C &cross2; When þe; Apostles which were at Ierusalem
hearde saye that Samaria had receaved þe;
worde of God: they sent vnto th&ebar; / Peter and
Iohn / which when they were come / prayed
for th&ebar; / that they myght receave þe; holy goost
For as yet he was come on none of them:
But they were baptised only in the name of
Christ Iesu. Then layde they their hondes
on them / ∧ they receaved the holy goost. &cross3;
noteWhen Sim&obar; sawe / that thorowe layinge
on of the Apostles hondes on them / the holy
goost was geven: he offered th&ebar; money sayinge:
Geve me also this power / that on whom
soever I put the hondes / he maye receave the
holy goost. Then sayde Peter vnto him: thy
monye perysh with the / because thou wenest
that the gifte of God maye be obteyned &wt; money.
Thou hast nether parte nor felloushippe
in this busines. For thy hert is not ryght
in the syght of God. Repent therfore of this
thy wickednes / ∧ praye God that þe; thought
of thyne hert maye be forgeven the. For I
perceave that thou arte full of bitter gall / and
wrapped in iniquite.
Then answered Simon ∧ sayde: Praye ye to
the lorde for me þt; none of these thinges whiche
ye have spoken / fall on me. And they / wh&ebar;
they had testified ∧ preached the worde of the
lorde / returned toward Ierusalem / ∧ preached
the gospell in many cities of the Samarit&abar;s.
-- --
&cross2; Then the angell of the lorde spake vnto
Phillip sayinge: aryse ∧ goo towardes mydde
daye vnto þe; waye þt; goeth doune fr&obar; Ierusalem
vnto Gaza which is in þe; desert. And he
arose ∧ w&ebar;t on. And beholde a man of Ethiopia
which was a ch&abar;berlayne / ∧ of grete auctorite
&wt; C&abar;dace quene of þe; Ethiopi&abar;s / ∧ had
þe; rule of all her treasure / came to Ierusalem
for to praye. And as he returned home agayne
sittynge in his charet / he rede Esay þe; prophet
Then þe; sprete sayde vnto Phillip: Goo neare
∧ ioyne thy selfe to yonder charet. And Philip
ranne to him / ∧ hearde him rede þe; prophet
Esayas and sayde: Vnderstondest thou what
thou redest? And he sayd: how can I / except
I had a gyde? And he desyred Philip that he
wold come vp ∧ sit &wt; him. The tenoure of þe;
scripture which he redde / was this. He was
ledde as a shepe to be slayne: ∧ lyke a lambe
d&obar;me before his sherer / so opened he not his
mouth. noteBecause of his humblenes / he was
not estemed: who shall declare his generaci&obar;?
for his lyfe is taken fr&obar; the erthe. The chamberlayne
answered Philip and sayde: I praye
the / of whom speaketh the Prophet this? of
him selfe / or of some other man?
F And Philip opened his mouth / ∧ beganne
at þe; same scripture / ∧ preached vnto him Iesus.
And as they went on their waye / they came
vnto a certayne water / ∧ the chamberlayne
sayde: Se here is water / what shall let me
to be baptised? Philip sayde vnto him: Yf
thou beleve with all thyne hert / thou mayst.
-- --
He answered and sayde: I beleve that Iesus
Christe is the sonne of God. And he c&obar;maunded
the charet to stonde still. And they went
doune bothe into the water: bothe Philip ∧ also
the chamberlayne / and he baptised him.
And assone as they were come out of the water
/ the sprete of the lorde caught awaye Philip
/ þt; the chamberlayne sawe him no moore.
And he w&ebar;t on his waye reioysinge: but Philip
was founde at Azotus. And he walked thorow
out þe; countre preachynge in their cities /
tyll he came to Cesarea. &cross3;
¶ The .ix. Cha. &cross2;
A And Saul yet brethynge oute threatnynges
∧ slaughter agaynst þe; disciples of
the lorde / note went vnto þe; hye preste / ∧ desyred
of him letters to Damasco / to þe; synagoges:
that yf he founde eny of this waye / whether
they were men or wemen / he myght bringe
them bounde vnto Ierusalem. But as he
went on his iorney / it fortuned þt; he drue nye
to Damasco / and sodenly ther shyned rounde
about him a lyght fr&obar; heven. And he fell to þe;
erth / ∧ hearde a voyce sayinge to him: Saul /
Saul / note why persecutest thou me? And he sayde
/ what arte thou lorde? And the lorde sayd /
I am Iesus whom thou persecutest / it shalbe
harde for þe; to kycke agaynst þe; pricke. noteAnd he
bothe tremblynge and astonyed sayde: Lorde
what wilt thou have me to do? And þe; Lorde
sayde vnto him: aryse and goo into the cite /
and it shalbe tolde the what thou shalt do.
B The men which iornayed with him / stode
amased / for they herde a voyce / but sawe no
-- --
man. And Saul arose from the erth / and opened
his eyes / but sawe no man. Then ledde
they him by the honde / and brought him into
Damasco. And he was .iii. dayes with out
syght / ∧ nether ate nor dranke. And ther was
a certayne disciple at Damasco named Ananias
/ ∧ to him sayde the lorde in a vision: Ananias.
noteAnd the he sayde: beholde I am here lorde.
And the lorde sayde to him: aryse ∧ goo into
the strete which is called strayght and seke
in the housse of Iudas / after one called Saul
of Tharsus. For beholde he prayeth / ∧ hath
sene in a vision a man named Ananias comynge
in to him / ∧ puttynge his hondes on him /
that he myght receave his syght.
C Then Ananias answered: Lorde I have hearde
by many of this man / how moche evell
he hath done to thy sainctes at Ierusalem /
∧ here he hath auctorite of the hye prestes to
bynde all that call on thy name. The lorde sayde
vnto him: Goo thy wayes: for he is a chosen
vessell vnto me / to beare my name before
the gentyls ∧ kynges / ∧ the chyldren of Israel.
For I will shewe him how great thinges
he must suffre for my names sake.
Ananias went his waye and entryd into þe;
housse and put his hondes on him and sayde:
brother Saul / the lorde that apperyd vnto the
in the waye as thou camst / hath sent me / that
thou myghtest receave thy syght ∧ be filled
with the holy goost. And immediatly ther
fell from his eyes as it had bene scales / and
he receaved syght / and arose and was baptised
-- --
/ and receaved meate and was comforted.
D Then was Saul a certayne daye &wt; the disciples
which were at Damasco. And streyght
waye he preached Christ in the synagoges /
how that he was the sonne of God. noteAll that
hearde him / were amased ∧ sayde: is not this
he that spoyled th&ebar; which called on this name
in Ierusalem / ∧ came hyther for þe; entent
that he shuld bringe th&ebar; bounde vnto the hye
prestes? But Saul encreased in str&ebar;gth / ∧ confounded
the Iewes which dwelte at Damasco
/ affirminge that this was very Christ. &cross3;
And after a good whyle / þe; Iewes toke counsell
to gether / to kyll him. noteBut their layinge
awayte was knowen of Saul. And they watched
at the gates daye and nyght to kyll him.
Then þe; disciples toke him by night ∧ put him
thorow the wall ∧ let him doune in a basket.
E noteAnd when Saul was come to Ierusalem /
he assayde to cople him silfe with þe; discyples
and they were all afrayde of hym and beleued
not that he was a disciple. But Bernabas toke
hym ∧ brought hym to þe; apostles ∧ declared
to th&ebar; how he had sene þe; Lorde in þe; waye
∧ had spok&ebar; wyth hym: and how he had done
boldely at damasco in the name of Iesu. And
he had his conuersacion with them at Ierusalem
/ and quit hym silfe boldly in the name
of the lorde Iesu. And he spake and disputed
wyth the grekes: and they went aboute to slee
hym. But when the brethren knew of that /
they brought hym to cesarea / and sent hym
forth to Tharsus. Then had þe; congregaci&obar;s
-- --
rest thorowoute all Iewry and galile and Samary
/ and were edified / and walked in the feare
of the lorde / and multiplied by the comforte
of the holy gost.
F And it chaunsed þt; as Peter walked throughoute
all quarters / he c&abar; to þe; saynctes which
dwelt at Lydda and there he fo&ubar;de a certayne
m&abar; namyd Eneas / whych had kepte hys bed
viii. yere sicke of the palsie. noteThen sayde Peter
vnto hym: Eneas Iesus Christ make þe; whole.
Aryse and make thy beed. And he arose immedyatly.
And all that dwelt at lydda ∧ assaron
/ sawe hym / and tourned to the lorde.
noteTher was at Ioppe a certayne wom&abar; (whiche
was a disciple named Tabitha / which by
interpretacion is called dorcas) the same was
full of good workes and almes dedes / which
she did. And it chaunsed in those dayes that
she was sicke and dyed. When they had wesshed
her and layd her in a chamber: Because
Lydda was nye to Ioppa / ∧ the disciples had
hearde that Peter was there / they sent vnto
hym / desyrynge him that he wolde not be greved
to come vnto them.
G Peter arose and came with them ∧ when he
was come / they brought him in to þe; chamber.
And all þe; wydowes stode ro&ubar;de aboute hym
wepynge ∧ shewynge the cotes ∧ garmentes
which Dorcas made whill she was with th&ebar;.
And Peter put th&ebar; all forth ∧ kneled doune ∧
prayde ∧ turned him to þe; body / ∧ sayde: Tabitha
aryse. And she opened her eyes / ∧ wh&ebar; she
sawe Peter she sat vp. And he gave her þe; honde
-- --
and lyft her up / and called the sainctes ∧
wydowes / and shewed her alyve. And it was
knowne throwout all Ioppa / and many beleved
on the Lorde. And it fortuned that he taryed
many dayes in Ioppa with one Simon
a tanner.
¶ The .x. Chapter.
A Ther was a certayne man in Cesarea
called Cornelius / note a captayne of þe; soudiers
of Italy / a devoute man / ∧ one þt;
feared God &wt; all his housholde / which gave
moche almes to the people / ∧ prayde God alwaye.
The same man sawe in a vision evyd&ebar;tly
aboute þe; nynthe houre of þe; daye an angell
of god comynge into him / ∧ sayinge vnto
him: Cornelius. When he looked on him / he
was afrayde / ∧ sayde: what is it lorde? He sayde
vnto him. Thy prayers and thy almeses ar
come vp into remembraunce before God.
And now sende men to Ioppa / ∧ call for one
Simon named also Peter. He lodgeth with
one Simon a tanner / whose housse is by þe; see
syde. He shall tell the / what thou oughtest to
doo. When the angell which spake vnto Cornelius
was departed / he called two of his housholde
servauntes / and a devoute soudier of
them that wayted on him / and tolde them all
the mater / and sent them to Ioppa.
B On the morowe as they w&ebar;t on their iorney
∧ drewe nye vnto the cite / Peter went vp into
the toppe of þe; housse to praye / aboute the .vi.
houre. Then wexed he an hongred / ∧ wolde
have eat&ebar;. But whyll they made redy. He fell
into a tra&ubar;ce / ∧ sawe heven opened and a certayne
-- --
vessell come doune vnto him / as it had
bene a greate shete / knyt at the .iiii. corners / note
and was let doune to the erth / where in wer
all maner of .iiii. foted beastes of the erth
∧ vermen and wormes / ∧ foules of the ayer.
C And ther came a voyce to him: ryse Peter /
kyll ∧ eate. But Peter sayde: God forbyd Lorde
/ for I have never eaten eny thinge that is
comen or vnclene. And the voyce spake vnto
him agayne the seconde tyme: what God
hath clensed / that make thou not comen.
This was done thryse / and the vessell was receaved
vp agayne into heven.
Whyle Peter mused in him selfe what this
vision which he had sene meant / beholde / the
men which were sent from Cornelius / had
made inquirance for Simons housse / and stode
before the dore. And called out won ∧ axed
whether Simon which was also called Peter
were lodged there. Whyll Peter thought on
this vision / the sprete sayde vnto him: Beholde
/ men seke the: aryse therfore / get the doune /
and goo with them / ∧ doute not. For I have
sent them. Peter went doune to þe; men which
were sent vnto him from Cornelius / ∧ sayde /
Beholde /
D I am he whom ye seke / what is the
cause wherfore ye are come? And they sayde
vnto him: Cornelius the captayne a iust man /
and won that feareth God / and of good reporte
amonge all the people of the Iewes was
warned by an holy angell / to sende for the into
his housse / and to heare wordes of the.
Then called he them in / and lodged them.
-- --
And on þe; morowe Peter w&ebar;t awaye with
them / and certayne brethren from Ioppa accompanyed
hym.
D And the thyrd daye entred
they into Cesaria. And Cornelius wayted for
them / and had called to gether his kynsmen /
and speciall frendes. And as it chaunsed Peter
to come in / Cornelius met hym / ∧ fell doune
at his fete / and worshipped hym. But Peter
toke him vp sayinge: stonde vp: for evyn I
my silfe am a m&abar;. And as he talked with him
he cam in / and founde many that were come
to gether. And he sayde vnto them: Ye do knowe
how that yt ys an vnlawfull thynge for a
man that is a Iewe / to company or come vnto
an alient: But god hath shewed me that I
shuld not call eny man commen or vnclene:
therfore came I vnto you with oute say&ebar;ge naye
assone as I was sent for. I axe therfore / for
what intent have ye sent for me?
And Cornelius sayde: This daye now .iiii.
dayes I fasted / ∧ at the nynthe houre I prayde
in my housse: and beholde / a man stode before
me in bright clothynge / and sayde:
E Cornelius
/ thy prayer is hearde / and thyne almes dedes
are had in remembraunce in the sight of
God. Sende therfore to Ioppa / and call for
Simon which is also called Peter. He is lodged
in the housse of one Simon a tanner by
the see syde / þe; wich assone as he is come / shall
speake vnto þe;. Then sent I for þe; immediatly
and thou hast well done for to come. Now are
we all here present before god / to heare all thynges
þt; are commaunded vnto the of God.
-- --
Then Peter opened his mouth ∧ sayde: Of
a trueth I perseave / that God is not parciall / note
but in all people he that feareth him ∧ worketh
rightewesnes / is accepted with him.
F Ye knowe the preachynge that God sent
vnto the chyldren of Israel / preachinge peace
by Iesus Christe (which is Lorde over all
thinges: &cross2; Which preachinge was published
thorow oute all Iewrye / ∧ beg&abar;ne in Galile
/ after the baptyme which Iohn preached /
how God had annoynted Iesus of Nazareth
with the holy goost / ∧ with power / which Iesus
went aboute doinge good / and healynge
all þt; were oppressed of the develles / for God
was with him. And we are witnesses of all
thinges which he dyd in the londe of the Iewes
∧ at Ierusalem / whom they slew / ∧ honge
on tree. Him God reysed vp þe; thyrde daye /
∧ shewed him openly / not to all the people /
but vnto vs witnesses chosyn before of God /
which ate ∧ dronke with him / after he arose
from deeth. &cross2;
G And he c&obar;maunded vs to preache
vnto the people and testifie / that it is he
that is ordened of God a iudge of quycke and
deed. To him geve all the Prophetes witnes
/ that thorowe his name shall receave remission
of synnes all that note beleve in him. &cross3;
Whyle Peter yet spake these wordes / the
holy gost fell on all them which hearde the
preachinge. And they of þe; circ&ubar;cision which
beleved / were astonyed / as many as came &wt;
Peter / because that on the Gentyls also was
sheed oute þe; gyfte of the note holy gost. For they
-- --
hearde them speake with tonges ∧ magnify
God. Then answered Peter: can eny man forbyd
water that these shuld not be baptised /
which have receaved the holy goost as well
as we? And he c&obar;maunded them to be baptysed
in the name of the Lorde. &cross3; Then prayde
they him / to tary a feawe dayes.
¶ The .xi. Chapter.
A And the Apostles / ∧ the brethren that
were thorowout Iewry / note harde saye that
the hethen had also receaved the worde
of God. And when Peter was come vp to
Ierusalem / they of the circumcision reasoned
wyth him sayinge: Thou wentest in to men
vncircumcised / and atest with them.
Then Peter began and expounded þe; thinge
in order to th&ebar; sayinge: I was in the cyte
of Ioppa prayinge / and in a traunce I sawe
a vision / a certen vessell descende / as it had bene
a large lynnyn clothe / let doune from hevin
by the fower corners / and it cam to me. Into
the which when I had fastened myn eyes / I
consydered and sawe fowerfoted beastes of þe;
erth / and vermen and wormes / and foules of
the ayer. And I herde a voyce sayinge vnto
me: aryse Peter / sley ∧ eate. And I sayd: God
forbyd lorde / for nothinge comen or vnclene /
hath at eny tyme entred into my mouth. But
the voyce answered me agayne from heven /
co&ubar;t not thou those thinges com&ebar; /
B which god
hath clensed. And this was done thre tymes.
And all were takin vp agayne into heven.
And beholde immediatly ther were thre
-- --
men come vnto the housse where I was / sent
from Cesarea vnto me. And the sprete sayde
vnto me / that I shuld go with them / with out
doutinge. Morover the sixe brethren accompanyed
me: and we entred into the m&abar;s housse.
And he shewed vs / how he had sene an angell
in his housse / which stod ∧ sayde to him:
Send men to Ioppa / and call for Symon / named
also Peter: he shall tell the wordes / wherby
both thou and all thyne housse shalbe saved.
C And as I beg&abar;ne to preach / þe; holy goost
fell on them / as he dyd on vs at the begynninge.
Then came to my remembra&ubar;ce þe; wordes
of the Lorde / how he sayde: Iohn baptised
with water / but ye shalbe baptysed with the
holy goost. For as moche then as God gave
th&ebar; lyke gyftes / as he dyd vnto vs / when we
beleved on the Lorde Iesus Christ: what was
I that I shuld have with stonde God? when
they hearde this / they helde their peace ∧ gloryfied
God / sayinge: then hath God also to
the gentyls graunted repentaunce vnto lyfe.
D They which were scattryd abroade thorow
the affliccion that arose aboute Steven / walked
thorow oute tyll they came vnto Phenices
∧ Cypers ∧ Antioche / preachynge þe; worde
to no man / but vnto the Iewes only. Some
of them were men of Cypers and Syrene /
which when they were come into Antioche /
spake vnto the Grekes / and preched the Lorde
Iesus. And the honde of the Lorde was
with them / and a greate nombre beleved and
turned vnto the Lorde.
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D Tydinges of these thinges came vnto þe; eares
of the congregacion / note which was in Ierusalem.
And they sente forth Barnabas that
he shuld go vnto Antioche. Which when he
was come / ∧ had sene the grace of God / was
glad / ∧ exhorted them all / that with purpose
of hert they wolde continually cleave vnto þe;
Lorde. For he was a good man / ∧ full of the
holy goost ∧ of faythe: ∧ moche people was added
vnto the Lorde. noteThen departed Barnabas
to Tarsus / for to seke Saul. And when
he had founde him / he brought him vnto Antioche.
And it chaunsed þt; a whole yere they
had their conversacion with the congregaci&obar;
there / ∧ taught moche people: in so moche that
the disciples of Antioche were the fyrst that
were called Christen.
In those dayes came Prophet&es; fr&obar; Ierusalem
vnto Antioche. And ther stode vp one of
them / named Agabus / ∧ signified by the sprete
/ that ther shuld be great derth throughoute
all the worlde / which came to passe in þe; Emproure
Claudius dayes. Then the disciples
every man accordinge to his abilite / purposed
to sende socoure vnto the brethren which
dwelt in Iewry. Which thinge they also dyd /
∧ sent it to the elders / by the hondes of Barnabas
∧ Saul.
¶ The .xii. Chapter. &cross2;
A In that tyme Herode the kynge stretched
forthe his handes to vexe certayne note
of the congregacion. And he kylled
Iames the brother of Iohn with the swerde:
and because he sawe that it pleased þe; Iewes /
-- --
he proceded forther / ∧ toke Peter also. Then
were the dayes of swete breed. noteAnd when he
had caught him / he put him in preson / and delyvered
him to .iiii. note quaterni&obar;s of soudiers
to be kepte / entendynge after ester to brynge
him forth to the people. Then was Peter kepte
in preson. But prayer was made with out
ceasynge of the congregacion vnto God for
him. And when Herode wolde have brought
him oute vnto the people / the same nyght slepte
Peter bitwene two soudiers / bounde with
two chaynes / and the kepers before the dore
kepte the preson.
B noteAnd beholde the angell of þe; Lorde was there
present / ∧ a lyght shyned in the lodge. And
smote Peter on the syde / ∧ steryd him vp sayinge:
aryse vp quyckly. And his cheynes fell
of fr&obar; his hondes. And the angell sayd vnto
him: gyrde thy selfe ∧ bynde on thy note sandales.
And so he dyd. And he sayde vnto him:
cast thy mantle aboute the / ∧ folowe me. And
he came oute ∧ folowed him / ∧ wist not / that
it was truthe which was done by the angell /
but thought he had sene a vision. When they
were past þe; fyrst ∧ þe; seconde watche / they came
vnto þt; yron gate / þt; ledeth vnto the cyte /
which opened to them by his awne accorde.
And they went out and passed thorowe one
strete / ∧ by ∧ by the angell departed fr&obar; him.
And when Peter was come to him selfe / he
sayde: now I knowe of a surety / that the Lorde
hath sent his angell / ∧ hath delyvered me
out of the honde of Herode / and from all the
-- --
waytynge for of the people of þe; Iewes.
C And
as he consydred the thinge / he cam to þe; housse
of Mary the mother of one note Iohn / which
was called Marke also / where many were gaddered
to gedder in prayer. As Peter knocked
at the entry dore / a damsell cam forth to herken
/ named Rhoda. And when she knew Peters
voyce / she opened not the entrey for gladnes
/ but ran in and told how Peter stode before
the entrey. And they sayde vnto her: thou
arte mad. And she bare them doune þt; it was
even so. Then sayde they: it is his angell. Peter
c&obar;tynued knockinge. When they had opened
the dore / ∧ sawe him / they were astonyed.
And he beckened vnto them with þe; honde to
holde their peace / ∧ tolde them by what meanes
þe; Lorde had brought him oute of the preson.
And sayde: goo shew these thinges vnto
Iames and to the brethren. And he departed
and went into a nother place.
D Assone as it was daye ther was no lyttell
a doo am&obar;ge the soudyers / what was becum
of Peter. When Herode had called for him /
and founde him not / he examined the kepers /
and comaunded to departe. And he descended
from Iewry to Cesarea / and ther abode. Herode
was displeased with them of Tyre and
Sydon. And they came all at once / and made
intercession vnto Blastus the kynges chamberlen
/ and desyred peace / because their countrey
was norysshed by the kynges londe. And
upon a daye appoynted Herode arayed him
in royall apparell / and set him in his seate / ∧
-- --
made an oraycon vnto them. And the people
gave a shoute / sayinge: it is þe; voyce of a God
and not of a man. And immediatly the angell
of þe; Lorde note smote him / because he gave not
God the honoure / ∧ he was eatyn of wormes /
and gave vp the goost.
And þe; worde of God grewe ∧ multiplied.
And Barnabas and Paul returned to Ierusalem
/ when they had fulfilled their office / ∧ toke
with them note Iohn / which was also called
Marcus.
¶ The .xiii. Chapter.
There were at Antioche / in the congregacion
certayne Prophetes ∧ teachers:
as Barnabas ∧ Simon called Niger / ∧
Lucius of Cerene /
A ∧ Manahen Herode the
Tetrarkes norsfelowe / ∧ Saul. As they mynistred
to the Lorde ∧ fasted / the holy goost sayde:
separate me Barnabas ∧ Saul / note for þe; worke
where vnto I have called them. Then fasted
they and prayed / and put their hondes on
them / and let them goo. And they after they
were sent of the holy goost / came vnto Seleutia
/ ∧ from thence they sayled to Cyprus. And
when they were come to Salamine / they shewed
þe; worde of God in þe; synagoges / of þe; Iewes.
And they had note Iohn to their minister.
B When they had gone thorowout þe; yle vnto
þe; cite of Paphos / they fo&ubar;de a certayne sorserer
/ a falce prophet which was a Iewe / named
Bariesu / which was with þe; ruler of the
countre won Sergius Paulus a prud&ebar;t man.
noteThe same ruler called vnto him Barnabas
∧ Saul / ∧ desyred to heare the worde of God.
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But Elemas the sorcerar (for so was his name
by interpretacion) &wt; stode them / note ∧ sought
to turne awaye the ruler fr&obar; the fayth. Then
Saul which also is called Paul beinge full of
the holy goost / note set his eyes on him / ∧ sayde: O
full of all sutteltie ∧ disseytfulnes / the chylde
of the devyll / ∧ þe; enemye of all righteousnes /
thou ceasest not to pervert the strayght wayes
of the Lorde. And now beholde the honde
of the Lorde is vpon the / ∧ thou shalt be blinde
∧ not se the sunne for a season. And immediatly
ther fell on him a myste ∧ a darcknes / ∧
he went aboute sekinge them that shuld leade
him by the honde. Then the rular when he
sawe what had happened / beleved / ∧ w&obar;dred
at the doctryne of the Lorde.
When they that were with Paule / were departed
by shyppe fr&obar; Paph&us; / note they cam to Perga
a cite of Pamphilia: ∧ there Iohn departed
from them / and returned to Ierusalem. But
they wandred thorowe the countres / fr&obar; Perga
to Antioche a cite of the co&ubar;tre of Pisidia /
∧ w&ebar;t in to the synagoge on the saboth daye /
∧ sate doune. And after the lawe ∧ þe; Prophetes
were redde / þe; rulers of the synagoge sent
vnto them sayinge: Ye men ∧ brethren / yf ye
have eny serm&obar; to exhorte þe; people / saye on.
C Then Paul stode vp ∧ beckened with the
honde / ∧ sayde: Men of Israel / ∧ ye that feare
God / geve audi&ebar;ce. noteThe God of this people
chose oure fathers / ∧ exalted the people wh&ebar;
they dwelt as stra&ubar;gers in þe; londe of Egypt /
∧ with a mighty arme brought them oute of
-- --
it / note and aboute the tyme of .xl. yeares suffred
he their maners in the wyldernes. And he destroyed.
vii naci&obar;s in the londe of Canaan / ∧
devided their londe to them by lot. noteAnd after
warde he gave vnto them iudges aboute the
space of .iiii.C. ∧ .l. yeres vnto the tyme of Samuel
þe; Prophet. And after that they desyred
a kinge / ∧ God gave vnto them Saul the sonne
of Cis / a man of the tribe of Beniamin / by
the space of .xl. yeres.
D noteAnd after he had put
him doune / he set vp David to be their kynge /
of whome he reported sayinge: I have founde
David the sonne of Iesse / a man after myne
awne hert / he shall fulfill all my will.
noteOf this m&abar;nes seed hath God (accordinge
to his promes) brought forth to the people of
Israel a saviour / one Iesus / when Iohn had
fyrst preached before his c&obar;minge the baptyme
of repenta&ubar;ce to Israel. noteAnd when Iohn
had fulfylled his course / he sayde: whome ye
thinke that I am / the same am I not. But beholde
ther cometh one after me / whose shewes
of his fete I am not worthy to lowse.
&cross2; Ye men ∧ brethren / chyldren of the generacion
of Abraham / ∧ whosoever am&obar;ge you
feareth God / to you is this worde of salvaci&obar;
sent.
E The inhabiters of Ierusalem ∧ their rulers
/ because they knewe him not / nor yet the
voyces of the Prophetes which are redde every
Saboth daye / they have fulfilled them in
cond&ebar;pninge him. And when they founde no
cause of deeth in him / note yet desyred they Pylate
to kyll him. And when they had fulfilled all
-- --
that were written of him / they toke him doune
from the tree and put him in a sepulcre.
noteBut God raysed him agayne from deeth / and
he was sene many dayes of them which came
&wt; him fr&obar; Galile to Ierusalem. Which
are his witnesses vnto the people.
And we declare vnto you / how that þe; promes
made vnto the fathers / God hath fulfilled
vnto vs their chyldr&ebar; / in that he reysed vp
Iesus agayne &cross3; ev&ebar; as it is written in the fyrste
psalme: Thou arte my sonne / this same
daye begat I the. As concernynge that he reysed
him vp from deeth / now no more to returne
to corrupcion / he sayde on this wyse: The
holy promyses made to David I will geve
them faithfully to you. Wherfore he saith also
in another place: note Thou shalt not soffre thyne
holye to se corrupcion. Howbe it David after
he had in his tyme fulfilled the will of
God / he slepte / and was layde with his fathers
/ ∧ sawe corrupcion. But he whom God
reysed agayne / sawe no corrupcion.
F Be it knowne vnto you therfore ye men ∧
brethr&ebar; / that thorow this man is preached vnto
you the forgevenes of synnes / ∧ þt; by him
are all þt; beleve note iustified fr&obar; all thinges fr&obar;
the which ye coulde not be iustified by þe; lawe
of Moses. Beware therfore lest that fall on
you / which is spoken of in the Prophet&es;: Beholde
ye despisers and wonder / ∧ perishe ye:
for I do aworke in youre dayes / which ye
shall not beleve / yf a m&abar; wolde declare it you.
When they were come out of the Synagoge
-- --
of the Iewes / the g&ebar;tyls besought þt; they
wolde preache the worde to them bitwene the
Saboth dayes. When the congregacion was
broken vp / many of the Iewes ∧ verteous c&obar;vertes
folowed Paul ∧ Barnabas / which spake
to them ∧ exhorted them to c&obar;tinue in the
grace of God. And þe; nexte Saboth daye / came
almoste the whole cite to gether / to heare
the worde of God. When þe; Iewes sawe the
people / they were full of indignacion ∧ spake
agaynst those thinges which were spoken of
Paul / spekinge agaynst it / and raylinge on it.
Then Paul ∧ Barnabas wexed bolde / ∧ sayde:
it was mete that the worde of God shulde
fyrst have bene preached to you. But seinge
ye put it from you / ∧ thinke youre selfes onworthy
of everlastinge lyfe: lo / we turne to
the gentyls.
G For so hath the Lorde c&obar;maunded
vs: I have made þe; a light to the g&ebar;tyls /
þt; thou be salvaci&obar; vnto þe; ende of þe; worlde. note
The g&ebar;tyls hearde ∧ were glad ∧ glorified
the worde of þe; Lorde / ∧ beleved: ev&ebar; as many
as were ordeyned vnto eternall lyfe. And þe;
worde of the Lorde was publisshed thorowe
oute all the region. But the Iewes moved þe;
worshypfull ∧ honorable wemen / and the chefe
men of the cyte / note ∧ reysed persecuci&obar; agaynst
Paul and Barnabas / ∧ expelled them oute
of their costes. And they shouke of þe; duste of
their fete agaynst them / ∧ came vnto Iconi&ubar;.
And the disciples were filled with ioye and
with the holy goost. &cross3;
¶ The .xiiii. Chapter.
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And it fortuned in Iconium that they
went both to gether into the synagoge
of þe; Iewes / ∧ so spake /
A that a gret multitude
both of þe; Iewes ∧ also of the Grekes
beleved. But the unbelevinge Iewes / steryd
vp ∧ vnquyeted the myndes of the Gentyls
agaynste the brethr&ebar;. Longe tyme a bode they
there ∧ quyt them selves boldly with the helpe
of the Lorde / the which gave testimony vnto
þe; worde of his grace / ∧ caused signes and
wondres to be done by their hondes. The
people of the cyte were devided: ∧ parte helde
with the Iewes / ∧ parte with the Apostles.
B When ther was a saute made both of the
gentyls and also of the Iewes with their rulers
/ to put them to shame ∧ to stone th&ebar; / they
were ware of it / ∧ fled vnto Listra ∧ Derba / cities
of Licaonia / ∧ vnto the region that lyeth
round aboute / and there preached the gospell.
And ther sate a certayne man at Listra weake
in his fete / beinge creple from his mothers
wombe / and never walkyd. noteThe same hearde
Paul preache. Which behelde him and perceaved
that he had fayth to be whole / and
sayd with a loude voyce: stond vp right on
thy fete. And he stert vp / and walked. And
when the people sawe what Paul had done /
they lifte vp their voyces / sayinge in the speache
of Lycaonia: Goddes are come doune to
vs in the lyknes of men. noteAnd they called Barnabas
Iupiter / ∧ Paul Mercurius / because
he was the preacher. Then Iupiters Preste /
which dwelt before their cite / brought ox&ebar; ∧
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garlondes vnto the churche porche / and wolde
have done sacrifise with the people.
But when the Apostles / Barnabas ∧ Paul
herde that / they rent their clothes / and ran in
amonge the people /
C cryinge ∧ sayinge: syrs /
why do ye this? We are mortall men lyke vnto
you / ∧ preache vnto you / that ye shuld turne
from these vanyties vnto þe; lyvinge God /
which made heaven ∧ erth ∧ the see ∧ all that note
in them is: the which in tymes past suffred
all nacions to walke in their awne wayes. Neverthelesse
he lefte not him selfe with outen
witnes / in that he shewed his benefites / in
gevinge vs rayne from heaven ∧ frutefull ceasons
/ fyllinge oure hertes with fode and gladnes.
And with these sayinges / scase refrayned
they the people / that they had not done sacrifice
vnto them.
Thither came certayne Iewes fr&obar; Antioche
and Iconium / and optayned the peoples consent
and stoned Paul / note and drewe him oute of
the cyte / supposynge he had bene deed. How
be it as the disciples stode rounde about him /
he arose vp ∧ cam into the cyte. And the nexte
daye he departed with Barnabas to Derba.
D After they had preached to that cite ∧ had
taught many / they returned agayne to Lisira /
and to Iconium and Antioche / ∧ strengthed
the disciples soules / exhortinge them to continue
in the faith / affyrminge þt; we must thorowe
moche tribulacion entre into the kyngdome note
of God. And when they had ordened
them elders by eleccion in every congregaci&obar; /
-- --
after they had yrayde ∧ fasted / note they comended
them to God on whom they beleved.
And they went thorow out Pisidia ∧ came
into P&abar;philia / ∧ when they had preached the
worde of God in Perga / they descended in to
Attalia / ∧ thence departed by shippe to Antioche
/ fr&obar; whence they were delivered vnto the
grace of God / to the worke which they had
fulfilled. When they were come ∧ had gaddered
the congregacion to gedder / they rehersed
all that God had done by them / ∧ how he
had opened the dore of faith vnto the g&ebar;tyls.
And ther they abode longe tyme with the disciples.
¶¶ The .xv. Chapter.
Then cam certayne from Iewrie / and
taught the brethren: excepte ye be circumcysed
after the maner of Moses /
ye cannot be saved.
A noteAnd when ther was rysen
dissencion ∧ disputinge not a litle vnto Paul
∧ Barnabas agaynst them. They determined
that Paul and Barnabas ∧ certayne other of
them shuld ascende to Ierusalem vnto the
Apostles ∧ elders aboute this question. And
after they were brought on their waye by the
congregacion / they passed over Phenices and
Samaria / declarynge the conuersion of the g&ebar;tyls
/ ∧ they brought great ioye vnto all þe; brethren.
And when they were come to Ierusalem
/ they were receaved of the congregacion ∧
of the Apostles ∧ elders. And they declared
what thinges God had done by them. Then
arose ther vp certayne that were of the secte
of the Pharises ∧ dyd beleve sayinge / that it
-- --
was nedfull to circ&ubar;cise them ∧ to enioyne th&ebar;
to kepe þe; lawe of Moses. noteAnd þe; Apostles ∧
elders came to geder to reason of this matter.
And when ther was moche disputinge / Peter
rose vp ∧ sayde vnto them:
B Ye men ∧ brethren
/ ye knowe how that a good whyle agoo /
God chose am&obar;ge vs that the g&ebar;tyls by my
mouth shuld heare the worde of the gospell ∧
beleve. And God which knoweth the herte /
bare them witnes / and gave vnto them the
holy goost / ev&ebar; as he dyd vnto vs / and he put
no difference bitwene them and vs / but with
fayth note purified their hertes. Now therfore
why tempte ye God / that ye wolde put a yoke
on the disciples neckes / which nether oure fathers
nor we were able to beare. But we beleve
that thorowe the note grace of the Lorde Iesu
Christ we shalbe saved / as they doo. Then
all the multitude was peased and gave audience
to Barnabas ∧ Paul / which tolde what
signes and wondres God had shewed amonge
the gentyls / by them.
C And when they helde their peace / Iames answered
sayinge: Men ∧ brethren herken vnto
me. Simeon tolde how God at the begynnynge
dyd visit the gentyls / ∧ receaved of them /
people vnto his name. And to this agreith þe;
wordes of þe; Prophet&es; / as it is written. noteAfter
this I will returne / ∧ wyll bylde agayne the
tabernacle of David which is fallen doune /
∧ that which is fallen in dekey of it / will I bilde
agayne / ∧ I will set it vp / that the residue
of men might seke after the Lorde / ∧ also the
-- --
gentyls vp&obar; whom my name is named saith
þe; Lorde / which doth all these thinges: knowne
vnto God are all his workes from the begynninge
of the worlde.
D Wherfore my sent&ebar;ce
is / þt; we trouble not them which fr&obar; amonge
the gentyls / are turned to God: but þt; we
write vnto them þt; they abstayne them selves
fr&obar; filthynes of ymages / fr&obar; fornicaci&obar; / from
str&abar;glyd ∧ fr&obar; bloude. noteFor Moses of olde tyme
hath in every cite that preache him / and
he is rede in the synagog&es; every saboth daye.
Then pleased it the Apostles ∧ elders &wt;
the whole congregaci&obar; / to sende chosyn men
of their owne c&obar;pany to Antioche with Paul
and Barnabas. They sent Iudas called also
Barsabas and Silas / which were chefe men
amonge the brethr&ebar; / and gave them lettres in
their hondes after this maner.
The Apostles / elders ∧ brethren send gretynges
vnto the brethr&ebar; which are of the gentyls
in Antioche / Siria ∧ Celicia.
E For as moche
as we have hearde þt; certayne which departed
fr&obar; vs / have troubled you with word&es; /
∧ combred youre myndes sayinge: Ye must be
circumcised ∧ kepe the lawe / to whom we gave
no soche c&obar;maundem&ebar;t. It semed therfore
to vs a good thinge / when we were come to
gedder with one accorde / to sende chosyn men
vnto you / with oure beloved Barnabas and
Paul / men that have ieoperded their lyves
for the name of oure Lorde Iesus Christ. We
have sent therfore Iudas and Sylas / which
shall also tell you the same thing&es; by mouth.
-- --
For it semed good to the holy gost and to vs /
to put no grevous thinge to you more then
these necessary thinges: that is to saye / that ye
abstayne from thinges offered to ymages /
from bloud / from strangled and fornicacion.
From which yf ye kepe youre selves / ye shall
do well.
F So fare ye well.
When they were departed / they came to Antioche
∧ gaddred the multitude togeder ∧ delyvered
þe; pistle. When they had redde it / they
reioysed of that consolacion. And Iudas ∧ Sylas
beinge note prophetes / exhorted the brethren
with moche preachynge / ∧ strengthed them.
And after they had taryed there a space / they
were let goo in peace of the brethren vnto the
Apostles. Not with stondynge it pleasyd Sylas
to abyde there still. Paul ∧ Barnabas continued
in Antioche teachynge and preachynge
the worde of the Lorde with other many.
G But after a certayne space / Paul sayde vnto
Barnabas: Let vs goo agayne and visite oure
brethren in every cite where we have shewed
the worde of the Lorde / and se how they do.
And Barnabas gave counsell to take &wt; them
Iohn / called also Marke. noteBut Paul thought
it not mete to take him vnto their company
whiche departed from them at Pamphylia /
∧ went not with them to the worke. And the
dissencion was so sharpe bitwene them / that
they departed a sunder one from the other: so
that Barnabas toke Marke and sayled vnto
Cypers. And Paul chose Sylas ∧ departed
delyvered of þe; brethren vnto the grace of god.
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And he went thorowe all Cyria and Cilicia /
stablisshynge the congregacions.
¶ The .xvi. Chapter.
A Then came he to Derba and to Lystra.
noteAnd beholde a certayne disciple was
there named Timotheus / a womans
sonne which was a Iewas and beleved: but
his father was a Greke. Of whom reported
well / the brethren of Lystra and of Iconium.
The same Paul wolde þt; he shuld goo forth
with him / ∧ toke and circumcised him because
of the Iewes which were in those quarters:
for they knewe all that his father was a Greke.
As they went thorow þe; cities / they delyvered
th&ebar; the decrees for to kepe / ordeyned of the
Apostles ∧ elders which were at Ierusalem.
And so were the congregacions stablisshed in
the fayth / and encreased in noumbre dayly.
B When they had goone thorow out Phrigia
/ ∧ the region of Galacia / ∧ were forbydd&ebar;
of the holy gost to preach the worde in Asia /
they came to Misia / ∧ sought to goo into Bethinia.
But the sprete soffered th&ebar; not. Then
they went over Misia / ∧ cam doune to Troada.
And a vision appered to Paul in þe; nyght.
There stode a man of Macedonia and prayed
him sayinge: come into Macedonia ∧ helpe
vs. After he had sene þe; vision / immediatly we
prepared to goo into Macedonia / certified þt;
the lorde had called vs for to preache the gospell
vnto them. Then lowsed we forth from
Troada / ∧ with a strayght course came to Samothracia
/ and the nexte daye to Neapolim /
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∧ from thence to Philippos / which is the chefest
citie in þe; part&es; of Macedonia / ∧ a fre cite.
C We were in that cite abydynge a certayne
dayes. And on the saboth dayes we went out
of the cite besydes a ryver where men were
wont to praye / ∧ we sate doune and spake vnto
the wemen which resorted thyther. And a
certayne woman named Lydia / a seller of purple
/ of the cite of Thiatira / note which worshipped
God / gave vs audience. Whose hert the
Lorde opened that she attended vnto the thinges
which Paul spake. When she was baptised
and her housholde / she besought vs sayinge:
Yf ye thinke that I beleve on the Lorde
/ come into my housse / and abyde there. And
she constrayned vs.
D And it fortuned as we went to prayer / a certayn
damsell possessed with a sprete that prophesied
/ met vs / note which brought her master
and mastres moche vauntage with prophesyinge.
The same folowed Paul and vs and
cryed sayinge: these men are the servauntes
of the most hye God / which shewe vnto vs
the waye of salvacion. And this dyd she many
dayes. But Paul not c&obar;tent / turned about
and sayd to the sprete: I commaunde the in
the name of Iesu Christ / that thou come out
of her. And he came out the same houre.
And when her master ∧ mastres sawe þt; the
hope of their gaynes was gone / note they caught
Paul ∧ Sylas / ∧ drue th&ebar; into the market place
vnto the rulars / ∧ brought them to the officers
sayinge: These men trouble oure cite /
-- --
which are Iewes and preache ordinaunces /
which are not laufull for vs to receave /
E nether
to observe / seinge we are Romayns. And the
people ranne on them / and the officers rent
their clothes / and c&obar;maunded them to be beaten
with roddes. noteAnd when they had beaten
them sore / they cast them into preson / c&obar;maundynge
the iayler to kepe them surely. Which
iayler when he had receaved suche c&obar;maundment
/ thrust them into the ynner preson / ∧ made
their fete fast in the stockes.
At mydnyght Paul ∧ Sylas prayed / ∧ lauded
God. And the presoners hearde them.
And sodenly ther was a greate erth quake / so
that þe; fonndacion of the preson was shaken /
and by and by all the dores opened / ∧ every
mannes bondes were lowsed.
F When the keper
of þe; preson waked out of his slepe ∧ sawe
the preson dores open / he drue out his swearde
and wolde have kylled him selfe / supposynge
the presoners had bene fledde. But Paul
cryed with a lowde voyce sayinge: Do thy selfe
no harme / for we are all heare.
Then he called for a lyght and sprange in /
and came tremblynge / and fell doune before
Paul and Sylas / ∧ brought them out ∧ sayde:
Syrs / what must I do to be saved? And
they sayde: beleve on the Lorde Iesus / ∧ thou
shalt be saved and thy housholde. And they
preached vnto him the worde of the Lorde /
and to all that were in his housse. And he toke
them the same houre of the nyght ∧ wasshed
their woundes / ∧ was baptised with all
-- --
that belonged vnto him strayght waye. Wh&ebar;
he had brought them into his housse / he set
meate before them / and ioyed that he with all
his housholde / boleved on God.
G And when it was daye / the officers sent the
ministres sayinge: Let those men goo. The keper
of þe; preson tolde this sayinge to Paul / the
officiers have sent worde to lowse you. Now
therfore get you hence ∧ goo in peace. Then
sayde Paul vnto them: they have beaten vs
openly vncomdempned / for all þt; we are Romayns
/ ∧ have cast vs into preson: and now
wolde they sende vs awaye prevely? Naye not
so / but let them come th&ebar; selves ∧ set vs out.
When the ministres tolde these wordes vnto
the officers / they feared when they hearde
that they were Romayns / ∧ came ∧ besought
them / ∧ brought them out / ∧ desyred them to
departe out of the cite. And they w&ebar;t out of þe;
preson ∧ entred into the housse of Lidia / ∧ wh&ebar;
they had sene the brethren / they comforted
them ∧ departed.
¶ The .xvii. Chapter.
A As they made their iorney thorow Amphipolis
/ and Appolonia / they came to
Thessalonica where was a synagoge
of the Iewes. And Paul as his maner was /
went in vnto them / ∧ thre saboth doyes declared
oute of the scripture vnto them / openynge
∧ allegynge that Christ must nedes have suffred
∧ rysen agayne from deeth / and that this
Iesus was Christ / whom (sayde he) I preache
to you. And some of them beleved and came
and companyed with Paul and Sylas:
-- --
also of the honourable Grekes a greate multitude
/ and of the chefe wemen / not a feawe.
B But the Iewes which beleved not / havynge
indignaci&obar; / toke vnto th&ebar; evyll men which
were vagabondes / and gadered a company /
and set all the cite on a roore / and made asaute
vnto the housse of Iason / ∧ sought to bringe
th&ebar; out to the people. But when they founde
them not / they drue Iason and certayne
brethren vnto the heedes of the cite cryinge:
these that trouble the worlde / are come hydder
also / which Iason hath receaved prevely.
And these all do contrary to the elders of Cesar
/ affirmynge another kynge / one Iesus.
And they troubled the people and the officers
of the cite when they hearde these thinges.
And when they were sufficiently answered
of Iason / ∧ of the other / they let th&ebar; goo.
And the brethren immediatly sent awaye
Paul ∧ Sylas by nyght vnto Berrea. Which
when they were come thyther / they entred into
þe; synagoge of the Iewes.
C These were the
noblest of byrthe amonge th&ebar; of Thessalonia
which receaved the worde &wt; all diligence of
mynde / ∧ searched note þe; scriptures dayly whether
those thing&es; were even so. And many of
th&ebar; beleved: also of worshipfull wem&ebar; which
were Grekes / ∧ of men not a feawe. When the
Iewes of Thessalonia had knowledge that þe;
worde of God was preached of Paul at Berrea
/ they came there and moved the people.
And then by ∧ by þe; brethr&ebar; sent awaye Paul
to goo as it were to þe; see: but Sylas ∧ Timotheus
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abode there still. And they that gyded
Paul / brought him vnto Attens / ∧ receaved a
c&obar;maundment vnto Sylas ∧ Timotheus for
to come to him at once / and came their waye.
D Whyll Paul wayted for them at Attens /
his sprete was moved in him / note to se the cite geven
to worshippinge of ymages. Then he disputed
in the synagoge &wt; the Iewes / ∧ with
the devout persones / and in the market dayly
with th&ebar; that came vnto him. Certayne philosophers
of þe; Epicures ∧ of þe; stoyckes / disputed
with him. And some ther were which sayde:
what will this babler saye. Other sayd: he
semeth to be a tydynges bringer of newe devyls
/ because he preached vnto them Iesus
and the resurreccion.
E And they toke him / and
brought him into Marsestrete sayinge: maye
we not knowe what this newe doctrine wher
of thou speakest / is? For thou bringest straunge
tydynges to oure eares. We wolde knowe
therfore what these thinges meane. For all
the Attenians ∧ straungers which were there
/ gave th&ebar; selves to nothinge els / but ether
to tell or to heare newe tydynges.
F Paul stode in the myddes of Marse strete
∧ sayde: ye men of Attens / I perceave that in
all thinges ye are to supersticious. For as I
passed by and behelde the maner how ye worship
youre godd&es; / I founde an aultre wher in
was written: vnto þe; vnknowen god. noteWhom
ye then ignor&abar;tly worship / him shewe I vnto
you. God that made the worlde ∧ all that are
in it / seynge that he is Lorde of heven ∧ erth /
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he dwelleth not in temples made with hondes
/ note nether is worshipped with mennes hondes
/ as though he neded of eny thinge / seinge
he him selfe geveth lyfe and breeth to all men
every where / and hath made of one bloud all
nacions of men / for to dwell on all the face of
the erthe / and hath assigned / before how longe
tyme / and also the endes of their inhabitacion
/ that they shuld seke God / yf they myght
fele and fynde him / though he be not farre
from every one of vs. For in him we lyve / move
and have oure beynge / as certayne of youre
awne Poetes sayde. For we are also his generacion.
For as moche then as we are the generacion
of God / we ought not to thynke that
the godhed is lyke vnto golde / silver or stone /
graven by crafte and ymaginacion of man.
G And the tyme of this ignoraunce God regarded
not: but now he byddeth all men every
where repent / because he hath apoynted a
daye / in the which he will iudge the worlde
acordynge to ryghtewesses / by that man
whom he hath apoynted / and hath offered
faith note to all men / after that he had raysed
him from deeth.
When they hearde of þe; resurreccion from
deeth / some mocked / and other sayde: we will
heare the agayne of this matter. So Paul departed
from amonge them. Howbeit certayne
men clave vnto Paul and beleved / note amonge
the which was Dionysius a senatour / and a
woman named Damaris / ∧ other with them.
¶ The .xviii. Chapter.
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After that / Paul departed from Attens /
∧ came to Corinth&ubar; / note ∧ founde a certayne
Iewe named Aquila / borne in Ponthus
/
A latly come from Italie &wt; his wyfe Priscilla
(because that the Emperour Claudius
had c&obar;maunded all Iewes to departe fr&obar; Rome)
and he drewe vnto them. And because he
was of the same crafte / he abode with them
∧ wrought: their crafte was to make tentes.
noteAnd he preached in þe; synagoge every saboth
daye / ∧ exhorted the Iewes and the gentyls.
When Sylas and Timotheus were come
from Macedonia /
B Paul was constrayned by
the sprete to testifie to the Iewes that Iesus
was very Christ. noteAnd wh&ebar; they sayde c&obar;trary
∧ blasphemed / he shoke his rayment ∧ sayde
vnto th&ebar;: youre bloud apon youre awne heeddes
/ ∧ fr&obar; hence forth I goo blamelesse vnto þe;
gentyls. And he departed thence / ∧ entred into
a certayne m&abar;nes housse named Iustus a
worshiper of god / whose housse ioyned harde
to þe; synagoge. How be it one Crispus þe; chefe
rular of the synagoge beleved on þe; lorde with
all his housholde / ∧ many of the Corinthi&abar;s
gave audience and beleved ∧ were baptised.
C Then spake the lorde to Paul in the nyght
by a vision: be not afrayde / but speake / ∧ holde
not thy peace: for I am with the / and no man
shall invade the that shall hurte the. For I
have moche people in this cite. And he continued
there a yeare and sixe monethes / and
taught them the worde of God.
When Gallio was rular of the countre of
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Acaia / the Iewes made insurreccion with one
accorde agaynst Paul / ∧ brought him to the
iudgement seate saying:
D this felow counceleth
men to worship God contrary to þe; lawe.
And as Paul was about to open his mouth /
Gallio sayde vnto þe; Iewes: yf it were a matter
of wronge / or an evyll dede (o ye Iewes)
reason wolde that I shuld heare you: but yf it
be a question of wordes / or of names / or of
youre lawe / loke ye to it youre selves. For I
wilbe no iudge in soche maters / and he drave
them from the seate. Then toke all the Grekes
Sostenes the chefe rular of the synagoge
and smote him before the iudges seate.
And Gallio cared for none of tho thinges.
Paul after this / taryed there yet a good whyle
/ ∧ then toke his leave of the brethren /