c. Iohn .xvi. Clyme not to hye Luke .xii. Clouen tongues Acte .ii. Coles of fyre Rom .xii. Cornelius worshipped Peter Actes .x Cornelius prayers Act .x. Correct thy selfe or thou correct other Mat .xvii Correcte mennes fautes secretely Mat xviii Corner stone Lu .xx. Act .iiii. Ephe .ii. i. Pet .ii. Couetous men ydoll worshippers Ephe .v. Couetousnes is the rote of all euill i. Timo .vi. Creatures of god are good i. Tim .iiii. Cretians are lyers T it .i. Croune ▪ of righteousnes ii Timo .iiii Cup of colde water Math .x. Mar .ix. D. Dauids mynde of Christes resurrection Act .ii. Dayes of worke are sixe luc .xiii Daye of saluation ii Cor .vi. Deacons i. Timo .iii. Dedes of the lawe do not iustifie Rom .iii. Gal .ii. Dedes of the fleshe Gala .v. Dedes shall berewarded Apoca .xxi. Defraude noman in bargaining i. Thes .iiii. Denye god and he shal denye the. Mat .x. ii Ti .ii. Death and resurrection of the dead c. i. Cor .xv. Death shal flye from man Apoca .ix Diuision destroyeth kyngdomes mat .xii. mat .iii. Diuision causeth desolation Luke .xi. Difference of dayes Roma .xiiii. Diuorse for what cause Math .v. xix Marke .x. Do as ye wolde be done to Mat .vii. Lu .vi. Do as the priest byddeth you Math .xxiii Do all thinge in loue i. Cor .xvi. Do nothyng grudgyngly ii Cor .ix. Do good vnto all men Gala .vi. Do nothyng for vayne glory Phil .ii. Do all thinges in the name of Iesu Colloss .iii. Do nothyng parcially i. Timo .v. Doers of the lawe shal be iustified Roma .ii. Doers shall be saued Math .vii. Domes daye with wonderful signes Math .xxiiii Luke .xxi. ii Thes .v. ii Pet .iii. Apoca .vi Domes daye and the tyme therof is vnknowen to the aungels Math .xxiiii. mar .xiii Drawe one waye Philip .ii. Drunkardes with suche other shall not inherite heauen i. Cor .vi. E. Endure to the ende and be saued Math .x. xxiiii Marke .xiii. Apo .ii. Iaco .i. Enter in at the strayte gate Math .vii. Epheta Mark .vii. Earthly men speake of earthly thynges Iohn .iii. Eate not with fornicatours .i. Cor .v. Eate but offende not Rom .xiiii Enoch and Elias Apo .xi. Esteme not thyselfe more then nedeth Roma .xii. Esau sold his byrthright Heb .xii. Euery tree is knowen by his fruite Lu .vi. Euery man shall bere his owne burthen Gala .vi. Euery knee doth bowe to the name c. Philip .ii. Euery man shal know god Heb .viii. Euery man at gods comming shall se hym Apo .i. Euell doers hate the light Iohn .iii. Examine thy selfe or euer thou receyue .i. Cor .xi. Excommunicacion .i. Cor .v. Exercise of the body profiteth but litle .i. Ti .iiii. F False christes Mar .xiii. False prophetes .ii. Pet .ii. Fast and how men should fast Mat .vi Fasting with prayer driueth out deuils mat .xvii. Fasting and praying Act .xiii. xiiii i. Corin .vii. Fayth as a grayne of mustard seed Mat .xvii. Fayth and the power therof Math .xxi. Mar .xi. Faythful seruaunt Luke .xix. Fayth iustifieth man Roma .iii. Gala .ii. Fayth without loue is nothyng .i. Cor .xiii. Faythfull men are the children of Abraham ga .iii Faythe and the definition there of Heb .xi. Fayth without dedes Iaco .ii Fayth ouercommeth the world .i. Iohn .v Father and the son do al one thynge Iohn .v Father of all lyars Iohn .viii. Fathers must laye vp for theyr children .ii. Co. .xii. Feare him that maye hyl both body soule mat .x Feare to fall into the handes of god Heb .x. Feare hath no perfectnes .i. Iohn .iiii. Fede Christes flocke willingly .i. Pet .v. Fyre of hell Math .v. xviii mar .ix. Fyre and payne euerlasting Math .xxv. Mar .xi. Fyre shal trye mans workes .i. Cor .iii. Fylthy communicacion Ephe .iiii. Fyshers of men Marke .i Luke .v. Fygge tree Math .xxi. Fleshly men cannot please god Rom .viii. Fleshe and the sprite are contrary Gal .v. Folow Christ and how Math .xvi. mar .viii. lu ix Folishnes and weakenes of god .i. Cor .i. Folishe questions ii Timo .ii. T it .iii. Forgeue thy brother Math .xix. Forgeue one another Mat .xviii Forgeue and be forgeuen Mar .xi. Luke .vi. Forgeue hym that repenteth Luke .xvii. Fornicatours do synne agaynst theyr c .i. Cor .vi. Forsake for the loue of God Math .xix. Mar .x. Foure beastes Apo .iiii. G. Gates two a strayte and a wyde Math .viii. Gates of hell Math .xvi. Gestes and what maner of gestes c. Luke .xiiii. Generacions from Abraham to Christe Math .ii. Geue good measure Lu .vi. God of stones can rayse vp the children of Abrahā Math .iii. Luke .iii. God onely must be worshipped Math .iiii. God doth good to frende and foo Math .v. God is to be beloued aboue al thing Math .x God must be honoured with hart mouth ma .xv God shall rewarde euery man after his dedes Math .xvi. Roma .ii. Apoca .ii. God is in the middes of them that are gathered in his name Math .xviii. God is onely good Math .ix. Mat x. God is alwaye with vs. Math .xxvii. God wyl aduenge the electe Lu .xviii. God made all thynges Iohn .i. God cannot be sene Ioan .i. God geueth not his spirite by measure Iohn .iii. God muste be worshipte in spirite Iohn .iiii. God hath geuen all iudgement c. Iohn .v. God heareth no sinners Iohn .ix. God dwelleth not in temple made with c. Ac .vii. God is not perciall Act .x. God those the foolyshe and weake thinges of the worlde .i. Corin .i. God geueth increase of all thinges .i Cor .iii. God must iudge and not man .i. Cor .iiii. God suffreth not manne to be tempted aboue his strengthe .i. Cor x. God loueth a cherefull geuer .ii. Cor .ix. God worketh all thyng in man Phil .ii. God tryeth our heartes .i. Thes .ii. God hath called vs with an holy callyng .ii. Ti .i. God doth not forget our workes Heb .vi. God loueth those he chasteneth Heb .xii. Apo iii. God doth tempte no man Iaco .i. God wolde haue no man loste .ii. Pet .iii. God shal come with thousand of sainctes Iude .i God wyl come vpon man as a thefe Apoca .iii. vi Gods worde onely saueth man Math .viii. Gods worde shal not c. mat .xxiiii. mar .xiii. lv xxi Gods messenger Marke .i. Gods great loue to the worlde Iohn .iii. Gods frendes Iohn .xv. Gods workes do declare his godhead Roma .i. Gods kindenes ledeth a man to repen Roma .ii. Gods iudgementes are vnsearcheable Roma .xi. Goddes grace doth iustifye Roma .iii. Goddes liberalitie .ii. Cor .viii. Good woorkes must so be done c. math .v. Good worckes maye be done on the sabboth day Math .xii. Luc .vi. xiii Iohn .vii. Good tree good frute Math .xii. Good shepeherde Iohn .x. Good and perfect gyftes are from aboue Iaco .i. Gospell of Christ the ymage of god .ii. Cor .iiii. Glory of manne .i. Pet .i. H. Happy be they that kepe the worde of god Luc .xi. Happy seruauntes Luc .xii. Happy
prepare the waye of the Lorde in the wildernes make liraight the pathe for our God in the deserte Let all valleis be exalted and euery mountaine hill be laied lowe What so is croked lette it be made straight and let the roughe be made plainfeldes for the glorye of the Lorde shall appeare and all fleshe shall at once se it for why the mouth of the Lorde hath spoken it Nowe crye and the Prophete answered what shall Ierye that al fleshe is grasse and that al the goodlines therof is as the frower of the feilde the grasse is withered the flower falleth away euen so is the people as grasse when the breath of the Lorde bloweth vppon the im Neuertheles whether the grasse wither or that the flower fade awaye yet the word of god endureth for euer Who hath refourmed the minde of the Lorde or to whom hath he shewed his counsell or whoe is of his counsell to teach him or who hath geueÌ„ him vnderstanding and hath taught him the path of iudgemente whoe taughte him cunninge opened vnto him the waie of vnderstandinge The .xlii. Chapter WHo suffered Iacob to be trodeÌ„ vnder fote Israell to be spoyled did not the Lorde bicause we haue sinned against him and haue had no delite to walke in his wates neither bene obediente vnto his lawe The .xlv. Chapter TVrne you to me al ye endes of the earth that ye maye be saued for I am God and there is els none I swere by my felfe out of my mouth commeth the worde of rightuousnes and that no man may turne but all knees shall bowe vnto me and all tonges shal swere by my name sayinge verily in the Lorde is my rightuousenes strength To him shall men come but all they that thyncke scorne of him shal be confounded And the whole sede of Israell shall be iustified and make theyr bost in the Lorde The .xlix. Chapter HAd thus saieth the Lorde In the time accepted haue I hearde the and in the daye of saluation haue I helped the. God hath conforted his people and will haue mercy vpoÌ„ his that be in trouble But Sion said God hath forsaken and my Lorde hath forgotten me Will a wife forget the childe of hir wombe not pitye the sonne whome she hathe borne And thoughe she do forget yet will I not forget the. Who so putteth his trust in me shall not be coÌ„founded The .l. Chapter The lorde god haths opened mine eare therfore can I not saye naye nor withdrawe my selfe but I offer my backe vnto the smiters and my chekes to the nippers I turne not my face from shame and spitting and the lord god shal helpe me therfore shall I not be confounded I haue herdened my face lyke a flynt stoone For I am sure that I shall not come to confusion The .lii. Chapter O Howe bewtifull are the feete of the ambassa doure that bryngethe the message from the mountaine and proclaimeth peace that bryngeth good tydynges and preacheth helthe and saythe vnto Syon thy god is the kynge The .liii. Chapter HE onely hath taken on hym our infirmities and borne our paines He was wounded for oure offences and smytten for oure wyckednes The chastement of our peace was laide vpon him and with his stripes we are healed The lord hath heaped together vpon hym the iniquite of vs all He suffred violence and was euell intreated and dyd not yet open his mouthe He shal be led as a shepe to be slaine yet shall he be as slyll as a lambe before the shearer and not open his mouthe He dyd neuer violeÌ„ce nor vnright neither hath there bene anye disceatfulnes in his mouthe And he is â—ekened amonge the trangressons whych neuerthelesse hath taken away the synnes of the multitude and made intercession for the mysdoers The .iv. Chapter SEkethe Lorde while he may he founde and call vpon him while he is nie Let the vngodly man forsake his owne waye and the vnrightnouse his owne Imaginations and turne againe vnto the Lorde so shall he be merciful vnto him and to our God for he is very ready to forgiue The worde that commeth oute of my mouth shall not turne againe voide vnto me but shall accomplishe my will and prospere in the thynge whereto I sende it The .lvi. Chapter BLessed is he that taketh hede that he vnhallowe not the Saboth that is he that kepeth him selfe that he do none euil ¶ My house shall be called an house for all people The .lvii. Chapter THe wicked haue no peace saieth God The .lviii. Chapter CRye nowe as loude as thou canste leaue not of lift vp thy voice like a trumpet and shew my people their affences and the house of Iacob their sinnes Wherefore faste we saye they and thou seest it not we put oure liues to straitenes and thou regardeste it not Beholde when ye faste your iuste remaineth styl for ye do no lesse violence to youre detters loe ye faste to strife and debate and to smite with the fiste of wickednes Nowe ye shall not faste thus that you may make your voice be hearde aboue Thinke you this faste pleaseth me that a man should chasten him selfe for a day and to wreth his hand aboute like ahoke and to lye vpon the earth in an heary cloth Shoulde that be called faslinge or a daye that pleaseth the Lord Doeth not this fasling rather please me that thou lose him out of bondage that is in thy daunger that thou breake the othe of wicked bargaines that you let the oppressed go free and take from them all maner of burthene to deale thy breade to the hungry and bryng the poore wandryng home into thyne house when thou feest the naked that thou couer hym and not thy face from thy neyghboure The .lix. Chapter BEhold the Lordes haÌ„de is not so shortened that it cannot helpe neither is his eare so stopped that it may not heare But your misdedes haue separated you from youre god and youre synnes hyde his face from you that he hearethe you not The .lxiiii. Chapter WE are all as an vncleane thyng and all our right cousnesse are as the clothes stayned with flowers of a woman we fal euery cheone as the leafe for oure synnes carye vs awaye lyke the wynde The .lxv. Chapter THus sayeth the Lorde God Beholde my seruauntes shall eate but ye shall haue huÌ„ger Beholde my seruauauntes shall drynke but ye shall suffre thyrste Behold my seruauntes shall be mery but ye shal be confounded Beholde my seruauntes shall reioyce for a verye quietnes of herte but ye shall crye for sorow of heart and coÌ„playne for vexacion of mynde The ixvi Chapter THus shall the hande of the Lorde be knowen amonge his seruauntes and his indignacâ—on amonge his enemies For behold the lord shall come with fyrâ— and his charet shal be sykes whyrlewynde that he maye recompence his vengeaunce in his wrathe and his indinguacioÌ„ with the flame of fyre for the lorde shall iudge all fleshe with
open youre graues O my people and take you out of your sepulchres and brynge you into the lande of Israel againe So shall ye knowe that I am the lorde when I open your graues and bring you out of them My spirite also wyll I put in you and ye shall liue I wil seâ—te you agayne in youre owne lande and ye shall knowe that I am the Lorde whiche haue sayde it and fulfilled it in dede The .xliii. Chapter O Thou sonne of man this tome is my feate and the place of my foote steps where as I wyll dwell amonge the children of Israell for euermore The .xliiii. Chapter THey shall not shaue theyr heades nor nourishe the bushe of theyr heare but rounde theyr heades onely All the priestes that go into the inmoste courte shall drynke no wyne They shall mary no wydowe neyther one that is putte from her husband but a mayde of the scede of the house of Israel or a wydow that hath had a priest before The .xlv. Chapter VPon the .xiiii. daye of the fyrste moneth ye shall kepe Easter seuen dayes shall the feast continue wherein there shall no sowre nor leuended breade be eaten One sycle maketh twenty garres So .xx. sicles and .xxv. and .xv. sicles make a pounde The .xlvi. Chapter If the Prince geue a gifte vnto anye of his sonnes then shall it be his sonnes heritage perpetuall that he maye possesse it But yf he wyll geue one of his seruantes some of his heritage it shal be his vnto the fre yeare and then to returne agayne vnto the Prince for his heritage shall be his sonnes only The booke of the Prophete Daniel the .ii. Chapter ANd Daniel praysed the God of heauen Daniel also cryed loude and sayde O that the name of GOD myghte he praysed for euer and euer for wysedome and strengthe are his owne he chaungeth the times and ages he putteth downe kynges he setteth vp kynges he geueth wysedome vnto the wyse and vnderstandyng to those that vnderstande he openeth the depe secretes he knoweth the thyng that lyeth in darkenesse for the lyghte dwelleth with him The .iiii. Chapter WHerfore O kynge be contente with my couÌ„sell that thou mayest redeme thy synnes with alinesse and thyne â–ª offences with mercye to poore people for this shal be an healyng of thyne erroure O kynge Nabuchodonozor to the it is spoken Thy kyngdome shall departe from thee thou shalte be caste out of mennes companye thy dwellynge shal be with the beastes of the fielde so that thou shalte eate grasse as an Oxe tyll seuen yeares be come and goen ouer thee euen vntyll thou knowest that the kygheste hathe power vpon the kyngdomes of men and that he maye geue them vnto whome it pleaseth hym The .v. Chapter MAne Thetell Phares Nowe the interpretacion of the thing is this Mane God hath noumbred the kingdome and broughte it to an ende Thetel thou arte wayed in the balaunce and arte founde to lighte Phares thy kingdome is delie in partes and geuen to the Medes and Parses The .vii. Chapter HE shal suddue three kinges and shall speake wordes againste the hyghest of all he shall destroye the sayntes of the mooste hyghest and thynke that he maye chaunge tymes and lawes They shall be geuen vnder his power vntyll a tyme two tymes and halfe a time But the iudgemente shall be kepte so that his power shal be taken from hym for he shall be destroyed and peryshe at the laste The .ix. Chapter I Turned me vnto my God the Lorde for to praye and make myne intercercession with fasting sackecloth and ashes We do not cast our prayers before thee in our owne righteousenesse no but onely in thy greate mercies The .xii. Chapter THere shall come a tyme of trouble suche as neuer was sence there began to be any people vnto the same tyme. Then shall thy people de delyuered yea al those that be founde wrytten in the booke Many of them that sleape in the duste of the earthe shall awake some to euerlastynge lyte some to perpertuall shame and reprofe the wyse suche as haue taught other shall glyster as the shynyng of heauen and those that haue instructe the multitude vnto godlynesse shal be as the sterres worlde without ende The .xiii. Chapter WEl it is better for me to fall into youre bandes with out the bede doyns then to synne in the syghte of the lorde ¶ The booke of the Prophete Oseas The fyrst Chapter GO thy waye take an harlotiets thy wyfs gette children by her The .ii. Chapter I Wyll haue mercy vpon her that was without mercy The .iiii. Chapter THe lorde must punyshe theÌ„ that dwell in the laÌ„de And why there is no truthe there is no mercy there is no knowledge of god in the lande but see eating liynge manslaughter thefte and aduoutrye haue gotten the vpper hande and one gyltynesse foloweth another Therfore shal the lande be in a miserable case and all they that dwell therin shall be rooted out The beastes of the felde the foules of the ayre and the fyshes of the see shall dye My people peryshe because they haue no know ledge Whoredome wyne and dronckennesse taketh the herte awaye The .vi. Chapter I Haue pleasure in louynge kyndnes and not in offerynge yea in the knowledge of god more then in burnt sacrifice As the theues armed waite for him that passeth by the waye suche is the counsayle of the presses whiche with one agterd counsayle murther cruelly suche as keye the waye yea they dare do all vnspeakable myschefe The .x. Chapter SOwe vnto righteousnesse reape the frutes of weldoynge plowe vp youre freshe lande for it is tyme to seke the lorde tyll he come and raine righteousnesse vpon you but you haue plowed vngodlynesse ye haue reaped iniquitie you haue eaten the frute of lyes The .xii. Chapter Iacob toke his brother by the hele when he was yet in his mothers wombe and in his strength he wrestled with god he stroue with the aungell and gat the victory so that he prayde and desired him The .xiii. Chapter O Israell thine iniquitie hath destroyed the. but in me onely is thy helpe O deathe I wyll be thy deathe O hell I wyl be thy slinge The .xiiii. Chapter THe wayes of the lorde are righteous suche as be godlye wyll walke in them As for the wycked they wyll stomble therin ¶ The booke of the Prophete Ioel The first Chapter WAke vp ye dronkardes and wepe mourne all ye wyne suppere because of your swet wyne for it shal be taken awaye from youre mouthe Gyrde you and mourne O ye prestes mourne ye ministers of the aultar go your waye in and sleape in sackeclothe proclayme a faslyng cal the congregacyon gather the elders and all the inhabytoure of the lande together in to the house of the lorde youre god crye vnto the lord alas alas for this daye And why the daye of the lorde is at hande and cometh as a destroyer from the almyghtye The .ii.
is worthy in it and there abyde tyll pego thence And when ye come in a house salute thesame and yf the house be worthye youre peace shall come vpon it but if it be not worthye yourâ— peace shall retourne to you agayne And whosoeuer shall not receiue you nor wil heare your preaching when ye departe out of that house or that citie shake of the duste of your feete Truly I saye vnto you it shal be easier for the lande of Zodoma and Gomorrain the daye of iudgement the for that citie Beholde I sende you forthe as shepe among wolues Be ye therfore wyse as serpenter and innocent as doues Beware of menne for they shal deliuer you vp to the counsels and shal scourge you in theyr Synagoges And ye shall be brought to the head rulers and kynges for my sake in witnesse to them and to the Gentiles But when they deliuer you vp take no thoughte howe or what ye shall speake for it shal be geuen you euen in the same houre what ye shall saye For it is not ye that speake but the spirite of youre father whiche speaketh in you The brother shall betraye the brother to death and the father the sonne And the children shall arise agaynste they re fathers and mothers and shall put them to death and ye shall be hated of al men for my name but he that endureth to then dâ— shal be saued When they persecute you in one Citye flie into to an other The disciple is not aboue his maister nor yet the seruaunt aboue his Lorde It is inough for the disciple to be as his maister is that the seruante he as his Lorde is if they haue called the Lorde of the house Beelzebub howe much more shall they call them of the housholde so There is nothynge so close that shall not be opened and nothing so hydde that shall not be knowen And feare ye not them which kyl the bodye and be not able to kyl the saule But rather feare hym which is able to destroy both soule and body into hell Whosoeuer shall knowelege me before men hym wil I knowlege also before my father which is in heauen But whosoeuer shall denye me before menne hym will I also denye before my father whiche is in heauen Thinke not that I am come to sende peace in to the earthe I am not come to sende peace but a swearde For I am come to set a man at variauÌ„ce againste his father and the doughter agaynst her mother and the doughter in lawe against her mother in lawe And a mannes fooes shal be they of his owne householde He that loueth his father or mother more then me is not mete for me And he that loueth his sonne or doughter more then me is not mete for me And he that taketh not his crosse and foloweth me is not mete for me He that fyndeth his lyfe shall lose it and he that loseth his lyfe for my sake shall finde it He that receaueth you receyueth me and he that receyueth me receyueth hym that sent me he that receyueth a prophet in the name of a prophete shall receaue a prophetes rewarde and he that receaueth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shal receaue the rewarde of a righteous man And whosoeuer shall geue vnto one of these lyties ones to dryncke a cuppe of colde water onely in the name of a disciple I tell you of a trueth he shall not lose his rewarde The .xi. Chapter They that weare softe clothing are in kinges houses Verelye I saye vnto you amonge the chyldren of womenne arose there not a greater then Iohn the Baptiste Notwithstandinge he that is lesse in the kingdome of heauen is greater then he From the tyme of Iohn Baptiste hytherto the kyngdome of heauen suffreth violence and they that go to it with violence pluck it vnto them Iohn came neither eatynge nor drynkynge and they saye he hath the deuyll The sonne of manne came eatynge and drykyng and they saye beholde a glutton and dryncker of wyne and a frende vnto publicanes and â—â—â—â—ers And thou CapernaoÌ„ whiche arte lyfte vp vnto heauen shalt be brought downe to hell I praise the o father forde of heauen and earth because thou hast hyd these thinges from the wise and prudent and haste opened them vnto babes euen so father for so it pleased the. No man knoweth the sonne but the father neyther knoweth any man the father saue the sonne and he to whome the sonne wyll open him Come to me all ye that laboure and are laden and I wyll ease you Take my yoke on you and lerne of me for I am meke and lowly in herte and ye shall fynde rest vnto your soules For my yoke is easi and my burden is lyghte The .xii. Chapter I Require mercye and not sacrifice They ared him sayenge Is it lawfull is heale vpon the saboth dayes because they might accuse him And he said vnto them whiche of you wolde it be yf he had a shyppe fallen into apytte on the sabothe daye that wolde not take him and lyft him out And howe moch is a man better then a shepe Wherfore it is lefull to do good deede on the saboth dayes Euery kyngdome deuided within it selfe shall be brought to nought Neyther shall any cytie or houshold deuided against it selfe continu He that is not with me is againste me And he that gaddeteth not with me scattereth abroade Wherfore I saye vnto you all maner of synne and blasphemy shal be forgeuen vnto men but the blasphemy of the sprete shall not be forgyuen vnto menne And whosoeuer speaketh againste the holy ghost it shall not be forgeuen him nor nether in this worlde nether in the worlde to come Ether make the tree good and his frute good alsoâ—or els make the tree euyl and his frute euyl For the tree is knowen by his frute O generation of Vipers howe can ye saye well when ye youre selues are euyll For of the abundance of the hart the mouth speaketh A good man oute of the good treaasure of his harte bringeth forth good thinges And an euyll man oute of his euyll treasure bringeth forth euyll thinges But I saye vnto you that of euerye ydell worde that meâ—nâ— shall hauen spoken they shall gyue arountes at the day of iudgement For by thy wordes thou shall be iustified by thy worckes thou shalt be condemned As Ionas was thre dayes and thre nightes in the whales bellye so shall the sonne of manne be thre dayes and thre nightes in the hart of the earth One saide vnto him beholde thy mother and thy brethren stande without desirynge to speake with the he answered and saide to him that told him â–ª who is my mother or who are my brethren and be stretched forth his haÌ„de ouer his disciples and sayde beholde my mother and my brethren For whosoeuer dothe my fathers wyll whiche is in heauen the same is my brother suster and mother The .xiii. Chapter
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
with her heare and the house was fylled of the sauer of the oyntment Then sayde one of his disciples named Iudas Iscatioth Simons sonne whiche afterwarde betraied him why was not this oyntmente sold for thre huÌ„dred pence and geueÌ„ to the poore This sayde he not that he cared for the poore but because he was a thefe and kepte the bagge and bare that whiche was geuen Then sayde Iesus let her alone agaynst the daye of my burying she kept it The poore alwayes shal ye haue with you but me shall ye not alwayes haue Verely verely I saye vnto you excepte the wheate corne fall into the grounde and dye it bydeth alone Yf it dye it bringeth forth much fruit He that loueth his lyfe shall destroye it and he that hateth his life in this world shal kepe it vnto life eternall Yf eny man minister vnto me let him folowe me and where I am there shall my minister be And yf any man minister vnto me hym my father will honoure Walke whyle ye haue lyght lest the darkenes come on you He that walketh in the darke wotteth not whither he goeth while ye haue lighte beleue on the lyght that ye maye be the chyldren of lyght And Iesus cryed and sayde he that beleueth on me beleueth not on me but on hym the sente me And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me I am come a light into the worlde that whosoeuer beleueth on me shoulde not byde in darkenesse And yf any man heare my wordes and beleue not I iudge hym not For I came not to iudge the worlde but to saue the worlde He that refuseth me and receiueth not my wordes hathe one that iudgeth hym The wordes that I haue spoken shall iudge hym in the laste daye for I haue not spoken of my selfe but the father whiche sâ—nte me he gaue me a commaundement what I shoulde saye and what I shulde speake And I knowe that this commaundemente is lyfe euerlastyng Whatsoeuer I speake therfore euen as the father bad me so I speake The .xiii. Chapter PEter sayde to hym thou shalt not washe my feete while the worlde standeth Iesus answered hym yf I washe thee not thou shalt haue no parte with me He that is washed nedeth not saue to washe his feete and is cleane euery whyt Wote ye what I haue done to you Ye cal me master and lorde and ye saye well for so I am Yf I then youre Lorde and master haue washed youre feete ye also ought to washe our anothers feete For I haue geuen you an ensample that ye shoulde do as I haue done to you Verely verely I saye vnto you the seruaunt is not greater then his master neither the messenger greater then he that sent hym He that receyueth whomesoeuer I sende receyueth me and he that receyueth me receyuethe hym that sent me A newe commaundement geue I vnto you that ye loue together as I haue loued you that euen so ye loue another By this shall all menns knowe that ye are my disciples if ye shall loue one to another The .xiiii. Chapter IN my fathers house are many mansions I am the waye the truthe and the lyfe and no man commeth vnto the father but by me Yf ye had knowen me ye had knowen the father â–ª And nowe ye knowe hym and haue sene him The wordes that I speake vnto you I speke not of my selfe but the father that dwelleth in me is he that dothe the workes Beleue me that I am in the father and the father in me At the leest beleue we for the very workes sake Verely verely I say vnto you he that beleueth on me the workes that I do the same shal he do and greater workes then these shal he do He that hathe my commaundementes and kepeth them the same is he that loueth me And he that loueth me shal be loued of my father and I wyll loue him and wyll shewe myne owne selfe to hym Yf a man loue me and wyl kepe my sayinges my father also wyll loue hym and he wylcome vnto hym and wyll dwell with him He that loueth me not kepeth not my sayinges That comforter whiche is the holye ghoste whome my father wyll sende in my name he shall teache you all thinges and brynge all thynges to youre remembraunce whatsoeuer I haue told you The .xv. Chapter I Am the true â—yne and my father is an husband man Euery braunche that beareth noâ— fruite in me he wyll take awaye And euery braunche that beareth fruite will he pourge that it may bringe more fruite Nowe are ye cleane thorowe the wordes whiche I haue spoken vnto you Byde in me and let me byde in you As the braunche cannot beare fruite of it felse excepte it byde in the vyne no more canne ye excepte ye byde in me I am the vyne and ye are the braunches he that abydeth in me and I in hym the same bringeth forth moche fruite For without me ye canne do nothynge Yf a man byde not in me he is caste for t he as a braunche and is withered and menne gather it and cast it in to the fyre and it burnethe Yf ye bide in me and my wordes also bide in you are what ye wyll and it shal be done to you Here in is my father glorified that ye beare much fruite and be made my disciples Greater louetheÌ„ this hath no man then that a man bestowe his lyfe for his frendes Ye are my frendes yf ye do whatsoeuer I commaunde you Yf the worlde hate you ye knowe that he hated me before he hated you Yf ye were of the worlde the worlde wolde loue his owne Howbeit because ye are not of the worlde but I haue chosen you out of the worlde therfore hateth you the worlde Remembre the saying that I haue sayed vnto you the seruaunte is not greater then the lorde yf they haue persecuted me so wyll they persecute you yf they haue kepte my sayinges so wyll they kepe yours Yf I hadde not come and spoken vnto them they shoulde not haue had synne But nowe haue they nothing to cloke their synne withall He that hateth me hateth my father Yf I had not done amonge theÌ„ the workes whiche none other man dyd they shuld haue had no synne but nowe haue they sene yet haue hated both me my father euen the the sayinge mighte be fulfylled that is written in their lawe they haue hated me withoute a cause The .xvi. Chapter IT is expedient for you that I go awaye for yf I go not awaye that comforter wyll not come vnto you But yf I departe I wyll sende hym vnto you And when he is come he wil rebuke the world of synne and of righteousne and of iudgement of sinne because they beleue not on me of rightwisenes because I go to my father and ye shall see me no more and of iudgemente because the chiefe ruler of this worlde is iudged all ready Verely verely I saye vnto you ye shall wepe and
perdition whiche is an aduersarye and is exalted aboue all that is called god or that is worshypped so that he shall sytte as god in the temple of god and shewe him selfe as god The .iii. Chapter We require of you brethren in the name of our lord Ielus Christ that ye witt draw your selues from euery drother that walketh inordinat elye not after the institutiō whiche ye receaued of vs. When we were with you this we watned you of that yf there were any whiche wold not worke that the same shulde not eate Yf an◠men obey not your sayinges sende vs worde of hym by a letter and haue no companye with him that he maye be a shamed and count him not as an enemy but warne him as a brother The .i. Epistel of S. Paule to Timothe the .i. Chapter THe ende of the commaundementes is loue that commeth of a pure herte and of a good conscience and of fayth vnfayned This is a true saying and by all meanes worthy to be receyued the Christ Iesus came into the worlo to saue synners The .ii. Chapter IExhort the therfore the aboue al thinges prayers supplicacions intercessions geuing of thankes be had for al men for kynges and for all the are in auctoritie that we may liue a quiet a peas able lyfe in all godlines and honestie For that is good and accepted in the sight of God out Sauioure whiche will haue all men saued and to come to the knoweledge of the truthe I wyl that wemen araye themselues in comely apparell with shame fastenes and discrete behaue our not with brodred heare other gold or pearles or costely araye but suche as becommeth wemen that profeste the worshippinge of god thorow good workes Let the woman learne in silence with al sublection I suffer not a women to teache neither to haue auctoritie ouer the man but for to be in silence For Adam was fyrst formed and then Eue. Also Adam was not deceaued but the womaune was decepued and was in transgression The .iii. Chapter Yf a man couet the office of a bishop he desyreth a good worke Ye and a byshop must be faureles the husbande of one wyfe sober discrete honestly appareled harberous apt to teache not dronken no fyghter not geuen to filthye lucre but gentle abhorting fighting abhorring couetousnee one that ruleth his owne house honeslty hauyng chyldren vnder obedience withall honestie For yf a man cannot tule his owne house how shall he care for the congregacion of god He maye not be a yōg scoler lest he swell and faule into the iudgemente of the euell speaker He must also be well reported of among them whiche are without forthe lest he fall into rebuke and snare of the euel speaker Let the deacons be the husbandes of one wyfe suche as rule theyr chyldren well and theyr owne housholdes The .iiii. Chapter THe sprite speaketh euidently that in the later times lome shal departe from the fayth and shal geue hede vnto sprites of erroure and deuelyshe doctrine of them whiche speake false thorow ypocrilie haue theyr consciences marked with an hote yron forbydding to mary commaunding to abstame from meates which god hathe created to be receyued with geuing thākes of them which beleue and knowe the truth For all the creatures of god are good nothing to be refused if it be receaued with thankes geuing for it is sanctified by the worde of God and prayer Exercise thy selfe vnto godlynes For bodely exercise profiteth lytell but godlynes is good vnto all thynges as a thyng whiche hathe promises of the life that is now and of the lyfe to come The .v. Chapter SHe that is a very widow and frendlesse putteth her trust in god and continueth in supplication and prayer night and daye But she that lyueth in pleasure is dead euen yet alyue The yonger widdowes refuse for when they haue beggunne to ware wanton to the dishonour of Christ then will they mary hauing damnacion because they haue broken theyr fyrst sayth And also they learne to go ftom house to house ydle yea not ydle onely but also trifling and busy bodyes speaking thinges whiche are not comely The elders that rule well are worthy of doble honoure moste specially they which labour in the worde and inteachyng Againste an elder receaue none accusation but vnder two or three witnesses Them that synne rebuke openlye that other maye feare Obserue these thinges without haslye iudgement and do nothing parcially Laye handes sodenly on no man The .vi. Chapter IF any man be not content with the holsome wordes of our lord Iesu Christ and with the doctrine of godlynes he is puft vp and knoweth nothing but wasleth his braynes about questions and strife of wordes where of spring enuy stryfe raylinges euyl surmising and vaine disputations of men with corrupt mindes and destitute of the truth which thinke that lucre is godlynes from suche separate thy selfe When we haue foode and rayment let vs ther with be content They wyl be riche faule into temptacion and snares and into many folishe and noysome lustes whiche drounde men into perdicion and destruction For couetousnes is the roote of all euill ▪ which while some lusteth after they erred from the faith tangled thē selues with many sorowes Charge thē that are riche in this world that they be not exceding wyse that they trust not in the vncertayne riches but in the liuing god whiche geueth vs aboūdantly al thinges to emoye thē that they do good and be riche in good workes redy to geue distribute laying vp in store for thē selues a good foundation agaynste the tyme to come that they maye obtayne eternall lyfe ¶ The .ii. Epistle to Timothe the first Chapter GOD hath not geuen vs the spirite of feare but of power and of loue and of sobernesse of mynde Be not ashamed to testifie our Lorde neyther be a shamed of me whiche am bounde for his sake but suffre thou aduersitie also with the gospell through the power of god whiche saued vs and called vs with an holy callyng not accordynge to oure dedes but accordynge to his owne purpose and grace which grace was geuen through Christ Iesu before the worlde was but is now declared openly by the appering of our sauiour Iesu Christ whyche hathe put awaye death and hath brought lyfe and immortalitie vnto lyghte throughe the gospell The .ii. Chapter NO man that warreth entangleth himselfe with worldly busines and that because he wolde please hym that hath chosen him to be Souldier and though a man stryue for a mastry yet is he not crouned except he striue laufully It is a true saying yf we be dead with hym we also shall lyue with him Yf we be pacient we shall also raygn with him Yf we deny hym he also shal deny vs. Yf we beleue not yet abydeth he faythful He cannot denye himselfe Stryue not aboute wordes whiche is to no profyte but to peruert the hertes The Lorde knoweth
ye haue honeste conuersation among the gentiles that they which backbite you as euell doers maye se youre good workes and prayse god in the daye of visitation Submit your selues vnto almaner ordinaūce of man for the lordes sake whether it be vnto the kyng as vnto the chiefe heade other vnto rulers as vnto them that are sent of hym for the punishment of euell doers but for the laude of thē that do wel Seruauntes obeye youre maysters with all feare not onelye yf they be good and courteous but also though they be fromward For it is thanke worthy yf a man for conscience towarde god endure grefe suffering wrongfully For what praise is it yf when ye be sufferd for your fautes ye take it paciently but yf when ye do welye suffre wrong and take it pacientlye then is there thankes with God Christe suffred for vs leuing vs an example that we should folow his steppes whiche dyd not synne neither was there gyle foūd in his mouth whiche when he was reuyled reuyled not agayne when he was buffeted he threatened not but cōmitted the cause to him that iudgeth righteously whiche his own selfe bare oure synnes in his body on the tree that we shoulde be beliuered frō sinne and shoulde liue in righteousnes The .iii. Chapter WEmens apparell shal not be outward with broyded heare and hangyng on of golde eyther in putting on of gorgious apparell but lette the hid in ā of the heart be vncorrupt with a meke and quiet sprite which sprite is before god a thing muche set by It is better yf the wyl of god ve so that ye suffre for wel doyng then for cuell doyng The .iiii. Chapter HE whiche suffereth in the flesh ceaseth from sinne the he hence forward should liue asmuch tyme as remaynethe in the fleshe not after the lustes of men but after the wyl of god To this purpose was the ghospell preached vnto the dead that they shoulde be condemned of men in the fieshe but shoulde lyue before god in the sprite Aboue al thinges haue feruent loue amonge you for loue couereth the multitude of synnes The .v. Chapter SE that ye fede Christes flock which is amōg you taking the ouersighte of them not as though ye were compelled therto but willinglye not for to desyre filthy lucre but of a good mynd not as though ye were Lordes ouer the parishes but that ye be an ensample to the flocke and whē the chief shepehearde shall appere ye shall receiue an incorruptible croune of glory God resisteth the proude and geueth grace to the humble Be sober watche for your aduersary the deuil as a roatyng lyon walketh aboote sekyng whome he maye deuoure Whome resiste sted faste in the sayth remembring that ye do but fulfyll the same afllictions which are appoynted to your brethrē that are in the worlde ¶ The second Epistel of S. Peter the fyrst Chapter IN your fayth minister vertue and in veriue knowlege and in knowledge temperaunce and in temperaunce pacience in pacience godlynes in godlynes brotherly kindenes in brotherlye kindenes loue For yf these thinges be among you and are plenteous they will make you that ye neither shal be ydle nor vnfruitefull in the knowlege of our Lorde Iesus Christ But he that lacketh these thinges is blynde and gropeth for the waye with his hande and had forgottē that he ws purged from his olde synnes The .ii. Chapter THere were false prophetes amonge the people euē as there shal be false teachers amōg you whiche priuely shall brynge in damnable sectes euen denying the Lorde that hath boughte them and bring vpon themselues swift damnacion and many shall solowe theyr damnable wayes by which the waye of truethe shal be euyll spoken of and through couetousnes shal they with fained wordes make marchaundise of you whose iudgement is not farre of and theyr damnation flepeth not The Lord knoweth howe to deliuer the godly out of the temptation and howe to rescrue the the vniusle vnto the daye of iudgement For to be punished namely thē that walke after the fleshe in the lust of vnclennes and despise the rulers Presumpteous are they and stubburne and feare not to speake euell of them that are in auctoritie Of whome soeuer a man is ouer come vnto the same is he in bondage It hadde bene better for them not to haue knowen the waye of right wisenes then after they haue knowen it to turne from the holy commaun dement geuen vnto them The .iii. Chapter ONe daye is with the Lorde as a thousande yeare and a thousande yeare as one daye The Lord is not slacke to fulfyl his promes as some men count slackenes but is pacient to vs warde and wolde haue noman lost but wolde receyue all men to repentaunce The daye of the Lorde wyl come as a these in the night in the whiche daye the heauens shal perishe with terrible noyse and the elementes shall melte with heate and the earth with the workes that are therein shall burne And suppose ye that the long suffringe of the Lorde is saluation euen as oure dearelye beloued brother Paule accordyng to the wysedome geuen vnto hym wrote to you yea almoste in euerye Epistle speaking of suche thinges among which are many thynges harde to be vnderstonde whiche they that are vnlearned vnstable peruerte as they do other scriptures vnto theyr owne destruction The .i. Epistel of S. Iohn the Apostle the .i. Chapter YF we saye that we haue no synne we deceiue our selues and truth is not in vs. Yf we knowledge oure synnes he is faithful and iust to for geue vs oure synnes and to clense vs from all vnrighteousnes Yf we saye we haue not synned we make him a lyar and his worde is not in vs. The .ii. Chapter IF any manne sinne yet we haue an aduocate with the father Iesus Christ which is righteous and he it is that oblayneth grace for oure synnes not for your sinnes onelye but also for the sinnes of al the world He that sayth I know hym and kepeth not his commaundemetes is a lyar and the veritie is not in him He that sayeth he by deth in hym oughte to walke euen as he walked He that sayth how that he is in the lyghte and yet hateth his brother is in darkenes euen vntill this time He that loueth his brother abydeth in the light there is none occasiō of euelin him He that hateth his brother is in darckenes and walketh in darkenes and cannot tel wyther he goeth because that darcknes hathe blynded his eyes Se that ye loue not the world nether the thinges that are in the worlde Yf any manne loue the worlde the loue of the father is not in him for all that is in the worlde as the lust of the fleshe the luste of the eyes and the pryde of goodes is not of the father but of the worlde And the worlde vanisheth awaye and the luste therof but he that fulfylleth the wyll of god abideth euer The .iii.