A   Fayth is a sure confyd&ebar;ce of thynges, whych are hoped for, ∧ a certayntie of thynges whych are not sene. For by it the elders obtayned a good reporte. Thorowe fayth we vnderstande, that ^note the worlde was ordeyned by þe; worde of God, and that thinges whych are sene, were made of thynges ^note whych were not sene. ^noteBy fayth Abel offered vnto God a more plenteous sacryfyce then Cayn: by whych he obteyned witnes þt; he was ryghteous, God testyfyinge of his gyftes: by whych also he beyng deed, yet speaketh.

By fayth was ^note Enoch translated, þt; he shulde not se deeth: nether was he fo&ubar;de: for god had tak&ebar; h&ibar; awaye. For a fore he was tak&ebar; awaye, he obteyned a good reporte, þt; he pleased God: but without fayth it can not be þt; anye man shuld please h&ibar;. For he þt; c&obar;meth to God, B   must beleue that God is, ∧ that he is a rewarder of th&ebar; that seke hym.

By fayth ^note Noe beynge warned of God, eschued the thynges which were as yet not sene, and prepared the arke to the sauynge of hys housholde, thorow the whych arke, he ^note condempned the worlde, and became heyre of the ryghtewesnes which is accordyng to fayth.

By fayth ^note Abrah&abar;, when he was called

obeyed, to go out &ibar;to a place, which he shuld afterwarde receaue to inherita&ubar;ce: ∧ he w&ebar;t out, not knowing whether he shuld go.

By fayth he remoued into þe; l&abar;de of promes, as into a stra&ubar;ge countre, wh&abar; he had dwelt in tabernacles: ∧ so dyd Isaac ∧ Iacob heyres &wt; hym of the same promes. For he loked for a cytie hauyng a foundacyon, whose buylder and maker is God.

^noteThorow fayth Sara also receaued strength to c&obar;ceaue and be with chylde, and was delyuered of a childe wh&ebar; she was past age, because she iudged him faythful which had promysed.

And therfore spr&abar;ge ther of one (eu&ebar; of one whych was as good as deed) ^note so many in multitude as are þe; starres of þe; skye, ∧ as þe; sond, þt; which is by þe; see shore, &ibar;numerable.

These all dyed accord&ibar;ge to fayth, &rhand; wh&abar; they had not receaued the promises: but ^note sawe them a farre of, and beleued them, ∧ saluted them, and c&obar;fessed, ^note that they were straungers and pilgrems on the erthe. For they that saye soch thynges, declare, þt; they seke a co&ubar;tre. Also yf they had bene myndfull of þe; countre, fr&obar; whence they came out, they had leasure to haue returned agayne: but now they desyre a better þt; is to saye) a heauenly. Wherfore God himselfe is not ashamed ^note to be called theyr God for he hath prepared for them a citye.

^noteBy fayth Abraham offered vp Isaac, when he was proued, and he offered him beyng his only begotten sonne, in wh&obar; he had receaued the promyses. And to hym it was sayde, in Isaac shal thy seed be called: for he consydered, that God was able to rayse vp agayne fr&obar; deeth. Therfore, receaued he h&ibar; also for an ens&abar;ple of the resurrecci&obar;. ^noteBy fayth did Isaac blesse Iacob and Esau, concernyng thynges to come.

^noteBy fayth Iacob when he was a dying, blessed both the sonnes of Ioseph, ∧ bowed him selfe towarde the toppe of hys scepter.

^noteBy fayth Ioseph when he dyed, remembred the depart&ibar;g of the childr&ebar; of Israel, E   ∧ gaue commaundement of hys bones. ^noteBy fayth Moses when he was borne was hyd thre monethes of his father ∧ mother because they sawe he was a proper childe, nether feared they the kynges commaundement.

^noteBy fayth Moses when he was great, refused to be called the sonne of Pharaos daughter, ∧ chose rather to suffre aduersitie wyth the people of God, then to enioye the pleasures of synne for a ceason, and estemed the rebuke of Christ greater riches then the treasures of Egypt. For he had respect vnto the rewarde.

^noteBy fayth he forsoke Egipt ∧ feared not the fearcenes of þe; king. For he endured, eu&ebar; as though he had sene h&ibar; which is inuisible.

F    ^noteThorow fayth he ordeyned þe; passeouer and þt; effusyon of bloud, lest he þt; destroyed the fyrst borne, shulde touch them.

^noteBy fayth they passed thorow þe; reed see as by drye lande: which when the Egypcyans had assayed to do, they were drowned. ^noteBy fayth þe; walles of Iericho fell downe after they were c&obar;passed about seu&ebar; dayes.

^noteBy fayth þt; harlot Raab perisshed not &wt; th&ebar; that were disobedient, when she had receaued the spyes to lodgyng peaseably.

And what shall I more saye: for þe; tyme wyll be to short for me to tell of Gedon, of ^note Barach, ∧ of ^note S&abar;ps&obar;, ∧ of ^note Iephthae, ^note of Dauid also ^note ∧ Samuel, ∧ of þe; Prophetes: &cross2; Which thorow faith subdued k&ibar;gdomes wrought righteousnes: &rhand; obteyned þe; promyses: ^note stopped þe; mouthes of ly&obar;s: ^note quenched þt; viol&ebar;ce of fyre: ^note escaped þe; edge of þe; swearde: ^note out of weaknesse, were made str&obar;ge: waxed valient in fyght: turned to flight the armyes of the alientes ^note the wemen receaued theyr deed raysed to lyfe agayne.

G   Other were racked, ∧ wolde not be delyuered, þt; they myght inheret &rhand; a better resurrecti&obar;. Agayne, other were tried &wt; mockynges ∧ scourg&ibar;ges moreouer, &wt; b&obar;des ∧ presonm&ebar;t: ^note were stoned, were hew&ebar; asunder, were tempted, were slayne &wt; swearde, walked vp ∧ downe in shepe skynnes, and goates skynnes, being destitute, troubled ∧ vexed: which m&ebar; þt; worlde was not worthy of: they w&abar;dred in wildernesses: ∧ in mountaynes, and in dennes, and caues of erth.

And these all thorow faith obtained good reporte, &cross3; ∧ receaued not þe; promes, because God had prouided a better thing for vs, þt; they &wt; out vs shuld not be made parfecte.

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