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

The VII. Chapter.

SEynge now that we haue soch pro∣myses [ A] (dearly beloued) let vs clense oure selues from all fylthynes of the flesh and sprete, and growe vp to full holy∣nes in y^e feare of God. Vnderstōde vs right. We haue hurte no mā, we haue corrupte no man, we haue defrauded no man. I speake not this to cōdemne you, for I haue shewed you before, that ye are in oure hertes, to dye and to lyue w^t you. I am very bolde towarde you, I make moch boost of you, I am fylled with comforte, I am exceadynge ioyous in all oure tribulacion. For whan we were co∣me into Macedonia, oure flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on euery syde: outwar¦de was fightinge, inwarde was feare. Ne∣uertheles God that comforteth the abiecte, comforted vs by the cōmynge of Titus.

Not onely by his commynge, but also by [ B] the cōsolacion wherwith he was cōforted of you, whan he tolde vs yo^r desyre, youre we∣pynge,

yo feruēt mynde for me, so y^t I now reioyse y^e more. For where as I made you so¦ry by the letter, it repenteth me not, though I dyd repēte. For I se, that the same epistle made you sory (though it were but for a cea¦son). But now I reioyce, not that ye were sory, but that ye were sory to repentaunce. For ye sorowed godly, so that in nothinge ye were hurte by vs. For godly sorowe causeth repentaunce vnto saluacion, not to be repen∣ted of: but worldly sorowe causeth death. Beholde, where as ye haue had godly so∣rowe, what diligence hath it wrought in you? Yee a sufficiet answere, displeasure, fea∣re, desyre, a feruēt mynde, punyshment. For in all poyntes ye haue shewed youre selues, that ye are cleare in that matter.

[ C] Wherfore though I wrote vnto you, yet is it not done for his cause that dyd hurte, ne¦ther for his cause that was hurte, but that youre diligence (which ye haue for vs in the sighte of God) mighte be manifest w^t you. Therfore are we comforted, because ye are comforted: but exceadingly the more ioyed we, for the ioye of Titus, because his sprete was refreszhed of you all. I am therfore not now ashamed, though I boasted my selfe vnto him of you: but like as all is true that I haue spokē vnto you, euen so is oure boas∣tinge vnto Titus founde true also. And his inwarde affeccion is more abundaunt to∣warde you, whan he remembreth the obe∣dience of you all, how ye receaued him with feare and trēblynge. I reioyse, that I maye be bolde ouer you in all thinges.

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