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

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.

^note And vnto the messenger of the congregacion of Theatira write: This sayth the sonne

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.

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