A   Ther were false prophetes also am&obar;ge the people, euen as ^note ther shalbe false teachers amonge you: whych preuely shall brynge in damnable sectes (euen denyenge the Lorde that hath bought them and brynge vpon them selues swyft damnacyon, and many shall folowe their damnable wayes, by whom the waye of trueth shal be euyll spoken of, and thorow coueteousnes shall they wyth fayned wordes make marchandyse of you, whose iudgement is now not farre of, and their damnacyon slepeth not.

B   For yf God spared not the angels þt; synned, but cast them downe into hell, &abar;d delyuered them into chaynes of dercknes (to be punyshed) to be kept vnto iudgem&ebar;t: nether spared þe; olde worlde, but saued. ^noteNoe þe; eyght preacher of ryghtewesnes, and brought in þe; floud vpon the worlde of the vngodly, and turned the cyties of Zodom and Gomor into C    asshes: ouerthre we them, damned them, and made on them an ensample vnto those that after shulde lyue vngodly. And iust ^note Lot vexed wyth the vnclenly conuersacyon of þe; wycked, delyuered he. For he beynge ryghteous, and dwellynge among them in seynge and hearyng, vexed his ryghteous soule from daye to daye wyth their vnlaufull dedes. ^noteThe Lorde knoweth how to delyuer the godly out of temptacyon, and to reserue the vniuste vnto the daye of iudgement for to be punysshed: but chefely th&ebar; that walcke after the flesshe in the lust of vnclennes, and despyse auctoryte. Presumpteous are they,

and stubborne, whych feare not to speake euyll of th&ebar; that excell in worshippe. C   When þe; angels which are greater both &ibar; power ∧ might, receaue not of þe; Lord rayling iudgm&ebar;t agaynst th&ebar; selues. But these as brute beastes, naturally brought forth to be taken and destroyed, speake euyll of the thinges þt; they vnderstande not, ∧ shall perisshe in their awne destruccion, ∧ receaue the rewarde of vnryghtwesnes.

They co&ubar;t it pleasure to lyue delyciously for a season. Spottes they are ∧ fylthynes: which lyue at pleasure &ibar; their owne disceauable wayes, feast&ibar;ge ∧ scorn&ibar;ge you: hau&ibar;ge eyes full of aduoutrie, and þe; c&abar;not cease from synne: begyling vnstable soules. Hertes they haue excercysed with robrie. They are cursed chyldren which haue forsak&ebar; the ryght waye, and are gone astraye folowynge the ^note waye of Balaam the sonne of Bosor, which loued the rewarde of vnryghtewesnes: D    but was rebuked of hys iniquitie. The tame and d&obar;me beast, speakynge with mannes voyce, forbade the madnesse of the Prophete.

^noteThese are welles without water: cloudes that are, caried with a t&ebar;pest, to whom the myst of darcknes is reserued for euer. For when they haue spoken the greate swelling wordes of vanytie, they entyse thorow lustes in the volupteousnes of the flesh, them that were cleane escaped: euen them þt; now lyue in erroure: while they promes them libertie, where as they th&ebar; selues are þe; bonde serua&ubar;tes of corruption. ^noteFor of whom a m&abar; is ouer come, vnto þe; same is he brought in bondage. ^noteFor yf they (after they haue escaped from the fylthynes of the worlde thorow the knowledge of the Lord and the sauyour Iesu Christ) are yet t&abar;gled againe therin, and ouercome ^note then is the latter ende worse wyth them then the begynninge. For it had bene better for th&ebar;, not to haue knowne þe; waye of ryghteousnes, th&ebar; after they haue knowen it, to turne fr&obar; the holy commaundement þt; was geuen vnto them: But the same is happened vnto th&ebar; that is vsed to be spok&ebar; by þe; true prouerbe. ^noteThe dogge is turned to his awne vomet agayne and the sow þt; was wasshed is turned agayne to her walowynge in the myer.

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