A    ^noteAnd as he went out of the t&ebar;ple one of his disciples sayde vnto him: Master / se what stones / and what byldynges are here. And Iesus answered and sayde vnto him: Seist thou these greate byldinges? There shall not be leefte one stone vpon a another

/ that shall not be throwen doune.

And as he sate on mo&ubar;te olivete / over ag&ebar;st the t&ebar;ple / Peter / ∧ Iames / ∧ Iohn / ∧ Andrew axed him secretly: tell vs / when shall these thing&es; be? And what is þe; signe wh&ebar; all these thinges shalbe fulfilled? And Iesus answered th&ebar; / ∧ beg&abar; to saye: take hede lest eny man deceave you. ^noteFor many shall come in my name sayinge: I am Christ / ∧ shall deceave many.

When ye shall heare of warre and tyding&es; of warre / be ye not troubled. For soche thinges muste nedes be. But the ende is not yet. For ther shall nacion aryse agaynste nacion / and kyngdome agaynst kyngdome. And ther shalbe erth quakes in all quarters / ∧ famyshment and troubles. These are the begynnynge of sorowes.

B   But take ye hede to youre selves. For they shall bringe you vp to þe; counsels ∧ into þe; synagoges / and ye shalbe beaten: ye and shalbe brought before rulers ∧ kynges for my sake / for a testimoniall vnto them. And the gospell must fyrste be publysshed am&obar;ge all nacions.

^noteBut when they leade you and present you / toke noo thought afore honde what ye shall saye / nether ymagion: but whatsoever is gev&ebar; you at the same tyme / that speake. ^noteFor it shall not be ye that shall speake / but þe; holy goost. Ye and the brother shall delyvre the brother to deeth / ∧ the father the sonne / ∧ the chyldr&ebar; shall ryse agaynste their fathers ∧ mothers / ∧ shall put them to deeth. And ye shalbe hated of all men for my names sake. But whosoever

shall endure vnto the ende / the same shalbe safe.

C    ^noteMoreover wh&ebar; ye se the abhominaci&obar; that betokeneth desolacion / wherof is spoken by Daniel the Prophet / stonde where it ought not / let him that redeth vnderstonde. Then let them that be in Iurie / fle to the mountaynes. And let him that is on the housse toppe / not descende doune into the housse / nether entre therin / to fetche eny thinge oute of his housse. And let hym that is in the felde / not tourne backe agayne vnto the thinges which he leeft behynde him / for to take his cloothes with him. Woo is then to them that are &wt; chylde / ∧ to them that geve soucke in thoose dayes. But praye / that youre flyght be not in the wynter. For ther shalbe in those dayes suche tribulacion / ^note as was not from the begynninge of creatures which God created / vnto this tyme / nether shalbe. ^noteAnd excepte þt; the Lorde shuld shorten those dayes / no m&abar; shuld be saved. But for the electes sake / which he hath chosen / he hath shortened those dayes.

^noteAnd then / yf eny man saye to you: loo / here is Christ: loo / he is there / beleve not. For falce Christes shall aryse / and falce Prophetes and shall shewe myracles and wondres / to deceave yf it were possible / evyn the electe. But take ye hede: beholde I have shewed you all thinges before. ^note

Moreover in thoose dayes / after that tribulaci&obar; / the sunne shall wexe darke / and the mone shall not geve her light / and the starres of

heven shall fall: and the powers wich are in heven / shall move. D   And then shall they se the sonne of man c&obar;mynge in the cloudes / with greate power and glory. And then shall he sende his angels / and shall gaddre to gedder his electe from the fower wyndes / and from the one ende of the worlde to the other.

^noteLearne a similitude of þe; fygge tree. When his braunches are yet tender / ∧ hath brought forthe leves / ye knowe that sommer is neare. So in lyke maner when ye se these thinges come to passe: vnderstond / that it ys nye even at the dores. Verely I saye vnto you / þt; this generacion shall not passe / tyll all these thinges be done. Heven and erth shall passe / but my wordes shall not passe. ^noteBut of the daye ∧ the houre knoweth no m&abar;: no not the angels which are in heven: nether the sonne him silfe / save the father only.

^noteTake hede / watche ∧ praye / for ye knowe not when the tyme ys. As a man which is gone in to a straunge countrey / ∧ hath lefte hys housse / and geven auctorite to his serva&ubar;tes / and to every man hys worke / and commaunded the porter to watche. Watche therfore / for ye knowe not when the master of þe; housse will come / whether at ev&ebar; or at mydnyght / whether at the cocke crowynge or in the daunynge: lest yf he come sodenly / he shuld fynde you slepynge. And that I saye vnto you / I saye vnto all men / watche.

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