesarea Philippi, Gen, " The Christ, Gen. jfa, ):Wff. Ef)e ffiespell of S. SWatfte. kylled/ and after thre dayes aryse agayne. And he spake that sa3ringe openly. And Peter toke hym a syde/ and began to 12 chyde hym. He toumed aboute/ and loked on his disci- ples/ and rebuked Peter sayinge : i^ Goo after me Satan. For thou i^saverest not the thynges off God : But the thynges off men. And he called the people vnto hym/ with his disciples also/ and sayd vnto them : Whosoever wyll folowe me/ lett hym forsake hym silfe/ and take vp his crosse/ and folowe me. For whosoever wyll save his lyfe/ shall lose it. But who- soever shall lose his lyfe for my sake and the gospels/ the same shall save it. What shal it profet a man yf he shulde wyn all the worlde/ and loose his awne soule ! or els what shall a man geve/^^ to redeme his soule ageyne ? Who- soever therfore shall be asshamed off me and off my wordes/ amonge this advoutrous and sLnfull generacion : of hym shall the Sonne of man be ashamed/ when he commeth in the glory of his father with the holy angels, i^ And he sayde vnto them : Verely I saye vnto you : There be some off them that stonde here/ which shall not taste of deeth/ tyll they have sene the kyngdom off God come with power. B\ie fy. ffijaptet. A ND after .vj. dayes Jesus toke Peter/ James/ and Jhon and •^^ leede them vp in to an hye mountayne out of the waye alone/ and he was transfigured before them. And his ray- ment did shyne/ and was made very whyte/ even as snowe : so whyte as no fuller can make apon the erth. And there apered vnto them Helyas with Moses : And they talked with Jesu. And Peter answered and sayde to Jesu : Master/ i here is good beinge for vs/ let vs make .iij. tabernacles/ one for the/ one for Moses/ and one for Helyas. And wist not what he sayde. For they were afrayde. And there was a cloude that shaddowed them. And a voyce cam out of the cloude sayinge : This ys my dere sonne/ here hym. And sodenly/ they loked rounde about them/ and sawe no man more/ but Jesus only. As they cam douhe from the hill/ he charged them/ that they shulde tell no man what th'ey had sene/ tyll the sonne of ^' Rebuke, Gen. Bps. ^ Get thee behind, etc. Gm. " Un- derstandest, Gen. ^ For a recompense of. Gen. For a ransom of, Bps. '* Cr. Gen. Bps. connect this verse with Ch. ix. ' It is good for us to be here, Gert. ESe ffiospell of S. JWarite. Favoured, Cr. Loved, Gen. Bps. " Thou lackest, Cr. Bps. " When thou hast taken up the crosse, Bps. " Upon thy shoulders, Cr. " Sad at that saying, Gen. ^ What an hard thing is it for them that, etc. T. M. How uneasye shall they that have money, etc. Cr. Howe hardly do they that, etc,, Ge». Bps. '? MuQh more [The more, C] agtonipd, Qqv- Gen. CSe CSosiiell of S. Jttntfte. ffij). \: it is vnpossible/ but not with god : for with god all thlnges are possible. And Peter began to saye vnto hym : Loo/ we have forsa- ken all/ and have folowed the. Jesus answered and sayde : Verely I saye vnto you/ there ys no man that hath forsaken housse/ or brethren/ or sisters/ or father/ or moder/ or wyfe/ other chyldren/ or londes/ for my sake and the gospelles/ 1' whych shall not receave an houndred foolde nowe ^^ in thys lyfe/ houses/ and brethren/ and sisters/ and mothers and child- ren/ and londes whith persecucions/ and in the worlde to come eternall lyfe. Many that are fyrst/ shalbe last. And the last fyrst. They were in the waye goinge vppe to Jerusalem. And Jesus went before them/ and they were amased/ and as they folowed/ were afirayde. And Jesus toke the xij. agayne/ and began to tell them what thinges shulde happen vnto him. Beholde we goo vppe to Je- rusalem/ and the sonne off man shalbe dely vered vnto the hye preestes and vnto the scribbes/ and they shall condempne hym to deeth/ and shall delyvre hym to the gentyls/ and they shall mocke hym/ and scourge him/ and spit apon hym/ and kill him/ and the thirde daye he shall ryse agane. And James and Jhon the sons off Zebede/ cam vnto hym/ sayinge : master/ we wolde that thou shuldcst do for vs '^ what soever we desyre. He sayde vnto them : what wolde ye I shulde do vnto you ? They sayd vnto hym : graunt vnto vs thatt we maye silt won on thy right honde/ and the other on thy lyfte honde/ in thy glory. Butt Jesus sayd vnto them : Ye wot not what ye axe. Can ye dryncke of the cuppe/ that I shall drynke of ? And be baptised in tlie baptism that I shalbe baptised in ? And they sayd vnto him ; 2" that we can. Jesus sayde vnto them : ye shall drynke off the cuppe that I shall drynke of/ and be baptised with the baptism that I shalbe baptised in_: But to sitt on my right honde and on my lifte honde/ ys not myne to geve/ but ^i to them for whom it ys prepared. And when the .x. herde that/ they began to disdayne at James and Jhon. Butt Jesus called them vnto him/ and sayd to them : Ye knowe well that 22 they whych seme to " But he shall receive, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. ■* At this present, Gen. Bps. >' That we desire, Gen. '"We can, Gen. " It shall happen, Cr. It shall he given, Gen. Bps. ^^ The princes of the world, Cot. They which are scene to beare rule amonge the peo- ple, Cr. They which delite to bear rule among the Gentiles, Gen. H* ifo. ):»). !Fi)e CKosjpeH of S. JiWatltS. beare rule amonge the gentyls/ ^ raygne as lordes over them. And they that be greate men amonge them exercyse auctorite over them. So shall it not be a monge you but wosoever of you wilbe greate amonge you shalbe youre minister. And wosoever wilbe chefe/ shalbe servaunt vnto all. For ^ even the Sonne of man came/ nott that other shulde minister vnto hym : but to minister/ and to geve his lyfe for the ^ redemp- cion of many. And they cam to hierico/ and as he went oute off hierico/ with his disciples and a greate nombre of people : Barthimeus the Sonne of Thimeus v/hich was blynde/ sat by the hye wayes syde beggynge. And when he herde that it was Jesus off nazarelh/ he began to crye/ and to saye : Jesus the sonne off David/ have mercy on me. And many rebuked hyme/ be cause he shulde hoolde is peace. But he cryed *^the moore a greate deale/ thou sonne off David have mercy on me. And Jesus stode still/ and commaunded hym to be called/ and they called the blynde/ saynge vnto hym : be off good comfort ryse he calleth the. He threwe awaye his clooke/ and roose and cam to Jesus/ And Jesus answered and sayd vnto hym : what wilt thou that I do vnto the ? The blynde sayde vnto hym : master/ that y ^ myght see. Jesus sayd vnto hym : goo thy waye/ thy fayght hath saved the/ And by and by he receaved his sight/ and folowed Jesus in the waye. B\je vf- ©Jajitet. A ND when they cam nye to hierusalem/ vnto bethphage/ "^ and bethani/ be sydes mount olivte/ he sent forth .ij. of his disciples/ and sayde vnto them : Goo youre wayes into the toune that is over agaynste you/ And as sone as ye entre into it ye shall fynde a coolte bounde/ where on never man sate : loose hym and brynge hym bidder, and if eny man saye vnto you ; why do ye soo ? saye that the lorde hath neade of him/ and streight waye he wyll sende hym bidder. They went their waye/ and found a coolte tyed by the dore with out in a place where two wayes mett/ and they losed hym. And divers of them that stode there/ sayd vnto them : what do ye loosynge the coolte ? and they sayde vnto them : even as '^ Have domination over them, Gen. '^ Also, Cr. Bps. ^ Ran- som of, Gen. Bps. =« Much more, Gen. " May receive sight. Gen. me . T. M. Cr. omits verse 20. See K.James' Translation.] ' Set an hedge about it, Bps. " Digged a [pit for the, G.] wine press. Gen. Bps. ' Husbandmen, Cr. Gen. Bps. [So post.] * Shamefully handled, Gen. ' Reverence, Gen. Stand in awe of, Cov. Bps. S$e ffiaspell of 5&. Itlatite. €% jrCf. Sonne. But the tenauntes sayde with in them selves : Thys ys the heyre/ come lett vs kill him/ and the inheritaunce shalbe oures. And they toke him and killed him/ and cast hym out of the vineyarde. What shall then the lorde of the vyne- yarde do ? He will come and distroye the tenauntes/ and 8 let out the vyneyarde to other. Have ye nott redde '' thys scripture ? the stone which the bylders did refuse/ ys made the 8 chefe stoone in the corner : Thys was ' done off the lorde/ and ys marveyllous in oure eyes. And they went about to take hym/ butt they feared the people. For they perceaved that he spake that similitude agaynst them. And they left hym and went their waye. And they sent vnto hym certayne off the pharises with 1* Herodes servauntes/ to take hym in hys ii wordes. And as sone as they were come/ they sayd unto hjrm : master/ we knowe that thou arte true/ and careste for no man : For thou consydereste nott the i* degree of men/ butt teacheste the waye off god i^ truly : Ys yt laufull to paye tribute to Cesar/ or nott ? ought we to geve/ or ought we nott to geve .' He ^''knewe their dissimulacion/ and sayd vnto them : Why tempte ye me ? Brynge me a peny/ that I maye se yt. And they brought hym one. And he sayde vnto them : Whose ys thys ymage and superscripcion .' And they sayde vnto hym/ Cesars. And Jesus answered/ and sayde vnto them : Then geve to Cesar ^^ that which belongeth to Cesar : and geve God *5 that which perteyneth to God. And they mervelled att hym. And the saduces cam vnto hym/ which saye/ there is no resurrection. And they axed hym/ sayinge : Master/ Moses wroote vnto vs/ yff eny mans brother dye/ and leve hys wyf/ behynde him/ and leve no chyldren : that then hys brother shulde take hys wyfe/ and reyse vppe seed vnto his brother. There were seven brethren and the fyrst toke a wyfe/ and when he dyed leeft ^'^ no seede behinde hym. And the se- conde toke her/ and dyed : nether leeft he eny seede/ and the thyrde lyke wyse. And seven had her/ and leeft no seed be- hynde them. Last of all the wyfe dyed also. In the resur- recion then/ when they shall ryse agayne : whose wyfe shall she be of them .' For seven had her to wyfe. Jesus answer- ^ Give, Gen. Bps. ' Gen. adds — so much as. ' Head, Gen. ° The Lorde's doing, Cr. Bps. '" The Herodians, Gen. Bps. " Taike, Gen. '* Outward appearance. Con. Cr. Person, Gen. Bps. " In truth, Bp«. '< Understood their simulation, T. M. Cr. Knowing their hypoorisie. Gen, Bps. '* The things that are Cesar's — ^those tMt ate God's, Gen. " No issue, Gen. [So post.] iFo. ylbfff. arje ©osjell of S. JWarite. ed/ and sayde vnto them : i^Are ye not ther fore deceaved be cause ye ^^ knowe not the scryptures ? Nether the power of God ? For when they shall ryse agayne from deeth/ ^''thfey nether mary/ nor are maryed : butt are as the angels which are in heven. As touchynge the deed/ that they shall ryse agayne : have ye nott redde in the boke off Moses/ howe in the busshe God spake vnto him sayinge : I am the God of Abraham/ and the God of Ysaac/ and the God of Jacob ? ^1 He is not the god of the deed/ butt the god of the livynge/ ye ®^ are therfore greatly deceaved. And ther cam won off the scrybes and when he had herde them disputynge to gedder/ and perceaved that he had an- swered them well/ he axed hym : which is the ^ fyrste of all the commaundementes ? Jesus answered hym : The fyrste of all the commaundementes is. Heare Israhel/ cure lorde God/ is 24 wone lorde. And thou shaltt love thy lorde God with all thy hertz and with all thy soule/ and with all thy mynde/ and with all thy strengthe. This is the fyrste com- maundement. And the seconde ^is lyke vnto this. Thou shalt love thy neghbour/ as thy silfe. There is none other commaundement greater then these. And the scribe sayde vnto hym : well master/ thou hast sayde the truthe/ ^ thatt there ys one God/ and that there is none ^ but he. And to love hym with all the herte/ and with all the mynde/ and with all the soule/ and with all the strengthe. And to love a mans nehbour as hym silfe/ ys a greater thynge then all ^^ holocaustes and sacrifises. And when Jesus sawe howe that he answered discretly/ he sayd vnto hym : Thou arte nott farre from the kyngdome of god. And no man after that durst axe hym eny question. And Jesus answered/ and sayd teachynge in the temple : howe saye the scribes/ that christ is the sonne off David .' for David hym silfe ^9 inspyred with the holy goost sayd : The lorde sayde to my lorde/ sytt on my right honde tyll I make thyne enemys thy fote stole. Then David hym silfe calleth hym lorde/ and 3" by what meanes ya he then his sonne 1 And moche people herde hym gladly. '8 Do ye not therefore erre, Cr. Bps. " Understand, T. M. Cr. *" Neither men mary nor wives are married, Gen. *' Yet is not God a God of the dead, etc. Cov: '^ Therefore do greatly erre, Bps. ^ Chiefest, Cov. « The only Lorde, Cr. Gen. ^ Is like, that is. Gen. ^ For there is, etc. Cr. Bps. ^'' Without him, Cov. ^ Burnt offeringes, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. '» By the, etc. Gen. '" Howe, Cr. Whence, Bps. me ffiospell of S. iWavfee. ep, vm And he sayd vnto them in his doctrine : be ware off the scribes which love to goo in longe/ 3' clothynge : and love salutacions in the market places/ and the chefe seates in the ^ sinagoges/ and ^^ to sit in the vppermost roumes att feastes/ and devoure widowes houses/ ^ and vnder a colour praye lonee prayers. These shall have greater damnacion. And Jesus sat over agaynst the treasury/ and behelde howe the people putt money into the treasury. And many that were ryche/ cast in moch. And there cam a certa)me povre widowe/ and she threwe in two my tes/ whiche make a ^^ far- thynge. And he called vnto hym his disciples/ and sayd vnto them : Verely I saye vnto you/ that thys povre widowe hath cast moare in/ then all they which have cast into the treasury. For they all putt in off their superfluite : But she off her ^ pov- erte/ cast in all that she had/ even all her livynge. CSe jrtff. ©jwpter. A ND as he went out of the temple/ won of his disciples "^ sayd vnto hym : Master/ se what stones/ and what bild- ynges are here. And Jesus answered/ and sayde vnto h3rm : Seist thou these greate byldynges. There shall not be leefte one stone apon another/ that shall not be throwen doune. And as he sate on mounte olivete over agenst the temple/ Peter and James and Jhon and Andrewe axed hym secretly/ tell vs when these thinges shalbe ? And what is the signe/ when all these thinges shalbe fulfilled ? And Jesus answer- ed them/ and began to saye : Take hede lest eny man deceave yon. For many shall come in my name saybge : I am Qirist/ And shall deceave many. ' When ye shall heare off warre/ and tydmges off warr.;/ be ye not troubled. For they muste nedes be. Butt the ende is nott yett. For there shall nacion aryse agaynste nacion/ and ^realme agaynste ^realme. And there shalbe erthquakes/ 3 in all quarters/ and famysshment/ arid troubles. ■* [These are the begynnynge offsorowes.] Butt take ye hede to your selves. For they shall biynge you vppe to the counsels aijd into the synagogges/ and ye 3' Robes, Ge». ^^ Congregations, Cr. '^ The first rooms. Gen. *• And that under a colour of long praying, T. M. And under a pre- tence, etc. Cr. Bps. Even under a colour of, Gen. ^ Quadrin, Gen. ^ Want, Bps. ' Furthermore, when, etc. Gen. * King- dom, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Here and there, Cov. * Cov. omits. So. ):lt]:. B-])e (Sospell of S. jttarHe. shalbe ^beeten/ and ye shalbe brought before rulers and kynges/ for my sake/ for a ^ testimonial! vnto them. And the gospell muste fyrste be publysshed amonge all nacions. Butt when they leade you 'and presentt you take noo thought/ afore honde what ye shall saye/ nether ^ ymagion : butt whatsoever is geven you att the same tyme/ that speake. For it shall nott be ye that shall speake/ butt the holy goost. Ye and the brother shall delyvre the brother to deeth. And the father the sonne/ And the chyldren shall ryse agaynste their fathers and mothers/ and shall ^putt them to deeth. And ye shalbe hated off all men for my names sake. Butt whosoever shall endure vnto the ende shalbe safe. Moreover when ye se the i" abominable desolacion/ where off is spoken by Daniel the prophete/ stonde were itt ought nott/ lett hym that redeth it " vnderstonde itt. Then let them which be in iewry/ fle to the mountaynes. And let hym that is on the housse toppe/ nott descende doune into the housse/ nether entre there in/ to fetche eny thinge oute off his housse. And lett hym thatt is in the felde/ not toume backe agayne vnto tho thynges which he leefte behynde hym/ for to take his 1^ cloothes wi3i hym. Butt woo is then to them that are with chylde/ and to them that geve soucke in thoose dayes. But praye/ that youre flyght be not in the wynter. For there shal be in those dayes suche i^ tribulacion/ as was not from the begynnynge off i* creatures/ which God created/ vnto this tyme/ nether shalbe. And excepte that the lord '^ had short- ened those dayes/ no man shulde be saved/ But for the electes sake/ which he hath chosen/ he hath shortened thoose dayes. And then/ yff eny man saye vnto you : loo/ here is Christ/ loo he is there/ beleve nott. For falce christes shall aryse/ and falce prophetes/ And shall shewe myracles and won- ders/ to deceave yf it were possible/ evyn the electe. But take ye hede/ beholde I have shewed you all thinges before. Moreover in thoose dayes after that tribulacion/ ^^ the sunne shall wexe darke/ and the mone shall not geve her light/ and the starres off heven shall fall/ And the powers which are in * Whipped, Bps. * Witnesse against, Bps. ' Delivering you up, be not careful aforehand, neither take thought what ye shall speak, Bps. * Premeditate, Gen. ' Cause them to die. Gen. '" Abomination of desolation, Cr. Gen. Bps. " Mark it well, Cov. Consider it. Gen. '» Garment. Bps. "Trouble, Cos. "The creation. Gen. Bps. " Shoulde shorten, Cr. '^ The sunne and mone shall lose their light, Cov. K!)e ffiospell of S. J«arte. ffij). i:rffj. heven/ shall move. And then shall they se the sonne of man commynge in the cloudes/ with greate power and glory. And then shall he sende his angels/ and shall gaddre to gedder his electe from the foueg^ wyndea/ and i'' from the one ende off the ^® worlde to the other. Leame a similitude of the iygge tree. When i' his braunch- es are yett tender/ and hath brought forthe leves/ ye knovver that sommer ys neare. So in lyke maner when ye se these thinges come to passe/ ^ vnderstonde/ that it is nye even att the dores. Verely I saye vnto you/ that thys generacion shall not passe tyll all these thynges be done. Heven and erth shall 2' passe/ butt my wordes shall nott passe. Butt of the daye and the houre/ knoweth no man : no nott the angels which are in heven : nether the sonne hym silfe/ save the father only. Take hede/ watch/ and praye/ for ye knowe nott when the tyme ys. *^ As a man which ys gone into a straunge coun- trey and hath lefte hys housse/ and geven ^ auctorite to hys servauntes/ and to every man hys worke/ and commaunded the porter to watche. Watche therfore/ for ye knowe not/ when the master of the housse wyll come/ whether att even/ or at myd nyght/ whether alt the cocke crowynge/ or in the daunynge : lest yff he come sodenly/ he shulde fynde you slepynge. And that I saye vnto you/ I saye vnto all men/ watche. EJc piff. ffiiajjtct. A FTER two dayes folowed ester/ and the dayes of swete breed. And the hye prestes and scrybes sought meanes/ howe they myght take hym by crafte £md putt hym to deeth. Butt they sayde : nott on the feaate daye/ leest eny busynes aryse amonge the people. When he was in bethania/ in the housse off Simon the le- per/ even as he sate att meate/ there cam a woman i with an alablaster boxe of oyntement/ ^ called narde/ that was pure and costly/ and she brake the boxe and powred it on his heed. " From the ende [the utmost part, G.] of the earth" to the utter- most part of heaven, Cr. Geji. ih«. '8 Earth, Co». "Her bough is, etc. Gen. "" Be ye sure, Con. Knowe that the kingdom of God is nere, etc. Gen. ' '' Perish, Cov. *' Gen. adds — For the Son of man is, etc. ^ Hys substance, Cr. ' Having a box, etc. Gen. ' Of pure nard, Cov, Of spikenard, Gen, (Called) narde pistike, Bps, Sfi. I. SJ)c eirospell of S. JWarfte. There were some that ^ disdayned in themselves/ and sayde : ^ what neded this waste of oyntment ? For it myght have bene soolde for more then ^ two houndred pens/ and bene geven vnto the povre. And they grudged agaynst her. And Jesus sayd : lett her ^ be in reest/ why "^ greve ye her ? She hath done a goode worke on me. ^ Ye/ and ye shall have povre with you all wayes : and when soever ye vnll/ ye maye do them goode : butt me ye shal not have alwayes. She hath done that she coulde : she cam a fore honde to anoynt my boddy to his buryinge warde. Verely I saye vnto you : wheresover thys gospell shalbe preached thorow out the whole worlde : thys also that she hath done/ shalbe ^ rehears- ed in remembraunce of her. And Judas Iscarioth/ won off the twelve/ went awaye vnto the bye prestes/ to betraye him vnto them. When they herde that/ they were gladde/ and promised that they wolde geve hym money. And he sought/ howe he myght convenyently betraye hym. And the first daye of swete breed/ when they i" offered the pascal lambe/ his disciples sayd vnto hym : where wylt thou that we goo and prepare that thou mayste eate the ester lambe .' And he sent fourth two of his disciples/ and sayde vnto them : Goo ye into the cite/ and there shall a man mete you beringe a pitcher of water/ folowe hym : And whidthersoever he go- eth in/ saye ye to the good man off the housse : The master axeth where is the ^ geest chambre/ where I shall eate the ester lambe with my disciples. And he wyll shewe you i^a greate parlour/ ^^ paved/ and prepared : there make reddy for vs. And his disciples went forth/ and cam in to the cite/ and founde as he had sayd vnto them/ and made reddy the ester lambe. And att even/ he cam with the twelve. And as they sate att borde and ate/ Jesus sayde : Verly I saye vnto you : that won off you shall betraye me/ which eateth with me. And they began i* to morne/ and to saye to hym won by won : ys it I ? And another sayde : Ys it I .' he answered/ and sayd vn- 3 Were not content, etc. Cr. Had indignation, Bjis. * To what ende is. Gen. Why was this, Bps. ^ Three hundred, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. « Alone, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Trouble, Cr. Gen. Bps. 8 For ye have [shall have, T. M.'] Cr. T. M. Gen. Bps. ' Spoken, Gen. '" Sacrificed, Gen. Did kill, Bps. " Lodging, Gem. '^ An upper chamber which is large, Gen. Bps. " Trim- med, Gen. " To be sorye, Cr. Bps. To be sorowful, Gen. me ffiospell ot S. JMarftc. ®i). i:ffff. to them : It is won of the .xij. ^^ and the same depeth with me in the platter. The sonne of man i^ goeth/ as it is written of hym : but woo be to that man/ by whome the sonne of man is betrayed. Goode were hitt ^'' for hym/ if that man had never bene borne. And as they ate/ Jesus toke breede/ gave thankes/ brake it and gave it to them and sayd : Take/ eate/ Thys ys my body. And he toke the coppe/ gave thankes/ and gave it to them/ and they dronke all off it' And he sayde vnto them : Thys ys my bloude of the newe testament/ which shalbe sheed for many. Verely I saye vnto you : I wyll drynke no moore off Ays frute off the vyne/ vntyll that daye/ that I shall drynke it newe in the kyngdom of god. And when they had* ^ sayd grace/ they went out in to the mount olivete. And Jesus sayde vnto them : All ye shalbe hurtt thorowe me thys nyght' For it is written : I wyll smy te the shepheerd/ and the sheepe shalbe scattered. Butt after that I am rysen agayne I wyll goo into galile before you. Peter sayde vnto hym : And though all men shulde be hurte/ yett wolde nott I. And Jesus sayd vnto hym : Verely I saye vnto the thys daye even in thys nyght/ before the cocke crowe twyse/ thou shalt deney me thryse. And he spake ^^ boldlyer : no/ if I shulde dey with fte/ 1 woll net deny the Lyke wyse also sayd they all. And they cam in to a place named gethsemani/ And he sayde to his disciples : Sitt ye here/ ^ whyll I goo aparte and praye. And he toke with hym Peter/ James/ and Jhon/ and hB began to ^^ waxe abasshede and ^ to be in an agony. And sayde vnto them : My soule is veiy hevy even vnto the deeth/ tary here and watohe. And he went forthe a lytle and fell dounne on the ground© and prayede/ That yf it were possible/ the houi of ^^ the cause of hys deeth was wrytten/ The kynge of the iewis. And they crucified with him two theves : the one on his ryght honde/ and the other on hys lifle honde. And the scripture was fulfilled/ which sayeth : and he was counted amonge the wicked. And they that went by/ rayled on hym : waggynge their heedes/ and sayinge : ^^ A wretche/ that destroyest the tem- ple and byldest yt in thre dayes. Save thy silfe/ and come doune from the crosse. Lyke wyse also mocked him the hye preestes amonge themselves whyth the scribes/ and sayde : He saved other men/ hym sUfe he cannot save. Lett Christ the kyuge of Israel nowe descende from the crosse/ that we maye se and beleve. And they that were crucified with him/ ^ checked hym also. And when the sixte houre was come/ darknes aroose over all the 21 erth/ vntyll the nynthe houre. And att the nynthe houre Jesus cryed with a loude voyce/ sayinge : Eloi/ Eloi/ la ma sabaththam/ which is yf it be interpreted : my god/ my god/ why hast thou forsaken me ? And some off them that stode by when they herde that sayde : behoolde he calleth for Helias. And won ran/ and filled a sponge full off veneger/ and putt 3^ on a rede/ and gave it hym to drynke/ sayinge : lett hym alone/ let vs se whither Helias wyll come and take hym doune. '■• Bowed the knees, Cr. Gen. Bps. '* Did him reverence, Gen. " The country. Gen. " Of a skulle, Bps. '^ His cause, Gov. Cr. T. M. Gen. His accusation, Bps. " Fie upon thee, how goodly breakest thou down the temple, etc. Cov. Hey, thou that destroyest, etc. Gen. ^ Reviled, Gen. "Lande, Gen. So. Ifff. ase ffioBiiell of S. JWarfte. Butt Jesus cryed with a loude voyce/ and gave vppe the gooste. And the vayle ofT the temple did rent in two parties/ from the toppe to the boottome. And the ^ vnder captayne which stode before hym sawe that he so cryed and gave vppe the gooste/ and he sayd : truely this man was the somie of god. There were also wemen ^ a good waye of beholdinge him/ amonge whom was Mary magdalen/ and Mary the mother of James '^ the lytle Eind of Joses/ and Mary Salome, which alsoo when he was in galile/ folowed hy,m/ and minis- tred vnto him/ and many other wemen which cam vppe with hym to hierusalem. And nowe when ^Snyght weis come (because it was even that goeth before the saboth) Joseph of arimathia ^6 a noble senatour (which also loked for the kyngdom of god) cam And went booldly vnto Pylate/ and begged the boddy off Jesu/ Pylate merveled that he was alredy deed and called vnto hym the vnder captayne and axed of him/ whether he had bene eny whyle deed. And when he knewe the trueth off the vn- der captayne/ he gave the boddy to Joseph. And he bought a linnen cloothe/ and toke hym doune and wrapped hym in the lynnen cloothe/ and layde hym in a tombs/ that was hewen oute of the rocke. And rooUed a stone vnto the dore off the the sepulcre. And Mary magdalen and ^7 Mary Jose beheld where he was layde. Ejie y.'a], ffiijnptcr. A ND when the sabboth daye weis past/ Mary magdalen/ and •^ iMary Jacobi/ and Salome/ bought ^oyntmentes/ that they myght come and ^ anoynt him. And yerly in the morn- inge ^ the next daye after the sabboth day they cam vnto the sepulcre/ when the sun was risen/ And they said won to another : who shall roUe awaye the stone from the dore off the sepulcre .' And when they behelde yt/ they sawe how =2 Centurion, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. [So post.'] ^ Which behelde afarre oif, Gen. ^ The Lesse, Gen. "^ The day of preparing that goeth before, Cr. Gem. Bps. ^ A worshipful senator, Cov. A noble counseller, T. M. Cr. Bps. An honourable counsellour, Gen. " Marie Joses 'mother, Gen. Marie of Joses, Bps. ' Marye Jacob, Cr. Marie the mother of James, Gen. Bps. ' Odours, T.M. Swete odours, Cr. Sweete ointments, Gem. Sweete smelling ointments, Bp*. 2 Embalrae, Gen. * Upon a day of the sabbaths, Cov. The first daye of the sabbothes, [the week, C], Cr. Gen. Bps. Sije ffiosjieU of S. HWarfec. ftj. fbj. the stone was rolled awaye. For it was a very great won/ and they went in to the sepulcre/ and sawe a yonge man/ sitt- inge on the ryght syde/ cloothed in a longe white ^ garment/ and they were » abasshed. He sayd vnto them/ be nott sStayed/ ye seke Jesus of nazareth/ which was crucified. He ys rysen/ he ys nott here. Behoolde the place/ where they putt hym. Butt go youre waye/ and tell his disciples/ and • [namly] Peter/ that 8 he is goone before you in to galile/ there shall ye se hym/ as he sayde vnto you. And they went oute quicly and fleed from the sepulcre. For they trembled and were amased/ Nether said they eny thinge to eny man/ for they were afrayed. When Jesus was risen 'the morowe after the sabboth daye/ he appered fyrst to Mary magdalen/ oute oiT whom he cast seven devyls. And she went/ and toolde them that were with hjrm/ as they morned and weppte. And when they herde/ that he was alive/ and had appiered to her : they be- leved it not. After that/ he appered unto two of them in ii'a straunge figure/ as they walked/ and went in to the country . And tiiey went/ and toolde it to the remnaunt. And they 11 beloved them nether. After that he appered unto the eleven as they sate ^^ at meate : and i^ cast in their tethe their vnbelefe/ and hardnes ofi" herte: be 'cause they beleved not them which had sene 1* hym after his resurreccion. And he sayd vnto them. Goo ye in to all the woorlde/ and preache the gospell to all crea- tors : Whosoever beleveth/ and ys baptised/ shalbe safe : And whosoever beleveth nott/ shalbe dampxied. And these ^^ signes shall folowe them that beleve : In my name they shall cast oute devyls/ and shall speake with newe tonges/ and shall i^ kill serpentes. And yf they drynke eny dedly th)Tige/ yt shall nott hurte them. They shall laye their hondes on the sike/ emd they shall recovre. ^ Robe, Gen. ° Afraide, Cr. Gen. Greatly amazed, Bps. ' Cr. Gen. Bps. omit. ^ He goeth, Cr. Bps. He will goe. Gen. ' The first daye of the sabboths. Cov. The fyrste daye after the Sab- both, Cr. Bps. Agayne, in the morow (which was the first day of the week). Gen. '"Another forme, Gen. "Beleved not these also, Cr. Bps. " Together, Gen. " Rebuked them for, Cov. Reproved them of, Gen. '■' That he was rysen agayne from the dead, Cr. ^' Tokens, Cr. Gen. Bps. '» Drive away, Cov, Cr, Gen. Bps. JFo. Urrj. Srje ©osjiell of S. iWavfee. So then when the lorde had spoken vnto them he was receav- ed in to heven/ and sate on the right honde of god. And they went forth/ and preached every where/ And the lorde wroght with them/ And con- firmed i'' their preachynge with myra- cles that folowed. EJe mtie ot tSe ffiospell of S. iWaritc. ' The worde with signs [miracles, C.J that followed, Cr. Gen. Bps. os^osucu on s, atitfef. ^MBi®M as moche as many have taken in honde ^ to com- S9M pyle a treates off ^ thoo thynges/ 3 which are ^ surely knowen amonge vs/ even as they ^ declared them vnto vs/ which from the begynnynge sawe them ^with their eyes/ and were ministers "^ at the doyng : ^ I determined also/ * as sone as I had searched out ^^ diligently all thinges from the begyn- ynge/ that then I wolde wryte vnto thee ^i ^^ good Theophilus/ that thou myghtest knowe the certente off thoo thinges/ where- of thou 1^ arte informed. Site fgrst ffiJaptEt. TN the tyme of Herode kynge of iewry/ there was a certayne ■*■ prest named Zacarias/ off the course of Abie. And his -wyfe was of the doughters of Aaron : And her name was Elizabeth. Booth were perfect before God/ and walked in all the 1* lawes and J^ ordinacions of the lorde ^^ that no man coulde fynde fewte with them. And they had no chUde/ be- cause that Elisabeth was barren/ And booth were well stricken in age. Hit cam to passe/ as he executed the prestes office/ before ' To set forthe the declaration [the wordes, Cov. the storie, G.], Cov. Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Of the acts that are come to passe, Cor. ^ Whereof we are fully persuaded, Gen. * Moost surelye [to be, C] beleeved, Cr. Bps. * Delivered, Cr. Gen. Bps. " Their selves, T. M. Gen. ' Of the things they declared, Cr. Of the worde, Gen. Bps. ^ It seemed good also to me. Gen. Bps. ' Having perfect understanding of, Bps. '" Perfectly, Gen. " Gere, adds — Thereof from poynt to poynt. " Most noble, Gen. Most excellent, Bps. " Hast bene instructed [taught by mouth, B.], Gere. Bps. '* Commaundements, Gen. Bps. '= Ordinaunces, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. " WJthoute reproofe, Gen. Blamelesse, Bps. j^o. lb. me CSosjetl of 5&. Hufee. god as his course cam (accordinge to the custome of the prestes office) his lott was to bren ^'^ odoures/ And went into the temple of the lorde/ and all the multitude of people were with out in their prayers whill the odoures were abrennynge. There appered vnto him the lordes angell/ stondinge on the right syde off the aultre off odours. And when Zachariaa sawe hym/ he was ^^ abasshed and feare cam on hym. The angell sayde vnto hym : feare not Zacary : ffor thy prayer is herde : And thy wyfe Helyzabeth shall beare the a Sonne/ and thou shalt call his name Jhon/ And thou shaitt have ioye and gladnes/' And many shall reioyce att his birth. For he shalbe greate in the sight off god/ and shall nether drynke wyne ner stronge drynke. And he shalbe filled with the holy goost even in his mothers woombe : And many off the chyldren off Israhel shall he tourne to their lorde God. And he shall goo before hym in the sprete and power off Helyas to tourne the herttes off the fathers to their chyldren/ and the 19 vnbeleveres to the wisdom off the iuste men : to make 2" the people redy ffor tjie lorde. And Zacary sayde vnto the angell : ^^ Wherby shall I know this ? seinge that I am olde/ and my wyfe ^ well stricken in yeares. And the angell answered/ and sayde vnto hym : I am Gabriell that stonde in the presens off God/ and am sentt to speake vnto the : and to shewe the this glad tydinges. And take hede thou shalt be domme/ and not able to speake vntyll the tyme that these thinges be performed/ because thou be- levedst not my wordes/ which shalbe fulfilled in there season. And the people wayted for Zacareas/ and mervelled that he taryed ^ in the temple. When he cam oute he coulde not speake vnto them. And they perceaved/ that he had sene some vision in the temple. ^* And he beckoned vnto them/ and remayned speachlesse. And it fortuned/ as sone as the tyme off his office was oute/ he departed home into his awne housse. Affler thoose dayes/ his wife Elizabeth conceaved/ and hid her silfe .v. monethes/ saynge : ^ This wyse hath god dealte with me in the dayes when he loked on me/ to talce from me ^^ the rebuke that I suffered amonge men. " Incense, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. [So post.} is Troubled, Gm. Bp*. [So vs. 29.] " Disobedient, Gem. Bps. ™ Ready, a perfect people [a people prepared, C] for the Lorde, Cr. Gen. Bps. " By what token, Cr. ^ Is of a great age, Gen. ^ Gen. adds — so long. ^ For he made signs, etc. Gen. ^ Thus hath the Lorde, etc. Gen. Bps. ^" My rebuke amonge men, Cr. Gen. Bps. ®i)e fflospell ot S. Hufte. aS. f. And in the .vi. moneth the angell Gabryel was sent from god vntoa cite offgalile/ named nazareth/ to a virgin 2' spous- ed to a man/ whose name was Joseph/ of the housse of David/ and the virgins name was Mary. And the angell went in vn- to her/ and sayde : Hayle ^8 full of grace/ the lorde is with the : blessed arte thou amonge wemen. When she sawe hym/ she was abasshed att his saynge : and cast in her mynde what maner of salutacion that shulde be. And the angell sayde vnto her : feare not Mary/ thou hast founde ^ grace with god. Loo : thou shah conceave in thy wombe/ and shalt bears a childe/ and shalt call his name Jesus. He shalbe greate/ and shalbe called the sonne off the hyest. And the lorde god shall geve vnto hym the seate off his father David/ And he shall raygne over the house off Jacob for ever/ and of his kyngdom shalbe none ende. Then sayd Mary vnto the angell : Howe shall this be/ se- inge that I knowe ^o no man ? And the angell answered/ and sayd vnto her : the holy goost shall come apon the/ and tho power off the hyest shall over shaddowe the. Therfore also that holy thynge which shall be borne/ shalbe called the sonne of god. Ajid 31 marke/ thy cosen Elizabeth/ hath also con- ceaved a sonne in her olde age. And this is the .vj. moneth to her/ which was called barren/ for with god shall nothinge be vnpossible. Mary sayd : beholde the ^2 honde mayden off the lorde/ be it vnto me ^^ even as thou hast sayde. And the angell departed from her. Mary arose in thoose dayes/ and went in to the 34 moun- tayns with hast into a cite off iewry/ and entred in to the house off Zacary/ and saluted Elizabeth. And it fortuned/ as Eliz- abeth herde the salutacion of Mary/ the babe spronge in her 35 belly. And Elizabeth was filled with the holy goost' and cryed with a loude voyce/ and sayde : Blessed arte thou among wemen/ 3^ and blessed is the frute off thy wombe. And whens hapeneth this to me/ that the mother off my lorde shulde come to me ? Loo/ ^ as sone as the voyce of thy salu- tacion sownded in myne eares/ the babe 38 lepte in my belly " Aflnanced, Gim. "i Tlnu that art freely beloved, Gen. ^ Favour, Gen. Bps. *' Not aman, Cr. Gen. L';s. ^i Beholde,|CV. Gen. Bps. »' Servant, Gen. [So V3. 46.] ^^ According to thy word, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Hill countrey, Gen. Bps. ^ Womb, Cr. Bps. [So vs. 44.] ™ Because the fruite of thy wombe is blessed, Gen. 37 When I heard the voice, Cov. ^ Sprange, Cr. Gen. Bps. E jTd. lljf. CSe CKosi)ell of S. aufte. for ioye. And blessed ^^arte thou that belevedst/ For thoose thinges shalbe performed which were tolde ^^ the from the lorde. SlnlJ £&.nxs sajTie. My soule magnifieth the lorde. And my sprete reioyseth in god my savioure/ For he hath loked on the povre degre off his honde may- den. Beholde nowe from hens forth shall all ■"' generacions call me blessed. For he that is myghty hath done to me greate thinges/ and blessed ys his name : And hys mercy is always on them that feare him ■*' thorow oute all generacions. He hath shewed strengthe with his arme/ he hath scattered them that are proude in the ymaginacion of their hertes. He hath putt doune the myghty from their seates/ and hath exalted them of lowe degre. He hath filled the hongry with good thinges : And hath sent away the ryche empty. He hath *^ remembred mercy : and hath holpen his servaunt Israhel. ■^3 Even as he promised to oure fathers/ Abraham and to his seede for ever. And mary aboode with her iij. monethes/ And retoumed home agayne. Elizabethes tyme was come that she shulde be delyvered/ And she brought forth a sonne. And her neighboure and her cosins herde tell howe/ the lorde had '^ magnified his mercy vppon her/ and they reioysed with her. And hit fortuned the eyght daye : they cam to circumcise the childe : and called his name Zacari after the name of his father/ and his mother answered/ and sayd : not soo/ but he shalbe called Jhon. ^^ [j\^nd they sayd vnto her : There ys none of thy kynne/ that is named with thys name.] And they made signes to hys father/ howe he wolde have hym called. And he axed for wrytynge tables and wroote saying: hys name is Jhon. And they mervelled all, And hys mought *" Is she that — her, Gen. Bps. *" Ages, Gen. *' From genera- tion to generation, Cr. Bps. ■" Helped [Upholden, G,] his ser- vant Israeli in remembrance [being mindful, G.] of his mercie, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ As he hath spoken to our fathers, to wit, to Abraham, Gen, ** Shewed greate mercie, Cr. Gen. Bps, *^ Cr. omits. CSe ffiosjcll of S. Uuftc. ffll). f. was opened immediatly/ and hys tonge/ and he spake lawd- ynge god. And feare cam on all them that dwelt *^ nye/ And all these sayinges were noised ahroade throughoutt all the hylly countre of Jewry : and all they that herde them layde them vppe in their hertes/ saying : What manor chylde shall thys be ? And the honde of god was with hym. And his father Zacherias was fylled with the holy goost/ and prophisyed sayinge : Blessed be the lorde god of israhel/ for he hath visited and redemed his people. And hath reysed vppe the home off health vnto vs/ in the housse of his servaunt David. Even as he promised by the moughth of his holy prophetes which were sens the worlde began. That *'' we shulde be saved from oure enunys/ and from the hondes of all that hate vs : *^ To shewe mercy towardes oure fathers/ And to remember hys holy '^^ promes. *" That is to saye the oothe/ which he sware to oure father Abraham/ ^i for to geve us. That we delivered oute of the hondes of oure enemis/ myght serve hym with oute feare : all the dayes of oure lyfe/ in ^^ [suche] holynes and ryghtewesnes ^ [that are ac- cept] before him. And thou ^ chylde/ shalt be called the prophet off the hy- est/ for thou shall goo before the face off the lorde/ to prepare his wayes : And to geve knowlege off health vnto hys people/ 5* for the remission of sinnes: Through the tender mercy off oure lorde/ wher with hath visited vs the daye springe from an hye : To geve light to them that sate in darcknes/ and in shadowe of deth/ and to gyde oure fete in to the waye of peace. And the chylde encreased and wexed stronge in sprete/ and was in wildernes/ tyll the daye cam/ when he shulde shewe hym silfe vnto the israhelites. '"' Ptounde aboute them, Bps. ■" He woulde send us deliverance [deliver us, C] from, Cov. Gen. ^ To fulfyl the mercye promised, etc. T. M. That he woulde deale mercifully with, etc. Cr. Bps. ■"> Covenant, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ And that he woulde [And to, T. Jtf.] performe the othe, T. M. Cr. Bps. *' Which was that he woulde graunt unto us, tliat we, etc. Gen. *' Gen. lips, omit, 53 Babe, Gen. ^ By, Gen. Bps, Sa. Itff. arje eCosjiell of S. SLufte, H^ Srje secontie CTijapter. [ IT folowed in thoose dayes : that there went oute a com- maundment from Auguste ^ the Emperour/ that all the ■woorlde shulde be ^ valued. This taxynge ^was fyrst execu- ted when Syrenus.was ^leflenaunt in Siria. ^ KnA every man went in to his awne ^ shyre toune/ there to be taxed. And Joseph also ascended from Galile/ oute of a cite called Naza- reth/ vnto iewry : in to a cite of David/ which is called beth- leem/ because he was of the housse and linage of David to be taxed with Mary "^ his wedded wife/ ^ which was with childe. And it fortimed whill they there were/ ^ her tyme was come that she shulde be delyvered. And she brought forth her fyrst begotten sonne. And i" wrapped hym in swadlynge cloothes/ and layed hym in ^^ a manger/ be cause there was no roume for them with in/ in i^ the hostrey. And there were in the same region shepherdes ^^ abydinge in the felde/ and i* watching their flocke by night. And loo : the angell of the lorde stode harde by them/ and the i^ bright* nes of the lorde shone rounde aboute them/ and they were score afrayed. And the angell sayd vnto them : Be not afrayed Beholde I brynge you tydinges off greate ioye/ that shall come to all the people : ^^ for vnto you is borne this daye in the cite of David a saveoure/ which is Christ the lorde. And take this for a signe : ye shall fynde the childe i^ swadled/ and layed in a manger. And streight waye there was with the angell a multitude of hevenly sowdiers/ laudynge God/ and sayinge : Glory to God i^ ein hye/ and p^ce on the erth : and vnto men i^reioysynge. And itt fortuned/ as sone as the angels were gone awaye in 1 CsBsar, Gen. Bps. [So Ch. iii. 1.] " Taxed, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps- ' Was the first and executed [that was executed, etc. Cov^ when, etc. Cov. Cr. T. M. Was first made when, etc. Gen. Bps. * Govern- our, Gen. [So Ch. iii. 1.] ° Therefore went all to be taxed, etc. Gen. Bps. « Citie, T.M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ' His spoused, T. Jlf. Cr. Bps. That was given him to, etc. Gen. ^ Being great with childe, Bps. ' The dales were accomplished. Gem. Bps. i" Swad- led, Bps. " A cratch, Gen. [So post.'i " The inne, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. " In the field by the folds and watching their flocks by night, Cov. " Keeping watch by night, because of their flocke [over their flocke by night, B.], Gen. Bps. '^Glcrie, Gen. Bps. " That is that unto you, etc. Gen. " Wrapped in swadling clothes , Cr. Bps. '^ In the high heavens, Gen. In the highest, Bps. " Good will, Cr. Gen. Bps. E!)C CSospell of S. Huftc. dth fj. to heven/ the shepherdes sayd won to another : let vs goo ev- en vnto Bethleem/ and se this thynge thatt 20 is hapened/ which die lorde hath shewed vnto vs. And they cam with haste/ and founde Mary and Joseph/ and the habe layde in a man- ger. When they had sene it/ they publisshed abrode the saynge/ which was tolde them oiF that chylde. And all that herde itt wondred/ att thoose thynges which were tolde them off the shepherdes. But Mary kept all thoose sayinges/ and pondered them in hsnr hert. And the shepherdes retoumed/ prajreynge and laudynge Gfod ffor all that they had herde and sene/ evyn as itt was told vnto them. And when the eyght daye was ^i come that the chylde shuld be circumcised/ his name was called Jesus/ which weis named off the angell before he was conceaved ^^jn his mothers wombe. And when the tyme of their purificacion (after the lawe of Moyses) was come they brought hym to hierusalem/ to pre- sent hym to the lorde (As yt is written in the lawe off the lorde : every man chylde that fyrst openeth ^ the matrix/ shalbe called holy to the lorde) and ^ to ofier (as yt ys sayde in the lawe of the lorde) a payre off turtle doves/ or ij. yonge pi^ons. And beholde there was a man in hierusalem/ whose name was Simeon. And the same man was iuste and feared god/ and ^ longed for the consolacion off israhel/ and the holy goost was in hym. And ^ an answer was geven hjon of the holy goost/ that he shulde not se deethe/ before he had sene the lordes Christ. And he cam ^ by inspiracion in to the temple. And as the father and mother broght in the chylde Jesus/ to do for hym after the custome of the lawe/ Then toke he hym vppe in his armes ^ and sayde. Lorde Now lettest thou thy servaunt departe in peace ac- cordinge to thy ^ promes. For myne eyes have sene ^ the saveour sent from the Which thou hast prepared before the face of all people. "" Cr. adds — we heare saye. " Accomplished, Gen. [So vs. 22.] «« In the womb, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. » The wombe, Gen.Bps. " To giv^-an oblation, Gere. ^^ Looking for, Cr. jBp*. Waited for, Gen. " A revelation, Gen. '^ By the motion of the the spirit, Gen. " Cov. Cr. Gen. Bps. add — And praysed God. » Word, Gen. '^ Thy salvation, Cr. Gen. Bps. jTo. IbETf. ffiSe ffiospell of S. aiufte. A light '1 to lighten the gentyls/ and the glory off thy peo- ple israhel. > And ^^ his father and mother mervelled at thoose thinges/ which were spoken off hym : And Simeon blessed them/ and sayd vnto Mary his mother : behold/ this childe ^^ shalbe the fall/ and resurreccion off many in israhel/ And a signe which shalbe spokyn agaynste. And moreover the swearde shall pearce ** the very hert off the/ that the thoughtes of many hertes maye be opened. And there was Anna/ a prophetes/ the doughter of Phanuel of tribe of Aser. And she was off a greate age/ and had lived with'an husbande .vij. yere from her virginite. And ^^ this wedowe was aboute .iiij. scoore and .iiij. yere off age/ which went never oute of the temple/ but served there with fastinge and prayer nyght and daye. And she ^^ cam forth that same houre/ and ^v praysed god/ and spake of hym to all that loked for redempcion in hierusalem. And as son as they had performed all thinges according to the lawe off the lorde/ they returned into galile into their awne cite nazareth. And the childe grewe and wexed stronge in sprete/ and was full off wysdom/ and the favour of god was with hym. And his ^^ father and mother went to hierusalem every yeare att the feeste of ester. And when he was xij. yere oWe/ they went vppe to hierusalem after the custome of the feeste/ And when they had ^9 fulfilled the dayes/ as they returned home/ the chylde Jesus boode styll in hierusalem/ *" vnknow- ynge to his father and mother. For they supposed he had bene in the company. They cam a days iorney/ and sought hym amonge their kynsfolke and acquayntaunce/ and founde hym not. They went backe agayne to hierusalem/ and sought hym. And hit fortuned that after .iij. dayes/ they founde hym in the temple sittinge in the middes of the doctours/ both hearynge them/ and ■*! posinge them. And all that herde hym ^ mervelled at his witt and answers. '' To be revelled to, Gem. Bps. '^ Joseph and his mother, Gen. ^ Is appointed for, Gen. Is set to be, Bps. ** Through thy soule, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ She had bene [was, G.] a widowe about, etc. T. M. Ct. Gen. Bps. ^ Comming at the same instant upon them, Gen. Bps. ^ Confessed likewise the Lorde, Gen. Gave thanks likewise unto, etc. ^Bps. ^ Elders, Cm. [So vs. 43.] Parents, Gen. Bps. ^ Finished, Gen. "" And Joseph and his mother knew not of it. Gen. Bps. *^ Asking them questions, Gen. ^ Were aatonyed at his understanding, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. Siie ffiosjpell of .S. JLttfte. (9:$. (({. And when they sawe hym/ they were astonyed. And his mother sayde vnto hym : sone why haste thou flius dealte with vs ? Beholde thy father and I have *^ sorowed and sought the. And he sayd vnto them : howe is it that ye sought me ? wist ye not that I muste goo aboute my father's business ? And they vnderstod nott iJie saynge that he spake to them. And he went with them and cam to nazareth/ and was ** obedient to them. His mother kept all these thynges in her hert. And Jesus increased in wisdom and ^ age/ and in favoure with god and man. CJe tff. ffljaptei;. 1 N the fiftenihe yeare of the raigne off Tiberius the Empe- ■^ roure/ Pontius Pilate beinge leftenaunt of Jewry/ and he- rode beinge ^ Tetrarch of galile/ and his brother Philip Te- trarch in Iturea/ and in the region of traconitis/ and lysanias the Tetrarch of abylene : "When Anna and Cayphas were the hye prestes : The commaundment of god ^ was publisshed vnto John the sonne off Zacarias in the wildernes. And he cam into all the coostes aboute Jordan/ preachynge the bap- tism of repentaunce for the remission of synnes/ as it is writ- ten in the boke of the sayinges of Esayas the prophet/ which saeth : The voyce off a cryar in wyldernes/ prepare the waye off the lorde/ make hys pathes straight. Every valley shalbe fylled/ and every mountajme and hyll shalbe broght lowe : And crocked thynges shalbe made streight : and the rought wayes shalbe made smoth. And all flesshe shall se the ^ sa- veour sent off god. Then sayde he to the people/ that were come to be baptised of hym. O generacion of vipers : who hath *■ shewed you the crafte to flye from wrath to come ? Brynge forth due frutes of repentaunce/ And begyn nott to saye in youre selves/ we have Abraham to oure father. For I saye vnto you : god is able of these stones to reyse' vppe children vnto Abraham. Nowe also ys the axe leyd vnto the rote off the trees. Every tree therfore/ which bringeth not forth good frute/ shalbe hewen doune/ and caste in to the fyre. And the people axed him/ sayinge : What shall we do then. ^^ Sought thee with heavie hearts, Ge«. Sought thee sorowing, T. M. Cr. Bps. « Subject, Gen. *> Stature, Gm. Bps. ' One of the foure princes, etc. Gov. ' Came, Cr. Gen. Bps 3 Salvation of God, Cr. Gen. Bps. * Certified [Taught, T. M. Cr.} you to flee, Gov. T. M. Cr. Forewarned you to flye, Gen. Bps. JFo. Up Stje ffiospell of S. aufte. He answered eind sayde vnto them : He that hath ij. cootes/ lett hym parte with hym that hath none : And he that hath meate/ let him do lyke wyse.' Then cam there puplicaiis to be baptised/ and sayde vnto hym : Master/ what shall we do ? He answered vnto them : requyre no more then that/ which ys appoynted vnto you. The soudiers lyke wyse demaunded off hym/ sayinge : And what shall we do ? And he sayde to them : ^ Do violence to noo man : nether ^ trouble eny man wrongfully : And be con- tent wyth youre wages. As the people '' were in a doute/ and all men ^ disputed in there hertes of Jhon : Whether he were very Christ/ Jhon answered/ and sayd to them all. I baptyse you wyth water/ butt 9 a stronger then commeth/ whose shue latchet I am nott worthy to vnloose : he will baptise you with the holy goost/ and with fyre/ which hath his fan in his bond/ and wil i" pourge his floore/ and will gader ii his corne in to hys bame/ And the chaffe wyll he bourne with fyre that never shalbe quench- ed. And many other thynges in hys exhortacion preached he vnto the people. Then Herode the Tetrarch (when he was rebuked of hym for Herodias his brother Philippes wyfe/ and for all the evyls which herod had done) added this above all/ i^ and leyd Jhon in preson. And yt fortuned as all tlie people receaved baptim (And when Jesus was baptised and did praye) that heven was open- ed/ and the holy soost cam doune in a bodely shape lyke a dove apon him. And a voyce cam from heven/ sayinge : thou arte my dere Sonne/ In the do I delyte. And Jesus him silfe i^ was about thirty yere of age when he began/ beinge as men supposed the sonne of Joseph, which Joseph was the sonne of Heli : which was the sonne of Mathat : which was the sonne of Levi : which was the sonne of Melchi : which was the sonne of Janna ; which was the sonne of Joseph : which was the sonne of Matatthias : * Hurte no man, Cr. « Accuse any falsely, Gen. Bps. ' Wait- ed, Gen. Bps. s Thought, Cm. Mused, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' One stronger than I, Cr. Gen. Bps. '" Make cleane. Gen. " The wheate into his [bame, B.] garner, Gen. Bps. " That he shut up, Gen. 1^ Began to be, Cr. Gen. Bos. eje CKosjell at S. JLiifte. «!)• tff. which was the Sonne of Amos : which was the sonne of Nahum : which was the sonne of Esli : which was the sonne of Nagge : which was the sonne of Maafli : which was the sonne of Matathias : which was the sonne of Semei : which was the sonne of Joseph : which was the sonne of Juda : which was the sonne of Johanna : which was the sonne of Ehesya : which was the sonne of Zorohahel : which was the sonne of Salathiel : which was the sonne of Neri : which was the sonne of Melchi : which was the sonne of Addi : which was the sonne of Cosam : which was the sonne of Helmadam : which was the sonne of Her : which was the sonne of Jeso : which was the sonne of Helieser : which was the sonne of Joram : which was the sonne of Mattha : which was the sonne of Levi : which was the sonne of Simeon : which wEis the sonne of Juda : which was the sonne of Joseph : which was the sonne of Jonam : which was the sonne of Heliacim : which was the sonne of Melea : which was the sonne of Menam : which was the sonne of Mathathan : which was the sonne of Nathan : which was the sonne of David : which was the sonne of Jesse : which was the sonne of Obed : which was the sonne of Boos : which Was the sonne of Salmon : which was the sonne of Naason : which was the sonne of Aminadab : which was the sonne of Aram : which was the sonne of Esrom : which was the sonne of Phares ; jfo. ij. arjc CEospcU of S. 3l«Jtc. which was the sonne of Juda : which was the sonne of Jacob : which was the sonne of Ysaac : which was the sonne of Abraham : which was the sonne of Tharra : which was the sonne of Nachor : which was the sonne of Saruch : which was the sonne of Kagau : which was the sonne of Phalec : which was the sonne of Heber : which was the sonne of Sala : which WEis the sonne of Cainan : which was the sonne of Arphaxat . which was the sonne of Sem : whicli was the sonne of Noe : which was the sonne of Lameth : which was the sonne of Mathusala : which was the sonne of Enoch : which was the sonne of Jareth : which was the sonne of Malalehel : which was the sonne of Cainan : which was the sonne of Enos : which was the sonne of Seth ; which was the sonne of Adam : which was the sonne of God. aCije ffff. CHjajitei-. TESUS then full off the holy goost/ returnyd from ibrdan/ ■^ and was caryed off the sprete into a wildernes/ and was xl. dayes tempted of the devyl. And in thoose dayes ate he no thinge : And when they were ended/ he after ward hongred. And the devyll sayd vnto him : yf thou be the sonne of god/ commaunde this stone that he be breed. And Jesus answer- ed hym/ sayinge : It ys written : man shall nott live by breed only/ but by every worde of God. And the devyll toke him vppe into an hye mountayne/ and shewed hym all the kyngdoms of the exth even in the twinck- lynge of an eye. And the devyl said vnto him : all this pow- er will I geve the everywhit/ and the glori of them (for that is dely vered to me/ and to whomsoever I wyll I geve it) Yf thou therfore wilt worshippe me/ they shalbe all thyne. Jesus an- me ffiosjell of S. Huftc. ffj). ffff. swered and sayd vnto hym : i hence from me Satan. For hit is written. Thou shalt ^ honour thy lorde god/ and hym only serve. And he caryed hym to hierusalem/ and set him on a pyna- cle of the temple/ and sayd vnto him : Yf thou be the sonne of god/ cast thy silfe doune from hens. For it ys written/ he shall geve hys angelles charge over the/ to kepe the/ and with their hondis they shall ^ stey the vppe/ that thou * hurt nott thy fote agaynst a stone. Jesus answered and sayde vnto hym/ it is sayd/ thou shalt nott tempte thy lorde god. And as sone as the devyll had ended all his temptacions/ he departed from him for a season. And Jesus retoumed by the power of the sprete in to gali- lee/ and the fame off hym went throwe oute all the region rounde aboute. And he taught in there sinagogges/ and was ^ commended off all men. And he cam to nazareth where he * was noursed/ and as hys custume was/ went into the sinagog on the saboth daye/ and stode vppe for to rede. And there was delyvered vnto hym the boke off the prophet Esaias. And when he had 'op- ened the boke/ he founde the place/ where hit was wrytten : The sprete off the lorde apon me/ be cause he hath annoynted me/ ® To preache the gospell to the povre he hath sent me/ And to heale ^ them which are troubled in there hertes : To preach deliveraunce to the captive/ And i" sight to the blynde/ And frely to sett att liberte them that are brused/ And to preache the aceptable yeare off the lorde. And he cloosed the booke/ and gave it agayne to the min- ister/ and sate doune. And the eyes off all thatt were in the s)Tiagog/ were ffistened on hym. And he began to saye vnto them. This daye ys thys scripture fulfilled in youre eares. And all they bare hym witnes/ and wondred att the gracious wordes/ which preceded oute off hys mouth/ and sayde : Is not this Josephs sonhe .' And he sayde vnto them : Ye ^' maye very wele saye vnto me this proverbe. Visicion/ heale thy silfe. Whatsoever we have herde done in Capernaum/- do the same here lyk ' Avoide from me, Cov. Get thee hence behinde, etc. Bjis. ' Wor- ship, Cr. Gen. Bps, ' Beare, Cr. Bps. Lift, Gen. * Dash, Cr. Ocn. Bps. ' Honoured, Gen. ° Was nourished, Tav. Had bene brought up, Gen. Bps. ' Turned over, Cov. ' [The Gen. divides these clauses as in K. James' version.] ' The broken hearted, Ct. Gen. Bps. '" Recovering of sight, Gfn.B//*. " Wil utterlv [surely, G.] saye, Cr. Gen. Bps. i^o. IpJ. Srje fflosjell of S. Hulte. wyse in thyne awne countre. And he sayde : Verely I saye vnto you : no prophett is accepted in his awne countre. But I tell you off a trueth/ Many wyddowes were in Israhell In the dayes off Helyas/ when hevyn was shet thre yeres and syxe monethes/ when greate fammisshment was troughoute all the londe/,And vnto none off them was Helyas sent/ save in to sarepta/ i^besydes sydon vnto ^^ a woman that was a widow. And many leppers were in israhel in the tyme off Heliseus the prophet/ and yet none off them was healed/ sav- ynse Naaman off siria. Arid as many as were in the sinagog when they herde that/ were filled with wrath and roose vppe/ and thrust hym oute of the cite/ and ledde hym even vnto the edge of the hill/ wher- on their cite was bilte/ to cast hym doune hedlynge. But he went his waye even thorowe the myddes of them : and cam in to Capernaum/ a cite of galile/ and there taught them on the sabboth dayes. And they were astonied at his doctrme : for hys 1"* preachinge was with power. And in the sinagoge there was a man/ which had '^a foule sprete whith in him/ and cryed with a loude voyce/ sayinge : 16 let me alone/ what haste thou to do wyth vs/ thou Jesus off nazareth ? Arte thou come to destroye vs ? I knowe the what thou arte/ thou arte i' the holy man of god ? And Jesus rebuked hym/ sayinge : hoolde thy peace/ and come oute of hym. And the devyle thre we him in the myddes of them and cam oute of hym/ and hurt hym not. And feare cam on them all/ And they spake amonge them selves/ sayinge : ^^ what manner a thinge is this .' For with auctorite and power he commaundeth the foule spretes and they come oute ? And the fame of hym spreed abroode throwoute all places of the countre rounde aboute. And he roose vppe and cam oute of the synagoge/ and en- tred in to Simons housse. And Simons 19 motherelawe was taken wyth a greate fever/ And they made intercession to him for her. And he stode over her/ and rebuked the fever : and hit leeft her. And immediatly she roose and ministred vnto them. '' M ciUe of SJdon [of the Sidonians, C] , Cm. Gen. Bps. '^ A cer- taine widowe, Gin. " Worde was with authoritle, Gen. '^ A spirite of an uncleano [a foule, B.] devyll, Cr. Gen. Bps. '* Oh what have we to do with thee, etc. Gen. " The holy of God, Cr. The holy one. Gen. Bps. ^ What thing. Gen. What manner of saying, Bps. '» Wives mother, Gen. Bps. SrSe ffiospcll of S. Hutte. 2 Fame, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. " Departed, Cov. " Went ftom him and healed every man, Cov. Was present to, Cr. Bps. Was in him to, Gen. ^' On vrha.t side, Cr. Bps. '^ With his couch, JSp^. Sije (Sos^ell of S. 2Lu&e. ®!). bj. of the palsey : I saye to the/ aryse/ take vp thy beed/ and goo home to thy housse. And immediatly he rose vp before them all/ and toke vp his heed where on he laye/ and departed to his awne housse praysynge god. And they were all amased/ and they lauded God/ and were filled with feare/ sayinge : 1'' We have sene straunge thynges to daye. And after that he went forthe/ and sawe a publican/ named Levi/ syttinge at the receyte off custome/ and sayde vnto hym : folowe me. And he leeft all/ roose vppe/ and folowed hym. And that same levi made him a greate feaste at home in his awne housse. And there was a greate company of publicans/ and off other that sate at meate with hym. And the scribes and Pharisees grudged agaynst his disciples/ sayinge : Why eate ye and drynke ye/ with publicans/ and synners ? Jesus answered and sayde vnto them : They that are whole/ nede not of the phisicion : but they that are sicke. I cam not to call the rightewes to repentaunce : but the synners. They sayde vnto hym : Why do the disciples off Jhon fast often and praye : and the disciples of the pharises also : and thyne eate and drynke .? To whome he sayde : Can ye make the Children of the weddynge faste/ as longe as the bryde grome is present with them .? The dayes will come/ when the bryd grome shalbe taken awaye from them/ then shall they fast in thoose dayes. He spake vnto them in a similitude : No man putthefli a pece of an newe garment/ into an olde vesture : for yf he do/ then 18 breaketh he the newe and the pece that was taken out of the newe/ agreeth nott with the olde. Also no man pour- eth newe wyne into olde vessels/ yf he do/ the newe wyne breaketh the vessels/ and runneth out it silfe/ and the vessels perisshe : Bpt newe wyne must be poured into newe vessels/ and boothe are preserved. Also no man that drynketh olde wyne/ strayght waye ^^ can awaye with newe/ for he sayeth : the olde is ^ pleasanter. EJe bf. CSaptet. TXIT happened on i an aftersaboth/ they went thorowe the come felde/ and his disciples plucked the eares of corne/ and ate them/ and rubbed them in their hondes. Certajme of " Doubtlesse, we have, etc. Gen. Bps. " The newe renteth it, Gm. Bps. '» Desireth, Gen. Will have, Bps. ^ Better, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' An after principal sabbath, Cov. Cr. The seconde sabbath after the first, Gen. Bps. jFo. IjfiJ. arftc CKospell of S. aufte. the pharises sayde vnto them : Why do ye that which is not laufull to be done on the saboth dayes ? Jesus answered them and sayde : Have ye nott redde what David did/ when he hymsilfe was anhungred/ and they which were with hym : howe he went into the housse off god/ and toke and ate the loves off halowed breed/ and gave also to them which were witji hym : whych was not laufull to eate/ but for the prestes only. And he sayd vnto them : The sonne of man is lorde even of the saboth daye. And it fortuned in a nother saboth also/ that he entred into the sinagoge and taught. And there was a man/ whose right honde was dryed vp. The scribes/ and the pharises watched hym/ to se whether he wolde heale on the saboth daye or not/ that they myght fynde ® an accusacion agaynst hym. Butt he knewe their thoughtes/ and sayde to the man which had the widdred honde : Ryse vp/ and stonde forthe in the middes. He arose/ and stepped forthe. Then sayde Jesus vnto them : I will axe you a question ; Whether is it laufull on the saboth dayes to do goode/ or to do evill .'' to save life ^ oder for to destroys hyt. And he behelde them all in compasse/ and sayd vnto the man : Stretche forth thy honde. He did soo/ and his honde was restored/ and made as whoole as the other. And they were filled full of madenes/ and ■* counselled won with another/ what they myght do to Jesu- Hit fortuned in thoose dayes/ he went out into a mountayne for to praye/ and continued all nyght in prayer to god. And as sone as it was daye/ he called his disciples/ and of them he chose twelve/ which also he called his aposteles. Simon/ whom also he named Peter : and Andrew his brother/ James and John/ Philip and Bartlemeaw/ Mathew and Thomas/ James the sonne of Alpheus and Simon called Zelotes/ and Judas James ^ sonne/ and Judas Iscariot/ which same was the traytour. And he cam doune with them and stode in the playne felde with the company of his disciples/ and a greate multitude of people out off all parties off Jewry and Jerusalem/ and from the see cooste off Tire and Sidon/ which cam to heare hym/ and to be healed of their diseases/ and they also that were vexed with foule spretes/ and they were healed. And all the people preased to tduche hym : for there went vertue out off hym/ euid healed them all. » An occasion, Cov. How to accuse, Cr. Bps. '[i.e. or.] * Com- muned, T. M. Cr- Gen. Bps. ' Brother, Gen. Bps. jrje CKos^ell of S. SLufec. ffi!). bf. And he left vp his eyes apon his disciples/ and sayde : Blessed are ye povre : for youers is the kyngdom off God. Blessed are ye that honger: for ye shalbe satisfied. Blessed are ye that wepe : for ye shall laugh. Blessed are ye when men hate you/ and ^ thrust you out off their companye/ and '' rayle on yon/ and ^abhorre youre name/ as an evill thynge/ for the Sonne off mannes sake. Keioyse ye then/ and be gladde : for beholde youre rewarde is greate in heven. Af"- ter this manner their fathers ^ entreated the prophetes. But wo be to you that are ryche : for ye i" have ther in youre consolacion. Wo be to you that are full : for ye shall honger. Wo be to you that nowe laugh : for ye shall wayle/ and wepe. Wo be to you when all men ii prayse you : for so did their fathers to the falce prophetes. But I saye vnto you which heare : Love youre enemys. Do goode to them whych hate you. Blesse them that coursse yon. And pray for them/ whych ^^ wrongfully trouble you. And vnto hym that smyteth the on the one cheke/ offer also the other. And hym that taketh awaye thy i' goune/ forbid nott to take thy coote also.. Geve to every man that axeth of the. And yf eny man take awaye !■* thy goodes/ axe them nott agayne. And as ye wold that men shulde doo to you : soo do ye to them lyke wyse. Yf ye love them which love you: what thanke i^are ye worthy of ? i^ geinge that the very synners love ^'' their lovers. And yf ye do '^ for them which do ^^ for you : what thanke are ye worthy of .' For the very s)Tiners doo even the same. Yff ye lende to them off whome ye hoope to receave : what thanke shal ye have : for the very sjmners/ lende to synners/ to receave i^ as moche agayne. Love ye youre enemys/ do goode/ and lende/ lokjrnge for nothynge agayne : and your rewarde shalbe greate/ and ye shalbe the chyldren off the hyest : for he is kynde vnto the vnkynde/ and to the evyll. Be ye therfore mercifull/ as youre father ys mercifuU. Judge nott and ye shall nott be ^ Judged. Condemne nott : and ye shall not be condemned. Forgeve/ and ye shalbe for- ' Shall separate you, Gen. Bps. Bps. adds — (from their companie.) ' Revile, Ge». * Putoutyourname asevyll, Gcji.Bps. 'Did to, Cr. Gen. Bps. '" Have [C. adds — already] received, Cov. Gen. Have your consolation, Cr. jBps. " Speake wellof you. Gen. '^Hurt, Gen. " Cloake, Gen. Bps. " That thyne is, Cov. « Have ye, Cr. Gen. Bps. " For synners also, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. " Those that love them. Gen. ^^Dogood,Cr. Gen.Bps. "Such like, Cr. Bps. The like, Gen. '^ Judged at all, Bps. JFo. lyffff. ffije ffiosjelt of S. fflufte. geven. Geve/ and yt shalbe geven vnto you. good measure/ pressed doune/ shaken to gedder/ and runnynge over/ shall men geve into yours besomes. For with what measure ye mete/ with the same shall men mete to you agayne. And he put forthe a similitude vnto them : Ceui the blynde ^1 ledde the blynde ? Do they nott both then fall into the dyche ? The disciple is not above his master. ^ Every man shalbe perfecte/ even as hys meister ys. Why seist thou a moote in thy brothers eye/ and conaderest not the beame that is in thyne awne eye ? Other howe cannest thou saye to thy brother : ^3 Brother lett me pull out the moote that is in thyne eye : when thou perceavest nott the beame that is in thyne awne eye ? Ypocrite/ cast out the beame out off thyne awne eye first/ and then shall thou se perfectly/ to pull out the moote out of thy brothers eye. Hit is nott a goode tree that bryngeth forthe evyll frute : Nether is that an evyll tree/ whych bryngeth forflie goode frute. For every tree ys knowen by his frute. Nether off thornes gader men fygges/ nor of busshes gadre they grapes. A good man off the goode treasure off hys hert bryngefli forth that which ys goode. And the evyll man of the evyll trea- sure off hys hert/ bryngeth forthe that which ys evyll. For off the aboundaunce off the hert/ the mought speaketh. Why call ye me Master/ Master : and do not ^4 as I bid you ? whosoever commeth to me/ and heareth my sayinges/ and doeth the same/ I wyll shewe you to whome he ys lyke. He is lyke a man which bilt an housse : which digged depe/ and layde the foundacion on a rocke : When flie waters arose/ the fludde belt ^^ apon that housse/ and coulde nott move hyt. For it was grounded apon a rocke. But he that heareth and doth not/ is lyke a man/ that with out foundacion bylt an house apon the erth/ agaynst which/ the fludde bet : and it fell by and by. And the fall of that housse was greate. W^ ffije bff. ffijjajpttt. ^HEN he had ended all his sayinges in the audience of the people/ he entred into Capernaum. And the servaunt of a certayne ^ Centurion was sicke/ and ^ redy to 2' Shew the way to, Cov. ^ Whosoever {wil be) a perfect {Ms- eiple) shall be as, etc. Gen. Bps. ^ Holde still, brother, I wil plucke, Cov. ^ The things I speake. Gen. * Bps. adds — ve- hemently. 1 Captain, Cov. ^ In peril of death, Cr. Bps. Sjlie (Sos^pell of S. Uuite. for he commaundeth windes and wa- ter/ and they obey him > And they sayled vnto the region of the gaderens/ which is over agaynst galile. As he went out off the shippe to londe/ there met hym a certa3me man oute off the cite/ whych had a devyll longe tjrme/ and ware noo cloothes/ nether aboode in any housse : but amoDge graves. When he sawe Jesus/ he cryed/ and fell doune before hym/ and with a loude voyce sayde : What have I to do wyth the Jesus the sonne ^ off the moost hyest .' I beseche the torment me noot. For he commaunded the foule sprete to come out of the man. For ofte tymes he caught hym/ and he was bounde withchaynes/ and kepte with fetters : and he brake the bondes/ and was caryed of the fende/ into wildernes. Jesus axed hym sayinge : what is thy name .' And he sayde : Legion, be cause many devyls wer entred into hym. And they besought hym/ that he wqlde nott commaunde them to goo into the depe. There was therby an heerde of many swyne/ feadynge on an hill/ and they prayed hym/ that he wolde soffre them to enter into them. And he soffered them. Then went the devyls out off the man/ and entred into the ' He thinketh to have, Cov. It seemeth that he hath, Gen. ' Came down, Gen. Bps. ' The waves fell upon them, Cov. '" Waves of water. Gem. " What (think ye) , is this : for, etc. Cr. Who is this that commandeth, etc. Gen. '' Of the God most highest, T. M. Ct. Bps. Of God the most high, Gen. iFo. Ij:bri. ffSe ffiaspell of S. Hufte. swyne : And the heerd i^toke their course/ and ran heedlynge into the lake/ and wer choked, when the herdmen sawe what 1^ had chaunsed/ they fleed/ and tolde it m the cite and in the 1* villages. And they cam out to se what was done. And cam to Je- sus/ and founde the man/ out of whom the devyls wer depart- ed/ sittynge att the fete of Jesus clothed/ and in hys right mynde/ and they wer afrayde. They also which sawe it tolde them by what meanes he that was possessed of the dev- yll/ was healed. And all the whole multitude of i^ the Gada- rens/ besought hym/ that he wolde departe from them : for they wer tafien with greate feare. And he gate hym into the shyppe/ and returned backe agayne. The man out off whom the devyls were departed/ besought hym/ that he myght be with hym : But Jesus sent hym awaye/ sayinge : i' Goo home agayne into thyne awne housse/ and shewe what i^ tjjyuggg God hath done to the. And he went his waye/ and preach- ed thorowe out all the cite what thynges Jesus had done vnto hym. Hit fortuned that when Jesus was come agayne/ the people receaved hym. For they all i^ longed for hym. And be- holde there cam a man named Jairus (and he was a ruler off the sinagoge) and he fell doune at Jesus fete/ and besought hym that he wolde come into his housse/ ffor he had but a doughter only/ ^ of twelve yere of age/ and she laye a dyinge. As he went the people thronge hym. And a woman havynge an issue of bloud twelve yeres (whiche had spent all her substaunce amonge phisicions/ ne- ther coulde be ^^ holpen of eny) cam behinde hym/ and touch- ed the hem of his garment/ and immediatly her issue off bloud staunched. And Jesus sayde/ Who is it that touched me ? when every man denyed/ Peter and they that were with hym/ sayde : Master the people thrust the/ and ^ vexe the : and ^ thou sayest/ who touched me } And Jesus sayd : Some boddy touched me. For I perceave that vertue is gone out of me. When the woman sawe that she was not hid from hym/ " Rushed headlongs with a storm, Cov. Ran headlong with vio- lence into, etc. Cr. Bps. Was caried with violence from a steepc down place, etc. Geji. " Was doune, Gen.. jBp«. '° Countrey, Gen. '" Gen. Bps. add — The conntrey about. " Returne, Gen. '* Thynges soever, Cov. Cr. Bps. Great thynges, Gen. [So next clause.] 13 Waited, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ™ Upon a, Cr. T. M. Bps. About, Gen. =' Healed, Gen. '^ Treade on thee, Gen. ^ Sayest thou, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. Eire ffiosprtl of S. lliifte. «!). (p she cam trimblynge/ and ^* fell at his fete/ and tolde hym be- fore all the people/ for what cause she had touched hym/ and howe she was healed immediatly. And he sayde vnto her : Doughter be of goode comforte/ Thy fayth hath made the safe/ goo in peace. Whyll he yett speake/ there cam won from the rulers off the synagogis housse/ which sayde to hym : Thy doughter is deed/ disease not the master. When Jesus herde that/ He answered ^ to the maydens father sayinge : Feare nott/ be- leve only/ and she shalbe made whoole. And when he cam to the housse/ he sufFred no man to goo in with hym/ save Peter/ James/ and Jhon/ and the father and the mother of the mayden. Every body weept and screwed for her. And he sayde Wepe nott : for she is nott deed butt slepeth. And they lewgh hym to scorne. For they knew thatt she was deed. Aiid he thrust them all out alt the dores/ and caught her by the honde/ and cryed/ sayinge : Mayde aryse. And her sprete cam agayne/ a,nd she roose strayght waye. And he commaunded to geve her meate. Aad the father and the mother of her were astonyed. But he warned thatt they shulde tell noo man/ whatt was done. Elje ip (KJaptcr, ^ I 'HEN called he the .xij. ^ to gether/ and gave them power/ and auctorite/ over all devyls. And that they myght heale diseases. And he sent them to preache the kyngdom of god/ and to cure the sick. And he sayd to them : Take noo thinge ^ to sucker you by the waye : nether staffe/ nor scripe/ nether breed/ nether * money/ nether have two cootes. And watsoever housse ye enter into there abyde/ and thence departe. And whosoever will not receave you/ when ye de- parte from that citie/ shake of the very dust from youre fete/ for a testimony agaynst them. They went forthe/ and went thorowe * the tounes/ preachynge the gospell/ and healynge even^ wheare. Hjerod the tetrarch herde oif all thatt by hym was done/ and 5 douted because it was sayd of some/ that Jhon was rysen agayne from deeth. And off some that Helias had apered. And off other that won off the olde prophettes was rysen ** Fell downe before him, Gen, *" Him, saying. Gen. Bps. » Gen. adds — diaciples. * To your journey, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Sil- ver, Gen. * Every towne, Gen. ' Took care, Gov, M iFo. I^Mff. 2rt)c fflospeU of S. Slufte. agayne. And Herod sayde : Jhon have y behedded : who Is this of whom I here suche thynges ? And he desired to se hym. And the Apostles retoumed/ and tolde hym ^ all that they had done. And he toke them and went a syde into a solitary place/ neye to a citie called Bethsaida. The people knewe off it/ and folowed hym. And he receaved them/ and spake vnto them of the kyngdom off God. And healed them that had nede to be healed. The daye began to weare awaye. Then cam the twelve/ and sayde vnto hym : sende the peo- ple awaye/ that they may goo into the tounes/ and '' villages round about/ and lodge/ and get meate/ for we are here in a ^ place of wildernes. Then sayd he vnto them : Geve ye them meate. And they sayde : We have no moo but five loves and two fisshes/ except we shulde goo and bye meate for all this people. And they wer about a five thousandde men. He sayde vnto his disciples : Cause them to sit doune by fyftie in a company. And they did soo/ and made them all sit doune. He toke the five loves/ and the two fisshes/ and loked vp to heven/ and ^ blessed them/ and brake/ and gave to his disciples/ to sett before the people. And they all ate/ and wer satisfied. And there was taken vp off thatt re- mayned to them/ twelve baskettes full off broken meate. Hit fortuned as he was alone prayinge/ hys disciples were with hym/ and he axed them sayinge Who saye the people that I am ? They answered and sayd : Jhon baptist. Some say Helias. And some saye/ won of the olde prophetes is risen agayne. He sayde vnto them : Who saye ye that I am .' Peter answered and sayde : thou arte the Christ off God. He warned and commaunded them/ that they shulde tell no man that thinge/ sayinge : That the sonne off man must suf- fre many thynges/ and be reproved of the seniours/ and of the hy prestes and scribes/ and be slayne/ and the thirde daye rise agayne. And he sayde to them all/ yf eny man vidll come after me/ let hym denye hym silfe/ and '"take his crosse on hym day- ly/ and folowe me. Whosoever will save his life/ shall lose it. And whosoever shall lose his life/ for my sake/ the same shall save it. For what shall itt avauntage a man/ to wyn the whole worlde/ ^^ yff he loose hym silfe ? or runne in domage ^ What great things, Gen. '' Next villages, Cr. Fieldes, Bps. ' Desert place, Gen. ° Sayd grace over them, Cov. '" Take up his crosse daily, Cr. Gen, Bps. '^ And destroy himselfe or lose himselfe, Gen, mile eEfospell of .S. 3lufte. ®i). f):. off hym silfe ? For whosoever is ashamed of me/ and off my sayinges : off hym shall the sonne of man be ashamed/ when he commeth in his awne maieste/ and in the maieste of his father/ and of the holy angels. I tell you of a surety : Some there are of them thatt here stonde/ which shall not tast of deeth tUl they se the kyngdom of God. And it folowed about am viij. dayes after thoose sayinges/ he toke Peter/ James/ andJTion/ and went vp into a moun- tayne to praye. And as he prayed/ the fassion of his coun- tenaunce was changed/ and his garment '^^ was whyte/ and shoone. And beholde/ two men talked with him/ and they were Moses and Helias/ which apered i^ gloriously/ and spake of his departinge/ whych he shulde ende att Jerusalem. Pe- ter and they that wer with hym/ wer hevy a slepe. And when they woke/ they sawe his maiestie/ and two men stpndinge with him. And it chaunsed as they departed from hym/ Peter sayde vnto Jesus : Master/ it is goode being here for us. Let us ^^ make thre tabernacles/ won for the/ and won for Moses/ and won for Helias. And wist nott what he sayde. Whyll he thus spake there cam a cloude and shadowed them and they feared when they entred into the cloude. And there cam a voyce out of the cloude sayinge : This is my deare sonne/ heare hym. And as sone as the voice was past/ Jesus was founde alone. And they kept it cloosse/ and tolde noo man in thoose dayes eny of those thynges/ which they had sene. H}^ chaunsed on the nexte daye as they cam doune from the hyll/ moche people cam and met hym. And beholde a man off the company cryed out saying : Master I beseche the beholde my sonne/ for he is all that I have : and se/ a sprete taketh hym/ and sodenly he cryeth/ ^^ and he teareth hym that he fometh agayne/ and i^ vneth departeth he from him/ when he hath rent him : And I have besought thy dis- ciples to cast hym out/ and they coulde nott. Jesus answered/ and sayde : O ^^ generacion with oute fayth/ and croked : howe longe shall I be with you ? And shall sut&e you ? Brynge thy sonne bidder. As he yette was a commynge/ the fende rent hym/ and tare hym. Jesus rebuked the vn- clene sprete/ and healed the chylde/ and delivered hym to 12 Was white and glistered, Gem. Shilling very white, Bps. "In the majestie, Cr. In glory, Gen. Bps. " Gen. adds — therefore. '* Cr. adds — (and he knocketh.) '* With muche paine, All the Vers. " Faithless and perverse [crooked, C.] nation, Cr. Bps. jTo. l):t):. acje eSosptVL of S. Stufec. hys father. And they wer all amased att the myghty power of God. Whyll they wondred every one att all thynges whych he did : He sayde vnto hys disciples : '^ Lett these sayinges synke doune into youre eares. The tyme wyll come/ when the Sonne off man shalbe delivered into the hondes off men. Butt they wist nott what that worde meant/ and yt was hyd from them thatt they ^^ vnderstod hytt not. And they feared to axe hym off that sayinge. There ^ arose a disputacion amonge them who shulde be the greatest. When Jesus perceaved the thoughtes off their hertes/ he toke a chylde/ and sett hym hard by hym/ and sayde vnto them : Whosoever receave thys chylde in my name, receave th me. And whosoever receaveth me/ receav- eth hym that sent me. For he that amongest you/ ys the least/ the same shalbe greate. Jhon answered and sayde : Master we sawe won castynge out devyls in thy name/ and we forbade hym/ be cause he foloweth not with vs. And Jesus sayde vnto hym : forbid ye hym not. For he that is nott agaynst ^^ you/ is with 2' you. And it folowed when the ^ time was come that he shulde be receaved vp that he ^ determined hym silfe to goo to Je- rusalem : and sent messengers before hym. And they went/ and entred into a citie of the Samaritans to ^ make redy for hym. And they wolde nott receave hym/ because his face was as though he wolde goo to Jerusalem. When hys disci- ples/ James/ and Jhon/ sawe that/ they sayde : Lorde/ wilt thou that we commaunde/ that fyre come doune from heven/ and consume them/ even as Helias did .' Jesus turned about/ and rebuked them sayinge : ye wote nott what maner sprete ye are off. The sonne of man ys not come to destroys mennes ^ lives/ but to save them. And they went to another toune. Hit ehaunsed as they ^ went on their iomey/ a eertayne man sayd vnto hym : I wyll folowe the whither soever thou goo. Jesus sayd vnto hym : foxes have holes/ and bryddes " Comprehende these sayings in your ears, Cov. Marke these wordes dihgently, Gen. '' Coulde not perceive it, Gen. "" En- tered a thought, Cm. Cr. " Us, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. »« Days were accomphshed, Gen. ^ Set his face [B. adds — steadfastly] to go, T. M. Cr. Bps. Settled himselfe fully, Gen. " To pre- pare him lodging, Cov. Gen. ^ Souls, Cov. ** Were [Went, B.] walking in the way, Cr. Bps. Went in the way, Gen. Siie More, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^' Made hereelfe much to do for to serve him, Cov. ^ Came to him, Gen. Bps. ^ Takest thought and cumbrest thyselfe, Cov. Carest [Art careful, C. B.] and art troubled, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. j^o. Ifyl ffiSe ffiospcU of S. Hufte. Master teache vs to praye/ As Jhon taught his disciples. And he sayd vnto them : When ye praye/ saye : Oure father which arte in heven/ halowed be thy name. Lett thy kyng- dome come. Thy will/ be fulfillet/ even in erth as it is in heven. Oure dayly breed geve vs i this daye. And forgeve vs oure synnes : For even we forgeve every man that ® tras- paseth vs/ and ledde vs not into temptacion/ Butt deliver vs from evyll Amen. And he sayde vnto them : which of you shall have a frende and shall goo to hym att mydnyght/ and saye vnto hym : frende lende me ^ foure loves for a frende of myne is come out off the waye to me/ and I have nothynge to sett before him/ And he with in shall andswer and saye : Trouble me nott/ nowe is the dore shett/ and my * servaunttes are with me in ^ the chamber/ 1 cannot ryse and geve them to the. I saye vnto you : though he woU not aryse and geve hym/ be cause he is his frende : Yet because of hys 6 importunite he woU ryse and geve hym as many as he nedeth. And I saye vnto you : axe/ and yt shalbe geven you. Seke/ and ye shall fynde. Knocke/ and it shalbe opened vnto you. For every one that axeth/ receaveth : and he that seketh/ f5Tideth : and to him that knocketh shall it be openned. Yf the Sonne axe breed off eny off you which ys hys father : wyll he ' proffer hym a stone ? Or yff he axe fisshe/ wyl\ he geve hym a serpent : Or yf he axe an egge : wyll he '' proffer him a scorpion ? Yf ye then which are evyll/ ^ knowe howe to geve good giftes vnto youre chyldren ? Howe moche more shall ^ youre father celestiall/ geve ^* a good sprete to them/ that desire it of hym. - And he was a castynge out a devyll/ whyche was dom. And it folowed when the devyll was gone out/ the dom spake/ and the people wondred. Some off them sayde : he casteth out devyls by Ijie power of Belzebub/ the chefe of the devyls. And other tempted hym " sekynge of hym a signe from hev- en. He knewe their thoughtes and sayde vnto them : Every kyngdom/ '^ at debate with in it silfe shalbe desolate : and ^3 won housse shall fall apon another. Soo if Satan be i^^at ' Evermore, T. M. For the day, Gen. ' Is indebted to, Gen. = Three, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ■< Children, Ct. Gen. Bps. ' Bed, Gen. Bps. ^ Unshamefaced begging, Gov. ' Give, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. TO. B. vs. 13— offer.] » Can give, T. M. Cr. Gen. Have knowledge to give, Bps. » Yo„f [The, T. M.] Father of hea- ven, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. >» The [An, T. JIf.] holy spirite, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. " And required, Cr. " Devided, Cr. Gen. Bps. " An house devided against an house falleth. Gen. Bps. varlaunce with in hym silve : howe shall his kmgdom endure ? Be cause ye say that I cast out devyls ^* by the power off Bel- zebub ? Yf I by the ^^ power of Belzebub caste oute devyles ; by whose i* power/ do youre chyldren cast them out ? Ther- fore shall they be youre iudges. Butt if I with the finger off God cast out devyls/ noo doute/ the kyngdom of God is come apon you. When a stronge man ^^ armed ^' watcheth his housse : *^ That he possesseth/ is in peace. But when a stronger then he cometh apon hym/ and overcometh hym : he taketh from him/ 19 his harness/ wherin he trusted/ and devideth his ^ gooddes. He that is not with me is agaynst me. And he that gadereth nott with me scatterch. When the vnclene sprete is gone out of a man/ he walketh through '^i waterlesse places sekynge reest. And when he fyndeth none/ he sayeth : I will retume agayne vnto my housse whence I cam out. And when he commeth/ he fynd- eth it swept and gamisshed. Then goeth he and taketh seven other spretes with hym worsse then hym silfe/ and they enter in/ and dwell there. ^And the ende off that man/ is worsse then the ^ begynnynge. Hit fortuned as he thus spake/ a certayne woman of the company lyfte vp her voyce/ and sayde vnto hym : Happy is the wombe that bare the and the pappes/ which gave the sucke. Butt he sayde : Happy are they that heare the worde off God/ and kepe it. When the people wer gadered thicke to geder : He began to saye : This is an evyll nacion. They seke a signe/ and there shall noo signe be geven them/ but the signe off Jonas the prophet. For as Jonas was a signe to the Ninivites/ so shall the Sonne off man be to this nacion. The quene off the souths shall ryse at the iudgement/ with the men of this ^ genera- cion/ and condempne them : for she cam from the ^ ende of the worlde/ to heare the wisdom of Solomon : and beholde a greater then Solomon is here. The men off Ninivite shall ryse at the iudgement/ with this generacion/ and shall con- dempne them : for they ^ repented at the preachynge of Jo- nas : and beholde/ a greater than Jonas is here. M Through Beeliebub, Cr. Gen. Bps. [So G. B. vvs. 15, 19.] "■ Heipe, Cr. '° Harnessed, Cov. " Keepeth his palace, Gen, Bps. '* The thynges that, etc. Cr. Gen. His goods, Bps. "Arinour, Gen, *• Spoyles, Gen. Bps. " Drie, Cr. Gen: Bps. « So the last state, Gen. Bps. *» First, Gen. Bps. '* Nation, Cr. Bps. [So vs, 32.] ** Utmost parts of the earth, Cr. Gen. Bps. " Were brought to repentance by, etc, Cr, Sfo. Itjil]. arije eKospeE of S. SHvAe. Noo man lighteth a candell/ and putteth it in a preve place/ nether vnder a busshel : Butt on a candelsticke/ that they that come in/ maye se light. The light off thy body is thyne eye. Therfore/ when thyne eye is single : then is all thy boddy ^^ full off light. Butt if thyne eye be evyll : then shall all thy body 28 be full of darknes ? Take hede therfore thatt the light whiehe is in the/ be nott darknes. For if all thy body shalbe ^ light/ havynge noo parte darke : then shall all be 27 full off light/ 30 even as when a candell doeth light the with his brightnes. And as he spake/ a certayne phEirise besought hym to dyne with him : and Jesus went in/ and sate doune to meate. When the pharise sawe that he marveylled that he had nott wegsehed before dynner. And the lorde sayde to hym : Nowe do ye/ O pharises/ make clene the out syde of the cuppe/ and of the platter : but youre inwarde parties are full of raveninge and wickednes. Ye foles ^^ did not he that made that which is with out : make that which is within alsoo .' ^2 Neverthelesse ye geve of that ye have/ and beholde all is clene to you. But wo be to you pharises/ for ye tythe the mynt/ and rewe/ and all manner erbes/ and passe over iudgment/ and the love of God. These ought ye to have done/ and nott to have left the other ondone. Wo be to you pharises : for ye love the vppormost seates in the sinagoges/ and gretynges in the markettes. Wo be to you scribes and pharises ypocrites/ for ye are as graves which apere not/ and men that walke over them/ ^3 are nott ware of them. Then answered one of the lawears/ and sayd vnto hym : Master/ thus sayinge/ thou puttest vs to rebuke also. Then he sayde : Wo be to you also ye ^4 lawears : for ye lade men with burthens ^^ greveous to be borne/ and ye youreselves touche nott the packes with one of youre fingers. Wo be to you ^6 that bilde the sepulcres off the prophetes : 37 for youre fathers killed them : Truely ye beare witnes/ 38 that ye alowe the dedes of youre fathers : for they killed them/ and ye bilde their sepulcres. "Light, Gere. ssjje darke, Gere. ^ Glenre, Cr. Bps. s^And shall light thee even as a cleare lightening, Cov. ^' Is a thinge made cleane within, because the outside is cleane ? Cov. '" Nev- erthelesse give alms of that ye have, Cr. T. M. Therefore [But rath- er, B.] give alms of those things that are within. Gen. Bps. ^' Per- ceive not. Gen. *> Scribes, Cov. Interpreters of the law , Gen. [So vs. 52.] 35 Which they be not able to beare, Cr. ^ For ye buylde, Gen. Bps. ^'And you, etc. T.Af. Cr. Gere. Bp«. ecje ffiospell of S. 2ufte. ®!). yfj. Therfore sayde the wisdom off God : I will send them pro- phetes and Apostles/ and off them they shall slee and perse- cute. That the bloud off all the prophettes/ which was sheed from the begyimynge off the worlde/ maye be requyred off this generacion/ from the bloud of Abel vnto the bloud off Zacary/ whiche ^^ perisshed bitwene the aulter and the tem- ple. Verely I saye vnto you : it shalbe requyred of this na- cion. Wo be to you lawears : for ye have *" taken awaye the kaye of knowledge/ ye entred not in youreselves/ and them that came in ye forbade. When he thus spake vnto them/ the *i lawears/ and the pharises/ began to ^ wexe busy about hym and *^ to stoop his mougth with many questions/ Layinge wayte for hym/ and seckynge to catche some thyng of his mought/ wherby they myght accuse hym. ZTJe pf. ©tapter, 1 A S there gadered to gedther an innumerable multitude off ■^^ people (in so moche that they trood won another) he be- gan to saye vnto his disciples : Fyrst of all beware of the leven off the pharises/ which is ypocrysy. For there is no- thrnge covered/ that shall not be uncovered : nether hid/ that shall not be knowen. Wherfore whatsoever ye have spoken in darknes : that same shalbe hearde in light. And that which ye have spoken in the eare/ even in secret places/ shafbe preached even ® on the toppe of the housses. I saye vnto you my frendes : feare ye not them that kyll the body/ and after that ^ have nothynge that he can moare do. I will ■* shewe you/ whom ye shall feare. Feare hym which after he hath kylled/ hath power to cast in to hell. Ye I saye vnto you/ hym feare. Are nott five sparowes bought for two farthynges } and none off them is forgotten of God. Ye the very heers of your heed are nombred. -Feare nott therfore : Ye are ^ moare off value then many sparowes. I saye vnto you : Whosoever confesseth me before men/ even hym shall the sonne off man ^ confesse also before the ^ Was slaine, Gere. ^'' Received, Cov. ■" Scribes, Gen. ^ Press upon him, Cov. Urge him sore [vehemently, B.], Gen. Bps. ^ Captiously to aske him [Provoke him to speake of, G. B.] many things, Cr. Gen. Bps. 'In themeane time there gathered. Gen. Bps. * On the houses. Gen. ^ Are not able to doe any more, Gen. * Forewarne, Gen. Bps. ' Better, Cov. ' Knowledge, Cr. Bps. J^D. Ivpfff. Sfje fflJospell of S. aiifte. angels of God. And he that denyeth me before men : shalbe denyed before the angels off God. And whosoever speaketh a worde agaynste the sonne of man itt shalbe forgeven hyra. Butt vnto hym that hlasphemeth the holy goost/ it shall not be forgeven. When they br3mge you into their sinagoges/ and vnto their rulers/ and ' officiers/ take noo thought how or what thynge ye shall answere/ or what ye shall speake. For the holy goost shall teache you in the same houre/ what ye ought to saye. Won off the ' company sayde vnto hym : Master/ ^ bid my brother devide the enherytaunce with me. And he sayde vn- to him : Man/ who made me a iudge/ or ^ a devider over you .-' And he sayde vnto them : take hede/ and beware of covete- ousness. For i" no mannes life stondeth in the haboundaunce of the thynges which he possesseth. And he put forth a similitude vnto them sayinge : The 11 londes of a certayne i® man brought forth frules plen- teously/ and he thought in hym silfe sayinge : whatt shall I do/ because I have noo roume where to bestowe my frutes .' And he sayde : This will I do. I will destroye my barnes/ and bilde greater/ and ther in will I gadder all my i^fruetes/ and all my goodes : and I will saye to my soule : Soule thou hast moche goodes layde vp in stoore for many- years/ take thyne ease : eate/ drynke and be mery^ But God sayde vn- to hym : Thou fole/ this nyght ^* will they fetche away thy soul agayne from the. Then whose shall those thynges be which thou hast provided ? So is itt with hym thatt gaddreth ryches/ 1^ emd is not ryche in God. And he spake vnto his disciples : Therefore I saye vnto you : Take no thought for youre lyfe/ what ye shall eate/ Nether for youre body/ what ye shall putt on. The lyfe is moore then meate/ and the body is moore then rayment IS Marcke wele the ravens/ for they nether sowe/ nor repe/ which nether have stoore housse ner barne/ and yet God fedeth them. Howe moche are ye better then " the foules. ' Princes, Gen. * Speake to my brother, that he , etc. Cr. Bps. ' Heritage parter, Cov. "" No man liveth thereof that he hath abundance of goods, Cov. Though a man have abundance, yet his life standeth not in his riches. Gen. " Ground, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 1' Ryche man, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. " Goodes that are growen unto me, Cr. " Doe they [Tney shall, C] require thy soule agayne, etc. Cov. Bps. '* Cr. Gen. Bvs. add — To himselfe, « Consider, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. " Fetliere'd foules, Cr. S|ie tiEospell ot &. Zuite. bilt in the braunches of it. And arayne he sayde : where vnto shall I lyken the kyng- dom of God ? it is lyke leven/ which a woman toke/ and 11 hidde in thre i^ busshels of floure/ till all was thorow leven- ded. And he went thorowe cities and tounes teachynge/ and toke his iomey towardes Jerusalem. Then sayde won vnto hym : Lorde/ are there feawe that shalbe saved .' And he sayde vnto them/ stiyve ^^ [with youreselves] to enter in at the strayte gate : For many I saye vnto you/ will seke to enter in/ and shall nott be able. When the good man of the housse is risen vp/ and hathe !■* shett fast the dore/ and ye begyn to stonde with out/ and to knocke at the dore saynge : Lorde/ lorde/ open vnto vs : and he shall answer and saye vnto you : I knowe nott whence ye are. Then shall ye begyn to saye. We have eaten/ and dronken in thy presence/ and thou hast taught in oure stretes. And he shall saye : I tell you/ 1 wott nott whence ye are : departe from me all ye workers off iniquytie. There shalbe wepynge/ and gnasshynge of teth : when ye shall se Abraham/ and » Cribb, Cov. » Thynges, Gen. »" Made nestes, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. " Mixed, Cov. " Pecks of meal [floure, G.] Cov. Ct. Gen. Bps. '= Cr. Gen. Bps. omit. '< Shut to, Cr- Gen. Bps. Sf)e ffltospell of S. Hufte. Save it, T. M. Cr. ^ Gen. Bps. add, as does Cr. in crotchets — Two [B. adds — (men)] shall be in the fielde ; the one shall be received and the other forsa- ken [shall be left, G.] '" Be gathered together, Cr. Bps. > To this end, Gen. Bps. ' Leave off, Cov. Waxe faint. Gen. O Sa. ly:p:. fflSe ©osjiell of S. aufte. There was a Judge in a certaine cite/ which feared not god nether ^ regarded man. And there was a certayne widdowe in the same cite/ whych cam vnto hym sayinge : ^ A venge me of myne adversary. And ^ a greate whyle he wolde noott. Afterwarde he sayd vnto hym silfe : Though I feare nott god/ nor ^ care for man/ yett be cause this widdowe '' troubleth me/ I woll a venge her/ lest at the last she come/ and ^ rayle on me. ' And the lorde sayd : heare what the vnrightewes iudge sayeth. And shall not god avenge his electe/ which crye nyght and daye vnto him ? Ye though he ^ differre them : I tell you/ he will avenge them/ and that quicly. Neverthe- lesse/ when the sonne of man commeth/ suppose ye/ that he shall fynde faithe on erthe. And he put forthe this similitude/ vnto certaine which trust- ed in them selves/ that they wer perfect/ and despysed other. Two men went vp into the temple to praye : the one a phari- se stode and prayed thus with hym silfe. God I tanke the that I am nott as other are/ i" extorsioners/ vniuste/ advoutres/ and even as this publican is. I faste twyse in the weke. I geve t5rthe of all that I possesse. And the publican stode afarre of/ and wolde not lifte vp ii his eyes to heven/ but smote hys brest/ sayinge : God be mercyfull to me a sinner. I tell you : this man departed home to his housse iustified moore then the other. For every man that exalteth hym silfe/ shalbe brought lowe : And he that humbleth hym silfe/ shalbe exalted. They brought vnto hym also i^ babes/ that he shoulde touche them. When his disciples sawe that/ they rebuked them. But Jesus called them vnto him/ and sayde/ SufTre children to come vnto me/ and forbidde them not. For ^^ vn- to souche belongeth the kyngdom of god. Verely I say vnto you : whosoever receaveth not the kyngdom of god/ as a chylde : he shall not enter there in. And a certayne ruler axed him : sajringe : Goode Master : what ought I to do/ to obtaine etemall lyfe .' Jesus sayd vnto hym : Why callest thou me goode/ 1* No man is goode/ save god only. Thou knowest the commaundmentes : Thou shall 5 Stood in awe of, Cov. Reverenced, Gen. * Deliver me from, Cov. Do me justice against, Gen. [vs. 5, Do her right, G,] * For a whyle [a time, G,], Cr. Gen. Bps. * Reverence, Gen. ' Is importune upon, Cr. * Make me wearie. Gen. Bps. ' Suffer long for, Gen. '" Robbers, Cov. " Gen. adds — So muche as. '^Infants, Bps. [Babes — ^babe (vvs. 16, 17), Gen.] '^ Of suche is, T. M. Cr. Gen. " None, Cr. Gen. Bps. nott commit advoutry/ thou shalt nott kill/ thou shalt nott steale/ thou shalt not beare false witnes Honoure thy father/ and thy mother. And he sayde : AH these have 1 kept from my youthe. When Jesus herde that/ he sayde vnto hym : Yett lackest thou one thynge. Sell all that thou hast/ and distri* bute it vnto te povre/ and thou shalt have treasure in heven/ and come/ and folowe me. When he heerd that/ he "was 1* hevy/ for he was '^ ryche. When Jesus sawe i'' hym morne/ he sayde : with whath diificulte shall they that have ryches/ enter into the kyngdom off God : 18 Esyer it is for a cammell to passe thorowe a ne- dles eye/ then for a ryche man to enter into the kyngdom off God. Then sayde they that herde that : And who '^ shall then be saved ? He sayde : Thynges which are vnpossible with men : are possible with Grod. Then Peter sayde : Loo we have ^ forsaken all/ and have folowed the. He sayde vnto them : Verily I say unto you/ there is noo man that ^ forsaketh housse/ ^^ oth6r father and mother/ other brethren/ or wyfe/ or children/ for the kyng- dom of goddes sake/ which same shall nott receave moche moore in this worlde : and in the worlde to come/ lyfe ever- lastynge. He toke vnto hym the twelve/ and sayde vnto them : Loo we go vp to JeruKilem/ and all shalbe fulfilled 22 that are writ- ten be the prophettes off the sonne off man. He shalbe de- livered vnto the gentyls/ and shalbe mocked/ and shalbe des- pyitfuUy entreated/ and shalbe spetten on : and when they l&ve scourged hym/ they will putt hym to deeth/ and the thyrde daye shall he aiyse agayne. They vnderstode none of these thynges. And this sayinge was hid from them. And they perceaved nott the th3mges which were spoken. Hit cam to passe/ as they were come neye vnto Jerico/ a certayne blynde man sate by tlie waye syde beggynge. And when he herde the people passe W/ he axed what it meant. They sayd vnto hym that Jesus off Nazareth/ went by. And he cryed/ saynge : Jesus the sonne of David/ have mercy on me. And they which went before rebucked hym/ be cause he shulde holde his peace. And he moche the raoare cryed/ '° Sorye, Cr. Bps. " Verye ryche, T. M. Or. Bps. Marvellous ryche, Gen. " That he was [B. adds — ^verye] sorye, Cr. Bps. Him sorrowful, Gen. ^^ Surely it is, etc. Gen. " Can be, Cr. Gen. Bps. =» Lefl^Hath left, Geji. » Elders, Cw. »« To the son of man, that are written, etc. Gen. Bps. j^o. l^1:^^]. Jlje ffiospell of S. Jluite. The Sonne of David have mercy on me. Jesus stode styll/ and commaunded him/ to be brought vnto hym. And when he was come neare/ he axed hym sayinge : What wilt thou/ that I do vnto the ? And he sayde : Lorde/ that I maye re- ceave my sight. Jesus sayde vnto hym ; Receave thy sight. Thy faith hath saved the. And immediately he ^ sawe/ and folowed hym/ praysinge God. And all the people/ when they sawe it/ gave laude to God. A ND he entered in/ and went thorow Jerico. And beholde/ ■^ there was a man named Zacheus/ and he was ^ a rueler amonge the publicans/ and ryche alsoo. And he ^made meanes to se Jesus/ what he shulde be : and he coulde nott for the preace/ be cause he was off a lowe stature. And he ran before/ and ascended vppe/ into ^ a sicomore tree/ to se hym. For he wolde come that same waye. And when Jesus cam to the place/ he loked vp/ and sawe him/ and sayd vnto hym : Zache/ attonce come doune/ for to daye I muste * abyde at thy housse. And hastely he cam doune/ and re- ceaved hym ioyfully. And when they sawe that/ they all groudged sayinge : He is gone/ * into tary with a man that is a synner. Zache stode forthe and sayde vnto the lorde/ : Beholde lorde/ the haulfe of my gooddes I give to the povre/ and if I have ^ done eny man wronge/ 1 wyll restoore hym fewer folde. Jesus sayd vnto hym : This daye is healthe come vnto this housse : for asmoche as '' it also is become the childe off Abra- ham. Forthe Sonne off man is come to seke/ and to save that which was looste. As they herde these thynges/ he ^ added thertoa similitude/ be cause he was neye to Jerusalem/ And be cause also/ they thought that the kyngdom of God shulde shortely apere. He sayde therfore : A certayne noble man/ went into a farre country/ to receave ' a kyngdom/ and then to come agayne. ^ Received sight, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' The chiefe receiver of the tribute, Gen. The chiefe among the publicans, Bps. ' Sought means [Sought, G.] Cr. Gen. Bps. * A wilde figge tree, Ml the Vers. * Turn into, Cov. * In to lodge with a sinful man, Gen. ' Defrauded any man, Cois. Taken from any man by forged cavilla- iion, Gen. Bps. ''Ile,Cr.Gen. Bps. ^ Continued and spake, Gen. ' T. M. Cr. add — him. Gen. Bps. — for himselfe. Sfje fficospell of S. Sluite. ffi!). jXp He called his ten servauntes/ and delivered them ten i" pounde saying vnto them : " By and sell till I come : But his citesens hated hym/ and sent ^^ messengers after hym/ saynge : We wijl not have this man to raigne over vs. And it cam to passe/ when he was come agayne and had receaved his kyngdom/ he commaunded his servauntes to be called to hym (to whom he gave his money) i^ to witt what every man had " done. Then cam the fyrst sayinge : Lorde/ thy 15 pounde hath encrefised ten '^ pounde. And he sayde vnto hym : Well good servaunte/ because thou wast faithful! in a very litell thynge/ Take thou auctorite over ten cities. And the other cam sajonge/ Lorde thy pounde/ hath encreas- ed fyve pounde. And to the same he sayde : And be thou alsoo rueler over fyve cities. And the thirde cam/ and sayde : Lorde/ beholde here thy pounde/ which I have kepte in a napkyn/ for I feared the/ be cause thou arte a stra5rte man : thou takest vp that thou laydest nott doune/ And repest that thou diddest nott sowe. And he sayde vnto him : Of thyne awne mougthe iudge I the thou evyll servaunt. i^ Knewest thou that I am a strayte man/ takynge vppe that I layde not doune/ And repinge that I did not sowe .' Wherfore then gavest not thou ray money into the ^'' banke ? And then at my commyng shulde I have required myne awne/ with vaun- tage. And he sayde to them that stode by : Take from hym that pounde/ and geve it hym that hathe ten pounde. And they sayd to hym : Lorde he hath ten pounde. I saye vnto you/ that vnto all them that have/ it shalbe geven : ^^ and from hyme that hath not/ even that he hath shalbe taken awaye. Morover thoose . myne enemys which wolde not/ that I shulde raigne over them/ brynge bidder/ and slee them before me. And when he hadd thous spoken/ he preceded forthe before them/ and went vppe to Jerusalem. And it fortuned/ when he was come noye to bethfage/ and bethany/ besydes mounte olivete/ he sent two of his disciples sayinge : Goo ye into the toune which is ^^ over against you. In the which as sonne as ye are come/ ye shall fynde a coolte tyed/ wher on/ yett never man sate, loose hym and brynge '" Peeces of money, Gen. Bps. " Occupie, Cr. Gen. Bps. " A message, Cr. Bps. An ambassage. Gen. " That he might know how much [what, G.], Gen. Bps. " Gained, Gen. Gained in oc- cupying, Bps. " Peece — Peeces, Gen. Bps. [So post.] '« Thou knewest, Gem. " Exchange bank, Cov. " Cr. adds — And he shall have aboundaunce. ''Before you, Gen. n* Sa. Irrtih ®6e ^Kosjett of S. 3Luke. hym bidder. And if eny man axe you/ why that ye loose hym : thus saye vnto hym/ The lorde hath nede of hym. They that wer sent went their waye/ and founder even as he had sayde vnto them. And as they were aloosynge the coolte/the owners sayde vnto them : why loose ye the coolte .' And they sayde : For the lorde hath nede of hym. And they brought hym to Jesus. And they cast their ^ rayment on the coolte and sett Jesus theron. As he went they spredde their cloothes in the waye. When he was come ^i wheare he shulde goo doune from the mount olivete/ the whole multitude of his disciples/ begati to reioyce/ and to lawde God with a loudevoycc/ for all the miracles that they had sene/ sayinge ; Blessed be the kynge that commeth in the name off the lorde/ Peace in heven/ and glory in the hyest. And some off the pharises off the com- pany/ sayde vnto hym : Master rebuke thy disciples. He answered/ and sayde vnto them : I tell you/ yff these holde their peace/ the stones will crye. And when he was come neare/ he behelde the citie/ and wept on hit sayinge : ^ Yff thou haddest knowen ^ thoose thynges whych belonge vnto thy peace/ even att thys daye : Butt nowe are they hidde from thyne eyes. For the dayes shall come apon the/ ^and thyne enemys shall .^compas the about with a banke. And shall besege the rounde aboute/ and kepe the in on every syde/ And make the even wyth the grounde/ wyth thy chyldren whych are in the. And they shall nott leve in the ^ one stone apon another/ because thou knewest nott the tyme of thy visitacion. And he went into the temple/ and began to cast out them that solde therin/ and them that bought sayinge vnto them/ Hyt is written/ my housse is the housse off prayer : Butt ye have made it a den off theves. And he taught dayly in the temple. The hye prestes and the scribes and the chefe off the people/ went about to destroye hym : Butt coulde nott fynde what to do. for all the people ^ stocke by hym, And gave him audience. ^ Garments, Gen. Bps. " Neere to the going downe of the Mount, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. "' If thou knewest what were for thy peace, thou shouldst remember even in this present day of thine, Cov. S2 Gere, adds— at the least. '^ That, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Cast a bank [a trench, Cr.] about thee, and compasse ihee round. All the Vers. * A stone upon a stone, Gen. ^ Hanged upon [Stucke by, C] hym when they hearde him, Cr. Gen, Bps. SCiie CKospell of S. 2,uite. ®]&. ):p. CJe j^:. ffijajter. A ND yt fortuned in one off those dayes/ As he taught the "^ people in the temple/ And preached the gospeU. The hye prestes and the scrybes cam vnto hym wyth the seniours/ And spake vnto hym/ sayinge : Tell vs by what auctqritie thou doest these thynges ? Other who is he that gave the thys auctorite ? He answered and sayde vnto them : I also wfll axe you ^ a question/ And answer me : was the baptem of Jhon/ from heven/ or of men ? They ^ thought wjrth in them selves sayinge : Yff we khall siye from heven : he will saye : Why then beleved ye hym not ? But and yff we shall saye of men/ all the people wUl stone vs. For they ^ suerly beleved that Jhon was a prophett. And they sinswered that they coulde nott tell whence it was. And Jesus sayde vnto them : Nether tell I you by what auctorite I do these thynges. Then began he to put forthe to the people/ this similitude : A certajme man planted a vineyarde/ and lett it forthe to * fermers/ and went hym silfe into a straunge countre for a greate season. And when the time cam/ he sent a servaunt to his tennauntes that they shulde geve hym of the frutes/ of the vyneyard. The tennauntes bett hjrm/ and sent him awaye empty. 5^(j he ceased nott thereby but sent yett another servaunt. And they bett hym/ ,and ^ foule entreated hym alsoo/ and sent hym awaye empty. Morover/ he sent the thyrde alsoo/ And hym they wounded/ and cast hym out. Then sayde the lorde off the vyneyarde : what shall I do .' I wyll sende my deare sonne/ hym "^ peradventure they wyll ^ reverence/ when they se hym. When the fermers sawe hym/ they thought in them selves/ sayinge : this is the heyre/ come lett vs kyll hym/ that the in- herytaunce maye be oures. And they cast hym out of the vyneyarde/ and kylled hym. Nowe what shall the lorde off the vyneyarde do vnto them > He wyll come and destroye those fermers/ and will lett out his vyneyarde to other. When they herde that/ they sayde : God forbid. ' One thinge, Cr. Gen. One word, Bps. ^ Reasoned, Gen. Bps. [So vs. 14.] ' Be persuaded, Gen. Bps. * Husbandmen, Cr. Gen. Bps. tSo post.^ * Againe he sent, etc. T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Entreated him shamefully, Cr. Bps. ' It may be, Gen. Bps. 8 Stande in awe of him, Cr. jfo. IvnKJ- STjie ffiospell of S. Slufee. He behelde them and sayd : what meaneth thys then that is written : The stone that the bylders ^ refused/ is made the heed cornerstone ? whosoever ^^stomble at that stone/ shalbe 11 brused : but on whomsoever it faul/ it wyll i^ alto breake hym. And the hye prestes and the scrybes/ the same howre went about to lave hondes on him/ but they feared the peo- ple. For they perceaved that he had spoken this similitude agaynst thenr). And they watched him/ and sent forth spies/ whych shulde fayne them selves perfecte/ to take hym in hys wordes/ and to delyvre hym vnto the power/ and auctorite off the i^presy- dent. And Ihey axed hym sayinge : Master/ we knowe that thou sayest/ and teachest ryght/ nether i* considerest thou 15 eny mannes degre/ but teachest the waye of god truely. Ys it laufuU for ys to geve Cesar tribute/ or noo ? He per- ceaved their craftynes/ and sayde vnto them : Why tempt ye me ? Shewe me a peny. Whoose ymage and superscrip- cion hath it ? They answered and sayd : Cesars. And he sayde vnto them : Geve then vnto Cesar/ i^ that which be- londeth vnto Cesar : And to God/ i^ that which pertayneth to God. And they coulde nott reprove his sayinge before the people. And they mervayled at his answer/ and helde their peace. Then cam to hym certayne off the Saduces which denye that there is eny resurreccion. And they axed hym sayinge : Master Moses wrote vnto vs/ if eny mannes brother dye hav- inge a wyfe/ And the same dye wyth out i''' issue : that then hys brother shulde take his wyfe/ and rayse vp seede vnto hys brother. There were i^ seven, brethren/ and the fyrst toke awyfe/ and died with out children. And the seconde toke the wyfe/ and he dyed chyldlesse. And the thyrde toke her/ and in lyke wyse i^ the resydi^e off the seven/ and leeft noo chyl- dren be hynde them/ and dyed. Last of all the woman dyed also. Nowe at the resurreccion whose wyfe of them shall she be .'' for vij. had her to wyfe. Jesus answered and sayd vnto them : The chyldren off « Disallowed, Bps. i" Shall fall upon, Gm. " Broken, T. Jtf. Cr. Gen. Bps. " Grind him to powder, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. " Debitye, Cov. T. M. Cr. B^is. Governour, Gen. '■* Regardest, Gov. Dost thoa accept any man's person. Gen. " The outward appearance of any man, Cov. Cr. Bps. '^ The things which are CsBsar's — those which are God's, Gen. " Children, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ' '* Cr. Bps. add — therefore. " The seven died and left no children. Gen. this worlde msiry wyves/ and are maryed/ but they which shalbe ^ worthy of that worlde/ and of the resurreccion from deeth/ nether maiy wyves/ nether are maryed/ nor yet can dye eny moare. For they are equall vnto the angels : and are the sonnes of god/ in as moche as they are the chyldren off the resurreccion. And that the deed shall ryse agayne/ even Moses signified besydes ^i busshe/ when he ^sayde: the lorde god of Abraham/ and the god off Isaac/ and the god of Jacob. For he is not the god off the deed/ but off them whych live. For all live in hym. Certayne off the pharises answered and sayd: Master/ thou hast wele sayde. And after that durst they not axe hym eny question at all. Then sayd he vnto them : howe saye they that Christ ys Davides sonne .' And David hym silfe sayth in the boke off the psalmes : The lorde sayde vnto my lorde/ Sytt on my ryght honde/ tyll I make- thyne enemys thy fote stole. ^ Da- vid then called hym lorde : Howe ys he also hys sonne ? . Then in the audience off all the people/ he sayd vnto his disciples/ beware off the scrybes/ whych desyre to goo in longe ^clothynge : and love ^Sgj-etynges in the marketes/ and the hyest seates in the sinagoges/ and chefe roumes at feastes/ whych devoure widdowes houses/ 26an(j praye longe vnder a coloure : The same shall receave greater dam- nacion. Eje if^^. ffijaptet. A S he behelde/ he sawe the ryche men/ howe they cast ■^ in their ^ offeringes into the tresury. He sawe also a certayne povre widowe/ which cast in thydre two mytes. And he said : of a trueth I saye vnto you/ this povre widdowe hath putt in moare then they all. For they all have of their ^superfluyte ^ added vnto the offerynge off God: But she/ of her penury/ hath cast in all the ■* substance that she hadde. As some spake of the temple/ howe it was gamesshed with ^ Counted [Made, T. JIf.] worthy to enjoy that worlde, etc. T. M. Gen. Bps. « The bramble bush, Bps. ^ Called the Lorde, the God, etc. Cr. Bps. Said, The Lord is the God, etc. Gen. ^ See- ing David calleth, etc. T.M. Gen. "Robes, Gen. Bps. =» Salu- tations, Gen. * And that [Even, G.] under a colour of long pray- ing, Gov. T. M. Gen. Bps. Fayning long prayers, Cr. ' Gifts, Gen. Bps. ' Excess, Cov. ^ Cast into. Gen. Bps. * Living, Gen. Bps. So, Ini^i'o, ffije ffiospell of S. Slufte. goodly stones/ and ^ iewels/ he sayde. The dayes wyll come/ when off these thynges whych ye se/ shall nott be lefte ^ stone apon stone/ that shall nott be throwen doune. And they ax- ed him sayinge : Master when shall these thynges be. And what signes will there be/ when suche thynges shall come to And he sayd : Take hede/ that ye be not deceaved. For many will come in my name/ saying '^ of them selves/ 1 am he. And the tyme draweth neare. Folowe ye nott them therfore. Butt when ye heare of warre/ and ^ dissencion : be not afrayd/ for these thynges must fyrst come : butt the ende foloweth not by and by. Then sayd he vnto them : Nacion shall ryse agaynst nacion/ and kyngdom agaynst kingdom. And greate erthquakes shalbe in ^ all quarters/ and honger : and pestilence/ and fearfull thinges. And greate signes shall there be from heven. But before all these/ they shall laye their hondes on you/ and persecute you/ delyYerynge you vppe/ to the svnagoges/ and into preson/ and brynge you before kynges/ And rulers for my names sake. And this shall ^" chaunche you ffor a testimonial!, ii Lett it sticke therfore faste in youre hertes/ nott once to stody before/ whatt ye shall . answere for youre selves : For I will geve you a mouth and wysdom/ were agaynste/ all youre adversarys shall not be able to speake nor resist. Ye and ye shalbe betrayed of youre i® fathers and mothers/ and of youre brethren/ and kynsmen/ and ^^ lovers. And some of you shall they put to deeth. And hated shall ye be off all men for my names sake. Yet there shall i^not one heer of your heedes perissh. i* with your pacience/ pos- sesse your soules. And when ye se Jerusalem beseged with i^ an hoste/ then vnderstonde/ that the desolacion of the same is nye. Then lett them which are in the myddes off hit/"departe oute. And lett not them that are in i'' other countries/ enter there in. For these be the dayes of vengeaunce/ to fulfill all that are 5 Consecrate things, Gen. Gifts, Bps. ' One stone upon an- other, Cr. Bps. ' That they are Christ, Cr. I am Christ, Gen. Bps. ^ Insurrections, Cov. Seditions, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Gertaine places, T. M. All places, Cr. Divers places, Gen. Bps. '" Turne to you, Gen. Bps. " Be at a sure point therefore in your hearts not to study before, Cov. Cr. Bps. Lay it up therefore in your hearts that ye premeditate not, Gen. '' Parents, Gen. Bps. " Friends, Cr. Gen. Bps. '< In no case, Bps. '^ Holde fast your souls with patience, Cov. ''^ Soldiers, Gen. " The countrey, Gen. ffije ffiospell et S. Uufte. ffij. ffl written. Butt wo be to them that be with chylde : and to them that geve sucke in those dayes for there shalbe greate 18 trouble in the londe : and wrathe over all this people. And they shal fal on the edge of the swearde. And they shalbe leed captive in to all nacions/ And Jerusalem shalbe' trooden vnder fote off the gentyls/ vntyll the tyme of the gentyls be fulfilled. And there shalbe signes/ in the sunne/ and in the mone/ and in the starres : ana in the erth i^ th6 people shalbe in soche perplexite/ that they shall not tell which w^ye to tume them selves. The see and the ^ waves shall roore/ and 21 mennes hertes shall fayle them for feare/ and for lokynge after thoose thinges which shall come on the ^ erth. For the powers of heven shall move.- And then shall Hiey se the Sonne of mem come in a clowde with power and greate glory. When these thynges begyn to come to passe : then loke vppe/ and lifte vppe youre heddes/ for youre redemcion drawith neye. And he shewed them a similitude : beholde the fygge tree/ and all other trees/ when they shute forth their buddes/ ye ^ se Emd knowe of youre awne selves that sommer is then neye att bond. Soo lyke wyse ye (when ye se lliese thynges come to passe) ^ vnderstonde/ that the kyngdom of god is neye. Verely I saie vnto you : this ^ generacion shall not passe/ tyll all be fulfilled. Heven and erth shall passe : but my wordes shedl not passe. Take hede to you're selves/ lest youre hertes be ^ over- come/ with ^ surfettynge and dronkennes/ and cares of this worlde : and that/ that daye come on you vnwares. For as a snare shall hit come on all them that ^ sit on the face of the erthe. Watche therfore continually and praye/ that yB maye ^ scape all this that shal come/ And that ye maye stonde be- fore the Sonne of man. In the daye tyme taught he in the temple/ and at nyght/ he went out/ and had abydynge in the mounte olivete. And all the people cam in the mornynge to hym into the temple/ for to heare hym. '* Distresse, Gen. Bps. " The people shall be at their wittes ende through dispaire. The see, etc. Cr. Trouble among the na- tions with perplexitie, Gen. Bps. '" Waters, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 2' Men shall pine away, etc. Cov. "^ Worlde, Gen. Bps. ^ See- ing them [Beholding, B.] knowe, Gen. Bps. '^Be ye sure, Cov. Cr. Bps. Knowe ye, Gen. ^Age, Gen. ** Oppressed, Gen. " Excess of eating. Cob. '^'Dwell, Cr. Gen. Bps. =«Obtayne grace to flye all this, etc. T.M. Be accounted worthy to escape, etc. Gen-Bps. Sfo. \Tfy:y:\>. S$e ®ospeU of SS. %ute. T' ^HE feaste oif swete breed drue nye whych is called ester/ and the hye prestes/ and scrybes sought howe to kyll Jesus/ 1 but they feared the people. Then entred Satan into Judas/ 2 whose syr name was iscariot (which was of the nom- bre off the twelve) and he went his waye/ and commened with the hye prestes and ^ officers/ how he wolde betraye hym vn- to them. And they were glad : and * promysed to geve hym money. And he consented/ emd soiight oportunite to betraye hym vnto them/ ^ when the people were awaye. Then cam that daye of swete breed/ when ^ [off necessite] the ester lambe muste be offered. And he sent Peter/ and John seiynge : Goo and prepare vs the ester lambe/ that we maye eate. They sayde to hym : Where wilt thou/ that we prepare ? And he sayde vnto them. Beholde eis ye enter into the cite/ there shall a man mete you bearynge a pitcher off water/ hym folowe into the same housse that he entreth in/ and ye shall saye vnto the goode man off the housse/ The master ' sayeth : Where is the ^ gest chamber/ where I shall eate myne ester lambe wyth my dissciples .' And he shall shewe you a greate ^ parloure paved. There make redy. They went and founde/ as he had sayde vnto them : and made redy the ester lambe. And when the houre cam/ he sate doune and the twelve Apostles with hym. And he sayde vnto them : I have i" in- wardly desyred/ to eate this ester lambe with you before that y suffre. For I saye vnto you : hence forthe/ I will nott eate of it eny moore/ untill itt be fulfilled in the kyngdom of God. And he toke the cuppe/ and gave thankes/ and sayde : Re- ceave this/ and devyde itt amonge you : For I saye vnto you : I will not drynke of the frute of the vyne/ vntiU the kyngdom of God be come. And he toke breed/ and gave thankes/ ii [and brake itt/] and gave it vnto them/ sayinge : Thys is my body which is geven for you/ Thys do in the remembraunce of me/ Lyke wyse alsoo/ when they had supped/ he toke the cuppe sayinge : ' For, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Who was called, Gen. 'High officers, Cov. Captains, Gen. Bps. * Agreed, Gen. * Without any ru- mour, Co». " Gen. omits. ' Sendeth thee word, Co». stodg- ing, Gen. ' Hie chamber trimmed. Gen. Upper chamber prepar- ed, Bps. '" I have heartily [earnestly, G.] desired, Cov, Gen. With heartie desire I have desired, Bps. " Cov. omits. me CKospcU of S. Hufte. fflf). vptj. This i^is the cuppe/ the newe testamentt/ in my bloud/ which shall for you be shedde. Yet beholde/ the honde off hym that betrayeth me/ is with me on the table. And the sonne of man goeth as hit is ap- poynted : But wo be to that man by whom he is betrayed. And they began to enquyie amonge them selves/ which off them it shulde be/ that shulde do that. And there was a strife amonge them/ which of them shulde seme greatest. And he sayde vnto them : The kynges i^ of the gentyls ^* raigne over them And they that ^^ beare rule over them/ are called i^ gracious lordes. But ye shall not be soo. But he that is greatest ,amonge you/ shalbe as i' the yongest : And he that is chefe/ shalbe as is minister. For whether is greater/ he that sitteth at meate : or he that ser- veth ? is not he that sitteth at meate : And I am amonge you/ as he that ministreth. Ye are which have bidden with me in my temptacions. And I apoynt vnto you a kyngdom/ as my father hath apoynted to me. that ye maye eate/ and drynke at my table in my kyngdome/ and sit on seates/ and iudge the twelve tribes of israelU And the lorde sayde : Simon/ Simon/ beholde Satan hath desired you/ to ^^ sifte you/ as it were wheate : But I have prayed for the that thy fayth fayle nott. And when thou arte converted/ strengthen thy brethren. And he sayd vnto hym : Lorde/ I am redy to goo with the in to preson/ and to deth. And he sayde : I tell the Peter/ the cocke shall nott crowe this daye/ till thou have thryse denyed that thou knewest me. And he sayde vnto them r when I sent you with out -" wal- let' and scrippe/ and shoues/ lacked ye eny thynge ? And they sayd/ nothynge. And he sayde to them : But nowe he that hath a waUet let him take itt/ and lyke wyse his scrippe. And he thatt hath noo swearde/ let hym sell his coote and bye won. I saye vnto you that yet/ that which is written must be performed in me. (Even with the wicked was he nom- bred) for ^^ for those thynges which are written of me have an ende. And they sayd : Lorde/ beholde hdre are two sweardes. And he sayde vnto them it is ynough. And he cam out/ and went as he was wonte to mounte 12 Cuppe is the, etc. T. M. Cr. Gm. Bps. " Of the world, Cov. Of nations, Cr. Bps. '■' Have dominion, Cov. '° Have author- itie, Cr. Bps. i« Benefactors, Bps. " The least^ Gm. '» He that aerveth, Gen. " Winnow, Gen. ^ Bagge, Gen. [So vs. 36.] " Gen. adds — doubtlesse. P Sfo. lyrpTCbj. SrSe ffiDspell of S. Jlufte. olivete. And his disciples folowed hym And when he cam to the place/ he sayde to them Praye lest ye fall into temp- tacion. And he gate hym sUfe from them/ about a stones cast/ and kneled doune/ and prayed/ sayinge : Father if thou wilt/ ^ withdrawe this cuppe from me. Neverthelesse/ nott my wyll/ Butt thyne be fulfilled. And there apered an angell vnto hym from heven/ comfortynge hym/ And he ^ was in agony/ and prayed ^* somewhat longer. And hys sweate was lyke droppes of bloud/ trickljnige doune to the grounde. And he rose vppe from prayer/ and cam to his disciples/ and founde them slepynge for ^ sorowe/ and he sayde vnto them : Why slepe ye ? Ryse/ and praye lest ye fall into temptacion. WhyU he yet spake : beholde/ there cam a company/ and he that was called Judas/ one off the twelve/ went before/ them/ and preased neye vnto Jesus to kysse hym. Jesus sayd vnto hym : Judas betray est thou the sonne off man with a kysse ? When they which were about hym sawe what wolde folow/ they sayde vnto hym/ Lorde/ shall we smyte with a swearde .'' And one off them smote a servaunt ^ off hym which was the chefe prest of all/ and ^ smote off hys righte eare. Jesus answered and sayde : ^ Soffre ye thus farre forthe. And he touched his eare/ and healed hym. Jesus sayde vnto the hye prestes and ^9 rulers off the tem- ple and the senyours which were come to hym. Be ye come outt/ as vnto a thefe-with sweardes and staves .' When I was dayly with you in the temple/ ye stretched not forth hondes agaynst me. Butt this is even youre very houre/ and the power off darknes. Then toke they hym/ and ledde hym/ and brought hym to the hye prestes housse. And Peter fol- owed afarre off. When they had kyndled a fyre in the myddes of the ^ pal- ys/ and were sett doune to gedder/ Peter alsoo sate doune amonge them. And ^^ won off the wenches/ ^ as he sate/ beholde him by the light and ^ sett goode eyesight on hym/ ^' Remove, Cr. Bps. Take away, Gen. ^Wrestled with death, Cov. ** The longer, Cos. CY. More earnestly. Gen. Bp«. ^^Hea- viness, Cov. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Of the highest priest of all, T. M. Of the hie priest, Cr. Gen. Bps. " Strook oiF, Cr. Gen. Took away, Bps. ^ Suffer them thus farre, Gen. ^ Captains, Gen. ™ Hall, Gen. Bps. 3' A certaine maid [wench, B.], Gen. Bps. 3= Behelde him as he sat by the fire, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Look- ed upon him, Cr. Having well looked upon him. Gen. Earnestly looked upon him, Bps. CJDe (iCosyell of S. Hufte. ®i). n^tf. and sayde : This same 3'* was also with hym. Then he denyed hym sayings : Woman I knowe hym nott. And after a lytell whyle/ another ^ sawe hym and sayde : Thou arte alsoo off them. And Peter sayd : Man I am nott And aboute the space off an houre after another affirmed sayinge : Verely even this ^ felowe was with hym/ for he is ^ off galile. Pe- ter sayde : Man I woote nott what thou sayest. And imme- diately whill he yett spake/ the cocke crewe. And the lorde toumed backe and loked apon Peter. And Peter remembred the wordes off the lorde/ howe he sayde vnto hym/ before the cocke crowe thou shalt denye me thryse. And Peter went out' and wepte bitterly. And the men that ^Sgtode aboute Jesus/ mocked hym/ and 39 smoote hym/ and blyndfolded hym/ and smooote hys face. And axed hym sayinge. ■*" Arede who it is that smoote the ? And many other thynges *i despjrtfully sayde they agaynst hym. And as sone as it was daye/ the seniours off the people/ and the hy prestes and scrybes/ cam togedder and ledde hym into their counsell sayinge : Arte thou very Christ .' tell vs. And he sayde vnto them : if I shall tell you/ ye woU not be- leve. And if alsoo I axe you/ ye will nott answere me. Nether lett me goo. Here after shall the sonne of man sit on the right honde of the power of God. Then sayde they all Arte thou then the sonne of God? He sayd: ■'^Ye saye that I am. Then sayde they : What nede we eny fur- ther witnes ? We oure selves have herde off his awne mouthe. EJe icjrfff. Ifynde noo cause off deeth in hym. I will therfore chasten hym/ and lett hym goo losse. And they i" cryed with a loude voyce/ and requyred that he myght be crucifyed. And the 1^ cryinge off the hye prestes prevayled. And Pilate gave sentence that it shulde be as they requyr- ed/ and lett losse vnto them/ hym that for insurreccion/ and 3 Exceeding, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. * Nothing, Cr. Gen. Bps. * Vehemently, Gen. ^ Enemies one to another, Gen. At variance between themselves, Bps. ' None of the causes, Cov. ^ Chas- tise, Gm. [So vs. 22.] » Evyll, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. "> Lay still upon him, Cov. Were instant with loud voices. Gen. Bps. " Voyces, Cr. T. M. Gen. Bps, StSe ffiosiirtl of S. Slufee. «!). niii- morther was cast into preson/ whom they desyred : And de- lyvered Jesus i^ to do with hym what they wolde. And as they ledde hym awaye/ they caught won Simon/ of sirene/ commynge out of the felde : And on hym layde they the crosse to beare it after Jesus. There folowed hym a greate company of people/ and of wemen/ which wemen bewayled/ and lamented hym. Jesus turned backe vnto them/ and sayde : Doughters of Jerusalem/ wepe not for me : but wepe for youre selves/ and for youre chyldren. For '^ marke/ the dayes will come/ when men shall saye : happy are the baren and the wombes that never haie/ and the pappes which never gave, sucke. Then shall they begyn to saye to the mountaynes : fall on vs. And to the hilles cover vs. For yf they do this to a grene tree : what shalbe done/ to the drye .'' There were ^^two evyll doers ledde with hym to be slayne. And when they wer come to the place/ which is called calva- ry/ there they crucifyed hym/ and the evyll doars/ one on the right honde/ and the other on the lefte honde. Then sayde Jesus : Father forgeve them/ for they woot not what they do. And they parted his rayment/ and cast loottes. And the people stode and behelde. And the rulers mocked hym with them sayinge : He 15 holpe other men/ lett hym i^helpe hym silfe yf he be Christ the chosen of God. The soudiers alsoo mocked hym/ and cam and gave hym veneger and sayde : yf thou be that kynge off the iewes/ save thy silfe. His superscripcion was written over him/ in greke/ latin/ and ebrue letters : This is the kynge off the iewes. 16 The one off the malefactoures which hanged/ rayled on hym/ sayinge : Yf thou be Christ save thy sUfe and vs. The other answered and rebuked hym sayinge . i'' Nether fearest thou god be cause thou arte in the same damnacion > We are i^ righteously punnisshed/ for we receave i^accord- ynge to oure dedes : Butt this man hath done noo thynge amysse. And he sayde vnto Jesus : Lorde remember me when thou commest into thy kyngdom. And Jesus sayde vn- " To their will, Bps- " Beho\de,T.M. Cr. Gen.Bps. "Two other (which are misdoers), Cov. Two others which were, etc. Gen. Other two, etc. Bps. ''Saved — save, Cr. Gen. Bps. "And one of the evyll doers, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. " Fearest thou not, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. " Indeede righteously Ibere, Gen. ^ Thinges worthy of that we have done. Gen. jFo. iTfXTAni. Ciie ®os))eU ti &. Sluice. to hym : Verely I saye vnto the/ to daye shalt thou be with me in paradise. And it was about the sixt houre. And there cam a darck- nes over all the 20 londe/ vntyll the nynth houre/ and the Sonne was darckened. And the vayle of the temple rent even thorow the myddes. And Jesus cryed with a ^^ greate voyce and sayd : Father/ into thy hondes I commende my sprete. And when he thus had sayd/ he gave vp the goost. When the ^ centurion sawe/ what had happened/ he glorified god sayinge : Of a surtie this man was perfecte. And all the people that cam to gedder to that sighb beholdynge the thinges which were done : smoote their brestes/ and returned home. All hys acquajmtaunce stode a farre of/ and the we- men/ which folowed hym from galile. beholdynge these thynges. And beholde there was a man named Joseph a ^^ senatour/ which was a goods man and a iuste. He did nott consent to their counsell and dede/ which was of Aramathia/ a cite off the iewes. Which same alsoo/ wayted for the kyngdom oif sod. he went vnto Pylate/ and begged the boddy of Jesus. And toke it doune/ and wrapped it in a lynnen clooth/ and layed it in ^* an heawen toumbe/ wherin was never man be- fore layed. And that daye was the ^^ saboth even/ And the saboth drue on. The wemen that folowed after whyeh cam with hym from galile/ behelde the sepulcre and howe hys body was layed. And returned/ and prepared swete odoures/ and oyntmentes/ And the saboth daye they rested/ accordynge to the commaundement. SCiie ):):ffff. ffijajitei;. 1 ^^N the morowe after the saboth/ erly in the mornynge/ ^"^ they cam vnto the toumbe and brought the odoures whych they had prepared/ and ^ other wemeii vryth them. And they founde the stone rouled awaye from the sepulcre. And went in and founde nott the body off the lorde Jesu. And it happened/ as they were amased tiier at : loo two men » Earth, Cr. Bp«. "' Londe, Cr. Gen. Bps. =' Captain, Cor. " Counsellour, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bpi. ^ A sepulchre that was hew- en in stone, Cr. Bps. A tombe hewen out of a rocke, Gen. ^ Pre- paring of the Sabboth, Cr. Bps. Preparation, Gen. ' But upon the first daye [upon one. Gov.'] of the Sabboths, Con. Cr. Bps. Nowe the first day of the weeke, Gen. "Certaine, Gen. Bit ^KaspeU of S. Huite. ®i). );pr((r. 'stode by them/ in shynynge vestures. As they were a fraide/ and bowed doune their faces to the erth : they sayd to them : why seke ye the Uvynge amonge the deed ? He is nott here : but is rysen. Remember howe he spake vnto you/ when he jvas * yett with you in galile/ sayinge : that the Sonne ofF mam must be delivered into the hondes off sjmfull men/ and be crucified/ and the thyrde daye ryse agajrne. And they remembred his wordes/ and returned from the sepulcre/ and tolde all these thynges vnto the eleven/ and to all 5 other. H)rtt was Mary magdalen and Joanna/ and ^ Mary Jacoby/ and other that were with them/ whych tolde these thynges vnto the Apostles/ and their wordes semed vnto them ' fayned thynges/ nether beleved they them. Then aroose Peter and ran vnto the sepulcre/ and *stouped in/ And sawe the lynnen cloothes layde by them sylfe. And de- parted wondrynge in hym sylfe att thatt whych hadd happ- ened. And beholde/ two of them went that same daye to a toune/ whych was from Jerusalem about thre score forlonges/ called Emaus. and they talked togedder of all thinges which had happened/ And it chaunsed/ as they commened togedder/ and reasoned/ that Jesus hym silfe drue neare/ and went with them. But their eyes were holden/ that they coulde nott knowe hym.' And he sayde vnto them: What maner of communicacions are these that ye have one to another as ye walke/ and are sadde. And the one off them named Cleo- phas/ answered/ and sayd vnto hym : Arte thou only a straun- ger in Jerusalem/ and haste nott knowen the thinges which have chaunsed therin in these dayes ? To whom he sayd : what thynges .' And they sayd vnto hym : of Jesus of Naz- areth which was a prophet/ myghty in dede/ and worde/ be- fore God/ and all the people. And howe the hye prestes/ and oure ruelers delivered hym to be condempned to deeth : and have crucified hym. we trusted that it shulde have bene he that shulde have delivered Israhell. And as touchynge all these thynges/ to daye is even the thyrd daye/ that they were done. Ye and certayne wemen * alsoo of oure company made vs astonyed/ whych cam erly vnto the sepulcre/ and founde nott his boddy. And cam sayinge/ that they had sene visions off ' Gen. adds — suddenly. ■• Yet in Galilee, Cr. Gen. Bps. * The remnaunt, Cr. T. M. Gen. Bps. ' Marie the mother of James, Gen. ' Fables, Gov. ' Looked in, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Among us, Gen. jfo. ii:y:y:(p ffijje CKosjieU at S. Hufte. angels which sayde that he was alive. And certaynge of them which were with vs/ went their waye to the sepulcre/ and founde ytt even soo as the wemen had sayde : but hym they sawe nott. And he sayde vnto them : foles/ and slowe of herte to beleve all that the prophetes have spoken. Ought not Christ to have suffered these thinges/ and to enter into his glory .' And he began at Moses/ and at all the prophetes/ and inter- preted vnto them/ in all scriptures i" which were written of him. And they drue neye vnto the toune which they went to. And he made/ as though he wolde have gone further. And they constrayned hym/ sayinge : Abyde with vs for it draw- eth tawajdes nyght/ and the daye is farre passed. And he went in to tary with them. And it cam to passe as he sate att meate wyth them/ he toke breed and n blessed yt/ and brake ytt and gave it vnto them. And their eyes were openned. And they knewe hym. And he ^^ vannisshed out of their syght/ and they sayde betwene them selves : did not oure hertes burne wjrth in vs/ whyll he talked with vs by the waye/ and openned to vs the scriptures ? And they roose vp the same houre/ and returned agayne to Jerusalem/ and they founde the eleven gaddered to gedder/ and them that were wyth them/ sayinge : The lorde is risen in dede/ and hath apered to Simon, and they tolde what was done in the waye/ and howe i^ they knewe hym/ by the breakynge off breed. As they thus spake/ Jesus hym silfestode in the myddes of them/ and sayde vnto them : peace be with you. And they were abasshed/ and afrayde/ supposinge that they had sene a sprete. And he sayde vnto them : Why are ye ^* troubled I and 15 why do thoughtes aryse in youre hertes ? Beholde my hondes and my fete. For it ys even I my sylfe. handle me and se. For spretes have nott flesshe and bones/ as ye se me have. And when he had thus spoken/ he shewed them his hondes/ and his fete. And whyll they yett boleved nott for ioye/ and wondred/ he sayde vnto them : Have ye here eny meate/ And they gave hym a pece of a brouled fisshe/ and of an honey combe. And he toke it/ and ate it before them. And he sayde vnto them : These are the wordes/ which I spake vnto you/ whill I was yett with you : that all must be '" Those things v/hich were written of himselfe, Gen. Bps. " Gave thanks, Cov. Gen. ^'^ Was taken, etc. Gen. '^ He was knowne of them, Gen. Bps. " Abashed, Cov. '° Wherefore doe doutes, etc. Gen. ffilje fflfosjiell of a. Eufte. ffij. pjrffff. fulfilled which were written of me in the lawe of Moses/ and in the prophetes/ and in the psalmes. Then openned he their 1* wy ttes/ that they myght vnderstond the scriptures/ and sayde vnto them : Thus ys yt written/ and thus it behoved Christ to suiTre/ and to ryse agayne from deeth the thyrde daye. And that repentaunce/ and remission of synnes/ shulde be preached in his name amonge all nacions. And the begynnynge must be at Jerusalem. And ye are witnesses of these thynges. And beholde/ 1 wyll sende the promes of my father apon you. Butt tary ye in the cite of Jerusalem/ vntyll ye be endewed with power from an hye. And he ledde them out into Bethany/ and llfte vp hys hondes/ and blest them. And it cam to passe/ as he blessed them/ he departed from them/ and was caryed vp in to heven. And they wor- shipped hym/ and returned to Jeru- salem with greate ioye. And were continually in the temple/ i'' praysinge andlaudingeGod. y^exe enUrtS tS« ffiospell off Sanct ILufte. '6 Understanding, Gen. " Giving praise and tlianks unto God, Cob. (Sios»Hi oft S» Sfton. jriJir the begynnynge was i thatworde/ and i that worde was jC with god : and ® god was thatt worde. The same was in the begjmnynge wyth god. All thynges were made by it/ and with out it/ weis made noo thinge : that made was. In it was lyfe/ And lyfe was the light of men/ And the light shyneth in darcknes/ and darcknes comprehended it not There was a man sent froim god/ whose name was Jhon. The same cam as a witnes/ to beare witnes/ of the Hght/ that all men through him myght beleve. He was nott that light : but ^ to beare witnes of the light. That was * a true Ught/ which lighteneth all men that come into the worlde. He was in the worlde/ and the worlde by him was made : and the worlde knewe hym not. He cam into his awne/ and his receaved him not. vnto as many as receaved him/ gave he power to be the sonnes of god : ^ in that they beleved on his name : which were borne not of bloude nor of the will of the flesshe/ nor yet of the will of men : but of god. And that worde was made flesshe/ and dwelt amonge vs/ and he sawe the glory ofTyty as the glory off the only begot- ten Sonne off the father/ ^ [which worde was] full] of grace/ and verite. Jhon bare witnes off hym sayinge : Thys is he of whome » The, r. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. " The [That, G.] word was God, T. M. Gen. ^ Cr. Gen. Bps. add— was sent. ■• That [C. B. add- light] was the true, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Even to them that be- leeved, etc. Cr, Gen. Bps. ' Cr, Gen. Bps. omit. I spake/ '' he that commeth after me/ ^ was before me be cause he was yer than I. And of his fulnes have all we receaved/ even 9 favour for favour. For the la we was geven by Moses/ but favour and i" verite cam by Jesus Christ. No man ^^ sawe god at eny tyme. The only begotten sonne/ which is in the fathers bosum/ hath declared hym. And this is the recorde off Jhon/ When the lews sent prestes/ and levites from Jerusalem/ to axe hym/ i® what arte thou ? And he confessed/ and denyed nott/ and sayde playnly : I am nott Christ. And they axed hym : what then .' arte thou Helias ? And he sayde : I am nott. Arte thou ^^ a prophet .' And he answered noo. Then sayd they vnto hym : what arte thou ? That we maye geve an answer to them that sent vs ? what sayest thou of thy silfe ? He sayde : I am the voyce of a cryar in the wildernes/ make strayght the waye of the lorde/ as sayde the prophet Esayas. And they which were sent/ wer off the pharises. And they axed hym : and sayde vnto him : why baptisest thou then/ yf thou be nott Christ/ nor Helias/ nether a prophet ? Jhon answered them sayinge : I baptise with water : butt one is come amonge you/ whom ye knowe nott : he it is i^ that com- meth after me/ whiche i^ was before me/ whose shoue latchet/ I am not worthy to vnlose. These thynges were done in Bethabara beyonde Jordan/ where Jhon did baptise. The nexte daye/ Jhon sawe Jesus commynge vnto him/ and sayde : beholde the lambe of god/ whych teiketh awaye the synne off the worlde. This is he of whom I sayde : After me commeth a man/ which i^ was before me. For he was yer then 1/ and I knew hym nott : butt that he shuld be de- clared to Israhelb therefore cam I baptisynge with water. And Jhon bare recorde/ sayinge : I sawe the sprete de- scende from heven/ lyke vnto, a dove/ and it aboode apon hym/ and I knewe hym not : but he that sent me to baptyse in water/ sayde vnto me : Apon whom thou shalt se the sprete descende/ and tary styll on hym/ the same is he whych bap- ' Shall he come that waa before me, for he was or ever I, Cov. Which though he came after me, went before me, for he was before me, Cr. 8 Is preferred before me, for he was before me. Gen. Bps. 9 Grace for grace, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps- '° Truth, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. " Hath seene, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. " Who, Gen. [So vs. 22] '» The, T. M. Gen. ' That, Cr. Bps. [So C. G. vs. 25.] '* Which though he came after me, etc. Cr. Bps. ^° Is preferred, Gen. [So vs. 30.] '' Is preferred [went, C] before me ; for he was before me, Cr. Gen. Bps. ffo. ):cj. SIjB fiEfospell of S. Jijon. tiseth wyth the holy goost. And I saw yt/ and have borne recorde/ that thys ys the sonne off God. The next daye after Jhon stode agayne/ and two off hys disciples/ and he behelde Jesus as he walked by/ and sayde : beholde the lambe off God. And the two disciples herde hym speake/ and they folowed Jesus. Jesus turned about/ and sawe them foUowe/ And sayde vnto them : what seke ye .' They sayde vnto hym : Rabi (which is to say be interpreta- cion/ Master) where i'' dwellest thou ? He sayde vnto them : come and se. They cam and sawe where he dwelt : and abode with hym that daye. For it was about the tenthe houre. Won off the two whych herde Jhon speake/ and folowed 18 Jesus/ was Andrew Simon Peters brother. The same founde hys brother Simon fyrst/ and sayd vnto hym : we have founde Messias/ whych ys be interpretacion i^ announted: And brought hym to Jesus. And Jesus behelde hym and sayde : Thou arte Simon the sonne off Jonas/ Thou shalt be called Cephas : which is by interpretacion a stone. The daye folowynge Jesus wolde goo into galile/ and founde Philip/ and sayde vnto hym : folowe me. Philip was of Bethsaida/ the cite of Andrew and Peter. Philip founde Nathanael/ and sayde vnto hym : We have founde hym off whom Moses wrote in the lawe/ and the prophetes : Jesus ^ the sonne of Joseph of Nazareth. And Nathanaell sayde vnto hym : Can there eny goode thynge come out off Nazareth ? Philip sayde to hym : come and se. Jesus sawe Nathanael commynge to hym/ and sayde of hym : Beholde ^^ a right hisrahelite/ in whom is no gyle. Nathanael sayde vnto hym : From whence knewest thou me ? Jesus answered and sayde vnto hym : Before that Philip cal- led the/ when thou wast vnder the fygge tre/ I sawe the. Nathanael answered and sayde vnto hym : Rabi/ thou arte ^^ the Sonne off God/ Thou arte the kynge of Israhel. Jesus answered and sayd vnto hym : Be cause I sayde vnto the/ 1 sawe the vnder the fygge tree/ ^ thou belevest. Thou shalt se greater thynges than these. And he sayde vnto hym : Verely/ verely/ 1 saye vnto you : here after/ shall ye se hev- en open/ and the angels off God ascendynge/ and descend- ynge over the sonne off man. " Art thou at lodging ? Cov. '^ Him, Cr. Gen. Bps. '» The Christ, Gen. "" Of Nazareth, the sonne, etc. Gen. Bps. ^' In deede an Israelite, Gen. "' Even the very sonne, etc. Cr. Bps. ^^ Uelee vest thou, Gen, Ci)e (Sospell of S. SH)an. ffifi. ff. A ND the thjrrde daye/ was there a manage in Cana a ^ citie of Galile. And Jesus mother was there. Jesus was called also and his disciples vnto the mariage. And when the wyne fayled/ Jesus mother sayde vnto hym : they have no wjrne. Jesus sayde vnto her : woman/ what have I to do with the ? myne houre is not yett come. His mother sayde vnto the ^ ministers : whatsoever he sayeth vnto you/ do itt. There were ^ stondynge sixe water pottes of stone after the maner of the purifyinge of the iewes/ contaynynge two or thre * fyrkyns a pece. Jesus sayde vnto them : Fyll the water pottes with water/ and they fyUed them vp * to the harde br)rm. And he sayde vnto them : Drawe outt nowe/ and beare vnto the governer of the feasts. And they bare itt. When the ruler off the feast had tasted the water that ^weis turned vntovyyne/ nether knewe whence it was (Butt the mynisters which drue the water knew) He called the brydegrome/ and sayde vnto hym : All men att the begynngnge/ sett forth goode wyne/ And when '' men be dronke/ then thatt which is worsse : Butt thou hast kept backe the goode w^^ne ^ hetherto. Thys 9 begyraiynge off myracles did Jesus in Cana of Gali- le/ and shewed his glory/ and his disciples beleved on hym. After thatt descended he in to Capernaum/ and hys ijiother/ and hys brethren/ and his disciples : But continued not loionge there. And the iewes ester was even at honde/ And Jesus went vp to Jerusalem/ and founde in the temple those that solde oxen £md shepe/ and doves/ and chaungers of money "syttynge. And he made a scourge off small cordes/ and drave them all out off the temple/ bothe shepe and oxen/ and powred doune the changers money/ and overthrue their tables. And sayde vnto them that solde doves : '^Have these thynges hence/ and make nott my fathers housse/ an housse off marchan- dyse. Hys disciples remembred/ howe that yt weis written/ The zele of thyne housse/ hath even eaten me. ' Towne, Gen. ' Serraunts, Gen. [So vs. 9.] ^ Set there, Gen. Bpa. * Measures, Cor>. * To the biimme, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Was made, Gen. Bps. ' The ghestes [men, G.] have well drunk, Gere. Bps. ^ Until nowe, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. » First taken. Cm. "" Many days there, T.M. Cr. Gen. Bps. . " Take, Gen. j^a. pcff. ffje ffiosprtl of S. SSoix- Then answered the iewes and sayde vnto him : what token shewest thou vnto vs/ seyng& that thou dost these thynges ? Jesus answered/ and said vnto them : ^^ destroye this temple/ and in thre dayes I will rayse it vppe agayne. Then sayde the iewes : In xlvj. yeares this temple was bilt : and wylt thou 13 rayse it vppe in thre dayes ? Butt he spake of the temple off hys boddy. As sone therfore as he was lysen from deeth agayne/ his disciples remembred that he thus sayde vnto them/ And they beloved the scripture/ and the wordes whych Jesus had sayde. When he was at Jerusalem/ at ester in the feaste/ many beloved on his name : when they sawe the signes which he did : but Jesus ^* put nott hym sUfe in their hondes/ be cause he knewe ^^ all men/ and neded nott' that eny man shulde testify off man. For he i^ knewe what was in man. E!)e fff. ffijaptet. npHERE was a man off the pharises named Nicodemus a -*- ruler amonge the iewes. He cam to Jesus be nyght/ and sayde vnto him : i Master/ we knowe that thou arte/ a teacher whyche arte come from god. For no man coulde do suche miracles as thou doest/ excepte God were wy th hym : Je- sus answered/ and sayde vnto hym : Verely verely I saye vnto the : except that a man be boren ^ a newe/ he cannot se the kingdom of god. Nicodemus sayde vnto hym : howe can a man be boren/ when he is olde ? can he enter ^ into hys moders ■* body and be boren agayne ? Jesus answered : verely/ vere- ly I say vnto the : except that a man be boren of water/ and of the sprete/ he cannot enter into the kyngdom of god. That whych is boren of. the flesshe/ is flesshe. And that v?hich is boren of the sprete/ is sprete. Marvayle nott that I sayd to the/ ye must be boren a newe. The wynde bloweth where it listelh/ and thou hearest his sounde : butt thou canst nott tell whence he commeth and whether he goeth. So is every man that is boren of the sprete. Nicodemus answered and sayde vnto him : howe can these thynges be .' Jesus answered and sayde vnto hym: Arte 1= Break downe, Cm. '3 Reare, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. [So T. M. C. B. vs. 19.] '■' Did not commit liimselfe unto them, Cr. Gert. Bps. " Them all, Cov. Gen. " Knewe well, Cov. ' Rabby, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. [So vs. 26.] ^ From above, Cr. Bps. Again, Gen. {So vs. 7.] ' Gen. adds — again. Bps. — the second time. ^ Wombe, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. Ci)e ffios]^ell of £. Ston. ®i). (f j. thou a 5 master in Israhell/ and knowest nott these thynges ? Verely verely/ 1 saye viito the/ we speake that we knowe/ and testify that we have sene : And ye receave not oure wit- nes. Yff I have tolde you erthely thynges and ye have not beleved : Howe shulde ye beleve if I shall tell you of hevenly thynges ? And noo man hath ascended vppe to heven/ butt he that cam doune from heven/ ® that y^ to saye the sonne of man which is in heven. And as Moses lifte vppe the serpent in wyldemes/ even soo must the aonne off man be lifte vppe/ that '' noo man which be- leveth in hym perisshe : but have eternall lyfe. God soo loved the worlde/ that he gave his only ^ sonne 9 [for the entent'] that none that beleve in hym/ shulde per- isshe : Butt shulde have everlastynge lyfe. For God sent not his Sonne into the worlde/ to condempne the worlde : But that the worlde through him/ myght be saved. He that beleveth on hym shall not be condempned. But he that be- leveth nott/ is condempned all redy/ be cause he beleveth nott in the name off the only sonne off Giod. And this is the con- dempnacion : Light is come into the worlde/ and the men have loved darcknes " more then light/ be cause their dedes were evyll. For every man that evyll doeth/ hateth the light : nether commeth to light/ lest his dedes shulde be reproved. Butt he that doeth the trueth/ commeth to the light/ that his dedes myght be ^^ knowen/ howe that they are wroght 12 in God. After that cam Jesus and his disciples into the ^^ iewes londe/ and there abode with them and baptised/ and Jhon also baptised in Enon besydes Salim/ be cause there was moche water there/ and they cam/ and were baptised. For Jhon was not yet cast into preson. There a rose a question betwene Jhons disciples and the iewes a bout purifi3Tige. And they cam vnto Jhon/ and sayde vnto hym : Master/ beholde he that was with the beyonde iordan/ to whom thou barest witnes/ baptyseth/ and all men come to hym. Jhon emswered/ and sayde : A man can re- ceave nothynge at all except it be geven hym from heven. * Teacher of, Gen. " Even, the sonne, etc. Cr. Bps. The son, etc. Gen. ' Whosoever beleeveth, etc. should not, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. [So vs. )6.] ' Cr. Gen. Bps. add— begotten. [So vs. 16.] » r. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. omit. '» Rather, Gen. Bps. " Made manifest. Gen. Bps. '* According to, Gen. " Lande of Jurie [Judrea, G.], Cr. Gen. Bps, go. ):cfff. JlSe fiKosjell of S. SJon. Ye yoTire selves are witnesses/ howe that I sayde/ 1 am nott Christ : butt am sent before hym. He that hath the bryde is the brydegrome : Butt the frende off the brydegrome which stondeth by and heareth hym/ reioyseth greately ^* of the brydgromes voyce. Therefore this my ioye is fulfilled. He must increace : and I muste decreace. He that commeth from an hye is above all : he that is off the erth is of the erth/ and speaketh off the erth. He that com- meth from heven/ is above all : And testifyeth that he hath sene/ and herde,: and his testimony noo man receaveth. Whosoever teeeavith his 15 witnes/ the same hath sealed that God is true. For he whom God hath sent speaketh the wordes off God. For God gevefh nott i^ the sprete by meas- ure. The father loveth the sonne/ and hath gevenall thynges into his honde. He that beleveth On the sonne/ hath ever- lastyng lyfe. And he that beleveth nott the sonne/ shall nott se lyfe : but the wrathe of God bydeth on hym. STjiE tifj. ffiSapter. A S sone as the lorde ' had knoweledge/ howe that ^ it was "^ come to the eares off the pharises/ that Jesus had made and baptised moo disciples then Jhon (though that Jesus hym sUfe baptised not : butt his disciples) he lefte iewry/ and de- parted agayne into galfle. And it was soo that he must nedes goo thorowe Samaria. Then cam he to a cite of Samaria called Sichar ^ besydes the possession that Jacob gave to his sonne Joseph/ and there was Jacobs well. Jesus then wer- ied in his iorney/ sate thus on the well. Hit was about the sixte houre : There cam a woman of Sa- maria to drawe water. Jesus sayde vnto her : Geve me drynke (for his disciples wer gone awaye vnto the toune to beye meate) The woman off Samaria sayde vnto hym : howe is itt/ thatt thou beinge a iewe axest drynke of me/ which am a * Samaritans .'' (for the iewes medle not with the Samari- tans) Jesus answered and sayde vnto her : if thou knewest the gyite of God/ and who it is/ that sayeth to the geve me drynke : thou woldest have axed of hym/ and he wolde have geven the water of lyfe. The woman sayde vnto hym : Syr thou haat noo thynge to drawe it with all/ and the well is depe : from '* Cr. Gen. Bps. add— because. " Testimonie, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. « T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. add— him. • Knewe, Cr. Gen. Bps. « The Pharisees had heard, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Nere unto, Gen. Bps. * A woman of Samaria, Gen. Pps, SSi)e Siospell of S. 3^av. ffii). rtff. whenc then hast thou that water off lyfe ? Arte thou gretter then cure father Jacob/ which gave vs this well/ and he hym silfe dranke there of and his chyldren and his cattell ? Jesus answered and sayde vnto her : whosoever drynketh of this water/ shall thurst agayne. But whosoever shall drynke of the water that I shall geve hyro/ shall never be moare a thyrst : But the water that I shall geve hym/ shalbe in hym a well of water spryngjmge vp into everlastynge lyfe/ The woman sayde vnto hym : Syr geve me of that water/ that I thyrst not/ nether come hedder to drawe. Jesus sayde vnto her : Gfo and call thy husband/ and come hydder. The wo- man answered and sayde vnto hym : I have no husband. Jesus sayde to her. Thou hast well sayd/ I have no husbande. For thou haste had five husbandes/ and he whom thou nowe hast' is not thy housband. That saydest thou truely. The woman sayde vnto hym : Syr I perceave that thou arte a prophet. Oure fathers worshipped in this mountayne : And ye say thatt in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to praye. Jesus sayde vnto her : woman ^ trust me/ The houre commeth/ when ye shall nether in this mountayne/ nor yet att Jerusalem/ worshippe the father, ye worshippe ye wot neare what/ we knowe what we worshippe. For salva- cioii commeth of the iewes. But the houre commeth/ and nowe is/ when the true worehippers shall worshippe the fath- er in sprete/ and in verite. For verily suche the father re- quyreth to worshippe hym. God is a sprete/ and they that worshippe hym/ must honoure hym/ in sprete and verite. The woman sayde vnto hym : I wot well Messias shall come/ which is called Christ. When he is once come/ he will tell vs all thynges. Jesus sayde vnto her : I thatt spake vnto the/ am he. And ^ even at that poynte/ cam his disci- ples/ and marvelled that he talked with '' the woman. Yet no man sayde vnto hym : what ^ meanest thou/ or why taUtest thou with her .' The woman ^ lefte hei water pott behynde her/ and went her waye into the cite/ and sayde to the men there : C!ome se a man whiche tolde me all thynges thatt ever I dyd. Is not he Christ ? Then they went out off the cite/ and cam vnto hym. In the meane whyle his disciples prayed hym saynge : Master eate. He sayde vnto them : I have meate to eate/ * Beleeve, T.M. Cr. Gen. Bos. ' In the meane season, Cov. Immediately, Cr. 5p«. Upon that, Gen. ' A woman, Ge;i. 8 Askest, Gm. Seekest, Bps. ' Let her pot stand, Cov. Jfo. ):ctl). STJe ffiDspell of S. JJott. that ye knowe nott off. Then sayd the disciples betwene them selves : hath eny man brought hym i" meate ? Jesus sayd vnto them : My meate ys to fulfill the will off hym that sent me/ And to fynnysshe hys worcke. Saye not ye : There are yett foure monethes/ and then commeth harvest ? Beholde I saye vnto you/ lyfte vppe youre eyes/ and loke on the regions : For they are whyte allredy vnto harvest. And he that repeth receaveth rewarde/ and gaddereth frute vnto lyfe eternall : That bothe he that soweth/ n myght reioyce also/ and he thatt repeth. And here in ys the i^ sayinge true/ that won soweth/ And another repeth. I sent you to repe that wheron ye bestowed no laboure. O ther men laboured/ And ye are entred into their labours. Many off the Samaritans off the cite beleved on hym/ For the womans sayinge/ whych testifyed : He told me all thynges that ever I did. Then when the Samaritans were come vnto hym/ They besought hym/ that he woulde tary wyth them. And he aboode there two dayes. And many moo beleved because off hys awne wordes. And sayde vnto the woman : Nowe we beleve nott be cause off thy sayinge. For we have herde hym oure selves/ and knowe thatt thys ys even in dede Christ the savioure off the worlde. After two dayes/ he departed thence/ and went awaye into galile. And Jesus hym silfe testifyed/ that a prophet i^ hath none honoure in hys awne countre. Then as sone as he was come into galile/ the Galileans receaved hym which had sene all thynges/ that he did at Jerusalem on the feaste. For they went also vnto the feast daye. And Jesus cam agayne into Cana of Gralile/ where he ^^ tourned water into wyne. And there was a certayne rueler/ whose sonne was sicke at Capernaum. As sone as he herde that Jesus was come out of iewry into Galile he went vnto hym/ and besought him/ that he wolde descende/ and heale his sonne : For he i* was even redy to deye. Then sayde Jesus vnto hym : Excepte ye se signes and wonders/ ye beleve not. The rueler sayde vnto hym : Syr ^^ come awaye or ever that my chylde deye. Jesus sayde vnto hym goo thy waye. thy sonne liveth. And the man beleved the wordes that Jesus had spoken vnto hym/ and went his waye. And anon as he went on his waye/ his ser- '» Aught to eat, Cr. Bps. " And he that reapeth, might rejoyce together, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. >» Proverb, Cov. " Is nothing set by at home, Cov. '■• Had made of water, wine, Ge«. Bps. '^ Lay dead sick, Cov. '^ Goe downe before my sonne die, Gen. Sri)e £Koi3|iell of S. ^ojjm. ®!i. b. vauntes mett hym/ and tolde hym/ sayinge : Thy sonne liv- eth/ Then enquyred he of them the houre when he began to amende. And they sayde vnto hym : Tester daye the sev- enthe houre/ the fever lefte hym. And the father knew that it was the same houre when Jesus sayde vnto hym : Thy Sonne liveth. And he beleved/ and all his houshold. Thya ys agajrne the seconde myracle/ that Jesus did/ after he cam out of iewry into Gtalile. ZTJie b. ffiSaptct. AFTER that there was a feast off the iewes/ and Jesus "^ went vppe to Jerusalem. There is at Jerusalem/ by the 1 slaughterhousse a pole called in the ebrue tonge/ ^bethesda/ havynge/ five porches/ in them laye a greate multitude off sicke folke/ off blynde/ halt/ and wyddered/ waytynge for the movynge off the wather. For an angell went doune ^ at a certayne ceason into the pole an steied the water, whoso- ever then fyrst after the sterynge off the water stepped doune/ was made whoale of whatsoever disease he had. And a cer- tayne man was there/ which had bene diseased xxxviij. yeares. When Jesus sawe hym lye/ and knewe that he nowe longe tyme had bene diseased/ he sayde vnto hym : Wilt thou be whoale ? The syke answered hym : Syr I have no man when the water is ■* moved/ to put me into the pole. Butt in the meane tyme/ whill I am ^ about to come/ another stoppeth doune before me. Jesus sayde vnto hym/ ryse/ take vp thy beed/ and walke. And immediatly that man was whole/ and toke vp his 'beed/ and went. And the same daye weis the saboth daye. The iewes therfore sayd vnto hym that was made whole : It is the saboth daye/ it is nott laufuU for the to cary thy beed. He answered them : he that made me whole/ sayde vnto me : Take vp thy beed/ and ^ gett the hence. Then axed they hym : what man is that which sayd vnto the/ take vp thy beed and walke. And he that was healed wist not who yt was. For Jesus '' gatt hym silfe awaye/ be cause that there was preace of people in the place. ' Place of the sheepe, Gen. Sheepe market, Bps. ' Bethseda, Cov. T. M. Cr. ' At his time, Cmi. * Troubled, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. [So Gen. vs. 4.] ' Coming, Gen. ' Go thy way, Cov. Walke, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Had conveyed himselfe away from the multitude that was in that place, Gen. After that/ Jesus founde hym in the temple/ and sayd vnto hym : Beholde thou arte made whole/ se thou synne no moore/ lest a worsse thinge ^ happen vnto the. The man de- parted/ and tolde the iewes that yt was Jesus/ the whyche had made hym whole. And therfore the iewes did perse- cute Jesus/ and sought *the meanes to slee hym/ be cause he had done these th3mges on the saboth daye. Jesus an- swered them : My father worketh hidderto/ and I worke. Therfore the iewes sought the moore to kill hym/ not on- ly be cause he had broken the saboth : but sayde alsoo that god was his father/ and made hym silfe equall with god. Then answered Jesus and sayde unto them : verely/ verely I saye vnto you : the sonne can do noo thynge of hym silfe : but that he seyth the father do. For whatsoever he doeth/ that doeth the sonne also. For the father loveth the sonne/ and sheweth hym all thynges/ whatsoever he him silfe doeth. And he will shewe hym gretter thynges then these/ be cause ye shoulde marvayle. For lykwyse as the father rayseth vppe the deed/ and quyckeneth them/ even soo the sonne quyckeneth whom he woU; i" Nether iudgeth the father eny man : but hath committed all iudgment vnto the sonne/ be cause that all men shulde honoure the sonne/ even as they honoure the father. He that honoureth nott the sonne/ the same honoureth not the father which hath sent hym. Vyrely verely I saye vnto you : He that heareth my wordes/ And beleveth on hym that sent me/ hathe everlastynge lyfe/ and shall not come in to damnacion : but ii is scaped from deth vnto lyfe. Verely/ verely I saye vnto you : the tyme shall come/ and nowe ys/ when the deed shall heare the voyce off the sonne of god, And they that heare/ shall live. For as the father hath life in hym silfe : soo lyke wyse hath he geven to the Sonne to have lyfe in hym silfe. And hath geven hym pow- er alsoo to i^iudge in that he is the sonne off man. Marvayle nott at this/ i^ that the houre shall come/ in the whych all that are in the graves/ shall heare his voice/ and shall come forthe/ they that have done goode vnto the resurreccion off lyfe. And they that have done evyll/ vnto the resurreccion of damp- nacion. 8 Come, Gen. Bps. » To slay him, Gen. »" For the Father judgeth no man, Gen. " Hath passed, Gen. " Execute judgment, Gen. '^ The houre shal come, T. M. For the hour, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. €iE (Sosfell of £. 3tn6e> ®|). bf. _ I can of myne awne silfe do noo thynge at all. as I heare I iudge/ and my iudgment ys iust/ be cause I seke nott myne awne wyll : Butt the will off the father which hath sent me. Yf I beare witnes off my sUfe/ my witnes ys nott true. There ys another thatt beareth witnes off me. And ^* I am sure that the witnes whyche he beareth of me is true. Ye sent vnto Jhon/ and he bare witnes vnto the trueth : '5 but I receave no recorde of man. Neverthelesse/ these th3aiges I saye/ that ye myght be safe. He was a brennynge and a shynynge ^^ light/ and ye wolde for a season have re- ioysed in his light. But I have gretter witnes/ then the witnes off Jhon. For the workes whych my father hath geven me to fyimyshe : The same workes whych I do/ beare witnes off me/ thatt my father sent me/ And my father hym silfe/ which hath sent me/ beareth witnes off me. Ye have nott herde hys voice att eny tyme/ nor yett have sene hys shape. And his wordes have ye nott abydynge in you : For ^^ ye beleve not hym whom he hath sent. Searche the scriptures/ for in them/ ye thynke ye have eternal lyfe : And they are they whych testify off me. ^^ And yett will ye nott come to me that ye myght have lyfe. I re- ceve nott prayse off men : But I knowe you/ that ye have nott the love off God in you. I am come in my fathers name/ and ye receave me not. Yff another shall come in hys awne name/ hym wyll ye receave. howe can ye beleve/ whych receave p rayse won of another/ and seke not the prayse which commeth of god only .' Suppose nott/ that I wyll accuse you to my father/ There is won that accuseth you/ ^^ verely Moses in whom ye truste. For had ye beleved Moses/ ye wolde have beleved me : For he wrote of me. But when ye beleve not hys writtynge : howe shall ye beleve my wordes. Sije bj. ffljapter. A FTER that went Jesus his waye over the see ' of galile "^ nye to a cite called Tiberias. And a greate multitude " I knowe, Gen. ^ As for me, I take no record of man, Cov. But I receive not the recorde, etc. T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. " Can- dle, Gen. " Whorae he hath sent, him, etc. T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. '8 But ye will not, etc. Gen. '» Even, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Unto the eitie of Tiberias in Galilee, Cov. Of Galilee, which is the gea of [or of, G.] Tiberias, Cr. Gen. Bps. JFo. ):cbj. JEjje ffiosjell ot S. JJon. folowed hym/ be cause they hadde sene the myracles that he did on them which were diseased. Jesus went vp into a mountayne/ and there he sate with his disciples (And ester a feaste of the iewes/ was nye) Then Jesus Ufte vppe hys eyes/ and saw a greate company come vnto hym/ and sayde vnto Philip : whence shall we bye breed that these might eate : This he sayde to prove hym. For he hym sylfe knewe what he wolde do. Philip answered him/ two hondred peny worthe of breed are not sufficient for them/ that every man have a litell. Then sayde vnto hym/ won off hys disciples (Andrew Simon Peters brother) There ys ^ a ladde here/ whych hath fyve barly loves/ and two fisshes : butt what ys that amonge so many .' Jesus eayde : Make the people to sit doune. (There was moche grasse in the place) And the men sate doune/ in nombre/ about five thousande. Jesus toke the breed/ and gave thankes/ and gave to his disciples/ and his disciples/ to them that were sett doune. And likwyse of the fysshes/ as moche as they wolde. When they ^ had eten ynought/ he sayde vnto his disciples : gadder vppe the broken meate that remayneth : that nothinge be loost. They gaddered it togedder/ and filled twelve bas- ketes wyth the broken meate/ of the five barly loves/ which broken meate remayned vnto them that had eaten. Then those men/ when they had sene te myracle that Jesus did/ sayde : This is off a trueth the same prophet which shall come into the worlde. ■* Jesus knew wele ynough/ that they wolde come/ and take hym * vppe/ to make hym kynge : and ther- fore departed he agayne/ into a mountayne/ hym silfe a lone. When even was come his disciples went vnto the see/ and entred into a shyppe. And went over the see vnto capernaum. And ^ anon it was darcke/ and Jesus was not come to them. And the see arose with a greate wynde.''' when they had rowed aboute a xxv. or a xxx. furlonges/ they sawe Jesus walke on the see/ and to drawe nye vnto the shyppe/ and they were afrayed. He sayd vnto them : Itt is 1/ be nott a frayde. Then ^ wolde they have receaved hym into the shippe/ and the shippe was by and by at the londe whyther they went. The daye folowinge/ the people which stode on the other ^ A little boy, flen. A little lad, Bps. ' Were satisfied, Gen. Were filled, Bps. * When Jesus therefore perceived, T. M. Ct. Gen. Bps. * By force, Bps. ' It was nowe, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. ' T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. add — that Wewe, * Willingly they received, Gen, syde of the see/ sawe that there was none other shyppe there save that won wher in his disciples were entred/ and that Je- sus went nott in with them into the shippe : butt that hys dis- ciples were gone awaye alone ' (There cam other shippes from Tiberias nye vnto tiie place/ where they ate breed/ '* when the lorde had blessed) Then when the people sawe that Jesus was not there nether hys disciples/ They also toke shippynge and cam to Capernaum sekinge for Jesus. And when they had founde hym on the other syde of the see/ they sayd vnto hym : ^^ Master when camest thou bidder ? Jesus answered them and sayde : verely verely I saye vnto you : ye seke me/ nott be cause ye sawe the myracles : but be cause ye ate of the ^^ breed/ and were filled. Laboure not for the meate which perissheth/ but for the meate that endureth vnto everlastynge lyfe/ whiche meate the sonne of man shall geve vnto you. For hym hath god the father sealed. Then sayde they vnto hym : what shall we do that we myght worke the workes of god ? Jesus answered and sayd vnto them : This is the worke of god/ that ye beleve on him/ whom he hath sent. They sayde vnto hym : what signe shewest thou then ? that we ^^ maye se and beleve the. What doest thou worke ? oure fathers did eate manna in the desert/ bis yt ys written : He gave them breed from heven to eate. Jesus sayde vnto them : verely verely I saye vnto you : Moses gave you not breed from heven : but my father geveth you the true breed from heven. i* For he is the breed of God/ which commeth doune from heven/ and geveth lyfe vnto the worlde. Then sayde they vnto hym : Master ever moore geve vs this breed. And Jesus sayde vnto them : lam i* that breed of lyfe. He that commeth to me/ shall not honger : and he that beleveth on me shall never thurst. Butt I saye vnto you : that ye have sene me/ and yett beleve ye not. All that my father geveth me/ commeth to me : and hym that commeth to me/ 18 cast I not out at the dores. For I cam doune from heven : nott to do myne awne will : but his will whiche hathe sent me. And this is my fathers will which hath sent me/ » Howbeit there cajne, T. M. Cr. Bps. And that there came, Gen. '" After that the Lord had given thanks, Cr. Gen. Bps. " Rabby, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. "^ Loaves, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. '^ May see it. Gen. " For it is the very breed, etc. Cov. For the breed of God is hee, etc. T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. » The, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. [So G. B. vs. 41.] " I cast not away,' T. M. Or. Gen. Bps. Sfo. rcbfj. acije eKospell of S. 3(J)on. that of all which he hath geven me/ 1 shulde loose noo thynge : but shulde rayse it vp agayne at the last daye. And this is the wyll off hym that sent me/ That every man whych seith the Sonne/ And beleveth on hym/ have everlastynge lyfe. And I wyll rayse hym vp att the last daye. The iewes murmured att itt/ be cause he sayde : I am thatt breed which is come doune from heven. And they sayde : Is nott this Jesus the sonne of Joseph/ whose father/ and moth- er we knowe ? Howe ys yt then thatt he sayeth/ I cam doune from heven ? Jesus answered and sayde vnto them : Murmur not betwene youre selves. No man can come to me except my father which hath sent me/ drawe hym. And y will rayse hym vp at the last daye. Hit is written in the pro- phetes : And they shall all be taught of God. Every man which hath herde/ and learned of the father/ commeth vnto me/ not that eny man hath sene the father/ save he which is '■' off God. The same hath sene the father. Verely verely I saye vnto you/ he that i^ beleveth on me hath everlastynge lyfe. I am that breed of lyfe. Youre fa- thers did eate manna in the wildernes/ and are deed. This is that breed which commeth from heven/ that he which off it eateth/ shulde also not deye. I am that livynge breed which cam doune from heven. Yf eny man eate of this breed/ he shall live for ever. And the breed that I will geve, is my flesshe/ which I will geve for the lyfe of the worlde. The iewes strove amonge them selves sayinge : Howe can this 19 felowe geve vs ^ his flesshe to eate } Jesus sayde vnto them : Verely/ verely I saye unto you/ except ye eate the flesshe off the sonne of man/ and drynke his bloude/ ye ^1 shall not have lyfe in you. Whosoever eateth my flesshe/ and drynketh my bloudde/ the same hath eternall lyfe : And I will rayse hym vp at the last daye. For my flesshe is ^meate in dede: and my bloudde is ^drynke in dede. He thatt eateth my flesshe and drynketh my bloudde/ dwelleth in me and I in hym. As my lyvynge father hath sent me/ even soo ly ve I by my father : and he that eateih me/ shall Uve ^ by me. This is ^ the breed which cam from heven : Nott as youre fathers have eaten manna and are deed : He that eateth of this breed/ shall live ever. " Of the Father, Cov. '8 Putteth his trust, Cr. Bps. " Man, Gen. «> That fleshe of his, Cr. Bps. " Have no life, CV. Gen. Bps. ^ Verie meate— Verie drinke, Cov. ^ By the meanes of me, Cov. Bps. ^ That, Cr. Bps. These thinges sayd he in the sinagoge as he taught in ca- pernaum. Many of his disciples/ when they had herde this/ sayde : This is an herde :S^3ringe. Who can ^ ahyde the hearinge of it ? Jesus knew in hysm silfe/ that his disciples murmured at hit/ and sayde vnto them : Doth this oiTende you ? What and if ye shall se the sonne off man ascende vp where he was before ? It is the sprete that quyckeneth/ ^ the flesshe profTeteth nothynge, - The wordes that I speake vnto you are sprete and lyfe. But there are some off you that'be- leve not. For Jesus knewe from the beg3mnynge/ which they were that beloved not. And who ^ulde betraye hym. And he sayde : Therefore sayd I vnto you : that no man can come vnto me/ except it were geven vnto hym of my father. From that tyme many of his disciples ^ went a waye from him/ and ^ companyed no moore with hym. Then sayde Jesus to the twelve : will ye alsoo goo awaye .'' Simon Peter emswered hym : Meister to whom shall we goo ? Thou haste the wordes off etemall lyfe/ And we ^ have beloved/ and knowen/ that thou arte Christe the sonne of the ly vynge Grod. Jesus answered them : Have nott I chosen you twelve .' And ^Oyett one off you is the devyll .-' He spake it off Judas iscariot the Sonne of Simon. For he itt was that shulde betraye hym/ 31 and was one of the twelve. SSe bfj. ffijajiter. A FTER that Jesus i went about in Galile/ and woulde not ■^ 1 goo about in iewry/ for the iewes soughtt to kyll hym. The iewes tabernacle feast was at honde. His brethren ther- fore sayde vnto hym : ^ Gett thy silfe hence and goo into iewry that thy disciples maye se thy workes that thou doest. There is no man that doeth eny thynge secretly/ and he hym silfe seketh to be 3 knowen. Yf thou do soche thynges/ shewe thy silfe to the worlde. For as yet his brethren beleved not in hym. Then Jesus sayd vnto them : My tyme is not yett come/ youre tyroe is all waye redy. The worlde can not hate you. Me it hateth : Because I testyfy off hitt/ thatt the workes off ^ Heare it, Gen. '^ The fleshy understanding, Cov. " Went backe, T. M. Gen. Bps. Wenthacke and forsofce him, Cr. ^ Walk- ed, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Beleeve and are sure, Or. Bps. ™ One of you is a devyll, Cr. Gen. Bps. '' Though he, Gere. ' Walked — Walke, Gen. ' Depart, Gen. ' Known openly, T. M. Cr. Bps. Famous, Gen. Sfa. ftWi]. iSjie tSasftU of Si. 5(t)on. itt are evyll. Goo ye vppe vnto this feast/ 1 will nott goo vppe yett vnto this feaste/ Woi my tyme is nott yett * full come. These wordes he sayde vnto them/ and aboode still in Galile. As sone as his brethren were goone vppe/ then went he also vppe vnto the feast/ nott openly: but as it were prevely. Then sought hym the iewes at the feast/ and sayde : where is he ? Aiid moche murmurynge was there of hym amonge the people. Some sayde He is goode. Wother sayde naye/ but he deceaveth the people. No man spake openly of hym/ for feare of the iewes. 5 In the myddes of the feast/ Jesus went vppe into the tem- ple/ and taught. And the iewes marvelled/ saiynge : Howe knoweth he the scriptures ? seynge that he never learned. Jesus answered them/ and sayde : My doctrine is nott myne/ butt hys thatt sent me. YfF any man wyll do hys will/ he shall knowe of the doctrine/ whether it be of god : or wheth- er I spake of my silfe. He that speaketh of him silfe/ sek- eth his awne prayse. Butt whosoever seketh his prayse that sent him he ys true/ and no vnrightewesnes is in hym. Did not Moses geve you a lawe ? And yett none off you kepeth ^ the lawe ? Why goo ye aboute to kUl me ? The people answered and sayde : Thou hast the devyll. Who goeth aboute to kill the ? Jesus answered/ and sayde vnto them/ 1 have done won worke/ and ye all marvayle. Moses therfore gave vnto you circumcision/ not because it is of Mo- ses/ but of the fathers. And yet ye on the saboth daye cir- cumcise a man. Yf a man on the saboth daye receave cir- cumcision '' with out breakynge of the lawe off Moses : ^ Dis- dayne ye at me/ because I made a man every whit whoale on the saboth daye ? Judge not ^ after the vtter aperaunce : but iudge rightewes iudgement. Then sayd sum of them of Jerusalem : Is nott this he whom they went aboute to kill ? beholde he speaketh i" boldly/ and they saye nothynge to him. ii Do not cure ruelars knowe in dede/ that this is very Christ ? But we knowe this man whence he is but when Christ commeth/ no man shall knowe whence he is. Then cryed Jesus in the temple as he taught sayinge : * Fulfilled, Gen. ' Nowe when halfe of the feast was done, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' That law, Gen. ' That the law of Moses should not be broken, Gen. ^ Be ye angrie with me, Gen. ' Accord- ing to the appearance, Gm. '» Openly, Gm. " Do the rulers knowe, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. SCjie (Sospell of S. 3^k. ®i). bt[. 12 And me ye knowe/ and whence I am yeknowe : and I am nott come off my silfe/ Butt he thatt sent me is true/ whom ye knowe nott. I knowe hym : For t am off hym/ and he hath sent me. Then sought the iewes to take hym : butt no man layde hondes on hym/ because hys tyme was nott yett come. Many off the people beleved on hym/ and sayde: When Christ commeth : Will he do moo myraclee then this man hathe done .' The pharises herde that the people murmured suche thynges about hym: and the pharises and ^^ gcnbes sent "ministers forthe to take hym. Then sayde Jesus vnto them : Yett am I a lytell whyle with you/ and then goo I vnto hym that sent me. Ye shall seke me/ and shall nott fynde me : And where I am/ thither can ye nott come. Then sayde the iewes be- twene them selves : Whither will he goo .' that we shall nott fynde hym. Will he goo ^ amonge the gentyls/ which are scattered all a brpade/ and teache the ^^ gentyls? What maner off sayinge ys thys that he sayde : ye shall seke me/ and shall nott fynde me : And where! am thither can ye nott come. In the last daye/ "that grett daye off the feaste : Jesus stodfi and cryed sayinge : Yfeny man thjrrst/ lett hym come vnto me and drynke. Whosoever beleveth on me/ as sayeth the scripture/ out off his belly shaU flowe ryvers off water off lyfe. This spake he off the sprete/ which they that beleved on hym shulde receave. For the holy gost was not yet 18 there/ because that Jesus was nott yett glorified. Many off the people/ when they herde this sayinge sayde : ^^ This is/ no doute/ a prophet. Wother sayde : This is Christ Some sayde : shall Christ come out off galile .'' Sayeth nott the scripture that Christ shall come off the seed oji David i and out off the toune off BetUeem where David was .' So was there dissencion amonge the people ^for hys sake. And some off them wolde tave taken hym : butt noo man layde hondes on hym. Then cam the ministers to the hye prestes/ and pharises. And they sayde vnto them : Why have ye not brought hym .' »* Ye both knowe me, etc. T- M- Cr, Gen. Bps, " Hie Priests, T. M, Cr. Gen. Bps. " Servaunts, Cov. Bpg. Officers, Gen. [So post.'] '^ Unto the dispersed among the Grecians, Gen. Bps. •' Grecians, Cov. Gen. '7 The most solemn day, Cov. '^ Given, Gen. " Of a truthe this is the [a, T. M. Cr.] prophete, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Aboute him, T. M, Because of him, Cr, Bps, For him, Gen, jfo. ):cf):. Sije ffiosjiell of S. Ston. The servauntes answered: never man spake as thys man speaketh. Then answered them the pharises Are ye alsoo disceaved ? Doth eny of the ruelers/ or off the pharises beleve on hjrm ? butt ®i the commen people whyche knowe not the lawe are a cursed. Nicodemus sayde vnto them (He that cam to Jesus by nyght whych was one off them) Doth ourp lawe iudge eny man/ before it be herde/ and knowen/ what he hath done ? They answered/ and sayde vnto hym : Arte thou alsoo off Galile ? Searche and loke/ for out of Galile aryseth noo prophet. And every man went vnto his awne housse. arje bffj. ffijapter. TESUS went vnto the Moimte Olivete/ and erly in the mom- •^ ynge cam agayne into the temple/ and all the people cam vnto hym. And he sate doune/ and taught them. The scribes and pharises brought vnto hym a woman taken in advoutry/ and sett her in the middes and sayde vnto hym : Master thys woman was taken in advoutry/ 1 even as the dede %ra.s a doyng. Moses in the lawe eommaunded vs that suche shulde be stoned : What sayst thou therfore } And thys they sayde to tempt hym : that they myght have/ wher off to ac- cuse hym. Jesus stouped doune/ and wyth hys fynger wrote on the grounde. And whill they continued axynge hym/ he lyfte hym sylie vppe/ And sayde vnto them : lett hym thatt ys a monge you wyth out synne/ cast the fyrst stone at her. And agayne he stouped doune and wrote on the grounde. As sone as they herde that/ ^they went out won by won ^the eldest fyrst. And Jesus was lefte a lone/ and Ae woman stondymge in the myddes. When Jesus had lifte vppe hym sylfe agayne/ and sawe noo man butt the woman : He sayde vnto her : Woman/ where are those thyne accusars ? Hath no man condempned the .' She sayde : ■* Syr no man. Je- sus sayde : Nether do I condempne the. Goo hence and synne no moare. Then spake Jesus agayne vnto them/ sajdnge : 1 am the light off the worlde : He that fcJoweth me shall not waUce in darcknes : butt shall have the light of lyfe. The pharises sayde vnto hym : thou bearest recorde of thy sylfe : thy re- " This people, Gen. ' In the very act, Gen. ' Gen. Bps. add — ^being accused by their own conscience. ^ Beginning at the eldest, Cr. Gen. Bps. G. B. add— even unto the last. * Lorde, T. M. Ct. Gen. Bps. ffllje ffiospcll of S. JJon. &% bff;. corde ys not true/ Jesus answered and sayde vnto them : ^ And yf I beare recorde off my sylfe/ ray recorde is true for I know whence I cam/ and whitlier I goo. Ye cannot tell whence I come/ and whither I goo. Ye iudge after the flesshe. I iudge no man/ and yff I iudge/ then ys my iudgment true. For I am not a lone : butt I and my father that sent me. Itt ys also written in youre lawe/ that the testimony of two men ys true/ I am won that beare witnes off my sylfc/ and my father that sent me beareth witnes off me. Then sayde they vnto hym : Where is thy father ? Jesus answered : ye ne- ther knowe me/ nor yet my father. Yff ye had knowen me/ ye shulde have knowen my father alsoo. These wordes spake Jesus ^in the tresury/ as he taijght in the temple. And no man layde hondes on hym. ^or hys tyme was nott yett come. Then sayde Jesus agajme vnto them : I goo my waye/ and ye shall seke me/ and shall deye in youre synnes. Whither I goo thither can ye not come. Then spake the iewes : Wyll he kyll him sylfe/ be cause he sayth : whither I goo/ thither can ye not come .' And he sayde vnto them : ye are from beneth/ 1 am from above. Ye are of this worlde/ I am not off this worlde. I sayde therfore vnto you/ that ye shall deye in youre synnes/ For except ye beleve that I am he/ ye shall deye in youre synnes. Then sayde they vnto hym/ who arte thou ? And Jesus sayde -vnto them: Even the very same thynge that Psaye vnto you. I have many thynges to saye/ and to iudge of you. ^But he that sent me is true. And I speake ^in the worlde/ . those th)mges whych I have herde of hym. They vuderatode not that he spake of his father. Then sayde Jesus vnto them : When ye have lift oppe an hye the sonne off man then shall ye knowe that I am he/ and thatt I do nothynge off my silfe/ Butt as my father hath taught me/ even soo 1 speake. And he that seiV, me ys with me. My father hath hott lefte me alone/ For I do alwayes those thynges that please him. As he spoke these wordes/ many beleved on hym. Then sayde Jesus to those iewes which beleved on hym:t,. Yff ye continue in my sayinge/ i" then are ye my very discK.'^ s Though I beare, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. « Upon the God's chest, Cov. ' Said unto you from the beginning, Gert.. Bps. » Yea. and he that, Cr. Bps. ' Before the worl4, Cov. '<• Ye are verUy, etc. Gea. E* jfo. c. SSe iSio^feU of S. Jjion. pies : and ye shall knowe the trueth : And the trueth shall make you free« They answered hym : We are Abrahams seede/ and were never bonde to eny man : why sayest thou then : Ye shalbe made fre. Jesus answered them : verely verely I saye vnto you/ that whosoever coramitteth synne/ is the servaunt of synne. And the servaunt abydeth nott in the housse for ever : Butt the Sonne abydeth ever. Yf the sonne therfore shall make you fre/ then are ye fre in dede. I knowe that ye are Abraihams seed : butt ye seke meanes to kyll me be cause ^^ my sayinges have noo place in you. I speake that I have sene wyth my father : And ye do that whych ye have seen wyth youre father. They answered and sayde vnto hym : Abraham is oure father. Jesus sayde vnto them. Yf ye were Abrahams children/ ye wolde do the dedes of Abraham. But nowe ye goo about to kill me/ a man that have tolde you the truthe/ which I have herde ^^ off my father. This did not Abra- ham. Ye do the dedes of youre father. Then sayde they vnto ■ hym : we were nott borne of fomicacion. We have won father that is god. Jesus sayde vnto them : Yf god were youre father/ then wolde ye have loved me. For I precede forthe and come from god. Nether cam I of my sylfe/ butt he sent me. Why do ye nott i3 knowe my speache .-' Be cause ye cannot !■* abyde the hearynge off my wordes. Ye are of youre father the devyll/ and the lustes off youre father/ ye will ^^ folowe : He was a murtherer from the be- gynnynge/ And aboode nott in the trueth/ be cause there ys noo trueth in hym. When he speaketh a lye/ then speaketh he off his awne. For he ys a lyar/ and the father i^ therof. And be cause I tell you the trueth/ therfore beleve ye nott me. Which of you can rebuke me "off S3mne ? If I saye the trueth/ why do not ye beleve me ? He liiat is of God/ heareth goddes wordes. Ye therfore heare them not/ be cause ye are nott of God. Then answered the iewes and sayde vnto hym : Saye we nott well that thou arte a Samaritan and hast the devyll ? Je- " My word taketh not among you, Coe. " Of God, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bpa. " Understand my talke, Gen. '* Heare my worde, Gen. Bps. »6 Serve, Cr. '« Of the same thyng, Cr. " Of one sinne, Cov. Siie e>as]ieU of S. Siun. (Sf). (f. sus answered : I have not the devyll : butt I honour rtiy fath- er and ye have dishonoured me. I seke nott myne awne prayse : There is won that seketh is [it] and ladgeth. Verely verely I saye vnto you/ yt a man kepe my say- inges/ he shall never se deeth. Then sade the iewes to hym ! Nowe knowe we that thou hast the devyll. Abraham is deed/ and also the prophettes/ and yett thou sayest : Yf a man kepe my sayinge he shall never tast deeth. Arte thou greater then cure father Abraham .' which is deed ? and the prophettes are deed. Whome makest thou thy silfe .' Jesus answered : Yf I prayse my silfe/ my prayse is noth- ynge worth. Hit is my father that prayseth me/ which ye saye is youre Grod. And yet have ye not knowen hym : but I knowe hym. And yf I shulde saye/ 1 knowe hym nott/ 1 shulde be a lyare lyke vnto you. but I knowe hyro/ and kepe is sayinge. Youre father Abraham was glad to se my daye/ and he sawe it and reioysed. Then sayde the iewes vnto hym : Thou arte not yet .1. yere olde/ and hast thou sene Abraham .' Jesus sayde vnto them : Verely verely I saye vnto you : yer Abra- ham was 13 1 am. Then toke they vppe stones/ to CEiste at at hhm. but Jesus ^ hid hym silfe/ and went out of the temple. CSe fp ffijapter. - A ND as Jesus passed by/ he sawe a man which was blynde -^*- from his birth/ And his disciples axed hjnii sajringe : Mas- ter who did synne : this man/ or his father and mother/ that that he was borne blynde ? Jesus answered : Nether this man hathe syimed/ nor yet his father and mother : but that the workes of God shulde be shewed on hym I must worke the workes off hym that sent me/ whill it is daye. The nyght commeth/ when no man can worke. As longe as I am in the worlde/ I am the light of the worlde. As sone as he had thus spoken/ he spate on the grounde/ and made claye of the spetle/ and i rubbed the claye on the eyes off the blynde/ and sayde vnto hym : Goo wesshe the in the pole of Siloe (which bey in terpretacion/ ^ signifieth sent) He went his waye and wesshed/ and cam agayne seinge. '^ Cr. Bps. omit. " Or. adds— borne. «• Was hidde, Bps. ' Anointed the eyes of the blinde with the clay, Gen. Bps. ' Is aa much to saye, as sent, Cr. Bps. i^o. cj. KJe esospell of S. Siwn. The neighbours/ and they that had sene hym before ^ howe that he was a begger sayde : Is not this he that sate and beg- ged ? Some sayde : this is he. other sayde : he is lyke hym. He hym silfe sayde : I am even he. They sayde vnto hym : Howe are thyne eyes openned then } He answered and sayde : The man that is called Jesus/ made claye/ and an- oynted myne eyes/ and sayd vnto me : Goo to the pole SUoe/ and wesshe. I went and wesshed and receaved my sight. They sayde vnto hym : where is he ? He sayde : I cannot tell. Then brought they to the pharises/ him that * a litell be- fore was blynde (Hit was the saboth daye when Jesus made the claye/ and opened his eyes) Then agayne the pharises also axed hym howe he had receaved his sight. He sayde vnto them : He putt claye apon myne eyes/ And I wasshed/ and I se. Then sayde some of the pharises : This man is not of god/ because he kepeth not tiie saboth daye. other sayde : howe can a man that is a synner do suche myracles .' And there was a stryfe amonge them. Then spake they vnto the blynde agayne : What sayest thou of hym/ be cause he hath openned thyne eyes ? And he sayd : He ys a prophet. The iewes did nott beleve ^ off the felowe/ howe that he was blynde/ and had receaved hys sight : vntillthey had call- ed the father and mother off him that had receaved hys sight : And they axed them saying : Ys this youre sonne/ whome ye saye was borne blynde .' Howe doth he nowe se then .' His fa&ier and mother answered them and sayde : we wote wele that this is oure sonne/ and that he was borne bljrnde : Butt by what meanes he nowe seyeth/ ^ that can we not tell or who hath openned his eyes can we nott tell. He is olde ynough/ axe hym/ lett hym answer for hym sylfe/ ' [off thynges that perta3aie to hym silfe.] ^ Suche wordes spake his father/ and mother/ because they feared the iewes/ for the iewes had ^ conspyred aUredy that yff eny man did con- fesse that he was Christ' he shulde be excommunicat out of the Sinagoge. Therfore sayde his father and mother : he is olde ynough/ axe hym. Then agayne called they the man that was blynde and sayde vnto hym : Geve God the prayse/ we knowe thatt thys ^ When he was blinde, Gen. Bps. " Was once, Gen. ' The man [Him, G.] how that he had been, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ We know not, Gen. '' T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. omit. ^ These wordes, Gen. ^ Ordeyncd, Gen. Agreed, Bps. EJe ®ospeU of S. JJon. fflj). y:. meui ys a synner. He answered and sayde ; Whither he be a synner or noo/ 1 cannot tell : Won thynge ^^ I am sure off/ that I was blynde/ and nowe I se. Then sayde they to him agayne :' What did he to the ? Howe open he thyne eyes ? He answered them/ 1 tolde you " yerwhile/ And ye did iiott heare. Wherfore wolde ye heare ytt agayne? Wyll ye alsoo be hys disciples ? Then ^^ rated they hym/ and sayde : '3 Thou arte hys disciple. We are Moses disciples. We are sure that God spake wyth Moses. Thys felowe we knowe not from whence he y^. The man answered/ and sayde vnto them : '* this is a mar- velous thynge that ye wote nere whence he is/ Etnd yet hath he opermed myne eyes, i* We knowe wele ynought that God heareth noo synners : But yf any man be ^^ a worshipper of God : Eind " do what his will is/ him heareth he. Since the worlde began was it nott herde that eny man openned the eyes off won that was borne blynd. if this man were not of god/ he coulde have done noo thynge. They answered and sayd vnto hym : thou arte altogedder borne in synne : and dost thou teache us .' And they cast hym out. Jesus herde that they had ^^ excommunicate him/ and as sone he had founde hym he sayd vnto hym : doest thou be- leve on the sonne of God ? He answered and sayde ; And who ys yt lorde/ that I myght beleve on hym ? And Jesus sayde vnto hym : Thou hast both sene hym/ and he it is that taiketh with the. And he sayde: lorde I beleve. And worshipped hym. Jesu sayde : I am come vnto iudgement/ into this worlde: that they which se nott myght se/ and they which se myght be made blynde. And some off the pharises whych were with hym/ herde these wordes/ and sayde vnto hym: Are we i^iiien blynde.' Jesus sayde vnto them/ yf ye were blynde/ ye shulde have noo synne : but nowe ye saye we se/ therfore youre Synne remayneth. 8tJ)c f. CJapter. "l^ERELY verely I saye vnto you : Whosoever entreth not ' in by the dore/ into the shepe folde/ but clymeth vppe some other waye : he is a thefe and ^ a robber. He thatt '" I knowe, Gen. " Alreadie, Gen. " Checked, Gen. " Be thou, Cr. " Gen. adds— Doubtlea. " We be sure, Cov. T. M. Ct. Bps. Nowe we knowe. Gem. " A fearer, Cov: "Obe- dient unto nis will, Cr. •' Cast him out, Gem. " Blinde also, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' A murtherer, Cov. Cr. [So (plural) vs. 8.] goeth in by the dore/ is the shepheerde of the shape. ^ Tq this man the porter openneth the dore/ and the shepe heare hys voyce/ Aiid he calleth hys awne shepe by name/ and leadeth them out/, and when he hath sent forthe hys awne shepe/ he goeth , before them and the shepe folowe hym. For they knowe hys voyce. A straunger they will nott fol- owe/ butt wyll flye from hym. For they knowe nott the voyce of straungers. This ^ meinner of sayinge spake Jesus vnto them. And they vnderstode nott/ what thynges they were/ whych he spake vnto them. Then sayde Jesus vnto them agayne : Verely verely I saye vnto you : thatt I am the dore of the shepe. All * even as many as cam before me/ are theves and robbers : but the shepe did not heare them. I am the dore. by me/ yf eny enter in/ he shalbe safe/ and shall goo in and out' and fynde pasture. The thefe commeth not but for to steale and kyll/ and destroye. I cam that they myght have lyfe/ and have yt 5 more aboundantly. I am a goode shepheerd/ a goode shepheerd/ geveth his lyfe for his shepe. ^ An heyred servaunt which is not the shepheerd/ nether the shepe are his awne/ seith the wolfe commynge/ and leveth the shepe/ and flyeth/ and the wolfe/ catcheth/ and scattereth the shepe. The heyred servaunt flyeth be cause he is an heyred servaunt/ and careth not for the shepe. I am that goode shepheerde/ and knowe '' my shepe/ and am knowen of myne. As my father knoweth me : even so knowe I my father. And I ^ geve my sylfe for my shepe/ and other shepe I have/ which are not off this folde. Them also must I bringe/ and they shall heare my voyce. And there shalbe won ^ flocke/ and won shepheerde. Therfore doth iny father love me/ be cause I ^^ put my lyfe from me/ that I myght take it agayne. No man taketh it from me : butt I put ytt awaye off my silfe, I have power to put it from me/ and power I have to take it agayne. Thys commaundment have I receaved of my father. Agayne there was dissencion amonge the iewes for these sayinges/ and many of them sayd : He hath th^devyll/ and is madde : why heare ye hym } other sayde these are nott the wordes off 'To him, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Similitude, T.M- Proverbe, Cov. Cr. Bps. Parable, Gen. * That ever came. Gen, ' In abundance, Gen. ^ Anhyreling [hyred servaunt, C] and he which is, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Mine, Cov. Gen. ^ Give [Lay downe, G.] my life, Ml the Vers. » Fold, Cr. Bps. Sheepefolde, Gen, " Lay downe. Gen. [So vs. 18.] 1^ hym that hath the devyll : Can the devyll open the eyes off the blynde ? Hit was at Jerusalem the feaste of the dedicacion/ and itt was wynter : And Jesus walked in '^ Solomons hall. Then cam the iewes rounde aboute hym/ and sayde vnto hym ; Howe longe dost thou make vs to doute ? iff thou be Chryst/ tell vs playnly. Jesus answered them. I tolde you and ye be- leye nott : The workes that I do in my fathers name/ beare witnes off me : butt ye beleve not/ because ye are not of my shepe. As I sayde vnto you : my shepe/ heare my voycef and I knowe them/ and they foUowe me/ and I geve vnto lliem etemall lyfe. and they shall never perisshe/ nether shall eny man plucke them out off my honde. My father wich gave them me/ is greatter then all ^^ [men/] and no man is able to take them out off my fathers honde/ and I and my father are one. Then the iewes agayne toke vppe stones/ to stone hym with all. Jesus answered them: many goode workes have I, shewed you from my father : for which off them wyll ye stone me .-' The iewes answered hym sayinge : For thy goode workes sake we stone the not : but for thy blasphemy, and be cause that thou beinge a man/ makest tiiy silfe Groqi Jesus answered them : Is it not written in youre lawe : I have sayde/ ye are goddes .' Yf he called them gdddes vnto whom the worde of God was i* spoken (and the scripture can nott be broken) saye ye then to hym/ whom the father hath sanc- tified/ and sent into the worlde : Thou blasphemest/ because* I sayd I am the sonne of god ? Yf I do not the workes off my iather/ beleve me not. Butt ^^ though ye beleve not me/ yett beleve the workes/ that ye may knowe and beleve that the father is in me/ and I in hym. Agayne they went aboute to take hym/ but he escaped out of their hondes/ and went awaye agajme beyonde Jordan/ into the place where Jhon '^ before had baptised/ and there aboode. and many resorted vnto hym/ and sayd : Jhon did no miracle. Butt all thynges that Jhon spake of this man are true. And there many beleved on hym. " One that is possessed, Cov. '^ The temple, even in Solomon's poTche, Cr. Gen. Bps. " T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. omit. '* Given, Gen. '* If I doe, and if ye [then though ye, G.], Cr. Gen. Bps. 16 \yji3 first baptizing, Bps. JFo. cftf. Siie CKospell of S&. J])on. SSe vj. ffijraptei;. A CERTAYNE man was sicke/ named Lazarus of Betha- ■^^ nia the toune off Mary and her sister Martha. It was that Mary which annoynted ^ Jesus with oyntment/ and ^ wept his fete with her heere/ whose brother Lazarus was sicke/ and his ^ sister sent vnto hym sayinge : Lorde beholde/ he whom thou lovest is sicke. When Jesus that herde he sayd : this ^ infirmite is not vnto deth But for the laude of god/ that the Sonne off god myght be praysed by the reason of it. Je- sus loved Martha and her sister/ and Lazarus. ^ After he herde thatt he was sicke/ ® then aboode he two dayes still in the same place where he was. Then after that sayd he to his disciples ; lett vs goo into iewry agayne. His disciples sayde vnto hym : Master/ the iewes lately sought meanes to stone the : and wilt thou goo thither agayne .'' Jesus answered : are there not twelve houres in the daye ? Yf a man walke in the daye he stom- bleth not/ because he seith the light of this worlde. yf a man walke in the nyght he stombleth/ be cause there is no light in hym. This sayd he. And after that he sayde vnto them : oure frende Lazarus slepeth/ but I goo to ''' wake hym outt of slope. Then sayde his disciples : Lorde iff he slope : then shall 8 he do wele ynough. Jesus spake of his deeth : but they thought that he had spoken of ^ the naturall slope. Then sayde Jesus vnto them playnly/ Lazarus is deed/ and I am gladde for youre sakes/ that I was not there/ be cause ye maye beleve. Neverthelesse let vs goo vnto hym. Then sayde Thomas (which is called Didimus) vnto i" the disciples : let vs also goo/ that we maye deye with him. Then went Jesus/ and founde/ that he had lyne in his grave foure dayes alredy. Bethani was neye vnto Jerusalem/ aboute .XV. furlonges of/ And many of the iewes cam to Martha and Mary/ to conforte them over their brother. Martha as sone as she herde that Jesus was commynge/ went/ and met hym. Mary sate stille i^ at home. Then sayde Martha vnto Jesus : Lorde yff thou haddest ^ The liorde, Gen. Bps. ^^ [i. e. wiped.] Dried, Co». ^Sisters, T. M. Gen. * Sicknesse, Gen. ' When he had heard therefore, etc. Cr. Bps. « Yet, Gen. '' Wake him up. Then sayde. Gen. 8 Be safe, Gen. • ' The bodily sleepe, Ccw. Taking of rest in sleepe, Bps. '" His fellow disciples. Gen. Bps. " In the house, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. Siie etospell of S. Jlfion. €|i. )^. bene her/ my brother had not bene deed : but i* neverthelesser I knowe that whatsoever thou axest of God/ God will geve it the. Jesus sayde vnto her : Thy brother shall ryse agayne. Martha sayde vnto hym : I knowe well/ he "Shall ryse agayne in the resurrection att the last daye. Jesus sayde vnto her : I am the resurreccion and lyfe. Whosoever beleveth on me : ye though he were deed/ yet shall he ly ve : and whosoever liveth/ and beleveth on me/ shall never deye. Belevest thou this ? She sayde vnto hym/ ye lorde : I beleve thatt thou arte Christ the sonne off God/ which shall come into tiie worlde. And as sone as she soo had sayde she went her waye/ and called 13 her sister secretiy sayinge : The master is come and calleth for the. She as sonne as she herde thatt/ arose quick- ly/ and cam vnto hym. Jesus was not yet come into the toune : but was in the place were Martha mett hym. The iswes then which were with her in the housse/ and comforted her (when fliey sawe Mary that she rose vppe hastely/ and went out) folowed her saying : She goeth vnto the grave/ to wepe there. Then when Mary was come/ where Jesus w£is and sawe hym she ^* fell doune at his fete/ saying^ vnto hym : Lorde if thou haddest bene here/ my brother ^d not bene deed. When Jesus sawe her wepe/ and the iewes also wepe/ whych cam with her. He groned in his spr^t/ and '^ vexed hym silfe Euid sayde : Where have ye layed hym ? They sayde vnto hym : Lorde come and se. And Jesus wept. Then sayde the iewes : Beholde howe he loved hym. Some ofF them sayde : Coulde not he which openped the eyes of the blynde/ have i® made also/ that this man shulde not have deyed ? Jesus agayne gronynge in hym silfe cam to the grave/ it was a cave/ scad a stone layde on it. Jesus sayd : Take ye awaye the stone. Martha (the sister of hym that was deed) sayde vnto him : Lorde " by this tyme he stenketh. For he had bene deed foure dayes. Jesus sayde vnto her : Sayde I not vnto the/ that if thou is diddest beleve/ thou shuldest se the glory of God. Then they toke awaye the stone from the place where the deed was layde. Jesus lifte vppe his eyes and sayd : Father i* I geve the thankes " Even nowe [Nowe, G.] I knowe, Gen. Bps. ^ T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps- add — Marie. " Commeth nye unto his feete, Cr. " Was aorye within himselfe, Cov. Was troubled in himselfe, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. " Caused, Bps. " Ahreadie, Cov. Gem. " Wouldest, Bps. " Thanke thee, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. S Sfo, cib. Siie ffiospell of S. JJon. be cause that thou hast herde me/ I knewe wele that thou hearest me all wayes : but because of the people that stonde by I sayde it/ that they myght beleve/ that thou hast sent me. And when he thus hed spoken/ he cryed with a loud voyce/ Lazarus come forthe/ 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 his face was bounde with a napkyn. Jesus sayde vnto them : loose hym/ and lett hym goo. Then many of the Jewes which cam to mary/ and had sene the thynges which Jesus did/ beleved on hym. But some off them went their wayes to the pharises/ and tolde them what Jesus had done. Then gadered the hye prestesand pharises a counsetl and sayde : what ^^ do we .' This man doeth many miracles. Yf we lett hym ^ scape thus all men will beleve on hym. And the romaynes shall come and take away ^ oure countre and people, And won of them named. Cayphas: which was the hye prest that same yeare/ sayde vnto them : Ye perceave nothynge att all nor yett consider that it is ^ expedient for vs/ that won man deye for the people/ -and 25 not that all the people perisshe. This spake he nott of hym silfe : butt beynge hye preste that same yeare/ prophesied he that Jesus shulde deye for the people/ and not for the people only : but what he shulde gad- der to gedder in won the children of Grod which were scat- tered abroode. From that daye ^ kept they a counsell to gedder for to put hym to deeth. Jesus therfore walked no more openly amonge the iewes : butt went his waye thence vnto a countre ny to a wildernes into a cite called effraym/ and there ^ haunted with his dis- ciples. The iewes ester was neye att bond/ and many went out of the countre vppe to Jerusalem before the ester to purify them selves. Then ^ sought they for Jesus, and spake bi- twene them selves as they stode in the temple : What thynke ye ^ seynge he commeth not to the feast. The hye prestes '^ Grave clothes, Cr. Bps. Grave bonds, T.Jtf. Bandes, GeM. [These versions omit what follows ] ^' Shall we do. Gen. ^ Thus alone, Gen. ^ Our land and people, Cov. Our roome and the people, Cr. Bp«. Our place and nation. Gen. *■ Better, Con. » That the whole nation perishe not. Gen. ^ They tooke [helde, T. M.}, counsayle, T. M. Cr. Bps. They consulted. Gen. <" Had his being. Cm. Continued, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Stoode they up and asked for Jesus and spake among themselves in the temple, Cov. 29 That he cometh not, Cov. Gen. ffije ffiospell of S. Sjjon. fflj. pff. and pharises had geven a commaundment that yf eny man knew where he were/ he shulde shewe it that they myght take hym. aijje ):fj. Ctjajjter. 'T'HEN J^us ^ before sixe dayes of ester/ cam to bethany where Lazarus (which was deed) was/ whom Jesus rays- ed from deeth. There they made him a supper/ and Martha served : butt Lazarus was won of them that sate at the table with hym. Then toke Mary a pounde ^ off oyntment called nardus/ perfecte and precious/ and anoynted Jesus fete/ and wept his fete with her heer/ and all the housse ^ smelled off the savre off the oyntment. Then sayde won of his disciples named Judas iscariot/ Simons sonne/ which afterwarde be- trayed hym : why was not this ojmtment solde for thre hond- rede pence/ and geven to te povre .-' This sayde he/ not that he cared for the pover : butt be cause he was a thefe/ and kept the bagge/ euid bare'that which was geven. Then sayde Jesus : Lett her alone/ agaynst the daye off my buryinge she kept it. The povre all wayes shall ye have with you/ butt me shall ye nott all wayes have. Moche people off the iewes had knowledge that he \was there. And they cam nott for Jesus sake only/ butt tHat they myght se Lazarus also whom he raysed from deeth. The hye prestes* *held a counsell that they myght put Lazarus to deeth also/ be cause that for his sake many of the iewes went awaye/ and beleved on Jesus. On the ^ morowe moche people which cam to the feast (when they herde that Jesus shulde come to Jerusalem) toke braunches off palme trees and went and mett hym/ and cryed Hosianna/ '' blessed is he that in the name of the lorde com- meth/ kynge of israhell. Jesus ^ gott a yonge asse and sate theron/ acordynge to that wich was written : feare nott dough- ter of Sion : beholde thy k3mge commeth sittynge on an asses coolte. These thynges vnderstode not his disciples at the fyrst : but when Jesus was glor)rfied/ then remembryd they that soche thynges were written of hym/ and that soche thynges they had done vnto hym. ' Six dayes before Ester [Passover, G.] , Cr. Gen. ' Of pure and costly nardus, Cov. Of spikenarde, very costly, Gen. Sps. 3 Was filled with the odour [aavoure, T.M. G.J T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. * T. M. Gen. add — therefore. ' Were advised, Cov. Consulted, Gen. ' Nexte day, Cr. Bps. ' Blessed is the king of Israel, that Cometh, etc, Gen. ' Founde, Gen. Bps. go. cb. E!)e (Roaftll of S. Jliion. The people that was with hym/ ^ when he called Lazarus out off his grave/ and raysed hym from deeth/ '* bare recorde. Therfore met hym the peple/ be cause they herde that he had done soche a myracle. The pharises therfore sayde amonge them selves : ii Ye se that we prevayle no thynge : loo all the worlde goth after h)rm. There were certayne grekes amonge them/ which cam to praye at the feast/ the same cam to Philip which was of Bethsayda a cite in galile/ and desired hym sayinge : Syr we wolde fayne se Jesus. Philip cam and tolde Andrew, and agayne Andrew and Philip tolde Jesus. And Jesus answered them sayinge : the houre is come that the sonne of man must be glorified. verely verely I saye vnto you/ excepte the wheate come fall into the groimde and deye/ it bydeth alone, yf it deye/ it brengeth forth moche frute. He that loveth his life shall 12 destroye it : And he that hateth his lyfe in this worlde/ shall kepe it vnto lyfe eternall. Yf eny man mynister vnto me/ lett hym folowe me/ and where I am there shall also my min- ister be. And if eny mem minister vnto me/ hym will my father honoure. Nowe is my soule troubled/ and what shall I saye ? Fath- er 13 delyvre me from this houre : but therfore cam I vnto this houre. Father glorify thy name. Then cam there a voyce from heven/ I have glorified if and will glorify it agayne. Then sayde the people that stode by and herde/ 1* it thoundreth. ther sayde : an angell spake to hym. Jesus answered and sayde : this voyce cam nott be cause of me : but for youre sakes. Nowe 1* is the iudgement of this worlde. nowe shall the prynce off this worlde be cast out a dores. And I (yf I were lifte vppe from the erthe) will drawe all men vnto me. This sayde Jesus signifyinge what deeth he shulde deye. The people answered hym : We have herde '^ of the lawe that Christ bydeth ever : and howe sayest thou then that the sonne of man must be lifte vppe ? who is that sonne of man ? Je- sus sayde vnto them : yett a lytell whyle is the light with you : walke whill ye have light/ lest the darcknes come on you. He that walketh in the darke/ wotteth not whither he goeth. ^ Bare witnesse that he called Lazarus, etc. Gen. '° Commend- ed the act, Cov. ^' Perceive ye howe we [ye, G. B.] prevaile nothing, .SU the Vers. "' Loose, Gen. Sps. " Save me, Gere. Bps. " It was a thunder, Gen. '* Goeth the judgment, Cov. '« Oute of, T. M. Cr. Gen Bps, Whyll ye have light/ beleve on the light that ye may be the children of light These thynees spake Jesus and departed/ and hid hym silfe from them. And fliough he hade done soo many myracles before them/ yet beleved not they on hym/ that the saymge of Esayas the prophet myght be fulfilled/ that he spake. Lorde who i'' shall beleve oure sayinge ? And to whom ys the arme oiTthe lorde i^ decltired ? Therefore coulde they not be- leve/ be cause that Esaias saj^h agajme : He hsith blinded their eyes/ and hardened their hertes/ that they shuld not se with their eyes/ jmd vnderstond with their hertes/ and shulde be converted and I shulde heale them. Soche thynges sayde Esaias when he sawe hys glory/ and spake of him. Neverthelesse amonge the chefe rulers many beleved on hym/ but be cause of the pharises they ^^ wolde not be knowen off it/ lest they shulde be ^ excommunicate. For they loved the piayse ^* [that is geven] off men/ more then the prayse/ 21 [that commeth] of god. Jesus cryed and sayd : he that beleveth on me beleveth nott on me/ butt on hym that sent me. And he that seeth me/ seeth him that sent me. I am come a light into the worlde that who- soever beleveth on me shulde nott byde in darcknes/ and yf eny memfaeare my wordes and beleve nott' I iudge hym not. For I cam not to iudge the worlde : but to save the worlde. He that ^ putteth me awaye/ and receaveth nott my wordes/ hathe won that iudgeth hym. The wordes that I have spoken shall iudge hym in 3ie last daye. For I have not spoken off my silfe : but my father which sent me gave me a commaundment what I shulde ^ saye/ and what I shulde speake. And I knowe wele that his commaundment ys lyfe everlastynge. Whatsoever I speake therfore/ ^ even as my father bade me/ so I speake. eije i:ffr. ffijaptet. "DEFORE the feast off ester when Jesus knewe that hys houre ■'-' was come/ thatt he shulde departe out of this worlde vnto the father. ' When he loved his which were in the worlde/ vnto the ende he loved them. And when supper wets ended/ " Beleeved our report [preaching, C. sayinge, B.1, Cov. Gen. Bps. '8 Beveiled, Ge». " Did not confesse him, Gea. Bp». » Fut out of the synagogue, Gen. Bps. " Cr. Gen. Bps. omA, ^ Refii- seth me, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. '" Do and say, Cm>. " I speake them so as the Father said unto me. Gen. > Forasmuch as, etc. Gen. jfo. cbj. ffije ffiosjell of S. SJon- 2 after that the devyll had put in the hert off Judas iscariot Simons sonne/ to be traye him. Jesus knowynge that the father had geven him all thinges into his hondes. And that he was come from God, and went to God/ he rose from sup- per/ and layde a syde hys vpper garments/ and toke a towell/ and gyrd hym silfe. After that poured he water into a basyn/ and began to washe hys disciples fete/ and to wyppe them with the towell/ where with he was gyrde. Then cam he to Simon Peter. And Peter sayde to him : Lorde ^ shalt thou wesshe my fete ? Jesus answered and sayde vnto hym : what I do tiiou wottest nott nowe/ thou shalt knowe here after. Peter sayd vnto hym : Thou shalt * nott wesshe my fete [whill the worlde stondeth.] Jesus an- swered him : yff I ^ washe not thy fete/ thou shalt have no part with me. Simon Peter sayde vnto hym : Lorde nott my fete only/ butt also my hondes and my heed. Jesus sayde to hym : he that is wesshed/ nedeth not but to wesshe his fete/ but is clene every whit/ And ye are clene : butt nott ^11. For he knewe ^ his betrayer. Therfore sayde he : ye are not all clene. After he had wesshed their fete/ and '' receaved his clothes/ and was sett doune agayne/ he sayde vnto them : wot ye what I have done to you .' ye call me master and lorde/ and ye saye well/ for soo am I. Yf I then youre lorde and master have wesshen youre fete/ ye alsoo ought to wesshe one an- others fete. For I have geven you an ensample/ that ye shulde do as I have done to you. Verely verely I saye vnto you/ the servaunt is not gretter then hys master. Nether ^ the messenger gretter then he that sent hym. Yf ye vnderstonde these thynges/ happy are ye yf ye do theig. I speake not off you all/ I knowe whom I have chosen. But that the scripture be fulfilled : he that eateth breed with me/ Hath lifte vppe his hele againste me. Nowe tell I you before it come : that when yt is come to passe/ ye myght beleve that I am he. Verely verely I saye vnto you : ^ He that receaveth whomsover I sende/ receaveth me. And he that receaveth me/ receaveth hym that sent me. When Jesus had thus sayde/ he was i'' troubled in his sprete/ and testified saying : verely verely I saye vnto you/ that won/ ^ And that the devill, etc. Gen. ^Doest thou, Cr. Gen. Bps. ••Never washe my feete, Cr. Gen. Bps. C. G. B. omit what follows. * Washe thee not, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. « Who it was, should be- traye him, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Had taken. Gen. * An apostle, Cot. The ambassador. Gen. ' If I sende any, he that receaveth him receiveth me. Gen. '" Heavie, Cov. JEJe eSospell of S. 3H)on. ffij). ):ttf off you shall betraye me. Then the disciples loked won on another doubtinge of whom he spake. There was one of his disciples which leaned ii on Jesus besome/ whom Jesus loved. To hym beckened Simon Peter that he shulde axe who it was off whome he spake. He then as he leaned on Jesus brest sayde vnto hym : Lorde who ys it ? Jesus answered/ he yt ys to whom I geve a soppe/ ^^ [when I have dept hit.] And he wet 13 a soppe/ and gave ytt to Judas iscarioth Simons sonne. And Eifter the soppe Satan entred into hym. Then sayde Jesus vnto hym : thatt thou dost do quycly. " That wist noo man at the table/ for what ^^ intent he spake vnto hym. Some off them thought/ be cause Judas had the bagge/ thatt Jesus had sayd vnto hym/ by those thynges that we have nede of against the feast : or that he shulde geve somethynge to the povre. As sone then as he had receaved the soppe/ he went immediately out. And it was nyght. When he was gone out* Jesus sayde : nowe is the sone of man glorified. And God is glorified by hym. Yf God be glori- fied by him/ God shall also glorify him/ in him sylfe : and shall strayght waye glorify hym. 18 Deare children/ yet a lytell whyle am I with you. Ye shall seke me/ and as I sayde vnto the iewes whither I goo/ thither can ye nott come. Alsoo to you saye I nowe. A newe commaundment geve I vnto you/ that ye love i'' to ged- der/ as I have loved you/ that even soo ye love one anodier. By thys shall men knowe that ye are my disciples/ yf ye shall have love won to another. Simon Peter sayd vnto hym : lorde whither goest thou ? Jesus answered hjTii : whither I goo thou canst not folowe me nowe/ thou shalt folowe me af- terwardes. Peter sayd vnto hym lorde why cannot I folowe the nowe .' I will i^ geve my lyfe for thy sake. Jesus an- swered hym : Wilt thou geve thy lyfe for my sake } Verely verely I saye vnto the/ 2ie cocke shall nott crowe/ till thou have denyed me thiyse. " Coj). adds — at the table. On him, Cr. " Cr. omits. ''The breade, Cr. •'' But none of them that were at table, knewe, etc. Gen. " Cause, Gen. '" Little, Cr. Gen. Bps. " One.an- other, Gen. [So post ch. xv.] '* Jeoparde, Cr. Bps. Lay downe, Gen. [So vs. 38.] JFo. cMf. SJe fflospell of S. 3(Soti. SSe jrfffj. ffijaptet. A ND he sayde vnto hys disciples : Lett nott youre hertes be "^ trubled/ 1 beleve in God/ and beleve in me. In my fath- ers housse are many ^ mansions. If it were not soo/ 1 wolde have tolde you. I goo to prepare a place for you. 3 1 will come agayne/ and receve you even vnto myselfe/ that where I am/ theare maye ye be also. And whither I goo ye knowe/ and the waye ye knowe. Thomas sayde vnto him : Lorde we knowe not whyther thou goest. *Also howe is it possible for vs to knowe the Waye .' Jesus sayde vnto hyra I am the waye/ verite/ and lyfe. No man commeth vnto the father/ but by me. Yf ye had knowen me ye had knowen my father alsoo. And ^ nowe ye knowe hym. And ye have sene hym. Phillip said vnto him : lorde shew vs ^thy father and it sufEseth vs Jesus sayde vnto hym : '' have I bene so longe time with you : and yet hast thou not knowen me } Philip/ he that hath sene me/ hath sene the father. And howe sayest thou then : shewe vs ^ the father .' Belevest thou nott that I am in the father/ and the father in me > The wordes that 1 speake vnto you/ 1 speake not of my silfe : but the father/ dwellinge in me is he that doeth the workes. Beleve that I am in the father/ and the father in me. ' Att the leest beleve me for the very workes sake. Verely verely I saye vnto you whosoever beleeveth on me/ the workes that I doo/ the same shall he do/ and gretter workes then these shall he do/ be cause I go vnto my father. And whatsoever ye axe in my name/ that will I do/ that the father might be ^ glorified by the sonne. Yf ye shal axe eny thynge in my name I will do it. Yf ye love me kepe my commaundmentes/ and I will praye my father/ and he shall geve you a nother comforter/ that he maye byde with you ever/ ^" which is the sprete of truthe whome the worlde cannot receave/ be cause the worlde se3rth him not* nether knoweth hym. Butt ye knowe him/ For he ' Ye beleeve in God ; beleeve, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. " Dwelling places, Gen. Bps. ^ T.M. Cr. Gen. Bps. add — And if I go to prepare a place for you. * And how can we knowe, etc. Gen. Bps. 5 From henceforth, Gen. « The father, T. M. Cr. Bps. ' I have bene, etc. Gen. ^ Thy father, Gen. ' Praised, Cov. '" Even the spirite, Cr. Gen. Bps. Srte ®osf ell of S. Si)on. ®fi. r:rrf{. dwelleth with you/ and shalbe in you. I will nott leave you comfortlesse : I will come vnto you. Hit is yet a litell whyle and the worlde sejrth me JJoo moare : but ye shall se me. i^ For I live/ and ye shall live. That daye shall ye knowe that I am in my father/ and ^^ my father in me/ and I in you. He that hath my commaundmentes/ and kepeth them/ the same is he that loveth me/ and he that loveth me shalbe loved of my father/ and I will love him/ and will showe myne awne silfe vnto him. Judas sayd vnto him (not Judas iscarioth) lorde 13 what is the cause that thou wilt shewe thy silfe vnto vs/ and not vnto the worlde ? Jesus answered and sayde vnto hym : yf a man love me ** and wyll kepe my sayinges/ my father also will love him/ and we woll come vnto hym/ and wyll dwell wyth hym. He that loveth me not/ kepeth nott my sayinges. And the wordes which ye heare are nott myne/ but my fathers/ which sent me. This have I spoken vnto you beynge yett present with you. But that comforter which ys the holy gost (whom my father wiU sonde in my name) shall teache you all thynges/ and brynge all thynges to youre remembraunce/ whatsoever I have tolde you. Peace I leve with you/ my peace I geve vnto you. Nott as the worlde geveth/ geve I vnto you. Lett not youre ^^ hertea be greved/ nether feare ye. Ye have herde hdwe I saide vnto you : I goo and come agayne vnto you. Yf ye loved me/ ye wolde verely reioyce/ be cause I sayde/ 1 goo vnto the father. For the father is gretter then 1/ And nowe have I '^ shewed you/ before it come/ that when it is come to passe/ ye myght beleve. Here after will I not talke many wordes vnto you. For the i'' chefe ruelar offthys worlde commeth/ and hath nought in me. But that the worlde maye knowe that I love my father/ And as my father gave me commaundment/ even soo do I. Ryse lett vs goo hence. " Because I live, ye [and ye, B.] shall live also, Gen.Bps. "You in me, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. " What is doone, Cr. Bos. " He wyll kepe, Cr. Gen. Bps. " Harte be troubled nor feare [neither let itfeare, B.], Gem. Bpg. " Spoken unto, Gen. "Ruler, T.M. Prince, Cr. Gen. Bps. Sfo. tlifff. ffijje ffiosjpdl oe S. 3i)on. STJe ):b. ffijajter. T AM the true vyne/ and my father ys an husbande man. Every braunche that beareth nott frute in me/ He i will take awaye. And every braunce that beareth frute will he pourge that it maye bringe moare frute. Nawe are ye clene/ *be the meanes of the wordes which I have spoken vnto you. Byde in me/ and I in you. As the braunche cannot beare frute oifit sylfe/ excepte it byde in the vyne : no more can ye excepte. ye abyde in me. I am the vyne/ and ye are the braunches. He that abydeth in me/ and I in hym/ the same bryn^eth forth moche frute. For without me can ye do nothynge. YfT a man byde nott in me/ he y« cast forthe as a braunche/ and is widdred : and men gadder them/ and cast them into the fyre/ and they biime. YiTye byde in me/ and my wordes also bide in you : axe what ye will/ and it shalbe geven you. Heeire in is my father glorified/ that ye beare moche frute/ and be made my disciples. As my father hath loved me/ even soo have I loved you. Continue in my love. Yf ye shall kepe my commaundmentes/ ye shall byde in my love/ even as I have kept my fathers commaundmentes/ and byde in his love. These thinges have I spoken vnto you/ that my ioye myght remayne in you/ and that yoiire ioye myght be ^ full. Thys ys my commaundment/ that ye love togedder as I have loved you. Gretter love then this hath no man/ ^ then that a man bestowe his lyfe for his frendes. Ye are my frendes/ yf ye do whatsoever I com- maunde you. Hence forth call I you nott servauntes : For the servaunt knoweth nott v>rhat hys ^ lorde doeth. Butt you have I called frendes : For all thynges that I have herde of my father/ 1 have ^ openned to you. Ye have not chosen me/ but I have chosen you and or- deyned you that ye 'goo/ and bringe forthe frute/ and that youre frute remayne/ that whatsoever ye shall axe off my father in my name he shulde geve it you. This commaunde I you/ that ye love to gedder. Yf the worlde hate you/ ye knowe that he hated me before he hated you. Yf ye were of the worlde/ the worlde wolde love/his awne. Be cause ye are not of the worlde/ but I have chosen ' Shall cut off, Cov. = Through the worde, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Perfecte, Cov. * When any man bestoweth, Gen. * Master, Gen. [So vs. 20.] * Made known, Gen. Bps. SrSe ®o»peU of S. 3\ion. fflj). r*'?- you out of the worlde/ therfore hateth you the worlde. Re- member my sayinge/ that I sayde vnto you : the servaunte is not gretter then his lorde. yf they have persecuted me/ so will they persecute you Yff they have kept my sayinge/ so will they kepe youres. But ail these thynges will they do vnto you for my names sake/ be cause they have nott knowen hym that sent me. Yf I had not come and spoken vnto them/ they shulde have no synne : butt now;e have they '^ nothynge to cloke theyr synne with all. He that hateth me/ hateth my father. Iff I had nott done workes amonge them which none other man did/ they shulde be with oute synne. But nowe have they 8 sene/ and yet have hated bothe me and my father : ^ Even thatt the sayinge myght be fulfilled that is written in theyre lawe. They hated me with outt a cause. Butt when the comforter is come/ whom I will sende vnto you from the fa- ther/ wich is the sprete of verite/ which proceadeth off the father/ he shall testifie off me. And ye shall beare witnes also/ because ye have bene with me from the begynynge. STJe V'oU ®5)aptet. 'T'^HESE thynges have I sayde vnto you because ye shulde ■*- nott be hurte in youre fayth. They shall excomunicat you/ ye the tyme shall come/ thatt whosoever kiUeth you/ will thynke that'he doeth God true service. And 'suche thyngea will they do vnto you/ because they have not knowen the fa- ther nether yet me. These thynges have I tolde you/ that when that houre is come/ ye i shulde remember them/ that I tolde you so. These thynges sayde I not vnto you a^the be- gynnynge/ be cause I was present with you. Butt nowe goo I my waye to hym thatt sent me/ and none of you axeth me : whither goest thou ? but be cause I have sayde suche thynges vnto you/ youre hertes are full off sor- owe. Neverthelesse I tell you the trueth it is expedient for you that I goo a waye. For-yf I goo nott a waye/ that com- forter will nott' come vnto you. iff I departe I will sende hym vnto you. And when he is come/ he will rebuke the worlde off synne/ and of rightwesnes/ and ofyiudgement. Of synne/ because they beleve not on me : Of rightwesnes/ ' No cloke for their sinne, Gen. ^ Both seene and hated, G«n. Bps. ° But this hapeneth, Cr. But (this commeth to passe), Bps. But it is, Gen. ' May remember then that I told you, Cr. Bps. JFo. ctp. SSie (SosfeU of S. Sfjwn. be cause I goo to my father/ Eind ye shall se me no moare : And of iudgement/ be cause the ^chefe ruelerof this worlde/ is iudged alredy. I have yet many thynges to saye vuto you : but ye cannot beare them awaye nowe. ^ When he is wons come (I meane the sprete of verite) he will leade you into all trueth. He shall nott speake of hym silfe : but whatsoever he shall heare/ that shall he speake/ and he will shewe you thynges to come. He shall/^lprify me/ for he shall receave of myne/ and shall shewe vnto you. All thynges that my father hath ar myne. Therefore sayd I vnto you that he shal take of mine and shewe vnto you. ■* After awhyle ye shall not se me/ and agayne * after a whyle ye shall se me : For T goo to my father. Then sayd some of his disciples bitwene them selves : what is this that he sa5rth vnto vs/ after a whyle ye shall not se me/ and agayne after a whyle ye shall se me : and that I goo to my father. They/sayde therfore : what is this that he say th after a while ? we S-ciannot tell what he saith. Jesus perceaved/ that they wolde axe hym/ and sayde vnto them : ^ This is it that ye en- quyre of bitwene youre selves/ that I sayd/ after a whyle ye shall nott se me/ and agayne after a whyle ye shall se me. Verely verely I saye vnto you : ye shall wepe and lament/ and the worlde shall reioyce. Ye shall sorowe : but youre sorowe shalbe tourned to ioye. A woman when she traveyleth hath sorowe/ be cause her houre is come : but as sone as she is delivered off her chylde she remembreth no moare her anguysshe/ for ioye that a man is borne in to the worlde. And ye nowe are in sorrowe : butt I will se you agayne : and youre hertes shall reioyce/ and youre ioye shall no man take from you. And in that daye shall ye axe me '' no question. Verely verely I saye vnto you/ whatsoever ye shall axe the father in my name/ he will geve it you. Hetherto have ye axed no thinge/ in my name. Axe and ye shall receave it ; that youre ioye maye be full. These thinges have I spoken vnto you in ° proverbes. The tyme will come when I shall no moare spake to you in ^ pro- verbes : but I shall shewe you playnly ^ from my father. At that daye shall ye axe in myne name. And I saye not vnto ' Prince, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Howbeit when he is come, which ia the spirit of truth, Cr. Gen. Bps. * A little while and, etc. Gen. [So post.] ' Knowe not, Gen, * Ye inquire of this, Cr. Doe ye enquire among. Gen. Bps. ' Nothing, Gen. * Parables, Gen. [So vs. 29.] 9 Of the father. Gen. Bps. you that I will i« speake vnto my father for you. For my fa- ther hym silfe loveth you/ be cause ye have loved me. and beleved that I cam out from god. I went out from the father/ and cam into the worlde : f leve the worlde agayne/ and go to the father. His disciples sayd vnto h3an : Ipo nowe speakest thou playn- Ty/ and thou vsest no proverbe. Nowe knowe we that thou vnderstondest all thinges/ and nedest not that eny man shulde £txe the 11 [eny question.] Therfore beleve we that thou camst from god. Jesus answered them : i^ Nowe ye do beleve. Beholde the houre i* draweth nye/ and ys alredy come/ that ye shalbe scatered ev^ty man ^* his wayes/ and shall leave me alone. And yet am I not alone. For my father is with me. These wordes have I spoken vnto you that in me ye myght have peace. In the worlde shall ye have '^tribulacion : but be of good cheare/ 1 have overcome the worlde. dtje yWf. ffi!iniit«;. 'TPHESE wordes spake Jesus and lifte vppe his eyes to hev- en/ and sayde : father the houre is come glorify thy Sonne that thy sonne maye glorify the. As thoii hast geven hym power over all flesshe/ that he shulde geve eternall life to 1 as many as thou hast geven him. This is Ufe eternall that they myght knowe the ^ that only very God : and whom thou hast sent Jesus Christ. I have gloryfied the on the erth. I have fynyssheed the workes whych thou gavest me to do. And nowe glorify me thou father ^ in thyn awne presence/ with the glory which I had with the yerre the worlde was. I have declared thy name vnto the men whych thou gavest me out off the worlde. Thyne they were/ and thou hast geven them me/ and they have kept thy sayinges. Nowe have they knowen that all thinges whatspver thou hast geven me/ are of the. For I have geven vnto them the wordes which thou gavest me/ and they have receaved them/ and have knowen surely that I cam out from the : and have beleved that thou diddest send me. ^ [I praye for them.] I praye not for the worlde : but for •° Pray, Gen. Bps. " Gen. omits. " Do ye beleeve nowe ? Gen. Bps. " Commeth, Gen. " To his owne, Cr. Gen. Bps. '° Affliction, Gen. ' All them that, etc. Ge». * The only true God and Jesus Christ, etc. Cr. Bps. ' With thine owne selfe, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. * Cr. omits. T Sfo. ty:. SrjE ffiospell of S. SJon. them which thou hast geven me/ for they are thyne/ and all myne are thyne/ and thyne are myne/ and'I am glorifyed in them. And now am I no moare in the worlde/ hut they are in the worlde/ and I come to the. Wholy father ° kepe in thyne awne name them which thou hast geven me/ that they maye be one as we are. Whyll I was with them in the worlde/ I kepte them in thy name. Those that thou gavest me/ have I kepte/ and none of them is lost/ but ^ that lost chylde/ that the scripture myght be fulfilled. Nowe come I to the/ and these wordes speake I in the worlde that they myght have my ioye "^ full in them. I have geven them thy ^ doctryne/ and the worlde hath hated them/ be cause they are not of the worlde/ even as I am not of the worlde. I desyre not that thou shuldest take them out the worlde : but that thou kepe them from evyll. They are not off the worlds/ as I am not of the worlde. Sanctify them ^ in thy trueth. Thy sayinge is verite. As thou diddest send me into the worlde/ even soo have I sent them into the worlde/ and for their sakes sanctify I my sUfe/ thatt they also myght be sanctified thorowe the trueth. I praye not for them alone : but for them also which shall beleve on me thorowe their preachynge/ that they all maye be one/ as thou father arte in me/ and I in the/ that they maye be alsoo one in vs/ that the worlde maye beleve that thou hast sent me. And that glory that thou gavest me I have geven them/ that they maye be wone/ as we are wone. I am in them and thou arte in me/ that they maye be made perfecte in won/ and that the worlde maye knowe that thou hast sent me/ and hast loved them/ as thou hast loved me. Father I will that they which thou hast geven me/ be with me where I am/ that they maye se my glory which thou hast geven me. For thou hast loved me i" before the makynge of the worlde O righteous father ^^ the very worlde hath nott knowen the : butt I have knowen the and these have knowen that thou hast sent me. And I have declared vnto them thy name/ and will declare iv that the love wher with thou lovedst me/ be in them/ and I be in them. * Keepe through, etc. Cr. Bps. Keepe them in thy name, eeen them, etc. Gen. " The childe of perdition, Gen. ' Fulfilled, Gen. Bps. «WoTdes,T.M.Cr.Gm.Bps. [So G. vs. 20.] ^With, T. M. Gem,. Through, Cr. Bps. '" Or ever the worlde was made, Cov. Before the foundation, etc. Gen. Bps. " The worlde also, Cr. Gen. Bps. SJe ffiospell ot S. 3\mn. fflj- jAttf. ffije v'Mf;. (ffiSaptet. '^I^/'HEN Jesus had spoken these wordes/ he went forth ~ ' with his disciples over the broke Cedron/ where was a garden/ into the which he entered with his disciples (Judas Sso wich betrayed hym knewe the place/ for Jesus often tymes resorted thither with his disciples) Judas then after he had re- ceaved a bonde off men/ and ministers of the hy prestes/ and of the pharises cam thither with i lanterns/ and ^ fyerbrondes/ and we pens. Then Jesus knowyuge all thynges that shulde come on hym/ went forth and sayde vnto them : whom seke ye ? They answered hym : Jesus off nazareth. Jesus sayde vnto them : I am he. Judeis also which betrayed him stode by with them. As sone as he had sayd vnto them I am he/ they went backe wardes and fell to the grounde. He axed them agayne: whome seke ye ? They sayde : Jesus off Nazareth. Jesus answered/ ^ I sayde vnto you/ 1 am he. Iff ye seke me/ * lett these goo theyr waye/ That the sayinge myght be fulfilled which he spake : of them which thou gavest have I not lost one. Simon Peter had a swearde/ and drue hym out/ and smote the hye prestes servaunt/ and cut off his right eare. The ser- vauntes name was Malchas. Then sayde Jesus vnto Peter : put vppe thy swearde into the sheath : shall I not drynke of the cuppe which my father had geven me ? Then ^ the com- pany/ and the Captayne/ and the ministers off the iewes/ toke Jesus and bounde hym/ and ledde hym awaye to Anna fyrst : For he was fatherlawe vnto Cayphas/ which was the hye preste thatt same yeare. Cayphas/ was he that gave coun- sell to the iewes that it was ^ expedient that won man shulde deye for the people. Simon Peter folowed Jesus/ and another disciple/ that dis- ciple was knowen of the hye preste/ '^ and went in vnth Jesus into 8 the pallys of the hye preste. Peter stode att the dore with outt. Then wentt outt thatt other disciple which was knowen vnto the hye preste/ and spake ^ to the damsell thatt kept the dore/ and brought in Peter. Then sayd the damsell that kept the dore vnto Peter : Arte nott thou wone off this mannes disciples ? He sayde : I am nott. The servauntes Emd the ' Cressets, Cov. ' Torches, Gen. Bps. ' I have told you, Cr. Bps. * Cr. Gen. Bps. add — therefore. * The bande. Gen. 6 Good, Cov. 7 Therefore be went, Gm, « The hall, Gen. ' To her, Gen. jfo. crj. Cije CKospell of S. 3(j)on. ministers stode there/ and had made a fyre off coles. For it was colde/ and they warmed them selves. Peter also stode amonge them and warmed hym silfe. The hye preste axed Jesus of his disciples/ and of his doc- trine. Jesus answered hym : I spak openly i" in the worlde. I ever taught in the sinagoge and in the temple whither ^^ all the iewes resorted : and in secrete have I sayde nothynge : why axest thou me ? Axe them whiche herde me what I sayde vnto them. Beholde i^ they can tell what I sayde. When he had thus spoken/ one of the ministers which stode by/ smote Jesus 13 on the face sayinge : Answrest thou the hye preste soo ? Jesus answered hym : Yf L have evyll spoken/ beare witnes of the evyU : yf I have well spoken/ why smytest thou me ? ^* Annas sent hym bounde vnto Cayphas as the hye preste. Simon Peter stode and warmed hym silfe/ and they sayde vnto hym : Arte not thou also won of his disciples ? He de- neyed itt/ and sayde : I am not. Won of the servauntes of the hye preste (his cosyn whose eare Peter smote of) sayde vnto hym : did not I se the in the garden with hym J Peter denyed it agayne. And immediatly the cocke crewe. Then ledd they Jesus from Cayphas into i5 the housse of iudgement. Hit was in the moraynge/ and they them selves went not into the iudgement housse lest they shulde be defyl- ed/ butt that they myght eate ^^ Pascha. Pilate J;hen went oifte vnto them and sayde : What accusacion brynge ye agaynste this man .' They answered and sayde vnto hym : Iff he were nott an evyll doar/ we wolde not have dely vered hym vnto the. Then sayd Pilate vnto them : ^^ take hym vnto you/ and iudge hym after youre awne lawe. The iewes sayde vnto hym. It is nott lawful! for vs to putt eny man to deeth. That the wordes of Jesus myght be fulfilled which he spake/ signifyinge what deeth he shulde deye. Then Pilate entred into the iudgement housse agayne/ and called Jesus/ and sayd vnto him : Arte thou kyiige of the iewes ? Jesus answered : sayst thou that off thy sylfe/ or did other tell ytt the of me ? Pilate answered : Am I a iewe ? Thyne awne nacion ein hye prestes have delivered the vnto '" To the worlde, Gen. Bps. '■ The Jewes resort continually, Gen. '*They knowe, Gere. "With his rod, Gen. Bps. 1* Now Annas had sent him, Gen. Bps. '* The common hall, Cov. Gen. Hall of judgment, T. M. Cr. Bps. [So post \a.nd ch. lix. 9.] '* The Paschal lamb, Cov. T. M. The passeover, Cr. Gen. Bps. — " Take ye him, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. SJe ffiosfell o£ S. 3FJ)on. ©!)■ ):ri:. me. What hast thou done? Jesus answered : my kyngdome is not of this worlde. Yff my kyngdome were of this worlde then wolde my ministers suerly fight/ that I shulde not be de- lyvered to the iewes/ but nowe is my kyngdome not from hence. Pilate sayde vnto hym : Arte thou a kynge then ? Jesus answered : Thou ^^ sayst that I am a kynge. For this cause was I borne/ and for this cause cam I into the worlde/ that I shulde bears witnes vnto the trueth. All that are of the trueth heare my voice. Pilate sayde vnto hym : i* what is trueth. And when he had sayde that/ he went out agayne vnto the iewes/ and sayde vnto them : I fynde in him no ^ cause at all. Ye have a costume amonge you/ that I shulde delyvre you won loose at ester, will ye that I loose vnto you the kynge of the iewes. Then cried they all againe sayinge : Not him/ butt Barrabas. ^^ Barrabas was a Robber. ffijje jrfj:. ffijapter. nPHEN Pilate toke Jesus and scourged hym. And the sou- diers i wonde a croune offthomes and put it on his head. And they did put on hym a purple garment/ and sayd : hayl kynge off the iewes. And they smote hym ^ on the face. Pilate went forthe agayne/ and sayde vnto them : beholde I brynge him forth to you/ that ye maye knowe that I fynde no faute in hym. Then cam Jesus forthe wearynge a croune of thomes/ and ^ a robe of purple. And Pilate sayd vnto them : Beholde the man. When the hye prestes and ministers sawe him/ they cryed sajdnge : crucify him/ crucify hym. Pilate sayde vnto them. Take ye hym and crucify hym : For I fynde no cause in hym. The iewes answered hym : We have a lawe/ and by oure lawe he ought to deye : be cause he made hym silfe the sonne of God. When Pilate herde that sayinge/ he was the moare afrayde/ and went agayne in to the iudgment house/ and sayde vnto Jesus : whence arte thou .' Jesus gave hym none answere. Then sayde Pilate vnto hym : Speakest thou not vnto me .' Knowest thou nott that I have power to crucify the/ and have power to loose the .' Jesus answered : Thou coudest have no '8 gayest it, for I am a King, Cov. " What thinge is truth, T. M. Ct. so Faulte, Bps. ^i yet [The same, Cr. Nowe this, G.] Barabbas was a raurtherer, Cov. Cr. Gen. ' Platted, Gen. ' With roddes, Gen. Bps. ' A purple garment. Gen. J^o. cjrff, ffije ffitospea of S. SJon. power att all agaynst me/ except it were geven vnto the from above. Therfore he that delivered me vnto the/ ■* is moare in synne. And from thence forthe sought Pilate meanes to loose hym : but the iewes cryed sayinge : yf thou ^ lett hym goo/ thou arte not Cesars frende. Whosoever maketh him silfe a kynge/ ^ is agaynst Cesar. When Pilate herde that sayinge he brought Jesus forthe/ and sate downe "^ to geve sentence/ in a place called the pave- ment : Butt in the he brue tonge/ Gabbatha. ^ (jjitt -(vas the saboth even which falleth in the ester fest/ and aboute the sixte houre) And he sayde vnto the iewes : Beholde youre kynge. They cryed/ awaye with hym/ awaye with h)rm/ Crucify hym. Pilate sayde vnto them : Shall I crucify youre kynge .' The hye prestes answered : We have noo kynge but Cesar. Then delivered he hym vnto them to be crucified. And they toke Jesus and ledde hym awaye. And he bare his crosse/ and went forthe into a place ^ called the place of deed menns sculles (which is named in hebrue/ Golgatha) where they crucified hym. And with hym two other : on ether syde won/ and Jesus in the myddes. Pilate wrote his title/ and put it on the crosse. The wrytynge was/ Jesus off nazareth/ kynge off the iewes. This tytle reed many off the iewes. For the place where Jesus was crucified/ was neye to the cite. And it was written in hebrue/ greke/ and latyn. Then sayde the hye prestes off the iewes to Pilate : wryte nott/ kynge off the iewes : butt that he sayde/ 1 am kynge of the iewes. Pilate answered : what I have written/ that have I written. The soudiers/ when they had crucified Jesus/ toke his gar- mentes and made foure partes/ to every soudier a parte/ and also his coote. ^^The coote was with out seme ^^ woven vp- pon thorowe and thorowe. And they sayde won to another : Let vs nott devyde it : butt cast lootes who shall have it. That the scripture myght be fulfilled which say th : They parted my 12 rayment amonge them/ and on my coote did cast lottes. And the soudiers did soche thynges in dede. There stode by the cross of Jesus his mother/ and his moth- * Hath the more [greater, G.] sinne, Cr. Gen. Bps. * Deliver, Gen. * Speaketh, Gen. Bps. ' In the judgment-seat, Gen. Bps. * It was the preparynge day of the Easter, Cr. It was the prepara- tion ot the Passover, Gen. Bps. * Named of dead mens Sculles, Gen. Which is called the place of a skull, Bps. "> As for the coat, it was not sowed, wrought from above thorow and thorow, Cov. " Wrought upon throughout, T. M. Cr. Woven from the top through- out, Gen. Bps. " Garments, Cov. Gen. ffijje ffiosflell of S. SJon. «!). vfl-'- ers sister/ Mary the wyfe offCIeophas/ and Mary magdalene. When Jesus sawe his mother/ and the disciple stondynge whom he loved/ he sayde vnto his mother : Woman beholde thy Sonne. Then sayde he to the disciple : beholde thy mother. And from that houre the disciple toke her '^ for his awne. After that when Jesus perceaved that all thynges were per- formed/ that the scriptures myght be fulfyled : he sayde : I thyrst. There stode a vessell full off veneger by. They fill- ed a sponge with venegre/ and i** wonde it about with ysoppe/ and put it to his mougth. As sone as Jesus had receaved of the venegre/ he sayd : It is fynnesshed/ and bowed his heed/ Eind gave vppe the goost. The iewes then be cause it was the ^^ saboth even that the bodyes shuld not remayne apon the crosse on the saboth daye (For that saboth daye was an hye daye) besought Pilate that their legges myght be broken and that they myght be taken doune. Then cam the soudiers and brake the legges of the fyrst/ and of the other which was crucified with Jesus. When they cam to Jesus and sawe that he was deed alredy/ they brake not his legges : butt one off the soudiers with a speare/ 1^ thrust hym into the syde/ and forth with cam there out blude £ind water. And he that sawe it bare recorde/ and his recorde is true. And he knoweth that he sayth true that ye myght beleve also. These thinges were done that the scripture shulde be fulfilled : 1^ Ye shall not breake a boone of him. And agayne another scripture sayeth : They shall loke on hym/ whom they pearsed. After that/ Joseph off Aramathia (whych weis a disciple of Jesus : but secretly for feare off the iewes) besought Pilate that he myght take doune the boddy off Jesus. And Pilate gave him licence, i^ And there cam also Nicodemus which ^8 att the begynnynge cam to Jesus by nyght/ and brought of mirre and aloes mingled to gedder aboute an hundred pounde wayght. Then toke they the body of Jesu and ^o wonde it in lyjonen clothes with those ^i confeccions as the manner " Unto him, Cov. Home, unto him. Gen. Unto his owne house, Bps. '■' Put it about an hyssope stalk [upon hyssope, B.], Gen. Bps. '* Preparing of the Sabboth, Cr. Bps. Preparation, Gen. [So V3. 42.] " Pierced his side. Gen. " Not a bone of him shall be broken. Gen. Bps. '^ Cr. Gen. Bps add — He came there- fore and took the body of Jesus. " First, Gen. ** Wrapped , Gen. 2' Odours, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. So. cpttj. Ejie etfoBjiell Df S. SJon. of the iewes is to bury. In the place where Jesus was cruci- fied/ was a garden/ and in the garden a newe sepulcre/ wherin was never man layde. There layde they Jesus be cause of the iewes saboth even/ for the sepulcre was nye at honde. STjE XP ®i)a3Pter. 1 'T'HE morowe after the saboth daye cam Mary raagdalene erly when it was yet darcke/ vnto the sepulcre/ and sawe the stone ^ rowled awaye from the ^ toumbe. Then she ranne/ and cam to Simon Peter/ and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved/ and sayde vnto them : They have taken awaye the lorde out off the toumbe and we cannot tell where they have layde hym. Peter went forth and that other disci- ple/ and cam vnto the sepulcre. They ranne bothe to gether/ and that other disciple did out runne Peter/ and cam fyrst to the sepulcre. And he stouped doune and sawe the lynnen clothes/ yet went he not in. Then cam Simon Peter folow- ynge hym/ and went into the sepulcre/ and sawe the lyrmen clothes lye/ and the * napkyn that was aboute hys heed nott l3rtnge wyth the lynnen clothes/ but wrapped togedder in a place by yt sylfe. Then went in also that other disciple whych cam fyrst to the sepulcre/ and he sawe and beleved. For as yett they knew nott the scriptures/ that he shulde ryse agayne from deeth. And the disciples went awaye agayne/ 5 vnto their awne home. Mary stode with out att the sepulcre wepynge : As she wept/ she bowed her sylfe into the sepulcre and sawe two angels clothed in whyte sittyng the one att the heed/ and the other at the fete/ where they had layde the body of Jesus. They sayde vnto her : woman why wepest thou ? She sayde vnto them : They have tEiken awaye my lorde/ and I wote not where they have layde him. When she had thus sayde/ she turned her sylfe backe and sawe Jesus stondynge/ and knew not that it was Jesus. Jesus sayde vnto her : woman why wepest thou ? Whom sekest thou ? She supoosynge that he had bene the gardener/ sayde vnto hym : Syr if thou have borne him hence tell me where thou hast layde him/ and I will take hym awaye. Jesus sayde vnto her : Mary. She ' Upon one daye of the sahboths, Cov. The first daye of the sab- both [sabboths, C. weeke, G.], Cr. Gen. Bps. [So vs. 19.] *> Ta- ken away, T, M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Grave, Cr. Bps. [So vs. 2 ] ■• Kerchefe, Gen. * Together, Cov. SSe ffiospell of S. JJon. ffiS. n- turned her sylfe/ and sayde vnto hym : Raboni which is to saye master. Jesus sayde vnto her : louche me not/ for I have nott yet ascended to my father. Butt goo to my breth- ren and saye vnto them/ 1 ascende vnto my father/ and youre father : my God/ and youre god. Mary magdalene cam and tolde the disciples that she had sene the lorde/ ^'and that he had spoken soche thinges vnto her. The same daye at nyght/ which was the morowe after the saboth daye/ when the dores were shutt (where the disciples were assembled to gedder for feare of the iewes) cam Jesus and stode in the myddes/ and sayd to them : peace be with you. And when he had so sayde/ he shewed vnto them his hondes '^ [and his feate]/ and his syde. Then were the disci- ples glad when they sawe the lorde. He sayde vnto them agayne : peace be with you. As my father sent me/ even so send I you. When he had sayde that/ he * blewe on them/ and sayde vnto them : Receave the holy goost : whosoever synnes ye rem)rt/ they are remitted vnto them : And whoso- ever synnes ye retayne/ they are retayned. Thomas one off the twelve/ called didimus/ was not with them when Jesus cam. The other disciples sayd vnto hym : we have sene the lorde. And he sayde vnto them : except I se in his hondes the prent of the neyles/- and put my fynger in the ^ holes off the nayles/ and thruste my honde into hys syde/ 1 will not beleve. And after viij. dayes agayne/ the disciples were within/ and Thomas was with them. Jesus cam when the dores were shet/ and stode in the myddes and sayde : peace be with you. Then sayde he to Thomas : put in thy fynger here/ and se my hondes/ and put forth thy honde and diurst hym into my syde/ and be nott i" wyth out fayth : but beleve. Thomas answered and sayde vnto hym : i^ my lorde/ and my God. Jesus sayde vnto hym : Thomas because thou hast sene me/ therefore hast thou beleved : Happy are they that have not sene/ and yet have beleved. And many other signes did Jesus in the presence of his dis- ciples/ which are not written in this boke. These are writ- ten that ye myght beleve that Jesus is Christ the sonne of God. and that ye in belevynge myght have life thorewe his name. " And suche thinges hath he spoken unto me, Cov. ' T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. omit. « Breathed, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. » Print, Gem. >» Faithlesse but beleeving [faithful, G.] , T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. " Gen. adds (in small type) — Thou art. Sfo. cptb. JSjje eKoBpell ot S. Ston. A FTER thatt Jesus shewed hym silfe agayne ^ at the see "^ oftiberias. And ^on this wyse shewed he him silfe. There were to gedder Simon Peter emd Thomas/ which is called Didimus : and Nathanael of Cana a cite of galile/ and the sonnes off Zebedei/ and two other off the disciples/ Simon Peter sayde vnto them : I goo aiysshynge. They sayde vnto hym/ we also wyll goo wyth the. They went their waye and entred into a shippe strayght waye/ and that nyght caught they noo thynge. When the mornynge was nowe come/ Je- sus stode on the shore/ Neverthelesse the disciples knewe not that it was Jesus. Jesus sayde vnto them : Syrs/ have ye eny meate ? They answered hym noo. And he sayde vnto them : cast out youre nett on the right syde of the shippe/ and ye shall fynde. They cast out/ and anon they were not able to drawe it for the multitude of fysshes. ^ Then sayde the disciple whom Jesus loved vnto Peter : It is the lorde. When Simon Peter herde that it was the lorde/ he gyrde his * man- tell to hym (for he was naked) and sprange into the see. The other disciples cam ^ by shippe : For they were nott farre from londe/ butt as it were two hondred cubites/ And they drewe the net with fysshes. As sone £is they were come to londe/ they sawe hoot coles layde and fisshe laye ther on/ and breed. Jesus sayde vnto them : brynge of the fisshes which ye have nowe caught. Simon Peter stepped forthe and drewe the nett to londe full of greate fisshes/ an hondred and -liij. And 8 for all there were so many/ yet was not the net broken. Jesus sayde vnto them : come and dyne. And none of the disciples durste axe hym : '' what arte thou ? For they knew that it was the lorde. Jesus then cam and toke breed/ and gave them/ and fisshe lykwyse. And this is nowe the thyrde tyme that Jesus ^ apered to his disciples/ after that he was rysen agayne from deeth. When they had dyned/ Jesus sayde to Simon Peter. Si- mon 8 Joanna/ lovest thou me more then these ? He sayde vnto him : ye lorde/ thou knowesU that I love the. He sayde vnto hym : fede my lambes. He sayde to hym agayne the seconde tyme : Simon Joanna/ lovest thou me } He sayde ' Gen. Bps. add— to his disciples. ' Thus, Gen. ^ Therefore, Gen. * Coa.t, Cr. Gen. Bps. * In a Uttle shippe, Bps. * Al- beit, Gen. ■> Who, Gen. Bps. « Shewed himselfe. Gen. ' The Sonne of Jona, Gen. [So post.l Jtt)e ffinspell of S. JJon. ffij. rvh vnto hym : ye lorde thou knowest that I love the He sayde vnto hym : fede my shepe. He sayde vnto hym i" [the thyrde tyme] : Simon Joanna/ lovest thou me ? Peter sorowed be- cause he sayde the thyrde time/ lovest thou me/ and sayde vnto hym : Lorde/ thou knowest all thynge/ thou knowest that I love the. Jesus sayde vnto hym, fede my shepe. Verely verely I saye vnto the/ when thou wast yonge/ thou gerdedst thy silfe/ and walkedst whither thou woldest. but when thou arte olde/ thou shalt stretche forthe thy hondes/ and a nother shall gyrde the/ and leade the whither liiou wold- est not. That spake he signifyinge by what deeth he shulde glorify God. And when he had sayde thus/ he sayd to hym Folowe me. Peter turned about/ and sawe that disciple whom Jesus loved folowynge (which also lened on his brest at super) and i^sayde : lorde which is he that shall betraye the ? When Peter sawe hym/ he sayde to Jesus : Lorde what shall ^^ he here do .' Je- sus sayde vnto h3rm : Yf I wiU have hym to tary tyll I come/ what is that to the ? folowe thou me. Then went this say- inge abroode amonge the brethren/ that that disciple shulde nott deye. And Jesus sayde nott to hym/ he shall not deye/ butt yff I will that he tary tyll I come/ what is that to the ? The same disciple is he/ which testifieth off these thynges/ and wrote these thynges. And we knowe/ thatt hys testymony is true. There are also many other thynges which Jesus did : the which yff they shulde be written every won/ 1 suppose the worlde coulde not contayne the bokes that shulde be written. J^tte erCOeVt) tte ®ros))ell oS Saintt Jliion. '" Cov. omits. " Had said, Gen. " This man do, Gen. He do, Bps. ^ctes off tfte ^po&tU&, 2Ci)t {first C^^aptet. ^ 3f IS" my fyrst treatise (^ Deare frende Theophilus) 3 1 5C have written off all that Jesus began to do and teache/ vntill the daye in the whiche he was taken vp/ after that he thorowe the holy goost/ had geven cominaundementes vnto the Apostles/ whiche he chose : to whom also he ■* shewed hym silfe alive/ after ^ his passion ^ by many '' tokens/ ^ aper- ynge vnto them fourty dayes/ and spake vnto them off ^the kyngdom of god/ and gaddered them to gedder/ and com- maunded them/ that they shulde not departe from Jerusalem : but to wayte for the promys of the father/ wher of ye have herde off me. For Jhon baptised vryth water butt ye shalbe baptised with the holy goost/ and that wyth in this feawe dayes. When they were come togedder/ they axed of hym/ say- inge : Master wUt thou at this tyme restore agayne the kyng- dom 1" of israhel .' He sayde vnto. them : It is not for you to knowe the tymes or the seasons which the father hath putt in hys awne power : butt ye shall receave power '^ off the holy goost which shall come on you. And ye shalbe ^^ witnesses vnto me in Jerusalem/ and in all iewery/ and in samary/ and even vnto the i^^orldes ende. ' I have made the former treatise [book, B.], Gen. Bps. ' O [Deare, C] Theophilus, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' We have spoken, Cr. * Presented, Gen. * That he had suffered. Gen. * Cr. Bps. add — and that. ' Gejt. adds — infallible. * Being seen of them, Ge». • Gen. adds — those thinges which appertaine to. '" To, T. M. Gen. Bps. " After that the holy ghost, etc. Cr. Bps. Of the holie ghost, when he, etc. Gen. " My witnesses, Cov. " Uttermost parts of the earth, Gen. ESe Slctes of tSe Apostles. ffij. f. And when he had spoken these thynges/ whyll they behelde he was taken vp/ ^* and acloude receaved hym vp out of their sight. And i^ as they fastenned their eyes in heven/ as he went/ loo two men stode by them in white i^ clothynge/ which also sayde : ye men of galUe/ why stonde ye gasynge vp into heven ? This same Jesus which is taken vp from you in to heven/ shall soo come/ even eis ye have sene hym goo into heven. Then returned they vnto Jerusalem from mount olivete/ which is neye to Jerusalem/ conteynynge a saboth dayes ior- ney. And when they were come in/ they went vp into "a parler/ where abode both Peter and James/ Jhon and Andrew/ Phillip and Thomas/ Bartlemew and Mathew/ James the sonne off Alpheus/ and Simon Zelotes/ and Judas James ^^ sonne. These all continued with one acorde/ in prayer/ and supplica- cion with the wemen/ and Mary the mother off Jesu. And with his brethren. And in those dayes Peter stode vp in the myddes of the disciples and sayde (The ^^ noumbre off names ^ were aboute an hondred and twenty) Ye men and brethren/ thys scripture must nedes be fulfilled which the holy goost thorow the mought of David spake before of Judas/ which was gyde to them that toke Jesus. For he was noumbred with vs and obtayned felliship in this ministracion. And he hath ^i nowe possessed a plott of grounde with the rewarde off iniquyte. And when he ^ w£is hanged/ brast a sondre in the myddes/ Euid all his bowels gusshed out. And it is knowen vnto all the inhabi- ters off Jerusalem. In somoche that that felde is called in their ^ mother tonge/ Acheldema/ that is to saye the ^^ bloud felde." Hit is written in the boke off psalmes/ His habitacion be voyde/ and noo man dwellynge therin : and his ^ bishopricke lett another take. Wherfore off these men which have com- panyed with vs (all the tyme that the lorde Jesus ^ went out and in amonge vs/ begynnynge att the baptim of Jhon vnto '< Cr. Bps. add — on hie. '^ While they looked steadfastly to- wards [up to, T. M.}, r. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. >« Apparel, T. M. Or. Gen. Bps. " An. upper chamber, Gen. '* Brother, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Company of names, Cm. *> T. M. Cr. Bps. add— that were together. Gen. — in one place. *' Purchased a fielde. Gen. Bps. ^ Had hanged himselfe, Cov. Had throwen downe him- selfe headlong, Gen. ^ Owne language. Gen. ** Bloudy fielde, T. M. Cr. Fielde of blood. Gen. Bps. ^ Charge, Gen. ^ Had al his conversation, Cr. Was conversant. Gen. U JFo. cirbf. 2[J)e Slctes of tjbe SljiostUs. the same daye that he was taken vp from vs) must one ^ [be ordeyned to] be a witnes with vs of his resurreccion. And they apoynted two/ Joseph called Barsabas (whose symame was Justus) and Mathieis. And they prayed sa- ynge : Thou lorde whiche knowest the hertes of all men/ shewe whether thou hast chosen of these two/ that the one maye tEike the roume of this ministracion/ and aposdeshippe from the which Judas ^ by transgression fell/ that he myght aoo to his awne place. And they gave forthe their lottes/ and the lott fell on Mathias. And he was ^ counted with the eleven apostles. SSe seconle fflSapter. "Y^HEN ^ the fyftith daye was ^ come/ they were all with one accorde ^ [gaddered togedder] in won place. And sodenly there cam a sounde from heven as it had bene the commynge off a myghty wynde/ and it filled all the housse where they sate. And there apered vnto them cloven tonges/ ■* as they had bene fyre/ and it sate apon eache off them : and they were all filled with the holy goost' and began to ^ speake with other tonges/ even as the sprete gave them vtteraunce. There were dwellynge at Jerusalem iewes/ ^ devoute men/ which were off all nacions vnder heven. When this "> was noysed aboute/ the multitude cam togedder and were astony- ed/ be cause that every man herde them speake in his awne tounge. They wondred all/ and marveylled sajdnge amonge them selves : ^ Loke/ are not all these which speake off gal- ile } And howe heare we every man ^ his awne tounge wherein we were boren .'' Parthians/ Medes/ and Elamytes and the inhabiters of Mesopotamia/ off Jury/ Capadocia/ Pon- thus/ and of Asi^/ Phrigia/ Pamphlia/ and of Egipte/ and off the parties off Libia/ which is besyde Syrene/ and straungers off Rome/ Jewes and Proselites/ i" Grekes and Arabians : We have herde them speake with oure awne tounges the ^^ greate workes off god. They were all amased/ and i® wondred say- " Cov. omits. Of them be made, Gen. ^ Hath gone as- tray, Gen. ^ Gem. adds — by common consent. ' Whit- sunday, Cov. The day of Pentecost, Gen. Bps. * Come to an end, Cr. ^ Gen. Bps. omit. T. M. Or. omit — gathered. ■• Like fire, Gen. * Preach, Cov, * Men that feared God, Cov. Gen. ' Voice came to passe, Cov. * Beholde, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Our owne language, Gen, "• Cretes, Gen. Bps. " Wonder ful, Gen. Bps, " Doubted, Gere. Were in a doubt, Bps. SCSe Stctes of tje Stpostlca. fflj. ff. inge won to another : what ^^ meaneth this ? O ther mocked them sayinge ; They are full of i* newe wyne. Peter '^ stepped forth witHthe eleven/ and lift vp his voyce/ and sayde vnto them : Ye men off Jewry/ and all ye that in- habit Jerusalem : be this knowen vnto you/ and ^^ with youre eares heare my wordes. these axe nott dronken/ as ye I'' wene/ For itt is yet butt the thyrde houre off the daye : but this is that which was spoken by the prophet Johell : Hit shalbe in the last dayes (sayeth God) of my sprete I will poure out apon all flesshe. And youre sonnes/ and youre doughters shall prophesy/ youre younge men shall se visions. And youre olde men shall dreme dremes. And on my ser- vauntes/ and on my honde maydens I will poure out off my sprete in those dayes/ And they shall prophesy. And I will shewe wonders in hevena hove/ and tokens in the erth be nethe/ bloud and fyre/ and the vapour off smoke. The sun shalbe turned into darkness/ and the mone into bloud/ before that greate/ and that notable daye of the lorde come. And the tyme shall come that whosoever shall call on the name of the lorde/ shalbe saved. Ye men off Israhel/ heare these wordes. Jesus of Nazareth/ a man approved off God amonge you with myr- acles and wondres/ and signes which God did by him in the myddes off you/ as ye youre selves knowe : hym have ye taken '^ by the hondes of vnrightewes persones/ after he was delivered by the determinat counsell and fore knowledge of God/ and have crucified and slayne hym/ whom god hath raysed vpp and lowsed the sorrowes of deeth/ be cause it was vnpossible that he shulde be holden of it. David speaketh of hym : ^^ [Afore honde/] sawe I God alwayes before me : For he is on my right honde/ that I shulde nott be moved. Therfore did my hert reioyce/ and my tonge was glad. Moro- ver also/ my flesshe shall rest in hope be cause thou shalt not leve my soul in ^ hell/ nether shalt suffre ^i thy saynt to se corrupcion. Thou hast shewed me the wayes of lyfe/ Thou «halt make me full off ioye with thy countenance. Men and brethren/ 22 lett me frely speake vnto you of the patriarke David : ^ For he is both deed and buryed/ and his sepulcre remayneth with vs vnto this daye. Therefore sence " May this be, Gen. ^* Sweet wine, Cov. " Standing, Gen. Bpg. " Let my words enter in at your ears, Cuv. Hearken to, Gen. Heare, Bps. " Suppose. T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. " By wicked hands. Gen. Bps. '' Gen. Bps, omit. ""ITie grave. Gen. [So vs. 31.] " Thine holy, T. M. Cr. Thine holie one, Gen. Bps. «« I maye boldly. Gen. ^ That he is, Gm, jfo. cjrbff. ffSc SIctca of tje apostles. he was a prophet/ and knewe that God had ^ sworne with anothe ta hjm/ that ^ the frute of his loynes shulde sit on his seate : ^ He ^'' sawe before/ and spake of the resurreccion of Christ/ that his soule shulde not be lefte in hell : nether his flesshe shulde se corrupcion. This Jesus hath God raysed vppe/ where of we all are witnesses. Sence nowe that he by the right honde of god exalted is/ and hath receaved off the father the promys off the holy goost/ he hath sheedforthe that which ye nowe se and heare. For David is not ascended into heven/ but he sayde : The lorde sayde to my lorde sit on my right honde/ vntill I make thy fooes/ thy fote stole. So therfore lett all the housse of Israhel knowe for a surety/ that God hath made ®^ the same Jesus whome ye have crucifyed/ Lorde and Christ. When they herde this/ they were pricked in their hertes/ and sayd vnto Peter/ and vnto the other apostles : Ye men and brethren/ what shall we do ? Peter sayde vnto them : ^ Repent and be baptised every one off you in the name of Jesus Christ/ For the remission offsynnes/ and ye shall receave the gyfte oif the holy goost. For the promys was made vnto you/ and youie chyldren/ and to all that are afarre/ even as many as cure lorde God shall call. And with many other wordes ^o bare he witnes/ and exhorted them saying : Save youre selves from this ^^vntowarde generacion. They thatglad- ly receaved hys preachynge were baptised/ And the same daye/ there were added ^ vnto them aboute a thre thousande soules. And they continued in the Apostles doctrine and fellyshippe/ and in breakynge of breed/ and in prayer. And feare cam over every soule. And many wondres and signes were shew- ed by the apostles. ^ All that beleved ^^.gaddered them to- gedder/ and had all thynges common. And soldo their pos- sessions and 35 goddes/ and parted them to all men/ as every man had nede. And they- continued dayly with one acorde in the temple/ and brake breed ^6 in eveiy housse/ and ate their ^ Promised, him, Cov. ^ Christ, as concerning the fleshe, shoulde come of the fruite of his loins, and should set, Cr. Of the fruit, etc. he would raise up Christ concerning the flesh, to set him, etc. Gen. Bps. ^ (In that Christ shoulde ryse agayne in the flesh), T. M. 27 Knowing this before, Cr. Gen. ^ Both Lorde and Christ, this Jesus, / say, etc. Gen. ^ Amende yourselves, Gov. Repent of your sins, G««. ^ He besought, Gere. ^' Fro- ward. Gen. ^^ Unto the Church, Gen. ^ Cov. adds (in smaller type)^at Jerusalem ; and great feare came upon all men. '■• Kept themselves, etc. T. M. Cr. Were in one place. Gen. Were together, Bps. ^ [i. e. goods.] ^ From house to house, Cr. Bj/s. At home, Gen. ase actes of tje Slpostles. ©9- ffi- meate to gedder with gladnes/and singlenes of hert praysynge god/ and had faveour with all people/ and the lorde added to flie congregacion dayly them that shulde be saved. STJe fff. ffijapter. TJETER and Jhon went vp to gedder into the temple at the nynthe houre ^ of prayer : and there was a certayne man Shalt from his mothers wombe/ whom they brought and 3 layde at the gate of the temple called beautifuU/ to axe his almes of them that entred in to the temple. When he sawe Peter and Jhon/ *that they wolde in to the temple/ he desyred to receave an almes/ Peter ^ fastened his eyes on hym with Jhon and sayde : loke on ' vs/ and he gave hede vnto them/ trustinge to receave some thynge of them. Then sayd Peter : Silver and golde have I none/ suche £is I have geve I the. In the name of Jesu Christ off' Nazareth/ ryse vppe and walke. And he toke hym by the right honde/ and Me him vppe. And immediatly his -* fete and anclebones receaved strenght/ and he '' sprange/ stode/ and also walked/ and entred with them into the temple walkinge/ and leapynge/ and laudynge god. And all the people sawe hym walke and laude God. And they knewe hym/ thatt ytt was he whiche ^ sate and begged at the beautifuU gate of the temple. And they wondred/ and were sore astonnyed at that which had happened vn- to him. As the halt whych was healed helde Peter and Jhon/ all the people ranne amased vnto them in Solomons ^ hall. When Peter sawe that/ he answered vnto the people : Ye men off Jsrahell/ why marvayle ye at this .' Or why loke ye SCO stedfastly on vs/ as though by oure awne power/ or 1" holynes we had made thys man goo ? God off Abraham/ Ysaac/ and Jacob/ the God off oure fathers hath glorified hys Sonne Jesus/ whom ye i' betrayed/ and denyed in the pres- ence of Pilate/ when he had iudged hym to be lowsed : but ye denyed the holy and iust/ and desyred that he shulde geve you a mortherer/ and kylled the lorde off lyfe whom god hath ' To pray, Cov. ' A creeple, Gen. Lame, Bps. [So vs. 11.] ^ Layde dayly, Cr. Gen. Bps. * That they would enter [go into, C] Cr. Gen. About to go into, Bps. * Earnestly beholding him, GeJi. ^ Legs, Cov. ' Leaped up, Gen. Bps. * Sate for the alms. Gen. Bps. ' Porche, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps, '" Deserving, Cov. Strength, Cr. Godlinesse, Gen. Bps. " Delivered, T. M. Cr. V* ffo. tjibftf. Kjje S(tt«s oJ tje SIpostles. raised from deeth/ of the which we are witnesses : And hyB name i^ thorow the fayth off hys name hath made thys man sounde whom ye se and knowe. And the fayth which ys by him/ hath to thys man geven thys ^^ health/ in the presence of you all. And nowe i* brethren I wote wele that thorow ignoraunce ye have done ytt/ as did also youre i* heddes. Butt ^^ God which shewed before by the mougth off all hys prophetes that Christ shulde suffre/ hath thus wyse fulfilled it. i'' Repent ye therfore and i^ tume that youre synnes maye be ^^ done awaye when the tyme of ^ comforte commeth/ ^i [which we shall have] of the presence of the lorde/ and when god shall sends him/ which before was preached vnto you/ that is to wite Je- sus Christ/ whych ^ must heven receave vntill the tyme that all thynges be restored agayne/ which god hatli spoken by the mougth off all hys holy prophetes sence the worlde began. i For Moses sayd vnto the fathers : A prophet shall youre lorde god rayse vp vnto you/ won of youre brethren/ lyke vn- to me/ hym shall ye heare in all thinges whatsoever he shall saye vnto you. For the tyme will come/ that every soule which shall not heare that same prophet/ shalbe ^ exyled from the people. Also all the prophetes from Samuell/ and thence forth as many as have spoken/ have in lykwyse ^ tolde of these dayes. Ye are the chyldren of the prophetes/ and ^5 to you pertayneth the testament that god hath made vnto oure fathers saying to AbrahaVn : Even in thy seede shall all the kynredes of the erth be blessed. **Fyrst vnto you hath god raysed vp his sonne Jesus/ ■ and him he hath sent to blysse you/ that every one off you shulde tume from his ^^ wickednes. '^ Hath made this man-, etc. through the faith, etc. Gen, '^ Dis- position of his whole bodie, Gere. " Deare brethren. Cob. ''Ru- lers, Cr. Bps. Govemours, Gen, " Those thinges which God, etc. Gen. Bps. " Do penance now, Cov. '^ Convert, Cr. Re- verte, Bps. " Blotted out. Gen. *> Refreshing, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. "■ Gen. Bps. omit. *' Must receive heaven, Cov. T. M. Cr, The heaven must conteine. Gen- ^ Destroyed, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Foretolde, Gen. Tolde you before, Bps. ** Of the coveuante which God hath, etc. T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. Tirst when God had raysed up hys sonne Jesus unto you, Cr. " Iniquities, Gen. Bps. Ste Slctes of tj)e Sl|iostIes. ®)l. fftf. fflSe fffj. ffijaptcr. A S they spake vnto the people/ the prestes and the ' ruelar •^ off the temple/ and the saduces cam apon them/ takynge greveousy that they taught the people and preached in the name off Jesus the resurreccion from deeth. And diey layde hondes on them/ and put them in holde vntill the nexte daye. For itt was nowe even tyde. Many of them which herde the wordes beleved/ Eind the noumbre off the men was aboute fy ve thousemde. Hytt chaunsed on the morowe that their ruelers/ and sen- iours/ and scribes/ ® as Annas the chefe prest/ and Cayphas/ and Jhon and Alexander/ and as many as were off the kynred off the bye prest/ were gaddered to gedder at Jerusalem/ and set them * in the myddes/ and axed by what power/ or in what name have ye done this syrs ? Then Peter, full of the holy goost sayd vnto them. Ye ruelars of the people/ and seniours of israhel/ if we this daye are examined of the goode dede done to the * sycke man by what meanes he is made whoale : be ytt knowen vnto you all/ and to all the people of israhel/ that 5 in the name of Jesus Christ of nazareth/ whom ye cru- cified/ and whom god ray^ed from deeth agayne/ ^ thys man stondeth heare present before you whoale. This is the stone 'cast a syde of youbylders which is ^sett in the chefe place of the comer. Nether is there health in eny other. * Nor yet also is there eny other name geven to men wherin we must be saved. When they sawe the boldnes off Peter and John/ and kiiew that they were vnlerned n men and laye people/ they mar- veyUed/ and they knew them/ that they were with Jesu. Se- inge also the man whych was healed stondynge wyth them/ they i^coulde nott saye agaynst yt/ but commaunded them to goo a syde out of the counsell/ And i^ commened amonge > Captaine, Gen. [So ch. v. 24, 26.] ' And Annas, etc. Cr. Bps. Were gathered together at Jerusalem, and Annas, etc. Gm. ^ Be- fore them, AUthe Vers. * Impotent, Gen. * By, Cr. Gen,. Bps. 8 T. M. Cr. Gm. Bps. add— even by him. ' Refused, Cov. Which was sette noughte, Bps. ^ Become the head [chefe, C], Cr. Gen. Is the head, Bps. ° For among men under heaven, there is given none other, etc. Cr. Bps. For among men there is given none other name under heaven. Gen. " And lay men, Cr. . And ignorant menne, Bps. Men and without knowledge. Gen. " Had nothing to say against it, Gen. " Counsayled, T. M. Cr. Bps. Conferred, Gen. Jo. tifty:. SCiJt actes of tje Apostles. them selves sayinge : what shall we do to these men ? For a manyfest signe is done hy them/ and is openly knowen to all them liiat dwell in Jherusalem/ and we cannott denye it : But that it 1* be noysed no father amonge the people/ lett vs thret- en and chaurge them that they speake hence forth to noo man in this name. And they called them/ and commaunded them that in noo wyse they shulde speake or teache in the name off Jesu. Butt Peter and Jhon answered vnto them and sayde/ whither yt be right in the syght of god to i^ obeye you i^ moare then god, iudge ye. For we cannott butt speake that which we have sene and herde. ' Soo threatened they them and lett them goo/ and founde noo thynge howe to punysshe them/ be cause of the people : For all men lauded God for l'' the myracle whych was done. For the man was above fourty yeare olde/ on whom this myracle of healinge was shewed. As sone as they where let goo they cam to their felowes/ and shewed all thatt the hye prestes and seniours had sayde. When they herde that/ with one i^ mynde they lyfte vp their voyces to god and sayde : Lorde/ thou arte God which hast made heven and erth/ the see and all thatt in them ys/ whych 18 by the mougth off thy servaunt David i^ heist sayd : Why did the ^ hethen grudge/ and the people immagen vayne thynges. The kynges off the erth ®i stode vp and the ^^ rue- lars cam to gedder agaynst the lorde/ And agaynst his 23 Christ. For ^ "off a trueth agaynst thy holy chylde Jesus/ whom thou hast annoynted/ bothe Herode and also Poncius Pilate wyth the gentyls/ and the people off Israhel/ gaddered them selves ^ to gedder for to do whatsoever thy honde and thy counsell determened before to be done. And nowe lorde be- holde their threatenynges/ and graunte vnto thy servauntes wyth ^ all confidence to speake thy worde. So that thou stretche forth thy honde that healynge/ and signes/ and won- ders be done by the name off thy holy chylde Jesus. And as sone as they had prayed/ the place moved wheare they were assembled to gedder/ and they were all filled with the holy goost/ and they spake the worde of god boldely. " Break out, Cov. '* Be obedient to, Cov. Hearken to, Cr. Bps. '« Rather, Gen. [So ch. v. 2!).] " That which, Cr. Gen. Bps. '8 Accorde, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ■' Cr. adds— (in the holy ghost) —(our father). »> Gentiles, Gm. *' Assembled, Gen. == Princes,' Cov. ^ Anointed, Cr. « Doubtlesse, Gen. » Cr. adds — (in this Citie). =6 Stedfast boldnesse, Cm. All boldnesse, Gen. Bps. ilSe actes of tje Sljpostles. ®!). b. The multitude of them that beleved/ were off won hertz and off won soule. Also none off them sayde/ that eny thynge off those whych he possessed was his awne : Butt had all thynges commen. And with greate power gave the Apostles witnes off the resurreccion off the lorde Jesu. And grett grace was with them cJl. Nether was there eny amonge them thatt lacked. For as many as were possessors of londes or housses/ soldo them and brought the pryce off the thynges whych were soldo/ and layed ytt doune att the Apostles fete. And distribucion was made vnto every man accordynge as he hade nede. And Joses which was also called of the apostles Barnabas (that is ^ to saye the sonne of consolacion/ beynge a levite/ and off the countre off Cipers) had londe/ and soldo itt/ and layde the pryce doune at the apostles fete. Ej)c b. fflijapter, A CEETAYNE man named Ananias with Saphira his ■^ wyfe soldo a possession/ and kepte awaye parte of the pryce (his wyfe also beynge of counsell) and brought a cer- tayne parte and layde itt doune att the apostles fete. Then sayde Peter : Ananias how is it that satein hath filled thyne hert/ thatt thou shuldest lye vnto the holy goost/ and ^ kept awaye parte off the pryce off the ^ lyvelod : 3 ■* Pertayned it not vnto the only ? And after it was soldo/ ^ was not the pryce in thyne awne power .'' Howe is it that thou hast con- ceaved this thynge in thyne herte .' Thou hast nott lyed vnto men/ but unto God. When Ananias herde these wordes/ he fell doune and gave vp the goost. And grett feare cam on all them that these thynges herde. And the yonge men roose vp and *put hym a parte/^and caryed him out/ and bu- ryed hym. Hit fortuned as it were aboute the space of iij. houres after/ that his wyfe cam in ignoraunt of that which was done. Pe- ter sayde vnto her : Tell me/ soldo ye the londe for so moche ? And she sayde : ye for so moche. Peter sayd vnto her : why have ye agreed to geder/ to tempt the sprete off the lorde .' Loo/ the fete off them which have buryed thy husbande are "By interpretation, Gera. To saye, if ye interpret it, Bps. 'With- draw, Cov. ^ Lande, Gen. Possession, Bps. ' Gen. Bps. add — while it remained. * Was it not thyne owne, Bps. ^ Was not ~ Bps. ° Tooke him up, Gen, if 0. ty:x. JTJe Stctes of Hje Apostles. at the dore/ and shall cary the oute/ then she fell doune strayght waye at his fete and yelded up the goost. The yonge men cam in and founde her ded/ and caryed her out and bu- ryed her by her husbande. And grett feare cam on all the congregacion. And on as many as herde it. By the hondes of the Apostles were meiny signes and won- dres shewed amonge the people. And they were all togedder tvyth one acorde in Solomons hall. And of other durst noo man ioyne hym silfe to them : but the people ^ magnyfyed them. The noumbre of them that beleved in the lorde bothe of men and wemen grewe moare and moare in somoche that they brought their sicke into the strettes/ and layde them on beddes and ^ palettes/ that at the lest waye the shadowe off Peter whenhe cam by/ myght shadowe some of them; ' There cam also a multitude out off the cites round about vnto Jerusa- lem/ bryngyng with them their sicke and them whych were vexed with vnclene sprettes. And they were healed every won. The chefe preste arose vp and they thatt were with hym (which is the secte of the Saduces) and were full off indigna- cion/ and layde hondes on the apostles/ and put them in the commen preson : but the angell of the lorde by night openned the preson dore/ and brought them forthe/ and sayde : ^" goo steppe forthe/ and speake in the temple to the people all the wordes of this lyfe. When they herde that/ they entred into the temple erly in the momynge and taught. The chefe prest cam and they that were with him and call- ed a counsel togedder/ and all the seniours off the chyldren off israhel/ and sent to the preson to ^^ fett them. When the ministers cam and founde them nott in the preson/ they cam agayne and tolde sayinge : ^^ The preson founde we shut 13 with all diligence/ and the kepers stondynge with out before the dores : but when we had openned we founde no man with in. When the chefe prest of all and the rueler of the temple/ and the hye prestes herde these thynges/ they doubted off them/ where vnto this wolde growe. Then cam won and shewed them : Loo the men thatt ye ' Helde much of them, Cm. * Barrows, Cov. Couches, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Cr. adds — (and that they might be delivered from their in- firmities.) '" Go your way and step up, Cov. Go and stande and speake, etc. Cr. Bps. Go your way, and stand in the temple and speake, Gen. " Fetch, T. M. Bps. Cause them to be brought, Gen. '* Gen. adds — Certainly. " Sure as was possible, T, M. Gen. Si)e 0[ctes of tiie 0))astUs. €% b. putt in preson stonde in the temple/ and i* preache to the peple. Then went the rueler of the temple with ministers/ and brought them with out violence. For they feared the people lest they shulde have bene stoned. And when they had brought them/ they sett them before the counsel 1. And the chefe preste axed them sayinge : Did nott we straytely com- maunde you that ye shulde not teach in this name ? And be- holde ye have fiUed Jerusalem with youre doctrine/ and ye isjntende to brynge this mans bloud apon vs. Peter and the other apostles answered/ and sayde : We ought moare to obey Gtod then men. The God of oure fath- ers raysed vp Jesus/ whom ye slewe and hanged. on a tre. Hym '■^beinge rueler and a savioure hath god exalted with his right honde/ for to geve repentaunce to Israhell and for- gevenes of synnes. And we are i'' his recordes as concem- ynge these thynges : and also the holy goost* whom God hath geven to them that obey hym. When they herde that i^ they clave asunder/ and ^^ sought meanes to slee them. Then stode there vp won in the counseill/ a pharisey named Ga- maliel!/ ^ a doctour off lawe/ ^^ had in auctorite amonge the people and commaunded ^ to put the apostles a syde a lytell space/ and sayde >nto them : Men of Israhell take hade to youre selves what ye entende to do as touchinge these men. Before these dayes rose vp one Theudas bostynge hym silfe/ to whom resorted .a nombre off men/ about a foure hondred/ which was slayn/ and they all which ^ beloved hym were scatred a broode/ and brought to nought. After this man arose there vp won Judas off Galile/ in the ^ tyme when tri- bute began/ and drewe awaye moch people after him. He also perisshed : and all even as meny as barkened to hym are scattered ^ a brood. And nowe I saye vnto you : refrayne youre selves from these men/ and let them alone : For yff this counsell or werke be of men/ itt will come to nought : but if it be of God/ ye cannot destroye it/ lest haply ye be founde ^ to stryve agaynst " Teaxihe the people, T. M. Cr. Gen. '* Woulde bring, Gen. " Hath God lift up, with his right hand to be, Gen. " Records of [His witnesses concerning, G.] these things which we say, Ct. Gen. '^ It went through the hearts of mem, Cov. They brast for anger, Gere. [So ch. vii.54.] " Thought, Coji. Consulted, Gen. *• A scribe, Cov. '' Had in reputation among, Cr. Honoured of all tlie people. Gen. '^ The apostles to go aside, Cr. To put the apostles forth. Gen. ^ Inclined unto, Cov. Obeyed, Gen. [So G. vs. 37.] " Days of the tribute, Cov. Cr. Gen. » And brought to nought, Gere. '^ Even fighters against God, Gen. JFn. cyfj. dje S(rte0 of tje Apostles. god. And to hym they agreed/ and called the apostles/ and bett them/ and commaunded that they shulde not speake in the name of Jesu/ and lett them goo. And they departed from the counsell reioysynge that they were counted worthy to suffre rebuke for bis name. And dayly in the temple/ and ^ in every housse they ceased nott/ teachynge and preachynge ^ Jesus Christ. arte bf. ffijajtw. I N those dayes as the nombre of the disciples grewe/ there arose a grodge amonge , the grekes agaynste the ebrues/ because theyr wyddowes wer ^ despysed in the dayly ^ myn- ystracion. Then the twelve called the multitude of the dis- ciples to gedder and sayde : it is nott mete that we shulde leave the vroide of god and serve at the tables/ wherfore brethren loke ye out amonge you seven men of honest reporte/ full of the holy goost and wisdom/ ^ which we maye apoynte to ■* this nedfuU busines : but we woU geve oure selves con- tinually to prayer/ and to the ministracion off the worde. And the sayinge pleased the whoale multitude wele. And they chose Steven a man full off fay th/ and off the holy goost/ and Philip/ and Prochorus/ and Nichanor/ and Simon/ and Permenas/ and Nicholas ^ a proselite of antioche/ which they sett before the apostles/ and they prayed and layde their hondes on them. . And the worde of god encreasyd/ and the noumbre of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly/ And a grett com- pany of the prestes were obedient to the faythe. Steven full off faythe and power did grett wonders/ and myracles amonge the people. Then there arose certayne off the Sinagoge/ which are called lebertines/ and Sirenens/ and ^ Alexandrians/ and Cicilians/ and Asians/ and disputed with Steven. And they coulde not resist the wisdom/ and the sprete/ '' with which sprete he spake. Then ^ sent they in men which sayd : we have herde hym speake blasphemous wordes agaynst Moses/ and against god/ and they moved the people/ and the seniours/ and the scribes : and ^ they cam apon hym and caught hym/ ^ From house to house, Gen. ^ Cov. adds — the gospell of. ^ Not looked upon, Con. Neglected, Gen. ' Hand-reacning, Cov. ^ To whom we may commit, Cr. * This business, Cr. Gen. ' A converte, T. M. Cr. Bps. ' Of Alexandria, and of them of Ci- licia and of Asia, Gen. ' By the which he spake, T. M. Which spake, Cr. ' They suborned. Gen. ' Running upon him, Gen. Cte S(ttes of t|)e Apostles. Ki. b(f. and brought him to the counsell/ and brought forth falce wit- nesses whych sayde : This man ceasith not to speake blas- phemous wordes agaynst diys holy place and the lawe/ for we herde hym saye/ This Jesus off Nazareth shall destroye this place/ and slm.Il, chafmge the cwdinances whych Moses gave vnto vs. And all that sate in counsell loked stedfastly on hym/ and sawe hys face as it had bene the face off an angell. STjie MJ. ©Japtet. nPHEN spake the chefe prest : ^ ys ytt even soo ? And he -^ sayde : ye men/ brethren/ and fathers/ barken to. The God off glory apered vnto oure father Abraham whill he was yet in mesopotamia/ before he dwelt in ^ charran/ and sayd vnto hym : come oute of thy contre/ and from thy kynred : and come into the londe whych I shall shewe vnto the. Then cam he out off the londe of caldey : and dwelt in charran. And after that as sone as his father weis deed/ he brought him into this lande/ where in ye nowe dwell/ and he gave him none inheritaunce in it/ no not ^ one fote of grounde. , * And promised that he wolde geve it to hym * and to hys seed after hym/ when as yet he had no chylde. . God verely spake on this wise/ ^ thy seed shalbe ' a dweller in a straunge londe/ and they shall put them in bondage/ and shall entreate them evyll .iiij. c. yeares. And the nacion to whom they shalbe in bondage/ will I iudge (sayde god) and after that shall they come forthe/ and serve me in this place. And gave bym the testament of circumcision/ and he begat Isaac/ and circumcised hym the viij. daye/ and Isaac begat Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarkes. And the patrig.rkes ^ havinge indignacion solde Joseph into Egipte/ 8 and God was wit hym and delivered hym out off all his 1* adversites. and gave hym faveour and wisdom in the sight off Pharao kynge off Egiple/. And Pharao made hym governor over Egipte/ and over all his housholde. Then cam there a derth over all. ii Egipt* and Canaan/ and grett affiiccion/ and our fathers fouiide no sustenaunce. ' Are these things so .' Gere. ^ Haran, Cov. ' The breadtii of a foote, Ml the Vers. * But [Yet, G,] he promised, T. M. Gen. ' To possesse, T. M. Cr. For a possession. Gore. ■ * ^hat his seed should be, etc. Gen. ' A stranger, Cov. ' Moved with envy, Gere. » But, Gere. '» Afflictions, Gere. " T. M. Cr. Gen. add— the land of. [So G, vs, 36.] > V Jfo. tt:y:ti. ffije Sctes of tje SKpostles. When Jacob herde that there was corne in Egipte/ he sent oure father? fyrst' and i^ when he had sent them the secounde tyme/ Joseph was knowen off his brethren/ and Josephs kyn- red was made knowne vnto Pharao. Then sent Joseph '^ and caused his father to be brought and all his kynne/ thre score and ^xv. soules. And Jacob descended into Egipte/ and deyed botihe he and ouie fathers/ and were ^* translated into Sichem/ and were put in the sepulcre that Abraham bought for money of the sonnes of ^^ Emor/ at Sichem. When the tyme off the prornes drue nye (which God had ifi promysed with an othe to Abraham) the people grewe and multiplied in Egipte till another kynge arose which knewe nott off Joseph* The same dealte suttelly with oure kymedr and evyll intreated oure fathers/ and made them to ^'^ cast awaye their chyldren/ that they shulde not remayne aly ve. The same tyme was Moses borne/ and was i^ a propper childe in the sight of God/ which was norisshed vp in his fathers housse thre monethesi When he was cast out Pharoes doughter toke hym vp/ and norisshed hym vp for her awne sonne. And Moses was learned in all manner off wisdom of the Egipcians/ and was mighty in dedes arid in wordes. When he was full forty yeare olde/ it cam into his hert to visit his brethren/ the chyldren off Israhel. And when he sawe one off them suffre wrenge/ he i^ defended hym/ and 2" aven- ged his quarell that had the ■ harme done to hym/ and smote the egipcian. For he supposed hys brethren wolde have vn- derstoude howe that God by his hondes shulde ^i geve them health : butt they vnderstode nott. And the next daye he shewed hym silfe vnto them as they strove/ and wolde have sett them atone agayne saynge : Syrs ye are brethren why hurte ye won- another ? but he that did his neghbour wronge/ thrust hym awaye sayinge : Who made the a ruelar and a iudge amonge vs ? What wflt thou kill me/ as thou diddest the egipcian yester daye .' Then fleed Moses at that worde/ and was. a stranger in the londe off Madian/ Where he begat two sonnes; When .xl. yeares were expired/ there apered to hym in the wUdemes of mounte Sina the angell off the Lorde in a flam '• At the s6couude time, T. M. Cr. Gen. " Cr. adds — a message. " Caryed over, Cr, Removed, Gen. '* Emor and Sychem, Tav. Sonne of Sychem, Cr. Gen. " Swome, T. M. Cr. Gen. " Cast out their young children, T. M. Cr. Gen. '^ Acceptable unto, Cr. Gen. " Helped, Cov. »> Delivered him, etc. Cm). " Save them, T. M. Deliver them, Cr. Give them deliverance, Gen. Si)e Slctes of tj)e Sljpostles. 9t.% bCj. off f^rre in a busshe. When' Moses sawe itt he wondred at the sight/ and drue neare to ^ beholds it. And the voyce off the Lorde spake vnto hjntn: I am the God of thy fathers/ the God of Abraham/ the God of Isaac and the- God off Jacob. Moses trempled and durst not beholde. Thten sayde the Lorde to hym Putt off thy shewes from thy fete/ for the place where thou .stondest is holy grouhde. ^ I have pfeifectly sene the affliccion off my people whych is in E^pte/;and I have herde theyr gronynge/ and am come dourie to deliver them. And nowe come and I will sende the into Egipte. The same Moses whom they forsoke sayinge : who made the a ruelar emd a iudge : God. sent bothe a ruelar and a de- liverer/ by the hcmdes of the angell which apered to hym in the bousshe . This man brought them outtshewynge wonders and signes in Egipte/ and in the reed see/ and in the wilder- nes xl. yeares. This is that Moses which sayde ■ vnto the chyldren off Israhell : A prophet shall youre lorde God rayse vp vnto you of youre brethren lyke vnto me/ hym shall ye heare. This is he that was in the coiigregacion/ in the wildernes with the angell which spake to hym in the moimte Syas.. And with oure^ fathers. Th3ns man receaved the ^ worde of lyfe_to geve vnto vs/ to whom oure fathers wolde not obeye : But ^ cast it from them/ and in their hertes turned backe agayne into Egypte/ sayinge vnto Aaron : Make vs goddes to goo before vs. For we wot nott what is be come of this Moses that brought vs out of the londe off Egipte. And they made a calfe ^ in those dayes/ and offered sacrifice vnto the ymage/ and reioysed in the workes of theyr awne hondes. Then Gtod turned hym silfe/ and gave them vp/ ^ that they shulde worshipp the starres of the dcye/ as it is written in the boke of the prophetes : O ye off the housse off Israhell : ^ have ye geven vnto me offerynges or sacrifice/ by the space off xl. yeares in the wildernes } And ye toke»vnto you the tabernacle off Moloch/ and the starre off youre god Remphan/ ^ figures which ye made to worshippe them. 3* And I will translate you beyonde Babilon. Oure fathers had the tabernacle of testimcmy in wUdemes/ ^ Consider, Gen. ^ I have seene very -well, Cov. I have seene, I have seene, Gen. ** Lively oracles. Gen. . * Refused, Gen. ^ At the same time, Cov. " To serve the host- of heaven, Gen. ^ Gave ye to me sacrifices and meatrofierings, T. M. Cr. Have ye oifered to me slaine beastes and sacrifices. Gen. * Images, Cov, *> Therefore I wil carry yoii away, etc. Gen. So. cjrpfff. Ejie ^Utts of tje ^pstles. as lie had apoynted them speak3aig&' vnto Moses/ that he shulde make it acordynge to the lission that he had sene/ which tabernacle cure fathers receaved/ and brought it in with *i Josue into the possession of the gentyls/ which gentyls/ god drave out before the face of oure fathers vnto the tyme of David/ which founde favour before god/ and desired that he myght fynde a tabernacle for the Gfed off Jacob. ^2 j^nd Solomon bylt hym an hbusse. 33 But he that is hyest of iall dweleth not in temples made with hondes/ as sayth the prophete ; Heven is ray seate/ and erth is my fote stole/ what housse will ye bylde for me sayth the lorde ? or ** what is my restynge place ? hath nott my honde made all these thynges ? Ye stiffenecked and of vncircumcised hertes and ears : ye have always resisted agaynst the holy goost : as youre fathers did/ so do ye. Which off the prophetes liave not youre fa- thers persecuted .' And they have sla)me them/ which shewed before off the commynge off ^s that iust/ whom he have be- trayed and mordred. And ye also have receaved a lawe by the 36 ordinaunce off angels/ and have not kept itt. When they herde tfoe thynges/ their hertes clove a sun- der/ and they gnasshed on hym with their telhe. He beynge full of the holy goost loked vp 3'' with his eyes into heven and sawe the maieste off God/ and- Jesus stondynge on the ryght honde of god/ and sayde : loo/ 1- se the hevens open/ and the Sonne off msui stonde on the ryght honde of god. Then they gave a shute with a loude voyce/ and stopped their eares and ranne apon hym all at once/ and caste hym out off the citie/ and stoned hym. And the witnesses layde doune their clothes att a yonge mannes fete named Saul. And they stoned Steven 38 callynge on and sayinge: Lorde Jesu receave my sprete. And he kneledr doune and cryed with a loude voyce : lorde 39 impute not this synne vnto them//*" [For they wote not what they do.] And when he had thus spoken he fell a slepe. 31 Jesus, Gen. Sps, »» But, T. M. Cr. Gen- Bps. ^ Howbeit the moat High, Gen. ^* Which is the place of rrty rest, Cr. Bps. What place is It that I should rest in ? Gen. ^ That righteous, Cov. ^ Ministration, Cov. Cr. Disposition, Bps. ^ Sted- fastly [T. M. Cr. add— with his eyes] iflto, etc. T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Who called on God and said. Gen. ** Lay not this sinne to their charge, t. M. Cr. Gen, Bps, *" T. M-'Cr; Gen. Bps. omit. ®|(e SIctes of tfje ajiosttes. €% Wff. STJe bftr. ffiijajter. CAUL 1 had pleasure in his deeth. At that tyme was there a grett persecucion agaynst the congregacion which was att Jherusalem/ and they were all scattered abroade thorowout the regions of Jury and Samaria/ except the apostles. Then ^ devout men ^ dressed Steven/ and made grett lamentacion over hym. Saul made havocke off the congregacion en- trynge into every housse/ and drewe out bothe * man and woman/ and thrust them into preson. They that were scat- tered abroade went ^ every where preachyng the worde. Then cam Philip into a cite off Samaria and preached Christ vnto them. And the people gave hede vnto those thynges whych Philip spake wyth one acorde/ in thatt they herde and sawe the miracles which he did. For vnclene spretes cryinge with loude voyce cam out of maey which were possessed off them/ Many taken with palseys/ and many that halted were healed. And there was gret ioye in that cite. There was a certayne man called Simon/ which before tyme in the same cite/ vsed witche crafte and be witched the people/ sayinge that 8 he was a man that coulde do greate thinges. '' Whom they regarded/ from the lest to the grettest sayinge : ^ thys ys that power of god/ which is called grett. Hym they sett moche by/ because of longe tyme wyth sorcery he had ^ de- luded their wittes. As sone as they beleved Phillipes preeich- ynge '* off the kyngdome off God and off the name of Jesu Christ/ they • were baptised bothe men and wemen. Then Simon hym silfe beleved and was baptised/ and continued with Phillip/ and wondred beholdynge the mirades and signes/ which were shewed. When the Apostles which were at Jerusalem herde saye that Samaria had receaved the worde of god : they sent vnto them Peter and Jhon/ which when they were come/ prayed for them/ that they myght receave the holy goost. For as yet he was come on none off them. Butt they were baptised ' Consented unto, Cr. Gen. Bps. ■? C'ertaine men, fearing God, Gen, ' Caryed Steven among them to he buryed, Gen. Caryed Steven together to his buryall, Bps. * Men and women, Cr. Gen. Bpf. 'To and fro, Gere.- ° He himaelfe was some great man, Gen. ' To'whom they gave heede. Gen. [So vs. 11.] ' This man pel- owe, T. JJf.] is the great power of God, T. M. Gen. Bps. 'Be- witched them, Ct. Gen. Bps. Mocked them, T. M. '"The thinges that concerned, Gen. jfo. tfjXb. ffije actes of tSe aj)o»tle». only in the name off n Christ Jesu. Then layde they their hondes on them/ and they receaved the holy goosl. When Simon sawe thatt thorowe layinge on off the Apos- tles hondes on them/ the holy goost was geven: he offered them money sayinge : Geve me also this power/ that «»i whom- soever I laye hondes/ he maye receave the holy goost. Then sayde Peter vnto hym : ^^ Perissh thou and thy money toged- der. For thou i^ wenest that the gyfte of god rnay be obtey- ned with money ? thou hast nether parte nor fellishippe in this busines. For thy hert is not right in the sight of god. Eepent therfore of this thy wickednes/ Eind praye God i^ that the thought off thyne hert maye be forgeven the. For I perceave that thou arte ^^ full of bitter gall/ and wrapped in iniquyte. Then answered Simon and sayde: Praye ye to the lorde for me that none off these thynges whiche ye have spoken fall on me. And they when they had testified/ and preached the worde of the lorde returned to Jerusalem and preached the gospell in many cites of the Samaritans. The angell of the lorde spake unto Phillip sayinge : Aryse and goo i^towardes midde daye vnto the waye which leadeth from Jerusalem vnto Gaza/ i'' which is in the desert. He arose and went on/ and beholde a man off ethiopia i®. which was gelded/ and i^ of grete auctorite with Candace qune of the ethiopians/ which had the rule off all her treasure/ cam to Jerusalem for to praye. as he returned home agayne sittynge in his charett he redde Esay the prophet. The sprete sayde vnto Philip : Goo neare and ioyne thy silfe to yonder charet. Philip ranne to hym/ and herde hym rede Esay the prophet and sayde : ^ Vnderstondest thou what thou redest ? And he sayd : how can 1/ except ®' I had a gyde ? And he desyred Philip that he wold come vp and sit with hym. ^^ The tener off the scripture which he redde was this. He was ledde as a shepe to ^3 be slayne : and lyke a lambe 2** dom before his sherer/ so openned he nott his mougth/ " Of the Lord Jesus, Gen. '^ Thy money periahe with thee, T. M.Cr. Gen. Bps. "xhinkest, Cr. Gen. Bps. '* Gen. adds— that if it be possible. Bps. — if perhaps. '* In the gall of bitter- nesee and the bond of iniquity. Gen. Bps. " Southward, Tav. To- wards the south, Cr. Gen. Bps. '^ Which is waste. Gen. " A chamberlayne. Gov. T. M. Cr. An eunuche, Ge/n. Bps. [So post."] " Chiefe governour. Gen. * Gen. adds — But. '' Some man inform me, Cov. ^ The place, Gen. ^ The slaughter, Gen. Bps. ^ Voiceless, Con. SCjie SIctes of tt)e Sjposttes. (!ti). iv- 25 in that he submitted hym silfe/ ^^ his iudgment was exaUed: ^'who shall declare his generacion ? for his life is taken from the erthe. The gelded man answered Philip and sayde : I praye the off whom speaketh the prophet this ? of hym silfe ? or off some other man ? Philip openned his mougth/ and began at the. same scrip- ture/and preached vnto hym Jesus. And as they went on their waye/ they cam vnto a certaine water/ and the gelded man sayde : Se here is water/ what shall lett me to be bapti- sed? Philip sayde vnto hym :. Yf thou beleve with all thyne hertz thou mayst. He answered sayinge : I beleve that Jesus Christe is the sonne of God and commaunded ^8 the charet to stonde still. And they went doune bothe into the water : bothe Philip and also the gelded man. And he baptised hym. As sone as they were come out off the water the sprete off the lorde caught Philip. And the gelded man sawe hym no moore. And he went on his waye reioysynge : butt Philip was fpunde at ^ Azotus. And he ^^ walked thorowe out the countre preach- ynge in their cites/ till he cam to Cesarea. SJc Xp ffijapter. CAUL yet brethynge out threatnynge? and slaughter agaynst *^ the disciples of the lorde/ went vnto the hye preste/ and desired of hym letters to damascon/ to the sinagoges : that yf he founde eny of this waye whether they wer men or wemen/ he myght brynge them bounde vnto Jerusalem. As he ^ went on his lomey/ hit fortuned that he drue neye to damascon/ and sodenly there shyned rounde about hym a lyght from he- ven. And he fell to the erth/ and herde a voyce saynge to him : Saul/ Saul/ why persecutest thou me .' And he sayde what arte thou Lorde .' The lorde sayd/ 1 am Jesus whom thou persecutes!/ ^ it shalbe harde for the to kycke agaynst the pricke.- He bothe trembl3rage and astonyed sayde : Lorde what wilt thou have me to do .' And the lorde sayde vnto hym : Aryse and goo into the cite/ and ytt shalbe tolde the what thou shalt do^ The men which ^ acompanyed him on his waye stode ama- ^ Because of [In, Co».J his humbleness, Cov. T. M. Cr. In his humility, Gen. Bps. ^ He was not esteemed, T. M. Cr. " Cr. Geri. Bps. aAd— But. >» To holde still the charet, Cod. » As- dod, Cov. '" Walked to and fro. Gen. ' Journeyed, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' It is, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Journeyed with, T. M. Cr. Gen. So. c),T:b. arje Stctes of tjie Apostles. sed/ * for they herde a voyce/ butt sawe no man. Saul arose from the erth/ and when he had openned his eyes he sawe noo man. Then ledde they hym by the honde/ and brought him into dameiscon. And he was iij. dayes wyth out sight/ and nether ate nor dranke. There was a certayne disciple att Damascon named anani- as/ to hym spake- the lorde in a vision : Ananias. And he sayde: I am here lorde. And the lorde sayde-vnto hym : aryse and goo- into the strete whych is called strayght/ and seke in the housse off Judas after one called Saul of the cite of Tharsus. For beholde he prayeth/ and hath sene in a vi- sion a man named Ananias commynge in vnto hym/ And puttynge hys hondes on hym;' thatt he myght receave his sight. Ananias answered : Lorde I have herde by many off thys man/ howe moche hurte he hath done to thy sanctes att Jhe- rusalem/ and in thys place he hath auctorite off thehye prestes to bynde all that call on thy name. The lorde sayde vnto him : Goo thy wayes : for he is a chosen vessell vnto me/ to beare my name before the gentyls/ and kynges/ and the chyl- dren off israhel. For I wyll shewe hym howe grett thynges he must suffer for my names sake. Ananyus went hys waye and entryd into the housse and putt his hondes on hym ahd sayde : brother Saul the lorde 5 that apperyd vnto the in the waye as thou camst/ sent me vnto the/ that thou myghtest receve thy sight and be filled with the holy goost. And immediatly there fell from his eyes as ytt had bene scales and 6 he receaved his sight/ and arose and was TDaptised. And receaved meate and was "^ comforted. Then weis Saul a certayne dayes wyth the disciples which wer at Damascon. And streight waye he preached Christ in the Sinagoges howe that he was the sonne off God. AU that herde hym wer amased and sayde : ys nott this he that ^spoylled them whych called on this name in Jerusalem .' Arid cam hydder for the entent that he shulde brynge them bounde vnto the hye prestes i"' Saule encreased ^ in strengthe/ And confounded the iewes which dwelte at damascon i" af- firminge that this was very Christ. After 11 a good while/ the iewes toke counsell amonge them- * Hearing his voyce, Gen. ^ Even Jesus, Gen. Bps. * Sud- denly, Gen. Bps. acids— Forthwith, ' Strengthened, Gen. * De- stroyed, Gen. Bps. « Gen. Bpi. add — the more. '"Confirm, ing. Gen. Provynghy conferryng (one scripture with anotlier), Bps. " That many daya were fulfilled, Gen. Bps. Srte Slctes of ti)e Sl^ostUs. ft!i. f^;. selves to kyll him. But ^^ there awayte wer knowen of Saul. And they watched att the gates daye and nyght to kyll hynu Then the disciples toke hymby nyght/ and putt hym i^ thorowe the wall and lett hym doune in a basket. When Saul cam to Jerusalem he assayde to i'* cople hym silfe with the aposdes/ and they wer all afrayde of hym and beleved not that he was a disciple. But Bernabas toke hym and brought hym to th^ aposties and tolde them howe he had sene -the lorde in the ways and had spoken wyth hym : and how he had i* done boldely at damascon in the name off Jesu/ And he i® had his conversacion with them att Jherusalem/ and quitt hym silfe boldly in the name off the lorde Jesu. And he spake and disputed wyth the grekes and they went aboute to slee hym. When the brethren knew of that/ they brought hym to cesarea/ and sent hym forth to tharsus. Then had the congregacions rest thorowoute all iewry and galije and sa- mary/ and wer edified/ and walked in the feare of the lorde/ And multiplied by the comforte of the holy gest. Hit chaunsed that as Peter walked throughoute all quarters/ he cam to the sainctes which dwelt at lydda and there he founde a certaine man named EneEis/ whych had kepte hys bed viij. yere sicke of the palsey. Then sayde Peter vnto hym : Eneas/ the lorde Jesus Christ make the whole. Aryse stnd make thy beed. And he arose immedyatly. And all that dwelt at lydda and assaron/ sawe hym/ and tourned to the lorde. Thei was at Joppa a certayne woman .(which was a disciple named Tabitha/ which by interpretacion is called dorcas) she was ftill off good warkes and almes dedes/ which she did. Hit chaunsed in those dayes thatt she was sicke and dyed. When they had wesshed her and layd her in " a chamber : Be cause lydda was nye too Joppa/ and the disciples had herde that Petef was there/ they sent vnto hym/ desyrynge him that he wolde not '* be greved to come vnto them. Peter arose and cam with them : when he was come they brought hym in to the chambfer/ and all the widdoos stode rounde aboute hym wepynge and shewynge the cpottes and garmentes whych dorcas made whill she was with them. Pe- ter putt them all forth and kneled doune and prayde and turn- " Their laying await, Gen,Bp^. " JDcrwne by, Bps. " Joyne, Gen. " Spoken, Gem.. Preached, Bps. . "_Was conversant, , . . . _ ''An up- Gen. Gen. Was \7ith theni commyng in and going' out, Bps. " An per chamber, GeTi. Bps, '"Take it for grief, Cot. Delay, < Sto. tpf:bj. tSifie ^ttee of tj)e Apostles. ed hym to the body/ and sayde : , Tabitha aryse. She opened her eyes/ and when she sawe Peter she sat vppe/ And he gave her his honde and lyft her vppe/ and called the sainctes and wyddooes and i' shewed her alyve. And hit was knowne throwout all Joppa/ and many beleved on the lorde. And hit fortuned that he taryed many days in Joppa with one Simon a tanner. ffije p ffijaptet. 'T'HERE was a certayne man in Cesarea called Cornelius/ a captaine of ^ the soudyers of y taly/ a devoute man/ and won that feared God with all his houssolde/ which gave moche almes to the people/ and prayde God alwaye. The man sawe m a vysion ® evydently aboute the nynthe houre of the daye the angell of god comraynge in vnto hym/ and say- inge vntp hym : Cornelius, when he loked on hym/ he was afrayde/ and sayde : what is it lorde ? He sayde ^nto hym : Thy prayers and thy ■ almeses ar come vppe in to remem- braunce ^ in the presence of God. And nowe sende men to Joppa/ and call for one Simon named also Peter, he lodg- eth with won Simon a tanner/ whose housse is by the see syde. He shall tell the/ what thou oughtest to doo. When the an- gell which spake vnto Cornelius was departed/ he called two of his * household/ and ^ a devoute soudier off them thatt way t- ed on hym ^ to whom he tolde all the mater/ and sent them to Joppa^ On the morowe as they went on their iqrney and drewe nye vnto the cite/ Peter went vppe '' into the vpermost parte of of the housse to praye/ aboute the vj. houre. Then wexed he an hongred/ and wolde have eaten, whill they made redy for hym He fell into a traunce/ and sawe heven openned/ Eind a certayne vessell come doune vnto hym/ as it had bene a greate ^ shete/ knytt at the iiij. corners/ and was lett doune to the erth/ wherein wer all maner Of iiij. foted beastes of the eith and 9 vermen and wormes/ and foules off the ayer. And a '^ Restored, Gen. Delivered, Bps. ' Tlie band [company, C.] called the Italian, Co!;. Gen. £^». ' Openly, Co». ' Before God, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. * Householde servaunts, T. M. Cr. Bps. Ser- vaunts. Gen. ' A sonldier that feared God, Gen. * And told them all things, Gen. 'Into a chamber, Gov. Upon the top of the house, T, M. Cr. Upon the house, Gen. Into the highest part of the house, Bps. ' Linen cloth. Gov. ? Wildfrbeaetes and creep- ing thinges, Ge». Bpy. [So cb. jsi. 6.] 2rj)e ^ctes of V)e Apostles. and sayde : Cornelius/ thy prayer is herde/ and thyn almes dedes are had in remembraunce in the sight of God. sende therefore to Jop- pa/ and call *br Simon which is also called Peter. He is lodged in the housse off won Simon a tanner by the see syde/ the which as soneas he is come/ shall speake vnto the. Then sent I for -the immediatly/ and thou hast well done" for to come. Nowe are we all here/ present before god to heare all thynges that are commaunded vnto the of God. Peter opened his mought aiid sayde : Of a trueth I perseave/ that God 27 is not parcialH/ but in all people he that feareth hym and worketh rightewesnes/ is accepted with hym. 28 Ye knowe the preachynge that God -sent vnto the chyl- dren off Israhell/ preachynge them peace by Jesus Christe (which is lorde over all thynges) ^ which preachynge was publisshed thorow oute all iewery/ and began in gaKle/ after the baptim preached by Jhon/ 3" After thatt God had annoynt- ed Jesus off Nazareth with the holy goost/ and wyth power/ he went aboute doinge goode/ and healynge £ill that were op- pressed with dyvles/ for God was with hym. And we are witnesses off all thynges which he did in the londe of the iewes and at Jerusalem/ whom they slew/ and hounge on tree. Hym God reysed vppe the thyrde daye/ and shewed h^m openly/ not to all the people/ butt Vntovs witnesses cho- syn before off God/ ^i which ate and dronke with hym/ after he arose frome deeth. And he commaunded , vs to preache vnto the people and to teatifie/ that it is he that is ord^ed of God a iudge off quycke and deed. To hym geveth all the prophetes witnes/ that throwe his name shall receave remis- sion of synnes all that beleve in hym. While Peter yet spake these wordes/ the holy gost fell on all them which herde his preachynge Andth^y of the circum- cision which beleved were astonyed/ as many as cam with Peter/ because that on the gentyls also was ^Sgheed oute the gyfte of the holy gost. For they herde them speake with ^ Four dayes agoe, Gen. Bps. ^ Cr. Gen. Bps. add— aboute [until, 6] this houre. ^ Hath no regard [respe^cte, C] of persons, Cr. Bps. Is no accepter of persons, Gen. ^ Touching the worde which God sent, Bps.. ^ Even the worde which came through, eta. Gen. Ye knowe howthewordewaspublished, etc. Bps. *'How God anointed, etc. T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. " Gen. Bps. add — Even to us. 2' Powred, Gen. Bps. Cj)e SlcUs al tiie Slpostles. ®]i. rf- tonges/ and magnify God. Then answered Peter : can eny man forbyd water that Ihese shulde not be baptised/ which have receaved the holy gost as well as we ? And he com- maunded them to be baptised in the name of the lorde. Then prayde they hym/ to tary ^3 a feawe dayes. Sri)e VI- In his time served, eta, Cov. Served bis time by the counsell [will, B.} of God, Gen. Bps^ Slie Slctcs of ti)e Sljiostlcs. Ci). ):(ff. and was layd with hys fathers/ and sawe corrupcion. Butt he whom god reysed agayne/ sawe no corrupcion. Be hit knowne vnto you therfore ye men and brethren/ that thorowe this man is preached vnto you the forgevenes of sinnes/ 31 And by him are all that beleve iustified from all thyngeg from the which ye coulde nott be iustified by the lawe ofTMo- ses. Be ware therfore lest that fall on you/ which is spoken off in the prophetes : Beholde ye despisers/ and wonder/ and 32 perishe ye : for I do a worke in youre dayes/ which ye shall not beleve/ ^3 yf a man wolde declare it you. When 34 the Jewes wer gone oute of the 3* Sinagog/ the gentyls besought them that they wolde preache 38 the worde of god to them 3'' bitwene the saboth dayes. When the congrega- cion was broken vppe/ many of the iewes and 38 verteous pro- selites folowed Pajil and Barnabas/ which spake to them and exhorted them to continue in the grace off God. And the nexte saboth daye cam Almoste die whole cite to gedder to heare the worde off God. When the iewes sawe the people/ they were full off 39 indignacion and spake agaynst those thinges which wer spoken off Paul/ *" They spake agaynst it/ and dispraysed it/ raylinge on it. Then Paul and Barnabas wexed bolde/ and sayde : *' it was mete that the worde off God shulde fyrst have bene preached to you/ Butt seinge ye putt it from you/ and *^ thynke youre selfes onworthy off ever- lastynge lyfe/ loo/ we toume to the gentyls. For so hath the lorde commaunded vs : I have made the a lyght to the gen- tyls/ that thou be helth vnto the ende of the worlde. The gentyls herde/ and were glad and glorified the worde of the lorde/ and beleved even as many as wer ordened vnto etemall lyfe.- And the worde off the lorde was * puplisshed thofowe oute all the region. Butt the iewes moved the ** wor- shypfull and 4* honorable wemen/ aijd the chefe men of the cit6. And reysed persecucion agaynst Paul. and Barnabas/ And expelled fliem oute off their costes. But they shuke of ^ And from all things whereby ye might not be justified in the law of Moses. But whosoever believeth on this man is justified, Cov. '* Vanish awayj Gere. ^ Though a man declare it to you plainly, Bps. ^ They were come out of the synagogue of the Jews, Gen. Bps. ^ Congregation, Cr. '^ These wordes [The worde, T.Jf. C] to them, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^The Saboth folowynge, Tar. The next Saboth, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Proselytes that feared God, Gen. ™ Envie, Gen. * Speaking against [Contrarying, G. Against it, C] and rayling on it, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps.' *' It behoved, Cm. It was necessary. Gen. Bps. **^Judge, Gen. *' Spread abroad, Cov. ** Oevoute, Cr. Gen. Bps. « Honest, Cr. Bps. [So ch. xvii. 13.] Sfo, t}ff%J. 8r|)e Slctes of tie Slpostles. the duste of their fete agaynst them/ and cam vnto Iconlum. And the disciples wer fylled with ioye and with the holy goost. STjie jrffif- ®!)ajptM;. TJIT fortuned in iconium that they went both to gedder in to ■■-■'■ the Sinagoge of the iewes/ and so spake/ that a gret mul- titude both off the iewes and also off the grekes beleved. Butt the unbelevinge iewes/ steryd vppe and lynquyeted the Miyndes off the gentyles agaynste the brethren. Longe,time a bode they their and ^quit them selves boldly with the helpe of the lorde/ the which. gave testimony vnto the worde off hys grace/ eind causyd signes and wonders to be done by their hondes. The people off the cite were devided : and ^ parte helde with the iewes/ and parte wyth the apostles. ' When there ■* was a saute made both of the gentyls and also of the iewes with their rulers/ to ^ put them to shame and to stone them/ they wer ware of it/ and fled -vnto listra and derba/ cites off Lieaonia/ and vnto the region that lyeth rouiide aboute/ and there preached the gospell.^ 'And there sate a certayne man at listra '' weake in his fete/ beinge * halt from his mo- thers woombe/ and never walkyd. The same herde Paul preache/ which behelde hym and perceaved that he had faith to be 3 whole/ and sayd with a loude voyce : stonde vppe right on thy fete. And he ^^stert vppe/ aud walked, when the people sawe what Paul had done/ they lifte vp their voyces/ sayinge in the speache of Lycaonia : Goddes are come doune to vs in the lyknes off men. And they called Barnahas/ Ju- piter/ And Paul Mercurius/ be cause he was the '^ preacher. Then Jupiters preste/ which dyvelt before their cite/ brought i"2 oxen and garlondes vnto the ^^ churche porche/ and wolde have done sacrifise with the people. When the apostles/ Barnabas and Paul herde that/ they rent their clothes/ and ran in amonge the people/ cryinge and say- inge : 1^ Syrs/ why do ye this ? We are ^* men lyke vnto ' Corrupted, Gen. Bps. ' Spake boldly in the Lorde, Gen. ' Some were with, etc. and some, Gen. * Rose up an insurrec- tion, Cm. ' Do them violence, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Ct. adds — and all tlie- multitude was moved at their doctrine, but Paul and Bar- nabas taryed-styl at Lystra. ' Impotent, Gen. ' A creple, .4M the Vers. ^ Healed, Gen. '" Sprang up. Cm. Leaped up, Gen. " Chiefe speaker, G«re. Bpj. '^ BuUes, Gcm. '^Porche, Ct. Gates, Gen. Door, Bps. " O men. Gen. '* Mprtal men, T. M. Ct. Bps. Men subject to the like passions that ye be. Gen. Sfie Sctes of tfie ^Ipostles. Cf). pb. you/ and preache vnto you/ that ye shulde turne from these " vanities vnto the lyvynge god/ which made heven erth and the see find all that in them is/ the which in times past suffred all 1'' nacions to walke in their owne wayes. Neverthelesse he lefte not l^m sUfe with outen wltnes/ in that ^^ he shewed his benefaictes/ in gevynge vs rayne from heven and frutfull ceasons/ fyllinge oure hertes with fode and gladnes. And with these sajdnges/ scEise refrs^Tied they the people/ thatt they had not done sacrifice vnto them. Thether cam certayne iewes from Antioch and Iconium/ and 19 optayned the peoples consent and stoned Paul/ and drew hym oute of the cite/ suppos3aige he had bene deed. As the disciples stode rounde aboute hym/ he arose vppe and cam into the cite. And the nexte d^ye departed with Barnabas to Derba. After they had preached to that cite, and taught many/ they returned agayne to Listra/ and to Iconium and Antioche/ and ^ strengthed the disciples soules/ exhortinge them to continue in the faith/ afiyrminge that we muste throwe 21 moche adversite entre into the kyngdom of god. And when they had ordened them senipurs by eleccion in every congre- gacion/ after they had preyde and fasted/ they commended Siem to ^ god on whom they beleved. And they went over all Pisidia and cam into pamphilia/ and when they had preached the worde of god in perga/ they de- scended in to Attalia/ and thence ^ departed by shippe to An- tioche/ from whence they '^'^ wer delyvered vnto the grace of god/ to the worke whiche they had fulfilled. When they wer come and had gaddered the congregacion to gedder/ they re- harsed all that god had done by them/ and howe he had open- ed the dore of faith vnto the gentyle. And there they abode longe tyme with the disciples. CCfie fb. (Sjiaptev. A ND there cam certayne from iewry and taught the breth- ■^^ ren : excepte ye be circumcysed after the maner of Mo- ses ye can not be saved. Then i arose there dissencion and '« Vaine idols, Gen. " The Gentiles, Gen. '» He shew- 6(1 his benefits from heaven, in giving ub raine, Cr. Bps. He did goode and gave us. Gen. "When tliey had persuaded the people, Gen. Bps. '" Confirming the disciples hearts, Gen. " " Much tribulation, T. M. Cr. Bps. Many afflictions, Gen. " The Lorde, Cr. Gen. Bps. "^ Sailed, Gen. " Were committed, Cr. Bps. Had been commended, Gm, ' There was great dissension, etc.Gon. ifo. cpjipff. ffije Stctes of tje SIpostlea. dispiutynge not a little vnto Paul and Barnabas agaynste them. And they 2 determined that Paul and. Bajnabas and certayne other of them shulde ascende to Jerusalem vnto the apostles and seniours aboute this question. ^ After they were brought on their waye by the congregacion/ they passed over Pheni- ces and Samaria/ declarynge the * conversacion off the gen- tyls/ and they brought gret ioye vnto all the brethren. When they were come to Jerusalem they were receaved of the con- gregacion and of the apostles and seniours. And they de- clared what thynges God had done by them. Then arose there vppe certayne of the secte of the pharises/ which dyd beleve sayinge thatt itt was nedfuU to circumcise them and to 5 inioyne them to kepe the lawe of Moses. The apostles and seniours cam to gedder to * reason of this matter. When there was moche disputynge/ Peter rose vppe and sayd vnto them : Ye men and brethren/ ye knowe howethat a goode while agoo/ God chose '' amonge vs that the gentyls by my mouthe shulde here the worde off the gospell and be- leve. And God which knoweth the herte/ bare ^ them witnes/ and gave vnto them the holy gost even as he dyd vnto vs/ And he putt no difference betwene them and vs/ ^ and with fayth purified their hertes. Nowe therfore why tempte ye God/ thatt ye wolde putt a yoke on the disciples neckes which nether oure fathers nor we were able to beare ; Butt we be- leve thatt thorow the grace of the Lorde Jesu Christ we shalbe saved as they doo. Then all the multitude i" was peasedand gave audience to Barnabas and Paul which tolde what signes and wondres God had shewed amonge the gentyls by them. As sone as they helde their peace/ James answered sayinge : Men and brethren herken vnto me/ Simeon told& howe God 11 at the beginninge i* dyd Visit the gentyls/ i^ and receaved of them people vnto his name, and to this agreith the wordes of the prophetes/ as it is written : After this I will returne/ and will bylde agayne the tabernacle of David which is fallen doune/ and i*that wich is fallen in dekey of it will I bilde a gayne and I will set it vppe/ that the residue of men myght ° Ordeined, Cm. Gm. ' Thus being sent forth, Gtn. * Con- version, T.M. Cr. Gm. * Command, Gen.Bps. « Look to. Gen. Consider, Bps. ' Gen. adds— out nie. ' Witiiesse over them, Cor>. ' Seeinff that with fayth, he, etc, Cr. After that by faith, he, etc, Gen. '" Kept silence and hearde [Gave audrence to, B], Gen. Bps. " First, Gen. '* Visited to receive a people unto his name from among the heathen. Cm. " To receive of them, Cr. BfS^ To take of them, Gen, " The ruins tliereof, Gen, Er))e ^ctcs of t|)e 0CpostUs. ®i)- );b. seke after the Lorde/ and also the gentyls vppon whom my name is called on say th the lorde/ which doth all these thynges : knowne vnto God are all hys werkes from the beginriinge of the worlde. Wherfore my sentence is/ that we- trouble not them which of the gentyls are turned to God : but that we write vnto them that they abstayne them selves from filthines of ymages/ from fomicacion/ from stranglyd/ and from bloude. For Moses of olde tyme in every cite hath them that preache hym/ and he is reede in the synagoges every saboth daye. Then J* pleased it the apostles and seniours with the whole congregacion to send chosyn men of their owne company to Antioche with Paul and Barnabas. They sent Judas called also Barsabas and Silas which were chefe men among the brethren and i^ gave them betters in their hondes after this maner. The apostles/ seniours and brethren " send gretynges vnto the brethren which are of the gentyls in Antioche Siria and cilicia/ For as moche as we have herde thatt certayne wich departed from vs/ have troubled you with wordes/ and com- bred youre myndes sayinge : Ye must be circumcised/ and kepe tiie lawe/ to whom we gave no soche commaundment. It semed therfore to vs a good thynge/ when we were come to gedder with won accorde/ to sende chosyn men vnto you/ with oure beloved Barnabas and- Paul/ men that have i^ieop- erded theyre lives/ for the name of oure lorde Jesus Christ. We have sent therfore Judas and Sylas/ which shall alsoo tell you the same thynges by mouth. For hitt semed goode to the holy gost and to vs to ^^ putt no grevous thynge to you more then these necessary thynges/ that is to saye that ye ab- stayne from thynges offered vnto the -ymages/ from bloud/ from stran^d/ and fomicacion. From which if ye kepe youre selves/ ye shall do well. Soo fare ye well. when they were departed/ they cam to Antioche and gad- dred the "multitude to gedder and delivered the pistle. \Vhen they had redde it/ they.reioysed off that consolacion. Judas and Sylas beinge prophetes/ exhorted the people ^ with moche preachynge/ and strengthed them. After they badde.taryed there a certayne space/ they were lett goo in peace off the brethren vnto the apostles. Notwithstondynge it pleasyd Sy- las to abyde there still. Paul and Barnabas continued in An- '* It seemed good to, Gen. '° Wrote letters hy them, Gen. Bj>s. " Wish health, Gov. '* Qiven up. Gen. " Charge you with no more, etc. Cr. Lay no more [no greater, B.] burthen upon you, Gen. Bps. " With many words. Gen. So. c);););f[f. S1)e ^ctes of tjie 0jpostle«. tioche teachynge/ and preachynge the worde of the lorde whith other many. Butt after a certayne space Paul sayde vnto Barnabas : Lett vs goo agayne and visile our brethren in every cite/ where we have ®' shewed the worde of the lorde' and se howe they do. Barnabas gave counsell/ to take with them Jhon called also Marke : But Paul ^ thought it not mete to take him vnto theyr company whiche departed from them at Pamphylia/ and' went nott with them to the worke. ^ Soo sharp was the ^ dissen- cion bitwene them/ that they departed Eisunder won from the other. And Barnabas toke Marke and sayled vnto Cypers. Paul chose Sylas and departed ^ delivered off the brethren vnto the grace of God. And he wentthorowe all Cyria and Cilicia/ stablisshynge the congregacions.-® ffje p)]. ffljapter. ' nPHEN cam he to Derba and to Listra/ and beholde a cer- •*- tayne discyple was there named Thimotheus a womana Sonne whych was a iewas Emd beloved/ but his father was a greke of whom reported well the brethren of Listra/ and Icon- ium. Paul wolde thatt he shulde goo forth with hym/ and toke and circumcised hym because of the iewes which were in those quarters/ for they knewe all thatt his father was a greke. As they went thorow the cites/ they delivered them the i decrees for to kepe/ ^ ordeyned off the apostles and sen- iours which were at Jerusalem. So were the congregaciona stablisshed iji the faith/ and encreased in noumbre dayly. When they had goone thorowe out Phrigia and the region of Galacia/ and were forbidden off the holy goost to preach ^ in Asia/ they cam to Misia/ and sought to goo into Bethinia/ and the sprete soffered them not. When' they had gone over Misia/ they cam doune to Troada and a visioii apered to Paul in the nyght. T?here stode a man off Macedonia and prayed hym saynge : Come into Macedonia and helpe vs. After he had sene the vision immediately we prepared to goo into Mace- donia ■* certified that the lorde had called vs forto preache the " Preached, Gen. Uttered, Bps. « Would not take, Cr. Bpa. ^ Then were they so stirred, Gen. ^ Contention, Cr. Bps. * Committed, Cov. Cr. Bps. Commended, Gen. "^ Cr. adds — commandyng to keepe the precepts of the Apostles and Elders. — 'Sentence, Cov. " Concluded, Cov. '^ Ml the Vers, add— the worde. ■• Being assured, Gen. Gathering by conference, Bpi. ^Tiie 0ctes of tte Sl))oiiitUs. ®!). %% gospell vnto them. Then ^ losed we forth from Troada/ and with a strayght course cam we to Samothracia/ the nexte daye to Neapolim/ and from thence to Phihppos/ which is the chefest cite in the psirttes of Macedonia * a fre cite. We were in that cite ahidinge a certayne dayes/ and on the saboth dayes we went oute of the cite besydes a river where men were wont to praye/ and we sate doune and spake vnto the women which thither resorted. And a certayne woman named Lidia/ a seller off purple/ of the cite off Thiatira which worshypped -God/ '' gave vs audience/ whose hert god openned that she attended vnto the thynges which Paul spaJse.- When she WEis baptised/ and herhoussolde/jshe besought vs sayinge : Yf ye ^ thynke thatt I beleve on the lorde come into my housse/ and abide there. And she eonstrayned vs. Hit fortuned as we went to prayer/ a certayn dam sell ^ pos- sessed with a Sprete i" that prophesyed met vs/ which brought ^^ her master and mastres moche vauntage with ^^ prophesy- inge. The same followed Paul and vs sayinge : These men are the servauntes of the most bye god/ which shewe vnto vs the waye of helth. And this did she many deyes. Butt Paul 13 nott content turned about and sayd to the sprete : I com- maunde the in the name off Jesu Christ that thou come out off her. and he cam out the same houre. When her master and mastres sawe that the hope of their gaynes was gone/ they caught Paul and Silas/ and brought them into the market place vnto the i* ruelars/ and delivered them to the ^^ officers sayinge : These men trouble oure cite/ which are iewes and ^^ shewe newe decrees/ which are nott laufull for vs to receave/ nether to observe seinge,we are ro- mains. And the people ^'^ ranne on them/ and the officers rent their clothes/ and commaunded them to be beaten with roddes/ and when they hadde beaten, them sore/ they cast them into preson commaundynge the ioyler to kepe them sure- ly. Which when he had receaved suche commaundment thrust them into the inner preson/ and made their fete fast in the stockes. ' Went we, Gen. Being caryed,Bp«.- "Whose inhaibitanta came from Rome to dwell there, Gen. 'Heari;ened to, Cov. Heard us, Gen. * Have judged me to be faithful to, etc. Gen. Bps. ' Having a spirit of divination. Gen. '" Of .soothsaying, Bps. " Her maisters, Gen. Bps. [So vs. 19.] '^ Divination, Gett. Soothsaying, Bps. " Being grieved. Gen. " Magistrates, Gen. '* Governours, Gen. [So post.} '" Preach ordinances, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. " Rose up together against, Gen. X Sfo. txvTfn. SJc actcs of tSe SIpostles. At mydnyght Paul and Silas prayed/ and i^ lauded god. and the presoners herde them. Sodenly there was a greate erth quake/ soo that the foundacion of the preson was shaken/ and by and by all the dores opened/ and every mannes bondes were lowsed. When the keper off the preson waked out off hys slepe/ and sawe the preson dores open/ he drue outt his swearde and wolde have killed hym sUfe supposynge the pre- soners had bene fledde. Paul cryed with a lowde voyce say-' inge : Do thy silfe no. harme for we are all heare. He called. for a light and sprange in/ and cam tremblynge/ and fell i^ doune before PauU and Silas/ and brought them out andsayde/ Syrs what must I doo to be saved ? And they sayde : beleve on the lorde Jesus/ and thou shalt'be saved aind thy houssolde. And they preached vnto hym the worde of the lorde/ and to all that were in his housse. And he toke them the same houre off the nyght and wasshed their ^ wdndes/ and was baptised with all that belonged vnto hym straight waye. When he had brought ihem into his housse/ he sett raeate before them/ and ioyed ®i that he with all his houss- holde beleved on God. And. when it was daye the officers sent the ^ ministers say- inge : Lett thoose men goo. The keper off the preson tolde this sayinge to Paul : the officers have sent worde to lose you. Now therfore gett you hence and goo in peace. Then sayde Paul vnto them : They have beaten vs openly vncondempned/ for all that we are Romans/ and have cast vs into preson : and nowe wolde they ^ sende vs awaye prevely ? Naye ^ nott so/ butt lett them come them selves and fett vs out. The minis- ters tolde these wordes vnto the officers and they feared when they herde that they were Romans/ and cam and besought them and brought them out/ and desired them to departe out of the cite. They went out of the preson and entred into the housse of Lidia/ and when they had sene the brethren/ they comforted them and departed. SJe j:Mf. ffljapter. A S they 1 made their iomey thorowe Amphipolis/ and Apo- ■^^ Ionia/ they cam to Thessalonica where was a sinagoge •^ Sung a psalme to, Gen. " At the feet of, Cov. ^Stripes, Gen. . *' With all his householde, that he was become a beleever on -God, Cov. ^ Sergeants, Gen. [So v«. 38.] ^ Thrust [Put, G.] us out. Gen. Bps. ^ Verely, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' ^ Passed through, Gen. Sjbe ^ctes of tfie Apostles. €\). ptatf. off the iewes. Paul as his maner was went in vnto them, and thre saboth dayes ^ declared of the scripture vnto them/ openynge and alegynge that Christ must nedes have suffered and rysen agayne from deeth. And thatt this 3 Jesus was Christ/ whom "(sayde he) I preache to you. And some off tliem beleved and cam and companyed with Paul and Silas. Also off the * honourable grekes a greate multitude/ and of the chefe wemen/ not a feawe. The 5 iewes which beleved not havynge indignacion toke vnto them * evyU men vidch were vagabondes/ and gadered a company/ and '''sett all the cite on a roore/ and ^ made-asaute vnto the housse off Jason/ and sought to brynge them out to the people/ and when they founde them not' they drue Jason and certayne brethren vnto the. heedes of the cite cryinge : These ' that trouble the worlde are come bidder also/ which Jason hath receaved prevely. and these alL do contrary to the 1' ordinacions off Cesar/ afiir-mynge another kynge/ won Jesus. And they troubled the people and the officers of the cite when they herde these thynges. And when they 'i were sufficiently answered of Jason/ eind of the other they lett them goo. The brethren immediatly sent awaye Paul/ and Silas by nyght vnto Berrea. , When they were come thither they en- tred into the sinagoge off, the iewes. These were 12 the no» blest amonge t^m off. Thessalonia/ which receaved the worde with all ^ diligence of mynde/ and searched the scrip- tures dayly whether those thynges were even soo. And ma- ny of them beleved/ and of worshipful! wemen which were grekes/ and off men not afeawe. When the iewes off thessa- lonia had knowledge that the worde off God was preached off Paul att berrea/ they cam thither and moved the people/ and then by and by the brethren sent awaye Paul to goo ^^vnto the see : butt Silas and Timotheus abode there still. 'They that 1* gyded Paul brought hym vnto Attens/ and receaved a ^ Spake unto them, Cov. Disputed with them out of, Gen. Bps. ^ Is Jesus Christ, whom, etc. Gen. Bps. * Devout Greeks, Ct. Bps. Grecians that feared God, Gen. ' Stiff-necked Jews, Cov. ' Certaine vagabonds and wicked fellowes [evyll men, JS.], Gen. Bps. ' Made a tumult in the citie, 'Gen. ' Pressed unto, Cov.- ' Are they wliich have subverted the state of the world and here they are, Gen. '° Decrees, Cr. Gen. Bps. " Had received sufficient assurance, Gen. Had taken sufficient suertie, Bps, ' ^' Eldest amonge, 'Coe. The nobleste ofbirthe among them, T.M. Cr. Bps. More noble men than they which were, etc. Gen. " Readiness, Gen. Bps. " T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. add— as it were. « Did conduct, Gen. jfo. c):):pb. 8Ct)e actes of tje Apostles. commaundment vnto Silas and Timotheus forto come to hym 1* at once. And cam their waye. Whill Paul wayted for them at Attens/ hys sprete was mo- ved in hym to se the cite " geven to worshippinge of y mages. Then he disputed in the Sinagoge with the iewes/ and with 18 the devout persones/ And in the market dayly wyth 19 them that cam vnto him.^" Certayne philosophers of the Epicures/ and of the stoyckes desputed with hym. And some there were which sayde : what wyll thys babbler saye. O ther sayd : he semeth to be ^^ a tydynges biynger oiFnewe ^ de- vyls/ because he preached vnto them Jesufe/ and the resurrec- cion/ and they toke hym/ and brought hym into ^ Marce strete Sayinge : maye we nott knowe what' is thys newe doctrine wher off thou speakest. For thou bryngest straunge tydynges to oure eares. We wolde knowe therfore what these thyrtges meane. For all the Attenians an ^ strauilgers whych were there ^ gave them selves to neithynge els/ but other to tell or to heare ^ newe tydynges. Paul stode in the myddes of ^ Marce strete and sayde/ ye men of Attens/ I perceave that. in all tbyngesye are ^ soro- what supersticious. For as I passed by and behelde ^ the manner howe ye worship youre goddes/ I founde an aultre where in was written : vnto the vnknoweri god. Whom ye then ignorantly worship/ hym she we I vnto you. God that made the worlde/ and all that are in it/ seynge that he is lorde off heveh and erth/ he dwelleth nott 'in temples made with hondes nether is worshipped with mennes hondes/ as though he neded of eny thynge. For eis moche as he geveth to all men lyfe and breth ^o every where/ and hath made of one bloud of all 31 nacions off men/ for to dwell on all the face of the erthe. And hath ^^ asigned tymes apoynted before/ And the endes of their in habitacion/ that they shulde seke god/ '^ With 3pede, Cr. Bpi., " Subjecte to idoiatrie, Gere. ''Thena that were religious, Gen. " Whomsoever he met, Gen. "' Cr. Bps. add — ^by chance. *' A setter forthe of steange [new, B.J gods. Gen. Bps. ^' Gods, Cov. ^ The courted]! bouse, Cov. ** Straungers and guests, Cov. '^ Had leysure to, Bps.. ^ Some newe thyng, Cr. Bps. Some news, Gen. • ^ The common place, Cov. ^ Too, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Your gods' service, Cov. Your devotions, Gen. ^ And all thinges. Gen. ^' Man- kinde, Gen. ^^ Assigned borders, appoynted -before how long and far they shoulde dwell, Cov. Assigned before, how long time, and also the endes, etc. T.M. Cr. Assigned the times which were or- deined before and the boundes, etc. Gen. Determined the times her fore appoynted and also the bounds, etc. Bps^ ffije actcs of ti)e Sljostles. ffij. tiW]. yf-^^they myght fele and fynde hym/ though ** he be nott farre from every one off vs. For in hym we live/ move/ and have oure beynge/ as certayne of youre awne poetes sayde. For we are also his generacion. For as moche then as we are the generacion off God/ we ought nott , to thynke that the godhed is lyke vnto golde/ silver/ ^^ ar stone/ graven by ^ crafte and ymaginacion of man. And the tyme of this ignoraunce god ^^ regarded nott : butt nowe he ^Sbiddeth all men every where repenU be cause he hath apoynted a day^/ in the which he well iiidge ^9 the worlde acordyng to lightewesnes/ by that man/ ■** whom he hath apoynted/ *^ and hath ■ geven faith to all men/ '^^ after that he \\a.d r^ysed hym from deeth. When they herde off the resurrection from deth some mock- ed/ and other sayde : we will heare the agayne of this matter. So Paul departed' from amonge them. Certayne men clave vnto Paul and beleved/ amonge the which was ^ Dionisius **a senatour/ and a woman named Damaris/ and other with them. A FTER that/ Paul departed from Attens/ and cam to Co- -^^ rinthum/ arid founde a certayne iewe named Aquila/ borne in Ponthus/ latly come from Itali with his wyfe Priscil- la (be cause that ^ [the Emperour] Claudius had commanded all iewes to departe from Rome) and he drewe vnto Ihem. And be cause he was of the same crafte he abode with them and wrought (their crafte was to make tentes) and he ^ preach- ed in the sinagoge every saboth daye/ And exhorted the iewes and the gentyls. When . Sflas and Timotheus wer come from macedonia Paul 3 was payned in the sprete/ as he testified to the iewes that Jesus was * Christ. • when they ^ sayde contrary and blas- ^ So be they might have groped ailer, Geti. Perh?ips they iniglit have felt and founde, Bps. '* Gen. adds — doubtless. "' Or imagery work of the crafte, etc. Cov. ^ Arte and the invention of men,GfCTi;. Arte and man's device, i?p*. ^ Hath overseen, Cov. Winked at, Bps. ^ Admonisheth, Gen. ^ The com- passe of the world, Cov. '"' In whom, Gov. By whom, Cr. *' And hath offered feith, Cov. T. M. Cr. Bps. WAereofhehath giv- en an assurance, etc. Gen. *" In that, Gen. Bps: ^ Denis Areopagita, Gen. Bps. " One of the council, Cov. ' Gen. Bps. omit. * Disputed, Gen. Bps. ' Was constrained by the spirite to testifye, Cov. T, M. Cr. Bps, Burned in spirite. Gen. « Cov. adds — very. ' Resisted, Gen. -ir* jfo. C):);):bJ. llSe SCctes of tje Stpostles. phemed/ he shoke his rayment and sayde vnto them : youre bloud apon youre awne heeddes, ^ for helice forth I goo '' vnto the gentyls/ and departed from thens/ and entred into a certayne manes housse named Justus which worshipped god. whose house ioyned harde to the sinagoge. Won Crispus a ruelar of the Sinagoge beleved on the lorde with all hys housholde. And many of the Corrinthians gave audience and beleved/ and were baptised. Then spake the lorde to Paule in the nyght by a vision : be nott afrayde/ but speake/ and holde not^ thy peace : for I am with the/ and noo man shall ^invade the that shall hurte the. For I have moche people in this cite. And he * rested there a yeare a sixe monethes/ and taught them the worde of God. When Gallio was i" ruelar of the countre of Acaia. ' The iewes ii made insurrection with one acorde agaynst Paul/ and brought him to the iudges seate saying : ^® This man teacheth to worship god contrary to the lawe. As ^bmI was about to open his mougth Gallio sayde vnto the iewes : yf itt were a matter off wronge/ or an evyll dede (o ye iewes) i^ reEison wolde that I shulde ^^ heare you : but yf it be a question off wordes/ or off names/ or of youre lawe/ loke ye to it youre selves. For 1 1^ wilbe noo iudge in soche maters/ and he^ drave them from •'^ his seate. Then toke all the grekes So&> tones i'' a ruelar of the sinagoge and smote him before the iudges seate. And Gallic oared for none of tho thynges. Paul after thys/ taried there yet a goode whyle/ and then toke his leave of the brethren/ and sayled thence into Ciria/ Priscilla and Aquila accompanyinge hym after thatt he had schorne his heed in Cenchrea. For he had a "vowe. And he cam to Ephesus and lefte them there : but he him silfe entred into the sinagoge/ and ^^ reasoned with the iewes. When they desyred hym to tary longer tyme with them/ he consent- ed nott/ butt bad them feare wele sayinge : I must nodes i^ att this feast that commeth be in Jerusalern : but I will retume agayne vilto you yff God will, ^ And departed from Ephe- ° Gem. add — I am oleane. ? Cov^ T. M. Cr^Bps^ add— blame- lesse. ' Lay 4a»wis on thee, Gen. * Continued, .3M fAe Fe«, '" Deputie, Gere. Bp«. " Arose, Ge». '* This felow coun- selleth, [perawadeth, G.], 7. M- Cr. Gen. Bpg. >' I woulde ac- cording to reason maintain you, Gen. '* Bear ^yith, Bps. '' Thinke not to be judge there over) Cov. " The judgment-seat, Gen. Bps. " The ohiefe ruler, -9iJ Went up to Jerusalem, Gen. ^ '^ Walked thro, Ctm. '^ In- structed, Gen. ** Minded, Gen. " Confuted publickly the Jews, with great vehemence. Gen. ' 'We have not heard [G. adds — Bomuch as] whether there be. Gen. Bps. ' Unto what, Gen. Bps. ' Spake boldly, Gen. Bjis. * Teaching, Coe. j^o. ii:):):btf. iEj)e Sides of tj)c Stpostles. 5 gevynge them exhortacions of the kyngdom off God. When divers ^' wexed harde herted/ and beleved nott/ but spake- evyll off the waye off the lorde before the multitude : he departed from- them/ And '' severed the disciples a-waye/ And ^ taught dayly in the scole off -won called Tiranus. And this contin- ued by the space of t-wo yeares. So that all they which dwelt in Asia herde the worde off the lorde Jesu/ bothe Jewes and grekes. And god wrought ^not smale myracles by the hondes of Paul. So that from his body were brought vnto the ^ sicke/ lOnapkyns or partlettes/ and the diseases and evyll spretes departed from them. Certayne of the vagabounde iewes ii exercistes/ 1^ toke apon them to call over them which had evyll spretes the name of the lorde Jesus sayinge : We adiure you by Jesu whom Paul preacheth. There wore seven sonnes off one Sceva'^^a ruel- er off the sinagoge which did soo : and the evyll spiete an- swered and sayde : Jesus ^* I knowe/ and Paul I knowe : but who are ye .' And the man in whom the i^ wicked devyll was/ ranne on them/ and , overcam them/ and ^^ prevayled agaynst them/ soo that they fledde out of the house naked and wonde'd. Thys was kno-vven to all the iewes and grekes also/ which dwelt at Ephesus/ and feare cam on them all. And they magnified the name of the lorde Jesus; And many that beleved cam/ and confessed and shewed their workes. Many of them which vsed curious i' craftes/ brought their bokes and burned them before all men/ and they counted the price of them and founde it fifty thousande ^^ sil- verlynges. So myghtely grewe the worde of god/ and pre- vayled. After these thinges were ended Paul purposed in the sprete/ to passe over Macedonia and Acaia/ and^to goo to Je- rusalem saying : After I have bene there I must also se Rome. Soo sent he into Macedonia two of them that ministered vnto hym : Timotheus and Erastus : butt he hym silfe remayned in Asia. For a season. The same tyme there arose no i^litell a do aboute that ' Exhorting [Perswading, jB] to the thinges that appertaine to the kingdome, etc. Gen. Bps. ' Were h'aidened and disobeyed, Gen. ' Separated the disciples, Jill the Vers. * I^isputed, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Special, Cr. Bps. '" Kerchefs or handkerchefs, Gen. " Conjurors, €ov. '* Undertook to name the name, Cov. Took in hand to name over the^i, etc. Gen. " A Jewe and chief of the priests, T. M. Cr. Bps. A Jewe, the priest, Gen. , " 1 acknow- ledge. Gen. ^^ lEvyllspmle,jlU the Vers. '« Cast them undt r him, Cov. " Artes, Gen. '^ Pieces of silver. Gen. Bps, '" Small trouble, Gen. Stie actes of tSe apostles. ffiji. ^p waye. For a certayne man named Demetrius/ ^ a goldsmyth/ which made silver ^^ schrynes for Diana/ ^ was not a litell beneficiall vnto the craftes men : which he called togedder with' the worke men of lyke ^ occupaclon/ and sayd : Syrs ye knowe that by this crafte we have ^ vauntage. Moreover ye se arid heare thatt nott alone at Ephesus: but almost thorowe oute all Asia/ thys Paul ^ entyseth/ and turned awaye moche people saying : that they be not gdddes which are made with hondes : so that not only ^6 this oure crafte com- meth into parell to be sett at nought : but that also the temple of greate. Diana shulde be ^ despysed. And her ^ maieste shulde be destroyed/ which all Asia/ and the worlde worship- peth. When they herde these sayinges/ they were full of wrathe/ and cryed out saying: Greate is Diana of the Ephesians. And all the cite was ^ on a roore/ and they russhed into the 3* commen hall with one assent/ and caught Gayus/ and Aris- tarchus/ men of Macedonia/ Pauls companions.^' When Paul wolde have entred in vnto the people/ the disciples suffered hym not. Certayne also off the chefe of Asia which were his frendes/ sent vnto hym desyrynge him that he wolde not ^ preace into the commen hall. Some cryed won thinge/ and some another and the ^3 congregacion was ** all out of quyete/ and the moare parte knewe not wherefore they were come togedder. Some of the company drue forth Alexander (the iewes thrustynge him forwardes) Alexander beckened with his honde/ and woldie have ^^ geven the people an answere. When they knewe that he was a iewe/ there arose a shute almost for the space of two houres off all men cryinge/ greate is Diana of the Ephesians. When the toune clarcke had 36 ceased the people he sayd : ye men of Ephesus : what man is it that knoweth nott howe that the cite of the Ephesians is a worshipper of the grett god- 1 1-1- . »° A silversmith, T. M. Cr. Gen. Sps. "Temples of Diana, Gen. '* Brought great [Ministred no small, C] gains, Gen. Bps. ^ Thinges, Gen. " Our goods, Gen. ^ Perswadeth, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. "^ This thinge is dangerous unto us, that the state should be reprooved, but also. Gen. '" Nothing esteemed. Gen. ^ Magnificence, .4H t/ie Fersi ^ Full of confusion, Gere. ""Open [Common, G.] place, Cov. Gen. [So C. vs. 31.] " Gen. adds — of his. journey. ^* Press into the open place, Cov.- Present himselfe in the common place. Gen. ^- Assemblie, Gen. Bps. [So vs. 39.] ^ Out of order. Gen. ^ Excused the matter to the people, Gen. ^ Stayed, Gen. Pacified, Bps. So. tyTPfWi. ffij)e Slctes ot tjie apostles. des Diana/ and ^ off the ymage which cam from ^ heven. Seynge then that no man ^ sayth here agaynst^ ye ought to be '^ content/ and to do nothjrnge rasshly/ For ye have brought bidder these men/ whiche ■*! are nether robbers off churches/ nor yett '^ despisers of youre goddes. Wherfore if Demetrius and the craftes men which are wyth hym/ have eny sayinge to eny man/ the lawe is open/ and there are rue- lars/ lett 9iem accuse won another. Yf ye ^ go about eny other thynge/ itt may be determined in a lawful! congregacion. For we are in ieoperdy to be .accused off this dayes ^^buSi- nes. For as moche as there is noo cause wherby we may geve ■^^a reckenynge off this concurse off people. And when he had thus spoken/ he let the congregacion departe. A PTER the ^ rage was ceased/ Paul called the disciples vn- "^^ to hym/ and ^ toke his leave off them/ and departed for to goo into Macedonia. And when he had gone over those parties/ and ' geven them * large exhortacions/ he cam into grece And there abode .iij. monethes. When the iewes layde wayte for hym as he was aboutt to sayle into Syria/ He pur- posed to returne thorowe Macedonia. There accompanied hym into Asia Sopater of Beroen : and of Tessalonia Aristar- cus and Secundus/ and Gaius of Derba/ and Timotheus : Out of Asia Tichicus/ and Trophimos. These went before/ and taried vs at Troas We sayled awaye from Philippos after the 5 ester holidayes/ and cam vnto them to Troas in five dayes/ and there abode seven dayes. On 6 a saboth daye the disciples cam to gedder forto breake breed/ and Paul preached vnto them (redy to departe on the morowe) and continued his preachynge vnto mydnyght. There were many lightea in the chamber where we were gaddered to gedder/ and there sate in a wyndowe a certayne yonge man named Eutichos/ fallen into a depe slepe. And ^ Of the heavenly image, Cov. ^ Jupiter, Gen. Bps. ^^ Can speak against tiiese thinges, Gen. Bps. '" Appeased, Gen. Quiet, Bps. *' Have neither committed sacrilege, Gen. ^ Blas- phemers, Gen. Bps. ^' Inquire any thing concerning other mat- ters. Gen. Bps. *• Sedition, Gen. Uproare, Cr. Bps. ^ A rea- son. Gen. ■ Tumult, Gen. Uproare, Bps. ' Embraced, Gen. [So oh. xxi. 6.] ^ Exhorted them with many words, Cov. Gen. * A long exhortation, Cr. Bps. * Days of sweete [unleavened, G.] bread, Cr.Gen. Bps. * One of the sabboth daies, Cov. Cr. Bps. The morow after the sabboth daye, T. M. The first daye of the week, Gen. BJe actes o( ttie 0po»tlea. fflj). y^. as Paul ■^ declared he was mbare overcome with slepe/ and fell . doune from the thyrde lofte/ and was taken vp deed. Paul wentt doune and 8 fell on hym/ and embraced hym/ and sayde : ^ Make nothynge a do. For his i" lyfe is in hym. When he was come vp he agayne/ brake breed/ and " tasted/ and 12 commened a longe whyle even till the ^^ morynge/ and soo departed. They brought the '■* yonge man a live and were nott alitell conforted. ' Then ^^ toke we shippynge/ and departed vnto Asson/ there to receave Paul. For soo had he apoynted/ and wolde hym silfe goo 18 be londe. When he WEis come to vs vnto Asson/ we toke hym in/ and cam to Mittilenes. and sayled, thence/ and cam the nexte day over agaynst Chios. And the day foUowinge we aryved at Samos/ and taryed at Trogilion. The nexte daye we cam to Mileton. For Paul had determin- ed to 1'' leave Ephesus as they sayled/ because he wolde not spende the tyme in Asia. For he hasted to be (yif itt were possible) at Jerusalem i^ in the feaste off pentecoste. From Mileton he sent to Ephesus/ and called the seniours off the congregacion. When they were come to hym/ he sayde vnto them : Ye knowe from the fyrst daye that I cam vn to Asia/ after what maner I have bene wyth you at all ceasons/ servynge God with all ^ humbleness off mynde/ and with many teares/ and temtacions/ whiche happeneyl vnto me by the layinges awayte off the iewes/ and howe I kept backe nothynge thatt myght be for youre proffet : but that I have shewed you/ and taught you ^o openly and at home in youre houses/ witnessynge both to the ieiwes/ and also to the grekes/ the repentaunce taward god/ and faith tawarde our lorde Jesu. And nowe beholde I goo bounde in the sprete vnto Jervsa- lem/ and knowe nott what shall come off me there/ butt that the holy gost witnesseth in every cite sayinge ; that bondes and 21 trouble abyde me : but 22 none of these thinges move me. Nether is ray lyfe dere vnto my silfe/ that I myght fulfill my ' Was speaking, Cov. Was preaching, Cr. Was long preaching [reasoning, 7?.], Gen. Bps. * Laide himselfe upon, Gen. ' Trou- ble not yourselves, Gen. '" Soul, Cov. " Eiiten, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Talked and communed, T. M. Talked, Cr. Bps. "Dawning of the day, Gen. '* Boye, Gen. •* We went afore [forth, C?.] to shippe and sailed [lowsed, C] unto, Cr. Gen. Bps. '8 Afoote, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. Afore, Tav. " Sayle by Ephesus, Cr. Gen. Bps. '^ Upon the Whitsunday, Cov. '' Modestie, Gen. ^ Openly and privately from house to house, Cov. Openly and throughout every house, Cr. Gen, Bps. " Afflictions, Gen. ^ I passe not at all, neyther, Gen. So. CT:y:y:ii:. SJe Stctes ot tje Slpostles. course with ioye/ and the mmistracion ^ which I have receav- ed of the lorde Jesu to testify the gospell of the grace of god. And nowe beholde/ 1 am sure that henceforth ye all (thorow whom I have gone preachinge the kyngdora of god) shall se my face noo moore. Wherefore I take you to recorde this same daye/ that I am pure from the bloud of all men. For I have ^ kepte nothynge backe : butt have shewed you all the counsel] off god. Take hede therfore vnto youre selves/ and to all the flocke/ wher of the holy gost hath made you ^ over- sears/ to ^ rule the congregacion of god/ which he hath pur- chased with '-'^ his bloud. For I am sure off this/ that after my departynge shall greveous wolves entre in amonge you/ which will nott spare the flock6. And off youre awne selves shall men aryse speakynge ^ perverse thynges/ to drawe disciples after them. Therfore awake and remember/ that by the space of iij. yeares I ceased not to warne every one of you/ both nyght and daye with teares. And nowe ^ dare brethren I commende you to god and to the worde of his grace/ which is ^o able to bylde further/ and to geve you an inheritaunce amonge all them which are sancti- fied. I have ^1 desyred no mans silver/ golde/ or 32 vestur/ Ye ye knowe well that these hondes have ministered vntb my necessities/ and to them thatt were with me. I have shewed you all thynges/ howe thatt soo laborynge ye ought to ^3 re- ceave the weake/ and to remember/ the wordes off the lorde Jesu/ howe that he sayde : It is ^ more blessed to geve/ then to receave. When he had thus spoken/ he kneled doune/ and prayed with them all. And they wept all 3S aboundantly/ and fell on Pauls necke/ and kissed hym sorowynge/ most of all/ for the wordes/ which he spake/ that they shulde se his face noo moore/ And. they ^ accompanied hym vnto the shippe. EJe xvi- ffiSajiter. A ND it chauilsed that as sone as we had launched forth/ "^ and were departed from them/ we cam with a strayght course vnto Choon/ and the daye foUowynge vnto the Rhodes/ ^ Cr. adds— (of the word.) ^i Spared noo laboure, Cr. ^ Bish- ops, Cov. =« Feede, Gen. ^ Hisowne bloud, Gen. Bps. ^ Perverse doctrine, Cov. ^ Brethren, Ml the Vers. ^o Mighty to edify you, Cov. =" Coveted, Gen. ^^ Apparel, Gen. ^ Support, Gen. Helpe, Bps. ^4 ^ blessed thing to give, rather, etc. Gen. ^^ Sore, Cr. Bps, =« Convayed, Cr. Sjie aicten of tiie 9()iostIes. CI), nh and from thence vnto Patsira. And we founde a shyppe 1 reddy to sayle vnto Phenices. And went a borde and sett forthe. 2 Then apered vnto vs Ciprus/ and we lefte it on the lefte honde/ and sayled vnto Siria. and cam vnto Tire. For there the shippe * vnladed her burthen. And when we had founde * brethren/ we taried there .vij. dayes. and they tolde Paul thorowe the sprete/ that he shuld not goo vppe to Jeru- salem. Ande when the dayes were ended we departed/ and went oure wayes and they all ^ brought us on oure waye/ with their wyves and children till we were come out off the cite, and we kueled doune in the shore and prayde. and when we had taken oure leave one off another/ we toke shippe/ and they ^ returned home agayne. When we had full ended the course/ from Tire/ we aryved at Ptholomaida/ and saluted the brethren/ and abode with them one daye. The nexte daye/ '' we tljat were off Paulus com- pany/ 8 cam vnto Cesarea. and we entred into the housse of Philip the evangelist/ which was one of the seven/ ^ and abode with hym. The same man had fower doughters virgens/ which did prophesy. And as we taried there a good many dayes/ there cam a certayne prophete from iewry/ named Agabus. When he weis come vnto vs/ he toke Pauls gerdell/ and bounde his i" hondes and fete and sayde : Thus sayth the holy goost : Soo shall the iewes at Jerusalem/ bynde the man that owneth this gerdell/ and shall deliver him into the hondes of the genthils. When we herde this/ both we and other of the same place/ besought hym/ that he wolde nott goo vppe to Jerusalem; Then Paul answered/ and sayd : What do ye wepynge/ and breakyng myne hert } I am redy not to be bound only/ bfflt also to deye at Jerusalem for te name off the Lord Jesu. When 11 we coulde nott turne his mynd^/ we ceased sayinge : The will of the lorde be fulfilled. After those dayes we 12 made oure silfes redy/ and went vp to Jerusalem. There went with vs also certayne off the disciples off Cesarea/ and brought with them won Mnason off Ciprus/ an olde disciple/ ' ' That went over, Gtn. Sailing, Bjis. ' When we came with- in the sight of, Ccrb. When we had discovered. Gen. ' Lay forthe the ware, Cov. * Disciples, Gere. S'gs. * Accompanied, Gen. • Turned agalne unto theirs, C A stayre, Cr. The grieces, Gen. The stayres, Bps. [So G. B. vs. 40.] " Chiefe captaine, Gen. [So post, and ch. xxii. 24 — 29.] ^ Raised a sedition, Gen. ^ Privy murtherew, Cov. ^ Gen. adds — Doabtlesse. ^ A cit- izen of Tarsus, a famous citie in Cilicia, Cov. Gen. '' My defence. Gen. ' Instructed [Taught, B.] according to the perfect manner of the law, Gen. Bps. So, ci;lf. Biit Stctcs of t^e 0)iastIei!i. lawe off the fathers/ and was ^ fej-i^ent mynded to God warde/ as ye all are this same daye/ and I persecuted this waye vnto the deeth bynd3rnge/ and delyrerynge into preson bothe men and wemen/ as the chefe prest doth beare me witnes/ and all * the seniours : of whom also I receaved letters vnto the breth- ren/ and went to Damaseon to brynge them which were there bounde vnto Jerusalem forto be punysshed. And it fortuned that as I made my iomey/ and was come nye vnto Damaseon/ aboute none/ sodenly -there shone from heven a greate lyght rounde aboute me/ and I fell vnto the erth/ andherde a voice say inge vnto me : Saul/ Saub why perse- cutest thou me ? And I answered : what arte thou lorde ? and he sayde vnto me : I am Jesus of Nazareth/ whom thou per- secutest. And they that were with me sawe verely a lyght and were a frayde : but they herde nott the voyce of him that spake with me. And I sayd : what shall I do lorde ? And the lorde sayd vn to me. Aryse and goo into Damas- eon and there it shalbe tolde the off all tninges which are apojmted for the to do. And when I * sawe no thjrnge for the brightnes of that light/ 1 was ledde by the honde off them thatt were with me/ and cam into Damaseon. Won Ananias a * perfecte man/ and as pertaynynge to the lawe havynge goode reporte of all the iewes which there dwelt/ cam vnto me/ and stode and sayd vnto me : Brother Saul le- ceave thy sight. And that same houre I '' receaved my sight and sawe hym. And he sayde vnto me/ the god off cure fathers hath ^ ordeyned the before/ that thou shuldest knowe his will/ and shuldest se 9 that which is rightfuU/ and shuldest heare the voyce/ off hys mought : for thou shalt be his witnes vnto al men off the thynges which thou hast sene and herde. And nowe : why tariest thou ? Aryse and be baptised/ and wesshe awaye fliy synnes/ in callynge on the name of the lorde. And it fortuned/ when I was come agayne to Jerusalem and prayde in the temple/ that I was in a traunce/ And sawe hym sayinge vnto me : Make haste/ and gett the quiely out of Jeru- salem : For they wilnott receave the witnes that thou Nearest of me. And I sayde : lorde they know that I presoned/ and bett in every sinagoge them that beteved on die. and when ' Zealous, Gen. Bps. * Cr. Gen. Bps. add — the estate of. ' Canlde not see for the glorie, Gf.n. ' Godly, Gen. Devout, Bps. 1 Looked upon him. And he, Gen. Bps,' 'Appoyntcd thee, Gen, » That Just one, Gen. Bps, Si)e ^ctrs of tiie Apostles. ®))- t^rfrf. the bloud of thy "• witnes Steven was sheed/ 1 also stode by/ and consented vnto his deeth. and kept the i* rayment off them that slewe hym. And he sayde vnto me : departe for I will sende the a farre hence '^ vnto the gentyls. ^They gave him audience vnto this worde/ and lifte vppe their voyces and saide : a waye with soche a felowe from the erth. yt is 13 pitie that he shulde live. And they ciyed and cast of their clothes/ and thrue* dust in the ayer. The captayne bade hym to be brought into the ceistle/ and commaunded him to be !■* scourged/ and to be examined/ that he myght knowe wherfore they ciyed on hym. And as they bounde hym with thonges/ Paul sayde vnto ^^ an vnder captayne : Ys it laufuU for you to scourge a Romain vncondempned } When the vnder captayne herde that/ he went to the vpper captayne/ and tolde hym sayinge : '^ What intendest thou to do ? This man is a Romain. The vpper captayiie cam to hym/ and sayde : Tell me/ arte thou a Romain ? He sayde : Yee And the captayne answered : With moche money obtayned I this i' fredom. And Paul sayde: ^^l was fre born. Then strayght \wayde departed from hym they wich shulde have examined hym And the captayne also w£is a frayde/ after he knewe that he was a Romain/ be cause he had bounde hym. On the morowe ^^ he lowsed hym from hys boundes de- s)rringe to knowe the certaynte for what cause he was accused of the iewes/ and commaunded the bye prestes and all the counsell to come togedder/ and brought Paul/ and sett hym before them. CJe ):):rrf. ffiSajit^r. "P AUL 1 behelde the counsell and sayde :' Men and brethren/ I have lived ^ lived in all goode concience before god vn- till this daye. The hye prest Ananias commaunded them that stode by/ to sm3rte hym on the mought. Then sayde Paul to hym God shall smyte the thou ^ payntyd wall. * Sit- '" Martyr, Gen. " Clothes, Cov. Gen. '« Among the hea- then, Cob. " Not reason, Cov. Cr. Bps. Not meete, Gen. '■• Beaten with rods, Cod. " A centurion, Gere. [Soch. xxiii. yo*«.] '» What wilt thou do ? Cob. Take heede what thou dost, Gen. Bps. " Burge-ship, Gen. '* As for roe I am a Roman borne, Cov. I was so borne, Gen. " Because he woulde have known the oertayntie, etc. he logged him, etc. and commanded, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Earnestly beholding, Gen. Bps. ' Served God, etc. G«n.- ^ Whited, Gen. * For thou sittest to judge me, etc. Gen. J^o. cjriff. Srje SCctes of tfie apostles. test thou and iudgest me after the lawe : and commaundest me to be smitten contrary to the lawe ? And they that stode by sayde : Revylest thou Goddes hy preste ? Thensayd Paul : I wist not brethren/ that he was the hye preste. For it is written thou shalt not ^ speake evyll to the ruelar of thy peo- ple. When Paul perceved that the one parte were Saduces/ and the other Pharises : He cryed oute in the counsell : Men and brethren I am a pharisaye/ the sonne off a pharisaye. Of ^ hope/ and of resurreccion from deeth lam 'iudged. And when he had soo sayde/ there rose a ^ debate bitwene the pharisayes and the saduces/ and the multitude was devided. For the saduces saye that there is no resurreccion/ nether an- gell/ nor sprete. But the phariseies ^ graunt bothe. And there arose grett erye/ and the scribes ^vhich wer on the phar- isais parte strove saynge : We fynde none evyll in this man. 1" Though a sprete/ or an" angell hath apered to hym/ lett vs not stryve agaynst God. And when there arose greate de bate/ the captayne fear- ynge lest Paul shuld have bene ^i pluckte asondre off them/ , commaunde'd the soudiers to goo doune/ and take hym from amonge them/ and to brynge hym into the castle. The nyght followyne god stode by hym and sayd : Be of goode '^ cheare Paul : For as thou hast testified off me in Jerusalem/ soo must thou beare witnes at Rome. When daye was come/ certayn of the iewes i* gaddered themselves to gedder/ and made a vowe sainge : ^at they wolde nether eate nor drynke till they had killed Paul. They were ^* aboute .xl, which had made this conspiracion. And they cam to the chefe prestes and seniours/ and sayde : we have bounde oure selves with a i^ vowe/ that we will eate nothynge vntill we have slayjie Paul. Nowe therefore J* geve knowlege to the vpper captayne/ and to the counsell that he brynge hym forth vntp vs to morow/ as though we wolde knowe some thinge m,ore perfectly of hym. But we (or ever he come neare) are ready ^'' [in the mean season] to kill him. 'Curse, Cov. T. M. Cr. Bps. *The hope and the, ML the Vers. ' Accused, Gen. ^Discuseion, Gen. [So vs. 10.] 'Confesse both, Gen.Bps. '" Butif aapiriteoranangellhath spoken to him, Gen.Bpa. •' Pulled in pieces, Ge». "Courage, Gen. "Made an assemblie and bound themselves with an oth, Gjen. ■'' More than, Cr. Gen. Bps. i^* Solemn oath. Gen. [So vs. 21.] '* Ye and the councell, signifie to the chiefe captaine, Gen. " Cr. Gen,. Bps. omit. Ete gtctes of tje apostles. ffl!). nf^i- When Pauls sisters sonne herde of their layinge awayte/ he went and enti-ed into the castle/ and tolde Paul. And Paul called off the vnder captaynes vnto hym/ and sayde : Brynge this younge man vnto the captayne. for he hath a certayne thynge to shewe hym. Arid he toke him/ and ledde him vnto the hye captayne and said : Paul the presoner called me vnto hym and prayed me to brynge this younge man vnto the/ which hath ^* a certayne matter to shewe the. The hye captayne toke hym by the hond/ and went a parte virith hym out of itie waye/ and jixed hym : what hast thou to saye vnto me ? And he said : the iewes i* are determined to desyre the that thou woldest br3Tige forth Paul to morowe into the counsell/ as though they wolde ^ enquyre somwhat of him more parfectly. But ®i folowe not their mindes : for there laye awayte for hym off them/ moo then xl. men/ which have bounde them selves with a vowe/ that they will nether eate nor drynke tilt they have killed hym. ^d nowe are they redy/ and loke for thy promes. The vpper captayne lett the yonge man departe and charg- ed : Se tiiou tell no man that thou hast tolde me this. Arid he called vnto hym" two ^ vnder captaynes/ sayinge : Make redy two hondred soudiers to goo to Cesarea/ and horsmen threscore and ten. And-^ speare men two hondred/ at the thyrde houre off the nyght' And ^ delyvre them beastes that they maye putt Paul on/ and brynge hym safe vnto Felix ** the hye debite/ ^ and wrote a letter in this maner. Claudius Lisias vnto the ^ most mighty ruelar Felix sendeth gretynges. This man was taken of the iewcs/ and shulde have bene killed of them : Then cam I With ^ soudiers/ and rescued him/ and perceaved that he was a Romayne. And when I wolde have knowen the cause/ wherefore they accused hym/ I brought hym forth into their counsell. There perceaved I that he was accused off questions of their lawe : but ^ was not gUty of eny thinge worthy of deeth/ or of bondes. After warde when it was shewed me howe that the iewes layde •' Something to say unto thee, Gen. " Have conpsired, Gen. *> Hear him yet better, Cov. "■ Let them not persuade thee. Gen. " Certaine Centurions, Gen. "^ Men with darts, Gen. ** Make rea^ie an horse, Gen. ^ The Governour. And hee wrote an epistle, etc. Gere.. ^ Cr- adds — (For he dyd feare lest happely the Jews should take him away^and kill him, and he should be after- ward blamed, as though he wolde take money.) " Most noble, Gen. - ^ The garrison. Gen. An armie, J5^. ^ Had no crime, Gen. Having nothing- layde to his charge, Bps. Jfo. C);lf(J. SCi)c Klctcs of t|)e 0])ostUs. wayte for the man/' I sent hym strayght waye to the/ and gave commaundment to hys accusals/ yf ■ they had aught agaynst hym/ to tell it vnto the : fare well. The soudiers as it was commaunded vnto them/ toke Paul and brought hym by nyght to Antipatras. On the morowe they lefte the horsmen to goo with hym/ and returned vnto the castle, when they cam to Cesarea/ they deUvered the pistle to the debite/ and presented Paul before him. when the de- bite had redde the letter/ he axed off what ^ countre he was/ and when he vnderstode that he was of Cicill/ 1 will heare the (sayde he) when thyne accusars are come also. And com- maunded hym to be kepte in Herodes ^i pallys. SrSe jrjrfb. ffljapter. A FTER V. dayes/ Ananias the bye preste descended/ with ■^ senioures/ and with a certayne oratour named TartuUus/ 1 and enformed the ruelar agaynst Paul, when Paul was cal- led forth/ TartuUus began to accuse him saying : Seynge that we ® live in gret ^ quyetnes by the meanes of the and that many ■* goode thynes are done vnto this, nacion thorow thy providence : ^ that alowe we ever and in all placis/ most myghty Felix with all thankes. Notwithstondynge/ lest I be tedeous vnto the/ I praye the/ that thou woldest heare vs of thy curtesy a feawe wordes. We have founde this man a pestilent felowe/ and a mover of * debate amonge the iewes thorowe out the worlde/ And a mayntayner off the secte off the Nazarens : '' which also hath enforsed to to ^ pollute the temple/ whom we toke and wolde have iudged accordynge to oure lawe : but the bye captayne Lisias cam apon vs/ and with grett violence toke hym out of oure hondes/ commaundynge his accusers to come vnto the/ off whom thou mayst (yff thou willt enquyre) knowe the cei;- taynty of all these thynges wher of we accuse hym. The iewes lyke wyse affermed/ sayinge that it was even so. Then Paul (after that the ruelar him silfe had beckened vn- to him that he shulde speake) answered : -^ I shall with a moare quyet minde answer for my silfe/ for as moche as I " Province, Gen. Bfis. ^' Judgment-hall [house, Cov.], Cov. Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Which appeared before, Gen. Bps. " Have obtained great, etc. Gen. Bps. ^ Peace, Ctn>. * Worthy, Gen. » We acknowledge it wholly. Gen. ' Sedition, Gen. ' And hath gone aboute. Gen. Bps. * Suspend, Cov. ' I willnot be afraid to answer, C. I do the more gladly answer. Gen. ffiie SicttH of tte 0])ostUs. tKi). T^liti. vnderstonde that thou hast bene off many yeares a iudge vnto thys people/ be cause that thou mayst knowe that there are yet but xij. dayes sence I went vppe to Jerusalem for to praye. And that they nether ibunde me in the temple disputinge with eny man/ 1* other raysynge vp the people/ nether in the sina- gc^es nor in the cite. Nether can they prove the thinges wher of they accuse me. But this I confesse vnto the/ that after thatt waye (which they call heresy) so worshippe I the god of my fathers/ be- levinge all thynges which are written in the lawe and the prophetes/ and have hope tewardes god/ that the same resur- recsion from derth (which they them selves loke for also) shalbe both of iust and vniust. And "therfore slody I to have a cleare conscience towarde. god/ and towarde man also.- ^^ Many yeres agoo I cam and brought almes to my people and offeringes/ ^^ in the which they founde me purified in the temple/ nefiier with i* multitude/ nor yett with i^ vnquyetnes. There were certaine iewes out of Asia which ought to be here present before the/ and accuse me/ yf they had ought agaynst me : or els let thes same here saye/ if they have founde eny 1^ evyll doinge in me/ whill I stonde here in the counsell/ ex- cepte it be for this one vpyce/ that I cryed stondynge amonge them off the resurreccion from death am I ^' iudged off you this daye. When Felix herde that he differde them/ i^for he knewe very well of that waye and sayde : when Lisias the captayne is come/ 1 will know the vt most of youre matters, and he commaunded i9 an vndercaptayne to kepe Paul/ and that he shuld have rest/ and that he shulde forbyd none of his ac- quayntaunce to minister vnto him/ or to come vnto him. After a certayne dayes cam Felix/ and his wyfe Drusilla which was a iewes/ and called forth Paul/ and herde hym of the fayth which is toward Christ. And as he ^ preached of *i Justice/ ^ temperaunce/ and Judgement to come/ Felix '" Neither malting uproare among, Gen. " Herein I endeavour always, etc. Gen. "But [Nowe, G. B \ after many years 1 came, T.M. Or. Gen. Bp». '^Atwhattime,certaine Jews of Asia founde me, etc. etc, which ought to have been, Gen. " Rumour, Cov. '* Tumult, G«». "Unjust thing, Gen. " Accused, Gem. " And saide. When I shall more perfectly know ^Jie thinges which concerne this way by the coming of Lysias, etc. I will decide your inatter, Gere. " A centurion, Gen. "' Disputed [Spake, C. Reasoned, B.] of righteousness, Cov. Gen. Bpa. *' Rigliteous- ness, Ct. ** Chastity, Cov. JFo. c);I[b. 2r$e Slctes of t$e Apostles. trembled/ and answered : ^ thou hast done ynough att this tyme/ departe/ when I have a convenient tyme/ 1 will sende for the. He hoped also that money shulde be geven hym off Paul that he myght lowse hym/ wherfore he called hym the oftenner/ and commened with hym. After two yeare cam Festus Porcius into Felix roume/ and Felix willynge to 24 shewe the Jewes a pleasure lefte Paul ^ [in preson] bounde. - STJe ):j:b. fflfjapter. "Y^/^HEN Festus ^ was come into the ® province/ after thre dayes/ he ascended from Cesarea vnto Jerusalem. Then ^ enformed hyin the hye prestes/ and the chefe off the iewes agaynst Paul, and they entreated hym' and desired faveour agaynst hym that he; wolde sende for him to Jerusa- lem/ and layde awayte for hym in the waye for to kill him. Festus answered that Paul shulde be kept at Cesarea : but that he hym silfe^ wold shortly departe thither. Lett them therfore (sayd he) whiche amonge you are able to do it come doune with vs and accuse hym/ if there be ^ eny faute iiv-the man. When he had taried there * moare then ten dayes he de- parted vnto Cesarea/ and the nexte daye sate doune in the ludgement seate/ and commaunded Paul to be brought. When he was come the iewes which were come from Jerusalem/ cam aboute hym and layde many and greveous ^ eomplaintes agaynst Paul/ which they could nott prove ' aslonge as he an- swered for hym silfe/ that he had nether agaynst the lawe of the iewes/ nether agaynst the temple/ nor yet agaynst Cesar offended eny thynge att all. Festus willinge to do the iewes a pleasure/ answered Paul/ and sayde : Wilte thou goo to Jerusalem/ and there be iudged of these thynges before me ? Then sayd Paul : I stonde at Cesars iudgement seate/ where I ought to be iudged. To the iewes have I ^ no harme done/ as thou very well knowest. If I have 8 hurte them/ or committed eny thynge worthy of deeth/ I refuse not to deye. Yf none of these thynges are/ where, of ^ Go thy way for this time, Cr. Gen. Bps. " Get favour of the Jews, Gea. [So ch. xsv. 9.] ^ Gen. Bps. omit. ' Had re- ceived the office after, etc. Cr. " Countrey, Cm. ' Appear- ed before, Gen. * Ought, Cov. Any wickednesse. Gen. ' No more, etc. Gcji. ^ Quarrels, Co». 'Forasmuch e^ he, etc. Gen, ' Done no wrong — dons wrong, Gen. Bps. they accuse me/ no man ought to deliver me to them. I ap- peale vnto Cesar. Then spake Festus 9 with deliberacion/ and answered : i" Thou hast appealed vnto Cesar : vnto Cesar shall thou goo. After a certayne dayes kynge Agrippaand Bemice cam vnto Cesarea to ^^ welcom Festus. And when they had '^ bene there a good ceason/ Festus ^* rehearsed Paules cause vnto the. kynge sayinge : There is a certayne man lefte in preson off -Felix about whom when I cam to Jerusalem the hye prestes/ and seniours of the Jewes enformed me/ and desyr- ed to have iudgement agaynst hym. To whom I answered : It is not the maner off the Romayns '^to delivere eny man i^thatt he shulde perisshe/ before that he which is, accused/ have hys accusars i^ before hym/ and have ^'' licence to answer for hym silfe/ ^^ as pertaynynge to the cryme ^^ [wher of he is accused.] when they were come hidder/ with out delaye on the morowe I sate to geve iudgement/ and commaunde the man to be brought forth, agaynste whom when the ac- cusers stode vppe/ they brought ^ none accusacion off soche thynges as I supposed : But hadde certayne questions agaynst hym off their awne supersticion/ and of one Jesus which wfts ded. whom Paul affirmed to be alive. Be cause I douted off ^1 the questions/ I axed hym whither he wolde goo to Jerusa- lem/ and there be iudged of these matters. s^Then when Paul had appealed to be kept vnto the knowledge off '^3 Cesar. I commaunded hym to be kept till I myght sende hym to Cesar. Agrippa sayd vnto Festus : I wolde also heare the man my silfe. To morowe (sayde he) thou shalt heare hym. On the morowe when Agrippa was come and Bemice with greate pompe/ and were entrede in to the ^ counsell housse with the captaynes and chefe men of the cite/ at Festus commaunde- ment Paul was brought forth/ and Festus sayde : Kjmge Agrippa/ and all men which are heare presents with vs : Ye se this man about whom all the multitude of Jewes hath ^ bene ' With the counsell, Cov. Gen. Eps. '" Hast thou, etc. Gen. Bps. " Salute, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. " Remained there many days, Gen. "Proposed, Gen. '* Cr. Gen. Bps. add — for favour. •5 To death, Gen. "Face to face, Bps. " Place to defend himselfe. Gen. '*To the accusation, Cov. "Layde against him, Ct. Bps. Gen. omits. * No crime. Gen. " Such man- ner of, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. " But because he appealed to be re- ferred to the examination of Augustus, Gen. ^ Augustus, Bps. *< Common hall, Cov. Gen. ^ Entreated me, Cov. Cr. Bps. with me/ both at Jerusalem and also here/ cr)dnge that he ought not to live eny lenger. Yet founde I nothynge worthy of 3eeth that he had committed. Neverthelesse seinge that he hath appealed to ^ Cesar/ 1 have determyned to sende hym. Off whom I have no certayne thynge to wryte vnto my lorde. Wherfore I have brought hym vnto you/ and specially vnto the/ kynge Agrippa/ that after examinacion had/ 1 myght have sumwhat to write. For me thynketh it vnreasoneble forto sende a presoner/ and not to shewe the causes/ which are layde agaynst hym. JEJe jrjrbj. ©Japter. A GRIPPA sayde vnto Paul : Thou arte permitted to speake -'*- for thy silfe. Then Paul stretched forth his honde/ and answered for hym silfe: I thynke my silfe happy kynge Agrippa/ be cause I shall answere this daye before tiie of all the thynges where of I am accused of the iewes/ ^ namely be cause thou arte experte in all cuslomes/ and questions/ which areamonge the iewes. wheerfore I besethe the to heare me paciently. ® My livynge off a child/ ^ which was at the fyrst amonge myne awne nacion att Jerusalem knowe all the iewes which knewe me * from the begynnynge/ y f they wolde testifye it. For after the most straytest secte of oure ^ lawe lived I a pharisaye and nowe I stond and am iudged for the hope off the promes made off God vnto oure fathers vnto which prom- es/ oure .xij. tribes instantly servynge God daye and nyght/ hope to come. For which hopes sake/ kynge Agrippa am I accused off the iewes. why shulde itt be thought a thynge vncredible vnto you/ * if God rayse agayne the deed .' I also verely thought in my silfe/ that I ought to do many contrary thynges/ clone agaynst the name off Jesus off Naza- reth : which thynge I alsoo did in Jerusalem. And many of the saynctes shut I in preson. morover I receaved auctorite off the bye prestes : And when they were putt to deeth I '' gave 8 the sentence. And I punnysshed them ^ often in every sina- ** Augustus, Gen. Bps. ' Chiefly 'because thou hast knowledge of, Gen. ' My life [living, C] that I have ledde of achilde, Vr. Bps. As touching my life from my childhood, Gen. ^ And what it was from the beginning, Geh. * Heretofore, Gen. ' Jewish law, Cm. Religion, Cr. Gen. Bps. « That, T.M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Brought, Cov. 8 jiy sentence, Gen. » Throughout all the Synagogues, Gen. St)e Slctes ot tiie 0postUs. ®!i. n^]. goge/ and compelled them to blaspheme, and was yett more mad apon them and persecuted them/ even vnto straunge cites. *" About the which thynges as I went to Datnascon whith auc- torite/ and i' commission from the hye prestes/ even at myd daye (kynge Agrippa) I sawe in the waye a lyght from haven/ 12 above the brightnes of the sunne/ shyne rounde about me and them/ which iomeyed with me. When we wer all fallen to the.erth/ 1 herde a voyce speak- ynge vnto me/ and sayinge in the ebrue tonge : Saul/ Saul/ why persecutest thou me ! Hit is harde for the to kicke agaynst the pricke. And I sayde : Who arte thou lorde .' And he sayde : I am Jesus whom thou persecutest : But ryse and stond vppe on thy fete. For I have apered vnto the for this purpose/ to make the a mynister/ and a witnes both off the thynges which thou hast sene/ and off tho thynges in the which I will apere vnto the/ delyverynge the from the people/ and from the gentyls/ vnto the which nowe I sende the/ to open their eyes tfiat they myght turne ffrom darknes vnto lyght/ and ffrom the power of Satan vnto God/ that they maye receave forgevenes of synnes/ and inheritaunce amonge them which are sanctyfyed by fayth in me. Wherfore kynge Agrippa I was not '^ disobedient vnto the hevenly vysion : butt shewed fyrst vnto them off Damascon/ and att Jerusalem/ and thorow out all the costes off Jewry/ and to the gentyls/ that they shulde repent/ and turne to God/ and do the right werkes '* off repentaunce. For this cause the iewes caught me in the temple/ and went about to kill me 13 Neverthelesse I obtained helpe off God/ and stond vnto this daye witnessynge bothe to small and to greate/ saying none other thynges/ then those which the prophetes and Moses did saye shulde come/ that Christ shulde suffre/ and that he shuld be the fyrst that shulde lyse from deeth/ and shulde shewe lightt vnto the people/ and to the gentyls. As he thus answered for hym silfe : Festus sayde with a lowde voyce : Paul/ thou arte besides thy silfe. Moche learn- ynge hath made the mad. And Paul sayde : I am not mad 1* most dere Festus : but speake the wordes of trueth and so- bemes The kynge knoweth of thpse thynges/ before whom "> At which time, Gen- " Liqenoe, Cov. T. M. Cr. '« Pass- ing, Ge». " Faithless, Coo. " Of penance, Cod. "Seeing therefore that I have obtained', Cr, Bps, '« O [Most, 5.] noble, Gen. Bps. jf a. ci:lbf. Siie ^ctes of ti)e Apostles. i' I speke frely nether thynke I that eny of these thynges are hidden from hym. For this thynge was not done in a corner. Kynge Agrippa belevest thou the prophetes ? I wote wele thou belevest. Agrippa sayde vnto Paul : ^^ Sumwhatt thou bryngest me in mynde ffor, to be come christen. And PauU sayd : I wolde to God that not only thou : but also all that heare me to daye/ were i^ not sumwhat only/ but alto- gedder soche as I am except these bondes. And when he had thus spoken/ the kynge rose vppe/ and the debits/ and Ber- nice/ and they that sate with them. And when they were gone aparte/ they talked betwene them selves sayinge : This man dteth nothynge worthy of deeth/ nor of bondes. Then sayde Agrippa vntb festus : This man myght have bene low- sed yf he had not apealed vnto Cesar. Srjc )t:M;. ffiSapter. "IT/^HEN it was concluded that we shulde say le into italy/ ' ' they delivered Paul/ and certayne other presoners vnto won fiamed Julius/ an vndercaptayne of iCesars soudiars. And we^ntred into a shippe of Adramicium/ and lowsed from lond/ ^ apoynted to sayle by the costes off Asia/ won Aristar- cus out of Macedonia/ of the contre of Thessalia/ ^ beinge with vs. The nexte daye cam we to sidon/ and Julius courteously entreated Paul/ and gave him liberie to goo vnto his frendes/ and to refresshe hym silfe. And from thence lanched we and say led harde by Cypers/ be cause the wyndes were con- trary. Then sayled we over the see "* off Cicijl/ and Pamphy- lia/ and cam to-Myra a cite in Lycia. And there the, vnder captayne founde a shippe off Alexan- dry redy to sayle in Italy/ and put vs there in/ and when we had sayled slowly many, day es/ and scace were come over agaynst Gnydon (be cause the wynde ^ with stode vs) we sa- led harde by the * costes off Candy/ over agaynste Salmo/ and with moche " worke sayled beyonde h3rtt/ and cam vnto a place called ^ Goode porte. Neye where vnto was a citte called Lasea. When moche tyme was spent/ and saylynge " Also I speake boldly : for I am persuaded that none, etc. Gem. " Almost [Somewhat, B.] thou persuadest me. Gen. Bps. " Both almost and altogether. Gen. Both somewhat and also in agreatdeale, Bps. ' Augustus bande. Gen. Bps, " Purposing, Gen. ' Tarying still with, Cr. Bps. * By Cilicia, Gen. * Suffered us not, Gen. ' Candie neere to Salmone, Gen. ' Ado, Gen. * Good haven, Cov. The Fair Havens, Cr. Gen. Bps. Si)e Sfctes of tie ^jiostles. dtji. xy^'tlj. was nowe ieoperdeous/ because alsoo ^ thatt we hadd over- longe fasted/ Paul ^' put them in remembraunce/ and sayde vnto them : Syrs I perceave that thys vyage wilbe with hurte and domage/ not off the ladynge and shippe only : but also off oure lyues. But the vndercaptayne beleved the gouemer/ and the master ^^ better then thoo thynges which were spoken off Paul. Aiid because the haven was nott commodius to wynter in many toke counsell to departe thenee/ yff by eny meanes they myght ata3me to Phenices and there to wyntew whych haven pertayneth to Candy/ and i^^ervith to the sougthi west/ and northwest wynde. When the sougth wynde blewe/ '3 they supposynge to obtayne theyr purpose lowsed"vnto Asson/ and say led paste all Candy. ^ Butt anon after there arose i* (agaynste theyr purpose) a flawe off wynde i*out of the northeste ^'' When the shippe was caught/ and coulde not resist the wynde/ we lett her goo and 18 drave with the wedder. We ^^ cam vnto an yle named Clauda/ And ^o had moche worke to come by aboote/ which they toke vppe/ and vsed helppe ^i vndergerdynge the shippe/ feaiynge lest we shulde have fallen into Syrtes/ and we let doune a vessell tmd soo ware caryed. ^The nexte daye when we were tossed with an excedynge tempest/ they light- ened the shippe/ and the thyrde daye we cast out with oure awne hondes the tacklinge of the shippe. When at the last nether sunne nor starre in many dayes apered/ And no smale tempest laye apon vs/ all hope 23 ^^tt we shulde be saved/ was taken awaye. Then after longe abstinence Paul stode forth in the myddes of them and sayde : Syrs ye shulde have herde me/ and not have departed frorri Candy/ ^nether to have brought vnto vs this harme and losse. And nowe I exhorte you to be of good chore/ ffor there 25 shalbe noo losse off eny mans lyfe ' The fast was now passed, Gen. Bps. '" Exhorted them, Gen. '' More', Cr. Bps. Rather, Gen. '^ Lyeth towards the Southwest and by West, and Northwest and by West, Gen. " Gere. Bps. add-^-aofUy. " Neerer and sailed by Candie, Gere. "By it a Btormie winde called Euroclydon, Gere. " Called North-east, Cov. " Bps. adds — which is called Euroclydon. "^ Were caryed away, Gere. '" Were caryed into, Cr. Bps. Ranne under, Gere. * Collide scarce [Had much ado to, Gen^ get a boat, Cov. Gen. *> And bound it under hand to, Cov. And made fast, Cr. '' And when we had bidden a great tempest, on the next day they made an outcasting, Cov. " Of our life, Cov. That we shoulde esdape, Cr. *• So shoulde ye have gained, Gen. And to have gained unto us, Bps. V> SbaH none of our lives perish, Cr. ^0. c):lMf. eje, SIctes of tje SKpostles. amonge you : Butt off the shippe only. For there stode by me this nyght the angell off God whose I am/ and whom I serve/ sayuig : feare nott Paul/ for thou must be brought be- fore Cesar. And loo/ God hath geven vnto the all thatt are in the shippe with the/ wherfore Syrs be of good ^6 chere/ for I beleye God that so it shalbe even as it was tolde me/ and we must be cast into a certayne ylonde. But when the fourtenthe nyght was come as we were car- yed ^ in Adria/ about mydnyght the shipmen demed thatt ^ there apered some countre vnto them/ and they sounded/ and founde it xx. feddoms. they went a lytell fiirther and sounded agayne/ and founde xv. feddoms. Then fearinge lest they shulde have fallen ^ on some Eocke/ they cast iiij. ancres out of the Sterne/ and wysshed for the daye. As the 30 shipmen were about to fle out Of the shippe/ and had lett doune the bote into the see/ vnder a colour as though they wolde have cast ancres out off the forshippe : Paul sayd vnto the. vnder captayne and the soudiers : excepte these abyde in the shippe ye cannot be safe. Then the soudiers cut off the rope off the bote/ and lett yt fall awaye. 31 And in the meane tyme/f bitwixt that and daye/ Paul 32 be- sought them all to take meate/ sayinge : this is the four- tenthe 'daye that ye have taried and continued fastynge re- ceavynge no thynge at all/ wherfore Ipraye you to take meate. for this 33 no dout is for youre helth/ for there shall not an heere fall from the heed of eny of you. And when he had thus spoken he toke breed and gave thankes to God in presence off them all/ and brake it/ and began to eate. Then were they all of Good cheare/ and they also toke meate. We were all togedder in the shippe/ two hondred and thre score and sixtene soules. When they had eaten ynough/ they lightened the shippe and east oute the weate in- to the see. When ytt was daye they knew not the 341ande/ butt they spied a certayne 35 reache with a banke/ in to the which they were mynded (yff ytt were possible) to thrust in the shippe. And when they had - taken vppe the ancres/ they committed ^ Courage, Gen. [So post.^ *' To and fro in the Adriatic sea, Gen. ^ Some countrey approched, Gen. They drewe near to, Bps. " Into some rough places. Gen. ^ Mariners, Gen. ^' And when the daye began to appear [it began to be daye, C] Cr. Gen. Bps. " Exhorted, Gen. [So vs. 34.] , ^^ Is for your safeguard, Cen. '< Countrey, Gen. ^' Haven, Co?. T- M. Cr. Bps. Creek, Gim. Sl)e glctes of tj)e S()iastlcs. €% nWl. ^ them selves vnto the see/ and lowsed the rudder bondes and hoysed vppe the mayne sayle to the wynde and drue to londe/ and they fell into a place/ 3'' which had the see on bothe the sydes/ 38 and thrust in the shippe/ and the foore parte stucke fast/ and moved not/ and the hynderparte brake with the vio- lence of the waves. The soudears counsell was tokyll the presoners lest eny off them/ when he had swome out shoulde fle awaye ; but the vnder captayne wilUnge to save Paul kept them from ^ their purpose/and commaunded that they that coulde swymshulde cast them selves fyrst into the see/ and ■*" scape to londe. And the other he commaunded to goo/ some on hordes/ and some on broken peces off the shippe. And so cam it to passe/ that they cam all safe to londe. dt jcpMrj . fflfjapter. A ND when they were ^ scaped they knewe that the yle was "^^ called Mileta. The '^ people off the country shewed vs no litell kyndnes/ for they kyndled a fyre and receaved vs every one be cause off the ^ present rayne/ and be cause off colde. When Paul had gaddered a * boundle off stickes/ And putt them into the f3rre/ ^ a viper (be cause off the heet) creept out and lept on his honde. When the men off the centre sawe the * worme hange on hys honde/ they sayde amonge them selves : thys man '' must nedes be a mortherer/ Whom (though he have escaped the see) yet vengeaunce suffreth nott to live, and he shuke of the ^ vermin into the fyre/ and felt no harme. They wayted when he shulde have swolne/ or fallen doune deed sodently. But after they had loked a greate whyle/ and sawe no ' harme come to hym/ they chaunged their myndes/ and sayde that he was a God. In the same quarters/ the chefe man off the yle whose name was Publius/ had i" a lordshippe/ whych receaved vs/ and lodged vs thre dayes courteously. Hit fortuned that the father of Publius laye sicke off a fiever/ and of a bluddy flixe ^ The ship, (Jen. " Where two seas met,. Gtii. ^ The ship dashed upon it, C. ^ TIds counsell, Gen. f Go out. Gen. ' Come safe, Gen,. * Straungers, Cr. Barbarians, Gen. Barbarous people, Bps. ' Rayne that was come upon us. Cot. Present shoure, Gere. * Number, Gen. * Came a viper out of the heat, Ct. Gen. Bps. * Beast, Cov. ' Must no doubt, CV. Bps. Is surely, Gen. ^ Viper, Ct. Bps. Worme, Gen. » Incon* venience, Gen. '" Lande, Cr. Possessions, Gen. Bps. 9'* jfa. cjrlMff. 8tl)e actes of tje apostles. to whom Paul entred in and prayde/ and layde his hondes on hym/ and healed hym. when this was done/ other also which were diseased in the yle/ cam and were healed : and they did vs grett honour. And when we departed/ they laded vs with thynges necessary. After thre monethes we i^ sayled in a shippe off Alexandry/ which had wyntred in the yle/ whos badge was Ceistor and pollux. And when we cam to Ciracuse/ we taryed there iij. dayes/ from whence we ^^ sayled about and cam to Regiurrtf and after won daye the sougth wynde blewe/ and we cam the nexte daye to Putiolus where we founde brethren/ and were desjrred to taiy wyth them seven dayes/ and so we came to Rome. And from thence/ when the, brethren herde of vs/ they cam i^to Apiphorum/ and thre taverns/ and met vs. when Paul sawe them he thanked God/ and wexed boolde. When we cam to Rome/ the vnder captayne delivered the presoners to the ^^chefe captayne of the host : butt Paul was suffered to dwell i^ alone with wone soudief that kept him. Hit fortuned that after thre dayes Paul called the chefe of the iewes togedder. When they were come/ he sayde vnto them : Men and brethren/ though I halve committed noo thyhge agaynst the people/ or lawes of oure fathers: yett was I de- livered presoner from Jerusalem into the hondes of the re- mains. -Which when they had examened me wolde have lett me goo/ be cause they founde no cause of deeth in me : but when the iewes cried contrary : I was constcayned to ap- peale vnto Cesar. Not be cause I had ought to accuse my 16 people of. For this cause have I called for you to se you/ and to speake with you. For I ^' be cause off the hope off Israhel/ am bounde with this chayne. And they sayde vnto him : We nether reeeaved letters out of Jewry ^^pertayninge vnto the/ nether cam eny of the brethren thatt shewed or spake eny harme of the. Butt we woll heare of the what thou thynkest. For ^^ -wre have herde off this secte/ that every, wheare it is spoken agaynst. When they had apoynted hym a daye/ there cam many vnto hym into his lodgynge : to whom he expouned Eind testifyed the kyngdom off God. and preached vnto them of Jesu : both " Departed, Gen. ^^ Set a compasse, T. M. Ci. Gen. Bps. " Against UBtoApiphora [to Appii forum, ToB.], T.M. Tan. Tomeete us at the market of Appiua [at Appii forum, B .] , Gea. Bps. '* Gen- eral captaioe, Gen. '* By himselfe, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. '^ Na- tion, Cr. Gen. Bps. " For the sake of. Gen. "Concerning, Gen. Bps. " Concerning this sect, we know, Cr. Geji. Bps. Sj)e SCctes of t!)e Apostles. Sji. VVW]. by the lawe off Moses/ and also by the prophetes from mom- ynge to nyght. And some ^ beleved the thynges which were spoken/ and some beleved not. When they agreed not amonge them selves/ they departed/ after thatt Paul had spoken one worde : well spake the holy goost by Esay the prophet vnto cure fathers/ sayinge : Goo vnto this people and saye : ®i with youre eares shall ye heare/ and shall not vnderstonde. and ^i with youre eyes shall ye se and shall not perceave. For the hert off this people is wexed grosse/ and ^ their eares wexe thycke of hearinge/ and their eyes have they ^ closed/ lest they shulde se with their eyes/ and heare with their eares/ and vnderstonde with their hertes/ and shulde ^ be converted/ and I shulde heale them. Be it knowen therfore vnto yoiv that this ^ consolacion of Grod is sent to the gentyls/ and they shall heare it. And wheil he had sayde that/ the lewes departed from hym/ and had grete ^ des- picions amonge them selves. But Paul^ dwelt two yeares in his lodgynge. And receaved all that cam to hym/ preachy nge the kyngdome off Grod/ and teachjmge those thynges which concfemed the lorde Jesus wyth all 28 confidence/ noo man foibydd3mge hym. yiete entretj)e t$e Sides off tt)e SlpostUs. * Were perswaded with, Gen. Bps. " By hearing — Seeing, Gen. ^ They hear hardly with their ears, Cov. Wyth their ears have they had no last to heare, Cr. Their ears are dull of hearing, Gen. Bjis. ^ Winked, Gen. *• Returne, that I might, etc. Gen. ^ Salvation, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. * Reasoning, Gen. Bps. " Remained [Dwelt, B.] in his own hired house, Gen. Bps. f Boldness of speach, without let, Gen. mpmu on uu ^»omt mtn to tfte Momasn eiSv I^SEIL the servaunte off Jesus Christ/ called i ynto the office off an apostle/ putt a parte to preache the gospell of God/ which he promysed afore by his prophetes/ in the ho- ly scriptures ® that make mensipn ,of his sonne/ ^ the which was •'begotten of the seede of David ^as pertaynynge to the flesshe : and ^ declared to be the sonne of God with power ' of the holy goost/ that sanctifieth/ ^sence the tyme that Je- sus Christ oure lorde rose agayne from deeth/ by whom we have receaved grace and aposde shippe/ ^ thatt all gentiles shulde obeye to the fayth which is in his name/ of the which no'umbre are ye also/ ^^ which are Jesus Christes by vocacion. To all you of Rome beloved of God/ and ** sanctes by call- ynge. Grace be with you and peace from God oure father/ and from the lorde Jesus Christ. ' An apostle, Cov. To be an apostle, T. M. Gen. Bps. "^ Con- cerning his Sonne, Gen. Of his sonne, Bp*. ' Gen. adds — Jesus Christ, our Lorde. '' Borne, Cr. Made, Ge«. Bp». * After, Cr. Bps. According to, Gen. * Declared migntilip-. Cod. Cren. ' After the spirite that sanctifieth, Cov. Cr. Bps. Touching the spir- ite of sanctification, Gen. ^ By the resurrection from the dead. Gen. Bps. adds — of our Lord Jesus Christ. ' To set up the obe- dience of faith, Cov. To brine all manner heythen people to the obedience of the faith, T. M. That obedience might be given to the faith in his name among all the heathen [Gentiles, G.], Cr. Gen. Bps. '" The electe of Jesus Christ, Cr. " Saints by election, Cr. Call ed to be saints. Gen. Sr))c 3B|i[stte bnto ti)e Xloniasns. Cf). f. Fyrst verely I thanke my god thorow Jesus Christ for you all/ be cause youre faith is publisshed through out all the worlde. For god is my witnes/ whom I serve in my sprete/ in the, gospell of his sonne that with out ceasynge I make mencion of you all wayes in my prayers/ besechynge thatt at one tyme or another/ a prosperous iorney (by the will'of god) ^^ myght fortune me to come vnto you. For I longe to see you/ that I myght bestowe amonge you some spirituall gifte/ ^^to strengthe you with all (thatt ys) that I myght i*have consolacion togedder with you/ 1* through the commen fayth/ which bothe ye and I have. I wolde that ye shulde knowe/ brethren/ howe that I have often tymes purposed to come vnlo you (but have bene lett hidderto) to i* have some frute amonge you/ as I have amonge other of the gentyls. For I am detter both to the grekes/ and to ^^ them which are no grekes/ vnto the i® learned and also vnto the ^^vnlearned. '^Lykwyse/ as moche as in me is/ 1 am redy to preache the gospell to you of Rome also. For I am nott a shamed of the gospell of Christ/ because it is the power of God vnto salvacion to all that beleve/ namly to the iewe/ and also to the 20 gentyle/ For by it the right- ewesness which commeth of God is opened/ from faythe to faythe. As it is written : The iust shall live by fayth. For the wrath of god 21 of heven apereth agaynst all vn- godlynes and vnrightewesnes of men which witholde the trueth in vnrightewesnes/ seynge that that/ which maye be knowen of god/ is manifest amonge them. For god did she we it vnto them. For his invisibile thynges (that is to saye/ his eternall power and godhed) ^are vnderstond and sene/by the werkes from the creacion of the worlde. So that they are with out excuse/ in as moche as when they ^ knewe God they gloryfigd hym not as god/ nether were thankfuU/ but ^ wexed full of vanities in their imaginacions. And their folisshe hertes were " By some means 1 might have [take, B.], Gen. Bps. ^ That ye might be stablished , Gen. Bps. "He comforted , Gem,. " Through our mutual faith [Eache with others fayth, B.] both yours and mihe, Gen. Bps. '^ Do some good, Cov. " Un greeks, Cim. Cr. Bar- barians, Gen. Bps. " Wise — Unwise, Gen. Bps. " So that, Cr. Bps. Therefore, Gen. *> Greek, Gen. Bps. «' Appereth from heaven, T. M. Cr. Is reveiled from heven. Gen. Bps. ''Might be seen while they are considered by the workes, etc. Cov. Are sene for as much as they are understood by,eto. Cr. Are seene by the cre- ation of the worlde, being considered in his workes. Gen. '^ Knewe th^t there is a God, C(yp. ^ Became v*ine, Qen. Sfo. cl. arte SEjptstle of ^aul blynded. When they ^ counted them selves wyse/ they be- cam foles and turned the glory of the ^6 imniortall god/ vnto the similitude of the ymage of ^ mortall man/ and of byrdes/ and foure foted beastes and ^Tgerpentes. For this cause, god gave them vppe vnto their hertes lustes vnto vnclennes to defile their awne boddies bitwene them selves: which tourned his trueth vnto a lye/ and worshipped and served the creatures ^ more then the maker/ which is ^ blessed for ever Amen. For this cause god gave them vppe vnto sOgijamfuU lustes. For even their wemen did ehaunge the naturall vse vnto ^i vnnaturall. And lyke wyse also the men lefte the naturall vse of the woman/ and brent in lust won on another amonge them selves. And man with man wrought filthynes/ and receaved in them selves ^^ the rewarde of their errour eis it was aocordynge. And as ^sit semed not good vnto them to Tbe aknowen of god/ even so god deliveiyd them vppe vnto a ** leawde mynd/ that they shulde do tho thynges which wer not ^5 com- ly/ beynge full of all vnrighteous doynge/ off fomicacion/ wickednes/ coveteousness/ maliciousnes/ fuU off envie/ mor- ther/ debate/ dissayte/ ^ evyll condiciond/ whisperers/ back- biters/ 37 haters off God/ ^ doers of wronger proude/ hosiers/ 39 bryngers vppe of evyll thynges/ disobedient to their fathers and mothers/ with out vnderstond3mge/ covenaunte breakers/ '"' vnlovynge/ ^^ stouborne and merciles. which men/ though they knew the ^^ rightewesnes of God/ howe that they which soche thinges commyt are worthy off deeth/ yett not only did the same/ but also ^^had pleasure in them that did them. ffiSe scconlie ffijjajiter. 'T'HERFORE arte thou inexcusable o man whoevej^thou •^ be that iudgest. For in that same where in thou iudgest another/ thou condemnest thy silfe. For thou that iudgest ^ Professed, Gen. ^ Incorruptible — corruptible, Gen. Bps, " Creeping beasts rthinges, G.], Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Forsaking the Creator, Gen. ^ To he praised, Cr. Bps. ^^ Vile affections, Gen. " That which is against nature, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^' Such recom- pense of their errour as was mete, Gen. ^ They regarded not to know God, Cr. Gere. Bps. ** Reprobate, Gere. *> Convenient, Gen. ^ Taking all things in the evil part, Gen. " Despisers, Cov. -'* Dysdayneful, Cr. DespitefuU, Bps. ^' Inventers, Gen- *" Withoute natural affection, Gen. *' Truce-breakers, T. M. Cr. Bps. Such as can never be appeased, Gen. *^ Law, Gc», *^ Favour them, Gen, bnta tte 3£lom!tsns. €t). If- doest even the same silfe thynges. But we are sure that the iudgement of God is accordynge to trueth/ agaynst them which eommit soche thynges. Thynkest thou O man that iudgest them which do soche thynges and yet dost even the very same/ that thou shall escape the iudgement of God : Other despisest thou the riches off his goodnes arid pacience and longe sufferance and remembrest not how that th^ ' kynd- nes of God ledith the to repentaunce ? But thoii after thyne ^'harde herte that cannott repent/ heapest ^ the togedder the treasure of wrath agAynste the daye * of vengeance/ when shalbe openned the rightewes iudge- ment of God/ whych wyll rewarde every man accordynge to hys dedes/ that is to saye * prayse/ honoure/ and * immortalite/ to them which continuynge in goode doynge/ seke eternall lyfe : Butt vnto them thatt are '' rebellious/ and diisobey the trueth/ 8 yett folowe iniquytie/ shall come indignacion/ and wrathe tribulacion and anguysshe apon the soule of every mon that doth evyll. Of the Jewe fyrst And also off the gen- tyll. T6 every man that doeth good shall come prayse/ hon- oure and peace/ to the iewe fyrst/ and also to the gentyll. For there is no ' parcialite with god : But whosoever hath synned with out lawe/ shall perishe with out laWe. And as many as have synned vnder the lawe/ shalbe iudged by the lawe. For before God they are nott righteous which heare the lawe : but they Which do the lawe shalbe iustifyed. For if the gentyls which have noo lawe/ do of nature the thynges contajmed in the lawe : then they havynge noo lawe/ are a lawe vnto them selves/ which shewe the i" dede off the lawe written in theyr herte?/ whyll their conscience beareth wit- nes vnto them/ and also their thoughtes/ accusynge won an- other/ or excusjmge at the daye wen God shall iudge the se- cretes off men/ by Jesus Christ accordynge to my Gospell. 11 Beholde/ thou arte called a Jewe/ and i^ trustest in the lawe and i^ reioysist in God/ and knowest his will/ and^* hast ' Loving-kindness, Cov. Bountifulness, Gen. * Stubbernesse, [Hardnesse, G.J and heart that cannot, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Unto thyselfe, Cr. Gen. Bps. * Of wrath, and of the declaration of the just [righteous, B.] judgment, Gen. Bps. ' To them which by continuance, etc. seek glory and honour and immortalitie, eternal life, Gen. Bps.- * Incorruption, Cob. 'Contentious, Gen. Bps. * But obey [folowe, C] unrighteousness, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Respect of persons, Cr. Gen. Bps. '" Effect, Gen. Work, Bps. " But take heed, Cov. " Restest, Gen. Bps. " Makest thy boast of, Cr. Bps. Gloriest, Gen. [So vs. 23.] " Provest what is best to do, Cov. AUowest the things that are excellent, Gen. Bps. iFo. cl). CSe SHpfstU of 33a«l experience of good and bad/ in that thou arte informed by the lawe : And i^belevest that thou thy silfe arte a gyde vnto the blynde/ a lyght to them which are in dercknes/ an informer off them which lacke discrecion/ a teacher off the vnleamed/ which hast the i^ensaniple off thatt which' ought to be knowen/ and off the -trueth in the lawe. i'' Howe teachestthou another : but teachest nott thy silfe. Thou preachest/ a man shulde not steale : and yet i^thou stealest. Thou sayst/ a man shulde nott commit advoutry : and thou breakest wedlocke. Thou abhorest y mages/ ^^ and rqbbest God of his honoure. Thou reioysest in the lawe/ and thorow breakynge the lawe dishon- ourest God. For the name off God is evyll spoken off amonge the gentylls thorowe you as it is written. Circumcision verely ^ avayleth if thou kepe the lawe : But if thou breake the lawe thy circumcision is made vncircum- cision. Therefore yf the vncircumcised kepe the **' right thynges contayned in the lawe : shall nott his vncircumcision be counted for circumcision ? And shall not vncircumcision which ys by nature (yf itt kepe the lawe) iudge the/ which ^ beynge Vnder the lawe and circumcision/ dost transgresse the lAwe ? For he is not a Jewe/ which is a Jewe outwarde. Nether ia that thynge circumcision/ which is outwarde in the flesshe : But he is a Jewe which is ^ hid within, and the circumcision of the herte ^ [is the true circumcision/] which is in the sprete/ and nott in the letter : whose prayse is not of men but of god. EJie EJfttie ffiSapter. 'Y^T'HAT 1 preferment then hath the Jewe .? other what avauntageth circumcision ? ^ Surely very moche. ^Fyrst vnto them was committed ■* the worde off God. What then though some of them did not beleve/ shall their vnbeleve make the 5 promes of god without effecte .? god forbid. Lett God betrue/ and all men lyars/ as it is written : That thou myght- '* Arte confident, Cov. Perswadest thyselfe, Gen. '* Form [En- sample, C.] of knowledge,. Cr. Gen. Bps. " Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest, etc. T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. '* Dost tliou steale. Gen. Bps. [G. B. use the intcrrog. the three next clauses.] " Committest thou sacrilege, GcTj. '^ Is profitable, Gcm. '' Or- dinances of. Gen. Bps. =2 Being under the letter, Cr. Bp^. By the letter. Gen. ^ One within, Gen. Bps. ^ Gen. omits. ' Furtherance, Cov. " Much every [G. adds — maner ofj way. Gen. Bps. ^ First because, Cr. Bps. Chiefly because. Gem. ■" What God spake, Cov. The oracles of God, Gen. ' Fayth, Gen. Bps. bnto ti)e Komajins. ®i)- (ff. est be iustifyed in thy sa3mges and shuldest overcome when thou arte iudged. Yf oure vnrightewesnes ^ make the right- ewesnes off God more excellent ; what shall we saye ? Ys God vnrightepus '' which taketh yengeaunce ? ( I, speake af- ter the maner of men) god forbid. For howe then shall god iudge the worlde ? yf the verjtie of god ^ apere more excellent thorow my lye/ vnto his prayse/ why am I hence forthe judg- ed as a synner ? and SEtye nott rather (9 as men evyll speake of vs/ and as some afferme that we saye), i*lett vs do ev- yll/ that good" maye come therof. whose damnacion is iusie. What saye we then ? Are we " better then they ? no/ in no wyse. For we have all redy proved how that both Jewes and gentyls are vnder synne/ £is it is written : There is none righteous/ no nott one : There is none that vnderstondith/ there is none that seketh after Grod/ they are all gone out of the waye/ they are all made vnproffitable/ there is none that doeth good/ no not won. Their throte is an open sepulcre/ with their tounges they have disceaved : the poyson of Aspes is vnder their lippes. whose mouthes are full of coursynge and bitternes. There fete are swytfe to sheed bloud. i^iJggtrQc. cion-ande ^^ wretchednes are in their wayes. And the waye of peace have they nott knowen. There is no feare of God before their eyes. Ye and we knowe that whatsoever the lawe sayth/ he sayth itt to them which are vnder the lawe : That all mouthes maye be stopped/ and all the worlde be ^* subdued to God/ be cause that by the dedes of the lawe/ shall no flesshe he iustified in the sight off god. For by the lawe commeth the knowledge off synne. Nowe verely is the rightewesnes that commeth of God '= de- clared with out the fulfiUinge of the lawe h?ivynge witnes yet of the lawe/ and of the prophetes. is The rightewesnes no dout which ys goode before God commejh by the fayth off Jesus Christe vnto all/ and apon all them that beleve. * Commend, Gen. Setteth forth, Bps. ' That he is angry there- for, Cov. Which punisheth, Gen. ' Hath more abounded, Gen. Bps. ' As we are blamed, Gen. As we are slanderously reported, Bps. "• Why do we notevyll ? G«re. " More excellent. Gen. " Hartes griefe, Bys, " Calamitie, Gen. Miserie,Bpj. "Det- ter, C(rt. Culpable before, Gere. Enrfa^gered, Bps. l' Declared [Made manifest, G.] without the law, Cr. Gen. Bps, '« The righteousness of (Sod cgmmeth, etc. Cr. Bps. To wit, the righteous- ness of God by the fayth, etc. Gen, iTo. cirr. me aBpfstle of ^aul For there is no diiference/ all have synned/ and ^'''lacke the prayse that is dff '^ valoure before God : but are iustified frely hy.Ws grace/ through the redemcion that is in Christ Jesu/ whom God hath '^made a seafe of mercy thorow faith in his bloud/ to shewe the righteWesnes which before hym is of valoure/ in that he forgeveth the synnes thatt are passhed/ 2" which God did suffre to shewe at this tyme: **! the righftewesnes that is alowed off hyni/ that he myght be coiinted iuste/ and a iustifiar of hym which belevith on -Jesus.' Where is then thy ^ reioysynge ? Hitt is excluded. By what lawe ? by the lawe of workes } Naye : but by the lawe of fayth. We suppose therfore that a man is justified by fayth with but the dedes of the lawe. Ys he the g6d of the iewes only ? Ys he not also the god off the gentyls ? ^ He is noo doute/ god also of the gerityls. For it is god only which iustifieth xsircumcision/ ^ which is off faith :' and vncircumcision throw feyth. Do we then^^destroye the lawe throw fayth.? God forbid. We rather ^s mayntayne the lawe. ^Se ffil. (EJapter. "^I^HAT shall we saye then/ that Abraham oure father ^ as pertayninge to the flesshe dyd fynde .-' Yff Abraham were iustifyed by dedes/ then hath he wher in to reioyce : butt nott with god. , For what sayth the scripture ? Abraham be- leved god/ and it was counted vnto hym for rightewesnes. To hyifl that worketh ys the ^rewarde nott reckened off fa- vour : but of 3 duety. Tho him that worketh not/ but beleveth on him that iustifieth the vngodly/ is fayth counted for right- ewesnes.'* Even, as David ^ desscribeth the blessedfulnes of . a man/ vnto whom god ^ ascrybeth rightewesnes ^ith but dedes. Blessed are they/ whose vnrightewesnes is forgevfen/ " Want the praise that God should have of them, Cov. Are desti- tute [deprived, G. Have nede, B.] of the glorie of God, Cr. Gen. Bps. '* [i. e. value.] " Set forthe to be a propitiation [The obtainer of meroie, C. A reconciliation, G.] through, etc. Cr. Ccn.JSp*. "'Un- der the suiFerance of God, Cov. Through the patience of God, Gen. •' His righteousness, Cr. Gen. Bps. "' Boasting, Bps. ^ Yes, even of the, etc. T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. »* By faith, Bps. '^ Make of none effect, Gew. =» Establish, Gea. ' Hath founde con- cerning the flesh. Gen. ' Waiges, Gen. ' Dette, Gm. . ■• Cr. biids — according to the purpose of the grace of God. ' Declareth, Gen. ' Imputeth, Cr. Gen. Bps. and whose syiyies are covered. Blessed is that man tp whom the Ibrde imputeth not synne. Cam this blessednes then apon the circumcised or apon the vncircumcised''' ? We saye verely hpwe tl«^t i^yth was reck^ ened to Abraham/ for rightewesnes. Howe was it reckened ? 8 in the tyme of eircumcision ? or in the tyrae before he yas circumcised J Not in tyme of circumcision: bvt wJ^en he was yet vncirciMpcised. And he receaved the signe of cir^: cumcision as a seale of that rightewesnes wfhych is by fay;t^/ which fayth he had yett beynge YRcircumciseclf that h/^ shuld{§ be the father of all them that beleve/ though they be nott cir- cumcised/ that righewesnes myght be imputed to them also/ And that he myght be the father of the circumcised : 'not be cause they are circumcised only : but be cause they walke also in the steppes of fayth/ which was i" in oure father Abra- ham before the tyme of circumcision. For the promes that he, shulde be the hejrre of the TVorMe was not geven to Abraham/ or to hys seed.thoi;owe the If^we : but thorow the rightewesnes which cometh of fayth, For yf they which are of the lawe be heyre^/ then is fa3rt^ ^^ but vayne/ and the prpmes of none effecte. Because the lawe causeth wrathe. For where no laT^e is/ there is no transgres- sion. Therfore ^^ by fayth is the enheritaunce geven/ that it myght come ofl' faveour : and that the promes myght be sure to all the seed. Not to them oi4y V?i^ich aye pf the lawe : buf also to them which are of tiie faytli of Abraham/ which is the father of vs all. As hit is written.: I h9.ve pideyned the a father to many nacions/ befpre pod '^hom thou l^ast })eleved^ which '3 quyckfepeth th^ dped £md cfi}}^th those thypges which be not as though they were. Which Abraham/ •* contrary to hope/ beleved.inhope/ that he shulde be the father of many uacioos accprdynge tp. thatt whych was spoken : Sp shall thy seed be/ anjd ^?l>e ,fayinte4 nott in the fayth/ nor yet eonsydered hys awne boddy/ which was nowe deed/ even when he was almost an hondred yeare olde. Nether considered he ^^ the barenes off Sara. " He ' Cr. Gen. Bps. add — also. * When he ^as oircumciBea or un- circumcised ? Qftjb. [So next clause.] ' Not to them only ij^hich are, etc. but to them also which walke, Gen. '" In the uncircnm- cision of our father Abraham, Con. " S^ade void, Gen, " Was the promise made thro' faith, that it might, etc, Cov. It is by faith, that it might come, etc. Gen. " itestoreth the dead unto life, Cr. Sp3,. " Above, Gen. '* He, not weak, etc. Gen. " That Sara lyap past childe bearing, T. M. Cr. The deadnesse of Sara's womb, Gen. Bps. " " Jfe. cWff. eSe SEpfstle of J&ml slackered nott at the promes off God thorowe vnbelefe : Butt was made stronge in the fajrth/ and gave honour to God i^ and stedfastly beleved/ that he whych had made the promes was able also '^ to make it good, and therfore was it reckened to hym for rightewesnes. Hit is nott written for hym only/ that it was reckened to hym for rightew;esnes : butt also for vs/ to whom ytt shalbe counted for rightewesnes so we beleve on hym thatt raysed vppe Jesus oure lorde from deeth. Which was delivered for cure syflnes/ and rose agayrie forto iustifye vs. S^t b. ffljapfcr. B E cause therfore thatt we are lustifyed by fayth we are at peace with god thorowe oure lorde Jesus Christ : by whom 1 we have awaye in thorow faith vnto this faveour wherin we stonde and reioyse in hope of the ® prays© that shalbe geven of God. Nether do we so only : but also we reioyce in tribulacion : For we know that tribulacion bryngeth pacience/ pacience bryngeth ^ felynger ^felynge bryngeth hope, and hope ^msJieth vs not a shamed/ fee cause *ihe love that god hath vnto ts/ is sheed abfod in oure hertes/ by the holy gost/ which is geven vnto vs. ® For when we were yett weake aceordynge tO' the tyme : Christ dyed for vs which were vngodly. '' Yett scace will eny man deye for a rightewes man. Partiventure for a good man durst a man deye. Butt God setteth out hys love thatt he hath to vs/ Seyinge that why 11 we were yett synners/ ^ Christ deyed for vs. Moche more then nowe (seynge we are iustr- fyed in hys bloud) shall we be ^ preserved from- wrath thorow hym. For yf when we were enemys/ we were reconciled to God by the deeth of hys sonne : moche more/ se3nage we are reconciled/ we shalbe preservyd by his life. Not only so/ •' And was sure, Cov. Being fully assured, Gen. ^ To do it, Gen. To perform, Bps. * Also it chaunsed unto us to be brought in through, Cr. Also we have accesse through. Gen. Also we have had an entrance by, Bps. ' Glory for to come which God shall give, Cov. Glory (of the chyldren) of God, Cr. Of the glory of God, Gen. Bps. ' Experience, Gen. Proofe, Bps. * Letteth us not come to confusion, Cov. ^ The love of God is shed, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ' For Christ, when we were yet of no strength, at his time. Gen. ' Doubtlesse one will scarce die. Gen. ■ ' Cr. adds — according to the tyme. » Saved, Gen. Bps. [So vs. 10.] hnto tSe Uomajns. ^ dti). b. but we also joye in God by the meanes off oure lord Jesus Christ/ by whom we have receavyd this attonment. Wheriore as by one man s3Tine entred into thei worlde/ and deeth by the meanes off synne. And so deeth went over all mfen/ in somoche that all men synned. For even vnto the tyme of the lawe was syime in the worlde : but synne i" was not regarded/ as longe as there w^as no lawe. neverthelesse deeth rayned from Adam to Hoses/ even over them also that synned not/ with lyke transgression as did Adam : which ^i is the similitude off hym that was to come. But the gyfle is not lyke as is the i^ synne. ^ot yf thorow the synne of one/ many be deed : moche more ^ plenteous apon many was the faveour of God and gyfte by faveoure : which faveoure was geven by one man Jesus Christ. i*And the gyfte is nott over one synpe/ as deeth cam thorow one synne of one that synned. For i* damnacion cam off one synne vnto condemnacion : But the gyft ^^ cam to iust- ify from many syimes. For yff by the synne off one/ deeth raigned by the meanes of one/ moche more shall they which receave aboundance off faveour and off the gyfte of rightew- esnes raygne in lyfe by the meanes of one (that is to saye) Jesus Christe. Lyke wyse then as by the synne of one/ ^"^ condemnacion cam on all men : even so by the ^^ iustifyinge of one '^ com- meth the rightewesnes that bryngeth lyfe/ apon all men. For as by one mannes disobedifence many be cam synners : so by the obedience of one shall many be made righteous. ' The lawe in the meane tyme entred in thatt synne shulde encrease. And where aboundaunce off synne was/ there was more plenteousnes of grace. That as sinne had raigned vnto deeth/ even so might grace raynge thorow rightewesnes vnto eternal] lyfe/ ^ by the helpe of Jesu Christ. '" la not imputed, Cr. Gen. Bps. " Was the figure, Gen.Bps: " OiFence, Gen. [So post.'] " Hath abounded unto many, Oeni Bps. '* Neither is the gift so, as that which entered in by one that sinned, Gen. And not as by one that sinned {etcn so) the gift, Bps. '• The judgment, Cov. The faulte, Gen. ^ Of many offences [sins, _B.J to justification, Gen. Bps. " The fault [sinne, B.] came on all men to condemnation, Gen. Bps. '* Righteousness, Bps. " The benefit abovnded toward [Good came upon, B.] all men, to the justification [righteousnesse, B.] of life, Gen. Bps. "Through [By, B.] Jesus, etc. Gei^. Bps. AA- • So. tin. SJe SEjfstle of 3|aul '^W/'HAT shall we saye then? shall we continue in synne/ that there maye be aboundaunce off grace ? God for- bid. Howe shall we that are deed as touchynge synne live any longer therin ? , Remember ye nott thatt all we which are baptysed in the name off Christ Jesu/ are baptised ito deye with hym ? We are buryed with him by. baptim forto deye : That as Christ was raysed vp from deeth by the glory of the father : even soo we also shulde walke iii a newe lyfe. For yff we be graft ^ in deeth lyke vnto hym : even soo ^ must we be in the resurreccion. Thys we must remember/ that oure olde man ys crucified wyth hym also/ that the body of synne myght vtlerly be destroyed/ that hence forth we shulde not be servauntes off synne. For he that is deed/ ys ■* iustified from synne. Wherfore yff we be deed with Christ, we beleve that we shall live with hym : remembrynge that Christ once raysed from deeth/ dieth no more. Deeth hath no more power over hym. For as touchynge that he died/h^ died ^as concern- ynge synne once. And as touchynge that he liveth/ he liveth vnto God. Lykewyse * ymmagen ye also/ that ye are deed as concernynge synne : but are alive vnto God thorow Jesus Christ oure lorde. Lett nott synne raigne therfore in youre mortall bodyes/ thatt ye shulde there vnto obey in the lustes off it. Nether geve ye youre members as "> instrumentes off vnrightewesnes vnto synne : Butt geve youre selves vnto God/ as they that are alive from deeth. And geve youre members as ' instrumentes of rightewesnes vnto god. Synne shall not have power over-you. For ye are not vnder the lawe/ but vnder grace. What then.? Shall we synne/ be cause we are not vnder the lawe : but vnder grace } God forbid. Remember ye not howe that to whomsoever ye commit youre selves as ser- vauntes to obey/ hys servauntes ye are to whom ye obey : whether it be of synne vnto deeth/ or of obedience vnto right- ewesnes ? God be thanked. Ye were once the servauntes of synne : Butt now have obeyd wyth youre hertes vnto the ' Into his death, Gen. Bps. ' With him to the similitude Oi^e- nesse, JS.] of his death, Gen- Bps. ' Shall we hepartakers of, etc. Cr. Bps. * Made righteous, Cov. Freed, Gen. * Once to sinne, Gen. [So vs. 11.] ' Consider, Cr. Thinke, Gen. Recken your- selves to be, Bps. ' Weapons, Cov, Gen. bnto tie J&omasiui. ^tf. forme off doctoyne ^ where vnto ye were ^ delyvered. ye are then made fre from synne/ and are be come the servauntes off rightewesnes. i^fwyll speake grossly because off the infirmitie off youre flesshe. As ye have geven yOure members servauntes to vn- clennes and to iniquitie/ *' from iniquytie vnto iniquytie : e^ett 50 nowe geve youre members servauntes vnto rightewesnes/ *^ that ye maye be sanctified:, For when ye were the ser- vauntes off S3mne/ ye were '^ nott vnder rightewesnes. What frute had ye then in tho thynges/ where off ye are nowe ashamed. For the ende of tho thynges is deeth. Butt nowe are ye delivered from sinne/ and Ynade the servauntes off God/ sind have youre frute thatt ye shulde be sanfctifyed/ and the ende everlastynge lyfe. 'For the ^^rewarde off -synne is deeth : butt etemall lyffe ys the gyil off God/ thorow Jesus Christ oure lorde. STIje Mj. CJapter. "D EMEMBER ye not brethren (I speake to them thatt know "*- the kiwe) how thatt the lawe hath power over a man as longe as ^ yt enduereth : For the woman which is in subjec- cion to a man/ is bounde by the lawe to the man/ as longe as he liveth. Yff the man be deed/ she is lowsed from the lawe of the man. So then yf whill the man liveth * she couple her silfe with another man/ she shalbe counted ^ a wedlocke breaker. But yf the man be deed she is free from the lawe : so that she is noo 3 wedlocke breaker/ though she couple her silfe with another man. Even so my brethren/ ye also are made deed as concem- ynge the lawe by the body off Christ/ that ye shulde ■* be cou- pled to another (I meane to hym that is lysen agayne from deeth) that we shulde br3aige forth frute vnto Gtod. When we were in the flesshe/ the ^ lustes off synne whyche wer& * stered vppe by the lawe/ '' raigned in oure members/ to brii^ forth frute vnto deeth. Butt now are we delivered , ri ^-- * Unto the whyche ye were brought, Cr. Bps. ' Coinmitted, Cov. •" I speake after the manner of men, Gen. Bps. " From one iniquitie to another, Cr. To commit iniquitie, Gen. Unto iniqui- tie, Bps. " That ye may be holy, Cov. In [Unto, B.] holinease^ Gen. Bps. [So vs. 23.] "' Void of, Cr. Free from, Gm. Bps. " Wages, Gen. ' He liveth, Gen. Bps. " She take, Gen. " An adulteresse. Gen. * Bee unto another. Gen. ' Motions, Gen. ' By the lawe, Gen. Bps. ' Had force, Gen. Wrought, JJ^o . tlb. ffijje lEjJiBtle of ^aul from the lawe/ and deed from hit/ where vnto we were ^ In bondage/ that we shiilde serve in ? an^newe conversacion of the sprete/ and nott in the ^ olde conversacion off the letter. What shall we saye then? is the lawe synne ?• God for- bid : but I knewe nott what i" synne meand butt by the lawe. For I had nott knowne what lust hadde meant/ excepte the lawe hadd^ sayde/ thou shall not lust. Butt synne toke an occasion by the meanes off the commaundement/ and wrought in me all manner off concupiscence. For verily -with out the lawe sinne was deed. I once lived with out lawe : butt when the commaundement cam/ synne revived/ and I was deed. And the very same commaundement which was ordeyned vn- to lyfe/ was founde to, be vnto me '^ an occasion of deeth. For synne toke occasion by the meanes of the commaunde- ment and so disceaved me/ and by the silfe commaundement slewe me. wherfore the lawe is holy/ and the commaunde- ment holy/ iust/ and good. Was that then which is good made deeth vntp me .' God forbyd. ^^Naye synne was deeth vnto me/ that it myght apere how thatt synne by the meanes of that which is good/ had wrought deeth in me : that synne ^^ which is vnder the commaundement/ myght be out of measure synfuU. For we knowe that the lawe is spirltuall : butt I am carnall/ solde vn- der synne : ^* be cause I wote nott what I doo. For what I wold/ that do I not : but what I hate/ that do I. Yf I do nowe that which I wolde not/ I graunte to the lawe that yt ys good. So then nowe yt is nott I that do it' butt synne that dwelleth in me. For I knowe that in me (that is to saye in my flesshe) dwelleth no good thynge. To will is present with me : butt I fynde no meanes to performe that which is good. For I doo ^not that goode thynge which I wold : but that evyll do 1/ which I wolde not. Finally/ yff I do that I wolde not/ then is it nott I that doo it' but synne that dwelleth in me doeth it. I fynde then by the lawe that when I wolde do good/ evyll is present with me. I delite in the lawe off God/ as concern- ynge the inner man. Butt I se another lawe in my members 15 rebellynge agaynst the lawe off my mynde/ and ^^ subdu- 8 Holden, Gen. ' Newness — Oldnesse, Gen. Bps. '° Sinne, but by, etc. For I had not knowen lust, Gen. BpS. ■ " Unto death, Gen. '^ Nay, it was sinne, that sinne might appeare (by that which was good) to worke death, etc. Cr. Bps. But sinne, that it might ap- pears sinne, wrought death'in me by that which, etc. Gen. " By the coramamdment, Cr. Gen. Bps. " For I allowe not, Cr. Gen. Bps. '* Which striveth, Cov. '* Leading me captive. Gen. ynge me vnto the lawe of synne/ which is in my members. O wretched man fliat I am : who shall delyver me from " this boddy of deeth ? I thanke God by Jesus Christ oure lorde : So then I my silfe in my mynde serve the lawe off GodA and in my flesshe the lawe of synne. ffje bffj. (Stjaptct. npHERE is then no damnacion to them which are in Christ Jesu/ which walke not after the flesshe : butt after the sprete. For the lawe of the sprete/ wherin is life thorowe Jesus Christ hath delivered me from the lawe off synne/ and •deeth. For what the lawfe coulde nott doo in as moche as itt was weake be cause off the flesshe : i thaf performed God/ and sent his sonne in the similitude of synfull flesshe/ and ^ by synne damned synne in the flesshe : that the rightewes- nes 3 requyred of the lawe/ myght be fulfilled in vs/ whych walke not after the flesshe : butt after the sprete. For they that are * camall/ are carnally mynded. and they that are * splrituall are goostly mynded. * To be carnally mynd- ed is deeth. and * to be spiritualy mynded is lyfe/ and peace : because that the flesshly mynde is enmjrte against God : For it is not obedient to the lawe of God/ nether can be. So then they that are ® geven to the flesshe/ cannot please god. But ye are not * geven to the flesshe/ But ^ to the sprete : '' Yf! soo be that the sprett of God dwell in you. if there be eny man that hath not the sprete of Christ' the same is none of his/ Yf Christ be in you/ the body is deed be cause of synne : But the sprete is lyfe for rightewesnes sake. Wherfore if the sprete of hym that raysed vppe Jesus from deeth/ dwell in you : even he that raysed vp Christ from deeth/ shall quicken youre mortall bodyes/ be cause that his sprete dwelleth in you. , Therfore brethren we are nowe detters/ not to the flesshe/ to live after the flesshe : For iff ye live after the flesshe/ ye must deye. But if ye mortifie the dedes off the body/ by the helpe off the sprete ye shall live/ for as many as are ledde by the sprete off God/ are the sonnes of god. For ye have not receaved the sprete of bondage to feare eny moare/ but ye " Thys body subdued unto death, Cr. The body of this death, Gen. Bps. ' God sending his owne, etc. Gen. Bps. • For, Gen. * Of the law, Cr.Gen. Bps. * After the flesh, savour the things of the flesh — After the spirite, the thingea, etc. Gen. ' For the wisdom of the flesh, [so vs. 7.] — The wisdom of the spirit, Gen. ' In the, etc. Cr- Gen. Bps. 1 Because, Gen. JTo. tVaJ. me SSpfstle of $aul have receaved the sprete off adopcion wherby we crye abha 8 fatther. The same sprete ^certifieth oure sprete that we are the sonnes of god. yf we be the soimes/ we are also the heyres (the heyres I meane of god) and i" heyres anexed with Christ/ yf so be that we suffer togedder/ that we maye be glorified togedder. For I ^1 suppose that the affliccions of this i^lyfe/ are not worthy of the glory which shalbe shewed apon vs. also the fervent desire of the creatures i^ abideth lokynge when' the sonnes of God shall apere because the creatures are ^* sub- dued to vanite ^^agaynst their will: but for his will which subdued them in hope. For the very creatures shalbe deliv- ered from the bondage off coirupcion/ into the glorious libey- tie off the sonnes of god. For we knowe that every creature groneth with vs also/ and travayleth in payne even vnto this tyme. Not they only/ but even we also which have the fyrst frutes of the sprete ^^ morne in oure selves and wayte for the ^'^ adop- cion/ 18 Euid loke for the deUveraunce of oure bodies. For we are savyd by, hope. But hope that is sene is no hope. For how can a man hope for that which he seyth ? but and if we hope for that we se not/ then do we with pacience abyde for it. Lyke wyse the sprete also helpeth oure infirmities. For we knowe nott/ what i* to desyre as we ought : but the sprete maketh intercession mightely for vs with §"gronynges which cannot be expressid ^i [withtonge.] And he tfiat searchifli the herte knoweth what is the meaninge of the sprete : for he mfi- keth ^ intercession, for the sayntes accordinge to the pleasure of god. For we knowe wele that all thynges worke for the best vnto them that love god/ which also are called of purpose. For those which he knewe before/ he also ^3 ordeyned- before/ that ihey shuld be like fassioned vnto the ^ shape of his sonne/ that he myght be the ®5 fyrst begotten sonne amonge many brethren. Morover which he ^ apoynted before/ them he al- ' Dear Father, Cov. ° Bcareth witnesse with, Gen. Bps. " Joynt heyres, Bps. " Count, Gen. Am certainly persuaded, Bps. "^ Present time, Gejt. " Wayteth when the sonnes of God shall be revealed, Gen. " Subject, Gen. Bps. '^ Not of its own will, but by reason of him, Gen. " Even we do sigh, etc. Gen. " The childship, Cov. The adoption (of thechildren of God), Cr. '' Even the redemption. Gen. '' To pray, Gere. *" Sighs, Gen. «' Cr. Gen. Bps. omit. '^ Request, Gen. [So vs. 34.] ^ Dyd predestinate, Geti. Bps, ^ Image, Gen. Bps. ** First borne. Gen. ktito tfie Boinaains. ®ii. ^r- so called. And which he called/ them he ^ iustified. which he iustified/ them he also glorified. What shall we then saye vnto these thynges ? 'yf god be on oiire syde : who can be agaynst vsi which spared nott his awne sonne/ butt gave hym for vs all : Howe shall he nott with hym geve vs all thynges also ? Who shall laye eny tiiynge to the charge of goddes chosen ?. Hit is God that ius- tifieth : who then shall conderripne .' Hytt is Christ which is deed/ ye rather which Is lysen sigayne/ which is also on the right honde of god and maketh Intercession for vs. Who shalt seperate vs from ^ goddes love .' shall tribula- cion ? or anguysshe .' or persecucion/ ^ other honger .' other nakednesse .? other parell ? other swearde ? As it is written : For thy sake are we kylled all daye longe/ and are counted Ets shepe ^ apoynted to be slayne. Neverthelesse in all these thynges we *> overcome strongly thorow ^^ his helpe that loved vs. 38 Ye and I am sure that nether deeth/ nether lyfe/ neth- er angell/ nor ^3 rule/ nether power/ nether thynges present/ nether things to come/ nether heyth/ ** nether lowth/ nether eny other creature shalbe able to ^ departe vs from Goddes love/ which is in Christ Jesu oure lorde. ffje tv. CJapter. T SAYE the thrueth in Christ and lye nott/ in thatt wher of ■*• my concience beareth nie witnes in the holy goost/ that I have grett hevjrnes/ and continuall sorowe in my hert. Fori have wysshed -my silfe to be ' cursed from Christ for my brethren/ which are my kynsmen as pertayninge to the fiesshe. which are the israhelites/ to whom pertayneth the adopcion/ and the glory/ and the testamentes/ and the ^ ordinaunce off the lawe/ and the service of God/ and the promyses/ whose also are the fathers/ and they of whom (as concernynge the flesshe) Christ cam : which is God over all thynges blessed for ever Amen. 31 speake not these thynges as though the wordes of God * Made righteons, Cop. " The love of Christ, Gen. Bps. " Or famine, Gem. * For the slaughter, Gen. Bps. *• Overcome far, Cov. Are more than eonquerors, Gen. "Him, Cr. Gtn. Bps. •^ For I am sure [persuaded, C], Cr. Gen. Bps. "^ Principali- ties, Gen. * Nor deptii, Gen. Bps. * Separate, Gem. Bps. ' Separated, Gen. * Lawe that was gyven, Cr. Bps. Giving of the law, Gen. * Notwithstanding [And, B ] it cannot be that the worde, etc. Gen. Bps. So. clbfj. me SSfiBtU of 3?aul toke none effecte. For they are not all israhelites which cam off Israhel/ Nether are they all children ? strayght way be cause they- are the seede of Abraham : But in. Isaac shall thy seede be called/ that is to saye/ They which are the children of the flesshe/ are not the children of God. But the children off promes/ ^aboute this tyme will I come/ and Sara shall have a sonne. * Nether was it soo with her only : but also when Jlebecca was with chyldfrby won/ 1 meane byoure father Isaac/ yeer/ the children were borne' when they ha.d nether done good nether bad (that the purpose off . God which is by eleccion/ myght stonde) it was sayde vnto her/ not by the reason of workes/ but '' by grace of the caller/^ ^ the elder shall serve 8 the yonger. As it is- written : Jacob he loved/ but Esau he hated. What shall we saye then ? ys there eny vnrigbtewesnes with god ? God forbid. For he sayth to Moses : I will she we mercy to whom I shewe mercy : And will have compassion on whom I have compassion, i" So lieth it not then in a mans will/ or runnynge/ butt in the mercy of God. ¥ov the scrip- ture sayth vnto Pahrao : Even for thys-same purpose have I stered the > vppe/ to shewe my power on the/ and that my name myght be declared thorow out all the worlde. Soo hath he mercy on whom he woU. And whom he woU he maketh herde herted. Thou wilt saye then vnto me : why i^ then blameth he vs yet? For who can resist his will ? Butt o man what arte thou/ which 12 disputest with God .' shall the ^^ worke saye to ^^ the workemaii : why hast thou made me i^on this fassion .? Hath nott the potter power over the claye/ even off the samelompe to make one vessell'vnto honoure/ and a nother vnto dishon- oure ? 1^ Even soo/ God wiltynge to shewe his wrath/ and to make hys power knowen/ suffered with longe pacience the vessels of wrath/ i^ ordeyned to damnacion/ that he myght de- < Because, etc. Gen. Bps. ' Ml the Vers, add — are counted the seede. For this is a worde of prdraes. * Not onely thys, but al- so Rebecca, etc. Cr. Gen. Neytherheonely felt this, but also, etc. Gen. ' By the caller, Cr. Bps. By him that calleth. Gen. ^ Gen. Bps. add — It was sayd unto her. * The greater — the lesse, Cov. '" So then it is not in him that willeth nor in him, etc. but in God that sheweth mercie. Gen. So tlien (^election) is not of the wyller, nor of the runner, but of God that taketli, mercie, Bp«. " Doth he yet complayne. Gen. '' Pleadest against, Gen: "Thing formed — Him that formed it, Gen. '* Thus,. Gere. " What and if God would, Gen. " Prepared to destruction, Gen. bnto t)ie SElomagns. ffiji. T- clare the riches off hys glory on the vessels off mercy/ which he had prepayred vnto glory : " that is to saye/ vs which he called/ nott off the iewes only/ butt also off the gentyls. As he sayth- in Osefe : I will call them my people which were not my people : and her beloved which was nott beloved. And it shall come to passe in the place where it was sayd vn- to them : Ye are nott ray people/ that there shalbe called the sonnes of the livjmge god. But Esayas cryeth' '^ for Israbel/ though the nomber of the children of Israel' be as the sonde of the see/ yet shall a rem- naunt be saved. '^ He finnyssheth the -worde verely and ma- keth it short in rightewesnes. For a short ^ worde will god make on erth And as Esayas sayd before : Excepte the lorde of sabaoth hadde left vs seede/ we had bene made as Zodoma/ and had bene lykened to Gomorra. What shall we -saye then ? we saye that the gentyls which folowed not rightewesnes/ have 2' overtaken rightewesnes I mane the rightewesnes which commeth of fayth. Butt Israel which folowed the lawe of rightewesnes/ coulde not attayne vnto the lawe of rightewesnes. And wherfore ? Because they soi^ht it not by fath : but as it were by the workes of the lawe. For they have stombled at the stomblynge stone. As it is written Beholde I put in sywn a stoniblynge stone/ and a rocke ^ which shall make men ftiule. and none that beleve on hym shalbe ^ a shamed, ffiSe p. ffijljapter. "DRETHREN my hertis desyre/ and prayer to god for Is- ■^ rael is that they myght be saved. For I beare them re- corde that they have i a fervent mynde to god warde/ but not acordynge to knowledge. For they are ignoraunt of the right- ewesnes ^ which is alowed before god/ and goo about to stah- lisshe their awne rightewesnes and therfore ^ are not obedient vnto the rightewesnes which is of value before god. ' For Christ is the ^ ende of the lawe ^ to iustifie all that beleve* " Even us, whom, etc. Gen. .'' Coaoerning-j.i^H the Vers. '° For there is the worde that finisheth and shorteneth in righteous- ness, Cov. For he will make his iiccount and gather it into a short summe with righteousness, Gere. '" Count, Gen. " At- tained unto, Gen. Obtained, Bps- " That men shall Ije tiffended at, Cr. Of offence, Bps. ^ t!onfounded, Cov. Cr. Bps. ' The zeale of God, Gen. Bpsi ° That availeth before, Cov. Of God, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Are not subdued, Cov. Have not submitted. Gen. * Fulfylling, Cr. ' For righteousness unto, Qeti. Bps. BB Sfo. cWif. Sje SSjpfstU of 3?a«l Moses describeth the rightewesnes which commeth off the lawe/ howe that the man which doth the thynges of the laws shall live therein. But the rightewesnes which commeth off fayth/ speaketh on this wyse : Saye nott in thyne hert : who shall ascende into heven ? ^ (That is nothynge els liien to fetch Christ ■? doune). O ther who shall descende into the depe ? 6 That is nothynge els but to fetch vppe Christ from deeth. Butt whatt sayth ^ the scripture ? The worde is nye the/ even in thy mougth and.in thyn herth. This worde is the worde off fayth which we preache. For yf thou shalt » knowledge whith thy mought that Jesus is the lorde/ and shah beleve with thyn hert that God raysed hym vppe from deeth/ thou shalt be safe. For i" the belefe off the hert iustifieth : and to knowledge with the mougth maketh a man safe. For the scripture sayth : whosoever beleveth on hym/ shall not be ashamed. There is no difference bitwene the iewe and the gentyll. For won is lorde of all/ which is riche vnto all that call on hym. For whosoever shall call on the name of the lorde shalbe safe. Howe shall they call on hym/ on whom they beloved not? how shall they belev^ on hym off whom they have nott herde } hoWe shall they heare with out a preacher ? And howe shall they preach except they be sent > As hit is written : howe beautifuU are the fete of them which ^i brynge glad tydynges of peace/ and brynge glad tydynges of _good thynges. But they have nott all obeyed to the gospell. For Esayas sayth : Lorde ^^ wo shall beleve oure sayuiges } So then fayth commeth by hearynge/ and hearynge commeth by the worde of god. But I axe : have they nott herde .? No dout/ their sounde went out ^^ into all londes : and their wordes into the endes of the wbrlde. But I demaunde '^ whether Israhel did khowe or nott .' Fyrst Moses sayth : I will provoke you forto envy by ^ them that are no people/, and by a folisshe nacion I will anger you. Esayas after that is bolde and sayth. I am founde off Uiem thatt sought me nott/ and have apered to them that axed not after me. And against Israhel he sayth : All daye longe ^That is, to bring [fetch, JB.], Gen. Bps. ' From above. Gen. Bjjs. « He, Cr. Bps. It, Gen. ' Confesse, Gen. [So vs. ]0.] '" With the hart, man beleeveth unto righteousness. Gen. Bps. " Preach peace, Cob. '^ Who hath believed our sayings [preaching, Cov. report, G.] Cov. Cr. Gen. Bps. "Through all the earth, Gen. ■ " Did not Israel know God, Gen, '* A nation that is not my nation, Gen. * bnto tt)e S&omasns. ®il. vl- have I stretched forth my hondea vnto a i* people that belev- eth.not/ but speaketh agaynst me. KSe.):!. fltjaptrt. T SAYE then : hath God cast awaye his people ? God for- bid. For even I verely am an Israhelite of the seed of Abraham/ and off the tribe of beniamin. God hath not cast awaye his people which he knew befo're. O ther wote ye not what the scripture sayth by the mouth off Helias/ howe he ^ spake to god agaynst Israhel/ sayingi^ : Lorde they have killed thy prophettes and digged doune thyn alters : and I am lefte only/ and they seke my ^ deeth. Butt what sayth the answer off God to hym agayne ? I have reserved vnto me seven thousande men whych have nott bowed-their knees to baal. Even- so at this tyme ys there a remnaunt lefte thorow the eleccion of grace. Yff hit be of grace then is it not by the deservynge of workes. For then were faveour no fave- our. Yff it be by deservynge of workes/ then is there no faveour. For then were deserving no deservynge. What then ? Israhel hath not obtayned that that he sought. No but yet the eleccion hath obtayned hit. the remnaunt are 3 Mynded, accordynge as it is written : God hath geven Aem the sprete off * vnquyetnes : eyes thatt they shulde nott se/ and eares that they shulde nott heare/ even vnto this day. And David sayth : Lett their table be made a snare * to take them with all/ and an occasion to feule/ and a rewarde vnto them. Lett their eyes be blynded that they se nott : and ever bowe doune their backes. I saye then : Have they therfore stombled that they shulde but faule only } God forbyd : but thorowe their faule is helth happened vnto the gentyls forto provoke them ^with alL Wherfore yf the faule of them/ be the riches of the worlde : and the mynnysshynge of them the riches of the gentyls,: Howe moche more ''shulde it be soo yf ^they all be- loved. I speake to you gentyls/ in as moche as I am the apostle off the gentyls I will magnify myn office that I myght '" Disobedient and gainsaying people, Gen. ' Maketh inter- Eesislon [request, G.], T. M. Cr. Gen. Bpa. * Lyfe, All the Vers. ' Hardened, Gen. * Slumber, Gen. Remorse, Bps. 'And a net [a trap, B.] and a stumbling blocke, even for [and, B.] a recompense unto them, Gen. Bps. ' To follow them, Gen. ' Their per- fectnesse, Cr. Shal their abundance be, Gen. Their fulness, Bpa. • Xbeir fulness were there. Gov. Jfo. tUp SSic ISpfstle at $aul provoke them which are my fiesshe :^ and iiiyght save some of them. For if the castynge awaye of them/ be the recon- cilynge of the worlde : what shall the receavynge of them be/ but lyfe agayne from deeth ? For yf i" one pece be holy/ 11 the whole heepe is holy. And if the rote be holy/ the braunches are holy also. Though some of the braunches be broken of/ and thou be- ynge a wylde olive tree arte graft in ^^ amonge them/ and made part teiker of the rote/ and i' fatnes oiT the olive tree/ ' host not thy sylfe agaenst the braunches. For yf • thou host thy sylfe/ '* [remember that] thou bearest not the rote/ but the rote the. Thou wilt saye then : the braunches are broken off/ thatt I myght be grafte in. Thou sayest wele : be cause of vnbeleve they are broken of/ and thou stondest ^^ stedfast in faythe. Be not hye mynded/ but feare : seynge that god spared not the naturall braunches/ lest haply he also spar^ not the. Beholde the ^^ kyndnes and rigorousnes of god : on them which fell/ rigorousnes : but towardes the kyndnes/ yf thou continue in his kyndnes. or . els thou shalt be hewen of/ and they yf they byde nott still in vnbeleve shalbe grafted in agayne. For God is of power to grafte them in agayne. ' For yf thou wast cut out of ^''' a naturall wilde olive tree/ and wast graffed contrary to nature in a true olyve tree : howe moche more shall 1^ the naturall braunches be graffed in their awne olyve tree agayne. I wqlde not that i^ this secrete shulde he hid from you my brethren (lest ye shulde be ^ wyse in youre awnc consaytes) that partly ^i blyndnes ys happened in Isiahell/ vntiH the ful- nes off the getityls be come in. And so all Israhel shalbe saved, as it is written : There shall come onte of Syon he that doth deliver/ and shall tume awaye the vngodlynes of Jacob. And this is my testament vnto them/ when I shall take awaye their synnes. As concernynge the gospell/ They are enemies for youre sakes : butjas tochytige the eleccion/ ^ they are loved for 22 the fathers sakes. ' Gen. adds — to follow them. '" The beginning, Cov. The first fruits, Gen. Bps. " All the dough, Cov. The whole lump. Gen. Bps. " For them, Gen. " Sap, Cov. " Cr. Gen. Bps; omit. ^ By faith. Gen. '" Bountifulnesse and severitie. Gen. [So, next clauses.] " The olive tree whiph was wild by nature. Gen. '* They that are by nature , Gen. " Ye should be ignorant of this secret [mysterie, B.] , Gen. Bps. "Arrogant in yourselves. Gen. » Obstinacie, Gen, ^ I love thenj— their fathers sakeg Cg?, tata tje a&oinagtis. €j). ):tf. For verely the gy^leS and callynge of god are ^ soche/ that it cannot repent hyfin of them, for ^* poke/] as ye in tyme passed have not beleved Gfod/ yet have nowe obtained mercy fhdrow their vnbelefe : even so nowe have they nott beleved ^ the mercy which is happened vnto you/ That they also maye obtayne mercy. God hath ^ wrapped all nacions in vnbe- leve/ that he myght have mercy on all. O the depnes ^ off the aboundaunt wisdom and knowledge of God : howe ^ incomprehensible are his iudgements/ and hys wayes ^ vnserchable. For who hath knowen the mynde off the lorde .'' or who was his counseller ? other who hathe geven vnto hym fyrst/ 3" that he myght be recompensed agayne .' For of hym/ and thorowe hym/ and vnto hym are all thynges. To hym be glory for ever Amen. EJe vfj. . Shall be established, Gen. Shall be holden up, Bpi. * Esteemeth one day above anotlier. Gen. * Let every man be sure of his mean- ing, Cmi. Let every man's mynde satisfie hym selfe, Cr. Let every man be fully persuadedin his own mind, Gen. Bps. ° Observeth [Esteemeth, B.] the day, observeth it unto the Lord, Gen. Bp*. [So the antithetical clause.] ' Eateth to the Lord, etc. Bps. Gen. Like] the preceding.] s To himselfe, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Unto the Lorde, Cr. Gen. Bps. '" Appear, Gen. Stand, Bps. bnta tje a&omasng. ffii). vi- and all tonges shall 11 geve knowledge to god. Soo shall every one off vs geve a comptes off hym silfe to God. lett vs nott therfore/ iudge one another eny more. Butt iudge this rather/ thatt no man 'putt a stomblinge blocke/ or an occasion to faule in his brothers waye. For I knowe/ and surly belevp in the lorde Jesus/ that there is no- thynge commen off hit silfe : but vnto hym that iudgeth it to be commen/ to hym it is commen. Yf thy brother be greved with thy meate/ now walkest thou not charitablye. Destroye not hym with thy meate/ for whom Christ dyed, i® Suffer ye not that youre treasure be evyll spoken of. For the kyngdom off god is not meate mi drypke/ \mi rigbtewesnes' peac? ^M ioye/ in the h^ly goost. For whpsoever in these thyngea servetb Christ/ 1^ pieetseth well god : and k ^^ eommended of men. Let vs folowe tho thinges which make for peace : and thynges wherwith one maye edyfye another. Destroye not the worke off God for '* [a lytell] meates sake. All thynges are pure : butt it is evyll for that man/ which eateth with 15 hurte off his conscience. Hit is good nether to eate flesshe/ nether to drynke wyne/ nether eny thynge/ wherby thy bro- ther stombleth/ other falleth/ or is made weake. Hast thou fayth ? have it with thy silfe before god. Happy is he that condempneth not hym silfe in that thynge which he aloweth. For he that i^ maketh conscience/ ys dampned if he eate : Because he doth it not off fayth. For whatsoever is wX of fayth/ that same is synne, Siie Tfb. (tijaiiter. ''^/'E which are stronge ought to beare the i fraylnes of '" them which are weake/ and not to ^ stonde in cure awne consay tes. Let every man please his neghbour ^ vnto his welth and edifyinge. For Christ pleased not hym silfe : but as it is written : The rebukes off them which rebuked the/ fell on me. Whatsoever thynges are written afore tyme/ are written for oure learnynge thatt we thorowe pacience and comforte off the scripture shulde have hope. " Give praise, Cr. Bp«.' Confesse, Gen., " Cause not your com- moditie [treasure, C], Cr. Gen. Let not your goodj Bps. " Is ac- ceptable unto — approved, Gen. " Gen. Bps. omit, " Offence, Gen. Bps. " Doubteth, Gen. ■ Infirmities, Gen. ' Please purselves, Gen. ^ In that that is good to edijication, Gen, JTo. tl):rf. me JSjpfstte of 39aul * God which is lorde of paclence and consolation/ geve vn- to every one of you/ that ye be lyke mynded won towardes another ^ after the ensample of Jesu Christ/ that ye * all agre- ynge to gedder/ maye with one mouth eprayse god the father of oure lorde Jesus. Wherfore receave ye one another as Christ receaved vs/ to the prayse of god. And I saye that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circum- cision for the trueth of god/ to conferme the promyses made vnto the fathers. And let the gentyls prayse God forhys mercy. As itt is written : For this cause I will '' prayse the amonge the gentyls/ and singe ^ in thy name. And agayne he sayth : ye gentyls reioyse with hys people. Agayne/ prayse the lorde all ye gentyls/ and laude hym all nacions. And in another place Esaias sayth : there shalbe the rote off Jesse/ and he that shall ryse to raygne over the gentyls : in him shall the gentyls trust. The god of hope fill you with all ioye and peace in belevynge/ that ye maye ' be ryche in hope thorowe the power of the holy goost. I my silfe am i^fuU certified of you my brethren that ye youre selves are full of goodnes/ and filled with all knowledge/ and are ^^ able to counsell won another. Neverthelesse breth- ren I have somwhat boldly written vnto you/ as won that put- teth you in remembraunce/ ffor the grace which is geven me off God for this purpose' that I shulde be the minister off Jesu Christ amonge the gentyls/ and shulde minister ^^ the gladde tydynges off God/ that the gentyls myght be an acceptable of- ferynge/ sanctyfyed by the holy goost. ^^ I Have therfore where- off I maye reioyse in Christ Jesu/ in the thynges whydh pertayne to God. For I dare not speake " off eny off tho thynges which Christ hath nott wrought by me (to make the gentyls obedient) with worde and dede/ ^^ in myghty sygnes and won- ders/ by the power of the sprete off God/ so that from Jeru- salem and the costes rounde aboute/ vnto lUiricum/ 1 have 16 filled all countres with the gladde tydynges of Christ. So have I enforsed my silfe to preache the gospell/ not where Christ was named/ lest I shuld have bilt on another * The God of patience, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. * Accordinff to Christ Jesus, Gen. ° With one minde, Gen. ' Confesse, Gen. « Unto, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Be plenteous, Gov. Abound, Gen, '"Persuaded, Gen. Bps. " Able [Willing, C] to exhort [adiiion' ish, G.], Cr. Gen. Bps. " The gospel, Cr. Gen. Bps. " There, fore I may boast myself thro' Jesus Christ, that I meddle with thynges, etc. Cov. " Ought, except Christ had wrought, etc. Gov. '* With the power of signs [tokens, C] and wonders, Cov. Gen. "Caus- ed to abound, the gospel, etc. Gen, bnto t$e a&omasns. ®]l. tb]. mannes foundacion : butt as it is written : To whom he was not spoken of/ they shall se : and they that herde nott/ shall vnderstonde. For this cause I have bene ofie let to come vnto you : but -now seynge I have no moare " to do in these countres/ and also have bene desyrous meuiy yeares to come vnto you/ when I shall take my iorney into spayne/ I. will come to you. I trust to see you in my iorney/ and to be brought on my waye thither warde by you ^^ after that I have somwhat i^enioyed you. Nowe goo I to Jerusalem/ and minister vnto the saynctes. For ^ it hath pleased them off Macedonia and Achaia/ to make a certayne distribucion apon , the poore sanctes which are at Jerusalem. 21 jjjtt i,a,th pleased them verely/ and their det- ters are they. For yff the gentyls be made parte takers off their spirituall thynges/ their dutye ys to menister vnto them in camall thynges. When I have performed thys/ and have ^ shewed them this frute/ I wyll ^ come backe agayne by you into spayne. And I am sure when I come/ thatt I shall come with ^ aboundaunce off the. blessynge off the gospell off Christ. I be seche you brethren for oure lorde Jesu Christes sake/ and for the love of the sprete/ that ye ^ helpe me in my busy- nes/ with youre prayers to god for me/ that I maye be delyv- ered from them which * beleve not in Jewry, and that this my service/ which I have to Jerusalem/ maye be accepted to the sanctes/ that I maye come vnto you with ioye/ by the will off God/ and maye with you be refresshed. The God off peace be with all you Amen. ffSe x^]. ©Jsjpteit. T COMMENDE vnto you Phebe oure suster (which is a min- ister of the congregacion of Chencrea) that ye receave her in the lorde as it becommeth saynctes/ and that ye assist her/ in whatsoever busines she neadeth of youre ayde. For she ' suck- ered many/ and myne awne silfe also. Grete Prisca and Aqui- " Place in these quarters, Gere. ^' But so that I first refresh mysejfe a little with you, Cov. " Enjoyed your acquaintance, Cr. Been filled with your company [with you, B.] , Gen. Bps. *They of Mac. etc. have willingly prepared a common collection together for, Cev. *' They have done it willingly, Cov. " Brought them sealed, Cov. T.M. Cr. Sealed unto. Gen. Bps. "Passe by you, Gen. " The full blessing, Pov. ^ Woulde strive with ine by prayer^, etc. Gere. ^ Are disobedient, Gere. ' Hath given ho»- pitalitie to, Gen. So. cl^ffl. Site ISprstle of 3$aul la my helpers in Christ Jesu : which have for my lyfe layde doune their awne neckes. vnto whom not I only geve thcmkes : but also all the congregacions of the gentils. Lyke wyse grete ^ all the company that is in their housse. Salute my welbeloved Epenetos/ which is the fyrst frute ^ amonge them of Achaia. Grete Mary which bestowed moch labour on vs. Salute Andronicus/ and Junia my cosyns/ ^ which were pre- soners with me also/ which are * wele taken amonge the apos- tles/ and were in Christ before me. Grete AmpTias my be- loved in the lorde. Salute Vrban cure helper in Christ/ and Stachys my beloved. Salute Apellas approved in Christ. Salute them which are of Aristobolus ^ houssholde. Salute Herodion my kynsman. Grete them of the houshold of Nar- cissus which are in the lorde. Salute Triphena and Triphosa/ which wemen labour in the lorde. Salute the beloved Persis/ which laboured moch in the lorde. Salute Eufus chosen in the lorde/ and his mother and myne. Grete Asincritus/ Phle- gon/ Hermas/ Patrobas/ Mercurius/ and the brethren which are with them. Salute Philologus and Julia/ Nereus and his sister/ and Ohmpha/ and all the saynctes which are with them. Salute won another '' [amonge youre selves] with an hoty kisse. The congregacions of Christ salute you. I beseche you brethren marke them which cause division/ and ^ geve occasions of evill contrary to the doctryne which ye have learned : and avoyde them. For they tjiat are suche serve nott the lorde Jesus Christ : but their one bellyes. And by 9 swete preachynges and flatterynge wordes deceave the hertes of the i" innocentes : for youre obedience ys spoken off amonge all men. I am i' glad no dout off you. But yet I wolde have you wyse vnto that which is good. And to be innocent as concernynge evyll. The God oif peace shall treade Satan vnder youre fete in shorte tyme. The grace off oure lorde Jesus Christ be with you. Thimotheus my i® worke felow/ and Lucius/ and Jason/ and Sopater/ my kynsmen salute you. I Tercius ^^ salute you/ which wrote thys epistle in the lorde. Gaius myn hoste and ^The congregation, Cr. The Church, Gen. Bps. ' Of Achaia inChust, Cr. Gen. Bps. * Andfelowe-prisoners, Gen. 'Antient, Cov. Notable, Gen. "Frends, Gen. [So vs. 11.] "• Cr. Gen. omit. * Offences, Gen. ' Swete and flattering woordes, Cr. Bps. Faire speach and flattering, Gen. '"Simple, Gen. [So vs. 19.] "" Glad therefore of you [on yourbehalfe, B.], Gen. Bps. "Com- panion, Gen. " Which wrote this epistle, salute you in the Lorde, Gen. Bps. bnto tje JRomajTis. ©!)• i:bf. the hoste off all the congregacions/ saluteth you. Erastus sa- luteth you/ the chamberlayne off the cite. And Quartus a brother/ saluteth you. The grace off oure lorde Jesu Christ be wylh you all Amen. To hym thatt is off power to stablysshe you accordynge to my gospell/ wher with I preache Jesus Christ/ "in openynge off the mistery which was kept ^^ closse sence the worlde began/ i* and nowe is ©penned at thys tyme and i'' de* Glared in the scriptures of prophesy/ by the com- maundement of the everlastynge god/ l^ to stere vppe obedience to the faythe publisshed amonge all nacions To the same god/ whych alone is wise/ be prayse thorowe Jesus Christ for ever Amen; So t))e 3&oma^s. Sent from Chorinthum by Phebe/ she, thatt was the minister vnto the congregacion at Chenchrea. '< In utterynge, T. M. Cr. By the revelation, Gen. Bps. " Se- cret, Ml the Vers. " But nowe is opened and by the scriptures of Ae prophets, Cr. Bps. " Published among all nations by the scriptures of the prophets at the, etc. Gen. '* For the obedience of faith, Gen. Bps. cc to ttie Corrtntfisa^ni^* |^S93L ' by vocacion the Apostle of Jesus Christ thorowe the will of god/ and brothet Sostenes Vnto the'congrega- cion of God which is at Corinthum. To them that are sanc- tifyed in Jesus christ/ sanctes by callynge/ with all them thatt call on the name of cure lorde Jesus Christ in every place/ both of theirs and of ouers. Grace be with you and peace from God oure father/ and from the lorde Jesus Christ. I thanke my god all wayes on youre behalfe for the faveour of god which is geven you by Jesus Christ/ that in all thinges ye are made ryche by him/ in all ^speache.and in all know- ledge (even as the testimony of Jesus Christ was confermed in you) so that ye ^ are behynde in no gyft/ and way te for the aperynge oif oure lorde Jesus Christ which shall ■* strengthe you vnto the ende/ that ye may be blamlesse in the daye off oure lorde Jesus Christ. God is faythful/ by whom ye are called vnto the fellishyppe off his sonne Jesus Christe oure lorde. I beseehe you brethren in the name of oure lorde Jesus Christ' that ye all speake one thynge/ and that there be no dissencion amonge you : but be ye ^ perfecte in one mynde/ 1 Called, Cr. Gen. Bps, [G. B. add— «o Je.] « Lerninge, T.M. Utterance, Cr. Bps. Kind of speach. Gen. ^Want nothing in any gift, etc. Co». Are destitute, Gere. Bps. ■■ Confirme, Gen. * Per- fecte in one meaning, Cov. Knytte together in, etc. T. M. Gen. A whole body of one mynde, etc. Cr. Perfectly joyned together in the same mind and the same meaning, Bps. Bje Sfs^st iSpfotle to t^e ffiotttnttsans. €!). f. and one ^ meanynge. hit is shewed vnto me (hy brethren) off you by them that are of the housse ofCloe/ that there is ' stryfe amonge you/ I speake of that which every one of you sayfli : 8 1 holde of Paul/ Another sayth : I holde of ApoHo : Another sayth : I holde off Cephas. . and another sayth I holde ofChiist. Ys Christ divided 9? was Paul crucified for you ? other were ye baptised in the name of Paul ? I thanke god that 1 1" cristened none of you/ but Crispus and Gaius/ lest eny shulde saye that I in myn awne name had baptised. I bap- tised also the housse of Stephana. Fortheiroore knowe I not whether I baptised " eny man or noo. For Christ sent me not to baptise/ but to preache the gos- pell/ not with visdom of wordes/ lest the crosse of Christ shulde have bene made of none effecte. For the preachynge off the crosse is to them that perisshe folisshnes : but vnto vs which are saved/ it is the power off God. For it is written : I will destroye the wisdome of the wyse and will cast awaye the vnderstondynge of the prudent. Where is the wyse man ? where is the scrybe ? where is the ^^ searcher of this worlde ? hath not god made the wisdom of this worlde folisshnes .' For when the worlde thorow wisdom knew not god/ in the wisdom of god : it pleased god throw folisshnes off preach- 3mge to to save them that beleve. For the iewes requyre a signe/ and the grekes seke after wisdom, but we, preach Christ crucified/ vnto the iewes '^an occasion of fallynge and vnto the grekes folisshnes. but vnto them which are called both of Jewes and grekes we preache Christ the power of god* and the wisdom of god. For '* Godly folysshnes is wyser then men : And !■* godly weaknes is stronger then are men. Brethren '■^ loke on youre callinge howe fliat not many wyae men after the flesshe/ not many myghty/ not many i^ of h3*e degre are called. But God hath chosen the folysshe thyages of the worlde/ to confounde the wyse. and hath chosen the weake thynges of the worlde/ to confounde the Ihynges which are myghty. And vUe thynges off the worlde/ and thynges which are despysed/ hath god chosen yee emd thynges l'* of no reputacion/ forto brynge to nought thynges i^ off reputacion/ ^ Judgment, Gen. ' Contention, Gen. Bps * I am of Paul [Pauls, G.], Gen. Bps. [So, the next clauses and ch. iii. 4.] ' Cov. adds — in parts. - '" Baptized, Cr. Gen. Bps. " Any other, Gen. Bps. " Disputer, Cr. Gen. Bps. ■ ■' A stumbling bloeke, Gen. Bps. " The foolishness of God — The weaknesse of God, M the Vers. '" You see your calling, Cr. Gen. Bps. " No- ble, Gen. Bps, " Which are not— that are, Gen. Bps. Jfo. tl):b. CJe JFjtst 3Ej)fstle of JJaul that noo flesshe shulde ^^ reioyce in his presence, and ^^ vnto him pertayne ye/ in Christ' Jesus/ which off god is made vnto vs wisdom/ and also rightewesnes/ and sanctifiynge/ and re- dempcion. that accordynge as it is written : he which reioy- ceth/ shulde reioyce in the lorde. STJe t;., fflSapf er, A ND I brethren when I cam to you/ cam not ' in glorious- ■^^ nes of wordes or of wisdom/ shewynge vnto you the testi* mony of God. ® Nether shewed I my silfe \haX I knew eny thynge amonge you save Jesus Christ/ ^ even the same that was crucified. And I was amonge you in weaknes/ and in feare/ and in moche tremblynge. And my wordes/ and my preachinge were not with entysynge wordes of mannes wys- dom : but in * shewynge of the sprete of power/ that youre fayth shulde nott ^ stonde in tlie wisdom off men/ but in the power of god. We speake that which is wisdom amonge them that are perfaicte : not the wisdom of this woride nether off the ruelars off this woride (which goth to nought) but we speake the wis- dom off god/ which is * in secrete and lieth hid/ which god ' ordeyned before the woride vnto oure glory : which wisdom none of the ruelars of the woride knewe. For had they knowen ityi they wolde not have crucified the lorde of glory : but as it is written The eye hath not sene/ and the eare hath not hearde/ nether have entred into the herte of man/ the thynges which god hath prepared for them that love hym. But God hath opened them vnto vs by hys sprete. For the sprete searcheth all thynges/ yee the ^ bottom of goddes se- cretes. For what man knoweth the thynges of a man : save the sprete off a msin whiehe is with in hym } Even so the th3aiges off god knoweth no man/ but the sprete of god. and we have nott receaved the sprete off the woride : but the sprete which commeth of god/ for to knowe the thynges that are geven to vs of god/ which thynges also we speake/ not in the 8 connynge wordes off mannes wisdom/ but ^with the connynge '8 Glory, Bps. [So vs. 31.] '» Of him are ye, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' With high wordes, Cov. With excellence of wordes, Gen. * For I esteemed not to knowe. Gen. Bps. ' And him crucified. Gen. Bps. * Plaine evidence. Gen. * Be, Gen. *In a mys- terie, even the hid wisedome, Gen. Bps. ' Determined, Gen. ' Deepe things of God, Gen. Bps. ' Wordes which man's wis- dom teacheth — ^which the holy ghost teacheth, Cr. Gen. Bps. to tjie Aottfttfisans. €&. tff- wordes off the holy goost/ 1" makynge spretuall comparesons of spretuall thynges. For the naturall man perceaveth not the thynges offthe sprete off god : For they are but folysshnes vnto hym. nether can he preceave them be cause ^^ he is spretually examyned : butt he that is sprituall ^^ discusseth all thynges : yet he h)rm silfe is iudged of no man. For who knoweth the mynde of the lorde/ >3 other who shall informe hym ? but we '^* vnderstonde the mynde off Chiist, arSe Itf. apere. for the daye shall declare it/ and it "• And judge of spiritual matters spiritually, Cov. Comparing spir- itual things with spiritual, etc. Gen. Bps. " They are spiritually discerned [examined, C] Cr. Gen. Bps. " Discerneth, Gen. Bps. " That he might instruct him, Gen. Bps. " Have, Gen. Bps. ' Able to bcare it — able, Gen. ' For whereas there is, Gere. See- ing then there is, Bps. ' Sectes, Cr. Bps. Divisions, Gen. * Who, Gen. ' Gen. Bps. omit. " To every man, Gen. Bps. ' The one is as the other, Cov. Are one, Cr. Gen. Bps * Wages, Gen. [So vs. 14.] ' Skilfull [Wise, B.] master builder, Cfen, Bps. • '" Be made manifest. Gen. Bps. So. tlrbf. me iTfitBt ISpfstle of $aul shalbe shewed in fyre/ and the fyre shall trye every mannes worke what it is. Yf eny mannes worke that he hath bylt apon byde/ he shall receave a rewarde. Yf eny mannes worke bume/ he 'shall suffre losse : but he shalbe safe hym sylfe. neverthelesse yet as itt were thorow fyre. 11 Are ye nott ware that ye are the temple of god/ and howe that the sprete of god dwelleth in you ? Yf eny man 1^ defyle the temple of god/ hym shall god destroye. For the temple off God is holy/ which temple are ye. Lett no man deceave hym silfe/ yf eny man i^ seme wyse amonge you/ let him be a fole in thys worlde/ that he maye be wyse. For the wisdom of this worlde is folyssnes with God. For it is written : He ^* compaseth the wyse in their craftynes. And agayne/ God knoweth the thoughtes of the wyse that they be vayne. Therfore let no man reioyce in men. For all thynges are youres/ whether it be Paul/ other Apollo/ other Cephas : wether it be the worlde/ other lyfe/ other deeth/ whether they be present thynges or thynges to come : all are youres/ and ye are Christes/ and Christ is goddis. STSe fb. ©Saptetr. X ET 1 men this wyse esteme vs/ even as the ministers of "^ Christ' and disposers of the secretes of god. ^futtiier- more it is required of the disposers that they be founde faith- full. With me ^ is it but a very small thinge/ that I shulde be iudged of you/ other of mans * daye. No I iudge not myn awne selfe. I know nought by my silfe : yet am I not ther- by iustified. hit is the lorde that iudgeth me. Therfore iudge no thynge before the tyme/ vntill the lorde come/ which will lighten thynges that are hid in darcknes : and ^ open the coun- sels of the hertes. and then shall every man have prayse off God. These thinges brethren I have ^described in myn awne person/ and ApoUos : for youre sakes/ that ye myght learne by vs thatt no man '' counte off hym silfe beyonde that which is above written : that one ^ swell nott agaynst another for eny " Kuowe ye not, Cr. Gen. Bps. " Destroy, Gen. "Among yon, seeme [B. adds — {to him selfe)"] to be wise in this world, Gen. Bps. " Catcheth, Gen. ' A man so think of [esteeme, B.] us. Gen. Bps. * And as for the rest. Gen. ' 1 passe very lit- tle, Gen. * Judgment, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Make manifest, Gen. ' For an ensample described, Cr. Figuratively applied unto myne owne selfe, Gera. Bps. ' Presume above that, etc. Gen. Be wise above that, etc. Bps. ' Be not puifed up, Cov. to tie ftotvrnti)5ans. ®!). (b. mans cause. For who ' preferreth the ? What hast thou/ that thou hast not receaved ? yf thou have receaved it : why reioysest thou as Aough thou haddest not receaved it ? Nowe ye are. full : nowe ye are made rych. ye raygne as kynges with out vs : and I wold to god ye did raygne/ that we myght raygne with you. 1" My thyiiketh that god hath '^ shewed vs which are apos- tles/ for the ^^ hynmost off all/ as it were men apoynted to deeth/ for we are a gazingstocke vnto the worlde/ and to, the angels/ smd to men/ we are foles for Christes sake/ and ye are wyse thorow Christ : we are weake/ and ye are stronge. ye are honorable and we are despised. Even vnto this daye we honger and thyrst' and are naked/ and are boffetted 13 [with iistes/] and have no certayne dwellynge place/ and labour work3mge with oure owne hondes. We are reviled/ and yet we blesse. we are persecuted/ and suffer it. !■* We are evyll spoken off/ and we praye. we are made as it were the filthynes off the worlde/ the of scowrynge of all thjmges/ even vnto thys tyme. I write not these thynges to shame you : but as my beloved sonnes I i^ warne vou. For though ye have ten thousands instructours in Christ : yet have ye nott many fathers. In Christ Jesu/ I have begotten you thorowe the gospell. Wher- fore I desyre you ^^ to conterfayte me. For this cause have I sent vnto you Timotheus/ which is my deare sonne/ and iaithfull in the lorde/ which shall put you in remembraunce off my wayes which I have in Christ/ even as I teach every where in all congregacions. Some swell as though I wolde 1" come no more at you : but I will come to you shortely/ yf god wUl/ and will knowe/ not the wordes off them whiche swell/ but the power. For the kyngdom off God is not in wordes/ but in power. What will ye > Shall I come vnto you with a rodde/ or els in love/ and in the spi«te of i8 meke- nes.? » Separateth, Gen. Bps. •" For me thinke [I thinke, G.] that God hath set forth us, the last apostles, as men appointed, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. " Set forth, T. M. Sent forth, Tav. " Lowest of all, Cov. T. M. " Gen. Bps. omit. " Being defamed, Bps. '^ Admonish, Gen. •• To folowe me as I folowe Christ, Cr. Be ye followers of me. Gen. Bps. " Not come to you, Gen. '^ Softnesse, Cr. STlje b, fitjajitei;. 1 'T^HERE goeth a commen saynge that there is fomicacion ■ amonge you/ and soche fomicacion as is not once na- med amonge the gentyls : that won shulde have his fathers wyfe. and ye swell and have not rather sorowed/ that he which hath done this dede myght be put from amonge you. For I verely as absent in body/ even so present in sprete/ have determined all redy (as though I were present) of hym that hath done this dede/ ^ [in the name of oure lorde Jesu Christ/] when ye are gaddered togedder/ and my sprete/ with the power off the lord Jesus Christ/ to deliver hym vnto Sa- tan/ for the destruccion of the flesshe that the sprete maye be saved in the daye oif the lorde Jesus. ' Youre reioysynge is not good. Knowe ye nott that a lytell leven ^ sowereth the whole lompe of dowe ? pourge therfore the olde leven/ that ye may be * newe dowe as ye are swete breed. For Christe oure ester lambe is ^ offered vppe for us. Therfore let vs kepe ^ holydaye/ not with olde leven/ nether with the leven of maliciousnes and wickednes but with the swete breed of '' purenes and trueth. I wrote vnto you in a pistle that ye shulde not company ^ with fornicatours. And ^ I meante nott atall of the fornicatours of this world' other off the coveteous/ or of extorsioners/ other of the ydolaters : for then muste ye nedes have gone out of the worlde : but now I have written vnto you that ye compa- ny not togedder. Yf eny that is called a brother/ be a forni- cator/ or covetous/ or a worshipper of ymages/ other a ray- lar/ other a dronkard/ or an extortionar : with hym that is soche se that ye eate not. For what have I to do to iudge them which are with out ? Do ye not iudge them that are within ? Them that are with out/ god shall iudge. Put awaye from amonge you '" that evyll parsone. Sije bj. ®!iaptn-. ' XT OWE dare one of you havinge busines with another/ 2 goo to la we vnder the wicked ? and not rather vnder ' It is heard certainely that, etc. Gen. ' Gen. reads this clause after — my^sprete. ' Leaveneth the whole lumpe, Gen. Bps. ■* A new lumpe, Gere. JBp«. * Sacrificed, Gen. ^ The feast, Gcm. ' Sincerity, Gen. ^ With fornicatours of this worJde, eyther of, etc. Cr. ' Not altogether with the fornicatours, etc. or with, etc. Gen. "> The evell, Cr. That wicked man, Gen. ' Dare any of you, Cr. Gen. Bps. " Bee judged under the unjust, Gen. Bps. to ti)e are we the worsse. Bat take hede ^ that youre libertie cause nott the weake to faule. For yf some man se the which hast knowledge sitt at mate in the ydols temple shall not the conscience off hym which is weake be ^ boldened to eate those thjmges which are offered vnto the ydole ? And so thorow thy knowledge shall the weake brother perisshe for whom christ dyed. When we synne so agaynst the brethren and wounde their weake con- sciencies/ we synne agaynst Christ. Wherfore yf meate hurt my brother/ I will '" eate no flesshe whill the worlde stondeth/ be cause I will not burte my brother, ST^e tv- CtSajitcr. AMI not an Apostle .' Am I nott fre ? have I not sene Jesus -^ Christ oure lorde .' Are not ye my worke in the lorde. Yf I be nott an Apostle vnto other/ yet am I vnto you. For the seale off myne Apostleshippe are ye in the lorde. i Myne answer to them that ^ axe me/ is this : Have we not power to eate and to drynke ? other have we nott power to leade about 3 a sister to wyfe as well as other Apostles/ and as the breth- ren -off the lorde/ and Cephas.? *0 ther only I and Barnabas ' An idole is nothing, Cr. Gen. Bps. * There is not in, etc. that knowledge, Bps. ^ Having conscience of the idole, untel, etc. 6V. Gen. Bps. ' Furthereth us not, Cov. ' Have we more . . . have we lesse. Gen. Bps. ' Lest by any means this libertie [power, G.] of yours, be an occasion of falling [become a stumbling, Bl, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Occasioned, Cob. "'Never eate flesh, lest, etc. Cov. Cr. ' My defence. Gen, * Examine, Gen. ' A wo- man a syster, Cr. A wife being a sister, Gen. A sister a woqian, Bps, * Is tile libertie of not labouring, taken from me wd Barqabas only .' Bps. fie. clj:):. Jlje j^srst ISpfstle of J^ul have not ^ power this to do ? who goeth a warfare any tyme att his awne cost ? who planteth a vynearde and eateth nott ofthefrute? or who fedeth a flocke and eateth nott off the mylke.6 Saye I these thinges after the manner of men ? or sayth nott the lawe the same also ? For itt ys written in the lawe of Moses : Thou shall not mosell the mouth of the oxe that tread- eth out the corne. doth god take thought for oxen ? other sayth he it nott all togedder for ouie sakes ? For oure sakes no doubt this is written : that he which eareth shulde eare in hope : and that he which throssheth in hope/ shulde be part taker of his hope. Yf we sowe vnto you spirituall thynges : is it a greate thynge yf we reepe youre carnall thynges ? yf other be part takers of this power over you ? wherfore are not we rather. Nevertbelesse we have not vsed this power : but sufire all thinges lest we shulde hynder the gospell of Christ. Do ye not vnderstonde howe that they which minister '' in the tem- ple : have their fyndynge of the temple .' And they which wayte att the ^ aulter ^ are parttakers with the * aultre ? Even so also dyd the lorde ordayne/ thatt they whych preache the gospell/ shulde live off the gospell : But I have vsed none of mese thynges. Nether wrote I these thynges that it shulde be soo done vnto me. Hit were better for me to deye/ then that eny man shulde 1" take this reioysynge from me. In that I preache the gospell 1 11 have nothinge to reioyce of. For necessite is putt vnto me. wo is it vnto fne yf I preache not the gospell. yf I do it with a good will/ 1 have my rewarde. yf I do it agaynst my will/ 1^ an office is committed vnto me. what is my re- warde then ? Verely that 1 13 misvse not i* myne auctorite in the gospell. For though I be fre from all men/ yet have I made my silfe servaunt vnto all men/ that I myght wyn the mooe. And vnto the iewes/ 1 be cam as a iewe/ to wyn the iewes. To them that were vnder the lawe/ was I made as though I had bene und' the lawe/ to wyn them that were vnder the lawe. To them that were with out lawe/ becam I as though I had * We power not to worke, Gen. ' Cr. Gen. Sps. add — of the flocke. '' Aboute the holy things, eat of the thynges of the temple [live of the sacrifice, C], Cr. Gen. Bvs. ^ Temple, Cr. [So eh. X. 18.] ° Enjoy, Cav. '" Make my rejoycing vaine. Gen. Bps. » Need not boast. Gov. "^ [G. adds — notwithstanding] the dis- pensation, Gen, Bps. " Abuse, Gen. " My libertie, Cm. to tjie ffiorrtntJsans. €!). p bene with out lawe (when I was not with out lawe as perteyn- inge to god/ but ^^ vnder a lawe as concernynge Christ) to wyn them thatt were with out lawe. To the weake be cam I as we£ike/ to wyn the weake. '^ In all thynge I fassioned my silfe to all men/ to save ^'' att the lest waye some. And thK I do for the gospels sake/ that I myght have my parte ther of. Perceave ye not howe that they which runne in a i^ course/ runne all/ yet butt one receaveth the i^ rewarde. So runne that ye may§ obtayhe. Every man that proveth mastres ab- staineth from All thynges. and they do itt to obtayne a cor- ruptible croune : but we ^ to obtayiie an everlastinge croune. 1 Uierfore soo runne/ nott eis ®' at an vncertayne thynge. So fyght 1/ not as won that beatelh the aier : but I ^tame my body and brynge hym into subieccion/ lest after that I have preached to other/ 1 my silfe shulde be ^ a castawaye. "DEETHREN I wolde not thatt ye shulde be ignoraunt off '^ this/ howe thatt oure fathers were all vnder a cloude/ and all passed thorowe the see/ and wer all baptised vnder Moses in the cloude/ and in the see. and did eate ^ of one spirituall meate/ and did all drynke ^ off one maner of spirituall drjmke. 2 And they dronke off that spretuall rocke that folowed them/ which rocke was Christ, but in many of them had god no delite. For they were ^ overthrowen in the vnldemes. These are ensamples to vs that we shulde not lust after evyll thynges/ as they lusted. Nether be ye worshippers of Images as were some off them accordynge as ytt is written : The people sate doune to eate and drySke/ and rose vppe agayne to playe. Nether let vs ■* commit fomicacion as some of diem committed fomicacion/ and * were destroyed in one daye xxuj. thousande. Nether let us tempte Christ' as some off them tempted and were destroyed of serpentes. Nether murmure ye as some of them murmured/ and were destroyed off the destroyer. '* Under [In, B.] the law of Christ, Cr. Bps. Am in the Law through Christ, Gen. '° I am become of all fashions, Cov. I am made all things. Gem. Bps. " By al meanes, Gen. Bps. " Race, Gen. Bps. " Prize, Gen. *" For an incorruptible, T. M. Gen. Bps. " Uncertainely, Gen. ^ Beats down, Gere. ^ Re- proved, Gen. ' The same, Gen. Bps. ' For, Gen. Bps. ' Smitten downe, Cov. * Be defiled with, Cov. * FeiU, O. Gen. Bps. ^0. clyrt. SS? Sf$vst SEptstte of aiaul All these thynges happened vnto them for ensambles/ and were written to ^ put vs in remeipbraunce/ whom the endes off the worlds are come apon. Wherfore lett hym thatt thynketh he stondeth/ take hede lest he fall. There hath none other temptacion taken you/ but soche as ^ foloweth the nature of man. God is faythfull/ which shall not suffer you to be tempt- ed above ^ youre strengthe : but ^ shall in the myddes off the temptacion make awaye i" to escape out. Wherfore my deare beloved/ fle from worshippynge of ydols. I speake as vnto them which have discrecion/ Judge ye what I saye. Ys not the cuppe of ii blessinge which we blysse/ }^ partakynge of the bloude of Christ ? ys not the breed which we breake/ ^^ partetakynge of the body of Christ ? i^ be caus^ that we (though we be many) yet are one breed/ and ona body in as moch as we all are partetakers off one brewed. ** Be- holde Israhell which walketh carnally. Are not they which eate of the sacryfyse/ partetakers off the aultre > What saye I then ? that the ymage is eny thinge .' or that it which is offered to ymages is eny thinge I Naye/ but I saye/ that those thenges which the gentyls. offer/ they offer to devyls/ and not to god. And I wolde not that ye shulde have fellishippe with the devyls. Ye cannot drynke of the cuppe off the lorde/ and of the cuppe off the devyls. Ye can* not be parte takers off the lordes table/ and off the table off devyls. i* Other shall we provoke the lorde .' other are we stronger then he ? ^^ All thynges are laufull vnto me, but all thynges are not expedient, i^ All thynges are lawful!/ but all thynges edifye not. Lett noman seke his awne ^'' [prophet] : but lett every man seke ^^ his neghbours welthe. What soever is solde in the ^^ market/ that eate/ and aske no questions for conscience sake. For the erth is the lordis/ and all that therein is. Yf eny off them which beleve not bid you to afeast/ and yff ye be disposed to goo/ whatsoever is seet before you eate/ axynge no question for conscience sake : 8 To warn us, Cov. To admonish as, Gen. For our admonition, Bps. ' Appertaineth to man, Gen. * That you axe able, Gm. Bps:. • Will even give the issue [make a way to escape, B.} with the tenta- tion, that yee may be able to beare it, Gen. Bps. " That ye may be able to beare it, Cr. " Thanksgiving, Cov. " The commu- nion, Gen. Bps. '^ For we that are manie, Gen. " Cr. adds — and of one cup. " Eyther dio we [Do we, G.] provoke the Lorde to anger. Gen. Bps, " I may doo all thinges, Ct. " Cr. Gen. ■Bps. omit — prophet, [i. c. profit.] '* Another's welth, T. M. Gen. Bps. That which belongeth to another, Cr( " Flesh market, Cr. Shambles. to tSe ffiorrtntSsaita. ffil). tf- but and yff eny man saye vnto you : this is dedicate vnto ydols/ eate not off it for his sake that shewed it/ and for hurt- ynge off conscience : ,the erth is the lordes and all that there in is. Conscience I saye/. not thyne : but the conscience of that other. Why shulde my liberie be iudged of another mannes conscience ,-' For yf I ^^ take my parte with thanked : why am I evell spoken off for that thynge wher fore I geve thankes. Whether therfore ye eate or drynke/ or whatsoever ye do/ do all to the prayse off God. Se that ye geve occasion off evell/ nether to the iewes/ nor yet to the gentyls/ nether to the congregacion of god : even as I please all men in all thynges not sekynge myne awne proffet/ but the proffet of many/ that they myght be saved, ^^ Folowe me as I do Christ. E\)t T^. ffijajifcr. T COMMENDE you brethren that ye remember me in all thynges/ and kepe the ordinaunces ^ which I gave you. T wolde ye knowe that Christ is the heed of every man. and the womans heed is the man/ and Christes heed is God. Ev- ery man prayinge or prophesyinge havynge eny thynge on his heed/ ^shameth his heed. Every woman that prayeth or prophesieth bare hedded dishonesteth her heede. For it is even allwon/ and the very same thynge even as though she were shaven Yf the woman be not covered/ lett her also be- shaven. Yf it be ^ shame for a woman to be shaven or shorne/ let her cover her heed. A man ought not to cover his heed/ for as moche as he is the ymage and glory of god. The woman is the glory of thfe man. For the man is not of the woman/ but the woman of the man. Nether was the man created for the womans sake : but the woman for the mannes sake. For this cause ought the woman to have power in her heed/ for the angels sakes. Neverthelesse/ nether is the man with oute the woman/ nether the woman with out the man in the lorde. For as the woman is of the man/ even soo is the man by the woman : but all is of god. Judge in youre selves whether it be comly that a woman ■"' Through God's benefit, bee partaker, Gen. Bps. " Cr. Gen. Bps. connect this vs. with ch. ri. Be ye followers of me,etc. C. G. B. ' As I delivered them, etc. Cr. Gen. Rps. [So vs. 23.] ' Dishon- oareth, Gen. [So vs. 5.] ' Uncomely, Cor, DD* Bo. Ay.yX}. Stje jjfjtst 3Sj)tstle of Jlaul praye vnto god * bare bedded. Or els doth not nature teach you/ tbat it is a shame for a man/ if he have longe heere : s [and a prayse to woman if she have longe heere ?] For her heere is geven her to cover her with all. - yf there be eny man amonge you that lusteth to ^ stryve/ let him knowe that we have no soche customes/ nether the congregacions of God. ^ This I wame you of/ and commande not that ye come to- gedder ^ after a worsse manner/ and nott after a better. F3rrst of all when ye come togedder in the congregacion/ 1 heare that there is dissencion amonge you : And I partly beleve it. For there must be ^sectes amonge you/ that they which amonge you are i" perfaict myght be knowen. When we come togedder in one place/ ii aman cannot eate the lordes supper. For every man i* begynneth a fore to eate his awne supper, and one is hongrye/ and another is dronken. Have ye nott houses to eate and to drynke in } Or els despyse ye the congregacion off God ? and shame them that have nott ? what shall I saye vnto you } shall I prayse you } in this prayse I you not. That which I gave vnto you I receaved off the lorde. For the lorde Jesus the same nyght in the which he was betrayed/ toke breed : and thanked and brake/ and sayde : Take ye/ and eate ye this is my body which is broken for you. This do ye in the remembraunce of me. After the same manner he toke the cuppe when sopper was done sayinge : This cuppe is the newe testament in my bloud/ this do as oft as ye drinke it/ in the remembraunce off" me. For as often as ye shall eate this breed/ and drynke thys cuppe/ ye shall shewe the lordes death/ till he come. Wherfore whosoever shall eate off this bred/ or drynke off the cuppe i^ ynworthely/ shalbe giltie off the body and blout off the lorde. Let a man ther- fore examen hym silfe/ and so let hym eate off the breed and drynke off the cuppe. For he that eateth or drynketh vnwor- thely/ eateth and drynketh his awne damnacion/ be cause he 1* maketh no differenceof the lordis body. For this cause many are Weake and sicke amonge you/ Eind < Uncovered, Gen. ° Cov. omits. ^ Be contentious, Gen. ' Nowe in this I declare, 1 praise you not, Gtm. * Not with pro- fit, but with hurt, Gen. ' Heresies, Gen. Bps. '"Approved, Gen. Bps. '"■ The Lord's supper cannot be eaten [kept, Cov.}, Cov. Cr. This is not to eate, etc. Gen. '* Taketh his own supper afore, Cov. When they should eat, taketh, etc. (as Cov.), Gen. Pre- venteth other in eating, Bps. " Cr. Gen. Bps. add — of the Lorde. " Discerneth not. Gen. to tje ffiorttntSsana. ®!). iflj. many slepe. Yff we had truly iudged oure selves/ we shulde not have bene iudged. When we ^^ iudged of the lorde we are chastened/ be cause we shulde not be i^ damned with the worlde. Wherfore my brethren/ when ye come togedder to eate/ tary one for anoflier. yff eny man honger let hym eate at home/ that ye come not togedder vnto condemnacion. Wd- ther thynges wiU I set in order when I come. STJe ):tf. ffitaptet. * TN spretuall thynges brethren I wolde not have you igno- ■*■ raunt. ye knowe that ye were gentyls/ and ^ went youre wayes vnto dom ydoles/ even as ye were ledde. Wherfore I declare vnto you that no man speakynge in the sprete of god 3 ditiReth Jesus. Also no man can saye that Jesus is the lorde : but by the holy goost. There are diversities of gyftes verely/ yet but one sprete. And there are * differences of * administracions/ and yet but one lorde. And there are divers manners off operacions/ 8 and yet but one God/ which worketh ' all thynges that are wrought in all creatures. ^ The gyftes off the sprete are gev- en to every man ' to proffit the congregacion, To won is geven the i" vtteraunce off wisdom : to another is geven the 1" vtteraunce off knowledge by the same sprete : to another is geven fayth/ by the same sprete. To another the gyftes of heal)mge/ by the same sprete. To another ii power to do miracles : To another prophesy/ To another i® iudgement of spretes/^ To emother divers tonges : To another the interpre- tacion off tonges : and these all worketh even the silfe same sprete/ ^ devid5mge to every man ^* severall gyftes even as he woU. For as the body is one/ and hath many membres/ and all the membres of one body though they be many/ yet are but one body : even soo is Christ. For in one sprete are we all f '* Are judged, wee are chastened of the Lorde, Geji.jBps. "Con- demned, Gen. ' Concerning spiritual giftes. Gen. Bps. ' Were caryed awiy. Gen. Bps. ' Calleth Jesus execrable. Gen. * Di- versities, Gen. [So vs. 5.] * Offices, Cov. ' But God is the same, Gen. ' All in all, Gen. Bps. * The manifestation of the spirit is given to every man to profit withall. Gen. Bps. ' To edifie withal, Cr. '"Worde, Gen. Bps. " The operations of great workes, Gen. '' Judgment to discerne spirits, Cov. Cr. Dis- cerning of spirits, Gen. Bps. " Distributing, Gen. " A Beverafgift, Cr. Severally, Gen. Bps. jFa. clF):ftf. SJe ifsrst Ejptstle of ^aul baptised '^ to make one body/ whether we be iewes or gen- tyls : whether we be bonde or fre. and "have all dronke of one sprete. For the body is not one member/ but many. Yf the fote saye : I am not the honde/ therfore I am not of the body : is he therfore not of the body ? and if the eare saye I am not the eye : therfore I am not of the body : is he therfore not of the body ? yf all the body were an eye : where were the '^ eare ? if all were hearinge : where were the smellynge ? But nowe hath god disposed the members/ every one of them in the body/ at his awne pleasure Yf they were all won member : where wer the body ? nowe are there niany mem- bers/ yet but one body, and the eye cannot saye vnto the honde : I have no nede of the : nor the heed also to the fete : I have no nede of you. Ye ^'^ rather a greate dele those mem- bres off the body which seme to be most feble/ are most ne- cessary. And apon those members of the body which we thynke ^^ lest honest/ put we most honestie on. ' And our ^3 vngoodly parties have most '9 beauty on. for oure ^^ honest members nede it not : but God hath so 2" disposed the body/ and hath geven most honoure to that parte which laked/ lest there shulde be eny ^i stryfe in the body : butt that the mem- bers shulde ^ indifferently care one for another. And iff one member suffer all suffer with hym : yff one member be had in honoure/ all members ^3 be glad also. Ye are the body off Christ/ and members won off another. And God hath also ordeyned in the congregacion/ fyrst the Apostels/ secondarely prophetes/ thyrdly teachers/ then them that do miracles/ after that the gyftes off healynge/ helpers/ governers/ diversite off tonges. Are all apostles ? are all prophetes } Are all teachers .' are all doars off miracles ? have all the gyftes off healynge ? Do all speake with tonges ? do all interprete ? ^* Covet af- ter the best gyftes. And yet shewe I vnto you a moare ex- cellent waye. ecSe jrrfl. ffiSapter. ^T^ HOUGH I speake with the tonges of men and angels/ and yet had no i love/ 1 Were even as soundynge brasse : u '^° ^^' ^'^' ■'"*°' ^^^ ^P"- '" Hearing, Gen. " Much rather those, etc. Gen. '^ jyiogj unhonest, Gen. Lease honourable, Bps. "Uncomly . . Comelenesse . . Comely, Gcb. Bps. =" Mea- sured, Cov. Tempered, Gen. Bps. « Division, Gen. « Have the same care, Gen. Bps. « Rejoice, Gen. Bps, " But desire you, Gen. i Charitie, Bps. [So po«t through the chapter.] to tje dCovrfntSajans. ffif). yfftf. and as a tynkl3mge Cynball. and though I coulde prophesy/ and vnderstode all secretes/ and all knowledge : yee/ if I had all fayth so that I coulde ^ move mountayns [oute of there pla- ces/] and yet had no love/ 1 were notihynge. And though I 3 bestowed all my gooddes to fede the poore/ and though 1 gave my body even that I burned/ and yet have no love/ it profetefli me nothynge. Love * suifreth longe/ and ^ is corteous. love envieth nott. Love doth nott ^ frawardly/ swelleth not/ '' dealeth not dishon- estly/ seketh nott her awne/ is not provoked to anger/ thynk- eth not evyll reioyseth not in iniquitie : but reioyseth in the trueth/ suffreth all thynge/ beleveth all thynges hopeth all thynges/ endureth in all thynges. Though that prophesyinge *fayle/ other tonges shall cease/ or knowledge vanysshe awaye : yet love falleth never awaye. For 9 oure knowledge is vnparfet/ and oure prophesyinge is vnperfet : but when thatt which is parfet is come : then that which is 1" vnparfet shall be done awaye. When I was a chylde/ I spake as a chylde/ 1 vnderstode as a childe/ 1 '' ym- magened as a chylde : but as sone as I was a man I put awaye 12 all childesshnes. Nowe we se ^^ in a glasse even in a darke Bpeakynge : but then shall we se face to fece. Nowe I knowe vnparfectly ; but then shall I knowe even as I am knoweru Nowe abideth fayth/ hope/ and love/ even these thre ; but th« chefe of these is love. ffijie f(t(U ^ttjtiapter. 1 T ABOUR for love/ and covet spretuall giftes : and most -"-' chefly forto prophesy. For he that speaketh ^ with tonges speaketh not vnto men/ but vnto god. No man heareth him : For in the sprete he speaketh ^ misteris. But he that prophe- sieth speaketh vnto men/ * for their edifyinge and comforte. He that speaketh with tonges/ proffiteth him silfe : he that prophesyeth edifieth the congregacion. I wolde that ye all spake with tonges : but rather that ye prophesied. For great- * Remove, etc. Gen, Bps. G, B. omit what follows. 'Feede the poor with all, ete. Gen. * Is patient, Cov. * Is bountiful, Gen. " Boast itselfe. Gen. ' It disdaineth not, Gen. ' Be abolished, G«?i. [So vs. 10.] » We knowe in parte and we prophe- cie in parte, Gen. '"In parte. Gen. [So vs. 12.] " Thought, Gen. " Childish things, Geit. " Through a glass darkly, Gen. * Follow after. Gen. Bps. ' Strange language, Gem. [So post.] ' Seoret things,Gere, * To edifying and to exhortar tion and to comfort, Gen. So. tVffVa. W^e if svst Hpfstle of $aul er is he that prophesieth/ then he that speaketh ^ with tonges/ except he expound hit also/ that the congregacion maye have edifyinge. Nowe brethren if I come vnto you speEikinge with tonges: what shall I proffit you? exceptelspeakevntoyou/ other by revelacion/ or knowledge/ or prophesyinge/ or doctrine: More over when thynges with out lyfe geve sounde : wheth- er itt be a pype/ or an harpe : except they make a distinccion in the soundes : howe shall it be knowen what is pyped or harp- ed ? And also if the trompe geve an vncertayne voyce/ who shall prepare hym sUfe to ^ fyght ? Even so lykwyse when ye speake with tonges/ excepte ye speake wordes '' that have significacion/ howe shall ytt be vnderstonde what is spoken ? For ye shall but speake in the ayer. Many kyndes off voyces ^ are in the worlde/ and none off them 8 are with out significacion.. Yf I knowe not what the voyce meaneth/ I shalbe vnto hym that speaketh i" an alient : and he thatt speaketh shallbe ^^ an alient vnto me. Even so ye (for as moche as ye couvet spretuall giftes) seke that ye may ^ have plenty vnto the edifyinge off the congregacion. Wherfore lett him that speaketh with tonges/ praye that he maye interpret also. Yff I praye with tonges/ my sprete prayeth : butt my i® mynde ys with out frute. What is it then .' I vnll praye with my sprete/ and will pray with 13 my mynde also. I will singe with my sprete/ and will singe with 13 my mynde also. For els when thou i* blessest with the sprete/ howe shall he that occupieth the roume off the vn learned saye a men att thy gevynge off thankes ? sejmge he vnderstondeth nott what thou sayest. Thou verely gevest thankes wele : butt the other ys nott edyfied. I thanke my god/ I speake with tonges moare then ye all. yett had I ^^ lever in the congregacion to speake five wordes with my m3mde to the informacion of other/ rather then ten thousande wordes with the tonge. Brethren be not chrildren in witte : as concernynge ^^ ma- liciousnes be children : but in witt be i' perfet. In the lawe it is written/ i^ with other tonges/ and with other lippes wyll I ' Divers tongues, Gen. [So vs. 6.] ^ The warre, Cr. Bps. Battel, Gen. ' Easy to be understood, Bps. * Gen. adds — (as it Cometh to passe.) ' Is dorame, Gen. '" A barbarian, Gen. " Excel, Cr. Gen. Bps. '* Understandynge doeth no good, Cr. Understandynge, etc. Gen. Understanding is unfruitfuU, Bps. " The understanding, Cr. Gen. Bps. [So post.'] " Givest thanks, Cov. « Rather, Gen. Bps. '« Noughtinesse, Bps. " Of a ripe age, Gen. '' With sundry tongues, etc. Cov. By men of other tongues and by other languages. Gen, to tje ffiorrtntSsans. ffiji. jrtffj. speake vnto thjrs people/ and yett for all thatt wilt they nott heare me sayth the lorde. Wherfore tonges are for a signe/ not to them that beleve : but to them that beleve nott. con- trary wyse prophesyinge serveth not for them that beleve nott : but for them which beleve. Yf therfore when all the congregacion is come to gedder/ and all speake with tonges/ there come in they thatt are vnleam- ed/ or tibey whych beleve nott: will they not saye that ^^je are out off youre wittes .' Butt and yff all, prophesy/ and there come in one that beleveth notU or one videarned/ he ys ^reproved off all men/ and ys iudged of every man : and so are the secretes off hys hert openned : and then falleth he doune on hys face/ and worshippeth god/ and sayth that god is with you in dede. Howe is it then brethren .' when ye come togedder every mam hath ^i his songe/ hath big doctryne/ hath his tonge/ hath hys. revlacion/ bathe his interpretacion : Lett all thynges be vnto edyfjringe : Yff eny man speake with tonges/ lett ytt be two atonce : or at the most thre atonce : and iSat by course, and lett another interprete it : Butt yf there be no interpreter/ lett hym kepe silence in the congegacion/ and let hym speake to hym silfe/ and to god. Lett the prophetes speake ^ two atonce/ or thre atonce/ and let other iudge. Yf eny revelacion be made to another that sitteth by/ lett the fyrst holde his peEice. For ye maye all prophesy one by one/ thatt all maye leame/ and all maye have comforte. For the spretes off the prophets are ^ in the power off the prophetes. For god is nott ^ causer of stryfe : but of peace/ ^ as he is in all other congregacions of sanctes. Lett youre ^wyves kepe silence in the congregacions. For it is not permitted vnto them to speake : butt lett them be^be vnder obedience/ as sayth the lawe: ,yf they will leame eny thinge/ let them axe their husbandes att home? For it is a shame for wemen to speake in the congregacion* ssgpronge the worde off God from you .' other cam ytt vnto you only ? Yf eny man thynke him sylfe a prophet other spirituall : lett hym ^ vnderstonde/ what thynges I write vnto '" Ye are madde, Bps. *" Rebuked, Cr. Gen. Bps. '■ A psalme, Gen. Bps. ^ Two or three and let, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Subject to, Gen. Bps. ^ The author of confusion [dissention, C], Gen. Bps. ^ Aa (I teach) in all, etc. Cr. As we see in all, etc. Gen. '^ Wo- men, Cr. Gen. Bps. " Subject, Gen. ^ Came, Gen. ^ Knowe, Cm). Cr. Acknowledge [Knowe, B.] that the things, etc. are the commaundmeuts of the Lord, Gen. Bps. So. rt):):b. Stje jFsrst SBplatU of Slaul you. For they are the commaundmentes of the lorde. Butt and yf eny man be ignorant/ lett hym be ignorant. Wherfore brethren covet to prophesy/ and forbyd nott to speake with tonges. Lett all thynges be done honestly and in order. I'DRETHREN as pertaynynge to the gospell which I ■^ preached unto you/ which ye have also ^ accepted/ and in the which ye continue : by the which also ye are saved/ * I do you to witt after what maner I preached vnto you/ [yf ye kepe it/] except ye have beleved in vayne. For fyrst of all I gave vnto you that which I receaved : howe that Christ deyed for oure synnes/ ''agreynge to the scriptures : and thatt he was buried/ and thatthe arose agayne the thyrd daye accordynge to the scriptures : and thatt he was sene of Cephas/ then of the twelve/ after thatt he was sene off moo than five hondred brethren atonce : off the which ^ many ^ remayne vnto '' thys daye/ and ^ many are fallen a slepe. After that ^ apered he to James/ then to all the Apostles. And last off all he was sene off me/ as off one thatt was borne out off due tyme. Fori am the lest off all the Apos- tles/ which am nott worthy to be called an apostle/ be cause I persecuted the congregacion of God : but by the faveour of God I am that I am. And his faveour whych is in me was not in wayne : butt I labored moare aboundauntly then they all/ not 1/ butt the faveour of God which is with me. Wheth- er ytt were I or they/ so have we preached/ and so have ye beleved. Yf Christ be preached howe that he rose from deeth : howe saye some that are amonge you/ that there ys no resurreccion from deeth.'' Yff there be no rysynge agayne from deeth: then is Christ nott rysen. Yff Christ be nott rysen/ then ys oure preachynge vayne/ and youre fayth is also vayne : Yee/ and we are founde falce witnesses of God. For we have tes- tified 1" agaynste god howe that he raysed vppe Christ/ whom he raysyd nott uppe/ yf it be so that the deed ^ ryse nott vppe ' Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel, etc. Gen. JBps, ' Received, Gen. Bps. ' If ye keepe in memorie after, etc. Gen. If ye kepe the doctrine which, etc. Bps. [G.B. omit the clause in crotchets.] * According, Gen. Bps. » The more part, Bps. ' Are alive, Cov. ' This present, Gen. ^ Some, Gen. Bps. • He was seene of. Gen. Bps. '" Of God, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. " Be not raised. Gen-. [So post through the chapter.] to tie ffiorrfntjgans. ffl}. ):l>. agajnne. For yf the deed ryse nott agayne/ then is Christ not rysen agayne. Yf it be so thatt Christ rose nou then is youre faylh in vayne. and yet are ye in- youre synnes. Also they whiche are fallen a slepe in Christ' are perrished. Yf in thys lyfe only we ^^ beleve on ChrisU then are we off all men the miserablest. Nowe is Christ rysen from deeth/ and is be come the fyrst frutes off them that slept For '^ by a man cam deeth/ and by a mjin cam resurrection from deeth. For as by Adam all deye : even so by Christ/ shall all be made alive/ and every man in his awne order ; The ^* fyrst is Christ/ then they that are CSiristis att his commynge. Then commeth the ende/ when he hath delivered vppe the kyngdome to God the &ther/ when he hath putt doune all rule/ auctorite and power. For he must ruele till he have putt all his enemys vnd' his fete. The last enemy that shalbe destroyed is deeth For he hath put all thynges vnder his fete, butt when he sayth/ all thynges are '■^ putt vnder hym/ it is manifest that he is except- ed/ which did putt all thynges vnder him. When all thynges are subdued vnto hym : then shall the sonne also hym sUfe be subiecte vnto hym thatt i^put all thynges vnder hym/ that God maye be all in all thynges. Other els what do they which are baptised '^ over the deed/ if the deed ryse not at aU .'' why are they baptised i^ over the deed ? And why stonde we in ieoperdy every houre } by oure reioysynge which I have in Christ Jesu oure lorde/ 1 deye dayly. ^'' That I have fought with beastes att Ephesus after the maner of men/ what avauntageth it me/ yf the deed ryse not agayne .-' Lett vs eate and drynkfe/ to morowe we shall deye. Be not deceaved : i* malicious speakynges corrupte good manners. Awake '* truely out off slepe/ and synne nott : For some have not the knowledge off God. I speake this vn- to youre ^ rebuke. But some man will saye : howe shall the deed aryse .' with what body shall they come ? Thou fole/ thatt which thou sow- est/ is nott quickened except it deye. And ^i what sowest thowe ? Thowe sowest not that body that shalbe i but bare " Have hope in, Gen. Bjis. " Since by man, etc. even so by- man, etc. Gen. Bps. '* First fruites, Gen. Bps. '* Subdued to .. did subdue. Gen. '« For, Gm. Bp«. " If I have, Ge». Bm. " Evill wordes [speakings, G.j, Cr. Gen. Bps. '" To liee rignt- epusly, Qen. To righteousnesse, Bps. "" Shame, Cr. Gen. Bpa. " That which thou sowest, thou sowest not, Gen. Bps. jfo. cl):);bf. ESe ifsrst SSpfstle of Jpaul come ^ (I meane other off wheet/ or of some other) and God geveth it a body att his pleasure/ to every seed ^ a severall body. All flesshe is not ^^ one manner of flesshe : but there is ^ one maner flesshe off men/ another maner flesshe of bejtstes/ another maner flesshe of fysshes/ and another of byrdes. There are ^ celestiall bodyes/ and there are bodyes ^ terres- trial : Butt the glory of the ^ celestiall is one/ and the glory of the 2' terrestriall is anothen There is one maner glory of the Sonne/ and euiother glory of the mone/ and another glory of the starres. For one starre differeth from another in glory- So is the resurreccion of the deed. Hit is sowen in corrup- cion/ and ryseth in incorrupcion. Hitt is sowen in dishonoure/ and ryseth in honoure. It is sowen in weaknes/ and ryseth in power. Hit is sowne a naturall body/ and ryseth a spretuall body. There is a naturall bodye and there is a spretuall body, as it is written : The fyrst man Adam was made a livynge soule : and the last Adam was made a quickenynge sprete : but that is nott fyrst which is spirituall : but that which is nat- urall/ and then that which is spretuall. The fyrst man is of the erth/ erthy : The seconde is ^ from heven/ hevenly. As is the erthy/ soche are they that are erthy : And as is the hev- enly/ soche are they that are hevenly. And as we have borne the ymage off the erthy/ so shall we beare the ymage of the hevenly. This saye I brethren/ that flesshe and bloud cannot inheret the kyngdom of god. Nether corrupcion inhereteth vncorrup- cion. Beholde I shewe ^ a mistery vnto you : we shall not all slepe : butt we shall all be chaunged/ and that in a mo- ment/ and the twincklynge of an eye/ at ^o [the sounde of] the last trompe. For the trompe shall blowe/ and the deed shall ryse incorruptible : And we shalbe chaunged. For this corruptible must put on 3i incorruptibilite : and this mortal! must put on immortalite. When this corruptible hath put on ^' incorruptibilite : and this mortall hath putt on immortalite : then shalbe brought to passe '" As of wheat, Cr. Asitfalleth [It may chance, B.] of wheate, Gen. Bps. ^ His owne, Cr. Gen. Bps. '* The same, Gen. Bps. *» One flesh. Gen. Bps, [So, G. next clauses.] * Heavenly, Gen. '" Earthly, Gen. '^ The Lorde from heven, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. C. adds — (hevenly). "^ A secret thing, Gen. *" Cr. Gen. Bps. omit. '' Incorruption, Gen. [So vs. 54.] to ti)e dCottfnttsans. A). p>]. the sayinge that is written '. Deeth is ^ consumed into vic- tory. Deeth where is thy stynge ? ^ Hell where is thy vic- tory ? The gtynge of deeth is synne. The Btrengthe off synne ys the lawe : butt thankes be vn- to God/ whych hath geyen vs victory/ thorowe oure lorde Jesus Christ. Therfore my deare brethren/ be ye stedfast and vn- movable/ alwayes ^* ryche in the workes of the lorde/ for as moch as ye knowe howe that youre labour is not in vayne in the lorde. Cjie jcbj. ®l)a]itet. f\P the gadderynge for the saynctes/ as I have ordeyned ^"^ in the congregacion off Galacia/ even so do ye. * In some saboth daye let every one off you put a syde ^ at home/ and laye vppe ^ whatsoever he thynketh mete/ thatt * there be no gatiderynges when I come. When I am come/ whosoever ye shall alowe by youre letters/ them will I sende to brynge youre liberalite vnto Jerusalem. And yS yt be mete thatt I goo/ they shall goo with me. I will come vnto you afler I have gone over Macedonia. For I wyll goo thorow out Ma- cedonia. With you 5 paraventure I wyll abyde a whyle : or els wynter/ thatt ye maye brynge me on my waye whither soever I goo. I will nott se you nowe in my passage : butt I trust to abyde a whyle with you/ yff ^ god shall suffre me. I wyll tary att Ephesus vntill '' witsontyde. For a greate dore and * a frut- full is openned vnto me : and there are many adversaris. Y£F Timotheus come/ se thatt he be with out feare with you. For he worketh the worke of the lorde as I doo. Lett no man despyse him : but convaye hym forthe in peace/ that he maye come vnto me. for I loke for hym with the brethren. 9 To speake of brother Apollo : i" I greatly desyred hym to come vnto you with the brethren/ but his mynde was nott at all to come at this tyme. He woU coitie when he shall have a convenient tyme. Watche ye/ stonde fast in the fayth/ " Swallowed up, Cr. Gen. Bps. " Grave, Gen. ^ Abun- dant, Gen. Bps, ' Upon some Sondaye, T. M. Every first ^y of theiweekc, Gen. ' By him selie, Cm. Gen. Bps. ' As God hath prospered him, Gm. Bps. * The collection be not to gather, Cov. ' It may be. Gen. Bps. ' The Lorde permit. Gen. ' The fyftieth daye, Cr. Pentecost, Gen. ' Effectual, Gen. Bps. ' As touching, Gen. Bps. '" Cov. adds — Be ye sure that. Cr. — (I certifie you that.^ i^o. cli:):Mf. Srse Sfs^et JSptetle to tje fflorcfnttgans. quyte you lyke men/ and be stronge. Lett all youre busynes be done ^^ in love. Brethren (ye knowe the housse of Stephana howe that they are the fyrst frutes of Achaia/ and that they have i^ apoynted them selves to minister vnto the saynctes) I beseche you that ye be obedient vnto soche/ and to all that helpe and labour. I am gladde of the commynge of Stephana/ and Fortunatus/ and Achaichus : for i* that which was lackinge on youre parte they have supplied. They have comforted my sprete and youres. ^^ Loke therfore that ye knowe them that are soche. The congregacions of Asia salute you. Aquila and Pris- cilla salute you moche in the lorde/ and so doeth the congre- gacion that is in their housse. All the brethren grete you. Grete ye one another with an holy kysse. The salutacion of me Paul with myne awne hande : Yf eny man love not the lorde Jesus Christ/'^ the same be anathema maranatha. The favoure of the lorde Jesus Christ be with you all. My love be with you all in Christ Jesu/ Amen, The pistle vnto the Corrinthyans sent from Philippos/ By Stephana/ and Fortunatus/ and Acai- chus and Timo- theus. " With charitie,Bps. •' Given, Gen. Addicted, Bps. " The want of you, Gen. ^ Acknowledge therefore such men, Gen. '• Let hira be had in execration, yea, excommunicate to death, Gen. Sbeconlrr ^fstle o«r mm tfie mount to tftr eotrintfisans* |^39IL an Apostle off Jesiis Christ by the will off God/ and brother Tinjotheous. 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 cure father/ and from the lorde Jesus Christ Blessed be god the father of oure lorde Jesus Christ/ the father of mercy/ and the god of all comforte/ which comfort- eth vs in all oure tribulacion/ i insomoche that we are able to comforte them which are ^ tioubled/ in what soever tribula- cion it be/ with the same comforte wher with we oure selves are comforted of god. For £is the affliccions of Christ ^ are plenteous in vs : even so is oure consolacion plenteous by Christ Whether we be troubled * for your consolacion/ and helth/ 5 which helth sheweth. her power in that ye soffre the same affliccions which we also suffre : or whether we be comforted ■* for youre consolacion and helth : yet oure hope is stedf2ist for you inasmoch as we knowe howe that as ye have youre parte in affliccions/ so shall ye be part takers of consolacion. Brethren I wolde not have you ignoraunt of oure trouble/ which. happened vnto vs in Asia. For we were * greved out ' That we may be able, Gen. Bps. * In any [all, B.] maner of trouble, Or. Bps. In any aiBiction, Gen. ' Abound, Gen. [So next clause.] * It is for, eto. Gen. Bps. ' Which is wrought in the induring [by the sufffering, B.] of the same, eto. Gen. Bps. ' Pressed, Gen, EE* So. cljcpfatri. fl^iie .Secontie SE^tstle of $aul of measure passynge strengthe/ ' so greatly that we despaer- ed even off lyfe. * Also we receaved * an answer of deeth in cure selves/ and that was done he cause we shulde not put cure trust in our selves : but in god/ which rayseth the deed to lyfe egayne : Which delivered vs from so grett a deeth/ and doth delivre/ on whom we trust/ that yet here after he wUl delivre vs/ 1* by the helpe of youre praye~r for vs : ^^ That by the meanes of many occasions/ thankes maye be geven of many on oure behalfe/ For the grace geven vnto vs. Oure reioysynge is this/ the testimony of oure conscience/ that we ^^ with out doublenes/ but with godly purenes : not in flesshly wysdom/ but by the grace of god/ have had oure con- versacion in the worlde/ and most of all to you wardes. We write no nother thynges vnto you/ then that ye rede and '^ also knowe. Yee and I trust ye shall 13 fynde vs vnto the ende even as ye have ^^ founde vs partly/ for we are youre reioysynge/ even sis ye are cures in the daye of the lorde Jesus. And in this confidence was I mynded ^^ the other tyme to have come vnto you (that ^^ ye myght have had a double 1* pleasure) 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 Jewry warde of you. When I thus wyse was mynded : Did I vs© lightnes } Or *'' thynke I carnally those thynges which I thynke } that with me shulde be ye ye/ and naye naye. i® God is faithfuU r 19 For oure preachynge vnto you/ was not ye and naye. For gbddis Sonne Jesus Christ which was preached amonge ^ou by vs (that is to saye by me and Silvanus and Thimothevs) was not ye and naye : but in hym it was ye: For all the pro- mises of God/ in hym are ye : and are in hym Amen/ vnto the lawde of god thorow vs. Hit is god which stabilissheth ' §0 ^bat \ye altogether doubted, Gen. Insomuch that we were in great doubt, Bpg. * And had concluded in oursetves that we must needs die, Cov'. ° The sentence. Gen. Bps. ^ So that ye labour together in prayer, etc. Gen. " That for the gift fbenefits, B.] bestowed upon us by the means of many persons [for many, G.} thanks may be given of many persons on our behalfe [tpr ws, G.], Cr. Gen. Bps. "In singlenesae, T. M. Cr. [C. adds— of heart.] In simpKcitie, Gen. Bps. " AQknowledge . . . Acknowledged, Gen.. Bps. >4 First, Cr. Gen. Bps. '* I [Ye, B.] might have bad one pleasure more [C. adds — with youj, Cr. Bps. '* Grace, Gen. " Mynde I those things which I minde accordinge to the flesh {car- nally , B,] , (?e?>. J?^^. 18 faithful Grod, that oure worde unta you hath i»ot been jen. and najr, Cirp, »? '^k^t our worde, etc. Gen. to tlie «orrfnt!)sana. dCi. ff. vs and you in Christ/ and hath annoynted vs/ which hath also sealed vs/ and hath geven the emest of the sprete into oure hertes. Cte tj. no dout that which was glorified was ^ not once glorified in respecte offthis excedynge glory. Then iff" that which is ® destroyed was glorious/ moche more shall that which re- mayneth be glorious. Seynge then that we have soche trust we vse.gretboldnes/ '• and not as Moses/ which put a vayle over his face that the children of Israeli shuUde not ^^ se for what purpose that serv- ed whiche is not put awaye. But their mindes are blynded. For vntill this daye remayneth the same coverynge vntaken awaye in the olde testament when they rede hyt, which in Christ is put awaye : But even vnto this daye/ when Moses is redde the vayle ^^ hangeth before their hartes. Neverthe- lesse when they tourne to the lorde/ the vayle shalbe taken awaye. The lorde no dbut is a sprete. And where the sprete off the Imde-is/ there is libertie. '^And nowe the lordis glory aperethm vs all/ ^■* as in a glasse : and we are chaunged vnto the same i^ similitude/ from ^^ to glory to glory/ even i'' off the lorde whiph is a sprete. S&e ffCj. ftjiaptei;. ^HEREFOKE seynge that we have soche an office/ even ■*- as 1 mercy is come Oft vs/ we fayncte not : but have cast from vs the clokes of ^ vnhonestie/ and walke not in craftnes/ 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. Yff oure gospell be yet hid/ it is hid amonge them that are lost? in whom the god of this worlde hath blynded the myndes off * them which beleve nott/ lest shulde shyne vnto them the light off the * glorious gospell off Christ/ which is the ymage ' The other part that was, etc. was nothing glorified, Cov. ' Not in this point [in this behalfe, B.] glorified, Gen. Bps. ' Abolished, Gere. Put away, Bp*. '" Gere. Bps' add — of speech. "Seethe end of that which is done awaj, Cov. Look [Stedfastly loqk, B.] un- to the ende of that whiich is abolished. Gen. Bps. '' Is laid-up- on. Gen. Bps. " But we all behblde as in a rairrour \T. M. omits — 'as in a mirrour] the glorie of the Lorde, with his face open, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. " With open face, Cov. "* Image, Cov. Gen. Bps. " One clearness unto another, Cov. '^ As of the epirite of the Lorde, AU the Vers. ' God hath had mercy on us, Cr. We have received mercy, Gen. Bps. ' Shame, Gen. ^ Han- dle we deceitfully, Cr. Gen. Bps. * Open the trueth, etc. Cr. In declaration [opening, B.] of the truth, we appove. [commending, B.] ourselves, etc. Gen. Bps. ' The infidels. Gen. ' Gos- pell of the glory e, Cr. J^o. cl];):);. Sjjie Seconlre JSptstte ot $au( off God/ for we preache nott oure selves/ but Christ Jesus the lorde/ and preache oure selves youre servauntes for Jesus sake. For it is god that Gommaunded the light to shyne out off darknes/ which hath shyned in oure hertes/ for to geve the light of knowledge off the '' glorious god/ in the face off Jesua Christ. But we have this treasure in erthen vesseles that the * ex» cellent power off it myght apere to be off Gode/ and nott off vs. We are trowbeled on every syde/ yett are we nott ^ with out shyft. We are in povertie : but not i" vtterly without somwhat. We are persecuted : but are not forsaken. We are 'i cast doune : neverthelesse we perisshe not And we allwayes beare in oure bodyes the deyinge of the lorde Jesus/ that the lyfe of Jesu myght apeare in oure bodyes. For we which live are always delyvered vnto deeth for Jesus sake/ that the lyfe also of Jesu myght apere in oure mortall flesshe. So then deeth worketh in vs/ and lyfe in you. Seynge then that we have the same sprete of faylh/ accordynge as it is written (I beleved and therfore have I spoken )*we also beleve/ and therfore speake. For we knowe that he which raysed vppe the lorde Jesus/ shall rayse vppe vs also by the meanes of Jesus/ and shall seet vs with you/ for all thynges do I for youre sakes/ that the plenteous grace by thankes geven of many/ maye redound to the prayse of God. Wherfore ^^-we are not weried/ but though our uttward man '^ perisshe yet the inwarde man is renewed daye by daye. For oure ^* excedynge tribulacion/ which is momen- tarry and light/ '* prepareth an excedynge/ and an eternall wayght off glory vnto vs/ whill we loke not on^ the thynges which are sene/ but on the thynges which are not sene For tliynges which are sene are temperall : and thynges whiche are not sene are eternall. , IjTie b. (Stjbapter. T^E knowe surely yffoure ' erthy mancion ^ wherin we now dwell/ were destroyed/ that we have a bildinge ^ ordeyn- ' Glorie of God, ^11 the Vers. ' Power that exoelleth, Cm. Excellencie of the power, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' In distress, Gen. '" Overcome of poverty. Gen. In extreme poverty, Bps. "Op- pressed, Cor>. "We are weried. But, etc. Cr. We faynte not, Gtn. " Be corrupt, Cov. '^* Trouble which is but temporal and light, Cov. Light affliction which is but for a moment, Gen. Moraentarie lightnesse of tribulation, Bps, " Causeth unto us a far most ex- cellent. Gem. ' Earthly house of this tabernacle, Gen. Bps. • Of this dwelling, Cr. ^ Of God, Cr. Bps. Given of God, Gen. to tiie ffioTttntfisans. Not after outward appearance, Cr. ftps.- Not by sight, Gen. " Love rather to remove out of the body and to dwell with the Lord, Gen. '* Covet, that both dwelling at home and removing from home. Gen. " To be accepted [acceptable, Cf.] to him. Gen. Bps. '* Knowing therefore the terroure [feare, B.] of the Lorde, we perswade men. Gen. Bps. "" Deal fairly with,^CoD.- '" Made manifest. Gen. " After the outward appearance. Cm. " For whether we be out of our wit, we are it to God ; or whether we be in our ryght minde, we are it unto you, Gen. i^o. di^n]- ^Tfie SeconUe iSptstle of 5Jaul Wherfore henceforth knowe we no man after the flesshe. In somoche that though we have knowen Christ after the flesshe/ nowe hence forthe knowe we hym so no more. Ther- fore yflT eny man be in Christ' he is a newe creature. Olde Ihynges are passed awayfe/ behplde all thinges are be come newe/ Neverthelesse all thynges are of god/ whych hath re- conciled vs vnto hym sylfe by Jesus Christ/ and hath geven vnto vs the ^^ office to preache the atonement. For god was in Christ/ and ^ made agrement bitwene the worlde and hym sylfe/ and imputed not their synnes vuto them : and hath committed to vs the ^^ preachynge of the atonment. Nowe then are we ^ messengers in the roume of Christ : even as though God did beseche you thorowe vs : So praye we you in Cnristes stede/ that ye be ^ atone with God : for he hath made him to be synne for us/ which knewe no synne/ thatt we 2^ [by his meanes] shoulde be ^ that rightewesnes which before God is alowed. STije bj. ffifcapter. "^t/^E as * helpers therfore exhorte you/ that ye receave not ' the grace of god in vayne. For he saith : I have herde the in a tyme accepted : and in the daye off health/ have I suckered the. Beholde nowe is that wele accepted tyme : beholde nowe is that daye offhelthe. Let vs geve no ®man occasion of evyll/ that ^ in oure office be founde no faute : but in all thynges * lett vs be have oure selves as the ministCTS of God. In moche pacience/ in affliccions/ in necessite/ in ^ an- guysshe/ in strypes/ in presonment/ in ^ stryfe/ in labour/ in watche/ in fast3aig/ in purenes/ in knowledge/ in longe suffer- ynge/ in kyndnes/ in the holy goost/ in love vnfayned/ in the wordes of trueth/ in the power off God/ by the armure off rightewesnes on the right honde and on the lyfte honde/ in honoure and dishonoure/ in evyll reporte and good reporte/ as desceavers and yet true/ £is vnknowen/ and yet knowen : as " Ministerie of reconciliation, Gen. Bps. ** Reconciled the worlde to himselfe, Gen. " Worde of reconciliation, Gen. "' Ambassadours for. Gen. '^ Reconciled unto, Cr. Gen. Bps. ** Gen. Bps. omit. ^ The righteousnesse of God in him. Gen. Bps. ' Workers together beseech you, Gen. ? Occasion of offence in any thing that our ministerie should not be reprehended, Gen. ^ Our office be not evyll spoken of, Ctw. * Wee approve ourselves, Gen. ' Distresses, Gen. ' Uproares, Cov. Tumults, Gen. to t!)e ffintrtnUsans. fflj). jtf. deyinge and beholde we yett live : as chastened and not kill- ed : as sorowynge and yet always mery : as povre and yett make many ryche : as havynge no thynge and yett possess- ynge all thynges. O ye Corrinthyans/ oure mougth is open vnto you. oure herte is made large : ye are "> nott brought into combraunce by vs/ * though that ye vexe youre selves off a true mean- ynge. *I speake vnto you as vnto chyldren/ whych have lyke rewarde wyth vs : ^^stretche youre selves therfoie out. ^^ beare nott the yooke wyth the vnbelevers. For what felli- shippe hath rightewesnes with vnrightewesnes .? What '^com- pany have light with darcknes .-' What Concorde hath Christ with beliall .' Other what parte hath he that beleveth with an infidele ? howe agreeth the temple of god with ymages > And ye are the temple of the ly vynge god/ as sayde god : I will dwell amonge them/ and walke amonge them/ and wilbe their god : and they shalbe my people. Wherfore come out from amonge them/ and separate youre selves from them (sayth the lorde) and touch none vnclean thynge : so wyll I receave you/ and wilbe a father vnto you/ and ye shalbe vnto me sonnes and doughters/ sayth the lorde almyghty. ffifte bff. CSaptei:. CEYINGE that we have soche promeses derely beloved/ *^ lett vs dense oure selves from all fylthynes off the flesshe and sprete/ and growe vppe to full holynes in the feare of God. 1 Vnderstonde vs : we have hurte no man : we have 2 corrupte no man : we have defrauded no man. I speake not this to condempne you : for I have shewed you before that ye are in oure hertes to deye and live with you. ^ j am very bolde over you/ and reioyce greatly in you. I am filled with comforte/ my ioye is excedynge in all oure tribalacions. For when we were come into Macedonia/ oure fiesshe had ' In no straitnesa on our behalfe, Cov. In no strait in us, T. M. Cr. Not kept strait in us, Gen. Not pressed into a narrow room in us, Bps. ' But ye are, etc. [severally as above] in your ownbowells, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. * I promise unto you like rewarde as unto children [with me, as my children, T. M.], T. M. Cr. Nowe for the same re- compense, I speake as unto my children, be ye also enlarged, Gea. Bps. '" Set yourselves therefore at large, Cov. T. M. Cr. " Beare not a strauugers [a strange, C] yoke, Cov. T. M. Be not un- equally yoked. Gen. " Communion, Gen. Bps. ' Under stande us right, Cov. Receive us, Gen. Bps. ' Consumed, Gen, ' I use great boldnesse of speach towards, etc. Gen. Bps, FF Sfo. cIjt:):iJ. Srjjc SeconUe JSpfstle of 3@aul no rest/ but we were troubled on every, syde : outwarde was fightynge/ in warde was feare. Neverthelesse he thatt com- fortith the ■* abiecte/ comforted vs at the commynge of Titus, And nott with his commynge only : butt also with the con- solacion wher with he was comforted of you. For he tolde vs youre desyre/ youre ^ mornynge/ youre fervent mynde to me warde. So that I nowe reioyce the more. Wherfore though I made you sory with a letter I repent not : though I did repent. For I perceave that that same Epistle made you sory though it were but for a ceason. but I nowe reioyce/ not that ye were sory/ but that ye so sorowed/ that ye re- pented. For ye sorowed godly : so that in nothjmge were ye hurte by vs. for godly sorowe causeth repentaunce vnto health/ not to be repented off : -when worldly sorowe causeth deeth. * Beholde what diligence this godly sorowe that ye toke hath wrought in you''' : yee it caused you to cleare youre selves. Hit caused ^ indignacion/ it caused feare/ ytt caused desyre/ hit caused a forvent mynde/ itt caused pi^nnysshment. For in all thynges ye have shewed youre selves thatt ye were cleare in that busynes. Wherfore though I have written vnto you/ I did itt nott for his cause that did hurte/ nether for his cause that was hurte : but that ^ oure good mynde whych we have towarde you in the sight of god/ myght apere vnto you. Therfore we are conforted/ because ye are comforted : yee and excedyngly the moare ioyed we/ for the ioye thatt Titus had : be cause his sprete was refresshed of you all. I am therfore not nowe a shamed/ though 1 bostede my sylfe to hym of you. For as all thynges which i" I preached vnto you are true/ even so is oure bostynge : thatt I hosted my silfe to Ti- tus with all/ ffounde true. And nowe is his inwarde affeccion more aboundant towarde you/ when he remembreth the obe- dience off every one off you : howe with feare and trymblynge ye receaved hym. I reioyce that I maye ^^ be bolde over you in all thynges. * Humble, Bps. ' Wepying, Cr. ° For beholde this thing that ye have been godly sorie, what great care [sorie to Godward, how much carefulnesse, B.} it hath wrought, etc. yea, what clearing, etc. Yea, what, etc. Gen. Bps. ' Cr. adds — gladnes. Tee, a sufficient answer, Cov. * Displeasure, Cov. ° Your diligence which ye have for us, Cov. Your good mind to us warde, Cr. Bps. Our care towards you, etc. Gen. 'P We spake, Cr. Gen. Bps. " Have confidence in you, etc. Gen. Bps. to tjie CorrCntfisans. ®ji. b(tf. ESe bfff. ffiJaptcK. r DO you to witt brethren of the grace of god/ which is geven in the congregacions of Macedonia/ 1 howe thatt the aboun- daunce oiT their reioysinge is/ that they are tried with moche tribulacion. And '^howe that their povertie/ though yt be depe/ yet hath folowed over/ and is become vnto them ryches in synglenes. For to their powers (I beare them recorde) yee and beyonde their power/ they were willynge off their owne accorde/ and prayed vs with grett instaunce that we wolde receave ^ their benefite/ and sufire them to be part ta- kers 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 off God : * so that we coulde nott butt desyre Titus to accomplysshe the same bene- volence amonge you also/ even as he had begonne. Nowe 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 benivo- lence. Thys saye I nott as commaundynge : but be cause other are so fervent/ therfore prove I * youre love/ whether it be perfait or no. Ye knowe the liberalitie of oure lorde Je- sus Chrisf which though he were riche/ yet for oure sakes be CEUfn povre : that ye thorowe his povertie myght be made ryche. And I ■' geve counsell hereto : For this is expedient for you/ which began/ nott to do only : butt also to will/ a yeare agoo. Nowe therfore performe the dede/ that as there was in you a redines to will/ even so ye maye performe the dede/ of that which ye have. For if there be fjrrst a willynge mynde/ it is accepted accordynge to thatt a man hath/ and not accordynge to that he hath not. ^ Hit is not my niynde that wother be set at ease/ and ye ' For their rejoicing was most abundant, when they were tried, Cov. Because [liow that, S.] in great trial of affliction, their joy abound- ed, Gen. Bps. " Though they were exceeding poor, yet have they given exceeding richly, and that in singleness, Cov. T. M. Cr. Their most extreme [depe, B.] poverty abounded unto their rich lib- eralitie. Gen. Bps. ^ The grace, and fellowship [societie, B.] of the ministerie towards the saintes, Ge7i. Bps. * That we should exhort [desire, B.I Titus, etc. Gen. Bps. ^ Diligence, Cov. Gen. [So vs. 8.] 'The naturalnesse [unfaynednesse, B.] of your love, Gen.Bpa. 7 gljew my mind herein, Gere. 8NeitherMi«,that,Gcn. So. cli:):);ff;. ecje Secontte JSpfstle of Spaul 8 brought into combraunce ; [butt thatt there be equalnes.] Let youre aboundaunce socker their lacke att this present tyme off deerth : thatt their aboundaunce maye supplye youre lacke : thatt their may be equalitie/ agreynge to thatt which is writ- ten : He that gaddered moche had i" never the more abound- aunce/ and he that gaddered lytell/ had i' neverthelesse. Thankes be vnto god/ which put in the hert of Titus the same 12 good mynde towarde you. For he accepted ^^ oure request, yee ^* rather he was so wele willynge/ thatt he off his awne accorde cam vnto you. We have sent with him that brother whose laude is in the gospell thorowe out all the congregacions : and not so only/ but is also chosen of the congregacions to be a felowe with vs in our iorney/ as concerninge this benivolenee that is minis- tred by us vnto the prayse of the lorde/ and is to stere vppe youre prompt mynde. 18 And thys we eschue thatt eny man shulde rebuke vs in this aboundaunce/ thatt is ministred by vs/ and make provis- ion for honest thynges/ nott in the sight of god only/ but also in the sight of men. We have sent with them a brother off oures whom we have ofte tymes proved diligent in many thynges/ butt nowe moche more diligent. The grete confidence which I have in you hath caused me this to do : i' partly for Titus sake which is my felowe/ and helper as concernynge you : partly be cause off wother which are oure brethren/ i^ and the messengers off the congregacions/ and the glory off Christ. Wherfore shewe vnto them i^ the proffe off youre love/ and off the reioysynge that we have off you/ 2" thatt the copgregacions maye se it, ariie fj;. ffijaptei?. f\F the ministiynge to the saynctes/ it is butt superfluus for ^'^ me to write vnto you : for I knowe youre redynes off mynde/ wherof I host my silfe vnto them of Macedonia/ and • Grieved. But upon lyke condition, at this time your abundance, etc. Gen. Bps. \G. B. omit the clause in crotchets,] "• Not the more, Cov. Nothing over. Gen. Bps. " No lacke, Bps. " Ear. nest care, Gen. Bps. " The exhortation, Gen. Bps. '*He wag so carefni. Gen. Being the more careful, Bps. '' Declaration of, Gen. Bps. '^ Avoyding this, Gen. " Whether any do enquire of Titus, he is, etc. or of our brethren, they, etc. Gen. Bps. '* Which are apostles, etc. Cm. '^ Gen. reads (clause below transposed) — and before the churches, the proofe, etc. *'In the sight of the churches [congregations, C], Cr.Bps. to tSe fflorrmtSsans. €!). tV- saye that Achaia was prepared a yeare a goo/ and youre ^ fer- ventnes hath provoked many. Neverthelesse yet have I sent these brethren/ lest oure reioysynge over you shulde be in vayne in this behalfe. and tiiat ye (as I have sayd) prepare youre selves/ lest paraventure yf they of Macedonia come with me and fynde you vnprepared/ ^ the boost that I mad in this matter shulde be a shame to us : I saye not vnto you. Wherfore I thought it necessary to exhorte the brethren/ to come before honde vnto you/ forto prepare youre ^ good bless- jmge promysed a fore/ fliat it 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 mein do accordynge as he hath purposed in his herte/ not groudgyngly/ or of necessite. For god loveth a chearfuU gever. God is able to make you ' ryche in all grace/ that ye in all thynges havynge sufficient vnto the vttmoste/ m^e be '' ryche vnto all manner good workes/ as it is written : He hath spars- ed abroade and hath geven to the povre/ his ^ rightewesness remayneth for ever. He that fyndeth the sower sede/ shall minister breed for fode/ and shall multiplie youre sede/ and increace the frutes of youre ^ rightewesnes that on all parties/ ye maye be made ryche ^ in all synglenes/ which causeth throwe vs/ thankes gevynge vnto god. For the ofice off this ministracion/ not only supplieth the nede off the sayntes : but also is aboundaunt herein/ that *" [for this laudable ministrynge/] thankes myght be geven to god of many/ whiche 'i prayse god for youre ^^ obedience in kdow- ledgynge the gospell of Christ, and for youre Synglenes/ in dis- tributynge to them/ and to all men. and in their prayers to God • for you/ longe after you/ for the aboundaunt grace off God gev- en vnto you. Thankes be vnto God for his i* ineffable gyfte. ' Ensample, Cr. Zeal, Gen. Bps. ' We (I will not [need not, G.] say, ye) Bhould be ashamed in this my constant [matter of, C boldnesse of, B.] boasting, Ct. Gen. Bps. ' Benevolence, Gen, Beneficence, Bpa. * As of sparing, Gem. As an extortion, Bjps. ' Sparingly, Gen. Bps. 'In giving (largely), Cr. Liberally, Gere. Bountifully, Bps. ' Plentiful!, Bps. * Benevolence, Gen. ' Unto all liberalitie. Gen. '° Gen. Bps. transpose. " Gen. Bps. read here (See note 10) — By the experiment of this ministration, praise God, etc. " Obedient professing of, etc. Cm. For the obedience of your consentyng to, etc. Cr. Bps. For your voluntary submission to. Gen. " Liberal distribution, Gen. Bps. ^* Un> speakable, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. FF* ifo. el):):):n). ffije SeconUe SEpfstle of Saul I PAULE my silfe beseche you by the mekenes ^ [and soft- ness] of Christ which when I am present amonge you/ am ^ of no reputacion/ but am holds towarde you beynge ab- sent. I ' besech you that I nede not to be bold when I am present (with that same confidence/ wherwith ■* I am supposed to be bolde) against some which repute vs as though we walk- ed ^ carnally. Neverthelesse though we walke ^ compased with the ffesshe/ yet we warre not ^ flesshly. For the weapons of cure warre are not camall thinges/ but thynges myghty in god to ' cast doune stronge holdes/ ^ wher with we overthrowe ymagenacions/ and every hye thynge that exalteih it silfe against the knowledge of god/ and bringe into captivite ^ all vnderstaundynge to the obedience of Christ/ and are redy to take vengeaunce on all disobedience/ when your obedience is fulfilled. Loke ye on thynges after the vtter apparence. i" YfF eny man trust in hym silfe that he is Christis/ let the same also considre off hym silfe/ that as he is Christis/ even so are we Christes. And though I shoulde host my silfe som- what moare of oure auctorite which the lorde hath geven vs to edifie and nott to destroye you/ it shulde not be to my shame. This saye/ 1 lest I shulde 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 ^ whomly. Let hym that is soche thynke on this wyse/ that as we are in wordes by letters when we are absent/ soche are we in dedes when we are present. For we i* 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 : but ^^ whill they measure them selves with them selves/ and compare them selves with them selves/ they vnderstonde nought. But we woU not reioyce 15 above measure : but accordynge to the ^^ quantitie of the ' T. M. omits. And gentlenesse, Gen. Bps. ' Base, Gen. Low- ly, Bps. ' Require, Gen. * I think. Gen. ' According to the flesh. Gen. Bps. ^ In the flesh . . after [according to, B.] the flesh, Gen. Bps. ' Overthrow, Bps. ° Casting down, Gen. ' All imaginations, Cr. Bps. Every thought. Gen. ^"Ml the Vers. jreadthis— ? . " To feaie you, Geji. ^^ Rnde, Cov. T. M. Cr. Of no value, Gere. Nothing worth, Bps. " Dare not make ourselves of the number, Gen. Dare not number or compare, etc. Bps. " They understand not that they measure, etc. Gen. '* Of things which are not within our measure, Gen. '* Measure of the rule pine, G. So vs. 15], Cr. Gen. Bps. to tt)e ffiott[n%ans. ®i). vT- measure which god hath distributed vnto vs/ a measure that reacheth even vnto you. For we stretche not oure selves beyonde measure as though we had not reached vnto you. For even vnto you have we come with the gospell off Christ/ and we host not " oure selves out off measure in other mens labours : ye and we hope/ When youre fayth is increeised amonge you/ to be magnified accordynge to oure measure 18 more largely : And to preache the gospell in those regions which are beyonde you : and nott to reioyce i' off that which is by anothers mans measure prepared all redy. ^ Let hym that reioyseth/ reioyce in the lorde. For he that ^^ prayseth hym silfe/ is nott alowed : butt he whom the lorde ^i prayseth. W^ SrSe %]. ffifia^ter. ''OLDE 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. Fori ^ coupled you to one man/ to make you a chaste virgin to Christ : but I feare lest as the serpent begyled Eve/ thorowe his sutteltie/ even so youre ^ wittes shulde be corrupte from the ■* singlenes that is in, Christ. For iff he that commeth to you preache another Jesus then hym whom we preached : or if ye receave another sprete then that which ye have receaved : other an- other gospell then that ye have receaved/ ye myght ^ right wele have bene content. I suppose that I ^ weis nott be hynde the chefe apostles. Though I be rude in speakynge/ yet I am not so in knowledge. Howe be it amonge you we are knowen to the vtmost '' what we are in all thynges. Did I therein ^ synne be cause I ^ sub- mitted my sUfe/ that ye myght be exalted f and because I preached the gospell to you fre .' I robbed wother congrega- cions/ and toke wages of them/ 1" to do you service with all. And when I was present with you and had nede/ 1 was ii gre- " Of things which are without out measure : that is, of other men's labours, Gen. " Abundantly, Gen. Bps. " In another man's line, that is in the things prepared already. Gen. '^ [Cov. here begins ch. xi.] *' Comraendeth, Bps. ' Yea, ye do also for- beare me, Ct. And in deede ye suffer rae. Gen. And in deede suffer me, Bps. ' Have prepared you for one husband, GcM. 'Myndes, Gen. Bps. * Simplicitie, Gen. * Well have suffred him. Gen. Bps. * Am no lesse than, Cov. Was not inferior to, Gen. ' In all things. Gen. Bps. * Commit an offence. Gen. Bps. ' Abased, Gen. '" To preach unto you, Cov. " Chargeable "to no man, Cr. Bps. B. adds — by my idlenesse. Not slotbfuU to the hindrance of any man, Gen. So. tl):;:);to. Site Setontre SSptstle ot 39aul veous to no man. For that which was lakynge vnto me/ the brethren which cam from Macedonia supplied : and in all thynges I kept my silfe that I shulde not be '^ greveous to you : and so will I kepe my silfe. Yff the trueth off Christ be in me/ this reioysnge shall nott be 13 taken from me in the regions of Achaia. Wherfore ? be cause I love you not .' God knoweth. Neverthelesse what I doo/ that will I do to cut awaye occasion from them which desyre occasion/ that they myght be founde lyke vnto us in that wher in they reioyce : for these falce apostles are disceSte- fuU workers/ and ^* fassion them selves lyke vnto the apos- tles of Christ. And no marvayle/ for satan hym silfe is ^* chaunged into the fassion of an angell of light. Therfore it is no grett thynge/ though his ministers i* fassion them selves as though they were the ministers of rightewesnes : whose ende shalbe accordynge to their dedes. I saye agayne lest eny man thynke that I am folishe : or els even nowe take me as a fole/ that I maye host my silfe a lytell. That I speake/ 1 speake it not i^ after the wayes of the lorde : but as it were folysshy/ ^^ whill we are nowe come to bostynyge. Seynge that many reioyce after the flesshe I will reioyce also. For ye suffre foles gladly be cause ye youre selves are wyse. For ye suffre even if a man brynge you into bondage : yf a man " devoure : yf a man take i* : yf a man exalt hym sife : yf a man smyte you on the face : I speake concernynge i^ rebuke/ as though we had bene weake. 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 sede off Abraham/ even so am I. They are the ministers off Christ (I speake as a fole) I am moare : In labours moare aboundant : In strypes above measure : In preson more plenteously : In deeth ofte. Of the Jewes five tymes receaved I every tymes xl. strypes/ one excepte. Thryse was beten with roddes. I was once stoned. I sufTred thryse shipwracke. Nyght and daye have I bene in the depe off the see. In iomeyihge often : In par- rels of waters In parrels of robbers. In ^ ieorperdies ^^ off '^ Chargeable, Cr. Bps. " Shut up against me, Gen. Bps. " Transform . . transformed. Gem. Bps. " After the Lorde, Cr. Gen. Bps. '« In this matter [boldnesse, B] of boasting, Cr. Bps. In this my great boasting, Gen. " Put you to dishonesty, Cov. '8 Gen. adds — your goods. '° Reproach, Gen. Bps. ^ Perils, Gen. Bps. »' Among the Jews, Cov. to tje CorrfntSsaits. (t% xtj. myne awne nacion : In 20 ieorperdies amonge the hethen. I have bene in parrels in cities/ in parrels in wilderness/ in par- rels in the see/ in parrels amonge falce brethren/ in ^ laboure and travayle/ in watchynge often/ in honger/ in thirst/ in fast- ynges often/ in colde and in nakednes. Besyde the thynges which outwardly happen vnto me/ ^ I am combred dayly and care for all congregacions. Who is ^ sicke : and I am not *^* sicke ? Who is hurte in the fayth : and my hert burneth not ? Yf I must nedes reioyce/ I will reioyce of myne infirmities. Eie ):[J. ffljaptcr. /IjLOD the father of oure lorde Jesus Christ/ which is blessed ^^ for evermore/ knoweth that I lye nott. In the citle of Da- maschon/ the governer of the people/ vnder kynge Aretsis/ layde watche in the citie of the Damascens/ and wolde have caught me/ and at a wyndowe was I let doune in a basket thorowe the wall/ and so scaped his hondes. * Hit is not expedient for me no dout to reioyce/ ^ Never- thelesse I will come to visions and revelacions of the lorde. I knowe a man in Christ above xiiij yeares agone (whether he were in the body I cannot tell/ or whether he were oute off the body I cannot tell/ god knoweth) which was taken vppe 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 vppe into paradise/ and herde * wordes 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 though I wolde reioyce I shulde not be a fole: fori will saye the trueth. * Neverthelesse I spare/ ' lest eny man shulde thinke off me above that he seith me to be/ or heareth of me. And lest I shulde be exalted out of measure thorowe the aboundance of revelacions/ there was geven vnto me ^ [of god] " Wearinesse and painefulnesse, Gen. ^ Namely, my dayly cumbrance, my daily oare for all, etc. Cov. The trouble which pri- vily conspireth against me dayly (is) the care, etc. Bps. '^ Weake, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' [Gen. Bps. begin the chapter here.] ' For, Gen. ^ Such a man, Gen. ^ Secreat [unspeakable, £.] wordes, Cr. Bps. Words which cannot be spoken. Gen. ' Are not possible [lawiul, B.] for man to utter. Gen. Bps. ' But I refraine, Cov. Gen. Bps. C. adds-.myselfe, T Cr, adds^you, » T- M. Cr. o.mit- Sfo. cl%xv'^]. SJe SeconUe SEpfstle of S^aul 5 vnquyetnes of the flesshe/ the messenger of Satan to buffet me : be cause I shulde not be exalted out of measure. For this thynge besought I the lorde thryse/ that it myght depart from me : and he sayde vnto me : my grace is sufficient for the. For my i" strengthe is made perfait throu weaknes. Very gladly therfore will I reioyce i^ of my weaknes that the 1" strengthe of Christ iriaye dwell in me. Therefore ^^ have delectacion in infirmities/ in rebukes/ in nede/ in persecutions/ in anguyssbe/ for Christis sake. For when I am weake/ then am I stronge. I am made a fole in bostynge my silfe. Ye have compel- led me/ I ought to have bene commended of you. For in nothynge was I inferior vnto the chefe apostles. Though I be nothynge/ yet the tokens of an apostle were wrought amonge you with all pacience : with signes/ and wonders/ and 1^ myghty dedes. For what is it wherein ye were inferiors vnto wother congregacions ? excepte it be therein that I was not !■* greveous vnto you. Forgeve me this wronge done vnto you. Beholde nowe the thyrde -tyme I am redy to come vnto you/ nether will I be ^^ grevous vnto you. For I seke not youres but you. Also the children ought nott to laye vppe for the 15 fathers [and mothers :] but the ^^ fathers [and mo- thers] 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 i^ greved you not : nev'thelesse 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 i' defraude you of eny thynge .' walked ye 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. But we do all thynges dearly beloved for youre edifyinge. For I feare lest it come to passe/ that when I come/ 1 shall not fynde you soche as I wolde : and I shalbe founde vnto you soche as ye wolde not. I feare lest there be found amonge you 18 lawynge/ envyinge/ wrath/ i^ stryfe/ backbytnges/ whis- perynges/ swellynges/ and ^o debate. I feare lest when I come • A prick [warning, C] in the flesh, Cov. Gen. Bps. '"Power, Cr. Gen. " In my infirmities. Gen. Bps. '^ I take pleasure. Gen. '' Great workes, Gen.. '■' Slouthfull toyour hinderance. Gen. '^ Parents, Bps. Gere, omits — and mothers. '^ Was not chargeable unto you, Cr. Bp«. Charged, etc. Gere. "Pill, Gen. >s Debates, Cr. Bps. Strife, Gen. '» Contentions, Gen. »" Up- roars, Cm. Seditions, Cr. Bps. Discorde, T. M. Gen. to tie fflottlntjjsans.. fflj. jiftf. agayne/ God ^^ brynge me lowe amonge you/ and I 22 be con- strayned to bewalye many of them which have synned all redy/ and have nott repented of the vnclenees/ and fornica- cion/ and wantannes which they have committed. EJe fifj. ffljjajiter. TV" OWE come I the thyrd tyme vnto you : In the mouth of two or thre witnesses shall every worde stonde. I tolde you before/ and tell you before/ ^ as I sayd when I was pres- ent with you the seconde tyme/ so wryte I nowe beynge ab- sent to them which in tyme past have synned/ and to all woth- er : Yf I come 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 cam off weaknes that he was crucified/ yet liveth he thorowe the power of god : and we no dout are weake in hym : but we shall Uve with him/ ^ by the myght that god gave us to you warde. Prove your selves whether ye are in the fayth or not. ex- amen youre owne selves, knowe ye nott youre awne selves/ howe that Jesus 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 shulde seme 5 commendable: but that ye shulde do/ that which is honest : ^ and let vs be counted as '' leawde persons. We can do no thynge agaynst the trueth/ but for the trueth. We are glad when we are weake/ and ye stronge. This also we wisshe fore/ even ^ that ye were perfect. Therfore write I these thynges beynge absent/ lest when I am present I shulde vse sharpnes accordynge to the power which the lorde hath geven me/ to edifie/ and not to destroye. 9 Furthermore brethren i" fare ye wele/ be perfect' be of good comforte/ be of one mynde/ ^^ live in peace/ and the god of love and peace/ shalbe wit you. Grete one another "' Abase'me, Gen. "' Shall be way le, Gen. Bps. ' As though I had been present, etc. Gen. Bps. ' He was crucified of weake- nesse [concerning his infirmitie, G.], Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Through the power [might, B.] of God towards you, Cr, Gen. Bps. ''Re- probates, Gere. Bps. ^ Approved, Gen. Bps. * Though we be, etc. Gen. Bps. ' Castaways, Cr. Reprobates, Gen. Bps. ' Your perfection [perfeotnesse, C], Cr. Gen. Bps. » Finally, Ml the Vers. '" Rejoice, Cov. " Love [?] in peace, Gen. So. rtJFpbtr. ffije Secontre Eptstle to tSe eorrfntJsans. in an holy kysse. All the saynctes salute you. The fa- veour of cure lorde Jesus Christ/ and the love of god/ and the i*fellishippe of the holy goost/ be with you all Amen. The seconde pistle to the Corrinthyans Sent from Phillippos a citie in Macedonia by Titus and Lucas. " Communion, Gen. Bps. ^»mit oft ^aul Mnto tfi-e |^23IL an Apostle/ nott off men/ nether by man/ but by Jesus Christ/ and by god the father which raysed him from deeth/ and all the breth^pn whych are with me. Vnto the congregacion off Galacia. Grace be with you and peace from god the, father/ and from oure lorde Jesus Christ/ which gave him silfe for oure synnes/ to deliver vs from this present evill worlde/ thorowe the will of God oure father/ to whom be prayse for ever Amen. I marvayle that ye are so sone ^ tou.rned from hym that called you in the grace of Christ/ vnto another gospell/ which is ^ nothynge els/ but that there be some which trouble you/ and intende to pervert the gospell off 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 hym as acursed. As I sayde before/ so saye I nowe agayne/ yf ene man preache eny other thinge vnto you/ then that ye have receaVed/ ■* holde hym acursed. 5 Se](e nowe faveour off men/ or offGod ? Other go I abut to please men ? Yf I stodyed to please men/ 1 were not the servaunt of Christ. I certifie you brethren/ that the gospell which weis preach- ed of rtie/ was not after the manner of men/ nether receaved I it of man/ nelher.was I taught it : but receaved it by the reve- ' Removed, Gnn. ' Not another Gospel, Gen. Bps. ' Other- wise, Gen. * Let him be, Cr. Gen. Bps. * Do I now {nreach man's doctrine or God's ? T. M. Gen. Do I now perswade men or God ? Cr. Bps. GG jfo. dfr^it]. JtSe JSjifstXe o( SPaul lacion of Jesus Christ, ye have herde of my conversacion in tymes past in ^ the Jewes wayes/ howe that '' be yonde measure I persecuted the congregacion off god/ and ^ spoyled it : and 9 prevayled in ^ the iewes lawe/ above many of my compan- ions/ which were of myne awne nacion/ and i" moche more fervently mayntayned the tradicions of ii the elders. But when it pleased god/ which seperated me from my mothers wombe/ and called me by his grace/ forto i^ declare his Sonne by me/ that I shulde preache hym amonge the heth- en : Immediatly I ^^ commended not of the matter with flesshe and bloud/ nether returned to Jerusalem to them which were Apostles before me : but went my wayes into Arabia/ and cam agayne vnto Damascon. Then after thre yeare I returned to Jerusalem vnto Peter and abode with him .xv dayes/ no nother ofi" the Apostles sawe 1/ save James the lordes brother. The thynges which I write/ beholde/ '■* god knoweth I lye not. After that I went into the costes of Siria and Cicill : and was unknowen as tbuchynge my person vnto the cbngregacions of Jewry/ which were in Christ. But they h&rde only/ that he which persecuted vs in tyme past/ nowe preacheth the fayth/ which i^ before he destroyed. And they glorifyed god in me. Slje seconSe ffljapter. 'TWEEN xiiij. yeares after that/ 1 went agayne to Jerusalem with Barnabas/ and toke with me Titus eJso. Yee/ and I went by revelacion/ and commened with them of the gospell/ which I preache amonge the gentyls : but ^ apart with them which are ^ counted chefe/ lest it shulde have bene thought that I shulde runne/ or had runne in vayne. Also Titus which was with me/ though he were a greke/ yet was not compel- led to be circumcised/ ^ and be cause of incommers beynge falce brethren/ which cam in amonge wother to spye out oure libertie whych we have in Christ Jesus/ that they might brynge vs into bondage. To whome we gave ^ no roume/ no not for ° Jewship, Cov. The Jewish religion, Gen. Bps. ' Extremely, Gem. 8 Wasted, Gen. s Profited, Gere. Bp«. '"Was much more zealous of, Gen. " My fathers. Gen. Bps. '" Re- veile, Gen. " Communicated [Communed, B.] not with. Gem. Bps. '■• Before God, Cr. Bps. I witnesse before God, Gere, « Some time, Cov. > Between ourselves, T. M. Specially, Cov. Cr. Particularly, Gen. Privately, Bps. " Esteemed, i(ps. ^ Foj all the false brethren that crept in, who came in privily to spye, etc. Gen. * Not place by subjection, for an hour, Gere. Bps. to t!)e 0iallati)9ans. tti. ff. the space of an houre/ as concernynge to be brought into subieccion : land thatt be cause that the trueth of the goSpeB myght continue with you. Of them which seme to be grett (what they were in tyme passed it maketh no matter to me : god ^ loketh on no mans ° persone) neverthelesse they which " seme grett/ added ndth- ynge to me : Butt contrary wyse/ when they sawe that the gospell over the vncircumcision was committed vntd me/ as the gospell over the circumcision was vnto Peter (For he that was myghty in Peter in the Apostle shippe over the circum- cision/ the same was myghty in me amonge the gentyls) and as sone £is James/ Cephas/ and Jhon/ which semed to be pil- lares/ perceaved the grace thatt was geven vnto me/ they gave to me and Barnabas ^ their hondes) and agreed with vs thatt we shulde preache amonge the hethen/ and they ' aihongp the Jewes : warnynge only that we shulde renlember the povre/ which thynge also I was diligent to do. When Peter was come to Antioche/ I withstode him ^^ in the face/ for he was worthy to be blamed. For *' y^rre that certayne cam from James/ he ate with the gentyls : butt when they were come/ he withdrue and seperated hym silfe/ fear? ynge them which were off the circumcision/ and the wother Jewes dissembled lykewyse/ In so moche that Beirnabas was brought into their simulacion also. Butt tvjien I sawe/ thatt they went nott the ryght waye after the trueth of the gospell/ I sayde vnto Peter before all men/ yff thou beynge a Jewe/ livest after the manner off the gentyls and not as do the Je. Gen. " The children of Isaac according to the promise, Cov. ^^ Cr. Bps. omit. '^ After the flesh . . After the spirit, Cr. Gen. Bps. '" Put away, T. M. Cr. Bps. Put out, Gen. ffo. c):cj. CSe Ejifstle off ^aul EJe i). ffljapter. CTOND fast therfore in the libertie wherwith Christ hath ^ made vs fre/ and i wrappe nptt youfe selves agayne in the yoke of bondage. Be hold I Paul saye vnto you/ that if ye be circumcised/ Christ shall proffit you nothynge at all. I testifie agayne to every man which is circuhncised that he is ^ bounde to kepe the whole lawe. ^ Ye are gone quyte from Christ as many as are iustified by the lawe/ * and are fallen from grace. ^ We lokefor and hope ^ to be iustified by the sprete which commeth of fayth. For in Jesu Christ/ nether "^ is circumcision eny thynge worth/ nether yet vncircumcis- ion/ but fayth which ^ by love is myghty in operacion. Ye did runne wele. Who was a lett vnto you/ that ye shulde not obey the trueth ? ^ Even that counsell that is not of hym that called you. A lytel leven doth leven the whole lompe of dowe. I have trust towarde you in god/ that ye will be none other wyse mynded. He that troubleth you shall heare his 1" iudgement/ what soever hebe. Brethren yf I yet preache circumcision : why do I then sufTre persecucion .'' For then 11 had the offence which the crosse geveth ceased,.. I wolde to god they were '^ sondred from you which " trouble you Brethren ye were called in to libertie/ only let not your liber- tie be an occasion vnto the flesshe but i* in love serve one another. For all the lawe is fulfilled in one word/ which is this : Thou shall love thyne neghbour as thy silfe. Yf ye byte and devour one another : take hede lest ye be consumed one of another. I saye walke in the sprete/ and.fulfiU not the lustes of the flesshe. For the flesshe lusteth i^ contrary to the sprete/ and the sprete i^ contrary to the flesshe. These are contrary one to the other/ so that ye cannot do that which ye wolde. But ' Be not intangled againe, Gen. Bps. ' A debter to doe, Bps. ^ Christ is become but vayne to you, Cr. Bps. Ye are abolished from Christ, Gen. * Are fallen, etc. Cr. Bps. Ye are fallen, etc. Gen. " We wait in the spirit of hope to be made righteous by fayth. Con. For we through the spirit waite for the hope of righteousnesse by fayth, Gen. Bps. ' In the epirite to be justified tlirough faith, Cr. ' Circuiucisicn availeth any thing, Gen. ' Worketh by love, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' This persuasion cometh not, etc. Gen. Bps. '" Con- demnation, Gen. "'' Is the slaunder of the crosse ceased [abol- ished, G.], Cr. Gen. Bps. "Rooted out, Cov. Separated from you, T. M. Cr. Cut off. Gen. Bps. '^ Disquiet, Gen. " By love of (the spirite), Cr. i* Against, Gen. to tjbe tiKallatfjjiHns. ffiti. bj. and yf ye be ledde off the sprete/ then are ye not vnder the lawe. The dedes of the flesshe are manyfest/ whiche are these/ advoutrie/ fornicacion/ vnclennes/ wantannes/ ydolatrie/ witchecraft/ hatred/ '^ lawynge/ i' Zele/ wrath/ i^ stryfe/ se- dicion/ '^ parte takynges/ envyinge/ murther/ dronkennes/ flottony/ and soche lyke : off the which I tell you before/ as have tolde you ^ in tyme peist/ that they which commit soche tynges shall not be the in heritours of the kyngdom of God : but the frute off the sprete is/ love/ ioye/ peace/ longe sufferynge/ gentlenes/ goodnes/ ^^ faythfulness/ meknes/ tem- perancy : Agaynst suche is there no lawe. They that are Christis/ have crucified the flesshe with the ^ appetites and lustes. ^ Yf we live in the sprete let vs walke in the sprete. Lett vs nott be ®'* vayne glorious/ provokynge one another/ and envyinge one another. Jliie to;, ffijaptet. "DRETHREN yff eny man be ^ fauUen by chaunce into ■^ eny faute : ye which are spretuall/ ^ helpe to amende hym/ in the sprete of meknes : consyderynge thy silfe/ lest thou also be tempted. Beare one anothers burthen : and so fulfill ye the lawe of Christ. Yff a man seme to hym silfe that he is somwhat when in dede he is nothynge/ the same deceaveth ^ hym silfe in his ymaginacion. Let every man prove his awne worke/ and then shall he have reioysynge in his awne silfe/ and not in another. For every man shall beare his awne burthen. Let hym that is taught in the worde/ * minister vnto hym that teacheth hym in all good thynges. Be not deceaved/ god is not mocked. For what soever a man soweth/ that shall he reepe. He that soweth in the flesshe/ sheill of the flesshe reepe corrupcion : but he that soweth in the sprete/ shall of the sprete reepe lyfe everlastynge. * Let vs do good/ and let vs not faynte. For ^ when the tyme is come we shall repe " Variance, T.M. Cr. Bps. Debate, Gen. "Emulations, Gen. Bps. '* Contentions, Gen. ■' Sectes, Cov. T. M. Cr. Bps. Heresies, Gen. ™ Before, Gen. « Fayth, Gen. Bps. ^^ Lusts and desires, Cov. Affections, Cr. Gen. Bps. '^ [Cov. here begins cli. vi.] ** Desirous of vayne glory. Gen. Bps. • T^en [Prevented, B.] in any, etc. Cr. Bps. Fallen by occasion into, ixen. 'Inform, Cov. Restore, Gen. Bps. ^ His owne mind, Cr. Him- selfe in his owne fantasie, Bps. * Make him that bath taught him, partaker of all his goods. Gen. ' Let us not be wery of well- doing, Cr. Gen: Bps. " In due season, Gen. Bps. Sfo. cyctf. me aSpfstle to tje fflfaUatSsans. '' with out werynes. WhiU we have therfore tyme lett vs do good vnto all men/ and specially/ vnto thenu Which are off the housholde of fayth. Beholde how large a letter I have written vnto you with myne awne honde. As many as ^ desyre with vttwarde ape- raunce to please carnally/ they-constrayne you to be circum- cised/ only be cause they wolde nott suf&e persecution ^ with the crosse off Christ. For they them selves which are cir- cumcised kepe not the lawe : but desire to have you circum- cised that they myght reioyce in youre flesshe. God forbid that I shulde reioyce but in the crosse of oure lorde Jesu Christ/ wher by the worlde is crucified i" as touchynge me/ and I as concernynge the worlde. For in Christ Jesu nether circumcision avayleth eny thynge at all nor vncircumcision : but a newe creature. And as many as walke acordynge to this rule/ peace be on them/ and mercy/ and apon ^' Israhel that pertayneth to god. From hence forth/ let no man put me to busynes. For I beare in my bodye the markes of the lorde Jesu. Brethren the grace off oure lorde Jesu Christe be with youre sprete/ Amen. Vnto the Galathyans written from Rome. ' Without ceasing, Cav. If we faint not, Gen. Bps. ' Will please, etc. Cov. Desire to make a fayre shew in the flesh, Gen. Bps^ ' For, Cr. Gen. Bps. '" Unto nie and I unto the world, Cr. Gen. Bps. " The Israel of God, Gen. Bps. ^mtu Of mm to tnr mputnim^. |^932L an apostle off Jesu Christ/ by the wUl off Godw To the saynctes at Ephesus/ and to ^ them whiche be- leve on Jesus Christ. Grace be with you and peace from god oure father/ and from the lorde Jesus Christ. Blessed be God the father of oure lorde Jesus Christ/ which hath ble^ed vs with all maner of spirituall blessinges in hev- enly thynges by Christ/ accordynge as he had chosen vs in hyra thorowe love/ before the foundacion of the worlde was layde/ that we shuldebe ^ sayntes/ and ^ with out blame in his sight. ■* And ordeyned vs before ' vnto him silfe that we shulde be chosen to heyres thorowe Jesus Christ/ accordynge to the pleasuer of his will/ to the prayse of ^ his glorious grace/ where with he hath made vs accepted in the beloved. By whom we have redempcion thorow his blud/ that is to saye the forgevenes off synnes/ accordynge to the riches of his grace/ '' which grace . he shed on vs aboundantly in all wisdom/ and ^ prudency. And hath openned unto vs the mis- tery of his will accordynge to his pleasure/ and perposed the same in hym silfe ® to have it declared when the tyme were full come/ 1" that all thynges/ bot the thynges wHch are in 1 The faithful in , etc . Gen. Bps. « Holy, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' With- out blame before him, through [in, G.] love, AU the Vers. [' Thorowe love' transposed. See the text.] * Who hath predestmate us to be adopted [to the adoption of children, B.] by Jesus Christ unto him- selfe. Gen. Bps. * To receive us as chyldren thro' Jesus Christ, etc. Cov. ' The glorie of his grace. All the Vers. i Where- of he hath ministered to as abundantly, Cr. Wheren he hath abound- ed [been abundant, G J toward us, Gem. Bps. ' Understanding, Gem. ' That in the dispensation of the fulnesse of the times. Gem. Bps. "" That he might set up all things perfectly by Christe, bothe the thinges which, etc. Cr. So. c^cil]. EJe JSptstle of J&anl heven/ and also the thynges which are in erthe/ shulde be gaddered togedder/ even in Christ : ^i that is to saye in hym in whom we are ^^ made heyres/ and were therto predestinate accordynge to the purpose off hym which worketh all thynges after the purpose off his owne will/ that we shulde be vnto the prayse off his glory/ which ^^ before hoped in Christ. In whom also ye (after that ye herde the worde off trueth/ I mean the gospell off youre health/ wherin ye beleved) were sealed with that holy sprete off promes/ which is the ernest off oure inheritaunce/ '* to redeme the possession purchased vnto the laude of his glory. Wherfore even I (after that I herde off the fayth which ye have in the lorde Jesu/ and love vnto all the say notes) cease not to geve thankes for you/ makynge mencion off you in my prayers/ that the God off oure lorde Jesus Christ/ and the fa- ther off glory/ myght geve vnto you the sprete of wisdom/ and 15 open to you the knowledge of hym silfe/ and lighten the eyes of youre myndes/ that ye myght knowe what 1^ thynge that hope is/ where vnto he hath called you/ and 1'' howe glorious the riches of his inheritaunce is apon the saynctes/ and what is the excedynge greatnes off his power to vs warde/ which beleve accordynge to the workynge off that his mighty power/ which he wrought in Christ/ when he raysed hym from deeth/ and sett hym on his right hond^ in hevenly thyiiges/ above all ^^ rule/ power/ and myght/ and dominacion/ and above all names that are named/ nott in this worlde only/ but also in the worlde to come. And hath '^put all things under his fete/ And ^ hath made him above all thynges/ the heed of the congregacion/ which is his body/ and fulnes of hym/ that filleth all in all thynges. mije tj. ©Japter. A ND hath quickened you also that were deedd in treaspasse ■^ and synne/ in the which in tyme passed ye walked/ ac- " In whom also we are chosen, being predestinate, Gen. Bps. " Come to the inheritance, Cov. '^ Before believed, Cr. Bps. First trusted, Gen. " For the recovering of, Cr. Until the re- demption of, Gen. Bps. '° Revelation through the knowledge of him, Cr. Gen. Bps. '« Is the hope of his calling. Gen. Bps. "What the riches of his glorious inheritance [of the glory of his in- heritance, S.], Gen. Bps. '^ Principalities, Gen. "Made all things subject under, etc. Gen. =" Hath appointed. Gen. Gave him {to be), Bps. t» tfiE Ejfjestans. ffi}. ff. cordynge to the c6urse of this worlde/ and after the ' govemer/ that rueleth in the ayer/ the sprete that worketh in the chil- dren off vnbelefe/ amonge the which we also had oure conver- sacion in tyme past/ in the lustes of oure flesshe/and fullfiUed the will off the flesshe/ and of the mynde : and were ** natur- ally the children of wrath/ even as wele as worther. But God which is rich in mercythorow the greate love wher- with he loved vs/ even when we were deed by synne/ hath quickened vs with Christ ^ (For by grace are ye saved) and. with hym hath raysed vs vppe/ and with hym hath made vs sitte ■* in heevenly tiiynges/ thorowe Jesus Christ' For to shewe in 5 tjrmes to come the exced3mge ryches of his grace/ in kyndnes to vs warde/ thorowe Christ Jesus. For by grace are ye made safe throwe fayth/ and that not ofTyoure selves : For it is the gyfle of God/ and commeth not of workes/ lest eny man shulde host hym silfe. For vife are his worckmsin- shippe/ created in Christ Jesii vnto good workes/ vMto the which god ordeyned vs before/ that we shulde walke in them. Wherfore remember that ye beynge in tyme passed gentyls in the flesshe, and were called vncircumcision off them which are called circumcision in the flesshe/ which circumcision is made by hondes : Remember I saye/ that ye were att that tyiane with outen Christ/ * and were reputed aliantes from the commen welth of Israhel/ and were 1 freede from the testamen- tes of promes/ and had nohope/ and were with out god in this worlde. but nowe ^ in Christ Jesu/ ye whych 'a whyle agoo were farre off/ are made neye by the bloude off Christ. For he is oure peace/ whych hath made off both wone/ and hath broken doune l* the wall in the myddes/ that was a stoppe bitwene vs/ 1* and hath also put awaye thorowe his jlesshe/ the cause of hatred (thatt is to Saye/ the lawe of commaunde* mente/ ^ contayned in the lawe written) for to make of twayne wone newe man in hym silfe/ so makynge peace : and to re- concile bothe vnto god in one body throwe his crosse/ and slewe hattred '^therby 1 and cam and preached peace to you ■■ Prince, Cov. Gen. * By nature, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' By (whose) grace ye are saved, Gen. Bps. * Among them of heaven, Cr. ' Ages, Gen. Bps. ^ Being aliauntes, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Straungers, Ml the Vers. * By means of, Cr. ' Sometime, Cr. Bps. Once, Gen. "■ The wall that was a stoppe, Cov. T. M. Ct, The stoppe of the partition wall, Gen. The middle wall that was a stop, Bps. " In abrogating [Taking away, 5.] through his flesh, the hatred, ^tc; Gen. Bps. " Which standeth [Cmiteyned, B.] in ordinances, Gen. Bps. " Through his owne telfe, Cov. HH St. c):crb. EJe ISpfstle of Saul which were a farre of/ , and to them that were neye. For thorowe hym we bothe have an ^* open waye in/ in one sprete vnto the father. Nowe therfore ye are no moare ^^ strangers and foreners : but citesyns with the saynctes/ and of the housholde of god : and are hilt apon the foundation of the apostles and prophetes/ Jesus Christ beynge the heed corner stone/ in whom i* every bildynge coupled togedder/ groweth vrito an holy temple in the lorde/ in whom ye also aire bilt togedder/ and made an habitacion for god in the sprete. Ejje ttj. ffiSaptev. , TJ^OR this cause I Paul ^the servaunt of Jesus am in bondes/ -*- For youre sakes which are gentyls. Yf. ye have herde of the ® ministracion of the grace of god which is geven me to you warde : For by revelacion shewed he this mistery vnto me/ as I wrote above in feawe wordes/ wher by/ when ye rede ye maye ^ knowe myne vnderstondynge in the mis- tery of Christ/ which inistery ■* in tymes passed was nott open- ed vnto the sonnes of men' as it is nowe ^ declared vnto his holy apostles and prophetes by the sprete : that the gentyls shulde be inheritQurs also/ and of the same body /.and. parta- kers off his prpmis that is in Christ/, be the meanes of the gps- pell/ wherof I am made a minister/ by the gyfte of the grace of god geven vnto me/ after the workynge of his power. . V nto me the lest of all sayntes is this, grace geven/ thatt I shulde preache amonge the gentyls th6 vnseaichable ryches off Christ/ arid to ^ geve light to all rneil/ that they myght knowe what is the felyshippe of the mistery/ which from the begynnynge off the worlde hath bene hid in God which made all thynges thorowe Jesus Christ/ to the intenU that nowe vnto '' the ruelars and powers ib ^ heven myght be knowen by the congfegaciojn , the manyfolde wisdom of god/ accordynge to the eternall purpose/ which he purposed in Christ Jesu oure '■' Entrance, Cr. Gen. Bps. '* Guests and strangers, Cov. " What buyldyrig soever is coupled together, it groweth, etc. Cr. All the building, etc. Gen. Bps. • Am a prisoner of Jesus Christ, for you, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. [Ml the Vers, omit— 'the servant.'] ' Of- fice, Cotj. Dispensation, Gere. - ' Understande my knowledge, Cr. Bps. « In~other*ges, Gen. Bps. ' Revelled, Gen. Bps. "Make all men see what is, etc. T.M: Make deare unto all men what, etc. Gere. Bring to light to all men what, etc. Bp*. 'Prin- cipalities, Gere. 8 Heavenly thyngs [places, G.], Cr. Gen. to ttie 33pt)esf!tns. (Sj). [((J. lorde/ by whom we ' are bolde to drawe neye in that trust/ whiche we have by fayth on hym. Wherfore I desire/ that ye faynt not i" because of ii myiie adversities which Isufire for you : which is youre prayse. For this cause I bowe niy kfiees vnto the fether of oure lorde Jesus Christ/ '* which is father over all thatt ys called father In heven and in erth/ that he wolde graunt you acord- ynae to the ryches of his glory/ thatt ye maye be strenghted '3 [with myght] by his sprete in the inner man/ that Christ maye dwell in youre hertes by fajrth/ that ye beynge roted and grounded in lowe/ mygbt be able to comprehende wjrth ail sayntes/ what ys thatt bredth and length/ deepth and heyth : and to knowe ^* what is the love off Christ/ which love passeth knowledge: that ye might be fulfilled with '^ all maner off fulnes which commeth off God. Vnto hym that ys able to do excedynge aboundantly/ above all that we axe or thynke/ accolrdynge to the power thatt work- eth in vs/ bfe prayse in the congregacion by Jesus Christ/ '8 thorowe out all generacions from tyme to tyme Amen. acjie ffff. ffljapter. T THERFORE 1 which am in bondes for the lordes sake -■• ^exhorte you/ thatt ye walke worthy off the vocation wher with ye are called/ in all humblenes of mynde/ and meknes/ and longe sufferjmge/ ^ 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 youre callynge. Let therbe but one lorde/ one fayth/ one baptiiin : one god and father of ajl/ whiche is above all/ thorowe all/ and in vs all. Vnto every one of vs is geven grace acordinge to the meas- ure of the gyft of Cftist. wherfore he sayth : ^ He is gone vppe an hye/ and hath ledde captivitie captive/ and hath geven ' Have boldtiesse and entrance with confidence by fayth, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. '° At my tribulations for you, Gen. Bps. " My tribulations, Cr. " Which is in erth, that he wolde graunt, etc. T. M. Of whom all the family is named in heaven, etc. Gen. Bps. " Geu. omits. •* The excellent love of the knowledge of Christ, Cr. ** All the fulnesse of God, Gen.Bps. . '° At all times for- ever and ever, Cov. Throughout all ages worlde without ende [all £enerations for ever, G,], Cr. Gen. Bps. ' A prisoner in the orde [of the Lordes, C.],Cr.Ge».B^». = Pray, Gere. 'Sup- porting, Gen. * Endeavouring to keepe, Gen. Bps. ' When he went up [ascended, G.] on high, he ledde, Cr. Gen. Bps. ffe. cpcb. ffiiie JSpfstle of 33aul gyftes vnto men. That he ascended : what meaneth it/ butt Siat he also descended fyrst into the lowest parties of the erth ? He that descended/ is even the. same alsp that ascended vppe/ even above all hevens/ ^ to fulfill all thynges. And '' the very same/ made some Apostles/ some prophetes/ some Evangelistes/ some ^ Sheppendes/ some Teachers : s that the sainctes might havp. all thynges necessary to worfee and minister with all/ to the edifyiflge of the body of Christ/ tyll we 1" every wone (^^ in the vnitie of fayth/ and knowledge of the Sonne of god) [growe vppe] vnto a parfayte man/ after the measure '~. of age which is in the fulnes off Christ : Thatt we hence forth be jio moare chyldren waverynge and carried with every wynde of doctryne/ by the ^^ wylynes of men and craftynes/ 1* wher by they laye. a wayte for vs to deceave vs. Butt lett vs folowe the trueth in lowe/ and in all thynges growe in hym which is the heed/ that ys to saye Christ/ in whom all the body ys ^^ coupled .and knet togedder/ in every ioynt/ 1* wherewith one ministreth to another (aceordynge to the 1^ pperacion as every parte hath his measure) and '^ in- creaseth the body/ vnto the edifyinge of it silfe in love. This I saye ^erfore/ and testifie in the lorde/ that ye hence forth walke not as wother genfyls waUce/ in vanities off their mjmde/ 1* blynded in their vnderstondynge/ beynge straungers from the lyfe which is in god/ thorowe the igaoralicy.that is in them/ be cause off tiie blyndnes off their hertes : which be- yiige past ^ tepentaunce have geven them selves vnto wan- tannes/ to worke all manner of ynclennes even with gredynes. But ye have not so learned C3irist' Yf so be ye have herde off^ hym/ and are taught in hym/ even as the trueth is in Jesu : ^ so as coneernynge the conversation in tyme past/ laye from • That he might fill, Gen. 'He gave some, etc. Gen. Bps. ' Pastours, Gen. ' Whereby the saints might be coupled together by commune service, Cov. To the edifyinge of the sainte's, to the work and ministration, Cr. To the gathering together of the saintes, for [into, B.] the worke of the ministrie [of ministration, B.], Gen. Bps. "* All oome, C. All meete together, etc. Gen. Bps. [C. G. B. omiU-'grow uppe.'} ' " Unto one manner of fayth, Cov. " Of the full perfect [the perfect, Coji.] age of Christ, Cov. />, '' De- ceit, Gere. '' To the laying wayte of deceit, Bps. '* Coupled together, and one member hangeth by another throughout all the jomts, Cov. '* For the furniture thereof. Gen Yeelding nour- ishment, Bps. '' Effectual power in the measure of every part, Gen. Bps. '^ Maketh that the body groweth, Co». , "Darkened in their cogitation. Gen. Bps. ** Feeling, Gen. Bps. " To laye downe, aooordinge to the fotuiet conver5a,tion, ^s. to t!)e ISjiJesfana. ffij. b. you that olde man/ which is corrupte thorowe the ^ deceava- ble lustes/ and be ye renued in the sprete off youre myndes/ and put on that newe man/ which ^ after a godly wyse/ is shapen in rightewesnes/ and ^ true holynes. Wherfore putt awaye lyinge/ and speake every man trueth vnto his neighbour/ for as moche as we are members one off another. -Be angry/ but synne nott : lett nott the sonne goo doune apon youre wrathe/ geve noplace vnjo ^ the backbyter/ let hym that stole steale no moare/ but let hym rather laboure ** with his hondes some good thinge/ that he maye have to geve vnto hym that nedeth. Let no filthy coriimunicacion precede out of youre mouthes : but thatt whych is good ^ to edefye with all/ when nede ys : that it maye * have faveour with the heares. And greve not the holy sprete off God/ by whome ye are sealed vnto the daye of redempcion. Let all bittemes/ fearsnes and wrath/ ^ rorjmge and cursyd speakynge/ be put awaye from you/ with all 30 maliciousnes. be ye courteouse one to another/ be 3^ mercifull forgevynge one another/ even as God ^ for Christes sake forgave you. We b. ffiSaptet. "D E ye ^ counterfeters of god as dere children/ and walke in "^ love even as Christ loved us/ and gave hym silfe for vs/ an offerynge and a sacrifyce of a $wete saver to god. So that fornicacion/ and all vnclennes/ or coveteousnes/ be not once/ named amongeyou/ as it be commeth saynctes : nether filtby- nes/ nether folishe talkyn^/ nether gestinge/ which are not comly : but rather gevynge of thankes.- For this ye knowe/ that no whormonger/ other vnclene person/ or coveteous per- son (which is the worshipper off jnmages) hath any inheri- taunce in the kyngdom of Christ/ and of god. Lett no man deceave you with vayne wordes. For thorowe soche thynges commeth the wrath off god apon the chyldren of vnbeTefe. Be not therefore companions with them. Ye were once dercknes/ but are nowe light in the lorde. «« Luste of error, Bps. '^ After [T. M. adds— the image of] God is shapen [created,G.], T.M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ** True in holyiies, Cr. Holynesse of trueth, Bps. » The deyyll, ^en. Bps. " Work- inge * He that rainistreth salvation to, Cr. ' Of Ai* bodie, Ge». >» With the washing of water, Gen. " That he might present, Bps. " Cleave unto, Cov. Be joyned, Cr. Bps. . to tfie Hffjestans.- ffi!). bf. cion. 13 Neverthelesse do ye so that every one oiF you love hys wyfe truely even as hym sylfe : And lett the wyfe se that she feare her husbande. Ste bf. CfjBjiter. /^ HYLDREN obey youre fathers and mothers in the lorde : for so is it right. Hohoure father and mother/ that is the fyrst commaundement that hath eny promes/ that ^ thou mayest be in goode estate/ and live longe on the erthe. Fa- thers/ move not yoUre chyldren to wrath : butt brynge them vppe ^ with the norter and informacion off the lorde. Ser- vauntes be obedient vnto youre ^ carnall meisters/ with feare and trembljmge/ in synglenes of youre hertes/ as vnto Christ : not * with service * in the eye sight as ^ men pleasars : butt as the servauntes of Christ/ doynge the wyll off god from the herte with good will/ even as though ye served the lorde/ and not men. And remember that what soever good thynge eny man doeth/ thatt shall he receave agayne off the lorde/ whether he be bonde or fre. And ye masters/ do even the same thynges vnto them/ puttynge awaye threatenyriges : and re- member thatt even your master also is in heven/ nether is there eny respecte'off persone with hym. Finally/ my brethren be stronge in the lorde/ and in the power of his myght. Put on the armour of god/ that ye maye ' stonde stedfast agaynst the crafty assautes off the devyll. For we wrestle not agaynst ilesshe and bloud : but agaynst 8 ruele/ agaynst power/ and agaynst ^ worldly ruelars of the darcknes of this worlde/ agaynst i* spretualt wickednes ^^ in hevenly thynges. For this cause tEike vnto you the armoure off god/ that ye maye be able to resist in the evyll daye/ and i^to stonde per- fect in all thlnges. " Therefore, every one of you, do ye so ; let every one love, Gen. Bjis. ' Thou mayat prosper, Cr. Bps. It may be well with thee. Gen. ' Through the doctrine, Cr. For the instruction. Gen. Bps. ^ Bod- ilye masters, Cr. Bps. Masters according to the flesh. Gen. * Do- yng service to the eie, Cr. * To the eye. Gen. Bps. ' They that go about to please men, Cr. ' Stand [Be able to stand, G.] against the assaults, etc. Cr. Gen. Bvs. * Principalities, Gen. 'The rulers of the world, of the dartness, etc. Cov. Worldly rulers, even governours of the, etc. Cr. The worldly governours [G. adds — the princes] of the darkness, etc. Gen. Bps. '" The spirit of wickednesse, Cob. Spiritual craftinesse, C5r. " Under the heven, Cob. For hevenly things, T. M. In the hie places, Gere. In heaven- ly places, Bps. " Having finished all things, stand fast. Gen. Bj/s. jfo. ej:cbif. ffijie JEftstle to tjje JSjiSesgana. Stonde therfore and youre loyiies gyrd aboute with veritie/ havjTige on the brest plate of rightewesnes/ and i^ shood with shewes prepared by the gospell of peace. Above all take to you the shelde off fajrth/ wherwith ye maye quenche all the fyrie dartes of the wicked, and take the helmet off heelth/ and the swearde of the sprete/ which is the worde of god/ and praye all wayes with all memner prayer and supplicacion : and that 'm the sprete : and watch thervnto with all i* instance and supplicacion for all saynctes/ and for me that vtteraunce maye be geven vnto me/ that I maye open my mought boldly/ to i^vtter the secretes of the gospell/ wher of 1 am i^a messen- ger in bondes/ that there in I maye speake ^^ frely/ as it be- commeth me to speake. But that ye maye also knowe ^^ what condicion I am in/ and what I do/ Tichicus my deare brother and faythfull min- ister in the lorde/ shall shewe you off all thynges/ whom I sent vnto you for the same purpose/ that ye myght knowe ^^what case I stonde in/ and that he myght comfort yqure hertes. Peace be with the brethren/ and love with fay th from god the father/ arid from the lorde Jesu Christ. Grace be with all them which love oure lorde Jesus Christ ''' in puemes/ Amen. Sent from Rome vnto the Ephe- syans by Tichicus. '^ Shod upon yonr fete with the gospel of peace, that ye may be prepared, Cov. And having shoes on your fete-, that ye may be pre- pared for, etc. Cr. Youifeete shod with the preparation of, etc. Gen: Bps. " Perseverance, Gen. '° Publish . . the ambasaadour . . boldly, Oen. '^ My affairs. Gen. Bps. " Unfeynedly, Cov. In sinceritie, Ct. Bps. To their immortalitie, Gen. l^tstle of mm to tfie ^IvilU&DSattiS. )^!!3iL -and Timotheus the servauntes of Jesu Christ. To all 1 [the saynctes in Christ Jesu] which are at Phi- lippos/ with the bisshaps/ and ^ deacons. Grace be with you and peace from God oure father/ and from the lords Jesus Christe. I thanke my god ^ with all remembraunceoffyou/ all wayes in my prayers for you all/ and praye with gladnes/ be cause of the fellowship which ye have in the gospell from the fyrst daye vnto nowe/ and am ■* suerly certified off this/ that he which began a god worke in you shall performe it vntill the daye off Jesus Christ/ £is it becommeth me so to iudge off you all/ because I have you * in my herte/ ® and have you also every^ one companions off grace with me/ even in my bondes as I defende/ and stablisshe the gospell. . Grod beareth me recorde howe greatly I longe after you all "^ from the very herte rote in Jesus Christs And this I praye/ that youre love maye increase more and more in knowledge/ and in all ^ {e&lyage/ that ye myght ' accepte thinges most excellent' that ye myght be pure and i" soche as shulde hurte nomannes conscience/ vntill the daye of Christ/ filled with the frutes of rightewesnes/ which frutes come by Jesus Christ vn- to the glory and laude of God. ' Cov. omits. ' Ministers, Cov. ' As oft as I remember you (which I always do) in all my prayers, etc. Cov. Having you in perfect memorie. Gen. * Persuaded, Gen. Bps. ' In my heart and in my bondes [In remembrance that both in my bandes, and, C] iu the defence and confirmation, etCj ye all were [all being, B.] par- takers of my grace, Gen. Bps. ° Forasmuch as ye are ail, etc. Cr. ' In the bowels of, Bpg. ' Experience, Cov. Understanding, Cr. Bps. Judgement, Gen. ' Prove what is best, Cov. Discern Uiings that differ, Gen. Bps. '" Such as ofFende no man, Cr, > Without offence, Gen. Bps, jTa. c);cMff. me aEpfatU of ^aul I wolde ye vnderstode brethern that '^ my busynes is hap- pened vnto the gretter furtherynge off the gospell. So that my bondes in Christ are i® manifest thorowe out all the iudge- ment hall : and in all wether places/ in so moche that many off the brethren in the lorde '^ are boldned thorowe my bondes/ and dare more ^^ largely speake the worde '^ [with out feare.] Some there are which preache Christ of envie and stryfe/ and some off good will. The one parte preacheth Christ off IS stryfe/ and not purely/ supposynge to adde more ^'^ adversi- tie to my bondes. The wother parte of love/ be cause they se that 18 1 am sett to defend the gospell. 18 What thinge is this ? 2" Notwithstohdynge by all maner wayse/ whether it be ^i by occasion or ^of trueth/ yet Christ is preached : and therefore I ioye. Yee and will ioye. For I knowe that this shalbe for my health/ thorowe youre prayer/ and ^ ministringe of the sprete of Jesu Christ/ as I hertely loke fore and hope/ that in nothings' I shall be ashamed : but that with all confidence/ as all wayes in tymes past/ even soo nowe Christ shalbe magnified in my body/ whether it be thorowe lyfe/ or els deeth. For Christ is in me ^lyfe/ and deeth is to me avauntage. ^ Yf it chaunce me to live in the flesshe/ that is to me frut- full forto worke/ and what to chose I wote hot. * I am con- strayned of two thynges : ^ I desyre to be lowsed/ and to be with Christ/ which thinge is best of all. Neyerthelesse to abyde 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 furtherance and ioye of youre fayth/ that ye may moare aboundantly reioyce in Jesus Christ thorowe me/ by my com- mynge to you agayne. Only let your c6nversacion be/ as it be comftieth the gos- " The thinges which came [happened, C.] unto me, have turned [ohaunged, C. come, B.] to the, etc. Cr. Gen. Sps. " Famous, Gen. " Being encouraged, Cr. Bps. " Boldly, Cr. Frank- ly, Gen. Plentifully, B;w. '* Gen. omits. "^ Contention, Gen. " Affliction, Gen. ^s. is Ilie here, Co*. '9 What then.' .SU the Vers. "^ So that Chriet be preached, all [any, B.] maner wayes, T. M. Cr. Bps. "' Under a pretence or sincerely [by trlith, B.], Gen. Bps. "s of true meaning, Cov. T. M. Cr. " By the helpe of, Gen. "* Both in lift and in death advantage, Gen. ^ But inasmuch as to live in the flesh is fruitful to me. Cm). And whether to live, etc. were profitable for me [this he the fruit of my la- boure, jB.] ,jGen. Bps-. "* For both these thmgs lie hard upon me, etc. Cm. I am greatly in doubt oh both sides. Gen. I am in a straight betwixt two, Bps. " Having a desire to depart, Bp», to tie ^pWUfjiisfins. ffiS. ff. pell of Christ: that whether I come and se you/ or els be absent' I maye yet heare of ^you/ that ye continue in one sprete/ and in one soule ^ labouryng as we do to mayntayne the fayth of the gospell/ and in nothynge fearynge youre ad- versaries : which is to them a token of perdicion/ and to you a signe of health/ and that of god For vnto you it is geven/ that not only ye shulde beleve on Christ : but also suffre for his sake/ and have even the same fyght which ye sawe me have and nowe heare of me. EJe f|. CJapter. TF there be amonge you eny consolacion in Christ/ yf there be eny i comfortable love/ yf there be eny fellishippe of the sprete/ yff there be eny compassion ^ on mercy/ fulfill my ioye/ that ye ^ drawe one waye/ havynge one love/ beynge of one acorde/ and of one mynde/ that notihynge bedone thorowe stryfe or vayne glory/ but in meknes of mynde. Let every person thynke every other man better then hym silfe/ * so that ye considre every man/ not what is in hym silfe : But what is in wother men. Let the same mynde be in you the which was in Christ Jesu : Which beynge in the ^ shape off god/ and thought it not robbery to be equall with god. Neverthelessehe made hym silfe of no reputacion/ and toke on hym the * shape of a servaunte/ and ^ became lyke vnto men/ and was founde in ■^ his aparell as a man. He humbled hym silfe and becam obedient vnto the deeth/ even the deeth of the crosse. Wher- fore God hath exalted hym/ and geven hym a name above all names : that in the name off Jesus shulde every knee bowe/ both of thjmges in heven/ and thynges in erth and thynges vnder erth/«and that all tonges shulde confesse that Jesus Christ is the lorde vnto the prayse of god the father. Wherfore my dearly beloved/ as ye have always obeyed/ not when I was present only/ but nowe mocha more in myn absence/ even so ^performe youre owne health with feare * Your condition, Cr. Your matters, Gen. BjiS. " Fighting together through the fayth, etc. Gen. ' Holding together in defence ofthe fayth, Bps. ' Comfort of loVe, Cr. Gtn. Bj>s. " Of mer- cy, T. Ji. Or mercy, Tav. And mercy, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Be lyke minded, Cr. Gen. Bps. * Look not every, man on his own things, and every man also on the things of others, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Form, Gen. Bps. ' Was made lyke unto [in the likeness of, B.], Gen. Bps. ' Shape, Gen. Figure, Bp*. . ' Worke out ^Make an ende of, G.] youre owne salvation, etc. T. M. Cf. Gen. Bps. ffa. ci:cf);. Btje Epfstle off $nul and tremblynge. For it is god which worketh in you/ both 9 the will and also the dede/ even of i" good will. Do all thynge with out murmuryngp 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 i* se that ye shyne as l^ightes in the worlde/ 1^ holdinge fast the worde of lyfe/ vnto my reioysynge in the daye of Christ/ that I have not runne in vayne/ nether have labored in vayne. Yee and though I be offered vppe on 18 youre sacrifice and youre servinge of god in the fayth : I 1' reioyce with you all. For the same cause also/ ^'^ reioyce ye/ and reioyce ye with me. I trust in the lorde Jesus forto sende Timotheus shortly/ vn- to you/ that I also maye be off good comforte/ when I knowe 1^ what case ye stonde in. For I have no man that is so lyke mynded to me/ '^ which with so pure affeccion careth for youre matters. For all wother seke their awne/ and not that which is Jesus Christes. Ye knowe the proffe of hym/ howe that as a sonne with the father/ ^^ so with me bestowed he his labour apon the gospeU. Hym trust I to sende as sone as I knowe ^i howe it will go with me. I trust in the lorde that I also my silfe shall come shortly. I supposed it necessary to sende brother Epaphroditus vnto you/ my companion in laboure and felowesodier/ youre ^3 Apostle/ and ^ my minister at my nedes. For he longed after you/ and was full off hevines/ be cause that ye had herde saye that he ®*shulde be sicke/ and no doute he was sicke/ and that neye vnto deeth/ but god had mercy on hym : not on hym only/ but on me also/ lest I shulde have had sorowe opon sorowe. I sent hym therfore the ^ diUgentliar/ that when ye shulde se hym/ ye myght reioyce agayne/ and I myght be the lesse sorowfuU. Receave hym therfore in the lorde with all glad- ' To will and to do, Bps. '" His good pleasure, Gen. " Rea- sonings, Gen. ^^ Such as no man can complain on : and un- fayned sonnes of God, Cr. " Naughtie and crooked, Gen. ^* Ye sh'me, Gen. Shineye, Bps, •' Holding foorth. Gen. "The offering and sacrifice fTlie sacrifice and service, G.B.] of your fayth, .^11 the Vers. ", I am glad . . be ye glad, Gen. ^ Your state, Gem. Bps. '» Who will faithfully [naturally, B.] care. Gen. Bps. ^^ He hath served with me in. Gen. Bps. '' My state, Bps. "^ Messenger, Gen. ^ Which ministered unto me at nede [such things as I wanted, G.], Cr. Gen. " Had been, Cr. Gen. Bps. '^ More diligently, Cr. Gen. Bps: to tie $])tU(p$sans. ®]). ttf. nes/ and make moche offsoche : be cause that for the worke off Christ ^ [he went so farre/ that] he was nye vnto deeth/ and regarded not his lyfe/ to fulfill tihat service which was lakynge on youre parte towarde me. CCJe fff. ®i)apter. lyrOEOVER brethren myne/ reioyce in the lorde/ It gre- veth me not to write i the very same thynges vnto you. For to you it is asure thynge. Beware of dogges/ beware off evyll workers Beware of ^ dissencion : For we are circum- cision which worshippe god in the sprete/ and reioyce in Christ Jesu/ and have no confidence in the flesshe : though I 3 have wher off I myght reioyce in the flesshe. Yf eny worther man thynketh 3iat he hath wer off he myght trust in the flesshe : moche moare I : circumcised the eyght daye/ off the kyndred off Israhell/ offthe trybe of Beniamyn an Ebrue borne of the Ebrues : as concemynge the lawe/ a pharisaye/ and as concemynge ^ ferventnes I persecuted the congregacion/ and as touchynge the rightewesnes which is in the lawe I was ^ soche a won as no man coulde compla3fne on. But the thynges that were ^ wynnynge vnto me I counted losse for Christes sake. Ye I tiiynke all thynges but losse for ■^ that excellent knowledges sake of Christ Jesu my lorde : For whom I have counted all thynge losse/ and do iudge them but donge/ that I myght wynne Christ' and myght be founde in hym/ nott havynge myne awne rightewesnes which is off the lawe : But that which spryngeth off the ffayth which is in Christ. I mean the rightewesnes which commeth of God throwe fayth ^ in haowynge hym/ and the * vertue, of his re- surreccion/ and the fellowshippe of his ^^ passions/ that I myght be conformable vnto his deeth/ yf by eny meanes I myght at- tayne vnto the resurreccion from deeth. Not as though I had all redy ^^ receaved \t/ other were all redyparfect: butlfolowe/ yf thatlmaye comprehende that/ ^^ wherin I am comprehended of Christ Jesu. Brethren I counte ^ Gen. Bps. omit. ' One thing often, Cr. The same things of- ten, Bps, ' The concision, Gere. Bps. ' Might also have con- fidence, Gen. Bps. * Zeal, Gen. . ^ Unrebukeable, T. M. Cr. Gen. Blamelesse, Bps. ' Vauntage, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 'The excellency of the knowledge, Cr. Bps. ' That I maye knowe, Cr. Gen. Bps. » Power, Bps. '» Afflictions, Gen. " At- taynedj T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. fSo G. B. vs. 13.] « For whose sake also I am, Gen. U ^0. cc. Site JSpUtU of 39aul not ftiy silfe that I have gotten it : but one thynge ^^ I sa:3re : I forget that which is behynde me/ and " stretche my silffe vnto that which is before me and '* preace vnto to the mark apoynted/ to obtayne the rewarde of the hye callynge of God in Christ Jesu. Let vs therfore as many as be perfect be thus wyse mynded : and yf ye be wother wyse minded/ i^ I praye God open even this vnto you. Neverthelesse in that where vnto we are come/ let vs precede by one rule/ that we maye *'' he off one acorde. Brethren counterfayte me/ and loke on thetti which walke even so/ as ye have vs for an ensample. For many walke '{off whom I have tolde you often/ and nowe tell you wepynge) that they are the enemyes oif the crosse off Christ/ whose ende is dampnacion/ whose God is their bely ^^ and glory to their shame/ which i^ are worldely mynded. But oure con- versacion is in heven/ from whence we loke for the saveour ^ Jesus Christ/ which shall chaunge into another fassion oure vile bodies/ that they maye be fassioned lyke vnto his glorious body/ acordynge to the workynge wherby he is able to sub- due all thinges vnto hym silfe. H^ STJe Ktf. ffijapter. [ ERFOEE brethren dearly beloved and longed for/ my ioye and croune/ so continue ^ beloved in the lorde. I praye Evodias/ and beseche Sintiches that they be of one acorde in the lorde. Yee and I beseche the faythfuU yock- felowe/ helpe the wemen which labored with me in the gos- pell/ and with Clement also/ and with wother my labour fel- owes/ whose names are in the boke off lyfe. Reioyce in the iorde alwaye/ and agayne I saye reioyce. Lette youre ^ soft- enes be knowen vnto all men. The lorde is even at honde. Be 3 nott carfuU : butt in all thynges * shewe youre peticion '' I do, Gen. '^ Endeavour, Cr. Qen. Bps. " (Accord- inge to the mark appointed), I prease to the rewarde, Cr. Follow hard [Freasse, £.] towarde the marke for the pr;ze of the, etc; Gen. Bps. '* God shall reveile [open, C], Cr. Gen. Bps. " Minde one thing, Oem. "S Whose glory is, T. M. Gen. '' Minde earthly things. Gen. Bps. ^ Ml the Vers, add — even the Lord. • In the Lorde, je beloved, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Patient minde. Gen. Bps. ' Careful! for nothing, Cr. Bps. Nothing carefull, Gen. * Let your petition be manyfest, Cr.' Bps. Let your requests be shewed. Gen. to ti)e ^[lUpiisans. ffif). (C(f. vnto god in prayer and suplecapion with sevynge of tlwip^es. and the peace off god which passeth all vnderstondynge ^ J^^^ youre hertes/ and njyndes in Christ Jesu. Furthermore brethren/ whatsoever thynges are true/, whatso- ever thyuges. are honest' whatsoever thynges »re mi' what- soever thynges are pure/ whatsoever thynges pertajme to love/ whatsoever thinges are off hpoest reporte/ yff there be ^ eny verteous thynge/ yf there he; '' eny laudable thynge/ ^ those SEune have ye in youre iqiQrnde/ 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 reioysed in the lorde greatly/ that nowe at the last ye are revived ^ and are wexed myiidfull of me agayne in that whein ye were also myndfull/ but ye lacked aportunitie. I speake not be cause of necessitie/ For I have learned in whatsoever estate I am/ therwith to be content, i" I can both cast doune my silfe/ 1 can also excede. Every where/ and in all 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 off] Christ/ which strengtheth me. Nott wistond- joige ye have wele done/ that ye ^^ bare parte with me in my tribulacion. Ye fj of PhUlippos knowe that in the begynnynge of the gospell/ when I departed from Macedonia/ no congregacion 1* bare parte with me eis concernynge gevynge and receavynge but ye only. For when I w£is in Tessalonica/ ye sent once/ and afterwEirde agayne/ vnto my ^^ nedes : nott that I desyre I'' aboundant frute on youre parte. I receaved all/ and have pleatie. I was even filled after that I had receaved of Epa- phroditus/ that which cam from you/ an odour i^ that smelleth swete/ a sacrifice accepted and plesaunt to God. My god * Shall preserve, Gen. Shall keepe, Bps. ° Any virtue, Cr. Gen. Bps. 'Any praise, Cr. Gem. Bps. O. adds — (oflearnynge.) ' Thinks on these things, Gen. Bps. ' Again to care for me, where- in ye also were careftill, T. M. Cr. Bps. Again to care for me, where- in notwithstanding ye were careful!, Gen. '" I can be low and I can be high, Gov. I knowe how to be lowe and I knowe howe to exceede, Cr. Bps. I can be abased and 1 can abound. Gen. " To abounde and to have want, Gen. Bps. '^ Cr. Bps. omit. " Did communicate to my affliction, Gen. Bps. ''' Phillippians, Gen. Bps. '* Communicated, Gc». Bp*. "Necessitie, Cr. Gere. Bps. "" Fruit that it be abundant in your reckoning, Cov. The fruite which may further your reckoning, Gere. Fruit abounding to your account, Bps. " Of a sweet smell, Cr. Bps. Jfo. tcf. 2Ci)e SEptstU to tj^e $i)(tl(vpsans. 13 fulfill all youre nedes thorowe his ^ glorious ryches in Jesu Christ. Vnto God andoure father be prayse for evermore Amen. Salute all the sanctes in Christ Jesu. The brethren .which are with me grete you. All the sanctes . salute you. and most of all they which are of ^' the Emperours housholde. The grace off oure lorde Jesu Christ ' be with you all Amen. Sent from Eome by Epaphroditus. " Shall supplye [fulfill, G.], Cr. Gen. Bps. » Riches with [in, B.] glory, Gen. Bps. *' Cesars, Gen. Bps. ^i0tu off l^aul ijttto tfte ©olofijsganf^. I^SEIL an Aposde off Jesu Christ by the will of god/ and brother Timotheus. To the sayntes which are at Colossa : and i brethren that beleve in Christ. Grace be with you and peace from god oure father/ and from the lorde Jesus Christ. We geve thankes to god the father of our lorde Jesus Christ alwayes for you in oure prayers/ sence we herde of your fayth which ye have in Christ Jesu : and of the love which ye beare to all sayntes for the hopes sake which is layde vppe in store for you in heven/ of which hope ye have herde '^ by the true worde off the gospell/ which is come vnto you/ even as it is in to all the world/ and is fruitfuU as it is amonge you/ from the fyrst daye in the which ye herde of it/ and ^ had experi- ence of the grace of god in the trueth/ as ye learned of Epa- phra/ oure deare felowe servaunt/ which is for you a faythfuU minister in Christ/ which also declared vnto vs your love/ * [which ye have] in the sprete. For this cause we also/ sence the day we herde of hit have not ceasyd prayinge for you/ and desirynge that ye myght be fulfilled with the knowledge of his ■^ill/ in all wisdom and spretuall vnderstondynge/ that ye might walke worthy of the lorde 5 in all thynges that please/ beynge frutfuU in all good workes and encreasynge in the knowledge of God strengthed ' Faithful brethren in Christe, Gen. Bjis, ' By the worde of truth which is the Gospell, Gen. Before in the worde of truth of the GosSpell, Bps. ^ Truely Unevve the grace of God in truth, Bps. ' Bps. omils. * That in all thingesye may please, Cr. To [And, G.] please him in al thinges, Cov. Gen. In all pleasing, Bps, So. ctff. Stije HSpUtli att 39aul with all myght/ throwe hys glorious power/ vnto all pacience/ and longe sufferynge/ with ioyfulnes/ gevynge thankes unto the father which hath made vs mete to be part takers of the enheritaunce of saynctes 'in the light. which hath delivered vs from the power of dercknes/ and hath translated vs in to the kyngdom of his dere sonne/ in whom we have redempcion thorowe his bloud/ that is to say« forgevenes of sinnes/ which is the ymage of the invisible god/ ® fyrst begotten "^ before all creatures : for by him were all thynges created/ thynges that are in heaven/ and thynges that are in erth : thynges visible/ and thynges invisible : whether they be ^maieste or lordshippe/ other rule or power. All thinges are created by hym/ and ^ in him/ and he is before all thynges/ i" [and in hym all thynges "have there beynge.] And he is the heed of the body/ that is to wit of the congre- gacipn/ he is the begynnynge and fyrst begotten of the deed/ that in all thynges he might have the preeminence. For it pleased the father that in hym shulde all fulnes dwell/ and by him to reconcile all thynge vnto hym silfe/ ^^ and to set at peace by him throw the bloud of his crosse both, thynges in heven and thynges in erth. And you (which were in tymes past '^straungers/ and eny- mes/ 1* be cause youre myndes were set in evyll workes) hath he now reconciled in the body of his flesshe thorowe deeth/ to make you holy/ and '^soche as no man coulde complayne on/ and with out faut in his awne sight/ yf ye continue grounded and stablysshed in the faith/ and be not moved awaye from the hope of the gospel/ whereof ye have herde/ ^^ howe that it is preached araonge all creatures/ which are un(}er heven/ wher of I Paul am made a minister. Nowe ioye I in my i'' passions which I sufTre for you/ and fulfill 18 that which is behynde off the affliccions off Christ in my flesshe for his boddies sake/ which is the congregflcion/ wher of am I made a minister acordynge to the iSordinaunce of god/ which ordinaunce was given me vnto you warde/ to « The first borne of, etc. Gen. Bps. ' Of all creatures, T. M. Cr. * Thrones or dominions or principalities, Gen. ' * For, Cr. Gen. Bps. " Cr. otnits. ?' Consiste, Gen. Bps. '^ Whether they be thinges on earth or in heaven, that through the blood on his cross he might make peace even through his awne selfe, Cov. " Farre off, Cr. " By cogitation in evill wofkes, Bps- '° Unblame- able. Ml the Vers. " And which hath been preached. Gen. " Sufferings [T. M. adds— which I suffer}, Ml the Vera. " The rest of the, etc. Gen. " Dispensation of God which is given me, Gen. Bps. to tj)e ffiolosssans. Kf). ff. fulfill the worde of god/ that mistery hid sence the world be- gan/ and ^ sence the begynn)rnge ^^ of generacions : But nowe , is opened to his saynctes/ to whom god wolde make knowen ^ the glorious riches of his mistery amonge the gentyls/ which riches is Christ in you/ the hope of glory/ whom we preach ^ warnynge all men/ and teachynge all men in all wisdom/ ^ to make all men parfait in Chriist Jesu : Wherin I also labour and stryve/ ^even as farforth as hys ^ workynge worketh in me myghtely. Stfie seconlie ffijapter. r WOLDE ye knewe what fyghting I have for youre sakes ■"- and for them of Ladicia/ and for as many as have not sene my 1 parson in the ilesshe/ that their hertes myght be com- forted and knet togedder in love/ and in all riches ^ of full vn- derstondynge/ ^ for to knowe the mistery off God * the father and of Christ in whom are hid all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. This I saye lest eny man shulde ' begylde you with ^entysynge wordes. For though I be absent in the flesshe/ yet am I present with you in the sprete ioyinge and beholding the order that ye kepe/ and your stedfast fayth in Christ. As ye have therefore receaved Christ Jesu the lorde/ even so walke roted and bylt in hym/ and ^ stedfaste in the fayth/ as ye have "^ learned : and therin be plenteous in gev- ynge thankes. Beware lest eny man ^ [come and] spoyle you thorowe philosophy and 9 disceatfull vanitie/ thorowe the tradicions of men/ and i" ordinacions after the worlde/ and not after Christ. For in him dwelleth all the fulnes of the godheed boddyly/ and ye are '^ full in him/ which is the heed of all ^^rule and power/ in whom also ye are circumcised with circumcision made with out hondes/- by puttynge of ^ the sinfull boddy of '» Trom all ages, Gen. =" Of time, Cov. '' What is the riches (^this glorious raysterie. Gen. What is the rychesof the glo- rie of this mysterie, Bps. "^ Admonishing, Gen. *■ That we may present every man, etc. Gen. Bps. *■ According to his work- ing which, etc. Gen. Bp*. *" Strength, Cr. ' Face, Bps. 'Of the full assurance [Of certaintie, B.] of understanding, Gen. Bps. ' Which is the knowledge of, Cov. * Even the father. Gen. And of the father, Bps. 'Persuasion of wordes, Bps. • Stablish- ed, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Bene taught; abounding therein with thanks- giving. Gen. Bps. * Cr. Gen. Bps. omit. ' Vaine deceit, Gen. Bps. '" After the rudiments of the world, Gen. Bps. " Complete, M the Vers. " Principalitie, Gim. Bps. [So vs. 15.] " The bodye of the flesh, subjecte to sinne, Bps. Sfo. ccfff. tie JSpfBtle off J^aul the flesshe/ thorowe the circumcision that is in Christ/ In -that ye are buryed with him thorowe baptim/ in whom ye are also rysen agayne ^^ thorowe -faith/ that is wroghtby the operaeion of sod which raysed hym from deeth. And hath with Mm quyckened you also which were deed in synne and in the vncircumcision of youre flesshe/ and hath forgeven i^ vs oure trespasses/ and hath i^ put out the obliga- cion that was agaynst us/ made in the lawe written/ and thatt hath he taken out of the waye/ and hath fastened it on his crosse/ and hath spoyled rule and power/ and hath made a shewe of them openly/ and hath triumphed over them in i' his awne persone. Let noman therfore ^^ trouble youre consciences aboute meate and dryncke/ or i' for a pece of an holydaye/ ^ as the holydaye of the newe mone or of the saboth daye/ which are nothinge but shaddowes of thynges to come : but the body is in Christ. Lett noo man ^^ make you shute at a wronge marke/ ^ which after his awne ymaginacion walketh in the humbleness ^ of angels/ thinges which he never sawe : caus- lesse puft vppe with his flesshly mynde/ and holdeth not ^ the heed/ wher of all the body ^^ by ioyntes and couples receaveth noriisshment' and is knet togedder/ and encreaseth with the in , creasynge that comiheth of god. Wherfore if ye be deed with Christ from ^ doctrine 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/ Handle not : which all perysshe with the vsynge of " Through the faith of the operation, etc. Gen, Bps. '* Your trespasses, Gen. Bps. '* Blotted out [Putting out, G] the hand- writing of ordinaunces, that was agaynst us, which was contrary to US, Gen. Bps. " Thie same crosse, Gen. Hym gelfe, Bps. '' Con- demne [Judge, B.] you in meate, etc. Gen. Bps. " In respect of, Gen. In part of, Bps. * Or of the new moone. Gen. Bps. °'At his pleasure bear rule over you by humblenes of minde and worship- ping of angels, advauncing tiimselfe in those things which he never saw, rashly puft up. Gen. Beguile you of viotorie in the hum- blenesse and worshipping of angeb, intruding /ii?n«e//c into those things which he hath not seene, causelesse, jjuft up, Bps. ^ Which after his own choosing walketb in humblenes and spirituality of an- gels, things which he never saw and is vaine, and puft up, etc. Cov. By the humblenes and holines of angels, in the things, etc. Cr. ^ T. M. adds — and holiness. "* HimseUe to the head, Cov. ^ Furnished and knit together by joyntes and bandes. Gen. By joyntes and bandes, having nourishment ministred and knit together, Bps. " The ordinances, T. M. Cr. Gen. The rudiments, Bps. =' Bur- thened, Gen. * Cr. Gen. Bps. omit. to t$e (iColasssans. itf). tff. them/ and are after the commaundmentes/ and doctryns of men : which thinges ^ have the similitude of wisdom in cho- sen holynes/ and humblenes/ and in that they spare not the body/ and do the flesshe no worshyppe unto his nede. Srte tfj. ffifjajter. TF ye be then rysen agayne with Christ seke those thynges which are above/ where Christ sitteth on the right honde of god. Set youre affeccion on i thynges that are above/ and not on thynges 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 hym silfe/ then shall ye also apere with h3rm in glory. Mortifie therefore youre members which are on the erth/ fomicacion/ vnclennes/ ^ vnnaturall lust/ evyll concupiscence/ and covetousnes which is worshippynge off ydols : for which thynges S2ikes the wrath of god falleth on the * chyldren off vnbeleve. In which th5mges ye walked once/ when ye lived in them. But nowe put ye also awaye from' you all thynges/ wrath/ * fearsnes/ maUciousnes/ * cursed spealqaige/ ''filthy speakynge out of youre mouthes. Lye not one to another/ seynge that ye have put off the olde man with his workes/ and have putt on the nue/ which is renued ^in knowledge * [of god/] after the ymage of hym that made hym/ where is nether greke nor iewe/ circumcision nor vncircumcision/ Barbarous or Sithian/ bonde or fre : Butt Christ is all inall thynges. Nowe therefore as elect of god/ holy and beloved/ put on tender mereie/ kyndnes/ humblenes of mynde/ meknes/ longe sufferynge/ forbearynge one another/ and forgevynge one an- other (if eny man have a quarrell to a nother) even as Christ forgave you/ even so do ye. Above all these thynges put on love/ which is the bonde of parfectnes/ and the peace of god ^ Have a shine of ^isdom, through chosen spiritualitie and hiunble- nesse, Con, Outwardly have the similitude of wisdom by superstition and humblenesse of mynde and by hurtyng of the bodye, and in that they do the flesbe, Cr. Have a shewe of wisdome in voluntarie religion and humblenesse of minde and in not sparing the bodye : neither have they it in any estimation [not in any honour, B.] to satisfie the flesh, Gen. Bps. ' Heavenly thinges and not on earthye thinges, Cr. ' Appear, Gen. Bps. *^ Inordinate afiections, Cr. Bps. * Disobedient children, Cr. 'Anger, Gen. 'Blasphemie, Bps. ' Filthy communication, Cr. Bps. ' Into the know ledge and image, Cr, ' Cr, Gen, Bps. omit. Sfo. ccfii. ^iie JHpfstle of $aitl 1" rule in youre hertes/ to the which peace ye are called in one body : and i* se thaye be thankfull. Let the worde of god dwell in you plenteously in all wys- dom. 1^ 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 thinges (whatsoever ye do in worde or dede) do in the name of the lorde Jesu/ gevinge thankes to gOd the father by him. Wyves submit youre selves vnto youre awne husbandes/ as it is comly in the lorde. Husbandes love youre wyves and be nott bitter vnto them. Children obey youre '* fathers and mothers/ in all thinges/ for that is wele pleasynge vnto the lorde. Fathers ^^ rate not youre children/ lest they be ^^ of a desperate mynde. Servauntes be obedient vnto l'' your 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/ remembrynge that of the lorde ye shall receave the re- warde of inheritaunce/ for ye serve the lorde Christ. But he that doth wronge/ shall receave for the wronee that he hath done : for there is no respect of persons, i^ Ye masters do vnto youre servauntes that which is just and eguall/ remem- brynge that ye have also a master in heven. ffije ftfj. ®i)ajpter. /'CONTINUE in prayer and watch in the same with thankes ^^ gevynge/ praynge also for vs that god open unto us the dore of vtteraunce/ that we may speake the mistery of Christ (wherfore I am in bondes) that I may vtter it/ as it becom- meth me to speake. . Walke wisely to them that are with out/ and 1 redeme the tyme. Let your speache alwaye ® have fa- veoure with it and 3 be salted/ that ye maye knowe howe to answer every man. 4 The deare brother Tichicos shall ^ tell you off all my busy- "• Have the victorie in, etc. Bps. " Be ye amiable, Gen. =« Teaching and admonishing, Gen. Bps. " Singing. with grax;e m your hearts, Cr. Gen. Bps. '* Elders, Cov. Parents, Gen. Bps. " Provoke not (to anger), Cr. Gen. Bps. '= Discouraged, Gen. Bps. " Them that are your masters, according to the flesh. Gen. >8 [Gera. Bps. begin ch. iv. with this verse.] . ' Lose no opportuni- tie, Cr. » Be favourable, Cov. Be well-favoured, T. M. Be gra- cious, Gm. Be in grace, Bps. ' Powdred with salt, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. * Of all my busines shall ye be certified by Tichicus, the beloved brother, ete. Cr. -, ' Declare unto you all my state, Gen. Bps. to tSe I tolde you hefore that we shulde sufire tribulacion even as it cam to passe/ and as ye knowe. For this cause/ when I coulde no lenger forbeare/ ^ I sent that I myght have knowl- edge of youre fath/ lest * haply the tempter hkd tempted you/ and that oure labour had bene bestowed ia vayne. Nowe latly when Timotheus cam from you vnto vs and ' declared to vs youre fayth/ and youre love/ and howe that ye have good remembrannce of vs all wayes/ desyringe to se vs/ as we desyre to se you. Therfore brethren ^ had I conso- lacion in you/ in all oure ' adversite/ and necessite i" through youre fayth. For nowe are we alive if ye stonde ^^ stedfast in the lorde. For what thankes can we recompence to god agayne for you/ '^ over all the ioye that we ioye for youre saJces before oure god/ whyle we nyght and daye praye ex- cedyngly/ that we myght se you presently/ emd myght ^^ ful- fill that which is lackynge in youre fayth. Grod hym silfe oure father/ and oure lorde Jesus Christ gyde oure iomey vnto you : and the lorde increace you/ Eujd make you/ 1* flowe over in love one towarde another^ and towarde all men/ even as we do towarde you/ i* to stablyssh^ youre hertes that ftey myght be with out ought to be complayned on/ in hcdynes before God oure father/ at the commynge of oure lorde Jesus Christ/ with all is saynctes. Slie fit;. ©Jiajtei:. FVRTHERMORE we beseche you brethren/ and exhorte you in the lorde Jesus/ that ye increeuie more and more/ even as ye have receaved of vs/ howe ye ought to walke and to please God. Ye remember what commaundementes we gave you i- in the name of the lorde Jesu. For this is the will * We were, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' I sent him to knowe, Gen. Bps. ' By some means, Cr. Bps. In any sort. Gen. ' Shewed us of, Cov. Brought the good tydings of. Gen Bps. * We have receav- ed consolation by you, Cr. " Affliction, Gen. "• Because of, " Fast, Oen Bps. " Because of this joy that we have concerning you. Con. For all the joye wherewith we rejoice [joye, B.], Gen. Bps. M Accomplish that, etc. Cere. Refrayne the wantings of your fayth, Bps. " Abound, Gen. Bps. '* To make your hearts [That your hearts may be, Cov.] stable and unblameable, Cov. T. M. Cr. Gen. To stablishe your hearts unblameable, Bps. ' By [In, T. JIf.] the Lorde, etc. T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. Jfo, ccMj. Jlje Sfstst SSptstle at J^aul of god/ 2 which is youre sanctifiynge/ that ye shulde abstayne from fornicacion/ that every one of you shulde knowe howe to ^kepe his vessel in sanctify inge and honoure/ and not in the lust of concupiscence/ as do the hethen/ which knowe not god/ that no man * goo beyonde/ and defraude his brother ^ in bargaynynge/ be cause the lorde is a venger of all such thynges : as we ^ tolde you before tyme/ and testifyed vnto you. For' god hath not called vs unto vnclennes : but unto sanctifyinge. He therefore that despiseth/'' despiseth not man/ but God/ which hath ^ sent his holy sprete amonge you. But as touchynge brotherly love/ ye nede not that I wryte unto you. For ye are taught of god to love on another. Ye and that thynge verely ye do vnto all brethren/ which are thorowe out all Macedonia. ^ We beseche you brethren thatt ye encreace/ more and more/ and that ye studdy to be quyet/ and i** to medle with youre owne busynes/ and to worke with youre owne hondes/ as we commaunded you : that ye maye 11 behave youre selves honestly toward them that are with out and that nothynge be lackynge vnto yoB. I wolde not brethren have you ignoraunt as concernynge them which are fallen aslepe/ that ye sorowe not as wother do which have no hope. For yf we beleve that Jesus died/ and rose agayne : even so them also which slepe ^^by Jesus/ will god biynge agayne with hym. And this saye we vnto you in the worde of the krde/ that we which live and are remayn- ynge in the commynge of the lorde/ shall not ^^ come yerre they/ which slepe For the lorde hym silfe shall descends from heven with a shute/ and the voyce off the archangylU and trompe of God. And the deed in Christe shall aryse fyrst : then shall we which live and remayne/ be caught vppe with them also in the cloudes to mete the lorde in the ayer. And so shall we ever be with the lorde. Wherfore comfort youre selves one another with these wordes. ' Even that ye should be holye, T. M. Even your holinesse, C?. Bps. 3 Posgeas, Gen. Bps. * Go to fajre, T. M. Oppress, Cr. Gen. Bps. * In any matter, Gen. Bps. « Also forewarn- ed you, Bps. ' Gen. a4d»— these things. ' Even [Also, B.] given you, Gen. Bps. ' But we, etc. Gen. Bps. '" To do your owne, etc. Bps. " Walke honestly, Bps. "In Jesus, Gen. *' Prevent them, Gen. Bps, U tit SCessalonnans. (Ej); b. EJie b. fflSapter, /^F the tytnes 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/ then commeth on them soden destruccion/ as ® the travalynge off a woman with childe/ and they shall nott scape. But ye breth- ren are not in daicknesy that that daye shulde ^ come on you as it were a thefe. Ye are all the children of light' and the chyldren of the daye : we are nott off the nyght/ nether off darcknes. Therefore let us not slepe as do wother : but let vs watch and be sober. For they that slepe/ slepe in the nyght : and they that be dronken/ are dronken in the nyght. But lett vs which are of the daye be sober/ ■* armed with the brest plate of fayth and love/ and with hope of health/ as an helmet. For god hath not apoynted vs * unto wrath : but to obtain health by the meanes off our lorde Jesu Christ/ which died for vs : that whither we wake or slepe/ we shulde live togedder with him. Wherfore * comforte youre selves togedder/ and edyfie one another/ even as ye do. We beseche you brethren/ thatt ye knowe them which la- boure 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 i" with them. We ii desyre you brethren ^^ warne them that are vnruly/ comforte the feble mynded/ i^ forbeare the weake *•* have continuall patience towarde all men. Se that none recompence evyll for evyll vnto eny man : but ever folowe that whiche is good/ both amonge youre selves/ and to all men. Reioyce ever. Praye continually. In all thynges geve thankes. For this is the will off God in Christ Jesu to- warde you. ' Tush, it is peace, Cov. Peace and all things are safe, Cr. Peace and safety, Gen Bps. ' The pain of a woman travailing. Cots. Sorowe upon, Bps. ' Overtake, Bps. * Putting on. Gen. Bps. = To provoke wrath unto oursehes, Cr. " Exhort [Comfort, C. J}.] one another, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Are over jfou. Gen. ' Ad- monish you. Gen. Bps. ' In hye reputation m love, Cr. Bps. In singular love, GcM. ■" Among yourselves. Gem. Bp». "Ex- hort, Bps. " Admonish, Gen. " Lifte up, Cr. Bps. Bear with, Gen. " Be patient, Cr. Gen. Bps. KK* JFo. ccbftj. ESe fsrst JSptstle fo tje ffessalon^aKSr. Quenche not the sprete/ despise nott prophesyinge. *^ ex- amen all thynges. Kepe that which is good, abstajme from all 1* suspicious thynge. The very god of peace sanctifie you thorow out. And I praye God that youre whole sprete/ soule/ and body/ be i'' kept fautlesse vnto the commynge of oure lorde Jesus Christ, fajrthfull is he/ which called you : which will also do it. Brethren/ praye for vs. Grete all the breth- ren with an holy kysse. I charge you in the lorde/ that this pistle be redSe vnto all '^the wholy brethren. The grace off the lorde Jesus Christ be with you Amen. . The fyrst pistle vnto the Tessalonyans written from Athens. '* Trie, Gen. " Evyll appearance, Cr. Appearance of evil. Gen. Bps. " Preserved : bo that in nothing ye may be blamed in the coming, Cr. Kept blamelesse unto, Gen. Preserved blamelesse in, Bps. '* The brethren the Saints, Gen. SeconDre m&tit of mm to tixt tEJje tsvut Chapter. I^SSH, SUvanus, and Timotheus. Vnto the congregacion off the Tessalonyans, which are in god cure father/ and in the lorde Jesus Christ. Grace be with you and peace from Gtod oure father/ and from the lorde Jesus Christ We are bounde to thanke god all wayes for you brethren/ as itt is mete/ be cause that youre fayth groweth exced3Tigly/ and every one of you ^ swymmeth in love towarde anoQier betwene youre selves/ so tiiat we reioyce off you in the con- gregacions off god/ over youre pacience and faith in all yoUre persecucions/ and tribulacions that ye suffre : which is a token of the rightewes/ iudgement of god/ that ye are counted wor- thy of the kyngdom of god/ for which ye also suffre. Hit is verely a rightewes thynge with god/ to recompence tribulacion to them that trouble you : and to you which are troubled rest with vs/ 2 when the lorde Jesus shall shewe hym sylfe from heven/ wyth ^ his myghty angels in flammynge fyre/ ren- drynge vengeaunce vnto them that knowe not god/ and to them that obeye nott vnto the gospell off cure lorde Jesu Christ/ which shalbe punnysshed with everlastynge * damnacion/ from the presence of the lorde/ and from the glory of his pow- er/ when he shall come/ to be gloryfied in his saynctes/ and to be made marvelous in all them that beleve : be cause oure testimonye that we had vnto you/ wasbeleved ^ even the same ' Aboiindeth, Gen. Bps. * In the revelation of the Lord Jeans, .etc. Bps. ' The angels of his power, Cov. Cr. Bps. * Per- dition, Gen. * In that day. Gen. Bps. [Cr. G. B. omit the words in crotchets.] Sfo. ccf)^. arje Secotttie JEpfstle of J9aul daye [that we preched it.] Wherfore we praye all wayes for you that oure god make you worthy of the callynge/ and fulfill 6 all delectacion off goodnes/ and the worke off fayth/ with power : that the name off oure lorde Jesus Christ may be gloryfied in • you/ and ye in hym/ thorowe the grace of oure God/ and of the lorde Jesus Christ. ffije secontre €i)apte«. "Y^E beseche you brethren by the commynge of oure lorde Jesu Christ/ and ^ in that we shall assemble vnto hym/ that ye be nott sodenly moved from youre mynde/ and be not troubled/ nether by sprete/ nether by wordes/ nor yet by let- ter/ 2 which shulde seme to come from vs/ as though the daye of Christ were at honde. Let no man deceave you by eny means/ for ^ the lorde commeth not/ excepte there come ■* a departynge fyrst/ and that that ^ synfull man be opened/ the Sonne of perdicion which is an adversarie/ and ^ is exalted above all that is called god/ or '' that is worshipped : so that he ^ shall sitt in temple of god/ ^ and shewe hym silfe as god. Remember ye not/ that when I . was yet with you/ I tolde you these thynges } and nowe ye knowe what with holdeth : even that he myghtbe i** vttered at his tyme. For alredy the mistery off iniquytie worketh. '^ Only he that holdeth/ let him nowe holde/ vntill hit be taken out of the waye/ and then shall that wicked be vttered/ whom the lorde shall consume with the sprete off hys mouth/ and shall i^ destroye with the aparence of his commynge/ even hym whose commynge is by the workynge off Satan/ with all ^^ lyinge power/ signes/ and wonders : and in all deceavablenes off vnrightewesnes/ amonge them that perysshe : be cause they have nott receaved the love off the trueth/ thatt they myght have bene saved. And therefore god shall sende them stronge delusion/ that they shulde beleve lyes : thatt all they myght be damned which be- leved not the trueth/ biit had pleasure in vnrightewesnes. ^ All the good pleasure of Ats goodness [of goodness, B.'\, Gen. Bps. ' By our assembling, Gen. Bps. * As it were [As, S.] from us, Gen. Bps. ^ That day shall not come except. Gen. * A fall- ing away, Bps. * Man of sinne be disclosed [revealed, B.], Gen. Bps. * Exaltethhimselfe, Cren. 'God's service, Coc. *Doth sit as God, Gen. As God sitteth, Bps. ^ Boasting himselfe, Cr. '" Revealed, Gen. Bps. " Till he which now onely letteth be ta- ken, Cr. Only he which now letteth [witholdeth, G.] will let, Gen. Bns. "i Abolish [Destroy ,- B.] with the brightness, Gen. Bps. "Power and signs and ly mg wonders [wonders of lying, B.] , Gen. Bps. to tie SCessalonsans. (Efi. fff. We ^^are bounde to geve thankes alwaye to god for you brethren beloved off the lorde/ for be cause that God hath from the begyimynge chosen you to health/ thorowe sanctify- inge off the sprete/ and thorowe i° belevynge the trueth : where vnto he called you by oure gospell/ to obtayne the glory 18 [that commeth] of oure lorde Jesu Christ. Therfore brethren stonde fast and kepe the ^"^ ordinacions/ which ye have ^^ learned : whether it were by oure preach- yuge/ or by oure pistle : Oure lorde Jesu Christ hym silfe/ and god oure father/ which hath loved vs/ and geven vs ever- leustynge consolacion/ and goode hope thorowe grace/ comforte youre hertes/ and stablysshe you '^ in all sayinge/ and goode doynge. STjje Hi. fltjapter. ■OVRTHERMORE brethren praye for vs/ that the worde of god maye have fre passage/ and be gloryfied/ as it is with you : and that ye maye be delivered from vnresonable and 1 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 throw 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 off God/ and 3 pacience of Christ. We ■* requyre you brethren in the name of our lorde Jesu Christ' that ye withdrawe youre selves from every brother that walketh inordinatly/ and not after the * institucion which ye receaved of vs. Ye youre selves knowe howe ye ought to counterfayte vs. For we behaved not oure selves inordinatly amonge you. Nether toke we breed of eny man for nought : but we wrought with laboure and ^ travayle nyght and daye/ be cause we wolde not be '' grevous to eny off you : nott butt that we had auctorite : but to make oure selves an insample vnto you/ to counterfayte vs. For when we were with you/ " Ought, Gm. [So ch. i. 3.] " Fayth of the truth, Gen. Bps. " Cr. Gen. Bps. omit. " Instructions which ye have been taught, eyther by word, Gen. '* Been tadrght, Bps. '' In all doctrine and good doinge [workes, C], Cm. T. M. In all good saying and doing, Cr. Bps. In every word and good worke. Gen. ' Cruel, Cov. Froward, Cr. ' Are persuaded of you through the Lorde, Ge». ' The patient wayting for Christ, Cr. Bps. The wayting for of Christ, (7en. * Comma.unde, Gen. Bps. 'Instruction, Gm, ° Sweat, Cr. ' Chargeable, Cr. Gen- Bpg. J^o. «):. ffje SeconUe SEjpfstle to tje Scssalonsans. this we warned you off/ that if there were eny which wolde nott worke/ that the same shulde not eate. We have herde ^ [saye no dout] that there are some which walke among you inordinatly/ aind worke not at all/ but are besybodies. Them that are soche/ we commaunde and ex- horte in the name off oure lorde Jesu Christe/ that they worke with quyetnes/ and eate their breed. Brethren be not weary in well doynge. Yff eny man obey nott oure sayinges/ ^ send vs worde off hym by a letter : and have no companie with hym/ that he maye be a shamed : And count hym not as an enemy : but '" warne hym as a brother. The very lorde off peace/ geve you peace all wayes/ by all meanes. The lord be with you all. The salu- tacion off me Paul with myne awne honde. This is the token in all pistles. So I write. The grace of oure lorde Jesus be with you all Amen. Sent from Athens. ' Saye that, T. M- Cr. Gen. Bps. omit. ' Note him by a letter, Gen. Signifie him by an Epistle, Bp^, '" A4|nonish, Qen. iPfifst mntlt off mm l»nto 2r(motfi(Ufii* I WiWiJL an Apostle of Jesus Christ/ by the ' commaunde- ment of god oure savioure/ and of the lorde Jesu Christ/ which ys oure hope. Vnto Timothe ^hys naturall sonne in the fayth. Grace mercy and peace from god oure father/ and from the lord Jesu Christ. As I besought the to abyde styll in Ephesus wh^n I de- parted into macedonia/ even so do that thou ' wame some that they ^ teache no other wyse : nether geve hede to fables and genealogies/ which are endlesse/ and brede *doutes/ more then godly edyfyinge which is by faith : for the ende of the commaimdement is love that commeth off a pure herte and of a good conscience/ and of fayth vnfayned : from the whicjj thynges/ some have erde/ and have turned vnto vayne iange- lynge/ ^ be cause they wolde be doctours in the scripture and yett vnderstonde nott what they speake/ nether wherof they afferme. We knowe that the lawe is god/ yf a man vse it lawfully/ '' vnderstondinge this/ howe that the lawe is not geven vnto a righteous man/ butt vnto the ^ vnrighteous and disobedient/ to the vngodly and to synners/ to vnholy and ^ vnclean/ to mur- therers of. fathers and murtherers of mothers/ to i" manquel- f ' Commisaion, Cr. Bps. ' My [A, B.] natuiall sonne, Cov. Gen. Bps. ' Commaunde, AU the Vers. * Follow no straunge doctryne, Cr. Teach no other doctrine, Gen. Bps. ' Qvestions, Gea. Bps. ' They would be [Coveting to be, B.] doctours of the Lawe, Gm. Bps. ' Knowing, Cr. Gen. Bps. 8 Lawlcsse, Gen. Bps. ' Prophane, Gen. " Manslayers, Cr. Gen. Bps. Sa. cc):J. STJe jFstst SSpistle off Jpaul lars and whormongers : to " them that defile them selves with mankynde : to menstealers : to lyars and to periured/ and 12 [so forth] yf there be any wother thynge that is contrary to holsome doctryne accordynge to the i^ glorious gospell off the 1* holy god/ which gospell is committed vnto me. And I thanke i^ hym that hath made me stronge '^ in Christ Jesu cure lorde : for he counted me ^"^ true/ and ptit me in office/ when before I was a blasphemar/ [and a persecuter/] and '^ a tyraunt. Neyerthelesse ^^ I obtayned mercy because I did it ignorauntly/ in vnbelefe : but the grace of oure lorde was more aboundant/ with fayth and love/ which is in Christ Jesu. This is a true saynge/ and by all meanes worthy to he re- ceaved/ that Christ Jesus cam into the worlde to save syn- ners/ of whom I am chefe : Notwithstondynge ^ vnto me was mercy geven/ that ^^ Jesus Christ shulde fyrst shewe on me all ^ long pacience/ vnto the ensample off them which shall in tyme to come beleve on hym vnto etemall lyfe. So then vnto ^god/ kynge everlastynge/ ^immortall/ invisible/ and wyse only/ be honoure and prayse for ever and ever Amen. This commaundement commit I unto the sonne Timotheus/ accordynge to the prophesies which ^ in tyme past were prophesied off the/ that thou in them shouldest fyght a good fyght/ havynge fayth and good conscience/ which some nave put awaye from them/ and as concernyrige fayth have made shipwracke. of whose nombre is Himeneus/ and Alexander/ which I have delivered vnto Satan/ that they might be taught not to blaspheme. Si)e if. ffijjapter. T EX HORTE therfore that i above all thynges prayeers/ supplicacions/ ^ peticioiis/ and gevynge of thankes/ behad " Buggerers, Gen. '" Cr. Gen. Bps. omit. " Gospell of the glory, Cov. T. M. Cr. Bps. " Blessed, Ml the Vers. '» Christ Jesus, etc. which hath made me, Cr. Bps. '* That is Christ, etc. Gen. " Faithful and pui me in his service [into the ministerie, B.}, Gen. Bps. '* An oJ>presser, Gen. Bps. B. omits the clause in crotchets. " I was received to. Gen. "" For this cause ob- tayned 1 [was 1 received to, G.] mercy, Cr. Gen. For this cause was mercy shewed unto me, Bps. ^' In me the fyrst, Jesus Christ should shew, Bps. '^ JLonge suffering, Gen. Bps. ^ The king everlasting, etc. unto God only wise. Gen. Bps. ** Incorruptible, Bps. ® Went before upon thee. Gen. Bps. ' First of all. Gen. Bps. ' Intercessions, Gen. Bps. bnto srrmotjbeus. No fighter nor covetous, Gen. " Ruleth well his own house, Cr. Bps. '* In subjection with reverence [gravitie, B.J, Ct. Bps. " Not a young scholar. Ml the Vers. " He being puffed up, fall into the condemnation of the devyll, Gen. Bps. " Condemnation, Gen. Bps. " The devil. Gen. Bps. " Ministers be grave [honest, C], Cr. Bps. " Wine, Cr. Gen. Bps. 1' Greedie of, Bps. '" So that no man be able to re- prove them, Cr. » Grave, Bps. «* But if I tary long, AU the Vers. " Doubt, Cr. Bps. Controversie, Gen. ** Manifested, Gen. Shewed manyfestly, Bps. * The world, Gen. bnto Stmot)eus. ®i). b. vnto spretesof errure/ and i dyvlysshe dootiyne ^off them which speake falce thorow ypocrisy/ and have their conscien- ces 3 marked with an hott yeron/ forbyddynge to marry/ and commaundjnige to abstayne from meates/ which god hath created to be receaved with gevynge thankes/ off them whic^ beleve/ and have knowen &e trueth/ for all the creatures of God are good : and nothynge to be refused/ yffit.be receaved with thamkes gevynge : For it is sanctified by the worde of god and prayer. Yff thou shalt put the brethren in remera- braunce of these thynges/ thou shalt be a good minister of Jesu Christ which has bene nourisshed vppe in the wordes of fayih/ smd good doctryne/ which doctryne thou hast continual- ly followed. But cast awaye ■* vngostly and olde wyves fe- bles. Exercyse thy silfe vnto godlines. For bodely exercyse proffiteth lytell : Butt godlines is * good vnto all th}mges/ as a thynge which hath promyses of the lyfe * that is nowe/ and off the' ijrfe to come. Thfe is a sure saynge/ and '' of all par- ties worthy to be receaved. For therfore we laboure and sufii-e rebuke/ be cause we ^ beleve in the livynge god/ which is the savioure off all men/ butt specially of lliose ^at 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 love/ in sprete/ in fayth and in purenes. Till I come geve attendaunce to redynge/ to eidiortacion/ and to doctryne. Despyse not the gyfte that is in the/ which was geven the thorow prophesy/ and with lejringe on of the hondes 'of a seniour. These thynges exercyse/ and geve thy silfe vnto them/ that all menmaye se howe thou proffetes. Take hede vnto thy silfe and vnto i* leamynge/ and continue theiin. For if thou shalt so do thou shalt save thy silfe/ and them that heare the. Srte b. ffifiaptev. "D EBUKE not a seniour^ : but exhorte hym as a father/ ■'-^ and the yonger men as brethren/ the elder wemen as ' Doctrines of devils, Gen. Bps. * Which speak lies, Gen. ' Burned, Gen. Sealed, Bps. * Prophane, Gen. Bps. ' Pro- fitable, Or. Gen. Bps. ' Present, Gen. ' By all means, Cr. Gen. Bps. '-Have astedfast hope, Cr. Trust, Gen. Have hoped, Bps. ' Of the elders, Cov. T. M. By the authoritie of presthode [of the eldership, B.], Cr. Bps. Of the companie of the eldership. Gen. "> Doctrine, Bps. ' Cr. adds — ^rigorously. Sfo. cc):ftf. SrSc jFstst iS^latU of Jpaul mothers/ the yonger as sisters/ with all purenes. Honoure widdowes which are^ true wyddowes. Yf eny wyddowehave children or neveus/ let them learne fyrst to ^ ruele their owne houses godly/ and to recompence their * elders. For that is 5 good and exceptable before God. She that is a very wyd- dowe/ and ^ frendlesse/ ' putteth her trust in god/ and con- tinueth in supplicacion and prayer nyght and days : but she that liveth in pleasure/ is deed ^ even yet alive. And suche thynges commaunde/ that they maye be without ^ faut. Yf there be eny that provideth not for his owne/ and i* namely for them of his housholde the same denyeth the fayth/ and is worsse then an infydell. »Ler no wyddowe be " chosen vnder threscore yere olde/ and soche a wone as was the wyfe off one man/ and well re- ported off in good workes : yf she have noressed children/ yf she have i^ bene liberal! to straungers/ yf she have wesshed the saynctes fete/ yf she have ministered vnto them which were in adversitie/ yf she were continually geven vnto all maner good workes. The yonger widdowes refuse. For when they have begonne to wexe wantan/ i^ to the dishonoure of Christ/ then will they mary/ haveynge damnacion/ be cause they have i* despised their fyrst fayth. And also/ they learne to 15 goo from housse to housse ydle/ ye not ydle only/ but al- so 16 tryflynge and busy bodies/ speakynge thynges which are not eomly. I will therefore that the yonger wemen mary and beare children/ and ^ gyde the housse/ and geve none occasion to the adversary to speake i^ evyU. For many of them are al! redy turned bake/ 1^ [and are gone] after Satan, And yf eny/ ^ man or woman that beleveth have widdowes/ lett (hem 21 minister vnto them/ and let not the congregacion be charg- ed : that ^ hytt maye ^i have sufficient for them that are wid- dowes in dede. ^ Widdowes in deede, Gem Bps. [So vs. 5.] ^ Shew godlinesse towarde their own house, Gen. ^Kindred, Gen. Elder kinsfolkes, Bps. * An honest thing, Gen. ' Left alone, Gen. Bps. ' Hopeth, Bps. * While she liveth. Gen. Being alive, Bps. ' Rebuke, Cr. "> Specially, Bps. " Taken into the number, Gen. '* Been harbourous, Cov. l(Odged strangers, Cr. Gen. Bps. " Against Christ, Cr. Gen. Bps. M Broken, Con. T. M. Gen. Cast awaye, Cr. Bps. (* Wander, Bps. " Tatlers, Cr. Bps. Prattlers, Gere. " Governe, Gen. '^ Slanderously, Bps. '» Gen. Bps, omit. ao Faithful man or faithful woman, Gen. " Sustaine them, Bps. ^ They which, are right widowes, may have enough, Cov. bnto Srtmotjieus. dtj). lof. The seniours that rule wele ^ are worthy of double hon- ours/ most specially they which laboure in the worde and ** in teachynge. For the scripture say th : Thou shalt not musell 25 [the mouth of] the oxe that treadeth out the come. And the ' labourer is worthy of his ^6 rewarde. Agaynst, a senioure receave none accusation : but vnder two or thre >vitnesses. Them that synne rebuke openly that wother maye feare. ^ I testifie before god/ and the lorde Jesus Christ/ and the elect angels/ that thou observe these thynges with out ^ hasty iudgement/ and do nothinge parcially. Ijaye hondes sodenly on no man nether be part taker of wother menes synnes. Kepe thy silfe pure. Drynke no lenger water/ but vse a lytell wyne/ for thy stommakes sake/ and thyne often 29 diseases. Some mennes synnes are open before honde ^ and goo be- fore vnto iudgement : some mennes synnes ^i folowe after. Lykwyse also good workes are manyfest before honde/ and they that are other wyse/ cannot be hid. jrje bf. ffijapter. T ET as many servauntes as are vnder the yoke counte their masters worthy of all honour/ that the name of god/ and his doctruie be not evyll spoken off. Se that they which have belevynge masters despyse them nott be cause they are breth- ren : but so moche the rather do service/ for as moche as they are ^ belevynge and beloved and part takers of the benefite. These thynges teache. and exhorte. Yf eny man ^ teache other wyse/ and ^ is not content with the wholsome wordes of the lorde Jesu Christ/ and with the doctrine off godlines/ he is pufte vpp and knoweth noth3aige : but * wasteth his braynes aboute questions/ and stryfe off wordes/ wher off sprynge en- vie/ stryfe/ * realinges/ evyll surmysinges ^ superfluus disput- ynges '' [in scolus] of men with corrupte myndes/ ^and desti- tute of the trueth/ which thynke that lucre is godlines. From '^ Let them be countecl worthy, B»«. ** Doctrine, Gem. '^ Bps. omits. ^ Wages, Gen. "1 charge thee, Gere. ** Hasti- nesse of judgment, Cr. Bps. Preferring one to another. Gen. " In- firmities, Gen. ™ So that they may be judged aforehond, Cov. " Shall be manifest hereafter, Cov. ' FaithMl, Gen. * Fol- owe other doctryne, Cr. ' Agreeth not unto, Cov. Enclyne not unto, Cr. Consenteth not unto. Gen. Bps. * Doteth, Gen. Bps, i. e. railings.] ' yame,.dll the Vers. '' [i. e. in schools. — " the Vers, omit the words.] ' That are robbed, Cov. Cr. LL* m ffo. ttftbt Site j^srst J^ptstte off l&aul soche seperate thy silfe. 9 Godliness is great i" riches/ yf a man be content with that he hath. For we brought nothynge into the worlde/ i^ and it is a playne case that we can cary nothynge out. When we have fode and rayment/ 1' let vs theirwith be con- tent. They that wilbe ryche/ faule into temptacion/ and snares/ and into many folysshe and noysome lustes/ which droune men in perdicion/ and destruccion. For 13 covet- eousnes is the rote of all evyll/ which whill some lusted after/ they erde from the feyth/ and i^tanglyd them selves with many sorowes. But thou ^^ which arte the man of god/ flye soche thynges. Folowe rightewesnes/ godlines/ i^ love/ pa- cience/ meknes. Fyght a good fyght of fayth. Lay holde on eternali lyfe/ where vnto thou arte called/ and hast pro- fessed a good profession before many witnesses. I geve the charge in the sight off God/ which quickneth all thynges/ and before Jesus Christ/ which vnder Foneius Pilate witnessed a good i'' witnessynge/ that thou kepe the com- maundement with out spott/ i^ so that noman f3mde faute wyth the/ vntyll the aperynge of oure lorde Jesus Christ/ which 1^ aperynge (when the tyme ys come) he shall shewe that is blessed and ^ myghty only/ kynge of kynges/ and lorde of lordes/ which only hath immortalitie/ and dwelleth in light thatt no man can attajme/ whom never man sawe/ nether can se : vnto whom be-honoure and ^^ rule everleistynge Amen. Charge them that are ryche in this worlde/ that they be not ^ excedynge wyse/ and that they trust not in the vncerta)rne 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/ ^ lay- ing vppe in store for them selves/ a good foundacion agaynst the tyme to com©/ that they maye obtayne eternali lyfe. * Howbeit it is a great' advantage whoso is godly and holdetli him- selfe content with tnat he hath, Co». '» Gaine, Gew. Lucre, Bps. •• Neyther may we cary, etc. Cr. And it is certaine,Ge». Bps. "We must, etc. Cr. Bps. " Covetousness [The desire, G. Love, B.] of money, Cr. Gen. Bp». " Perced themselves through, G«a. Bps. " O man of God, Gen. Bps. '^ Cr. Gen. Bps. add — ^fayth. " Confeasion, Gen. Profession, Bps. " Unre- bukeable, .422 the Vers. " In his tymes, Cm. Cr. Bps. In due time. Gen. " Prince onely. Gem. Bps. " Empire, Cov. Power, Gere. Bps. ^ Proude, Cm. Hye minded, Cr. Gen. Bps. « Give and distribute with a good will. Cm. Geve and glad [gladly, C] to distribute, Cr. Bps. Distribute and communicate, Gen. "* Gath- ering up, Cov. bnto CCmotiieus. ®!). Vif. O Timothe ^ save that which is geven the to kepe/ and avoyde 28 vngostly vanities of voyces/ and opposicions of sci- ence falsly so called/ which science/ whyll some professed/ they have erred as cancern3mge the fayth. Grace be with the Amen. Sent from Laodicia/ which is the chefest city of Phrigia Pacaciana. *^ Keepe that which is committed to thee, Gen. " Ungostlie, vaine wordes, Cov. Frophane and vaine babblings, Gen. Bps. O0 fsrst (Egapttr. iSK^iL an Apostle of Jesu Christ/ by the will of god/ 1 to preache the promes of lyfe/ which lyfe is in Christ Jesu. To Timothe ^his beloved sonne Grace/ mercy/ and peace/ from god the father/ and from Jesus Christ oure lorde. I thanke god/ whom I serve from myn elders with pure conscience/ that with put ceasynge I ^ make mencion of the in my prayers nyght and daye/ desyrnge to se the/ myndfuU off 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 Lois/ and in thy mother Evnica : and am assuered that itt dwelleth in the also. Wherfore * I wame the that thou store vppe the gyfte of god which is in the/ by the putt)Tige on of my hondes. For god hath not geven to vs the sprete of feare : but of power/ and of love/ and of 5 honest behaveour. Be not a shamed ^ to tes- tyfye of oure lorde/ nether be ashamed of me/ which am bounde for his sake : but '^ suffire adversitie with the gospell also thorowe the power of god/ which saved vs/ and called vs with an holy callynge/ not after oure dedes/ but for his pur- ' According to the promise of lyfe, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ My, Gen. Bps. 'Have remembrance. Gen. Bps. * Put thee in re- membrance, Gen. Bps. ^ Right understanding. Gov. Soberness of mynd, T. M. Sobreness, Cr. A sounde mjnde, Gen. Bps. 8 of the testimonie of our Lorde, nether [C. adds — be ashamed] of raee [C. adds— which am] his prisoner, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Bee partaker of the afflictions of the Gospell according to, etc. Gen. bnto fflfmotiieus. ffij, ff. pose and grace/ which grace was geven vs thorowe Christ Jesu before the worlde was/ but is nowe declared openly by the apearynge off oure savioure Jesus Christ/ which hath 8 put awaye deeth/ and hath brought lyfe and immortalite vnto light thorowe the gospell/ where vnto I am apoynted a preach- er/and an Apostle/ and a teacher off the gentyls : for the which cause I also sufiire this, neverthelesse I am not asham- ed. For I knowe ^ whom I have' heleved/ and am i" sure that he is able to kepe that which I have committed to his kepynge agaynst that daye. 11 Se that {hou have the ensample of the holsome wordes which thou herdest of me/ in fayth and love which is in Jesu Christ. That good thynge whiche was committed to thy kep- ynge/ kepe in the holygost which dwelleth in vs. This thou knowest howe that all they which are in Asia be turned from me. of which sorte are Phigellos and Hermogenes. the lorde gave mercie vnto the housse off Onesiphoros/ for he ofte refresshed me/ and was not a shamed off my chayne : but when he was at Rome he sought me out very dilligently/ and founde me. The lorde graunt vnto him that he maye fynde mercie with the lorde at that daye. And i® in howe iuany thinges he ministered vnto me at Ephesus thou knowest very wele. S!)c seconlrc ffljaiiter. 'I ^HOU therfore my sonne be stronge in the grace that is in Christ Jesu. And what thynges thou hast herde off me/ 1 many bearynge witnes/ the same ^ deUvre to faythfuU men/ whych 3 are apte to teache wother. Thou therfore suffre afflic- cion a sa good-soudier off Jesu Christ. No man that warreth/ entanglithhymsilfe wyth * worldely busynes/ and thatt be cause he wolde please hym that hath chosen him to be a soudier. And though a man stryve for a mastery/ yett ys he not croun- ed/ excepte he ^ strive laufuUy. The ^ husbaunde man that ' Taken away the power of death, Cdv. Abolished death, Gen. ' And am sure that he (in whom I have put my trustj is able, Cr. '" Perswaded, Gen. Bps. " Hold thee after the ensample, Cov. Keepe the true pateme, Gen. See thou have the paterne, Bps. •' How much, Cov. ' By many witnesses, Cr. Gen. Bps. " Com- mit, Gen. Bps. ' Shalbe able, Cr. Gen. * The affayres of this life. Gen. Bps. * Strive as he ought to do. Gen. Wrestle lawfully, Bps. ' The husbandman must labour before he, eta.Gen. The labouring husbandman must first be a partaker of, etc. Bps. jro.'ccjAf. Sfte Secontie JEpfstte off 3paul laboreth must fyrst receave off the frutes. Consider what I saye. The lorde geve the vnderstondynge in all thynges. Remember that Jesus Christ beynge off the sede of David/ rose agajme from deth accordynge to my gospeU/ where in I suffre truble as an evill doar/ even vnto bondes. but the worde of god was not bounde. Herfore I suffre all thinges/ for the electes sakes/ thatt 4hey might also obtayne that helth which is in Christ Jesu/ with eternall glory. It is a ■' true sayinge/ if we be deed with him/ we also shall live with hym. Yf we ^ be pacient/ we shall also raigne with him. If we denye him/ he also shall denye vs. Yf we ^ be- leve not/ yet abideth he faithfuU, He cannot denye hym silfe. Of these thynges put them in remembraunce. and ^o testilie before the lorde/ that they ^^ stry ve not about wordes/ which is to no proffet/ but to pervert the heares. Studdy to shewe thy silfe ^^ laudable vnto god/ a workman thatneedeth not to be ashamed/ '^ divydyng the worde of trueth i^iustly. i^Vngostly and vayne voyces passe over. For they shall i^ encreace vnto gretter vngodlynes/ and their wordes shall fret even as doth a cancre. of whose nombre ys hyme- neos/ and Philetos/ which as concernjmge the trueth have er- red/ sayinge that the resurreccion is past all redy/ and do de- stroye the fayth ^^ of divers persones. But the 1^ 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 iniquitie. Notwithstondynge in a grete housse are not only vesselles off golde and of silver : btit also of wood and of erthe : Some for nonoure/ and some vnto dishonoure. Yf a man pourdge hym silfe 1^ from suche felowes/ he shalbe a vessell sanctified vnto honoure mete for the ^ lorde/ and prepayred unto all good worbes. Lustes of youth. ^^ avoyde/ and folowe rightewesnes/ fa)rth/ love/ and peace/ with them that call on the lorde with pure ' Faithful, Bps. « Suffer, Gen. ' Be unfaithful, Bps. " Protest, Gen. " Folowe no contencyoua wordes, Cr. '^ Ap- S roved, Gen. Bps. " Distributynge, Cr. '■• Aright, Gen, Aghtly, Bps. •' Ungostly vanities of voyces, etc. Cr. Stay pro- phane and vaine babblings. Gen. Prophane veyoes of vanities, etc. Bps. '« Helpe much to ungodlinease, Cov. " Of soine, Cr, Bps. Of certaine. Gen. " Sure ground [Strong fundation, B.] of God standeth still, Cr. Bps. Fundation of God remaineth sure, Gen. " From such men, Cr. From these, Gen. Bps, *' Uses of the Lorde, Cr. Bps. " Flee from, Gen. bnto ertmotlints. ffiii. rtf. herte. Folisshe and vnleamed questions put from the/ re- membrynge that they ^ do but make stryfe. But the servaunt of the lorde must not stryve : but must be ^ peasable vnto all men/ ^ and redy to teache/ and ^ won that can suffre the evyll in meknes/ and can informe them that resist/ ^ yf that god att eny tyme will geve them lepentaunce for to knowe the trueth : diat they may ^wake out of slepe«agayne/ out off the snare off the devyll/ which are nowe ^8 taken off hyni at his will. ^ ' ffje fff. ffijjapter. 'T'HIS vnderstond/ that in the last dayes shall come parelous -■■ tymes : For the men shalbe lovers of their awne selves/ Coveteous/ Bosters/ Proude/ ^ Cursed speakers/ disobedient to father and mother/ vnthankfull/ ^ynholy/ ^churlisshe/ * stub- bom/ falce accusars/ ' ryatouiB/ fearce/ despysers of them which are good/ traytours/ heddy/ hye mynded/ ^ gredy apon voluptousnes more then the lovers of god/ havynge '' a simili- tude off godly lyrynge/ but have denyed the power there of. ^ Soche abhorre. For of this sorte are they which * entre in- to houses/ and i* brynge into bondage wymmen laden with synne/ which wemen are ledde of divers lustes/ ever leamynge/ and never able to come vnto the knowledge of the trueth. As James and Jambres vtdthstode Moses/ even so do these resist the trueth. men they are off corrupt myndes/ ii and leawde as concemynge the fayth : but they shall prevayle no longer. For there madnes . shalbe '^ yttered vnto all men as thers was : but thou hast i' sene the experience of my doc- tryne/ i* ordinaunce/ purpose/ fayth/ longe sufferynge/ love/ » Gender, Cr. Gen. Bps. " Gentle, Cr. Gen. Bps. « Apt to teach, AU the Vers. *• One that can forbear the evill, Cov. Suf- fering evyU, [the evyll men patiently, G.] with meekness instructing them that are contrarie minded, Gem. I^s. *" Cr. adds — the truth. " Turn again, Cov. Come to themselves agayne, T. M. Cr. Bps. Come to amendment, Gere. ** Holden captive. Or. Taken captive, Bps. ' Blasphemous, Bps. ' Ungodly, Bps. ^Unkind, Cov. T. M. Cr. Without natural affection, Gen.Bps. * Tmce-breakers, AU-the Vers. * Intemperate, Gem. • Lovers of pleasure, Gere. Bps. ' A similitude of godlinesse, Cr. A shews [A forme, B.] of godlinesse. Gen. Bps. ' Turne away from [Avoid, C.] such, Cov. Gen. Bps. ° Run from house to house, Cob. Creep into houses, Gere. '" Lead cMitive simple women. Gen. Bps. •' Reprobate, Gere. Bps. " Evident, Gen. Mani- fest, Bps. " Fully knowen [Folowed, B.] iny doctrine. Gen. Bps " Fashion [Maner, G.] of lyving, T.M. Cr. Gen. Bps. jr». tc):MI. arje Seconie JEpfstle off SPawl pacience/ persecucions/ and affliccions which ha.ppened vnto me att Anthioche/ at Iconium/ and at lystra : which persecu- cions I suiFered i^ [paciently/] and from them all the lords de- livered me. Ye and all that will live godly in Christ Jesu/ must suffre persecucions. But the evyll men and disceavers/ shall wexe worsse and worsse/ whill they deceave/ and are deceaved them selves. But continue thou in the thynges which thou hast learned/ 1^ which also were committed vnto the seynge thou knowest off whom thou hast learned them, and for as moche also as thou hast knowen i^'holy scripture of a chylde/ which is able to make the wyse vnto health throwe fayth/ which is in Christ Jesu. For all scripture i^ geven by inspiracion of god/ is prof- fitable 1* to teache/ to improve/ ^^ to informe/ and to instruct in rightewesnes/ that the man of god maye be ®' perfet/ and prepared vnto all good workes. I iEte fitj. ffijapter. 1 TESTIFIE therfore before god/ and before the lorde Jesu Christ/ which shall iudge quicke and deed at his aperynge 2 in his kyngdom/ preache the word/ 3 be fervent/ be it in sea- son or out of season. Improve/ rebuke/ exhorte with all longe sufferinge.'* For the tyme will come/ when they wyll nott suffer wholgome doctryne : butt after their awne lustes shall 5 they (whose eares ytcl\e) gett them an heepe of teach- ers/ and shall turne, their eares from the trueth/ and shalbe geven vnto fables. Butt watch thou in all thynges/ and suffre adversitie/ and Ao the worke off an evangelist/ ^ fulfill thyne office vnto the vtapst. For I am nowe redy to be offered/ and the tyme of my de- partynge is at honde. I have fought a good fight/ and have ■^ fulfilled my course/ and have kept the fayth. From hence forth is layde vppe for me a cfoune of rightewesnps/ which the lorde that is a righteous iudge shall geve me at that daye. '^ Gen. oniits. '" And art persuaded thereof, Gen. " The scriptures from an infant, Bps. " (/s) given, Gen. Bps. " To dbcti:ine, to reprove, Bps. ™ To amende, T. M. Cr. To correct, Gen. To correction, B/js. " Absolute, being made perfect unto, etc. Gra. Perfect, instructed unto, etc. £!p«. ' Charge thee, Gen. ^ And in his, etc. Gen. And hys, etc. Bps ' Be instant, in season, etc. Gen.Bps. * Mil the Vers add — and doctrine. ^Having their ears itching. Gen. « Make thy ministerie fully knowen, Gen. Fulfyl thy ministerie, Bps. ' Finished, Gen. ' into artntotijeus. ffij. ffff. nott to me only : but vnto all them that love his commynge. 8 Make spede to come vnto me atonce. For Demas hath » left me/ and hath i" 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 forto minister. ^ and Tichichus have I sent to Ephesus. the cloke that I lefte at troada with Carpus when thou com- mest brynge with the/ and the bokes/ but specially the parch- ment. Alexander the coppersmyth ^^ did me moche evyll/ the lorde rewarde him accordynge to his dedes/ of whom be thou ware also. For he i^ with stode oure preachynge sore. At my fyrst answerynge for my silfe/ no man assisted me/ but all forsoke me. I praye god/ that it maye nott be layde to their charges : nott with stondynge the lorde assisted me/ and strengthed me/ that by me the preachyng '* shulde be fulfilled to the vtmost/ and that all the gentyls shulde heare/ And I was delivered out of the mouth of the lyon/ And the lorde shall delivre me from i^ all y veil doynge/ and shall kepe me vnto his hevenly kyngdom. To whom be prayse for ever and ever Amen. Salute prisca and Aquila/ and the houssholde of Onesiphor- us. Erastus abode at Corinthum. Trophimos I left at Mileturn sicke. Make spede to come before winter. Eubolus gretith the/ and Pudes/ and Linus/ and Claudia/ and all the brethren. The lorde Jesus Christ be with thy sprete. Grace be with you Amen. The seconde pistle written from Eome vnto Timothe/ when Paul was presented the seconde tyme vppe/ before the Emperoure Nero. * Do thy diligence to come shortly unto me, Cr. Bps. ' For- saken, Cr. Gen. Bps. '" Embraced, Gen. " With me to the ministration, etc. C&b. With thee, for he is profitable unto me, etc. Ct. Gem. Bps. '^ Shewed, Bps. " Hath greatly withstand, Cr. Bps. '* Myght be fully knowen. Gen, '* Every evyll worke, Gen. Bps. ^mt of ^aul i)nto ^itn&. |^333L the servaunt of god and an Apostle of Jesu Christ/ ^ to preache the fayth of goddis electe/ and the knowledge off the trueth/ which trueth is ^ in servynge god in hope of eternall lyfe god that cannot lye/ hath promysed he- fore ^ the worlde began : but hath * at the tyme apoynted * opened his worde by preachynge/ which preachynge is com- mitted vnto me/ by the commaundment of god oure saveoure. To Titus 8 his naturall sonne in the commen fayth. Grace mercie and peace from God the father/ and from the lorde Jesu Christ oure saveoure. For this cause left I the in Creta/ that thou shuldest ' per- forme that which was lackynge and shuldest ordeyne seniours in every citie as I apoynted the. Yf eny be ^ soche as no man can complayne on/ the husbande of one wyfe/ havynge faythfull children/ which are not ^ sclandred off royote/ nether are disobedient. For a bisshoppe must be ^ soche as no man can complayne on/ as i" it be commeth the minister off God not 11 stubborne/ not angrye/ '^ no dronkarde ^^ no fyghter/ not geven to filthy lucre : butt i* herberous/ one that loveth goodnes/ i^ of honest behaveo\ir/ righteous/ '^ holy temperat/ ' Accordinge to, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ After [Accordinge to, G.J godlinesse, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ' The times of the worlde, Cov. * In due time, Gen. * Made his word manifest, Cren. Bp». °My, Gen. Bps. ' Refourme the things that are unperfecte [are lefte, B.], Cr. Bps. Continue to redresse the things that remayne, Gen. 'Fautlesse, T. .flf. Blamelesse, Cr. J?p«. Unreproveable, Gen. 'Ac- cusable of riote or untractable, Bps. '° The stewarde of God, Cr. Gen. Bps. " Froward, Gen. "^ Not given to wine, Ct. Gen. Bps. " No striker. Gen. Bps. "A keper [A lover, B.] of hos- pitalitie, Cr. Bps. 's gob^g mvnded, T. M. Sober, Cr. Bps. Wise, Gen. '« Godlye, Cr. Bps. fffie IBpfstle of ^sul bixto ffiftua. ffiji. (f. " and suche as cleaveth vnto the true worde of doctryne/ thatt he _maye be able to exhorte with wholsom i^ learnynge/ and to improve them that saye agaynst it. For there are many i9 disobedient and 20 talkers off vanitie/ and disceavers offrayndes/ ^^namlythey off the circumcision/ whose mouthes must be stopped/ which ^ pervert whole houses/ teachynge thynges which they ought nott/ be cause off filthy lucre. Won beynge of them selves/ which was ^ a poyet of their owne sayde: The Cretayns are always lyars/ evyll beastes/ and slowe belies. This witnes is true/ wherfore re- buke them sharply/ that they maye be sounde in the fayth/ and not takynge hede to iewes fables/ and commaundementes of men/ which turne from the trueth. Vnto the pure/ are all thynges pure : but vnto them that are defiled/ and vnbelev- ynge/ is nothynge pure : but even the very myndes and con- sciences off fliem are defiled. They ^ confesse that they knowe god : but with dedes they de nye hym and are abhomi- nable/ and disobedienf and vnto all good workes ^ discom- mendable. tile Ih ^iiajpt^. "O VT- speake thou that which be6ommeth wholsome learn- ■^ ynge : That the elder men be ^ sober/ honest/ discrete/ sounde in the fayth/ in love and in pacience. And the elder wemen lyke wyse that they be in soche ® rayment/ as be com- meth holynes/ not falce accusars/ not geven to moche drink- ynge/ but teachers of ^ honest thynges/ that they ■* nurter the younge wemen forto love their husbandes/ to love their chil- dren/ to be s of honest behaveoure/ chasU * huswyfly/ good/ and obedient vnto their aune husbandes/ that the worde of god be not evyll spoken of. Yonge men lykwyse exhorte that they be ''of honest manners. Above all thynges shewe thy silfe ^ an insample of good " Holding fast the faithful! worde according to, Gen. Bps. " Doc- trine, Gen. Bps. [So ch. ii. 1.] '» Unruly, Cr. Bps. ^ Vaine ta.\keTs, Gen. Bps. «» Specially, Or. Bp*. Chiefly, Geyt. «= Sub- vert, Gen. Bps. " A prophet, Gen. '^ Say, Cov. Professe, Gen. ^ Unmeet, Cov. Unapt, Cr. Reprobate, Gen. Bps. ' So- ber, sage, Cr. Watching, grave, Bps. ' Behaviour, Gen. Bps. ' Good things, Bps. * Make [Instruct, G.] the young women to be sober-minded, to love, etc. T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Discreet, Ml the Vers. ' Keepers at home. Gen. HousekeeperB, Bps. ' So- bre-minded, Ml the Vers. * A pateme, Bps. ifo. tcjrC):. ffSe JSjiistle of 3?aul bnto arttus. workes ^ in the doctryne/ shew vncorrupcion/ honestie/ and the wholsome words '" which cannot he rebuked/ that he which withstondeth maye be ashamed/ havynge '^no thinge in you that he maye disprayse. ^^ The servauntes exhorte to be obedient vnto their owne masters/ and to please in all thinges/ not answerynge agayne/ nether be pickers/ but that they shewe all good faythfulnes/ that they maye i^ do wor- shippe to the doctryne off god oure saveoure in all thynges. For the grace of god/ ^* that bryngeth health vnto all men/ hath apered and teacheth vs that we shulde denye vngodlynes/ and worldly lustes/ and that we shulde live ^^ honestly/ right- eously/ and godly in this present worlde/ lokinge for that bles- sed hope/ and 16 glorious a perenge of the i'' mygthy god/ and of oure savioure Jesu Christ : which gave hym silfe for vs/ to redeme vs from all i* vnrightewesnes/ and to pourdge vs a peculiar people vnto him silfe/ i^ fervently geven vnto good workes. These thinges speake/ and exhorte/ and rebuke/ with all ^^ commaundynge. Se that no man despise the. ffije ft/. ftSajptet;. ^"V\rARNE them that they submit them selves to ruele and power/ ^ to obey the officers/ that they be ^ prompt vnto all good workes/ * that they speake evyll off no man/ that they be no fyghters/ but ^ sofle/ shewynge all meknes vn- to all men For we oure selves also were ^ in tymes past/ vn- wyse/ disobedient/ deceaved/ '' in daunger to lustes/ and divers manners off voluptusnes/ livynge in maliciousnes/ and envie/ ^ full of hate hatynge one another. ^ With uncorrupte doctrine, with honestie, Cov. T. M. In the doc- tryne with honestie, gravitie, Cr. With uncorrupte doctrine, with gravitie, integritie, Gen. In the doctrine uncorruptnesse,gravitie,iii- tegritie, Bps. '■" Unrebukeable, Bps. " No evill thing to saye of you, Cr. Bps. Nothing concerning you to speak evil of, Gen, '^ Let servants be subject unto, Gen. '*Adorne the doctrine, Gen. Bps. ^^ (Which is) healtMal, Bps. '^ Discreetly, Co». Sober- mynded, T.M. Soberly, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Appearing of the glorie, Cov. Cr. Gen. Bps. " Great, Cr. Bps. '' Biiquitie, Gen. " Zealous of. Gen. Bps. "" Ferventnesse of commaunding, Cr. Authoritie, Gen. Bps. ' Put them in remembrance that they be subject unto the principalities. Gen. ^ That they be obedient and readie, Gera. To obey magistrates, to be ready , Bpi. ' Readye, r. M. Cr. ■• To blaspheme, Bps. * Gentle, Cr. Bps. « Sbme- tyme foolish, Bps. ' Serving divers lustes and voluptuousnesse, Cr. Bps. Serving the lustes and divers pleasures, Gen. ' Hate- full, Gen. Srtie Epfstle oft Jpaul bnto ffltttis. fit}, ft). But after that the ^kyndnes and love of oure saveoure ^^to manwarde apered/ not of the dedes oif rightewesnes which we wrought/ but off his mercie/ he saved vs/ by the ^^ fountayne of the newe birth/ and with the renuynge off the holy goost' which he shed on vs ^2 aboundantly/ thorow Jesus Christ oure saveoure/ that we once iustified by his grace/ shulde be hey res 13 off eternall lyfe/ thorowe hope. This is a true sayinge. Off these thynges I wolde that thou shuldest ^* certifie/ that they which beleve Gfod/ myght be ^^ stodius to ^^ go forwarde in goode workes. These thynges are good and proffetable vn- to men. ^^ Folisshe questions/ and genealogies/ and '^ braul- inges and stryfe about the lawe avoyde/ for they are vnprof- fetable/ and ^^ superfluus. A man that is ^Othe auctor off sectes/ after the fyrst and the seconde amonicion ^i avoyde/ remembrynge that he that is soche/ is perverted/ and synneth/ even damned ^ by his awne iudgement. When I shall sende Artemas vnto the or Tichicus be dili- gent to come unto me vnto Nichopolis For I have deter- mined there to wynter. Brynge Zenas ^the lawear and ApoUos on their iorney diligently/ that nothynge be lackynge vnto them. And let oures also learne to ^ excelle in good workes as farforth as nede requyreth/ that they be not vnfrutfuU. All that are whith me salute the. Grete them that love vs in the faythe. Grace be with you all/ Amen. Written from Nichopolis a citie of Macedonia. ' Bountifulnesse, Gen. •" jiU the Vers, add— God. " Wash- ing of the new birth, Gen. Fountayne of the regeneration, Bps. " Richly, Bps. " According to the hope of, Cr, Gen. Bps. '* Speak earnestly, Cov. AfErme, Gen. Affirme constantly, Bps. '* Diligent, etc. Cr. Be careful to shew foorth [to maynteyne, B.] good workes. Gen. Bps. " Excel in, Cov. " But stay foolish, etc. Gen. '* Contentions and brawlings [and strivings, B.], Ge*. Bps. " Vaine, Gen. Bps. *> An heretike. Gen. Bps. " Re- ject, Gen. ^ Of himselfe, Cr. Gen. Bps. '^ The scribe, Cov. ** Shewe forth [Maynteyne, B.'] good workes to necessary usesj Gen. Bps. MM* |K33iL the presoner of Jesu Christ/ and hrother Ti- motheus. Vnto Philemon ^ 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 Jesus Christ. I thanke my God always makynge mencion off the in my prayers/ when I heare off thy love and faith/ which thou hast towarde the lorde Jesu/ and towarde all saynctes : ^ so that the feUishippe that thou hast in the fayth/ is frutfuU ^thorowe knowledge off ^ all good thynges/ which are in you by Jesus Christ. And we have gret 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 1" becommeth the : yet for loves sake I rather beseche the/ 1' though I be as I am/ even Paul aged/ and '^ now in bondes for Jesu Christes sake. I beseche the for my sonne Onesimus/ whom I begat in my bondes/ which in tyme passed was to the vnproffetable : but nowe proffetable booth to the and also to me/ whom I have sent i' [home] agayne. Thou therfore receave hym/ that is to saye myne awne bowels/ ' Our deare friend, Gen. ' Fellow-helper, Gen. Felowe la- bourer, Bps. [So vs. 24.] ' Our deare sister, Gen. ' That our common &yth may be, etc. Cov. That the felowship of thy fayth may be made frnitfuU [be effectual, B.], Gere. Bps. * And that whatsoever good thing is in you through Jesus Christ, may be known. Gen. « Every good {worke) which is in you, Cr. Bps. ''■ In thy love, Cr. Gen. Bps. * Saintes are heartily refreshed, Cov. Bow- elles of the saints are refreshed, Bps. ° To conunande, Cr. Gen. " Was thy duety to do, Cr. Is convenient, Gen. " Though I be -as I am, even olde Paull, Cr. Being such a one as Paul, etc. Bps. " Nowe a prisoner of Jesus Christ, Cr. Gen. Bps. " Gen Bp». omit. Sj)e iSffstle oS $aul bnto $!)(Ieinan. whom I wolde fayne have retayned with me/ thatt in thy stede he myght have ministred vnto me in the hondes off the gospell. Neverflielesse/ without thy mynde/ wolde I do noo thynge/ that 1* that goode which spryngeth off the shuld nott be as it wer off necessitie/ butt willyngly. 15 Haply he therefore departed for a season/ that thou shuld- est receave hym for ever/ not nowe as a servaunt : butt above a servaunt/ I mesin a brother beloved/ specially to me : but howe moche more vnto the/ both in the flesshe/ and also in the lorde ? Yff thou count '* me a felowe receave hym as my silfe. Yff he have hurt the or oweth the ought/ that i'' laye to my charge. I Paul have written it with myne honde. I will recompence it. ^^ go that I do not saye to the howe that thou owest vnto me even thyne awne silfe. Even so brother/ let me 13 enioye the in the lorde. Comforte my bowels in the lorde. Trustynge in thyne obedienee/ 1 wrote vnto the/ know- ynge that thou wilt do more then I saye fore. More over prepare me lodgynge: for I trust thorowethe helpe off youre prayers/ I shalbe geven vnto you. There salute the/ Epaphras my felowe presoner in Christe Jesu/ Marcus/ Ar- istarchus/ Demas/ Lucas/ my helpers. The grace of cure lorde Jesu Christ be with youre spretes/ Amen. Sent from Rome by One- simus a seruaunt. '* The good which thou doest, Cov. Or. Thy benefit, Gen. Bps. "It may be that he, etc. Gen. '° Therefore our thinges common, Gen. " Put on mine accounts. Gen. '^ Albeit, Ido not, Gen. Bps. ■ " Obteine [Injoy, B.} this pleasure of thee in the Lord, Gen. Bps. l^tSl'iBM an Apostle of Jesu Christ/ to them that dwell here and there as straungers thorowe out' Pontus/ Ga- lacia/ Capadocia/ Asia/ and Bethinia/ elect by the forknowl- edge off God the father ^ thorowe the sanctifyinge off the sprete/ ®vnto obedience/ and sprynklyne of the bloud off Jesus Christ. Grace ^ be with you/ and peace be multiplied. Blessed be God the father off oure lorde Jesus Christ/ which thorowe his aboundant mercie begat vs agayne vnto a lively hope/ * by the resurreccion off Jesus Christ from deeth/ to ^ [enioye] an inheritaunce ^ immortall/ and vndefiled/ and that "^ putrifieth not/ reserved in heven for you which are kept by the power off god thorowe fayth/ vnto helth/ which health is prepared all redy to be shewed in the last tyme/ in the which tyme ye shall reioyce/ though nowe for a season (iff nede re- quyre) ye are in hevines/ throwe manyfolde temptacions/ that ^ youre fayth once tried beynge moche more precious then golde that perissheth (though it be tried with fyre) myght be founde vnto lawde/ glory/ and honowre/ when Jesus Christ shall apere : whom ye have not sene and ye yet love hym/ in whom even nowe/ though ye se hym not/ yet ye beleve/ and reioyce with ioye ^ in effable/ and glorious : receavyngp the ende of youre fayth/ the helth of youre soules. Of which health/ have the prophetes enquyred and i" sought/ which prophesied of the grace that should come vnto you/ ' Unto, Gen. Bps. ' Through, Gen. Bps. ^ And peace be multiplied, etc. Gea. Bps. * (By that, that Jesus Christ rose again from death), Cr. By the rising, Bps. ' Cr. Gen. Bm. omit. in- corruptible, Bps. ' Ferisheth not, T. M. Cr. Fadeth not away, Gen. Bps. « The tryall of your fayth, Cr. Gen. Bps. » Un- speakable, Ml the Vers. '» Searched, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. B. adds — diligently. ^Ljie JF^st JSptstle of a. ^etev. ffij). f. searchynge when/ or att what tyme the sprete "of Christ which was in them shulde signifie/ which sprete testified be- fore/ the passions that shulde come vnto Christ/ and the glory that shulde folowe after: vnto which prophetes it was de- clared/ that nott vnto them selves/ but vnto vs/ they shulde minister the thinges which are nowe shewed vnto you/ off them which by the holy goost sent doune from heven/ have '® preached vnto you the thynges which the angels desyre to behold. Wherfore gyrde vppe the loynes of youre myndes/ be so- ber/ and trust parfectly one the grace that is brought vnto you/ '3 in that Jesus Christ is opened/ as obedient children/ i*not fassionjmge youre selves vn to i* youre olde lustes i^ of igno- rancy : But eis he which called you is holy/ even so be ye ho- ly in all maner of conversacion/ be cause itt is written : Be ye holy/ for I am holy. And yff so be that ye '^ call on the father which with out respect off person iudgeth accordynge to every mannes worke/ se that ye passe the tyme off youre ^^ pilgremage in feare. For as moche as ye knowe howe thatt ye were nott redemed wyth corruptible ^^ golde and silver from youre vayne conver- sacion/ wWch ye receaved by the tradicions off the fathers : but with the precious bloud of Christ' as of a lambe vndefiled/ and withouten spott/ which was ordeyned ^ before the ^^ worlde was made : but was declared in the lasttymes for youre sakes/ which by his meanes have beleved on god that raysed hym from deth/ and ^ glorified hym/ that ^3 ye myght have fayth and hope towarde god. ^ And for eis moche as ye have purified youre soules thorowe the sprete/ in obeynge the trueth for to love brotherly with- outen faynynge/ se that ye love one another with a pure hert fervently : for ye are borne a newe/ not of mortall seed/ but " Which testified before of Christ, which was in them, should de- clare the Bufferings that should, etc. Gen. " Cr. Gen. Bps. add — in the Gospell. " By the declaryng [the revelation, G. £.] of Jeaus, etc. Ml the Vers. " That ye give not yourselves over un- to, Cr. '* The former lustgs of your, etc. Gen. Bps. " By which ye were let, whan as yet ye were ignorant of Christ, Cr. " Call him Father,Gen. '* Dwelling here, Gm. Bps. " Thinges as silver and golde, Cr. Gen. Bps. *• Cr. Bps. add — before- hand, even. *' Foundation of the world, Gen. "' Gave him glory, that your feyth and hope myght be [that he might have, etc.B.], Gen, Bps. '^ liven ye which have purified, Cr. Bps. Seeing your gottles are purified in obeying the truth through the spirit. Gen. Sfo. teicrtf. EJe j^jtat asptstle of S. $eter. of immortall seed/ by the worde of god ^ which Uveth/ and lasteth for ever/ be cause that all.flesshe is as grasse/ and all the glory of man is as the floure of grasse/ the grasse is widdered/ and the flower ^^ is faded awaye/ but the worde of the lorde endureth ever. And this is the worde which ^ [by the gospell] was preached amonge you. ffiie ff. ^iiajitji;. 'Ol/'HERFORE laye a syde all * maliciousnes/ and all gyle/ and ® dissimulacion/ and envie/ and all ^ backbytynge : and as newe borne babes/ desyre * that reasonable mylke which is with out corrupcion/ that ye maye growe therin. Yf so be that ye have tasted howe ^ pleasaunt the lorde is/ to whom ye come as vnto a livynge stone which is disalowed of men/ but ^ elect of god and precious : and ye as l)rvynge stones/ are made a spretuall housse/ and an holy presthode/ for to offer vppe spretuall sacryfice/ acceptable to god by Jesus Christ. Wherfore it is contayned in the scripture : beholde/ I put in Sion '' an heed corner stone/ electe and precious : and he that beleveth on him shall nott be ^ a shamed. Vnto you therefore which beleveth is he precioils : butt vnto them which ^ beleve not the same stone which the bylders i" refused/ is made the heed stone in the corner/ and a stone to stomble att/ and a rocke " to offende them which stpmble at the worde/ find beleve not ^^that where on they were set. But ye are a chosen generacion/ a royall presthod/ an holy nacion/ ^^and a peculiar peple/ that ye shulde shewe the vertues off hym that called you out off darknes into hys marvellous light' which in tyme past were nott a people/ yett are ye nowe the people off God which " were not vnder mercy : butt nowe have ob^ tayned mercy. Derly beloved I beseche you as straungers/ and pilgrems/ '^ Who liveth and enduretli, Gen. ^ Falleth away, Cr. Gen. Bps, '^ Cov. Gen. omit. ' Noughtinesse, Bp«. [So vs. 16.] Taigned- nesse, Bps. ' Evill speaking, Gen. ' That milke (not of the bodye but of the soule) which is without disceat, Cr. The sincere milke of the worde that ye may grow thereby. Gen. The milke of the worde which is without deceit, Bps. ' Gratious, Cr. Bps. Boun- tiful, Gen. ' Chosen, Ml the Vers. ' A stone to be layed in the chief corner, Cr. Bps. ' Confounded, Cr.Bps. ' Be dis- obedient. Gen. [So vs. 8.] '" Disallowed, Gim. Bps. " Where^ at they be offended, Cr. Of offence, Gen. Bps. " Unto the which thing they were ordained. Gen. Bps. " A people which are won [i. e. one], Cr, " Sometime had not obtained, Cr. Bps. Gen. adds— In times past. ajie JTsrst ISprstle of S. »rtet. ©J. fff. abstain from flesshly lustes whiche fyght agaynst the soule/ and se that ye have honest conversacion amonge the gentyls/ that they which '^ backby te you as evyll dears/ maye i® se youre good workes and prayse god in the daye off visitacion. Submit youre selves vnto all manner ordinaunce of man for the lordes sake/ whether it be vnto the kynge as " vnto the chefe heed : other vnto ruelars/ as vnto them that are sent of him/ for the punnysshment of evyll dears : butt for the laude of them that well do. For so is the will of god/ that with well doynge ye '^ shulde stoppe the mouthes of ignorant men : as fre/ and nott as ^^ though ye toke libertie for a cloke of maliciousnes : but even as the servauntes off god. Se that ye honoure all men. Love brotherly felishippe/ feare god/ honoure the kynge. Servauntes ^ obey youre masters with all feare/ not only yf they be good and courteous : but also though they be frow- arde. For ^^ it commeth off grace/ yf a man for conscience towarde god endure grefe/ ^ sufTerynge wrongfully. For What prayse is it^ if when ye be buffetted for youre fautes/ ye take it paciently.' But and if when ye do well/ ye sufifre wronge and take it paciently/ ^ then is there thanke with god. Here vnto verely were ye called/ for Christ also suffered for cure seikes : levynge vs an insample that ye shulde folowe his steppes/ which did no sinne/ nether was tliere gyle founde in his mougth : which when he was reviled/ reviled not agayne : when he suffered/ he threatened not/ but committed ^ the cause to him that iudgeth righteously/ which his awne silfe bare oure sinnes in his body on the tree/ that we shulde be delivered from synne and shulde live in rightewesnes. By whose strypes ye weie headed. For ye were as shepe which goo astraye but are nowe reterned vnto the shepheerd/ and bisshoppe of youre soules. etje ffj. ffijapter. LYKE vryse let the wemen be in subieccion to their hus- bandes/ that even they which ' beleve nott the worde/ " Speak evyll of, Gen. [So ch. hi. 16.] ^'Byyour good workes lohich they shall see, Cere. Bpi. " Unto the superior, Gen. Having the preeminence, Bps. '* Stop the mouthes of foolish and ignor- aunt men, Cr. May put to silence [May stop, B.] the ignorance of foolish men, Gere. Bps. " Having the libertie, Cr. Gen. Bps. «> Be subject to, Gen. " It is thanke worthy, T.M. Cr. Gen. Bps. *» And suffer wrong undeserved, Cr. Bps. ^ This is acceptable to. Gen. *• The vengeance, Cr, Bps. ' Obey, Gen. Bps. go. cci:);ffr. arje iTgrst JSpfstle of S. 3$eter. maye withoute the worde be wonne by the conversacion of the wyves : whyll they beholds youre ^ pure conversacion coupled with feare. Whose aparell shall not be outwarde with broyded heare/ and ^ hangynge on of golde/ other in puttynge on * [gorgious] aparell : but lett the ^ hid man of the herte be ^ vncorrupt' with a meke and quyet sprete/ which sprete is before god a thynge moohe set by. ffor after this manner in the olde tyme did the wholy wemen which trusted in god tyre them selves/ and were obedient to their husbandes/ even as Sara obeyd Abraham and called him '' lorde : whose doughters ye are as longe as ye do wele. and be not afrayde ^ of every shadowe. Lyke wyse ye ^ men dwell with them i" accordynge to knowledge/ gevynge honoure vnto the ^i wyfe/ as vnto the weaker vessel/ and as vnto them that are heyres also of the grace of lyfe/ that youre prayers be not i^ lett. 13 In conclusion/ be ye all of one mynde/ ^* one suifre with another/ love as brethren/ be petifull/ be courteous/ not rend- rynge evyll for evyll : nether rebuke for rebuke : but contrary wyse/ blesse : remembrynge that ye are there vnto called/ even that ye shulde be heyres of blessynge. For i^ who so listeth to love lyfe and to se good dayes/ let him refrayne his tonge from evyll/ and his lippes thatt they speake not gyle : Let hym eschue evyll and do good : let him seke peace/ and 16 ensue it. For the eyes of the lorde are over the righteous/ and his eares are open vnto their prayers : butt the face off the lorde i'' beholdeth them that do evyll. Morover who is it that will harme you yff ye folowe that which is good ? not with stondynge happy are ye yff ^^ ye suffre for rightewesnessis sake. ^^ Neverthelesse 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 man that axeth you a reson of the hope that ye have/ and that with meaknes and 2° feare : hav- ^ Chaste, CV. " ' Golde put.about, Gen. * Gen.omits, ' Inward, Cov. ' Without al corruption, so that the spirite be at rest and quiet [of a meek and quiet spirit, JS.], Cr. Bps. ' Syr, Gen. 8 For any terrour, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Husbandes, Gen. Bps. '"As men of knowledge. Gen. " Woman, Gen. " Hyndred, Cr. Bps. Interrupted, Gen. " Finally, Gen. " Of one heart, Cr. Having compassion one of another, Bps. '= He that doeth long after lyfe, Cr. Gen. Bps. '« Folowe after it. Gen. " Is over, Cr. Bps. Is upon, Gej^. '* Any trouble happen unto you, etc. Cr. Bps. " Be not ye afrayde for any terrour of them, Cr. Bps. Yea, feare not their feare, Gen. ^ Reverence, Gen. ynge a good conscience/ that when they backbyte you as evyll doars/ they maye be ashamed/ ^^ for as moche as they have falcely accused youre god conyersacion in Christ. Hit is better (yf the wyll of god be so) that ye suffre for well doynge/ than for evyll doynge. For as moche as Christ hath once suffered for sinnes/ the juste for the vniuste/ forto. brynge vs to god/ and was ^killed/ as pertaynynge to the flesshe : but was quyckened in the sprete. In which sprete/ he also went and preached vnto the spretes that were in preson/ which ^ were in tyme passed disobedient/ when the long sufferynge of god ** abode [excedinge pa- ciently] in the dayes of noe/ whill the arcke was a preparynge/ wherein feawe (that is to saye viij. soules) were saved by wa- ter/ ^ which signifieth baptim that nowe saveth vs/ not the puttynge awaye of the filth of the flesshe/ but in that a good conscience ^ consenteth to god/ by the resurreccion of .^sus Christ/ which is on the right honde of god/ and is gone into heven/ angels/ power/ and myght/. subdued vnto him. STije fitj. ffljajpter. Tj^OR as moche as Christ hath suffered for vs in the 'flesshe/ ■*- arme youre selves like wyse with the same mynde : for he which suffereth in the flesshe ceasith from synne/ that he hence forwarde shulde live £is moche tyme as remayneth in the flesshe/ not after the lustes of men : butt after the will of God. For it is sufficient for vs that we have spent the tyme that is pEist of the lyfe/ after the i will of the gentyls/ walkynge in wantannes lustes/ 2 dronkeimes/ in 3 eatynge/ drynkynge/ and in abhominable ydolatrie. And it semeth to them * a straunge thinge that ye runne not also with them vnto the same excesse of ryote/ and therfore speake they evyll off you/ which' shall geve a comptes tohym that is redy to iudge quycke and deed. For vnto this pur- pose verely was the gospell preached vnto the deed/ that fliey « Which blame, Gen. == Put to death, Gen. '^ In time passed believed not, when God abode and suffered patiently, Cov, ^ Was once looked for, Cr. Cr. Gem. Bpi. omit the words in crotch- ets. ^ Lyke as baptism also, nowe saveth.us, Cr. To the which also the figure agreeth that nowe saveth us, even baptism. Gen. Bps. *• Maketh request. Gen. Bps. ' Lust, Gen. ' In excess of wynes, in excesse of eatyng, in ezcesse of drynking, Cr. Bps. C. adds — (in dronkennes). ' Gluttonie, Cw, Gere, < An inconve- nient, Cr. NN jfo. cc):j;fb. CJe jFsrst Epistle o( S. 3lrter. shulde be indged after the manner off men in the flesshe/ but shulde live ^ godly in the sprete. The ende of all thynges is at honde. Be ye therefore ^ discrete/ aftd sober/ that ye maye be apte to prayres. Butt above all thynges have fervent love a monge you. For love covereth the multitude of sinnes. Be ye herb- rous/ '' and that without grudginge. As every man hath re* ceaved the gyfte/ minister the same one to another as good 8 ministers of the man3rfolde grace of god. Yf eny man speake/ let him taUce as ' [thoughe he speake] the wordes of god. Yf eny man minister/ let him do it as of the abilitie which god ministreth vnto him. That god in all thinges maye be gloryfied thorowe Jesus Christ/ to whom be prayse and do- minion for 1" ever and whyll the worlde stondeth Amen. Derly beloved/ ^^ be not troubled in this heate/ which nowe is come amonge you to trye you/ as though some straunge thynge had happened vnto you : but reioyce in as moche as ye are parte takers of Christes ^^ passions/ that when his glory apereth/ ye maye i^ be mery and gladde. Happy are ye i* when ye suffre rebuke for the name of Christ. Por the sprete of glory and the sprete of god resteth apon you.. On their parte he is evyll spoken of; but on youre parte he is glorified, Se that none of you ^^ suffer as a murtherer/ or as a thefe/ or an evyll dear/ or as a busybody in wother mens matters. YfFeny man suffre as a Christen man/ let hym not be ashamed : but let him glorifie god on this behalfe. For the tyme is come that iudgement must begyn at the housse off god. Yf it fyrst begyn at vs/ what shall the ende be of them which beleve not the gospell off god ? And yf the righteous scasly be saved : wher^ shall all the vngodly and the sinner apere .' Wherfore let them that ^^ suffer accordynge to the will off god/ committ their soules to hym with well doynge/ as vnto a faythfuU creator. * Before God, Cr. According to God, Gen. Bps. ° Sober aftd watch unto [watching in, G.] prayer, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' T. M. Cr. Gen. add — one to another. ' Disposers, Gen. ' Cr. Gen. omit. '" Ever and ever, Cr. Oere. Bps. [Soch.v. 11.] "Mar- vail not at this heate which, etc. Cov. Marvail not that ye are pro- ved by fyre (which thing is to tryc you), Cr. Thinke it not straunge concerning the fierce tryal which is among you to prove you. Gen. •s Sufferings, Gen. " Be glad and rejoice. Gen. " If ye be rayled upon, Cr. Gen. Bps. '» Be punished, Cr. " Are trou- bled, Cr. Bps. SCJe JFatst JSjistle of S. SPetet. «!). to. arje b. ffljaptet. nPHE seniours which are amonge you I ' exhorfe/ which am also a senioure/ Eind a witnes of the affliccions of Christ/ and also a part taker off the glory thatt shalbe opened: ^se that ye fede Christes flocke/ ^ which is amonge you/ * takynge the oversyght off them/ nott as though ye were compelled there to : butt willyngly : ^ Nott for the desyre of filthy lucre : but of a good mynde. Nott as though ye were lordes over 6 the parisshes : but that ye be an iusample to the flockeJ and when the chefe shepheerde shall apere/ 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 &{ mynde^ For god resisteth the proude and geveth grace to the humble. Submit youre selves therfore vnder the_myghty honde of god/ that he may© exalt you/ ^ when the tyme is come. Cast all youre care to hym : for he careth for you. Be sober and watch/ for youre adversary the devyll as a roiynge lion walketh about/ sekynge whom he may devoure : whom resist stedfast in the fayth/ remembrynge that ^^ ye do but fulfill the same affliccions which are apoynted to youre brethren that are in the worlde. The God of all grace/ which called you vnto his etemall glory by Christ Jesus/ i^ shall his awne silfe afler a lytell eiffliccion make you parfet : shall set- tie/ strengthe/ and stablisshe you. To hym be glory and do- minion for ever/ and whill the worlde endureth. Amen. By Silvanus a faythfull brother vnto you (as I suppose) have I written brevely/ exhortyn^e and testifyinge howe that this is the true grace of god/ wherin ye stonde. The congre- gacion that is i^gaddered to gedder at Babilon/ saluteth you/ and Marcus my sonne. Grete ye one another with the kysse off love. Peace be with you all which are in Christ Jesus/ Amen. > Beseech, Gen. " Feede the flocke of God, Gen. 'Asmnch SIS lieth in you, Cr. Which dependeth upon [is committed unto, B.] you, Gen. Bps. * Caring for it not by constraint, Gen. . ' Cr, adds — after a godly sort. ' God's heritage, Gen. ' Cr. adds — and that with good will. * Decke yourselves inwardly, Gen. Bps. * In due time. Gen. '" Your brethren in the world have even the same aflliction, Cov. The same afflictions are appoynted unto [ac- complished in, G.] your brethren, Cr. Gen. " After that ye have suffred a little, make you perfect, confiTm, etc. Gen. '" At Baby- lon, companions of your election, Cr. At Babylon, elected together with you, Gen, ^SkKlW12(©TSr Peter a seruaunt and an apostle of Jesus "^^ Christ' to them which have obtayned lyke precious fay th with vs in the rightewesnes that commeth off oure ^ God/ and off the savioure Jesus Christ. Grace with you/ and peace be multiplied in the knowledge off God/ and off Jesus oure lorde. Accordynge as his godly power hath geven vnto vs all thynges that pertayne vnto lyfe and ^ to serve god with all/ thorowe the knowledge of hym that hath called vs 3 by vertue and glory/ by the meanes where off/ are geven vnto vs * excellent and moste greatte promeses/ that ^ by the helpe off them ye shulde be part takers off the godly nature/ in that ye flye the corrupcion ^ off worldly lust. And here vnto geve all diligence : ' in youre fayth minister vertue/ and in vertue knowledge/ and in knowledge temper- ancy/ and in tempefancy pacience/ in pacience godlynes/ in godlynes ^ brotherly kyndnes/ in brotherly kyndnes love. For yf these thinges be amonge you/ and * are plenteous they woli make you that ye nether shalbe ydle nor vnfrutful vnto the knowledge off oure lorde Jesus Christ. He that ^^ lacketh these thynges is blynde and ^^ gropeth for the waye with his honde/ and hath forgotten that he was pourged from his olde synnes. ' God and Saviour, Ml the Vers. ' Godlinesse, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. 3 Unto, Gen. Bps. * Most great and precious. Gen. ' By the meanes thereof, Cr. By them, Gen. « Which is in the world through lust, Gen. ' Joyne moreover virtue with your faith. Gen. [' with' — so, pest.] ^ Brotherly love ; and to, etc. general love, Cov. « Abound, Gen. '» Hath not, Gen, *• Qanno» gee farre off, Gen. E\)e Secontre ^pfstle of S. 33eter. ffiS. fj. Wherfore brethren geve the moare dUigence forto make youre callynge and ekccion sure.^^ For yf ye do soche thynges ye shall never 13 erre. Ye and by this meanes an en- tiynge in shalbe mlnistred vnto you aboundantly in to the everlastynge kyngdom ofT oure lorde and saveour Jesus Christ. Wherfore I will not be negUgence to put you allwayes in remembrance of soche thynges/ though that ye knowe them youre selves and be also stablisshed in the present trueth. Not withstondynge I thynke yt mete (as long as I am in this taber- nacle) to stere you vppe by puttynge you in remembraunce/ !■* for as moch as I am sure howe that i^ the tyme is at honde that I must put of this my tabernacle/ even as oure lorde Je- sus Christ hath shewed me. I w^ili i^ en foarce therfore/ that on every syde ye myght have wherwith to stere vppe the re- membraunce off these thynges after my departynge. For we folowed not " deceavable fables when we opened vnto you the power/ and commynge of our lorde Jesus Christ : but with oure eyes we sawe his maiestie. Even then verely when he receaved of god the father honor and glory/ and when there cam soche a voyce to hym from e-vcellent glorie. This is my dere beloved sonne/ in whom y the true proverbe, Cr. Bps. • That ye may be myndefuU [remem- ber, Cm.], Cov. Cr.Bps. Jfa. tcjvMf. StSe SeconUe Ejrstlc of S. ^ettt. before off the holy prophetes/ and also the commaundement of vs the apostles of the lorde and saveour. This fyrst vnderstonde/ that there 'shall come in the last dayes mockers/ ^ which will wallie after their awne lustes and saye : Where is the promes of hys commynge ? For sence the fathers died all thynges continue ^ in the same estate wher- in they were at the begynnynge. This they knowe not (and that willyngly) howe that the hevens * a grett whyle ago were/ and ? the erth that wag in the water/ appered vppe out of the water by the wordeofgod: ^ by the which thynges/ the worlde that then was perisshed '' over flowen with the fludde. But the hevens verely and erth which are nowe/ are kept by the same worde in store/ and reserved vnto fyre/ agaynste the daye of iudgement and ^ perdicion of vngodly men. Derely beloved be not ignorant of this one thynge/ howe that one daye is with the lorde/ as a thousande yeare/ and a thousand yeare as one daye. The lorde ^ is not slake i" to fulfill his promes as some men count slacknes : but is pacient to vs warde and wolde have no man ^ lost/ butt wolde receave all men to repentaunce. Neverthelfesse the daye of the lorde will come as a thefe in the nyght/ in the which daye/ the hev- ens shall 12 perisshe with terrible noyse/ and the elementes shall melt with }^ heet. And the erth with the workes that are therin shall bornne. 1^ Yf all these thynges shall perisshe/ what maner persons ought ye to be in holy conversacion/ and godlines: lokynge- fore/ and hastynge vnto the commynge off the daye off God/ '^in which the hevens '^ shall perisshe with fyre/ and the ele- ^ Cr. adds — (in disceytfulnesse ) . ' Alike from the beginning of the creation, Gen. Bps. ■'Aforetime were, Co». Ofoldewere, Gen. Bps. * The worlde out of water and was in the water by the, etc. Cot. The earthe oute of the water appeared up through the water, by the, Cr. The earthe that was of the water and by the wa- ter, by the. Gen. The earthe consisting of the water and by the wa- ter, by the, Bps. " Wherefore the worlde. Gen. ' Being overrun with water, Cr. Bps. ^ Damnation, Cov. [So vs.'16.] Destruction, Gen. ' That hath promised, is not slake, as some men, Cr. Bps. "> Concerni% his promise, Gen. " Lost, but that every man should amende himselfe, Cov. To perishe, but woulde all men to come to, etc. Gen. '" Passe away in the maner of a tempest, Cr. Passe away with a [B. adds — great] noise. Gen. Bps. 13 Fervent heate, Bps. rSo vs, 12] " Seeing then that all these tjiinges must be dissolved [must peryshe, Cr. Bps.}, Cr. Gen. Bps. " By whom, Cr. Bps. '« Being on fire shall be dissolved. Gen. me SeconUe JEjitstle of S. ^etct. ej. rff. mentes ^''shalbe consumed with heate. Neverthelesse we loke for a neue heven/ and a newe erth/ 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 hym in peace/ with out spott and 18 vndefiled : and suppose that the longe sufferynge off the lorde is helth/ even as oure derely beloved brother Paul/ accordynge to the wysdom geven vnto hym/ wrote to you/ i* yee/ almost in every pistle speakynge off soche thynges : among which are many thynges harde to be vnderstoude/ which they that are vnlearned/ and vnstable per- vert/ as they do wother scriptures vnto their owne destruc- cion. Ye therfore dearly beloved seynge ^ ye are warned/ Beware lest ye be also plucked awaye with the erroure of the wicked/ and fall from youre owne stedfastnes : But growe in grace/ and in the knowledge off oure lorde/ and saveoure Jesus Christ. To whom be glory bothe nowe and for ever/ Amen. " Shall perish,. Cob. Shall melt, Cr. Gen. Bps. '? Blameles, Gen. " As one that in all his epistles, speaketh, Gen. *' Ye know it [these things, G.] before, T. M. Gen. Ye be warned afore- hand, Cr. Bps. Kfit fsrst ©Ranter. *?i^^ffi which was from the hegynnynge ' [declare we ' vnto you/] which We have herde which we have sene with oure eyes/ which we have loked apon/ and oure hondes have handled/ of the worde of lyfe. For the lyfe apered/ and we have sene/ and beare witnes/ and shewe vnto you that eternall lyfe/ which was with the father/ and apered vnto vs. That ® which we have sene and herde declare we vnto you that ye maye have fellishippe with ys/ and that oure fellishippe maye be with the father/ and his sonne Jesus Christ. And this write we vnto you/ that ^ youre ioye maye be full. And this is the * tydynges which we have herde of him/ and declare vnto 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 felli- shippe 8 with hym/ and the bloud of ' Christ his sonne clenseth vs from all synne. Yf we shall saye that we have no synne/ we deceave oure selves/ and trueth is not in vs. yf we knowledge oure synnes/ he is faythfull and iust/ to for geve vs oure synnes/ and to dense vs from all vnrightewesnes. Yf we saye we have not sinned/ we make hym a lyar/ and his worde is not in vs. ' Cr. Gen. Bps. omit. ' Gen. adds — / say. ' Cr. adds — (ye maye rejoice and that). * Message, Gen. [So ch. iii. 11.] 5 Truely, Gen. ^ Together, Cov. One with another, Gen. Bps. ' All the Vers, add — Jesus. Siie jTsrst iSptstle of S. Sftion. Beca-wse je, etc. Gen. Bps. [So post-l 'That wicked, T. M. Cr. So. cc);):ti:. ffjie jfs^at JEptstle of S. JFSon. 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 : butt of the worlde. And the worlde 1' vanyssheth awaye/ and the lust ther of : butt he that fulfil- leth the will of god/ abydeth ever. 1 Lytell children it is the last tyme/ and as ye have herde howe thatt Antichrist shall come : even nowe are there many Antichristes come allredy where by we knowe that it is the last tyme. They went oute from vs but they were nott of vs. For yf they had bene of vs/ they wolde no dout have continued with vs. But that fortuned that ytt myght apere/ that they were not i^ of vs. And ye have an oyntment ^^ of the holy gost/ and ye knowe all thinges. I wrote not vnto you/ as though ye knew not the trueth : but ^* as though ye knewe it/ and knowe also that no lye corameth of trueth. who is a lyar : but he that denyeth that Jesus is Christ ? he is Antichrist that denieth the father and the sonne. Whosoever dfenyeth the sonne/ the same hath not the father.i^ Let therfore abyde in you that same which ye herde from the begynijynge. . Yf that which ye herde from the begynriynge 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/ as concernynge them that disceave you. And the anoyntynge which ye have receaved of hym dwelleth in you. And ye nede not that eny man teache you : but as that anoyntynge teacheth you all thinges/ and is true/ ' and is no lye : and as it taught you/ ^^ even so byde therein. And now '' babes abyde in hym/ that when he shall apere/ we maye be bolde/ and nott be made a shamed 1' of him at his commynge. Yff ye knowe that he is right- eous/ 18 knowe also that he whych ^^ foloweth rightewesnes/ is borne of hym. '» Ofgoodnea, r. jtf. Of goods, Tar. Oflyfej Cr. Gen. Bps. ^^ Passeth, Cr. Gen. Bps. >» Gen. Bp*. add— all. " Of him that is holy, Cr. Gen. Bps. '* Because, Gen. "■ Cr. Bps. add [6. in the italic]— (He that knoweth [knowledgeth, B.] the sonne hath the father also.) '« Ye shall abyde, Gen. Bps. "Before him, Gen. "s Knowe ye. Gen. " Doeth, Cr. Gen. Bps. B^ Elie iTirrst Hpfstle «f J5. 3H)on, «f). fff. SJe ttj. (ttjajitei:. ► EHOLDE what love the father hath shewed on vs/ that we shulde be called the sonnes of god. For this cause the worlde knoweth you not be cause it hath not knowen him. Derely beloved/ nowe are we the sonnes of god/ and yet it hath not apered what we shalbe. but we knowe that when * it shall apere/ we shalbe lyke hym. For we shall se hym as he is. And every man that hath thys hope in hym/ pourgeth hym silfe/even as he ys pure. Whosoever committeth synne/ s committeth vnrightewesnes also/ and synne is vnrighte wesnes. and ye knowe that he apered to take awaye oure synnes/ and in him is no synne. As many as byde in him/ synne not : whosoever syimeth hath not sene hym/ nether hath knowen him. Babes let no man deceave you/ He that doeth rightewesnes is righteous/ even as he is righteous. He that committeth sinne is of the devill : for the devyll synneth sence the begynninge. For this purpose apered the sonne of god/ to lowse the workes of the devill. Whosoever is borne of god/- sinneth not; for his seede reraayneth in hym/ and he cannot sinne/ be cause he is borne of god. In this are the children of god knowen/ and the children of the devill. ■ Whosoever doeth not rightewesnes/ is not of god/ nether he that loveth not his brother. For this is the tydinges/that ye herde from the begynnynge/ that ye shulde love one another : not as Cayn which was of the wicked and slewe hys brother. And wherfore slewe he him ? be cause hys awne workes were evyll/ and his brothers goode. Marveyle nott my brethren vfF tiie 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 his brother/ is a man slear. And ye knowe thatt no man slear/ hath eternall lyfe abydynge in hym. Hereby perceave we love : for he gave his lyfe for vs : And we ought also to geve oure lives for our brethren. Who soever hath this worldes goode and seyth his brother ^ in ne- cessitie/ and shetteth vppe * his compassion from him : howe dwelleth the love of god in him ? My babes/ let us not love ' He shall, Gen. Bps. ' Transgresseth also the lawe : for sinne is the transgression of the lawe, Gen. Bps. ' Have nede, T.M. Cr. Gen. Bps. * His heart, Con. 00 jfo. tcw- ttjjE J^srst iBpfstle of S. SJon. in worde/ nether in tonge : but with dede/ and in veritie. And herby we knows that we are off the veritie/ and * will before hym put oure hertes out of dout : For (yff oure hertes condempne vs) god is gretter then oure hertes/ and knoweth all thmges. ^ Tenderly beloved/ yff oure hertes condempne vs not/ then have we ' trust to god warde : and whatsoever we axe/ we shall receave of hym : be cause we kepe his com- maundements/ and do those thynges which are pleasynge in his sight. And this is his commaundement/ that we beleve on the name of his sonne Jesus Christ/ and love one another/ as he gave commaundment. And he that kepi3th hys commaunde- mentes dwelleth in him/ and he in him/ And herby we knowe that ^ there abydeth in vs of the sprete which he gave vs. 5Ci)e III], (ttjajiter. Tr\ERELY 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 off god. Every sprete that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesshe/ is off god. And every sprete which confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesshe/ is not off god. And this is that sprete of Antichrist/ of whom ye have herde/ howe that he shulde come : and even nowe alredy is he in the worlde. Lytell children/ ye are of god/ and have overcome them : for gretter is he that is in you/ then he that is in the worlde. They are of the worlde/ therfore speake they of the worlde/ and the worlde heareth them. We are of god. He that knoweth god heareth vs : He that is nott off God/ heareth vs not. Herby knowe we the sprete of veritie/ and the sprete of erroure. Derely beloved/ lett vs love one another : for love com- meth of god. And every one that loveth is borne of god/ and knoweth god. He that loveth nott/ hath not knowen god : for god is love. In this apered the love of god to vs ward/ be- cause that god sent his only begotten sonne into the worlde/ that we myght live thorowe him. ■ Herin is love/ not that we * Can quiet [assure, G, B.] our hearts before him, Ml the Versions. ' Beloved, T. M. Gen. Bps. Dearly beloved, Cr. ' Boldnes, Gen. [So ch. iii. 17.] ^ He abideth in us even by the spirite, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Trie, Gen, » Gm, omits. ffije j^stst 3Bpf8tIe of S. 3J!)on. ffiS. b. loved god/ but that he loved vs/ and sent his sonne to 3 make agrement for oure sinnes. Derely beloved yf god so loved vs/ we ought also to love one another, no man hath sene god at eny tyme. Yf we love one another/ god dwelleth in vs/ and his love is parfet in vs. Herby knowe we/ that we dwell in hym/ and he in vs. be cause he hath geven vs of his sprete. And we have sene and do testifie that the father sent the sonne/ ■* which is the saveour of the worlde. Whosoever confesseth that Jesus is the Sonne of god/ in hym dwelleth god/ and he in god. And we have knowen and beleved the love that god hath to vs. God is love/ and he that dWelleth in love dwelleth in god/ and god in hym. Herin is the love parfet in vs/ thatt we sbulde have trust in the daye of iudgement' * that as he is/ even so are we in this worlde. There is no feare in love/ but parfet love casteth out all feare/ for feare hath paynfulnes. He that feareth is not parfet in love. We love hym/ for he loved vs fyrst. Yf a man saye/ 1 love god/ and yet hateth his brother/ he is a lyar. Howe can he that loveth nott his brother whom he hath sene/ love god whom he hath not sene ? And this commaundement have we of hym : that he which lovelh God/ shulde love his brother Sie b. t^iaptet. WHOSOEVER beleveth that Jesus is Christ/ is borne of god. and every one that loveth hym 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 commaundements. This is, the love of god/ that we kepe his commaundementes/ and his comrhaunde- mentes are not greveous. For all that is borne of god/ over commeththe worlde. and this is the victory that overcommeth the worlde/ even oure feythe. who is it that over commeth the world : but he which beleveth that Jesus is the sonne of god.' This Jesus Christ is he that cam by water and bloud/ not by water only: but by water and bloud. And it is the sprete that beareth witnes/ be cause the sprete ys trueth. i For there are ' Be a reconciliation, Gen. * To be, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ For as he is, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' [Cov. Cr. Tav. read vs. 7 in crotchets, T, Af.— in smaller type.] So. ctfnl. fflSe JFsrst JSpfstle of S. 35on. thre whych beare records in heven/ the father/ the worde/ and the wholy goost. And these thre are one. And 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 gretter. For this is the witnes of god/ ■* which he testify ed of his Sonne. He that beleveth on the Sonne of go^ hath the witnes in hym silfe. He that beleveth nott God/ hath made hym a lyare/ be cause he beleved nott the recorde thaf god ^ gave of his sonne. And this ys that recorde/ howe that god hath geven vnto vs etemall lyfe/ and this lyfe is in his sonne. He that hath the sonne/ hath lyfe : and he that hath not the sonne of god/ hath not lyfe. These thynges have I written vnto you that beleve on the name of the sonne oif God/ that ye raaye knowe howe that ye have etemall lyfe/ and that ye maye beleve on the name of the Sonne off god. And this is the ^ triist that we have in hym : that yf we axe eny thynge accordynge to his will he heareth vs. And yff we knowe that he heare vs whatt soever we axe/ we knowe that we shall have the peticions that we desyred of hym. Yff eny man se his brother synne a synne that is not vnto deeth/ let hym axe/ and he shall geve hym lyfe, for them that synne not vnto deeth. There is a synne vnto deeth/ for which saye I not that '' a man shulde praye. All ynrightewesnes is synne/ and there is a synne not vnto deeth. We knowe that whosoever is borne of God/ synneth not : but he that is begotten of god kepeth hym silfe/ and that wicked toucheth hym not. We knowe that we are of god/ and that ^ the worlde is altogedder set on wiekednes. We knowe that the Sonne of God is come/ and hath geven vs a mynde to knowe hym which is true : and we are in hym that is true/ 9 through his sonne Jesu Christ. This same is very god/ and elernall lyfe. Babes kepe youre selves from ymages. Amen. ' Cr. adds — not by water only, but by water and blood. ^ Agree in one, Gere. ■« Cr. adds— (that is greater). ' Witnessed, Gen. ' Assurance, Gen. ' Thou shouldest, Gere. 8 The whole worlde lyeth in, Gere. ' That U, in, Gen. ffi^fte SeconDre JlCstle of S. 3Jfton. 'T'HE seneour to the elecle lady and her children which I love in the trueth : and not I only : but also all they that have knowen the trueth/ for the truthes sake/ which 'remay- neth in vs/ and shalbe in vs for ever. With you be grace/ mercy/ and peace from God the father/ and from the lorde Jesus Christ the sonne off the father/ in trueth and love. I reioysed greatly/ that I founde off thy children walkynge in trough/ 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 begynnynge/ that we shulde love one a nother. And this is the love/ that we shulde walke after his com- maundementes. This commaundement is (that as ye . have herde from the begynnjrnge) ye shulde walke in it. For many deceavers are entred in to the worlde/ which Confesse not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesshe. This is a deceaver and an Antichrist. Loke on youre selves/ that we lowse not that we have wrought : but that we maye have a full rewarde. Whosoever transgresseth and by deth not in the doctrine of Christ/ hath not God He that ^endureth in the doctryne off Christ/ hath bothe the father/ and the sonne. Yff there come eny vnto you and brynge not this ^ learn- ynge/ hym receave not to housse : nether ^ bid hym god spede. For he that biddeth hym God spede/ is part taker off his evyll dedes. I had many thynges to wryte vnto you/ neverthelesse I wolde not wryte with paper and ynke : but I trust to come vnto you/ and speake with you mought to mouth/ that oure ioye maye be full. The sonnes off thy electe sister grete the Amen. ' Dwelleth, T. M. Cr. Gen.- ' Continueth, Gen. ^Doc^ trine, Gen. * Salute him, Cov. 00* ^rfie iif. m^ilt oC £. 3tion. nPHE senior vnto the beloved gayus/ whom I love in the trueth. i Welbeloved I wysshe ^ in all thynges thatt thou prosperedest and faredest well/ even as thy soule prospereth- 1 reioysed greatly when the brethren cam and testified off the trueth that is in the/ howe thou in troth walkest. I have no gretter ioye than forto heare howe that my sonnes walke in veritie. 1 Derely beloved thou doest faythfuUy whatt soever thou doest to the brethren/ and to straungers/ which bare witnes off thy love before all the congregacion. ^ Which brethren when thou bryngest forwardes on their iorney (^ as it besemet God) thou shalt do wele : be cause that for his names sake they went forth/ and toke no thynge off the gentyls. We ther- fore 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 yf I come I will declare his dedes which he doeth ^iestynge on vs with malicious wordes/ nether is therewith content. Not only he hym silfe receaveth not the brethren : but also he forbiddeth them thatt wolde/ and thrusteth them out off the congregacion. 1 Derely beloved counterfait not thatt which is evyll/ but that which is good : He that doeth well is off God : but he that doeth evyll seith not God. Demetrius hath good reporte off all men/ and of the trueth, Yee and we oure selves also beare recorde/ and ye knowe that oure recorde is true. I have many thynges to wryte : But I willnot with pen and ynke wryte vnto the. For' I trust I shall short ly se the/ and we shall speake mouth to mouth. Peace be with the. The 6 lovers salute the Grete the ^ lovers by name. I Bejoved, Cr. Gen. Bps. « Chiefly, Gen. " Whom, if thou, etc. Qen. •• Worthily before God, Cov. After a godly sort, Cr. Bps. As it beseemeth according to God, Gen. ' Pratteling against us, Gen. ' Friends, Gen. 8Ct)C fgrat ^fiapter. ^.<©3IB 'in tyme past diversly E^nd many wayes/ spake vnto the fathers by prophetes : but in these last dayes he hath spoken vnto vs by his sonne/ whom he hath made heyre of all thynges: by whom also he made the world, which Sonne beynge the brightnes of his glory/ and ^very ymage off his substance/ ' bearynge vppe all thynges * wiA the worde of his power/ hath * in his awne person pourged oure synnes/ and is sytten on the right honde of the maiestie 8 an bye/ and is more excellent then the angels/ in as moche as he hath "^ [by inheritaunce] obteyned 8ui excellenter name than have they. For vnto which of the angels sayde he at eny time : Thou arte my sonne/ this day6 begate I the ? And pgayne : I will be his father/ and he shalbe my sonne. And agayne when he brjmgeth in the fyrst begotten sonne in the worlde/ he sayth : And 8 all theangels of god shall worshippe hym. , And * vnto the angels he sayth : He maketh i" his angels spretes/ and his ministers flammes of fyre. But vnto the sonne he sayth : 11 God thy seate shalbe for ever/ and ever. The cepterof thy kyngdom is ia i^ right cepter/ Thou hast loved rightewesneis and hated iniquitie : Wherfore hath god/ i^ which is thy god/ anoynted the with the oyle off gladnes above thy felowes. " In the olde tyme [Whyche in tyme past, B.] at sundrie times and in diverB maners, Gen. Bps. ' The ingraved forme of his per- sone, Gen. ' Rulynge, Cr. Upholding, Bps. * By his mightie worde. Gen. ' By himselfe, Gen. Bps. ' In the high- est places, and is made so muche more, etc. Gen. '' Gen. Bps. omit. « Let all, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Of the, T. M. Gen. «• The Spirits his messengers. Gen. " O God, thy seat [throne, G^,Cr. Gen. Bps. " Sceptre of righteoasnesse. Gem. Bps. " Even thy God, Cr. Gen. Bps. jr 0. ccpFicrrf. ffiSe JSptstU of 39aul And thou lorde in the begynnynge hast i*layde the founda- cion of the erth r And thehevens are the workes off thy hondes. They shall perisshe/ but thou ^^ shallt endure. They all shall wexe olde eis doth a garment : and as a vesture shalt thou 18 chaunge them/ and they shalbe chaunged : but thou arte the same/ and thy yeares shg,ll not fayle. Vnto which off the angels sayde he at eny time ? Sit on my right honde tyll I make thyne enemies thy fote stole. Are they not all i' spretes to do service/ sent forte minister for their sakes/ which shalbe heyres of health .? ffije ff. etSaptet. '1\/'HERF0EE we ought imoche more to attende vnto tho ~ thynges which we have herde/ lest ^ we be spilt. For yff the worde which was spoken by angels, was stedfast : and every transgression and disobedience receaved a iust recom- pence ^ to rewards : howe shall we escape yf we * despise so great helth .' which at the fyrst began to be preached off the lorde hym silfe/ and after warde was confermed vnto vs warde/ by them that herde it/ god bearynge witnes there to/ bothe with sygnes and wonders also/ and with divers miracles/ and gyftes off the holy gooste/ accordynge to his awne will. He hath not vnto the angels * put in subieccion the worlde to come/ where of we speake : but one in a certayne place wit- nessed/ sa3ahge : What is m£(n/ that thou arte myndfull of hym : other the Sonne of man/ that thou ^ visitest hym .' "^ After thou haddest for a season made hym lower then the angels : thou crounedst hym with honour and glory/ and hast set hym above the workes off thy hondes. Thou hast put all thynges in subieccion vnder his fete. In that he put all thynges vnder hym/ he left nothynge that is not put vnder him. Nev- erthelesse we yet se nott all thynges subdued vnto hym but * that Jesus which for a season was made lesse then the angels/ "Established the earth, Gem. "Doestlemayne, Gcm. "*Folde them up, Gen. Bps. " Ministryng spirits, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' To gyve the more earnest heede, Cr. Bps. Diligently to give heede. Gen. * We perishe, Cov. T. M. At any time we let them slippe [we per- yshe, C.J, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Of revfarde, Cr. Gen. Bps. ''Neg- lect, Gen. Bps. * Subdued, Cr. ° Wouldest consider. Gen. 'Thou madest him a little lower than [for a little (whyle) lower than,B. a little inferiorto,G.], Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ But hym that [B. adds— for a whyle] was made lesse than the iangels, we see. that it was Jesus, Cr. Bps. We see Jesus crowned,jetc. which was made a little infe- rior to, Gen. imto tiie TDejituMr. C]). ((]. we se thorowe the ^ punnyshment of deeth crouned with glory and honour/ that he by the grace of god/ shulde tast of death for all men. For hit becam hym/ for whom are all thynges/ and by whom are all thynges/ '" after that he had brought many son- nes vnto glory/ that he shulde " make the lorde of their helth ^ [parfetj thorowe affliccions : For as moche as he which sanctifieth/ and they which are sanctified/ are all off won. For which causes sake/ he is not ashamed to call them breth- ren sayinge : I will declare thy name vnto my brethren/ in the myddes off the congregacion will I prayse the. And agayne : I will put my trust in hym. And agayne : beholde here £un I and the children which god hath geven me. For as moche then as the children were parte takers of flesshe and bloud/ he also hym silfe lyke wyse toke parte with them/ '3 forto put doune thorowe deeth hym that had lordshippe over deeth that is to saye the devyll. And that he myght delyver them which thorowe feare of deeth all their lyfe tyme were in daunger of bondage. For he i*in no place taketh on hym the angels : but the sede of Abraham taketh he on hym. Wherefore in all thynges hit be cam hym to be made lyke vnto his brethren/ that he myght be mercifull/ and a faythfull hye preste in thynges.concemynge god/ '^ for to pourge the people synnes. For in that i^ he hym silfe suf- fered/ and was tempted/ he is able to sucker them thsit are tempted, ffiie ffj'. df^ptet. T\/'HEEFORE wholy brethren/ parttakers off the i celes- ^ ~ tiall callinge/ consyder the ® embasseatour and hye prest of ourre profession Christ Jesus/ beynge faythfull to him that ^ sent him/ even as was Moses in all tus housse. '' And ' Sufieryng, Cr. Gen. Bps. '* Seeing that he brought, Gen. " Consecrate the prince [Make the captayne, B.] of their salvation, Gen. Bps. " Gen. omits. . " That he might take away the power of hym, Cov. That through death he might expel him that had lordshyp, Cr. Bps. That he might destroy through death him that had the power, etc. Gen. " In no sort took the angels, but he took the seede. Gen. " To make reconciliation [agreement, C] for, Cov. Gen. " It fortuned hymselfe to be tempted, Cr. ' Hea- venly vocation, Gen. 'Apostle, Gen. Bps. ' Ordayned, Cov. Ma4e, T.M. Put him in the o£Sce, Cr. Appoynted, Gen. Bps. * For ioke hovre mupb honour he (that hath builded a house) hath more than the house itselfe, ao mnohe nonoure is he counted worthye' of inore tb^q Moses, Cr, $a. ccjrvjrfti. STfje SEpfstle of 1&a\d 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 thynges is god. And Moses verely was faithful! in all his housse as a minister/ to beare witness of tho thynges which shulde be 'spoken afterwarde. But Christ as a sonne '' hath rule over the housse/ whose housse are we/ yf we ^ kepe stedfast confydence and reioysynge in the fayth vnto the ende. Wherfore as the holy goost sayth : to daye if ye shall hears his voyce/ harden not youre hertes/ ^ as when ye provoked in tyme of temptacion in the wildernes/ where youre fathers tempted me/ proved me/ and sawe my workes xl. yeare longe. Wherfore I was greved with that generacion and sayd : They ever erre in their hertes ; they . verely have not knowen my wayes/ so that I sware in my wrathe/ that they shulde not enter into my rest. Take hfede brethren i" that there be in none of you n an evyll herte/ in vnbeleve/ that he shulde de- parte from the livyhge god : but exhorle one another dayly/ whill it is called to daye/ lest eny of you ^^ wexe harde herted/ •" and be deceaved with-synne. We are parte takers of Christ/ so that we kepe sure vnto the ende '* begynning of the substance/ soo longe as it is said : to daye if ye heare his voyce/ herden not youre hertes/ as when ye provoked. For some/ when they herde/ provoked ; but nott all that cam out of egypt vnder moses. But with whome was he depleased xl. yeares ? ^^ was he not displeas- ed with them that synned ; whose ^^ boddies were over throwen in the desart ? To whom sware he that they shulde not enter into his rest : but vnto- them that beleved nott .' And we se that they coulde not fenter in/ be cause of vnbeleve. ' Buylded, Cr. Gen. Bps. * More honour than the house, Gen. Bps. 1 Over his owne house, Gen. ® Holdefast the confi- dence, etc. of that hope, etc. T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. ' After the rebel- lion, in the daye, T.M. As in theprovokynge,in the daye, Cr. As in the provocation according to the [in the, B.] daye of temptation, Gen. Bps. *° Leste at any time there be in any of you, Cr. Gen. Bps. " A frowarde hart subject to unbeleefe, Cr. An evill heart and un- faithful [of linbeleefe, JB.], Gen. Bps. " Be hardened. Gen. Bps. " Through the deceytfulnesse of sinne, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. " The fyrst substance, T. M. The beginning, wherevinth we are upholden, Gen. '* Not with them that, etc. ? Bps: '* Karkeises fell in the wildernesse [desart, J},], Gen. Bpa. bnto tje Sl^cbrtics. ®j). ffff. ffije tfff. ffijapter. "T ET vs feare therfore lest eny of vs forsakynge the promes of entrynge into his rest/ shulde i seme to come behinde. For vnto vs was ^it declared/ as wele as vnto them. But ^ hit proffited not them that they herde the worde/ be cause they which herde it * coupled it not with fayth. we which have be- leved/ do enter into his rest/ * as contrary wyse he sayde to the wother : as I have sworne in my wrath/ *they shall not enter into my rest. '' and that spake, he verely longe after the workes 8 were made/ from the fundacion off the worlde layde : For he spake in a certayne place of fhe seventh daye/ on this wyse : And god did rest the seventh daye from all his workes. Aid in this place agayne : ^ They shall not come into my rest. Seynge tiierfore it ^ foloweth that some muste enter there into/ and they to whom it was fyrst preached/ entred not therin for vnbeleves sake. i^Agayne he apoynteth ^ in David a certayne present daye after so long a tyme/ sayinge as it is rehearsed : this daye if ye here his voyce/ '^ be not harde herted. For if Josue had geven them rest/ then wolde he not afterwarde have spoken of another daye. There remayneth therfore yet a rest vnto the people of god. For he that is en- tred into his rest doth cease from his awne workes/ as god did from his. Let vs study therfore to entre into that rest/ lest eny man faule 13 into soche an ensample off vnbelefe : for the worde off god is quycke/ and myghty in operacion/ and sharper than eny two edged swearde : and entreth through/ even vnto the ' Seem [C. adds — at any time] to have been disappoynted [to be de- prived,G. tobe defrauded, B.] Cr. Ge™ J?p*. 'The Gosj ell preach- ed, Gen Bps. ' The worde of preaching helped them not when they thatheardit, beleevednot, Co». ■'Mixed, Gere. ^Ashesayd, Even as I, etc. Cr. Bps. As he saide to the other, Gen. ' If they shall enter, Gen. Bps. ' Although tiie workes were finished [made perfect, B.] from the foundation of the worlde. Gen. Bps. * From the beginning of the worlde were made, Cov. Were made and the foundation, T,Jlf. Cr. » Remaineth, Gc«. "" Therefore ap- pointeth he a day agayne after so long a tyme and saith : To day, as is rehearsed by David, To day, etc. Cov. " A certayne day after so long a tyme, saying in David, (as it is rehearsed) this day, if, Cr. In David a. certaine daye by To daye, after so long a tyme, gayiijg ae it is saide, This daye, if. Gen. A certayne day, by to-day, saying, in David after so long a time, (as it is sayde,) To day, if, Bps. " Har- den not your hearts, Cr. Gen. Bps. " After the same, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. Sa. ttfn'o- ^S* BBpfBtXe otE JJatil dividynge a sender of the soule and the sprete and of the ioyntes' and the mary : and '* iudgeth the thoughtes and the inlentes ofTthe herte. Nether is there eny creature i' invisible in the sight off hit : but all thynges are naked and bare vnto the eyes offhym/ i^oif whom we speake. Jtje \t. ffitapter. OEYNGE then thatt we have a grett hye prest whych hath ^ enlred heven (I mean Jesus the sonne off God) lett vs 1 kepe cure profession. For we have nott an hye prest/ which cannot ^have compassion on oure infirmities : but was in all poyntes tempted/ ^ in lyke manner : but yett 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 teik^n from among men/ is or- deyned for men/ in thinges pertaynynge to god : to offer gyftes and sacrifyses for synnes : which * can have compassion on the ignoraunt/ and on them that ^ are out of the hye waye/ be cause that he hym silfe also is compased with infirmitie : For the which infirmities sake/ he is bounde to offer for synnes/ as wele for hys awne parte/ as for the peoples. No man taketh honour vnto hym silfe/ but he that is called off God/ as was Aaron. even so lyke wyse Christ "^ honored not hym silfe/ that he myght be the hye prest : butt he gloryfyed hym that sayde vnto hym : thou arte my sonne/ this daye begat I the.* As he also in a nother place speaketh : Thou arte a preste for ever af\er the order of Melchisedech. Which in the dayes of his flesshe/ did ofier vppe prayers and supplicacions/ with stronge cryinge and teares/ vnto hym that was able to save hym from deeth : and was also herde/ * be cause he had God in reve- '< Is a discerner of, Ct. Gen. Bps. '* That is not manifest in his sight, Cr. Gen. Bps. '^ With whom we have to do, Gen. ' Holde fast our profession [the profession (of our hope), C. this con- fession, B.l, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Be touched with the feeling of. Gen. Bps. ' Lyke as we are, T. M. Cr. Bps. In like sort. Gen. * [Ch. iv. ends here in Cr. Gen. Bps.] ' Is able sufficiently to. Gen Can sufficiently, Bps. « Erre out of the way, Cr. Bps. 'Glorified not, T. M. Cr. Bps. Tookenot to himselfe this honour, Gen. ' Glo- rified him, T. M. Cr. Gave it him, Gtn. Bps. [' Glorified him' (See text) transposed.] 'Because he had God in honour, Coe. In that which he feared. Gen. Bps. \mio t!)e T^elitues. ®il. bj. rence. And though he were ^'soddes sonne/ yet learned he obedience/ by tho thynges which he suffered/ and i' was made parfaite/ and the cause of eteraall health vnto all them that obey hym : and is called of God the hye prest/ after the order of Melchisedech. Wherof have we many thynges to saye which are harde to be vttered : be cause ye are dull off hearinge. For when as concerninge the tyme/ ye ought to be teachers/ yet have ye nede agayne that we teache you the fyrst principles of the 12 worde of god : and are be come soche as have nede off mylke/ and not of stronge meate : For every man that *' is feed with mylke is inexpert in the worde of rightewesnes : For he is but a babe. But stronge meate belohgeth to them thatt are ^'* parfect/ which i* thorowe custome have their wittes exercised/ i* to iadge both good and evyll also. "^XTHERFORE let vs leave the doctryne ^ pertaynynge to the begynnynge of ^a Christen man/ and let vs 3 go vnto perfeccion/ and 'nowe no more laye the foundacion of repentaunce from deed workes/ and of fayth towarde god/ ^offbaptim/ of doctryne/ and of-layinge on of hondes/ and of resurreocion from de^th/ and of eternall iudgmerit. And so will we do/ yf god permitt. For it ^ is nc)tt possible that they/ which were once lyghted/ and. have tasted of th^ hevenly gyft/ and are be come part takers of. the holy goost/ and have tasted of the good worde of god/ and off the power off the worlde to come : yf-they faule ^ [shulde be renued agayne vnto repent- aunce :] For as moche as they ' have (as concernynge them selves) crucified the sonne of god a fresshe/ makynge a mocke of hym. For that erth which drynketh in the rayne which commeth ofte apon it/ and bryngeth forth erbes mt-Le for them * that '" The Sonne, Gen. Bps. " Being consecrate [Beyng perfect, B.] was made the author. Gen. Bps. " Bps. adds— begynnyngof the. " Useth mylke. Gen. Bp«. "Of age, Ge». "By reason of use, Cr. Bp«. '* To discetne, Cr. Gen. 'Bp«.' > Of the beginning of Christ, Gen. Bps. "A Christian lyfe, Cm. ' Goe fooith [Be led forwarde, G.] Unto, etc. not laying againe, Cr. Gen. Bps. * Of the doctrine of baptismes, Gen. Bps. * Can- not be, Ct. Bps. Is impossible, Gen. * Cr. reards this clause three lines below, thus ; — of hym, that they should, etc. ' Crucifie againe [afreshe, B.] to themselves, Gen. Bps. * By whom it is tilled, Bps. Jfa. ccj^rphf. CJe SBjirsHe off 3lsul 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, i" Neverthe- lesse dere frendes/ we trust to se better of you/ suid thynges which a compainy helth/ though we thus speake. For god is not vnrightepus that he shulde forget youre worke>-and laboure 11 [that procedeth] of love/ which love ye shewed in bis name/ which have, ministred vnto the. saynctes/ and yett minister. Yee/ and we desyre that every one off you shewe the same diligence/ to the ^^ encreace off the fayth/ even vnto the ende : that ye ^^ faynt noV but counterfayte them/ which thorow fayth and pacience inheret the promyses. For when god made promes to Abraham/ be cause he had no gretter thinge to sweare by : he sware by hy^ silfe/ say- ingeS Surely 1*1 will blesse the/ and multiply the in dede. And so after that he had i^ taryed a longe tyme/ he i^ enioy- ed the promes. Men verely sweare by hym that is greater then them selves/ And' an othe to confyrme the thynge/ ys among them an ende of all stryfe. So god willynge very aboundantly to shewe Vhto the.heyres of promes/ the stable- nes of his counsayle/ i' he added an othe/ that by two immu- table thynges (in which it was vnpossible that god shulde lye) we myght have i^ parfect consolacion/ which i* have fled/ forto holde fast the hope that is set forth before oure faces/ which hppe-we have as an ancre off the soule/ both sure and sted- fast. Which hop& also entreth in/ into tho thynges which are with in the vayle/ whither the fore runner is for vs entered in/ I mean Jesus that is made an hye prest for ever/ after the or- der of Melchisedech. ' EJc Mj. ©Japter. 'T'HIS 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 ' Thistles, is nothing worth, Cov. '" But, beloved, we have persuaded ourselves better things, Gen. " Gen. Bps. omit. " Full assurance [Stablyshing, Cov. T. M. Full sfablishyng, Cr.'\ of hope, AU the Vers. " Be. not slouthfuU, Gen. " I will aboun- dantly blesse thee, and multiplie thee marveilously, Gen. Blessyng, I will blesse thee, and multiplying, 1 will multiply thee, Bps. '» Tar- yed. [Abode, Coi>.'\ patiently, Cov. Cr. Gen. Bps. " Obteyned, Bps. " Bonnde himselfe' by, Gen. Gonfyrmed by, Bps. " a strong, Cr. Gen. Bps. '» Have our refuge to holde fest, Gen. Abraham gave t3rthes of all thynges) first is by interpretacion kynge of rightewesnes/ after that kynge of Salem/ that is to saye kynge of peace/ with out fether/ with out mother/ with out k)mne/ and hath nether begynnynge of his tyme/ nether yet ende of his lyfe : but is lykeried vnto the sonne off god/ and 1 remayiieth a prest for ever. Consyder ''what a man this was/ vnto whom the patriarke Abraham gave tythes off the spoyles. And verely those child- dren off levy/ which receave the office of the prestes/ have a commaundement to take a cordynge to the la we/ lytiies of the people/ that is to saye/ of their brethren/ yee "though they spronge out of the loynes of Abraham. But he whose kyn- red is not counted amonge them/ receaved tythes of Abraham/ and blessed him that had the promyses. and 3 no man deny- eth but that which is lesse/ reieeaveth blessinge of that which is gretter. And here men tiiat deye receave lythes. Butt there he receaveth tythes of whom it is witnessed/ that he liveth. And to saye * the trueth/ Levy hym silfe which re- ceaveth tytiies/ payed tythes in Abraham. For he was yet in the lojmes o[ his father Abraham/ when Melchisedech met hym. Yf nowe therfore perfeccion cam by the presthod of the le- vites (for ^vnder that presthod the people receaved the lawe) what neded it further more that another prest shulde ryse/ after the order of Melchisedech/ and nott after the order off Aaron ? ® Nowe no doiit/ yf the presthod be '' translated/ then of necessitie must ''the lawe be translated also. For he of whom these thynges are spoken/ pertayneth vn- tiU a nother tiybe/ off which/ never man served at the aultre. For it is evident that oure lorde spronge of the trybe of Juda/ of which trybe spake Moses no iJiynge as concerninge prest- hod. And it is yet a mor& evident thinge/ ^ yf after the. similitude of Melchisedech there arys& a nother prest/ which is not made after the lawe off the carnall commaundment : but after the power of the endlesse lyfe. For he testifyeth : Thou arte a prest for ever/ after the order of Melchisedech. ^ Then the commaundment that wenta fore/ is disanuUed/ be cause of his • Continueth, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. *-How great, Gen. Bps. ' Without all contradiction [controversie, Bps.'] the Tessej Gen. Bps. * As the thing is, Gen. 'Under it the lawe was established to the people, Gen. ' For if, Gere. ' Changed . . there be a change of the lawe, Gen. * ]3ecause that after. Gen. » For the, etc. Gen. For there is truly a disannulling of the commaundement, Bps. jTo. tcy:ry\i(h STSe JSjpfstU of SPaul weaknes and vnprofiitableues.' For the lawe i" made no thynge parfect : butt i^ was an introduccionof a better hope/ by which hope/ we drawe hye vnto god. And 1* for this cause itt is a better hope/ that it. was not pro- mysed with out an othe. Those prestes were maide with out an oth : but this prest with an ath/ by hym that sayde vnto hym : The lorde sware/ and wilt not repent : Thou art a prest for ever after the order of Melchisedech : '^ and for that cause was Jesus a staWyssher off a better testament. Ahd amonge them many were made prestes/ be cause they were not suffred to endure by the reason of deeth. Butt this man/ be cause he endureth ever/ hath an everlastynge prest- hod : Wherfore he is able also ** ever to save them that come vnto God by hym/ seynge he ever fiveth/ -to make interces- sion for vs. Soche an bye prest it becomipeth ys to have/ which is wholyyf harmlesse/ vndefiled/ sepsjrat from synners/ and made hyar then hevens. Which nedeth not day ly (as i^ yonder hie prestes) to offer vppe sacrifice/ fyrst for his awne synnes/ and then for the peoples synnes. For that did he at once for all/ when he ofiered vppe hym silfe : For the lawe maketh men 1^ prestes/ which have infirmitie / but the worde of the oth that cam sence the lawe/ maketh the sonne prest/ V which is parfect for ever more. jCSc bf(/. CJaptrc. /*JF 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 maiestie in heven/ and is a minis- ter of ^wholy thynges/ and of the ^ very tabernacle/ whiche God pyght and not man. For every hye prest is ordeyned to offer gyftes and sacryfises/ wherefore it is of necessitie/ that this man have some what also to offer. For he wernot a preste/ yf he were on the erth where are prestes that acord- ynge to the lawe offer giftes/ which prestes serve vnto * the "■ Brought nothing to ^lerfection, Cr. " The bringing in of a better hope nw4e perfite, Gen. Was the bringing in of, etc. Bps. " Forasmuch [In as much, B.] as it is not without an othe ; for those, etc. Gen. Bps- " By so much was Jesus, made a suretie of, etc. Gen. Bps- " Perfecfly, Gen. ^^ Such hie priestes. Gen. Bps. '« Hie priestes, Gem. Bps. " Who is consecrated, Gen. ■ The summe, Gen. Bp». « The ganptwarie, Gen. ^ True, O. Gen. Bps, * The paterne, Ge^. bnto tje ?ae6nies. ®!l. fv- ensample and shadowe of hevenly thynges : even as ^the an- swere off God was g^ven vnto Moses when he was about to fynnishe the tabernacle : * For take hede ^sayde he) that thou make all thynges accordynge to the patrone shewed to the in the mount. 7 Nowe hath he obtayned a mgre excellent ojSiceA in as moche as he is the mediator off a better testament/ which was 8 made for better pfomyses. For yff that fyrst testament had bene ' soche a won that no man coulde have founde fault with it : then shulde no plaice havcbene sought for the seconde. For in rebvikynge them he. sayth : Beholde the dayes will come (sayth the lorde) ^'> and I will fynnyshe apon the housse off Israhell/ and apon the. housse off Juda/ a newe testament/ not lyke the testament that I made with their fathers/ at that tyme/ when I toke them by the hondes/ to ledde them out off the londe off Egipte/ for they continued nott in my testament/ and I regarded them not sayth the lorde. For this is the testament that I will make for the housse off Israhell : Affler 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 neghhoure/ and every man his brother/ sayinge •- knovve the lorde ; For they shall a knowe me/ from the ^^ lest to the moste off them : For I wilbe mercifull over their jiniquy ties : and. '®on their synnes and on their vnrightewesnes/ will I not thynke eny more. In that he sayth a newe testaments he '^halii abrogat the olde. Nowe that which is disanulled and wexed olde/ is redy to vannysshe a ways. ~ SCjie fi:. ffljajpter. 1 'T'HAT fyrst tabernacle verely had - iustifyinges/ and ser- -*- vynges off god/ and * worldly holynes. For that fyrst tabernacle was made/ wherin waJs the ^ candlesticke/ and the table/ and the shewe breed/ which is called wholy- * With * Moses was warned [admonished, B.] of Go^ when he,etc. Gen. Bps. ' For see, Gen. Bps. ' But nowe our hie priest hath, Gen. ' Con- firmed hi, Ct. Bps.> Established upon, Gen. ' Faultlesse, Gen. Bps. '" When I shall make with. Gen. " The litle [The least, G.] of them to the grteat [greatest, B.] of them, Gen. Bps. "I wil remember their, etc. no more. Gen. '^Weareth out the olde, Cov. Hatha wome out the olde. For that which is wome out, Cr. Bps. ' The .olde Testament then, etc. Cr. Then the first Testamena had also ordinances of religion, Gen. The first covetuint then had verily justifying ordinances, Bps. ' Outwarde faolinesse, Cov. A world- ly Sanctuarie, Gen. ^Lyght, Cr. < And after the, etc. Gen.Bpa. PP* jfo. ccjijiyMtf. fflSe iSpfstte oft Saul in the seconde vayle was the tabernacle/ which is called ho- liest off all/ which had the golden senser/ and the arcke off the testament overlayde round aboUt with golde/ wherin was the golden pot with manna' and Aarons rodde that ^ spronge' and the tables off, the testament. Ovei" the arcke were the 8 cherubyns off glory shadowynge '' the seate off grace. Off which thynges/ we woU nott nowe sp^ake perticularly. When these thynges were thus ordeyned/ the prestes went all wayes into the fyrst tabernacle ^ which excuted the service 8 [of god :] In to the secounnde went in the hye prest alone/ once every yeare : but not with out bloud/ which he offered for hym silfe/ and for the ignoraunce of the people : The holy goost this signifyinge/ that the waye '* off holy thynges was not yet openned/ whill as yet the fyrst tabernacle was stond- ynge/ which was n a similitude off this present tyme/ in whieh gyftes and sacrifises are offered/ which i* cannot make them that minister parfect/ aspertaynynge to the conscience/ ^3 with meates only and drinkes/ and diverse \*fesshynges/ and i"* iusti- fyinges/ ' off the flesshe/ [which were i* ordeyned} vntyll the tyme off reforraacion. But Christ 16 beyngethe hye prest off goodthingesto come/ cam by a gretter/ and a more parfayct tabernacle/ not made with hondes : that is to saye/ not of this maner bildynge/ nether by the bloud of gotes/ and caulves : but by his owne bloud/ he entred once for all into^ the wholy place/ and ^'' founde eternall redempcion. For yf the bloud i^ of oxen/ and off Gotes/ and the asshes of w an heyfer/ when it was sprynckled/ ^o puryfied the vnclene/. as touchynge the purifi- ynge of the flesshe : How moche more shall the bloud of Christ (which thorowe the eternall sprete/ offered hym silfe with out spot to God) pourdge oure consciences from deed workes/ for to serve the livynge god ? * Flourished, Cov. Had budded, Gen. Bps. " Glorioua Cher- ubims, Gen. ' The mercy seate. Gen. Bps. * And accom- plished, Gcra. Bp*. 9QftheholythingS, Cr. Gen. omits. '"Of holinesse, Cov. Into the Holiest of all. Gen. .'' A figure, Gen. " Cottlde not make him that did God's service [make the worshipper, JB.] perfect, Cov. Bps. Could not make holy him that did the ser- vice, Gen. '3 Which stood ohly in meats. Gen. " Carnall rites, Gen. G. omits what follows. " Layde up, Bps. '* Be- ing come an hie preest of good things that shoidde be [to come, G.], Gen. Bps. " Obtained jfor «?, Gere.. .'8 Of bulls, Gera. '» A young CO we, when, it wai, etc. Cr. A young cowe [Ah heifer, G.] sprinkling the uncleane, sanctifieth to the [sanctifiethas touching, G.], Gen. Bps. "JJaUoweth, Cov. bnta file J^ebtues. ®Il. (f. And for this cause is he the mediator off the newe testa- ments that 21 as sone (as his deeth was fulfilled for the redemp- cion of those transgressions that were in the fyrst testament) they which were called/ myght receave the promes off eter- nall inheritaunce. For whersoever is a testament' there must also be the deeth of Jiym that maketh. the testament. For the testament ^ taketh- auctoritie lyhen 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/ whith water and purple wpU and ysope/ and sprynk- led both the boke emd all the people/ sayinge this is the bloud off the testament/ which God hath apoynted vnto you. More- over/ he sprenkled the tabernacle with bloud also/ and all the ^ roinistrynge vessels. And almost all thynges/ accordynge to the lawe/ ar ^ clensed with bloud/ and with out ^ effusion of bloud/ is no remission. Hit is then nede that the ^similitudes of hevenly thynges/ be purified with soche thynges : but the hevenly thynges them selves are purified with better sacrifices then are these. For Christ is not entred into the holy places/ that are made wit hondes/ which are but ^similitudes off ^ true thynges : but is entred into ^ very heven/ for to apere nowe in the syght of God for vs. Not to offer hym 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 be- gan: Butt no\ye in the ende off the worlde/ hath he apered once for all/ to put synne ^ to flyght/ by the offerynge vppe off hym silfe. And eis it is apoynted vnto men that they shall once deye/ and then commeth the iudgement' even so Christ •^ was once offered to take a waye the synhes of many/ and vnto them that ^s Idke for hym/ shall he apeare ^6 agayne/ with out synne vnto their heedth. *' Through death which was [which chanced, T. M. Cr.] for the re- demption, T. M. Ct. Gen. Bps. ^ Is confirmed. Gen. Bps. ** Dedicated, Bps. *• Moses bad spoken every precept [declared ■all the commandment, C] to all the people accordyng to the lawe, Cr. Gen. Bps. '^ Vessels of the God's service, Cov. Vessels of the ministerie, Bps. * Purged, Ml the Vers, '^ Sheddyng, JlU the Vers. * Faterns, Bps. "' The true Sdnctuarie, Gen. » Heaven itselfe, Bpj. " Otlier blood. Gen. «» Foundation of the worlde, Gere. Bps. ^ Awdy, 6ere. Bps. ^ Once suffered, Bps. * Wayt, Bps. ^ The seconde time, Gere. Bps< j^o. cciryvfj:- Ejjje JSptstle off 3|aul Sjje X- ®!)aj)tcr. "P^ OR the la we which hath but the shade we of goode thynges -■- to come/ and not * the thynges in their owne fession/ can never with the sacryfises whiche they offer yeare by yeare continually ^make the commers there vnto parfayte. For wolde not then those sacrifises- have ceased to have been of- fered ? be cause that the offerers once pourged/ shulde have hadde no moare consciences- of sinnes. Neverthelesse in thps sacrifises is there ^ mencion made, of synnes every yeare. For it is vnpossible that the bloud of- * oxen/ and off" gotes shulde take awaye synnes. Wherfore when he commeth into the world/ he sayth : Sac- rifice and offeringe thou woldest not have : but a bodie hast thou ordeyned me/ * holocaustes and sacrifice for synne thou hast not alowed. Then I sayde : Lo I come/ In the. begynnynge off" the boke is it written of me/ that I shulde fulfill thy will/ o god. Above when he sayth sacrifice/ and off"erynge/ and ^ ho- locaustes/ and SElcrifyce for synne/ thou woldest not have/ nether ''hast alowed (which are offered by ^he lawe) then he sayde : Lo ^ I am redy to do thy will o god he taketh awaye the fyrst to stablisshe ^ the latter By the which will we are sanctified/ by the offerynge of the body of Jesu Christe i" once for all And every prest i' 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 sacri- fyce for synnes/ i^ gat hym doune for ever on the right honde of god/ and from hence forth tarieth till his foes be made his fote stole. For with one offerynge hath he i* made parfect for ever them that are sanctified. And the holy goost also beareth vs recorde off this/ ^^ even when he tolde before : This is the testament that I will' make vnto them after those ' The very fashion [image, G.] of the things themselves, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Sanctifie the commers thereunto. Gen. ^ A remem- brance again, Gen. * BuUes, Gem. Bps. ' In sacrifices and synne onerings thou hast no lust, T. M. Burnte offerynges also for synne, etc. Cr. Tn burnt offrings and sinne ofFrings [In burnt sacrifi- ces and offerings for sinne, B.] thou hast had no pleasure. Gen. Bps. * Gen. Bps. — [as before, vs. (3] ' Hast .pleasure therein, Gen. Bps. ' I am here, Cr. I come, Gen. Bps. ' The second. Gen. Bps. '" Once Tiuwie, Gen. " Appeareth, Gere. Standeth,B/)«. "'One- maner of oblation, Cr. The same sacrifices, Bps. " Which is of value forever, sat downe on the, etc. Cov. " Consecrated, Gen. '° After that he had "said [tolde, BT], Gen. Bps. bnfo tlie JQHitues. Cf). p dayes say th the lorde. And I will put my lawes in their hertes/ and in their niyndes I will write them/ and tlieir synnes and iniqujrties will I remenaber no moarei And where retnission of these thynges is/ there is no moare offerynge for synne. 1^ Seynge brethren that by the meanes off the bloud of Je- su/ we " maye be bolde to enter into that holy place/ by the newe and livynge waye/ which he hath prepared for vs/ through the vayle/ that is to saye by his flesshe. And seynge also that we have an hye prest ^^ which [is ?] ruler over the housse of god/ let vs drawe nye with a true herte in is a full fayth sprynckled in oure hertes/ ^ from an evyll conscience/ aiid wesshed in cure bodies with pure water/ and let vs "i kepe the profession of oure hope/ wiih oute waveringe (for he is fa3rthfull that promysed) and let vs consyder one another to provoke vnto love/ find to good workes : and lett vs not forsake ^the felishippe thatt we have a monge oure selves/ as the maner of some is : but let vs exhorte one another/ and that so moche the moare/ be cause ye se ^ that the daye draweth nye. For yff we synne willyngly after that we have receaved the knowledge off the trueth/ Aere re;nayneth no more sacrifice for synnes : but a fearfuU lokynge for iudgement' and violent fyre/ which shall devoure the adversaries. He that despiseth Moses lawe/ dyeth without mercy vnder two or thre witnes- ses. Off howe moche sorer punnyshment suppose ye shall he be counted worthy/ which treadeth vnder fote the sonne of god : and counteth the bloud off the testament as an unholy thynge/ werwith he was sanctified/ and doth ^ dishonoure to the sprete off grace. , For we knowe hym that hath sayde/ vengeaunce belongeth vnto me/ I will recompence sayth the lorde And agayne : the lorde shall iudge his people. Hit is a fearefuU thynge to faule into ,the hondes off the livynge God. Call to remembraunce the dayes that are passed in the which/ after ye receaved light/ ye ^ abode a grette fyght in ^ adversities/ partly whill '<" all men wondred and gased aX '* Having therefore, brethren, libertie to enter into hohe places in the bloud of Jesus, Bps. " Have a free sure entrance, Cov. Have libertie, Cr. '^ Wiich is over. Gen. Bps." '° A sure faith, Ctm. In assurance of fayth. Gen. Bps. *" And the evyll conscience put away, Cr.^ " Holde, Bps. '?* The assembling of our- selves together, Bps. ^ The daye approaching, Bps. " Des- pite, Gen. Bps. ^ Endured, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. » Afflic- tions, Gen. " You were made a gazing stocke both>by reproach- es an^ iiiilictions, Gen. Bps. ift. ttvl. eje Epfstle off J^aul you for tlie shame and tribulacion thatt was done vnto you/ and partly whill ye becam companyons of them which ^ so passed their tyme. For ye ^ suffered also with my bondes/ and '" toke a worth the spoylynge off youre goodes/ and that with gladnesV remembrynge in youre selves howe that ye had in heven a better/ and an enduerynge substaunce. Cast not awaye therfore youre confydence/ which hath ^i grett re- warde to recompence. For ye have nede of pacience/ that after ye have done the will of god/ ye myght receave the promes. For yet a very lytell whyle/ and he thatt shall come will come/ and will not tary : But the iust shall live by-fayth. And yf he withdrawe hym silfe/ my soule shall have no plea- sure in hym. We are not whiche with drawe oure selves vnto dampnaCion/ biitt ^ partayne to fajrth/ forto wynne oure sbules. Sriie ):f. fflBttptBr. F ^ AITH is 1 a sure confidence off thynges which are hoped for/ and a certa3mtie off thynges which are not sene. By it the elders were well reported pff. Thorowe fayth we vnderstonde that the worlde was ^ ordeyned/ by the worde off god : 3 That by the menes of thynges whych apeare/ thynges whych are invisyble myghte be knowen. By fayth Abell offered vnto god ■* a more plenteous sacrifice then Cayn : by which/ he obteyned witnes that he was righteous/ God tes- tifyioge of his gyftes : by which also he beynge deed/ yet speaketh. ' By fayth was Enoch ^ translated that he shulde not se deeth : nether was he founder for god had" taken hym awaye. Be- fore he was taken awayie/ he ® obtayned reccorde/ that he had pleased god : but without fayth it is vnpossible to please him. ^ Were so tossed to and frci, Gen. Bps. ^ Became partakers also of tlio afflictions which happened through my bondes, Cr. Both sorrowed with me for my bondes, and suffi-ed with joye the spoyling, Gen. *> Took in Worth, Cm. T. M. Vr. Bps. ^'^So great rewarde, Cob. Great recompense of re warde, Cr. G«7i. Bps. ^'Fol- owe faith unto the conservation of the soule. Gen. ' The grpunde of things, etc. and the evidence, etc. Gen. Bps. ' Made of nought, Cov. 3 And that things' which are not sene, wer made of thmgs which are not sene, T. M. And that things which are scene were made of things which are notseene, Cr. Tqv. Bps. So that the things which wee see, are not made of things which did appear, Gen. * A greater, Gen. A more excellent, Bps. ' Taken away, Gen. « Was reported of, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. Obteyned a good report, Cr. For he that commeth to god/ must heleve that god is/ and that he is a rewarder of them that 'seke him. By fayth Noe ^ honored god/ after that he was warned of thinges which were not sene/ and prepared the arcke/ to the savinge of his houssholde/ thorowe the which arcke/ he con- dempned the worlde/ and be cam hey re of the rightewesnes which conmieth by- fayth. By fayth Abraham/ when he was called obeyed * to goo out into a place/ which he shulde afterwarde receave to enher- itaunce/ and he went out/ notknowyuge whether he shulde goo. By fayth ^^ he removed into the londe that was promysed him/ as into a straunge countre/ ^^and dwelt in tabernacles : and so did Ysaac/ and Jacob/ hey res with him of the same promes. For he loked for a citie havynge a foundacion/ whose bylder and maker is god. Thorow fayth Sara also receaved strengthe ^^ to be with childe/ and was delivered of a childe when she was past age/ be cause she iudgeg him faythfuU which had promysed. And therfore spronge there of one '^. (and of one which was as good as deed) so many in multitude/ as the starres of the skye/ and as the sonde of the see shore which is in numerable. And they all deyed ^* in fky th/ and receaved not the prom- yses : but sawe them a farre of/ and beleved them/ and^^-sa- luted them : and confessed that they wer straungers and pil- grems on the erthe. They that saye soche thjmges/ declare that they seke a countre. Also yf they had bene myndfuU of that countre/ from whence they cam/ they had leasure to have returned agayne. Butt nowe they des3rre a better/ that is to saye a ^^ celestiall. , Wherfore god is not a shamed of them/ even to be called their god : for he hath prepared for them a citie. In fayth Abraham offered vppe Ysaac/ when he was 1'' tempted/ and he i^ offered hym beynge hys only sonne/ ' Bps. adds — diligently. ' Being warned of Grod, eschued the things whych were as yet not sene, Cr. Being warned of God, of tilings not seene as yet, moved with reverence, prepared, Gere. Bps. • Gm. Bps. add-^God. - '" He was a stranger in, Cov. He abode in the land of promise. Gen. "As one that dwelt in tents with Isaac, Gen. '* To conceave and be, etc. Cr. To conceave seede, Gen. Bps. "Even of oiie which was dead, Gen. "Accordyng to, Bps. •* Received fAem thankfully, Gen. '" Heavenly, .^5 the Vers. " Proved, Cr. Bps. Tried, Gen. " Gave over his only-begotten sonne, in whom, Cov. That had received, etc. offered *his only-begotten sonne. Gen. Bps. go. ccylf. JlSe JSprstU of 1?aul in whom he had receaved the promyses : Of whom it was sayde/ In Ysaac shall thy seed be called : for he considered/ that God was ableto rayse vppe , '* agayne from deeth. Wher- fore receaved he 'him/ as an ensample of 'the resurreccion. In fayth Ysaac blessed Jacob and Esau/ as concernynge thynges to come. By fayth Jacob wh6n he was a deyinge/ blessed both the sonnes of Joseph/ ?ind ^o worshipped on the toppe of his cep- tre. By fayth Joseph when he deyed/ ^' remembred the depart- ynge of the children of Israhel/ and gave commaundement of hys bones. By fayth Moses when he was borne/ was hid thre monethes of his father and mother/ be cause they sawe he was a proper childe : nether feared they,the kynges commaundement. By fayth MoseSwhcn h6 was '^'of a gret age/ refused to be called the sonne of Pharaos doughter/ and chose rather to sufTre" adversitie with the people of god/ then to enioye the pleasurs off synne -for a ceason/ and estemed the rebuke off Christ ^ gretter than ryches/ then the treasure of Egipt. For he had a respecte vnto ^ the rewarde. By fayth he forsoke EgipU and feared not the ^ fearcenes of .the kynge. For he endured/ even as he had sene hym which is invisible. Thorowe^ fayth he ordeyned the ester larabe/ and the effu- sion of blud/ lest he that destroyed the fyrst borne shulde louche them. By fayth they passed thorowe the reed see as by drey londe/ which when the egipcians had esayed t« do/ they were drouned. By fayth the walles of Jericho fell doune after they were com- pased a boute/ seven dayes. By fayth the harlot Kaab perisshed not with them that be- leved iiott/ after she had receaved the spyes ^ to lodgynge peasably. . ' _ And what shall I more saye/ the tyme wold *'' be to short " Even from the dead : from whence also he received hm after a sorte, Gen. The dead again, from whence also he receyved him in a ecrtaine sirailitiude (of the resurrection), Bps. '^ Bowed himselfe [Worshipped, B ] towards the top of his scepter, Cov. T. M. Cr. Bps. Leaning on the ende of his staffs, worshipped God, Gen. ^'Made mention of, Gen. « Great, Cob. T. M. Cr. Bps. Come to age, Gen. =3 Greater riches than, All the Vers. '* Gen. Bps. add^the recompense of. '» Wrath, Bps. " Peaceably, Gen. With peace, Bps. ' « Fayle me to rehearse, Bps. bnto tj)e JQebvues. S|l. ):rf. for me to tell of Gedeon/ off Barach/ and of Samson/ and of Jepthae. Also of David and Samuel/ and of the prophetes/ which thorowe fayth subdued kyngdoms/ wrought righteous- nes/ obtained the promyses/ stopped the mouthes of Lyons/ quenched the violence of fyre/ escaped the edge off the swearde/ ^ off weake were made stronge/ wexed valiant in ^ fyght/ turned to flyght the armees of the alientes. The wemen receaved their deed ^o to lyfe agayne. Wother were racked/ and wolde not be delivered/ thatt they myght receave a better resurreccion. Wother 3' tasted off mockynges/ and scourgynges/ moreover off bondes and pres- onment : were stoned/ were heawen 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 wan- dred in wildernes/ in mountaynes/ in dens and eaves of the erth. And these all thorowe fayth obtayned good reporte/ and re- ceaved not the promes/ ^ god providynge a better thynge for vs/ that they with out vs shulde not be made parfect. CSc jrff. ffljapter. X^T'HERFORE let vs also (seynge that we are compased with so gret ^ a multitude of witnesses) ^ laye awaye all that preseth vs doune/ and the sinne that hangeth ^ on vs/ and let vs * runne with pacience/ vnto the battayle that is set be- fore vs/ lokynge vnto Jesus/ the * aucior and fynnyssher of oure fayth/ which for the ioye that was set before hym/ ^ abode the crosse/ and despysed the shame/ and is sett doune on the right honde off the trone off God. Consider therfore howe that he endured suche speakinge agaynst hym of sinners/ lest ye shulde be weried and faynte in youre myndes. For ye have not resisted vnto '' bloud [sheddynge/] stiyvynge agaynst sinne. And ye have forgotten the ^ consolacion which speak- =* Out of weaknesse, Bp3. *» Battel, Gen. ^ Gen. Bps. add — raised. '' Were tryed with, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^'Wander- ed up and downe [aboute, B ], Gen. Bps. ^ Being destitute, troubled and vexed, Ct. Being destitute, afflicted an(2 tormented, Gen. Bps. '* Whereas God had provided, Bps. ' A cloude, Bnt. Bps. • Cast away, Gere. ' So fast on, let us, Cr. Gen. Bps. * Tame with patience, etc. Cov. Run with patience the race, Gen. ' Captaine, Cr. Bps. ' £ndared, Gen. Bps. ' Cr. Gen. omit — sheddynge. (TheskedilyngoJ)\AoxiA,Bps. ° Exhortation, Cr. £})s. QQ jfo. ctpUf. 2C!)e Epfstle off 3?atil eth vnto you/ as vnto children : My sonne despyse nott the chastenynge of the lorde/ nether faynte when thou art re- buked of hym : For whom the lorde loveth/ hym he chasten- eth : yee/ and he scourgeth every sonne that he receaveth. Yf ye shall endure chastnynge/ god ^ offerelh him silfe vnto you/ as vnto sonnes. Whatsonne is that whom the father chasteneth not ? Yf ye be i" not vnder correccion (where of all are part takers) then are ye bestardes and not sonnes. Moreover sejmge we had fathers of oure i^flesshe which cor- rected vs/ and we gave them revei;ence : shall nott we moche rather be in subieccion vnto the father 12 of spretuall gyftes and shall live ? And they yerely for a feave dayes/ ^^ nurtred vs after their awne pleasure : but he 1^ leameth vs vnto that which is proffitable/ that i^ we myght receave off his holines. '8 No manner learnynge for the present tyme semeth to be ioyeous/ but greveous : neverthelesse afterwarde it bryngeth the quyet frute off rightewesnes vnto them which there in are exercysed. I' Stretch forthetherfore agayne the hondes which ^"^ were let doune/ and the weake knees/ «nd '^ se that ye have strayght steppes 'vnto youre fete/ lest '^eny haltinge tume out of the waye : yee/ let hit rather be healed. 2" Embrace peace with all men/ and wholynes : with out the which/"no man shall se the lorde. And se that no man ^^ be destitute of the grace of god/ lest eny rote of bitternes springe vppe and ®® trouble: and therby many- be defiled. That there be no fornicator/ or vnclene person/ as Esau/ which for ^^ one breakfast solde his ^ right that belonged vnto him/ in that he was the eldest bro- ther. Ye knowe howe that afterwarde when that he wolde have inherited the blessynge/ he was ^ put by. ^ His re- "Tendrethyouas hissons, jBpsl '"Without, Gen. Bp*. ■ " Bod- ies, G«re. '" Of spirites and live, Cr. Bps. Of spirits that we might live. Gen. - " Chastened, Gen Bps. " Nurtured qs [Chastened us, G.] for our profit, Cr. Gen. '^ He maye minister of bis holynes unto us, Cr. We might be partakers of, etc. Gen. Bps. '* No maner chastising, Cr. Now no chastening, Gen. Bps. " Where- fore lift up your hands which hang, etc. Gen. Strayghten up there- fore the handes, Bps. '^ Make straight [right, J?.], Gen. Bps. " That which is haltyng, be turned, Gen. Bps. ^ Follow, Cr. Gen. Bps. »i Fall away from, Gen. Bps. 2' Cause disquiet, Gov. S' One meal, Cov. One mess [morsell, B.] of meat, Cr.Bps. A portion of meat, Gen. ' ^ Birthright, Ml the Vers. ^ Re- jected, Gen. Reprobated, Bps. ^ And he foande no meanes to come thereby againe, T. M. For he found no place of [to, G.] repen- tance, Cr. Gen. Bps. pentaunce founde no grace/ though he ^ desyred that bles- synge wiA teares. For ye are not come vnto the mounts that is touched/ and vnto burninge fyre/ nor yet to ^ myst and darcknes and tem- pest of wedder/ nether vnto the sounde of a trompe and the voyce of wordes : which Yoyce they that herde it/ * wisshed awaye/ that the ^^ communicacion shulde not be spoken to them. For they were not able to abyde that which was 31 spoken. Yf ^^a beast had touched the mountayne/ hit muste have bene stoned/ or thrust thorowe with a darte : even so terreble was the sight which apered. Moses sayde I feare ^ and quake. But ye are come vnto the mounte Sion/ and to the citie off the livynge god/ the celestiall Jerusalem : and to ** an innumerable sight of angels/ and vnto the congregacion of the fyrsi borne ** [sonnes/] which are written in hpven/ and to god the iudge of all/ and to the spretes of Just and par- feet men/ and to Jesus the mediator of the news testament/ and to the ^6 spryncklynge of bloud that speeiketh better then s^thebloudof Abell. Se that ye despyse hot him that speaketh. For yf they escaped not which refused him that spake on erth : Moche more shall we not escape/ yf we turne awaye from him that speaketh from heven : whose voyce then shuke the erth/ and nowe declareth sayinge : yet once more will I shake/ not the erth only/ but also heven. ^8 j^q Jquj ^^^^ same that he sayth/ yet once more/ signifieth the removjmge a waye of those thynges which are shaken/ as off thynges which ^9 have end- ed their course : thatt the thinges which are not shaken maye remayne. Wherfore if we receave the kyngdom which *• is not moved/ ■** we have grace/ wherby we may ^^ serve god and please hym with reverence and godly feare. For ^ our god is a consumynge fyre. " Sought the blessing, Gen. Sought itearefully, Bps. "^ Storme, Cr.Bps. Blax;knes,Gen. ^Excused themselves, G««. ™Worde, Gen. Bps. " Commanded, Gen. Bps. "^ Bj)S. adds — So much as. ^ Bps. adds — exceedingly. ^ A multitude of many thousands, Cov. The companie of innumerable angels, Geti. An innumerable company, etc. Bps. ''' Gen. Bps. omit. ^ Blood of sprinklyng, GcM. Bp«. ^ {Didthe.hlouil),Bps. ^ And this worde yet oijoe more, signifieth. Gen. Bps. ^ Are made. Gen. Bps. *• Cannot be moved, we have, etc. Cr. Cannot be shaken [moved, B.] Gen. Bps. *' So serve God that we riiaye please, Gen. So serve God acceptable, Bps. " Even, our, etc. Gen, jTo. tc^fff. irte Sffpfstle of ^aiil T ET brotherly love continue, be not forgetful! Mo be -■-' kynde to straungers. ' For thereby have dyvers ^ receav- ed angels into their houses vnvsfares. Remember them that are in bondes/ even as though ye were bounde with them. 3 Be in3rndfull of them which are in adversitie/ as * ye which are yet in youre bodies. ^ Let wedlocke be bad in pryce in all poyntes/ and ^let the chamber be vndefiled: for whore kepers/ and advoutrars god will iudge. Let youre eonversa' cion be with out coveteousnes/ and be content with ' that ye have allredy. For he verely said : I will not fayle the/ nether for sake the : that we may boldly saye : The lorde is my helper/ and I will nott feare what man doeth vntg me- Re- member them which have the oversight of you/ which have declcired vnto you the worde of god : ^ consider the conver- sacioa of their Kvynge/ and counterfet their fayth. Jesus Christ ye^erdaye and to daye/ ^ and the same con- tinueth for ever. Be not earyed bidder and thydder with divers and straunge i" learnynge. For it is a good ihinge that the herte be stablisshed with grace and not with meates/ which have not proffeted them that have " had their pastjrme in them. We have an aultre wherof they *^ maye nott eate which serve in the tabernacle. For the bodies of those beastes (whose bloud is brought into the holy place by the hie prest ^3 to pourge sinne) are bournt with out the tentes. Therfore Jesus/ to sanctifye the peple with bis awne bloud/ suffered with out the gate. Let vs goo forth therfore out ^* of the tentes/ and suffer rebuke with them. For here have we no contiau* ynge citie : but we seke a cite to come. ' To lodge, Mil the Vers, ' Lodged angels unawares, Cr. £ps:. *And them which are in affliction [swfier adversitie, B.], Gen, Bp». * As if ye were also afflicted in the body, Gen. As beyag yourselves also in the body (subject to adversitie), Bps. ' Wedlock is to be had in honour among all men, Cr. Marriage [Wedlocke, B.] is hon- ourable among all men. Gen. Bps. *Tne bedde undefiled, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Such things as [Those things that, G.] ye have, Gm. Bps. 8 Whose fayth [C. adds — se that ye] folowe, considering what hath been [and consider, C] the ende of their conversation, Cr. Gen. Whose ende of conversation, ye consideryng, etc. Sp*. 'The same also is for ever. Gen. And the same forever, Bps. '"Doc- trines, Gen. Bps. " Been occupied. Gen. Bps. " Have no authoritie [right, B.] to. Gen. Bps. " For sinne, Gen. Bps. '* Of the tents [the campe, G.— so, vs. 11.], bearing his reproach, Gen. into tje J^eftrues. fflj). r^l]. For by him ^5 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 goode/ and to distribute forget noU for with suche sacrifises god is pleased. O beye them that have the oversight of you/ and submit youre selves to them/ for they watche for youre soules/ 1^ even as though they shulde geve a comptes for them : that they maye do it with ioye/ and not with grefe. For that is an vnproffitable thynge for you. Praye for vs. i'' We have confidence be cause we have a food conscience ^^ in all thynges/ and desyre to live honestly, desire you therfore somwhat the moare i^ [haboundantly/] that ye so do/ that I maye be restored to you quicly. The god of peace that brought agayne from deeth oure lordte Jesus Christ/ the gret shepherde of the shepe/ thorowe the bloud of the everlastynge testament/ make you parfet in all workes/ to do his will/ 20 and brynge to passe/ that ^i whatsoever ye do/ maye be accepted in his sighU by the meanes of Jesus Christ. To whom be prayse for ever whill the worlde endureth Amen. 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 ^e oversight of you/ and all the saynctes. They off Italy/ salute you. Grace be with you all Amen. Sent from Italy by Timotheus. '* I^et us offer, Gen. Bps. " As they that must give accountes, Gen. Bps. •' For we are assured [we trust, B.^ that we have, Gen. Bps. " Among all men, Cr. " Cr. omits. Earnest- ly, Gen. Bps. "" Workyng in you that which is pleasant in his sight, through, G£n. Bps. '' The.thyng which ye do may be pleasaunt in his sight, through, Cr. ^ Knowe ye [Ye knowe, C] that our brother Timotheus is delivered [he is at libertie, Cr.] with whom, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^iniU oft S. Sawes. M^iWISS the seraaunt off God/ and off the lorde Jesus ^*^ Christ/ sendeth gretynge to the xij. trybes which are scat- tered 1 here and there. My brethren/ count it ^ excedynge ioye when ye faule into divers temptacions/ remembiynge howe that the tryinge off youre fayth ^ bringeth pacience : and let pacience have her parfect worke/ that ye maye be parfect and ■* sounde/ that nothynge be lackynge vnto you. Yff eny that is amonge you lake wisdom/ let him axe ^ off God (which geveth to all men ^with outendoublenes/ and ■^ casteth no man in the teth) and it shalbe geven hym : but let hym axe in fay the/ and waver not. For he that ^ doubteth is lyke the waves off the see/ tost off the wynde/ and ^ caried with violence. Nether let that man thynke that he shall re- ceave eny thynge off God. i" A waverynge mynded man is vnstable in all his wayes. Let the brother off lowe degre reioyce in that he is exalted/ and the ryche in that he is made lowe. For even as the flower off the grasse shall he ^^ vanysshe awaye : ^^ The sonne is rysen vi^ith heate/ and the grasse is widdered/ and his flower is faulen awaye/ and the beautie off the fassion off it is per- isshed : even so shall the riche man i^ perisshe in his aboun- dance. ' Abroade, Cr. Abroad, salutation, Gen. Abroade, greetinff, Bps. [' Gretynge' (See text) transposed.] ^ All joye, Bps. 'Work- etii, Bps. * Entier, Gen. ^ Qf hy^;, that geveth it : even God which, Cr. « Indifferently, Cov. T.M. Cr. Bps. Liberally, Gen. ' Reproacheth no man, Gen. * Wavereth, Gen. Bps. "Caried away, GeM. i" A double. Gen. Bp*. " Passe, Bps. " For as when [(as), B.] the Sun, etc. Gen. Bps. " Fade awaye [Perishe, C] in his wayes, Cr. Gen. Bps. CJe JSjtstle at S. Samcs. " Bring forth olives, Gere. "Make, Gen. '» If any man be wyse, T. 3f. Cr. « Knowledge, Cr, Gen. Bps. " His works out of good conversation [By good con- versation, his works, G.} with meknesse of wysdome, Cr. Gen. Bps. '5 T.M. Cr. Gen. Bps. omit. •« Sensual, Gen. Bps. " Sedition, Gen. Bps. >8 Hypocrisie, Gen. '» Maintaine, Pov. T. M. Cr. Make, Gen. Bps. ' Contentions, Gen. * Lustes [So vs. 3] that fight, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Obteine, Cr. Gen. Bps. * Get nothing, Gen. SCte 3S)irstle at Si. ^{ames. (S:]). b. 5 frendshippe off the worlde is enmitie to god warde ? Who- soever wilbe a frende of the worlde/ is made the enemie of god. Do ye suppose that the scripture sayth in vayne : The sprete that dwelleth in you/ ^ lusteth even contrary to envie : but '' geveth more grace. Submit youre selves to god/ ^ and resist the devyll/ and he will flye from you. Drawe neye to god/ and he will drawe neye to you. ' Clense yotire hondes ye synners/ and pourdge youre hertes ye ^ waverynge mynded. Suffre afHiccions : sorowe ye and wepe. Let youre laughter be turned to morn- ynge/ and youre ioye to hevynes. i" Cast doune yourselves before the lorde/ and he shall lift you vppe. i' Backb'yte not one another/ brethren. He that backbyteth hys brother/ and he that iudgeth his brother/ backbyteth- the lawe/ and iudgeth the lawe : but and if thou judge the lawe/ thou art not an ob- server of the law : but a iudge. There is one lawe gever/ which is able to save and to distroye. what art thou that iudgest another man. Go to nowe ye that saye : to daye and to morrowe let vs go into soche a citie and continue there a yeare and beye/ and sell/ and ^^ wynne : and yet cannot tell what shall happen to morowe. For what thinge is youre lyfe .? hit is even a va- poure that apereth for a lytell tyme/ and then vanyssheth awaye : FoT that ye ought to saye : yff the lorde will and yf we live/ let us do this or thatt. Butt nowe ye reioyce in youre bostynges. All soche reioysynge is. evyll. Therfore to hym that knoweth howe to do good/ and doth it not/ it is synne. ffije b. ffiSajiter. /^ 00 to nowe ye Ryche men. Wepe/ and howle i on youre ^-^ wretchednes that shall come apon you. Youre ryches is corrupte/ youre garmentes are moth eaten. Youre golde and youre silver are cankfed/ and the rust off them shalbe a wit- nes vnto you/ and shall eate youre flesshe as it were fyre. Ye have heaped treasure togedder ^ in youre last dayes : Be- ° Amitie, Gen. ' liaateth to envie, Gen. Bps. '' TTie Scrip- ture offereth, Gen. Bps. ' But resist, Bps. » Double-myndad. Suffer afflictions, and mourne, etc. Bjis. '" Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lorde, Cr. Bps. " Speake notevyll of. Gen. XSopost.^ '' Get gaine. Gen. ' For your miseries, Gen. Bps. « Cr. adds — (even wrath to yourselves). For [In, £.] the last days, Gen. Bps. JTo. ccvlWf- 5iSe 3EplstU of S. Snwes. holde the hyer off the laboures which have raped doune youre feldes (which hyer is of you kept backe by fraude) cryeth : and the cryes off them which have reped/ are intred into the eares off the lorde off Sabaoth. Ye have lived in pleasure on the erth and in wantannes. Ye have norysshed youre hertes/ as in a daye off slaughter. Ye have condempned and have killed the iuste/ and he hath not resisted yovf. Be pacient th^rfore brethren/ vnto the commynge of the lorde., Beholde the husbande man wayteth for the precious frute off the erth/ and hath long pacience there vppon/ yntill he receave ^ the yerly and the latter rayne. Be ye also pacient therfore/ and settle youre hertes/ for the commynge off the lorde draweth neye. Grodge not one agaynst another breth- ren/ lest ye be dampned. Beholde the iudge stondeth before the dore. Take (my brethren) the prophettes for an ensample of sufferynge adversitie/ and of long pacience/ which spake in the name of the lorde. Beholde we count them happy which endure. Ye have herde of the pacience of Job/ and have ■* knowen what ende the lorde made/ For the lorde is very pitifull/ and mercifull. Butt above all tbynges my brethren/ sweare not/ nether by heven/ nether by erth/ nether by eny wother othe. Let youre * sayinge be ye ye/ naye/ naye : lest ye faule into ^ ypocrysy. Ys there eny amonge you that is '' evyll vexed ! let hym praye. Ys there eny man a monge you that is mery ? let hym syngie psalmes. Ys there eny man ^ deseased a monge you } Lett hym call for the seniours off the congregacion/ and lett them praye over hym/ and anoynte hym with oyle in the name off the lorde : and the prayer off fayth shall save the sicke/ and the lorde shall rayse him vppe : and yf he have committed synnes/ they shalbe forgeven hym. Knowledge youre fautes one to another : and praye one for another/ that ye maye be healed. * The prayer off a ryghteous man avayleth moche/ yf it be fervent. Helias was a man '" in daunger to tribulacion as we are/ and he prayed ii in his prayer/ that it myght not rayne : and it rayned nott on the ' The former, Gen. * Seen the ende of the Lorde, Bps. ' Yea be yea, and your nay, nay, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' Condemnation, Gen. Bps. ' Vexed, Cr. Afflieted, Gen. Bps. * Sick, Gen. ' The fervent prayer, etc. Cr. Bps. '" Mortal even as, Cov. T. M. Under infirmities as, Cr. Bps. Subject to like passions as, Gen. " Earnestly, Gen. Slie HpfstU of .S. Sames. ®il. b. erth by the space off thre yeares and sixe monethes. And agayne he prayed/ and the heven gave rayne/ and the erth brought forfli her frute. Brethren if eny off you erre from the trueth/ and a nother convert hym/ let the same knowe/ thatt he whych converted the syn- ner from goynge astraye out of his waye/ shall save a spule from deeth/ and shaU hyde the multitude off syimes. The ende of the pistle off Saynct James. EK m^tu oft s^untt ^nXf^n, 3ttlJ10^S the servaunt of Jesus Christ/ the brother off ^ James/ To \herxy which are called and sanctified in god the father/ and ^ preSCTved in Christ Jesus. Mercy on you/ and peace and love be multiplied. Beloved/ vi^hen I gave all diligence to write vnto you off the common health : itt was nedfuU for me to write vnto you/ to exhprte you/ that ye shulde ~ continually laboure in the fayth/ which was once geven vnto the saynctes. For there are cer- tayne ^ [craftely] crepte in/ ■* of which it was written afore tyme vnto soche iudgement/ They are vngodly/ and turne the grace of oure lorde God vnto wantannes/ and denye God the only lorde/ and oure lorde Jesus Christ. * My mynde is therfore to put you in remembraunce/ for as moche as ye once knowe this/ howe thatt the lorde {after thatt he had delivered the people out of Egypt) destroyed them which afterwarde beleved not. The angels also/ which kept not their fyrst estate : but lefte their owne habitacion/ he hath reserved in everlastynge chaynes vnder darknes vnto the iudgement of the greate daye/ even as Zodom/ and Gomor/ Eind the cities aboute them (which in lyke manor ^defiled them selves/ with fomicacion/ and folowed straunge flesshe) are set for an ensample/ and suffre the vengeaunce of eternall fyre. Lykwyse these '' dremers defyle the flesshe/ despise rulars/ and speaJce evyll of them that are in auctoritie. Yet Michael the archangell (when he strove against the ' Reserved to, Gen. ' Earnestlye contende for [G. adds— the maintenance of], Gen. Bps. ' Ungodly menne crahyly, etc. Cr. Bps. ['Ungodly' (See text) transposed]. Gen. omits. * Which were before of olde ordeyned to this condemnation, Gen. Bps. * I wil therefore, Gen. 6 As they did, committed, and folowed, Gen. ' Being disoeaved by dreames, Cr. Bps. Site ISjptstle oS S. ^vCasB. devjrll/ and disputed sAout the body of Moses) durst nott ^ geve raylynge sentence/ buttsayde: The lorde Tebvke the. Butt these speake evyll of those Uiinges which they knowe not. In tho thynges which ihey knowe natnrafly (as beastes which are with out reason) "Ihey corropte them selves. Wo be vnto them/ far they have fidowed the wave ' [of C5ayn/ and are w spylt in the erroure] of Balam for lukers sake/ and ^^ are caste awaye ia the treason of Core. These are spottes i^ which of youre kmdnes feast to gedder/ with out feare/ i^fedynge them selves. Cloudes they are with outen water/ caried about off wyndes : !■* Trees rotten in authum/ vnfrutfuU/ twyse deed/ and plucked vppe by the rotes. They are the ragynge waves off the see/ fomynge out llieir awne shame. They are wandrynge starres/ to whom is re- served the ^^ myst of darcknes for ever. Enoch the seventh from Adam prophesied before of suche saying : Beholde/ the lorde shall come with thousandes of sayntes/ to geve iudgement agaynst all men/ and to rebuke all that are vngodly amonge them/ of all their i^ vngodly dedes/ which they have vngodly committed/ and all their cruell speakynges/ which i^ vngodly sinners have spoken agaynst hym. These are murmurers/ complayners/ walkynge after their awne lustes/ whose muthes speake proude thynges. i'' They have men m greate reverence be cause off avauntage. But ye derly beloved remember the wordes which were spoken be- fore off the Aposdes off cure lorde Jesus Christ/ howe that they tolde you thatt there shulde be begylers in the last tyme/ which shulde walke after their owne vngodly lustes. These are makers off sectes/ ^^ natural!/ havynge no sprete. But ye derly beloved/ ed3rfie youre selves in youre most wholy fayth/ prayinge in the wholy goost/ and kepe youre selves in the love of God/ lokinge for the mercy of oure lorde Jesus Christ/ vnto eternall lyfe. And have compassion on 8 Blame him with cursed speaking, Gen. ' T. M. omits. '" Utterly gyven to, Cr. Tav. Bjps. Cast away by the deceit of Ba- laam's wages. Gen. " Penshe in the gaynesaying [treason, C.], Ct. Gen. Bps. " In yourfeastes of charitie, Gen. Bps, " Lyv- ynge lawlesse and after their owne pleasure, Cr. " Trees with- out frute at gatheryng tyme, Cor. T. M. Cr. [Cr. adds — withered]. Corrupt trees and without fruit, Gen. Trees wythered at fruite gath- ering and without fruit, Bps. '* Blacknes, Gen. " Wicked, Gen. " Having mens persons in admiration, Gen. >^ Beastlie, Con. Fleshlie, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. Jfo. cc0t):. ESe SBpfstte off S. 3futia«. some 18 separatynge them : and wother save with feare/ pul- lynge them out of the fyre/ and hate ^ the fylthy vesture of tide flesshe. Vnto hym that is able to kepe you/ ®i thatt ye faule nott/ and to present you fautlesse before the presence off hys glory with ioye/ ^^that ys to saye/ to God cure saveour ^ whyche only ys wyse/ be glory/ maiestie/ dominion/ and pow- "er/ ^ nowe and for ever Amen. '^ In putting difference, Gen. ^ Even the garment spotted by the fleshe, Gen. Bps. ^' Free from sinne, Cr. Bps. '^ (At the commyng of our Lord Jesus Christ) to God, etc. Cr. ^ Cr. adds — (Through Jesus Christ our Lorde). *> Cr. adds — (Before all worldes). Kelield(cCon off Sanct Sfion tUe JKije fsrst ©ijapter. ' JI^IS revelacion of Jesus Christ/ which god gave vnto him/ forto shewe vnto his servauntes thynges which must shortly i come to passe. And he sent and shewed by hys arigell vnto hys servaunt Jhon/ whych bare recorde off the worde off god/ and off the testimony off Jesus Christe/ and of all thynges that he sawe. Happy is he that redith/ and they that heare the wordes of the prophesy/ and kepe thoo thynges which are written therin. For the tyme is at honde. Jhon to the vij. congregacions in Asya. Grace be with you and peace/ from hym which is/ and which was/ and which is to come : and from the vij. spretes which are present before his trone/ and from Jesus Christ which is a faythfuU witnes/ and fyrst begotten of the dee^ : and ^ lorde over the kynges of the erth. Vnto hym that loved vs and wesshed vs from oure synnes in his awne bloud/ and made vs kynges and prestes vnto god his father/ be glory/ and dominion/ for ever more amen. Be- holde he commeth with cloudes/ and all eyes shall se hym : 3 and they also which peersed him. And all kynredes of the erth shall wayle. ^ even so amen. I am Alpha and Omega/ the begynnynge and the endinge/ sayth the lorde almyghty/ which is and which was and which is to come. Jhon youre brother and companyon in tribulacion/ and in the kyngdom and pacience which is in Jesu Christe/ was in the yle of Pathmos for the worde of god/ and for the witnes- synge of Jesu Christe. I was ^ in the sprete on ^ a sondaye/ • Bee done, Gen. " Prince of, Gen. * Yea, even they, Gen. * Cr. adds — (over him). Gen. Bps. — Before him. ' Ramshed in spirite, Gen. [So oh. iv.3.] ' The Lord's day, Gen. Bps. So. ccl. SJe axebrtacion of S. SJon. and herde behynde me/ a gret voyce/ as itt had bene of a trompe sayinge : I am Alpha and Omega/ the fyrst and the last. That thou seiste write in a boke/ and sende hit 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. And I turned bake to ste the voice that spake to me. And when I was turned : I sawe vij. golden candelstycikes/ and in the myddes of the candelstyckes/ one lyke vnto the sonne of man clothed with a lynnen garment doune to the ground/ md gyrde aboute the pajtoes with a golden gyrdle. His heed/ and his heares were whyte/ as whyte woll/ and as snowe : and his eyes were as a flame of fyre : and his fete lyke vnto ■^ brasse/ as though they brent in a fvrnace : and his voyce as the sound e of many waters. And he had in his right honde vij. starres. And out of his mougth went a twoo edged swarde. And his face shone even as the sunne in his strengthe. And when I sawe hym/ I fell at his fete/ even as deed. And he layde hys ryght honde apon me/ sayinge vnto me : feare not. I am the fyrst/ and the laste/ and am a lyve/ and was deed. And beholde I am a. lyve for ever more/ and have the kayes off hell and off deeth. Wryte therfore the thynges whych thou hast sene/ and the thynges which are/ and the thynges which ^ shalbe fulfylled here after : and the misteri off the vij. starres which thou sawest in my right honde/ and the vij. golden candelstyckes. ^ The vij. starres are the an- gells off the vij. congregacions : And the vij. candlestyckes which thou sawest are the vij. congregacions. yi STjfjc setontre ffljjapter. ''NTO the angell off the congregacion off Ephesus wryte : These thynges sayth he that holdeth the Vij. starres in his ryght honde/ and walketh in the myddes of the vij. golden candlestyckes. I knowe thy workes/ and thy labour/ and thy pacience/ and howe thou cannest not forbeare them which are evyll : and examinedst them which saye they are Apostles/ and are nott : and hast founde them lyars. and ^ heist suf- fered/ and hast pacience : and for my names sake hast labor- ed and hast nott faynted. Neverthelesse I have sumwhat agaynst the/ for thou haste lefte thy fyrst love. Remember ' Fine biasse, Gen. Bps. [So ch. ii. 18.] ' Shall come, Gen. ' Gere, adds — is this. ' Dyddest washe thyselfe, T. M. Siie J&ebelacfon of S. J!)on. ° Things sacrificed, Gen. ffo. cclf. Srjje aaebelacfnn ot S. SSoit. hym a whyte stone/ and in the stone a newe name wrytten/ which no man knoweth/ savings he that receaveth hit. And vnto the angell off the congregacion off Theatira write : This sayth the sonne of god/ which hath his eyes lyke vnto a flame of fyre/ whose fete are lyke brasse : I knowe thy workes and thy love/ service/ and fayght/ and pacience/ and thy dedes/ which are mooe at the laste then att the fyrste : Notwithstondinge I have a feawe thynges agaynste the/ that thou sofferest that woman Jesabell/ which called her sylfe a prophetes to teache and to deceave my servauntes/ to make them commyt fornicacion/ and to eate raeates offered vppe vnto ydolles. And I gave her space to repent off her forni- cacion/ and she repented not. Beholde I will caste her into a beed/ and them that commyt fornicacion with her into gret 11 adversite/ excepte they repent of 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. And I will geve vnto every one of you accordynge vnto youre workes. Vnto you I saye/ i^ and vnto other off them off Thiatyra as many as have nott this lernynge/ and which have not knowen the depnes of Satan (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 ende/ to hyme will I geve power over nacions/ and he shall rule them with a rodde of yeron : and as the vessels off a potter/ shall ^^ he breake them to shevers. Evyn as I receaved off my father.!* And I will geve him the morn- ynge starre. Let hym that hath eares heare what the sprete sayth to the congregacions. SI'Se if;'. Ctjajitcr. A ND, wryte vnto the angell of the congregacion of Sardis : ■^^ this sayth he that hath ^ the sprete of god/ and the vij. starres. I knowe thy workes/ thou haste a name that thou lyveste/ and thou are deed. Be awake and strengths the thynges which remayne/ that are redy to deye. For I have not founde thy workes perfa^te before god. Remember ther- fore howe thou hast receaved and hearde/ and holde faste/ and " Affliction, Gen. i" The rest of them, Gen. " They be broken, Gen. '"' So will 1 geve him, Cr. Gen. Bps. ' The seven spirits, Cr. Gen. Bps. [So ch. v. 6.j ffltie atlebelacton of S. Sjion. ®S. fff. repent. "Yf thou shalt not watche/ 1 wyll come on the as a thefe/ 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 whyle/ for they are worthy. He that overcommeth 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 fa- ther/ and before his angelles. Let hym that hath earys heare what the sprete sayth vnto the congregacions. And wryte vnto the angell off Philadelphia : This sayth he that is holy and true/ which hath the kaye off David : which openyth and noman shutteth/ and shutteth and no man open- eth. I knowe thy workes, Beholde I have set before the an open doore/ and no man can shutt hit/ for thou haste a lyttell strengthe/ and haste kepe my saynges : and haste not denyed my name. Beholde. I ^put them of the cOngregacion of Sa- than/ which call themselves Jewes and are not/ butt do lye. Beholde. I will make them that they shall come and wor- shippe before thy fete : and shall knowe that I have loved the. Be cause thou hast kept the wordes of my pacience/ ^ and I wyll kepe the from the houre of temptacion which will come apon all the worlde/ ■* to tempte them that dwell apon the erth. Beholde I come shortly. Holde that which thou haste/ that no man take awaye thy croune. Hym that overcommeth will I make a pyllar in the temple off my God/ and he shall goo no more oute. And I will wryt apon hym/ the name off my god/ emd the name off the citie off my god/ newe Jerusa- lem/ which commeth doune oute of hevyn from my god and I will wryte apon hym my newe name. Let hym that hath eares/ heare what the sprete sayth vnto the congregacions, And vnto the angell of the congregacion which is m Lao- dicia wryte : This sayth (amen) the faythfuU and true wit- ijes/ the begynnynge off the creature? off God, I knowe thy workes that thou arte nether colde ner hott : I wolde thou were colde or hotte, So then be cause thou arte ? bitwene bothe/ and nether colde ner hott/ 1 will spew the oute of my mought : be cause thou sayst thou arte riche and incresyd with gooddes/ and hast nede off nothinge/ and knowest not howe thou arte wretched and miserable/ povre/ blynde/ and nakyd. I consell the to bye off me golde tryed in the fyre/ ' Make, Cr. Will make, Gen, Bps. ' Therefore wil T keepe [deliver, G.], Cr. Gen. Bps. 4 To trye, Gen. Bps. =■ Luke- tearme, Gen. Bps. Jf Oi ecUf. Ete asiebelaefott ot S. SSon. that thou mayste be riche : and wyte rayment/. that thou mayste be clothed/ that thy fylthy nakednes do not apiere : and anoynt thyne eyes with eye salve/ that thou mayeste se. As many as I love/ I rebuke and chasten. Be ^ fervent therfore and repent. Beholde I stonde at the doore and knocke. Yif eny man heare my voyce and opyn the dore/ I will come in vnto hym arid will suppe with him/ and he with me. To hym that overcommeth will I gravnte to sytt with me in my seate/ evyn as I overcam and have sytten with my father/ in his seate. Lett hym that hath eares heare what the sprete sayth vnto the congregacions. ffije tiff. ffiSajitEr. A FTER this I loked/ and beholde a dore was opene in hev- -^- en/ and the fyrste voyce which I harde/ was as hit were of a trorapet talkinge with me/ which said : come vppe hyd- der/ and I will shewe the thynges which muste be fulfyllyd here after. And immediatly I was in the sprete. and beholde/ a seate was put in heven and won sat on the seate. And he that sat was to loke apon lyke vnto a iaspar stone/ and a sardyne stone : And there was a rayne boll aboute the seate/ ^ to loke apon/ lykevnto an emeralde. And aboute the seate were xxiiij. seates. And Isawe on the seates .xxiiij. seniours syttinge cloth- ed in whyterayment/ and had on their heddes Crounes of gold. And out oif the seate preceded lightnynges/ and thoun- drynges/ and voices: and there were vij. lampes off fyre/ byminge before the seate/ which are the vij. sprettes off God, And before the seate there was a see off glasse/ lyke vnto cris- tall/ and in the myddes of the seate/ and rounde aboute the seate/ wer iiij. biestes full off eyes before and behynde. And the fyrste biest was lyke a lion/ the seconde biest lyke a caulfe/ and the thyrde bieste had a face as a man/ and the fourthe bieste was lyke a flyinge egle. And the iiij. biestes had eche one of them vj. wynges aboute hym/ and they were full off 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. And when these beestes gave glory and honour and thankes to hym that sat on the seate/ which levith ^ ever more/ the xxiiij. seniours fell doune before the trone/ before hym that sat on the trone/ and worshipped hym thatt levith ' ever/ ' Zealous, Gen. ' In sight, like. Ml the Vers. " Ceased not, Gen. ' Forever and ever, Cr. Gen. Bps. Si)e a^ebelacfon of S. ^ton. (t% b. and caste their crounes before the trone sayinge : thou arte worthy lorde to receave glory/ and honoure/ and power/ for thou haste credited all thinges/ and for thy * wyllis sake they are/ and were created. STiie b. 0;i)a|itei;. A ND I sawe in the right honde of hym/ thatsatin the trone/ a boke written with in and on the backside/ sealyd with vi]. seales. And I sawe a stronge angell which iciyed with a loude voyce : Who is worthy to open the boke/ and to loose the seales ther off. And no man in hevyn ner in erth/ neth- er vnder the erth/ was able to open the boke/ nether to loke thereon. And I wepte moche/ be cause no man was founde worthy to open/ and to rede the boke/ nether to loke thereon. And one of the seniours sayde vnto me : wepe not : Beholde 2 a lion beinge off the tribe of Juda/ the rott off Dauid/ hath obtayned to open the boke/ and to lose the vij. seales theroff. And I behelde/ and loo/ in the myddes of the seate/ and off the iiij. biestes/ and in the myddes off the seniours/ stode a lambe as though he had bene kylled/ which had vij. homes and vij. eyes/ which are the sprettes off God/ sent into all the worlde. And he cam and toke the boke oute off the right honde of h)rm that sate apon the seate. And when he had taken the boke/ the iiij. bestes and xxiiij. seniours fell doune before the lambe/ havynge harpes and golden vialles full off odoures/ which are the prayers off saynctes and they songe a newe songe saynge : thou art worthy to take the boke and to open the seales thereof/ for thou waste kylled and haste redemed vs ^ by thy bloud/ out off all kynreddes/ and tonges/ and people/ and nacions/ and haste made vs vnto oure god/ kynges and prestes and we shall raygne on the erth. And I behelde/ and I herd the voyce off many angylles about the trone/ and about the biestes and the seniours/ 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 strenghte/ and honour 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 * Pleasures sake, Bps. ' Preached, Cov. Cr. Gen. Bps. ' The [That, B.] lyon, Gm. Bps. ' Gm. Bps. add — to God. * Piuiae, Gen. [So post.] j^o. criifj. JlSe a^ebelscfon ot S. SSon. in them, herd I saynge : blyssinge/ honour/ glory/ and power/ be vnto hym/ that sytteth apon the seate/ and vnto the lambe forever more. And the .iiij. biestes s&yd : amen. And the xxiiij. seniours ^ fell apon their faces/ and worshypped hym that lyveth for ever more. EJe bf. ffijaptet. A ND I sawe when the lambe openyd one of the scales/ and "^ herde one of the iiij. biestes saye/ as hit wer the noyse off thonder/ come and se. And I sawe/ and beholde there was a whyte horsse/ and he that sat on hym had a bowe/ and a croune was geven vnto hym/ and he went forth conqueringe and forto overcome. And when he opened the secohde seale/ I herde the seconds bieste saye : come and se. And there went out another horsse that was red/ and power was geven to hym that satte there on/ to take peace from the erth/ and that they shulde kyll one another, and there was geven vnto hym a gret swearde. And when he opened the thyrde seale/ I herde the thyrde bieste saye : come and se. And I behelde/ and loo/ a blacke hors : and he that sate on hym/ had a payre of balances in his honde. And I herde a voyce in the myddes off the iiij. bestes saye : a measure of whete for a peny/ and iij. meas- ures 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 satt on hym was deeth/ and hell folowed after hym/ and power was geven vn- to them over the fourthe parte off the erthe/ 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 vnderthe aul- tre/ the soules of them that were kylled for the worde of God/ and for the testymony which they ^ had/ and they cryed with a lawde voyce sayinge : Howe longe * tariest thou lorde holy and true/ to iudge and to avenge oure bloud on them that dwell on the erth ? And longe whyte * garmentes were geven vnto every one off them. And hit was sayde vnto them that '■ Fel down, Gen. • A pale horse, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ And with the beastes of the earth. Gen. Bps. ' Mjiinteined, Gen. ■• Lorde holy and true, doest not thou judge, Gen. ^ Kobes, Gen. [So, post.'] BSe Jilebelacron of S. SJon. ffij. bff. they shulde reste for a lyttle season vntyll ^ the nomber off their felowes/ and brethren/ and of them that shulde be kyl/ led as they were/ were fulfylled. And I behelde when he opened the sixte«eale/ and loo there was a grett erthquake/ and the sunne was as black, as sacke clothe made of heare. and the mone wexed even as bloud. and the starres of haven fell vnto the erth/ even as a fygge tree castith ' from her fygges/ when she is shaken off a myghty wynde. And heven ^ vanySshed awaye/ as a scroll when hit is rolled togedder. And all mountayns and yles/ were moved oute of their places. And the kynges of the erth/ and the grett men/ and the ryche men/ and die chefe cap- taynes/ and the myghty men/ and every bond man/ and every free man/ hyd themselves in dennes/ and in rocks off the ' hylles/ and sayd to the ^hylles/ and rockes: fall on vs/ and hyde us from the presence off hym that sytteth on the seate/ and from the wrath of the lambe/ for the grete daye off his wrath ys come/ And whoo can i" endure hit. ESe Mj. CJaptw. A ND after that I sawe iiij. angels stonde on the iiij. comers -^ of the erth/ holdynge the iiij. wyndes off the erth/ that the wyndes shulde nott blowe on the erthe/ nether on the see/ nether on the see/ nether on eny tree. And I sawe another angell ^ ascende from the rjrsynge of the sunne/ which had the seale off the lyvynge god/ and he cryed with a loude voyce to the iiij. angelles (to whom power was geven to hurt the erth and the see) sayinge : Hurt not the erth nether the see/ nether the trues/ tyll I have sealed the servauntesof oure god in their forheades. And I herde the nombre of them which were sealed/ and there were sealed c. and xliiij. m. of all the trybes of the chyl- dren of Israhell. Of the trybe of Juda were sealed xij. sr. Of the trybe off Ruben were sealed xij. M. Of the trybe of Gad were sealed xij. m. Of the trybe of Asser were sealed xij. M. Of the trybe of Neptalym were sealed xij. m. Of the trybe off Manasses were sealed xij. m. Of the trybe of Symeon were sealed xij. m. Of the trybe of Levy were sealed xij. m. Of the trybe off Isacar were sealed xij. m. Of the trybe of • Their fellow servantii, Oen. Sps. ' Hir untimely [greene, have power. And hit was sayde vnto them thatt they shulde nott hurt the grasse off the erth : nether eny grene thinge : nether eny tree : but only those men which have nott 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 off a scorpion/ when he hath stonge a man. And in those dayes shall men seke deeth/ and shall nott fynde hyt/ shall desyre to deye/ and deeth shall flye from them. And the ^ similitude off the loeustes was lyke vnto horses prepared vnto battayll/ and on their heddes were as hit were crownes/ lyke vnto golde. aad their faces were as bit had bene the faces of men. And they had heares as the heares ofwemen. And their tethe were as the tethe off lyons. And they had habbergions/ as hit were habbergionsoff yeron. And the sounde off their wynges was as the sounde of eharettes when many horsses runne togedder to battayle. And they had tayles lyke vnto scorpions/ and there were Wynges in their tayles. And their power was to hurt men v. monethes. And they had a kynge over them/ which is the a~ngell of the bottomlesse pytt/ whose name in the hebrew tonge/ is Aba- don : but in the greke totjge/ Apollion/ ^ [that ys to saye a destroyer]. Wcm woo is. past/ and heholde two wooes come after this. And the sixte angell blewe/ and I herd a voyce fkwni the iiij. ^comers of the golden aultre/ which is before god/ saying to the sixte angell which had the trompe : Loose the iiij. an- gelles/ which are bounde in the grett ryver Eufrates. And the iig. 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 off men. And the nombre of horsmen of warre/ were twenty tymes x m And I herde the nombre of them. And thus 1 sawe the horses in a vision and thcHi that sate on them/ havynge fyry habbergions of a ^ Jaeynct coT- oure/ and brymstony. and the heeddes of the horses were as the heeddes of lyons. And out of their mouthes went forth fyre and smoke and brymstone. And of these iij/ was the thyrde parte of men kylled/ that is to saye/ of fyre/ smoke/ and brymstone/ which preceded out of the mouthes of them : " Gen. Bps. add— of God. ' That their paine should be as, etc. Gen. * Forme, Gen. ' Gen. omits. Bps. inserts in small type. « Homes, Gen. Bps. ' Atao, Gen. [So, post.] * Yellow, Cov. jrje UebElactoti of S. 3J!)on. ffif). V. For their power was ki their mouthes and in their tayles : for their tayles were lyke unto serpentes/ and had heddes/ and with them they dyd hurtt : And the remnaunt oif the men which were not kylled by these plages rep&nted not of the dedes of their hondes/ that they shulde not worshyppe devyls/ and ymages/ off golde/ and sylver/ and brasse/ and stone/ and of woode/ which nether can se/ nether heare/ nether goo Also they repented not of their murther/ and of their sorcery nether of their fornicacion nether of their thefte. A ND I sawe another myghty angell come doune from heven/ "^ clothed with a cloude/ and the ^ rayne boll apon his heed. And hys face as hit were the sunne/ and his fete as hytt were pyllars of fyre/ And he had in his honde a lytell boke opyn : and he put his ryght fote apon the see/ and his lyfte fote on the erth. And cryed with a lowde voyce/ as when a lyon roreth. And when be had cryed/ seven thondres ^ spake their voyces. And when the vij thondres had ^ spoken their voyces/ I was aboute to wryte. And I herde a voyoe from heven sayinge vnto me ^ marke thoo thynges which the vij. thondres spake/ and write them not. And the angell which I sawe sfonde apon the see/ and apon the erth/ lyfte vppe his honde to heven/ and swore by hym thatt liveth for ever more/ which' created heven/ and the thjmges that ther in are/ ^ and the see/ and the thynges which therin are : that there shulde be no longer tyjne : but in the dayes of the voyce of the seventhe angell/ when he shalbegyn to blowe : even the mistery off god shalbe ^ fulfilled/ as he ^ preached by his servauntes the prophettes. And the voyce which I herde from heven spake vnto me agayne/ and sayde : goo and tEike the boke whych' ys open in the honde off the. angell/ which stondeth apon the see/ and apon the erth. and I went vnto the angell/ and sayde to hym : geve me the ''boke. and he sayd vnto me : take hit/ and eate it vppe/ and hit shall make thy belly byttre/ butt hit shalbe in thy mouth as swete a^ hony. and I toke the ' boke out of his honde/ and ate it vp/ and hit was in my mouth as swete ■ [i. e. Rainebowe — as in Ml tlie Vers.] * Uttered, Gen. Bps. ^ Seale up, Ml the Vers. * Gen, Bps. add — And the earth and the things that therein are. [So Cr. in crotchets] * Fynished, Ml the Vers. ' Declared, Gen. Byi. 1 Litle boke,i5M the Vers. SS* ^0. cclb. ffite 3£lebelacfon of S. St)oft. have power. And hit was sayde vnto them thatt they shulde nott hurt the grasse off the erth : nether eny grene thinge : nether eny tree : but only those men which have nott the seale ^ in their forhedes/ and to them was commaunded thai they shulde not kyll them/ but that they shulde be vexed v monethes/, and ^ their payne was as the payne that commeth off a scorpion/ when he hath stonge a man. And in those dayes shall men seke deeth/ and shall nott fynde hyl/ shall desyre to deye/ and deeth shall flye from them. And the ■* similitude off the locustes was lyke vnto horses prepared vnto battayll/ and cai their heddes were as hit were crownes/ lyke vnto golde- and their faces were as hit had bene the faces of men. And they had heares as the heares of wemen. And their tethe were as the tethe off lyons. And they had habbergions/ as hit were habbergionsoffyeron. And the sounde off their wynges was as the sounde of eharettes when many horsses runne togedder to battayle. And they had tayles lyke vnto scorpions/ and there were stynges in their tayles. And their power was to hurt men v. monethes. And they had a kynge over thenv which is the angell of the bottomlesse pytt/ whose name in the hebrew tonge/ is Aba- don : but in the greke tOnge/ ApoUion/ ^ [that ys to saye a destroyer]. "Won woo is pasX/i and heholde two wooes come after this. And the sixte angell blewe/ and I herd a voyce from the iiij. ^comers of the golden aultre/ which is before god/ saying to the sixte angell which had the trompe : Loose the iiij. an- gelles/ which are bounde in the grett ryver Euffates. And the iiij. 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 off men. And the nombre of horsmen of warre/ were twenty tymes x m And I herde the nombre of them. And thus I sawe the horses in a vision and them that sate on them/ havynge fyry habbergions of a ^ Jacynct co!. oure/ and brymstony. and the heeddes of the horses were as the heeddes of lyons. And out of their mbuthes went forth fyre and smoke and brymstone. And of these iij/ was the thyrde parte of men kylled/ that is to saye/ of fyre/ smoke' and brymstone/ which preceded out of the mouthes of them : = Gen. Bps. add — of God. ^ That their paine should be as, etc. Gen. * Forme, Gen. ^ Gen. omits. Bps. inserts in small type. « Homes, Gen. Bps. ' Atao, Gen, [So,^os«.] « Yellow, Cov.- ^^e 3&ebelacron of S. S(San. [i. e. Rainebowe — aa in Ml tlie Vers.} *^ Uttered, Gen. Bps- 2 Seale up, Ml the Vers, * Gen.'Bps. add — And the earth and the things that therein are. [So Cr. in crotchets] * Fynished, Ml tlie Vers. ' Declared, Gen. Bpk. ' Litle boke, j3M the Vers. SS* Jfa. cclbf. S$e Xlebelacron of S. JHion. as hony/ and as sone as I had eaten it/ my belly was bytter. And he sayde vnto me : thou muste prophesy agayne ^ amonge the people/ and nacions/ and tonges/ and to many kynges. STJe y:{. (ttjapter. A ND then was geven me a rede lyke vnto a rodd/ and ^ hit -^^ was sayd vnto me : Ryse and mete the temple of god/ and the aultre/ and them that worshippe therin/ ^ and the quyre which is with in the temple cast oute/ and mete hit not : for hit is gevyn vnto the gentyles/ and the holy cite shall they treade vnder fote xliij. monethes. And I will geve power vn- to my two wytnesses/ and they shall prophesy m. ij'=. and Ix. dayes/ clothed in sack cloth. These are two oly ve trees/ and two candlestyckes/ stondinge before the god off the erth. And if ehy man will hurtt them/ fyre shall procede out off their mouthes/ and ^ consume their enmyes. And iff eny man will hurt them/ this wyse muste he be kylled. These have power to shut heven/ that hit ra3Tie not in the dayes off 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 fynesshed their testimony/ the beaste that cam oute of the bottomlesse py tt shall make warre agaynst them : and shall overcome/ and kyll them. And their * bod- dyes shall lye in the stretes off the grete citie/ which sprytual- ly is called Zodom and Egypt/ where oure lorde was crucify- ed. And they off the people and kynredes/ and tonges/ and 5 they off the nacions/ shall se their * bodyes iij. dayes and aa haulfe/ and shall not suffre their * boddyes to be put in graves. And they that dwell apon the erth/ shall reioyce over them and be glad/ and shall sende gyftes won to another : for these two prophettes vexed them that dwelt on the erth. And after iij. dayes and an halffe the sprete off lyfe from god 6 entred into them. And they ^ stode vppe apon their fete : and grett feare * cam apon them which sawe them. And they herde a grett voyce from heven/ sayinge vnto them : Come vppe hydder. And they ® ascended vppe into heven in a cloude/ and their enmyes sawe them. And the same houre * Unto the hethen, Cov. ' The angel stoode up, saying, Gen. Bps. * But the court which is without, Gen. Bps. ' Devour- eth, Gen. * Corpses . . oarkeises, Gen. ' Gentiles, (Jcai. :[So, vs. 18.| « Shall enter . , Shall atande, etc. Gen. Siie a&ebelacton at S. Sfton. ffi!). T^J. was there a grett earth quake/ and the tenthe part off 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 off heven. The seconde woo is past/ and beholde the thyrd woo woU come anon. And the seventhe angel blewe/ and there were made grett voyces in heven/ sayinge : the kyngdoms off this worlde are oure lordes and his christes/ and he shall raygne for ever more. And the xxiiij. seniours/ which syt before god on their seates/ fell apon their faces/ and worshipped god sajringe : we geve the thankes lorde God ' omnipotent : which arte and wast/ and arte to come/ for thou haste receaved thy grett myght/ and hast i' raygned. And the nacions were angry/ and thy wrath is come/ and the tyme of the deed/ that thou shuldest iudge them : and shuldest geve rewarde vnto they servauntes prophettes and saynctes/ and to them that feare thy name smale and grett and shuldest destroye them/ which destroye the erth. And the temple of God was openyd in heven/ and there was sene in his temple/ the arke of his testament : and 11 there folowedlyghtnynges/ and voyces/ and thondrynges and erlh quake/ and moche hayle. STjie ):ff. ffiSapter. A ND there appered a gret wonder in heven. A woman •^^ clothed with the sunne/ and the mone vnder her fete/ and apon her heed a croune off xij. sfarres. And she was with chylde and ciyed travallinge in byrth/ and payned redy to be delyrered. And there appered another wonder in heven/ and beholde a grett red dragon/ havynge vij. heddes/ and ten homes/ and seven crounes on his heddes : and his tayle drue the thyrde parte of the starres/i and cast them to the erth. And the dragon stode before the woman which was reddy to be delyvred : forto devoure her chylde ^as sone as hitt were borne. And she brought forth a man chylde/ which shulde rule all nacions with a rodde off yeron. And her sonne was taken vppe vnto God/ and to his seate. And the woman fleed into the wyldernes/ where she had a place/ prepared ' In nomber seven, etc, Gen. ' Shal be afraide and give. Gen. ' Almighty, T. M. Cr. Gen. Bps. '"Obteined the kingdome, Gen. " There were, Gen. [So ch. xvii. 18.] » Gen. Bps. add (C. in crotchets) — of heaven. ' When she had brought it foorth, Gere. ■ So. cclMf. EJe 3£lebelacton of S. Sjioit. off God/ that they shulde fede her there/ M. ^and xxvj. dayes. And there was grett battayll in heven/ Michael and his an- gelles fowght with the dragon and the dragon fowght and his angelles/ and prevaylled not : nether was their place founds eny more in heven. And the grett dragon/ thatt olde serpent called the devyll and Sathanas/ was cast out. which desceav- eth all the worlde/ And he was cast into the erth/ and his an- gelles were cast out also. And I harde a lowde Toyce sayinge : in heven is nowe made helth and strengthe/ and the kyngdorn of oure God/ and the power of his Christ : For * he is cast doune which accus- ed them before god daye and nyght : And they overcam hym by the -bloudde off the lambe/ and by the worde off their tes- timony/ and they loved not their lyves vnto the deeth. Ther- fore reioyce hevens/ and ye that dwell in them. Woo to the inhabiters off the erth/ and of the see : for the devyll is come doune vnto you which hath grett wrath/ be cause he knoweth that he hath but a shorlt tyme. And when that the dragonde 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 wyges off a grett egle/ that she myght flye into the wyldernes/ into her place/ where she is norysshed for a tyme/ tymes/ and halffe a tyme/ from the presence of the ^ dragon. And the serpent cast out of his mought water afRer the woman " as hit had bene a ryver be cause she hulde have bene caught of the floud And the erth holppe the woman/ and the erth opened her mought/ and swalowed vppe the rever which the dragon cast out off hys 'mowth. And the dragon was wroth with the woman : and went and made warre with the remnaunt of hyr sede/ which kepe the commaundmentes of god/ and have the testimony off Jesus Christe. And I stode on the see sonde. Srje ;:irj. ©Sapter. A ND I sawe a best rise out of the see/ havinge vij. heddes/ "^ and X homes/ and apon hys homes x. crownes/ and apon his heed/ the name of blasphemy. And the best which I sawe/ ' ii. c. and Ix. dayes, T. M. Cr. Two hundred and three score dayes, Gen. Bps. [Query — an error of the press in the English edition of Tyndale? See ch. xi. 3.] * The accuser of our brethren is cast, etc. Ct. Gen. Bps. « Serpent, Ml the Vers. « Like [As it had been, B.] a floude that he might cause her to be caryed awaye, etc. Gen. Bps. ffije Kebelacfon of S. S6o«. ®l)- tftf- was lyke ^ a catt off the mountayne/ and his fete were as the fete of a bear/ and his mowth as the mowthe of a lyon. And the dragon gave hym hys power and his seate/ and grett auc- torite : and I sawe won off his heddes as Kit were wonded to deth/ and his dedly wonde was healed. And all the worlde wondred ^ at the beest/ and they worshipped the dragon/ which gave power vnto the beest/ and they worshipped the beest say- inge : who is lyke vnto the beeste ? who is able to warre with hym ? And there was a mowth geven vnto hym that spake grett thynges/ and blfisphemys and power was geven vnto him.' 3 to continue xlij. monethes. And he opened his mowth vnto blasphemy agaynste pod/ to blaspheme hys name/ and his tabernacle/ and them that dwell in heven. And hit was geven vnto hym to make warre with the saynctes/ and to overcome them. And power was geven hym over all kynred/ tonge/ and nacion : * and all that dwell apon the erth worshept hym : whose names are not written in the boke of lyfe off the lambe/ which was kylled from the begynnypge of the worlde. Yff eny man have an eare/ lett hym 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 pa- cience/ and the fayght off the saynctes. And I behelde another best commynge vpp oute off the erth/ and he had two homes lyke 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 wich dwell therin/ to, worshippe the fyrst beest/ whose dedly wonde was healed. And he dyd grett wonders/ so that he made fyre come doune from heven ^ in the syght off men. And deceav- ed them that dwelt on the erth by the meanes of those signes which '' he had power to doo in the sight of the beesU sayinge to them that dwelt on the erth : that they shulde, make an ■ymage ^ vnto the beest/ which had the wonde otT a swearde/ and dyd lyve. And ■^ he had power to geve a sprete vnto the ymage off the beest/ and that the ymage off the beest shulde speaks/ and shulde cause that £is many as wolde not worshyppe the ymage of the beest/ shulde be kylled. And he made all men/ » A leoparde, Gen- Bpa. " And folowed, Gen. After the beast, Bps. ' To do, Ml the Vers. * Therefore aH, etc. shall wor- ship him. Gen. ' Before him, Gen. ' Gen. Bps. add — on the eartb. ' It was permitted to him, Gen. * Of the, Gen, iTo. ccbHf. ttie Xlebelacfan at .S. Stan. small 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 off the beest> other the nombre off his name. Here is wisdome. Lett hym that hath wytt count the nombre of the beest. For hit is the nombre off a man/ and his nombre is sLxe hondred/ threscore and sixe. STJe jrfb. ffljapter. A ND I loked/ and loo a lambe stode on the mount Syon/ ■'*■ and with hym c. and xliiij. thousande havynge his fathers name written in their forhedes. And I herde a voyce from heven/ as the sounde off many waters/ and as the voyce off a grett thoundre/ And I herde the voyce off harpers harp- ynge with their harpes. And they songe as hit were a newe songe/ before the seate/ and before the foure beestes/ and the seniours/ and no man could learne that songe/ but the hon- dred and xliiij m. which were ' redemed from the erth. These are they/ which were not defyled with wemen/ for they are virgyns. These folowe the lambe whither soever he goeth. These were i redemed from men beynge the fyrste fructes vnto God and to the lambe/ and in their mouthes was founds no gyle. For they are with outen spott before the trone off God. And I sawe an angell flye in the myddes off heven hav- ynge an everlastynge gospell/ to preache vnto them ^ that sytt and dwell on the erth/ and to all nacions/ kinreddes/ and tonges/ and people/ sayinge with a lowde voyce : Feare God and geve honour to hym/ for the houre off his iiidgment is come : and worshyppe hym/ thatt made heven and erth/ and the see/ and fountayns off water. And there folowed another angell/ saynge : ^ Babilon is fallen is fallen thatt gret cite/ foi she made all nacions drynke of the wyne ^ of hyr fornicacion. And the thyrde angell folowed them sa5ange with aloude voyce : Yff eny man worshippe the beest and his ymage/ and receave his marke in his forhed/ or on his honde/ the same shall drynke off the wyne of the wrath of God/ ^ which is powred in the cuppe of his wrath. And he shalbe punnyssh- ed in fyre and brymstone/ before the holy Angels/ and before the lambe. > Bought, Gen. ' That dwell, etc. Gem. Bps. ' It is fallen, it is fallen, Babylon, etc. Gen. [So ch. xviii. 2.] * Gen. Bps. add — of the wrath, * Gen. Bps. add — ^yea, of the pure wine, Stie S&ebelarfon of Si. SIbon. ffif). pb. And the smoke of their turment ascendeth vppe evermore. And they have no rest daye ner nyght : which worshyppe the beest/ and his ymage/ and whosoever receaveth the prynt of his name. Here is the pacience off saynctes. Here are they that kepe the commaundmentes and the fayght of Jesu. And I herde a voyce from heven- sa3ang vnto me : wryte. Blessed are the deed/ which here after dye in the lorde/ even soo sa3^h the sprete : that they maye rest from their laboures/ 8 but their workes shall folowe them. And I loked and be- holde a whyte clowde : and apon the clowde one s)rttynge lyke vnto the sonne off man/ havynge on his heed a golden crowne/ and in his honde a sharppe sycle. And another an- gel! cam oute of the temple/ cr5Tnge with a lowde voyce to hym that sat on the clowde. Thrust in thy sycle and repe : for the tyme is come to repe/ for the ■? come of the erth is rype. Arid he that sate on the clowde thrust in hys sycle on the erth/ and the erth was reped. And another angell cam oute off the temple/ which is in heven/ havynge also a sharppe sycle. And another angell cam oute from the aultre/ which had power over fyre/ and cryed with a lowde crye to hym that had the sharppe sycle/ and sayde : thrust in thy sharppe sycle/ and gaddre the clus- tres 8 of the erth : for her grapes are rype. And the angell thrust in his sycle on the erth/ and cut downe * the grapes of the v)meyarde off the erth: and ceist them into the grett 10 wynfatt off the wrath of Grod/ and the wyne fatt was trod- den with out the cite/ and bloud cam out off the fatt/ even vnto the hors brydles by the space off a thowsande and i* iiij. score furlonges. E\k i:b. (t^ftex. A ND I sawe another signe in heven grett and marvellous/ -'*■ vij angels havynge the seven laste plages/ for in them is fulfilled the wrath off God. And I sawe as hit were a glassi see/ myngled with f3rre/ and them that had Gotten victory off the beest/ and off his ymage/ and off his marke/ and off the nombre off his name/ stonde on the glassy see/ havynge the harpes of God and they songe the songe off Moses the ser- vaunt off God/ and the songe off the lambe/ sayinge : Grett ' For, Gen. Bps. ' Harvest, Gen. Bpa. ' Gen. Bps. add — Of the vineyarde. ' The vines of the, Gen. The vineyarde, Bps. •" Wine presse, Gen. [So vs. 20. ch. ziz. J5.] " Six hundred, jJM the Vers. Jfo. ccU):. Ete SSlebelacton a{ S. Slion- and marvellous are thy workes lord god almyghty/ iuste and true are thy wayes/ kynge off saynctes. Who shall not feare D lorde/ and gloryfy thy name ? For thou only arte holy/ and all 1 gentyls shall come and worshippe before the/ for thy iudgmentes are manifest. And afRer that I loked/ and beholde the temple off the tabernacle off testimony was opyn in heven/ and the seven angelles cam out off the temple/ which had the seven plages/ clothed in pure and bryght lynnen/ and havynge their brestes gyrded with golden gerdelles. And won off the fowre beestes gave vnto the seven angels vij golden vyalles/ full off the wrath off God which lyveth for ever more. And the temple was full off the smoke off the glory off God/ and off his power/ and no man was able to entre into the temple/ tyll the seven plages of the seven angels were fulfilled. SJe fo']- (SJaptcr. A ND I herde a gret voyce out of the temple/ sayinge to the ■^ seven angels : goo youre wayes/ poure out youre vialles of 1 wrath apon the erth. And the fyrst went' and poured out his viall apon the erth/ and there fell anoysom and a ^ sore botch apon the men/ which had the mlarke of the best/ and apon them which worshipped his ymage. And the seconde angell shed out hys viall apon the see/ and hit ^ turned as hit were into the bloud off a deed man/ and every ly vynge thynge dyed in the see. And the thyrde angell shed out hys viall apon the ryvers and fountaynes of waters/ and they ^ turned to bloud. And I herde * an angell saye : lorde whych arte/ and wast/ thou arte ^ ryghteous and holy/ be cause thou hast geven soche iudgmentes/ for they shed out the bloud off saynctes/ and prophettes/ and therfore hast thou geven them bloud to drynke : for they are worthy. And I herde another out off the ^ aultre saye : even soo lorde God almyghty/ true and righteous are thy iudgmentes. And the fourth angell poured out hys viall on the sunne/ and power was geven vnto. hym to '' vex men wyth ^ heate off fyre. And the men ^ raged in grett heate/ and spake evyll off the name of God which had power over those plages/ and ' Nations, Gen. ' The wrath of God, Gen. Bps. ' Griev- ous sore, Gen. ' Became, Gen. * The Angell of the waters, Gen. Bps. ' Just, etc. because thou hast judged these things, Gen. ' Sanctuarie, Gen. ' Torment, Gen. ^ Bps. adds — fervent. ' iJoyled in great heate and blasphemed, Gen. Bps. iffSe aXcbriacfon of S. Siioit. <0j. ):bff. they repented nott/ to geve hym glory. And the fifte angell poured out hys vyall apon the seate off the beste/ and hys kyngdome wexed derke/ and they gnewe their tonges for sorowe/ and blEisphemed the God off heven for i" sorowe/ and payne off their sores/ and repented not of their dedes. And the sixte angell poured ont his vyall apon the grett ryver Euphrates/ and the water dryed vppe/ that the wayes off the kynges off the este shulde be prepared. And I sawe thre vnclene sprettes lyke frogges come out off the mouthe off the dragon/ and out off the mouthe off the beeste/ and out off the mouthe off the falce prophett. For they are the sprettes off devyls workynge myracles/ to go outt vnto the kynges off the erth and off the whole worlde to gaddre them to the bat- tayle off that grett daye off God allmyghty. Beholde I come as a thefe. Happy is he thatt watcheth and kepeth his gar- mentes/ Lest he ^i be founde naked/ and men se his filthynes. And he gaddered them togedder into a place called in the hebrue tonge Armagedon. And the seventhe angell poured out his viall in to the ayre. And there cam a voyce out i^off heven from the seale/ say- inge : Hit is done. And there folowed voyces/ thondringes/ and lightnynges/ and there was a grett erth quake/ soche as was not sence men were apon the erth/ '^ so niyghty an erth- quake and so grett. And the greate cite was devyded into thre parties/ And the cities off nacions fell. And grett Babi- lon cam in remembraunce before God/ to geve vnto hyr the cuppe off wyne off the fearcenes of wrathe. Every yle fled awaye/ and the mountaynes were not founde. And there fell a grett hayle/ as it had bene talentes/ out off heven apon the men/ and the men blasphemed God/ be cause of the plage of the hayle/ for ^* hit was grett and the plage of hyt sore. ffije ):bf). CJapter. A ND 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 i iudgment of the grett whore/ that sytteth apon many waters/ wyth whome have commytted for- nicacion the kynges of the erth/ ^ so thatt the inhabiters off the '" Their paines [sorrowes, Bps.] and for their sores, Gen. Bps. " Walke naked, Cr. Gen. Bps. " Gen. Bps. add — of the temple. "Even so mightie an earthquake, Gen. '* The plague thereof was exceeding great, Gen. Bps. ' Damnation, Gen. ' And the, etc. Cr. Gen. Bps. TT ifo. cclp. Sije aftebelacfon of S. JJon. erth/ are dronken with the wyne of her fornicacion. And ^ he carryed me awaye into the wildernes in the sprete. And I sawe a woman sytt apon a ^ rose colored best full off names off blasphemy/ 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 cuppe off golde in her honde/ full off abhominacion' and fylthynes of her fornyca- cion. And in her forhed was a name wrytten/ a mistery/ gret Babylon the mother of whordome/ and abominacions off the erth. And I sawe the '' wyfe dronke with the bloud of saynctes/ and wyth the bloud off the ^ wytnesses off Jesu. And when I sawe her/ I wondred wyth grett mervayle. And the angell sayde vnto me : wherfore mervayllyst thou ? I wyll shewe the the mistery off the woman/ and of the best that berith her/ which hath seven heddes/ and ten hornes. The best that thou seest/ was/ and is not/ and shall ascende out of the bottomlesse pytt/ and shall goo into perdicion. and they thatt dwell on the erth shall wondre (whose names are not wrytten in the boke off lyfe from the ^ begynnynge off the worlde) when they beholde the best that was/ and ys nott. And here ys a mynde thatt hath wisdome. The seven heddes are seven mountaynes/ on which the woman sytteth : they are also seven kynges. Fyve are fall- en/ and on ys/ and another is nott yett come. When he commeth he muste contynewe a space. And the best that was/ and ys not/ is even the aygth/ and ys one of the seven/ and shall goo into destruccion. And the ten hornes which thou seist/ are ten kynges/ which have receaved no kyng- dome/ butt shall receave power as kynges att one houre with the beest. These have one mynde/ and shall geve their power and 10 strengthe vnto the best. These shall fyght with the lambe/ and the lambe shall over come them. For he is lorde off lordes/ and kynge off kynges : and they that are on hys syde/ are called/ and chosen/ and faygthfuU. 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 homes/ which thou sawest apon the best/ are they thatt shall hatte the whoare/ and shall make her desolatt/ and naked/ and shall eat her flesshe/ and bume her with fyre. For God bathe putt in their hertes/ to fulfyll hys ^ The spirit caryed me away, etc. Cr. * Scarlet, Gen. Bps. ' Cr. Gen. Bps. add — seven heads and. ^ Guilded, Gen. [So ch. xviii. 16.] ' Woman, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Martyrs, Gen. Bps. s Foundation, Gen. '" Authorltie, Gen. " Multitudes, Gen. ffiSe 2£lebelatton of S. 5JSon. fflj). V'Mff. wyll/ and to do wyth one consent/ for to geve ^^ her kyngdom vnto the best/ vntill the wordes ofF God be fulfylled. And the woman which thowe sawest/ is that grett cite/ which raigneth over the kynges of the erth. Srjje p)lii. ffiijapter. A ND after that I sawe another angell come doune from ■^ heven/ havinge gret power/ and the erth was lyghtned with hys i bryghtnes. And he cryed myghtyly wyth a stronge voyce sayinge : Grett Babilon is fallen ys fallen/ and ys be- cum the habitacion of devels/ and the holde off all fowle sprettes/ and a cage off all vnclene and hatfuU byrdes/ for all nacions have dronken of the wyne of the wrath off her forny- cacion. And the kynges off the erth have committed fornica- cion with her/ and ^ her merchauntes are wexed ryche off the habundance off her pleasures. And I herde another voyce from heven saye : 3 come a waye from her my people/ that ye be nott part takers in her synnes/ thatt ye receave nott of her plages. For her synnes are gon vppe to heven/ and God hath remembred her * wyck- ednes. Kewarde her even as she rewarded you/ and geve her dubble accordynge to her workes. And ^ poure in dubble to her in the same cuppe whych she fylled vnto you. And as moche as she glory fied her silfe and ^ lyved wantanly/ so moche poure ye in for her off punnysshment/ and sorowe/ for she sayde in her herte : I sytt beinge a quene and am no wyddowe and shall se no '' sorowe. Therfore shall her plages come at one daye/ deeth/ and sorowe/ and '' honger/ and she shalbe brent with fyre : for stronge is the lorde god which iudaeth her. And the kynges off the erth ^ shalbe wepe her/ and wayle over her/ which have committed fornicacion W3rth her/ and have lyved wantanly with her/ when they shall se the smoke off her bumynge/ and shall stoude afarre off/ for feare off her 9 punnyshment/ sayinge : Alas ! Alas ! that gret cite Babilon/ thatt myghty cite : For att won houre is her iudgment come. And the marchauntes off the erth shall wepe and wayle i" in " Their, Cf. Gen. Bpi. ' Glory, Gen. Bps. " The mar- chants of the earth, Cr. Gen. Bps. ^ Goe out of her. Gen. < In- iquities, Gen. * In the cuppe, which, etc. fill her the double, Gen. * Lived in pleasure, so much give yee to her torment. Gen. P Lived in Measure.' So, vs. 9.] ' Mourning . . Famine, Gen. 3 Shall bewaile hir and lament for hir. Gen. Bps. ' Torment, Gen. •" Over her, Gen. Bps. jTo. tcX)^. SSe aXeliclacfon of S. Siion. them selves/ for no man wyll bye their ware eny more/ the ware of golde/ and sylver/ and precious stones/ nether off pearle/ and i' raynes/ and purple/ i^and Scarlett/ and all thyne wodde/ almanner vessels of yvery/ and almanner vessels off most precious wodde/ and off brasse/ and off yeron/ '^and synamon. and odours/ and oyntmenttes/ and frankyn sence/ and wyne/ and oyle/ and fyne floure/ and wheate/ bestes/ and shepe/ and horsys/ and charrettes/ and i* boddyes and solles of men. And the apples that thy soli lusted after/ are departed from the. And all thynges which were i^ deyntie/ and had in pryce ar departed from the/ and thou shalt fynde them no moare. The marchauntes off these thynges which were wexed ryche shall stonde a farre of from her/ for feare of the ^ punnysh- ment of her/ wepynge and waylinge/ 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 grett ryches ys come to J6 nought. And every ^"^ shippe governer/ and all they that occupied shippes/ and shippmen i^ 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 saying : Alas Alas that grett cite wherin were made ryche all that had shyppes in the see/ by ^^ the reason of her ware/ for att one houre is she made desolate. Eeioyce over her thou heven/ and ye holy Apostles/ and prophettes : for god hath geven youre iudgement on her. And a myghty angell toke vppe a stone lyke a grett mylstone/ and cast hitt into the see/ sayinge : with suche violence shall thatt grett cite Babilon be cast/ and shalbe founde no more. And the voyce off harpers/ and musicions/ and off pypers/ and trompetters/ shalbe herde no more in the : and no craftes man/ off whatsoever craft he be/ shalbe founde eny more in the. and the sounde off a ^ myll shalbe herde no more in the/ ^' and the voyce of the bryde grome and of the bryde/ shalbe " Silke, Cov. Of fine linen, Gen. \So, post.] "^ Gen. Bps. add — and of silke. '^ Or. Gen. Bps. add f C in crotchets ]— and of marble. " Servants, Ge«. '» Fat and excellent, Gen. '6 Desolation, Gen. " Shipmaster, Gen. " And whosoever travaile on the sea, Gere. '* Hir costlynesse, Gere. B;7S. 20]y[ii. stone, Gen. «' Cr. adds — (And candel light shall be no no more bnrninge in thee). Gen. Bps. — And the light of a candle shall shine no more in thee. Ete Jiebclarion of S. Jljon. ffij. vfp. 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/ and of the saynctes/ and oflf all that were slayne apon the erth. STJe ySf. ffijajiter. A ND after that I herde the voyce off moche people in heven "^ sayinge : Alleluia. Helth and glory and honour/ and power be vnto oure lorde 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 bloud of his servauntes ^ of her bond. And agayne they said : AUeluya. And smoke rose vppe for ever more. And the xxiiij. seniours/ and the iiij. bestes fell doune/ and worshypped god that sate on the seate saying : Amen AUeluya. And a voyce cam out of the seate/ saying : prayse oure lorde god all ye that are his servauntes/ and ye that feare hym both smale and grett. And I herde the voyce off moche people/ even as the voyce off many waters/ and as the voyce off stronge thondrynges/ sayinge : AUeluya/ for ^ god omnipotent hath raigned. Let us be glad and reioyce and geve honour to hym : for the mariage off the lambe is come/ and hys wyffe made her sylfe reddy. And to her was graunted/ that she shulde be arayed with pure and goodly raynes. For the raynes is the rightewesnes off 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 off God. And I fell at his fete/ to worshyppe him. And he sayde vnto me : se thou do hit not. For I am thy felowe servaunt/ and one off thy brethern/ and off them thatt have the testimony off Jesus. Worshyppe God. For the testy mony off Jesus ys the sprete off prophesy. And I sawe heven open/ and beholde a whyte horsse : and he that satt apon hym was * faythfull and true/ and ^ in ryghtevvesnes dyd iudge and make battayle. His eyes were as a flame off fyre : and on his heed were many crounes : and he had a name written/ that noman knewe butt hym sylfe. And he was clothed with a ' Shed by, Gen. ' The Lorde our God, etc. Cr. Bps. Our Lorde God almighty, Gen. ^ Supper of the lambes marriage, Cr. Bps. * Wordes of God are true, Gen. * Cr. Gen. Bps. add — called. " He judgeth and fighteth righteously, Gen. * jfo. rrt):ff. KJe aXebelacton of S. SSon. ' vesture dept in bloud/ and hys name ys called the worde off God. And the warriers which were in heven/ folowed hym apon whyte horses/ clothed with ^ whyte and pure raynes ; and out off hys mouthe went out a sharppe swerde/ that with hyt he shulde smyte the hethen. And he shall rule them with a rodde off yeron/ and he trode the wynefatt off fearsnes and wrath off almyghty god. And hath on his vesture and on hys thygh : kynge of ^kynges/ and lord of ^ lordes. And I sawe an angell 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 off the gret god/ that ye may eate the flesshe off kynges/ and off hye captaynes/ and the flesshe of niyghty men/ and the flesshe off horses/ and off them thatt sytt on them/ and the flesshe of all fre men and bond men/ and of sniale and gret. And I sawe the beste. and the kynges of the erth/ and their warriers gaddred to gedder to make bat- tayle againste hym that satt on the horsse and agaynste his sowdiers. And the best was taken/ and with hym thatt falce prophett that wroght myracles before hym/ with which he desceaved them that receaved the beestes marke/ and them that wor- shypped hys ymmage. These bothe were cast ^^ into a ponde off fyre burnynge with brymstone: and the remnaunte were slayne with the swearde of hym that satt apon the horsse/ which swearde preceded out off his mouthe/ and all the foules were ^i fulfilled with their fleshe. etije p;. (EJajitcr. A ND I sawe an angell come doune from heven/ havynge the kaye off the bottomlesse pytt/ and a grett chayne in hys honde. And he toke the dragon that olde serpent/ which is the devyll and satanas/ and he bounde him a thousand yeares: and cast hym into the bottomlesse pitt/ and he ^ bounde hym/ and set a seale on hym/ that he shulde desceve the people no moare/ tyll the m. yeares were fulfylled. And after that he muste be lowsed for a lytell season. And I sawe seattes/ and the satt apon them/ and iudgment was geven vnto them : and I sawe the soules off them thatt ' Garment, Gen. [So vs. 16.] * Pure and goodly silke, Cov. ' Cov. adds — all. '" Alive into a lake, etc. Gen. Quioke into a pond, etc. Bps. " FiUed full. Gen. Filled, Bps. ' Shut him up and Sealed the doore Upon him, Gen. Shut him up and set, etc. Bps. ffije 3XebeIacfon of S. SJon. . n^U nisshed with all maner off precious stones. The fyrste founda- cion was iaspar/ the seconde saphyre/ the thyrde a calcedony/ the fourth an emeralde : the fift sardonix : the sixt sardeos : the sevente crysolite/ the ayghte berall : the nynthe a topas : the tenthe a crysoprasos : the eleventhe a iacyncte/ the twelfe an amatist. The xij gattes were xij pearles/ every gate was of one pearle/ and the strete of the cite was pure golde/ as thorowe shynynge glasse. And ■" there was no temple therin. For the lord god allmyghty and the lambe are the temple of hit/ And the cite hath no nede of the sunne nether of the mone to 8 lyghten hit. For the * bryghtnes off God dyd light hitt : and the lambe was the light off hit. And the people which are saved shall walke in the light off hit : and the kynges off the erth shall brynge their glory ^ vnto hit. And the gattes off hit are nott shutt by daye. For there shalbe no nyght there, i" And there shall entre into hit none vncleane thinge : nether what soever worketh abhominacion : or maketh lyes : but they only which are wrytten in the lambes boke off lyfe. A^ ND he shewed me a pure ryver off water off lyfe ^ pure as cristall : procedynge oute of the seate off God and off the lambe. In the myddes off the strete off hit/ and off ether syde off the ryver was ^ there wode off lyfe : which bare xij manner off frutes : and gave frute ever moneth : and the leves off 2 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 hitt : and his servauntes shall serve hym : And shall se his face/ and his name shalbe in their for heddes. Ande there shall be no moare nyghte there and they nede no can- dle/ nether light off the sunne : for the lorde God geveth them light/ and they shall raynge for evermore. And he sayde vnto me : these sayinges are fayghtfull/ and true. And the lorde god of ^ saynctes and propheltes sentt his angell to shewe vnto his servauntes/ the thynges wich muste shortly be fulfylled. Beholde I come shortly. Happy is he that kepeth the sayinge of the prophesy off this boke. I am Jhon/ which sawe these thynges and herde them. And ' 1 sawe, Gen. ' Shine in it, Gen. ' Gen. Bps. add — and- honour. '" Cr. Gen. Bps. add (ts, 91) — And the glorie and honour of the Gentiles shall be brought unto it. ' Clear, Gen. ' The tree, Gen. ' The holy Frophets, Gen. fio. tdft'o. Kje J^Ebelacfon of S. SSoit. when I had herde and sene/ 1 fell doune/ to worshippe before the fete of the angell which shewed me these thynges. And he sayd vnto me : se thou do hit not/ for I am thy felowe ser- vaunt and the felowe servaunt of thy brethren the prophettes and of them which kepe the sayinges off this boke. But wor- shippe God. And he sayde vnto me : seale nott the sayinges off prophe- sy off this boke. For the tyme is at honde. He that * doeth evle/ lett hym ■* do evle still : and he which is fylthy/ lett hym be fylthy still : and he that is righteous/ lett hym be ^ more righteous : and he that is holy/ lett hym be ^ more holy. And beholde I come shortly/ and my rewarde with me/ to geve every man accordinge as his dedes shalbe. I am Alpha and Omega/ the begynnynge and the end/ the fyrst and the last. Blessed are tliey that do hys commaundmentes/ that their ^ power maye be in the tree off lyfe/ and maye entre in thorowe the gates into the cite. For with out shalbe dogges and inchanters/ and whormongers/ and morthrers/ and ydol- atres/ and whosoever loveth or maketh '' lesynges. I Jesus sent myne angell/ to testyfye vnto you these thynges in the congregacions. I am the rote and the generacion of David and the bright and mornynge starre. And the sprete and the bryde sayde come. And lett hym that heareth/ saye also come. And let hym that is a thyrst come. And let whoso- ever wyll/ take of the water of lyfe fre. 8 1 testifye vnto every man thatt heareth the wordes of proph- esy of thys boke. yf eny man shall adde vnto these thynges/ god shall adde vnto hym the plages that are written in this boke. And yf eny man shall mynnyshe of the wordes off the boke of this prophesy/ god shall take awaye his parte out of the boke of lyfe/ and oute of the holy cetie/ and from thoo thynges which are written in this boke. He which testifyith these thinges sayth : ^ be hit/ I come quyckly/ Amen, even soo : come lorde Jesu, The grace of oure lorde Jesus Christ be with you all Amen, !5j)D exiae of tfje itctae testfment. ■> Is unjust . . be unjust, Gen. * Righteous still . . holy still, Gen. ^ Right, Gen. ' Lies, Gen. » 1 protest, Gen. ' Surely, Gen. Ko ttie HeHev. /^EVE diligence Reder (I exhorte the) that thou come with a ^"^ pure my nde/ and as the scripture sayth with a syngle eye/ vnto the wordes of health/ and ofetcruall lyfe : by the which (if we repent and beleve them) we are borne a newe/ created a fresshe/ and enioye the frutes off the bloud of Christ. Whiche bloud cryeth not for vengeaunce as the blond of Abel : but hath purchased/ lyfe/ love/ faveour/ grace/ blessynge/ and whatso- ever is promysed in the scriptures/ to them that beleve and obeye Grod : and stondeth bitwene vs and wrathe/ vengeaunce/ cursse/ and whatsoever the scripture threateneth agaynst the vnbelevera and disobedient/ which resist/ and consent not in their hertes to the lawe of god/ that it is ryght/ wholy/ iuste/ and ought soo to be. Marke the playne and manyfest places of the scriptures/ and m doutfull places/ se thou adde no interpretacion contrary to them : but (as Paul sayth) let all be conformable and agreynge to the fayth. Note the difference of the lawe/ and of the gospell. The one axeth and requyreth/ the wotherperdoneth and forgeveth. The one threateneth/ the wother promyseth all good thynges/ to them thatt sett their trust in Christ only. The gospell signifieth g]adde tydynges/ and is nothynge butt the promyses off good thynges. All is not gospell that is written in the gospell boke : For if the lawe were a waye/ thou couldest not know what the gospel! meante. Even as thou couldest not se perdon/ favour/ and grace/ excepte the lawe rebuked the/ and declared vnto the thy sinne/ mysdede/ and treaspase. Repent and beleve the gospell as sayth Christ in the fyrst of Marke. Applye all waye the lawe to thy dedes/ whether thou find Iuste in the bottom of thyne herte to the lawe warde : and soo shall thou no dout repent/ and feale in the silfe a certayne sorowe/ payne/ and grefe to thyne herte : be cause thou canst nott with full Iuste do the dedes off the lawe. Apply the gos- pell/ that is to saye the promyses/ vnto the deservynge off Christ/ and to the mercye of god and his trouth/ and so shalt thou nott despeare : butt shalt feale god as a kynde and a mercifnil father. And his sprete shall dwell in the/ and shall he stronge in the: and the promises shalbe geven the at the Inst {though not by and by/ lest thou shuldest forgett thy sylfe/ and be negligent) and all threatenynges shalbe forgeven the for Christis blouddis sake/ to_ whom commit thy silfe^H,Jp^Gdder/,with-aut.resp_e,ct/ other of thy^BSff "dedes or of thy badde. - Them" that are learned Chrjstenly/ 1 beseche : for as moche as I am sure/ and my conscience beareth me recorde/ that of a.pure entent/ singilly and faythfully I have interpreted itt/ as farre forth as god gave me the gyfte of knowledge/ and vnderstond- ynge : that the rudnes off the worke nowe at the fyrst tyme/ ofFende them not : but that they consyder howe that I had no man to counterfet/ nether was holpe with englysshe of eny that- had interpreted the same/ or soche lyke thinge in the scripture before tyme. Moreover/ even very necessitie and comhraunce (God is recordej above strengthe/ which I will notrehearce/ lest we shulde seme to host oure selves/ caused that many thy nges are lackynge/ which necessaryly are requyred. Count it as a thynge not havynge his full shape/ but as it were borne afore hys tyme/ even as a thing begunne rather then fynnesshed. In tyme to come (yf god have apoynted vs there vnto) we will geve it his full shape: and putt out yf ought be added superfluusly : andadde to yff ought be oversene thorowe negligence : and will enfoarce to brynge to compendeousnes/ that which is nowe translated at the lengthe/ and to geve lyght where it is requyred/ and to seke in ccrtayne places more proper englysshe/ and with a table to expounde the wordes which are nott commenly vsed/ and shewe howe the scripture vseth many wordes/ which are wother wyse vnderstonde of the commen people : and to helpe with a declara- cion where one tonge taketh nott another. And will endever oureselves/ as it wore to sethe it better/ and to make it mor*< apte for the vveake stomakes : desyrynge them that are learned* and able/ to remember their duetie/ and to helpe there vnto :^ and to be stowe vnto the edyfyinge of Christis body which is the congregacion of them that beleve) those gyfies whycb they have receaved of god for the same jjurpose. The grace that commeth of Christ be with them that love hym. Praye for vs. m .fi ^.r .».■ -^