A    ^noteLet brotherly love continue. Be not forgetfull to lodge straungers. For therby have dyvers receaved angels into their houses vnwares. Remember them that are in bondes / even as though ye were bounde with them. Be myndfull of them which are in adversitie / as ye which are yet in youre bodies. Let wedlocke be had in pryce in all poyntes / and let the chamber be vndefiled: for whore kepers and advoutrars god will iudge. Let youre conversacion be with out coveteousnes and be cont&ebar;t with that ye have all redy. For he verely sayd: ^note I will not fayle the / nether forsake the: that we maye boldly saye: the lorde is my helper / and I will not feare what man doeth vnto me. Remember them which have the oversight of you / B   which have declared vnto you the worde of god. The ende of whose conversacion se that ye looke vpon / and folowe their fayth.

Iesus Christ yesterdaye and to daye / ∧ the same continueth for ever. Be not caryed aboute with divers and straunge learnynge. For it is a good thynge that the herte be stablisshed with grace / and not with meates / which have not proffeted them that have had their pastyme

in them. We have an altre wherof they maye not eate which serve in the tabernacle. C   For þe; bodies of those beastes whose bloud is brought into the holy place by the hie prest to ^note pourge sinne / are burnt with out the tentes. Therfore Iesus / to sanctifye the people with his awne bloud / suffered with out the gate. Let vs goo forth therfore out of the tentes / ^note ∧ suffer rebuke with him. For here have we no continuynge citie: but we seke one to come.

For by him offer we the sacrifice of laude allwayes to god: that is to saye / the frute of those lyppes / which confesse his name. To do good / and to distribute forget not / for with suche sacrifises god is pleased. Obeye th&ebar; that have the oversight of you / and submit youre selves to them / for they watch for youre soules / even as they that must geve a comptes: that they maye do it with ioye / and not with grefe. For that is an vnproffitable thynge for you. Praye for vs. We have confidence because we have a good conscience in all thynges / ∧ desyre to live honestly. I desire you therfore somwhat the moare aboundantly / that ye so do / that I maye be restored to you quyckly.

D   The god of peace that brought agayne fr&obar; deth oure lorde Iesus / the gret shepperde of the shepe / thorowe the bloud of the everlastynge testam&ebar;t / make you parfect in all good workes / to do his will / workynge in you þt; which is pleasa&ubar;t in his syght thorow Iesus christ To whom be prayse for ever whill the worlde endureth Amen. &cross3;

I beseche you brethren / suffre the wordes of exhortaci&obar;: For we have written vnto you in feawe wordes: knowe the brother Timothe / whom we have sent fr&obar; vs / with whom (yf he come shortly) I will se you. Salute th&ebar; that have the oversight of you / ∧ all the saynctes. They of Italy salute you. Grace be with you all. Amen. ¶ Sent from Italy by Timotheus.

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