was founde in the house of the LORDE were red in their eares And y e kynge stode in his place and made a couenaunt before the LORDE that they shulde walke after the LORDE to kepe his cōmaundementes his testimonies and his statutes with all their hert and with all their soule to do acordinge vnto all the wordes of the couenaunt that are wrytten in this boke And there stode all they that were founde at Ierusalem and in Ben Iamin And y e inhabiters of Ierusalem dyd acordinge to the couenaunt of God the God of their fathers And Iosias put awaye all abhominacions out of all the londes that were the children of Israels and caused all them that were founde in Israel to serue the LORDE their God As longe as Iosias lyued departed they not from the LORDE the God of their fathers The XXXV Chapter ANd Iosias kepte Passeouer vnto the LORDE at Ierusalem and slewe the Passeouer on the fourtenth daye off the first moneth and set the prestes in their offices and strengthed them to their mynistracion in the house of the LORDE and sayde vnto the Leuites that taughte in all Israel and were sanctified vnto y e LORDE Put the holy Arke in the house that Salomon y e sonne of Dauid kynge of Israel dyd buylde Ye shal beare it nomore vpon youre shulders Se that ye serue now the LORDE youre God and his people of Israel and prepare the house of youre fathers in youre courses as it was appoynted by Dauid the kynge of Israel and by Salomō his sonne and stonde in the Sanctuary after y e course of the fathers houses amonge youre brethren the children of the people And after the course of the fathers houses amonge the Leuites and kyll Passeouer sanctifye and prepare youre brethren that they maye do acordinge to the worde of the LORDE by Moses And Iosias gaue lambes and yonge kyddes which were males to the Heue offerynge for the comontye all to the Passeouer for euery one that was founde in the nombre thirtye thousande and thre thousande oxen all of the kynges good And his prynces of their awne good wyll gaue to the Heue offerynge for the people for the prestes and Leuites namely Helchias Zachary and Iehiel the prynces in y e house of God amōge the prestes for the Passeouer two thousande and sixe hundreth And thre hūdreth oxen But Chanania Semaia Nathaneel and his brethren Gasabia Ieiel and Iosabad the chefe of the Leuites gaue the Leuites to the Heue offerynge for the Passeouer fyue thousande shepe fyue hundreth oxen Thus was the Gods seruyce prepared and the prestes stode in their place and the Leuites in their courses acordinge to the kynges commaundement And they kylled the Passeouer and the prestes toke it off their handes and sprenkled it and the Leuites toke the skynnes off them and remoued the burnt offerynge there from to geue it amonge the porcions of the fathers houses in the multitudes of their congregacion to offre vnto the LORDE as it is wrytten in y e boke of Moses Euen so dyd they with the oxen also And they dighte the Passeouer at the fyre acordinge to the lawe And that which was halowed dighte they in pottes kettels and pannes and made haist for the comon people Afterwarde prepared they for them selues also and for y e prestes for the prestes the children of Aaron were occupied in the burnt offerynges and fat vntyll the nighte Therfore must the Leuites prepare for them selues and for the prestes the children of Aaron And the syngers the children of Asaph stode in their place acordinge to Dauids commaundement and Asaph and Heman and Iedithim the kynges Seer and the porters at all the gates And they departed not from their office For the Leuites their brethren prepared for them Thus was all the Gods seruyce prepared the same daye that the Passeouer mighte be kepte and the burntsacrifices offred vpon the altare off the LORDE acordinge to the commaundement of kynge Iosias So the children of Israel that were at hande helde Passeouer at that tyme and the feast of vnleuended bred seuen dayes Senc◠y e tyme of Samuel the prophet was no Passeouer kepte in Israel like this and no kynge of Israel had holdē soch a Passeouer as Iosias dyd and the prestes Leuites all Iuda and soch as were founde of Israel and the inhabiters of Ierusalem In the eightēth yeare of the reigne of Iosias was this Passeouer kepte After this whan Iosias had prepared the house Necho the kynge of Egipte wente vp to fighte agaynst Carcamis besyde Euphrates And Iosias wēte forth agaynst him But he sent messaungers vnto him sayenge What haue I to do with the O kynge off Iuda I am not come now agaynst the but I fighte agaynst another house and God hath sayde that I shal make haist Ceasse from God which is with me that he destroye the not Neuertheles Iosias turned not his face from him but prepared himselfe to fighte with him and herkened not vnto the wordes of Necho out of the mouth of God came to fighte w t him vpon the playne besyde Mageddo But the Archers shot at kynge Iosias And the kynge sayde vnto his seruauntes Cary me awaye for I am sore wounded And his seruaūtes toke him from the charet and caried him vpon his seconde charet and broughte him to Ierusalem And he dyed and was buried amonge the sepulcres off his fathers And All Iuda ▪ and Ierusalem mourned for Iosias and Ieremy bewayled Iosias and all the synginge men and wemen spake their lamētacions ouer Iosias vnto this daye and made a custome therof vnto this daye Beholde it is wrytten also amonge the Lamentacions What more there is to saye of Iosias and his mercy acordinge to the scripture in the lawe of the LORDE and of his actes both first and last beholde it is wrytten in the boke of the kynges of Israel and Iuda The XXXVI Chapter ANd the people of the londe toke Ioahas the sonne of Iosias and made him kynge in his fathers steade at Ierusalem Thre and twentye yeare olde was Ioahas whan he was made kynge and reigned thre monethes at Ierusalem For the kynge of Egipte deposed him at Ierusalem and condemned the londe in an hundreth talentes of syluer and one talent off golde And the kynge of Egipte made Eliachim his brother kynge ouer Iuda and Ierusalē and turned his name Ioachim But Necho toke his brother Ioahas and caried him in to Egipte Fyue and twentye yeare olde was Ioachim whā he was made kynge and reigned eleuē yeare at Ierusalē and dyd that which was euell in the siighte of the LORDE his God And Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babilon wente vp agaynst him and bounde him with cheynes to cary him vnto Babilon And Nabuchodonosor broughte certayne vessels of y e house of the LORDE vnto Babilon and put them in his temple at Babilon What more there is to saye of Ioachim
lyes and discloseth all iuglyng and disceate therfore is oure Balaam of Rome so lothe that the scripture shulde be knoweÌ„ in the mother tonge lest yf kynges and prynces specially aboue all other were exercysed therin they shulde reclame and chalenge agayne theyr due auctorite which he falsely hath vsurped so many yeres and so 〈◊〉 tye hym shorter and lest the people beyng taught by the worde of God shulde fall from y e false fayned obedieÌ„ce of hym and his disguysed Apostles vnto the true obedience commaunded by Gods owne mouthe as namely to obey theyr prynce to obey father and mother c. and not to steppe ouer father and mothers bely to enter in to his paynted religions as his ypocrites teache For he knoweth well ynough that yf the cleare Sonne of Gods worde come ones to the heate of the daye it shal dryue awaye all the foule myst of his deuelysh doctrines Therfore were it more to the mayntenaunce of Antichristes kyngdome that the worlde were styll in ignoraunce and blyndnes and that the scripture shulde neuer come to lyghte For the scripture both in the olde testament and in the new declareth most abouÌ„â—dauntly that the office auctorite and power geuen of God vnto kynges is in earth aboue all other powers let them call theÌ„ selues Popes Cardynalles or what so euer they will the worde of god declareth them yee and commaundeth them vnder payne of dampnacion to be obedient vnto the temporall swerde As in the olde Testament all the Prophetes Prestes and Leuites were And in the new Testament Christ his Apostles both were obedient them selues and taught obedience of all men vnto theyr prynces aÌ„d temporall rulers which here vnto vs in the worlde present the persone of God and are called Goddes in the scripture bycause of the excelleÌ„cy of theyr office And though there were no mo auctorities but the same to proue the pÌ„eminence of the temporall swerde Yet by this the scripture declareth playnly that as there is nothyng aboue God so is there no man aboue the kynge in his realme but that he onely vnder God is the chefe heade of all the coÌ„gregacyon and church of the same And in token that this is true there hath ben of olde antiquite and is yet vnto this daye a louynge ceremonye vsed in your realme of Englonde y t whaÌ„ your graces subiectes reade your letters or begynne to talke or comeÌ„ of your hyghnes they moue theyr bonettes for a signe token of reuerence vnto your grace as to their most soueraigne lorde heade vnder God which thyng no man vseth to do to eny bysshoppe wherby yf oure vnderstondyng were nat blynded we myght euydently perceaue that euen very nature teacheth vs the same that scripture coÌ„mauÌ„deth vs and that lyke as it is agaynst Gods worde that a kynge shulde not be the chefe heade of his people euen so I saye is it agaynst kynde that we shulde knowe any other heade aboue hym vnder God And that no prest nor bysshoppe is exempte nor can be lawfully from the obedience of his prynce the scripture is full both of strayte coÌ„maundemeÌ„tes practises of the holyest men ✚ Aaron was obedient vnto Moses and called hym his lorde though he was his owne brother Eleasar and Phinâ—as were vnder the obedieÌ„ce of Iosua ✚ Nathan the prophete fell downe to the grounde before kynge Dauid he had his Prynce in such reuerence He made not the kynge for to kysse his fote as the bysshoppe of Rome maketh Emperours to do Notwithstondynge he spared not to rebuke hym and that ryght sharply whan he fell from the worde of God to adultery and manslaughter For he was not afrayed to reproue hym of his sinnes nomore than Helyas the prophete stode in feare to saye vnto kynge Achab ✚ It is thou and thy fathers house that trouble Israel because ye haue forsaken y e commaundementes of the Lorde and walke after Baal And as Iohan Baptyste durst saye vnto Kynge Herode It is not lawful for the to take thy brothers wyfe But to my purpose I passe ouer innumerable mo ensaÌ„ples both of the olde Testament and of the new for feare lest I be to tedyous vnto your grace SuÌ„ma in all godly regimentes of olde tyme the kynge and teÌ„porall iudge was obeyed of euery man and was alwaye vnder God the chefe and suppreme heade of the whole congregacyon and deposed euen prestes whan he sawe an vrgent cause as Salomon dyd vnto Abiathar who coulde than stonde agaynst the godly obedience of his prynce excepte he wolde be at defyaunce with God and all his holy ordinaunces that were well acquaynted with the holy scripture which so earnestly coÌ„mendeth vnto euery one of vs the auctorite and power geuen of God vnto kynges and temporall rulers Therfore doth Moses so strately forbyde the Israelites to speake so moche as an euell worde agaynst the prynce of y e people moche lesse than to disobeye hym or to withstonde hym Doth not Ieremy the prophete and Baruc also exhorte the people in captiuite to praye for the prosperous welfare of the kynge of Babilon and to obeye hym though he was an infidele In the new Testament whaÌ„ oure sauioure Christ beyng yet fre Lorde of al kynges prynces shewed his obedience in payenge the trybute to oure ensample ✚ dyd he not a miracle there in puttynge the pece of money in the fysshes mouth that Peter myght paye the customer therwith and all to stablysshe the obedience due vnto prynces ✚ Dyd not Ioseph and Mary the mother of our sauiour Christ departe froÌ„ Nazareth vnto BethleeÌ„ so farre from home to shewe theyr obedience in payenge the taxe to the prynce And wolde not oure Sauioure be borne in the same obedience ✚ Doth not Paule pronounce hym to resyste God hym selfe that resysteth the auctorite of his prynce And to be shorte the Apostle Peter dothe not onely stablysshe the obedience vnto prynces and temporall rulers but affirmeth playnly the kynge and no bysshoppe to be the chefe heade Innumerable places mo are there in scripture which bynde vs to the obedience of oure prynce and declare vnto vs that no man is nor can be lawfully excepte from the same but that all the mynisters of Goddes worde are vnder the teÌ„porall swerde Prynces onely to owe obedience vnto God his worde And where as Anthichrist vnto youre graces tyme dyd thrust his heade into y e imperiall crowne of your hyghnes as he doth yet with other noble prynces mo that lerned he of SathaÌ„ the authour of pryde and therin doth he both agaynst the doctryne also agaynst y e ensample of Christe whiche because his kyngdome was not of this worlde medled with no temporal matters as it is euydent both by his wordes and practyse Luc. xii Math. xxvi Ioh. vi Ioh. xviii where he y t hath eyes to se maye se he y t hath eares to heare maye heare y t Christes
I Daniel alone sawe this vision the men that were with me sawe it not but a greate fearfulnesse fell vpon them so that they fled awaye and hyd them selues I was left there my self alone and sawe this greate vision so longe til there remayned nomore strength within me Yee I lost my coloure clene I waisted awaye and my strength was gone Yet herde I the voyce of his wordes as soone as I herde it fayntnesse came vpon me and I fell downe flat to the grounde vpon my face And beholde an hande touched me which set me vp vpon my knees vpon the palmes of my hondes sayenge vnto me O Daniel thou well beloued man take good hede of the wordes that I shal saye vnto y e stōde right vp for vnto y t am I now sent And when he had sayde these wordes I stode vp tremblinge Then saide he vnto me feare not Daniel for why sence the first daye that thou set thine herte to vnderstonde and didest chasten thy self before thy God thy wordes haue bene herde And I had come vnto the whē thou begannest to speake had not the prynce ouer the kingdome of the ▪ Perses w t stonde me xxj dayes But lo Michael one of the chefe prynces came to helpe me him haue I left by the kinge of Persia am come to shewe the what shal happen vnto thy people in the latter dayes for it wil be lōge yet or the vision be fulfilled Now when he had spoken these wordes vnto me I kest downe my heade to y e grounde and helde my tunge Beholde there touched my lippes one very like vnto a man Then opened I my mouth and sayde vnto him that stode before me O my lorde my ioyntes are lowsed in the vision and there is no more strēgth within me How maye my lordes seruaunt then talke with my lorde seinge there is no strength in me so that I can not take my breth Vpon this there touched me agayne one moch like a man conforted me sayenge O thou man so wel beloued feare not be content take a good herte vnto the and be stronge So when he had spoken vnto me I recouered sayde Speake on my lorde for thou hast refreszshed me Thē sayde he knowest thou wherfore I am come vnto y e now wil I go agayne to fight with the prynce of the Perses As soone as I go forth lo the prynce of Grekelonde shal come Neuertheles I wil shewe the the thinge y t is fast noted in the scripture of treuth And as for all yonder matters there is none that helpeth me in them but Michael youre prynce The XI Chapter ANd in the first yeare of Darius of Media I stode by him to conforte him to strength him and now wil I shewe the the treuth Beholde there shal stonde vp yet thre kinges in Persia but y e fourth shal be farre richer then they all And when he is in the chefest power of his riches he shal prouoke euery man agaynst the realme of Grekelonde Then shal there arise yet a mightie kinge that shal rule with greate dominion and do what him list And as soone as his kingdome commeth vp it shal be destroyed deuyded towarde y e foure wyndes of the heauen They y t come after him shall not haue soch power dominion as he but his kingdome shal be scatred yee euen amonge other thē those And the kynge of y e south shal be migthier then his other prynces Agaynst him there shal one make himself strōge shal rule his dominiō w t greate power But after certayne yeares they shal be ioyned together the kynges doughter of the south shall come to the kynge of the north for to make frēdshipe but she shal not optayne the power of that arme nether shall she ▪ be able to endure thorow his might but she soch as brought her yee he y t begat her conforted her for his tyme shal be delyuered vp Out of y e braunches of hir rote there shal one stonde vp in his steade which with power of armes shal go thorow the kynges londe of the north handle him acordinge to his strength As for their Idols prynces with their costly Iewels of golde syluer he shal cary them awaye captyues in to Egipte and he shal preuayle agaynst the kynge of the north certayne yeares And when he is come into y e kynges realme of y e south he shal be fayne to turne agayne in to his owne londe Wherfore his sonnes shal be displeased and shal gather together a mightie greate hoost of people and one of them shal come and go thorow like a waterfloude ▪ then shal he returne and go forth with defyenge and boostinge vnto his owne londe Thē the kinge of y e south shal be angrie and shal come forth to fight agaynst the kinge of the north Yee he shall bringe a greate multitude of people together and a greate heape shal be geuē into his honde these shal he cary awaye w t greate pryde for so moch as he hath cast downe so many thousandes neuertheles he shall not preuayle For y e kinge of y e north shal gather of the new a greater heape of people then afore come forth after a certayne tyme and yeares with a mightie hoost exceadinge greate good At the same tyme there shall many stonde vp agaynst the kinge of the south so that y e wicked children of thy people also shal exalte them selues to fulfill the vision and then fall So the kinge of the north shall come to laye sege and to take the strōge fensed cities And the power of thē of y e south shal not be able to abyde him the best men of the people shall not be so stronge as to resist him Shortly when he commeth he shall handle him as he list no man shal be so hardy as to stonde agaynst him He shal stōde in the pleasaunt countre which thorow him shal be destroyed He shal set his face w t all his power to optayne his kingdome to be like it Yee that shal he do geue him vnto the doughters amōge women to destroye him But he shal fayle nether shal he optayne his purpose After this shall he set his face vnto the Iles take many of thē A prynce shal stoppe him to do him a shame besyde the confucion that els shal come vnto him Thus shal he turne agayne to his owne londe stomble fall and be nomore founde so he that came vpon him dyd him violence shal stonde in his place haue a pleasaunt kingdome and after few dayes he shal be destroyed that nether in wrath ner in batell In his steade there shal aryse a vyle person not holdē worthy of a kinges dignite this shall come in craftely optayne the kingdome with fayre wordes he shal fight agaynst the armes of the mightie
the lorde of the vynyarde commeth what wyl he do w t those huszbandmen They sayde vnto him He wyl cruelly destroye those euell personnes let out his vyniarde vnto other huszbaÌ„dmen which shal delyuer him the frute at tymes conuenyent Iesus sayde vnto theÌ„ Dyd ye neuer rede in the scriptures The same stone which the buylders refused is become the heade stone in the corner This was the LORDES doynge it is maruelous iÌ„ oure eyes Therfore I saie vnto you The kingdome of God shal be takeÌ„ froÌ„ you shal be geueÌ„ vnto the HeitheÌ„ which shal brynge forth y e frutes of it And who so falleth vpoÌ„ this stone shal be brokeÌ„ in peces loke vpoÌ„ whom it falleth it shal grynde him to poulder And when the hye prestes Pharises herde his parables they perceaued that he spake of them And they wente aboute to take him but they feared y e people because they helde hiÌ„ for a prophet The XXII Chapter ANd Iesus answered and spake vnto theÌ„ agayne by parables sayde The kingdome of heauen is like vnto a kynge which maried his sonne And sent forth his seruauntes to call the gestes vnto the mariage they wolde not come Agayne he sent forth other seruauntes and sayde Tell the gestes Beholde I haue prepared my dynner myne oxen and my fed catell are kylled and all thinges are readye come to the mariage But they made light of it and wente their wayes one to his huszbandrye another to his marchaundise As fâ—â— the remnauÌ„t they toke his seruauntes and intreated theÌ„ shamefully and slew theÌ„ When the kynge herde that he was wroth and sent forth his warryers and destroyed those murtherers and set fyre vpon their cite Then sayde he vnto his seruauntes The mariage in dede is prepared but the gestes were not worthy Go youre waye out therfore into y e hye wayes and as many as ye fynde byd them to the mariage And the seruauntes weÌ„te out in to the hye wayes and gathered together as many as they coulde fynde both good and bad the tables were all full Then the kynge weÌ„te in to se the gestes and spyed there a man that had not on a weddynge garment and sayde vnto him Frende how camest thou in hither hast not on a weddyinge garment And he was euen spechlesse Then sayde the kynge vnto his seruauntes Take and bynde him hande and fote cast him into y e vtter darcknes there shal be waylinge and gnaszhinge of teth For many be called but few are choseÌ„ Then wente the Pharises and toke councell how they might tangle him in his wordes and sent vnto him their disciples with Herodes officers and sayde Master we knowe that thou art true and teachest the waye of God truly and carest for no maÌ„ for thou regardest not the outwarde appearaunce of meÌ„ Tell us therfore how thinkest thou Is it laufull to geue tribute vnto the Emperoure or not Now whaÌ„ Iesus perceaued their wickednes he sayde O ye ypocrites why teÌ„pte ye me Shewe me y e tribute money And they toke hiÌ„ a peny And he saide vnto theÌ„ Whose is this ymage and superscription They sayde vnto him The Emperours Then sayde he vnto them Geue therfore vnto the Emperour that which is the Emperours and geue vnto God that which is Gods When they herde that they marueyled and left him weÌ„te their waye The same daye there came vnto him the Saduces which holde that there is no resurreccion and axed him and sayde Master Moses sayde Yf a man dye hauynge no children his brother shal mary his wife rayse vp sede vnto his brother Now were there with us seueÌ„ brethren The first maried a wife and dyed for somoch as he had no sede he left his wife vnto his brother Like wyse the secoÌ„de and thirde vnto the seueÌ„th Last of all the woman dyed also Now in the resurreccion whose wife shal she be of the seuen For they all had her Iesus answered and sayde vnto them Ye erre and vnderstoÌ„de not the scriptures ner the power of God In the resurreccion they shal nether mary ner be maried but are as the angels of God in heauen As touchinge the resurreccioÌ„ of the deed haue ye notred what is spoken vnto you of God which sayeth I am the God of Abraham and y e God of Isaac and the God of Iacob Yet is not God a God of the deed but of the lyuynge And whan the people herde that they were astonnyed at his doctryne When the Pharises herde that he had stopped the mouth of the Saduces they gathered them selues together And one of them a Scrybe teÌ„pted him and sayde Master which is the chefest commaundemeÌ„t in the lawe Iesus saide vnto him Thou shalt loue the LORDE thy God with all thy hert with all thy soule and with all thy mynde this is the pryncipall and greatest coÌ„maundement As for the seconde it is like vnto it Thou shalt loue thy neghboure as thyself In these two commaundementes hange all the lawe and the prophetes Now whyle the Pharises were gathered together Iesus axed them and sayde What thinke ye of Christ Whose sonne is he They sayde vnto him Dauids He sayde vnto them How then doth Dauid in sprete call him LORDE sayenge The LORDE sayde vnto my LORDE Syt thou on my right honde tyll I make thine enemies thy fote stole Yf Dauid now call him LORDE how is he then his sonne And no man coude answere him one worde nether durst eny man axe him eny mo questioÌ„s froÌ„ that daye forth The XXIII Chapter THen spake Iesus vnto y e people and to his disciples and sayde The scrybes Pharises are set downe vpon Moses seate Therfore what soeuer they bid you obserue that obserue and do but after their workes shal ye not do for they saye do not For they bynde heuy and intollerable burthens and laye them vpon mens shulders But they them selues wil not heaue at them with one of their fyngers All their workes do they to be sene of men They set abrode their Philateries and make large borders vpon their garmentes and loue to syt vppermost at the table and to haue the chefe seates in the synagoges and loue to be saluted in the market and to be called of meÌ„ Rabbi But ye shal not suffre youre selues to be called Rabbi for one is youre master euen Christ and all ye are brethren And call no man father vpon earth for one is youre father which is in heaueÌ„ And ye shal not suffre youre selues to be called masters for one is youre master namely Christ. He that is greatest amoÌ„ge you shal be youre seruaunt For who so exalteth him self shal be brought lowe and he that humbleth himself shal be exalted Wo vnto you Scrybes and Pharises ye ypocrytes that shut vp the kyngdome of heauen before men Ye come not in youre
the raginge of the see delyuereth the possessed and dryueth the deuels in to the heerde of swyne helpeth the sick woman and Iairus daughter Chap. IX He sendeth out the twolue Apostles to preach Herode heareth tell of hiÌ„ He fedeth fyue thousande men with fyue loaues and two fishes the disciples confesse him to be the sonne of God he transfigureth himself vpon the mount delyuereth the possessed and teacheth his disciples to be lowly They desyre veÌ„geaunce but he reproueth them Chap. X. He sendeth the seuentye before him for to preach and geueth theÌ„ a charge how to behaue them selues prayseth his heauenly father answereth the scrybe that tempted him â–ª and by the example of the Samaritane sheweth who is a maÌ„s neghbour Martha receaueth the LORDE into hir house Mary Magdalene is feruent in hearinge his worde Chap. XI He teacheth his disciples to praye dryueth out a deuel and rebuketh the blasphemous pharises They requyre sygnes and tokens He eateth with the pharisee and reproueth the ypocrisy of the pharises scrybes and ypocrites Chap. XII The leuen of the pharises Christ conforteth his disciples agaynst persecucion warneth them to bewarre of cuvetousnesse by the symilitude of a certayne rich man he wyll not haue them to hange vpoÌ„ earthly thinges but to watch and to be ready agaynst his commynge Chap. XIII Of the Galileans whom Pilate slew and of those that dyed in Syloe The symilitude of the fyge tre Christ healeth the sicke woman The parable of the mustarde sede and leuen Few entre in to the kyngdome Christ reproueth Herode and Ierusalem Chap. XIIII Iesus eateth with the pharisee healeth the dropsye vpon the Sabbath teacheth to be lowly telleth of the greate supper and warneth them that wyll folowe him to laye their accomptes before what it wyll cost theÌ„ The salt of the earth Chap. XV. The louynge mercy of God openly set forth in the parable of the hundreth shepe and of the sonne that was lost Chap. XVI The parable of the wicked Mammon Not one title of Gods worde shal perish Of the rich man and of poore Lazarus Chap. XVII Christ teacheth his disciples to avoyde occasions of euell one to forgeue another stedfastly to trust in God and no man to presume in his owne workes He healeth the ten lepers speaketh of the latter dayes and of the ende of the worlde Chap. XVIII He teacheth to be ferueÌ„t in prayer coÌ„tinually Of the pharisee and the publican The kyngdome of God belongeth vnto childreÌ„ Christ answereth the ruler and promiseth rewarde vnto all soch as suffre losse for his sake and folowe him The blynde maÌ„ is restored to his sight Chap. XIX Of Zacheus and the ten seruauntes to whoÌ„ the ten taleÌ„tes were delyuered Christ rydeth to Ierusalem and wepeth ouer it Chap. XX. They axe Christ one questyon and he axeth them another The parable of the vynyarde Of tribute te be geueÌ„ vnto the Emperoure how Christ stoppeth the mouthes of the Saduceâ—s Chap. XXI Christ commendeth the poore wyddow telleth of the destruccion of Ierusalem of false teachers of the tokeÌ„s and troubles for to come of the ende of the worlde and of his owne commynge Chap. XXII Christ is betrayed they eate the easter lambe The institucion of the sacrameÌ„t They stryue who shal be greatest he reproueth them He prayeth thre tymes vpon the mount They take him and bringe him to the hye prestes house Peter denyeth him thryse and they bringe him before the councell Chap. XXIII Iesus is brought before Pilate and Herode The wemeÌ„ make lameÌ„tacion for him He prayeth for his enemies forgeueth the synner vpon his right hande dyeth on the crosse and is buried Chap. XXIIII The wemen come to the graue Christ apeareth vnto the two disciples that go towarde Emaus stondeth in the myddest of all his disciples openeth their vnderstondinge in the scriptures geueth them a charge and ascendeth vp into heauen The gospell of S. Luke The prologe of S. Luke FOR so moch as many haue taken in hande to set forth y e wordes of the actes that are come to passe amonge vs like as they delyuered theÌ„ vnto vs which from the begynnynge sawe them their selues and were mynisters of the worde I thought it good after that I had diligently searched out all from the begynnynge to wryte the same orderly vnto the good Theophilus that thou mightest knowe the certeÌ„te of y e wordes wherof thou art infourmed The first Chapter IN the tyme of Herode kynge of Iewry there was a prest named Zachary of the course of Abia and his wife of the doughters of Aaron hir name Elizabeth They were both righteous before God and walked in all the commaundementes and statutes of the LORDE vnreproueably And they had no childe for Elizabeth was baren and they were both well stricken in age And it came to passe as he executed the prestes office before God whan his course came acordinge to the custome of the presthode it fell to his lott to burne incense And he wente into the temple of the LORDE and the whole multitude of the people was without in prayer whyle the incense was aburnynge And the angell of the LORDE appeared vnto him and stode on the right syde of the altare of inceÌ„se And whan Zachary sawe him he was abaszhed there came a feare vpon him But the angell sayde vnto him Feare not Zachary for thy prayer is herde And y e wife Elizabeth shal beare the a sonne whose name thou shalt call Ihon thou shalt haue ioye and gladnesse and many shal reioyce at his byrth for he shal be greate before the LORDE Wyne and stronge drynke shal he not drynke And he shal be fylled w t the holy goost euen in his mothers wombe And many of the children of Israel shal he turne vnto the LORDE their God And he shal go before him in the sprete and power of Elias to turne the hertes of y e fathers vnto the children and the vnfaithfull vnto the wyszdome of the righteous to make the people ready for the LORDE And Zachary sayde vnto the Angel Wherby shal I knowe this For I am olde and my wife well stricken in age The angell answered and sayde vnto him I am Gabriell that stonde before God and am sent to speake vnto the and to shewe the these glad tydinges And beholde thou shalt be domme and not able to speake vntyll the daye that this come to passe because thou hast not beleued my wordes which shal be fulfylled in their season And the people wayted for Zachary and marueyled that he taried so longe in the teÌ„ple And whaÌ„ he weÌ„te out he coude not speake vnto them And they perceaued that he had sene a vision in the teÌ„ple And he beckened vnto them and remayned speachlesse And it fortuned whaÌ„ the tyme of his office was out he wente home in to his house And after those dayes Elizabeth his wife conceaued and hyd hir self fyue monethes
my cote haue they cast lottes This dyd the soudyers in dede There stode by the crosse of Iesus his mother and his mothers sister Mary the wife of Cleophas and Mary Magdalene Now whan Iesus sawe his mother and the disciple stondynge by whō he loued he sayde vnto his mother Woman beholde that is thy sonne Then sayde he to the disciple beholde that is thy mother And from that houre the disciple toke her vnto him After that whan Iesus knewe that all was perfourmed that the scripture might be fulfylled he sayde I am a thyrst There stode a vessell full of vyneger They fylled a sponge with vyneger and wonde it aboute with ysope and helde it to his mouth Now whan Iesus had receaued the vyneger he sayde It is fynished and bowed his heade and gaue vp the goost The Iewes then for so moch as it was the daye of preparinge that y e bodies shulde not remayne vpon the crosse on the Sabbath for y e same Sabbath daye was greate besought Pilate that their legges might be broken and that they might be taken downe Then came the soudyers and brake the legges of the first and of the other that was crucifyed with him But whan they came to Iesus and sawe that he was deed allready they brake not his legges but one of the soudyers opened his syde with a speare And immediatly there wente out bloude and water And he that sawe it bare recorde and his recorde is true And he knoweth that he sayeth true that ye might beleue also For this is done y t the scripture might be fulfylled Ye shal not breake a bone of him And agayne another scripture sayeth They shal se him whom they haue pearsed After that Ioseph of Arimathia which was a disciple of Iesus but secretly for feare of the Iewes besought Pilate y t he might take downe the body of Iesus And Pilate gaue him lycence There came also Nicodemus which afore came vnto Iesus by night brought of Myrre Aloes mingled together aboute an hūdreth poūde weight Thē toke they the body of Iesus wonde it with lynnen clothes and with the spyces as the maner of the Iewes is to burye And by y e place where Iesus was crucified there was a gardē and in the garden a new sepulchre where in was neuer man layed there layed they Iesus because of the preparinge daye of y e Iewes for the sepulcre was nye at hande The XX. Chapter VPon one daye of the Sabbath came Mary Magdalene early whē it was yet darcke vnto the sepulcre sawe that the stone was takē from the sepulcre Then ranne she came to Symon Peter and to y e other disciple whom Iesus loued and sayde vnto them They haue takē awaye the LORDE out of the sepulcre we can not tell where they haue layed him Thē wēte Peter forth and the other disciple and came to the sepulcre They rāne both together and that other disciple outrāne Peter and came first to the sepulcre and loked in and sawe the lynnen clothes layed But he wēte not in Thē came Symon Peter after him and wente in to the sepulcre sawe the lynnē clothes lye and the napkyn that was bounde aboute Iesus heade not layed with the lynnen clothes but wrapped together in a place by it self Thē wēte ī also y t other disciple which came first to y e sepulcre he sawe beleued for as yet they knewe not y e scriptures y t it behoued hī to ryse agayne frō y e deed Thē wēte y e disciples againe together As for Mary she stode before y e sepulcre wepte without Now as she wepte ▪ she loked in to the sepulcre and sawe two angels in whyte garmentes syttinge y e one at the heade the other at y e fete where they had layed the body of Iesus And they sayde vnto her Womā why wepest thou She saide vnto thē They haue taken awaye my LORDE I wote not where they haue layed hī And whan she had sayde y t she turned her self backe sawe Iesus stondinge knewe not y t it was Iesus Iesus sayde vnto her Woman why wepest thou Whom sekest thou She thought y t it had bene y e gardener sayde vnto him Syr yf thou hast borne him hence then tell me where thou hast layed him and I wil fetch hī Iesus sayde vnto her Mary Then turned she her aboute sayde vnto him Rabboni y t is to saye Master Iesus sayde vnto her Touche me not for I am not yet ascended vnto my father But go thou y e waye vnto my brethrē saye vnto thē I ascēde vp vnto my father and yo father to my God yo God Mary Magdalene came tolde y e disciples I haue sene the LORDE soch thinges hath he spoken vnto me The same Sabbath at euē whā y e disciples were gathered together and the dores were shut for feare of y e Iewes came Iesus and stode ī y r myddes sayde vnto thē Peace be w t you And whā he had so sayde he shewed thē his hādes his syde Thē were y e disciples glad y t they sawe y e LORDE Thē sayde Iesus vnto thē agayne Peace be with you Like as my father sent me euē so sēde I you And whan he had sayde y t he brethed vpō thē and sayde vnto thē Receaue the holy goost Whose synnes soeuer ye remytte they are remytted vnto thē and whose synnes so euer ye retayne they are retayned But Thomas one of the twolue which is called Didimus was not w t thē whā Iesus came Thē sayde the other disciples vnto him We haue sene the LORDE But he sayde vnto thē Excepte I se in his handes the prynte of the nales and put my hāde in to his syde I wil not beleue And after eight dayes agayne were his disciples with in Thomas w t thē Thē came Iesus whā y e dores were shutt stode in the myddes sayde Peace be w t you After y t sayde he vnto Thomas Reach hither y i fynger and se my handes and reach hither y i hāde put it ī to my syde be not faithlesse but beleue Thomas answered sayde vnto him My LORDE and my God Iesus sayde vnto him Thomas because thou hast sene me thou hast beleued Blessed are they that se not and yet beleue Many other tokēs dyd Iesus before his disciples which are not wryttē in this boke But these are wryttē y t ye shulde beleue y t Iesus is Christ the sonne of God that ye thorow beleue might haue life in his name The XXI Chapter AFter that shewed Iesus himself agayne at the see of Tiberias But on this wyse shewed he himself There were together Symō Peter Thomas which is called Didimus Nathanael of Cana a cite of Galile the sonnes of Zebede two other of his disciples
temple Chap. XXII Paul answereth the Iewes is scourged and layed in preson agayne Chap XXIII Paul commeth before the councell Debate ariseth amonge the people the captayne delyuereth him God conforteth him Chap. XXIIII Paul is accused before felix he answereth for himself Chap. XXV The Iewes accuse Paul before Festus he appealeth vnto the Emperoure and is sent vnto Rome Chap. XXVI Kynge Agrippa heareth Paul which telleth him his callinge from the begynnynge Chap. XXVII Pauls shippinge towarde Rome Iulius the captayne intreateth Paul curteously at the last they suffre shipwrake Chap. XXVIII The vyper hurteth not Pauls hande he healeth Publius father and preacheth Christ at Rome The Actes of the Apostles The first Chapter THE first treatise deare Theophilus haue I made of all that Iesus beganne to do and to teache vntyll y e daye that he was taken vp after that he thorow the holy goost had geuen commaundementes to to the Apostles whom he had chosen to whō also he shewed himself alyue after his passion by many tokēs and appeared vnto them fourtye dayes longe and spake vnto them of the kyngdome of God And whan he had gathered them together he commaunded them that they shulde not departe from Ierusalem but to wayte for the promyse of the father wherof sayde he ye haue herde of me For Ihon baptysed with water but ye shal be baptysed w t y e holy goost that within this few dayes Now whan they were come together they axed him and sayde LORDE shalt thou at this tyme set vp the kyngdome of Israel agayne But he sayde vnto them It belongeth not vnto you to knowe the tymes or seasons which the father hath kepte in his awne power but ye shal receaue the power of y e holy goost which shal come vpon you and ye shal be my witnesses at Ierusalem and in all Iewrye and Samaria and vnto the ende of the earth And whan he had spoken these thinges whyle they behelde he was taken vp and a cloude receaued him from their fight And whyle they loked after him as he wente in to heauen beholde there stode by them two men in whyte garmentes which also sayde ye men of Galile Why stonde ye gasynge vp in to heauen This Iesus which is takē vp from you in to heauen shal come euen so as ye haue sene him go in to heauen Then turned they agayne from y e mount that is called Oliuete which is nye to Ierusalem and hath a Sabbath dayes iourney And whan they came in they wente vp in to a parler where abode Peter and Iames Ihon and Andrew Philippe and Thomas Bartilmew and Mathew Iames the sonne of Alpheus and Simon Zelotes and Iudas the sonne of Iames. These all contynued with one acorde in prayer and supplicacion with the wemen and Mary the mother of Iesu and with his brethren And in those dayes Peter stode vp in the myddes amonge the disciples and sayde The company of the names together was aboute an hundreth and twentye Ye men and brethren this scripture must nedes be fulfylled which y e holy goost by the mouth of Dauid spake before of Iudas which was a gyde of thē that toke Iesus for he was nombred with vs and had opteyned the felashippe of this mynistracion This same trulye possessed the felde for the rewarde of vnrighteousnes and hanged himself and brast a sunder in the myddes and all his bowels guszhed out And it is knowne vnto all thē that dwell at Ierusalem in so moch that the same felde is called in their mother tonge Acheldema that is to saye the bloude felde For it is wrytten in the boke of psalmes His habitacion be voyde and noman be dwellinge therin And His biszhoprike another take Wherfore amonge these men which haue bene gathered together with vs all the tyme that the LORDE Iesus wēte out and in amonge vs begynnynge from the baptyme of Ihon vntyll y e daye that he was takē vp from vs must one be a wytnesse with vs of his resurreccion And they appoynted two Ioseph called Barsabas whose syrname was Iustus and Mathias makinge their prayer and sayenge Thou LORDE which knowest the hertes of all men shewe whether of these two thou hast chosen that the one maye take the rowme of this mynistracion and Apostelshippe from the which Iudas by transgression fell that he might go awaye in to his awne place And they gaue forth the lottes ouer them and the lot fell vpon Mathias And he was counted with the eleuen Apostles The II. Chapter ANd whan the Whit sondaye was fulfylled they were all with one acorde together in one place And sodenly there came a sounde from heauen as it had bene the cōmynge of a mightie wynde and it fylled the whole house where they sat And there appeared vnto them clouen tunges like as they had bene of fyre And he sat vpon ech one of them and they were all fylled with the holy goost And they beganne to preach with other tunges euen as the sprete gaue them vtteraunce There were dwellinge at Ierusalem Iewes men that feared God out of euery nacion that is vnder heauen Now whan this voyce came to passe the multitude came together and were astōnyed For euery one herde that they spake with his awne tunge They wondred all and marueyled and sayde amonge themselues Beholde are not all these which speake of Galile How heare we thē euery one his awne tunge wherin we were borne Parthians and Medes and Elamites and we that dwell in Mesopotamia and in Iewry and Capadocia Pontus and Asia Phrigia and Pamphilia Egipte and in the partes of Lybia by Cyren and straungers of Rome Iewes and Proselytes Cretes and Arabians we heare them speake with oure awne tunges the greate workes of God They were all amased and wondred and sayde one to another What wil this be But other mocked them and sayde They are full of swete wyne Then stode Peter vp with the eleuen and lift vp his voyce and sayde vnto them Ye men of Iewry and all ye that dwell at Ierusalē be this knowne vnto you and let my wordes entre in at youre eares For these are not dronken as ye suppose for it is yet but the thirde houre of y e daye but this is it that was spokē before by the prophet Ioel And it shal come to passe in the last dayes sayeth God I will poure out of my sprete vpon all flesh and youre sonnes and youre doughters shal prophecye and youre yonge men shal se visions and youre olde men shall dreame dreames and on my seruauntes and on my handmaydens wyll I poure out of my sprete in those dayes they shal prophecye And I wil shewe wonders in heauen aboue and tokens on the earth beneth bloude and fyre and the vapoure of smoke The Sonne shal be turned in to darknesse and the Moone in to bloude before that
faith and heyres of the kyngdom which he promysed to theÌ„ that loue him But ye haue despised the poore Are not the rych they which oppresse you they which drawe you before iudges Do not they speake euell of that good name after which ye be named Yf ye fulfill the royall lawe acordinge to the scripture which saith Thou shalt loue thyne neghbour as thy selfe ye do well But yf ye regarde one person more then another ye coÌ„mit synne and are rebuked of the lawe as trâ—aÌ„gressours Whosoeuer shal kepe the whole lawe and yet fayle in one poynt he is gyltie in all For he that sayde Thou shalt not commit adulterie sayed also thou shalt not kyll Though thou do none adulterie yet yf thou kill thou art a transgresser of the lawe So speake ye and so do as they that shal be iudged by the lawe of libertie For ther shal be iudgement merciles to him that sheweth no mercy mercy reioiseth against iudgment What a vayleth it my brethreÌ„ though a man saye he hath faith when he hath no dedes Can faith saue him If a brother or a sister be naked or destitute of dayly fode one of you saye vnto them Departe in peace God sende you warmnes and fode not withstoÌ„dinge ye geue them not tho thinges which are nedfull to the body what helpeth it them Euen so faith yf it haue no dedes is deed in it selfe Ye a man might saye Thou hast faith and I haue dedes Shewe me thy faith by thy dedes and I wil shewe the my faith by my dedes Beleuest thou y t ther is one God Thou doest well The deuils also beleue and tremble Wilt thou vnderstoÌ„de o thou vayne man that faith with out dedes is deed Was not Abraham oure father iustified thorow workes when he offered Isaac his sonne vpon the aulter Thou seist how y t faith wrought with his dedes and through y e dedes was the faith made perfect the scripture was fulfilled which faith AbrahaÌ„ beleued God and it was reputed vnto him for rightewesnes and he was called y e frende of God Ye se then how that of dedes a man is iustified and not of faith only Likewise also was not Raab the harlot iustified thorow workes when she receaued the messengers and sent them out another waye For as the body with oute the sprete is deed euen so faith w t out dedes is deed The III. Chapter MY brethreÌ„ be not euery man a master remeÌ„brynge how that we shall receaue the more damnacion for in many thinges we synne all Yf a man synne not in worde the same is a parfecte man able to tame all the body Beholde we put bittes into the horses mouthes y t they shulde obeye vs and we turne aboute all the body Beholde also y e shyppes which though they be so gret and are dryuen of fearce windes yet are they turned about with a very smale helme whither soeuer the violence of the gouerner wyll Euen so the toÌ„ge is a lyttell member and bosteth great thinges Beholde how gret a thinge a lyttell fyre kyndleth and the tonge is fyre and a worlde of wyckednes So is the tonge set amonge oure membres that it defileth the whole body and setteth a fyre all that we haue of nature and is it selfe set a fyre euen of hell All the natures of beastes and of byrdes and of serpentes and thinges of the see are meked and tamed of the nature of maÌ„ But the toÌ„ge can no man tame Yt is an vnruely euell full of deedly poyson Therwith blesse we God the father and therwith cursse wemen which are made after the similitude of God Out of one mouth proceadeth blessynge and cursynge My brethreÌ„ these thinges ought not so to be Doth a fountayne sende forth at one place swete water and bytter also Can the fygge tree my Brethren beare oliue beries ether a vyne beare fygges So can no fountayne geue bothe salt water and freszhe also If eny man be wyse and endued with learnynge amonge you let him shewe the workes of his good coÌ„uersacion in meknes that is coupled with wiszdome But yf ye haue bitter enuyenge and stryfe in yo r hertes reioyce not nether belyars agaynst the trueth This wiszdome descendeth not from aboue but is erthy and naturall and dyuelishe For where enuyenge and stryfe is there is vnstablenes and all maÌ„ner of euell workes But the wiszdom that is froÌ„ aboue is fyrst pure theÌ„ peasable gentle and easy to be entreated full of mercy and good frutes without iudgynge and without simulacion yee and the frute of rightewesnes is sowen in peace of theÌ„ that mayntene peace The IIII. Chapter FRom whence commeth warre and fightynge amonge you come they not here hence euen of yo r volupteousnesses that rayne in youre meÌ„bres Ye lust and haue not Ye envie and haue indignacion and can not obtayne Ye fight warre and haue not because ye axe not Ye axe receaue not because ye axe amysse eueÌ„ to coÌ„sume it vpoÌ„ yo r voluptuousnes Ye aduouterars wemeÌ„ that breke matrimonie knowe ye not how that the frenshippe of y e worlde is ennimite to godwarde Whosoeuer wil be a frende of the worlde is made y e enemie of god Ether do ye thinke y t the scripture sayth in vayne The sprete y t dwelleth in you lusteth euen contrary to enuie but geueth more grace Submit youre selues to God and resist the deuell he wil flye froÌ„ you Drawe nye to God he wil drawe nye to you Clense yo r hondes ye synners and pourge youre hertes ye wauerynge mynded Suffre affliccions sorowe ye and wepe Let youre laughter be turned to mornynge and youre ioye to heuynes Cast downe youre selues before the LORDE and he shal lift you vp Backbyte not one another brethren He that backbyteth his brother and he y t iudgeth his brother backbyteth the lawe and iudgeth the lawe But and yf thou iudge the lawe thou art not an obseruer of the lawe but a iudge There is one lawe geuer which is able to saue and to distroye What art thou that iudgest another man Go to now ye that saye to daye to morow let vs go into soche a citie and continue there a yeare and bye and sell and wynne yet caÌ„ not tell what shal happeÌ„ to morowe For what thinge is youre life It is euen a vapoure that apereth for a lytell tyme and theÌ„ vanysheth awaye For that ye ought to say yf the LORDE wil and yf we liue let vs do this or that But nowe ye reioyce in youre bostinges All soche reioysynge is euell Therfore to him that knoweth how to do good and doth it not to him it is synne The V. Chapter BOo to now ye riche men Wepe and howle on yo wretchednes that shal come vpon you You re riches is corrupte youre garmeÌ„tes are motheaten Youre golde
honestie For that is good and accepted in y e sighte of God oure Sauioure which wil haue all men saued and to come vnto the knowlege of y e trueth For there is one God and one mediatour betwene God and men namely the man Christ Iesus which gaue him selfe a raunsome for all men that at his tyme it shulde be preached wherevnto I am ordeyned a preacher an Apostle I tell y e trueth in Christ and lye not a teacher of the Heythē in faith and in the trueth I wil therfore that men praye in all places liftinge vp pure hādes without wrath or dowtynge Likewyse also the wemen that they araye them selues in comly apparell with shamfastnes and discrete behaueo r not with broyded heer or golde or perles or costly araye but with soch as it becommeth wemē that professe godlynes thorow good workes Let the woman lerne in sylēce with all subieccion I suffre not a womā to teach ner to haue auctorite ouer the man but for to be in sylence For Adam was first formed and thē Eue Adam also was not disceaued but the woman was disceaued and hath brought in the trāsgression Notwitstondynge thorow bearynge of children she shal be saued yf she contynue in faith and in loue in the sanctifyenge with discrecion The III. Chapter THis is a true sayēge Yf a mā covet y e office of a Biszhoppe he desyreth a good worke But a Biszhoppe must be blamelesse the huszbāde of one wife sober discrete manerly harberous apte to teach Not geuen to moch wyne no fighter not geuen to filthy lucre but gentle abhorrynge stryfe abhorrynge couetousnes one that ruleth his awne house honestly hauynge obedient children with all honestye But yf a man can not rule his owne house how shal he care for the congregacion of God He maye not be a yōge scolar left he be puft vp and fall in to the iudgment of y e euell speaker He must also haue a good reporte of them which are without lest he fall in to the rebuke and snare of the euell speaker Likewyse must the mynisters be honest not double tonged not geuen to moch wyne nether vnto fylthie lucre but hauynge the mystery of faith in pure conscience And let them first be proued and then let them mynister yf they be blamelesse Euen so must their wyues be honest not euell speakers but sober and faithfull in all thinges Let the mynisters be euery one the huszbāde of one wyfe and soch as rule their children well and their owne housholdes For they that mynister well get them selues a good degree and greate libertye in the faith which is in Christ Iesu. These thinges wryte I vnto the trustinge shortly to come vnto the but yf I tary lōge that then thou mayest yet haue knowlege how thou oughtest to behaue thy selfe in Gods house which is the congregacion of the lyuynge God the piler and grounde of trueth and without naye greate is that mystery of godlynes God was shewed in the flesh was iustified in the sprete was sene of angels was preached vnto the Heythen was beleued on in the worlde was receaued vp in glory The IIII. Chapter THe sprete speaketh euydently that in y e latter tymes some shal departe from the faith and shal geue hede vnto spretes of erroure and deuelish doctrynes of them which speake false thorow ypocrysie and haue their cōscience marked with an whote yron forbyddinge to mary and cōmaundynge to abstayne frō the meates which God hath created to be receaued w t geuynge thankes of them which beleue and knowe the trueth For euery creature off God is good and nothinge to be refused y t is receaued with thankesgeuynge for it is sanctifyed by the worde of God and prayer Yf thou shalt put the brethren in remembraunce of these thinges thou shalt be a good mynister of Iesu Christ which hast bene norished vp in the wordes of faith and of good doctryne which thou hast folowed hither to As for vngoostly and olde wyuesh fables cast them awaye but exercyse thy selfe vnto godlynes For bodely exercyse profyteth litle but godlynes is profytable vnto all thinges as a thinge which hath promyses of the life that is now and of the life for to come This is a sure sayenge of all partes worthy to be receaued For therfore we laboure and suffre rebuke because we hope in the lyuynge God which is the Sauioure of all men but specially of those that beleue Soch thinges commaunde thou and teach Let no man despyse y e youth but be thou vnto them that beleue an ensample in worde in cōuersacion in loue in y e sprete in faith in purenesse Geue attendaunce to readynge to exhortacion to doctryne vntyll I come Be not necligent in the gifte that is geuen the thorow prophecye with layēge on of the handes of the Elders These thinges exercyse and geue thy selfe vnto them that thine increace maye be manifest vnto euery man Take hede vnto thy selfe and to learnynge cōtynue in these thinges For yf thou so do thou shalt saue thy selfe and them that hearethe The V. Chapter EEbuke not an Elder but exhorte him as a father and the yōger men as brethren the elder wemen as mothers the yonger as sisters with all purenes Hono r wedowes which are true wedowes Yf eny wedowe haue children or neves let them lerne first to rule their awne houses godly and to recompence their elders For y t is good acceptable before God But she that is a right wedowe desolate putteth hir trust in God cōtynueth in prayer and supplicacion nighte and daye But she that lyueth in pleasures is deed euen yet a lyne And these thinges commaunde that they maye be without blame But yf there be eny man that prouydeth not for his awne and specially for them of his houszholde the same hath denyed the faith and is worse then an infydele Let no wedowe be chosen vnder thre score yeare olde and soch one as was y e wife of one man and well reported of in good workes yf she haue brought vp children well yf she haue bene harberous yf she haue wasshed the sayntes fete yf she haue mynistred vnto thē which were in aduersite yf she were continually geuen to all maner of good workes But y e yonger wedowes refuse For whan they haue begonne to waxe wanton agaynst Christ then wil they mary hauynge their damnacion because they haue brokē y e first faith Besydes this they are ydell and lerne to runne aboute frō house to house Not onely are they ydell but also tryflinge busy bodies speakynge thinges which are not comly I wil therfore that the yonger wemen mary beare children gyde the house to geue y e aduersary no occasion to speake euell For some are turned back allready after Sathā Yf eny man or woman that beleueth
haue wedowes let them make prouysion for theÌ„ and let not the congregacion be charged that they which are righte wedowes maye haue ynough The Elders that rule well are worthy of double honoure most specially they which laboure in the worde in teachinge For y e scripture sayeth Thou shalt not mosell the mouth of y e oxe y t treadeth out y e corne And The labourer is worthy of his rewarde Agaynst an Elder receaue none accusacion but vnder two or thre witnesses TheÌ„ that synne rebuke in the presence of all that other also maye feare I testifye before God and the LORDE Iesus Christ and y e electe angels that thou obserue these thinges without haistie iudgment and do nothinge parcially Laye hondes sodenly on no maÌ„ nether be partaker of other meÌ„s synnes Kepe y e selfe pure Drynke no lenger water but vse a litle wyne for y e stomackes sake and because thou art oft tymes sicke Some meÌ„s synnes are opeÌ„ so that they maye be iudged afore hande but some mens synnes shal be manifest herafter Likewyse also good workes are manifest afore haÌ„de and they that are other wyse can not be hyd The VI. Chapter LEt as many seruauntes as are vnder the yocke counte their mâ—sters worthy of all honoure that the name of God and his doctrine be not euell spoken of Se that they which haue beleuynge masters despyse them not because they are brethreÌ„ but rather do seruyce for so moch as they are beleuynge and beloued and partakers of the benefite These thinges teach and exhorte Yf eny maÌ„ teach otherwyse and agreeth not vnto the wholsome wordes of oure LORDE Iesus Christ and to the doctryne of godlynes he is puft vp and knoweth nothinge but waysteth his brayne aboute questions and stryuynges of wordes wherof sprynge envye stryfe raylinges euell surmysinges vayne disputacioÌ„s of soch men as haue corrupte myndes and are robbed of the trueth which thynke that godlynes is lucre From soch separate thy selfe Howbeit it is greate avauÌ„tage who so is godly and holdeth him content with that he hath For we broughte nothinge in to the worlde therfore is it a playne case y t we can cary nothinge out Whan we haue fode and rayment let vs therwith be content For they that wylbe riche fall in to the teÌ„ptacion and snare and in to many foliszhe noysome lustes which drowne men in destruccion and damnacion For Couetousnes is the rote of all euell which whyle some lusted after they erred from the faith and tangled them selues with many sorowes But thou man of God flye soche thinges folowe righteousnes godlynes faith loue pacience mekenes fighte a good fighte of faith laye honde on eternall life where vnto thou art called and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses I geue the charge before God which quyckeneth all thinges before Iesu Christ which vnder Pontius Pilate witnessed a good witnessynge that thou kepe the commaundement without spot vnreproueable vntyll the appearynge of oure LORDE Iesus Christ which appearynge at his tyme he shal shewe that is blessed and mightie onely the kynge of all kynges and LORDE of all lordes which onely hath immortalite and dwelleth in a lighte that no man can attayne whom no man hath sene nether can se. Vnto whom be honoure and empyre euerlastinge Amen Charge theÌ„ which are riche in this worlde that they be not proude ner trust in the vncertayne riches but in the lyuynge God which geueth vs abundauntly all thinges to 〈◊〉 them That they do good that they be rich in good workes that they geue and distribute with a good wyll gatherynge vp treasure for them selues a good foundacion agaynst y e tyme to come that they maye laye honde on eternall life O Timothy kepe that which is committed vnto the and avoyde vngoostly vayne wordes and opposicions of science falsly so called which whyle some professed they haue erred as concernynge the faith Grace be with the Amen Wrytten from Laodicea which is the chefest cite of Phrigia Pacaciana The seconde Epistle of the Apostle S. Paul to Timothy The summe of this epistle Chap. I. Paul exhorteth Timothy to stedfastnesse and pacience in persecucion and to continue in the doctryne that he had taught him A commendacion of Onesiphorus Chap. II. Like as in the first chapter so here he exhorteth him to be constant in trouble to suffre manly and to byde fast in the wholsome doctrine of oure LORDE Iesus Christ. Chap. III. He prophecieth of the parelous tymes setteth out ypocrites in their culours telleth vs what they be within for all their fayre faces outwardly Persecucion for the gospell Chap. IIII. He exhorteth Timothy to be ferueÌ„â— in the worde and to suffre aduersite maketh mension of his awne death and byddeth Timothy come vnto him The first Chapter PAul an Apostle of Iesus Christ by the wyll of God to preach the promes of y e life which is in Christ Iesu. To my deare sonne Timotheus Grace mercy and peace from God the father and from Christ Iesu oure LORDE I thanke God whome I serue fro my fore elders in a pure conscience that without ceassynge I make mencion of the in my prayers night and daye and longe to se the whan I remembre thy teares so that I am fylled with ioye whan I call to remembraunce the vnfayned faith that is in the which dwelt first in thy graundemother Lois and in thy mother Eunica And am assured that it dwelleth in y e also Wherfore I warne the that thou stere vp y e gifte of God which is in the by puttynge on of my handes For God hath not geuen vs the sprete of feare but of power and of loue and of right vnderstondynge Be not thou aszhamed therfore of y e testimony of o r LORDE nether of me which am his presoner but suffre thou aduersite also w t the Gospell acordinge to the power of God which hath saued vs and called vs with an holy callynge not acordinge to oure dedes but acordinge to his owne purpose and grace which was geuen vs in Christ Iesu before the tyme of the worlde but is now declared openly by the appearynge of oure Sauioure Iesu Christ. Which hath taken awaye y e power of death and hath brought life and immortalite vnto lighte thorow the Gospell whervnto I am appoynted a preacher and an Apostell and a teacher of the Heythen for the which cause I also suffre these thinges neuertheles I am not ashamed For I knowe whom I haue beleued and am sure that he is able to kepe that which I haue commytted vnto his kepynge agaynst that daye Holde the after y e ensample of the wholsome wordes which thou heardest of me concernynge faith and loue in Christ Iesu. This hye charge kepe thou thorow the holy goost which dwelleth in vs. This thou knowest that all they which are in Asia be turned