same is a these a murtherer But he y e goeth in at the doore is the shepherd of y e shepeâ— To hym the Porter openeth and the shepe heare his voyce he called hys owne shepe by name and ledeth them out And when he hathe sent forth hys owne shepe he goeth before them and the shepe folow him for they know his voyce As for a straunger they folowe hym not but flye from hym For they knowe not the voyce of a straunger This prouerbe spake Iesus vnto theÌ„ but they vnderstod not what it is was that he sayde vnto theym Then sayde Iesus vnto theym agayne Uerelye verely I say vnto you I am the dore of the shepe All they that are comme before me are theues and murtherers But the shepe herkened not vnto theym I am the doore yf anye manne entâ—e in by me he shall be saued and shall go in and out and finde pasture A thefe commeth not but for to steale kyl and destroye I am come that they myghte haue lyfe and haue it moore abundauntlye * I am a good shepherde a good shepherde geueth his lyfe for the shepe But an hired seruaunt which is nor y e shepherd nother are the shepe hys owne seyth the Wolfe commynge and leaueth the shepe flieth and the Wolfe catcheth and scatereth the shepe but y â— hired seruaunt flieth because he is an hired seruaunt careth not for the shepe I am a good shepherd knowe myne am knowen of myne Euen as my father knoweth me I knowe y e father And I geue my life for my shepe I haue yet other shepe whiche are not of this these same must I bring also and they shall heare my voyce and there shal be one â—ocke and one shepherd Therfore doeth my father loue me because I leaue my lyfe that I maye take it agayne No man taketh it frome but I leaue it of my selfe I haue power to leaue it and haue power to take it againe This commaundement haue I receyued of my father TheÌ„ was there discention among the Iewes for these sayinges Many of them sayd he hath the deuyl and is madde why heare ye hym other sayd These be not wordes of one that is possessed can the deuyll open the eyes of the blynde ☞ Of the dedication Iohn x. Capitulo lxxix IT was the dedication of the temple at Ierusalem The fyftene daye of December and it was winter Iesus walcked in Salomons porche Then came y e Iewes rounde aboute hym and sayde vnto him howe longe doest thou make vs doubte If thou be Christe tell vs playnelye Iesus aunswered theym I tolde you and ye beleue not the workes y â— I do in my fathers name beare witnesse of me But ye beleue not because ye are not of my shepe as I said vnto you My shepe heare my voyce and I knowe theym and they knowe me and I geue them euerlastyng life and they shall neuer peryshe and no man shal plucke them out of my hand My father whyche gaue theym me is greater then all and no manne is able to plucke theym out of my fathers hande I and the father are one Then the Iewes tooke vp stones agayne to stoâ—e hym Iesus aunswered theym Manye good workes haue I shewed you frome my father for the whiche of theym stone ye me The Iewes aunswered hym and sayde For the good worke sake we stoâ—e thee not but for y e blasphemye and because that thou beinge a man makest thy selfe God Iesus aunswered them Is it not written in your law * I haue said ye are Goddes Yf he call them goddes vnto whoÌ„ the worde of God came and the scripture canne not be broken Saye ye then vnto hym whome the father hath sanctified and sent in the worlde thou blasphemest God because I sayde I am the sonne of God Yf I do not the workes of my father beleue me not but yf I do theÌ„ then yf ye beleue not me yet beleue the workes that ye may knowe and beleue that the father is in me and I in the father They went aboute agayne to take hym but he escaped oute of their handes and went awaye agayne beyonde Iordane into the place where Iohn hadde baptised before and there he abode And many â—ame to hym and sayde Iohn dyd no tokens but al that Iohn spake of thys maÌ„ is true And many beleued in him Of the reprehencion of the Iewes tradition Mathewe xv Mark vii Capitulo lxxx THen came vnto hym the Scribes and Pharises from Ierulem mark And when they saw certayne of hys disciples eate bread with commune that is with vnwashen handes they complayned For the Pharises and all the Iewes eate not excepte they washe their handes oftymes obseruynge the tradicions of the Elders And when they comme from the market they eate not except they washe And manye other thinges there be whiche they haue taken vpon them to obserue as the washynge of cuppes and cruses and brasen vessels and tables Then the Pharises and scribes asked him math sayinge why do thy disciples transgresse mar and walke not after the tradicions of y â— elders Math for they wash not their handes when they eate breade Mark but eate breade wyth vnwashen handes Mathe he aunswered and sayde vnto theym Why doe ye transgresse the commaundement of God because of youre owne tradicions Marke Leauynge the commaundement of God kepe the tradicions of menne as washynge of cruses and cuppes and manye suche thynges doe ye And he sayde vnto theym Howe goodlye haue ye cast asyde the coÌ„maundement of GOD to mayntayne youre owne tradicions Mat For God said Marke and Moses honour father and mother Who so cursed father and mother shal dye the death But ye say A man shal saye to father and mother Corban that is the thinge that I shoulde helpe thee withall Mathe is geuen to God Nor shall not honour hys father or mother mark and thus ye suffre hym no moore to doe oughte for hys father or hys mother and make Goddes worde of none effecte thorowe your owne tradicions that ye haue sette vp and many such thynges doe ye Math Ye Ypocrites ful well hath Esay prophecied of you sayinge * Thys people draweth nye vnto me with their mouthe and honoureth me wyth theyr lyppes howe be it theyr hearte is farre frome me Mar but in vayne math and with out a cause doe they serue me teachynge the doctrine and the coÌ„mauÌ„dementes of men And he called the people to hym and sayde Mar Herken to me ye all and vnderstande me Mathe That whyche goeth into the monthe defyleth not the man Mark there is nothinge with out a maime that entreth into him that canne defyle hym but that goeth cute of hymâ— that it is that maketh the manne vncleane Yf any manne haue eares to heare lette hym heare And whan he came from the people in to the house Mat. his disciples came vnto him Marke and
rayment Consyder the rauens they nother sowe nor reape they haue also nother stoore house nor barne and yet God fedeth them But how much better are ye theÌ„ the foules Whiche of you thoughe he take thought therfore coulde put one cubyte vnto his stature Seinge then ye be not able to do that which is lest why take ye thoughte for the other Consyder the Lylies of the felde how they growe They laboure not they spinne not But I say vnto you that euen Salomon in all his royalâ—ye was not clothed lyke one of these Wherfore yf God so clothe the grasse that is today in y e feld to morow shal be cast into the fornace howe much more shal he cloth you O ye of lytle fayth Aske not ye therfore what ye shall eare or what ye shal drinke climbe not vp an hie The heathen in y â— world seke after al such thinges your heauenlyâ— father knoweth y â— ye haue nede of al these thinges But seke ye the kyngdom of God and all these shall be â—â—â—ystred vnto you Feare not thou lytle flocke for it is youre fathers pleasure to geue you the kyngdome Sel that ye haue and geue almesse make you bagges which waxe not olde euen a treasure whych neuer fayleth in heauen where no these commeth and no mothes corrupteth for wher your treasure is ther wyl your heart be also And he sayd vnto the people When ye see a cloud rise out of the West strayght way ye saye there commeth a shoure and so it is And when ye see the Southe wynde blowe ye saye It wyll be hotte and it commeth so to passe O Ypocrites ye canne discerne the fashion of the Skye and of the Earthe Why canne ye not discerne thys tyme also Yea and why iudge ye not of youre selues what is ryghte When thou goest with thyne aduersary vnto the prince geue diligence by the waye that thou mayest be quite of hym leaste he brynge thee before the Iudge and the Iudge delyuer thee to Iayler and the Iayler cast thee into y e prison I tel thee thou shalt not come out thence tyll thou pay the vttermost myte ¶ Of the poole probatique Iohn v. Capitulo lxvi AFterwarde was there a feaste of the Iewes called vvitsontyde and Iesus wente vp to Ierusalem There is at Ierusalem by the slaughter house a poole whiche in Hebrewe is called Bethsaida and hath fiue porches wherein laye many sycke blynde lame wythered whyche wayte when the water shoulde moue For the aungell wente downe at hys time into the poole and styrred y e water Whosoeuer nowe wente downe first after that y â— water was styred the same was made whole whatsoeuer disease he had And there was a man whiche had lyen sicke xxxviii yeares When Iesus saw him lye and knewe that he had lyen so longe he sayd vnto him Wylte thou be made whole The sicke aunswered him Sir I haue no man when the water is moued to put me into y e poole And wheÌ„ I come another steppeth downe in before me Iesus sayd vnto hi arise take vp thy bed go thy way And immediatly the maÌ„ was made whole and toke vp his bed and went his way But vpon the same day it was the Sabboth Then sayde the Iewes vnto hym that was made whole Todaye is the Sabboth it is not lawful for thee to cary thy bed He answered theÌ„ he that made me whole sayde vnto me take vp thy bedde go thy way Then asked they him What man is that which said vnto thee take vp thy bedde and go thy way But he that was healed wist not who he was for Iesus had gotten hym selfe away because there was much people Afterwarde Iesus founde hym in the temple sayd vnto hym Behold thou art made whole sin no more leste a worse thyng happen vnto thee The man departed tolde the Iewes that it was Iesus which hadde made hym whole Therfore dyd y e Iewes persecute Iesus and sought to slay him because he had done this vpon the Sabboth But Iesus answered theÌ„ My father worketh hetherto I worke also therfore sought the Iewes more to slaye him because he brake not onely y â— Sabboth but sayd also y e God was his father made him selfe equall with God TheÌ„ answered Iesus sayd vnto theÌ„ verely verely I say vnto you The son can do nothing of hym selfe but that he seeth the father doe For what soeuer he doeth y â— doeth y â— sonne also The father loueth the son sheweth hym all that he doeth and wil shew him yet greater workes so y â— ye shal meruayle For the father rayseth vp y â— dead and maketh them lyue euen so y e sonne also maketh lyuing whom he wil. For y â— father iudgeth no man but hath geuen al iudgement vnto y e sonne that they all might honour the sonne euen as they honour the father Who so honoureth not the sonue the same honoureth not the father which hath sent hym Uerely verely I say vnto you the houre cometh and is now already that y â— dead shall heare the voyce of the sonne of God And they that heare it shall lyue For as the father hath lyfe in him selfe so lyke wise hath he geuen vnto y â— sonne to haue lyfe in him selfe And hath geuen him power also to execute iudgement because he is the sonne of man Maruayle ye not at thys for the hour commeth in the whiche that al y â— are in the graues shal heare hys voyce and shall goe forthe that haue done good vnto the Resurrection of lyfe But they that haue done euyll vnto the Resurrection of damnaption I canne do nothynge of my selfe As I heare so I iudge and my iudgement is iuste For I seeke not myne owne wyll but the wyll of my father whyche hathe sente me Yf I heare wytnesse of my selfe my wytnesse is not true there is another that beareth wytnesse of me and I am sure that the wytnesse whyche he beareth of me is true Ye sente vnto Iohn and he beare wytnesse of the trueth As for me I take no recorde of man but these thinges I say that ye myght be saued He was a burnyng and shinyng light but ye woulde haue reioysed a whyle in his lyghte Neuerthelesse I haue a greater wytnesse then the wytnesse of Iohn for the workes which y e father hath geuen me to finish the same workes which I do beare witnes of me y t the father hath sent me And the father him selfe whiche hath sent me beareth witnes of me Ye haue nother hearde his voyce at anyetyme nor sene hys shape nor his worde haue ye not abydynge in you for ye beleue not hym whom he hath sent Searche the scriptures for ye thyncke ye haue euerlastyng lyfe therin the same is it that testifieth of me and ye wyll not come vnto me that ye myght haue lyfe I receaue no prayse of men But I knowe you that ye haue not y
ye erre and vnderstande not the scriptures nor the power of God Luk The children of this worlde mary and are maried but they that shal be worthye to enioy that worlde and the resurrection from the deade shall nother mary nor be maryed for they can dye nomore for they are lyke vnto the aungels and are the chyldren of God in so muche as they are children of the resurreccion But that the deade rise againe hath Moses also signified besydes the bushe when he called the Lorde the God of Abraham the God of Isaa◠and the God of Iacob But God is not a God of the deade but of the lyuynge for they lyue all vnto hym marke Therfore ye erre greatly Math And whā the people hearde that they were astonyed at his doctrine Luc Then aunswered certayne of the Scribes and sayde Master thou haste sayde well and from that time fourthe they durst aske hym no more questions ¶ Of the firste commaundement that is of the loue of God mat xxii Marke xii Luke x. xvii Cap. Cxxviii WHan the Pharises hearde that he hadde put the Saduces to silence they gathered them selues together Mar one of the scribes came vnto hym Math a doctor of the lawe mar that had herkened vnto thē how they disputed together and sawe that he had answered them wel Mat tempted hym and sayd Master which is the chiefest commaundement mar of all Iesus answered him the fyrst chiefest cōmaūdemēt of al cōmaundemētes is this heare o Israel the Lord our God is one god thou shalt loue the Lorde thy God with all thy heart with all thy soule with al thy mynde and with all thy strength This is the first Math and the greatest commaūdement as for the seconde is lyke vnto it Thou shalte loue thy neyghbour as thy selfe mark there is none other greater commaundement then these Mathe in these two commaundemētes hange all the lawe and the prophetes Mar And the Scribe sayde vnto him Master verely thou haste sayde ryghte For there is but one God and there is none other without him and to loue hym with all the hearte Mat with all thy soule Mark with all thy mynde Lue with all thy strengthe Mar and to loue a mans neyghboure as him selfe is more then brente sacrifices and all offringes But whan Iesus sawe that he answered discretelye he sayde vnto him Thou arte not far from the kingdome of God Luk But whan he was demaunded of the pharises whan commeth the kyngdome of God He answered them and sayde The kingdome of God commeth not with outewarde apperaunce nother shall it bee sayde loo here or there is it For beholde the kyngdome of God is inwarde in you Mar And no man now durste aske him any mo question ☞ Of the interrogation whose sonne Christe is Math. xxii Mar. xii Luc. xx Capi. C. xxix NOwe while the pharises were gathered together Iesus asked them and sayde What thinke ye of Christe whose sonne is he They sayd Dauids Mar And Iesus answered and sayde whan he taught in the temple Now say the Scribes that Christe is the sonne of Dauid But Dauid him selfe sayeth thorowe the holye gooste the Lorde sayde vnto my lorde sytte thou on my ryght hande tyll I make thyne enemies thy footstole Math how then dothe Dauid in spirite Luke in the booke of the Psalmes Math call hym lorde Luke Howe is he then hys lorde Math And no man coulde aunswere him one word Marke and many people herde hym gladlye Mathe nother durste any man aske hym anye mo questions from that daye fourthe ☞ Of hearinge the Pharyses doctrines Mat. xxiii Mat xii Luk. xxiiii Cap. C. xxx THen spake Iesus vnto the people and to his disciples said Mar in his doctrine math The Scribes and the pharises are set downe vpon Moses seat whatsoeuer they byd you doo and obserue that obserue and doo but after theyr workes shall ye not do for they saye and do not They bynde heuye and intollerable burthens and lay them vpon mens shoulders but they them selues heaue not at thē with one of their fyngers All their workes do they to be sene of menne Luc take hede marke and beware of the Scribes math They set abroade their Philacteries and make large borders vpon theyr garmentes marke They loue to goo in longe garmentes math and loue to syt vppermost at the table Luc and at bankettes marke and to haue the fyrste seates in the Synagoges and to be saluted in the market they deuoure wyddowes houses vnder a coulour of longe prayers Luc dessemblynge longe prayer these shall receaue the greater damnacion Mark more longer and paynefull iuogemente math they loue to be called of men Rabby But ye shall not suffer youre selues to be called Rabby for one is youre master euen Christe and all ye are brethren and call no manne father vpon earthe for one is youre father whiche is in heauen Nor ye shall not suffer your selues to be called maysters for one is youre master namely Christe He that is greatest amonge you shal be youre seruaunte for whoso exalteth hym selfe shal be broughte lowe and he that hūbleth him self shal be exalted ¶ Of dyuers and many vowes Math. xxiii Luc. xi xiii Capit. C. xxxi WO vnto you Scribes and pharises ye ypocrites that shutte vp the kyngedome of Heauen before menne ye come not in your selues nother suffer ye them to enter that woulde bee in Woo vnto you Scribes and Pharyfes ye Ipocritas that deuoure widdous houses that vnder the couloure of prayinge longe prayers therefore shall ye receaue the greater damnacion Woo vnto you Scribes and Pharises ye ypocrites which compasse sea and lande to make one proselyte and whan he is become one ye make of him a child of hell two folde more then ye youre selues are Wo vnto you blynde gydes whiche saye whosoeuer sweareth by the temple that is nothynge but whosoeuer sweareth by the golde of the temple he is giltie ye fooles and blinde whether is greater the golde or the temple that sanctifieth the golde And whosoeuer sweareth by the altare that is nothīg but whosoeuer sweareth by the offring that is vpon it he is giltie ye fooles and blynde whether is greater the offringe or the aultars that sanctifieth the offerynge Therefore whoso sweareth by y ◠altare sweareth by the same and by all that is thereon and whoso sweareth by the temple sweareth by the same and by hym that dwelleth therin And whoso sweareth by heauē sweareth by the seate of God and by hym that sytteth thereon Wo be vnto you Scribes and Pharises ye ypocrites which tith Mint and Anyse Luke Rewe mat and Commin Luke and al maner of herbes Math. and leaue the wayghtier matters of the lawe behynde namely iudgement mercy and faythe Luke and the loue of God These oughte to haue bene done and not to leaue the other vndone Mathe. Oye blynde gydes which straine out a gnat but swallow vp a Camel Luk
Neuerthelesse I tel you the truethe it is better for you that I go awaye for yf I go not awaye that comforter commeth not vnto you but yf I depart I wyl send him vnto you And whan he commeth he shall rebuke the worlde of synne and of ryghteousnesse and of iudgemente Of synne because they beleue not on me Of ryghteousnesse because I goo to the father and ye shall se me no more Of Iudgemente because the â—rince of this world is iudged already I haue yet muche to saye vnto you but ye cannot nowe beare it awaye how be it Whan the spirite of truthe commeth he shall leade you in to all trueth For he shall not speake of hym selfe but whatsoeuer he shall heare that shall he speake and he shall shewe you what is to come he shall gloryfe me for he shall receaue of myne and shall shewe vnto you All that the father hath is myne therefore haue I sayde he shall receaue of myne and shewe vnto you After a lyttel whyle and ye shall not se me and agayne after a lytle while and ye shall se me for I goo to the father Then sayde some of hys disciples amonge them selues What is thys that he sayeth vnto vs after a lytle while and ye shall not se me and agayne after a lytle whyle and ye shall se me For I goo to the father Then sayde they What is this that he sayth after a lytle whyle We canne not tell what he sayeth Then perceaued Iesus that they wold aske him and he sayde vnto them Ye enquire of this amonge youre selues that I sayde After a lytle while and ye shall not se me and againe after a lytle while and ye shall se me Uerely verely I saye vnto you ye shall wepe lament but the world shall reioyce ye shal be sory but your sorowe shal be turned into ioye A woman whan she traueleth hathe sorow for her houre is come but whan she is delyuered of her childe she thinketh nomore of the anguyshe for ioye that a man is borne in the worlde And nowe haue ye sorowe also but I wyl se you againe and your hearte shall reioyce and your ioye shal noman take from you And in that day shall ye aske me no question verelye verelye I saye vnto you yf ye aske the father ought in my name he shall geue it you Hetherto haue ye asked nothing in myne name aske and ye shall receaue that youre ioye may be perfect these thinges haue I spoken vnto you by prouerbes neuerthelesse the tyme commeth that I shall speake nomore by prouerbes but I shall shewe you plainlye of my father In that daye shall ye aske in my name and I saye not vnto you that I wyll praye vnto the father for you for the father hym selfe loueth you because ye haue loued me and beleued that I am come oute from God I wente oute from the father and came into the worlde againe I leue the world and go to the father His disciples sayde vnto him beholde nowe talkest thou playnelye and speakest no prouerbe now are we sure that thou knowest all thinges and nedest not that any man should aske the therfore beleue we that thou camst out froÌ„ God Iesus answered them Nowe ye do beleue beholde the houre draweth nye and is come already that ye shal be scattered euery man vnto his owne and shall leaue me alone and yet am I not alone for the father is with me These thinges haue I spoken vnto you that in me ye myghte haue peace in the worlde ye haue trouble but be of good comforte I haue ouercome the worlde These thinges sayde Iesus lyfte vp his eyes towarde heauen and said father the houre is come that â—hou glorify thy sonne y â— thy sonne also may gloryfie the. Lyke as thou haste geuen him power ouer all flesh that he should geue euerlastinge lyfe to as many as thou hast geuen him But this is the lyfe euerlastinge that they know thee that thou onely arte the true God and whome thou hast sent Iesus Christ. I haue gloryfied the vpon earth and fynished the worke that â—hou gauest me to do And now glorifie thou me father by thy owne selfe with the glory which I had or euer the worlde was I haue declared thy name vnto y â— men whome thou gauest me from the world They were thine and thou gauest them vnto me and they haue kepte thy worde Now know they y t al thinges whatsoeuer thou hast geuen me are of the for the wordes whiche thou gauest me haue I geueÌ„ vnto them and they haue receaued them and knowen of a truth that I am come forth from thee and haue beleued that thou haste sent me I pray for them and not for the worldâ— but for them whome thou haste geuen me for they are thine and all that is myne is thine and what thine is that is mâ—ne and I am glorified in the and now I am no more in y e worlde they are in the world and I come the holy father kepe iÌ„ thy name those whome thou hast geuen me y t they may be one lyke as we are While I was with theÌ„ in the world I kept them in thy name Those y t thou gauest me haue I kepte and none of them is loste but that loste childe that the scripture mighte be fulfylled but nowe came I vnto thee and this I speake in the world y t they may haue my ioye parfit in theÌ„ I haue geuen them thy worde and the world hateth them for they are not of the world euen as I also am not of the worlde I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world but that thou kepe theÌ„ from euell they are not of the worlde as I also am not of the worlde Sanctifie them in thy trueth thy word is the truth Lyke as thou hast sent me in to y e world so haue I sent theÌ„ into y e world and for their sakes I sanctifie my selfe that they may also be sanctified in the truth Neuerthelesse I pray not for theÌ„ onely but also for those which thorow their word shall beleue in me that they al may be one like as y u father artiÌ„me I in the y t they also maye be in vs y â— y e world may beleue that y u hast seÌ„t me And the Glory which thou gauest me haue I geuen them that they may bee one lyke as we are one I in them and thou in me that they maye be perfecte in one and that the world may know that thou haste sente me and haste loued them as thou haste loued me Father I wyll that they whome thou hast geuen me be with me where I am that they may se my glory which thou haste geuen me for thou haste loued me or euer the world was made Ryghteous father the world hath not knowen the but I haue knowen thee and these haue knowen that thou haste sent me
another as ye walcke and are sad Then aunswered the one whose name was Cleophas and sayde vnto him art y â— only a stranÌ„ger at IerusaleÌ„ not knowiÌ„g what is come to passe ther in these dayes And he sayd vnto them What They sayde vnto hym That of Iesus of Nazareth whiche was a prophete myghtye in dede and worde before God and all the people Howe oure highe priestes and rulers delyuered him to the condeÌ„pnation of deathe and crucified hym But we hoped that he shoulde haue delyuered Israel And besydes al thys to day is y â— thyrd day y â— this was done Yea and certayne women also of oure companye whiche were earely at the sepulchre and fouÌ„de not his body came and tolde that they hadde sene a vision of aungels whiche sayde he was alyue And certayne of them which were with vs went vnto the sepulchre and founde it euen so as the women sayde but hym founde they not And he sayde vnto them O ye fooles and slowe of hearte to beleue all that the prophetes haue spoken oughte not Christe to haue suffred these thynges and to entre also into hys glorye And he beganne at Moyses and al the Prophetes and expounded vnto them all the scriptures that were spoken of hym And they drewe nye vnto the towne whiche they went vnto And he made as though he woulde haue gone further And they compelled hym and sayde Abyde with vs for it draweth towardes nyght and the daye is farre passed And he wente in to tarye wyth them And it came to passe whan he sat at the table with theÌ„ he toke the bread gaue thanckes brake it and gaue it theym Then were their eyes opened and they knewe hym And he vanished out of their syghte And they sayde betwene them selues Dyd not oure heartes burne within vs whan he talcked with vs by the way Whyle he opened the scriptures vnto vs And they rose vp the same houre tourned agayne to Ierusalem and founde the eleuen gathered together and those that were with them whiche sayde The Lorde is risen of a trueth hath appeared vn to Simon And they told theÌ„ what had happened by the waye and howe they knewe hym in breakynge of breade Mark These they beleued not also ¶ Of the fyfte appearynge shewed to hys disciples in the daye of hys resurrection Thomas beynge absent And of Thomas incredulitie Luke xxiiii Iohn xx Capitulo xxi BUt whyle they were talkynge therof Ioh The same Sabboth at euen when the disciples were gathered together and the dores were shut for feare of the Iewes came Iesus and stode in the middest of them Luke and sayde Peace be wyth you but they were abashed and affrayed supposyng that they had sene a spirite And he sayde vnto theym Why are ye abashed and wherfore ryse suche thoughtes in youre heartesâ— Beholde my handes and my feete it is euen I my selfe handle me and see for a spirite hathe not fleashe and bones as ye see me haue And when he hadde thus spoken he shewed them hys handes hys feete Iohn and hys syde Luke But whyle they yet beleued not and for ioy wondred he sayde vnto them Haue ye any thynge here to eate And they set before hym a peece of broyled fyshe and an honye combe And he tooke it and dyd eate it before them and gaue them that remained And he sayd vnto them These are the wordes whiche I spake vnto you whyle I was yet with you for it muste all be fulfylled that was wrytten of me in the lawe of Moses in the Prophetes and in the Psalmes Then opened he their vnderstandyng that they myght vnderstande the scriptures and sayde vnto theym Thus it is wrytten and thus it behoued Christ to suffre and the thyrde daye to ryse agayne from the dead and let penaunce and remissions of synnes be preached in hys name amonge all nations And to begynne at Ierusalem As for all these thinges ye are witnesses of them Then were the disciples glad that they sawe the LORDE Then sayde Iesus vnto theym agayne Peace be wyth you Lyke as my father sente me euen â—o sende I you And when he hadde sayde that he breathed vppon theym and sayde vnto theym Receaue the holye ghooste whose synnes so euer ye remitte they are remitted vnto theym And whose synnes soeuer ye retayne they are retayned But Thomas one of the twelue whyche is called Didimus was not wyth theym when IESUS came Then sayd y e other disciples vnto him we haue sene the Lorde But he sayde vnto them Excepte I see in hys handes the prynte of the nayles and putte my fynger into y â— place of the nayles and put my hande into his syde I wyl not beleue ¶ Of the syxte appearynge shewed after eyghte dayes vnto the disciples Thomas beynge present And that god dyd manye thynges whiche are not written Iohn xx Capitulo xxii ANd after eyghte dayes agayne his disciples were within and Thomas with them Then came Iesus when the dores were shut and stode in the myddest and sayde Peace be with you After that sayde he vnto Thomas Reache hyther thy fynger and see my handes and reache hyther thy hande and put it into my syde and be not faythlesse but beleue Thomas aunswered and sayde vnto hym My Lord my God Iesus sayd vnto hym Thomas because thou hast sene me y â— haste beleued Blessed are they that see not and yet beleue Many other tokens dyd Iesus before hys disciples whyche are not wrytten in thys booke But these are wrytten that ye shoulde beleue that Iesus is Christ the sonne of God and that ye thorowe belefe myght haue lyfe in hys name ¶ Of the seuenth appearynge shewed vnto seuen disciples at the sea of Tiberias And howe Iesus askte Peter thre tymes whether he loued hym Ioh. xxi Capitu. xxiii AFter that shewed Iesus him selfe agayne at the sea of Tiberias But on this wyse shewed he himselfe There were together Symon Peter and Thomas whyche is called Didimus and Nathanaell of Cana a citie of Galile and the sonnes of Zebede and two other of his disciples Simon Peter sayde vnto them I go a fyshynge they sayde vnto hym we also wyll go with the. They wente oute and entred in to a shyppe straight waye and that same nyghte toke they nothing But whan it was day Iesus stoode on the shore but his disciples knewe not that it was Iesus Iesus sayde vnto them Children haue ye any thinge to eate They aunswered him No he sayde vnto them cast oute your nette on the ryghte syde of the shyppe and ye shall fynde Then they cast out and could nomore draw it for the multitude of fyshes Then sayde the disciple whome Iesus loued vnto Peter it is the Lorde Whan Symon Peter hearde that it was the Lord he gyrded hys mantel aboute him for he was naked and sprange in to the sea But the other disciples came by shyppe for they were not farre from lande but as it were