A   Saul had pleasure in his deeth. And at þt; tyme there was a great persecucion ^note agaynst the congregacion which was at Ierusalem / ∧ they were all scattered abroade thorowout the regions of Iury and Samaria / except the Apostles. Then devout men dressed Steven / aud made great lamentacion over him. But Saul made havocke of the congregacion entrynge into every housse / ∧ drewe out bothe man ∧ woman / ∧ thrust th&ebar; into preson. They that were scattered abroade / went every where preachyng the worde. Then came Philip into a cite of Samaria ∧ preached ^note Christ vnto them. And the people gave hede vnto those thinges which Philip spake / with one acorde / in that they hearde and sawe the miracles which he dyd. For vnclene spretes cryinge with loude voyce / came out of many that were possessed of them. B   And manye taken with palsies / and many þt; halted / were healed And ther was great ioye in that cite. ^noteAnd ther was a certayne man called Simon / which before tyme in the same cite / vsed witche crafte ∧ bewitched the people of Samarie / sayinge / that he was a man þt; coulde do greate thing&es; Whom they regarded / from þe; lest to the greatest / sayinge: this felow is the great power of God. And him they set moche by / because of longe tyme with sorcery he had mocked th&ebar;. But assone as they beleved Philippes preachynge of the kyngdome of God ∧ of the name of Iesu Christ / they were baptised bothe men and wemen. Then Simon him selfe

beleved also / and was baptised / and c&obar;tinued with Phillip / and wondered beholdynge the miracles and signes / which were shewed.

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;

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