A   Iames the seruaunt of God ∧ of the Lorde Ies&us; Christ, sendeth gretyng to the twelue trybes which are scattered abroade. &cross2; My brethren, count it for an excedyng ioye, when ye fall &ibar;to diuers temptacyons: knowyng this, that ^note the trying of your fayth gendreth pacience: and let pacience haue her parfect worke, that ye maye be parfecte and sounde, lackyng nothyng.

If eny of you lacke wysdome, ^note let hym aske of him that geueth it: eu&ebar; God, which geueth to all men indiffer&ebar;tlye, and casteth no man in the teeth: and it shalbe geuen h&ibar;. But let him aske in fayth, and wauer not, For he that douteth, is lyke a waue of the see, which is tost of the wyndes and caryed with viol&ebar;ce. Nether let that man thinke, that he shall receaue eny th&ibar;g of the Lorde. A wauerynng mynded man, is vnstable in all his wayes. Let the brother which is of lowe degre reioyce whan he is exalted. B   Agayne: let hym that is riche, reioyce whan he is made lowe. ^noteFor euen as the flower of the grasse, shall he passe awaye. For as þe; sonne ryseth with heat, ∧ the grasse wydereth, ∧ hys flower falleth awaye, and the beautie of the fassyon of it perissheth: euen so shall the rich man perisshe in his wayes.

Happy is the man that endureth temptacyon: for when he is tryed, he shall receaue the crowne of lyfe, which the Lorde hath promysed to them that loue hym. &cross3;

Let no man saye when he is tempted, that he is t&ebar;pted of God, for as God can not be tempted with euill, so nether he hymselfe tempt the eny man. ^note But euery man is t&ebar;pted, whan he is drawne awaye, ∧ entysed of hys awne concupiscence. Then, when lust hath conceaued, C   she bryngeth forth synne: ∧ synne when it is finisshed, bryngeth forth deeth. Do not erre my deare brethren, ^note &cross2; Euery good gyfte, and euery parfayt gyft, is from aboue, and commeth downe fr&obar; the father of lyghtes &wt; whome is no variablenes, nether is he chaunged vnto darcknes. ^noteOf hys awne wyll begat he vs with the worde of trueth, that we shulde be the fyrst frutes of hys creatures.

Wherfore (deare brethren) ^note let euery m&abar; be swyfte to heare, slowe to speake, slowe to wrath. For the wrath of man worketh not that which is ryghteous before God.

^noteWherfore laye a parte all fylthynes ∧ superfluyte of maliciousnes, and receaue &wt; meknes, the worde that is graffed in you, which is able to saue your soules. &cross3;

D   &cross2; And ^note se that ye be doars of the worde ∧ not hearers onely, deceauing your awne selues. For ^note yf eny man heare the worde and declareth not the same by his workes, he is lyke vnto a man beholding his bodely face in a glasse. For assone as he hath loked on hym selfe, he goeth his waye, ∧ forgetteth immediatly what hys fassyon was. ^noteBut who so loketh in the parfayt lawe of libertye, and contynueth therin (yf he be not a forget full hearer, but a doar of the worke) the same shalbe happye in his dede.

If eny man among you seme to be deuoute ∧, refrayneth not hys t&obar;g, but deceaueth hys awne hert, thys mannes deuocy&obar; is in vayne. Pure deuocyon and vndefyled before God the father, is this: to visyt the fatherlesse ∧ widdowes in theyr aduersyte, ∧ to kepe h&ibar; selfe vnspotted of the worlde. &cross3;

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