A   As they made their iourney thorowe Amphipolis: and Appolonia, they cam to Thessalonica, where was a Synagoge of the Iewes. And Paul (as hys maner was) went in vnto them, and thre Saboth dayes declared out of the scrypture vnto them, openynge ∧ allegyng, that ^note Christ must nedes haue suffred, and ryse agayne from deeth, and that thys Iesus was Christ, whom (sayde he) I preach to you. And ^note some of them beleued, &abar;d cam and companyed with Paul ∧ Sylas, and of the deuote. Grekes a greate multitude, and of the chefe wemen, not a feawe.

But the Iewes which beleued not, had indignacion and toke vnto them euyll men, which were vagab&ubar;des, B   and gathered a c&obar;pany, and set all the cytie on a roare, ∧ made assaute vnto the house of Iason, ∧ sought to brynge them out to þe; people. And when they founde th&ebar; not they drue Iason, ∧ certayne brethr&ebar; vnto the heades of the cytie, cryinge: these that trouble the worlde, are come hyther also, whom Iason hath receaued preuely. ^noteAnd these all do contrary to the decrees of Cesar, affirmynge another kynge, one Iesus. And they troubled the people, ∧ the officers of the cytie, wh&ebar; they hearde these thinges. And when they were suffici&ebar;tly answered of Iason, &abar;d of the other, they let th&ebar; go.

And the brethren immediatly sent awaye Paul and Sylas by nyghte vnto Berrea. Which when they were come thyther, they entred into þe; Synagoge of the Iewes. C   These were the noblest of byrth amonge them of Thessalonia, which receaued the word with all dilygence of mynde, and searched ^note the scryptures dayly, whether those thynges were euen so. And many of them beleued: also of worshypfull wem&ebar; which were Grekes, and of men not a feawe. When the Iewes of Thessalonia had knowledge, that þe; word of God was preached of Paul at Berrea: they came, and moued the people there. And then immediatly the brethren sent awaye Paul, to go as it were to the see: but ^note Sylas and Timotheus abode there styll And they that gyded Paul, D   brought h&ibar; vnto Athens, ∧ receaued a c&obar;maundement vnto Sylas ∧ Timotheus, for to come to hym &wt; spede, ∧ came their waye. Whil Paul wayted for them at Athens, his sprete was moued in him, wham he sawe the cytie geuen to worshippynge of ymages. Then disputed he in the synagoge with the Iewes, and with the deuoute personnes: and in þe; market dayly with them that came vnto him by chaunce. Certayne Philosophers of the Epicures and of the Stoyckes, disputed with hym. And some ther were which sayde: what will thys babler saye? Other sayde: he semeth to be a tydynges brynger of newe deuyls, E   because he preacheth vnto th&ebar; Iesus ∧ the resurrecci&obar;. And they toke him, ∧ brought him into Marce strete, saying: maye we not knowe what thys newe doctryne wherof thou speakest, is? For thou bryngest straunge tydynges to oure eares. We wold knowe therfore, what these thinges meane. For all the Athenians and straugers which were there, gaue them selues to nothing els, but ether to tell, or to heare some newe thynge.

Paul stode in the myddes of Marce strete, ∧ sayde: ye men of Athens, I perceaue that in all thinges ye are to supersticyous. For as I passed by, and behelde the maner how ye worshyp youre goddes, F   I founde an aulter wher&ibar; was writ&ebar;: vnto the vnknow&ebar; God. Whom ye then ignorantly worshyppe, hym shew I vnto you. ^noteGod that made þe; worlde and all that are in it (seing that he is Lorde of heauen and earth) ^note dwelleth not in t&ebar;pels made with handes, nether is worshipped with mennes handes, as though he neded of eny thynge, seinge he hym selfe ^note geueth lyfe and breth to all men euery where, ∧ hath made of one bloude all nacions of m&ebar;, for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath assigned before, how longe tyme, ∧ also the endes of their inhabitacyon, þt; they shuld seke God, yf they myght fele and fynde him, though he be not farre from euery one of vs. For in hym we lyue, moue, and haue oure beinge, as certayne of youre awne Poetes sayde: For we are also his generaci&obar;, For as moch then as &rhand; we are the generacyon of God, we ought not to thinke that the Godhead is lyke vnto golde, G   syluer or stone, grauen by crafte and ymaginacyon of man.

^noteAnd the tyme of this ignora&ubar;ce God regarded not. ^noteBut now biddeth all men euery where rep&ebar;t because he hath appoynted a daye, in the which he will iudge the world &wt; ryghte wesnes, by that man by wh&obar; he hath appoynted, ∧ hath offered fayth to all m&ebar;, after that he had raysed him from deeth.

When they hearde of the resurreccion from deeth, some mocked, and other sayd: we wyll heare the agayne of thys matter. So Paul departed from amonge them. Howbeit certayne men claue vnto hym and beleued: amonge

the which was Dyonysyus a senatour, and a woman named Damaris, and other with them.

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