1 Thessalonians 5 Cross References - Great

¹ Finally of the tymes & seasons (brethren) it is no nede that I wryte vnto you: ² for ye yourselues know perfectly, that the daye of the Lord shall come, euen as a thefe in the nyght. ³ For when they shall saye, peace and all thynges are safe, then shall soden destruccyon come vpon them (as sorowe commeth vpon a woman traualynge with chylde) & they shall not scape: ⁴ But ye brethren are not in darcknes, that that daye shulde come on you as a thefe. ⁵ Ye are all the chyldren of lyght, and the chyldren of the daye. We are not of the nyght nether of darknes. ⁶ Therfore let vs not slepe as do other: but let vs wacth, & be sober. ⁷ For they that slepe, slepe in the nyght: & they that be droncken, are droncken in the nyght. ⁸ But let vs whych are of the daye, be sober armed wyth the brest plate of fayth and loue, and with hope of saluacyon for an helmet. ⁹ For God hath not appoynted vs to prouoke wrath vnto oure selues, but to obtayne saluacyon by the meanes of oure Lorde Iesu Christ ¹⁰ whych dyed for vs: that whether we wake or slepe, we shulde lyue together wyth him. ¹¹ Wherfore, comforte your selues together, & edifye euery one another, euen as ye do. ¹² We beseche you brethren, that ye knowe them whych laboure amonge you, and haue the ouersyght of you in the Lorde, ¹³ & geue you exhortacyon, that ye haue them in hye reputacyon thorowe loue, for theyr workes sake, and be at peace with them. ¹⁴ We desyre you (brethren) warne them that are vnruly, comforte the feble mynded, lyft vp the weake, be pacient towarde all men. ¹⁵ Se that none recompence euyll for euyll vnto eny man: but euer folowe that whych is good, both amonge your selues, and to all men. ¹⁶ Reioyce euer. ¹⁷ Praye contynually. ¹⁸ In all thynges geue thankes. For this is the wyll of God thorowe Christ Iesu towarde you. ¹⁹ Quenche not the sprete. ²⁰ Despyse not prophesyinges. ²¹ Examen all thynges, kepe that which is good. ²² Abstayne from all euell appearaunce. ²³ The very God of peace sanctifye you thorowe out. And I praye God that youre whole sprete, and soule and body, maye be preserued: so that in nothyng ye maye be blamed in the commynge of oure Lorde Iesus Chryst. ²⁴ Faythfull is he whych called you, which wyll also do it. ²⁵ Brethren, praye for vs. ²⁶ Grete all the brethren wyth an holy kysse. ²⁷ I charge you in the Lorde, that this Epistle be red vnto all the holy brethren. ²⁸ The grace of the Lorde Iesus Christ be wyth you. Amen.

³ And as he sat vpon mount Oliuete, hys disciples came vnto him secretly, saying: Tell vs: when shall these thinges be: & what shalbe the token of thy commyng & of the ende of the world?

³⁶ But of that daye and houre knoweth no man, no not the angels of heauen, but my father onely.

³⁰ Uerely I saye vnto you, that thys generacion shall not passe, tyll these thinges de done. ³¹ Heauen and erth shall passe, but my wordes shall not passe; ³² But of that daye & tyme knoweth no man: no not the Angels which are in heauen: nether the sonne him selfe: saue the father only.

⁷ And he sayde vnto them: It is not for you to knowe the tymes, or the seasons, which the father hath put in his awne power:

¹ Of the ministrynge to the saynctes, it is but superfluous for me to wryte vnto you:

⁹ But as touchynge brotherly loue, ye nede not, that I wryte vnto you. For ye are taught of God, to loue one another.

³ Beloued, when I gaue all dyligence to wryte vnto you of the commen saluacyon, it was nedeful for me to write vnto you, to exhorte you, that ye shuld contynually laboure in the fayth, which was once geuen vnto the saynctes.

²⁰ And the wrath of the Lorde shall not turne agayne, vntyll he perfourme and fulfyl the thought of hys herte. And in the latter dayes ye shall knowe his meanynge.

⁴² Watch therfore, for ye knowe not what houre your lord will come. ⁴³ Of this yet be sure, that yf the good man of the house knew what houre the thefe wolde come: he wolde suerly watche, & not suffre hys house to be broken vp. ⁴⁴ Therfore, be ye also ready, for in soch an houre as ye thynke not: wyll the sonne of man come.

¹³ Watche therfore: for ye knowe nether the daye nor yet the houre wherin the sonne of man shall come.

³⁴ As a man which is gone into a straunge contrey, and hath lefte his house, and geuen his substaunce to his seruauntes, and to euery man his worke, and commaunded the porter to watche. ³⁵ Watche ye therfore, for ye knowe not when the master of the house will come, at euen, or at mydnyght, whether at the cocke crowyng, or in the dawnynge:

³⁹ This vnderstond, that yf the good man of the house knewe, what houre the thefe wolde come, he wolde suerly watch, and not suffer hys housse to be broken vp. ⁴⁰ Be ye therfore ready also: for the sonne of man will come at an houre when ye thincke not.

⁸ which shall also strenght you vnto the ende, that ye maye be blamelesse in the daye of oure Lorde Iesus Christ.

¹⁰ Neuerthelesse the daye of the Lord wyll come as a thefe in the nyghte, in the which daye, the heauens shall passe awaye in maner of a tempest, and the elementes shal melt with heat: the erth also & the workes that are therin, shall burne.

³ Remember therfore, how thou hast receaued & heard, & hold faste, & repent. If thou shalt not watche, I wyll come on the as a thefe, & thou shalt not know what houre I wyll come vpon the.

¹⁵ Beholde, I come as a thefe. Happy is he that watcheth, and kepeth hys garmentes, lest he walke naked, and men se hys fylthynes.

⁹ The enemye sayd: I wyll folowe on them: I will ouertake them, I will deuyde the spoyle, I wyll satisfye my lust vpon them, I wyll drawe my sweard, myne hande shall destroye them. ¹⁰ Thou blewdest wt thy wynde, the see couered them, they sancke as leed in the mightye waters.

¹⁹ so that when he heareth the wordes of thys ooth, he blesse hym selfe in hys hert, sayinge. I shall haue peace. I wyll walke in the meanynge of myne owne hert, (Thou put the dronken to the thyrstye.)

²⁰ And when the men of Hai loked backe after them, they sawe the smoke of the citie assende vp to heauen. And they had no leysure to flee ether thys waye or that, & the people that fledd to the wyldernesse, turned backe agayne vpon the folowers. ²¹ And when Iosua & all Israel sawe that the lyers awayte had taken the citie, & that the smoke of it ascended, they turned agayne and layed on the men of Hai. ²² And the other yssued oute of the citie agaynst them. And so were they in the middes of Israel: for these were on the one syde of them, & the reste on the other syde. And they layed vpon them, so that they lett none of them skape, nor remayne.

²⁷ And they toke the thynges which Micah had made, & the preste which he had, & came vnto Lais, euen vnto a people that were at reast & without mistrust, & smote them with the edge of the swerd, & burnt the cytie with fyre. ²⁸ And there was no man to helpe, because Lais was farre from Sidon, & they had no medelyng with any other man. And the cyte stode in the valey that lyeth by Bethrehob. And they bylt them there a cytie, & dwelt therin.

⁴¹ When the men of Israell also turned agayne, the men of Ben Iamin were abasshed: for they saw that euel approched them. ⁴² And therfore they turned their backes before the men of Israel vnto the waye that leadeth to the wildernesse, but the men of warre ouertoke them. And besyde that, they which came out of the cytie, destroyed them in the myddle of them.

¹⁹ And they spake against the God of Ierusalem, as against the Gods of the nacyons of the earth, which were the worckes of the handes of men. ²⁰ But Hezekia the kynge, and the prophet Isai the sonne of Amoz prayed agaynst that blasphemy, and cryed vp to heauen. ²¹ And the Lord sent an angell, which destroyed all the men of warre and the Lordes and captaynes of the hoost of the kyng of Assur, that he turned his face agayne wt shame toward hys awne land. And when he was come into the house of his God, they that came of hys awne body, slue hym there with the sweard.

¹¹ He hath sayed in his herte: Tush, God hath forgotten, he hydeth awaye his face, and he wyll neuer se it. ¹² Aryse (O Lorde God) and lyfte vp thyne hande, forget not the poore. ¹³ Wherfore shulde the wycked blaspheme God, whyle he doth saye in his herte: tush, thou God carest not for it?

⁶ Feare came there vpon them, & sorowe, as vpon a woman in her trauayle.

¹⁸ Namely, how thou dost sett them in slyppery places, and castest them downe and destroyest them. ¹⁹ O how sodenly do they consume, perysh, and come to a fearfull ende? ²⁰ Yee, euen like as a dreame when one a waketh, so shalt thou make theyr ymage to vanysh out of the cyte.

¹ He that is styfnecked, & wyll not be refourmed, shall sodenly be destroyed without eny help.

³ Therfore are my loynes fylled with sorow, heuynes, hath taken holde vpon me, as the panges of a woman that is traueyling. It made me stoupe when I herde it, & it vexed me whan I sawe it. ⁴ My hart panted, fearfulnes came vpon me. The nyght of my volupteousnes hath he turned agaynst me into feare.

¹³ Therfore shall ye haue thys myschefe for yo destruccion and fall lyke as an hye wall that falleth, because of some ryfte or blast, whose breaking commeth sodenly.

⁶ I wyll saye to the North, lett go. And to the South, kepe not backe: but bring me my sonnes from farre, and my daughters from the endes of the worlde. ⁷ Namely, all those that be called after my name. For them haue I created, fashyoned, & made for myne honour. ⁸ Bringe forth that people, which is blinde & yet hath eyes, which are deafe although they haue eares. ⁹ If all nacions come in one and be gathered together, which amonge them shall declare soche thynges, and tell vs what is to come? Let them brynge theyr witnesse so shall they be fre: els, let them heare, and saye, it is truth.

¹² Come (saye they) I wyll fetch wyne, so shall we fyll oure selues, that we maye be dronken. And do to morowe, lyke as to daye, yee and moche more.

³¹ For I heare a noyse, lyke as it were of a woman trauaylynge, or one labourynge of her fyrst chylde: Euen the voyse of the doughter Syon, that casteth out her armes. and swowneth, saying: Ah woo is me, how sore vexed and faint is my hert, for feare of the murtherers?

²⁴ The crye of them haue we herde. Oure armes are feble, heuynesse & sorowe is come vp on vs, as vpon a woman trauelyng with chylde.

²¹ To whom wylt thou make thy mone, when the ennemy shall come vpon the? for thou hast taught them thy selfe, & made them masters ouer the. Shall not sorowe come vpon the, as on a woman trauayllyng wt child?

²³ thou that dwellest vpon Libanus, & makest thy nest in the Cedre trees O how litle shalt thou be regarded when thy sorowes & pangues come vpon the, as a woman trauelynge with chylde.

³ So they brought the golden vessell, that was taken oute of the temple of the Lordes house at Ierusalem. Then the kynge and his Lordes with his quene and concubines droncke out of them. ⁴ They droncke wyne, and praysed theyr Idoles of golde, syluer, copper yron, wodde and stone. ⁵ In the very same houre there appeared fyngers, as it had bene of a mans hande writynge, ryght ouer agaynst the candelstycke vpon the playne wall in the kynges palace: & the kynge sawe the palme of the hande that wrote. ⁶ Then chaunged the kynge his countenaunce, and his thoughtes troubled hym, so that the ioyntes of his body shoke, and hys knees smote one agaynst the other.

¹³ Therfore, shall sorowes come vpon hym, as vpon a woman that trauayleth. An vndiscrete sonne is he, for he consydreth not, that he shulde not haue bene able to haue endured in the tyme of hys byrth,

⁹ Why then art thou now so heuy? is there no kynge in the? are thy councelers awaye that thou art so payned, as a woman in her trayuayle? ¹⁰ And now (O thou daughter Syon) be sory, let it greue the as a wyfe laboryng wyth chylde: for now must thou get the out of the cytie, and dwell vpon the playnefelde: Yee, vnto Babylon shalt thou go, there shalt thou be delyuered, and there the Lorde shall lowse the from the hande of thyne enemyes.

¹⁰ For like as the thornes that stike together, and as the drie strawe, so shall the dronckardes be consumed together, euen when they be full.

³³ Ye serpentes, ye generacion of vypers, how wyll ye scape the damnacyon of hell?

³⁷ But as the dayes of Noe were, so shall also the commynge of the sonne of man be. ³⁸ For as in the dayes (that went before the floud) they dyd eate and dryncke, mary, and were maryed, euen vntyll the daye that Noe entred into the shyppe, ³⁹ and knewe not tyll the floud came and toke them all awaye: So shall also the commynge of the sonne of man be.

²⁶ And as it happened in the dayes of Noe: so shall it be also in the dayes of the sonne of man. ²⁷ They dyd eate & dryncke, they maryed wyues and were maried, euen vnto that same daye that Noe went into the Arke: and the floude cam, and destroyed them all. ²⁸ Lykewyse also as it chaunced in the dayes of Lot. They dyd eate, they drancke, they bought, they solde they planted, they buylded: ²⁹ But euen the same daye that Lot went out of Zodom, it rayned with fyre and brymstone from heauen, & destroyed them all. ³⁰ Euen thus, shall it be in the daye, when the sonne of man shall appere.

³⁴ Take hede to your selues, lest at anye tyme youre hertes be ouercome with surfettynge and dronkennes and cares of thys lyfe, and so the daye come vpon you vnwares. ³⁵ For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole erth.

²² And the people gaue a showte, sayinge: it is the voyce of a God & not of a man. ²³ And immediatly the angell of the Lorde smote hym, because he gaue not God the honour, and he was eaten of wormes and gaue vp the ghost.

⁴¹ Behold, ye despysers, and wonder, and peryssh ye: for I do a worke in youre dayes, which ye shall not beleue, though a man declare it you.

⁹ which shalbe punysshed wyth euerlastynge damnacyon, from the presence of the Lorde, and from the glory of his power,

³ howe shall we escape, yf we despyse so great saluacyon, which at the fyrst began to be preached of the Lorde hym selfe, and was confirmed vnto vs warde, by them that hearde it?

²³ and vnto the congregacion of the fyrst borne sonnes; whych are wrytten in heauen, and to God, the iudge of all, & to the spretes of iust and parfecte men,

⁴ For yf God spared not the angels that synned, but cast them downe into hell, and delyuered them into chaynes of dercknes to be kept vnto iudgement:

⁷ And as moche as she glorifyed her selfe and liued wantanly, so moch powre ye in for her of punysshement and sorowe, for she sayde in her selfe: I syt beynge a quene, & am no wyddowe, and shall se no sorowe. ⁸ Therfore shal her plages come in one daye, deeth, & sorowe, and honger, & she shalbe brent with fyre: for stronge is the Lorde God which shal iudge her.

⁶ Lest the executer of bloude folowe after the slayer whyle hys herte is whote, and ouertake hym, because the wayes is longe, and slaye hym, and yet there is no cause worthy of death in hym, in as moche as he hated him not in tyme passed.

¹⁵ But and yf thou wylt not herken vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God, to kepe & to do all hys commaundementes and his ordinaunces, which I commaunde the this daye: all these curses shall come vpon the, and ouertake the:

⁴⁵ Moreouer, all these curses shall come vpon the, and shall folowe the and ouertake the, tyll thou be destroyed: because thou herkenedst not vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God, to kepe hys commaundementes, and hys ordinaunces, whych he commaunded the,

¹⁶ the swearde that ye feared shall ouer take you in Egypte and the honger wherof ye be here afrayed shall hange vpon you & folowe you into Egypte, and there ye shall dye.

⁹ O Israell, thou hast synned as Gabaa dyd afore tyme, where they remayned: shuld not the batayll then come vpon the wycked chyldren, as well as vpon the Gabaonites?

⁶ But dyd not my wordes and statutes (which I commaunded by my seruauntes the prophetes) touche youre forefathers? Upon this, they gaue answere and sayde: like as the Lorde of hoostes deuised to do vnto vs, according to oure owne wayes and ymagynacyons, euen so hath he delt with vs.

¹⁸ to open their eyes, that they maye be turned from darckness to light, and from the power of Satan vnto God, that they maye receaue forgeuenes of synnes, and inheritaunce amonge them whych are sanctified by fayth that is toward me.

¹¹ This also, we knowe the season howe that it is tyme that we shulde now awake out of slepe. For now is oure saluacyon nearer, then when we beleued. ¹² The nyght is passed, the daye is come nye. Let vs therfore cast awaye the dedes of darcknes, and let vs put on the Armoure of lyght. ¹³ Let vs walke honestly as it were in the daye lyght: not in eatynge & drynckynge, nether in chamburyng and wantannes, nether in stryfe & enuyinge:

¹³ Which hath delyuered vs from the power of derknes, and hath translated vs into the kyngdome of hys dere sone

⁹ But ye are a chosen generacion, a royall presthod, an holy nacyon, a people whych are wonne: that ye shuld shewe the vertues of hym, that called you out of darcknes into hys meruclous lyght, ¹⁰ whych in tyme past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which some time had not optayned mercye, but now haue optayned mercye.

⁸ The olde commaundement is the worde, which ye haue hearde from the beginninge. Agayne, a new commaundement I wryte vnto you, that is true in him, and the same is true also in you: for the dercknes is past, and the true lyght now shyneth.

⁸ And the Lorde commended the vniust stewarde, because he had done wysly. For the chyldren of this worlde are in theyr nacion, wyser then the chyldren of lyght.

³⁶ Whyle ye haue lyght, beleue on the lyght, that ye maye be the children of the lyght. These thynges spake Iesus, and departed, and hid him self from them.

⁸ Ye were somtyme darcknes, but nowe are ye lyght in the Lorde. Walke as children of lyght

¹⁵ Slouthfulnes bryngeth slepe: and a soule accustomed with crafte shall suffre honger.

¹⁰ For hys watchmen are all blynde, they haue all together no vnderstandynge, they are all domme dogges, not beynge able to barcke, they are slepy: slogysh are they, and lye snortynge:

⁶ So the master of the shyppe came to him and sayde vnto him: why slomberest thou? Up, call vpon thy God: yf God (happely) wyll thynke vpon vs, that we perysh not.

²⁵ But whyll men slept, his enemie came, & sowed tares among the wheate, & went his waye.

⁴² Watch therfore, for ye knowe not what houre your lord will come.

⁵ Whyle the brydegrome taryed, they all slombred & slept.

³⁸ Then sayde Iesus vnto them: my soule his heuy, euen vnto the deeth. Tary ye here: and watche wt me.

⁴⁰ And he came vnto the disciples, & founde them aslepe, and sayeth vnto Peter: what, coulde ye not watch with me one houre: ⁴¹ watche, and praye, that ye entre not into temptacyon. The sprete is willinge, but the fleshe is weake.

³⁷ And that I saye vnto you, I saye vnto all watche.

³⁷ And he cam & founde them slepyng, & sayeth to Peter: Simon, slepest thou? Couldest not thou watche one houre? ³⁸ watche ye, & praye, leest ye entre into temptacion, the sprete trulye is ready, but the flesh is weake.

³⁷ Happy are those seruauntes, whom the Lorde (when he commeth) shall fynde wakynge. Uerely I saye vnto you, that he shall gyrde hym selfe and make them to syt downe to meate, and walke by, and minister vnto them.

³⁹ This vnderstond, that yf the good man of the house knewe, what houre the thefe wolde come, he wolde suerly watch, and not suffer hys housse to be broken vp.

³⁶ Watch ye therfore contynually, and praye, that ye maye escape all these thynges that shall come, and that ye maye stande before the sonne of man.

⁴⁶ and sayde vnto them: why slepe ye? Ryse, and praye, lest ye fall into temptacyon.

³¹ Therfore awake, & remember, that by the space of .iij. yeres: I ceased not to warne euery one of you nyght and daye with teares.

¹¹ This also, we knowe the season howe that it is tyme that we shulde now awake out of slepe. For now is oure saluacyon nearer, then when we beleued. ¹² The nyght is passed, the daye is come nye. Let vs therfore cast awaye the dedes of darcknes, and let vs put on the Armoure of lyght. ¹³ Let vs walke honestly as it were in the daye lyght: not in eatynge & drynckynge, nether in chamburyng and wantannes, nether in stryfe & enuyinge: ¹⁴ but put ye on the Lorde Iesus Chryst. And make not prouisyon for the fleshe, to fulfyll the lustes of it.

³⁴ Awake truely out of slepe, and synne not. For some haue not the knowledge of God: I speake this to youre shame.

¹³ Watche ye, stonde fast in the fayth, quyte you lyke men, be stronge.

¹⁴ Wherfore he sayth: awake thou that slepest, and stonde vp from deeth, and Chryst shall geue the lyght.

¹⁸ And praye all wayes with all maner of prayer and supplicacyon in the sprete: and watch ther vnto with all instance and supplycacyon for all saynctes

⁵ Let youre softenes be knowen vnto all men: The Lorde is euen at hande.

² Continue in prayer, & watch in the same with thankes geuynge,

⁸ But let vs whych are of the daye, be sober armed wyth the brest plate of fayth and loue, and with hope of saluacyon for an helmet.

⁹ Lykewise also the wemen, that they araye them selues in comlye apparell wyth shamfastnes and discrete behaueour, not wt broyded heare, ether golde or pearles, or costly araye:

¹⁵ Notwythstandynge thorowe bearynge of chyldren she shalbe saued, yf they contynue in fayth and loue, and holynes, wyth discrecyon.

² A Bisshoppe therfore must be blameles, the husbande of one wyfe, dilygent, sober, discrete, a keper of hospitalite: apte to teach:

¹¹ Euen so must theyr wyues be honest, not euyll speakers: but sober and faythfull in all thynges.

⁵ But watche thou in all thynges, suffre affliccyons, do the worke thorowlye of an Euangelist, fulfyll thyne offyce vnto the vtmost.

⁶ Yonge men lykewyse exhorte, that they be sobre mynded.

¹² and teacheth vs that we shulde denye vngodlynes and worldy lustes, & that we shulde lyue soberly, and ryghteously, and godly in thys present worlde,

¹³ Wherfore gyrde vp the loynes of youre mynde, be sober, & trust perfectly on the grace that is brought vnto you (by the declaryng of Iesus Chryst)

⁷ The ende of al thinges is at hande. Be ye therfore sober, and watch vnto prayer.

⁸ Be sober and watch, for youre aduersary the deuyll as a roaring lyon walketh about, sekyng whom he maye deuoure:

² Be awake, and strength the thynges which remayne, that are redy to dye. For I haue not founde thy worckes perfayete before God.

³⁶ And Abigail came to Nabal: and behold, he held a feast in his house, lyke the feest of a kyng, & Nabals herte was mery within him, for he was very droncke. Wherfore she tolde him nothing, nether lytle nor moare, vntill the morow daye. ³⁷ But in the mornyng, when the wine was gone out of Naball, hys wife tolde him these wordes, and his herte dyed within him, and he became as a stone

¹³ In the thoughtes and visyons of the night (when slepe commeth on men)

¹⁵ In dreames and visyons of the nyght (when slombring commeth vpon men, that they fall a slepe in their beddes)

²⁹ Who hath wo? Who hath sorow? Who hath strife? Who hath brauling? & who hath woundes without cause Or who hath reed eyes? ³⁰ Euen they that be euer at the wyne, & seke excesse. ³¹ Loke not thou vpon the wyne, how redd it is, & what a colour it geueth in the glasse. ³² It goeth downe softly, but at the last it byteth lyke a serpent, & styngeth as an Adder. ³³ So shall thine eyes loke vnto straunge wemen, & thyne herte shall muse vpon frowarde thynges. ³⁴ Yee, thou shalt be as though thou layest in the myddest of the see, or sleptest vpon the toppe of the mast of a shippe. ³⁵ They wouded me (shalt thou saye) but it hath not hurte me: they haue all to broken me, but I felt it not. Whan I am well wakened, I will go to the drincke againe.

⁴ My hart panted, fearfulnes came vpon me. The nyght of my volupteousnes hath he turned agaynst me into feare. ⁵ Whyle they garnished the table, the watch man loked: And while I was eatynge and drynkyng (it was sayde:) vp ye captaynes, take you to your shylde.

⁴ They droncke wyne, and praysed theyr Idoles of golde, syluer, copper yron, wodde and stone. ⁵ In the very same houre there appeared fyngers, as it had bene of a mans hande writynge, ryght ouer agaynst the candelstycke vpon the playne wall in the kynges palace: & the kynge sawe the palme of the hande that wrote.

¹⁵ For these are not droncken, as ye suppose, seynge it is but the thyrde houre of the daye.

¹³ Let vs walke honestly as it were in the daye lyght: not in eatynge & drynckynge, nether in chamburyng and wantannes, nether in stryfe & enuyinge:

¹³ & receaue the rewarde of vnryghtwesnes. They count it pleasure to lyue delyciously for a season. Spottes they are & fylthynes: which lyue at pleasure in their owne disceauable wayes, feastinge & scorninge you:

²³ O that my wordes were nowe written O that they were put in a boke: ²⁴ wolde God they were grauen with an yron penne in leade or in stone to continue. ²⁵ For I am sure, that my redemer lyueth, and that I hall ryse out of the earth in the latter daye: ²⁶ that I shall be clothed agayne with this skynne, and se God in my flesh. ²⁷ Yee, I my selfe shall beholde him, not with other, but with these same eyes. My reynes are consumed within me:

⁵ Put thy trust in God, for I wyll yet geue hym thankes, for the help of hys countenaunce.

¹¹ Why art thou so vexed (O my soule) and why art thou so disquieted wythin me? O put thy trust in God, for I wyll yet thanke hym whych is the helpe of my countenaunce, and my God.

⁵ Why art thou so heuy (O my soule) & why art thou so disquyeted wythin me? O put thy trust in God, for I will yet geue hym thankes whych is the helpe of my countenaunce, and my God.

¹⁷ He put ryghteousnes vpon him for a brest plate, a set the helmet of health vpon hys head. He put on wrath in steade of clothynge, & toke gelousy about hym for a cloke:

²⁶ The good man with stylnes and pacience tarieth, for the health of the Lorde.

² by whom also it chaunsed vnto vs to be brought in thorow fayth, vnto thys grace, wherin we stande, and reioyce in hope of the glory of God. ³ Not that onely: but also we reioyce in tribulacyons: knowyng that tribulacyon bryngeth pacience, ⁴ pacience bryngeth experience, experience bryngeth hope. ⁵ And hope maketh not ashamed: because the loue of God is sheed abroad in oure hertes, by the holy ghost whych is geuen vnto vs.

²⁴ For we are sauyd by hope. But hope that is sene, is no hope. For how can a man hope for that, which he seyth? ²⁵ But and yf we hope for that we se not, then do we wt pacience abyde for it.

¹³ Nowe abydeth fayth, hope, and loue, euen these thre: but the chefe of these is loue.

⁷ in the worde of trueth, in the power of God, by the armoure of ryghtewesnes of the ryght hande & on the lyfte

⁵ We loke for, and hope in the sprete to be iustifyed thorowe fayth.

⁸ Ye were somtyme darcknes, but nowe are ye lyght in the Lorde. Walke as children of lyght ⁹ (For the frute of the sprete consysteth in all goodnes, and ryghtewesnes and trueth.)

¹¹ Put on all the armoure of God, that ye maye stande agaynst the assautes of the deuyll.

¹³ Wherfore take vnto you the whole armoure of God, that ye maye be able to resyste in the euyll daye, and stande perfecte in all thinges. ¹⁴ Stande therfore, and youre loynes gyrd with the trueth, hauynge on the brest plate of ryghtewesnes, ¹⁵ & hauynge shoes on youre fete, that ye maye be prepared for the Gospell of peace. ¹⁶ Aboue all, take to you the shylde of fayth, wherwith ye maye quenche all the fyrie dartes of the wycked. ¹⁷ And take the helmet of saluacyon, and the swearde of the sprete, which is the worde of God. ¹⁸ And praye all wayes with all maner of prayer and supplicacyon in the sprete: and watch ther vnto with all instance and supplycacyon for all saynctes

²³ Peace be vnto the brethren and loue with fayth, from God the father and from the Lorde Iesus Chryst.

⁵ Ye are all the chyldren of lyght, and the chyldren of the daye. We are not of the nyght nether of darknes.

¹⁶ Oure Lorde Iesu Christ hym selfe, and God and oure father (which hath loued vs, and hath geuen vs euerlastynge consolacyon, and good hope thorowe grace)

¹⁹ whych hope we holde as an ancre of the soule both sure and stedfast, whych hope also entreth in, into those thinges which are with in the vayle,

³⁵ Cast not awaye therfore your confydence, whych hath a great recompence of rewarde. ³⁶ For ye haue nede of pacyence, that after ye haue done the wyll of God, ye myght receaue the promes.

³ Blessed be God the father of oure Lord Iesus Chryst, whych accordyng to his aboundant mercye begat vs agayne vnto a lyuely hope (by that that Iesus Christ rose agayne from deeth) ⁴ to an inherytaunce immortall and vndefyled, and that perissheth not, reserued in heauen for you, ⁵ whych are kept by the power of of God thorow fayth, vnto saluacion, whych is prepared allready to be shewed in the last tyme,

⁹ But ye are a chosen generacion, a royall presthod, an holy nacyon, a people whych are wonne: that ye shuld shewe the vertues of hym, that called you out of darcknes into hys meruclous lyght,

⁷ But & yf we walke in lyght euen as he is in lyght, then haue we fellishippe wt him, and the bloude of Iesus Christ his sonne clenseth vs from all synne.

¹ Beholde, what loue the father hath shewed on vs, that we shuld be called the the sonnes of God. For this cause the worlde knoweth you not, because it knoweth not hym. ² Dearely beloued, now are we the sonnes of God & yet it doth not appeare, what we shalbe. But we knowe, that when it shall appeare, we shalbe lyke him. For we shall se hym as he is. ³ And euery man that hath this hope in him, pourgeth him selfe, euen as he also is pure.

¹⁶ And in very dede for this cause haue I kepte the, for to shewe the my power: and that they might declare my name thorowout all the world.

⁴ The Lorde doth all thynges for hys awne sake, yee and when he kepeth the vngodly for the daye of wrath.

¹⁰ Moreouer, thus sayeth the Lord God: At the same tyme shal many thinges come into thy mynde, so that thou shalt ymagyn myschefe, ¹¹ and saye: I wyll vp to yonder playne lande, seinge they syt at ease, & dwell so safely (for they dwell all without any walles they haue nether barres nor dores) ¹² to spoyle them, to robbe them, to laye hande vpon their so well inhabited wyldernesses: against that people, that is gathered together from amonge the Heathen, which haue gotten catell and good, and dwell in the middest of the lande. ¹³ Then shall Saba, and Dedan, and the marchauntes of Tharsis with all their worthies saye vnto the: Art thou come to robbe? Hast thou gathered thy people together, because thou wilt spoyle? to take syluer and golde: to cary awaye catell and good, and to haue a greate praye? ¹⁴ Therfore, O thou sonne of man, thou shalt prophecie, and saye vnto God. Thus saieth the Lord God. In that daye thou shalt knowe that my people of Israel dwelleth safe: ¹⁵ and shalt come from thy place out of the north partes, thou & moch people with the which ryde vpon horses, whereof there is a greate multitude and an innumerable sorte. ¹⁶ Yee, thou shalt come vpon my people of Israell, as a cloude to couer the lande. Thys shall come to passe in the latter dayes: I will bringe the vp into my lande, that the heathen maye knowe me, when I get me honoure vpon the (O Gog) before their eyes. ¹⁷ Thus sayeth the Lorde God: Thou art he, of whom I haue spoken afore tyme by my seruauntes the prophetes of Israel, which prophecied in those dayes and yeares, that I shuld bringe the vpon them.

²⁴ The sonne of man truly goeth, as it is written of him: but wo vnto that man, by whom the sonne of man is betrayed. It had bene good for that man, if he had not bene borne.

²⁰ For it is wrytten in the boke of Psalmes: hys habitacyon be voyde, and no man be dwellynge therin: and his Bysshoprycke let another take.

²⁵ that he maye take the roume of thys ministracyon and Apostleshypp, from which Iudas by transgressyon fell, that he myght go to hys awne place.

⁴⁸ Whan the gentyls hearde thys, they were glad and glorifyed the worde of the Lorde, & beleued: euen as many as were ordeyned vnto eternal lyfe.

¹¹ For yer the chyldren were borne, when they had nether done good nether bad (that the purpose of God by eleccyon, myght stande) it was sayde vnto her, not by the reason of workes, but by the caller: ¹² the elder shall serue the younger. ¹³ As it is wrytten: Iacob haue I loued, but Esau haue I hated. ¹⁴ What shall we saye then? is there eny vnrightewesnes with God? God forbyd. ¹⁵ For he sayth to Moses: I wyll shewe mercy to whomsoeuer I shewe mercy: and wyll haue compassyon, ¹⁶ on whomsoeuer I haue compassyon. So lyeth it not then in a mans wyll or runnynge, but in the mercye of God. ¹⁷ For the scripture sayth vnto Pharao: euen for thys same purpose haue I stered the vp, to shewe my power on the, and that my name myght be declared thorow out all the worlde. ¹⁸ So hath he mercye on whom he wyll, and whom he wyll, he maketh harde herted. ¹⁹ Thou wylt saye then vnto me: why then blameth he vs yet? For who hath bene able to resist his wyll? ²⁰ But O man, what art thou, which disputest with God? Shall the worcke saye to the worke man: why hast thou made me on this fassyon? ²¹ Hath not the potter power ouer the claye, euen of the same lompe to make one vessel vnto honoure, and another vnto dishonoure? ²² Euen so, God willyng to shewe hys wrath, and to make his power knowen suffered wyth longe pacyence the vessels of wrath, ordeyned to damnacyon, ²³ and to declare the ryches of hys glory on the vessels of mercye, which he had prepared vnto glorye:

⁷ What then? Israel hath not obtayned that which he seketh: but the eleccyon hath obtayned it. The remnaunt are blynded

³⁰ for loke, as ye in tyme passed haue not beleued God, yet haue now obtained mercy thorow their vnbelefe:

¹⁰ and for to loke for hys sonne from heauen, whom he raysed from deeth: euen Iesus, whych delyuereth vs from the wrath to come.

³ that no man shulde be moued in these affliccyons, For ye your selues knowe, that we are euen apoynted there vnto.

¹³ But we are bounde to geue thankes alwey to God for you (brethren beloued of the Lorde) for because that God hath from the begynnynge chosen you to saluacyon, thorowe sanctifyinge of the sprete, and thorow beleuing of the trueth, ¹⁴ wher vnto he called you by oure Gospell, to obtayne the glorye of oure Lord Iesu Christ.

¹³ where as before I was a blasphemer, and a persecuter, & a Tyraunt. But yet I obtayned mercy, because I dyd it ignorauntly thorowe vnbelefe.

¹⁶ Not wythstandynge for this cause optayned I mercy, that Iesus Christ shulde fyrst shewe on me all longe pacience, to declare an ensample vnto them which shulde beleue on him vnto eternall lyfe.

¹⁰ Therfore I suffre all thynges, for the electes sakes, that they myght also obtayne the saluacion, which is in Christ Iesu, with eternall glory.

¹⁹ But the sure grounde of God standeth still, and hath this seale: the Lorde knoweth them that are hys. And let euery man that calleth on the name of Christ, departe from iniquite. ²⁰ Not wythstandynge in a greate house are not onely vesseles of golde and of syluer: but also of wood and of erthe: some for honoure, and some vnto dyshonoure.

⁸ and a stone that men stomble at, and a rocke wherat they be offended whych stomble at the worde, and beleue not that, wheron they were set.

¹⁰ whych in tyme past were not a people, but are now the people of God: which some time had not optayned mercye, but now haue optayned mercye.

¹ Simon Peter a seruaunt, and an Apostle of Iesus Christ, to them whych haue obtayned lyke precyous fayth wt vs thorow the ryghtewesnes of oure God and sauioure Iesus Christ.

³ and thorow coueteousnes shall they wyth fayned wordes make marchandyse of you, whose iudgement is now not farre of, and their damnacyon slepeth not.

⁴ For ther are certayne vngodly men craftely crept in, of which it was written afore tyme vnto such iudgement. They turne the grace of oure God vnto wantannes, and denye God (which is the onely Lorde) and oure Lorde Iesus Christ.

²⁸ euen as the sonne of man cam, not to be ministred vnto, but to minister, & to geue his lyfe a redempcion for many.

¹¹ I am the good shepeherd. A good shepherde geueth hys lyfe for the shepe.

¹⁵ As my father knoweth me, euen so knowe I also my father. And I geue my lyfe for the shepe:

¹⁷ Therfore doth my father loue me, because I put my lyfe from me, that I myght take it agayne.

¹³ Greater loue hath no man, then thys: that a man bestowe hys lyfe for his frendes.

⁶ For when we were yet weake, accordyng to the tyme, Christ dyed for vs whych were vngodly: ⁷ Yet scace wyll eny man dye for a ryghtewes man. Parauenture for a good man durst a man dye. ⁸ But God setteth out his loue toward vs, seynge that whyll we were yet synners Christ dyed for vs.

³⁴ who is he that can condempne? it is Chryst which dyed, yee, rather which is rysen agayne, which is also on the ryght hande of God, and maketh intercessyon for us.

⁸ For none of vs lyueth for hym selfe, and no man dyeth for hym selfe. For yf we lyue, we lyue vnto the Lorde. And yf we dye, we dye vnto the Lord. Whether we lyue therfore, or dye, we are the Lordes. ⁹ For Christ therfore dyed, and rose agayne, and reuyued, that he myght be Lorde of deed and quycke.

³ For fyrst of all I delyuered vnto you, that which I receaued: how that Christ dyed for our synnes, agreynge to the scriptures:

¹⁵ and he dyed for all: that they whych lyue, shuld not hence forth lyue vnto them selues, but vnto him whych dyed for them, & rose agayne.

²¹ for he made him to be synne for vs, which knewe no synne, that we by his meanes shulde be that ryghtewesnes, which before God is alowed.

² and walke ye in loue euen as Christ loued vs, and gaue him selfe for vs an offerynge and a sacrifyce of a swete sauer to God

¹³ I wolde not brethren that ye shulde be ignoraunt concernynge them whych are fallen aslepe, that ye sorowe not as other do, whych haue no hope.

¹⁷ then we which shall lyue (euen we which shall remayne) shall be caught vp with them also in the cloudes, to mete the Lorde in the ayer. And so shall we euer be with the Lorde.

⁶ whych gaue him selfe a raunsome for all men, that it shulde be testifyed at hys tyme,

¹⁴ whych gaue him selfe for vs, to redeme vs from all vnryghtewesnes, and to pourge vs a peculyer people vnto hym selfe feruently geuen vnto good workes.

²⁴ whych hys awne selfe bare our synnes in his body on the tree, that we beyng delyuered from synne, shuld lyue vnto ryghteousnes. By whose strypes ye were healed.

¹⁸ For as moch as Christ hath once suffered for synnes, the iust for the vniust, to bring vs to God, and was kylled, as pertayninge to the flesshe: but was quyckened in the sprete.

¹⁹ Let vs therfore folowe those thinges which make for peace, and thynges wherwith one maye edifye another.

² Let euery man please hys neyghbour vnto hys welth and edifyinge.

¹⁴ I my selfe am full certifyed of you (my brethren) that ye also are full of goodnes, & fylled with all knowledge, willinge to exhorte one another.

²³ I maye do all thynges, but all thynges edifye not.

⁵ I wolde that ye all spake with tonges: but rather that ye prophesied. For greater is he that prophesyeth, then he that speaketh with tonges, except he expounde it: that the congregacion maye haue edifying.

¹² Euen so ye (for as moche as ye couet spretuall gyftes) seke, that ye maye excell, vnto the edifyinge of the congregacyon.

²⁹ Let the prophetes speake two, or thre, & let the other iudge.

¹⁹ I desyred Titus, & with hym I sent a brother. Dyd Titus defraude you of any thyng? walked we not in one sprete? Walked we not in lyke steppes?

¹² to the edifyenge of the saynctes, to the worke and ministracyon, euen to the edifyinge of the body of Chryst,

¹⁶ in whom yf all the body be coupled and knet together thorow out euery ioynt wherwith one ministreth to another (accordynge to the operacyon as euery parte hath hys measure) he increaseth the body, vnto the edifyinge of it selfe thorowe loue.

²⁹ Let no fylthy communicacion procede out of youre mouth: but that which is good to edifye wt all, as oft as nede is that it maye minister grace vnto the hearers.

¹⁰ Yee and that thynge verely ye do vnto all the brethren which are in all Macedonia. We beseche you brethren, that ye encreace more & more,

¹⁸ Wherfore, comforte your selues one another wt these wordes.

⁴ nether geue hede to fables & endles genealogyes whych brede doubtes more then Godlye edifyinge, which is by fayth

¹³ but exhorte ye one another dayly, while it is called to daye: lest eny of you wexe harde harted thorowe the deceytfulnesse of synne.

²⁵ not forsakynge the felishyppe that we haue among our selues, as the maner of some is: but let vs exhorte one another, & so moch the more, because ye se that the daye draweth nye.

¹² Wherfore, I wyll not be neglygent to put you all wayes in remembraunce of soch thynges though ye knowe them youre selues, and and be stablished in the present trueth.

²⁰ But ye derlye beloued, edifye youre selues in your most holy fayth, prayinge in the holy goost,

³⁷ Then saieth he vnto his disciples, the heruest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are feawe. ³⁸ Praye ye therfore the Lord of the haruest, that he will sende labourers into his haruest.

¹ After these thynges, the Lorde appoynted other .lxx. also, and sent them two and two before hym into euery cytie & place, whyther he him selfe wolde come. ² Therfore sayd he vnto them: the haruest is great, but the labourers are fewe. Praye ye therfore the lord of the haruest, to sende forth labourers into his haruest.

⁷ And in the same house tary styll, eatyng and drinckyng soch as they geue: For the labourer is worthy of hys rewarde. Go not from house to house,

³⁸ I sent you to reape that wheron ye bestowed no laboure. Other men laboured, & ye are entred into their labours.

²⁸ Take hede therfore vnto youre selues & to all the flocke amonge whom the holy ghost hath made you ouersears, to rule the congregacyon of God which he hath purchased with his bloude.

³⁵ I haue shewed you all thinges, how that so laboring ye ought to receaue the weake, & to remember the wordes of the Lorde Iesu, how that he sayd: it is more blessed to geue then to receaue.

⁹ For we are Goddes labourers, ye are Goddes husbandrye, ye are Goddes buyldyng:

²⁸ And God hath also ordeyned in the congregacyon, fyrst Apostles, secondarely prophetes, thrydly teachers, then them that do myracles: after that, the gyftes of healyng, helpers, gouerners, diuersitye of tonges.

¹⁰ But by the grace of God, I am that I am. And his grace which is in me, was not in vayne: But I labored moare aboundauntly then they all, yet not I, but the grace of God which is with me

¹⁶ I beseche you that ye be obedient vnto soche, and to all that helpe and laboure.

¹⁸ For they haue comforted my sprete & youres. Loke therfore that ye knowe them that are soche.

⁹ Wherfore, whether we be at home or from home, we endeuoure oure selues, to please him.

¹ We also as helpers exhorte you that ye receaue not the grace of God in vayne.

²³ They are the mynisters of Chryst (I speake as a foole) I am more. In labours more aboundante: In strypes aboue measure: In preson more plenteouslye: In deeth ofte.

¹¹ I am in feare of you, lest I haue bestowed on you laboure in vayne.

¹⁶ holdynge faste the worde of lyfe, that I maye reioyce in the daye of Chryst, howe that I haue not runne in vayne, nether haue laboured in vayne.

¹⁹ I trust in the Lorde Iesus, for to sende Timotheus shortly vnto you, that I also maye be of good comforte, when I knowe what case ye stande in.

²⁹ Wherin I also laboure and stryue, euen as farforth as his strength worketh in me myghtely.

⁹ Ye remember brethren oure laboure, and trauayle. For we laboured daye & nyght because we wolde not be chargeable vnto eny of you, and preached vnto you the Gospell of God.

¹⁴ We desyre you (brethren) warne them that are vnruly, comforte the feble mynded, lyft vp the weake, be pacient towarde all men.

¹ Rebuke not an elder, rygorously but exhorte him as a father: the yonger men, as brethren:

¹⁷ The elders that rule well, are worthy of double honoure, most specially they whych laboure in the worde & teachynge. ¹⁸ For the scripture sayth: thou shalt not moosel the mouth of the oxe that treadeth out the corne. And the labourer is worthy of his reward.

²⁰ Then that synne, rebuke openly, that other also maye feare.

⁶ The husbandman that laboureth, must fyrst receaue of the frutes.

³ but hath opened his worde at the tyme appoynted thorowe preachinge, which is commytted vnto me, accordynge to the commaundement of God oure saueoure.

⁵ For this cause left I the in Creta, that thou shuldest refourme the thynges that are vnperfect, & shuldest ordeyne elders in euery cytie, as I had appoynted the.

¹⁵ These thynges speake, and exhorte, and rebuke, with all feruentnes of commaundynge. Se that no man despyse the.

⁷ Remember them whych haue the ouersyght of you, whych haue spoken vnto you the worde of God. Whose fayth se that ye folowe, and consider the ende of theyr conuersacyon.

¹⁷ Obeye them that haue the ouer syght of you, & submyt your selues vnto them, for they watch for your soules, euen as they that must geue acomptes: that they maye do it with ioye, & not with grefe. For that is an vnproffitable thyng for you.

² Fede ye Christes flocke, asmoch as lyeth in you, takynge the ouersyght of them, not as compelled therto, but wyllyngly: not for the desyre of fylthy lucre: but of a good mynde, ³ not as though ye were lordes ouer the parisshes: but that ye be an ensample to the flock

²⁰ the mistery of the .vii. starres which thou sawest in my ryght hande, and the .vii. golden candelstickes. The .vii. starres are the messengers of the .vii. congregacions, And the seuen candelstickes which thou sawest, are the seuen congregacyons.

³ & hast suffred. And hast pacience: and for my names sake hast labored, and hast not faynted.

⁸ And vnto the angell of the congregacyon of Smyrna wryte: These thynges sayth he that is fyrst, & the laste, which was deed, and is alyue.

¹² And to the messenger of the congregacyon in Pergamos wryte: This sayth he, which hath the sharpe swearde with two edges:

¹⁸ And vnto the messenger of the congregacyon of Thyatira wryte. Thys sayth the sonne of God, which hath eyes lyke vnto a flamme of fyre, & hys fete are lyke brasse:

¹ And wryte vnto the messenger of the congregacion that is at Sardis: this sayth he that hath the seuen spretes of God & the seuen starres. I know thy workes, thou hast a name that thou lyuest, and thou art deed.

⁷ And wryte vnto the angell of the congregacion of Phyladelphia: this sayth he that is holy and true, which hath the keye of Dauid: whych openeth and no man shutteth, and shutteth, & no man openeth.

¹⁴ And vnto the messenger of the congregacyon whych is in Laodicia, wryte: This sayth (Amen) the faythfull and true wytnes, the begynnyng of the creatures of God.

²⁴ So sent he hys brethren awaye to departe: And he sayde vnto them: se that ye fall not out by the waye.

¹ A songe of the stayres of Dauid: Beholde, howe good and ioyfull a thing it is, brethren to dwell together in vnitye. It is lyke the precyous oyntement vpon the heade, that ranne downe vnto the beerd: euen vnto Aarons beerd, and wente downe to the skyrtes of hys clothynge.

⁴⁰ He that receaueth you, receaueth me: & he that receaueth me, receaueth him that sent me.

⁵⁰ Salt is good. But yf the salt be vnsauery, what shall ye season ther wyth? haue salt in youre selues: and haue peace amonge youre selues, one wyth another.

³ And whan he heard of Iesu, he sent vnto him the elders of the Iewes, besechinge him that he wold come, & heale his seruaunte. ⁴ And whan they came to Iesus, they besought him instantly, saying: He is worthy that thou shuldest do this for hym. ⁵ For he loueth oure nacion, and hath buylt vs a synagoge.

³⁴ A newe commaundement geue I vnto you, that ye loue together, as I haue loued you, that euen so ye loue one another. ³⁵ By this shall all men knowe that ye are my discyples, yf ye haue loue one to another.

¹⁷ This commaunde I you, that ye loue together.

¹⁷ (As it is wrytten: I haue made the a father of many nacyons) euen before God, whom he beleued, whych restoreth the deed vnto lyfe: and calleth those thynges whych be not, as though they were. ¹⁸ Whych Abraham, contrary to hope, beleued in hope, that he shulde be the father of many nacyons, accordynge to that whych was spoken: ¹⁹ euen so shall thy seed be. And he faynted not in the fayth, nor yet consydered his awne body whych was now deed, euen when he was almost an hondred yeare olde: nether yet that Sara was past chyldeberinge.

¹ Let a man this wyse esteme vs, euen as the minysters of Christ, and stewards of the secretes of God. ² Furthermore it is required of the stewardes, that a man be founde faythfull.

⁷ Who goeth a warfare eny tyme at hys awne cost? who planteth a vineyarde, and eateth not of the frute therof? Or who fedeth a flocke and eateth not of the mylcke of the flocke? ⁸ Saye I these thynges after the maner of men? Sayth not the lawe the same also? ⁹ For it is wrytten in the lawe of Moses. Thou shalt not mosell the mouth of the oxe that treadeth oute the corne. Doth God take thought for oxen? ¹⁰ Sayth he it not alltogether for oure sakes? For oure sakes no doute this is written: that he whych eareth shulde eare in hope & that he whych throssheth in hope, shulde be partaker of hys hope. ¹¹ If we sowe vnto you spirituall thynges, is it a great thynge yf we reape youre bodely thynges?

¹¹ Finallye brethren, fare ye well, be parfect, be of good conforte, be of one mynde, lyue in peace, and the God of loue and peace shalbe with you.

¹⁴ And my temptacyon which was in the flesshe, ye despysed not, nether abhorred: but receaued me as an angell of God: euen as Christ Iesus.

²² Contrarely, the frute of the sprete is, loue, ioye, peace, longe sufferinge, gentylnes, goodnes, faythfulnes,

⁶ Let hym that is taught in the worde, minister vnto him that teacheth him in all good thinges.

³ and be diligent to kepe the vnitie of the sprete thorowe the bonde of peace,

¹⁵ And the peace of God rule in youre hertes: to the which peace ye are called in one body. And se that ye be thankfull. ¹⁶ The very Lorde of peace geue you peace allwayes, by all meanes. The Lord be with you all.

²² Lustes of youth auoyde, but folowe ryghtwesnes, fayth, loue and peace, with them that call on the Lorde with a pure herte.

¹⁴ Folow peace with all men and holynes: with out the which no man shall se the Lorde.

¹⁸ yee, & the frute of ryghtewesnes is sowen in peace, of them that mayntene peace.

³ And therfore strength the weake handes, and conforte the feble knees. ⁴ Saye vnto them that are of a fearefull hert. Be of good chere, and feare not. Beholde, youre God commeth to take vengeaunce: and you shall se the rewarde that God geueth: God commeth his awne selfe, & will delyuer you.

¹ Comforte my people (O ye prophetes) comforte my people, sayeth your God, ² comforte Ierusalem at the hert, & tell her: that her trauayle is at an ende that her offence is pardoned, that she hath receaued of the Lordes hande sufficient correccion for all her synnes.

¹¹ He shall fede his flock lyke an herdman. He shall gather the lambes together with hys arme, and carye them in his bosome, & shall kyndely intreate those that beare yonge.

⁹ In their troubles he was also troubled wt them, and the angell that went forth from hys presence, delyuered them: Of very loue & kyndnesse that he had vnto them, redemed he them. He hath borne them, and caryed them vp euer, sence the worlde beganne.

¹² Theyr houses with theyr landes & wyues shallbe turned vnto straungers, when I stretch out myne hande vpon the inhabitatours of this land, sayeth the Lorde.

¹⁷ Thou sonne of man, I haue made the a watchman vnto the house of Israell: therfore take good hede to the wordes of my mouthe, & geue them warnynge at my commaundement. ¹⁸ If I saye vnto the, concernynge the vngodly man, that (wythout doute) he must dye, and thou geuest hym not warnynge, ner speakest vnto hym, that he may turne from hys euell waye, and so to lyue: Then shall the same vngodly man dye in his awne vnryghteousnes: but hys bloude wyll I requyre of thyne hand. ¹⁹ Neuertheles, yf thou geue warnynge vnto the wycked, and he yet forsake not his vngodlynesse: then shall he dye in his awne wyckednesse, but thou hast discharged thy soule. ²⁰ Nowe yf a ryghteous man go from his ryghteousnesse, and do the thynge that is euell: I will laye a stomblynge blocke before him, and he shall dye because thou hast not geuen hym warnyng: yee, dye shall he in hys awne synne, so that the vertue, whych he dyd before, shall not be thought vpon: but his bloude wyll I requyre of thyne hande. ²¹ Neuerthelesse, yf thou exhortest the ryghteous, that he synne not, & so the ryghteous do not synne: then shall he lyue, because he hath receaued thy warnynge, and thou hast discharged thy soule.

³ the same man (whan he seyth the swearde come vpon the lande) shall blowe the trompet, and warne the people. ⁴ If a man now heare the noyse of the trompet & wyll not be warned, and the swearde come: and take him awaye: his bloude shall be vpon his awne head: ⁵ for he herde the sound of the trompet, & wolde not take hede, therfore his bloude be vpon him. But yf he will receaue warninge, he shall saue his lyfe. ⁶ Agayne, yf the watch man se the swearde come, and shewe it not with the trompet, so that the people is not warned: yf the swearde come then, & take eny man from among them: the same shall be taken awaye in his awne synne, but his bloude wyll I require of the watchmans hande. ⁷ And now (O thou sonne of man) I haue made the a watchman vnto the house of Israel: that where as thou hearest eny thinge out of my mouth, thou mayest warne them on my behalfe. ⁸ If I saye vnto the wycked thou wycked, thou shalt surely dye, & thou geuest him not warnynge, that he maye bewarre of his vngodly waye: then shall the wycked dye in his awne synne, but his bloude wyll I require of thy hande. ⁹ Neuertheles, yf thou warne the wycked of hys waye, to turne from it, where as he yet wyll not be turned from it, then shal he dye because of his synne, but thou hast deliuered thy soule.

¹⁶ Soch as be lost, will I seke: soch as go astraye: will I bring agayne: soch as be wounded, will I bynde vp: soch as be weake, will I make strong: soch as be fat & stronge, those will I rote oute, and fede them with the thing that is laufull.

²⁰ a brosed rede shall he not breake, and smokyng flax shall he not quenche, till he sende forth iudgement vnto victorie,

³² but I haue prayed for the, that thy fayth fayle not. And when thou arte conuerted, strength thy brethren.

¹⁵ So when they had dyned, Iesus sayeth to Simon Peter: Symon Ioanna, louest thou me more then these? He sayd vnto him: ye Lord, thou knowest, that I loue the. He sayeth vnto him: fede my lambes. ¹⁶ He sayeth to him agayne the seconde tyme: Symon Ioanna, louest thou me? He saieth vnto him. Yee Lord, thou knowest that I loue the. He sayde vnto him: fede my shepe. ¹⁷ He sayde vnto him the thyrde tyme: Symon Ioanna, louest thou me? Peter was sory, because he sayde vnto hym the thyrde tyme: louest thou me, and he sayde vnto hym: Lord, thou knowest all thinges, thou knowest that I loue the, Iesus saieth vnto him: fede my shepe.

²⁷ For I haue spared no laboure, but haue shewed you all the counsell of God.

¹ I beseche you therfore brethren, by the mercyfulnes of God, that ye make yor bodies a quycke sacryfice, holy & acceptable vnto God: which is youre resonable seruynge of God

¹ Hym that is weake in the fayth, receaue, not in disputynge and troublynge hys conscience.

¹ We whych are stronge ought to beare the fraylnes of them, whych are weake, and not to stonde in oure awne consaytes. ² Let euery man please hys neyghbour vnto hys welth and edifyinge. ³ For Christ pleased not him selfe: but as it is written. The rebukes of them which rebuked the, fell on me.

¹⁴ I wryte not these thynges, to shame you: but as my beloued sonnes I warne you.

⁴ Loue suffreth longe, and is curteous. Loue enuyeth not. Loue doth not frowardly, swelleth not, dealeth not dishonestly ⁵ seketh not her awne, is not prouoked to anger, thynketh no euyll,

¹ Brethren, if a man also be taken in eny faute, ye which are spirituall, helpe to amende hym in the sprete of meaknes: consyderinge thy selfe, lest thou also be tempted. ² Beare ye one anothers burthen, and so fulfyll the lawe of Christ.

² with all lowlynes and mekenesse, with humblenes of mynde, forbearynge one another thorowe loue,

³² Be ye courteouse one to another, mercyfull, forgeuynge one another, euen as God for Christes sake hath forgeuen you.

²⁸ whom we preache, warnynge all men, and teachynge all men in all wysdome, to make all men parfecte in Christ Iesu.

¹² Therfore as electe of God, holy & beloued, put on tender mercye, kyndnes, humblenes of mynde, mekenes, longe suffrynge, ¹³ for bearynge one another, & forgeuynge one another, yf any man haue a quarell agaynst another: as Christ forgaue you, euen so do ye.

⁷ but we were tender amonge you, euen as a norsse cheryssheth her chyldren, ⁸ so were we affeccyoned towarde you: our good wyll was to haue dealte vnto you, not the Gospell of God onely: but also oure awne soules, because ye were deare vnto vs. ⁹ Ye remember brethren oure laboure, and trauayle. For we laboured daye & nyght because we wolde not be chargeable vnto eny of you, and preached vnto you the Gospell of God. ¹⁰ Ye are witnesses, and so is God how holyly & iustly & vnblameably we behaued oure selues amonge you that beleued, ¹¹ as ye knowe, how that we bare soch affeccyon vnto euery one of you, as a father doth vnto chyldren, exhortynge, confortyng, and besechyng you, ¹² that ye wolde walke worthy of God, whych hath called you vnto his kyngdome and glorye.

⁶ We require you brethren by the name of oure Lorde Iesu Christ that ye wythdrawe youre selues from euery brother, that behaueth him selfe inordinatly, & not after the institucion which he receaued of vs. ⁷ For ye your selues know, howe ye ought to folowe vs. For we behaued not oure selues inordinatly amonge you.

¹¹ For we haue, hearde saye that ther are some whych walke amonge you inordinatly, workynge not at all, but beynge busybodyes. ¹² Them that are soch, we commaunde and exhorte, by oure Lorde Iesu Christ, that they worcke with quietnes, and eate theyr awne breed: ¹³ Brethren be not ye weery in well doynge.

³ not geuen to ouer moch wyne, no fyghter, not gredy of fylthye lucre. but gentle, abhorryng fyghtynge, abhorrynge coueteousnes,

¹¹ But thou man of God, flye soch thynges. Folowe ryghtewesnes, godlynes, fayth, loue, pacience, meaknes.

²⁴ The seruaunt of the Lorde must not stryue: but be gentle vnto all men apte to teach, and one that can suffre ²⁵ the euyll with meaknes, and can informe them that resyst yf that God at eny tyme wyll geue them repentaunce, for to knowe the trueth:

² preache thou the worde, be feruent, in season & oute of season. Improue, rebuke, exhorte wt all longe sufferynge and doctryne.

⁶ If eny be blamelesse, the husband of one wyfe, hauynge faythfull children, which are not slaundred of ryote, nether are disobedient.

¹⁰ For ther are many vnruely and talkers of vanite, and disceauers of myndes, specially they that are of the circumcision,

² which can haue compassion on the ignoraunt, and on them that erre out of the waye, for as moch as he him selfe also is compassed with infirmitie. ³ And for the same infirmities sake he is bounde to offer for synnes, as well for him selfe, as for the people.

¹² Stretch forth therfore the handes which were let downe, and the weake knees:

³ Remember them that are in bondes, euen as though ye were bounde wt them your selues. Be myndfull of them which are in aduersyte, as ye which are yet in the bodye.

⁴ Yf thou mete thyne enemies oxe or asse goynge astraye, thou shalt brynge them to hym agayne. ⁵ If thou se thyne enemies asse synke vnder his burthen, thou shalt not passe by and let hym alone: but shalt helpe hym to lyfte hym vp agayne.

¹⁸ Thou shalt not auenge thy selfe nor be myndfull of wronge agaynst the chyldren of my people but shalt loue thy neyghboure euen as thy selfe. I am the Lorde.

²⁰ That whych is iust and ryght, shalt thou folowe, that thou mayst lyue, and enioye the lande, which the Lorde thy God geueth the.

¹³ Accordyng as the olde prouerbe sayeth: wyckednesse proceadeth from the wycked: But myne hande be not vpon the.

⁴ Yf I haue rewarded euyll vnto him that dealt frendly with me, yee, I haue delyuered hym, that without any cause is myne enemye.

²⁰ They also that rewarde euell for good are agaynst me, because I folowe the thynge that good is.

¹³ Who so rewardeth euell for good, the plage shall not departe from his house.

²² Saye not thou: I wyll recompense euell: but put thy trust in the Lorde, and he shall defende the.

¹⁷ Reioyce not thou at the fall of thyne enemye, & lett not thyne herte be glad when he stombleth.

²⁹ Saye not: I will handle him, euen as he hath dealte wt me, & wyll rewarde euery man accordinge to his dedes.

²¹ If thyne enemye honger, feade him: yf he thryst, geue him drinke:

³⁹ But I saye vnto you, that ye resist not euell. But whosoeuer geue the a blowe on the ryght cheke, turne to hym the other also.

⁴⁴ But I saye vnto you: loue your enemyes. Blesse them that curse you. Do good to them that hate you. Praye for them which hurt you and persecute you, ⁴⁵ that ye maye be the children of your father which is in heauen: for he maketh his sonne to aryse on the euell, & on the good, & sendeth rayne on the iust & on the vniust.

³⁵ But loue ye youre enemyes, and do good, and lende, lokynge for nothynge agayne: and your reward shalbe greate, and ye shalbe the chyldren of the hyest: for he is kynde vnto the vnkynde and to the euyll.

⁹ Let loue be without dissimulacion Hate that which is euyll & cleaue vnto that which is good.

¹⁷ Recompence to no man euyll for euyll. Prouyde afore hande thynges honeste in the syght of all men. ¹⁸ If it be possyble, (as moch as is in you) lyue peaceably with all men. ¹⁹ Dearly beloued, auenge not youre selues, but rather geue place vnto wrath. For it is wrytten: vengeaunce is myne, I wyll rewarde, sayth the Lorde. ²⁰ Therfore, yf thyne enemy honger, fede him: yf he thyrst, geue hym dryncke. For in so doyng thou shalt heape coles of fyre on hys heade. ²¹ Be not ouercome of euyll, but ouercome euyll, with goodnes:

⁷ Nowe therfore, there is vtterly a faute amonge you, because ye go to lawe one wyth another. Why rather suffer ye not wronge? why rather suffre ye not your selues to haue harme?

¹ Labour for loue, and couet spretuall gyftes: but most chefly that ye maye prophesye.

¹⁰ If Timotheus come, se that he be with out feare with you. For he worketh the worcke of the Lorde, as I do:

¹⁰ Whyle we haue therfore tyme, lett vs do good vnto all men, and specially vnto them which are of the housholde of fayth.

¹⁵ Take hede therfore howe ye walke circumspectly: not as vnwyse, but as wyse men.

³³ Neuerthelesse, do ye so, that euery one loue hys wyfe euen as hym selfe, and let the wyfe reuerence her husbande.

¹² that ye wolde walke worthy of God, whych hath called you vnto his kyngdome and glorye.

²⁴ The seruaunt of the Lorde must not stryue: but be gentle vnto all men apte to teach, and one that can suffre

² that they speake euyll of no man: that they be no fyghters, but gentle, shewynge all mekenes vnto all men.

²² euen ye whych haue purifyed youre soules thorow the sprete, in obeynge the trueth wyth brotherly loue vnfayned, se that ye loue one another wyth a pure hert feruently:

¹⁷ Honoure all men. Loue brotherly feleshyppe. Feare God, honoure the kynge.

²² whych dyd no synne, nether was there gyle found in hys mouth: ²³ whych when he was reuyled, reuyled not agayne: when he suffered, he threatened not, but committed the vengeaunce to hym that iudgeth ryghteously

⁹ not rendrynge euyll for euyll, or rebuke for rebuke: but contrarywise, blesse: knowinge that ye are ther vnto called, euen that ye shulde be heyres of the blessynge.

¹¹ Let him eschue euyll, & do good: let him seke peace, and ensue it. ¹² For the eyes of the Lord are ouer the ryghteous, and hys eares are open vnto their prayers. Agayne: the face of the Lorde is ouer them that do euyll. ¹³ Morouer, who is it that wyll harme you, yf ye folowe that whych is good?

¹¹ Beloued, folowe not that which is euyll, but that which is good. He that doeth well is of God: but he that doeth euill, seyth not God.

¹⁰ And I fell at his fete, to worshippe him. And he sayde vnto me: se thou do it not. For I am thy felow seruaunt, & one of thy brethren, euen of them that haue the testimony of Iesus. Worshyppe God. For the testimony of Iesus is the sprete of prophesy.

⁹ And he sayde vnto me: se thou do it not, for I am thy felowe seruaunt, & the felowe seruaunt of thy brethren the Prophetes, and of them which kepe the sayinges of thys boke. But worshyppe God.

¹² Reioyse & be glad for greate is your rewarde in heuen. For so persecuted they the prophetes, which were before you.

²⁰ Neuertheles, in this reioyse not, that the spretes are subdued vnto you: but reioyse, that youre names are wryten in heauen.

¹² Reioyce in hope. Be pacient in tribulacion. Continue in prayer.

¹⁰ as sorowing, & yet alwaye merye: as poore, and yet make many ryche: as hauinge nothyng, & yet possessyng all thynges.

⁴ Reioyce in the Lord alwaye and agayne I saye reioyce.

¹ And he put forth a parable vnto them, signifying that men ought all wayes to praye and not to be wery,

²¹ and sayd: Naked came I out of my mothers wombe, and naked shall I turne thyther agayne. The Lord gaue, and the Lorde hath taken awaye blessed be the name of the Lord.

¹ Of Dauid, when he chaunged his speche before Abimelech. which droue hym awaye and he departed. I Wyll allwaye geue thanckes vnto the Lorde, hys prayse shall euer be in my mouth.

²⁰ gyuynge thankes allwayes for all thynges, vnto God the father in the name of oure Lorde Iesus Chryst,

⁶ Be carefull for nothynge: but in all prayer and supplicacyon let youre peticyons be manifeste vnto God with geuynge of thankes.

¹⁷ And whatsouer ye do (in worde or dede) do all in the name of the Lord Iesu, geuynge thankes to God the father by hym.

³ For this is the wyll of God euen youre holynes, that ye shuld abstayne from fornicacyon,

¹⁵ By him therfore do we offer sacrifyce of lande alwayes to God: that is to saye, the frute of those lippes, which cofesse his name.

¹⁵ For so is the wyll of God, that wyth well doyng ye maye stoppe the mouthes of foolysh & ignoraunt men:

² that he hence forwarde shulde lyue (as moch tyme as remayneth in the flesshe) not after the lustes of men, but after the wyll of God.

¹⁷ And the worlde passeth awaye and the lust therof: but he that fulfylleth the will of God, abydeth for euer.

³ And the Lorde sayde: My sprete shall not allwaye, stryue in man, because he is flesh, and hys dayes shalbe an hundreth & twentye yeares.

⁴ And so Samuel dyd as the Lorde bad him, and came to Bethlehem, and the elders of the towne were astonnied at his commyng, and sayde: Commest thou peaceably?

³⁰ And many yeares dyddest thou forbeare them, & testifyedst vnto them thorow thy sprete, euen by the hande of thy prophetes, and yet wolde they not heare. Therfore gauest thou them into the hande of the nacions in the landes.

¹¹ Cast me not awaye from thy presence, & take not thy holy sprete from me.

⁷ so that many waters are not able to quenche loue, nether maye the streames droune it. Yee, yf a man wolde geue all the good of his house for loue, he shuld counte it nothyng,

¹⁰ But after they prouoked him to wrath & vexed his holy mynde he was their enemye, & fought agaynst them him selfe.

⁵¹ Ye stiffenecked and of vncircumcised hertes and eares: ye haue allwayes resysted the holy ghost: as youre fathers dyd, so do ye.

³⁰ If eny reuelacyon be made to another that sytteth by, let the fyrst holde his peace.

³⁰ And greue not ye the holy sprete of God by whom ye are sealed vnto the daye of redempcyon.

¹⁶ Aboue all, take to you the shylde of fayth, wherwith ye maye quenche all the fyrie dartes of the wycked.

¹⁴ Despyse not the gyfte that is in the, whych was geuen the thorowe prophesye, with the layinge on of handes by the auctoryte of presthode.

⁶ Wherfore I warne the that thou stere vp the gyfte of God which is in the by the puttynge on of my handes.

²⁵ And the Lorde came downe in a cloud, and spake vnto hym, and toke of the sprete that was vpon hym, and gaue it vnto the .lxx. elders. And it fortuned that when the sprete rested vpon them, they prophecied, & did not ceasse. ²⁶ But there remayned two of the men in the hoost: the name of the one was Eldad, and the name of the other Medad. And the sprete rested vpon them, and they were of them that were wrytten, and went not out vnto the tabernacle, but prophecied in the hoost. ²⁷ And there ran a yong man, and tolde Moses and sayd: Eldad and Medad do prophecye in the hooste. ²⁸ And Iosua the sonne of Nun the seruaunt of Moses one of hys yonge men, answered & sayde: master Moses, forbyd them. ²⁹ And Moses sayde vnto hym: enuyest thou for my sake? wolde God that all the Lordes people coulde prophecye, and that the Lorde wold put hys sprete vpon them.

⁵ After that shalt thou come to the hyll of God, where the Philistines kepe their watche. And when thou art come thyther to the cytie, thou shalt mete a companye of prophetes comminge downe from the hill, wt a psalter, a tymbrell, a pype, & a harpe before them, & they shall prophesye. ⁶ And the sprete of the Lorde wyll come vpon the also, & thou shalt prophesye, with them, and shalt be turned into another man.

¹⁰ And when they came to the hill: beholde, the companye of prophetes met hym, and the sprete of God cam vpon hym also, & he prophesyed among them. ¹¹ And all that knewe hym before, when they sawe that he prophesyed amonge the prophetes, they sayd eche to other: what is this that is happened vnto the sonne of Cis? Is Saul also amonge the prophetes? ¹² And one of the same place answered & sayde: who is their father? And therof came the prouerbe: what, is Saul also amonge the prophetes? ¹³ And when he had made an ende of prophesyeng, he cam to the hill.

²⁰ And Saul sent messengers to fett Dauid. And when they sawe a companye of prophetes prophesyenge, & Samuel standynge fast by them, the sprete of God fell vpon the messengers of Saul, and they prophesyed to. ²¹ And when it was tolde Saul, he sent other messengers, & they prophesyed lykewyse. And Saul sent messengers yet agayne the thyrde tyme, and they prophesyed also. ²² Then went he hym selfe to Rama, & came to a great well that is in Sechu, & he asked and sayde: where are Samuel and Dauid? And one sayde: Beholde, they be at Naioth in Rama, ²³ & he went thyther, euen to Naioth in Rama, and the sprete of God came vpon him also, & he went prophesyinge, vntyll he came to Naioth in Rama. ²⁴ And he stripte of his clothes, & prophesyed before Samuel in lyke maner, and fell naked all that daye & all that nyght. And therof it is, that they saye: is Saul also amonge the prophetes?

⁶ And whan Paul layde hys handes vpon them. the holy ghost came on them, and they spake with tonges, and prophesyed,

⁴ Euery man prayinge or prophesyinge hauing eny thynge on his heed, shameth his heed.

¹⁰ To another power to do miracles. To another prophesye. To another iudgement to discerne spretes. To another diuers tonges. To another the interpretacyon of tonges:

² And though I coulde prophesy, and vnderstode all secretes, and all knowledge: yee yf I haue all fayth, so that I can moue mountayns oute of their places, and yet haue no loue, I am nothynge.

⁹ For oure knowledge is vnperfect, and oure prophesyinge is vnperfect.

³ But he that prophesieth, speaketh vnto men for their edifyinge, for their exhortacion and for their comforte. ⁴ He that speaketh with the tonge, proffiteth him selfe: he that prophesieth, edifyeth the congregacion ⁵ I wolde that ye all spake with tonges: but rather that ye prophesied. For greater is he that prophesyeth, then he that speaketh with tonges, except he expounde it: that the congregacion maye haue edifying. ⁶ Now brethren, yf I come vnto you speakynge with tonges: what shall I profet you, excepte I speake to you, other by reuelacyon or by knowledge, or by prophesyinge, or by doctryne?

²² Wherfore tonges are for a sygne, not to them that beleue: but to them that beleue not. Contrary wyse, prophesyinge serueth not for them that beleue not: but for them which beleue. ²³ If therfore, when all the congregacyon is come together, and all speake with tonges, ther come in they that are vnlearned, or they which beleue not: will they not saye, that ye are out of youre wittes? ²⁴ But and yf all prophesye, and ther come in one that beleueth not, or one vnlearned, he is rebuked of all men, & is iudged of euery man, ²⁵ & so are the secretes of his hert opened, and so falleth he downe on his face, and worshyppeth God, & sayth, that God is in you of a trueth.

²⁹ Let the prophetes speake two, or thre, & let the other iudge. ³⁰ If eny reuelacyon be made to another that sytteth by, let the fyrst holde his peace. ³¹ For ye maye al prophesy one by one, that all maye learne, and that all maye haue comforte. ³² And the spretes of the prophetes are in the power of the Prophetes.

³⁷ If eny man thynke him selfe to be a prophet, ether spirituall: let him knowe, what thynges I wryte vnto you. For they are the commaundementes of the Lorde. ³⁸ But and yf eny man be ignoraunt, let him be ignoraunt. ³⁹ Wherfore brethren, couet to prophesye, and forbyd not to speake with tonges.

¹¹ And the very same made some Apostles, some Prophetes, some Euangelistes, some Shepherdes and Teachers: ¹² to the edifyenge of the saynctes, to the worke and ministracyon, euen to the edifyinge of the body of Chryst,

⁸ He therfore that despyseth, despyseth not man, but God, whych hath sent his holy sprete amonge you.

³ And I wyll geue power vnto my two witnesses, & they shall prophesy a thousande, two hundred & .lx. dayes, clothed in sacke clothe. ⁴ These are two olyue trees, & two candelstyckes, standynge before the God of the erth. ⁵ And yf eny man wyll hurt them, fyre shall procede out of their mouthes, and consume their enemyes. And yf eny men wyll hurt them, thys wyse muste he be kylled. ⁶ These haue power to shut heauen, that it rayne not in the dayes of their prophesying: and haue power ouer waters to turne them to bloude, and to smyte the erth with all maner plages, as often as they wyll. ⁷ And when they haue finysshed their testimony, the beast that cam out of the bottomlesse pyt, shall make warre agaynst them, & shall ouercome them, & kyll them. ⁸ And their bodyes shall lye in the stretes of the greate citye, which spritually is called Zodom and Egypte, where oure Lorde was crucyfyed. ⁹ And they of the people & kynredes, & tonges, & they of the nacyons, shall se their bodyes .iii. dayes and an halfe, & shall not suffre their bodyes to be put in graues. ¹⁰ And they that dwell vpon the erth, shall reioyce ouer them, and be glad, & shall sende gyftes one to another, for these two prophetes vexed them that dwelt on the erth. ¹¹ And after .iii. dayes & an halfe, the sprete of lyfe from God, entred into them. And they stode vp vpon their fete, & greate feare came vpon them whych sawe them.

⁶ & what he dyd vnto Dathan and Abiram the sonnes of Eliab the sonne of Ruben, howe the erth opened hyr mouth, and swalowed them, wyth theyr housholdes and theyr tentes, & all theyr substance that was in theyr possession, in the myddes of Israel. ⁷ Doutles, youre eyes haue sene all the greate actes of the Lorde whych he dyd. ⁸ Therfore shall ye kepe all the commaundmentes, whych I commaunde the thys daye, that ye maye be stronge & go in and conquere the lande whether ye go to possesse it, ⁹ & that ye maye prolonge youre dayes in the lande which the Lorde sware vnto your fathers, to geue vnto them and to theyr seed, a lande that floweth wyth mylcke and honye.

⁴⁶ and sayde vnto them: Sett youre herte vnto all the wordes which I testyfye vnto you thys daye: and ye shall commaunde them vnto youre chyldren, that they maye obserue and do all the wordes of thys lawe. ⁴⁷ And let it not be a vayne worde vnto you: for it is youre lyfe, and thorowe thys worde ye shall prolonge youre dayes in the lande whether ye go ouer Iordan, to conquere it.

¹ My sonne, forget not thou my lawe, but se that thyne hert kepe my commaundementes.

²¹ My sonne, let not these thynges departe, from thyne eyes: but kepe my lawe and my councell, ²² that thou mayest haue the pleasure of longe lyfe and vnderstandynge: for they shalbe lyfe vnto my soule, & grace vnto my mouth. ²³ Then shalt thou walke safely in thy waye: and thy fote shall not stomble. ²⁴ If thou slepest, thou shalt nott be afrayed: but shalt take thy rest, and slepe swetely.

¹³ Take fast holde of doctryne, and let her nott go: kepe her, for she is thy lyfe.

²¹ Put them vp together in thyne herte, and bynde them aboute thy neck. ²² That they may leade the where thou goest, preserue the when thou art a slepe, and that when thou awakest, thou mayest talke of them. ²³ For the commaundement is a lanterne, and the lawe a lyght: yee chastenyng and nourtoure is the waye of lyfe

²³ Labour for to get the trueth: sell yt not awaye, & so do by wysdome, nourtour & vnderstandyng:

⁴ So when I was a lytle past them, I founde him whom my soule loueth. I haue gotten holde vpon hym, and wyll not let him go vntyll I bringe hym into my mothers house, and into her chambre that bare me.

²⁰ If eny man want lyght, leet hym loke vpon the lawe, and the testimony, whether they speake not after this meaning.

¹⁵ Beware of false prophetes, which come to you in shepes clothynge, but in wardly they are rauenyng wolues. ¹⁶ Ye shall knowe them by theyr frutes. Do men gather grapes of thornes? or figges of thistles? ¹⁷ Eue so euery good tree bringeth forth good frutes. But a corrupte tree, bringeth forth euell frutes. ¹⁸ A good tre can not brynge forth bad frute: nether can a bad tree bring forth good frutes. ¹⁹ Euery tree that bringeth not forth good frute, is hewen downe, and cast into the fyre. ²⁰ Wherfore, by their frutes ye shall knowe them.

¹⁴ And whan he had called all the people vnto hym, he sayde vnto them: herken vnto me, euery one of you, and vnderstande. ¹⁵ There is nothynge wyth out a man that can defyle him, when it entreth into him: but the thynges whych proceade out of a man, those are they that defyle the man.

⁵⁷ Yee, and why iudge ye not of youre selues what is ryght.

³¹ If ye continue in my worde, then are ye my very disciples,

⁴ Byde in me, and I in you. As the braunche cannot beare frute of it selfe, excepte it byde in the vyne: nomore can ye, except ye abyde in me.

²³ Which when he came, & had sene the grace of God, was glad, & exhorted them all, that with purpose of hert, they wold contynually cleaue vnto the Lord.

²² and strengthed the discyples soules agayne, and exhorted them to contynue in the fayth affirmynge that we must thorowe moche tribulacyon enntre into the kyngdome of God.

¹¹ These were the noblest of byrth amonge them of Thessalonia, which receaued the word with all dilygence of mynde, and searched the scryptures dayly, whether those thynges were euen so.

² & fassyon not youre selues lyke vnto this worlde: but be ye chaunged in youre shape, by the renuyng of your mynde, that ye maye proue what thynge that good, and acceptable, and perfaycte wyll of God is.

¹¹ For what man knoweth the thinges of a man: saue the sprete of man which is wt in him? Euen so the thynges of God knoweth no man, but the sprete of God.

¹⁴ The naturall man perceaueth not the thinges that belonge to the sprete of God. For they are but folyshnes vnto him. Nether can he perceaue them, because they are spretually examined. ¹⁵ But he that is spretual, discusseth all thynges: yet he him selfe is iudged of no man.

²⁸ But yf ther be no interpreter, let him kepe sylence in the congregacyon, and let him speake to him selfe and to God. ²⁹ Let the prophetes speake two, or thre, & let the other iudge.

⁵⁸ Therfore my deare brethren, be ye stedfast and vnmouable, alwayes ryche in the worke of the Lorde, for as moch as ye knowe, how that youre labour, is not in vayne in the Lorde.

¹⁰ Searchynge what is acceptable vnto the Lorde.

¹⁰ that ye maye accepte the thynges that are most excellent, that ye maye be pure, and soche, as offende no man vntyll the daye of Christ:

¹⁶ Neuerthelesse vnto that which we haue attayned vnto, lett vs proceade by one rule, that we maye be of one accorde.

⁸ Furthermore, brethren, whatsoeuer thinges are true, whatsoeuer thynges are honeste, whatsoeuer thinges are iust, whatsoeuer thynges are pure, whatsoeuer thynges are conuenient, whatsoeuer thinges are of honeste reporte: Yf ther be eny vertue, yf ther be eny prayse,

¹⁵ Therfore brethren stande fast, & kepe the ordinaunces which ye haue learned: whether it were by oure preachinge, or by Epistle.

¹⁵ This thou knowest, howe that all they which are in Asia, be turned from me: of whych sorte are Phigelus and Hermogenes.

⁶ For of thys sorte are they, which entre into houses, and bringe into bondage wemen laden wt synne, which wemen are led with diuers lustes,

¹⁴ Alexander the coppersmyth dyd me moch euyll: the Lorde rewarde hym accordynge to hys dedes,

²³ let vs kepe the profession of our hope, wt out waueryng (for he is faithfull that promysed)

¹ Dearly beloued beleue not euery sprete: but proue the spretes, whether they are of god or not, for many false prophetes are gone out into the worlde.

² I knowe thy workes, and thy labour, & thy pacience, and how thou cannest not forbeare them whych are euyll: and hast examined them whych saye they are Apostles, and are not: & hast founde them lyars,

²⁵ but that which ye haue already. Holde fast tyll I come,

¹¹ Beholde, I come shortly. Holde that which thou hast, that no man take awaye thy crowne.

⁷ Kepe the ferre from a false mater, and the Innocent & ryghteous se thou sley not, for I will not iustifye the wyked.

¹⁵ He that ledeth a godly lyfe, say I, & speaketh the trueth. He that abhorreth gaines wonne by violence & disceyte: he that kepeth his hande that he touch no rewarde: which stoppeth his eares, that he heare no councell agenst the innocent bloude: which holdeth downe his eyes, that he se none euell.

²⁶ Peter sayeth vnto hym: of straungers: Iesus sayeth vnto him: Then are the chyldren fre: ²⁷ Not withstonding, lest we shuld offende them, go thou to the see, & cast an angle, & take the fysh that fyrst commeth vp: & when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt fynde a pece of twentie pence: that take, & geue it vnto them for me & the.

¹⁷ Recompence to no man euyll for euyll. Prouyde afore hande thynges honeste in the syght of all men.

¹³ Wherfore yf meate hurt my brother, I will neuer eate flesshe lest I shulde offende my brother.

³¹ Whether therfore ye eate or dryncke, or whatsoeuer ye do, do all to the prayse of God. ³² Se that ye geue none occasyon of euyll, nether to the Iewes, nor yet to the gentyls, nether to the congregacyon of God: ³³ euen as I please all men in all thynges, not sekynge myne awne profet, but the profet of many, that they myght be saued.

³ Lett vs geue no occasyon of euyll, that in oure offyce be founde no faute:

²⁰ For thys we exchewe, that eny man shuld rebuke vs in this plenteous distrybucyon, that is ministred by vs ²¹ and make prouisyon for honest thinges: not onely in the syght of the Lorde: but also in the syght of men.

¹² that ye maye behaue youre selues honestly towarde them that are wythout, and that nothynge be lackynge vnto you.

²³ and other saue with feare, pullinge them out of the fyre and hate the fylthy vesture of the fleshe.

⁸ kepe ye myne ordinaunces, and doo them. I am the Lorde which doth sanctifye you.

²⁶ Therfore shall ye be holy vnto me, for I the Lorde am holy, and haue seuered you from other nacyons: that ye shulde be myne.

²⁸ Thus the Heathen also shal knowe, that I the Lord am the holy maker of Israell: when my Sanctuary shalbe amonge them for euermore.

⁴⁶ And Mary sayde. My soule magnifieth the Lord.

¹⁹ & for their sakes sanctifie I my selfe, that they also myght be sanctifyed thorowe the treuth.

³² And now brethren, I commende you to God and to the worde of his grace, which is able to build farther, & to geue you an inheritaunce amonge all them which are sanctifyed

⁵ The God of pacyence and consolacyon, graunt you, to be lyke mynded one towardes another, after the ensample of Chryst Iesu:

¹³ The God of hope fyll you wyth all ioye and peace in beleuyng: that ye maye be ryche in hope, thorow the power of the holy ghost.

³³ The God of peace be wyth you all. Amen.

²⁰ The God of peace shall treade Satan vnder youre fete shortly. The grace of oure Lorde Iesu Christ be with you.

² Unto the congregacyon of God whych is at Corynthum. To them that are sanctifyed by Christ Iesu, called saynctes, with all that call on the name of oure Lorde Iesus Chryst in euery place, ether of theirs or of oures.

⁸ which shall also strenght you vnto the ende, that ye maye be blamelesse in the daye of oure Lorde Iesus Christ. ⁹ God is faythfull, by whom ye are called vnto the fellyshyppe of hys sonne Iesus Christ our Lord.

³³ For God is not causer of stryfe: but of peace, as in all congregacions of the saynctes.

¹⁹ For God was in Christ, and made agrement betwene the worlde and him selfe, & imputed not their synnes vnto them, and hath commytted to vs the preachynge of the attonement.

²⁶ to sanctifye it, and clensed it in the fountayne of water thorow the worde, ²⁷ to make it vnto him selfe a gloryous congregacyon, without spot or wrynckle, or eny soche thynge: but that it shulde be holy, and without blame.

⁶ and am suerly certyfyed of thys, that he, which hath begonne a good worke in you, shall perfourme it vntyll the daye of Iesus Chryst,

¹⁵ that ye maye be soche as no man came complayne on: and vnfayned sonnes of God without rebuke, in the myddes of a croked and peruerse nacyon: amonge whom se that ye shyne as lyghtes in the worlde, ¹⁶ holdynge faste the worde of lyfe, that I maye reioyce in the daye of Chryst, howe that I haue not runne in vayne, nether haue laboured in vayne.

⁹ those same haue ye in youre mynde, which ye haue bothe learned & receaued, hearde also and sene in me those thinges do, and the God of peace shalbe with you.

²² in the body of hys flesshe thorowe deeth, to make you holy, and vnblameable, & without faut in hys awne syght,

¹⁹ for what is oure hope of ioye or crowne of reioysing? are not ye it in the presence of our Lord Iesus Christ at his commynge?

¹³ that he maye make youre hertes stable & vnblameable, in holynes before God oure father, at the commynge of oure Lorde Iesus Christ with all saynctes.

¹¹ For both he that sanctifyeth and they which are sanctyfyed, are all of one. For whych causes sake he is not a shamed to call them brethren,

¹² For the worde of God is quycke, and myghty in operacion, and sharper then eny two edged swearde: & entreth through, euen vnto the diuidynge a sonder of the soule and the sprete, and of the ioyntes and the mary: and is a discerner of the thoughtes and of the intentes of the herte:

²⁰ The God of peace that brought agayne from deeth our Lorde Iesus the gret shepperde of the shepe, thorow the bloud of the euerlastyng testament,

² accordyng to the for knowledge of God the farthe thorow the sanctifynge of the sprete vnto obedience & sprincklyng of the bloude of Iesus Chryst. Grace be wyth you and peace be multiplyed.

¹⁰ But the God of all grace whych hath called vs vnto hys eternall glory by Christ Iesus, shall hys awne selfe (after that ye haue suffred a lytell affliccyon) make you perfect: settle, strength and stablisshe you.

¹⁴ Wherfore dearly beloued, seynge that ye loke for such thinges, be diligent that ye maye be founde of hym in peace, wythout spotte and vndefyled.

¹ Iudas the seruaunt of Iesus Christ the brother of Iames. To them which are called, and sanctifyed in God the father, and preserued in Iesu Christ.

²⁴ Unto him that is able to kepe you fre from synne, & to present you fautlesse before the presence of his glory wt ioye

¹⁹ God is not a man that he shulde lye, nether the sonne of a man that he shulde repent: shulde he saye, and not doo? or shulde he speake, and not make it good?

⁹ Understande therfore, that the Lorde thy God he his God, & that a true God whych kepeth poyntment and mercy vnto them that loue hym & kepe his commaundementes, euen thorowe out a thousande generacyons:

³¹ For out of Ierusalem shall go a remnaunt, and a nombre that shall escape out of mount Sion: the Zele of the Lorde of Hostes shall brynge thys thynge to passe.

⁵ Thy mercy, O Lorde reacheth vnto the heauen, and thy faythfulnesse vnto the cloudes.

¹⁰ I haue not hyd thy ryghtuousnes within my hert my talkynge hath bene of thy truth and of thy saluacion. I haue not kept backe thy louing mercy, & truth from the greate congregacion.

¹⁵ But thou, O Lorde God, art full of compassyon, and mercy, longe suffrynge, plenteous in goodnes and trueth.

² For I haue sayde: mercy shalbe set vp for euer, thy trueth shalt thou stablysh in the heauens.

² To tell of thy louyng kyndnesse early in the mornyng, and of thy trueth in the nyght season.

⁵ For the Lorde is gracyous, hys mercy is euerlastynge, and his treuth endureth from generacion to generacion.

² I wyll worshyppe towarde thy holy temple, and prayse thy name, because of thy louynge kyndnesse and trueth: for thou hast magnifyed thy name and thy worde aboue all thynges.

⁶ Whych helpeth them to ryght that suffre wronge, whych fedeth the hongrye.

⁷ he shall make no ende to encrease the kyngdome & peace, & shall syt vpon the seate of Dauid & in his kyngdome, to set vp the same, & to stablish it wt equyte and ryghteousnesse, from hence forth for euermore. Thys shall the gelousy of the Lorde of Hostes brynge to passe.

²⁴ The Lord of Hostes hath sworne an othe, sayinge? It shall come to passe as I haue determyned, and shalbe fulfylled as I haue deuysed. ²⁵ So that Assiria shal I destroye in my lande, & vpon my mountaynes will I treade him vnder foote. Wher thorow his yock shal come from them, and his burthen shalbe taken from their shoulder. ²⁶ Thys deuyce hath God taken thorow the whole worlde, and thys is hys hande stretched out ouer all people.

¹ Thou arte the Lorde my God, I wyll magnifye the, I wyll geue thankes vnto thy name. For thou hast brought wonderfull thinges to passe, according to thyne olde councels truly & faythfully.

³² For the escaped shall go out of Ierusalem, and the remnaunt from the mounte Syon. And thys shall the gelousy of the Lorde of Hostes bring to passe.

²³ Newe mercyes shall the Lorde shewe vpon the, erly, yee in the daye sprynge, (O Lorde) greate is thy faythfulnesse.

²⁰ Thou shalt kepe thy trust with Iacob, & thy mercy for Abraham, lyke as thou hast sworne vnto oure fathers longe agoo.

³⁵ Heauen & earth shall passe, but my wordes shall not passe.

¹⁷ For the lawe was geuen by Moses, but grace & trueth came by Iesus Christ.

³³ He that hath receaued hys testimonie hath set to hys seale, that God is true.

³⁰ Moreouer, whom he appoynted before, them also he called. And whom he hath called, them also he iustyfyed: and whom he iustyfyed, them he also gloryfyed.

²⁴ whom also he called, not of the Iewes onely, but also of the gentyls.

⁹ God is faythfull, by whom ye are called vnto the fellyshyppe of hys sonne Iesus Christ our Lord.

¹³ Ther hath none other temptacyon taken you, but soche as foloweth the nature of man. But God is faythfull whych shall not suffer you to be tempted aboue youre strength: but shall in the myddes of the temptacyon make awaye, that ye maye be able to beare it.

¹⁵ But when it pleased God, which seperated me from my mothers wombe, and called me here unto by hys grace,

¹⁴ wher vnto he called you by oure Gospell, to obtayne the glorye of oure Lord Iesu Christ.

³ but the Lord is faythfull, whych shall stablysshe you, and preserue you from euyll.

⁹ which saued vs, and called vs with an holy callynge, not accordynge to oure dedes, but accordynge to his awne purpose & grace, whych was geuen vs thorowe Christ Iesu (before the worlde beganne)

¹³ If we beleue not, yet abydeth he faythfull. He cannot denye hym selfe.

² in the hope of eternall lyfe, which God (that cannot lye) promysed before the worlde beganne:

¹⁷ So God wyllinge very aboundantly to shewe vnto the heyres of promes, the stablenes of his counsayl, added an oth: ¹⁸ that by two immutable thynges (in whych it was vnpossible that God shulde lye) we myght haue a stronge consolacyon, which hitherto haue fled, for to holde fast the hope that is set before vs,

³ Accordynge as his godly power hath geuen vnto vs all thinges that pertayne vnto lyfe and godlynes, thorow the knowledge of him that hath called vs by glory, and vertue,

¹⁴ These shall fyght with the lambe, & the lambe shall ouercome them. For he is Lorde of lordes, and kynge of kynges, and they that are on his side, are called, and chosen, and faythfull.

³⁰ I beseche you brethren for oure Lord Iesus Christes sake, and for the loue of the sprete, that ye helpe me in my busynes with youre prayers to God for me,

¹¹ by the helpe of youre prayer for vs, that by the meanes of many persones, thankes maye be geuen of many on oure behalfe, for the gyfte geuen vnto vs.

¹⁸ And praye all wayes with all maner of prayer and supplicacyon in the sprete: and watch ther vnto with all instance and supplycacyon for all saynctes ¹⁹ and for me, that vtteraunce maye be geuen vnto me that I maye open my mouth frely, to vtter the secretes of my Gospell ²⁰ (wherof I am messenger in bondes) that therin I maye speake frely, as I ought to speake.

¹⁹ For I knowe, that this shall chaunce to my saluacyon, thorowe youre prayer and ministrynge of the sprete of Iesu Chryst

³ prayenge also for vs that God maye open vnto vs the dore of vtteraunce, that we maye speake the mystery of Christ (wherfore I am also in bondes)

¹ Furthermore brethren praye ye for vs, that the worde of God maye haue passage, and be glorifyed, as it is also with you: ² and that we maye be delyuered from vnreasonable and frowarde men. For all men haue not fayth: ³ but the Lord is faythfull, whych shall stablysshe you, and preserue you from euyll.

²² Moreouer, prepare me lodginge for I trust that thorowe the helpe of youre prayers, I shalbe geuen vnto you.

¹⁸ Praye for vs. For we trust we haue a good conscience among all men, and desyre to lyue honestly, ¹⁹ But I desyre you the more, that ye so do, that I maye be restored to you the sooner.

¹⁶ Salute one another wyth an holy kysse. The congregacions of Christ salute you.

²⁰ All the brethren grete you Grete ye one another with an holy kysse.

²³ and put hys handes vpon him, & gaue him a charge, as the Lord commaunded thorowe the hande of Moses.

¹⁶ And the kynge sayd vnto hym: So & so many times do I charge the, that thou tell me nothyng, but that whych is true, in the name of the Lorde.

¹⁵ And the kyng sayde to him: So & so may tymes do I charge the, that thou saye nothynge but the trueth to me, in the name of the Lorde.

⁶³ But Iesus helde hys peace. And the chefe preste answered and sayde vnto him: I charge the by the lyuinge God, that thou tell vs, whether thou be Christ the sonne of God.

⁷ and cryed with a loude voyce and sayde what haue I to do wyth the: Iesus thou sonne of the moost hyest God? I requyre the in the name of God that thou torment me not.

¹³ Then certayne of the vagabunde Iewes exorcistes, toke vpon them to call ouer them (which had euyll spretes) the name of the Lorde Iesus, sayinge: We adiure you by Iesu, whom Paul preacheth.

¹⁶ And when the Epystle is reed of you, make that it be reed also in the congregacyon of the Laodicians: and that ye lykewyse reade the Epistle of Laodicia.

¹¹ as ye knowe, how that we bare soch affeccyon vnto euery one of you, as a father doth vnto chyldren, exhortynge, confortyng, and besechyng you,

¹⁴ If eny man obey not oure sayinge, sende vs worde of him by a letter: and haue no companye with him, that he maye be ashamed.

³ As I besought the to abyde styll at Ephesus (when I departed into Macedonia) euen so do, that thou commaunde some, that they folowe no straunge doctrine,

¹⁸ Thys commaundement commyt I vnto the sonne Timotheus accordynge to the prophesyes, whych in tyme past were prophesyed of the, that thou in them shuldest fyght a good fyght,

⁷ And these thynges commaunde that they maye be without rebuke.

²¹ I testifye before God and the Lord Iesus Christ & the electe angels, that thou obserue these thynges without hastynesse of iudgement, & do nothinge parcially.

¹³ I geue the charge in the syght of God, which quickneth all thynges, & before Iesu Chryst (which vnder Poncius Pylate wytnessed a good witnessyng)

¹⁷ Charge them which are ryche in this world, that they be not hye mynded, ner trust in vncertayne ryches, but in the lyuinge God (which geueth vs aboundauntly all thynges to enioye them)

¹ I Testifye therfore before God, & before the Lord Iesu Christ, which shall iudge the quicke and deed at hys apearinge in hys kyngdom,

¹ Therfore holy brethren, partakers of the celestiall callynge consyder the ambassadour and hye preste of oure professyon Christ Iesus,

⁷ To all you that be at Rome, beloued of God and sayntes by electyon. Grace be wt you and peace from God oure father, & from the Lorde Iesus Chryst.

²³ Gayus myne hoste & the hoste of all the congregacion, saluteth you. Erastus the treasorer of the cytie, saluteth you. And Quartus a brother saluteth you.

¹⁸ The grace of oure Lorde Iesus Christ be wyth you all. Amen.