at that last daye And this is the will of him that sent me that euery mā which seeth the sēne and beleueth on him haue euerlastyng lyfe And I wyll rayse hym vp at the last daye No man can come to me excepte the father whiche hath sent me drawe hym I am that lyuing breade whiche came downe from heauen Yf any man eate of this breade he shall lyue for euer And the breade that I wylt geue is my fleshe whiche I wyll geue for the lyfe of the worlde Verely verely I saye vnto you excepte ye eate the fleshe of the sonne of man and drinke his bloude ye shall not haue life in you Whosoeuer eateth my fleshe and drinketh my bloude hathe eternall lyfe and I wyll rayse hym vp at the laste daye for my fleshe is meate in dede and my bloud is drinke in dede He that eateth my fleshe and drinketh my bloud dwelleth in me and I in him As the liuing father hathe sent me euen so lyue I by my father he that eateth me shall lyue by me This is the breade whiche came from heauen not is your fathers haue eaten Manna and are dead he that eateth of this breade shall liue euer It is the spirite that quickeneth the fleshe profiteth nothing Then sayde Iesus to the twelue will ye also go awaye Then Simon Peter aunswered Master to whome shall we go Thou haste the wordes of eternal lyfe and we beleue and knowe that thou arte Christ the sonne of the lyuing god The .vii. Chapter THe worlde cannot hate you but me it hateth Because I testifie of it that the workes of it are euyll My doctrine is not myne but his that sente me Yf a man on the Saboth daye receaue circūcision without breaking of the lawe of Moses disdayne ye at me because I haue made a man euery whit whole on the Saboth day Iudge not after the vtter apperaunce but iudge ryghteous iudgement Ye shall seke me and shall not fynde me and where I am thyther can ye not come Yf any manne thyrste let him come vnto me and drincke he that beleueth on me as saythe the scripture out of his belly shal flowe ryuers of water of lyfe This spake he of the sprete whyche they that beleued on him shulde receaue Dothe our lawe iudge any man before it heare him and knowe what he hathe done The .viii. Chapter LEtte him that is among you without synne caste the fyrst stone at her It is also wrytten in your lawe that the testimony of two menne is true I do nothing of my selfe but as my father hath taught me Yf ye continue in my wordes then are ye my very disciples and shall knowe the truth and the truthe shall make you free Yf ye were Abrahams children ye wolde do the dedee of Abraham Ye are of your father the deuyll and the lustes of your father ye wyll do He was a murderer frō the begynnynge and abode not in the truthe because ther is no truthe in him When he speaketh a lye then speaketh he of his owne For he is a lyer and the father thereof He that is of god heareth goddes wordes ye therfore heare them not because ye are not of god Yf a man kepe my sayenges he shall neuer see death Your father Abraham was glad to se my daye and he sawe it and reioysed The .ix. Chapter ANd as Iesus passed by he sawe a man which was blinde from his byrthe And his disciples aced hym saying Maister who did sinne this man or his father and mother that he was borne blynde Iesus answered neither hath this manne synned nor yet his father nor mother but that the workes of god shoulde be shewed on him I muste worke the workes of god that sent me whyle it is daye The nighte commeth when no manne canne worke As long as I ame in the worlde I am the lyght of the worlde We be sure that god heareth not synners but yf any man be a worshipper of god and do his wyll hym heareth he Sence the worlde began was it not hearde that anye man opened the eyes of one that was borne blynde yf this manne were not of god he could haue done nothynge I am come vnto iudgement into this worlde that they whiche se not might se and they whiche se might be made blynde The .x. Chapter HE that entreth not in by the doore in to the shepefolde but climeth vy some other waye the same is a these and a robber He that goethe in by the dore is the shepeherde of the shepe to hym the porter openeth and the shepe heare his voyce and he cauleth his own shepe by name and leadeth them out And when he hath sence forthe his owne shepe he goth before them and the shepe folowe hym for they knowe his voyce A straunger they wyll not folowe but will flye from hym for they knowe not the voyce of straungers The good shepehearde geueth his lyfe for the shepe An hyred seruaunt which is not the shepeherde neither the shepe archis owne se the wolfe comming and leueth the shepe and flyeth and the wolfe catcheth them and scattereth the shepe I am that good shepe hearde and know myne and am knowen of myne As my father knoweth me euen so knowe I my father And I geue my lyfe for the shepe and other shepe I haue whiche are not of this folde them also must I bring that they maye heare my voyce and that there maye be one flocke and one shephearde No man taketh my lyfe from me but I put it awaye of my selfe I haue power to put it from me and haue power to take it agayne I and my father are one Though ye beleue not me yet beleue the workes that ye maye know and beleue that the father is in me and I in hym The .xi. Chapter WHen Iesus hearde that he sayde this infirmitie is not vnto deathe but for the laude of god that the sonne of god myght be praysed by the reason of it Yf a man walke in the daye he stombleth not because he seeth the light of this worlde but yf a man walke in the night he stombleth because ther is no light in him I am the resurreccion and the lyfe he that beleueth on me ye thoughe he were dead yet shall he lyue And whosoeuer lyueth and beleueth on me shall neuer dye And one of them named Cayphas which was the hye priest that same yeare sayed vnto them ye perceyue nothyng at al nor yet consider that it is expediente for vs that one man dye for the people and not that al the people perishe This spake he not of himselfe but beyng hye prieste that same yeare he prophecyed that Iesus shoulde dye for the people and not for the people onely but that he shoulde gather together in one the chyldren of god whiche were scattered abroade The .xii. Chapter THen toke Mary a pounde of oyntment called Nardus perfecte and precious and anoynted Iesus feete and wiped his feet
commaundemente And there is another lyke vnto this Loue thine neighbour as thy selfe In these two commaundementes hange all the lawe and the prophetes The .xxiii. Chapter THe Scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses seate All therfore whatsoeuer they dyd you obserue that obserue and do but after theyr worckes do not for they saye and doo not Ye and they dynde heauie burthens and greuous to be borne and leye on mennes shoulders but they themselues will not heaue at them with one of their fingers All their workes they dooe for to be sene of menne They set abroade theyr phylacteries and make large borders on theyr garmente and loue to sytte vppermoste at feastes and to haue chiefe seates in the Synagoges and gretinges in the markettes and to be called of menne Rabbi But ye shall not suffre your selues to be called Rabbi For one is your maister that is to wit Christ and al ye are brethren And cal no man your father vpon the earth For there is but one your father and he is in heauen Be not called masters for there is but one your mayster and he is Christ He that is greatest among you shal be your seruaunt But whosoeuer exalteth hymselfe shal be brought lowe And he that humbleth himselfe shal be exalted Whosoeuer sweareth by the aulter sweareth by it and by all that thereon is And who soeuer sweareth by the tēple sweareth by it and by him that dwelleth therein And he that sweareth by heauen sweareth by the seate of god and by him that sitteth thereon wo be to you Scribes and Phariseis Ypocrites whiche tithe Mynte Anyse and Commine and leaue the weyghtier matiers of the lawe vndone iudgement mercy and faythe These ought you to haue done and not to haue lefte the other vndone Ye blynde guydes whiche strayne oute a gnat and swalowe a Cammyll Ierusalem Ierusalem whiche kylleste Prophetes and stonest them whiche are sente to thee Howe often wolde I haue gathered thy chyldren together as the henne gathereth her chickens vnder her wynges but ye wolde not The .xxiiii. Chapter BEcause iniquitie shall haue the vpper hand the loue of many shall abate But he that endureth to the ende the same shal be safe As the lyghtnyng commeth out of the Easte and shineth into the west so shall the commyng of the sonne of man be Wheresoeuer a deade carkas is euen thyther wyll the Egles reforte Immediatiye after the tribulacions of those dayes shall the sunne be darkened and the Mone shall not geue her lyght and the starres shall fall from heauen and the powers of heauē shall moue And then shall appere the signe of the sonne of mā in heauen and then shall all the kynreddes of the Earthe mourne and they shall see the sonne of mā come in the cloudes of heauen with power and great glorie And he shall send his angels with the greate voyce of a trompe and they shall gather to gether his chosen from the foure wyndes and frō the one ende of the worlde to the other Heauen and earth shall perishe but my woordes shal abyde But of that daye and houre knoweth noman no not the aungels of heauen but my father onely Wake therefore because ye knowe not what houre youre mayster wyll come Be ye also readye for in the houre ye thynke he wolde not wyll the sonne of manne come The .xxv. Chapter WAtche for ye knowe neither the daye nor yet the houre when the sonne of man shall come Vnto euery manne that hathe shal be geuen and he shal haue abundance and from hym that hath not shal be taken awaye euen that he hathe When the sonne of man commeth in his glory and all the holy aungels with him then shall he syt vpon the seate of his glory and before hym shal be gathered all nacions and he shall separate them one from another as a shepe hearde deuideth the shepe from the goates And he shall sette the shepe on his righte hande and the goates on the lyfte Then shall the kyng saye to them on his right hande Come ye blessed chyldren of my father inherite ye the kingdome prepared for you frō the beginning of the worlde For I was an hongred and ye gaue me meate c. Then shall the righteous answere hym sayinge Maister whan sawe we thee an hongred and feede thee c. And the kynge shall answere and saye vnto them verely I saye vnto you in as muche as ye haue done it vnto one of the least of these my brethrē ye haue done it to me Then shall the kyng saye vnto them that shal be on the lefte hande Departe from me ye cursed into euerlastyng fyre whiche is prepared for the deuill and his angels For I was an hungred and ye gaue me no meate c. Then shall they saye also mayster when sawe we thee an hongred c. Then shall he aunswere them and saye Verely I say vnto you in as muche as ye did it not to one of the least of these ye did it not to me And these shall go into euerlasting payne and the righteous into lyfe eternall The .xxvi. Chapter WHat neded this waste this oyntment might haue bene well sold and geuen to the poore when Iesus vnderstode that he sayd vnto thē why trouble you the woman she hath wrought a good worke vpon For ye shall haue poore folke alwayes with you but me shall ye not haue alwayes And in that she casted this oyntment on my body she did it to burie me withall Verely I saye vnto you whersoeuer this gospell shall be preached throughoute all the worlde there shall also this that she hathe done be tolde for a memoriall of her As they did eate Iesus toke bread and gaue thankes brake it and gaue it to the disciples and sayde Take eate this is my bodye And he toke the cup and thanked and gaue it them sayinge drinke of it euery one For this is my bloud of the newe testament that shal be shedde for manye for the remission of synnes And he came vnto the disciples and founde them a slepe and sayde to Peter what coulde ye not watche with me one houre watche and praye that ye fall not into temptacion The spirite is wyllyng but the fleshe is weake Put vp thy swearde into his sheathe for all that laye hande on the swearde shall perishe with the swearde The .xxvii. Chapter ANd beholde the vayle of the temple didde rent in twayne from the toppe to the bottome and the earthe did quake and the stones did rente and graues did open and the bodye of many saynetes whiche slepte arose and came oute of the graues after his resurrection and came into the holy citie and appered vnto many And Iesus came and spake vnto them saying al power is geuē vnto me in heauen and in earth Go therfore and teache all nacions baptising thē in the name of the father and the sonne and the holy ghost teachinge them to obserue all thynges whatsoeuer I commaūded
be great among you shal be your minister And whosoeuer wyll be maister shal be seruaunt vnto all For euen the sonne of man came not to be ministred vnto but to minister and to geue his life for the redempcion of many The .xi. Chapter And Iesus went into the temple and begâ—â— to caste out the sellers and byers in the teÌ„ple and ouerthrewe the tables of the money chaâ—gers and the stooles of them that sold doues and wolde not suffer that any manne caryed a vessell through the temple And he taught saying vnto them is it not written my house shal be called the house of prayer vnto all natioÌ„s â–ª but ye haue made it a den of theues Verely I saye vnto you that whosoeuer shal saye vnto this mountayne take awaye thy selfe and caste thy selfe into the sea and shall not waueâ— in his harte but shall beleue those thynges which he sayeth shall come to passe what soeuer he sayth shall be done to him Therfore I saye vnto you what soeuer ye desire when ye praye beleue that ye shall haue it and it shal be done vnto you When ye stand and praye forgeue yf ye haue any thinge agaynst any manne that youre father also whiche is in heauen maye forgeue you youre trespaces The .xii. Chapter MAyster we knowe that thou arte true and carest for no man for thou consydreste not the degree of men but teachest the waye of GOD truely Geue to Cesar that whiche belongeth to Cesar and to god that whiche pertayneth to god Moses wrote yf a mans brother dye and leue his wyfe behinde hym and leue no chyldren that then his brother shulde take his wife and reyle vâ— seed vnto his brother When men shall ryse agayne from death they neyther mary nor are maryed but are as the aungels whiche are in heauen God is not the god of the deade but the god of the lyuyng Thou shalte loue the LORDE thy God with all thy hearte and with all thy soule and with all thy mynde and with all thy strength this is the firste commaundement And the seconde is like to this Thou shalte loue thy neyghboure as thy selfe There is none other commaundements greater then these Beware of the Seribes whiche loue to go in longe clothinge and loue salutacions in the market places and the chiefe feates in the synagoges and to sit in the vppermoste tounes and feastes and deuoute widdowes houses and that vnder a coloure of longe praying These shal receyue greater damnacion Uerelye I saye vnto you that this poore wyddowe hath caste more in then all they whiche haue caste into the treasure for they all dyd caste in of their superfluitie but she of her pouertie did cast in all that she had euen all her liuing The .xiii. Chapter THey shall bryng you vp to the counsels and into the Synagoges and ye shall be beaten ye and shal be brought before rulers and kynges for my sake for a testimoniall vnto them But when they leade you and presente you take no thoughte afore hande what ye shall saye neither ymagin nothinge But whatsoeuer is gyuen you at the same tyme that speake For it shall not be ye that shall speake but the holys Ghoste Whosoeuer shall endure vnto the ende the same shal be safe Yf any man saye vnto you lo here is Christe to he is there beleue not for false Christes shall tyse and false prophetes and shal shewe myracleâ— and wonders to deceyue yf it were possible euen the electe But take ye hede beholde I haue shewed on all thynges before Then shall they see the sonne of manne commynge in the cloudes with greate power and glotye And then shall he sende his auggels and shall gather together his electe from the foure wyndee and from the one ende of the worlde to the other Heauen and earth shall passe but my wordes shall not passe But of that daye and the houre knoweth no man no not the angels whiche are in heauen neither the sonne himselfe saue the father onely Take heede for ye knowe not when the tyme is Watche therfore for ye knowe not when the mayster of the house wyll come whether at euen or at mydnyghte whether at the cocke crowyng or in the dawnynge leatle if he come sodenlye he shoulde fynde you slepyng And that I say vnto you I saye vnto all men watthe The .xiiii. Chapter WHen he was in Bethania in the house of Symon the Leper euen as he sate at meat there came a womanne hauynge an albiastee bore of oyntmente called Narde that was pure and costlye and she brake the boxe and powred it on his head And there were some that were not content in them selues and sayd what neded this waste of oyntmente for it myght haue been solde for more then three hundred pence and been geuen to the poore And they grudged agaynste her And Iesus sayde lette her be in rest why trouble ye her she hathe done a good worke on me For ye shall haue poore with you alwayes and when soeuer ye wyll ye may doe them good but me ye shall not haue alwayes She hath done that she coulde she came afore hand to ancynt my body to his burying warde Werelye I saye vnto you wheresoeuer this gospell shall be preached throughout the whose worlde this also that she hathe done shal be rehearsed in remembraunce of her The sonne of man goeth as it is written of hym but wo be to that man by whom the sonne of man is betrayed good were it for hym if that man had neuer bene borne And as they are Iesus toke breade blessed and brake it and gaue to them and sayd take eate this is my body And he toke the cuppe gaue thaÌ„kes and gaue it to them and they all dranke of it and he sayde vnto them This is my bloude of the newe testamente whiche is shed for many Symon slepeste thou couldeste not thou watche with me one houre watche ye and praye leste ye entre into temptacion the spirite is ready but the fleshe is weake The .xv. Chapter ANd the voyle of the temple did rent in two pieces from the toppe to the bottome The .xvi. Chapter GO ye into all the worlde and preache the glad tidinges to all creatures he that beleueth and is baptised shall be saued but he that beleueth not shall be damned All these thynges shall folowe them that beleue In my name they shall caste out deuils and shall speake with newe tongues and shal kyl serpentes and yf they drinke any deadly thinge it shall not hurte them They shall laye their handes on the sicke and they shall recouer The gospell of S. Luke the .i. Chapter THere was in the dayes of Hecode the kyng of Iury a cercayne prieste named Zachariis of the course of Abiâ— And his wyse was of the doughters of Aaron and her name was Elizabethe Bothe were perfecte before GOD and walked in all the lowes and ordinaunces of the LORDE that no man coulde fynde faulte with
bothe in body and also in sprete But she that is maryed careth for the thynges of the world how she may please her husband The wyfe is bound to the law assong as her husband lyueth yf her husband slepe she is at libettr to mary which whou◠she will onely in the lord But she is happiar if she do abide in my iugemēt The .viii. Chapter MEat maketh not vs acceptable to god Nether ther yf we eate are we the better Neither yf we eate not are we the worsse But take hede that your liberte cause not the weake to fall Yf meat hur emy brother I wyll eare no fleshe whyll the worlde standeth because I wyll not hurte my brother The .ix. Chapter WHo goeth a warfarre any tyme at his owne coste Who planteth a vineyarde and eateth not of the frute who fedeth a flocke and eateth not of the mylke Yf we sowe vnto you spirituall thinges is it a greate thing yf we reape your carnall thinges Do ye not vnderstande howe that they whyche minister in the temple haue theyr fyndynge of the temple And they whyche wayte as the aulter are partakers withe the aultar Guen so also dyd the lorde ordayne that they whyche preache the gospell shulde lyue of the gospell Wo is to me yf I preache not the gospell They whiche run in a course run all yet one receaueth the reward So run the ye may obtaine I came my body and brynge it into subiection leaste after that I haue preached to other I my selft shulde be caste awaye The .x. Chapter FEtte hym that thynketh he standeth take hede least he tall But god is faithfull whiche shall not suffre you to be tempted adoue your strength but shall in the myddes of temptation make awaye to escape our Is not the cuppe of blessynge whiche we blesse partakyng of the oloude of christe is not the breade which we breake partakyng of the body of christe because that we though we be many yet are one breade one bodye in asmuche as we all are parts takers of one breade Ye can not dryncke of the cup of the Lorde and of the cup of the deuyls Ye can not be partakers of the lordes table and of the table of deuyls All thinges are lawfull vnto me but all thynges are not expedient All thynges are laufull to me but al thinges ediffy not Let no man seke his owne proffyt but let euery manne seke anothers welthe Whether ye eate or dryncke or whatsoeuerye do do all to the praise of god The .xi. Chapter I Wolde ye knewe that Christe is the heads of euery manne And the manne is the womans head And god is christes head A manne ought not to couer his heade for asmocke as he is the ymage and glorye of god The womanne is the glory of the manne for the manne is not of the woman but the woman of the man Nether was the man created for the womās sake but the womā for the mās sake For this cause ought the womā to haue power in her head for the angels sakes Yf there be anye among you that lusteth to striue lette him knowe that we no suche custome nether the congregacions of god There muste be sectes amonge you that they whiche are perfecte among you might be knowen The Lorde Iesus the same nyght in whiche he was betrayed toke bread and thanked and brake and sayde Lake ye and eate ye this is my bodye whiche is broken for you This do ye in the remēbraunce of me After the same maner he toke the cuppe when supper was done sayenge This do as ofte as ye dryncke it in the remembraunce of me For as often as ye shall eate this breade and dryncke this cuppe ye shall shewe the Lordes deathe tyll he come Wherefore whosoeuer shall eate of this breade or drinke of the cuppe vnworthely shall be giltie of the bodye and bloude of the LORDE Let a man therfore examine himselfe and so let him eate of the breade and drinke of the cup. For he that eateth or drinketh vnworthelye eateth and drinketh his owne damnacion because he maketh no difference of the lordes body For this cause many are weake and sycke amonge you and many stepe Yf we had truly iudged our selues we shuld not haue bene iudged The .xii. Chapter I Declare vnto you that no man speakinge in the spirite of god defieth Iesus Also no man can saye that Iesus is the lorde but by the holy ghost And yf one member suffer all suffer with him yf one member be had in honour all members be glad also The .xiii. Chapter THough I had al faith so that I could moue mountaynes out of there places and yet had no loue I were nothinge When that whiche is perfect is come then that whiche is vnperfect shal be done awaye Now we se in a glasse euen in a darke speaking but then shal wese face to face Now I know vnperfectfy but then shall I knowe euen as I am knowen Now abydeth fayth hope and loue euen these thre but the chiefe of these is loue The .xiiii. Chapter BRethren be not chyldren in wit Howe be it as concernyng maliciousnes be chyldren But in witte be perfect Let your wiues kepe silence in the congregations For it is not permitted vnto the to speake but let thē be vnder obedience Yf they wil learn◠any thyng let them are there husbandes at home For it is a shame for wemen to speake in the congregacion The .xv. Chapter BY the grace of god I am that I am and his grace whiche is in me was not in vayne but I laboured more abundantly then they al yet not I but the grace of god which is with me By a man came death and by a man came the resurrection of the dead For as by Adam al dye euen so by Christ shall all be made alyue and euery man in his owne order Malicious speakinges corrupt good maners The body is sowen in corrupcion and ryseth in incorruption It is sowen in dishonour and ryseth in honour It is sowen in weaknes and riseth in power It is sowen a naturall body and ryseth a spirituall bodye Fleshe and bloude cannot inherite the kyngdome of god Neither dothe corruption inherite vncorruption Beholde I shewe you a mistery We shall not all slepe but we shall al be chaunged and that in a moment and in the twinklynge of an eye at the sounde of the last trompe For the trōpe shall blowe and the deade shall ryse incorruptible and we shall be chaunged For this corruptible must put on inc rruptibilite and this mortal must put on immortalitie The .xvi. Chapter WAtche ye sionde fast in the fayth quyte you lyke men and be stronge Let all your busynes be done in loue ¶ The .ii. Epistle to the Corinthians the first Chap. FOr as the afflicciōs of Christ are plenteous in vs euē so is our consolacion plenteous by Christe Oure reioysinge is this the testimony of our consciēce that in singlenes and
There was neuer proud parsone that plaised the but in the prayer of the humble and meke hath thy plesure bene euermore The boke of Ester The fyrste Chapter ANd the drynck was so apoynted that none shulde compel any man for so the kyng had commaunded by the offycers of hys house that euery one shulde do as it lyked hym He sent letters forth in to all the kinges landes in to eueri lande accordynge to the wrytynge thereof and to euery people after they re language that euery manne shulde be lorde in hys owne house The .ii. Chapter HAd whē the apointed time of euery damsel came that she shulde go in to the kynge Ahasuerus after that she had ben twelue monthes in the deckynge of the wemen for theyr deckynge must haue so muche tyme namely syxe monethes wyth bauline and myrre and syre monethes with good spyces so were the wemen beautyfyed yet went theyr one damesell vnto the kynge c. The .xvi. Chapter IT happeneth ofte also that they whych be set in offyce by the hyer power and vnto whome the busynesse and causes of the subiectes are commutted to be handled waxe proud and defile them selfes with shedyng of innocent bloude whiche bringeth thē to intollerable hurte whiche also with false and deceytefull wordes and with liyng tales disceaue berray the innocent goodnes of princes The boke of Iob. The fyrst Chapter NAked came I out of my mothers wombe and naked shal I turne thether agayn The lorde gaue and the lord hath taken awaye blessed be the name of the lorde The .ii. Chapter SHall we receaue prosperity at the hande of god and not receyue aduersity ¶ The .iiii. Chapter COnsider I pray the who euer perysshed beynge an innocent Or when were the godlyr destroyed For as I haue proued by experience they that plowe iniquitie and sowe wretchednes reape the same ¶ The .v. Chapter AMā is borne to labour like as the sparches flye vp out of the hote coales Beholde happye is the man whome god punissheth therfore refuse not thou the chastenynge of the almyghty for though he made a wounde he gyueth aplaster though he sutyte hys hande maketh whole againe The .vi. Chapter HE that is in tribulation oughte to be comforteth of his neighbour The .vij. Chapter MY fleshe is clothed with wormes and duste of the earthe My skynne is wythered and become horrible my dayes passe ouer more spedly then a weuer can weue out his webbe and are gone or I am aware Remember that my lyfe is but a wynde The .viii. Chapter OVr daies vpō earth are but a very shadowe The .ix. Chapter HE is good whose wrath no man maye withstande but the proudest of all must stoape vnder him Yf men wyll speake of ryghteousnes who date be my recorde Yf I wyll iustifie my selfe myne owne mouthe shall condempne me yf I wyll put forth my selfe for a perfecte man he shall reproue me a wycked do et The .x. Chapter O Remembre I besecbe the howe that thou madest me of the earthe and shalte bryng me in to dust againe The .xii. Chapter AMonge olde persones there is wysdome in age is vnderstandynge The .xiiii. Chapter MAn that is borne of womā hath but a short time to lyue and is full of miserye He commeth vp and is cut downe lyke a floure He flieth as it were a shadowe and neuer continueth in one state The dayes of manne surely are determined the nombre of his monethes are knowen onelye vnto the Thou hast appointed hym his boūdes whiche he cannot go beyonde whyle man liueth his fleshe must haue trauaile and whyle the soule is in him he must be in sorow The .xv. Chapter WHat is man that he shulde be cleane What hath he whiche is borne of a woman wherby he myght be righteous Beholde he doth not truste his sayntes yea the very heauens are not cleane in her syght howe muche more then an abbominable and vile man whiche drincketh wycnes lyke water The .xix. Chapter I Am sure that my redemer liueth and that I shall ryse out of the earthe in the latter daye that I shal be clothed againe with this sainne and se god in my fleshe yee I my selfe shall beholde him not with other but with the same eyes The .xxi. Chapter THe wycked spende theyr dayes in welthnes◠but sodenlye they go downe to hell They saye also vnto god go from vs we desyre not the knowledge of thy wayes Who is the almyghtye that we shulde serue him and what profyte shuld haue to submyt our selues vnto hym The .xxii. Chapter WHo so humbleth hym selfe him shall he sette vp and who so loketh mekely shal be healed The .xxv. Chapter How may a man compared vnto god be iustyfyed or howe can he be cleane that is borne of a woman Beholde the moone shineth nothyng in comparison to hym and the starres are vnciene in his syghte Howe muche more then man that is but corruption and the sonne of man whyche ys but a worme The .xxvii. Chapter WHen the riche man dyeth he caried nothing with him he is gone in the twynckelynge of an eye and hathe nothing The .xxviii. Chapter BEholde to feare the lorde is wysedome and to forsake euellis vnderstandynge The .xxxii. Chapter WHen god dothe once commaunde a thinge ther shoulde no manne be curious to serche whether it be right The .xxxiiii. Chapter FOr the vngodlynesse of the people dothe god make an ypocrit 〈◊〉 raigne ouer them The .xlii. Chapter MY seruaunt Iob shall praye for you The Lorde gaue Iob twyse as moche as he had afore ¶ The Psalmes of Dauid The .i. Chapter BLessed is that man that hathe not walked in the councell of the vngodlye nor stande in the waye of synners and hath not sit in the seate of the scorneful But his delyte is in the lawe of the Lorde and in hys lawe wyll he exercyse him selfe daye and nyghte The .ii. Chapter BE wyse now therfore O ye kinges be learned ye that are iudges of the earth The .v. Chapter THou shalte destroye them that speake leasyng the lord wyll abhorre both the bloud-thyrsty and disceatfull man ¶ The .vi. Chapter I am weary of my groning euery night washe I my bed water my couche with my teares The .vii. Chapter God is prouoked euerye daye yf a man wyll not turne he wyll whette his swearde he hathe bent his bowe and made it readye he hathe prepared him the instrumentes of deathe he ordeyneth hys arowes against the persecutoures The .viii. Chapter WHat is man that thou art myndefull of him and the sonne of man that thou visitest him Thou madest him lower then the aungelles to crowne him with glorye and worshyp Thou makest hym to haue dominion of the worckes of thy handes thou hast put all thinges in subiection vnder his feete The .xi. Chapter THe Lorde is in hys holy temple the lordes seate is in heauē his eyes cōsider the poore and his eye lyddes trieth the chyldren of menne The Lorde aloweth the righteous
they come It were better for hym that a mylstone were hanged aboute his necke and that he were cast into the sea theÌ„ that he should offend one of this litle ones Yf thy brother trespace againste thee rebuke hym and yf he repent forgeue him And thoughe he synne against the seuen tymes in a daye and seuen tymes in a daye turne againe to thee saying it repenteth me forgeue him And the lorde sayd yf ye had faith like a graine of mustarde sede and shoulde saye vnto this Sycamine tree plucke thy selfe vp by the rootes and plante thy selfe in the sea she shoulde obeye you When ye haue done all those thynges whiche are commaunded you saye we are vnprofitable seruauntes We haue done that whiche was oure duetie to do Whosoeuer will go aboute to saue his lyfe shal lose it and whosoeuer shall lose his life shall saue it Whersoeuer the bodye shal be thither wyll the Egles resorte The .xviii. Chapter SHall not god auenge his electe whiche crye daye and night vnto hym ye thoughe he deferre them I tell you he wyll auenge them and that quickely Suppose ye when the sonne of man commeth that he shall fynde fayth on the earth Euery manne that exalteth himselfe shal be brought lowe and he that humbleth himselfe shal be exalted Suffer children to come vnto me and forbyd them not for of suche is the kyngdome of god Verely I saye vnto you whosoeuer receaueth not the kyngdome of god as this childe he shall not enter therin Sell all that thou haste and distribute it vnto poore and thou shalt haue treasure in heauen and come and folowe me With what difficultie shal they that haue riches enter in to the kyngdome of god it is easier for a camell to go throughe a nedels eye then for a riche man to enter into the kyngdome of god Verely I saye vnto you there is no man that leaueth house other father and mother or brethreÌ„ or wyfe or chyldren for the kyngdome of goddes sake whiche shall not receaue muche more in this worlde and in the worlde to come life euerlasting The .xix. Chapter THe sonne of man is come to seke and to saue that whiche was iost Wel good seruaunte because thou wast fayth full in a very litell thinge take thou auctoritie ouer ten cities I saye vnto you that vnto all them that haue it shall be geuen and from hym that hath not euen that he hathe shal be taken from hym And he went into the temple and beganne to caste oute them that solde therein and them that bought saying vnto them it is wryâ—ten my house is the house of praier but ye haue made it a denne of theues The .xx. Chapter THe stone that buylders refused the same is made the heade corner stone whosoeuer stoÌ„ble at that stone shall be broken but on whosoeuer it fal vpon it will grynde hym to pouder Geue vnto Cesar that which belongeth to Cesar and to god that whiche pertaineth to god The children of this world mary wiues and are marred but they whiche shal be made worthye to enioye that worlde and the resurrection from death neither mary wyues neither are maried nor yet can dye anymore For they are equal vnto the aungels and are the sonnes of God in asmuche as they are the chyldren of the resurreccion Beware of the Scribes whiche desyre to go in longe clothyng and loue gretynges in the markettes and the highest seates in the Synagoges and chiefe roumes at feastes which diuoure widdowes houses and that vnder a coloure of longe praying the same shal receiue greater damnacion The .xxi. Chapter OF a trueth I saye vnto you this poore wyâ—dome hath put in more then they all For they all haue of theyr superfluicie added vnto the offering of God but she of her penury hath casâ—…e in all the substaunce that she had Let it sticke therefore faste in youre heartes not once to study before what ye shall aunswere for I will geue you a mouth and wysedome wher againste all youre aduersaries shal not be able to speake or resiste Heauen and earth shall passe but my wordes shal not passe Take hede to your selues leste your heartes be ouercome with surfetyng and drunkennes and cares of this worlde and that â–ª that daye come not on you vnwares For as a snare shall it come on al them that sit on the face of the earthe Watche therfore continually and praye that ye maye obtayne grace to flye al this that shall come and that ye maye stande before the sonne of man The .xxii. Chapter ANd he toke breade gaue thankes and gaue to them saying This is my body whiche is geueÌ„ for you this do in the remembraunce of me Lykewyse also when they had supped he toke the cup saying This cup is the newe testament in my bloude whiche shal for you be shedde He that is greatest amonge you shal be as yongest and he that is chefe shal be as the minister Simon Simon beholde Satan hathe desyred you to sifte you as it were wheate but I haue prayed for the that thy faith fayle not And when thou arte conuerted strength thy brethren Nowe he that hath a wallet let him take it vp and lykewyse his scryppe And he that hathe no swearde let him sell his coate and bye one And his sweate was lyke droppes of bloude rychlyng downe to the grounde And the lorde turned backe and loked vpon Peter The .xxiii. Chapter DOughters of Ierusalem wepe not for me but wepe for your selues and your children for beholde the dayes wyl come when menne shall say happy are the baren and the wombes that neuer bate and the pappes which neuer gaue sucke Then shall they begynne to saye to the mountens fall on vs and to the hylles couer vs foryf they do this to a grene tree what shall be done to the drye The .xxiiii. Chapter ANd it came to passe as he sate at meate with them he toke breade blessed it brake gaue to them And there eyes were opened and they knewe him and he vanisshed oute of their sighte And they sayde betwene them selues dyd not our hertes burne within vs whylle he talked with vs by the waye as he opened to vs the scriptures Handle me and se for spretes haue no fleshe and â—ones as ye se me haue ¶ The ende of the Gospell of S. Luke ¶ The Gospell of S. Iohn the .i. Chapter SN the begynnynge was the word and the word was with god and the worde was god The same was in the begynnynge with god All thynges were made by it without it was made nothyng that was made He came amonge his owne and his owne receaued him not But as many as receaued hym to them he gaue power to be the sonnes of god in that they beleued on his name whiche were borne not of bloude nor of the wyll of the fleshe nor yet of the wyll of manne but of god And the worde was made fleshe and dwell
to this nedefull busynes But we wyll geue oure selues continually to prayer and to the ministrâ—tion of the worde The .vii. Chapter ANd the patriarkes hauynge indignation selde Ioseph into Egipte god was with him and delyuered him out of all his aduersities and gaue him fauoure and wysdome in the syght of Pharao kyng of Egypt whiche made him gouernour ouer Egyte and ouer all his lande Moses was learned in all maner wysdome of the Egyptians and was mightye in dedes and in wordes I haue perfectly sene the affliction of my people whiche is in Egipte and I haue hearde then gronyng and am come downe to delyuer them He that is hyest of all dwelleth not in temples made with handes as sayth the prophete Heauen is my seate earth is my fote stole or what place is it that I shuld rest in hath not my hande made all these thinges But he beyng full of the holy ghoste loked vp sted fastly with his eyes into heauen and sawe the glorye of god and Iesus standynge on the ryghte hande of god and sayde Beholde I se the heauen open and the sonne of man standyng on the right hande of god And they stoned Steuen callyng on and sayeng Lorde Iesu receaue my spryte he kneled downe and cryed with a loude voyce Lord laye not this synne to their charges The .viii. Chapter WHen the Apostles which were at Ierusalem hearde saye that Samaria bathe receaued â—e worde of god they sent vnto them Peter and Iohn whyche when they were come prayed for them that they myghte receaue the holye ghoste For as yet he was come on none of them but they were baptised onely in the name of Christe Iesu Then sayde they handes on them and they receaued the holy ghost Thy money perish with the because thou wenest that the gyfte of god maye be obteyned with money The .ix. Chapter SAul Saul why persecutest thou me And he sayde What arte thou lorde And the lorde sayde I am Iesus whome thou persecuteste â—s shal be harde for the to sticke against the pricke Go thy wayes for he is a chosen vessell vnto me to beare my name before the gentyls and kynges and the children of Israel For I wyll shewe hym â—owe great thynges he must suffre for my names sake The disciples toke him by nyght and put hym â—horowe the wall and let him downe in a basket The .x. Chapter THy prayers and all thy almeses are come vp into remembraunce before god What god hathe clensed that make thou not coâ—men or vnclene And as it chansed Peter to come in Cornelius â—et him and fell downe at his feete worshipped 〈◊〉 But Peter toke hym vp sayenge stande vp â—or euen I my selfe am a man Ye knowe howe that it is an vnlawfull thynge 〈◊〉 a manne that is a Iewe to company or come vnto an aliene but god hathe shewed me that I shoulde not call any manne commen or vnclenâ— therfore came I vnto you without saynge nay â—ssone as I was sent for Then Peter opened his mouthe and saide of a trueth I perceiue that god is not perciall but in al people he that feareth him and worcketh rightuousenes is accepted with him The .xi. Chapter COunte not thou those thinges coÌ„men whiche God hath clensed The .xii. Chapter THen was Peter kepte in prison but prayâ— was made without ceasing of the congregation vnto God for him And vpon a day appointed Herode araied him in royall apparell and set him in his seate made an oration vnto them And the people gaue a shoute sayinge it is the voice of a god and â—ot of a man And immediatly the Aungell of the Lorde smote him bicause he gaue not God the honoure And he was eaten of wormes and gaue vp the goste The .xiii. Chapter AS they ministred to the lord and fasted the holy gost said seperate me Barnabas Paul for the worcke whereunto I haue called them Then fasted they and praied and put their handes on them and let them go I haue founde Dauid the sonne of Iesse a maÌ„ after mine owne herte he shall fulfill al my â—yll Be it knowen vnto you ye men and brethâ—en that thorowe this man is preached vnto you the forgiuenesse of sinnes and that by him al that beleue are iustified from all thinges frome whiche â—e coulde not be iustified by the lawe of Moses â–ª Then Paule and Barnabas waxed bold and sâ—iderit was mete that the worde of God shoulde firste haue ben preached to you But seing ye put it from you and thinke your selues vnworthye of euer lastinge life loe we turne to the Gentylles for so hath the Lorde commaunded vs. The .xiiii. Chapter They returned againe to Listes and to Iconium and Antioche and strengthed the disciples soules exhortinge them to continue in the faith affirminge that we muste thorowe much tribulation enter into the kingedome of God And they ordeyned them elders by election iÌ„ euery congregation and praied and fasted and commended to god on whom they beleued The .xv. Chapter NOwe therefore why tempe ye God that ye woulde put a yoke on the disciples neckes whiche neither oure fathers nor wee were able to beare Wherefore my sentence in that we trouble not theÌ„ whyche from amonge the gentiles are turned to God but that wee write vnto them that they abstaine from filthines of idolles from fornication from strangeled and from bloude For it semed good to the holie goste and vs to put no greuouse thinges to you more then these necessarie thinges that is to saye that ye abstaine from thynges offered to Idolles from bloud froÌ„ strangeled and fornication The .xvi. Chapter THey were forbidden of the holye ghoste to preache the worde in Asia And it fortuned as we wente to prayer a certaine Damsel possesied with a spirite that prophecied met vs whiche brought her master and mastres muche vauntage with prophesying The same folowed Paule and vs and cryed sayinge these men are the seruauntes of the most hye god whiche shewe vnto vs the waye of saluation The .xvii. Chapter FOr all the Attenians and straungers whiche were there gaue themselues to nothyng els but either to tell or to heare newe tydinges For as I passed by and behelde the maner howe ye worship your goddes I founde an altare wherein was written vnto vnknowen god WhoÌ„ ye then ignorauntly worshippe hym shewe I vnto you The .xviii. Chapter ANd because Paule was of the same craft he abode with Aquila and Priscilla his wife and wrought their crefte was to make tentes And Paule shore his heade in Cenchrea for he had a vowe The .xix. Chapter ANd god wrought no small myracles by the handes of Paule so that froÌ„ his body were brought vnto the sicke napains or partlets and the diseases departed from them and the euyl spirites went out of them And the euell spirite answered and sayde Iesus I know and Paul I knowe but who are ye The .xx. Chapter I haue desyred no mans siluer gold or vesture
Chapter WHosoeuer coÌ„mitteth syn coÌ„mitteth vnryghteousnes also for synne is vnrighteousnes whosoeuer doeth not righteousnes is not of god nether he that loueth not his brother He that loueth not his brother abydeth in beathe Whosoeuer hateth his brother is a manne flear and ye knowe that no man flear hathe eternall lyfe abydynge in him Whosoeuer hath this worldes good and syeth his brother haue neade shutteth vp his coÌ„passioÌ„ from him howe dwelleth the loue of god in him Lette vs not loue in worde neyther in tounge but with the dede in verite for therby we know that we are of the verite can before hym quiete our bertes He that kepeth goddes commaundementes dwelleth in him and he in him therby we know that there abydeth in vs of the sprete whyche he gaue vs. The .iiii. Chapter BEleue not euery spirite but proue whether they are of God ornot In this appered the loue of god to vs ward because that God sent his onelye begotten sonne into the worlde that we myght lyue thorow him Herein is loue not that we loued god but that he loued vs and sent his sonne to make agrement for oure synnes Yf we loue one another god dwelleth in vs. and his loue is perfect in vs. Whosoeuer confesseth that Iesus is the sonne of god in him dwelleth god and he in god There is no feare in loue but parsecte loue cafleth out all feare for feare hath painfulnes he the reateth is not perfecte in loue Yf a man saye I loue god and yet hate his brother he is a lyar For howe can he that loueth not his brother whom he hath sene loue god whoÌ„ he hath not sene The.v. Chapter GOds commaundementes are not greuous This is the victory that ouercommeth the worlde euen oure fay the who is it that ouercommeth the worlde but he which beleueth that Iesus is the sonne of God There are thre which beare record in heauen the father the word and the holy ghost and these thre are one There are thre whiche beare recorde in carth the sprete and water and bloud and these thre are one This is the trust that we haue in god that yf we are any thyng accordyng to his will he heareth vs. And yf we knowe that he heare vs what soeuer we are we knowe that we shal haue the peticions that we desyre of hym Yf any man se his brother synne a synne that is nor vnto death lette him are and he shall geue him life for them that sinne not vnto death There is a sinne vnto death for whiche saye I not that a man should pray All vnrighteousnes is sinne and there is sinne not vnto death The worlde is all together sette on wyckednesse ¶ The seconde Epistell of S. Iohn the fyrste Chapter HAd nowe beseche I the lady not as though I wrote a newe commaundement vnto the but that same whiche we harde frome the begynnynge that we shulde loue one another and this is the loue that we shoulde walke after his commaundementes The .ii. Chapter WHosoeuer transgresseth and bydeth not in the doctrine of christ hath not god He that endureth in the doctrine of christe hath bothe the father and the sonne yf there come any vnto you and brynge not his learnynge him receaue not to house nether byd him god spede for he that byd hym god spede is partaker of his euyl dedes ¶ The Epistel of S. Iude the fyrste Chapter BEholde the Lorde shall come with thousandes of saynetes to geue iudgement againste all menne and to rebuke all that are vngodlye amonge them of all theyr vngodlye dedes whiche they haue vngodlye committed and of all theyr truell speakynges whiche vngodlye synuers haue spoken against him ¶ The Reuelation of S. Iohn the fyrste Chapter HAppy is he that redeth and they that heare the wordes of the prophesy and kepe the thinges which are writteÌ„ therin for the time is at haÌ„d Beholde he commeth with cloudes and all eyes shall se him and they also whiche persed hym I am Alpha and Omega the begynnynge and the endynge saith the Lorde almyghty whiche is and whiche was and whiche is to come The .ii. Chapter TO hym that ouer commeth wyll I geue to eate of the tree of lyfe which is in the middes of the paradise of god To him that ouercommeth wyll I geue to eate Manna that is hydde and wyll geue hym a white stone and in the stone a new name wrytten whiche no manne knoweth sauynge he that receaueth it I wyll geue vnto euery one of you accordynge vnto your worches To him that overcoÌ„meth and kepeth my workes vnto the ende I wyll geue power ouer nations and he shall rule them with a rodde of yron and as the vessels of a potter shall he brake them to sheuers The .iii. Chapter Yf thou shalt not watche I wyll come on the as a these and thou shalte not knowe what houre I wyll come vpon the. He that ouercommeth shal be clothed in whyt araye and I wyll confesse his name before my father and before his angels I know thy worches that thou art nether colde not hote I wolde thou were colde or hote So then because thou arte betwene both and nether colde nor hot I wyll spewe the out of my mouth because thou art riche and increased with goodes and hast uede of nothynge and knowest not howe thou arte wretched and miserable poore blynde and naâ—ed I counsel the to bye of me golde tried in the fyre that thou mayst be riche and whyt rayment that thou mayste be clothed that thy fylthy nakednes do not aâ—pere and annoynte thyne eyes with eye salue that thou mayste see As many as I loue I rebuke and chasten be seruent therfore and repent Beholde I stande at the dore and knocke yf anye man heare my voyce and open the dore I wyll come in vnto hym and wyll suppe with him and he with me To hym that ouercommeth wyll I graunt to syt with me in my seate euen as I ouercame and haue sytten with my father in his seate The .iiii. Chapter THe fyrste beste was lyke a lyon the seconde best lyke a calfe and the thyrde best hadde a face as a manne and the fourthe beste was lyke a â—yinge egle The .v. Chapter ANd when he had taken the booke the foure bestes the .xxiiii. elders fell downe before the lambe hauyng harpes and golden vialles full of odoures whiche are the prayers of saintes and they songe a newe songe saynge thou art worthy to take the boke and to open the seales therof for thou wast kylled hast redemed vs by thy bloude out of all kynreddes and tonges and people and nations and haste made vs vnto our god kynges and prestes and we shall raigne on the exche The .vi. Chapter I Sawe vnder the aulter the soules of theÌ„ that were kylled for the worde of god and for the testimonye whiche they had And they cried with â— loude voyce sayeng howe lang cariest thou lord