Biblia the Byble, that is, the holy Scrypture of the Olde and New Testament, faithfully translated in to Englyshe.

The XIII. Chapter.

THere were at Antioche in the congre¦gacion, [ A] prophetes and teachers, as Barnabas, and Simon called Ni∣ger, and Lucius of Cyren, and Manahen Herodes the Tetrachas norsfelowe, and Saul. As they serued y^e LORDE, and fasted, the holy goost sayde: Separate me out Bar¦nabas and Saul for the worke, where vn∣to I haue called them. Then fasted they and prayed, and layed the handes on them, and let them go. And they beynge sent of the holy goost, came vnto Seleucia, from thence they sayled vnto Cypers. And whan they were come in to the cite Salamin, they shewed the worde of God in the synagoges of y^e Iewes. And they had Ihon to their mynister.

And whan they had gone thorow out the yle vnto the cyte of Paphos, they foun∣de a certayne Sorcerer and false prophete, a Iewe (whose name was Bariesu) which was with Sergius Paulus the ruler of the countre, a mā of vnderstondinge. The same called Barnabas and Saul vnto him, and

desyred to heare y^e worde of God. Then the Sorcerer Elimas (for so was his name by interpretacion) withstode thē, and soughte to turne awaye the ruler frō the faith. But Saul which is also called Paul, beynge full of the holy goost, loked vpon him, and sayde: O thou childe of the deuell, full of all suttyl∣••ie and all disceatfulnesse, and enemye of all righteousnes, thou ceassest not to peruerte the straight wayes of y^e LORDE. And now beholde, the hāde of the LORDE commeth vpon the, and thou shalt be blynde, and not se the Sonne for a season, And immediatly there fell on him a myst and darknesse, and he wente aboute, and soughte them that shulde lede him by the hande. Whan the ru¦ler sawe what was done, he beleued, and wō¦dred at the doctryne of the LORDE.

[ B] Whan Paul and they that were with him, were departed by shippe frō Paphos, they came to Perga in the londe of Pam∣philia. But Ihon departed from them, and wente agayne to Ierusalem. Neuerthe¦les they wandred thorow from Perga, and came to Antioche in the londe of Pisidia, and wēte in to the synagoge vpon the Sab¦bath daye, and sat downe. But after the lec¦ture of the lawe and of the prophetes, the rulers of the synagoge sent vnto them, say∣enge: Good brethren, yf ye haue eny ser∣mon to exorte the people, saye on. Then sto∣de Paul vp, and beckened with the hande (that they shulde holde their peace) and sayde:

Yemen of Israel, and ye that feare God, herkē to: The God of this people chose oure fathers, and exalted the people, whan they were straungers in the lōde of Egipte, and with a mightie arme broughte he them out of it. And by the space of fortye yeares suf∣fred he their maners in the wyldernesse, and destroyed seuen nacions in the lande of Ca∣naan, and parted their londe amonge them by lott. After that gaue he them iudges by the space of foure hundreth and fiftye yea∣res, vnto the prophet Samuel. And after that they desyred a kynge, and God gaue vnto them Saul the sonne of Cis, a man of the trybe of Ben Iamin, fortye yeares lon∣ge. And whan he had put him downe, he set vp Dauid to be their kynge, of whom he re∣ported, sayenge: I haue founde Dauid the sonne of Iesse, a man after my hert, he shal fulfyll all my wyll.

[ C] Of this mans sede hath God ( acordin∣ge to the promesse) broughte forth vnto the people of Israel, y^e Sauioure Iesus: whan Ihon had first preached before his cōmynge the baptyme of repentaunce vnto Israel. But whan Ihon had fulfylled his course, he sayde: I am not he, that ye take me for. But beholde, there commeth one after me, whose shues of his fete I am not worthy to lowse. Ye men and brethren, ye children of the generacion of Abraham, and they that feare God amonge you, vnto you is y^e wor¦de of this saluacion sent. For the inhabi∣ters of Ierusalem, and their rulers, for so∣moch as they knewe him not, ner yet the voyces of the prophetes (which are red eue∣ry Sabbath) haue fulfylled them in con∣demnynge him. And though they founde no cause of death in him, yet desyred they Pi¦late to kyll him. And whan they had fulfyl¦led all that was wrytten of him, they toke him downe from the tre, and layed him in a sepulcre. But on y^e thirde daye God raysed him vp from the deed, and he appeared ma¦ny dayes vnto thē, that wente vp with him from Galile vnto Ierusalem, which are his witnesses vnto the people.

And we also declare vnto you y^e promes, [ D] which was made vnto oure fathers, how that God hath fulfylled the same vnto vs their children, in y^t he raysed vp Iesus agay∣ne. As it is wrytten in the seconde Psalme: Thou art my sonne, this daye haue I begot¦ten the. But that he hath raysed him vp frō the deed, now nomore to returne to corrup∣cion, he sayde on this wyse: The grace pro∣mysed to Dauid, wyl I faithfully kepe vnto you. Therfore sayeth he also in another pla∣ce: Thou shalt not suffre thy Holy tose cor∣rupcion. For Dauid, whan he in his tyme had serued the wyll of God, he fell a slepe, and was layed by his fathers, & sawe cor∣rupcion. But he whō God raysed vp agay∣ne, sawe no corrupcion.

Be it knowne vnto you therfore ye men and brethrē, y^t thorow this man is preached vnto you y^e forgeuenesse of synnes, and frō all y^e thinges, wherby ye mighte not be iusti∣fyed in the lawe of Moses. But whosoeuer beleueth on this man, is iustifyed. Bewarre therfore, that it come not vpon you, which is spoken in the prophetes: Beholde ye despy¦sers, and wonder at it, and perishe, for I do a worke in youre tyme, which ye shal not beleue, yf eny man tell it you.

Whan the Iewes were gone out of the synagoge, the Heythen besoughte them, y^t they wolde speake y^e worde vnto them be∣twene the Sabbath dayes. And whā the cō¦gregacion of the synagoge was broken vp,

many Iewes and Proselites y^t serued God, folowed Paul and Barnabas, which spake to them, and exorted them, that they shul∣de contynue in the grace of God.

[ E] On y^e Sabbath folowinge, came almost the whole cite together, to heare the worde of God. But whan the Iewes sawe the peo¦ple, they were full of indignacion, and spa∣ke agaynst that which was spoken of Paul, speakinge agaynst it, & blasphemynge. But Paul and Barnabas waxed bolde, and say∣de: It behoued first the worde of God to be spoken vnto you: but now that ye thrust it frō you, and counte youre selues vnworthy of euerlastinge life, lo, we turne to the Gen∣tyles. For so hath the LORDE cōmaunded vs: I haue set the to be a lighte vnto y^e Gen¦tyles, y^t thou be y^e Saluacion vnto the en∣de of the earth. Whan the Gentyles herde that, they were glad, and praysed the worde of the LORDE, and beleued, euē as many as were ordeyned to euerlastinge life. And the worde of y^e LORDE was spred abrode tho∣row out all the region. Howbeit the Iewes moued the deuoute and honorable wemen, and the chefemen of the citie, and raysed vp a persecucion agaynst Paul and Barnabas and expelled them out of their coastes. But they shoke of the dust of their fete agaynst them, and came to Iconium. And the disci∣ples were fylled with ioye and with the ho∣ly goost.

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• Psal. 15. b
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• Abac. 1. a
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• Mat. 10. a ••nd. 15. c
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• Esa. 49. b Mat. 5. b Luc. 3. c
• 1. Tim. ••. b
• Mat. 10 b Mar. 6. b Luc. 9. a