A   Stonde fast therfore in the libertye wherwith Christ hath made vs fre, and be not wrapped agayne in the yocke off bondage. Beholde, I Paul saye vnto you: Yf ye be circumcysed, Christ profiteth you nothinge at all. I testifye agayne vnto euery man which is circumcysed, that he is bounde to kepe the whole lawe. Ye are gone quyte from Christ, as many off you as wylbe made righteous by the lawe, and are fallen from grace. But we wayte in the sprete off hope, to be made righteous by faith. ^noteFor in Christ Iesu nether is

circumcision eny thinge worth ner vncircumcision, but faith which ^note by loue is mightie in operacion. Ye ranne well, who was a let vnto you, that ye shulde not obeye the trueth? Soch councell is not of him that hath called you. ^noteA litle leuen sowreth the whole lompe of dowe.

B   I haue trust towarde you in þe; LORDE, that ye wylbe none otherwyse mynded. But he that troubleth you, shal beare his iudgment, what so euer he be. Brethren yf I yet preach circumcision, why do I suffre persecucion? then had the slaunder off the crosse ceassed. Wolde God they were roted out fr&obar; am&obar;ge you, which trouble you. But brethr&ebar;, ye are called vnto liberty, onely let not youre libertie be an occasion vnto the flesh, but by loue serue one another. For all the lawe is fulfylled in one worde, namely in this: ^note loue thy neghboure as thy selfe. But yf ye byte and deuoure one another, take hede, that ye be not consumed one of another.

C   I saye: Walke in the sprete, and so shal ye not fulfill the ^note lustes off the fle&esset;he. For the flesh lusteth agaynst the sprete, and the sprete agaynst the flesh. These are contrary one to the other, so that ye can not do that which ye wolde: But and yf ye be led of the sprete, then are ye not vnder the lawe. ^noteThe dedes of þe; flesh are manifest, which are these: Aduoutrye, whordome, vncl&ebar;nes, want&abar;nes, Idolatrye, witchcraft, hatred, variaunce, zele, wrath, stryfe, sedicion, sectes, envyenge, murthur, dronkennes, glotony, and soch like: of the which I tell you before, as I haue tolde you in tyme past, ^note that they which commytte soch, shal not inheret the kyngdome of God. ^noteBut the frute of the sprete, is loue, ioye, peace, longe sufferinge, g&ebar;tlenes, goodnesse, faithfulnes, mekenesse, t&ebar;peraunce, ^note Agaynst soch is not þe; lawe: ^note But they that are Christes, haue crucified their flesh, with the lustes and desyres.

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