among vs. The lawe was geuen by Moses but grace and truthe came by Iesus Christe No manne hathe sene god at any time I am the voyce of a criar in the wildernes make strayghte the waye of the lorde as sayde the prophete Esaias I baptise with water but one is come amonge you whome ye knowe not he it is that commeth after me which was before me whose shue lacheâ— I am not worthy to vnlose Beholde the lambe of god whiche taketh awaye the synnes of the worlde I sawe the sprete descende frome heauen lyke vnto a doue and abyde vpon hym and I knewe hym not But he that sent me to baptise inwater the same sayd vnto me vpon whoÌ„ thou shaltse the sprete descende and tary styll on hym the same is he whiche baptiseth with the holye ghoâ—le And I saw and bare recorde that this is the sonne of god Thou arte Simon the sonne of Ionas thou shalte be called Cephas whiche is by interpretation a stone Canne ther anye good thynge come out of Naâ—areth The .ii. Chapter ALl menne at the begynnynge set forth good wyne and when menne be dronke then that whiche is worsse But thou haste kepte backe the good wyne vntyll nowe Iesus went vp to Ierusalem and founde in the temple those that solde oxen and shepe and doues and changers of money And he made a scourge of small cordes and droue them all out of the temple with the shepe and oxen and powred out the changers money and ouerthrewe the tables and saide vnto them that solde doues haue these thinges hence make not my fathers house an house of marchandise Destroy this temple and in thre dayes I wyll rayse it vs againe Then sayde the Iewes .xlvi. yeares was this temple a bildinge and wylt thou teare it vp in thre dayes But he spake of the teÌ„ple of his body The .iii. Chapter VErely verely I saye vnto the excepte that a man be borne of water of the sprete he cannot enter the kingdom of god That which is borne of the fleshe is fleshe and that whyche is borne of the spryte is spryte The wynde bloweth where he lysteth and thou hearest his sounde but canst not tell whence he commeth and whether he goeth So is euery man that is borne of the sprete Verely verely I saye vnto the wespeake that we knowe and testify that we haue sene and ye receaue not our witnes Yf when I tell you eathly thinges ye beleue not Howe shulde ye beleue yf he shal tell you of heauenly thinges God so loued the worlde that he hath geuen his onely son that none that beleue in him shulde perishe but shulde haue euerlasting lyfe For god sent not his sonne into the worlde to condempne the world but that the worlde through him might be saued He that beleueth in him shall not be condempned But he that beleueth not is condempned already because he beleueth not in the name of the onely sonne of god And this is the condempnation that lyght is come into the worlde and the menne loued darrknes more then lyghte because their dedes weteruyll For euery man that euyll doeth hateth the lyghte nether commeth to lyghte leste his dedes shuld be reproued But he that dothe truth commeth to the light that his dedes might be knowe howe that they are wrought in god A man can receaue nothinge at all excepte it be geuen him from heauen He that is of the earth is of the earth and speaketh of the earthe He that commeth frome heauen is aboue all what he hathe sene and hearde that he testifieth but no man receaueth his testimonye Howbeit he that hath recaued his testimonye hathe sette to his seale that god is true For he whome god hathe sent speaketh the wordes of God for God geueth not the spryte by measure The father loueth the sonne and hathe geuen all thinges into his hande Be that beleueth on the sonne hathe euerlasting lyfe and he that beleueth not the sonne shall not see lyfe but the wrathe of god abydeth on him The .iiii. Chapter WHosoeuer drinketh of this water shal thurst againe But whosoeuer shall dryncke of the water that I shall geue him shall neuer be more a thyrste but the water that I shall geue him shal be in a well of water springynge vp into euerlaslynge lyfe Ye worshyppe ye wote not what we know what we worshyp For saluation coÌ„meth of the Iewes But the houre commeth and nowe is when the true worshyppers shall worshyppe the father in spryte and in trouthe For verely suche the father requyreth to worshyppe him God is a spryte and they that worshippe him muste worshyppe him in pryte and trouth Iesus saide vnto them my meate is to do the wyll of them that sent me to finishe his worcke And Iesus him selfe testifieth that a prophete hath none honoure in his owne countre The .v. Chapter BEhold thou art made whole synne no more lest a worsse thinge happen vnto the. The sonne can do nothing of him selfe but that hesyethe the father do For whosoeuer he doeth that doeth the sonne also Neither iudgeth the father any manne but had committed all iudgement vnto the sonne because that all menne shulde honoure the sonne euen as they honoure the father He that honoureth not the son the same honoureth not the father whiche hathe sent him Verely verely I saye vnto you he that heareth my wordes and beleueth on him that sent me hath euerlastyng lyfe and shall not come into damnation but is scaped frome deathe vnto lyfe As the father hath lyfe in him selfe so lykewise hathe he geuen to the sonne to haue lyfe in hym selfe and hath geuen him power to iudge in that he is the some of man Maruayle not at this the houre shall come in the whyche all that are in the graues shall heare hys voyce shall come forth they that haue done good vnto the resurrection of lyfe and they that haue done euyll vnto the resurrection of damnation I canne of myne owne selfe do nothynge at all Yf I beare wytnes of my selfe my witnes is not true The workes whiche the father hathe geuen me to fynyshe the same workes which I do beare witnes of me that the father sent me Howe can ye beleue whiche receyue honoure one of another and seke not the honoure that coÌ„meth of God onely The .vi. Chapter LAboure not for the meate that shall perishe but for the meate that endureth vnto euerlasting lyfe whiche meate the sonne of man shall geue vnto you The breade of God is he whiche commethe downe from heauen and geueth life vnto the worlde I am the breade of lyfe he that commeth to me shall not hunger and he that beleueth on me shall neuer thurste I am come downe from heauen not to do myne owne wyll but his will whiche hathe sente me And this is the fathers will whiche hath sente me that of all whiche he hath geuen me I should lose nothyng but shoulde rayse it vp agayne
a goodly persone and a well fauoured And it fortuned after this that his masters wyfe cast her eyes vpon Ioseph sayde◠come lye with me But he refused and sayde to his masters wife Beholde my maister woteth not what he hath in the house with me and hath committed all that he hath to my hande There is no man greater in the house then I. Neyther hath he kepte any thinge from me but onely the because thou art his wife Howe then can I do this greate wyckednes and synne against God ¶ The .xlii. Chapter ANd they sayde one to another we haue verely synned againste out brother in that we sawe the anguishe of his soule when he besought vs and we woldde not heare hym and therfore is this trouble come vpon vs. ¶ The .xliii. Chapter THe Egyptians maye not eate breade with the Hebrues for that is abhomination to the Eyptians ¶ The .xlvi. Chapter THe soules that came with Iacob into Egypte whiche came out of his loyues besyde Iacobs soimes wyues were altogether .xlvi soules and the sonnes of Ioseph whiche were borne hym in Egypt were two soules so that all the soules of the house of Iacob which came into Egypteare .lxx. Euery shepe keper is an abhomination vnto the Egyptians ¶ The .xlvii. Chapter HE appointed the people vnto the cyties from one syde of Egypte vnto the other onely the lande of the prestes bought he not for the priestes had an ordinaunce of Pharao that they shoulde eate that whiche was appointed vnto them whiche Pharao had geuen them And Ioseph made a lawe ouer the lande of Egypte vnto this daye that Pharao shulde haue the fyfte parte excepte the lande of the priestes only whiche was not Pharaoe Thou shalt not burye me in Egypte but I wyll lye with my fathers and thou shalt caty me out of Egypte and burye me in they re buriall ¶ The .xlviii. Chapter GOd which hathe fed me all my lyfe longe and the aungell whiche hathe deuuered me from all euell blesse the laddee and let my name be named in them and the name of my fathers Ibraham and Isabac and that they may growe into a multitude in the middes of the earth ¶ The .xlix. Chapter RVBen myne eldest sonne thou art my might and the begynnynge of my strenght the noblenesse of dignite and the noblenesse of power Iacob dyed was put vnto his people And Ioseph fell vpon his fathers face and wepte vpon hym and kyssed him ¶ The .l. Chapter IOseph commaunded his seruauntes the Phisitions to enbawme his father and the Phisytions enbawmed Israel foriye dayes long for so longe dothe the enbawminge last and the Egyptians bewayled him .lxx. dayes Ioseph mourned his father seuen dayes God wyll not fayle but visyt you and ye shall cary my bones hence and so Ioseph dyed and they embawmed him with spices putting hym in a chest in Egypte The fyrste Chapter of Exodus THE Egiptians helde the chyldren of Israell in bondage without mercye Therfore was there lyfe bytter vnto them in that cruel bondage in claye and bryck all maner of worcke in the feldes For all they re bondage whiche they serued them was full of tyrannye ¶ The .ij. Chapter THE chylde grewe and she brought it vnto Pharaos doughter and it was made her sonne And she called the name of it Moses because sayde she I toke him out of the water ¶ The .iij. Chapter HAD he soked and beholde the bushe burned with fyre the bushe was not cōsumed And the Lorde sayde come not hyther put thy shooes of thy feete for the place where on thou standest is holy grounde I am that I am I am hath sent me vnto you And I will get this people fauoure in the syght of the Egiptions so that when ye go ye shall not go empty but a wyfe shalt borowe of neyghboure and of her that segeorneth in her house iewelles of syluer and golde and rayment And ye shall put them on youre sonnes and doughters and shall robbe the Egyptians Cap. xj xij ¶ The .iiij. Chapter I Wyll be with thy mouthe and teache the what thou shall saye I will holde Pharaos hart and he shalt not let the people go ¶ The .vij. Chapter THe enchāters cast downe theyr roddes and they turned to serpentes but Aarōs rodde did eate vp theyr Roddes ¶ The .viij. Chapter VThen sayde the enchaūters it is the finger of god ¶ The .ix. Chapter HAd the childrē of Israel toke theyr iorney from Ramases to Sucoth syxe hundred thousande men of fote besyde children The dwelling of the children of Israel whiche they dwelled in Egipte was foute hundred and thyrty yeres and when the foure hundred and thyrty yeres were expired euen the selfe same daye departed all the hostes of the Lorde out of Egypte ¶ The .xiij. Chapter HAd the Lorde spake to Moses saying sanctify vnto me al the first borne that open al maner matrices amonge the children of Israell aswell of man as of beast for it is myne All the first borne amonge thy children shalt thou bye out And the Lorde wente before them by daye in a piller of a cloude to leade them the waye and by night in a piller of fire to geue them light that they might go bothe by daye and by nyght The piller of the cloude departed not by daye nor the piller of fire by night out of the sight of the people ¶ The .xiiij. Chapter THe children of Israell walked vpon drye lande thorow the mydst of the see and the waters were a wel vnto them on the right hande of them and on the lefte ¶ The .xv. Chapter HAD when they came to Mars they coulde not drincke of the waters of Mara for they were bytter therfore the name of the place was called Mara And the people murmured against Moses sayinge what shall we drincke and he gryed vnto the Lorde and the lorde shewed hym a tree which when he had cast into the water the waters were made swete ¶ The .xvi. Chapter THen sayde the Lord vnto Moses Beholde I will rayne breade from heauen to you and the people shall go out and gather day by dare that I maye proue them wether they wyll walke in my lawe or no. The syxte daye they shal prepare for them selues that whiche they wyll bringe in and let it be twyse asmoche as they gathered in dayly And at euen the quayles came and couered the grounde where they laye And in the mornynge the dewe laye tomide about the hoste And when the dewe was fallen beholde it laye vpon the grounde in the wildernesse small and rounde and thynne as the hore frost on the grounde And when the children of Israell sawe it they sayde euery one to his neygh boure it is Manne for they wyst not what it was Syxe dayes ye shal gather it and in the seuenth day whiche is the Sabboth there shall be none The house of Israell called it Manna and it was lyke vnto Coriandre sede white and
ANd the disciples came and sayd to him Why speakest thou to theym in parables He answered and saide vnto them it is geuen vnto you to knowe the secretes of the kingdome of heauen but to them it is not geuen For whosoeuer hath to him shal be geuen and he shall haue abundance but whosoeuer hathe not from him shall be taken awaye euen that he hath This peoples hartes are waxed grosse and their eares well dull of hearynge and their eyes haue they closed leaste they shulde see with their eyes and heare with eares shulde vnderstande with their hartes and shoulde tourne that I myghte heale them But blessed are youre eyes for they see and youre eares for they heare Verely I saye vnto you that many prophetes and perfaict men haue desired to see those thinges whiche ye se and haue not sene them to here those thinges which ye heare and haue not hearde them The sonne of manne shall sende forth his angels and they shall gather out of his kyngdom all thinges that offende and theym whyche do iniquitie and shall caste theym into a furnes of fyre there shal be waylyng and knasshyng of â—eth Then shall thy iuste men shyne a bryght as the sonne in the kyngdome of their father Whence cometh all this wysdome and power vnto him Is not this the carpenters sonne is not is mother called Marye and his brethren be called Iames and Ioseph and Simon and Iudas and are not his systers all here with vs whense hathe he all these thinges A prophete is not without honoure saue in his owne countre and amonge his owne kynne The .xiiii. Chapter ANd when his disciples sawe hym walkynge on the see they were troubled layeng it is some sprite and cryed out for feare And streyght waye Iesus spake vnto them sayenge Be of good cheare it is I be not afrayed The .xv. Chapter HE that cutsseth father or mother shall suffee death This people draweth nye to me with theyr mouthes and honoureth me with their lyppes howbeit their hartes are farre frome me but in vaine thei worship me teaching doctrines whiche are nothinge but mens preceptes That whiche goeth into the mouthe defileth not the man but that whiche commeth out of the mouth defileth the man All plantes whiche my heauenlye father hathe not planted shal be plucked vp by the rotes Yf the blynde leede the blynde bothe shall fall in to the dyche Out of the herte come enyll thoughtes murder breakynge of wedlocke whoredome theefte false witnes berynge blasphemye These ere the thinges whiche defyle a manne But to eate with vnwasshen handes defileth not a man Then came to him his disciples and besoughte hym sayenge sende her awaye for the foloweth vs crying He answered and sayde I am not sent but vnto the loost shepe of the house of Israel It is not good to take the chyldrens bread and to caste it to whelpes She answered and sayde truthe lord neuerthelesse the whelpes eate of the trommes whiche fall from their masters table The .xvi. Chapter AT euen ye saye we shall haue fayre wedder and that because the skye is reed and in the mornyng ye saye to daye shal be foule wedder and that because the skye is cloudy and reed When Iesus came into the coastes of the cytie whiche is called Cesarea Philippi he ared his disciples sayeng whoÌ„ do men saye that I the sonne of man am They sayde some saye thou art Iohn Baptist some Helias some Ieremias or one of the prophetes He saide vnto them but whom saye yt that I am Simon Peter answered said Thou art Christ the sonne of the liuing god And Iesus answered and sayde to him Happy arte thou Simon the sonne of Ionas for fleshe and bloud hath not opened vnto the that but my father whyche is in heauen And I saye also vnto the that thou art Peter and vpon this rocke I wyll bylde my congregation And the gates of hell shall not preuayle againste it And I wyll geue vnto the the kepes of the kingdome of heauen and whatsoeuer thou byndest vpon erth shal be bounde in heauen and whatsoeuer thou lowsest on earth shal be low sed in heauen But Peter toke him a side and began to rebuke him sayeng Master sauer thy selfe this shall not come to the. Then tourned he aboute and sayde vnto Peter come after me Satan thou offendest me because thou sauourest not godly thinges but worldly thinges Yf any man wyll folowe me lette him forsake hym selfe and take vp his crosse and folowe me For whosoeuer wyll saue his lyfe shall loose it And whosoeuer shal loose his lyfe for my sake shal fynde it What shall it proffyt a manne though he shulde wyne all the whole worlde yf he loose hys owne soule Or els what shall a man geue to redeme his soule agayne with all For the sonne of man shall come in the glory of his father with his angels and then shall he rewarde euerye man accordynge to his dedes The .xvii. Chapter HAd beholde ther came a voyce oute of that cloude sayenge this is my deare sonne in whom I delyte here him I saye verely vnto you yf ye hadde faithe as a grayne of mustarde seed ye shulde saye vnto this mountaine remoue hence to yonder place and he shulde remoue neither shulde anye thinge be vnpossible for you to do Howe be it this kinde goeth not out but by prayer and fastyng What thynkest thou Simon of whome do the kynges of the earthe take tribute or poll money of their children or of straungers Peter sayd vnto hym of straungers Then said Iesus vnto hym agayne then are the chyldren fre Neuerthelesse lest we shuld offend them go to the sea and east in thine angle and take the fysshe that fyrst coÌ„meth vp and when thou hast opened his mouthe thou shalte fynde a pece of twentye pence that take and paye forme and the. The .xviii. Chapter THe disciples came vnto Iesus sayeng who is the greatest in the kyngdome or heauen Iesus called a chylde vnto him and set him in the myddes of them and sayde Verelye I saye vnto you excepte ye tourne and become as children ye cannot enter into the kingdome of heauen whosoeuer therfore humbleth him selfe as this chylde the same is the greatest in the kyngdome of heauen And whosoeuer receaueth suche a chylde in my name receaueth me But whosoeuer offende one of these lytelones whiche beleue in me it were better for him that a misstone were hanged about his necke and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea Wo be vnto the worlde because of offences Howebeit it cannot be ouoyded but that offences shal be geuen Neuerthelesse wo be to the man by whome the offence commeth Wherfore yf the hande or thy fote offende the cut him of and cast hym from the. It is better for the to enter in to lyse halt or maymed rather then thou shuldest hauyng two handes or two feete be cast into euerlastyng fyre And if also thine eye offendethe
plucke him oute and cast him from the. It is better for the to enter into lyfe with one eye then hauynge two eyes to be cast in hell fyre Se that ye despise not one of these litelons For I say vnto you that in heauen their angels alwayes beholde the face of my father whiche is in heuen The sonne of man is come to saue that which is lost Yf thy brother trespace against the go and tel hym his faute betwene hym and the alone yf he heare the thou hast wonne thy brother but yf he heare thy not then take yet with the one or two that in the mouthe of two or thre wytnesses all thinges maye be stablyshed Yf he here not them tell it vnto the congregation yf he heare not the congregacion take him as an heathen man and as a publican Verely I saye vnto you whatsoeuer ye binde on earth shal be bounde in heauen And whatsoeuer ye lowse on earthe shal be lowsed in heauen Againe I saye vnto you that if two of you shall agre in earthe vpon any maner thynge whatsoeuer they shall desyre it shal be geuen them of my father whiche is in heauen For where two or thre are gathered together in my name there am I in the middes of them Maister howe ofte shall I forgeue my brother yf he synne againste me seuen tymes Iesus sayde vnto him I saye not vnto thee seuen tymes but seuenty times seuentymes O euyll seruaunt I forgaue the all that dette because thou prayest me was it not mete also that thou shuldeste haue had compassion on thy felow euen as I had compassyon on the And hys lorde was wrothe and delyuered hym to the saylers tyll he shulde paye all that was due to hym So lykewise shall my heauenly father do vnto you except ye forgiue with your hartes eache one to his brother theyr trespases The .xix. Chapter IS it lawful for a man to put awaye his wife for all maner of causes He answered and saide vnto them haue ye not redde howe that he whyche made man and woman and sayde for this thinge shall a man leaue father and mother and cleue vnto his wyfe and they twayne shal be one fleshe Wherfore nowe are they not twayne but one fleshe Let no man therfore put a sunder that whiche god hathe cuppled together Then sayde they to him why did Moses commaunde to geue a testimoniall of diuorcement to put her awaye he said vnto them Moses because of the hardnes of youre hartes suffred you to put awaye youre wyfes but from the begynnynge it was not so I saye therfore vnto you whosoeuer putteth awaye his wyfe excepte it be for fornication marieth another breaketh wedlocke whosoeuer marieth her whiche is diuorced do the commit aduoutrie Then sayde his disciples to hym yf the matter be so betwene manne and wife then it is not good to mary There are chaste whiche were so borne oute of theyr mothers belly And there are chaste which be made of men And there are chaste whiche haue made themselues chaste for the kyngdome of heauens sake He that can take it let him take it Suffer the chyldren and forbyd them not to come to me for of suche is the hyngdō of heauen Why callest thou me good there is none good but one and that is god If thou wylte enter into lyfe kepe the commaundementes Yf thou wylt be perfect go and sell that thou hast and geue it to the poore and thou shalt haue treasure in heauen and come and folowe me Verely I saye vnto you it is hard for a ryche man to entre into the kyngdome of heauen And moreouer I saye vnto you it is easyer for a camel to go through the eye of a nedle then for a ryche man to entier into the kyngdome of god Then sayde Peter to hym Beholde we haue forsaken all and folowe the what shall we haue Iesus sayde vnto them verely I saye to you whē the sonne of man shall sit in the seate of his maiestie ye whiche folow me in the seconde generacion shall syt also vpon .xii. seates and iudge the .xii. trybes of Israell And whosoeuer forsaketh houses or brethren or systers other father or mother or wyfe or chyldren or landes for my names sake the same shall receyue an hundred folde and shall inherite euerlastyng lyfe The .xx. Chapter THe laste shal be first and the firste shal be last for many are called and fewe be chosen To sit on my right hande and on my left hand is not myne to geue but to them for whome it is prepared of my father Ye knowe that the Lordes of the Gentiles haue dominatiō ouer thē And they that are great exercise power ouer them It shall not be so amonge you but whosoeuer wyll be greate among you let hym be youre minister and whosoeuer wyll be chefe let hym be your seruaunt euē as the sonne of mā came not to be ministred vnto but to minister and to geue his lyfe for the redēption of many The .xxi. Chapter ANd Iesus wente into the temple of God and cast out all them that sould and bought in the temple and ouerthrewe the tables of the moneye chaungers and the scates of them that soulde doues and sayde to them It is written my house shal be called the house of prayer But ye haue made it a denne of theues Howe sone is the figge tree withered away Iesus sayde vnto them Verely I saye vnto you yf ye shall haue fayth and shall not doubt ye shall not onely do that which I haue done to the fygge tree but also yf ye shall saye vnto this mountayn take thy selfe awaye and caste thy selfe into the sea it shal be done And whatsoeuer ye shal axe in prayer yf ye beleue ye shall receaue it The .xxii. Chapter THen the kynge came in to viset the gestes and spied there a man whiche had not on a weddyng garmente and sayde vnto hym frende howe fortuned it that thou cameste in hither and hast not on a weddyng gatment And he was euen speachelesse Then sayde the Kynge to his ministers take and bynde hym hande and foote and caste hym into vtter darkenesse there shal be wepyng and gnashing of teethe for manye are called and fewe are chosen Maister we knowe that thou arte true and teachest the waye of god truely neither carest for my man for thou considrest not mennes estate Geue to Cesar that whiche is Cesars and geue to god that whiche is goddes Moses had yf a man dye hauing no children that the brother mary his wyfe and reyse vp seed vnto his brother In the resurrection they neither mary nor are maryed but are as the aungels of heauen God is not the god of the deade but of the lyuynge Maister whiche is the chiefe commaundemēt in the lawe Iesus sayde to hym loue the Lorde thy god with all thine hearte with al thyne soule and with all thy mynde This is the firste and the chiefe
Iewes excepte they washe their handes ofte eate not obseruing the traditions of the elders And when they come frome the markette excepte they washe they eatâ— not This people honoureth me with their lippes but their herte is farre frome me In vaine they worshippe me teachyng doctrines whiche are nothinge but the commaundementes of men For ye laye the commaundementes of God aparte and obserue the traditions of menne as the wasshyng of cruses and of cuppes and many other suche like thinges ye do Whosoeuer cursseth father or mother lette him dye for it There is nothing withoute a manne that can defyle hym when it entreth into hym but those thinges whiche pcede out of him are these which defyle the man It is not mete to take the chyldrens breade to cast it vnto whelppes She answered and sayde vnto him euen so master neuerthelesse the whelppes also eate vnder the table of the chyldrens crowmes They brought vnto him one that was deffe and stambred in his speche and prayde him to put his hande vpon him and he toke him a syde fromâ— the people and put his fyngers in his eares and dyd spyt and couched his counge and loked vp to heauen and sighthed and saide vnto him Ephatha that is to saye be opened And strayght waye his eare were opened and the stringe of his tonge was lowsed and he spake plaine The .viii. Chapter ANd he caught the blynde by the hande and lâ—dde him out of the towne and sput in his eyes and put his handes vpon hym and axed hym wether he sawe ought and he loked vp and saide I se the menne for I se them walke as they were trees Whom do men saye that I am And they answered some saye thou arte Iohn Baptiste some saye Helias some one of the prophetes And he sayde vnto them But whom saye ye that I am Peter answered and sayde vnto hym Thou arte verye Christe Peter toke him asyde and began to chyde hym Then he tourned about loked on his disciples and rebuked Peter sayeng Go after me Satan for thou sauerest not the thynges of god but the thinges of men Whosoeuer wyll folowe me lette him forsake hym selfe and take vp his crosse and folowe me For whosoeuer wyll saue his lyfe shall lowse it But whosoeuer shall lose hys lyfe for my sake and the gospels the same shall saue it What shall profet a manne yf he shoulde wynne all the whole worlde and lowse his owne soule or els what shall a manne geue to redeme his soule againt Whosoeuer therfore shal be ashamed of me and of my wordes amonge these aduouterours and synfull generation of him shall the sonne of man be ashamed when he commeth in the glorye of his father with the holy angels The .ix. Chapter A Voyce came out of the cloude sayeng This is my deare sonne here him All thinge are possible to him that beleueth Lorde I beleue helpe myne vnbelefe And when he was come in to the house his disciples axed him secretly why coulde not we caste him out And he saide vnto them this kynde can by no nother meanes come forthe but by prayer and fastinge By the waye they reasoned amonge themselues who shoulde be the chefest And he sat downe and called the twelue vnto him and saide to them Ye any man desire to be fyrste the same shal be last of all and seruaunt vnto all And he toke a chylde and set him in the middes of them and toke him in his armes and sayde vnto them Whosoeuer receaueth any suche a chylde in my name receaueth me and whosoeuer receaueth me receaueth not me but him that sent me Whosoeuer is not against you is on your parte And whosoeuer shall gyue you a cuppe of water to drynke for my names sake because ye belonge to Christe verelye I saye vnto you he shall not lose his rewarde Whosoeuer shall offende one of these lytelones that beleue in me it were better for hym that a mylstone were hanged aboute his necke and that he were cast in to the see Wherfore yf thy hande offende the cut him of It is better to enter into lyfe maymed then hauynge two handes go into hell into a fyre that neuer shal be quenched where the worme dieth not and the fyre neuer goth out Lykewyse yf thy foote offende the cut him of for it is better c. Euen so yf thyne eye offendethe pluck him out for it is better c. The .x. Chapter THe Pharises came and axed hym a question whether it was laufull for a manne to put awaye his wyfe to proue hym And he answered and sayde vnto them Whad dyd Moses byd you do And they saide Moses suffred to write a testimoniall of deuorsement and to put her awaye And Iesus answered sayd vnto them For the hardnes of youre hartes he wrote this precepte vnto you But at the fyrste creation God made them man and woman And for this thing sake shal man leue his father mother byde by his wyfe and they twayne shal be one fleshe So then are they nowe not twayne but one fleshe Therfore what God hath cuppled lette no manne seperate And in the house dis disciples axed him againe of that mater And he saide vnto them Whosoeuer putteth awaye his wife and marieth another breaketh wedlocke to herwarde and yf a woman forsake her husbande and be maryed to another she committeth aduoutry Suffer the chyldren to come vnto me and forbyd them not For of suche is the kyngdome of god Verely I saye vnto you whosoeuer shall not receaue the kyngdome of god as a chylde he shall not enter there in And he toke them vp in his armes and put his handes vpon them and blessed them There is no manne good but one whiche is God Go and sell all that thou hast and geue to the poore and thou shalte haue treasure in heauen and come and folowe me and take vppe the crosse What an harde thynge is it for them that haue ryches to entre into the kyngedome of GOD. Chyldren howe hard is it for them that trust in ryches to enter into the kyngdome of heauen It is easier for a camell to go thorowe the eye of a nedle then for a ryche manne to enter into the kyngdome of god Verely I saye vnto you there is no man that forsaketh house or brethren or sisters or father or mother or wyfe other children or landes for my sake and the gospels whiche shall not receyue and hondred folde nowe in this lyfe houses and brethren and sisters and mothers and chyldren and landes with persecucions and in the world to come eternall lyfe To sitte on my righte hande and on my lefte hande is not myne to geue but to them for whom it is prepared Ye know that they which seme to beare rule among the Gentiles raygne as lordes ouer them and they that be great among them exercise authoritie ouer them So shal it not be among you but whosoeuer of you wyll
no kysse but she sence the tyme I came in hath not ceased to kysse my feet Myne heade with oyle thou diddest not annoynt but she hathe anointed my feete with oyntment wherfore I saye vnto thee many synnes are forgeuen her for she loued muche To whome lesse is forgeuen the same doth lesse loue The .viii. Chapter UNto you it is geuen to knowe the secretes of the Kyngdome of God but to other in similitudes that when they se they should not se and when they heare they shoulde not vnderstande No man lyghteth a candell and couereth it vnder a vessell neither putteth it vnder the table but setteth it on a candelstick that they that enter in maye se the light Nothinge is in secrete that shall not come abroade Neither any thing hydde that shall not be knowen and come to light Whosoeuer hath to him shal be geuen and whosoeuer hath not from him shal be taken euen that same whiche he supposed that he hath Why mother and my brethren are these whyche heare the worbe of god and do it What felowe is this for he commaundeth both the wyndes and water and they obey him When he sawe Iesue he cryed fell downe before him with a loude voice saide what haue I to do which the Iesus the sonne of the god most hiest And there was there by an heerde of many swyne fedynge on an hyll and they besought him that he wolde suffre them to enter into them and he suffred them The .ix. Chapter ANd he saide to them Take nothinge to sucker you by the waye nether flaffe nor scripe neyther breade neyther money nether haue two coates And whatsoeuer house ye enter into there abyde and thence departe And whosoeuer wyll not receaue you when ye go out of the cyte shake of the very dust from your feete for a testimonye against them Who saye ye that I am Peter answered and saide thou arte the Christ of god And he saide to them all yf any man wyll come after me let him denye him selfe and take vp his crosie daily folowe me Whosoeuer wyl saue his lyfe shall lose it But whoseuer doeth lose his lyfe for my sake the same shall saue it For what â—uautageth it a man to wyne the whole worlde if be loose him selfe or runne in domage of himself For whosoeuer is ashamed of me of my saingee of him shall the sonne of man be a shamed when he commeth in his owne glorye and in the glorye of his father and of his holy angels And beholde two menne talked wth him and they were Moses Helias which appered gloriously and spake of his deparryng which he shulde ende at Ierusalem Then ther arose diputation amongehtem who shoulde be greatest When Iesus perceaued the thoughtes of their hartes he tooke a chylde and set him harde by him and saide vnto them Whosoeuer receaueh this chylde in my name receaueth me and whosoeuer receaueth me receaueth hym that sent me For he that is leaste amonge you all the same shal be greate He that is not against vs is with vs. The sonne of man is not come to destroye mennes lyues but to saue them Foxes haue holes and byrdes of the ayre haue nestes but the sonne of manne hath not where on to lay his heade Let the deade bury theyr deade No man that putteth his hande to the plowe loketh backe is ap te to the kyngdome of god He sayde vnto them the haruest is greate but the laborers are fewe Pray therfore the lorde of the haruest to sende forth labourers into his haunest Go your wayes beholde I sende you for the as lambes amonge wolues Beare no wallet neyther scrippe nor shues and salute no man by the waye Into whatsoeuer house ye enter fyrst saye Peace be to this house And yf the sonne of peace be there your peace shall reste vpon him yf not ie shall turne to you againe And in the same house tary styll eating drinckynge suche as they haue For the labourer is worthy of his temarde Go not from house to house and into whatsoeuer cyueye enter yf they receaue you eate suche thynges as are set before you and heale the secke that are there and saye vnto them the kyndome of god is come nye vnto you But into whatsoeuer citie ye shall eâ—tre yf they receyue you not go your wayes out into the streates of the same and saye euen the very duste whiche cleaueth on vs of your citie we wype of agaynst you He that heareth you heareth me and he that despyseth you desyiseth me and he that despyseth me despyseth hym that sent me Reioyse not that the spirites are vnder youre power but reioyse because your names are written in heauen I confesse vnto the father Lorde of heauen and earth that thou hast hyd these thynges from the wyse and hast opened them to the habes No man knoweth who the sonne is but the father neither who the father is saue the sonne and he to whome the sonne wyl shewe hym Happy are the eyes whiche se that ye se for I tell you that many prophetes and kinges haue desyred to se those thynges whiche ye se and haue not sene them and to heare those thynges whiche ye heare and haue not hearde them Marths Marths thou carest and arte troubled about many thinges Verely one is nedefull Mary hath chosen her that good parte whiche shal not be taken awaye from her The .xi. Chapter I Saye vnto you are and it shal be geuen vnto yet Seke and ye shall fynde Knocke and it shal be opened vnto you For euery one the axeth receyueth and he that sebeth fyndeth and to him that knocketh shal it be opened if the soÌ„ne shall are bread of any of you the is a father wyl he geue him a â—ore or yf he axe fyshe wyll he for a fyshe gene him a Serpente Or yf he are an egge wyll be offer hym a Scorpion Yf ye then whiche are euyll can geue good giftes vnto your chyldreÌ„ howe muche more shall the father of heauen geue an holy spirite to them that desyre it of hym Euery Kyngdome deuided with in it selfe shal be desolate and one house shall fall vpon a nother So yf Satan be deuided with in hymself how shall his kyngdome endure He that is not with me is agaynst me and he that gathereth not with me scattereth Happy is the wombe that bare thee and the pappes whiche gaue thee sucke But he sayde ye happy are they that heare the worde of God and kepe it No man lighteth a candell and putteth it in an preuy place neither vnder a bâ—shall but on a candelsticke that they that come in maye se the light Geue almes of that ye haue and beholde all is cleane to you Wo be to you Phariseis for ye tithe the mlnt and Rewe and all manetherbes and passe ouer iudgement and the loue of God These oughte you to haue done and yet not lefte the other vndone Wo be to
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
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
them that dresse it receaueth blessynge of god But that grouÌ„de whiche beareth thornes and bryars is reproued and is nye vnto cursyng whose ende is to be burned God is not vnrighteous that he shuld forgeth your worcke and laboure that procedeth of loue whiche loue ye shew in his name whiche haue ministred vnto the saintes and yet minister The .vii. Chapter TO Melchisedech Abraham gaue tythes of all thynges Melchisedech fyrste is by interpretation Kyng of righteousnes after that he is kynge of Salem that is to saye kynge of peace withoute father without mother without kynne and hath nether begynnyng of his time neyther yâ—â— end of his lyfe but is lykened vnto the sonne of god and continueth a prest for euer And verâ—lye those chyldren of Leui whicheth ceaue the offyce of the prestes haue a coÌ„mandement to take accordyng to the law tithes of the people that is to saye of their brethren ye thoughe they sprange out of the loynes of Abraham Leuy him selfe also whiche receaueth tythee payde tithes in Abraham The lawe made no thynge perfecte but was an introduction of a better hope by whyche hope we drawe nye vnto god This manne Christ because he endureth euee hathe an euerlastynge presthoode Wherfore he is able also euer to saue them that come vnto god by hym seynge he euer lyueth to make intercessyon for vs Soche an hye preste it became vs to haue whiche is holy harmlesse vndefiled separate from fynnes made hyar then heauen whiche nedeth not daily as yonder hye-prestes to offer vp sacrifice fyrste for his owne synnes and euen for the peoples synnes for that dyd he once for all when he offered vp hym selfe For the lawe maketh men prides whiche haue infirmitie but the worde of the othe that came sence the lawe maketh the sonne prest whiche is perfecte for euermore The .viii. Chapter AFter those dayes sayth the lord I wyll put my lawes in their myndes and in their hartes I wyll wrytte them and I wyll be their god and they shal be my people And they shall not teache euery manne his neyghbour land euery man his brother sayinge knowe the lord For they shal knowe me from the lest to the moste of them for I wylbe mercifull ouer their vnrighteousnes and on their synnes and on their iniquities The .ix. Chapter THe Prestes went alwayes into the fyrst tabernacle and executed the seruice of god But in the second went the hye preste alone one euery yeare and not without bloude whyche he offred for him selfe and for the ignoraunce of the people But Christ beyng an hye prest of good thinges to come nether be the bloude of goates calues but by his owne bloude he entred in once for all in to the holy place founde eternal redemption Whersoeuer is a testament ther must also be the deathe of him that maketh the teilament for the testameÌ„t taketh auctoritie when meÌ„ are dead for it is of no value as long as he the made it is a lyue Christ is not entred into the holye places that are made with handes which are but similitudes of true thinges but is entred into very heauen for to appeare nowe in the sight of god for vs not to offer him selfe often as the hye prest entreth in to the holy place euery yeare with strauÌ„ge bloude for then muste he haue often suffered sence the worlde began But nowe in the ende of the world hathe he appeared once to put synne to flyght by the offeringe vp of himselfe And as it is apointed vnto menne that they shall once dye and then coÌ„â—eth the iudgement euen so christ was once offered to take awaye the synnes of manye and vnto them that loke for hym shall he appeare agayne without synne vnto saluation The .x. Chapter IT is vnpossible that the bloude of oxen and of goates shulde take awaye synnes This is the testament that I wyl make vnto them after those dayes saithe the Lorde I wyll put my lawes in their hartes and in their mynde I wyll wryt them and theyr synnes and iniquities wil I remember no more And where remission of these thinges is there is no more offering for synne Lette vs consider one another to prouoke vnto loue and to good worâ—kes and that so mothe the more because ye se that the daye draweth nye Yf we synne willyngly after that we haue receaued the knowledge of the truthe there remaineth no more sacrifice for synnes but a feareful loking for iudgement and violente fyre whiche shall deuoure the aduersaries It is a fearfull thinge to fall into the handes of the liuyng god The iuste shall lyue by faithe The .xi. Chapter HAith is a sure confidence of thinges whiche are haped for and a certayntie of thynges whiche are not sene Without faithe it is vnpossible to plaise god By faithe Moses when he was great refused to be called the sonne of Pharaos doughter chose rather to suffer aduersitie with the people of god then to enioye the pleasures of synne for a reason and estemed the rebuke of Christe greater riches then the treasure of Egypte for he had respecte vnto the rewarde The .xii. Chapter WHom the lorde loueth him he chastened ye he scourgeth euery son that he receaueth No maner chastifyng in the present time semeth to be ioyous but greuous neuerthelesse afterwarde it bringeth the quiet frute of righteousnes vnto them whiche are therin exercised Embrace peace with all men holines without the whiche no man shall se the Lorde Esau for out breake fast solde his byrthright ye knowe howe that afterward when he wolde haue inherited the blessynge he was put by he found no meanes to come thereby agayne no though he desired it with teares Ye are come vnto the mount Sion and to the cytie of the liuynge god the celestiall Ierusalem and to an innumerable sight of aungels and vnto the congregation of the first borne sonnes whiche are wrytten in heauen and to god the iudge of al and to the sprytes of iust and perfecte menne and to Iesus the mediator of the newe testamente to the sprincklyng of bloude that speaketh better then the bloude of Abell Oure god is consumynge fyre The .xiii. Chapter BE not forgetfull to lodge straungers for therby haue dyuers receaued aungels into their houses vnwares Let wedlocke be had in price in all pointes and lette the chamber be vndefiled for whose kepers and aduoutrars god wyll iudge Remembre them whiche haue the ouersyght of you whiche haue declared vnto you the worde of god The ende of whose conuersation se that ye loke vpon and folowe their faithe Be not caryed about with dyuers and straunge learnynge Here we haue no continuyng cytie but we seke one to come To do good and to distribute forgette not for with suche sacrifices god is pleased Ohey them that haue the ouersight of you and submyt youre selues to them for they watche for your soules euen as they that muste geue accountes that they maye do
holy and true to iudge and to auenge our bloude on them that dwell on the earthe The .vi. Chapter GO there was a great erth quake the sunne was as blacke as sacke clothe made of heart and the mone waxed euen as bloude and the starres of heauen fell vnto the earth euen as a fygge free casteth from her her fygges when she is shaken of a myghey wynde heauen vanished awaye as a scroll when it is rolled together and all mouÌ„taines and yles were moued out of their places and the kinges of the earthe and the greatemen and the ryche menne and the chefe captaines and the mighty menne and euery man bound manne and euery free manne hyd them selues in dennes and in rockes of the hylles and said to the hylles and rockes fall on vs and hyde vs from the presence of him that sitteth on the seate and from the wrathe of the lambe for the great day of his wrath is come and who can endure it The .vii. Chapter ANd one of the elders answered saynge vnto me what are these whyche are arayde in longe whyte garmentes and whence came they And I sayde vnto him Lorde thou wottest And he sayde vnto me these are they whiche came out of greate tribulation and made their garmentes large and made them whyte in the bloude of the lambe therfore are they in the presence of the seat of god and serue him daye and nyghte in the temple and he that sytteth in the seate wyll dwellamonge them They shall honger no more neyther thyrst neyther shall the sunne lyghte on them nether any heat for the lambe whiche is in the middes of the seate shall fede them and shall leade them vnto fountaines of lyuynge water and god shall wype awaye all teares from their eyes The .viii. Chapter ANd an other angell came and stode before the aulter hauyng a golden senser moche of odoures was gyuen vnto him that he shoulde offre of the prayers of all saintes vpon the golden aultar which was before the seate and the smoke of the odoures whiche came of the prayers of all sayntes ascended vp before god oute of the aunâ—elles hande The .ix. Chapter IN those dayes shall men seke death and shal not fynde it and shal desyre to dye and death shall flye from them The .xi. Chapter ANd when they haue finished theyr testimony the best that came out of the bottomlesse pyt shall make warre against them and shall ouercome them and kyll them And their bodyes shall lye in the stretes of the great cyte whiche spiritually is called Zodom and Egipte where our lord was crucified And they of the people and kyndtedes and tonges and they of the nations shal see their bodyes .iii. dayes and a halfe and shall not suffre their bodyes to be put in graues And they that dwell vpon the earth shal reioyce ouer them and be glad and shal sende gyftes one to another for these two prophetes vexed them that dwell on the earth And after thre dayes and a halfe the sprete of lyfe frome god entred into them they stode vp on theyr fece and great feate came vpon them whiche sawe them and they harde a greate voyce from heauen sayinge vnto them Come vp hydder and they ascended vp into heauen in a cloude and their enemyes sawe them The .xii. Chapter ANd ther was a great battail in heauen Michael his angels fought with the dragon and the dragon fought and his angels preuailed not neyther was their place founde anye more in heauen And the greate dragon the olde serpent called the deuyll and Sathanas was caste oute whiche deceaueth all the worlde And he was cast into the earthe and his angelo were cast out also The .xiii. Chapter HE that kylleth with a swearde muste be bylled with aswearde The .xiiii. Chapter ANd I hearde the voyce of harpers harping with their harpes and they songe as it were a newe song before the feate and before the foure beastes and the elders and no man coulde learne that songe but the hundred and. 44. M. whithe were redemed frome the earthe These are they whiche were not defiled with women for they are virgines These folowe the lambe whethersoeuer he goeth These were redemed frome menne beynge the fyrst frutes vnto god and to the lambe in their mouthes was founde no gyle for they are without spot before the trone of god And I hearde a voyce from heauen sayeng vnto me wrytte Blessed are the deade whiche here after dye in the lorde euen so saithe the sprite that they may rest froÌ„ there laboures but their worekes shall folowe them The .xvi. Chapter BEholde I come as a these happy is he that watched and kepeth his garmentes least he be founde naked and menne ie his fylthynes The .xviii. Chapter ANd asmothe as she glorified her selfe and liued want only so moche poure ye in for her of punishement and sorowe The .xix. Chapter HAppye are they whyche are called vnto the lambes supper And I fell at his feete to worshyppe hym and he sayde vnto me se thou do it not for I am thy felowe seruaunt and one of thy brerhren and of them that haue the testimony of Iesus worship god The .xx. Chapter Blessed and holye is he that hathe parte in the fyrste resurrection for on suche shall the seconde deathe haue no power for they shal be prestes of god of Christ shall raigne with him a. M. yeare And I sawe the deade bothe greate and small stande before god And the bokes were opened another boke was opened whiche is the boke of lyfe and the deade were iudged of those thynges whiche were wrytten in the bokes accordynge to their dedes and the sea gaue vp her dead whiche were in her and death and hell delyuered vp the dead whiche were in them and they were iudged euery man according to his dedes And death and hell were cast into the lake of fyre This is the seconde death and whosoeuer was not founde written in the boke of lyfe was caste into the lake of fyer The .xxi. Chapter ANd I hearde a greate voyce out of heauen sayenge beholde the tabernacle of god is with men and he wyll dwell with them And they shal be his people and god hym selfe shal be with them and be their god And god shall wype awaye all teares frome their eyes and there shal be no more death nether sorowe nether cryenge nether shall ther be any more payne for the olde thynges are gone I am Alpha and Omega the begynnynge and the ende I wyll gene to hym that is a thyrst of the well of the water of lyfe free he that ouercommeth shall inheryt all thinges and I wyl be his god and he shal be my sonne But the featefull and vnbeleuynge and the abhominable and murderers and whoremongers and sorcerers ydolaters and all lyars shall haue their parte in the lake whiche burneth with fyre and brymstone whiche is the seconde deathe His seruauntes