A   And as he went of the temple, ^note one of his discyples sayde vnto hym: Master, se what stones, and what byldynges are here. And Iesus answered and sayde vnto hym: Seest þu; these greate buyldynges? There shall not be lefte one stone vpon another, that shall not be throwen downe. And as he sate on mounte Olyuete, ouer agaynst the temple, Peter, and Iames, and Iohn, and Andrew, asked hym secretly: tell vs, when shal these thynges be? And what is the sygne when all these thynges shalbe fulfylled? And Iesus answered them, and began to saye: ^note take hede, lest any m&abar; deceaue you. For many shall come in my name sayinge: I am Chryst, and shall deceaue many.

When ye shall heare of warres, and tydinges of warres, be ye not troubled. For soch thynges must nedes be? But the ende is not yet. For ther shall nacy&obar; aryse agaynste nacyon, and kyngdome agaynste kyngdome. And ther shalbe erth quakes in all quarters, and famyshment shall ther be, and troubles. B   These are þe; begynnynge of sorowes. ^noteBut take ye hede to youre selues. ^noteFor they shall brynge you vp to the counsels, and into the synagoges, and ye shalbe beaten: yee, and shalbe brought before rulers and kinges for my sake, for a testimoniall vnto th&ebar;. ^noteAnd the Gospell must fyrste be publyshed amonge all nacyons.

^noteBut wh&ebar; they leade you and present you, take ye no thought, nether ymagin aforeh&abar;de what ye shall saye: but what soeuer is geuen you in the same houre, that speake. For it is not ye þt; speake, but the holy ghost. The brother shall delyuer vp the brother to deeth, and the father the sonne: and the chyldren shall ryse agaynste theyr fathers ∧ mothers, and shall put them to deeth. And ye shall be hated of all men for my names sake. But whoso endureth vnto the ende, the same shalbe safe.

^noteMoreouer, when ye se þe; abhominacion of desolacion (wherof is spoken by Daniel þe; prophet) stand where it ought not: let hym þt; readeth vnderstand. Then lett th&ebar; that be in Iurye, flye to the mountaynes. And let hym that is on the house toppe, not go downe into the house, nether entre therin, to fetch eny thing out of his house. And let him that is in the felde, not tourne backe agayne vnto the thinges which he left behynde him, for to take his clothes with him. Wo shall be then to them that are with chylde, and to them that geue sucke in those dayes. But praye ye that youre flyght be not in the winter. For ther shalbe in those dayes suche tribulacion, as was not from the begynnyng of creatures (which God created) vnto this tyme, nether shalbe. And excepte that þe; Lord shuld short&ebar; those dayes no flesshe shulde be saued. But for the electes sake, whom he hath chosen, he hath shortened those dayes.

C    ^noteAnd then, yf eny man saye to you, lo here is Christ: lo, he is there, beleue not. For false Christes ∧ false prophetes shall ryse, ∧ shall shewe myracles ∧ wondres, to deceaue yf it were possible, euen the electe. But take ye hede: behold, I haue shewed you all thinges before.

^noteMoreouer, in those dayes, after that tribulaci&obar;, the sonne shall wexe darke, and the mone shal not geue her light, ∧ the starres of heauen shall fall: ∧ the powers whych are in heauen, shall moue: ^note And then shall they se the sonne of man commynge in the cloudes, &wt; greate power ∧ glory. And then shall he sende hys angels, ∧ shall gather together his electe fr&obar; the fowre wyndes, from the ende of the erthe, to the vttemost parte of heauen.

^noteLearne a symilitude of the fygge tree. When his braunche is yet tender, and hath brought forth leaues, D   ye knowe, þt; sommer is neare. So ye in lyke maner: when ye se these thynges come to passe: vnderstand, that he is nye euen at þe; dores. Uerely I saye vnto you, that thys generaci&obar; shall not passe, tyll these thinges de done. Heauen and erth shall passe, but my wordes shall not passe; But of that daye ∧ tyme knoweth no man: no not þe; Angels which are in heauen: &rhand; nether the sonne him selfe: saue the father only.

^noteTake hede, watche ∧ praye, for ye knowe not when the tyme is ^note As a m&abar; which is gone into a straunge contrey, and hath lefte his house, and geuen his substa&ubar;ce to his seruauntes, and to euery man his worke, and commaunded the porter to watche. Watche ye therfore, for ye knowe not wh&ebar; the master of the house will come, at euen, or at mydnyght, whether at the cocke crowyng, or in þe; dawnynge: lest yf he come sodenly, he finde you slepynge. And that I saye vnto you, I saye vnto all watche.

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