The X. Chapter.
BRethren, I wolde not that ye shul∣de [ A] be ignoraunt of this,* 1.1 that oure fathers were all vnder the cloude,* 1.2 and all passed thorow the see, & were all bap∣tised vnder Moses in the cloude and in the see, * 1.3 and dyd all eate of one spirituall mea∣te, and * 1.4 dyd all drynke of one spirituall dryn¦ke: but they dronke of the spirituall * 1.5 rocke that folowed thē, which rocke was Christ. Neuertheles in many of them had God no delyte, * 1.6 for they were smytten downe in the wyldernesse.
These are ensamples vnto vs, yt we shul¦de not lust after euell thinges, as they lusted. Nether be ye worshippers off ymages, as were some of them. Acordinge as it is wryt¦tē: * 1.7 The people sat downe to eate and dryn¦ke, and rose vp to playe. Nether let vs com∣mytte whordome, * 1.8 as some of them cōmyt∣ted whordome, and fell in one daye thre & twenty thousande. Nether let vs tempte Christ, * 1.9 as some of them tempted him, and were destroyed of serpētes. Nether murmur ye, * 1.10 as some of them murmured, and were destroyed thorow the destroyer.
All these thinges happened vnto thē for [ B] ensamples, but they are wryttē to warne vs, vpon whom the ende of ye worlde is come. Therfore let him that thinketh he stondeth, take hede, lest he fall. There hath yet no tēp¦tacion ouertaken you, but soch as foloweth the nature of man. Neuertheles * 1.11 God is faithfull, * 1.12 which shal not suffre you to be tempted aboue youre strength, but shal in the myddes of ye temptacion make a waye to come out, that ye maye beare it. Wherfo¦re my dearly beloued, fle from worshippinge of Idols. I speake vnto them which haue discreciō, iudge ye what I saye. The cuppe of thākesgeuynge wherwith we geue than∣kes, is it not the partakinge of the bloude of