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¹² But aboue all thynges my brethren sweare not, nether by heuen, nether by earth, nether eny other othe. Let your yee be yee, and your naye naye: lest ye fall into ypocrisy,

²² A mery herte maketh a lusty age, but a sorowfull mynde dryeth vp the bones.

¹⁰⁵ Thy worde is a lanterne vnto my fete, and a lyght vnto my pathes.

¹⁵ Study to shewe thy selfe laudable vnto God, a workman that nedeth not to be a shamed distributynge the worde of trueth iustly.

³³ Be not ye deceaued: euell wordes corrupte good maners.

¹² And because iniquite shall haue the vpper hand, the loue of many shall abate.

¹ Be ye therfore folowers of God as deare chyldren, 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 ³ As for fornicacyon and all vnclennes, or coueteousnes let it not be once uamed amonge you, as it be commeth saynctes: ⁴ or fylthines or folysshe talkynge, or iestinge, which are not comly: but rather geuynge of thankes. ⁵ For thys ye knowe that no whormonger, ether vncleane person, or coueteous person, (which is a worshypper of ymages) hath eny inheritaunce in the kyngdome of Chryst and of God. ⁶ Let no man deceaue you with vayne wordes. For because of soche thynges commeth the wrath of God, vpon the chyldren of disobedience. ⁷ Be not ye therfore companyons of them. 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.) ¹⁰ Searchynge what is acceptable vnto the Lorde. ¹¹ And haue no fellyshyppe with the vnfrutefull workes of darcknes but rather rebuke them. ¹² For it is shame euen to name those thynges which are done of them in secrete: ¹³ but all thynges, when they are brought forthe by the lyght, are manifeste. For whatsoeuer is manifeste, that same is lyght. ¹⁴ Wherfore he sayth: awake thou that slepest, and stonde vp from deeth, and Chryst shall geue the lyght. ¹⁵ Take hede therfore howe ye walke circumspectly: not as vnwyse, but as wyse men. ¹⁶ Wynnynge occasyon, because the dayes are euyll. ¹⁷ Wherfore, be ye not vnwyse, but vnderstande what the wyll of the Lorde is, ¹⁸ and be not droncke with wyne wherin is excesse: but be fylled with the sprete, ¹⁹ speakynge vnto youre selues in psalmes and hymnes, and spretuall songes, synginge and makyng melodie to the Lorde in youre hertes, ²⁰ gyuynge thankes allwayes for all thynges, vnto God the father in the name of oure Lorde Iesus Chryst, ²¹ submittynge youre selues one to another in the feare of God. ²² Ye wemen, submit youre selues vnto youre awne husbandes, as vnto the Lorde. ²³ For the husbande is the wyues heed, euen as Chryst is the heed of the congregacyon, and the same is he that ministreth saluacion vnto the body. ²⁴ Therfore, as the congregacyon is in subieccyon to Chryst, lykewyse let the wyues also be in subieccyon to theyr husbandes in all thinges. ²⁵ Ye husbandes, loue youre wyues, euen as Chryst also loued the congregacyon, and gaue hym selfe for it, 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. ²⁸ So ought men to loue theyr wyues, as their awne bodyes. He that loueth hys wyfe, loueth hym selfe. ²⁹ For no man euer yet hated hys awne flesshe: but noryssheth and cherissheth it, euen as the Lorde doth the congregacyon. ³⁰ For we are members of his body, of his flesshe, and of hys bones. ³¹ For thys cause shall a man leaue father and mother, & shall be ioyned vnto his wyfe, and of two shalbe made one flesshe. ³² Thys is a greate secrete, but I speake of Chryst and of the congregacyon. ³³ Neuerthelesse, do ye so, that euery one loue hys wyfe euen as hym selfe, and let the wyfe reuerence her husbande.

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.

³⁶ But I say vnto you, of euery ydell worde that men shall haue spoken, they shall geue acountes in the daye of iudgement.

¹⁸ Lyke as a madd man that castith fyre brandes, and shoteth deadly arowes and dartes euen so doth a dissembler wt his neyghboure. ¹⁹ And then sayth he I dyd it but in sporte.

⁴ or fylthines or folysshe talkynge, or iestinge, which are not comly: but rather geuynge of thankes.