In this epistle Paul exhorteth Timothe to goo forwarde as he had begonne / and to preache the Gospell with all diligence / as it nede was / seinge many were fallen awaye / and manye false spirites ∧ teachers were spr&obar;ge vp all readie. Wherfore a Bysshopes parte is / euer to watche and to laboure in the Gospell.

In the thyrde and fourth he sheweth before and that notablye / of the ieopardous tyme towarde the ende of the worlde / in which a false spirituall lyuinge shuld deceaue the hole worlde with outwarde ypocresie and apparence of holynes / vnder which all abominacions shuld haue their fre passage and course / as we (alas) haue sene this prophesie of S. Paul fulfilled in oure spiritualtie vnto the vttermost Iote. ¶ The seconde epistle of S. Paul vnto Timothe. ¶ The fyrst Chapter.

Paul an Apostle of Iesu Christ / by the will of God / to preache the promes of lyfe / A    which lyfe is in Christ Iesu.

To Timothe his beloved sonne.

Grace / mercy and peace / from God the father / ∧ from Christ Iesu oure Lorde.

I thanke god / whom I serve from myne elders

with pure consci&ebar;ce / that with out ceasynge I make mencion of the in my prayres nyght ∧ daye / desyrynge to se the / myndfull of thy teares: so that I am filled with ioye / wh&ebar; I call to remembraunce the vnfayned fayth that is in the / which dwelt fyrst in thy gra&ubar;moder Lois / and in thy mother Eunica: and am assured that it dwelleth in the also.

B   Wherfore I warne the that thou stere vp the gyfte of god which is in the / by the puttynge on of my hondes. ^noteFor god hath not geven to vs the sprete of feare: but of power / ∧ of love / ∧ of sobrenes of mynde. Be not a shamed to testyfye oure lorde / ^note nether be a shamed of me / which am bounde for his sake: but suffre adversite with þe; gospell also thorow þe; power of god / ^note which saved vs ∧ called vs &wt; an holy callinge / not acordinge to oure dedes / but accordynge to his awne purpose and grace / C    which grace was gev&ebar; vs thorowe Christ Iesu ^note before the worlde was / but is nowe declared openly by þe; appearynge of oure savioure Iesu Christ / which hath put away derth / and hath brought lyfe ∧ immortalite vnto light thorow the gospell / whervnto I am apoynted a preacher / and an Apostle / ∧ a teacher of the gentyls: for the which cause I also suffre these thinges. Neverthelesse I am not a shamed For I knowe wh&obar; I have beleved / ∧ am sure that he is able to kepe that which I have c&obar;mitted to his kepynge / agaynst that daye.

D    ^noteSe thou have the ensample of the holsome wordes which thou heardest of me / in fayth ∧

love which is in Iesu Christ. That good thinge / whiche was committed to thy kepynge / kepe in þe; holy goost which dwelleth in vs. This thou knowest / how that all they which are in Asia / be turned from me. Of which sorte are Phigelos ∧ hermogenes. The lorde geve mercie vnto the housse of Onesiphoros / for he ofte refresshed me / ∧ was not a shamed of my chayne: but when he was at Rome / he sought me out very diligently / and founde me. The lorde graunt vnto him that he maye fynde mercie with the lorde at that daye. And in how many thynges he ministred vnto me at Ephesus thou knowest very wel. The .ii. Chapter. &cross2;

A   Thou therfore my sonne / be stronge in the grace that is in Christ Iesu. And what thynges thou hast hearde of me many bearynge witnes / the same diliver to faythfull men / which are apte to teache other Thou therfore suffre affliccion as a good soudier of Iesu Christ. No man that warreth / entanglith him silfe with worldely busynes / ∧ that be cause he wolde please him that hath chosen him to be a soudier. And though a man strive for a mastery / yet ys he not crouned / except he strive laufully. The husbandm&abar; that laboreth must fyrst receave of the frutes. Consyder what I saye. The lorde geve the vnderstondynge in all thynges. &cross2;

B   Remember that Iesus Christ beynge of he sede of David / rose agayne fr&obar; deth accordynge

to my gospell / wherin I suffre trouble as an evyll doar / even vnto bondes. But the worde of god was not bounde. Herefore I suffre all thinges / ^note for þe; electes sakes / that they myght also obtayne that saluacion which is in Christ Iesu / with eternall glory.

^noteIt is a true sayinge / if we be deed &wt; him / we also shall live with him. Yf we be pacient / we shall also raigne &wt; him. If we denye him / he also shall denye vs. Yf we beleve not / yet abideth he faithfull. He cannot denye him silfe. Of these thynges put them in remembraunce / and testifie before the lorde / that they stryve not about wordes which is to no proffet / but to pervert the hearers.

C   Study to shewe thy silfe laudable vnto god a workman þt; nedeth not to be a shamed / dividynge the worde of trueth iustly. Vngostly and vayne voyces passe over. For they shall encreace vnto greater vngodlynes / and their wordes shall fret even as doeth a cancre: of whose nombre ys Hymeneos and Philetos / ^note which as concernynge the trueth have erred / sayinge that the resurreccion is past all redy / and do destroye the fayth of divers persones.

But the sure grounde of god remayneth / ∧ hath this seale: the lorde knoweth them that are his / and let every man that calleth on the name of Christ / departe from iniquite. Not withstondinge in a greate housse are not only vesselles of golde and of silver: but also of wood ∧ of erthe / some for honoure / and some vnto dishonoure. But Yf a man purdge him

silfe from suche felowes / he shalbe a vessell sanctified vnto honoure / mete for the lorde and prepared vnto all good workes.

D   Lustes of youth avoyde / and folowe rightwesnes / fayth / love and peace / with them that call on the lorde with pure herte. Folisshe ∧ vnlearned questions put from the / rem&ebar;brynge that they do but gendre stryfe. But the servaunt of the lorde must not stryve: ^note but must be peasable vnto all men / and apte to teache / and one that can suffre: the evyll in meknes / and can informe them that resist / yf that god at eny tyme will geve them repenta&ubar;ce for to knowe the trueth: that they maye come to th&ebar; selves agayne out of the snare of the devyll / which are now taken of him at his will. ¶ The .iii. Chapter.

^noteThis understonde / that in the last dayes shall come parelous tymes. For the m&ebar; shalbe lovers of their awne selves / A    coveteous / bosters / proude / cursed speakers / disobedi&ebar;t to father ∧ mother / vnth&abar;kfull / vnholy / vnkinde / trucebreakers / stubborn / falce accusars / ryatours / fearce despisers of th&ebar; which are good / traytours / heddy / hye mynded / gredy apon volupteousnes more then the lovers of god / havynge a ^note similitude of godly lyvynge / but have denyed the power ther of and soche abhorre. Of this sorte are they which entre in to houses / and brynge into bondage wymmen laden with synne / which wemen are ledde of divers lustes / ever learnynge and never able to come vnto the knowledge of the trueth.

^noteAs Iannes and Iambres withstode Moses / even so do these resist the trueth / men they are of corrupt myndes / C   and leawde as concernynge the fayth: but they shall prevayle no l&ebar;ger. For their madnes shalbe vttered vnto all men as theirs was. But thou hast sene þe; experience of my doctrine / fassion of lyuynge / purpose / fayth / longe sufferynge / love / pacience / persecucions / and affliccions which happened vnto / me at Antioche / at Iconium and at lystra: which persecucions I suffered paciently. ^noteAnd from them all the lorde delivered me. Ye and all that will live godly in Christ Iesu / must suffre persecucions. But the evyll men and disceavers shall wexe worsse and worsse / whill they deceave and are deceaved them selves.

D   But continue thou in the thynges which thou hast learned / which also were committed vnto the seynge thou knowest of whom thou hast learned them ∧ for as moche also as thou hast know&ebar; holy scripture of a chylde / which is able to make the wyse vnto saluacion thorowe the fayth which ys in Christ Iesu. ^noteFor all scripture gev&ebar; by inspiracion of god / is proffitable to teache / to improve / to amende and to instruct in rightewesnes / þt; þe; man of god maye be perfect ∧ prepared vnto all good workes. ¶ The .iiii. Chapter.

A   I testifie therfore before god / and before the lorde Iesu Christ / which shall iudge quicke and deed at his aperynge in his kyngdom / preache the worde / be fervent / be

it in season or out of season. Improve / rebuke / exhorte with all longe sufferinge ∧ doctryne. ^noteFor the tyme will come / when they wyll not suffer wholsome doctryne: but after their awne lustes shall they (whose eares ytche) gett th&ebar; an heepe of teachers / ∧ shall turne their eares from þe; trueth / B   ∧ shalbe geven vnto fables. But watch thou in all thynges / and suffre adversitie / and do the worke of an evangelist / fulfill thyne office vnto the vtmost.

For I am now redy to be offered / and the tyme of my departynge is at honde. I have fought a good fight / and have fulfilled my course / and have kept the fayth. From hence forth is layde vp for me a croune of rightewesnes which the lorde that is a righteous iudge shall geve me at that daye: not to me only but vnto all them that love his commynge. Make spede to come vnto me at once.

C   For Demas hath left me ∧ hath loved this present worlde / ∧ is departed into Tessalonica. ^noteCrescens is gone to Galacia / ∧ Titus vnto Dalmacea. ^noteOnly Lucas is with me. Take Marke ∧ bringe him with the / for he is necessary vnto me forto minister. And Tichicus have I sent to Ephesus. The cloke that I lefte at Troada with Carpus / wh&ebar; thou commest / brynge with the / and the bokes / but specially the partchem&ebar;t. Alexander the coppersmyth did me moche evyll / the lorde rewarde him accordynge to his dedes / of whom be thou ware also. For he withstode oure preachynge sore.

At my fyrst answerynge / no man assissted

me / but all forsoke me. I praye God / that it maye not be layde to their charges: &cross2; notwithstondinge the Lorde assisted me / ∧ str&ebar;gthed me / that by me the preachinge shuld be fulfilled to the vtmost / and that all the gentyls shuld heare. And I was delivered out of the mouth of the lyon. And the Lorde shall delivre me from all evyll doynge / and shall kepe me vnto his hevenly kyngdome. To wh&obar; be prayse for ever and ever. Amen. &cross3;

Salute Prisca and Aquila / ∧ the housholde of Onesiphorus. Erastus abode at Corinth&ubar;. Trophimos I lefte at Miletum sicke. Make spede to come before winter. Eubolus gretith the / and Pudes / and Linus / and Claudia / and all the brethren. The Lorde Iesus Christ be with thy sprete. Grace be with you. Amen. ¶ The seconde pistle written from Rome vnto Timothe / when Paul was presented the seconde tyme vp before the Emperoure Nero.

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