in Egypte And I haue sayde I wyll brynge you out of the tribulacyon of Egypte vnto the lande of the Cananytes and Hethyres and Amoryâ—es â–ª and Pherezites Heuytes and Iebusytes euen vnto a lande that floweth with mylke and hony And when they heare thy voyce then go bothe thou and the elders of Israell shall go vnto the kynge of Egypte and saye vnto hym The Lorde God of the Hebrues hath met with vs now wyll we go therfore thre dayes iourney in to the wyldernes and do sacrifyce vnto the lorde oure god And I am sure that the kynge of Egypte wyll not let you go no not in a myghtye hande and I wyll stretche out myne hande and smyte Egypte with all my wonders whiche I wyll do in the myddes therof And after that he wyll let you go And I wyll get this people fauour in the syght of the Egyptians so that when ye go ye shal not go emptie but a wyfe shall borowe of her neyghboures and of her that soiourneth in her house iewels of syluer and of golde and rayment And ye shall put them on your sonnes and doughters shall â—ob the Egyptians ¶ Moses receyueth sygnes of his callynge He goeth in to Egypte His wyfe zephora circumcised her sonne Aaron meâ—â—â—â— with Moses CAPI IIII. MOses answered and sayd Se they wyl not byleue me nor herkeÌ„ vnto my voyce but wyll say the Lorde hath not appeared vnto the. And the Lorde sayd vnto hym What is that whiche is in thyne hande He answered a rod. And he sayde Cast it on the grounde And he cast it on the grounde and it became a serpente And Moses fled from the syght of it And the Lorde sayd vnto Moses Put forth thyne hande and take it by the tayle And therfore he put forth his hand and caught it and it became a rod in his hande For this thynge sayth he shall they byleue the that the Lorde God of theyr fathers the God of Abraham the God of Isaac and the God of Iacob hath appeared vnto the. And the Lorde sayd forthermore vnto hym Thrust thyne hande into thy bosome and he thrust his hande in to his bosome And when he toke it out agayne beholde his hand was leperous euen as snowe And he sayde Put thyne hande in thy bosome agayne And he put his hande in to his bosome agayne and plucked it out of his bosome and beholde it was turned agayne as his other flesshe Therfore yf they wyll not byleue the neyther heare the voyce of the fyrst token yet wyl they byleue for the voyce of the seconde tokeÌ„ But and yf they wyll not byleue the two sygnes neyther herken vnto thy voyce Thou shalte take the water of the ryuer and powre it vpon the drye lande And the water whiche thou takest out of the ryuer shall turne to bloode vpon the drye lande Moses sayd vnto the Lorde oh my Lorde I am not eloquent from yesterday and ere yesterday and namely synce thou hast spokeÌ„ vnto thy seruaunt but I am slowe mouthed and slowe tonged And the Lorde sayde vnto hym Who hath made mans mouth or who hath made the dombe or the deafe the seyng or the blynd haue not I the Lorde Therfore I wyll be with thy mouthe and teache the what thou shalte say He sayd oh my Lorde sende I pray the by the hande of hym whom thou wylte sende And the Lorde was angry with Moses sayd Do not I know Aaron thy brother the leuyte that he can speake For lo he cometh forth to mete the and when he seeth the he wyll be glad in his herte Therfore thou shalte speake vnto hym and put these wordes in his mouth and I wyl be with thy mouth and with his mouth wyll teache you what ye ought to do And he shall be thy spokesman vnto the people He also shall be as thy mouth and thou shalte be his God thou shalte take this rod in thy hande wherwith thou shalte do myracles Therfore Moses wente and returned to Iethro his father in lawe agayne and sayde vnto hym I wyl go nowe and turne agayne vnto my brethren whiche are in Egypte and se whyther they be yet alyue And Iethro sayd to Moses go in peace And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses in Midian Go and returne agayne in to Egypte for the men are deade whiche wente aboute to kyll the. And Moses toke his wyfe and his sonnes and put them on an asse and went agayne to Egypte and Moses toke the rod of God in his hande And the Lorde sayde vnto Moses when thou arte entred come into Egypte agayne se that thou do all the wondres before Pharao whiche I haue put in thy hande But I wyll holde his herte and he shal not let the people go And thou shalte say vnto Pharao thus sayeth the Lorde Israel is myn eldest sonne and I haue sayde vnto the that thou shuldest let my sonne go that he maye serue me and thou woldest not let hym go beholde I wyll slee thyne eldest sonne And it chaunced by the waye in the Inne that the Lorde met hym and wolde haue kylled hym And Zephora toke a stone and cut awaye the foreskyn of her sonne and fell at his feete and sayde A bloody husbande arte thou vnto me Then he let hym go And she sayde a bloody husbande bycause of the circumcision Then sayde the lorde vnto Aaron go mete Moses in the wyldernes And he went and met hym in the mount of God kyssed hym And Moses told Aaron al the wordes of the lorde which had sent hym and all the tokens which he had charged hym withal So went Moses and Aaron gathered all the elders of the chyldren of Israel And Aaron tolde al the wordes which the lorde had spoken vnto Moses and dyd the myracles in the syght of the people and the people byleued And when they herde that the lorde had visited the chyldren of Israel had loked vpon theyr tribulacion they bowed theyr head worshipped ¶ Moses Aaron go vnto Pharao The peple is oppressed more and more they â—â—ye out vpoÌ„ Moses Aaron therfore CAPI V. MOses and Aaron went in afterwarde and tolde Pharao thus sayth the lorde God of Israel Let my people go that they may kepe holy day vnto me in the wyldernes And Pharao sayd who is the lorde that I shulde heare his voyce and let Israel go I knowe not the Lorde neyther wyl I let Israel go And they sayd the God of the Hebrues hath met with vs and therfore wyl we go thre dayes iourney in to the deserte and sacrifice vnto the Lorde our God leest there happen vnto vs eyther pestylence or swerde Then sayd the kynge of Egypte vnto them Wherfore do ye Moses and Aaron let the people from theyr workes get you vnto your laboure And Pharao sayd furthermore Beholde there is moche people nowe in the land and ye make them leaue theyr worke And Pharao coÌ„maunded the same daye vnto the taske maysters whiche were among the people and vnto the offycers sayeng Ye shal gyue the people no more strawe to make brycke withall as ye dyd in tyme passed let them
and after thre dayes aryse agayne And he spake that sayenge openly And Peter toke hym asyde and began to chyde hym But he turned aboute and loked on his discyples and rebuked Peter sayeng Go after me Satan For thou sauerest not the thynges that be of God but the thynges that be of men And when he had called the people vnto hym with his discyples also he sayd vnto them Whosoeuer wyll folowe me let hym forsake hym selfe take vp his crosse and folowe me For who soeuer wyll saue his lyfe shall lose it But who soeuer shall lose his lyfe for my sake and the Gospels the same shall saue it For what shall it profette a man yf he wynne all the worlde and loose his owne soule or what shall a man gyue to redeme his soule withall agayne Who soeuer therfore shall be a shamed of me and of my wordes in this aduouterous and synfull generacyon of hym also shall the sonne of man be ashamed when he cometh in the glorye of his Father with the holye Angels ¶ The transfiguracyon The â—unaâ—yhe is healed The disputacyon who shulde be the greatest Offences are forbydden CAPI IX ANd he sayde vnto them Uerely I saye you There be some amonge them that stande here whiche shall not taste of death tyll they haue sene the kyngdome of God come with power And after syxe dayes Iesus taketh Peter and Iames and IohnÌ„ and leadeth them vp into an hygh mountayne out of the waye alone and he was transfygured before them And his rayment dyd shyne became verye whyte euen as snowe so whyte as no fuller can make vpon the earth And there apeared vnto them Elias with Moses they talked with Iesu. And Peter answered and sayeth to Iesu Mayster here is good beynge for vs let vs make also thre tabernacles one for the and one for Moses and one for Elyas For he wyst not what he sayd for they were afrayde And there was a cloude that shadowed them And a voyce came out of the cloude sayeng This is my beloued sonne heare him And sodenly when they had loked round aboute they saw no man more then Iesus only with them And as they came downe from the hyll he charged them that they shulde tel no man those thynges that they had sene tyl the son of man were rysen from death agayne And they kepte that sayenge with them and demaunded one of another what the rysynge from death agayne shulde meane And they asked hym sayenge why then saye the Scrybes that Elyas muste fyrst come He answered and sayde vnto them Elyas verely when he commeth fyrste restoreth all thynges And the son of man as it is wrytten of hym shall suffer many thynges and be set at nought But I saye vnto you that Elias is come and they haue done vnto hym what soeuer they wolde as it was wrytten of hym And when he came to his discyples he sawe moche people aboute them and the scrybes disputyng with them And streyght waye all the people when they behelde hym were amased and ran to hym and saluted hym And he asked the Scrybes what dyspute ye amonge them ✚ And one of the companye answered and sayde Mayster I haue brought vnto the my sonne whiche hath a dombe spiryte And when soeuer he taketh hym he teareth hym and he fometh and gnassheth with his teethe and pyneth away And I spake to thy disciples that they shulde caste hym out and they coulde not He answereth hym and sayeth O faythlesse nacyon howe long shall I be with you How longe shall I suffer you Brynge hym vnto me And they brought hym vnto hym And assoone as the spiryte sawe hym he tare hym And he fell downe on the grouÌ„de walo wyng and fomynge And he asked his father howe longe is it ago synce this hapned hym And he sayde of a chylde and ofte tymes it hath caste hym in to the fyre and into the water to destroy him But yf thou canst do any thyng haue mercy on vs and helpe vs. Iesus sayd vnto hym yf thou couldest byleue all thynges are possyble to hym that byleueth And streyght waye the father of the chylde cryed with teares sayenge Lorde I byleue helpe thou myne vnbylefe When Iesus sawe that the people came runnyng togyther vnto hym he rebuked the foule spirite sayeng vnto hym Thou dombe and deafe spiryte I charge the come out of hym and entre nomore into him And the spiryte when he had cryed and rent hym sore came out of hym he was as one that had ben deade in so moch that many sayde he is deade But Iesus caught his hande lyfte hym vp and he rose And when he was come in to the house his discyples asked hym secretly why coulde not we cast hym out And he sayd vnto them this kynd can come forth by nothyng but by prayer and fastyng ⊢ ✚ And they departed thense and toke theyr iourney thorowe Galile and he wolde not that any man shulde knowe it For he taught his discyples and sayde vnto them the son of man shall be delyuered into the handes of men and they shall kyll hym and after that he is kylled he shall aryse agayne the thyrde daye But they wyste not what he sayde and were afrayde to aske hym And he came to Capernaum And when he was come in to the house he asked them what was it that ye disputed amonge youre selues by the waye And they helde theyr peace for by the waye they had reasoned amonge them selues who shulde be the cheyfest And when he was set downe he called the twelue to hym sayde vnto them yf any man desyre to be fyrst the same shall be laste of all and seruaunt to all And he toke a chylde and set hym in the myddê of them and when he had taken hym in his armes he sayde vnto them whosoeuer receyueth any soche a chylde in my name receyueth me And whosoeuer receyueth me receyueth not me but hym that sent me ⊢ IohnÌ„ answered hym saynge ✚ Mayster we sawe one cast out deuyls in thy name and he foloweth not vs and we forbad hym bycause he foloweth vs not But Iesus sayde forbyd hym not For there is no man which yf he do a myracle in my name can lyghtly speake euyl of me For he that is not agaynst vs is on our parte Whosoeuer shall in my name gyue you a cup of water to dryncke by cause ye belonge to Chryst verely I saye vnto you he shall not lose his rewarde And who soeuer shall offende one of these lytell ones that byleue in me it were better for him yf a mylstone were hanged about his necke and he were caste in to the see Wherfore ☞ yf thy hande hynder the cut it of It is better for the to entre in to lyfe maymed then hauynge two handes to go in to hell in to fyre that neuer shall be quenched where theyr
was sayde of some that IohnÌ„ was rysen agayne from death and of some that Elias had appeared and of some that one of the olde Prophets was rysen agayne And Herode sayde IohnÌ„ haue I beheaded but who is this of whom I heare suche thynges and he desyred to se hym And the apostles returned and tolde hym all that they had done And he toke them and wente asyde in to a solitarye place nygh vnto the citie that is called Bethsaida which when the people knewe they folowed hym And he receyued them and spake vnto them of the kyngdome of God and healed them that had nede to be healed And when the day began to weare away then came the twelue and sayde vnto hym sende the people away that they may go in to the townes and nexte villages and lodge and get meate for we are here in a place of wyldernesse But he sayde vnto them Gyue ye them to eate And they sayde We haue no mo but fyue looues and two fysshes excepte we shuld go bye meate for all this people And they were aboute a fyue thousande men And he sayd to his disciples Cause them to syt downe by fyfties in a company And they dyd so and made them al to syt downe And he toke the fyue looues and the two fysshes and loked vp to heuen and blessed them and brake and gaue to the disciples to set before the people And they al dyd eate and were satisfied And there was taken vp of that remayned to them twelue baskettes full of broken meate And it fortuned as he was alone prayeng his disciples were with hym he asked them sayenge Who say the people that I am They answered and sayde IohnÌ„ Baptyst Some say Elias And some saye that one of the olde Prophettes is rysen He sayde vnto them But whom saye ye that I am Symon Peter answered and sayde Thou arte the Christ of God And he warned and coÌ„maunded them that they shulde tell no maÌ„ that thynge sayeng The son of man must suffre many thynges and be reproued of the elders and of the hygh preestes and scribes be sleyne and ryse agayne the thyrde day And he sayde to them all yf any man wyll come after me let hym denye hym selfe and take vp his crosse dayly and folowe me ☞ For who soeuer wyll saue his lyfe shal lose it But who soeuer doth lose his lyfe for my sake the same shall saue it For what aduauntageth it a man yf he wynne the hoole world and loose hym selfe or run in damage of hym selfe For who so is ashamed of me and of my wordes of hym shall the sonne of man be ashamed when he cometh in his maiestye and in the maiestye of his father and of his holy angels I tell you of a trueth ☞ There be some standyng here whiche shall not taste of death tyll they se the kyngdome of God And it fortuned that about an eyght dayes after these sayenges he toke Peter and IohnÌ„ and Iames and wente vp in to a mountayne to pray And as he prayed the fassyon of his countenaunce was chaunged and his garment was whyte and shone And beholde there talked with hym two men which were Moses and Elias that appeared in the maiestye spake of his departynge whiche he shulde ende at Ierusalem But Peter and they that were with hym were heuy with slepe And when they awoke they sawe his maiestye and two men standyng with hym And it chaunced as they departed frome hym Peter sayde vnto Iesus Mayster it is good beynge here for vs Let vs make also thre tabernacles one for the and one for Moses and one for Elias and wyst not what he sayde Whyle he thus spake there came a cloude and ouershadowed them they feared when they were come in to the cloude And there came a voyce out of the cloude sayenge This is my deare son heare him And as soone as the voyce was past Iesus was founde alone And they kepte it close tolde no maÌ„ in those dayes any of those thynges whiche they had sene And it chaunsed that on the nexte day as they came downe from the hyll moche peple met hym And beholde a maÌ„ of the company cryed out sayenge Mayster I beseche the beholde my son for he is all that I haue and se a spirite taketh hym sodeynly he cryeth and †he knocketh and teareth hym that he fometh agayne and with moche payne departeth from hym when he hath rent hym and I besought thy disciples to cast hym oute and they coulde not Iesus answered sayd O faythlesse and croked nacion how long shall I be with you and shall suffre you Brynge thy sonne hyther As he was yet a comynge the fende rent hym and tare hym And Iesus rebuked the vncleane spirite and healed the chylde and delyuered hym to his father And they were all amased at the myghtye power of god But while they wondred euery one at all thynges whiche he dyd he sayd vnto his disciples Let these sayengê synke downe in to youre eares For it wyll come to passe that the sonne of man shal be delyuered in to the handes of men But they wyst not what that worde mente and it was hyd from them that they vnderstode it not And they feared to aske hym of that sayenge And there entred a thoughte amonge them whiche of them shulde be the greatest When Iesus perceyued the thought of theyr hertes he toke a chylde and set hym harde by hym and sayde vnto them Who soeuer receyueth this chylde in my name receyueth me And who soeuer receyueth me receyueth hym that sent me For he that is least amonge you all the same shal be great And IohnÌ„ answered and sayde Mayster we sawe one castynge oute deuyls in thy name and we forbad hym bycause he folowed not with vs. And Iesus sayde vnto hym forbyd ye hym not For he that is not agaynst vs is with vs. And it fortuned when the tyme was come that he shulde be receyued vp he set his face to go to Ierusalem and sent messengers before hym And they wente and entred in to a citye of the Samaritans to make redye for hym And they wolde not receyue hym bycause his face was as though he wolde go to Ierusalem When his disciples Iames and IohnÌ„ sawe this they sayd Lorde wylte thou that we coÌ„maunde fyre to come downe from heuen consume them euen as Elias dyd Iesus turned about and rebuked them sayenge ye wote not what maner a spirite ye are of For the son of man is not come to destroy mennes lyues but to saue them And they went to an other towne ✚ And it chaunsed that as they were walkyng in the way a certayne man sayd vnto hym I wyll folowe the whyther soeuer thou wylt go Iesus sayd vnto hym Foxes haue holes and byrdes of the ayre haue nestes but the
Iesus answered sayde vnto them Uerely I saye vnto you yf ye haue fayth and dout not ye shall not onely do this that is happened vnto the fygge tree but also yf ye shall saye vnto this mountayne remoue cast thy selfe in to the see it shal be done And all thyngê whatsoeuer ye aske in prayer yf ye byleue ye shall receyue them ✚ And when he was come in to the temple the cheyfe preestes the elders of the people came vnto hym as he was teachynge sayde By what auctorite doest thou these thynges and who gaue the this power Iesus answered sayd vnto them I also wyl aske of you a certayne thyng which yf ye tell me I in lykewyse wyll tell you by what auctorite I do these thyngê The baptyme of IohnÌ„ whence was it from heuen or of men And they thought amonge them selues sayenge yf we say from heuen he wyll say vnto vs why dyd ye not then bileue him But yf we shal saye of men then feare we the people For all men holde IohnÌ„ as a Prophet And they answered vnto Iesus and sayd we can not tell And he sayd vnto them neyther tell I you by what auctoryte I do these thyngê ⊢ What say ye to this ✚ A man had two sonnes came to the fyrst sayde son go worke to daye in my vineyarde He answered sayd I wyll not but afterwarde he repented and went Then came he to the seconde sayd lykewyse And he answered sayde I wyll syr and went not Whyther of them twayne dyd the wyll of the father And they saye vnto hym the fyrst Iesus sayeth vnto them verely I saye vnto you the Publicans and harlottes go in to the kyngdome of God before you For IohnÌ„ came vnto you by the waye of ryghtwysenes and ye byleued hym not but Publicans and harlottê byleued hym And ye when ye had sene it were not moued afterward with repentauÌ„ce that ye myght haue byleued hym ⊢ ✚ Herken another similitude There was a certayne man an housholder whiche planted a vineyarde and hedged it rounde aboute and made a wynepresse in it buylte a tower and let it out to husbandmen and went in to a straunge countrey And when the tyme of the fruyte drewe neare he sent his seruauntes to the husbandmen that they might receyue the fruytes of it And the husbandmen caughte his seruauntes and bet one kylled another and stoned another Agayne he sent other seruauntê mo then the fyrst and they dyd vnto them lykewyse But last of all he sent vnto them his owne sonne sayeng they wyll stande in awe of my sonne But when the husbandmen sawe the sonne they sayde amonge them selues This is the heyre come let vs kyll hym and let vs enioye his inheritaunce And they caught hym and thrust hym out of the vineyearde and slewe hym When the Lorde therfore of the vineyarde cometh what wyll he do vnto those husbandmen They sayde vnto hym For asmoch as they be euyll he wyll cruellye destroye them and wyll let out his vineyard to other husbande men which shall delyuer hym the fruyte in due seasons Iesus sayeth vnto them dyd ye neuer rede in the scryptures The stone whiche the buylders refused the same is become the heade of the corner this is the lordes doynge and it is merueylous in oure eyes Therfore saye I vnto you the kyngdom of god shal be taken from you gyuen to a nacyon which shall bryng forth the fruytes therof And whosoeuer falleth on this stone shal be broken in peces but on whomsoeuer it falleth it shall all to grynde hym And when the cheyfe Preestes and Pharises had herde his parables they perceyued that he spake of them And they went about to laye handes on hym but they feared the peple bycause they toke hym as a Prophet ⊢ And Iesus answered spake vnto them agayne by parables and sayde ¶ The maryage of the hynges sonne Trybute to be gyuen to the Emperoure Chryst confuteth the opâ—â—yon of the Saduces coÌ„cernynge the resurreccyon and answereth the sery be vnto his questyon CAPI XXII ✚ THe kyngdome of heuen is lyke vnto a man that was a kynge whiche made a mariage for his son sent forth his seruauntes to cal them that were bydden to the weddyng and they wold not come Agayne he sent fyrth other seruauntes sayenge Tell them whiche are bydden beholde I haue prepared my dyner myne oxen and my fatlynges are kylled all thynges are redy come vnto the mariage But they made lyght of it and went theyr wayes one to his farme place an other to his marchaundyse and the remenaunt toke his seruauntes and intreated them shamefully slewe them But when the kynge herde therof he was wroth sent forth his men of wat destroyed those murtherers burnt vp theyr citye Then sayd he to his seruauntes the maryage in dede is prepared But they which were hydden were not worthy Go ye therfore out into the hygh wayes as many as ye fynde byd them to the mariage And the seruauntes went out into the hygh wayes and gathered togyther all as many as they coulde fynde both good and bad the weddynge was fournyshed with gestes Then the kyng came in to se the gestes when he spyed there a man whiche had not on a weddynge garment he sayde vnto hym frende howe camest thou in hyther not hauynge a weddyng garment And he was euen spechlesse Then sayd the kyng to the minysters take bynde hym hand and foote cast him into vtter darkenesse there shall be wepynge gnasshyng of teethe For many be called but fewe are chosen ⊢ ✚ Then went the Pharises toke counsayle how they might tangle hym in his wordes And they sent out vnto hym theyr discyples with Herodê seruauntê sayeng Mayster we knowe that thou arte true teachest the way of god truly neyther carest thou for any man for thou regardest not the outward appearaunce of men Tell vs therfore howe thynkest thou Is it lawfull that tribute be gyuen vnto Cesar or not But Iesus perceyuynge theyr wyckednesse sayde Why tempte ye me ye apocrites Shewe me the tribute money And they toke hym a peny And he sayd vnto them whose is this ymage superscrypcion They saye vnto hym Cesars Then sayd he vnto them Gyue therfore vnto Cesar the thynges whiche are Cesars and vnto God those thynges that are gods ⊢ When they had herde these wordes they marueyled left hym went theyr way The same day came to hym the Saduces which saye that there is no resurrection and asked hym sayenge Mayster Moses sayd that yf a man dye hauynge no chylde his brother shulde marry his wyfe and rayse vp seede vnto his brother There were with vs vii brethren the fyrst maryed a wyfe and deceysed without yssue lefte his wyfe vnto his brother Lyke wyse
aboute also to take hym and feared the people For they knewe that he had spoken the parable agaynst them And they lefte hym and went theyr waye And they sent vnto hym certayne of the Pharises and Herodes seruauntes to take him in his wordes And assoone as they were come they sayd vnto him Mayster we know that thou art true and carest for no man for thou consyderest not the outward apperauÌ„ce of men but teachest the way of God truely Is it lawfull to pay tribute to Cesar or not Ought we to gyue or ought we not to gyue But he vnderstode theyr simulacyon sayde vnto them Why tempte ye me Brynge me a peny that I may se it And they brought it And he sayeth vnto them Whose is this ymage and superscripcyon And they sayde vnto hym Cesars And Iesus answered and sayde vnto them Gyue to Cesar the thynges that belonge to Cesar and to God the thynges whiche perteyne to God And they meruayled at hym There came also vnto hym the Saduces whiche say that there is no resurreccyon And they asked hym sayenge Mayster Moses wrote vnto vs yf any mans brother dye and leaue his wyfe behynde hym and leaue no chyldren that his brother shulde take his wyfe and reyse vp seede vnto his brother There were seuen brethreÌ„ and the fyrst toke a wyfe and when he dyed lefte no seede behynde hym And the seconde toke her and dyed neyther left he any seed And the thyrde lykewyse And seuen had her lefte no seede behynde them Last of al the wyfe dyed also In the resurreccion therfore when they shall ryse agayne whose wyfe shal she be of them For seuen had her to wyfe And Iesus answered and sayd vnto them Do ye not therfore erre bycause ye vnderstand not the scriptures neyther the power of God For when they shall ryse agayne frome death they neyther marry nor are maryed but are as the angels whiche are in heuen As touchynge the deade that they ryse agayne haue ye not red in the booke of Moses howe in the busshe God spake vnto him sayenge I am the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Iacob He is no God of deade but the God of lyuynge Ye are therfore greatly dcceyued And when there came one of the Scrybes and had herde them dysputynge togyther and perceyued that he had answered them well he asked hym whiche is the fyrst of all the coÌ„maundementes Iesus answered him the fyrst of al the coÌ„maundementes is Heare O Israel The Lorde oure God is Lorde onely And thou shalt loue the lorde thy god with all thy herte and with all thy soule and with all thy mynde and with al thy strength This is the fyrst coÌ„maundement And the seconde is lyke vnto this Thou shalte loue thy neyghboure as thy selfe There is none other commaundement greater then these And the Scrybe sayde vnto hym well mayster thou hast sayde the trueth for there is one God and there is none but he And to loue hym with all the herte and with all the mynde and with all the soule and with al the strength and to loue a mans neyghboure as hym selfe is a greater thynge then all burnt offerynges and sacrifices And when Iesus sawe that he answered discretly he sayd vnto hym Thou art not farre from the kyngdom of God And no man after that durste aske hym any questyon And Iesus answered and sayd teachyng in the temple How say ye scribes that Christ is the son of Dauid for Dauid hym selfe enspired with the holy goost sayd The Lorde sayd to my lorde syt on my ryght hande tyll I make thyne enemyes thy fote sâ—ole Dauid hym selfe calleth him lorde and how is he then his son And moche peple herde hym gladly And he sayd vnto them in his doctrine beware of the Scribes whiche loue to go in longe clothynge and loue salutacyons in the market places the cheyfe seates in the congregacyons and the vppermost rowmes at feastê Whiche deuoure wydowes houses and vnder a pretence make longe prayers These shall receyue greater damnacyon ✚ And when Iesus sat ouer agaynst the treasurye he behelde howe the people put money in to the treasurye And many that were ryche cast in moche And there came a certayne poore wydowe and she threwe in two mytes whiche make a farthynge And he called vnto hym his disciples and sayeth vnto them Uerely I saye vnto you that this poore wydowe hath cast more in then al they whiche haue cast into the treasurye For they all dyd cast in of theyr superfluyte but she of her pouerte dyd cast in all that she had euen all her lyuynge ⊢ ¶ The ende of the worlde The days and the houre 〈◊〉 vnknowen CAPI XIII ✚ ANd as he went out of the themple one of his disciples sayde vnto hym Mayster se what stones and what buyldynges are here And Iesus answered and sayd vnto hym Seest thou these great buyldynges There shall not be lefte one stone vpon an other that shall not be throwen downe And as he sat on mounte Olyuete ouer agaynst the temple Peter and Iames IohnÌ„ and Andrew asked hym secretly tell vs wheÌ„ shal these thynges be And what is the sygne when all these thynges shall be fulfylled And Iesus answered them and began to say Take hede lest any man deceyue you For many shall come in my name sayenge I am Chryst and shall deceyue many When ye shall heare of warres and tydynges of warres be ye not troubled For suche thynges must nedes be But the ende is not yet For there shall nacion aryse agaynst nacion and kyngdome agaynst kyngdome And there shall be earth quakes in all quarters and famyshment shall there be and troubles These are the begynnyng of sorowes But take ye hede to your selues For they shall bryng you vp to the counsels in to the Sinagoges ye shal be beaten Yea and shal be brought before rulers kynges for my sake for a testimoniall vnto them And the Gospell must fyrst be publysshed among al nacions But when they leade you present you take ye no thought neyther ymagyn before hande what ye shall saye but what soeuer is gyuen you in the same houre that speake for it is not ye that speake but the holy goost The brother shall delyuer vp the brother to death and the father the son and the chyldreÌ„ shall ryse agaynst theyr fathers mothers shall put them to death And ye shal be hated of al men for my names sake But who so endureth vnto the ende the same shall be safe More ouer when ye se the abhominacyon of desolacion wherof is spokeÌ„ by Daniel the prophet stande where it ought not let hym that redeth vnderstande Then let them that be in Iurie flee to the mountaynes And let hym that is on the house top not go downe in to the house neyther entre therin
of the vyneyearde and kylled hym What shall the Lorde of the vyneyard therfore do vnto them He shal come and destroye these husbande men and shall let out his vineyarde to other WheÌ„ they herde this they sayd God forbyd And he behelde them and sayde what is this then that is wrytten The stoone that the buylders refused the same is become the head of the corner Who soeuer doth stomble vpon that stone shall be broken but on whomsoeuer it falleth it wyll grynde hym to powder And the hygh preestê and the Scribes the same houre went about to laye handes on hym and they feared the people For they perceyued that he had spoken this similitude agaynst them And they watched him sent forth spies whiche shulde fayne them selues ryghteous men to take hym in his wordes and to delyuer hym vnto the power and auctorite of the debite And they asked him sayeng May ster we knowe that thou sayest and teachest ryght neyther consyderest thou the outward appearaunce of any man but teachest the waye of God truely Is it lawfull for vs to giue tribute vnto Cesar or no He perceyued theyr craftynesse and sayd vnto them why tempte ye me Shewe me a peny Whose ymage and superscrypcyon hath it They answered and sayd Cesars And he sayd vnto them gyue then vnto Cesar the thynges which belonge vnto Cesar and to God the thynges that pertayne vnto God And they coulde not reproue his sayenge before the people and they meruayled at his answere and helde theyr peace Then came to hym certayne of the Saduces whiche denye that there is any resurrection And they asked hym sayenge Mayster Moses wrote vnto vs yf any mannes brother dye hauynge a wyfe and he dye without chyldren that then his brother shulde take his wyfe and rayse vp seede vnto his brother There were therfore seuen brethren and the fyrst toke a wyfe dyed without chyldren And the seconde toke her and he dyed chyldelesse And the thyrde toke her and in lykewyse the residue of the seuen and lefte no chyldren behynde them and dyed Laste of all the woman dyed also Nowe in the resurrectioÌ„ whose wyfe of them shall she be For seuen had her to wyfe Iesus answered and sayde vnto them The chyldren of this worlde marry wyues and are marryed but they whiche shall be counted worthy of that worlde and the resurrection from the dead do not marry wyues neyther are marryed nor yet can dye any more For they are equall vnto the angels are the sonnes of God in as moch as they are chyldren of the resurrection And that the dead shall ryse agayne Moses also sheweth besydes the bushe when he calleth the lorde the god of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God of Iacob For he is not a God of deade but of lyuynge For all lyue vnto hym Then certayne of the Pharises answered and sayde Mayster thou hast well sayd And after that durste they not aske hym any question at all And he sayde vnto them Howe say they that Chryst is Dauids son And Dauid hym selfe sayeth in the booke of the Psalmes The Lorde sayde vnto my lorde syt thou on my ryght hand tyl I make thyne enemyes thy fote stole Dauid therfore calleth hym lorde howe is he then his son Then in the audience of all the peple he sayd vnto his disciples beware of the Scrybes whiche wyll go in longe clothynge and loue gretynges in the markettes and the hyghest seates in the synagoges and the cheyfe rowmes at feastes whiche deuoure wydowes houses faynynge longe prayers the same shall receyue greater damnacyon ¶ Chryst coÌ„mendeth the poore wydowe telleth of the destruccyon of Ierusalem Of false teachers of the tokens and troubles for to come of the ende of the worlde and of his owne comynge CAPI XXI AS he behelde he sawe the ryche men whiche cast in theyr offerynges into the treasury He sawe also a certayne poore wydowe whiche cast in thyther two mytes And he sayde of a trueth I saye vnto you that this poore wydowe hath put in more then they all For they al haue of theyr superfluyte added vnto the offeryngê of God but she of her penurye hath caste in all the substaunce that she had And vnto some that spake of the temple howe it was garnysshed with goodly stones and Iewels he sayd The dayes wyl come in the whiche of these thynges whiche ye se there shal not be left one stone vpon an other that shall not be throwen downe And they asked hym sayenge Mayster when shall these thynges be and what sygne wyll there be when sothe thynges shall come to passe And he sayde take hede that ye be not deceyued For many shal come in my name and saye that they are Chryst and the tyme draweth nere Folowe ye not them therfore But when ye heare of warres and sedicions be not afrayde For these thynges must fyrst come to passe but the ende foloweth not by and by Then sayde he vnto them Nacion shall ryse agaynst nacion and kyngdome agaynst kyngdome and great earthquakes shall be in all places and hunger and pestylence and fearful thynges And great sygnes shall there be from heuen But before all these they shall lay handes on you and persecute you delyuerynge you vp to the Synagoges and into prysons and shall brynge you vnto kynges and rulers for my names sake And this shal chauÌ„ce you for a testimoniall Be at a sure poynte therfore in youre hertes not to study before what ye shall answere for I wyl gyue you a mouth and wysdome where agaynst al your aduersaries shall not be able to speake nor resyst Moreouer ye shall be betrayed of your fathers and mothers and brethren and kynsfolke and frendes and some of you shal they put to death And hated shall ye be of al men for my names sake and there shall not one heere of your heade perysshe ☞ Possesse ye your soule by pacience And when ye se Ierusalem beseyged with an hoost then be sure that the desolacion of the same is nygh TheÌ„ let them which are in Iurye flee to the mountaynes And let them whiche are in the myddes of it departe out And let not them that are in other couÌ„treys enter therin For these be the dayes of vengeaunce that all thynges whiche are wrytten may be fulfylled But wo vnto them that be with chylde and to them that gyue sucke in those dayes for there shall be greate trouble in the lande and wrathe ouer all this people And they shall fall thorowe the edge of the swerde and shall be led awaye captyue in to al nacions And Ierusalem shal be troden downe of the Gentyls vntyll the tyme of the gentyls be fulfylled ✚ And there shall be sygnes in the Son and in the Moone and in the sterres and in the earth the people shall be at theyr wyttes ende
Dauid was So was there dissencyon amonge the people bycause of hym And some of them wolde haue taken hym but no man layde handê on hym TheÌ„ came the minysters to the hygh Preestes and pharyses And they sayde vnto them why haue ye not brought hym The minysters answered neuer man spake as this man doeth Then answered them the Pharyses are ye also disceyued Doeth any of the rulers or of the pharyses byleue on him But this comon people whiche knowe not the lawe are cursed Nicodemus sayeth vnto them he that came to Iesus by nyght was one of them Doth our law iudge any man before it heare hym and knowe what he hath done They answered and sayde vnto hym arte thou also of Galile Search loke For out of Galile aryseth no Prophette And euery man went vnto his owne house ⊢ ¶ A woman is taken in aduoutrye Chryst delyuereth her The fredom of suche as folowe Chryst whom they accuse to haue the deuyll within hym and go aboute to stone hym CAPI VIII ✚ IEsus went vnto mounte Olyuete and early in the mornynge he came agayne in to the temple and all the people came vn to hym and he sat downe and taught them And the Scrybes and Pharises brought vn to him a woman taken in aduoutrye when they had set her in the myddes they saye vnto hym Mayster this woman was taken in aduoutrye euen as the dede was a doynge Moses in the lawe commaunded vs that soch shulde be stoned But what sayest thou This they sayde to tempte hym that they myght accuse hym But Iesus stouped down with his fynger wrote on the ground So when they contynued askyng hym he lyfte hym selfe vp and sayde vnto them let hym that is among you without syn cast the fyrst stone at her And agayne he stouped downe and wrote on the grounde And as soone as they herde this they went out one by one begynnyng at the eldest And Iesus was lefte alone and the woman standynge in the myddes When Iesus had lyfte vp hym selfe saw no man but the woman he sayd vnto her woman where are those thyne accusers Hath no man condemned the She sayde No man Lorde And Iesus sayde Neyther do I condempnethe Go and synne no more ⊢ ✚ Then spake Iesus agayne vnto them sayenge I am the lyght of the worlde He that foloweth me doth not walke in darknes but shall haue the lyght of lyfe The Pharyses therfore sayde vnto hym thou bearest recorde of thy selfe thy recorde is not true Iesus answered and sayde vnto them though I beare recorde of my selfe yet my recorde is true for I knowe whence I came whyther I go But ye can not tell whence I come and whyther I go Ye iudge after the fleshe ☞ I iudge no man And yf I iudge my iudgemet is true For I am not alone but I and the father that sent me It is also wrytteÌ„ in your lawe that the testimony of two men is true I am one that beareth wytnesse of my selfe and the father that sent me beareth wytnes of me Then sayde they vnto hym where is thy father Iesus answered ye neyther know me nor yet my father Yf ye had knowen me ye shuld haue knowen my father also These wordes spake Iesus in the treasurye as he taught in the temple no man layde handes on hym for his houre was not yet come ⊢ Then sayde Iesus agayne vnto them ✚ I go my way and ye shall seke me shal dye in your synnes Whyther I go thyther can ye not come Then sayde the Iues wyll he kyll hym selfe bycause he sayeth whyther I go thyther can ye not come And he sayde vnto them ye are from beneath I am from aboue Ye are of this world I am not of this worlde I sayde therfore vnto you that ye shall dye in your synnes For yf ye byleue not that I am he ye shall dye in your synnes Then sayd they vnto hym who arte thou And Iesus sayeth vnto them Euen the very same thynge that I speake vnto you I haue many thynges to saye and to iudge of you Yea and he that sent me is true And I speake in the worlde those thynges which I haue herde of him Howbeit they vnderstode not that he spake of his father Then sayde Iesus vnto them when ye haue lyfte vp an hygh the sonne of man then shall ye knowe that I am be and that I do nothyng of my selfe but as my father hath taught me euen so I speake these thynges and he that sent me is with me The father hath not lefte me alone for I do alwayes those thynges that please hym ⊢ As he spake these wordes many byleued on hym ✚ Then sayde Iesus to those Iues whiche byleued on him Yf ye continue in my worde then are ye my verye disciples and ye shall knowe the trueth and the trueth shall make you free They answered hym We be Abrahams seede were neuer bonde to any man howe sayest thou then ye shal be made free Iesus answered them verely verely I saye vnto you that who soeuer coÌ„mytteth synne is the seruaunt of synne And the seruaunt abydeth not in the house for euer But the sonne abydeth euer Yf the sonne therfore shall make you free then are ye free in dede I knowe that ye are Abrahams seede but ye seke meanes to kyll me bycause my worde hath no place in you I speake that whiche I haue seene with my father and ye do that whiche ye haue seene with your father They answered and sayde vnto hym Abraham is our father Iesus sayeth vnto them Yf ye were Abrahams chyldren ye wolde do the dedes of Abraham But nowe ye go aboute to kyll me a man that hath tolde you the trueth whiche I haue herde of God this dyd not Abraham Ye do the dedes of your father Then sayde they to hym we were not borne of fornicacioÌ„ We haue one father euen god Iesus sayde vnto them Yf God were youre father truely ye wolde loue me For I proceded forth and came from god Neyther came I of my selfe but he sent me Why do ye not knowe my speche Euen bycause ye can not abyde the hearynge of my worde Ye are of youre father the deuyll and the lustes of your father wyll ye serue He was a murtherer from the begynnynge abode not in the trueth bycause theyr is no trueth in hym When he speaketh a lye he speaketh of his owne For he is a lyer and the father of the same thynge And bycause I tell you the trueth therfore ye byleue me not ✚ Whiche of you rebuketh me of synne Yf I say the trueth why do ye not bileue me He that is of God heareth goddes wordes Ye therfore heare them not bycause ye are not of God Then answered the Iues and sayd vnto hym Saye we not well that thou arte a Samaritane and haste the