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Tyndale [1534], ¶ The newe Testament / dylygently corrected and compared with the Greke by Willyam Tindale: and fynesshed in the yere of oure Lorde God A. M. D. ∧. xxxiiij. in the moneth of Nouember (, ANWERP) [word count] [B03000].

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¶ The reuelacion of S. Iohn the divine. ¶ The fyrst Chapter.

A The reuelacion of Iesus Christe / which god gave vnto him / for to shewe vnto his servauntes thing&es; which muste shortly come to passe. &cross2; And he sent and shewed by his angell vnto his servaunt Ihon / which bare recorde of the worde of god / and of the testimony of Iesus Christe / and of all thinges þt; he sawe. Happy is he that redith / ∧ they that heare the wordes of the prophesy / and kepe thoo thinges which are written therin. For the tyme is at honde.

B Ihon to the .vii. congregaci&obar;s in Asia. ^noteGrace be with you and peace / from him which is and which was / and which is to come / ∧ from the .vii. spretes which are present before his trone / ∧ from Iesus Christ which is a faythfull witnes / ∧ fyrst begott&ebar; of the deed: ^note ∧ Lorde over the kinges of the erth. Vnto him that loved vs ∧ wesshed vs fr&obar; synnes in his awne bloud / &cross3; ∧ made vs kinges ∧ Prestes vnto God his father / be glory / ∧ dominion for ever more. Amen. Beholde he commeth with cloudes / ∧ all eyes shall se him: ∧ they also which peersed him. And all kinredes of þe; erth shall wayle. C Even so. Amen. I am Alpha and Omega / the begynninge and the endinge / sayth the Lorde almyghty / which is ∧ which was and which is to come.

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C ^noteI Ihon youre brother ∧ companyon in tribulacion / ∧ in the kyngdom ∧ pacience which is in Iesu Christe / was in the yle of Pathmos for the worde of god / ∧ for þe; witnessynge of Iesu Christe. ^noteI was in the sprete on a sondaye / and herde behynde me / a gret voyce / as it had bene of a trompe sayinge: I am Alpha ∧ Omega / the fyrst and the laste. That thou seist write in a boke / and sende it vnto the congregacions which are in Asia / vnto Ephesus and vnto Smyrna / and vnto Pargamos / and vnto Thiatira / and vnto Sardis / ∧ vnto Philadelphia / and vnto Laodicia.

D ^note And I turned backe to se the voyce that spake to me. And when I was turned: I sawe .vii gold&ebar; candelstyckes / ∧ in the mydd&es; of the c&abar;delstyckes / one lyke vnto þe; s&obar;ne of m&abar; clothed with a lynnen garm&ebar;t doune to the ground / ∧ gyrd aboute the pappes with a golden gyrdle His heed / ∧ his heares were whyte / as whyte woll / ∧ as snowe: and his eyes were as a flame of fyre: ∧ his fete lyke vnto brasse / as though they brent in a fornace: and his voyce as the sounde of many waters. And he had in his right honde vii. starres. ^noteAnd out of his mouth w&ebar;t a sharpe twoo edged swearde. And his face shone ev&ebar; as the sonne in his strength.

E And when I sawe him / I fell at his fete / even as deed. And he layde hys ryght honde apon me / sayinge vnto me: feare not. I am the fyrst / and the laste / and am alyve / and was deed. ^noteAnd beholde I am alyve for ever more / and have the kayes of hell and of deeth. wryte

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[unresolved image link] therfore the thynges which thou haste sene / and the thynges which are / and the thynges which shalbe fulfylled hereafter: and þe; mystery of the vii. starres which thou sawest in my ryght honde / ∧ the vii. golden candelstyckes. The vii. stares are the messengers of the vii. congregaci&obar;s: And the vii. candlestyckes which thou sawest are the vii. congregacions. ¶ The seconde Chapter.

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A Unto the messenger of the congregacion of Ephesus wryte: ^note These thyng&es; sayth he that holdeth the vii. starres in his right honde / and walketh in the myddes of the vii. golden candlestyckes. I knowe thy workes / and thy labour / and thy pacience / ∧ howe thou cannest not forbeare th&ebar; which are evyll: and examinedst them which saye they are Apostles / ∧ are not: and hast founde them lyars and dydest wasshe thy self. And hast pacience: and for my names sake hast labored and hast not faynted. Neverthelesse I have sumwhat agaynst the / for thou haste lefte thy fyrst love. Remember therfore from whence thou art fallen / and repent / and do the fyrst workes. B Or elles I wyll come vnto the shortly / and will remove thy candlestyke out of his place / excepte thou repent. But this thou haste because thou hatest þe; dedes of the Nicolaitans / which dedes I also hate. Lett him þt; hath eares heare / what þe; sprete sayth vnto the congregacions. To him that overc&obar;meth / will I geve to eate of the tree of lyfe / which is in the myddes of þe; paradice of god.

C And vnto the angell of the congregacion of Smyrna wryte: ^note These thynges sayth he that is fyrst / and the laste / which was deed and is alive. I knowe thy workes and tribulacion ∧ poverte / but thou art ryche: And I knowe the blaspemy of them whiche call them selves Iewes and are not: but are the congregaci&obar; of sathan. Feare none of thoo thynges which thou shalt soffre. Beholde / the devyll shall caste of

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you into preson / to tempte you / and ye shall have tribulacion .x. dayes. Be faythfull vnto the deeth and I will geve the a croune of lyfe. Let him that hath ears heare / what the sprete sayth to the congregacions: He that overc&obar;meth shall not be hurte of the seconde deeth.

D And to the messenger of the congregacion in Pergamos wryte: This sayth he which hath þe; sharpe swearde with two edges. ^noteI knowe thy workes ∧ where thow dwellest / evyn where Sathans seat ys / and thou kepest my name and hast not denyed my fayth. And in my dayes Antipas was a faythfull witnes of myne / which was slayne amonge you where sathan dwelleth. But I have a fewe thynges agaynst the: þt; thou hast there / they that mayntayne the doctryne of Balam which taught in balake / to put occasion of syn before the chylderne of Israhell / ^note that they shulde eate of meate dedicat vnto ydoles / ∧ to commyt fornicacion. Even so hast thou them that mayntayne the doctryne of the Nicolaytans / which thynge I hate. But be converted or elles I will come vnto the shortly ∧ will fyght agaynste th&ebar; with thes wearde of my mouth Lett him that hath eares heare what the sprete sayth vnto the congregaci&obar;s: To him that overcommeth will I geve to eate manna that is hyd / E and will geve him a whyte stone / ∧ in the stone a newe name wrytten / which no m&abar; knoweth / savinge he that receaveth it.

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of god / which hath his eyes lyke vnto a flame of fyre / whose fete are like brasse: I knowe thy workes ∧ thy love / service / and fayth / and thy paci&ebar;ce / ∧ thy dedes / which are mo at the last then at the fyrste. Notwitstondinge I have a feawe thynges agaynst the / F that thou sofferest that woman Iesabell / which called her sylfe a prophetes to teache and to deceave my servauntes / to make them commyt fornicacion / ∧ to eate meat&es; offered vppe vnto ydoles. And I gave her space to repent of her fornicacion ∧ she repented not. ^noteBeholde I will caste her into a beed / ∧ them þt; commyt fornicacion &wt; her into gret adversite / excepte they tourne fr&obar; their deades. And I will kyll her children with deeth. And all the congregacions shall knowe that I am he which searcheth þe; reynes and hertes. ^noteAnd I will geve vnto evere one of you accordynge vnto youre workes.

G Vnto you I saye / ∧ vnto other of them of Thiatyra as many as have not this lerninge ∧ which have not knowen the depnes of Sath&abar; (as they saye) I will put ap&obar; you none other burth&ebar; / but þt; which ye have alreddy. Holde fast tyll I come / ∧ whosoever overc&obar;meth and kepeth my work&es; vnto the ende / to hym will I geve power over naci&obar;s / ^note ∧ he shall rule them with a rodde of yron: ∧ as the vessels of a potter / shall he breake them to shevers. Ev&ebar; as I receaved of my father eu&ebar; so will I geve him þe; mornynge starre. Let him þt; hath eares heare what the sprete sayth to the congregacions. ¶ The .iii. Chapter.

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A And wryte vnto the messenger of the congregacion of Sardis: ^note this sayth he that hath the sprete of god / and the vii. starres. I knowe thy workes / thou haste a name that thou lvyest / and thou art deed. Be awake and strength the thynges which remayne / that are redy to dye. For I have not founde thy workes perfaycte before god. Remember therfore how thou hast receaved and hearde / and hold faste / ∧ rep&ebar;t. Yf thou shalt not watche / I will come on þe; as a thefe / ^note ∧ thou shalt not knowe what houre I wyll come apon the Thou haste a feawe names in Sardis / which have not defyled their garmentes: ∧ they shall walke with me in whyte / for they are worthy He that overcometh shalbe clothed in whyte araye / ∧ I will not put out his name out of the boke of lyfe / and I will confesse his name before my father / and before his angelles. Let him that hath eares heare what the sprete sayth vnto the congregacions.

B And wryte vnto þe; tyding&es; bringer of þe; c&obar;gregaci&obar; of Philadelphia: ^note this sayth he þt; is holy ∧ true / which hath þe; keye of Dauid: which openyth ∧ nom&abar; shutteth / ∧ shutteth ∧ no m&abar; openeth. I knowe thy workes. Beholde I have set before the an open doore / and no man can shut it / for thou haste a lyttell strengthe and haste kept my sayinges: and haste not denyed my name. Beholde I make them of the congregacion of Sathan / which call them selves Iewes and are not / but do lye: Beholde: I will make them that they shall come

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and worshippe before thy fete: and shall knowe that I love the.

D Because thou hast kept þe; wordes of my paci&ebar;ce / therfore I will kepe þe; fr&obar; the houre of t&ebar;ptacion / which will come up&obar; all þe; worlde / to tempte them þt; dwell vp&obar; the erth. Beholde I come shortly. Holde that which thou haste / that no man take awaye thy croune. Him that overc&obar;meth / will I make a pyllar in the temple of my God / ∧ he shall goo no more oute. And I will wryt vp&obar; him / the name of my God / ∧ the name of þe; cite of my god / newe Ierusal&ebar; / which c&obar;meth doune oute of hev&ebar; fr&obar; my God / ∧ I will wryte vpon him my newe name. Let him that hath eares heare / what the sprete sayth vnto the congregacions.

^noteAnd vnto the messenger of þe; congregaci&obar; which is in Laodicia wryte: This sayth (am&ebar;) the faythfull ∧ true witnes / A þe; begynninge of the creatures of God. I knowe thy workes þt; thou arte nether colde nor hot: I wolde thou were colde or hotte. So then because thou arte bitwene bothe / and nether colde ner hot / I will spew þe; oute of my mouth: because thou sayst thou arte riche ∧ incresyd &wt; good&es; ∧ haste nede of nothynge / and knowest not howe thou arte wretched and miserable / poore / blinde / and nakyd. I counsell the to bye of me golde tryed in the fyre / that thou mayste be riche ∧ whyte raym&ebar;t / B þt; thou mayste be clothed / þt; thy fylthy nakednes do not apere: ^note ∧ anoynt thyne eyes with eye salve / þt; thou mayste se.

As many as I love / I rebuke and chasten.

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Be fervent therfore and rep&ebar;t. Beholde I st&obar;de at the doore and knocke. D Yf eny man heare my voyce and opon the dore / I will come in vnto him and will suppe with him / ∧ he with me. To him that overcommeth will I graunte to sytt with me in my seate / evyn as I overcam ∧ have sytten with my father / in his seate. Lett him þt; hath eares heare what the sprete sayth vnto the congregacions. ¶ The .iiii. Chapter.

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A After this I loked / and beholde a dore was open in heven / and the fyrste voyce which I harde / was as it were of a trompet talkinge with me / which said: come vp hydder / ∧ I will shewe the thynges which must be fulfyllyd hereafter. ^noteAnd immediatly I was in the sprete: and beholde a seate was put in heven and one sate on the seate. And he that sat was to loke ap&obar; like vnto a iaspar stone ^note / and a sardyne stone: And there was a rayne bowe aboute the seate / in syght lyke to an Emeralde. B And aboute the seate were .xxiiii. seates. And upon the seates .xxiiii. elders syttinge clothed in whyte rayment / and had on their heddes crounes of gold.

And out of the seate proceded lightnynges / and thundrynges / and voyces / and there wer vii. lampes of fyre / ^note burninge before þe; seate / which are the vii. sprettes of God. And before the seate there was a see of glasse lyke vnto cristall / and in the myddes of the seate / and rounde aboute the seate / C were iiii. bestes full of eyes before and behynde. And the fyrste best was lyke a lion / ^note the seconde best lyke a calfe / ∧ þe; thyrde beste had a face as a man and the fourthe beste was like a flyinge egle. And the iiii. bestes had eche one of them vi. wynges aboute him / and they were full of eyes with in. And they had noo reste daye nether nyght sayinge: holy / holy / holy / lorde god almyghty / which was / and is / and is to come.

D And when those beestes gave glory and honour and thankes to him that sat on the seate

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which lyveth for ever ∧ ever: the xxiiii. elders fell doune before him that sat on the trone / and worshipped him that lyveth for ever / and caste their crounes before the trone sayinge: thou arte worthy lorde to receave glory / ∧ honoure / and power / for thou haste created all thinges / and for thy wylles sake they are / and were created. ¶ The .v. Chapter.

A And I sawe in the right honde of him / that sat in þe; trone / a boke written with in and on the backside / ^note sealyd with vii. seales. And I sawe a stronge angell which cryed with a loude voyce: Who is worthy to open the boke / and to loose the seales therof. And no man in heven ner in erth / nether vnder the erth / was able to open the boke / nether to loke thereon. And I wepte moche / because no man was founde worthy to open and to rede the boke / nether to loke thereon.

B And one of the elders sayde unto me: wepe not: ^note Beholde a lion beinge of the tribe of Iuda / the rote of Dauid / hath obtayned to open the boke / and to lose the vii. seales therof. And I behelde / and loo / in the myddes of the seate / and of the .iiii. bestes / and in the myddes of the elders / stode a lambe as though he had bene kylled / which had vii. hornes and vii. eyes / which are the spretes of God / sent into all the worlde. And he cam and toke the boke oute of the right honde of him that sate apon the seate.

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And when he had tak&ebar; the boke / the .iiii. bestes and xxiiii. elders fell doune before the l&abar;be / havynge harpes ∧ golden vialles full of odoures which are the prayers of saynctes ∧ they songe a newe songe saynge: thou art worthy to take þe; boke ∧ to op&ebar; þe; seales therof: for thou waste kylled ∧ haste redemed vs by thy bloud / out of all kynreddes / and tonges / and people / and nacions / and haste made vs vnto oure god / kynges and prestes and we shall raygne on the erth.

D And I behelde / and I herd the voyce of many angylles aboute the trone / and about the bestes and the elders / and I herde thousand thousandes / saynge &wt; a lowde voyce: ^note Worthy is the lambe that was killed to receave power / and riches and wisdom / and strenghte / and honoure and glory / and blyssynge. And all creatures / which are in heven / and on the erth / and vnder the erth / and in the see / and all that are in them herd I sayinge: blyssinge / honour / glory / and power / be vnto hym / that sytteth apon the seate / and vnto the lambe for ever more. And the .iiii. bestes sayd: Am&ebar;. And the .xxiiii. elders fell apon their faces / and worshypped him that lyveth for ever more. The .vi. Chapter.

A And I sawe when the lambe openyd one of the seales / and I herde one of the iiii. bestes saye / ^note as it were the noyse of thonder / come and se. And I sawe / and beholde there was a whyte horsse / and he that sat on him had a bowe / and a croune was gevyn

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vnto him / and he went forth conqueringe and forto overcome. And when he opened the sec&obar;de seale / I herde the seconde beste saye: come and se. And there went out another horsse that was red / and power was geven to him that satte thereon / to take peace from the erth / and that they shulde kyll one another. And there was geven vnto him a gret swearde.

B And when he opened þe; thyrde seale / I herde the thyrde beste saye: come and se. And I behelde / and loo / a blacke hors: and he that sate on him / had a payre of balances in his honde. And I herd a voyce in the myddes of the .iiii. bestes saye: a measure of whete for a peny / and iii. measures of barly for a peny: and oyle and wyne se thou hurte not.

C And when he opened the fourthe seale / I herde the voyce of the fourthe beste saye: come and se. And I loked and beholde a grene horsse / and his name that sat on him was deeth / and hell folowed after him / and power was geven vnto them over the fourthe parte of the erth / to kyll with swearde / and with honger / and with deeth / that cometh of vermen of the erth.

D And when he opened the fyfte seale / I sawe vnder the aultre / the soules of them that were kylled for the worde of God / and for the testymony which they had / and they cryed with a lowde voyce sayinge: How l&obar;ge tariest thou lorde holy and true / to iudge and to avenge oure bloud on them that dwell on the erth? And longe whyte garmentes were geven vnto

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The thyrde figure

[unresolved image link] every one of them. And it was sayde vnto them that they shulde reste for a lyttle season vntyll the nomber of their felowes / ^note and brethr&ebar; / and of them that shulde be kylled as they were / were fulfylled.

D ^noteAnd I behelde when he opened the sixte seale / and loo there was a grett erth quake and the sunne was as blacke as sacke clothe made of heare. And the mone wexed even as bloud:

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The fourth figure

[unresolved image link] and the starres of heven fell vnto the erth / even as a fygge tree castith from her her fygges / when she is shaken of a myghty wynde. And heven vanysshed awaye / as a scroll wh&ebar; it is rolled togedder. And all mountayns and yles / were moved oute of their places. And the kynges of the erth / ∧ the gret men / ∧ the ryche men / and the chefe captaynes / ∧ the

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[unresolved image link] myghty men / and every bond man / and every free man / hyd them selves in dennes / and in rockes of the hylles / and sayde to the hylles / and rockes: fall on vs / and hyde vs from the presence of him that sytteth on the seate / ^note and from the wrath of the lambe / for the grete daye of hys wrath ys come / And who can endure it. ¶ The .vii. Chapter.

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The .vi. figure.

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A And after that I sawe .iiii. angels stonde on the iiii. corners of þe; erth / ^note holdynge þe; iiii. wyndes of the erth / that þe; wyndes shulde not blowe on the erthe / nether on the see / nether on eny tree. &cross2; And I sawe another angell ascende from the rysynge of the sunne: which had the seale of the lyvynge god / and he cryed with a loude voyce to the iiii angell&es; (to whom power was geven to hurt the erth

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and the see) saying: Hurt not the erth nether the see / nether the trees / tyll we have sealed þe; servauntes of oure god in their forheddes.

B And I herde the nombre of them which were sealed / ∧ there were sealed an C. and xliiii. M. of all the trybes of the chyldren of Israhell. Of the trybe of Iuda were sealed xii.M Of the trybe of Ruben were sealed xii.M. of the trybe of Gad were sealed xii.M. Of the trybe of Asser were sealed xii.M. Of the trybe of Neptalym were sealed xii.M. Of the trybe of Manasses were sealed xii.M. Of þe; trybe of Syme&obar; were sealed xii.M. Of þe; tribe of Leuy were sealed xii.M. Of þe; trybe of Isacar were sealed xii.M. Of the trybe of zabulon weee sealed xii.M. Of the tribe of Ioseph were sealed xii.M. Of the trybe of Beniamin were sealed xii. thowsande.

C After this I behelde / and lo a gret multitude (which nom&abar; coulde nombre) of all naci&obar;s and people / and tonges / stode before the seate / and before the lambe / clothed with longe whyte garmentes / and palmes in there hondes / ∧ cryed with a lowde voyce / sayinge: salvacion be asscribed to him that syttith apon the seate of oure god / and vnto the lambe. And all the angelles stode in the compase of the seate / ∧ of the elders and of the iiii. bestes / and fel before the seat on their faces / and worshipped god / sayinge / amen: Blessynge and glory / wisdome and thankes / and honour / ∧ power and myght / be vnto oure god for evermore Amen.

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vnto me: what are these which are arayed in longe whyte garmentes / ∧ whence cam they? And I sayde vnto him: lorde thou wottest. And he sayde vnto me: these are they which cam oute of gret tribulacion ∧ made their garm&ebar;tes large ∧ made them whyte in the bloud of the lambe: D therfore are they in the presence of the seate of God ∧ serve him daye ∧ nyght in hys temple / and he that sytteth in the seate wyll dwell amonge them. They shalt honger no more nether thyrst / nether shall the sunne lyght on them / nether eny heate: For the lambe which ys in the myddes of the seate shall fede them / and shall ledde them vnto fountaynes of lyuynge water / and god shall wype awaye all teares from their eyes. ¶ The .viii. Chapter.

A And when he had opened the seventh seale / there was silence in heven aboute the space of halfe an houre. And I sawe angelles stondynge before god / ^note and to them were geven vii. trompettes. And another angell cam ∧ stode before the aultre havynge a golden senser / and moche of odoures was geven vnto him / that he shulde offre of the prayers of all saynctes apon the golden aultre / which was before þe; seate. And þe; smoke of the odoures which came of þe; prayers of all saynctes / ascended vppe before god out of þe; angelles honde. And þe; angell toke the senser ∧ fylled it with fyre of the aultre ∧ caste it into the erth / and voyces were made / and thondrynges and lightnynges / and erthquake.

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The .vii. fygure.

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And the .vii. angells which had the .vii. tr&obar;pettes prepared them selves to blowe. The fyrst angell blewe / and there was made hayle and fyre / which were myngled with bloud / and they were caste into þe; erth: and the thryd parte of trees was burnt / ∧ all grene grasse was brent. And þe; seconde angell blewe: ∧ as it were a gret mountayne: C burnynge &wt; fyre was caste in to the see / ∧ the thyrde parte of the

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see tourned to bloud / and the thyrde parte of the creatures which had lyfe / dyed / ∧ the thyrde part of shippes were destroyed.

And the thyrde angell blewe / ∧ ther fell a grett starre from heven burnynge as it were a lampe / ∧ it fell into the thyrde parte of the ryvers / ∧ into fountaynes of waters / and the name of the starre is called wormwod. And þe; thyrde part was turned to wormwod. And many m&ebar; dyed of the waters because they were made bytter. D And the fourth angell blew / and the thyrde parte of the sunne was smytten ∧ the thyrde parte of the mone / ∧ þe; thyrde part of starres: so that the thyrde parte of them was darckned. And the daye was smytten that the thyrde part of it shulde not shyne / ∧ lyke wyse þe; nyght. And I behelde and herd an angell flyinge thorowe the myddes of heven / sayinge with a lowde voyce: Woo / wo to the inhabiters of the erth because of the voyces to come of the trompe of the .iii. angells which were yet to blowe. ¶ The .ix. Chapter.

A ^noteAnd the fyfte angell blewe / and I sawe a stare fall from heven vnto the erth. And to him was geven the kaye of the bottomlesse pytt. And he opened the botomlesse pytt / and there arose the smoke of a grett fornace. And the sunne / and the ayer were darkned by the reason of the smoke of the pytt. And there cam out of the smoke locustes vp&obar; the erth: and vnto them was gev&ebar; power as the scorpions of the erth have power. And it

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shall desyre to dye / ∧ deeth shall flye fr&obar; th&ebar;.

B And the similitude of the locustes was lyke vnto horses prepared vnto battayll / and on their heddes were as it were crownes / lyke vnto golde: and their faces were as it had bene the faces of men. And they had heare as the heare of wemen. And their tethe were as the tethe of lyons. And they had habbergions / as it were habbergions of yron. And the sounde of their wynges / was as the sounde of charettes when many horsses runne to gedder to battayle. And they had tayles lyke vnto scorpions / and there were stinges in their tayles. And their power was to hurt men v. monethes. And they had a kynge over them / which is the angell of the bottomlesse pytt / ^note whose name in the hebrew tonge / is Abadon: but in the greke tonge / Apollion. One woo is past / and beholde two wooes come after this.

C And the sixte. angell blewe / and I herd a voyce from the iiii. corners of the golden aultre which is before god / saying to the sixte angell / which had the trompe: Loose the iiii. angelles / which are bounde in the grett ryver Eufrates. And the iiii. angelles were loosed which wer prepared for an houre / for a daye / ^note for a moneth / and for a yeare / for to slee the thyrde part of m&ebar;. And the nombre of horsm&ebar; of warre / were twenty tymes xM. And I herde the n&obar;bre of them. And thus I sawe the horses in a vision ∧ them þt; sate on th&ebar; havynge fyry habbergions of a Iacyncte coloure / ∧ brymstony / and the heeddes of þe; horses werre

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[unresolved image link] as the heeddes of lyons. And out of their mouthes went forth fyre and smoke / and brymstone. D And of these iii. was the thyrde parte of men kylled: that is to saye / of fyre / smoke / and brymstone / which proceded out of the mouthes of them: For their power was in their mouthes and in their tayles: for their tayles were lyke vnto serp&ebar;tes / and had heedes / and with them they dyd hurt: And the remnaunt

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of the m&ebar; which were not kylled by these plages / repented not of the dedes of their hondes that they shulde not worshyppe devyls / and ymages of golde / and sylver / and brasse / and stone / and of wood / which nether can se / nether heare / nether goo. Also they repented not of their murther / and of their sorcery nether of their fornacion nether of their thefte. ¶ The .x. Chapter. The .x. fygure

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A And I sawe another myghtye angell come doune from heven / clothed with a cloude / ^note and the rayne bowe apon his heed. And hys face as it were the sunne / and his fete as yt were pyllars of fyre and he had in his honde a lytell boke opyn: and he put his ryght fote apon the see / and his lyfte fote on the erth. And cryed with a lowde voyce / as when a lyon roreth. And when he had cryed / seven thondres spake their voyces. And wh&ebar; the vii. thondres had spoken their voyces / I was aboute to wryte. And I herde a voyce from heven sayinge vnto me / seale vp thoo thynges which the vii. thondres spake / and write them not.

B ^noteAnd the angell which I sawe stonde apon the see / and apon the erth / lyfte vppe his honde to heven / and swore by him that liveth for ever more / which created heven / and the thynges that ther in are / and the see / and the thynges which therin are: that there shulde be no lenger tyme: but in the dayes of the voyce of the seventh angell / when he shall begyn to blowe: ev&ebar; the mistery of god shalbe fynisshed as he preached by his servaunt&es; þe; prophet&es;.

C And the voyce which I herde from heven spake vnto me agayne / and sayde: goo and take the lytle boke which ys open in the honde of the angell / which stondeth apon the see / and apon the erth. And I went vnto the angell / ∧ sayde to him: geve me the lytle boke / and he sayd vnto me: ^note take it / and eate it vp / ∧ it shall make thy belly bytter / but it shalbe in thy

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mouth as swete as hony. and I toke the lytle boke out of his honde / and ate it vp / and it was in my mouth as swete as hony / D ∧ as sone as I had eat&ebar; it / my belly was bytter. And he sayde vnto me: thou muste prophesy agayne amonge the people / and nacions / and tonges / and to many kynges. ¶ The .xi. Chapter. The .xi. fygure.

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A And then was geven me a rede lyke vnto a rodd / and it was sayd vnto me: Ryse and mete the temple of god / ∧ the aultre / ^note and them that worshippe therin and the quyre which is within the temple cast oute and mete it not: for it is gevyn vnto the gentyles and the holy cite shall they treade vnderfote .xlii. monethes. And I will geve power vnto my two wytnesses / and they shall prophesy .M.iic. ∧ .lx. dayes / clothed in sacke cloth. These are two olyve trees / and two c&abar;dlestyckes / st&obar;dinge before þe; god of þe; erth

And if eny man will hurt them / fyre shall procede out of their mouthes / B and consume their ennemyes. And yf eny m&abar; will hurt th&ebar; this wyse muste he be kylled. These have power to shut heven / that it rayne not in the dayes of their prophesyinge: and have power over waters to turne them to bloud / ∧ to smyte the erth &wt; almaner plages / as often as they will.

And when they have fynysshed their testimony / the beste that cam oute of the bottomlesse pytt shall make warre agaynst them and shall overcome them / and kyll them. And their boddyes shall lye in the stretes of the greate cite / which spritually is / called zodom and Egypte / where oure lorde was crucified. And they of the people and kynredes / ∧ tonges / ∧ they of the nacions / shall se their bodyes .iii. dayes and an halfe / and shall not suffre their boddyes to be put in graves. And they that

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dwell apon the erth / shall reioyce over them ∧ be glad / and shall send gyftes one to another for these two prophetes vexed them þt; dwelt on the erth.

C And after .iii. dayes and an halffe the sprete of lyfe from god / entred into th&ebar;. And they stode vp ap&obar; their fete: and greate feare came apon th&ebar; which sawe them. And they herde a greate voyce from heven / saying vnto th&ebar;. Come vp hidder. And they ascended vp into heven in a cloude / ∧ their ennemyes sawe th&ebar;. And þe; same houre was ther a gret erth quake / and the tenthe parte of the cite fell / and in the erth quake were slayne names of men seven .M. and the remnaunt were feared / ∧ gave glory to god of heven. The seconde woo is past / ∧ beholde þe; thyrd woo wyll come an&obar;

D And the seventh angell blewe / and therwere made great voyces in hev&ebar; / sayinge: the kyngdoms of this worlde are oure lordes ∧ his christes / ∧ he shall raygne for ever more. And the .xxiiii. elders / which sytt before god on their seates / fell apon their faces / and worshipped God sayinge: we geve the thankes lorde God allmyghte: which arte and wast / and arte to come / for thou haste receaved thy great myght / and hast raygned. And the nacions were angry / and thy wrath is come / and the tyme of þe; deed that they shuld be iudged ∧ that thou shuldest geve rewarde vnto thy servauntes the prophettes and saynctes / and to them that feare thy name small and great and shuldest destroye them / which destroye þe;

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erth. And the temple of God was openyd in hev&ebar; / ∧ there was sene in his t&ebar;ple / the arcke of his testam&ebar;t: and ther folowed lyghtnynges / and voyces / and thondrynges ∧ erth quake / and moche hayle. ¶ The .xii. Chapter The .xii. fygure

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A ^noteAnd ther appered a gret wonder in hev&ebar; A woman clothed with the sunne / and the mone vnder her fete / and apon her heed a croune of xii. starres. And she was &wt;

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chylde and cryed travayllinge in byrth / ∧ payned redy to be delyvered. And ther appered another wonder in heven / for beholde a gret red drag&obar; / havynge .vii. heddes / ∧ ten hornes and crounes vp&obar; his heddes: ∧ his tayle drue the thyrde parte of the starres / and cast them to the erth.

B And the dragon stode before the woman which was reddy to be delyvred: for to devoure her chylde as sone as it were borne. And she brought forth a man chylde / which shulde rule all nacions with a rode of yron And her sonne was taken vp vnto God / and to his seate. And the woman fleed into wyldernes / where she had a place / prepared of god / that they shulde fede her there a M.ii.C and lx. dayes.

And ther was grett battayll in heven / Michael ∧ his angells fowght with the dragon and the dragon fowght and his angelles / and prevaylled not: nether was their place founde eny more in heven. And the grett dragon / that olde serpent called the devyll and Sathanas was cast out. Which desceaveth all the worlde. And he was cast into the erth / ∧ his angelles were cast out also.

C And I harde a lowde voyce sayinge: in hev&ebar; is nowe made salvaci&obar; ∧ strengthe ∧ þe; kyngdome of oure God / ∧ the power of his Christ For he is cast doune which accused them before god daye and nyght. And they overcame him by the bloude of the lambe / and by the worde of their testimony / and they loved

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not their lyves vnto the deeth. Therfore reioyce hevens / and ye that dwell in them. Woo to the inhabiters of the erth / and of the see: for þe; devyll is come doune vnto you which hath greet wrath / because he knoweth that he hath but a short tyme.

And when the dragon sawe / that he was caste vnto the erth / he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man chylde. And to the woman were geven two wynges of a great egle / that she myght flye into the wyldrenes / D into her place / where she is norysshed for a tyme / tymes / and halffe a tyme / from the presence of the sarpent. And the dragon cast out of his mouth water after the woman as it had bene a ryver because she hulde have bene caught of the floud. And the erth holpe the woman / and the erth opened her mouth / and swalowed vp the rever which the dragon cast out of hys mouth. And the dragon was wroth with the woman: and went and made warre with the remnaunt of hyr sede / which kepe the commaundmentes of god / and have the testimony of Iesus Christe. And I stode on the see sonde. ¶ The .xiii. Chapter.

A And I sawe a best rise out of the see / havinge vii. heddes / and x. hornes / ∧ apon hys hornes x. crownes / and apon his heed / the name of blasphemy. ^noteAnd the beast which I sawe / was lyke a catt of the mountayne / and his fete were as the fete of a bear / and his mouth as the mouthe of a lyon. And the

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[unresolved image link] dragon gave him his power and his seate / ∧ grett auctorite: and I sawe one of his heedes as it were wo&ubar;ded to deth / and his dedly wo&ubar;de was healed. And all the worlde wondred at the beast / ∧ they worshipped þe; drag&obar; which gave power vnto the beest / ∧ they worshipped the beest sayinge: who is lyke vnto the beast? who is able to warre with him?

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B And ther was a mouth gev&ebar; vnto him that spake great thinges and blasphemies / and power was gev&ebar; vnto him / to do xlii. monethes And he opened his mowth vnto blasphemy agaynst God / to blaspheme hys name / and his tabernacle and them that dwell in heven. And it was geven vnto him to make warre with the saynctes / ∧ to overcome them. And power was geven him over all kynred / tonge / and nacion: and all that dwell apon the erth worshipt him: whose names are not written in the boke of lyfe of the lambe / which was kylled from the begynnynge of the worlde. Yf eny man have an eare / lett him heare. He that leadeth into captivite / shall goo into captivite: he that kylleth with a swearde / must be kylled with a swearde. Heare is the pacience / and the fayth of the saynctes.

C ^noteAnd I behelde another best commynge vp oute of the erth / and he had two hornes like a lambe / and he spake as dyd the dragon. And he dyd all that the fyrste beest coulde do in his presence / and he caused the erth / and them which dwell therin / to worshippe the fyrst beest / whose dedly wo&ubar;de was healed. And he dyd grett wonders / so that he made fyre come doune from heven in the syght of men. And deceaved them that dwelt on the erth by the meanes of those signes which he had power to doo in the sight of the beest / sayinge to th&ebar; that dwelt on the erth: that they shuld make an ymage vnto the beest / which had the wo&ubar;de of a swearde / and dyd lyve.

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D And he had power to geve a sprete vnto the ymage of the beest / and that the ymage of the beest shuld speake / and shuld cause that as many as wolde not worshyppe the ymage of the beest / shuld be kylled. And he made all bothe smale and grett / ryche and poore / fre and bond / to receave a marke in their right hondes / or in their forheddes. And that no m&abar; myght by or sell / save he that had the marke / or the name of the beest / other the nombre of his name. Here is wisdome. Let him that hath wytt count the nombre of the beest. For it is the nombre of a man / and his nombre is sixe hondred / threscore and sixe. ¶ The .xiiii. Chapter. &cross2;

A ^noteAnd I loked / and loo a lambe stode on the mount Syon / and with him C. and xliiii. thousande havynge his fathers name written in their forhedes. And I herde a voyce from heven / as the sounde of many waters / and as the voyce of a gret thoundre / And I herde the voyce of harpers harpynge with their harpes. And they songe as it were a newe songe / before the seate / and before the foure beestes / and the elders / and no man coulde learne that songe / but the hondred and xliiii.M. which were redemed from the erth. These are they / which were not defyled with wemen / for they are virgyns. These folowe the lambe whither soever he goeth. These were redemed from men beynge the fyrste frutes vnto God and to the lambe / ∧ in their mouthes was fo&ubar;de no gyle. For they

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And I sawe an angell flye in the myddes of heven havynge an everlastynge gospell / to preache vnto them that sytt and dwell on the erth / and to all nacions / kinreddes / E and tong&es; and people sayinge with a lowde voyce: Feare God and geve honour to him / for the houre of his iudgement is come: ^note and worshyppe him / that made heven and erth / ∧ the see / and fountaynes

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of water. ^noteAnd there folowed another angell / sayinge: Babilon is fallen is fallen that gret cite / for she made all nacions drynke of the wyne of hyr fornicacion.

And the thyrde angell folowed them sayinge with aloude voyce: Yf eny man worshippe the beest and his ymage / and receave hie marke in his forhed / or on his honde / the same shall drynke of the wyne of the wrath of God which is powred in the cuppe of his wrath. And he shalbe punnysshed in fyre and brymstone / before the holy Angels / and before the lambe.

C And the smoke of their turment ascendeth vp evermore. And they have no rest daye ner nyght / which worshippe þe; beast and his ymage / and whosoever receaveth the prynt of his name. Here is the pacience of saynctes. Heare are they that kepe the commaundmentes and the fayth of Iesu.

And I herde a voyce from heven sayinge vnto me: wryte. Blessed are the deed / which here after dye in the lorde / even soo sayth the sprete: that they maye rest fr&obar; their laboures / ^note but their workes shall folowe them. D And I loked and beholde a whyte clowde / and apon the clowde one syttynge lyke vnto the sonne of man / havynge on his heed a gold&ebar; crowne / ∧ in his honde a sharpe sykle. And another angell came oute of the temple / cryinge with a lowde voyce to him that sate on the clowde. ^noteThruste in thy sycle and repe: for the tyme is come to repe / for the corne of the erth is rype.

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[unresolved image link]And he that sate on the clowde thrust in his sykle on the erth / and the erth was reped.

And another angell came oute of the temple / which is in heven / havynge also a sharpe sycle. And another angell came oute from þt; aultre / which had power over fyre / and cryed with a lowde crye to him that had the sharpe sykle / and sayde: thrust in thy sharpe sykle / ∧ gaddre the clusters of the erth for her grapes

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are rype. And the angell thrust in his sykle on the erth / and cut doune the grapes of the vyneyarde of the erth: and cast them into the gret wynefat of the wrath of god / and the wynefat was trodden with out the cite / ∧ bloud came oute of the fat / ev&ebar; vnto the hors brydles by the space of a thowsande and .vi.C. furlonges. ¶ The .xv. Chapter.

A ^noteAnd I sawe another signe in hev&ebar; grett ∧ mervellous .vii. angells havynge the seven laste plages / for in th&ebar; is fulfylled þe; wrath of god. And I sawe as it were a glassye see / mingled with fyre / ∧ th&ebar; that had gotten victory of the beest / ∧ of his ymage / ∧ of his marke / ∧ of the nombre of his name st&obar;de on the glassye see / havinge þe; harpes of god and they songe the songe of Moses the servaunt of god / and the songe of the lambe / sayinge. B Gret and marvellous are thy workes Lorde god almyghty / iuste ∧ true are thy wayes / kynge of saynctes. Who shall not feare o lorde / and gloryfy thy name? For thou only arte holy / ^note ∧ all gentylls shall come and worshippe before the / for thy iudgmentes are made manyfeste.

C And after that / I loked / and beholde þe; temple of the tabernacle of testimony was opyn in heven / and the seven angelles cam out of the temple / which had the seven plages / clothed in pure ∧ bryght lynnen / and havynge their brestes gyrded with golden gerdelles. And one of the fowre beestes gave vnto þe; sev&ebar; angells vii. golden vialles / full of þe; wrath

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of God which lyveth for ever more. And the temple was full of the smoke of the glory of God / and of his power / and no man was able to entre into the temple / tyll the seven plag&es; of the seven angels were fulfilled. ¶ The .xvi. Chapter. The .xvi fygure.

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wrath apon the erth. And the fyrst went / and poured out his viall ap&obar; the erth / ∧ there fell anoysom and a sore botche ap&obar; the m&ebar; which had the marke of the best / ∧ ap on th&ebar; which worshipped his ymage. And the seconde angell shed out his viall apon þe; see / B ∧ it turned as it were into the bloud of a deed m&abar;: ∧ every lyvinge thynge dyed in the see. And þe; thyrde angell shed out his vyall apon the ryvers and fountaynes of waters / ∧ they turned to bloud. And I herde an angell saye: lorde which arte and wast / thou arte ryghteous ∧ holy / because thou hast gev&ebar; soche iudgmentes / for they shed out the bloude of sayntes / and prophettes / ∧ therfore hast thou geven them bloud to drynke: for they are worthy. And I herde another out of the aultre saye: even soo lorde god almyghty / C true and righteous are thy iudgementes.

And the fourth angell poured out his viall on the sunne / and power was gev&ebar; vnto him to vexe men with heate of fyre. And the men raged in gret heate / and spake evyll of the name of God which had power over those plages / and they repented not / to geve him glory. And the fifte angell poured out his vyall apon the seate of the beste / and his kyngdome wexed derke / and they gnewe their tong&es; for sorowe / and blasphemed the god of heven for sorowe / D and payne of their sores / and repented not of their dedes.

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dryed vp / that the wayes of the kyngss of the este shulde be prepared. And I sawe thre vnclene sprettes lyke frogges come out of the mouthe of the dragon / and out of the mouthe of the beeste / and out of the mouthe of the falce prophett. For they are the sprettes of devyls workynge myracles / to go out vnto the kynges of the erth and of the whole worlde to gaddre them to the battayle of that gret daye of God allmyghty. ^noteBeholde I come as a thefe. Happy is he that watcheth and kepeth his garmentes / Lest he be founde naked / and men se his filthynes. And he gaddered them togedder into a place called in the hebrue tonge Armagedon.

E And the seventhe angell poured out his viall in to the ayre. And there came a voyce out of heven from the seate / sayinge: it is done. And there folowed voyces / thondringes / and lightnynges / and there was a grett erthquake / soche as was not sence men were apon the erth / so myghty an erthquake and so grett. And the greate cite was devyded into thre parties / And the cities of nacions fell. And grett Babilon came in remembraunce before God / to geve vnto hyr the cuppe of wyne of the fearcenes of his wrathe. Every yle fled awaye / and the mountaynes were not founde. And ther fell a gret hayle / as it had bene talentes / out of heven apon the men / and the men blasphemed God / be cause of the plage of the hayle / for it was grett and the plage of it sore. ¶ The .xvii. Chapter.

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A And there cam one of the seven angels / which had the seven vialles / and talked with me / sayinge vnto me: come I will shewe the the iudgment of the grett whore that sytteth apon many waters / with whome have commytted fornicacion the kyng&es; of the erth / so that the inhabiters of the erth / are dr&obar;ken with the wyne of her fornicacion. And he caryed me a waye into the wildernes in the

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sprete. And I sawe a woman sytt apon a rose colored best full of names of blaphemie which had ten hornes. And the woman was arayed in purple and rose color / and decked with golde / precious stone / and pearles / and had a cup of golde in her honde / ^note full of a hominacions and fylthynes of her fornycacion. B And in her forhed was a name wrytten / a mistery / gret Babylon the mother of whordome / and abominacions of the erth. And I sawe the wyfe dronke with the bloud of saynctes / and with the bloud of the witnesses of Iesu. And when I sawe her / I wondred with grett mervayle.

And the angell sayde vnto me: wherfore mervayllyst thou? I wyll shewe the þe; mistery of the woman / and of the best that berith her / which hath seven heddes / and ten hornes. The best that thou seest / was / and is not / and shall ascende out of the bottomlesse pytt / and shall goo into perdicion / and they that dwell on the erth shall wondre (whose names are not wrytten in the boke of lyfe from þe; begynnynge of the worlde) when they beholde the best that was / and ys nott. And here ys a mynde that hath wisdome.

C The seven heddes are seven mountaynes / on which the woman sytteth: they are also seven kynges. Fyve are fallen / and on ys / and onother is not yet come. Wh&ebar; he c&obar;meth he muste contynew a space. And the beste that was / and ys not / is even the ayght / and ys one of the seven / and shall goo into destruccion. And the ten hornes which thou seist / are ten

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kynges / which have receaved no kyngdome / but shall receave power as kynges at one houre with the beest. These have one mynde / and shall geve their power and strenghte vnto þe; beste. These shall fyght with the lambe / and the lambe shall overcome them: For he is lorde of lordes / and kynge of kynges: and they that are on hys syde / are called / and chosen and faythfull.

D And he sayde vnto me: the waters which thou sawest / where the whore syttith / are people / and folke / and nacions / and tonges. And the ten hornes / which thou sawest apon the best / are they that shall hate the whore / and shall make her desolate / and naked / and shall eate their flesshe / ∧ burne her with fyre. For God hathe put in their hertes / to fulfyll hys wyll / and to do with one consent / for to geve hir kyngdom vnto the beast / vntill the word&es; of God be fulfylled. And the woman which thou sawest / ys that gret cyte / which raigneth over the kynges of the erth. ¶ The .xviii. Chapter.

A And after that I sawe another angell come from heven / havinge gret power / and the erth was lyghtned with hys bryghtnes. And he cryed myghtyly with a stronge voyce sayinge: ^note Great Babilon is fallen / ys fallen / and ys become the habitation of devels / and the holde of all fowle sprettes / and a cage of all vnclene and hatefull byrdes for all nacions have dronken of the wyne of the wrath of her fornycacion. And the kynges

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[unresolved image link] of the erth have committed fornicacion with her / B and her marchauntes are wexed ryche of the abundance of her pleasures.

And I herde another voyce from heven saye: come a waye from her my people / that ye be not parttakers in her synnes / that ye receave not of her plages. For her synnes are gon vp to heven / and God hath remembred her

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wyckednes. Rewarde her even as she rewarded you / and geve her dubble accordynge to her workes. And poure in dubble to her in the same cuppe which she fylled vnto you. And as moche as she gloryfied her silfe and lyved wantanly / so moche poure ye in for her of punysshment / and sorowe / for she sayde in her herte: I sytt beinge a quene and am no wyddowe and shall se no sorowe. ^noteTherfore shall her plages come at one daye / deeth / and sorowe / and honger / and she shallbe brent with fyre: for stronge ys the lorde god which iudgeth her.

C And the kynges of the erth shalbe wepe her and wayle over her / which have committed fornicacion with her / and have lyved wantanly with her / when they shall se the smoke of her burnynge / and shall stonde a farre of / for feare of her punnysshment / sayinge: Alas / Alas / that gret cite Babilon / that myghty cite: For at won houre is her iudgment come. And the marchauntes of the erth shall wepe and wayle in them selves / for no man wyll bye their ware eny more / the ware of golde / ∧ silver / ∧ precious stones / nether of pearle / and raynes / D and purple / ∧ skarlet / and all thyne wodde / and almanner vessels of yvery / and almanner vessels of most precious wodde / and of brasse / and of yron / and synamon / and odours / and oyntmentes / and frankynsence / and wyne / and oyle / and fyne floure / and wheate / bestes / and shepe / and horsys / and charrettes / and boddyes and soules of men.

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And the apples that thy soule lusted after / are departed fr&obar; the. And all thynges which were deyntie / and had in pryce ar departed fr&obar; the / and thou shalt fynde them no more. The marcha&ubar;ntes of these thynges which were wexed ryche shall stonde a farre of from her / E for feare of the punyshment of her / wepynge and waylynge / and saying: alas alas / that grett cite / that was clothed in raynes / and purple / and scarlett / and decked with golde / and precious stone / and pearles: for at one houre so great ryches ys come to nought

And every shippe governer / ∧ all they that occupied shippes / and shippmen which worke in the see / stode a farre of / and cryed / when they sawe the smoke of her burnynge / sayinge what cite is lyke vnto this grett cite? And they cast dust on their heddes / F and cryed wepynge / and waylinge / and sayed: Alas Alas þt; greate cite wherin were made ryche all that had shyppes in the see / by the reason of her costlynes for atone houre is she made desolate

Reioyce over her thou heven / and ye holy Apostles / and prophetes: for god hath geven youre iudgment on her. And a myghty angell toke vp a stone lyke a grett mylstone / and cast it into the see / sayinge: with suche violence shall that gret cite Babilon be cast / and shallbe founde no more. G And the voyce of harpers / and musicions / and of pypers / and trompetters / shalbe herde no more in the: and no craftes man / of whatsoever craft he be / shalbe founde eny more in the. and the so&ubar;de of a myll

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shalbe herde no more in the / ∧ the voyce of the brydegrome and of the bryde / shalbe herde no more in the: for thy marchaunt&es; were þe; grett men of þe; erth. And with thyne inchantment were deceaved all nacions: ∧ in her was founde the bloude of the prophettes / ∧ of þe; saynct&es; and of all that were slayne apon þe; erth. ¶ The .xix. Chapter.

A And after þt; / I herde þe; voyce of moche people in heven sayinge: Alleluia. Saluacion ∧ glory and honour / ∧ power be ascribed to þe; lorde oure god / for true ∧ ryghteous are his iudgment&es; / for he hath iudged þe; grett whore / which did corrupt the erth with her fornicacion / ∧ hath avenged the bloud of his servauntes of her hond. And agayne they said: Alleluya. And smoke rose vp for evermore. And the xxiiii. elders / ∧ the iiii. bestes fell doune / ∧ worshypped god that sate on the seate sayinge: Amen Alleluya. And a voyce cam out of the seate / saying: prayse oure lorde god all ye that are his servauntes / and ye that feare him both small and grett.

B And I herde the voyce of moche people / ev&ebar; as the voyce of many waters / and as the voyce of stronge thondrynges / sayinge: Alleluya / for god omnipotent raigneth. Let vs be glad and reioyce and geve honour to him: for the mariage of the lambe is come / and hys wyffe made her sylfe reddy. And to her was graunted / that she shulde be arayed with pure and goodly raynes. For the raynes is the ryghtewesnes of saynctes. And he sayde vnto me:

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The .xix fygure.

[unresolved image link] happy are they which are called vnto the L&abar;bes ^note supper. And he sayde vnto me: these are the true sayinges of God. And I fell at his fete / to worshyppe him. And he sayde vnto me se thou do it not. For I am thy felowe seruaunt / and one of thy brethern / and of them that have the testimony of Iesus. Worshyppe God. For the testymony of Iesus ys the sprete of prophesy. And I sawe heven open / and

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beholde a whyte horsse: and he that sat apon him was faythfull and true / & in ryghtewesnes dyd iudge and make battayle. ^note ^note His eyes were as a flame of fyre: and on his heed were many crounes: and he had a name written / þt; noman knewe but him sylfe. And he was clothed with a vesture dipt in bloud / and and hys name ys called the worde of God. And the warriers which were in heven / folowed him apon whyte horsses / clothed with whyte and pure raynes: and out of his mouthe went out a sharppe swerde / that with yt he shuld smyte the hethen. And he shall rule them with a rodde of yron / and he trode the wynefatt of fearsnes & wrath of almyghty god. And hath on his vesture and on his thygh a name written: kynge of kynges / and lorde of lordes. ^note

D And I sawe an angell stonde in the sunne / and he cryed with a lowde voyce / sayinge to all the fowles that flye by þe; myddes of hev&ebar; come and gaddre youre selves to gedder vnto the supper of the gret god / that ye maye eate the flesshe of kynges / and of hye captaynes / and the flesshe of myghty men / and the flesshe of horsses / and of them that sytt on them / and the flesshe of all free men and bond men / and of small and gret. And I sawe the beste and the kynges of the erth / and their warriers gaddred to gedder to make battayle agaynste him that satt on the horsse and agaynst his sowdiers.

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him / with which he desceaved th&ebar; that receaved þe; beestes marke / ∧ them that worshipped his ymage. These both were cast into a p&obar;de of fyre burnyge with brymstone: ∧ þe; remnaunte were slayne with þe; swearde of him that sat apon the horsse / which swearde proceded out of his mouthe / and all the foules were fulfilled with their flesshe. ¶ The .xx. Chapter. The .xx. fygure.

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A ^noteAnd I sawe an angell come doune from heven / havinge the kaye of / the bottomlesse pyt / ∧ a gret chayne in his honde. And he toke the drag&obar; that olde serp&ebar;t / which is the devyll and Satanas / ∧ he bounde him a thousand yeares: and cast him into the bottomlesse pit / and he bounde him / and set a seale on him / þt; he shuld desceaue the people no moare / tyll the .M. yeares were fulfilled. And after þt; he muste be loosed for a litell season.

And I sawe seatt&es; / ∧ they sat apon them / ∧ iudgement was geven vnto them: and I sawe the soules of them that were behedded for the witnes of Iesu / ∧ for the worde of God: which had not worshypped the best / nether his ymage / nether had taken his marke vpon their forheddes / or on their hondes: and they lyved / and raygned with Christ a .M. yere: but the wother of the deed men lyved not agayne / B vntyll the .M. yere were fynisshed. This is that fyrst resurreccion. Blessed and holy is he that hath parte in the fyrst resurreccion. For on suche shall the seconde deeth have no power / for they shalbe the prestes of God and of Christ / and shall raygne with him a .M. yere.

And when the .M. yeares are experied / Satan shalbe lowsed out of his preson / ^note and shall goo oute to deceave the people which are in the foure quarters of the erth Gog and Magog / to gadder them to gedder to batayle / whose nombre is as the sonde of the see: and they went vp on the playne of the erth / and compased

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the tentes of the saynctes about / ∧ the beloved cite. And fyre cam doune from God / out of heven / ∧ devoured them: D ∧ the devyll that desceaved them / was cast into a lake of fyre ∧ brymstone / where the beest and the falce prophet were and shalbe tormented daye and nyght for ever more.

And I sawe a grett whyte seate and him that sate on it / from whose face fleed awaye both the erth and heav&ebar; / and their place was no more founde. And I sawe the deed / both grett and small stonde before God: And the bokes were opened and another boke was opened / which is the boke of lyfe / and the deed were iudged of thoo thynges which weer wrytten in the bokes accordinge to their dedes: and the see gave vp her deed / which were in her / and deth ∧ hell delyvered vp the deed / which were in them: and they were iudged every man accordinge to his dedes. And deth and hell were cast into the lake of fyre. This is that second deeth. And whosoever was not founde written in the boke of lyfe / was cast into the lake of fyre. ¶ The .xxi. Chapter.

A ^noteAnd I sawe a newe heven ∧ a newe erth For the fyrst heven / and the fyrst erth / were vanysshed awaye / and there was no more see. &cross2; And I Ih&obar; sawe that holy cite newe Ierusalem come doune from God oute of heven prepared as a bryde garnysshed for hyr husband. ^noteAnd I herde a grett voyce out of heaven sayinge: beholde / the tabernacle

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The .xxi fygure.

[unresolved image link] of God is with men / ∧ he will dwell with th&ebar; And they shalbe his people / ∧ God him sylffe shalbe with the ∧ be their god. ^noteAnd God shall wype awaye all teares fr&obar; their eyes. And there shalbe nomore deeth / nether sorowe nether cryinge / B nether shall there be eny more payne / for the olde thynges are gone. And he that sate apon the seate / sayde: ^note Behold I make all thynges newe. &cross3; And he sayde vnto me:

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wryte / for these wordes are faythfull ∧ true.

And he sayde vnto me: it is done / I am Alpha and Omega / the begynnynge / and the ende. I will geve to him þt; is a thyrst of the well of the water of lyfe fre. He that overc&obar;meth shall inheret all thynges / ∧ I will be his God / and he shalbe my sonne. But the fearefull ∧ vnbelevynge / and the abhominable / and murdrers / ∧ whormongers / ∧ sorcerers / and ydolaters / and all lyars shall have their parte in the lake which burnyth with fyre and brymstone / C which is the seconde deth.

And there cam vnto me one of the vii. angels which had the vii. vyals full of the vii. laste plages: and talked with me sayinge: come hydder / I will shewe the the bryde / the lambes wyfe. And he caryed me awaye in the sprete to a grett and an hye mountayne / and he shewed me the grett cite / holy Ierusalem descendinge out of heven fr&obar; God / havynge the brightnes of God. And her shynynge was lyke vnto a stone moste precious / even a Iaspar cleare as cristall: D and had walles grett ∧ hye / and had xii gates / and at the gates xii. angels: and names written / which are the xii. trybes of Israell: on the est parte iii gatis / ∧ on the north syde iii gates / and to wardes the south iii gates / and from the west iii gates: ∧ the wall of the cite had xii foundacions / ∧ in them the names of the lambes .xii. Apostles.

And he that talked with me / had a golden read to measure the cite with all and the gates therof and the wall therof. And the cite was

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bylt iiii. square / and the length was as large as the bredth of it / and he measured the cite with the rede .xii M. fur longes: ∧ the lenght and the bredth / E and þe; heyth of it / were equall. And he measured the wall therof. an cxliiii. cubittes: the measure that þe; angell had was after the measure that man vseth. And the byldinge of the wall of it was of iaspar. And the cite was pure gold lyke vnto cleare glasse ∧ the foundacions of the wall of þe; cite was garnisshed with all maner of precious stones The fyrste foundacion was iaspar / the seconde saphyre / the thyrde a calcedony / the fourth an emeralde: F the fyft sardonix: the sixt sardeos: the seventh crysolite / the ayght berall: the nynth a topas: the tenth a crysoprasos: the eleventh a iacyncte: the twelfe an amatist.

The xii. gates were xii pearles / every gate was of one pearle / and the strete of the cite was pure golde / as thorowe shynynge glasse. And there was no temple therin. For the lord god allmyghty and the lambe are the temple of it / and the cite hath no nede of the sonne nether of the mone to lyghten it. For the bryghtnes of God dyd light it: and the lambe was the light of it. And the people which are saved shall walke in the light of it: G and the kynges of the erth shall brynge their glory vnto it. And þe; gates of it are not shut by daye. For there shalbe no nyght there. And there shall entre into it none vnclene thynge: ^note nether what soever worketh abhominacion: or maketh lyes: but they only which are wrytten in

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the lambes boke of lyfe. ¶ The .xxii. Chapter.

A And he shewed me a pure ryver of water of lyfe clere as cristall: procedynge oute of the seate of God and of the lambe. In the myddes of the strete of it and of ether syde of þe; ryver was there wode of lyfe: which bare xii m&abar;ner of frutes: ∧ gave frute every moneth: and the leves of the wodde served to heale the people with all. And there shalbe no more cursse / but the seate of god and the lambe shalbe in it: and his servauntes shall serve him: And shall se his face / and his name shalbe in their forheddes. And there shall be no nyght there / ^note and they nede no candle / nether light of the sunne: for the lorde God geveth them light / and they shall raygne for evermore.

B And he sayde vnto me: these sayinges are faythfull / and true. And the lorde god of saynctes and prophetes sent his angell to shewe vnto his servauntes / the thynges which muste shortly be fulfylled. Beholde I come shortly. Happy is he that kepeth the sayinge of þe; prophesy of this boke. I am Ihon which sawe these thynges ∧ herde them. And when I had herde and sene / I fell doune / to worshippe before the fete of the angell which shewed me these thynges. And he sayd vnto me: se thou do it not / for I am thy feloweservaunt and the feloweservaunt of thy brethren the prophettes and of them which kepe the sayinges of this boke. But worshippe God.

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C And he sayde vnto me: seale not the sayinges of prophesy of this boke. For the tyme is at honde. He that doeth evyl / let him do evyl still: and he which is fylthy / let him be fylthy still: and he that is righteous / let him be more righteous: and he that is holy / let him be more holy. And beholde I come shortly / and my rewarde with me / to geve every man accordinge as his dedes shalbe. I am Alpha ∧ Omega / the begynninge and the ende: the fyrst and the last. Blessed are they that do hys commaundmentes / ^note that their power maye be in the tree of lyfe / and maye entre in thorow the gates into the cite. For without shalbe dogges and incha&ubar;ters / and whormongers / and mortherers / and ydolaters / and whosoever loveth or makith lesynges.

D I Iesus sent myne angell / to testyfye vnto you these thynges in the congregacions. I am the rote and the generacion of David and the bright mornynge starre. And the sprete and the bryde sayde come. And let him that heareth / saye also come. ^noteAnd let him that is athyrst come. And let whosoever wyll / take of the water of lyfe fre.

I testifye vnto every man that heareth the wordes of prophesy of thys boke. yf eny man shall adde vnto these thynges / god shall adde vnto him the plages that are wrytten in this boke. And yf eny man shall mynyshe of the wordes of þe; boke of this prophesy / god shall take a waye his parte out of the boke of lyfe / ∧ oute of þe; holy citie / ∧ fr&obar; thoo thynge which

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are written in this boke. He which testifyeth these thinges sayth: be it / I come quyckly / Amen. Even soo: come lorde Iesu. The grace of oure lorde Iesu Christ be with you all. Amen. The ende of the newe testament.

¶ The fyrst frydaye in Aduent / the Epistle.

^noteHerken vnto me / ye that folowe ryghteousnes and seke the lorde. Looke vnto the rocke ye were cut oute / and to the caue and pit ye were digged oute. Look vn to Abraham youre father and vnto Sara that bare you: how I called him onlye / and blessed him and multiplied him. For the lorde hath compassion on Sion and hath compassion on all that is decayed therin / and will make hir wildernes as paradise / and hir deserte as the garden of the lorde. Ioye and gladnes shalbe founde therin / with thankesgeuynge and the voyce of prayse. Herken vnto me my people / ∧ turne youre eares to me my folke. Ther shall a lawe go oute from me / and my iudgement will I stablishe to be a light vnto nacions. My ryghteousnes is nye / and my salvacyon

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shall go oute / and myne armes shall iudge nacions / and ylondes shall loke for me ∧ shall tarye after myne arme. Lyfte vp youre eyes to heauen and beholde the erth beneth. For heauen shall vanyshe awaye as smoke / and the erthe shall weare awaye as a vesture / and the inhabiters therof shall peryshe awaye after the same maner / but my salvacion shall endure euer / ∧ my ryghteousnes shall not perishe. Herken vnto me ye that knowe righteousnes and so let the people that have my lawe in their hertes. Feare not the rebukes of man nether faynte for their blasphemyes. For wormes shall eate them as a garment / and mothes shall deuoure them as it were woll.

But my ryghteousnes shall contynew ever / and my saluacyon from generacion to generacion.

The wensdaye in the seconde weke of Adu&ebar;t The epistle.

Thus sayth the lorde: I will returne to Syon and will dwell in the myddle of ^note Ierusalem. And Ierusalem shalbe called the citie of trouth and the hill of the lorde Sabaoth and an holy hill. Thus sayth the lorde Sabaoth: yet there shall syt bothe olde men and olde wemen in the stretes of Ierusalem and men with staues in their handes for the multitude of dayes. And the stretes of the citie shalbe filled with boyes and wenches playenge in the stretes therof. Thus sayth the lorde zabaoth / though it seme harde in the eyes of the remmana&ubar;t of this pepole / shall

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it seme harde in myne eyes sayth the lorde zabaoth. Thus sayth the lorde zabaoth: beholde I will delyuer my people from the eest contre and from the lande of the goynge downe of the sonne / and wyll brynge them that they shall dwell in the myddes of Ierusalem. And they shalbe my people / and I wilbe their God in truthe and righteousnes.

The frydaye next folowynge The Epistle.

This sayth the lorde: vp&obar; the walles of Ierusalem / I have set kepers which shall never cease / ^note nether by daye ner yet by nyght. And ye that stere vp the remembraunce of the lorde / se that ye pause not / nether let him have rest vntill he have prepared and made Ierusalem gloryous in the erth The lorde hath sworne by his ryght honde and by his stronge arme / that he will not geue thy corne anye moare to be eaten of thyne enemyes: and that alyentes shall not drynke thy new wyne wherfore thou hast laboured. But they that made it shall eate it and shall praye the lorde: ∧ they that gathered it / shall drynk it in the courte of my holye temple. Go from gate to gate / and prepare the waye for the people / cast vp gravayle and make the waye hye and clense it of stones / and set vp a baner for the people. Beholde the lorde will make it knowen vnto the endes of the worlde. And saye ye vnto the daughter of Sion: beholde he that is thy sauyoure cometh and his rewarde with him and his worke before him. And they shall be called a people of holynes redemed

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of the lorde. And thou shalt be called an haunted citie and not forsaken.

¶ The frydaye in þe; .iii. weke of Adv&ebar;t. þe; pist.

There shall come a rodde oute of the stocke of Iesse / and a braunche shall sprynge oute of his rote. And on him shall lyght the spirite of the lorde: ^note the spirite of wysdome and of understondynge / the spirite of councell and of strength / the spirite of knowledge and of reuerence / and it shall make him sauer of the feare of the lorde. And he shall not iudge after the syght of his eyes: nether shall rebuke after the hearynge of his eares. But he shall iudge the causes of the poore &wt; ryghteousnes / ∧ shall rebuke with equitie for þe; vmble of þe; erthe. And he shall smyte þe; erth with the rodde of his mouth / ∧ with þe; breth of his lyppes shall sleye the wycked. And righteousnes shalbe the gyrdle of his loynes / and faythfullness the gyrdle of his raynes.

¶ On the wensdaye in the thirde weke of aduent. The Epistle.

The worde that Esaias the sonne of Amos saw in a vision / c&obar;cernynge Iuda and Ierusalem. ^noteIt shall come to passe in the last dayes that the mount of the house of the lorde / shalbe set in the tope of the mountaynes / and shalbe lyfte vp above the hilles: and all nacions shall resorte therto. And moche people shall go and saye: come and let vs go vp to the hill of the lorde and vnto the house of the God of Iacob: that he maye teache vs his wayes / and that we maye

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walke in his pathes. For oute of Sion shall come the lawe / and the worde of God oute of Ierusalem. And he shalbe iudge amonge the hethen and tell manye nacions their fautes. and they shall tourne their sweardes into mattockes and their speares into sythes. One nacion shall not lyfte vp a swearde agaynst another / nether shall they teache to warre anye moare. O house of Iacob come ∧ let vs walke in the lyght of the lorde.

The wensdaye in the fourthe weke of aduent The Epistle.

This sayth the lorde. Children of Sion be glad and reioyse in the lorde youre ^note God. For he hath geuen you a teacher of righteousnes / and wyll make descende vnto you the fyrst rayne and the later / as at the beginnynge. And the barnes shalbe full of corne / and the wyne presses flowe with wyne ∧ oyle. And I will restore you agayne with my great power which I haue sent vnto you / the yeres which the locustes and caterpillers haue deuoured. And ye shall eate ∧ haue ynough and prayse the name of the lorde youre God / which hath wrought wonders with you. And my people shall not be in shame foreuer. And ye shall knowe that I am in the myddes of Israel / and that I am the lorde youre God / ∧ that there is no moo. And my people shall not be in shame for euer. ^noteAnd ye shall knowe þt; I the lorde youre God / dwell in Syon my holye mounte. And Ierusalem shalbe holye / and there shall no straunger passe thorow there

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anye more. And at that daye the mountaynes shall droppe swete wyne / and the hilles shall flowe with mylke / and all the brokes of Iuda shall runne with water. And a fountayne / shall go oute of the house of the lorde and water the ryuer of Sittim. Egipt shall goo to ruyne / and Edom shalbe a desert and a wyldernes / which oppressed the chyldren of Israel / and which sheed ynnocent bloude in their lande. And Iuda shall contynew euer / and Ierusalem from generacion to generacion. And I will clense their bloude which I haue not clensed. And the Lorde shall dwell in Sion.

The frydaye in þe; iiii weke of adu&ebar;t The Epistle.

^noteShoute and be glad daughter of Syon for beholde I come and dwell in the myddes of the sayth the lorde. And manye nacions shall cleaue vnto the lorde at that daye and shalbe my people. And I will dwell in the myddle of the / and thou shalt knowe that the lorde Sabaoth hath sent me vnto the. And the lorde shall inheret Iuda which is his parte in the holye grounde / and he shall chose Ierusalem yet agayne. Let all fleshe holde their peace before the lorde: for he is rysen oute of his holye temple.

On saynt Iohn the euangelistes daye The epistle.

He that feareth God / will do good: ∧ he that kepeth the lawe shall obtaine ^note wisdome: and she will come agaynst him as an honorable mother: as a woman

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yet a virgen shall she receaue him. She shall fede him with the brede of lyfe and vnderstondynge: ∧ the water of wholsome wysdome she shall geue him to drynke. And she shall exalt him amonge his neyboures: and shall op&ebar; his mouthe ev&ebar; in þe; thyckest of the congregaci&obar;. And she shall fyll him &wt; the spirite of wisdome ∧ vnderstondynge / ∧ with the garment of glorye shall apparell him. She shall make him ryche &wt; ioye and gladnes and shall enheret him of an euerlastynge name.

¶ The xii daye. The epistle.

Up and receaue lyght Ierusalem: for thy lyght is come / ^note and the glorye of the lorde is vp ouer the. For beholde / darcknes shall couer the erth / and a thick mist the nacions. But þe; lorde shall ryse as the sonne ouer the / ∧ his glorie shalbe sene vpon the And the hethen shall walke in thy lyght / and the kynges in the bryghtnes that is rysen over the. Lyfte vp thyne eyes rounde aboute and se. All these are gathered together and are come vnto the. Thy sonnes shall come from farre / and thy daughters shalbe euer by thy syde. Then thou shalt se / and shalt have plentye: thyne harte shall wonder and breake oute in ioye / when the multytude of the see are turned to the / and the armyes of the hethen are come vnto the. The aboundaunce of Camells shall couer the / and the dromadaryes of Madian and Epha shall come all of them from Saba / and brynge golde and frankynsence / ∧ shall preache the prayse of the lorde.

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¶ The next sondaye after the .xii. daye The Epistle.

I will prayse the O lorde / that though thou were angrye with me / ^note yet thyne anger is turned / and thou hast comforte me. Beholde God is my saluacion: I will be bolde therfore and not feare. For the lorde God is my strength and my prayse wherof I synge: and is become my savyoure. And ye shall drawe water in gladnes oute of the welles of saluacion. And ye shall saye in that daye: geue thankes vnto the lorde: call on his name: make his dedes knowen amonge the hethen: remember that his name is hie. Lyfte vp. Synge vnto the lorde / for he hath done excellentlye / and that is knowen thorow oute all the worlde. Crye and showte thou inhabiter of Sion / for great amonge you is the holye of Israel.

¶ On Asshe wensdaye the Epistle.

And now therfore sayth the lorde. Turne to me with all youre hartes / ^note in fastinge and lamentacy&obar;. And teare youre hartes and not youre garmentes / and turne vnto the lorde youre God. For he is full of mercie and compassion / longe yer he be angrye / and great in mercie and repenteth when he is at the poynte to punyshe. Who can tell whether the lorde will turne and have compassion and shall leave after him a blessynge? Sacrifice ∧ drynk offerynge vnto þe; lorde youre God. Blowe a trompet in Sion / proclayme

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fastynge and call a congregacion. Gather the people together / brynge the elders to one place / gather the younge children and they that sucke the brestes / together. Let the brydgrome come oute of his chamber and the bryde oute of hir parloure. Let the prestes that mynister vnto the lorde / wepe betwene the porche and the alter / and saye: spare (lorde) thy people ∧ delyver not thyne enheritaunce vnto rebuke that the hethen shuld raygne over th&ebar;. Why shuld they saye: amonge the naci&obar;s / where is their god. And the lorde envyed for his l&obar;des sake and had compassion on his people. And the lorde answered and sayde vnto his people Beholde / I sent you corne / new wyne and oyle / that ye shalbe satisfied therwith. Nether will I delyver you anye moare vnto þe; hethen

¶ On the frydaye next folowynge. The Epistle.

Crye with the throte and spare not. Lyfte vp thy voyce as a trompet / ^note and tell my people their offences and the house of Iacob their synnes. For me they seke daye by daye / and will knowe my wayes / as a people that doth ryghteousnes / and hath not forsaken the equitie of their God. They seke of me ryghteous iudgementes / and wyll drawe nye vnto God. Why have we fasted and thou hast not loked vpon it / have vmbled oure soules / ∧ thou woldest not wyt it. Beholde when ye fast / ye can fynde youre awne lustes / and can call cruellye on all youre detters. Ye fast to lawe and stryve and to smyte with fyst

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wyckedlye. Fast not as ye now do / to make youre voyce to be harde vp an hie. Shuld it be soche a maner of fast that I shuld chose / a daye that a man shuld hurte his soule in? Or to bowe downe his heed lyke a bullrushe? Or to sprede sack cloth and asshes vnder him? Shuldest thou call this a fast / and a daye acceptable vnto the lorde? Or is not this rather þe; fast þt; I have chosen? To lose wycked b&obar;des ∧ to vnbynde bondylles of oppression? And to let the brused go fre? And that ye shuld breake all maner yockes? ye and to breake the breed to the hungerye / ∧ to brynge the poore that are harbourlesse vnto house / ∧ wh&ebar; thou seest a naked / that thou cloth him and þt; thou shuldest &wt; drawe thy selfe fr&obar; helpinge thyne awne fleshe? Then shuld þe; lyght break oute as dothe þe; daye sprynge / ∧ then health shulde shortlye bud oute. And thy righteousnes shall go before the / and the glorye of the lorde wolde come apon the. Then shuldest thou call / ∧ the lorde shuld answer: then shuldest thou crye / and he shall saye / lo here am I. For I the lorde thy God am mercifull.

¶ On the wensdaye after the fyrst sondaye in lent / the Epistle.

And the lorde sayde vnto Moses: come vp to me into the hill / and be there / ^note and I will geue the tables of stone and a lawe and commaundementes / which I have wrytten to teache them. Then Moses rose vp and his mynister Iosue / and Moses went vp into the hill of God / ∧ sayde vnto the elders:

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tarye ye here / vntill we come agayne vnto you: ∧ beholde here is Aaron ∧ Hur with you. If anye man have anye matters to do / let him come to them. When Moses was come vp into the mounte / a cloude covered the hill / and the glorye of the Lorde abode vpon mounte Sina / ∧ the Lorde covered it .vi. dayes. And þe; seventh daye he called vnto Moses oute of the cloude. And the fassion of the glorie of þe; Lorde was lyke consuminge fyer on the tope of the hill in the sight of the chyldren of Israell. And Moses went into the mountayne. And Moses was in the mountayne fourtye dayes and fourtye nyghtes.

¶ Another for the same daye. The epistle.

In those dayes came Elias to Barsabe / that is in Iuda / ^note and lefte his lad there. And he w&ebar;t into the wildernes a dayes iorneye / and came ∧ sat vnder a genaper tree / ∧ wysshed to his soule that he myght dye / and sayed: yt is now ynough Lorde / take my soule / for I am not better then my fathers. And as he laye and slepte vnder a genaper tree: beholde / an angell touched him / and sayde thus: vp and eate. And he loked vp: and beholde there was at his heed a cake baken on the coles and a cruse of water. And he ate and dranke and layde him doune agayne. And the angell of the Lorde came agayne the seconde tyme and touched him / and sayde: vp and eate: for thou hast a great waye to goo. And he arose and ate and dranke and walked thorow the

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str&ebar;gth of that meate fourtye dayes and fourtye nyghtes / even vnto the mounte of God Horeb.

¶ The frydaye next folowinge. The epistle.

This sayth the Lorde. The soule that sinneth / she shall dye. The sonne shall not beare parte of the fathers wyckednes. ^note The ryghteousnes of the ryght shalbe vpon him / and the wyckednes of the wycked shalbe on him. And yet the wycked if he turne from all his synnes which he dyd / and kepe all myne ordinaunces / and do iustlie and ryghteouslye / he shall live ∧ not dye. None of the synnes that he hath done shalbe reconed vnto him: In the ryghteousnes that he hath done / he shall lyve. For I desier not the deeth of a synner (sayth the Lorde Iehovah) but rather that he shuld tourne from his waye / and lyve. And so yf a ryghteous tourne from his ryghteousnes and do wyckednes / and shall do lyke vnto all the abhominacyons whych a wycked doth / shall he lyve? No / none of those ryghteousnes that he dyd shalbe remembred. But in the wyckednes which he wrought / ∧ in the synne which he dyd / in them shall he dye. But you wyll saye / the waye of the Lorde is not equall. Here I praye you ye house of Israel. Is not my waye equall? If a ryghteous tourne from his ryghteousnes and do wyckedlye / and dye therfore: in the wyckednes which he dyd he shall dye. And when a wycked turneth from his

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wyckednes and doth iustlye and ryghteouslye / he shall saue his soule: because he feared and turned from all his wyckednes which he dyd / he shall lyue and not dye / sayth the lorde allmyghtie.

¶ The wensdaye after the seconde sondaye in lent. the epistle.

In the dayes of hester / Merdocheus prayed the lorde / beynge myndfull of all his workes ∧ sayde lorde / ^note lorde kynge allmyghtie: for in thy power all thynges are put / nether is there anye that can resist thy wyll / if thou have determyned to save Israel. Thou madest heaven and erth / and whatsoeuer is contayned within the compasse of heauen: thou art lorde of all / nether is there anye that can resist thy maiestie. Thou knowest all thynge / ∧ wottest þt; it was not of pryde or of spyte / or anye desyer of glorie þt; I dyd not worship moost proude Amon: for I wolde have been readye / and that gladlye (for the sauynge of Israel) to have kyst even the steppes of his fete. But I feared least I shuld tourne þe; glorye of my God vnto a man / and feared to worshyp anye man saue my God. And now lorde kynge and God of Abraham have mercie on thy people for oure enemyes are mynded to destroye vs ∧ to brynge thyne inheritaunce vtterly to naught. Despice not þe; porcion which thou delyueredest for thy selfe oute of Egipt. Heare my prayer ∧ be mercifull vnto the parte and inheritaunce / and tourne oure sorow into Ioye: that we maye lyve and prayse thy name

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O lorde / and stoppe not the mouthes of them that prayse the. And all Israell with lyke mynde ∧ prayer / cryed vnto the lorde / because that present death was not farre from them.

¶ The frydaye next folowynge. The epistle.

At that tyme Ioseph sayde vnto his brother. Heare I praye you a dreame that I dreamed. ^noteBeholde we ware makynge of sheues in the feld: and se / my sheffe arose and stode vpright / and youre sheues stode rounde aboute ∧ made an obeysance vnto my sheffe. Then sayde his brethren vnto him what shalt thou be oure kynge / or shalt thou raynge ouer vs? And they hated him the more for his dreame and for his wordes. And he dreamed yet another dreame and tolde it his brethren. And he sayd: beholde / I dreamed yet another dreame / Me thought the sonne and the mone and eleuen starres dyd worship me. And when he had tolde it his father and his brethren / his father rebuked him and sayde vnto him: what meaneth this dreame which thou hast dreamed? shall I come and thy mother and thy brethren and fall before the on the grounde? And though his brethren hated him: yet his father kept the thynge in mynde. And when his brethren were gone to pasture their fathers shepe at Sichem / Israell sayde to Ioseph: do not thy brethren fede the shepe at Sichem? come that I maye sende þe; to th&ebar; And he sayde: here am I. And he sayde: go good sonne and se whether it be well with thy brethren and with the shepe / and brynge me

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worde agayne. And he sent him oute of the valeye of hebron for to goo to Sichem. And a man founde him w&abar;derynge in þe; felde ∧ axed him sayenge: what sekest thou? And he sayde / I seke my brethren: tell me I praye þe; / where fede they? And the man sayde: they are departed h&ebar;ce. For I harde th&ebar; saye: let vs go to doth&abar; And when they sawe him a farre of / and yet he drue nye them / they contryved to sle him And they sayd one to another: beholde / this dreamer cometh. But now come ∧ let vs kyll him and cast him into a sand pitte / ∧ saye some cruell beast hath deuoured him / and let vs se wherto his dreames will come. When Ruben harde that / he wolde have ryd him oute of their handes / and sayed: let vs not kill him. And Ruben sayed moreouer / shed no bloude / but cast him into yonder pit þt; is in the wyldernes and laye no hondes vpon him: for he wolde have ryd him oute of their handes and delyuered him to his father agayne.

¶ The wensdaye after the thyrd sondaye in lent. The Epistle.

^noteThus sayth þe; lorde God. Honoure thy father and mother / that thy dayes maye be prolonged in the lande which thy lorde God geueth the. Thou shalt not kyll. Thou shalt not breake wedlocke. Thou shalt not steale. Thou shalt beare no false wytnes agaynst thy neyboure. Thou shalt not couet thy neyboures house: nether shalt thou couet thy neyboures wyfes / his mansaruaunt / his mayde / his oxe / his asse or ought that is his.

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And all the people sawe the thunderinge and the lyghtenynge and the noyes of the horne / and how the mo&ubar;tayne smoked. And when the people sawe it / they remoued ∧ stode a farre of and sayde to Moses: talke thou with vs and we will heare: but let not God talke with vs least we dye. And Moses sayde vnto þe; people / feare not. For God is come to proue you and that his feare maye be am&obar;ge you / that ye synne not. And the people stode a farre of / and Moses went into the clowde where god was. And þe; lorde sayd vnto moses: thus thou shalt saye vnto the chyldren of Israel. Ye haue sene how I have talked &wt; you oute of heuen. Ye shall not make therfore &wt; me / Gods of golde: in no wyse shall ye do yt. An alter of erth shalt thou make vnto me / ∧ there offer thy burnt offeringes ∧ thy peace offeringes / ∧ thy shepe ∧ thyne oxen. And vnto all places where I shall put þe; remembrannce of my name / thyther will I come vnto the ∧ blesse the.

¶ The frydaye next folowynge. Epistle.

In these dayes when there was no water for the multitude / they gathered them selves together agaynst Moses ∧ ^note agaynst Aaron. And the people dyd chyde &wt; Moses ∧ spake say&ebar;ge: wolde god we had perysshed wh&ebar; oure brethr&ebar; perysshed before the lorde. Why have ye brought þe; c&obar;gregacy&obar; of þe; lorde into this wildernes / þt; bothe we ∧ oure catell shuld dye here? wherfore leed ye vs oute of Egipt to br&ibar;ge vs vnto this vngracious place / which no place of seed ner of fygge ner

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vynes ner of pomegarnardes / nether is there anye water to drynk? And moses and Aaron went from the congregacion vnto the dore of the tabernacle of wytnes / and fell on their faces: and the glorie of the lorde appered vnto th&ebar;. And the Lorde spake vnto Moses sayinge: take the staffe / and gather / thou and thy brother Aaron the congregacion to gether / ∧ saye vnto the rock before their eyes / that he geue forth his water. And thou shalt brynge them water oute of the rocke / and shalt geue the compayne drynke / and their bestes also. And Moses tooke the staffe from before the lorde as he commaunded him. And Moses ∧ Aaron gathered the congregacion together before the rocke / and he sayde vnto them / heare ye rebellious / must we fet you water oute of this rocke? And Moses lyfte vp his hand with his staffe and smote the rock two tymes and the water came oute aboundantlye / and the multitude dranke / and their bestes also. And the lorde spake vnto Moses and Aaron / because ye beleued me not / to sanctifie me in the eyes of the children of Israel / therfore ye shall not brynge this congregacion into the lande which I have geuen them. This is the water of strife / because þe; childr&ebar; of Israel stroue &wt; þe; lorde / ∧ he was sanctified vp&obar; them.

¶ The wensdaye after the iiii. sondaye in lent. The Epistle.

This sayth the lorde God. Washe ∧ be cleane: ^note put awaye the wyckednes of youre ymaginacions oute of my syght

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Cease to do euell and learne to do well. Stodye to do ryghteouslye and helpe the oppressed. Aduenge the fatherlesse and defende the cause of wydowes. Come let vs shew eche his grefe to other and make an atonement sayth the lorde. And so though youre synnes be lyke to purple / they shalbe made as whyt as snow / and though they be as reed as skarlet / they shall be made lyke whyte woll. If ye wyll agree and herken / ye shall eate the best of the lande sayth the lorde God.

¶ Another for the same daye.

Thus sayth the lorde. I will sanctifie my name that is defyled amonge the ^note hethen. Which ye have defyled amonge them: that the hethen maye knowe that I am the lorde (sayth the lorde Iehouah) when I am sanctified vpon you in their fyght. And I will take you from the hethen / and will gather you oute from all landes and will brynge you oute of youre awne contre. And I will poure pure water vpon you / and ye shalbe clensed from all unclennes / and from all youre ydoles. I will clense you. and I will geue you a new harte / and will put a new spirite in you. And will take awaye that stonye harte oute of youre flesshe / ∧ geue you a flesshie heart. And I will put my spirite in you / and will make that ye shall walke in myne ordinaunces and kepe my lawes ∧ do them. And ye shall dwell in the lande which I gaue youre fathers. And ye shalbe my people / and I wilbe youre God.

¶ The frydaye after the iiii sondaye in lent The epistle.

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In those dayes it chaunsed that the sonne of the wyfe of the house was sycke / ∧ the sycknes was so great that there remayned ^note no breth in him. Then she sayde to Helias / what have I to do with the / thou m&abar; of god? Dydest thou come to me / that my synne shuld be kepte in mynde ∧ to sle my sonne? And he sayde vnto hir / geve me thy sonne / ∧ he tooke him oute of hir lappe and caried him vp into an hie chamber / where he him selfe dwelt / ∧ layde him on the bed. And he called vnto the Lorde ∧ sayde: O Lorde my god / hast thou dealt so cruelly with the wydowe with whome I dwell / as to kyll hir sonne? And he measured the chyld .iii. tymes / ∧ called vnto the Lorde ∧ sayde: Lorde my God / let this childes soule come agayne into him. And the Lorde herkened vnto the voyce of Helias / ∧ this chyldes soule came agayne vnto him / and he revived. And Helias toke the chylde and caried him doune oute of the chamber into the housse / ∧ delyvered him to his mother. And Helias sayd: se / thy sonne is alyve. Then sayde the woman to Helias: now I knowe that thou arte a man of God / ∧ that the worde of the Lorde is trulye in thy mouth.

¶ The wensdaye after the .v. sondaye in lent The epistle.

At that tyme the Lorde spake to Moses sayinge: ^note speake vnto the hole multitude of the chyldren of Israel / ∧ saye

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to them: I am the Lorde youre God. Ye shall not steale ner lye / ner deale falsly one with another. Ye shall not swere by my name falslye / þt; thou defyle not the name of thy god: I am the Lorde. Thou shalt not begyle thy neyboure with cavillaci&obar;s / ner robbe him violently: nether shall the workmans laboure abyde with the vntill þe; morninge. Thou shalt not cursse the deffe / ner put a stomblinge blocke before the blinde / but shalt feare thy God. I am the Lorde. Ye shall do none vnryghteousnes in iudgem&ebar;t. Thou shalt not faver þe; poore ner honoure the myghtie / but shalt iudge thy neyboure ryghteouslye. Thou shalt not go vp ∧ doune a false prevye accusar amonge the people / nether shalt thou helpe to shed þe; bloude of thy neyboure. I am þe; Lorde. Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thyne harte / but shalt in anye wyse rebuke thyne neyboure / þt; thou beare no synne for his sake. Thou shalt not advenge thy selfe ner beare hate in minde agaynst the chyldren of thy people / but shalt love thyne neyboure even as thy selfe. I am the Lorde. Myne ordinaunces shall you kepe / sayth the Lorde almyghtie.

¶ The friday after þe; .v. sonday in lent. þe; pist.

^noteIeremyas sayde: Lorde all þt; forsake þe; / shalbe ashamed. And they þt; departe from the shalbe wrytten in þe; erth. For they have lost the Lorde þt; is the fo&ubar;tayne of the water of lyfe. Heale me Lorde / ∧ I shalbe whoale: save me Lorde / and I shalbe safe / for thou art he that I prayse. Beholde they saye

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vnto me: where is the worde of the lorde? Let it come to passe / and I enforced not to be a sheparde that shuld not folowe the: and the daye of destruccion have I not desyred / thou knowest. And þt; proceaded oute of my mouth was ryght in thy syght. Be not terryble vnto me lorde: for thou art my trust in þe; euell daye. Let th&ebar; þt; persecute me be c&obar;founded / ∧ let not me be c&obar;founded. Let their hartes fayle them / and not myne harte fayle. Brynge vpon them an euell daye / ∧ bruse them agayne and agayne.

¶ The wensdaye after palme sondaye The Epistle.

^noteEsaias sayde / lorde / who beleueth oure sayinge / ∧ the arme of þe; lorde / to whome is it opened? He came vp as a sparow before him / ∧ as a rote oute of a drye lande. There was nether fassyon or bewtie on him. And when we looked on him / there was no godlynes þt; we shuld lust after him. He was despised ∧ cast oute of mennes c&obar;panye / ∧ one that had soffered sorowe / ∧ had experynce of infirmitie: ∧ we were as one that had hid his face from him. He was so despisable / that we estemed him not. Truly he tooke vpon him oure deseases / ∧ bare oure sorowes. And yet we counted him plaged / ∧ beaten ∧ humbled of God. He was wounded for oure transgression / and brused for oure iniquities. The correcci&obar; that brought vs peace was on him / ∧ with his strypes we were healed. And we went astraye as shepe / and turned euery man his waye: and the lorde put on him the wyckednes of vs all

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He soffered wronge ∧ was euell entreated / ∧ yet opened not his mouth: he was as a shepe ledde to be slayne: ∧ as a lambe before his sherer / he was domme ∧ opened not his mouth. By þe; reason of þe; afflyccion / he was not estemed: ∧ yet his generaci&obar; who can n&obar;bre? Wh&ebar; he is taken from þe; erth of lyuynge m&ebar;: for my peoples transgression he was plaged. He put his sepulchre &wt; the wycked / ∧ with þe; ryche in his deth: because he dyd none iniquitie / nether was gyle founde in his mouth. And yet the lorde determyned to bruse him &wt; infirmities. His soule gevynge hir selfe for trangression / he shall se seed of longe c&obar;tinuaunce / and the will of þe; lorde shall prospere in his hande Because of þe; laboure of his soule / he shall se ∧ be satisfied. With his knowledge / he beynge iust / shall iustifie my saruauntes ∧ that a great n&obar;bre: ∧ he shall beare their iniquities. Therefore I will geue him his parte in many ∧ the spoyle of þe; ryche he shall deuyde: because he gaue his soule to death / ∧ was nombred with the trespasers / ∧ he bare the synne of many / and made intercession for transgressors.

¶ On good frydaye the Epistle.

And the lorde spake vnto Moses ∧ Aar&obar; in þe; l&obar;de of Egipt sayinge: ^note This moneth shalbe youre chefe moneth: euen þe; fyrst moneth of the yere shall it be vnto you. Speake ye vnto all þe; felowshipe of Israel sayinge: þt; they take the t&ebar;th daye of this moneth to euery housholde / a shepe. Yf þe; housholde be to few for a shepe / then let him ∧ his neyboures

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that is next vnto his house / take accordynge to the nombre of soules / and counte vnto a shepe accordynge to euery mannes eatynge. A shepe without spot ∧ a male of one yere olde shall it be / ∧ from amonge the lambes ∧ the gotes shall ye take yt. And ye shall kepe him in warde vntill þe; .xiiii. daye of þe; same moneth And euery man of þe; multitude of Israel shall kyll him aboute eu&ebar;. And they shall take of þe; bloude ∧ stryck it on þe; .ii. syde postes ∧ on the Vpper dore post of þe; houses / wherin they eate him. And they shall eate the fleshe the same nyght / roste &wt; fyer / ∧ with unlev&ebar;ded breade ∧ with soure erbes they shall eate it. Se þt; ye eate not therof sod&ebar; in water / but rost &wt; fyer: both heed / fete ∧ purtenaunce together. And se that ye let nothynge of it remayne / vnto the mornynge: if ought remayne / burne it &wt; fyer. Of this maner shall ye eate it: with youre loynes gyrded / ∧ shoes on youre fete / ∧ youre staues in youre handes. And ye shall eate it in hast / for it is the lorde passeouer.

¶ The last sondaye after trynyte sondaye. The Epistle.

Beholde / the dayes will come sayth the lorde / þt; I will stere vp vnto Dauid a ryghteous braunche / ^note ∧ he shall raigne a kynge / ∧ shalbe wyse / ∧ shall do equitie ∧ iustice in the erth. And in his dayes Iuda shalbe safe / ∧ Israel shall dwell without feare. And this is the name that they shall call him the lorde oure righteousnes. Wherfore the dayes will come sayth þe; lorde / that they shall

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saye no more / þe; lorde lyueth þt; brought þe; children of Israel oute of þe; lande of Egipt. But the lorde lyueth which delyuered ∧ brought þe; seed of þe; house of Israel / oute of the lande of the north and from all landes whether I thrust them. And they shall dwell in their awne lande sayth the lorde God allmyghtie.

¶ On the wensdaye in the ember wek afore Mighelmas.

Thus sayth þe; lorde God / beholde þe; dayes will come sayth the lorde / that the earer shall ouertake þe; reper ∧ treader of ^note grapes þe; sower of seed. And þe; mountaynes shall drope swetnes / ∧ the hilles shalbe herable. And I will turne þe; captiuite of my people Israel: ∧ they shall buylde the cities that are fallen in dekeye / and shall in habyt them / and shall plant vynes and drynke wyne / ∧ shall make gardens ∧ eate the frute of them. And I will plant them their awne land / and they shall not be anye more plucked oute of their lande which I have geuen them / sayth the lorde thy God.

¶ The frydaye in the Ember weke before Mighelmas. The Epistle.

Tvrne Israel vnto the lorde thy God: For thou art fallen for thy wyckednesses ^note sake. Take wordes with you and turne vnto the lorde. And saye vnto him: remyt all wyckednes and geue thynges / and we will paye the openly that we have promysed with oure lyppes. Assur shall not saue vs / nether will we ryde on horsses: nether will we

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saye to þe; workes of oure awne handes / ye are oure Godes / for thou hast compassion on the frendlesse. I will heale their obedience ∧ will love th&ebar; of myne awne accorde: for my wrath is ceased from them. I wilbe as dew to Israel / ∧ he shall florisshe as a lylee / ∧ stretch oute his rotes as Libanon. His bra&ubar;ches shall runne oute / ∧ as an olive tree shall his glorie be / ∧ his favoure as Liban&obar;. They that shall turne ∧ syt in his shadow / shall lyve with corne / ∧ florisshe as vynes. His renoune shalbe as the wyne of Libanon. Ephraim / what have ye anye moare to do with ydoles? I have healed him and loked on him. I wilbe as a great fyrre tre / and of me shall thy frute be founde. Who is wyse to vnderstonde these thinges ∧ hath wyt to perceave them? For the wayes of the Lorde are strayght / and the righteous shall walke in them: but the wycked shall stomble in them. ¶ Herafter foloweth the Epistles of the sayntes which are also taken oute of the olde Testament.

¶ On saynt Nicolas daye. The pistle.

Beholde an excellent Preste which in his dayes pleased God / ^note ∧ was founde righteous / ∧ in tyme of wrath made an atonement: Lyke to him there is not founde / that kept the lawe of the moost hyest. And he was in covenaunt with him / ∧ in his flesshe he wrote the covenaunt / ∧ in tyme of temptacyon

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he was fo&ubar;de faythfull. Therfore he made him a covenaunt with an oth / that nacions shuld be blessed in his syght / ∧ that he shuld be multiplied as þe; dust of the erth. He knew him in his blessinges ∧ gave him an inheritaunce. And he kept him thorow his mercie / that he founde grace in the eyes of God. An everlastinge covena&ubar;t dyd he make him / ∧ gave him the office of þe; hie preste. He made him happie in glorye. In fayth ∧ in his softenes / he made him holy / ∧ chose him oute of all flesshe.

¶ On the concepci&obar; of oure ladye. The pist.

^noteAs a vyne / so brought I forth a savoure of swetnesse. And my flowres are the frute of glorie ∧ riches. I am þe; mother of bewtifull love ∧ of feare / ∧ of greatnes and of holye hope. In me is all grace of lyfe ∧ truthe. And in me is all hope of lyfe ∧ vertue. Come vnto me all þt; desyer me / ∧ be fylled with the frutes that springe of me. For my sprite is sweter then honye or honye combe. The remembreunce of me is for ever ∧ ever. They that eate me / shall honger the moare / and they that drinke me / shall thurst the more. He that herkeneth to me / shall not be ashamed / and he that worketh by my co&ubar;cell / shall not synne. And they that bringe into lyght / shall have eternall lyfe.

¶ On candlemas daye. The epistle.

^noteBeholde / I sende my messenger which shall prepare the waye before me. And sodenly shall the Lorde whome ye seke / come vnto his temple / ∧ the messenger of the

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couenaunt whome ye desyer. Beholde / he commeth sayth the lorde Sabaoth. Who shall endure in the daye of his commynge / or who shall stonde to beholde him? For he is as tryinge fyer and as the erbe that fullers scoure withall. And he shall syt tryenge and purgynge syluer / and shall purifie the sonnes of leui / and shall fyne them as gold and syluer. And they shall brynge offerynge vnto the lorde of ryghteousnes. And the sacrifice of Iuda and of Ierusalem shalbe delycious vnto the lorde as in the olde tyme and in the yeres that were at the begynnynge.

¶ On the Annunciacion of oure ladye which is oure layde daye in lent / the Epistle.

^noteAnd the lorde spake to Achas sayenge. Axe þe; a signe of the lorde thy God / fr&obar; alowe beneth / or from an hie aboue. But Achas answered I will not axe / nether wyll tempte the lorde. Wherfore the lorde sayde: Herken ye of þe; house of Dauid: Is it so small a thynge for you / to be greuous to men / but þt; ye shuld also be paynfull vnto God? neuerthelater yet þe; lorde / he will geue you a signe. Beholde a vyrgyn shalbe &wt; child / ∧ shall beare a sonne / and shall call his name Emanuel. He shall eate butter ∧ honye / þt; he may have vnderst&obar;dynge to refuse þt; euell ∧ to chose þe; good

¶ On saynt Philip ∧ Iacobs daye. þe; epistle.

Then shall þe; ryghteous stonde &wt; great constance agaynst them þt; vexed them and toke awaye that they had laboured ^note for. When the wycked shall se that they shalbe

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troubled with horrible feare / and shall w&obar;der at the soden ∧ vnloked for victorye / ∧ shall saye in them selues / repentynge ∧ sorowynge for anguyshe of hert. These be they which we sometyme mocked and iested on. We were oute of oure wyttes and thought their lyuynge madnes / and their ende to be without honoure But beholde / how they are counted amonge the children of God / and have their inherytaunce amonge the sayntes.

¶ On the Nativite of. S. Ihon baptistes daye. The Epistle.

Thus sayth the lorde. Herk&ebar; ye yles vnto me / ^note and geue hede ye people that are afarre. The lorde called me out of the wombe and made mencion of my name / when I was in my mothers bowelles. And he made my mouth lyke a sharpswerde. In the shadowe he led me with his hande. And he made me as an excellent arow / and hid in his quyver. And he sayd to me: thou art my saruaunt O Israel / in whome I wilbe glorified. And I sayde: I laboure in vayne and spende my strength for nought / and vnproffytably. How be yt my cause I commyt to the lorde and my trauayle vnto my God. And now sayth þe; lorde that formed me in the wombe / to be his sarua&ubar;t and to tourne Iacob vnto him. Beholde I have made the a lyght / that thou shuldest be saluacion / euen vnto the ende of the worlde kynges shall se / and rulers shall stande vp ∧ shall worship / because of the lorde which is faythfull / ∧ the holye of Israel hath chosen þe;

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¶ On the visitacion of oure layde the epistle.

I am the floure of þe; felde / ∧ lylyes of the valeyes. ^noteAs þe; lylye am&obar;ge the thornes so is my loue amonge þe; daughters. As the appletre amonge the trees of þe; wood so is my beloued amonge the sonnes / in his shadow was my desyer to syt / for his frute was swete to my mouth He brought me into his wyne seller: and his behauer to mewarde was louely. Beholde my beloued sayde to me: vp ∧ hast my loue / my doue / my bewtifull ∧ come / for now is wynter gone ∧ rayne departed ∧ past. The floures apere in oure contre ∧ the tyme is come to cut þe; vynes. The voyce of þe; turtle doue is harde in oure lande. The fygge tre hath brought forth hir fygges / ∧ the vyne blossoms geue a sauoure. Vp hast my loue / my doue / in the holes of the rocke and secret places of the walles. Shew me thy face and let me here thy voyce / for thy voyce is swete and thy fassyon bewtifull.

¶ On saynt Marye Magdalens daye The Epistle.

A woman of power and verite / if a man coulde fynde: þe; valew of hir were farre a boue perles. ^noteThe harte of hir husb&abar;d trusteth in hir / þt; he nedeth not spoyles. She rendereth him good ∧ not euell all þe; dayes of hir lyfe. She sought woll ∧ flax ∧ did as hir handes serued hir. She is lyk a marcha&ubar;tes ship þt; bryngeth hir vitayles from farre. She ryseth yer daye and geueth meate to hir houshold / ∧ fode to hir maydens. She consydred a

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grounde ond bought yt / and of the frute of hir handes planted a vyne. She gyrde hir loynes with strength ∧ couraged hir armes. She perceaued that hir huswyfrye was proffitable / ∧ therfore dyd not put oute hir candle by nyght She set hir fyngers to the spyndle / and hir handes caught holde on the dystaffe. She opened hir hand to the poore / and strethed oute hir handes to the nedye. She feared not least the colde of snowe shuld hurt hir house / for all hir housholde were doble clothed. She made hir gaye ornamentes / of byce and purple was hir apparell. Hir husband was had in honoure in the gates / as he sat with the elders of the lande. She made linen and solde it / and delyuered a gyrdell to the merchaunt. Str&ebar;gth and glorye were hir rayment / and she laughed in the later dayes. She opened hir mouth with wysdome / and the lawe of ryghteousnes was on hir tonge. She had an eye to hir housholde and eate not breed ydlye. Hir children arose and blessed hir / and hir husband commended hir. Manye daughters have done excellentlye but thou hast passed them all. Fauoure is a deceauable thynge / and bewtie is vanytie. But a woman that feareth God / she shalbe praysed. Geue hir of the frute of hir handes / and let hir workes prayse hir in the gates.

¶ On the assumpcion of oure layde. þe; epistle

In all those thinges I sought rest: and in some mannes inheritaunce wolde haue ^note dwelt. Then the creator of all thynge commaunded and sayde vnto me: ∧ he that

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created me dyd set my tabernacle at rest and sayd vnto me / dwell in Iacob and have thyne inheritaunce in Israel / and rote thy selfe am&obar;ge myne elect. From the begynnynge and before the worlde was I created / and vnto the worlde to come / will I not cease: and before him have I mynistred in the holye habitacion And so in Sihon was I settled / ∧ in the holye citie lykwyse I rested / and in Ierusalem was my power. And I roted my selfe in an honourable people / which are the lordes parte / and he their inheritaunce: and amonge the multitude of sayntes I helde me fast. As a Cedar tree was I lyfte vp in libanon / and as a Cypers tree in mounte Hermon. As a palme tree was I exalted in Cades / and as roseplantes in Iericho. As a bewtifull olyue tree in the feldes / and and as a plantayne tree was I exalted vpon the waters. In þe; stretes I gaue an odoure as synamon ∧ balme þt; smelleth well / ∧ gaue an odoure of swetnes as perfect myrre.

¶ On the Natiuite of oure ladye.

The Epistle as is afore on the concepcion of oure ladye. Ecclesiastici .xxiiii.

¶ On saynt Mathewes daye the apostle the Epistle.

The symylitude of the faces of the foure beastes: the face of a man and the face of a lyon on the ryght hand of þe; foure ^note of them. And the face of an egle aboue th&ebar; foure. And their faces and their wynges stretched oute aboue an hie. Eche had two wyng&es; coupled together and two that couered their

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bodyes. And they went all strayght forwarde And whether they had lust to go / thether they went / and turned not back agayne in their goynge. And the symylytude of the bestes and the fassyon of them was as burnynge coles of fyer and as fyer brandes / walkynge betwene the beastes. And the fyer dyd shyne / and oute of the fyer proceaded lyghtenynge. And the beastes ranne ∧ returned after þe; fassyon of lyghtenynge.

¶ On saynt luke

The Epistle as is aboue on S. Mathewes daye the Apostle. Eze. i.

¶ On. S. katheryns daye The Epistle.

Lorde / I dyd lyfte vp my prayer vpon the erth / ^note and besought to be delyuered from death. I called vpon the lorde þe; father of my lorde / that he shuld not leaue me helplesse in the daye of my trybulacion / and in the daye of the proude man. I praysed thy name perpetually / and honoured it with confession / and my prayer was harde. And thou sauedest me that I perisshed not / and delyueredest me oute of the tyme of vnryghteousnes. Therfore will I confesse and prayse the / and will blesse the name of the Lorde ¶ Here ende the pistles of the olde Testament.

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For to fynde them the soner: so shall you seke / after these Capitall letters by name: A. B. C. D. which stande by the syde of this boke / alwayes on / or vnder þe; letter ther shall you fynde a crosse &cross2; where the Pistle or þe; Gospell begynneth / and where the ende is / there shall you finde an halfe crosse &cross3;
¶ And the fyrste lyne in this table alwaye is the Pistle / and the seconde lyne is alwaye the Gospell. ¶ On the fyrst Sondaye in the Advent.
On the wendsdaye.On the Frydaye.¶ On the .ii. Sonday in the Advent.¶ On the Wendsday.On the Fryday.
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¶ On the .iii. Sonday in the Advent.On the wendsdaye.On the frydaye.¶ On the .iiii. Sondaye in the Advent.On the wendsdaye.On the Frydaye.¶ In the Christmas even.¶ In the Christmas nyght at the .i. masseAt the .ii. masse.At the .iii. masse.¶ On saynt Stevens daye.
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¶ On saynt Iohn Evangeliste.¶ On the chyldermasse daye.¶ Of the sondaye after crystmasse.¶ On the newe yeres daye¶ On the therteyn even.¶ On the thertenth daye.¶ On the fyrst sondaye after the thertenth daye.¶ On the .ii. Sondaye after the thertenth daye.On the wendsdaye.On the Frydaye.
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¶ On the .iii. Sondaye after the thertenth daye.
On the wendsdayeOn the frydaye.¶ On the .iiii. Sondaye after the thertenth daye.On the wendsdaye.On the frydaye.¶ On the .v. Sondaye after the thertenth daye.On the wendsdayeOn the frydaye.¶ On the .vi. Sondaye after the thertenth daye.
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On the wendsdayeWhen the weddinge goth oute.On the wendsdaye.On the frydaye.¶ On the Sondaye. lx.On the wendsdaye.On the frydaye.¶ On the Sondaye. l.On the wendsdayeOn the frydaye.¶ On the .i. Sondaye in lent.
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On the wendsdaye in the .iiii. tymesOn the frydaye.¶ On the .ii. Sondaye in lentOn the wendsdaye.On the frydaye.¶ On the .iii. Sondaye in lentOn the wendsdayeOn the frydaye¶ On the .iiii. sondaye half lent.On the wensdayeOn the frydaye.
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¶ On the .v. Sonday in lentOn the wensdayOn the frydaye¶ On the Palme SondayOn the wensdayOn the good FrydayOn estereven¶ On ersterdayOn the MondayOn the TeusdayOn the wensday
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On the ThorssdayOn the FrydayOn the Satterday¶ On the .i. Sonday after esterdayOn the wensdayOn the Fryday¶ On the .ii. Sonday after esterdayOn the FrydayOn the wendsday¶ On the .iii. Sonday after esterdayOn the wensday
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On the Fryday.¶ On the .iiii. Sondaye after esterdayeOn the wendsdayeOn the frydaye¶ On the .v. sondaye in the cros dayes.On the MondayeOn the TeusdayOn the wendsday¶ On the ascension day¶ On the sonday after ascension day.On the witson even
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¶ On the wit sondaye.On the mondaye.On the teusdaye.On the weudsdayeOn the ThursdayeOn the frydayeOn the Saterdaye¶ On the Trinite sondaye¶ Corpus Christi daye.¶ On the fyrst sondaye after Trynite sondaye
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On the wensday
¶ On the .ii. Sonday after trynete sondayOn the wensday¶ On the .iii. Sonday after trynete sondayOn the wensday¶ On the .iiii Sonday after trynete sondayOn the wensday¶ On the .v. Sonday after trynete sondayOn the wensday¶ On the .vi. Sonday after trynete sondayOn the wensday
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¶ On the .vii. Sonday after trynete sonda
On the wendsday¶ On the .viii. Sonday after trynete sondayOn the wendsday¶ On the .ix. Sonday after trynete sondayOn the wensday¶ On the .x. Sonday after trynete sondayOn the wendsday¶ On the .xi. Sonday after trynete sondayOn the wensday¶ On the .xii. Sonday after trynete sonday
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On the wensday¶ On the .xiii. Sonday after trynete sondayOn the wensday¶ On the .xiiii. Sonday after trynete sondayOn the wensday¶ On the .xv. Sonday after trynete sonday.On the wensday¶ On the .xvi. Sonday after trynete sondayOn the wendsdaye¶ On the .xvii. Sondaye after trynete sonday
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On the wendsdaye.¶ On the .xviii Sonday after trynete sondayOn the frydaye.¶ On the .xix. Sonday after trynete sondayOn the wensday¶ On the .xx. Sonday after trynete sondayOn the wensday¶ On the .xxi. Sonday after trynete sondayOn the wensday¶ On the .xxii. Sonday after trynete sonday
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On the wendsdaye.
¶ On þe;. xxii. Sonday after Trynete sondayOn the wendsdaye.¶ On þe;. xxiii. S&obar;day after Trynete sondayOn he wendsdaye.¶ On þe; last Sonday after Trynete sonday.On the wendsday at .iiii. tymesOn the Frydaye at. iiii. tymes.On the Saterdaye at. iiii. tymes.In the Dedicacion of the churche.¶ Here endeth the Table of the Pistles and Gospelles of the Sondayes.
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¶ Here after folowe the Pistles ∧ Gospels of the Sayntes. ¶ On saynt Andrews daye.
On saynt Nicolas daye.On the conception of oure lady.On S. Thomas the Apostle dayeIn the conversion of S. Paul.On candelmays dayeOn S. Mathias the Apostle daye.The gretynge of ower ladyeOn saynt Georges dayeOn saynt Marke the Evangelist.
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On saynt Philip ∧ Iames daye.The fyndinge of the crosseOn the nativite of S. Iohn BaptistOn S. Peter ∧ Pauls daye.In the commemoracion of S. PaulOn the visitacion of oure Lady.On saynt Mary Magdalen daye.On saynt Iames the ApostlePetri ad vinculaOn the transfiguracion of owre Lorde.On the name of Iesu
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One saynt Laurens dayOn the assumption of ower ladyOn saynt BartholomewsOn the natiuite of ower ladyOn the exaltacion of the crosseOn saynt Mathew the apostle.On saynt Michael dayeOn saynt Luke the evangelestOn saynt Symon and Iudes dayOn the alle hallowes dayeOn the alle soules day
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On saynt katheryns daye.

D This also we knowe. Roma. xiii.

A When they drewe nye vnto. Mat. xxi.

B Be pacient therfore brethren. Iaco. v.

A The beginning of the Gospell. Mar. i

A Esaye the .li. Chapter.

A In those dayes Ihon. Mat. iii.

A Whatsoever thyngis are writen. ro. xv

E And there shalbe sygnes. Luc. xxi.

A Zacharie the .viii. Chapter.

B Verely I saye vnto you Mat. xi

C Esaye the .lxii. Chapter

B Ihon bare witnes of him Ioh. ii

A Let men this wyse esteme vs. i. Cor. iiii

A When Ihon beinge in preson Mat. xi.

A Esaie the .ii. Chapter.

C And in the .vi. moneth the. Luke .i.

A Esaie the .xi. Chapter.

D Mary arose in those dayes. Luke .i.

A Reioyce in the Lorde all waye. Phili. iiii

C And this is the recorde of Iohn. Ioh. i

D Iohel the .ii. and .iii. Chapter.

C And this rumor of him went. Luk. vii

D Zacharie the .ii. Chapter.

B Take hede beware of the leu&ebar;. Mar. viii

A Paul the seruaunt of Iesus. Rom. i.

C When his mother mary was Mat. i

C For the grace of God. Tit. ii

A It folowed in those dayes Luke. ii

B But after that the kyndnes. Tit. iii.

C The shepherders sayde One to. Luke .ii

A God in tyme past diversly. Hebre. i

A In the beginninge was that. Iohn. i

C Steven full of fayth ∧ power. Act. vi

D Wherfore beholde I sende. Mat. xxiii

A Ecclesiast.the .xv. Chapter.

E Folowe me / Peter turned. Io&abar;. xxi

A And I loked / ∧ lo a lambe. Revela. xiiii

C Lo the angell of the Lorde ape. Mat. ii.

A And I saye that the heyre as. Gala. iiii

E And his father and mother mer. Luke. ii

C For the grace of God that bring. Tit. ii

C And when the eyght daye was. Luke .ii

C For the grace of God that bring. Tit. ii

D When Herode was dead. Mat. ii

A Esaye the lx.Chapter

A When Iesus was borne. Matt. ii

A Esaye the .xii. Chapter.

D The nexte daye / Iohn sawe. Iohn .i.

A I beseche you therfore brethren. Ro. xii

F And when he was .xii. yere olde. Lu. ii.

A Brethren my hertes desyre. Rom. x.

B When Iesus had herde that. Mat. iiii.

A Let every soule submit him Ro. xiii

B And Iesus retourned by the. Lu. iiii

B Seynge that we have divers. Rom. xii

A And the thyrde daye was the. Iohn. ii.

C This is a true sayinge / and by. i. Tim. i

A And he departed thens: and. Mar. vi

C For I knowe / and surely bele. Rom. xiiii

E And cam into Capernaum. Luke. iii.

D Be not wyse in youre awne opi. Ro. xii

A When Iesus was come dou. Mat. viii

G I beseche you brethren for. Rom. xv.

A And he entred agayne into. Mar. iii

D Are ye not ware that ye are. i. Cor. iii

D And Iesus went aboute all. Mat. iiii

B Owe nothinge to eny man. Ro. xiii

C And he entred into a shyppe Mat. viii

A As concerninge the thinges. i. Cor. vii

G It chaunsed as they went on. Luke. ix

D Let every man abyde in the. i. Corin. vii

B And they brought chyldren. Mar. x

B Nowe therfore as elect of. Coloss. iii

D The kyngdome of heven is. Mat. xiii.

A I exhorte therfore that a bove. i. Tim. ii

C A certayne man had two son. Mat. xxi

D Perceave ye not how that. i. Cor. ix

A For the kyngdome of heaven. Mat. xx

A If oure Gospell be yet hyd. ii. Cor. iiii

E And they departed thens / and. Mar. ix

C Sayinge then that we have. ii. Cor. iiii.

C He that ys not with me / ys. Mat. xi

D For ye suffre foles gladly. ii. Corin. xi.

A When moche people were. Lu. viii

A I call God for a recorde vnto. ii. Cor. ii.

A And he began agayne to. Mar. iiii.

B Seynge that we knowe. ii. Corin. v.

E When he was demaunded. Lu. xvii

A Though I speake with the. i. Cori. xiii

F He toke vnto him the twelve. Luk. xviii

C Iohel the .ii. Chapter

B Moreover when ye faste be not. Mat. vi

A Esaye the .lviii. Chapter.

G Ye have hearde how it is sayde. Mat. v.

A We as helpers therfore. ii. Corin. vi

A Then was Iesus led awaye. Mat. iiii

C Exodi the .xxiiii. chapter. ∧ .iii. Re. xix

D Then answered certayne Mat. xii

E Ezechielis the .xviii. Chapter

A After that there was a feast. Iohn. v.

A Furthermore we beseche i. Tessa. iiii

C And Iesus went thence and Mat. xv

C Hester the .xiii. Chapter

C And Iesus ascended to Ieru. Mat. xx

B Genesis the .xxxvii. Chapter

D Herken another symilitude. Mat. xxi

A Be ye folowers of God Ephe. v

C And he was a castinge out Luk. xi

C Exodi the .xx. Chapter

A Then came to Iesus the. Mat. xv.

A Numeri the .xx. Chapter

A Then cam he to a cite of Sama. Ioh. iiii

C For it is written that Abrah&abar;. Gal. iiii

A After that went Iesus his. Iohn. vi

E Ezechiel the .xxxvi. Chapter / ∧ Esaie. i

C And as Iesus passed by / he. Iohn. ix

C iii.Regum the .xvii. Chapter.

A A certayne man was sycke Ihon. xi

C But christ beynge the hye Hebre. ix

F Which of you can rebuke me Ihon. viii

C Leuitici. the .xix. chapter

E It was at Ierusalem the feast Ihon. x.

B Hieremie the .xvii. Chapter

F Then gathered the hye prestes Ihon xi

A Let the same mynde be in you Phi. ii.

A Ye knowe that after .ii. dayes. mat. xxvi

D Esaye the .liii. Chapter

A The feaste of swete breed drue Lu. xxii

A Exodi the .xii. Chapter

A When Iesus had spoken Ihon. xviii

A If ye be then rysen agayne Collos. iii

A The saboth daye at euen Mat. xxviii.

A Pourge therfore the olde lev&ebar; i. Cor. v

A Mary magdalen / and Mary Mar. xvi

F Which preachynge was pub. Actu. x

B And beholde two of th&ebar; w&ebar;t Lu. xxiiii

D Ye men and brethren chyldren. Actu. xiii

F Iesus him sylfe stode in the Lu. xxiiii

B Ye men of Isral why mar. Act. iii.

A After that Iesus shewed him. Iohn. xxi

E The angell of the lorde spake Act. viii

C Mary stode with out at the Iohn. xx

C For as moche as Christ hath i. Pet. iii

D Then þe; xi.disciples went. Mat. xxviii

A Wherfore laye a syde all ma i. Pet. ii.

A The morowe after the Ihon. xx

A For all that ys borne of god i. Ihon. v

E The same daye at nyght which. Ih&obar;. xx

C Yf christ be preached howe i. Co. xv

C When Iesus was rysen the Mar. xvi

C Obeye them that have the ouer. Heb. xiii

C And they departed quickly Mat. xxviii

D Christ also suffered for oure i. Pet. ii

C I am a good shepherd / a good Ihon. x

A For as moche as ye know how. i. Pet. i.

C On the morowe after the sab. Lu. xxiiii

D Lykewyse then as by the synne Ro. v.

B Then cam the disciples of Ihon. Mat. ix

C Derely beloued I beseche you i. Pe. ii

D After a whyle ye shall not se Ihon. xvi

A My lytell children / these i. Ioh. ii

B There arose a question bitwe. Io. iii

A Ye are all the children. i. Tes. v

A I am come a lyght into the. Iohn. xii

C Every good gyfte / and every. Iaco. i

B But now go I my waye to. Iohn. xvi

A Brethren have not the fayth Iaco. ii.

B Holy father kepe in thyne Iohn. xvii

D Ye se then how that of dedes Iaco. ii

D Deare chyldren / yet a lytell Iohn. xiii

D And se that ye be doares of Iaco. i.

E Derely verely I saye vnto Iohn. xvi

D knowledge youre fautes one Iaco. v

A Which of you shall have a Lu. xi

D Esaie the .xix. Chapter

D And Iesus sat ouer agaynst Marc. xii

G The multitude of them that Ac. iiii

A These wordes spake Iesus ∧. Io. xvii

A In my fyrst treaty se Deare Act. i

D After that he appered Mat. xvi

B Be ye therfore discrete / ∧ so i. Pe. iiii

D But when the conforter is Ioh. xv

A It fortuned / whill Apollos Act. xix

B If ye love me kepe my c&obar;maun. Io. xiiii

A When the fyftie daye was co. Act. ii.

C If a man love me ∧ will kepe. Ioh. xiiii

F And he c&obar;maunded vs to preache. Ac. x

B God so loved the worlde / that. Iohn. iii

C When the Apostles which we. Ac. viii

A Derely verely I saye vnto you. Iohn. x.

C Peter stepped forth with the. Act. ii

E No man can come to me except. Ioh. vi

A Then cam Philip into a cite of. Act. viii

A Then called he the .xii. to gether. Lu. ix

D Ye men of Israel / heare the Act. ii.

D And it happened on a certayne. Luke. v

F And the nexte saboth daye. Act. xiii

F And he arose vp ∧ cam oute. Luke. iiii

A After this I loked / ∧ beholde Reve. iiii

A Thrre was a man of the Pha. Iohn. iii

E That which I gave vnto you. i. Cor. xi

F For my flesshe is meate in dede. Ioh. vi

B For God is love / in this app. i. Iohn. iiii

E There was a certayne rich. Luk. xvi

D When we opened vnto you the ii. Pet. i

B Ye shall not thinke that I am. Mat. v

C Maruayle not my brethren i. Ihon. iii

E A certayne m&abar; ordeyned a gret. Luk. xiiii

E This I saye therfore ∧ testifye Eph. iiii

C And wh&ebar; he was come into þe;. Mat. xxi

B Submit youre selves therfore .i. Pet. v

A Th&ebar; resorted vnto him all þe; pub. Luc. xv

D Notwithstondinge the lorde ii. Ti. iiii

D Agre with thyne aduersary Mat. v

D For I suppose that the afflic. Ro. viii

F Be ye therfore merciful as you. Luk. vi

B And hereby we know that we i. Ihon. ii

A And his discipl&es; asked of him. mat xvii

B In conclusion be ye all of one i. Pet. iii

A It cam to passe as þe; people pre. Luc. v.

A I exhorte therfore that above .i. Ti. ii

D It cha&ubar;sed on a certayne daye Lu. viii.

A Remember ye not that all we Ro. vi

C For I saye vnto you except your Mat. v

D I wrote not vnto you as. i. Ihon. ii

C And wh&ebar; was come out into Mar. x.

D I will speake grosly because of Ro. v

A In those dayes wh&ebar; there wa. Mar. vii

A There is then no d&abar;naci&obar; to th&ebar; Ro. viii

A In that tyme w&ebar;t Iesus on the. Mat. xii

C Therfore brethren we are now Ro. viii

C Beware of falce prophetis / Mat. vii

B But god setteth out his loue Ro. v.

F Master we sawe won castinge Mar. ix

B That we shulde not lust after i. Cor. x

A There was a certayne rych man Lu. xvi

C Remember ye not how that Ro. vi

C He þt; is faithfull in that which .Lu xvi

A Ye knowe that ye were g&ebar;tyls i. Cor. xii

F And when he was come neare he. Lu xix

E All flesshe is not one m&abar;ner of. i. Cor. xv

G Take hede to youre selves lest. Luk. xxi

A Brethren as pertaynynge to þe; i. Cor. xv

B And he put forth this similitu. Lu. xviii

C Other remember ye not þt; you. i. Cor. xv

A He put forth a similitude vnto. Lu. xviii

B Suche trust have we thorow ii. Cor. iii

D And he departed agayne from Mar. vii.

B For we preache not onre selfe. ii.Cor iiii

C Then began he to vpbrayd þe; cit. Mat xi

C To Abraham ∧ his seede were þe; .gala. iii

D Happy are the eyes which se Luc. x

B Ye rem&ebar;ber brethren oure labor. i. tessa. ii

B Then the pharyses went forth Mat. xii

C I saye walke in the spirite and. Gala. v.

B And it cha&ubar;sed as he w&ebar;t to Ier. Lu. xvii

G Beare not the yoke with the ii. Cor. vi

B Won of the c&obar;pany sayde vnto Luc. xii

D Yff we lyve in the spirite let vs Gala. v

C No m&abar; can serue two masters Mat. vi.

B We know that the law is good. i. Ti. i.

A And it fortuned in one of those Luk. xx.

T Wherfore I desire þt; ye faynt Ephe. iii.

C And it fortuned after þt; he went Luk. vii

B Beware lest eny man come ∧ Colos. ii

C And he c&abar; to bethsaida ∧ they Mar. viii

A I therfore which am in b&obar;des ephe. iiii.

A And it cha&ubar;sed that he went in. Luk. xiiii

C For yf by the synne of one deth Ro. v.

D Wh&ebar; they were come to cap. Mar. xvii

A I thanke my god alwayes on i. Cor. i

D When þe; pharises had herde Mar. xxii

B I beseche you brethen for oure Ro. xv

E Another parable he put forth Mat. xiii

E And be ye renued in the spirite Ephe. iiii

A And he entred into a shyppe Mat. ix

D Therfore brethren st&obar;de fast ∧ ii. Tes. ii.

E Th&ebar; sent Iesus þe; people awa. Mat. xiii

C Take hede therfore that ye wal. Ephe. v

A The kyngd&obar; of heau&ebar; is lyke Mat.xxii

A Thou therfore my sonne be str&obar;. ii. Tim. ii

C Wh&ebar; thou makest a diner or or a. lu. xiiii

B Fynally my brethr&ebar; be stronge Ephe. vi

G And ther was a certayne ruler Ihon. iiii

B Because we knowe brethren i. Tes. i.

B And it fortuned in another sab. Luk. vi

A And am surely certified of Philip. i

C Therfore is the kyngdom Mat. xviii

C Ye ∧ we knowe that what so rom. iii.

C Verely I saye vnto you / that Mar. xi

D Brethren folowe me / and Philip. ii.

B Then went the pharises ∧ mat. xxii

C For yf by the synne of one Rom. v

D When they were come to. mat. xvii

B For this cause we also / sence collos. i

C Whyle he this spake vnto th&ebar;. mat. ix

E And I wolde not that ye shulde. i. cor. x

C A certayne m&abar; had two s&obar;nes. mat. xxi

B Hieremye the .xxiii. Chapter.

A Then Iesus lyfte vppe his eyes. ioh. vi.

D Amos the .ix. Chapter.

C And one of the companye ans mar. ix

A Ozee the .xiiii. chapter

E And one of the pharises desyred. Lu. vii

A For that fyrst tabernacle was Heb. ix

B He put forthe this similitude. Lu. xiii

A And I Iohn sawe that holy. Reve. xxi

A And he entred in / ∧ went tho. Luc. xix

C For the belefe of the hert iusti. Rom. x

C As Iesus walked by the see of. Mat. iiii

A Ecclesiasti .xliiii. chapter.

A For lyke wyse a certayn man. Mat. xxv

C Ecclesi. the .xxiiii. Chapter

A This is the boke of the generati. Mat. i

D Now therfore ye are no more. Eph. ii.

F Thomas one of the twelve Iohn. xx

A Saul yet brethinge oute threat. Act. ix

D Then answered Peter ∧ sayd. Mat. xix

A Malachie the .iii. chapter

D And when the tyme of their purif. Lu. ii.

C And in those dayes Peter. Act. i.

D Then Iesus answered ∧ sayde. Mat. xi

B Esaye the .vii. chapter

C And in the .vi. moneth the angell Lu. i.

A My brethren / count it excedinge. Iaco. i

A I am the true vyne / ∧ my father. Io. xv

B Vnto every one of you is gev&ebar;. Eph. iiii

A I am the true vine / ∧ my father. Iob. xv

A Sapientie the .v. Chapter

A And he sayde vnto his discip. Ioh. xiiii

B I have trust towarde you in god. Gal. v

A There was a man of the Pha. Iohn. iii

A Esaye the .xlix. Chapter.

F Elizabeths tyme was come Luke. i

A In that tyme Herode the kyng. Actu. xii

C When Iesus cam into the. Mat. xvi

B I certifye you brethren that. Gala. i.

D Then answered Peter ∧ sayde. Mat. xix

A Canticorum the .ii. Chapter

D Mary arose in those dayes Luke. i.

B Proverbiorum the .xxxi. Chapter

C And one of the Pharises desyred. Lu. vii

D Nowe therfore ye are no more. Ephesi. ii

C Then came to him þe; mother. Mat. xx.

C And as he consydred the thinge. Act. xii

C When Iesus c&abar; into þe; coostis. Mat. xvi

D For we folowed not deceauable. ii Pet. i

A And after .vi. dayes Iesus. Mat. xvii

B The Peter ful of the goly goost Act. iiii

C While he thus thought / behold Mat. i.

B This yet remember how that. ii Cor. ix

D Verely verely I saye vnto you Ioan. xii

B Eccle. the .xxiiii. Chapter

G It fortuned as he went that he Lu. x.

D Nowe therfore ye are no moare Ephe. ii

C And there was a stryfe amonge Lu. xxii

C Eccle. the .xxiiii Chapter

A This is the boke of the generaci&obar; Mat. i

B I haue trust towarde you in god Gal. v.

E Nowe is the iudgement of this Iod. xii

C Ezechielis the .i. Chapter

B And as Iesus passed forth from Mat. ix

A And he sent ∧ shewed by hys Reue. i

A The same tyme the disciples Mat. xviii

C Ezechielis the .i. Chapter

A After that the lorde apoynted Luk. x

E For we knowe well that all Rom. viii

C This c&obar;maunde I you / þt; ye. Iohn. xv

A And I sawe another angell Reue. vii

C When he sawe the people / he Mat. v.

C I wolde not brethren haue you i. Tes. iiii

C Then sayde Martha vnto Iesus. Io. xi

B Ecclesiast. the. li. chapter

F Agayne the kyngdome of. Mat. xiii

¶ Infernus and gehenna differ moche in significacion / though we have none other interpretacion for ether of them / then this Englyshe worde / hell. For gehenna signifieth a place of punyshement: but infernus is taken for any maner of place beneth in þe; erth / as a grave sepulchre or cave.

^noteHell: it is called in Hebrue the valeye of Hennon. A place by Ierusalem / where they burnt their chyldren in fyer vnto the ydole Moloch / ∧ is vsurped ∧ taken now for a place where the wycked and vngodlye shalbe tormented both soule and bodye / after the generall iudgement.

^noteGeue Rowme to þe; wrath of God. Rom. xii wrath is there taken for vengeaunce. And the meaninge is: let God advenge / ether by him selfe or by the officers that beare his rowme.

There tarye ∧ abyde tyll ye go oute. It is in Marke the .vi. ^noteWheresoever ye enter in to an house / there abyde till ye go oute th&ebar;ce. And Luke .ix. it is / into what soever housse ye enter / ther tarye / and go not oute thence: that is to saye / whosoever receaveth you / there

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abyde as longe as you are in the citie or toune / and go not shamefully a beggynge from housse to housse as freers do.

^noteDust: shake of the dust of youre fete. Matthew .x. Why are they c&obar;maunded to shake of the dust? For a wytnes sayth Luke. That that dede maye testifie agaynst them in the daye of iudgement / that the doctrine of salvacion was offered them / but they wolde not receave it. Ye se also that soche gestures and ceremonies haue greater power with them / then have bare wordes onlye / to move the harte ∧ to stere vp fayth / as do the layenge on of handes and anoyntinge with oyle. ∧ c.

Ypocrytes / can ye decerne the face of heaven and not decerne the signe of the tymes? That is to saye: ^note they coulde iudge by the signes of the skye what wether shuld folowe: but coulde not knowe Christ by the signes of the scripture. And yet other signe myght not be geven them.

He that sayth he knoweth Christ and kepeth not his commaundem&ebar;tes / ys a lyar. To knowe Christ is to beleve in Christ. Ergo he that kepeth not the commaundementes / beleveth not in Christ. ¶ The ende of this boke.
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